Best Bengali drama movies of the 2000s, ranked

The 5 best reviewed Bengali drama films of the 2000s in our records, ranked by the BMR score: every critic rating converted to one scale and averaged. 73 films are listed in this group and 5 have at least 5 critic reviews, the minimum to be ranked. First place: Titli (3.9/5). Across the 5 rated ones, the average critic score is 3.5/5, above the 3.3/5 average for all Bengali films.

Updated 19 Oct, 7:42 pm IST. Scores only, no opinions of ours.

1

Titli

Fri, 4 Jan 2002

Directed by Rituparno Ghosh. With Konkona Sen Sharma, Aparna Sen, Mithun Chakraborty.
A tender coming-of-age drama that explores the evolving dynamics between a mother and daughter against the serene backdrop of Darjeeling. The film beautifully captures themes of adolescence, longing, and the…
Drama · 1h 43m

Reviews

3.9
7 critics
2

Chokher Bali

Sat, 9 Aug 2003

Directed by Rituparno Ghosh. With Prosenjit Chatterjee, Tota Roy Chowdhury, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.
A young woman is left to her own devices when her sickly husband dies. Based on the novel by Rabindranath Tagore.
Drama · Romance · 2h 47m

Reviews

3.7
6 critics
3

Antarmahal

Fri, 28 Oct 2005

Directed by Rituparno Ghosh. With Jackie Shroff, Abhishek Bachchan, Roopa Ganguly.
In late 19th Century, Bengal Bhubaneswar Chowdhury (Jackie Shroff) is a wealthy and tyrannical Zamidar (Squire). He has two main obsessions: his desperate attempts for an heir, which even his…
Drama · 1h 58m

Reviews

3.4
8 critics
4

The Bong Connection

Sun, 26 Nov 2006

Directed by Anjan Dutt. With Shayan Munshi, Parambrata Chatterjee, Raima Sen.
The film is based on the lives of Bengali's across the world, especially on those settled abroad. It attempts to delineate the pain and dilemma of Bengali's estranged from their…
Drama · Music · 2h 11m

Reviews

3.25
6 critics
5

Crossroads of Love

Fri, 17 Apr 2009

Directed by Anjan Dutt. With Naved Aslam, Victor Banerjee, Neil Bose.
the movie directed by Anjan Dutt.
Drama · Romance · 2h 0m

Reviews

3.0
6 critics

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6

Shob Charitro Kalponik

Wed, 1 Apr 2009

Directed by Rituparno Ghosh. With Prosenjit Chatterjee, Bipasha Basu, Jisshu Sengupta.
The sudden death of Indraneel, a poet, averts a possible divorce and takes Radhika on a fantastic inward journey of discovering her own roots through the language of poetry and…
Drama · 2h 15m

Reviews

4.7
3 critics
7

Kailashey Kelenkari

Fri, 21 Dec 2007

Directed by Sandip Ray. With Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Parambrata Chatterjee, Bibhu Bhattacharya.
Detective Feluda, with the help of his nephew Topshe and the writer Jatayu, investigates smuggling and illegal trading in ancient sculptures across India.
Action · Drama · 1h 38m

Reviews

4.5
Early read, 1 critic
8

Chalo Let’s Go

Fri, 6 Jun 2008

Directed by Anjan Dutt. With Parambrata Chatterjee, Saswata Chatterjee, Rudranil Ghosh.
This is a story about four friends, Hari, Shekhar, Ashim, and Sanjay, who start a travel agency called 'Gharoa Travels'. Their first trip begins with nine passengers. On the way…
Drama · 2h 22m

Reviews

4.5
Early read, 1 critic
9

Bariwali

Wed, 16 Feb 2000

Directed by Rituparno Ghosh. With Kirron Kher, Chiranjeet Chakraborty, Roopa Ganguly.
A quiet drama about a lonely, sad, middle-aged woman, Banalata, who has lived a solitary existence since her husband-to-be died the night before their wedding from a snake bite. Never…
Drama · 2h 30m

Reviews

4.1
3 critics
10

Dosar

Fri, 14 Apr 2006

Directed by Rituparno Ghosh. With Prosenjit Chatterjee, Konkona Sen Sharma, Saswata Chatterjee.
When a car accident lands her husband, Kaushik, in the hospital, Kaberi's life takes a dramatic turn -- in more ways than one. Anguish over Kaushik's dire condition gives way…
Drama · 2h 3m

Reviews

4.1
4 critics
11

Kaalbela

Fri, 16 Jan 2009

Directed by Goutam Ghose. With Parambrata Chatterjee, Paoli Dam, Soumitra Chatterjee.
The violence and upheaval of Calcutta in the 1970s is focalized through a young man coming to the city to study.
Drama · 2h 55m

Reviews

4.0
Early read, 1 critic
12

The Voyeurs

Sat, 20 Oct 2007

Directed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta. With Prosenjit Chatterjee, Sameera Reddy, Amitabh Bhattacharjee.
When a Kolkata surveillance specialist and his roommate install a small camera in the home of their beautiful neighbor, they somehow become terror suspects in director Buddhadeb Dasgupta's cutting commentary…
Drama · 1h 55m

Reviews

4.0
Early read, 1 critic
13

Mondo Meyer Upakhyan

Tue, 19 Nov 2002

Directed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta. With Rituparna Sengupta, Tapas Paul, Samata Das.
Rajani is a well-known prostitute in a small town in Bengal, India, living in a brothel with her teenage daughter, Lati. With few options for a better life, Rajani hopes…
Drama · 1h 30m

