Paroma (1985) is Aparna Sen’s Bengali film about a conventional middle-class housewife whose affair with a younger photographer awakens her sense of self but brings social and personal turmoil, probing questions of female identity and desire within patriarchal society.
Bancharamer Bagan is a 1980 Bengali film directed by Tapan Sinha. Adapted from a play ‘Sajano Bagan’, this Chaplinesque dark comedy tells the story of an old peasant who stands up to a tyrannical landlord to defend his land.
Antarjali Jatra is a 1987 Bengali film directed by Gautam Ghose. Based on a novel named Mahayatra, by Kamal Kumar Majumdar, this film depicts the social ills like untouchability, polygamy and child marriage in the 19th century Bengal.
Bagh Bahadur is a 1989 film by Buddhadeb Dasgupta that explores the alienation of traditional art forms which are being edged out by the so called modernity.