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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2002 |
| Founder | Nandita Roy Shiboprosad Mukherjee |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Nandita Roy (Director & Founder) Shiboprosad Mukherjee (Director & Founder) |
| Website | Windows Production |
Windows is an Indian film production and distribution company based in Kolkata. [1] [2] [3] The company was established by Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee in 2002. The company is one of the leading Bengali film production houses in Eastern India. [4]
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Jaya Maswood, popularly known as Jaya Ahsan, is a Bangladeshi film actress, model, producer and playback singer. Starting her career as a model and, later, as a film actress, she works mostly in Bangladeshi and Indian Bengali films. She won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actress six times for her performances in the films Guerrilla (2011), Chorabali (2012), Zero Degree (2015), Debi (2018), Alatchakra (2021), and Beauty Circus (2022). She also earned four Filmfare Awards East, Zee Cine Awards, and Meril-Prothom Alo Awards.
Abir Chatterjee is an Indian actor who mainly works in Bengali cinema. He is the son of theatre personalities Phalguni Chatterjee and Rumki Chatterjee. He started his career with Bengali television and made his debut in Bengali cinema in 2009 as a lead with Cross Connection. He is well known for appearing as famous Detective Byomkesh Bakshi in a separate movie series.
Ramdhanu is a 2014 Bengali family drama film directed by Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee. It was adapted from Suchitra Bhattacharya's short story, Ramdhanu Rawng. The film was produced by Windows and Jalan International Films and was presented by Atanu Raychaudhuri, Anirban Mitra. It released on 6 June 2014 and had performed well at the box office. The film has been cinematographed by Sirsha Ray and edited by Moloy Laha. The film was remade in Malayalam as Salt Mango Tree.
Nandita Roy is an Indian filmmaker and screenwriter. She made her directorial debut with the film Icche (2011) along with her co-director Shiboprosad Mukherjee. The two have also directed Accident, Muktodhara, Alik Sukh, Ramdhanu, Bela Seshe, Haami, Praktan, Posto (film), Konntho, Gotro. She has been a part of several projects and has worked with many renowned directors.
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Shiboprosad Mukherjee is an Indian film director, writer and actor. Collaborating with Nandita Roy, he made his directing debut with the film Icche, which garnered critical acclaim and commercial success. The director duo is known for making socially relevant films. They have also directed new age Bengali films like Praktan, Bela Seshe, Muktodhara, Accident, Alik Sukh and Ramdhanu, Haami, Konntho, Gotro which were critically acclaimed and enjoyed commercial success. He also serves as a partner at Windows Production. His film Praktan, bagged multiple National Awards and Alik Sukh was premiered at the Marche du Film section in Cannes Film Festival in 2013. His film Konttho was selected as the Indian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards.
Posto is a 2017 Bengali Family drama film directed by Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee. The film features Soumitra Chatterjee, Jisshu Sengupta and Mimi Chakraborty. The film was released on 12 May 2017 in 100 theatres across West Bengal, India and overseas on the same day. The film received critical acclaim as it portrayed the relationships in a very subtle way. The film is remade in Hindi language by the same director-duo Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee named Shastry Virudh Shastry (2023) which is set to release on 3 November.
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Tarikh or Tarikh: A Timeline (2019) is an Indian Bengali film directed by Churni Ganguly and bankrolled by Suparnokanti Karati. This was the second film directed by Ganguly after Nirbashito. The film starring Saswata Chatterjee, Ritwick Chakraborty and Raima Sen, portrays dichotomies of human existence. The film was awarded the best Screenplay for dialogues in the 66th National Film Awards.The film was released on 12 April 2019.
Lokkhi Chele is a 2022 Indian Bengali language action socio-drama film written and directed by Kaushik Ganguly. The film is produced by Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee under the banner of Windows Production. The film stars Ujaan Ganguly as the protagonist.
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SOS Kolkata is a 2020 Indian Bengali-language action thriller film written and directed by Anshuman Pratyush and produced by Jarek Entertainment and Pratyush Production. The film starring Yash Dasgupta, Mimi Chakraborty, Nusrat Jahan and Sabyasachi Chakraborty is about a suspected terrorist attack and how the army, police and the common people come together to save lives and work against wrongdoings. The filming resumed on 6 July 2020, after lockdown due to the pandemic.
Anusandhan is a 2021 Indian Bengali-language psychological thriller film directed by Kamaleshwar Mukherjee produced by Big Screen Productions. Starring Saswata Chatterjee, Churni Ganguly and Joydeep Mukherjee, the film is an adaptation of a play directed by Kamaleswar himself. The movie is an adaptation of the 1956 novel A Dangerous Game by Friedrich Dürrenmatt which has earlier been adapted in Marathi as Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe (1971), in Kannada as Male Nilluvavarege (2015) and in Hindi as Chehre (2021). The film was released theatrically on 3 December 2021.
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Fatafati is a 2023 Indian Bengali-language drama film directed by Aritra Mukherjee. The film is produced by Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee under the banner of Windows Production. The film stars Ritabhari Chakraborty and Abir Chatterjee as leads. The film revolves around body shaming in the society. The film released on 12 May 2023. It was a box office success and an unexpected hit at the box office.
Raktabeej is a 2023 Indian Bengali-language action thriller film co-written and directed by Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee. The plot is mainly inspired from the true events of 2014 Burdwan Blast that deeply shook Bengal and the nation. The film stars Victor Banerjee, Abir Chatterjee and Mimi Chakraborty in the lead roles. This film is produced and distributed by Windows and presented by Sanjay Agarwal.
Shastry Viruddh Shastry is a 2023 Hindi-language drama film written by Anu Singh Choudhary, Shiboprosad Mukherjee, and Nandita Roy, and directed by Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee in their Hindi film debut. The film was produced by Ajit Andhare, Alok Tripathi, and Kevin Vaz under the banner of Viacom18 Studios and Windows Production. This film is a remake of the director-duo's own 2017 Bengali film Posto. This film also marks Mimi's Bollywood debut.
Bohurupi is an upcoming 2024 Bengali language action chase drama film directed by Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee. The film stars Shiboprosad Mukherjee, Abir Chatterjee, Ritabhari Chakraborty and Koushani Mukherjee in the lead roles. Produced by Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee under the banner of Windows, the film is based upon a chain of real life events in the timeline between 1998 and 2005.