Ramodhar Singh is an old retired army soldier who back in his days always wanted to fight for his country. Unable to do so, Ramodhar Singh relives his dream by telling war associated stories to his 11 year old grand-daughter, Chumki. A cheerful side of daddu is always seen, when he is with her. However Chumki knows that there is something that is bothering him and one fine day she catches him making a wish. To make her grandfather happy, Chumki takes him to an old Akhada where Daddu use to practice back in his days. The place makes him very nostalgic and he ends up making a confession to himself and his grand-daughter which creates a gap in their relationship, shutting down the doors of his happiness. Chumki after that evening really wants to do something for her grandfather and after having a discussion with her troop, she decides on creating a war so that her grandfather could live the moment he always told stories off.
Is the house haunted or are the residents haunted by their pasts? This nonlinear narrative tells the story of three families who live in a house in different time periods. The first residents are an old woman and her husband. The husband passes away after which she moves away but leaves her plant in the house. The second residents are a young married couple who recently moved into the house. But the wife begins to see strange things like the house and a cat burning. She tells her husband to move out of the house but he refuses. One day she leaves the house with a note to her husband. The third resident is a young man and his cat. He seems to dislike the things left by the previous owners in the house. One day, after the house gets flooded, he sets fire to a plant that was left by the last owner.
Little Naisha plans a surprise for her father on his birthday, but soon realizes that her father lied to her about his whereabouts. sorry about being a no-show at Niasha's little party, Avinash, tries to win his daughter over by spending a whole day with her at the beach; promising her the best day of her life. The next day, a series of unfortunate events takes place. And the question remains- was it the best day ever?
How Sadanand Atre helps his wife Gayatri to come back to reality from a state of denial. While their only son has gone for one way mission to Mars.
Inspired by the cult classic starring Robert Corman and Peter Jackson, 'A Bottle of Blood' is a fresh take on the classic tale of terror. There is something in the wine! A retired American, Rob, is following his dream of making his own wine in a sleepy village in the south of France. But his wine is dreadful, and the locals savage. When a certain catalyst accidently makes its way into one of the wine vats, Rob's signatures bubbleover into a living hell of madness. People will drink irresponsibly, and women will die gratuitously. But it all boils down to- What will Rob do?
Chaitanya, a twelve year old boy, is forced into joining a pre-engineering boarding school. The headmaster of the school is very proud of the school's zero percent suicide rate. Chaitanya starts taking examinations but keeps failing to meet the aptitude standards of the school. He is continuously spanked and punished. Unable to cope up with academics and pressure from the mother, Chaitanya decides to break his roommate out of the school
Yashwant Rao is proud of being the hanging ropes maker - the ones used to hang inmates facing death sentences. Renowned for his precision for making ropes that give quick and clean deaths, Rao considers himself a god who makes criminals face their guilt. He gets an opportunity to hang a criminal whose name is Ali Afzal. On the D-day, Rao tells Afzal he will have to face god for his deeds. Afzal confidently says that his god is in his heart and it's Rao who needs to answer to the almighty. The hanging doesn't go well, taking longer than usual. Rao disturbed by the incident and later visits Afzal's sister to give her his final letter. He passes judgement on Afzal's character but gets interrupted by the sister who hints at Afzal's innocence. Rao becomes disillusioned by the justice system and realizes his masterful skills were used to hang innocents.He teaches Makarand the art of making hanging ropes but not before making a final one that he uses to kill himself.
On the first day of her college, Khushi, an obese teenager, is teased for being overweight by other students. When the teasing gets out of hand, she decides to go on a diet and do rigorous exercises to lose weight. One day she faints after being exhausted by her strict weight loss regime. Her mother explains to her that she is perfect the way she is but still Khushi is hell bent to lose weight. After meeting a mentally challenged child and his mother who have accepted their situation and are happy in their lives, she decides to love herself as she is.
Three thugs pull off a diamond heist. The dice of conceit and treachery are cast. As the thieves double cross each other, who will get away with all the loot?
The story is about a man named Shiv, who lives with his wife and granddaughter in hiding, as a result of the on-going war. They live in a small room which has no windows. The film revolves around a morning in his life, where the bombings start a little early than usual, of how he forms a wordless connection, a bond with a stranger, whom he looks at through a crack in of the walls; a bond emerging out of the struggle for survival.
