Sanu is a child learning to navigate the challenges of identity and belonging as he struggles to fit into society’s norms and build a loving relationship with his father. Meanwhile,…

Anina, a young woman batting prodigy, loses her right hand in an unfortunate accident on the eve of her international cricketing debut. An unsympathetic, failed and frustrated cricketer enters her…

Gym-freak brat Rocky falls in love with Rani, who comes from a well-educated Bengali family. Being from polar opposite worlds, the two decide to switch their families to adjust to…

A personal portrait of director Shyam Benegal, made by his collaborator, Khalid Mohammed

A story of belonging and acceptance, identity and family told through courageous, queer women choose to embrace love that exists beyond their personal beliefs and social moralities.

When a restless spirit curses a Punjab village that has a history of female infanticide, the town’s fate lies in the hands of a 10-year old girl, Shivangi.

‘AuntyJi’ is a sweet slice of life tale that follows an important day in the lives of Parveen (Shabana Azmi) and Geetika (Anmol Rodriguez). Parveen is a lonely Parsi widow…

Kaifinama looks at the life and art of the Urdu Progressive poet Kaifi Azmi. Kaifi Azmi was both a poet for social change as well as one of the foremost…

‘The Wishing Tree’ is a magical, inspirational and an extremely entertaining story of five children in a hill-station somewhere in India, who come together to save their ‘wishing tree’ from…

Three single women, a professor, a banker, and a journalist, who are best friends, share their happy and joyous moments and support each other through hard times.

Neerja is a portrayal on the life of the courageous Neerja Bhanot, who sacrificed her life while protecting the lives of 359 passengers on the Pan Am flight 73 in…

Chalk n Duster is an emotional journey of two teachers Vidya ( Shabana Azmi) & Jyoti ( Juhi Chawla) , serving at a Mumbai – based High School. Their passion…

After her daughter is kidnapped, a lawyer is forced to defend a criminal in exchange for her daughter’s freedom.

Harry is an industrialist who loves his daughter Bijlee, and the bond they share with Harry’s man friday, Matru. Bijlee’s plan to wed the son of a politician, however, brings…

The story of a pair of children born within moments of India gaining independence from England, growing up in the country that is nothing like their parent’s generation. A Canadian-British…

Scientist Siddharth(Sharman Joshi) is given “Ma Kasam” by elder brother Harsh(Sanjay Suri) to bring her along for his wedding with Aaliyah(Chitrangada Singh) to be held in Mauritius. Their mom(Shabana Azmi)…

Years ago, when Abhijit was a boy, he learned his father was involved in extramarital relationships. He kept it secret for several years, until tension rose too high and he…

Six newly-married, diverse, honeymooning couples face marital bliss and discord, finding out more about themselves, their significant others and life in this happy-go-lucky, quirky drama.

A ruthless philantrophist. A bhangra rapper. An over-protected prodigy. A reckless actress. A lovelorn businessman. An entrepreneurial yogi. And a Loin King. Enter a roller-coaster world of seven strangers whose…

Bollywood film about the famous courtesan of the title. Aishwarya Rai stars in the lead role. The film is directed by J.P. Dutta and also stars Shabana Azmi, Sunil Shetty,…

An exploration of the impact of schizophrenia on a young woman and her family in today’s Calcutta.

Morning Raga is about the meeting of worlds. It is a story that brings the modern and traditional together, unites the past with present, Carnatic music with Western music, as…

Tehzeeb (Hindi: तह्ज़ीब, Urdu: تہزیب, English: Etiquette) is a 2003 Indian Bollywood film directed by Khalid Mohammed. It premiered on 21 November 2003. The film stars Shabana Azmi, Urmila Matondkar,…

One half of an identical set of twins, the mischievous Chunni is known in her hometown for the pranks she plays, notably on her father, the schoolteacher and the village…

Ahilyabai was born on May 31, 1725 in the village of Chaundi, in the present-day Ahmednagar district in Maharashtra. Her father, Mankoji Shinde, was the patil of the village, a…

This film is based on five shot stories of Rabindranath Tagore’s Jibito O Mrito, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s Abhagir Swarga, Gour Kishore Ghosh’s Aei Daha, Prafulla Roy’s Satgharia and Dibyendu Palit’s…

A mysterious and beautiful woman, in her various incarnations, inspires artists throughout the ages.

Family Planning issues in a Muslim Hyderabadi family struggling between new and old values

It is Christmas Day in Calcutta and David Dawson is off to celebrate it with his sweetheart, Nandini Shom. The meeting does not go well as Nandini wants him to…

Ketki marries Vinay, who is exploited by hard-nosed businessman Tirpat. Ketki then organizes local women against Tirpat & Co. Her group includes her sister-in-law, who had a run-in with a…

Mansi, the elder sister, has to take up professional singing to support the family after her father’s death. The film focuses mainly on the female characters and traces how the…

Ismail Merchant’s feature directorial debut addresses a subject close to his heart: the expressive Urdu language of Northern India, in danger of extinction as political trends and modernization obscure its…

Patang (English: The Kite) is a 1993 Indian Hindi drama film directed by Goutam Ghose, starring Shabana Azmi, Shafiq Syed, Om Puri and Robi Ghosh. The film is set in…

Ranimaa, a one-time empress, refuses to believe that her home is no longer a palace, even though she and her four children have turned it into a hotel. So when…

The film follows a scrappy taxi driver’s fortunes as he tries to break out from the clutches of poverty, devising plans and investing all his money in a dubious schemes…

When Amba gets her son Rajendra arrested for sexually assaulting their servant’s daughter, Rajendra’s wife wreaks havoc into their lives as she vows to avenge him.

Two peasants are ill-prepared for life in the big city after moving from their tiny village to Bombay.

After years of painstaking research at the cost of his domestic pleasure, Dr. Dipankar Roy discovers a vaccine for leprosy. The news is flashed over television and just as the…

A newspaper reporter exploits an ordinary man for few rupees to pose as a man who is fighting against the corrupt politicians and prints imaginary stories in his name to…