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Limited Manuski
1995 | 105 mins. | Marathi | Social
Maguni is a bullock cart driver, who has won the hearts of the people of Khalikote township. One day the news spread that people would no longer ride in Maguni's cart, because the Singh family plans to ply a motor-bus in the town. When Maguni heard this he laughed smug in the knowledge that people would not desert his cart for the bus. However, people did prefer the bus, much to Maguni's grief. Maguni woke hours earlier, to have his cart ready and waiting before daybreak, but people still took the bus. Maguni and his beloved bullocks were reduced to starvation. And then one day, the townsfolk had to force open the door of Maguni's mean little hut to recover his corpse.
Director: Jayoo & Nachiket Patwardhan
Producer: NFDC & Doordarshan
Cast: Rajit Kapoor, Gopika Sahani, Ravindra Mankani, Ganesh Yadav, Vasudev Palande, Pramila Bedekar, Lalita Pawar, Sudhir Joshi
Award
FILM FARE AWARD 1996 - BEST DIRECTION
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Marhi Da Deeva
Maguni's Bullock Cart
1989 | 110 mins. | Colour | Punjabi | Social
The first Punjabi art-house film this is a melodrama about feudalism, based on a popular novel by Gurdial Singh. The story chronicles the shift from feudal sharecropping to capitalist farming over two generations of the region's rural elite. Jasbir, the son of the sharecropper, Thola, is treated as a brother by the landlord Dharam Singh. The landlord's son, however, does not continue this family tradition. As Jasbir's mother belongs to a nomad caste, the hero's love for the bride of the impotent barber Nika is fraught with problems. Symbolically, the building of Jasbir's father's tomb and then of his own tomb hastens Jasbir's physical deterioration and death.
Director: Surinder Singh
Producer: NFDC & DOORDARSHAN
Cast: Raj Babbar, Dipti Naval, Kanwaljit, Parikshit Sahni, Asha Sharma, Pankaj Kapur
Award
National Award – 1990 Best Punjabi Film
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Magunira Shagada
Maguni's Bullock Cart
2001 | 89 mins. | Colour | Oriya | Social
Maguni is a bullock cart driver, who has won the hearts of the people of Khalikote township. One day the news spread that people would no longer ride in Maguni's cart, because the Singh family plans to ply a motor-bus in the town. When Maguni heard this he laughed smug in the knowledge that people would not desert his cart for the bus. However, people did prefer the bus, much to Maguni's grief. Maguni woke hours earlier, to have his cart ready and waiting before daybreak, but people still took the bus. Maguni and his beloved bullocks were reduced to starvation. And then one day, the townsfolk had to force open the door of Maguni's mean little hut to recover his corpse.
Director: Prafulla Mohanty
Camera: Bharat Nerkar
Editor: Mohan Prasad
Music: Amarendra Mohanty
Cast: Ashru Mochan Mohanty, Jaya Seal, Dhirendra Basa, Nila Mani Behera, Manorama Mohanty
Award
National Award for Best Oriya Film
Festival Participation
Indian Panorama - 2002
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Mammo
1994 | 130 mins. | Colour | Hindi | Social
Mammo is a nickname given to Mehmooda Begum by her sisters. She marries a man from Lahore. After Partition, she and her husband automatically become Pakistani citizens. Although childless, her marriage is a happy one until her husband's death. Over property matters, Mammo is thrown out of the house by her relatives. She comes to India to stay with her only kin, her two sisters. Unable to extend her visa she has to go back - political priorities defeat humanitarian ones!
