# Adaptations of works of Rabindranath Tagore in film and television

Below is a list of adaptations of works of Rabindranath Tagore in film and television.

## Adaptations in film

| Year | Title | Director | Language | Based on |
| 1927 | Balidan (Sacrifice) | Nanand Bhojai and Naval Gandhi | Hindi (silent) | Visarjan (1890 play) |
| 1929 | Giribala | Madhu Bose | | Giribala (1895 short story) |
| 1932 | Chirakumar Sabha | Premankur Atorthy | | Chirakumar Sabha (The Bachelor's Club; 1904 novel) |
| 1932 | Natir Puja | Rabindranath Tagore | Bangali | Natir Puja |
| 1938 | Chokher Bali | Satu Sen | Bengali | Chokher Bali (Sand in the Eye; 1901 novella) |
| 1938 | Gora (film) | Naresh Mitra | | Gora (Fair-Faced;1909 novel) |
| 1942 | Sodh Bodh | Saumyen Mukherji | | Sodh Bodh (All Square; 1926 comedy) |
| 1946 | Milan | Nitin Bose | Hindi | Noukadubi (The Wreck; 1906 novel) |
| 1947 | Noukadubi (1947 film) (Bengali remake of Milan) | Nitin Bose | Bengali | Noukadubi (The Wreck; 1906 novel) |
| 1953 | Do Bigha Zamin | Bimal Roy | Hindi | "Dui Bigha Jomi" (Two Bighas of Land; poem) |
| 1956 | Mathar Kula Manickam | T. Prakash Rao | Tamil | Noukadubi (The Wreck; 1906 novel) |
| 1956 | Charana Daasi | T. Prakash Rao | Telugu | Noukadubi (The Wreck; 1906 novel) |
| 1957 | Kabuliwala | Tapan Sinha | Bengali | Kabuliwala (The Fruitseller from Kabul; 1892 short story) |
| 1960 | Ghunghat | Ramanand Sagar | Hindi | Noukadubi (The Wreck; 1906 novel) |
| 1960 | Kshudhita Pashan | Tapan Sinha | Bengali | Kshudhita Pashan (Hungry Stones; 1895 short story) |
| 1960 | Khokababur Pratyabartan | Agradoot | Bengali | Khokababur Pratyabartan (Return of Khokababu; 1891 short story) |
| 1961 | Teen Kanya | Satyajit Ray | Bengali | The Postmaster, Monihara (The Lost Jewels), Samapti (The Conclusion) (1891, 1898, 1893) |
| 1961 | Kabuliwala | Hemen Gupta | Hindi | Kabuliwala (The Fruitseller from Kabul; 1892 short story) |
| 1964 | Charulata | Satyajit Ray | Bengali | Nastanirh (The Broken Nest; 1901 novella) |
| 1964 | Dak Ghar | Zul Vellani | Hindi | Dak Ghar; (The Post Office; 1912 play) |
| 1965 | Dak Ghar | N/A | Bengali | Dak Ghar; (The Post Office; 1912 play) |
| 1965 | Atithi | Tapan Sinha | Bengali | Atithi (The Runaway; 1895 short-story) |
| 1969 | Megh o Roudra | Arundhati Devi | Bengali | Megh o Roudra (Sun and Showers) |
| 1970 | Ichhapuran | Mrinal Sen | Bengali | Ichchhapuran (short-story) |
| 1971 | Uphaar | Sudhendu Roy | Hindi | Samapti (The Conclusion; 1893 short story) |
| 1971 | Malyadan | Ajoy Kar | Bengali | |
| 1972 | Strir Patra | Purnendu Patri | Bengali | |
| 1975 | Geet Gaata Chal | Hiren Nag | Hindi | Atithi (The Runaway; 1895; short story) |
| 1985 | Ghare Baire | Satyajit Ray | Bengali | Ghare Baire (The Home and the World; 1916 novel) |
| 1991 | Lekin... | Gulzar | Hindi | Kshudhit Pashaan (Hungry Stones; 1895 short story) |
| 1997 | Char Adhyay | Kumar Shahani | Hindi | Char Adhyay (Four Chapters; 1934 novel) |
| 1997 | Oka Chinna Maata | Muthyala Subbaiah | Telugu | Noukadubi (The Wreck; 1906 novel) |
