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Mother India (1957) Mehboob Khan, Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar

The film begins with the finishing of a water canal for the village set in the present. Read More »
A Night of Knowing Nothing (2021) Payal Kapadia, Bhumisuta Das

L writes letters to her estranged lover. Through these letters, we get a glimpse Read More »
Jukti, Takko Aar Gappo / Reason, Debate and a Story (1974) Ritwik Ghatak, Tripti Mitra, Shaonli Mitra, Sugata Burman

Nilkantha, an alcoholic frustrated intellectual, suddenly finds himself out of the street. Read More »
Lady of the Lake / Loktak Lairembee (2016) Haobam Paban Kumar, Ningthoujam Sanatomba

A fishing community living on floating biomass in Loktak Lake in Manipur Read More »
Man of the Story / Kathapurushan (1996) Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Vishwanathan, Mini Nair, Aranmulla Ponnamma

Against the history of Kerala, we see a young man grow up without a father Read More »
Mr. 420 / Shree 420 (1955) Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Nadira

Wearing torn Japanese sneakers, English pants, a red Russian cover Read More »
Jewel Thief (1967) Vijay Anand, Ashok Kumar, Dev Anand, Vyjayanthimala

Vinay, an ordinary young man who finds himself constantly mistaken for a look-alike jewel thief named Amar. Read More »
The Cloud-Capped Star / Meghe Dhaka Tara (1960) Ritwik Ghatak, Supriya Choudhury, Anil Chatterjee, Gyanesh Mukherjee

“Meghe Dhaka Tara” tells the tragic story of the beautiful daughter of a middle-class Read More »
Life Sentence / Kala Pani (1958) Raj Khosla, Dev Anand, Madhubala, Nalini Jaywant

Based on A.J.Cronin’s ‘Beyond This Place’, this movie narrates the story of an untiring crusade for justice. Read More »