Director: Shyam Benegal
Camera: Prasan Jain
Editor: Aseem Sinha
Music: Vanraj Bhatia
Cast: Farida Jalal, Surekha Sikri, Amit Phalke, Himani Shivpuri & Rajit Kapoor
Awards
FilmFare Critics Award for the Best supporting Actress
National Film Award for Best Feature Film & Best Supporting Actor - 1995
Star & Style Award for the Best Feature Film Award
Festival participation
12th Jerusalem Film Festival -1995
Australian Film Festival Canberra -1996
Birhimgham Film Festival -1995
Cairo Film Festival -1995
Festival of Contemporary Indian Cinema Seychelles - 2002
Indian Panorama, International Film Festival of India
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Marupakkam
The Other Side
1990 | 80 mins. | Colour | Tamil | Social
Ambi comes to Kumbakonam from Delhi and is shocked to see Vembu Iyer, his Vedic scholar father unable to recognize his own son. Ambi learns from his mother that Vembu Iyer has retreated into silence ever since he heard about his son's unhappy marriage. Gradually the old man's self-guilt begins to surface.
Director: K. S. Sethu Madhavan
Camera: D. Vasanth Kumar
Editor: G. Venkitraman
Music: L. Vaidyanathan
Cast: Shiv Kumar, Jaya Bharathi, Radha, Sekhar
Awards
National Award for Best Feature Film, Best Screenplay and Special Jury Award for Best Actor
Festival Participation
Festival of Regional Cinema Seychelles - 2003
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Massey Sahib
1986 | 118 mins. | Colour | Hindi | Comedy
KOf Indian origin, Francis Massey believes that he is closer to the British colonialists. Self-assured Massey dresses like a British bureaucrat. When the new Deputy High Commissioner arrives, he finds Massey to be a corrupt person. Massey is dreaming of marrying a tribal girl Saila, some day.
Director | Story: Pradip Krishen
Camera: R. K. Bose
Editor: Mohan Kaul
Music: Vanraj Bhatia
Cast: Raghuvir Yadav, Barry John, Arundhati Roy, Virendra Saxena
Awards
International Film Festival of India for Best Actor - 1987
Indian Director's Association Award for Best Director - 1987
Venice International Film Festival - Fipresci Critics Award for Best Actor- 1986
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Maya Bazaar
2009 | 110 mins. | Bengali | Thriller
The film Maya Bazaar is an array of three films.
Smriti…. (Memories)
Smriti is the story of a young widow Kuhu, who is engulfed by the memory of her husband. So powerful is this obsession, that when she takes on a lover, that man slowly starts changing into her dead husband. The story of Kuhu’s memories and loneliness is narrated by Nishit to his lady friend when they meet in a bar.
Satwa (Soul )
Satwa is the story of Dhritin, a painter who lives in a big house with his step mother. While looking at a set of photos of old Calcutta clicked by his friend Shomok, he sees the photo of the girl who frequents his dreams. When asked, Shomok says it’s his sister Bonolata, who lives far away. Dhritin goes to Shomok’s country house in Nijhumpur, where the caretaker Kalida tells him about Bonolota who got drowned in the pond. Dhritin feels the presence of Bonolota in the house and slowly starts getting obsessed with her. His obsession grows to such extent that one day he creates her out of thin air and stays with that created image of Bonolota.
Bhobisshot (Future)
Bhobisshot is about Mahesh, a professor of Mathematics and Harinath, a professor of Philosophy. Mahesh is an atheist and Harinath is a believer. The argument goes on and through various incidents they come face to face with the only truth of life, which is death.
Director: Joydeep Ghosh
Producer: NFDC
MusicDirector: Anupam Mallik
Cast: Roopa Ganguly, Krishna Kishore, Badshah Moitra, Deepanjan Bhattacharya, Payal De, Prasun Gyne, Ashis Mukherjee, Dhritman Chatterjee, Pradip Mukherjee
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Mirch Masala
1991 | 120 mins. | Colour | Hindi | Social
In an isolated village in pre-independence India Subhedar (Tax Collector), the agent of colonial power, arrives with his brand of soldiers and the aura of authority. At the village celebration in his honour he spots a dusky, beautiful, spirited woman Sonbai whose husband is away to the city to work.
