Nandita Das

Set in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha the film is a sociopolitical gaze on the gig economy, from the perspective of a food-app delivery driver and his trials and tribulations.

Set in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha the film is a sociopolitical gaze on the gig economy, from the perspective of a food-app delivery driver and his trials and tribulations.

Set in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha the film is a sociopolitical gaze on the gig economy, from the perspective of a food-app delivery driver and his trials and tribulations.

Vennela has fallen for Aranya aka Ravanna’s poetry and the man both. What happens when she sets out on an arduous journey to be with him?

The film is a spontaneous response to the irony of “STAY HOME, STAY SAFE” for millions of women in India and around the world. The film is adding its voice to a conversation that is much needed in the public space. It reminds us that speaking up is only possible when women know that there is someone listening. This pandemic has taught us that our lives are deeply intertwined, and so we must respond to the realities beyond ours.

The film is a spontaneous response to the irony of “STAY HOME, STAY SAFE” for millions of women in India and around the world. The film is adding its voice to a conversation that is much needed in the public space. It reminds us that speaking up is only possible when women know that there is someone listening. This pandemic has taught us that our lives are deeply intertwined, and so we must respond to the realities beyond ours.

The film is a spontaneous response to the irony of “STAY HOME, STAY SAFE” for millions of women in India and around the world. The film is adding its voice to a conversation that is much needed in the public space. It reminds us that speaking up is only possible when women know that there is someone listening. This pandemic has taught us that our lives are deeply intertwined, and so we must respond to the realities beyond ours.

The film is a spontaneous response to the irony of “STAY HOME, STAY SAFE” for millions of women in India and around the world. The film is adding its voice to a conversation that is much needed in the public space. It reminds us that speaking up is only possible when women know that there is someone listening. This pandemic has taught us that our lives are deeply intertwined, and so we must respond to the realities beyond ours.

The film is a spontaneous response to the irony of “STAY HOME, STAY SAFE” for millions of women in India and around the world. The film is adding its voice to a conversation that is much needed in the public space. It reminds us that speaking up is only possible when women know that there is someone listening. This pandemic has taught us that our lives are deeply intertwined, and so we must respond to the realities beyond ours.

Albert Pinto goes missing one day and his girlfriend and family start making rounds at the police station to track him down. Unknown to them, he is on his way to Goa to carry out his first assignment as a hitman.

In Bombay's seedy-shiny film world, Manto and his stories are widely read and accepted. But as sectarian violence engulfs the nation, Manto makes the difficult choice of leaving his beloved Bombay. In Lahore, he finds himself bereft of friends and unable to find takers for his writings.

In Bombay's seedy-shiny film world, Manto and his stories are widely read and accepted. But as sectarian violence engulfs the nation, Manto makes the difficult choice of leaving his beloved Bombay. In Lahore, he finds himself bereft of friends and unable to find takers for his writings.

Drama centred around a dacoit named Ghela who believes in the power of the gun and regards it as a necessary tool for survival.

An insight into the life of late writer-director Rituparno Ghosh, the iconic cultural figure from West Bengal (India), who pushed and transgressed the boundaries of sexuality, feminism, and freedom of thought. The film is about an artist's relationship to his city Calcutta and is based on his personal memoirs, archival material, and conversations with cast, crew, and family.

A mock trial during the rehearsal of a play quickly turns into a gripping drama about desire, gender issues, power and control, this is an adaptation of playwright Vijay Tendulkar's Shantata. Court Chalu Aahe (1963).

Mina (Nandita Das) es una actriz india de éxito en Mumbai, que no puede olvidar a su hermana pequeña Sita, de quien fue separada a la fuerza después de la muerte de su madre en un pueblo. Treinta años después, Mina finalmente se enterará de que Sita está bien y vive en Barcelona. Sin embargo, los padres adoptivos de Sita le han escondido su historia. Ahora se llama Paula (Aina Clotet), es bióloga y no tiene ningún recuerdo de su pasado. Paula emprenderá el viaje de descubrimiento de su verdadera identidad con la ayuda de Prakash (Naby Dakhli), un atractivo inmigrante indio que vende películas de Bollywood en el barrio barcelonés del Raval.

A skeleton is found at the home of Esther (Nandita Das), whose fisherman husband Arulappasamy (Vishnu) has been missing for the past 25 years. Esther confesses that it was she who murdered her husband but when Agnes (Varsha), the cop assigned to the case, lends a sympathetic ear, she narrates a heart wrenching tale of a loving family ruined by the politics of territorial waters.

