Best mind-bending Bengali movies on ZEE5 in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
17 movies on ZEE5 in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 6.8. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity.
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1. The Golden Fortress (1974)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 15m · Mystery · IMDb 8.3 (3.2K votes)
TwistyVisually stunningEdge-of-seatFamily-friendly
A young boy becomes a target for crooks, after he claims to remember his past life and mentions precious jewels in a golden fortress.
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2. Noukadubi (2011)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 26m · Romance, Drama · IMDb 7.7 (1.2K votes)
TwistyFamily-friendlyHeartwarming
Months after an accident following his marriage, a husband finds that the veiled woman he brought home is not his wife.
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3. Samantaral (2017)
Movie · Bengali · 1h 54m · UA · Family, Drama · IMDb 7.5 (1.1K votes)
TwistyDark & grittySlow-burnDialogue-driven
On a family visit, a young man and his girlfriend set out to discover why his eccentric uncle has been mysteriously confined to one room for years.
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4. The Rest Is Personal... (2013)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 35m · Romance, Drama · IMDb 7.9 (613 votes)
TwistyDialogue-driven
While shooting a documentary on true love, Pramit learns of a mysterious village named Mohini where anyone who enters will fall in love. He and his camerman decide to seek out this strange place.
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5. Jaalbandi (2022)
Movie · Bengali · Drama, Thriller · IMDb 8.0 (521 votes)
Dialogue-drivenCold & detachedFast-pacedTwisty
On one hand, a renowned film producer, Adinath Mullick, comes to Anish's place to make a policy of INR 10 crores. Adinath wants Bharat Seva Ashram as the nominee of his policy. Then in the course of events, he wants to replace his nominee by someone called Chitralekha Sen. In the meantime, Adinath's son, Amitabha, and
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6. The Underground Chamber (2003)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 21m · U · Science Fiction, Fantasy · IMDb 7.7 (364 votes)
Family-friendlyTwistyEdge-of-seat
Several interested parties search for the house of a scientist who lived 150 years ago, believing that it contains his mysterious invention. A young boy is named the heir to the scientist’s house. Hidden in an underground chamber beneath the house is a strange musical instrument capable of putting anyone who hears it t
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7. Khoj (2017)
Movie · Bengali · 1h 56m · UA · Crime, Mystery · IMDb 6.7 (962 votes)
Cold & detachedTwistyEdge-of-seatSerious
A policeman on patrolling duty is asked to investigate a doctor's house nearby, from where a woman's repeated screams have been heard. The doctor does not let him into the house, insisting that it was his wife screaming due to an injection being pushed and that everything is normal. The policeman's suspicions are not a
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8. Buro Sadhu (2019)
Movie · Bengali · 1h 30m · UA · Drama · IMDb 7.0 (352 votes)
TwistySerious
Buro Sadhu is a film which speaks about a man's journey from boyhood to manhood - his disturbed family life, his relationships and his passion for films as a medium of storytelling.
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9. Shaheb Bibi Golaam (2016)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 1m · Thriller · IMDb 6.5 (742 votes)
TwistyCold & detachedEdge-of-seatDark & gritty
Three very different people from three very different worlds collide one winter afternoon in an anarchic Kolkata.
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10. Bilu Rakkhosh (2017)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 8m · Fantasy, Drama · IMDb 6.8 (285 votes)
Slow-burnTwistyFamily-friendly
Bilu struggles to balance his busy corporate job, family duties, and his love for music. As he loses control of his life, his dreams fade and his inner fears begin to take over his everyday world.
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11. Kedara (2019)
Movie · Bengali · 1h 54m · IMDb 6.8 (279 votes)
Slow-burnTwistyDialogue-drivenCold & detached
Narsimha, an old ventriloquist and 'horbola' lives in a decrepit locality of Kolkata. Once a favourite among children, he barely manages to survive now and is reduced to a shabby madman. Abandoned by his family, he has a solitary friend in a local 'kabadi-wala', who, all of a sudden, brings him an old, majestic chair-
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12. Abby Sen (2015)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 8m · Comedy, Drama · IMDb 5.9 (417 votes)
TwistyFunny
Abby Sen a struggling TV producer time travels to 1980 to find a job in a leading TV channel.
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13. Basu Paribaar (2019)
Movie · Bengali · 1h 50m · UA · Drama · IMDb 6.0 (283 votes)
Slow-burnTwistyFamily-friendly
As an elderly couple prepare to celebrate their 50th anniversary, their family begins to gather at their once magnificent mansion. Relatives, both young and old, reminisce about the family's history, bringing long-buried secrets to the surface.
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14. Baccha Shoshur (2019)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 7m · U · IMDb 5.6 (381 votes)
Family-friendlyDialogue-drivenTwistyCold & detached
Baccha Shoshur revolves around Spandan, a helpless father and his three year old son Gutlu, who is undergoing weird behavioural patterns, which only Spandan knows about. What follows is the mystery that changes everyone's life.
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15. Raktabeej 2 (2025)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 31m · U/A 16+ · Crime, Drama · IMDb 5.9 (1.7K votes)
TwistyEdge-of-seatDark & grittyCold & detached
Months after the failed assassination attempt on President Animesh Chatterjee, investigator Pankaj Sinha and SP Sanjukta Mitra uncover a deadly plot, Mission M2, led by Munir Alam.
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16. Joto Kando Kolkatatei (2025)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 7m · U/A 13+ · Mystery, Drama · IMDb 6.1 (3.4K votes)
Twisty
A young detective enthusiast follows in the footsteps of legendary Bengali sleuth Feluda when a decades-old mystery resurfaces during Durga Puja, testing his skills against a puzzle that once stumped his hero.
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17. Madam Sengupta (2025)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 10m · Mystery, Crime · IMDb 5.1 (1.2K votes)
TwistyEdge-of-seatDark & grittyCold & detached
A famed cartoonist's search for her daughter's killer unravels a sinister trail of poetic murders, leading back to her estranged ex-husband, whose forbidden play threatens to expose Kolkata's darkest secrets.
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