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  • Kamal Swaroop – Rangbhoomi (2013)

    Kamal Swaroop2011-2020DocumentaryExperimentalIndia
    Rangbhoomi (2013)
    Rangbhoomi (2013)

    Rangbhoomi follows the filmmaker as he attempts to trace Dadasaheb Phalke’s life in Varanasi, where Phalke withdrew, disillusioned with the world of cinema, and decided to take up theatre. During his life there, Phalke wrote a semi-autobiographical play titled Rangbhoomi, which forms the core of this film.Read More »

  • Kamal Swaroop – Samudra Manthan AKA The Churning of the Ocean (2019)

    2011-2020DocumentaryIndiaKamal Swaroop
    Samudra Manthan (2019)
    Samudra Manthan (2019)

    At Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest congregation of religious pilgrims, a troupe of theatre actors stage a play based on the origin myth of Hinduism – the churning of the cosmic ocean. The legend tells of an epic battle between the gods and the demons for an elixir of immortality. The mela (or fair) is celebrated at the site where the elixir was believed to have fallen. Today, millions of Hindu pilgrims gather there to bathe in the holy river over a two-month period.Read More »

  • Sanjay Kak – In the Forest Hangs a Bridge (1999)

    Documentary1991-2000Ethnographic CinemaIndiaSanjay KakShort Film
    In the Forest Hangs a Bridge (1999)
    In the Forest Hangs a Bridge (1999)

    Located deep in the forested hills of the Siang valley of Arunachal Pradesh, at the north-eastern extremity of India, Damro village gathers to build a 1000 foot long suspension bridge, the elegant structures of cane and bamboo, that are the distinctive mark of the Adi tribe. Their only tool is the dao, a blade length of tempered steel, the size of a machete.

    Ethnological documentary on the Adis of Arunachal Pradesh as they build one of their cane-and-bamboo bridges against the imminent arrival of “development” as backdrop.Read More »

  • Satyajit Ray – Nayak AKA The Hero (1966) (HD)

    Satyajit Ray1961-1970ClassicsDramaIndia
    Nayak (1966) (HD)
    Nayak (1966) (HD)

    Arindam, a matinee idol, is going by train to collect an acting award. On the train, he is confronted by Aditi, a journalist who somewhat unwillingly starts to take his interview. Arindam, won over by Aditi’s naivete, starts to disclose his past, his fears and his secrets.Read More »

  • S. Shankar – Jeans (1998)

    1991-2000ComedyDramaIndiaS. Shankar
    Jeans (1998)
    Jeans (1998)

    Vishu and Ramu are a pair of Indian twins living in America with their father, Rajamani. When Madhumita (Aishwarya Rai) and her brother come to America to get medical treatment for their ailing grandmother, Vishu and Ramu end up meeting them at the airport. Vishu falls in love with Madhumita, and the couple has everyone’s blessing, except for Rajamani, who is estranged from his own twin brother. He only wants his sons to marry twin sisters, so Madhumita pretends to have a twin in order to please him. As Madhumita puts on a charade by creating Vaishnavi, all goes well, until Ramu falls in love with Vaishnavi. Now the truth must come out, before Madhumita has to marry both of Rajamani’s twin sons.
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  • Naresh Kumar – Gora Aur Kala (1972)

    1971-1980ActionComedyIndiaNaresh Kumar
    Gora Aur Kala (1972)
    Gora Aur Kala (1972)

    The Emperor of a distant Kingdom in India is overjoyed when his wife gives birth to twin sons. Before he could announce his joy openly, his enemies, Zoravar and Shamsher, take over the castle, killing him instantly. His loyal employees, Prithvi and Dilawar, escape with the children – one son ends up with a blood disorder that discolors his skin and leaves his left arm paralyzed, and is left with a dacoit. The other son is brought up by Army Chief Prithvi Singh, while the empress herself is held captive. Years later, the sons have grown up, the one with the dacoits is called kaali Singh, while the other is called Karan. The twins come to know of each other’s existence, they reunite, and free their mother. But there is one thing that divides the twin – the beautiful Princess Anuradha. Both the brothers love and want to marry her – but before she could inform them of her choice, she is abducted by Shamsher Singh, who has taken over as the new ruler, and the brothers and their clans must fight Shamsher, and then decide who is to wed Anuradha.Read More »

  • Stenzin Tankong – Last Days of Summer (2023)

    2021-2030DramaIndiaShort FilmStenzin Tankong
    Last Days of Summer (2023)
    Last Days of Summer (2023)

    When the village outcast starts to hear strange sounds in the mountains, he must focus on finding a wife to redeem himself and secure his place in the social hierarchy.Read More »

  • Adoor Gopalakrishnan – Naalu Pennungal (2007)

    2001-2010Adoor GopalakrishnanDramaIndia
    Naalu Pennungal (2007)
    Naalu Pennungal (2007)

    A drama centered around four women at Kuttanad in Kerala’s Alappuzha district.Read More »

  • K. Asif – Mughal-E-Azam AKA The Great Mughal (1960)

    1951-1960DramaIndiaK. AsifRomance
    Mughal E Azam (1960)
    Mughal E Azam (1960)

    Set in the 16th century AD, the movie brings to life the tale of the doomed love affair between the Mughal Crown Prince Saleem and the beautiful, ill-fated court dancer, whose fervor and intensity perpetrates a war between the prince and his father the great Mughal Emperor Akbar, and threatens to bring an empire to its knees.Read More »

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