A docu-drama recreating the rape and plundering conducted by WWII Japanese troops against the Filipino people. Read More »
Tag Archives: India
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 »
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 »
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 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 »
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 »
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 »