P.C. Barua

Mayakanan (1953)

The story follows two friends, Mohan and Bhola, who stumble upon a mysterious garden house called "Mayakanan." The house is owned by Dr. Naresh Ray, a wealthy scientist with a dark secret. When Ray sets his sights on Shanta, Mohan's fiancée, he resorts to ...

Iran Ki Ek Raat (1949)

Set across a single, fateful night in mystical Iran, this drama weaves together elements of romance, destiny, and suspense as central characters navigate emotional turmoil that will determine their fate. ...

Pehchan (1946)

Ameeree (1945)

Subah Shyam (1944)

Ranee (1943)

Shesh Uttar (1942)

The wealthy, self-obsessed, and possibly crazed Manoj (Barua) is sent by his concerned family to the rural estate of his future father-in-law. Along the way, however, he gets lost and soon finds himself taking shelter in the abode of the railroad stationma ...

Jawab (1942)

Manoj is from the aristocratic class but has some sort retrograde amnesia; he belongs to the upper-class but is also an outsider, something that enables the possibilities of movement across the class-lines for him. This trope is essential for Barua to arti ...

Mayer Pran (1941)

A 1941 Bengali Drama Film directed by Pramathesh Barua. ...

Uttarayan (1941)

A 1941 Bengali film directed by Pramathesh Barua; the film was remade in 1963. ...

Shapmukti (1940)

A lonely girl faces several odds in society after her mother's death. Later, she gets attracted to a witty man, who decides to marry her. ...

Zindagi (1940)

The story of an unemployed graduate who falls in love with a woman who ran away from her cruel husband. ...

Rajat Jayanti (1939)

The simple-minded Rajat (Barua) loves neighbour Jayanti (Menaka Devi). He is advised on how to court her by his streetsmart cousin Bishwanath (Sanyal) and Bishwanath's friend Samir (Bannerjee). Bishwanath and Samir try to get Rajat's miserly guardian Bagal ...

Adhikar (1939)

Melodrama about lineage and property questions. Nikhilesh (Barua) loves heiress Indira (Jamuna). A poor orphan girl, Radha (Menaka Devi), arrives claiming to be Indira's stepsister and therefore part inheritor of the family estate. Indira agrees to share h ...

Mukti (1937)

This classic adultery story tells of an artist, Prasanta (Barua) presented in the stereotypically romantic image: dedicated to his vocation, paying no heed to his scandalous reputation (he paints nude models) and with a cavalier attitude to his conservativ ...

Grihadaha (1936)

The poor but educated Mahim and his childhood friend, the rich but conservative Suresh, both fall in love with the same woman, the liberated Achala. Mahim marries her and they move to a village but she cannot forget Suresh. Her smoldering unhappiness takes ...

Maya (1936)

Maya (Jamuna) is the poor cousin of rich socialite Shanta (Azoorie). Shanta is supposed to marry the equally rich Pratap (P. Sanyal), but he falls in love with Maya and fathers her child before going abroad. Shanta causes a seperation by intercepting Prata ...

Devdas (1936)

Devdas, the son of a zamindar, and Parvati, his neighbour's daughter, are childhood sweethearts. However, class and caste differences prevent their marriage. Devdas is sent off to Calcutta, while Paro is married off to an aged rich widower. In Calcutta, as ...

Devdas (1935)

Devdas, the son of a zamindar, and Parvati, his neighbour's daughter, are childhood sweethearts. However, class and caste differences prevent their marriage. Devdas is sent off to Calcutta, while Paro is married off to an aged rich widower. In Calcutta, as ...

Roop Lekha (1934)

For the first time in Indian cinema, flashback was used for storytelling. ...

Bengal 1983 (1932)

P. C. Barua's directorial debut film. ...

Mayakanan (1953)

The story follows two friends, Mohan and Bhola, who stumble upon a mysterious garden house called "Mayakanan." The house is owned by Dr. Naresh Ray, a wealthy scientist with a dark secret. When Ray sets his sights on Shanta, Mohan's fiancée, he resorts to ...

Ameeree (1945)

Subah Shyam (1944)

Ranee (1943)

Shesh Uttar (1942)

The wealthy, self-obsessed, and possibly crazed Manoj (Barua) is sent by his concerned family to the rural estate of his future father-in-law. Along the way, however, he gets lost and soon finds himself taking shelter in the abode of the railroad stationma ...

Jawab (1942)

Manoj is from the aristocratic class but has some sort retrograde amnesia; he belongs to the upper-class but is also an outsider, something that enables the possibilities of movement across the class-lines for him. This trope is essential for Barua to arti ...

Mayer Pran (1941)

A 1941 Bengali Drama Film directed by Pramathesh Barua. ...

Uttarayan (1941)

A 1941 Bengali film directed by Pramathesh Barua; the film was remade in 1963. ...

Shapmukti (1940)

A lonely girl faces several odds in society after her mother's death. Later, she gets attracted to a witty man, who decides to marry her. ...

Rajat Jayanti (1939)

The simple-minded Rajat (Barua) loves neighbour Jayanti (Menaka Devi). He is advised on how to court her by his streetsmart cousin Bishwanath (Sanyal) and Bishwanath's friend Samir (Bannerjee). Bishwanath and Samir try to get Rajat's miserly guardian Bagal ...

Adhikar (1939)

Melodrama about lineage and property questions. Nikhilesh (Barua) loves heiress Indira (Jamuna). A poor orphan girl, Radha (Menaka Devi), arrives claiming to be Indira's stepsister and therefore part inheritor of the family estate. Indira agrees to share h ...

Mukti (1937)

This classic adultery story tells of an artist, Prasanta (Barua) presented in the stereotypically romantic image: dedicated to his vocation, paying no heed to his scandalous reputation (he paints nude models) and with a cavalier attitude to his conservativ ...

Grihadaha (1936)

The poor but educated Mahim and his childhood friend, the rich but conservative Suresh, both fall in love with the same woman, the liberated Achala. Mahim marries her and they move to a village but she cannot forget Suresh. Her smoldering unhappiness takes ...

Devdas (1935)

Devdas, the son of a zamindar, and Parvati, his neighbour's daughter, are childhood sweethearts. However, class and caste differences prevent their marriage. Devdas is sent off to Calcutta, while Paro is married off to an aged rich widower. In Calcutta, as ...

Roop Lekha (1934)

For the first time in Indian cinema, flashback was used for storytelling. ...

Bengal 1983 (1932)

P. C. Barua's directorial debut film. ...