A lonely housewife, who gave up her promising singing career to marry an idealistic village-doctor, begins to regret her decision. Read More »
Tag Archives: Hindi
Mammo (1994) Shyam Benegal, Farida Jalal
Mammo moves to Pakistan during the Partition. Years later, with nowhere else to go, she visits Bombay Read More »
A Matter of Style (1949) Andaz
Nina is a rich and spoiled girl. Dilip accidentally meets her and starts liking her, not knowing that she is already engaged. Read More »
The Third Vow (1966) Teesri Kasam
A naive bullock-cart driver falls for a traveling courtesan. Read More »
Manto (2018) Nandita Das, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Rasika Dugal, Tahir Raj Bhasin
The film follows the most tumultuous four years in the life of Manto and that of the two countries he inhabits – India and Pakistan. Read More »
Gupt Gyan (1999) Suresh Jain, Harish Shetty, Mohini Manik, Gulshan
Upon seeing horny carvings of various carnal acts, a woman and a security guard have a gigantic, movie length flashback to an ancient time. Read More »
Veerana / Vengeance of the Vampire (1988) Shyam Ramsay
After the sudden death of her dad, Sameer, and mom, Preeti, Sahila goes to live with her grandmother and cousin in Bombay. Read More »
Shikari (1963) Mohammed Hussain, Ajit Khan, Ragini, Helen
The owners of a circus set out to capture King Kong. Read More »
Two Eyes, Twelve Hands / Do Ankhen Barah Haath (1957) Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre, Sandhya, Ulhas
Progressive, reform-minded young warden gets permission to take six surly murderers from prison to dilapidated country farm Read More »
Ek Ruka Hua Faisla / A Detained Verdict (1986) Basu Chatterjee, Deepak Kejriwal, Amitabh Srivastava, Pankaj Kapur
Twelve male members of a jury gather together in an enclosed room to deliberate their decision Read More »