Celebrated on the 14th day of Krishna Paksha, that is the phase of the waning moon, and the night before Kali Pujo, Bhoot Chaturdashi falls on the night before Diwali. It is when Bengalis light 14 earthen lamps in the darkest nooks and corners of their house to appease the spirits of 14 generations of their forefathers (choddo purush). To ward off mischievous spooks from possessing our bodies, we also eat 14 different kinds of leafy greens (choddo shaak). It is our very own version of Halloween, minus the freak show costumes and overrated pumpkin latte.
Given how integral these spectres are to Bengali folklore, it makes sense that there's a day commemorating them. In fact, ghosts are known by so many names and characteristics in the region. There's one, the Mechho Bhoot, that likes to eat fish—a true Bengali at heart. Petnis are female ghosts who died unmarried or with unsatisfied desires. Daittyo appear human-like but are gigantic in comparison and unbelievably strong. Nishis are night spirits that lure victims to a secluded spot by calling out to them with the voice of a loved one. Brahmodaittyo are the kind, generous ghosts of Brahmins. Gechho bhoot are the ghosts that live in trees, and Mamdo bhoot, the spirits of Muslims. All according to legend. Of course.
In a culture that is all about celebrating nostalgia and romanticising death, the legend of Bhoot Chaturdashi continues to cast a spell over our consciousness until this day. It also explains why haunted city walks that take you around cemeteries, abandoned mansions, and Raj Era buildings continue to be a top draw among visitors. The spirits generously crowd our pop-culture also. For instance, Satyajit Ray’s Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne, a seminal satire comedy, is about a King of Ghosts who grants three life-changing boons to the film’s two endearing protagonists.
Like Halloween, Bhoot Chaturdashi is the day Bengalis believe that the veil between our world and the afterlife is thin, when ghosts and spirits—specifically their forefathers—roam the earth. There's no trick-or-treating, Jack-o'-lanterns or get-togethers in monstrous costumes, though. Instead, there are rituals, traditions and a library worth of ghost stories.
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https://www.arre.co.in/culture/bhoot-chaturdashi-the-bengali-avatar-of-halloween/
[https://www.cntraveller.in/story/kolkata-diwali-kali-pujo-bhoot-chaturdashi-2020-story/](https:/
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... keep reading on reddit ➡I will start with my Native tongue which is Bengali- 1.Pather Panchali-The rawness of this film makes it a truly great watch probably the best movie made in Bengali
2.Ashani Sanket-Another Satyajit Ray Masterpiece
3.Nayok-An aging actor way past his heyday opens up to his past with a journalist stars Uttom Kumar,A legend and an icon Bengali cinema
4.Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne-Probably the best comedy movie made in Bengali
5.Aynabaji-The story is about Ayna, a struggling actor who gets to live his profession in real life after failing in his career. Gifted with the natural talents of acting, he is a man with a versatile character and can morph into anybody he wants. For this, he faces different circumstances in his life and thus the story evolves. It is also a story about the dark side of metro city Dhaka, depicting the constant combat between the ruling class and mass people living the city.
6.Oggatonama-The coffin of an expatriate worker is found to contain someone else's corpse.
7.Matir Moina-was written and directed by Tareque Masud. It was his debut feature film. Based on Tareque's story the screenplay was co-written by Tareque and Catherine Masud. In the film, Tareque's childhood experience is revealed against the backdrop of 1969 Mass uprising in East Pakistan on the eve of Bangladesh Liberation War.
There are lots of films in Bengali films i cannot mention all of them but these are my top seven
Best run in terms of anything
Stanley Kubrick: Lolita, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Spartacus, and Dr. Strangelove.
Robert Wise: The Sound of Music, West Side Story, The Sand Pebbles, The Haunting, Two for the Seesaw, and Star!.
