The protagonist is trapped within himself and is unable to comprehend the changes taking place around him. Read More »
Tag Archives: India
The Township (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 »
The Citizen (1952) Ritwik Ghatak, Ajit Banerjee, Kali Bannerjee, Gangapada Basu
Ramu,a fresh graduate is searching for a job like many others in post-Partition Kolkata. Read More »
Anantaram (1987) Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Mammootty, Asokan, Shobana
The film develops through a commentary by Ajayan (Ashokan) about himself in the first person. Read More »
The Descent/Ascent (1963) Agradoot, Sabitri Chatterjee, Supriya Choudhury, Asha Devi
Uttarayan is a film depicting the effects of the second world war on a man’s life and in family. Read More »
The Wall (1975) Yash Chopra, Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Nirupa Roy
The movie tells the story of two brothers, Vijay and Ravi Verma, who follow different career paths Read More »
The Big City (1963) Satyajit Ray, Anil Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee, Jaya Bhaduri
Calcutta in the early 1960’s. Bhambal supports his wife Arati, his parents, and two children. 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 »
Soni (2018) Ivan Ayr, Geetika Vidya Ohlyan, Saloni Batra, Vikas Shukla
Soni, a young policewoman in Delhi, and her superintendent, Kalpana Read More »
Shelter of the Wings (1994) Buddhadev Dasgupta, Shankar Chakraborty, Indrani Haldar, Rajit Kapoor
Lakha comes from a family of bird catchers, but questions the value of catching birds. Read More »
Mahal (1949) Kamal Amrohi, Ashok Kumar, Madhubala, M. Kumar
Hari Shankar (Ashok Kumar) comes to claim his inheritance – a palatial building known as Shabnam Mahal. Read More »
Khubsoorat (1980) Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Ashok Kumar, Rekha, Rakesh Roshan
Nirmala Gupta runs her household and family in a very strict and authoritarian manner. Read More »
The Vagabond (1951) Raj Kapoor, Prithviraj Kapoor, Nargis
Raju lives as a derelict as a result of being estranged from his bitter father, a district judge Read More »
My Name Is Joker (1970) Raj Kapoor, Manoj Kumar, Simi Garewal, Achala Sachdev
Raju is a joker, a clown. It is what he is and what he always shall be. Read More »
A Game of Chance (1951) Guru Dutt, Dev Anand, Geeta Bali, Kalpana Kartik
Madan comes from a poor family background. Unable to find employment, he takes to gambling in a big way. Read More »