As her village is caught in conflict between soldiers and rebel forces, little Kumbini befriends an ancient forest spirit. She eventually finds herself torn between the danger her family and friends face and the comfort of her new friend who offers her an escape from the worries of the world
Prerna Talwar is worked to the core and things seem to be headed towards stability for her family until a second child comes along. Years go by and she plays the part of the ideal mother to her two dissatisfied children, never looking back to see what she missed out on. When everything settles down - offered a chance to finally live, she realises that the life she once dreamt of is now behind her.
What happens when a wife lies to her in-laws that their son has got a job, when in reality, it is she who goes to office , while her unemployed husband manages the household ? The story tells us about a newly-wed couple , and how they struggle daily, to combat the frustration of unemployment, breaking the stereotype of gender bias.
An old theatre projectionist is fired from his job and has to come back to his village. Struggling with what to do with his life, he one day narrates a story for a crying kid. Slowly he becomes the favourite story teller in the village and re-discovers his passion.
This is not a love story. Neither is it a story about love. This is a fairy tale about destiny & all its serendipitous wonders. It is about how Aryan comes to terms with the fact that "that one girl" would come to him in ways he could only dream of.
A warrior apprentice completes his martial arts training and receives the medallion from his master, marking his accomplishment. He sets out to the Order’s Grand Temple to receive his rank, but upon reaching there, gets ambushed and loses the medallion.
The story revolves around Sunaina, a woman in her late 20s, a singer cum lyricist who works from home. She writes a new song. We see her husband Siddharth, a man in his early 30s is a business man who is always occupied by work. They live a daily normal, monotonous routine. They have less interaction throughout the day. After Siddharth leaves for his work, Sunaina spends time alone doing other household chores. One day, she found an old tape recorder and she decides to record her new song in it and will lately make Siddharth listen to her song at night. Unfortunately, at dinner, the lights went out and they spend their time in darkness. Since Siddharth’s mobile was not charged, it gave Siddharth an opportunity to interact with Sunaina. They relive their past moments when all of sudden, the situations turned and the whole happy conversation changed to past grievance talk. Siddharth accepts that he is being guilty of something he did, but Sunaina intervened and told him the truth. Siddharth thought Sunaina had a miscarriage because of him as he was not present at that time whereas Sunaina confesses that it was an abortion. This news broke Siddharth. As soon as lights come, the tape automatically starts the song but Siddharth leaves for his room leaving Sunaina alone.
After the commander announces a citywide lockdown to make the city crime free, Aaditya, a soldier from the city forces attempts to protect the people of city. Hunted by the commander and his forces, he is unable to cope with the pressure and attempts suicide but lands up in the world of coma. Aaditya must now choose between staying in the world of coma to avoid further bloodshed or to come back and keep his promise to protect the people of the city.
Sanjay and his friend Sunit are alcoholics who cannot get their hands on booze as they are broke. Sanjay's friend Bijli refuses to lend him money to buy alcohol. Meanwhile, Manav who is dining at a hotel with Ayesha tells her about his business problems and requests her to ask her father for money. When Ayesha is driving Manav home, her car hits him and he gets seriously injured. Sunit uses this to blackmail Ayesha and even when all this is going on, Manav pesters her about lending him money. Bijli, watching Manav's selfishness, reveals to Ayesha that Sanjay had come in front of her car so he and Sunit could extort her, adding that all men care about is money.
It's been 6 months since the protagonist has been looking after his ailing mother. He must balance his time between his work and his mother. Having to take care of his mother’s every little need, he has developed an aversion towards her. As his patience reaches a breaking point, he blurts out his frustration at his mother. As the day progresses, he witnesses an accident that reminds him of his own childhood. He realizes his mistakes and makes amends.
Arjun Mishra has spun a web of lies around himself. He finds his own life uninteresting and pitiful. Will he succeed in stepping out of this fictional world?
Seventy year-old Marsban is an inmate at a swanky retirement home. Tired of all the monotony in his life, Marsban plans to sneak out of the home and paint the town red. After a series of misadventures, will our young-at-heart protagonist succeed in his mission?
A little girl and her mother move into a house next to an old woman’s. The old woman’s house is dark, dingy and the woman herself is plain simple scary. When the little girl is sent next door on an errand, she encounters the horrors first hand.
A man's partner, who has a hearing impairment, is being treated at the hospital for what appears to be a terminal illness. He is a chef and visits her daily with a special dish made by him. Together he has spent many memorable moments with his partner before she got hospitalized. After missing a visit due to long hours at work, she becomes cross at him. But on the same day, her condition worsens and she dies leaving a huge hole in his heart and his life.
