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Qissa:The Tale of a Lonely Ghost (2013)
Dir.: Anup SIngh Punjabi with English Subtitles. The title of this film is evocative of a time gone by, of tales (Qissa/Kahania) being told in settings uninterrupted by technology, where the spoken...
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INSIDE OUT !
Guest Review by Adya Gupta, An 8 years old film buff and a budding writer based in Singapore.
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Garam Hawa ( Scorching Winds, 1973, Urdu with English Subtitles)
Dir.: MS Sathyu The opening shot of Garam Hawa shows Salim Mirza (Balraj Sahni) standing on a railway platform, bidding a family member goodbye. The train is going to Pakistan, carrying Muslims going...
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Chauthi Koot (2015) ( The Fourth Direction)
Dir.: Gurvinder Singh I am standing on a railways platform in the middle of the night. It is the beginning of winter, I am wearing a sweater but it it feels much colder, I am freezing to my bones....
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In Search of Famine ( Akaler Sandhane, Bengali with English Subtitles) 1980
Dir.: Mrinal Sen Akaler Sadhane (In Search of Famine) is a great introduction to the cinema of Mrinal Sen. It was made in 1980 when he was at the height of his powers. The film begins with the...
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Kapoor And Sons – A very brief case study of Bollywoods growth pangs.
As Tolstoy said “All happy families resemble one another, and every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way”, and so is Mr Kapoors family, unhappy in multiple ways that is. Time is running out for...
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27 Down (1972)
Dir.: Awtar Krishna Kaul 27 Down is as beautiful, truthful and evocative as the trains of the Indian railways which serve as its almost constant backdrop. And it induces the same yearning, for that...
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Fandry
(2013, Marathi with English Subtitles) Dir.: Nagraj Manjule The title of this film means “pig” in Marathi. Jabya (Somnath Awghade), the young protagonist, comes from the lowest of the lowly classes –...
View ArticleKharij ( The Case is closed), 1982
Dir: Mrinal Sen Anjan ( Anjan Dutta) and Mamata( Mamata Shankar) lead a comfortable middle class life in the Kolkata of the 1970’s. They have a young son and they are in need of a live-in servant....
View ArticleA new way of looking at Cinema
Reposting a new version which includes the slides as requested by many readers. Please do spread the message if it resonates with you !!...
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