Jean Luc Godard: Breathless, Contempt, My Life to Live, Two or Three Things I Know About Her, Pierrot le Fou, Bande à part, A Woman Is a Woman, Le petit soldat, The Carabineers, A Married Woman, Alphaville, Made in U.S.A, Masculin Féminin, La Chinoise, Weekend, One Plus One, Joy of Learning, A Film Like Any Other, and British Sounds.
David Lean: Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago
Francois Truffaut: Stolen Kisses, Antoine and Colette, Shoot the Piano Player, Jules and Jim, The Soft Skin, Fahrenheit 451, The Bride Wore Black, and Mississippi Mermaid.
Alfred Hitchcock: Psycho, The Birds, Topaz, Marnie, and Torn Curtain.
Billy Wilder: The Apartment, Irma la Douce, The Fortune Cookie, One, Two, Three, and Kiss Me, Stupid.
Federico Fellini: 8 1/2, La Dolce Vita, Juliet of the Spirits, Satyricon, Spirits of the Dead, and Boccaccio '70.
Ingmar Bergman: Persona, Shame, Hour of the Wolf, The Passion of Anna, The Rite, All These Women, The Silence, Through a Glass Darkly, Winter Light, The Devil's Eye, and The Virgin Spring.
Mike Nichols: The Graduate, Teach me!, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.
Sidney Lumet: The Fugitive Kind, The Appointment, The Hill, The Deadly Affair, Fail Safe, Bye Bye Braverman, The Group, A View from the Bridge, The Pawnbroker, and Long Day's Journey into Night.
Luchino Visconti: Rocco and His Brothers, The Damned, The Leopard, Sandra, and The Stranger.
George Roy Hill: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Hawaii, The World of Henry Orient, Period of Adjustment, and Toys in the Attic .
Roman Polanski: Knife in the Water, Repulsion, Rosemary's Baby, The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers, and Cul-de-sac.
John Huston: The Unforgiven, The Misfits, The Night of the Iguana, The List of Adrian Messenger, The Bible: In the Beginning..., Freud, Reflections in a Golden Eye, A Walk with Love and Death, Casino Royale, and Sinful Davey.
Sergio Leone: The Dollars Trilogy, Once Upon a Time in the West, and The Colossus of Rhodes.
Michelangelo Antonioni: Blowup, L'Avventura, L'Eclisse, La Notte, and Red Desert.
John Ford: How the West Was Won, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Sergeant Rutledge, 7 Women, Cheyenne Autumn, Two Rode Together, and Donovan's Reef.
Akira Kurosawa: Yojimbo, Red B
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... keep reading on reddit ➡Hello people from India. I'm making a list with movies that are of cultural importance, influential, critical acclaimed for every country. I was wondering if i missed any important movies from India. I divided India in the different languages, because Indian Cinema is big and has many different cultures. I hope I can show people that Indian cinema is more than just Bollywood. Any feedback is welcome!
(Updated)
India (Assamese, Jollywood)
pre-1960s:
- Joymoti (1935) ‘জয়মতী’
- Era Bator Sur (1956) 'এৰা বাটৰ সুৰ'
1960s-1990s:
- Chameli Memsaab (1975)
- Wings of the Tern (1975) ‘Ganga Chiloner Pankhi’
- Sandhya Raag (1977)
- Ajali Nabou (1980)
- Agnisnaan (1985) 'অগ্নিস্নান'
- Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai (1987)
- Kolahal (1989) 'কোলাহল'
- Firingoti (1992)
- Sarothi (1992) 'সাৰথি'
- Abartan (1994) 'আৱর্তন'
- It's a Long Way to the Sea (1995)
2000s:
- Konikar Ramdhenu (2002)
- Dinabandhu (2004)
- Mon Jaai (2008)
- Local Kung Fu (2013)
- Kothanodi (2015)
- Village Rockstars (2017)
- Bulbul Can Sing (2018)
- Ravening (2019)
India (Bengali)
pre-1960s:
- Pather Panchali (1955)
- Aparajito (1956)
- Kabuliwala (1957)
- Ajantrik (1958)
- Jalsaghar (1958)