When her parents are out at work, or fighting with each other, a little girl is looked after by her loving granny. Her granny makes up for all the things the parents don't provide her. One day the mother leaves for good, but the little girl finds solace in her granny's love and hope. The granny dies soon after, not before telling her she will always be there for her. Knowing that her granny is looking down on her from the stars beyond, the girl lives happily with her father.
A young Chinmay's life is turned upside down when his parents commit suicide. He begins to behave violently in school and is unable to focus on studies. One day, while being scolded by his grandfather for his misbehavior, he asks him what is the point of life if everyone has to ultimately die. The grandfather then makes him realise the futility of crying over the past and the value of living in the present.
A 10 year old kid, Om reads a book on ghosts and try “kajal” trick in his school with his best friend, Mona. But they get caught by Mishra ji, a Hindi teacher who takes them to Sushant, new Science teacher. Sushant gets angry and punishes them. Om leaves the class in embarrassment. He doesn’t come to school for many days. So Sushant reaches Om’s house, Om tells him the story of his dead mother. To prove him wrong, Sushant puts the kajal. Did he really see his mother’s ghost or Was Om just playing a prank game with him?
Subhash is riding in a taxi, going home after twelve years.On his face, there is bandage and now he is telling driver a false story about his badly bruised face. But in the false back we see him actually, doing lots of fraud.When he reached home he finds his father is dead. He convenes his mother to come with him and sell her house but at airport he left his mother helplessly.
When Mumpy finds out her brother is need of an organ transplant, she decides to become a donor. Ignored by the people she tries to discuss her plans with, Mumpy writes a letter to her sister, Monica. Amidst a rapidly disintegrating household overwhelmed by its circumstance, Monica discovers the letter and must decide the fate of her family.
A cafe harbours three stories; an ex serial killer is set on a blind date but he suffers from withdrawal symptoms controlling urges to kill his date; To escape a break up situation, a guy cons his girlfriend into believing that he is a contract killer; A death artist, an actor who is practising or doing method acting by dying indifferent places.
Left for the dead, a feeble, desolate widow- Kadambani, wakes up confused from her funeral pyre and walks to her former household as her love for her nephew drags her back. Set in pre-independent India where superstitions and fear for the unknown had a coercive influence on the collective psyche, her relatives refuse to believe that she is alive and are terrified upon seeing her! Kadambani tries in vain to prove that she is indeed alive; but she is beseeched by her relatives to leave them for good. How will Kadambani prove herself; her existence, her identity?
Amrita and Kunal decide to shift to a live-in relationship. Initially, everything seems to be going perfect. Then little bumps begin to appear. Will Amrita and Kunal get their romance back on track?
Anna waited patiently to tell her husband her big news, little did she know it would end in a murder. She could save herself but the police show up at her house far too quickly and unexpectedly. We go through each beat of what Anna is thinking and feeling as she tries to understand how her world has suddenly turned upside down. She tries desperately to save a crumbling marriage to a boorish old professor, in love with his books and not much else. She’s just Anna, just a mild mannered housewife or maybe she’s much more.
Munni a 9 year old girl who lives in a small village, aspires to be a Police officer, which was her father’s dream who was a security guard. She wants to win a poetry writing competition which will let her spend a day with Inspector Sanjana Bharti, her idol. However she doesn’t go to school and thus seeks help of her best friend Bunty who is also participating in the competition and goes to school. She tries stealing forms from school and gets caught. Until one night before the submission day she has almost nothing written, where as Bunty has everything in place. She ends up stealing Bunty’s poem to replace his name with hers and denies it when confronted. She has to make a choice between her dream and being fair to her best friend.
In the evening of a school play at a boarding school. Daniel, an eleven year old boy, is waiting by the wings of the stage peeking at the audience. Miss Lily tells him to get on stage and that his parents would be waiting to see him. He comes on to the stage to realize they aren’t there and he leaves immediately. He walks and keeps walking in his costume, slipping out of the boarding school while no one notices an escaping tree.
Akash is a tender young boy troubled by the strained relationship his parents share. His only beacon of happiness and comfort in his house is his jovial and caring grandfather.But he is devastated when his grandfather passes away, and he finds himself unable to cope with his life at home.At his grandfather's funeral, he meets a person he did not expect to see and yet another person he least expected to see. With a little help from them, Akash begins to realise that not everyone who leaves the world behind necessarily leave their people behind in it too.
