Madan comes from a poor family background. Unable to find employment, he takes to gambling in a big way. Read More »
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A Flight of Pigeons (1979) Shyam Benegal, Jalal Agha, Nafisa Ali, Tom Alter
The movie chronicles the period of 1857 to 1858 when the soldiers of the East India Company mutinied Read More »
Ankur (1974) Shyam Benegal, Shabana Azmi, Sadhu Meher, Anant Nag
Laxmi lives a poor lifestyle in a small village in India along with her husband, Kishtaya, who is a deaf-mute. Read More »
In Two Minds (1973) Mani Kaul, Hardan, Manohar Lalas, Ravi Menon
Film is Based on Duvidha by Vijayadan Detha, it’s about merchant’s son, whose relationship with his young bride Read More »
Those Days (1954) Sundaram Balachander, Shivaji Ganesan, Pandharibai, Jawar N. Sitaraman
The night after the Japanese bombing of Madras, Rajan (Sivaji Ganesan) a radio engineer, is murdered while preparing to leave town with a bag full of cash. Read More »
The Saga of Khayal (1989) Kumar Shahani, Mangal Dhillon, Rajat Kapoor, Mita Vasisht
The film is presented in an abstract format, where a music student (Mangal Dhillon) listens to stories Read More »
The Zoo (1967) Satyajit Ray, Uttam Kumar, Kalipada Chakraborty, Nripati Chatterjee, Crime, Drama, Mystery
The story revolves around a retired judge, Mr. Nishanath Sen, who stays at a farm house called Golap Colony (The Rose Colony) at the outskirts of Calcutta. Read More »
Aparajito (1956) Satyajit Ray, Smaran Ghosal, Kamala Adhikari, Lalchand Banerjee, Drama
After living awhile in Benares, 10 year old Apu and his mother move in with her uncle in a small Bengali village. Read More »
The Stranger (1991) Satyajit Ray, Dipankar Dey, Mamata Shankar, Bikram Bhattacharya, Drama
A well-off family is paid an unexpected, and rather unwanted, visit by a man claiming to be the woman’s long-lost uncle. Read More »
The Kingdom of Diamonds (1980) Satyajit Ray, Soumitra Chatterjee, Utpal Dutt, Robi Ghosh, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
The musician duo of Goopi Gayin and Bagha Bayin make a comeback in this sequel, where they are invited to the court of the Hirak Raja (Diamond King), for their musical skills. Read More »