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Taking the Horse to Eat Jalebis (2019)

Ghode Ko – follows four main characters: a pickpocket, a vendor of sweet Read More »
Dombivli Fast (2005) Nishikant Kamat, Sandeep Kulkarni, Audumber Aphale, Ashwini Apte

Dombivli Fast captures India’s “functioning anarchy” on celluloid. Read More »
Lowly City / Neecha Nagar (1946) Chetan Anand, Rafiq Anwar

The film takes an expressionist look at the gulf between the rich and poor in society. Read More »
Untouchable Girl / Sujata (1960) Bimal Roy, Nutan Samarth, Sunil Dutt, Shashikala

Sujata gets adopted by the Chowdhury family, which consists of dad Upendranath Read More »
The Churning / Manthan (1976) Shyam Benegal, Girish Karnad, Naseeruddin Shah, Smita Patil

Dr.Rao (Girish Karnad) is a Veterinary doc, who comes to this village Read More »
Thirsty / Pyaasa (1957) Mala Sinha, Guru Dutt, Waheeda Rehman

Unemployed Vijay is the youngest in his family consisting of his widowed mom Read More »
Distant Thunder / Ashani Sanket (1973) Satyajit Ray, Soumitra Chatterjee, Bobita, Sandhya Roy

Gangacharan is the new Brahmin of a village, where he assumes various duties Read More »
A Throw of Dice / Prapancha Pash (1929) Franz Osten, Seeta Devi, Himanshu Rai, Charu Roy

With King Ranjit visiting him, King Sohat sees an opportunity to kill his young cousin and take over his kingdom. Read More »
The Desolute Beach (1963) Tapan Sinha

On his way to Puri by train, a writer gets acquainted with a group Read More »
Birth / Piravi (1989) Shaji N. Karun, Premji

Raghu, the only son of Raghava Chakyar was born late for him. Read More »
Gangs of Wasseypur (2012) Anurag Kashyap, Manoj Bajpayee, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Tigmanshu Dhulia

Shahid Khan is exiled after impersonating the legendary Sultana Daku Read More »
Devdas (1955) Bimal Roy, Dilip Kumar, Suchitra Sen, Vyjayanthimala

Devdas and Parvati had been inseparable as children, and as they grew older, Love Blossomed. Read More »
Paper Flowers / Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959) Guru Dutt, Waheeda Rehman, Kumari Naaz

A popular director recruits a new actress to work for his Movie. The popularity of the movie spills Read More »
The Wall / Deewaar (1975) Yash Chopra, Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Nirupa Roy

The movie tells the story of two brothers, Vijay and Ravi Verma, who follow different career paths Read More »