Durga Puja 2026: the four Bengali films opening this week

Durga Puja is the biggest release week of the Bengali film year, and 2026 brings four big releases in two days. Three open on Thursday 15 October and DeSu7 follows on Friday 16 October.

Bohurupi: The Golden DakuThu 15 Oct · Releases in 2 daysEmperor vs Sarat ChandraThu 15 Oct · Releases in 2 daysThe Eken: Kerala-e-KurukshetraThu 15 Oct · Releases in 2 daysDesu7Fri 16 Oct · Releases in 3 days

DeSu7 (Friday 16 October)

Dev makes his directorial debut in a film that reunites him with Subhashree Ganguly for the seventh time. The film was certified UA 16+ by the CBFC on 12 October 2026 and runs 2 hours 46 minutes. Anirban Bhattacharya plays the main antagonist.

Bohurupi: The Golden Daku (Thursday 15 October)

From Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee of Windows Production, with Jisshu Sengupta as the cop and Shiboprosad Mukherjee as the Golden Daku.

Emperor vs Sarat Chandra (Thursday 15 October)

Srijit Mukherji directs a film about the novelist Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay and the British Raj, with Tota Roy Choudhury as the writer and Abir Chatterjee as Sabyasachi Mallick.

The Eken: Kerala-e-Kurukshetra (Thursday 15 October)

Anirban Chakrabarti returns as detective Eken Babu in a Kerala mystery directed by Joydeep Mukherjee, released in theatres by hoichoi Studios.

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