Duvidha
A newly-married merchant’s son is sent away for business. A ghost, who laid eyes on the bride, falls madly in love with her and takes the form of...
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A very clever parrot lives in a Hindu palace, surrounded by many beautiful girls, but the parrot escapes, and is trapped far from the palace. One...
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The film depicts the life of a truck driver Sucha Singh and his wife Balo. Balo has to get Sucha Singh's food ready every day, walk a long distance...
See moreHomage to the Teacher
The film shows the role of school teachers and the importance thereof.
See morePuppeteers of Rajasthan
Documentary short about the nomadic puppeteers of Rajasthan.
See moreOne Day Before the Rainy Season
A literary film based on a play in three acts, Ashad Ka Ek Din portrays the love of Mallika and Kalidasa, the renowned Sanskrit poet and dramatist....
See moreMind of Clay
In a poetic hour and a half, director Mani Kaul looks at the ancient art of making pottery from a wide variety of perspectives.
See moreForms and Designs
A short film that sets up an opposition between functional forms of industrial age and decorative ones from Indian tradition.
See moreA Historical Sketch of Indian Women
A documentary on the role of women in India.
See moreBefore My Eyes
A 'filmscape' on the Kashmir valley.
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A middle-aged antique dealer and money lender recollects his marriage to a 17-year-old orphan girl.
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A stylized version of Vijay Tendulkar’s radical Marathi play chronicling the Peshwa regime in western India, a collective effort of direction and...
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A documentary story told through images, poetry and the Dhrupad, a vocal genre in Hindustani classical music, said to be the oldest still in use in...
See moreDanish Girls Show Everything
Despite its suggestive title, this multi-part Danish omnibus film is not a work of exploitation. Instead, it presents 20 different short films...
See moreArrival
To the city come men, women, fruits, flowers, vegetables, goats and sheep – all ready for consumption. It is the process of...
See moreThe Servant's Shirt
This film suggests a network of hierarchical relations between people through sometimes subtle and at other times blunt illustrations.
See moreDuring and After Air Raid
The precautions to be taken during and after an air-raid by the people, are shown in this film.
See moreArising from the Surface
Taking an experimental approach to the relationship between the written text and moving image, Mani Kaul has a series of texts read aloud in...
See moreSiddheshwari
An impressionistic biographical look at Siddheshwari Devi (1908–1977), the classical Indian singer whose voice was appreciated by the maharajas and...
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