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Jukti, Takko Aar Gappo AKA Reason, Debate and a Story (1974) Ritwik Ghatak, Tripti Mitra, Shaonli Mitra, Sugata Burman
Nilkantha, an alcoholic frustrated intellectual, suddenly finds himself out of the street. Read More »
Lady of the Lake AKA Loktak Lairembee (2016) Haobam Paban Kumar, Ningthoujam Sanatomba
A fishing community living on floating biomass in Loktak Lake in Manipur 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 »
Man of the Story AKA Kathapurushan (1996) Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Vishwanathan, Mini Nair, Aranmulla Ponnamma
Against the history of Kerala, we see a young man grow up without a father Read More »
The Churning AKA Manthan (1976) Shyam Benegal, Girish Karnad, Naseeruddin Shah, Smita Patil
Dr.Rao (Girish Karnad) is a Veterinary doc, who comes to this village Read More »
Mr. 420 AKA Shree 420 (1955) Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Nadira
Wearing torn Japanese sneakers, English pants, a red Russian cover Read More »
Sant Tukaram (1936) Vishnupant Govind Damle, Sheikh Fattelal, Vishnupant Pagnis, Gauri, B. Nandrekar
This classic film chronicles the life of Tukaram (17th C.), one of Maharashtra’s most popular saint poets Read More »
Untouchable Girl AKA Sujata (1960) Bimal Roy, Nutan Samarth, Sunil Dutt, Shashikala
Sujata gets adopted by the Chowdhury family, which consists of dad Upendranath Read More »
Shikari (1963) Mohammed Hussain, Ajit Khan, Ragini, Helen
The owners of a circus set out to capture King Kong. Read More »
Face to Face AKA Mukhamukham (1985) Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Alummoodan, Asokan, Azeez
Sreedharan, a charismatic leader of a leftist trade union is the moral strength 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 »
Vaa Arugil Vaa (1991) Kalaivanan Kannadasan, Ramya Krishnan, Raja, Vaishnavi
After being murdered by her in-laws, a young girl’s spirit possesses her favorite doll and seeks revenge. Read More »
The Cloud-Capped Star AKA Meghe Dhaka Tara (1960) Ritwik Ghatak, Supriya Choudhury, Anil Chatterjee, Gyanesh Mukherjee
“Meghe Dhaka Tara” tells the tragic story of the beautiful daughter of a middle-class Read More »
Life Sentence AKA Kala Pani (1958) Raj Khosla, Dev Anand, Madhubala, Nalini Jaywant
Based on A.J.Cronin’s ‘Beyond This Place’, this movie narrates the story of an untiring crusade for justice. Read More »