Its been almost two decades since Sunanda Mattoo’s family faced the perils of being Kashmiri Pandits. Now settled in Mumbai, she still seems to be living the horrors of the past. Single-handedly trying to make both ends meet – she is struggling to provide for her daughters studies and care for her mentally unstable father-in-law. Sunanda decides to take a chance as a tour guide for Kashmir ; little did she know that her daughter has reached before her for the same interview to lessen her mother’s worries.
The film is set in 1990’s. Rekha moves into a new town with her husband Pradeep. They shift into an old house that has been shut for 10 years. Pradeep is out the entire day working, and Rekha spends her days at home rearranging the house. She finds letters addressed to Sumati who stayed with her husband in the same house years back. As Rekha starts going through the letters, she understands Sumati was very fond of the writer Shankar. And that Sumati was ready to do anything for him. Rekha tries to get same kind of attention from her husband but fails to do so. She wastes the entire day thinking what will please her husband. After few letters Rekha understands that Shankar had started controlling Sumati, and Sumati felt too insecure. Shankar took the advantage until he felt Sumati was starting to demand more out of their relationship and so he declares about his marriage to her. Rekha relates well to feelings of Sumati as she herself is overly dependent on Pradeep, and it starts to disturb her. Sumati ends her life saying she has thought herself to be so incapable that the other could easily take advantage of her. And that she forgot what she stood for while trying to please everyone around.
Karma has her own way of giving it back. Krit , a rowdy teenager misbehaves with everyone, be it his parents or classmates. One day , while running away after his misdeed, he falls down into a well and spends the entire night alone, shouting and crying for help. Ironically , it is the same boy whom he bullies in class,who comes to his rescue, thus teaching him a lesson of a lifetime.
Ramji Bhai is a middle class man who co-owns a supermarket. He used to simple living and is found faltering when he is invited to a high-class party for a business meeting. His wife is excited to attend the party, but he denies her. For his son, whom Ramji Bhai wants to take along, is least interested in the event. How will the modest Ramji Bhai cope in this new and daunting environment?
Internal bond and love transcends blood relation, such is its power. A young village boy,Raghav leaves no stone unturned to provide comfort to his beloved Keshav Bhaiya, so that he can hold him back from not going to the city. But to his dismay, Keshav only comes back to the village to take his mother along with him to the city. All the love and bond becomes futile, when Keshav announces his decision out-loud, shattering Raghav’s heart into many pieces.
Lata, a 50-year-old woman, is the string that holds her family together. Lata’s husband ANIL (53) and her son SHALIN (24) are always at loggerheads with each other, while her daughter is completely detached from everyone. The family is on their way to attend a wedding. Due to their internal clashes, they lose their way, forcing Lata to take control. After her failed attempts to drive the car herself, she makes her daughter drive while enjoying this new-found power. Losing the way even further, their fight escalates, and Lata throws the car key away in frustration. The family unites to get themselves out of the situation which fails them even further and renders the car useless. Eventually they end up traveling without any of them in control.
Mahek, a college student gets rescued by an independent older woman Geetanjali. She takes her to her home and the two become friends. Since their meeting, Mahek can't stop thinking about G, her moniker for Geetanjali and ditches her friends to be with her. Her collegemate teases her about her relation with Geetanjali. When Mahek expresses her feelings to Geetanjali, she gets snubbed. But Geetanjali continues to be friends with her. One day, Mahek gets dropped to her father's party by Geetanjali. There she realizes that Geetanjali and her father are acquaintances. In the party, Geetanjali acts strange pretending to not know Mahek well. She reveals later that Mahek to her is her acquaintance's daughter and nothing more. Mahek, still in love with Geetanjali, leaves saying she won't embarrass her any more
A story of an ordinary introverted Postman(sunderlal), who has a monotonous life and faces boredom in his everyday routine, until there’s an accidental encounter between him and a sweet and aspiring young lady, who happens to visit the Post Office, searching for the “LETTER”. Then the letter becomes the medium for him to get close to her.
This is the story of Ravi, engulfed in a psychological loop where he goes through changes in his character from an innocent one to bad.
An armed security guard, Asif, accidentally kills his fellow guard Ashok one night at their workspace. Ashok was trying to rob the same place they were defending. 10 years pass by, but Asif still regrets his actions and has become alienated from most of the people around him. The only human interaction he has, is with the chai boy, Tipu. The ideas of the past still haunt him , until one night at the workspace, the same situation that had happened 10 years ago, repeats itself but this time ,with Asif at the other end.
The story depicts purity of friendship between two 10-year old kids ,Faiz and Gautam . How they manage to cancel Faiz’s family Dubai trip in order to play a society cricket final match is exemplary to the fact that friendship is beyond age, caste, and religion.
