The star-studded Rituparno Ghosh film, Antarmahal (Shemaroo; DVD Rs 399, VCD Rs 249) is all about life amid superstition, jealousy, hunger for power, lust, religious malpractices in Bengal during the British era. And Ghosh presents it rather boldly. After Ghosh’s tryst with the Bollywood queen Aishwarya Rai in Chokher Bali, this time he has the current dreamboat of Bollywood, Abhishek Bachchan, facing Ghosh’s eye in a Bengali film. Abhishek plays a Bihari sculptor exuding appeal in his knee-length dhoti. Antarmahal also features Jackie Shroff as a corrupt, lusty zamindar and Roopa Ganguly and Soha Ali Khan, his two wives. Ghosh attempts to expose the demeaning exploitation of women in that era. Both the DVD and the VCD contain interesting trivia about the film and also feature the director’s opinion about his film. It’s also available with subtitles in four different languages ? Hindi, English, Tamil and Telugu.

If you wanna see mindblowing stunts and fights and a host of bare-bodied boys flexing their muscles and sweating it out, Fight Club (Shemaroo; DVD Rs 349, VCD Rs 149) is the place to be. Things get exciting with Sohail Khan, Suniel Shetty, Zayed Khan, Dino Morea, Riteish Deshmukh, Aashish Chowdhury, Ashmit Patel, Yash Tonk, and Rahul Dev when some of them open a fight club, a place to settle scores instead of becoming a public nuisance. Innovative and a rewarding venture no doubt. Things hot up with the eyecandy ? Dia Mirza, Amrita Arora and Neha Dhupia. The film has action, comedy, thrill, romance, passion. The Sohail Khan production is directed by Vikram Shah. The CDs include a bonus ? the making of the film and feature star interviews.

Padma Nadir Majhi (Angel; DVD Rs 399, VCD Rs 299) is Goutam Ghose’s creation that got him the National Award for the Best Director, 1992. The film takes a close look at the people who live by the river Padma and earn their livelihood. It’s a life of eternal struggle with its regular ebb and flow. Set before the Partition of Bengal, 1947, the film is based on novelist Manik Bandopadhyay’s story. Goutam Ghose brings alive the incessant fight for survival against hostile nature, society and man’s own dark desires. The characters are brought alive onscreen by Asad, Champa, Roopa Ganguly, Utpal Dutt, Robi Ghose and Adul Khaer.