The Khayal Saga

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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Kasba

Kasba

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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Tarang

Tarang

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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Char Adhyay

Char Adhyay

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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Maya Darpan

Maya Darpan

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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Bhavantarana

Bhavantarana

An experiment and a homage, Bhavantarana is a spiritually intoxicating documentary about classical Odissi dance maestro Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra.

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A Ship Aground

A Ship Aground

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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Var Var Vari

Var Var Vari

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

The Bamboo Flute

The Bamboo Flute is Kumar Shahani’s cinematic tribute to the flute and its importance to Indian civilisation.

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A Memoir of the Future

A Memoir of the Future

Kumar Shahani's incomplete film on psychoanalyst Wilfred R. Bion.

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The Glass Pane

The Glass Pane

Kumar Shahani's FTII Diploma film

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