Jim, A running 11-year-old boy has shifted from Mumbai and has trouble interacting with new people initially, so he decides to stick to the shadow’s & finds a connection with just one boy DD
The story revolves around a woman who is a caretaker of an old man.The film is an adaptation of The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe.
When his good-for-nothing alcoholic father suddenly comes back in his life, Arnav is forced to meet him. To his shock, he discovers he has a half-brother. Angered by his father's deeds, he decides to never visit him again. But a box of his favorite Ferrero chocolates and music reconnects him to his lost family.
The film is about Sophia and a few minutes from one day of her life. Stuck in office past 7pm, Sophia struggles to finish an article. As the world continues to function around her, the film explores the various possibilities in that one moment. Every little memory plays out before Sophia and each time a little new information is revealed.
Loop is the story of a young IT professional who is facing financial troubles. He must support his family and pay for the operation of an ailing sister. His sense of duty towards his family forces him to take up multiple projects at the same time. As the stress builds up and he struggles to maintain his job, how will our protagonist break from the rut and emerge stronger?
A weary taxi driver idling at a chai ki tapri agrees to be sketched by a young artist. The artist strikes up a conversation during which he shares his experience as a cab driver. He says that as he meets passengers one after another, he gets to know about their lives which sometimes resonate with his. A husband arguing with his wife about his affair reminds him how he abandoned his family. A career woman working late makes him repent for not studying well. In deep contemplation about his choices, he wonders what would have happened if he had studied and not left his family.
Enter the strange and comical world of Jerryland which is two 'songs' away from Bombay, where there is a cycle with a mind of its own, a mime who plays with a delivery boy, tree huggers who paint leaves on trees and Jerry who falls for a girl in a yellow dress.
After years of painstaking research at the cost of his domestic pleasure, Dr. Dipankar Roy discovers a vaccine for leprosy. News is flashed over television and overnight, an insignificant junior doctor receives international recognition. After suffering humiliation at the hands of his seniors, Dr. Roy suffers a mild heart attack. His wife and a few colleagues stand by him but Dr. Roy is transferred to a remote village. The last straw is two American doctors receiving credit for discovering the same vaccine.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was invited to South Africa in 1893 to settle a case for a wealthy Indian settled there. He expected to return in a few months but instead got involved in the freedom movement and eventually stayed for 21 years. During those years, his ideas took shape and his personal and political philosophy evolved. Gandhi’s creed of nonviolence and satyagraha originated in that country. The impact of South Africa was incalculable and this film deals with these 21 years. His constant search for truth causes hardships for the whole family. His public life is equally full of frustrating and difficult experiences. He witnesses iniquitous wars as a medical volunteer, and is incarcerated in jail during the struggle for Indian rights. He emerges from this crucible, a Mahatma.
Jairaj and Ratna, aging Bharatanatyam dancers, struggle with past traumas caused by Jairaj’s authoritarian father, Amritlal. As their daughter Lata prepares for her debut, her fiancé Vishal’s presence unearths buried secrets, forcing the family to confront generational conflicts and artistic struggles.
Rajanna and Geeta arrive in the city in the fond hope of building a cosy little home. When they discover just such a house, their happiness knows no bounds. Things are fine till, one day, a workshop opens up next door and brings with it a wide variety of sounds. When the noise crosses the bounds of tolerance, Rajanna is indignant but cannot do much, until he discovers that his wife has achieved the impossible task of getting the shed vacated, but only by yielding to the demands of the police inspector. Rajanna now wants to take Geeta away from the environment. He seeks the help of the workmen who had earlier occupied the shed, but discovers that their slum is being demolished to make way for a multinational.
The film deals with an individual’s ordeal in the face of an indifferent establishment. It revolves around the payment of an electricity bill for a farm pump-set.Velu owns a small sugarcane field and has immense faith in the establishment, in this case, the Electricity Board, to condone a delay in payment of his electricity bill. But when the power is severed he and his wife Sita are devastated. Friends and well wishers raise their hands helplessly and can only offer suggestions for restoration of power. Help comes finally from the most unexpected quarters. Their neighbour Radha who is looked down upon by the villagers, restores the power and reinforces one’s faith in basic human values.
