Chauranga (2016)

가까운 미래 시카고, 잦은 전쟁과 자연재해로 폐허가 된 도시에서 인류는 하나의 사회, 다섯개의 분파로 나뉘어 자신이 속한 분파의 행동규범을 절대적으로 따르며 철저히 통제된 세상에 살게 된다. ‘핏줄보다 분파’가 중요한 사회에서 모든 구성원은 열여섯 살이 되면 평생 살아갈 분파를 결정하기 위해 테스트를 치르게 되고, 그 중 어느 분파에도 속하지 않아 금기시 되는 존재 ‘다이버전트’로 판정 받는 소녀 ‘트리스’가 나타난다. 정부에서 개발한 감각 통제 시스템으로 통제할 수 없는 강한 의지를 지닌 ‘다이버전트’. 그들을 둘러싼 거대한 음모와 배신, 숨겨진 어두운 비밀이 밝혀지며 모든 사람들이 지금까지 믿고 있던 모든 것이 산산이 부서지기 시작하는데…

Vaidehi belongs to an orthodox Brahmin family and falls in love with Sankarapandi who is from a different caste. Their love is disapproved by her father but is accepted by Sankarapandi's family.

Circa British Rule in India, a man vows to make his only surviving son, Narayan, alias Nani, a Brahmachari to atone for the deaths of five of his children. He takes this child to a remote village in Karnataka, South India, where he leaves his 11 year old son in the care of a learned Archarya, Udup Pandit. Here Nani gets to meet two other disciples of the Archarya, as well as his widowed daughter, Yamuna, and another male by the name of Shrikar Upadhyay, who also teaches the British how to read and write in Hindi. The Archarya goes away for a few days, and when he returns nothing is the same anymore. His daughter is pregnant, the villagers are all set to remove her from the village, they are also angry with him for refusing Yamuna to follow the traditional way of a Hindu widow.

Annakodi (Karthika) falls in love with Kodiveeran (Lakshman Narayan), a lower caste man in a rural village. Meanwhile the evil local moneylender a womaniser has a son Sadaiyan (Manoj K Bharathi) who is impotent but wants to marry Annakodi and take revenge on her for spitting on his face. Things take a turn, the lovers are separated and Sadaiyan marries Annakodi, and his lecherous father lusts after her.

Laxmi lives a poor lifestyle in a small village in India along with her husband, Kishtaya, who is a deaf-mute. Both husband and wife work for the wealthy landlord. The landlord's son, Surya, has to cancel his studies and return home to look after the estate, as well as formalize his marriage to Saroj, the girl he was compelled to get married to when he was very young. Shortly thereafter Kishtaya is apprehended stealing toddy from the fields, is severely beaten, left senseless, and when he recovers he absconds, leaving Laxmi alone to fend for herself.

1890년대 영국 점령기 인도. 무거운 세금에 허덕이는 참파네르 주민들에게 영국 장교가 크리켓 시합을 제안한다. 마을의 앞날이 걸린 시합, 승자는 누가 될까?

Narayanappa, a Madhwa Brahmin man, dies in the Agrahara of the village Durvasapura. As per Madhwa customs, his last rites must be performed at the earliest. However, due to Narayanappa's rebellious actions in life, which included eating meat, consuming liquor and marrying a prostitute, there is disagreement amongst the Brahmins of the village as to who will perform his rites.

키타기리 무네조는 어머니와 누나, 그리고 키에와 함께 행복한 생활을 하고 있었다. 어머니가 돌아가신 후, 누나도 하급무사에게 시집을 가고, 키에 역시 혼담이 성사되자 무네조는 번에 들어가 서양 전술을 배우기 시작한다. 그러던 어느 날, 어머니의 3주기를 맞은 키타기리는 추모 모임에서 돌아오던 중 키에가 쓰러졌다는 소식을 듣게 된다. 창고에서 키에를 발견한 키타기리는 그녀를 자신의 집으로 데려와 간호하고, 예전과 같은 행복한 생활이 시작된다. 그러나 무네조의 친구인 야이치로가 반역의 주동자로 극형에 처해지자 스승인 토다는 무네조에게 비검인 오니노츠메를 전해주는데...

인도 남부 어느 시골 마을, 요새의 장벽보다 더 강력한 사회적 장벽이 있는 곳에서 살고 있는 바나자는 가난한 하층민인 카스트 계급 어부의 14살 난 딸이다. 그녀는 계급을 구분하는 수렁 속에서 발버둥치지만 성년이 되어감에 따라 혼란스럽다. 어느 날, 한 점쟁이가 바나자가 언젠가는 유명한 댄서가 될 것이라고 예언한다. 마침내 그녀는 마을의 여자 지주인 라마 데비의 집에서 일하는 동시에 쿠치푸니 춤을 배울 수 있게 된다. 그녀는 첫째는 음악에, 두 번째는 춤에 탁월한 예술적 재능을 보여 준다. 그때 라마 데비의 23살짜리 아들 세카르가 지역 정치 선거에 출마하기 위해서 미국에서 돌아오고, 그와 바나자 사이에서 미묘한 감정이 싹트기 시작한다.

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