The Khayal Saga
A music student listens to stories and legends about the birth and evolution of the Khayal form of classical Indian singing. These stories are...
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The story centers around a small town entrepreneur named Maniram who makes a major profit by cheating people and selling them tainted food. His...
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Rahul, the son-in-law of an old industrialist and one of the heirs to his fortune, clashes with Dinesh, the industrialist’s nephew who is openly...
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Set in the Bengali Renaissance of the 1930s and 1940s. A group of young intellectuals get embroiled in the struggle for Indian independence...
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In his debut feature film, Kumar Shahani employs highly innovative forms for depicting the conflict between oppressive feudal norms and a changing...
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An experiment and a homage, Bhavantarana is a spiritually intoxicating documentary about classical Odissi dance maestro Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra.
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Tackling the theme of identity from the perspective of Asian and Afro-Caribbean actors, the film emerged from an acting workshop exploring the...
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Mother Nature and human emotions are placed in this melding of myth and aesthetic enigma in Kumar Shahani's short film of 25 minutes starring Mita...
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The Bamboo Flute is Kumar Shahani’s cinematic tribute to the flute and its importance to Indian civilisation.
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Kumar Shahani's incomplete film on psychoanalyst Wilfred R. Bion.
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Kumar Shahani's FTII Diploma film
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