The film spans 56 out of Gandhi’s 79 years. It starts with his days in South Africa, where Gandhi is seen as a young attorney, who is thrown out of a first class compartment in spite of having a valid ticket. Angered at this humiliation, Gandhi decides to protest for the rights of Indians and other coloured people. It is here that he meets with his first success. His fame spreads to India and he is invited to return home to take part in the freedom struggle. On arrival, he is shocked at the poverty in the country and undertakes to travel all over the country to witness, at first hand, the atrocities of the British Empire. Gandhi’s struggle to win freedom for India through his non-violent approach, his belief that men are more good than evil and his spiritual ideas all form a part of this saga, the biography of a fascinating world leader - both spiritual and political.
Arvind Desai is the only son of a rich businessman who deals in luxury handicraft products. His feelings for his father are mixed. While he hates his dominating nature, he admires his power and lack of scruples. He has long discussions on art and politics with a Marxist friend. He is seeing his father's secretary, Alice and sometimes he visits a prostitute, Fatima. His marriage is arranged to a girl from a high-class family much to Alice's mother’s dismay, she realizes that Alice was nothing more than a passing fancy for Arvind.
"Young bachelor Manik Mulla, a railway mail service employee, stays in an old part of Allahabad. His friends gather in his house to listen to his realistic – surrealistic – moralistic stories, which lead to polemics – social, political, literary discussions. The film provides an interesting study of how a work of literature is transformed into a film that reflects on multiple aspects of life."
Char Adhyay is a subtle delineation of human relationships based on a novel by Rabindranath Tagore. The energies of painting, theatre, music and dance come together in this film, set in Bengal of the 30s. Its narrative and its poetic depiction of pain is unique to Indian art cinema.
This film captures the long-standing subjugation of struggling classes, reflecting their simmering unrest, silenced voices seeking unity, and the awakening of raw desire and the first stirrings of love amidst oppression and yearning for change.
Three collegians, bred on western pop culture, are obsessed with migrating to America, and are always dreaming up weird schemes to get there. Their plans lead to them being trapped in numerous hilarious situations. After mishaps galore, the trio come to realize that the American dream is just an illusion… or do they?
Set in modern-day New Delhi, the film explores the legacy of Hindustani music passed through generations. A young singer’s life unravels after her mother’s death, but with guidance from her mother’s guru and a mysterious girl, Tara, she finds healing.
"Half a century ago, Rajasthan, India. Not the Rajasthan of sand dunes but of barren mountains, stunted Khejari trees and painted mansions. The land of Shekhavati. A couple in search of a cure for their seven year old ailing daughter. Jassu Kaka, a village elder who knows the cure, but guides them to Sukku Baba- a Fakir living in the desert. A village where no girl child survives beyond the age of seven. An old woman in the twilight zone of sanity and madness, the only symbol of compassion in a village torn by greed and intolerance. A woman fighting for the rights of her child even after her own death. An old well from which ghosts of the past emerge. A community confessing its crimes long forgotten. An absolution for the sinners. A Tarpan for the departed souls."
Living in his ancestral mansion in a jungle, Raja Saheb, a widower passes his time hunting. Once, with a tribal boy and with his guests—two couples—he goes on a hunting spree. On the way some strange things happen which push everyone into deep introspection.
A deadly assassin and an amnesiac, who were friends in the past, stand as enemies in the present and use an ancient martial art form to fight. However, they both miss seeing the bigger picture.
An officer of the alien government, a Subedar, assigned to collect taxes, arrives in the village. The moment the Subedar sets his eyes on the dusky Sonbai, a spirited beauty known for her defiant ways, he forgets all about taxes and lusts for her openly. Knowing that it is normal for a Subedar to expect gifts from a village, he shamelessly demands for Sonbai, and the spineless villagers, knowing that Sonbai’s husband is away, agree to oblige.
The amendment in the law making it compulsory for one-third of the Gram Panchayat representatives to be women, is not received favourbly by the rulling Sarpanch of the village, Thakur Ratan Singh. Although he puts up a front of being in favour of the idea, along with his son Inder Singh, he conspires to field wives of friends, whom he hopes he can control through their husbands and through the caste network. Vidya, wife of Bhanwar Singh who is indebted to the Thakur, is one of the newly elected women Panchayat members. Vidya, who is educated, notices that the political empowerment of women is only on paper and in reality decision-making still continues to be with the manipulative old guard. Vidya decides it is time for a change.
Ranjit is an educated and unemployed young man, desperately looking for a job. He is taught to use a gun by people who promise to show him a new way of life and lead him to a better future. One day, as instructed by these people, he shoots and kills Anuradha's husband. A few days later, Banajit Dutta, a Professor of the local college, is shot to death. As time goes by and Ranjit grows inevitably closer to Dutta's family, life in this strange prison becomes intolerable. Haunted by memories of the crime that he isn't allowed to forget, tortured by guilt and remorse, he struggles to find peace and retain his sanity.
