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A political activist escapes the prison van and is sheltered in a posh apartment owned by a sensitive young woman. Both are rebels: the activist against political treachery and the other on a social level. Both are bitter about badly organized state of things. Being in solitary confinement, the fugitive engages himself in self-criticism and, in the process, questions the leadership. Questions are not allowed, obeying is mandatory. Displeasure leads to bitterness, bitterness to total rift. The struggle has to continue, both for the political activist, now segregated, and the woman in exile.
"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."
With hopes to improve an impoverished lifestyle in Lucknow, Ghulam Hasan, on the insistent advice of his friend, Lalulal, shifts to Mumbai, leaving an ailing mother and his wife behind in Lucknow. His friend helps him get a job as a taxi cleaner. After months, despite his best efforts, he is unable to make it to Lucknow to visit his family. Lalulal meanwhile is dealing with his own set of troubles with his sweetheart Yashodhra, with the pair of them struggling to rent a decent apartment in the city. It is a story of struggle in the city of dreams. Is it really a city of dreams or is it a city that traps you, always keeps your dream just within reach whereas it is constantly deluding you.
"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."
The story revolves around that timeless and controversial concept of power. The story is a powerful and graphic representation of power and its ability to corrupt. The movie set in a remote and parched village in India sometime in the future serves
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.
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.
Hari, a runaway rag picker, lives with his uncle in Mumbai’s squalid slums. Mirror, a short film project will begin filming soon, and the makers want to cast Hari as their main lead. Here begins Hari’s dream, where his only aspiration is to be a hero. After an incoherent wait and watch game for two long months, Hari confronts the darker side of society that renders him practically helpless.
This film evokes the effect of years of subordination of the struggling classes. It is about the signs of simmering fire and about cleft tongues that want to rise in unison, about the possibility of inchoate desire and the first cry of love.
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.
Ghare Baire is symbolic of a philosophical revolution in pre – independent Bengal. Ray brings out the pros & cons of the Swadeshi movement through the charismatic Swadeshi leader Sandip who fights for the cause by basing his parasite like existence on Nikhil, a liberal, who urges his wife, Bimala to explore and expand her understanding of the world beyond him. Nikhil quietly pushes Bimala towards discovering her world at the cost of witnessing her falling in love with another man. Ghare Baire is a story of the trials & tribulations of the human mind coming to terms with its own learning.
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.
"Rudaali is based on a short story by renowned author Mahashweta Devi. The film is a riveting tale set in Rajasthan (India) of a young woman, Shanichari’s life and her inclusion in the group of professional woman mourners. The music by Bhupen Hazarika is widely celebrated and considered haunting and enthralling till date. Rudaali is directed by the fierce Kalpani Lajmi, a celebrated filmmaker who advocated the cause of woman emancipation in all her artistic endeavors"
A daughter of poor parents was engaged to a man when she was 13. The man is away working in Calcutta. In the meanwhile, she befriends a truck-driver who promises her parents a huge amount of money. The girl is snatched away by her father-in-law and raped by him. But she is punished for his crime.
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.
Of Indian origin, Francis Massey believes that he is closer to the British colonialists. Self-assured Massey dresses like a British bureaucrat. When the new Deputy High Commissioner arrives, he finds Massey to be a corrupt person. Massey is dreaming of marrying a tribal girl Saila, some day.
"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."
It all starts with ""ACTION"" and ends with ""CUT"". Mithun, 5ft 4 inches short in height, not so good looking guy uses Method Acting in his day to day life to improve his acting skills. The journey of the Mithun starts with struggle and a series of mishaps around him and to which he tackles using Method Acting. In order to forget his problems which are causing him depression and self-doubts, Mithun adopts method acting in a way he forgets his own reality when he enters into a character saying ""Action"" and doesn't leave that character unless someone yells or says ""Cut"".In this journey/film Mithun undergoes self-training and adopts method acting in every moment which leads him to play over 19 characters in one single film.
