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Shyam’s Mother (1953) Shyamchi Aai

About the relationship between Shyam and his mother who teaches him how to stick to his ideals and beliefs in spite of them living in poverty. Read More »
Love of Anuradha (1960) Hrishikesh Mukherjee

A lonely housewife, who gave up her promising singing career to marry an idealistic village-doctor, begins to regret her decision. Read More »
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 »
Rat-Trap (1982) Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Jalaja, Karamana Janardanan Nair, Rajam K. Nair

The protagonist is trapped within himself and is unable to comprehend the changes taking place around him. Read More »
A Tale of a Naughty Girl / Mondo Meyer Upakhyan (2002) Buddhadev Dasgupta, Samata Das, Rituparna Sengupta, Arpan Basar

Based on a short story by Bengali writer Prafulla Roy, the central idea developed by director Dasgupta Read More »
And, Towards Happy Alleys (2023) Sreemoyee Singh, Mina Mohammad Khani, Aida Mohammadkhani, Jafar Panahi

A passionate declaration of love for the cinema and poetry of Iran, which also offers a frank view of the precarious situation 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 »
The Chosen One / Ishanou (1990) Aribam Syam Sharma

The harmony in a family in the Manipur Valley, is disrupted by the sudden transformation 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 »
Three Daughters / Teen Kanya (1961) Satyajit Ray, Anil Chatterjee, Chandana Banerjee, Aparna Sen

Based on popular Indian stories of the great writer Rabindranath Tagore Read More »