One night the phone rings. The man picks it up. The caller immediately hangs up. On the other side of the phone is a woman, living in a large apartment of a high- rise building – dreadfully lonely, a prisoner of circumstances. The woman phones again in the middle of the night. The man does not sound unfriendly. Days roll and the conversations multiply. A strange game starts. The man and the woman build a weird imaginary world. Then, in the middle of a fateful night, the world thus built suddenly collapses. But life goes on. And there is passion and pain in it.
The film follows three comic-dramatic stories set in Mumbai. The first one is about a middle-aged man who wins the office ‘Fun Committee Award’, which entitles him to a whole day full of fun. He is most reluctant to leave the safety of his cubicle but he has to. Prescribed fun modules have to be completed and non-compliance is not an option...The second story begins with domineering pater families, Anil, who is on life support. Seeking some relief, his family decides to buy a TV, which Anil had banned; now every night the family plugs into a popular soap whose hero is a man ideal in every way...The third one centers on Aarti whose repetitive existence is slowly making her more and more mechanical and numb. Deep inside ferments a disconnect and unease that she is unable to articulate to anyone. Then one day there arrives a most intimate letter and everything change
Agantuk is Satyajit Ray’s last film and adapted from his short story Atithi, meaning guest. A family is paid an unexpected, and rather unwanted, visit by a man claiming to be Anita’s long lost uncle. The initial suspicion with the man slowly dissolves as he regales them with stories of his travels. The family is suspicious of the stranger, believing him to be an imposter with a financial scam to sell, only to find him leave unexpectedly, leaving behind some insightful observations.
Like his films, Music of Satyajit Ray is a multilayered blending of Western sense and Indian sensibility. Ray has brought to his filmmaking a musical sense and skill, that was as much a gift of his family as product of personal cultivation. But the most important thing is that his musical background did not make his films a pretext for his musical obsession; on the contrary he used music as an element in the organic structure of a film.
Of indeterminate age, Tunu lives and spends her time at the Howrah Railway Station, searching desperately for the one face which can change her life: the face of her father Dinesh Roy, a small-time politician. He has abandoned her and her mother, Geeta, who has now become a bootlegger and prostitute in order to survive. One day, Tunu does locate Dinesh and goes to Delhi to meet him but she is drugged and dumped into a train without a ticket. Returning home to Calcutta she finds that her mother has been murdered. Then, one day, she sees her father's photograph in the newspaper. He is to address a political meeting in Calcutta. Tunu attends the meeting and tries to contact her father but is thrown out. While Dinesh Roy talks of integrity, his illegitimate daughter is on the way to the police lock-up for disturbing the peace.
"Thola, a sharecropper, was treated as a brother by the landlord, whose son Dharam Singh calls him uncle. Thola had married a nomad girl who was consequently forsaken by her parents. As a penance, Thola’s son Jagsir is condemned to remain unmarried. Jagsir falls in love with Bhani, the young bride of the local barber. Bhani too reciprocates the feeling and is punished by being sent away. When Thola dies, Jagsir builds a brick memorial, a marhi, on the land he used to till. Dharam Singh’s son Bhanta, resents the unofficial tenancy rights of Jagsir. Missing Bhani, Jagsir becomes addicted to opium. Unable to battle with Bhanta, he does not till the land. Bhanta breaks Thola’s marhi, and takes over the land given to Thola by his grandfather. Jagsir’s mother dies of shock and Jagsir starves himself to death. His friend, the water-carrier Ronki, builds his marhi in his memory, and Bhani lights the earthen lamp on it."
Aashad Ka Ek Din is based on a celebrated modern Hindi play written by Mohan Rakesh. Aashad Ka Ek Din is an adaptation of the play that is based on Kalidasa’s life in three acts. Kalidasa is renowned as one of the greatest writers, poets and dramatists in the history of Sanskrit language.
Francis Massey works as a clerk in the district collector's office under the British rule in colonial India. He aspires to become one of the rulers and does everything he can to impress his boss.
"Piroj and Pestonjee are two friends who get along well in spite of being so different in temperament. Piroj, an accountant, is reserved while Pestonjee, is an extrovert. Jeroo, a pretty girl and of marriageable age, is shown to both Piroj and Pestonjee on separate occasions. While Piroj dithers about marrying her, Pestonjee instantly makes up his mind, unaware that his friend has also seen and liked the same girl. Piroj is hurt, but it does not mar their friendship. Piroj is transferred to Bhusaval but continues to keep in touch. On a brief visit to Bombay he is shattered to discover that the marriage is on the verge of collapse."
