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1942: LOVE STORY
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A romance set during India's fight for independence from the British, 1942: A Love Story features lavish song and dance numbers as it follows the tale of two young lovers. The soundtrack by Rahul Dev Burman is enormously popular. With Anil Kapoor, Manisha Koirala, Jackie Shroff, Anupam Kher, and Raghubir Yadav. In Hindi with English subtitles. Vidhu Vinod Chopra---India---1994
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3 WALLS
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This Bollywood drama about inmates on death row uses naturalistic performances and location shooting in South India's notorious Musheerabad prison to achieve a gritty, heightened realism. When a documentary filmmaker (Juni Chawla) arrives to make a film about living behind bars, her three subjects--an aggrieved lawyer (Jackie Shroff), an innocent victim of circumstance (Nagesh Kuknoor), and a charismatic charmer (Naseeruddin Shah)--find themselves forever changed by the experience. In Hindi with English subtitles. Nagesh Kukunoor---India---2003---116 mins.
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AAG
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This classic of Indian cinema is also the directorial debut of Raj Kapoor, whose script draws heavily on his own experiences. Kapoor stars as Kewal, a physically disfigured boy who pursues his dream of starting a theatre. It is there, on stage, that Kewal meets the love of his life--the exquisite singer Nimmi (Nargis). Shashi Kapoor plays the young Kewal. In Hindi with English Raj Kapoor---India---1948---138 mins.
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AAH
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An engineer with a poetic heart experiences the travails and tragedies of love in this classic of Indian cinema. In Hindi with English subtitles. Raja Nawathe---India---1953---150 mins.
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AAN (1952)
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India's first Technicolor film, Aan is a swashbuckling adventure with lavish sets, dazzling costumes, and sensational musical numbers. The plot concerns a humble farmer who takes on an evil prince, stealing his princess and making her a proper woman--Taming of the Shrew fashion--along the way. Starring Dilip Kumar, Nadira, and Nimmi. In Hindi with English subtitles. Mehboob Khan---India---1952---161 mins.
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AANDHI/ STORM (1975)
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An ambitious politician (Suchitra Sen) finds her life torn between her fast-rising career and her marriage to a small-time hotel manager. Using flashbacks to show the couple's early years, the story follows what occurs when they are reunited as an important election looms. This film was rather controversial in India when first released because of the connections many saw between Suchitra Sen's character and Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Hindi with Sampooran Singh Gulzar---India---1975---133 mins.
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AANKHEN
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When a morally upstanding bank manager is fired from his post for learning of an employee plan to bilk the company, he vows revenge by playing a dangerous game. Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, and Arjun Rampal star in a taut Indian heist film by Vinod Doshi. In Hindi with English subtitles. Vinod Doshi---India---2002---165 mins.
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AAR PAAR
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Crime film elements, melodrama and the expected musical numbers are all worked seamlessly into this feature, one of the key films in the short but influential career of Guru Dutt. Dutt directs and stars in this story of a taxi driver who is fired from his job and becomes involved with a planned bank robbery. "Within its conventional framework of a light-hearted, entertaining film, Aar Paar was different...it brought with it a whiff of rebellion, a cheeky assertion of the existence of the post-independence worker, with different aspirations and the aggressive self-confidence of a new generation" (Shampa Banerjee, Film India). In Hindi with English subtitles. Guru Dutt---India---1954---161 mins.
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ABHIJAN/ EXPEDITION
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Lesser known but no less important than Satyajit Ray's early works in the Apu trilogy. Trying to make a success of his taxi business after a run-in with the police, Narsingh (Soumitra Chatterjee) takes refuge in the outskirts of the city, where he encounters the darker side of Bengali life--prostitutes, drug dealers, and white slave traders. Though similar to contemporary Indian commercial cinema in certain respects, it's Ray's indebtedness to neorealism and his depiction of intimate, human relations that Satyajit Ray---India---1962
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ABHIMAAN (1973)
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Showbiz, adultery and one of the great movie scores of the '70s highlight this film starring real-life newlyweds Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bhaduri. Subeer Kumar (Amitabh) is on his way to becoming India's top pop singer when he falls in love with religious Uma (Bhaduri), enchanted by her voice. Subeer encourages Uma's singing career, but becomes jealous when it eclipses his own. In Hindi with English subtitles. Hrishikesh Mukherjee---India---1973
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ADVERSARY
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A young man, graduated from college, is unable to find meaningful employment. His ensuing hardships and personal grief, magnified by the tense and impersonal setting of Calcutta, make for a most devastating film experience. While at times reminiscent of the emotionally wrenching Italian neo-realist classics, this beautiful film often seems to outstrip them with its overwhelming spiritual perspective and astounding depth of feeling. One of Ray's brilliant masterpieces. In Bengali with English subtitles. Satyajit Ray---India---1971---110 mins.