Reviews

4.0
Early read, 1 critic
14

Alo

Fri, 28 Nov 2003

Directed by Tarun Majumdar. With Rituparna Sengupta, Kunal Mitra, Abhishek Chatterjee.
The true love between a couple living in a village.
Drama · Family · 2h 18m

Reviews

4.0
Early read, 1 critic
15

Antaheen

Fri, 23 Jan 2009

Directed by Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury. With Rahul Bose, Radhika Apte, Aparna Sen.
Antaheen follows the lives of three couples in tumultous relationships, who lead different lives but are connected by the infinite struggles and pain each of them goes through.
Drama · Romance · 1h 53m

Reviews

4.0
Early read, 1 critic
16

Angshumaner Chhobi

Sun, 10 May 2009

Directed by Atanu Ghosh. With Indraneil Sengupta, Soumitra Chatterjee, Indrani Haldar.
A journey of four people, Pradyut, Madhura, Neel and Angshuman, through the making of a film. Legendary actor, Pradyut, had chosen a life of exile. Madhura, National Awardee for her…
Drama

Reviews

4.0
Early read, 1 critic
17

Utsab

Sat, 1 Apr 2000

Directed by Rituparno Ghosh. With Madhabi Mukherjee, Pradip Mukherjee, Bodhisattva Mazumdar.
Family tension runs high when four grown siblings reunite at their elderly mother’s home. When the mother reveals that she might sell off the estate, the announcement stirs up painful…
Drama · Family · 1h 59m

Reviews

4.0
3 critics
18

Anuranan

Fri, 18 Jan 2008

Directed by Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury. With Rahul Bose, Rituparna Sengupta, Raima Sen.
The story of two couples - each with their own struggles to survive as a couple and as individuals. After living in London for a few years, Rahul and Nandita…
Drama · Romance · 1h 53m

Reviews

3.5
Early read, 1 critic
19

Abohomaan

Tue, 22 Dec 2009

Directed by Rituparno Ghosh. With Dipankar Dey, Mamata Shankar, Jisshu Sengupta.
Marital strife follows when an aging filmmaker meets an actress who bears an uncanny resemblance to his wife in her younger days.
Drama · Romance · 2h 2m

Reviews

3.4
4 critics
20

Challenge

Fri, 20 Mar 2009

Directed by Raj Chakraborty. With Dev, Subhashree Ganguly, Rajatabha Dutta.
A young woman is not so much playing hard-to-get as she is literally hard to get, given her wealthy and ruthless father who will protect her from male advances at…
Action · Comedy · 2h 20m

Reviews

3.0
Early read, 1 critic
21

The Girl

Wed, 6 Jun 2001

Directed by Subrata Sen. With Konkona Sen Sharma, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Debashree Roy.
Ria, an eighteen-year-old mentally unstable girl, falls in love with her tenant Anjan, who already has a girlfriend. When he rejects her advances, she tries to create difference between the…
Drama · Romance · 1h 58m

Reviews

3.0
Early read, 1 critic
22

Dekha

Sun, 1 Apr 2001

Directed by Goutam Ghose. With Soumitra Chatterjee, Debashree Roy, Roopa Ganguly.
The film revolves around an aging poet Sashi Bhusan Sanyal afflicted with glaucoma and nearly blind whose wife has deserted him because of his reckless lifestyle.
Drama · 2h 5m

Reviews

3.0
Early read, 1 critic
23

Khela

Wed, 9 Jul 2008

Directed by Rituparno Ghosh. With Prosenjit Chatterjee, Manisha Koirala, Raima Sen.
A filmmaker, averse to starting a family, intends to cast a disapproving couple's school-going son in a movie. What follows is a light-hearted journey that could potentially make him rethink…
Drama · 1h 37m

Reviews

2.5
3 critics
24

House of Memories

Sat, 8 Jan 2000

Directed by Aparna Sen. With Rituparna Sengupta, Aparna Sen, Soumitra Chatterjee.
Sanaka and Paromita are mother and daughter-in-law who, despite differences in age, backgrounds and temperaments, build a strong bond together. However when Paromita has a failed marriage and leaves the…
Drama · 2h 10m

Reviews

2.5
Early read, 1 critic
25

The Wrestlers

Wed, 30 Aug 2000

Directed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta. With Tapas Paul, Shankar Chakraborty, Raisul Islam Asad.
Two railway signal men, Nemai and Balaram, share a passion for wrestling and spend their days wrestling after working hours. However, things change when Balaram marries Uttara.
Action · Drama · 1h 39m

Reviews

2.5
Early read, 1 critic
26

In the Forest… Again

Sat, 3 May 2003

Directed by Goutam Ghose. With Soumitra Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore, Subhendu Chatterjee.
The film features the characters from Satyajit Ray's Aranyer Din Ratri, returning to the forest over thirty years later. Ashim, Sanjoy, Harinath and Aparna have grown old in this film;…
Drama · 2h 8m

Reviews

2.5
Early read, 1 critic

Quick answers

What is the best Bengali drama movie of the 2000s?

Titli has the highest BMR critic score in this group, 3.9/5 from 7 critics.

What are the top 3 Bengali drama movies of the 2000s?

Titli, Chokher Bali, Antarmahal.

How are Bengali drama movies of the 2000s rated overall?

Across the 5 rated ones, the average critic score is 3.5/5, above the 3.3/5 average for all Bengali films.

How is this ranking decided?

Each critic rating is converted to one common scale and averaged. Every critic counts the same. A film needs at least 5 scored critic reviews. Ties go to the film with more reviews. BMR estimates (read from reviews that print no rating) are marked and count less.

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Scores are the BMR score: every critic rating converted to one scale and averaged. Box office is Sacnilk's India net, Bengali version. A dash means the figure does not exist yet, never zero.