Maniram, the patriarch has amassed wealth by dubious means. He gets Tejo, a very beautiful woman, to marry his younger son. Intelligent Tejo gradually takes over her father-in-law’s business. Maniram remarries and in the meanwhile, his city-based elder son arrives to create a crisis, which eventually leads to Tejo’s sway over the family.
"Sridhar Ranjan, a social activist, is missing in action in Majuli – the largest inhabited river island in the world. Seven years later, Sridhar is about to be officially declared dead when his friend, Abhijit Shandilya, a journalist, goes from Mumbai to Majuli in search of him. In Majuli, Abhijit finds himself to be a stranger of sorts in a place that is infested with terrorists and where both the police and the terrorists seem to be suspicious of him. His only hope is the beautiful local guide, Sudakshina. But like the unpredictable river Brahmaputra, her existence has unseen undercurrents. Will Abhijit be able to solve the mystery? Is he walking down the same path as his friend, Sridhar Ranjan? Does a similar fate await him as the river flows?"
A fugitive political activist finds refuge with a rebellious young woman. United by disillusionment, they confront societal and political failures. In isolation, he questions rigid leadership and blind obedience. Their shared struggle becomes a symbol of resistance against oppression and exile.
Lachhi, newly married, is left alone when her husband departs on business. A ghost, in her husband’s form, lives with her, leading to love and pregnancy. When the real husband returns, a haunting dilemma unfolds, echoing myth and folklore.
"Kishunsah is a self-respecting, wise old man who decides to divide his property among his family the moment he suspects that all is not well between his sons and daughter-in-law. After the division, Kishunsah settles down with his youngest son, but his tranquil life comes to an end sooner than expected. He has to face the rewards of old age – the humiliation, the insults. He has no value now. One day he is thrown into the junk room to live. He feels completely detached from the family and decides to snap all ties and renounce the world forever."
Tagore’s attaining of a unified vision of internationalism in a period of colonialism was no mean achievement. Growing up in the capital city of our erstwhile British masters, a motherless child sequestered in an opulent zamindar mansion, he was cared for perfunctorily by maids and man-servants, and largely left to his own devices. He ran away from school time and again, mostly out of boredom, and had eventually to be tutored at home with no fixed curriculum. Right from Tagore’s early childhood to his late years the film beautifully captures the thinking, feeling, loving human being, in love with the world and all its living creatures.
"A landlord orders the murder of a benevolent schoolmaster whose progressive influence seems to be sinking in. A very poor labourer Naurangia retaliates by murdering the landlord’s brother. This turns him and his wife into fugitives overnight. After struggling for sustenance elsewhere, they decide to return home but an insurmountable task awaits them – that of crossing the wide and treacherously swift river. How Naurangia and a heavily pregnant Rama cross the river to return home to safety is what Paar as a movie takes you through."
Inspector Joshi is a grieving father searching for his daughter Aruna, kidnapped years ago when she was six. In his despair, life converges with a recurring dream in which Joshi pursues a shadowy figure who leads him to ‘Paradise’, a nightclub where teenage girls dance to a leering crowd. He is convinced he will find Aruna there and vows to bring her back to Leela, his broken wife.
"Ambi comes to Kumbakonam from Delhi and is shocked to see Vembu Iyer, his Vedic scholar father, unable to recognize his own son. Ambi learns from his mother that Vembu Iyer has retreated into silence ever since he heard about his son’s unhappy marriage. Gradually the old man’s self-guilt begins to surface."
27 Down is the story of Sanjay and how all his life’s decisions,choices, hopes and aspirations are crushed under the dogmatic influence of his domineering father. Sanjay gets a chance at life to at once not heed his father and choose a life of his own, but he lets it pass.
Born in Maharashtra in an unknown dhangar (shephard) family in the late 1720s, Ahilya became the daughter-in-law of Malharrao Holkar, the first Maratha Subhedar (Governor) of Malwa in Central India. Malharrao had already departed from the prevailing wisdom of the times by creating an independent financial account in the name of Gautambai, his wife and mother of Khanderao. Ahilya subsequently inherited this account and built her Empire of Charities all over the sub-continent and well beyond the boundaries of Malwa. Her other mother-in-law Harkubai, also contributed to her growth by transforming Ahilya from a simple village girl into a noble ruler with rare social and political acumen.
