Cinema - Indian films

Indian cinema: Romance

Charulata (1964)

Satyajit Ray

Calcutta, 1879. Bhupati Dutta is the proprietor of a political newspaper which is struggling to attract a readership. Whilst he buries himself in his work, his wife Charulata languishes alone in their large house, with nothing to do except give orders to servants and read books. Noticing his wife’s boredom, Bhupati invites her elder brother Umapada and his wife Manda to live with them... [More...]

The River (1951)

Jean Renoir

On the banks of a great river in India, an English family enjoys an idyllic existence. Father is the owner of a jute mill which employs hundreds of local people. Mother is content with bringing up her adorable children, the eldest being her teenage daughters Harriet and Valerie. Their neighbour is Mr John, an Irishman who married an Indian woman and who has a daughter, Melanie... [More...]

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