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Tag Archives: India
Anantaram (1987) Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Mammootty, Asokan, Shobana

The film develops through a commentary by Ajayan (Ashokan) about himself in the first person. Read More »
Kanchenjungha (1962) Satyajit Ray, Chhabi Biswas, Karuna Bannerjee, Pahadi Sanyal

Played out in real time, several complex family dramas intersect in the landscape of the Himalayan foothills Read More »
The Vagabond AKA Awaara (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 »
The Lonely Wife AKA Charulata (1964) Satyajit Ray, Soumitra Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee, Shailen Mukherjee

Charu lives a lonely and idle life in 1870s India. Although her husband Bhupati devotes more time to his newspaper than to their marriage Read More »
Days and Nights in the Forest AKA Aranyer Din Ratri (1970) Satyajit Ray, Sharmila Tagore, Kaberi Bose, Simi Garewal

A group of four middle class workers in India take the week off to have a holiday. Read More »
Shadow Kill / Nizhalkkuthu (2002) Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Sukumari, Reeja

Kaliyappan, the last hangman of Travancore dynasty is dragging his remaining life by consuming alcohol and worshipping the Mother Goddess. Read More »
The Branches of the Tree AKA Shakha Proshakha (1990) Satyajit Ray, Ajit Banerjee, Haradhan Bannerjee, Soumitra Chatterjee

An aged patriarch (Ajit Bannerjee), popular for his scrupulous honesty, has a heart attack in the middle of a town gathering in his honour. Read More »
The Holy Man AKA Mahapurush (1965) Satyajit Ray, Charuprakash Ghosh, Robi Ghosh, Prasad Mukherjee

A retired lawyer meets a holy man Birinchi Baba (Charuprakash Ghosh) and his assistant (Robi Ghosh) Read More »
Friendship AKA Dosti (1964) Satyen Bose, Sudhir Kumar, Sushil Kumar, Sanjay Khan

Mr. Gupta passes away after an accident while on duty, leaving behind his ailing wife and school-going son, Ramnath. Read More »