I Am is a 2011 Indian anthology film by Onir. It consists of four short films: "Omar", "Afia", "Abhimanyu", and "Megha". Each film shares the common theme of fear and each is also based on real life stories. The film was financed by donations from more than 400 different people around the world, many of whom donated through social networking sites like Facebook. There are four stories but the characters are interwoven with each story. "Abhimanyu" is based on child abuse, "Omar" on gay rights, "Megha" is about Kashmiri Pandits and "Afia" deals with sperm donation. I Am was released with subtitles in all regions as six different languages are spoken in the film: Hindi, English, Kannada, Marathi, Bengali and Kashmiri.

Firaaq is an Urdu word that means both separation and quest. The film is a work of fiction, based on a thousand stories. The story is set over a 24-hour period, one month after a campaign that took place in Gujarat, India, in 2002. It traces the emotional journey of ordinary people- some who were victims, some perpetrators and some who choose to watch silently.

Firaaq is an Urdu word that means both separation and quest. The film is a work of fiction, based on a thousand stories. The story is set over a 24-hour period, one month after a campaign that took place in Gujarat, India, in 2002. It traces the emotional journey of ordinary people- some who were victims, some perpetrators and some who choose to watch silently.

Firaaq is an Urdu word that means both separation and quest. The film is a work of fiction, based on a thousand stories. The story is set over a 24-hour period, one month after a campaign that took place in Gujarat, India, in 2002. It traces the emotional journey of ordinary people- some who were victims, some perpetrators and some who choose to watch silently.

Based on a actual events, the story is about a Pakistani Hindu boy and his father who accidentally cross the border into India from their village in Pakistan at a time of extreme war like tension between the 2 countries and end up spending 5 years in an Indian prison while the mother left behind wonders what has happened to them.

A drama centered around four women at Kuttanad in Kerala's Alappuzha district.

Ambientada en el sur de la India a fines de la década de 1930, esta provocativa historia traza la historia de tres personas atrapadas en una red inexorable de romance prohibido y secretos peligrosos. Después de que un plantador de especias británico se enamora de su atractivo sirviente, un joven idealista se encuentra dividido entre sus ambiciones y su familia, su pueblo y su pasado.

Película sobre la historia de Kiranjit Ahluwalia, que dejó la India para casarse con su marido en Londres. Aparentemente se trataba de una vida de ensueño, pero todo se desvaneció cuando descubrió que su marido era un alcohólico y la sometía continuamente a maltratos físicos y psicológicos. La situación empeoró al tener dos hijos... Incapaz de soportar la brutalidad y las violaciones por parte de su marido, le prende fuego y le mata. Acusada de asesinato en primer grado, la sentencian a cadena perpetua, e ingresa en prisión. Allí se hace amiga de su compañera de celda, de la que aprende inglés. Esta mujer se siente tan conmovida por su historia que le pide a su hermanastro, un abogado de alto nivel, que lleve su caso. El proceso llega a los oídos de un grupo de trabajadores sociales surasiáticos, que gestionan una organización de pocos recursos económicos llamada Southall Black Sisters. (FILMAFFINITY)

At the end, the only love which lasts is the love that has accepted everything, every disappointment, every failure and every betrayal, which has accepted even the sad fact that in the end there is no desire as deep as the simple desire for companionship." Inspired by this Graham Greene quote, "Podokkhep" is the story of an unusual bond between a retired man and a 5-year-old girl where he rediscovers life in his twilight years through this friendship.

Kamli was actually inspired by a K.N.T. Sastry's award winning documentary harvesting babies. K.N.T. Sastry wanted to make a feature film based on the documentary about the plight of tribal women selling their babies for a pittance. He actually contacted and wanted to make film with Soundarya as the main female lead of Kamli, but she died in a helicopter crash, and finally made the film with Nandita Das.

Thulasi, returns to her village to become a dance teacher. She cannot forget her love, Vishwa, but is haunted by the memory of her cousin's obsession with her.

Naive, simple-minded, and illiterate Bhaskar Sarnaik (Amitabh Dayal) comes to Bombay from his far-off village, to look for his missing brother, Raghuvir. He comes in contact with Sub-Inspector Gokhale (Om Puri), who feels sorry for him, and not only offers to find his brother, but also employment at an Irani Restaurant. Bhaskar does find his brother - in the morgue - but decides not to tell his mother as this may break her heart. He decides to stay on in Bombay and undergoes training to become a police officer. A short time later he is also a Sub-Inspector working closely with Gokhale. He is wounded in an encounter, and his mother comes to look after, and gets him to marry Aditi (Nandita Das) from the same village, which Bhaskar does so.

An actress mysteriously dies after the "Shubho Mahurat," a celebration of the first shot of the film. A journalist and her perceptive aunt investigate.

Four best friends end up owing 500,000 rupees to Mamta Sekhri, a woman involved in various underworld activities. The friends are forced to kill for money (an act called) "Supari" to pay their debt. But things begin to change when the men realize that in this game of Supari, they are not just hunters but also the hunted.