| 2003 | Chokher Bali | Rituparno Ghosh | Bengali | Chokher Bali (Sand in the Eye; 1901 novella) |
| 2004 | Shasti | Chashi Nazrul Islam | Bengali | Shasti (Punishment; short story) |
| 2006 | Shuva | Chashi Nazrul Islam | Bengali | Shuvashini (short story) |
| 2008 | Chaturanga | Suman Mukherjee | Bengali | Chaturanga (Quartet; 1916 novel) |
| 2012 | Abujh Bou | Nargis Akhtar | Bengali | |
| 2011 | Noukadubi | Rituparno Ghosh | Bengali | Noukadubi (The Wreck; 1906 novel) |
| 2011 | Charuulata 2011 | Agnidev Chatterjee | Bengali | Nastanirh (The Broken Nest; 1901 novella) |
| 2012 | Elar Char Adhyay | Bappaditya Bandyopadhyay | Bengali | Char Adhyay (Four Chapters; 1934 novel) |
| 2012 | Tasher Desh | Qaushiq Mukherjee | Bengali | Tasher Desh (The Land of Cards; 1933 drama) |
| 2012 | Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish | Rituparno Ghosh | Bengali | Chitra (1913 play) |
| 2012 | Mukti | Buddhadev Dasgupta | Hindi | Tagore's poems |
| 2012 | Patralekha | Buddhadeb Dasgupta | Hindi | Tagore's poems |
| 2013 | An Obsolete Altar | Mrigankasekhar Ganguly and Hyash Tanmoy | Bengali | Achalayatan (The Immovable; 1912 play) |
| 2013 | Dekha, Na-Dekhay | Arnab Ghoshal | Bengali | Aparichita (The Unknown Woman ; short story) |
| 2014 | Shesher Kabita | Suman Mukhopadhyay | Bengali | Shesher Kabita (The Last Poem or Farewell Song; 1929 novel) |
| 2014 | Taptapadi | Sachin Balram Nagargoje | Marathi | Dristidaan |
| 2015 | Jogajog | Shekhar Das | Bengali | Jogajog (Relationships; 1929 novel) |
| 2015 | Gora | Shukla Mitra | | Gora (Fair-Faced;1909 novel) |
| 2016 | Postmaster | Srijon Bardhan | Bengali | The Postmaster (1891 short story) |
| 2016 | Dristi | Prodyut Kumar Deka | Assamese | |
| 2017 | Detective | Prodyut Kumar Deka | Bengali | Detective (1898 short story) |
| 2017 | Bioscopewala | Deb Medhekar | Hindi | Kabuliwala (1892 short story) |
| 2018 | Laboratory | Soumik Chattopadhyay | Bengali | |
| 2020 | Detective (2020 film) | Joydip Mukherjee | Bengali | |
| 2020 | Darbaan | Bipin Nadkarni | Hindi | The Child's Return (1918 short story) |

## Adaptations on television

* In 2012 Hindi channel Doordarshan broadcast a 26-episode television series based the Tagore's novel Gora (1909) by producer Gargi Sen and director Somnath Sen.
* In 2015, Anurag Basu adapted many short stories of Tagore in a show titled Stories by Rabindranath Tagore, which was aired on EPIC channel. The 26-episode Season 1 was based on many famous short stories such as Chokher Bali, Atithi, Nastanirh, and Kabuliwallah among others.
* Directors Abhijit Guha and Sudeshna Roy ran a series of Tagore's stories titled Robi Thakurer Golpo, which was aired on Colors Bangla and was launched on 19 November 2015. Each story is shown in three episodes. The series consisted of more than a dozen stories, including Dena Paona, Shamapti, Kabuliwala, Postmaster, Khokababur Pratyabartan, Manihara, Jeebito Mrityu, Madhyabartini, Manbhanjan, Nastanirh, Strir Patra, Noukadubi and Chokher Bali, among others.