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Vachan (1955) Raj Rishi, Geeta Bali, Balraj, Rajendra Kumar, Drama

Kamla lives a poor lifestyle in a small town in Uttar Pradesh, India, along with her widowed dad, Dinanath Read More »
36 Chowringhee Lane (1981) Aparna Sen, Jennifer Kendal, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Debashree Roy, Drama, Romance

After the marriage of her niece, Rosemary, Anglo-Indian school-teacher Violet Stoneham lives a lonely life in her single room flat located at 36 Chowringhee Lane in Calcutta, with only a tom cat for company. Read More »
Lukochuri / Hide and Seek (1958) Kamal Majumdar, Kishore Kumar, Mala Sinha, Anita Guha, Comedy

Kumar leaves home for a job in Bombay. His father forbids him to meet his twin brother Shankar who wants to give music to films and is in love with an artist. Read More »
Jackpot (2009) Kaushik Ganguly, Rahul Banerjee, Hiran Chatterjee, Dev, Drama

The film is about a reality show organized by Star Ananda, where the two finalists, Arka and Dodo, are given two tasks to fulfill. Read More »
Isi Ka Naam Duniya Hai / This Is Called World (1962) Shakti Samanta, Ashok Kumar, Shyama, Mehmood, Drama, Music

Motiram, a textile mill worker, has lost his wife and he marries Radha, despite protest from his children Raja and Asha. Read More »
Anita (1967) Raj Khosla, Sadhana, Manoj Kumar, I.S. Johar, Musical, Thriller, Mystery

Wealthy Anita and office-worker Neeraj almost elope, but her father interrupts the wedding. Neeraj tries to contact Anita, but finds that she is now engaged to Anil Sharma. Read More »
Ankahee / The Unspoken (1985) Amol Palekar, Deepti Naval, Devika Mukherjee, Drama

Renowned Indian astrologer Jyotibhaskar Pandit Satyanarayan Chaturvedi, wishes a doctor, who is about to perform surgery on a woman, good luck Read More »
Way Back Home (2003) Supriyo Sen, Documentary

In this road-movie, the filmmaker follows his parents on their way ‘back home’ to Bangladesh. After the Partition of India in 1947, East Pakistan, (today’s Bangladesh) witnessed enormous atrocities. Read More »
Pakeezah / The Pure One (1972) Kamal Amrohi, Ashok Kumar, Meena Kumari, Raaj Kumar, Musical, Romance, Drama

A girl, whose mother dies of sorrow from her husband’s family’s rejection, grows up singing and dancing like her mother. She works as a dancing girl and is courted by a prince, but can think only of a man she has never met, who left her a message on the train. She dreams of him and cannot dance, becomes frightened and runs into the night.
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Words on Water (2002) Sanjay Kak, Documentary

“Shasan valo, sun lo aaj – Hamare gaon mein hamaara raaj” (Listen to us, you who rule – our villages, we control). A boat carrying that cargo of defiance begins an urgent journey through the Narmada valley.
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Kapurush / The Coward (1965) Satyajit Ray, Soumitra Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee, Haradhan Bannerjee, Drama, Romance

Amitabha Roy (Soumitra Chatterjee), a sriptwriter has a breakdown near a tea-estate and he is offered a place to stay by the estate manager (Haradhan Banerjee) at his bungalow. When he reaches, Amitabha finds out that the manager is married to his ex-girlfriend, Karuna (Madhabi Mukherjee).
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Raaz (2002) Vikram Bhatt, Dino Morea, Bipasha Basu, Malini Sharma, Drama, Horror, Musical

Sanjana and Aditya retreat to Ooty to give a last chance to their crumbling marriage. But the break turns into a nightmare when Sanjana starts hearing screams. A spirit is haunting Sanjana, while Aditya is hiding a secret that could steer him from life to death.
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Quick Gun Murugun: Misadventures of an Indian Cowboy (2009) Shashanka Ghosh, Rajendraprasad, Nassar, Rambha, Action, Comedy, Drama

Quick Gun Murugun is a western spoof with attitude, featuring outlandish songs, outrageous melodrama and crazy action sequences including a classic duel in a traffic jam. The film tells the story of Quick Gun Murugun – a South Indian karmic cowboy whose duty is to protect and cows.
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An Evening in Paris (1967) Shakti Samanta, Shammi Kapoor, Sharmila Tagore, Sarita, Musical, Romance, Thriller

In romantic Paris, two Parisians of Indian origin are in love namely Shyam or Sam and Roopa. Mystery and intrigue surround this romance, as Roopa is abducted and held by criminal mastermind Jack and his minions, who will trade her for a hefty ransom. Roopa has a look-alike in the shape and form of Suzy, who is sent in place of Roopa to ensure that the money is received, while the real Roopa is still being held captive. Sam must use all the resources available to in order to set Roopa free, but he will have a difficult time to differentiate between Suzy and Roopa.
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