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Arising From The Surface (1980) Mani Kaul, Bharat Gopy, Vibhuti Jha, Satyen Kumar
Taking an experimental approach to the relationship between the written text and moving image Read More »
The Ruins AKA Khandhar (1984) Mrinal Sen, Shabana Azmi, Annu Kapoor, Pankaj Kapur
Subhash is a photographer from the city, who has come to take pictures of some old temples and ruins in a village. Read More »
Amar Akbar Anthony (1977) Manmohan Desai, Vinod Khanna, Rishi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan
A ex-convict must flee his mob boss, leaving his family to fend for themselves. Read More »
The Township AKA Kasba (1991) Kumar Shahani, Navjot Hansra, K.K. Raina, Manohar Singh
Maniram lives in a town and is a crooked businessman. The elder son is jailed for counterfeit currency. Read More »
Black (2005) Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Amitabh Bachchan, Rani Mukerji, Shernaz Patel
Based in Simla, the McNallys are an Anglo-Indian family consisting of Paul and his wife, Catherine. Read More »
Devdas (1955) Bimal Roy, Dilip Kumar, Suchitra Sen, Vyjayanthimala
Devdas and Parvati had been inseparable as children, and as they grew older, Love Blossomed. Read More »
The Warrior (2001) Asif Kapadia, Irrfan Khan, Puru Chibber, Aino Annuddin
Circa feudal India in the State of Rajasthan is a desert region that is ruled over by a cruel and sadistic Lord Read More »
The Touch AKA Sparsh (1980) Sai Paranjape, Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah, Sudha Chopra
Anirudh Parmar is blind, but he does not let this impairment bind him down. Read More »
Two Acres of Land AKA Do Bigha Zamin (1953) Bimal Roy, Balraj Sahni, Nirupa Roy, Rattan Kumar
A small Bengali landowner and his young son are in danger when their two-acre farmland Read More »
Jewel Thief (1967) Vijay Anand, Ashok Kumar, Dev Anand, Vyjayanthimala
Vinay, an ordinary young man who finds himself constantly mistaken for a look-alike jewel thief named Amar. Read More »
Bombay (1995) Mani Ratnam, Arvind Swamy, Manisha Koirala, Nassar
Based on true incidents, a south Indian Hindu man falls in love with a Muslim woman–taboo in the small village from which they hail. Read More »
The Vicious Circle AKA Chakra (1981) Rabindra Dharmaraj, Savita Bajaj, Arun Bakshi, Suresh Bhagwat
Amma lives in Bijapur with her husband and son, Benwa. When a man attempts to sexually molest her, he is killed by her husband Read More »
27 Down (1974) Awtar Krishna Kaul, Sudhir Dalvi, Rakhee Gulzar, Sadhu Meher
Anna (Om Shivpuri) and his son, Sanjay (M.K. Raina) live in a small town. Read More »
The Great Mughal AKA Mughal-E-Azam (1960) K. Asif, Prithviraj Kapoor, Madhubala, Dilip Kumar
Set in the 16th century AD, the movie brings to life the tale of the doomed love affair between the Mughal Crown Prince Saleem Read More »