- The World of Apu (1959)
- Under the Blue Sky (1959) ‘নীল আকাশের নিচে’
1960s-1990s:
- Devi (1960)
- The Cloud-Capped Star (1960)
- Teen Kanya (Three Daughters) (1961)
- Kanchenjungha (1962)
- Abhijan (1962)
- The Big City (1963)
- Charulata (1964)
- The Coward (1965)
- Two 1965
- Subarnarekha 1965
- The Hero 1966
- Galpa Holeo Satyi 1966
- Goopy Gayne Bagha Bayne 1969
- Days and Nights in the Forest 1970
- Pratidwandi 1970
- Interview 1970
- Company Limited 1971
- Calcutta 71 1972
- Distant Thunder 1973
- The Golden Fortress 1974
- The Middleman 1976
- Joi Baba Felunath: The Elephant God 1979
- And Quiet Rolls the Dawn 1979
- The Kingdom of Diamonds 1980
- In Search of Famine 1981
- The Stranger 1991
2000s:
- The Namesake (2006)
- Cloud Capped Star 2013
- The Rest is Personal 2013
- Labour of Love 2014
- Belaseshe 2015
- A Death in the Gunj 2016
- The Eunuch and the Flute Player 2017
India (Gujarati)
pre-1960s:
- -
1960s-1990s:
- -
2000s:
- My Name Is Salt (2013)
- Famous in Ahmedabad (2015)
- Hellaro (2019)
India (Hindi)
pre-1960s:
- Awaara 1951
- Two Acres of Land 1953
- Pyaasa 1957
- Mother India (1957) ‘Bharat Mata’
- Kaagaz Ke Phool 1959
1960s-1990s:
- Mughal-e-Azam 196
I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Do your worst!
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
Because she wanted to see the task manager.
They’re on standbi
Pilot on me!!
Nothing, he was gladiator.
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
When I got home, they were still there.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
I won't be doing that today!
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Where ever you left it 🤷♀️🤭
This morning, my 4 year old daughter.
Daughter: I'm hungry
Me: nerves building, smile widening
Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.
She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.
Thank you all for listening.
There hasn't been a post all year!
You take away their little brooms
It was about a weak back.
Best run in terms of anything
Stanley Kubrick: Lolita, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Spartacus, and Dr. Strangelove.
Robert Wise: The Sound of Music, West Side Story, The Sand Pebbles, The Haunting, Two for the Seesaw, and Star!.
Jean Luc Godard: Breathless, Contempt, My Life to Live, Two or Three Things I Know About Her, Pierrot le Fou, Bande à part, A Woman Is a Woman, Le petit soldat, The Carabineers, A Married Woman, Alphaville, Made in U.S.A, Masculin Féminin, La Chinoise, Weekend, One Plus One, Joy of Learning, A Film Like Any Other, and British Sounds.
David Lean: Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago
Francois Truffaut: Stolen Kisses, Antoine and Colette, Shoot the Piano Player, Jules and Jim, The Soft Skin, Fahrenheit 451, The Bride Wore Black, and Mississippi Mermaid.
Alfred Hitchcock: Psycho, The Birds, Topaz, Marnie, and Torn Curtain.
Billy Wilder: The Apartment, Irma la Douce, The Fortune Cookie, One, Two, Three, and Kiss Me, Stupid.
Federico Fellini: 8 1/2, La Dolce Vita, Juliet of the Spirits, Satyricon, Spirits of the Dead, and Boccaccio '70.
Ingmar Bergman: Persona, Shame, Hour of the Wolf, The Passion of Anna, The Rite, All These Women, The Silence, Through a Glass Darkly, Winter Light, The Devil's Eye, and The Virgin Spring.
Mike Nichols: The Graduate, Teach me!, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.
Sidney Lumet: The Fugitive Kind, The Appointment, The Hill, The Deadly Affair, Fail Safe, Bye Bye Braverman, The Group, A View from the Bridge, The Pawnbroker, and Long Day's Journey into Night.