Subhedar desires Sonbai. Sonbai snubs his advances. Escapes from his clutches and takes refuge in the local spice factory where she works with other women, grinding chilies and spices. The old watchman of the factory realizing the situation, bolts the giant gates of the factory and refuses to surrender Sonbai to Subhedar's soldiers.
For the Subhedar this is a challenge to his authority, and affront to his ego, he has to have the woman at any cost. He summons the owner of the factory and the village headman and demands Sonbai like a tax. Otherwise he will destroy the entire village. The village gets totally polarised. Is a woman's honor worth all the trouble?
With the Subhedar stuck on his demand, the women inside the factory defiant and the men outside scared of the consequences, the stage is set for a final confrontation.
Director: Ketan Mehta
Camera: Jahangir Chowdhury
Editor: Sanjiv Shah
Music: Rajat Dholakia
Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Smita Patil, Om Puri, Suresh Oberoi, Deepti Naval, Raj Babbar.
Awards
National Film Awards for Best Supporting Actor, Editor, Feature Film
Star & Style Award for Best Feature Film - 1987
Nominated Among the Best Seven Films of the Year by IFDA - 1987
West Bengal Journalists' Association Award for Best Film of 1987
Festival Participation
Hawaii International Film Festival - Best Feature Film - 1987
Brazil Indian Film Festival in Dakar, Senegal - 2002
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Nirbachana
1994 | 100 mins. | Oriya | Social
The film exposes the manoeuvring and corruption of Indian electioneering. A young man is happy to hear the news that the local candidate would offer money for electing him. This money would help him to marry. But he sacrifices the money for an ailing begger.
Director: Biplab Roy Choudhury
Producer: NFDC Ltd.
Cast: Durlav Singh, Bhima Singh, Bikas Das , Bidyut Prava Patnaik, Nikhilbaran
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Naseem
1995 | 120 mins. | Colour | Hindi | Social
Naseem literally means the morning breeze. It's the name of a young girl who lives with her family in Bombay. The year is 1992. This was a year when India, as a nation, went through traumatic times. A mosque was demolished and the riots, slaughter and savagery that followed have left wounds that will take years to heal. Naseem is the intimate story of a young girl and her grandfather in those terrible times.
Director | Script: Saeed Mirza
Camera: Virendra Saini
Editor: Javed Sayyed
Music: Vanraj Bhatia
Cast: Kaifi Azmi, Surekha Sikri, Mayoori Kango
Awards
National Award for Best Direction & Screenplay
Silver "R" Award
Festival Participation
Indian Panorama - International Film Festival of India
Indian Film Programme - Amsterdan - 1998
Singapore Film Festival - 1997
43rd Sydney Film Festival - 1996
Drambule Film Festival UK - 1996
Rimini Film Festival Italy - 1996
Vancouver Film Festival Canada - 1996
Welsh Film Festival UK - 1996
Birmingham Film Festival - UK 1996
Dublin Film Festival Ireland - 1997
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Nazar
The Gaze
1990 | 124 mins. | Color | Hindi | Social
After his wife's death, the husband recalls their first meeting and marriage. She was much younger than him. She used to pawn some things to an antique shop to make a little money. The husband is increasingly intrigued by her mindset. As things develop, he finds out that she was an orphan living with two aunts. The film explores their complex life in a manner unusual for Indian cinema.
Director: Mani Kaul
Editor: Lalitha Krishna
Music: Vikram Joglekar & D Wood
Cast: Shekar Kapur, Sambhavi, Surekha Sikri
Festival Participation
Birmingham Film Festival - UK
Fribourg Film Festival - Germany 1990
Hong Kong International Film Festival
Lisbon Film Festival - Portugal
Locarno Film Festival - Switzerland
London Film Festival - UK
Rotterdam Film Festival - Netherlands
Rotterdam, Festival des 3 continent Nantes - France 1990
Seattle Film Festival - USA
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