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AJNABEE
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This Bollywood film is a direct lift of the controversial Hollywood thriller Consenting Adults. But the filmmakers have ensured that the plot has been modified to suit the Indian palate. Starring Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol, and Kareena Kapoor. Hindi with English subtitles. Abbas-Mastan---India---2001
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AKALER SANDHANE (IN SEARCH OF FAMINE)
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A contemporary of Satyajit Ray, Bengali filmmaker Mrinal Sen was more influenced by the French New Wave and his resulting political modernist films helped define a "parallel cinema" in relation to India's tradition of popular musical entertainments. Also known as In Search of Famine, Aakaler Sandhane is a smirking, self-reflexive film about an intellectual filmmaker and crew that take advantage of an impoverished village for their inane production. Winner of the Silver Berlin Bear. In Bengali with English subtitles.
Mrinal Sen---India---1980---115 mins.
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AMAR (1954)
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Reportedly one of director Mehboob Khan's favorite films among his own work, this melodrama broke with convention by portraying a weak and cowardly anti-hero. Dilip Kumar stars as a lawyer who rapes a milkmaid and refuses to come forward when she suffers the consequences. His fiancee stands up for the girl, forcing the lawyer to face up to his crime. With Nimmi and Madhubala. In Hindi with English subtitles. Mehboob Khan---India---1954
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AMAR AKBAR ANTHONY
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Three brothers, separated in childhood, are reunited as adults through a series of surprises, crises and heroic acts. This visually exciting film became one of India's all-time box-office hits and is now considered a "Bollywood" classic. The irresistible yarn is lifted by the chart-topping songs of its musical numbers. In Hindi with English subtitles. Manmohan Desai---India---1977---184 mins.
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AMBER
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In this epic saga of love and hatred, a beautiful maiden (Nargis) grows up believing she's a princess until the day she learns that her royal father was responsible for her birth parents' deaths. Vowing revenge, the young woman runs up against the king's sworn protector--a noble, sword-wielding soldier-statesman (Raj Kapoor). Quite unexpectedly, the two antagonists fall deeply in love. In Hindi with English subtitles. Jayant Desai---India---1952---141 mins.
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AMELIA
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Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding) helms this biopic about the world's most famous female aviatrix, Amelia Earhart, played by Hilary Swank. Told in flashback during the flight over the Pacific that would ultimately claim her life, Amelia retraces her earlier aerial milestones, and relationships with husband George Putnam (Richard Gere) and boytoy Gene Vidal (Ewan McGregor).
Mira Nair---USA---2009---111 mins.
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ANAND
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This hit launched a wave of '70s Indian melodramas in which the hero endures a terminal illness throughout the length of the film. Rajesh Khanna stars as a man battling terminal intestinal cancer who inspires others with his actions, as he determines to enjoy his remaining days as much as possible, despite his physical pain. Also stars Amitabh Bachchan. Music by Salil Choudhury also contributed to the film's success. Hindi with English subtitles. Hrishikesh Mukherjee---India---1970---122 mins.
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ANARI
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A struggling artist (Raj Kapoor) falls deeply in love with his employer's maidservant (Nutan) in this Indian romantic drama. As their love begins to blossom, the painter suffers a disastrous setback when his landlady dies and the police finger the young man as a suspect. In Hindi with English subtitles. Hrishikesh Mukherjee---India---1959---166 mins.
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ANDAZ (1949)
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Raj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar and Nargis star in this major musical hit which speaks against the westernizing of Indian youth and the mistaken notion of love created by close friendship. "...whenever the genre of love triangles in Indian cinema is discussed, the first film that comes to mind is Andaaz...a timeless classic--a rich, complex journey into the very depth of the human heart" (Upperstall.com). A.k.a. Beau Monde. In Hindi Mehboob Khan---India---1949---148 mins.
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