Luchino Visconti: Rocco and His Brothers, The Damned, The Leopard, Sandra, and The Stranger.
George Roy Hill: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Hawaii, The World of Henry Orient, Period of Adjustment, and Toys in the Attic .
Roman Polanski: Knife in the Water, Repulsion, Rosemary's Baby, The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers, and Cul-de-sac.
John Huston: The Unforgiven, The Misfits, The Night of the Iguana, The List of Adrian Messenger, The Bible: In the Beginning..., Freud, Reflections in a Golden Eye, A Walk with Love and Death, Casino Royale, and Sinful Davey.
Sergio Leone: The Dollars Trilogy, Once Upon a Time in the West, and The Colossus of Rhodes.
Michelangelo Antonioni: Blowup, L'Avventura, L'Eclisse, La Notte, and Red Desert.
John Ford: How the West Was Won, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Sergeant Rutledge, 7 Women, Cheyenne Autumn, Two Rode Together, and Donovan's Reef.
Akira Kurosawa: Yojimbo, Red Be
... keep reading on reddit ➡Best run in terms of anything
Stanley Kubrick: Lolita, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Spartacus, and Dr. Strangelove.
Robert Wise: The Sound of Music, West Side Story, The Sand Pebbles, The Haunting, Two for the Seesaw, and Star!.
Jean Luc Godard: Breathless, Contempt, My Life to Live, Two or Three Things I Know About Her, Pierrot le Fou, Bande à part, A Woman Is a Woman, Le petit soldat, The Carabineers, A Married Woman, Alphaville, Made in U.S.A, Masculin Féminin, La Chinoise, Weekend, One Plus One, Joy of Learning, A Film Like Any Other, and British Sounds.
David Lean: Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago
Francois Truffaut: Stolen Kisses, Antoine and Colette, Shoot the Piano Player, Jules and Jim, The Soft Skin, Fahrenheit 451, The Bride Wore Black, and Mississippi Mermaid.
Alfred Hitchcock: Psycho, The Birds, Topaz, Marnie, and Torn Curtain.
Billy Wilder: The Apartment, Irma la Douce, The Fortune Cookie, One, Two, Three, and Kiss Me, Stupid.
Federico Fellini: 8 1/2, La Dolce Vita, Juliet of the Spirits, Satyricon, Spirits of the Dead, and Boccaccio '70.
Ingmar Bergman: Persona, Shame, Hour of the Wolf, The Passion of Anna, The Rite, All These Women, The Silence, Through a Glass Darkly, Winter Light, The Devil's Eye, and The Virgin Spring.
Mike Nichols: The Graduate, Teach me!, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.
Sidney Lumet: The Fugitive Kind, The Appointment, The Hill, The Deadly Affair, Fail Safe, Bye Bye Braverman, The Group, A View from the Bridge, The Pawnbroker, and Long Day's Journey into Night.
Luchino Visconti: Rocco and His Brothers, The Damned, The Leopard, Sandra, and The Stranger.
George Roy Hill: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Hawaii, The World of Henry Orient, Period of Adjustment, and Toys in the Attic .
Roman Polanski: Knife in the Water, Repulsion, Rosemary's Baby, The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers, and Cul-de-sac.
John Huston: The Unforgiven, The Misfits, The Night of the Iguana, The List of Adrian Messenger, The Bible: In the Beginning..., Freud, Reflections in a Golden Eye, A Walk with Love and Death, Casino Royale, and Sinful Davey.
Sergio Leone: The Dollars Trilogy, Once Upon a Time in the West, and The Colossus of Rhodes.
Michelangelo Antonioni: Blowup, L'Avventura, L'Eclisse, La Notte, and Red Desert.
John Ford: How the West Was Won, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Sergeant Rutledge, 7 Women, Cheyenne Autumn, Two Rode Together, and Donovan's Reef.
Akira Kurosawa: Yojimbo,
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