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  • Praveen Morchhale – Walking with the Wind (2017)

    2011-2020DramaIndiaPraveen Morchhale

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    10-year-old Tsering lives in the Himalayas. One day he accidentally breaks his friend’s school chair. When he decides to bring the chair back to his village, the seven kilometres long journey back home in mountainous landscape on a donkey, becomes even more arduous than usual.Read More »

  • Kanti Shah – Gunda (1998)

    1991-2000ActionCultIndiaKanti Shah

    Synopsis
    When a coolie’s family is murdered by a group of gangsters and politicians, he swears revenge on them.Read More »

  • Mani Kaul – Duvidha AKA In Two Minds (1973)

    1971-1980DramaIndiaMani Kaul

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    Film is Based on Duvidha by Vijayadan Detha, it’s about merchant’s son, whose relationship with his young bride, Lachhi is thwarted by his work and a ghost who falls in love with her, resulting in the ghost soon impersonating the husband.Read More »

  • Pushpendra Singh – Lajwanti (2014)

    2011-2020DramaIndiaPushpendra Singh

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    Based on a folk tale by legendary writer Vijaydan Detha, this love story is set in Rajasthan’s Thar Desert. A group of conservative women on their daily long trek to collect water enjoy their brief parole from scrutiny by doffing their veils reciting songs and talking of hidden desires. But hidebound Lajwanti keeps her veil and as the others mock her, she follows but at a distance. When a strange man crosses their path, Lajwanti is struck by his silent commitment to collecting doves. This encounter starts Lajwanti on a startling journey of self-discovery. GeetaRead More »

  • Uday Shankar – Kalpana (1948)

    1941-1950ArthouseIndiaMusicalUday Shankar

    The only film by the visionary dancer and choreographer Uday Shankar is a utopian dream of cultural renewal and a celebration of Indian dance in all its variety. Unfolding as an epic film within a film, Kalpana tells the story of a dancer (the director himself) who is determined to open a cultural center and breathe new life into India’s traditional artistic forms. Meanwhile, the visible adoration between him and his lead dancer arouses the jealousy of his enterprising companion. A riot of ecstatic imagery—including swirling surrealist dance spectacles—is interwoven with anticolonial, anticapitalist commentary, making for a radical, proto-Bollywood work that is one of the most influential films in Indian cinema.Read More »

  • Kumar Shahani – Var Var Vari aka A Ship Aground (1987)

    1981-1990IndiaKumar ShahaniShort Film

    Obscure Kumar Shahani short film produced by Film and Television Institute of India.

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  • Asit Sen – Khamoshi AKA Silence (1970)

    1961-1970Asit SenDramaIndiaRomance

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    Khamoshi is a 1969 black-and-white Hindi film directed by Asit Sen, starring Rajesh Khanna and Waheeda Rehman. It especially remembered for its songs with music by Hemant Kumar and some haunting lyrics by Gulzar, who also wrote films equally effective dialogues. Though what really made this film stand out was the B &W cinematography by Kamal Bose, who won the Filmfare Award for its work. The film is considered Waheeda Rehman’s finest acting feat, as she carries the entire film through her powerful yet understated acting, she received a Filmfare nomination for it.Read More »

  • Nina Shivdasani – Chhatrabhang AKA The Divine Plan (1976)

    1971-1980DocumentaryExperimentalIndiaNina Shivdasani

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    In 1975 Nina Shivdasani Rovshen (aka Nina Sugati SR), made Chhatrabhang – the first Indian film to win the International Fipresci critics award. This 80 min 35mm colour film was shot by AK Bir over a period of 2 weeks, and edited over 1 year by the filmmaker herself. The film was made within Rs 2 lakhs and has rarely been screened in India. Based on a true story, Chhatrabhang explores caste dynamics in a drought stricken village in rural India. This complex film transforms a 3 line news report into a lyrical feature film about the trauma of dilemma, and the processes involved in resolve, change and reform.Read More »

  • Anand Patwardhan – Ram Ke Naam AKA In The Name of God (1992)

    Anand Patwardhan1991-2000DocumentaryIndiaPolitics

    Since gaining independence in 1947, India has been a secular state. But now, as religious fundamentalism grips much of India’s population, the greatest danger to the nation’s extremely strained social fabric may come not from Sikh or Muslim separatists, but from Hindu fundamentalists who are appealing to the 83% Hindu majority to redefine India as a Hindu nation. IN THE NAME OF GOD focuses on the campaign waged by the militant Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) to destroy a 16th century mosque in Ayodhya said to have been built by Babar, the first Mughal Emperor of India. The VHP claim the mosque was built at the birthsite of the Hindu god Ram after Babar razed an existing Ram temple. They are determined to build a new temple to Ram on the same site. This controversial issue which successive governments have refused to resolve has led to religious riots which have cost thousands their lives, culminating in the mosque’s destruction by the Hindus in December of 1992.Read More »

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