About the relationship between Shyam and his mother who teaches him how to stick to his ideals and beliefs in spite of them living in poverty. Read More »
Tag Archives: Marathi
Sant Tukaram (1936) Vishnupant Govind Damle, Sheikh Fattelal, Vishnupant Pagnis, Gauri, B. Nandrekar
This classic film chronicles the life of Tukaram (17th C.), one of Maharashtra’s most popular saint poets Read More »
Life Is for the Living (1939) Manoos
A love tragedy featuring a policeman, Ganpat (Modak) and a prostitute, Mainal (Hublikar). Read More »
Dombivli Fast (2005) Nishikant Kamat, Sandeep Kulkarni, Audumber Aphale, Ashwini Apte
Dombivli Fast captures India’s “functioning anarchy” on celluloid. Read More »
Zapatlela (1993) Mahesh Kothare, Laxmikant Berde, Kishori Ambiye
Inspector Mahesh Jadhav kills a wanted gangster only to be unaware that his spirit has possessed a doll lying in a box nearby. Read More »
Tobacco Embers / Tambaku Chaakila Oob Ali (1982) Yugantar
Tambaku Chaakila Oob Ali documents, re-enacts, and takes forward one of the largest movements Read More »
Ghashiram Kotwal (1976) K. Hariharan, Mani Kaul, Mohan Agashe, Rajani Chavan, Vandana Pandit
This was the first movie made by this group (see Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan (1978) Read More »
Court (2014) Chaitanya Tamhane, Vira Sathidar, Vivek Gomber, Geetanjali Kulkarni
A sewerage worker’s dead body is found inside a manhole in Mumbai. An ageing folk singer is tried in court on charges of abetment of suicide. Read More »