Comedy - Aditya is a young man who does not believe in astrology, but when a friend makes his astrological chart and explains to him that he is fated to marry a woman whose name begins with the letter V, Aditya decides to see for himself if this is true. *Subtitles not available for this feature* - Purab Kohli, Nandita Das, Rajiv Gopalakrishnan

A movie about an Indian woman who finds out that she is HIV positive.

Kannaki is a film directed by Jayaraj. It is loosely based on Shakespeare story of Antony & Cleopatra

Based on the true stories of families, politics and tribes in Nagpur, India. Growing crime and military-style gangs have created chaos in local communities. This musical action film pits Dr. Kanna's allegiance to his childhood love, Rupi, against his increasingly militaristic brother Ghisu.

After Shokhina's marriage to Noor ends, she remarries Meher but faces many complications in her married life. Things get worse when Noor returns to India as a married rich man.

A little girl is told by her parents that she is adopted. Determined to find her birth mother, her family eventually agrees to take her to Sri Lanka, where they encounter the militant group known as the Tamil Tigers.

Shanmugam meets his childhood sweetheart after many years and employs her as his housemaid as she urgently needs a job. However, his wife creates problems when she learns about their relationship.

A small town in rural India gets to witness a confrontation between two fathers - one a rich, powerful, influential, and cruel Zamindar Thakur Avadh Narayan Singh - who wants the man who filed a police complaint against his two sons to be killed immediately. And the other is Rudra, a poor laborer employed by Avadh, who wants justice when he finds out that his nine year old daughter, Durga, has been beaten and brutally raped by Avadh's sons, Bachhu, and Bhola. Amidst this background we have a corrupt doctor, who is willing to change his medical report after he is bribed appropriately; and a Police Inspector, Ramnarayan Bhardwaj, who is willing to drop any charges against Avadh's sons provided he gets his "dues" from the Thakur.

On the trail of an underworld contract killer, a dedicated police officer is thrust into a battle between good vs evil.

This film is based on five shot stories of Rabindranath Tagore's Jibito O Mrito, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's Abhagir Swarga, Gour Kishore Ghosh's Aei Daha, Prafulla Roy's Satgharia and Dibyendu Palit's Kaanch.

Family Planning issues in a Muslim Hyderabadi family struggling between new and old values

Shoba T. Mathur works for the Central Government in India and her job is to create awareness against child-marriage and other social evils that prevail due to general misinterpretation of the Hindu Shastras that demean women, particularly in Dhabri, a village in the state of Rajasthan. She does succeed in recruiting a young housewife, Saanvri, the mother of a young girl, Kamli, and wife of rickshaw driver, Sohan. Saanvri goes around the village raising awareness, and incurs the wrath of the village elders, mostly members of the Gujjar family.

The movie chronicles the arrival of a (Hindu) student to a strict all-boys Christian boarding school in India and his assimilation into the school. The change is quite dramatic to the protagonist and there are a lot of events that would look extremely abusive to the viewer.

On his journey to self realization, Biswaparakash faces a changing value system in a new consumerist culture and that conflict with his beliefs, values and traditions.

En 1947 estallán las revueltas entre pakistaníes e hindues. La película refleja esta época de transición en un grupo de amigos pakistanies e indios. Segunda película de la famosa trilogía de Mehta; dos años antes había dirigido "Fuego", y posteriormente en el 2005 rodaría "Agua".

Dibyanath Chatterji, his bank-employed wife, Sujata, and only child, a son, Brati, live a middle-class existence in Calcutta, West Bengal, India, circa early 1970s. Sujata is a quiet, devout Hindu, religious, and compassionate woman, and Brati has finished his school and is now attending college. His parents are proud of him, and keep track of his progress. Then their world is shattered during the early hours, when they are informed by the police that Brati has been killed.

Ashok lleva casado 15 años con Rahda, que es la que lleva el peso del negocio familiar y se ha convertido en el alma de la casa. Con ellos viven la madre y el hermano del marido en aparente armonía. Pero la entrada en el clan de Sita, la joven esposa de su cuñado, revolucionará el entorno de Rahda. Primera obra de la conocida trilogía de Mehta, le siguirían "Tierra" (1998) y "Agua" (2005). (FILMAFFINITY)

Based on a folk tale from Rajasthan, "Parinati" deals with the inherent tragedy of human avarice, which must inevitably lead to self-destruction. Ganesh, the protagonist, is a potter who leads a happy and contented life in a remote village. The only ambition he and his wife Kurjan share is to get their only son Laxman married and bring a daughter-in- law home. Destiny, however, has ordained otherwise. Ganesh is hand picked for his honesty and dedication by a local charitable Seth to become the caretaker of his inn in the middle of the desert. There, Ganesh and Kurjan meet a wealthy couple, who are greatly pleased with their service and hospitality. They offer to take their son Laxman to distant lands, teach him trade and make him fabulously rich.