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Indian cinema: All genres
Agantuk (1991)
Satyajit Ray
Anila Bose lives in Calcutta with her husband Sudhindra and their young son Satyaki. The family is comfortably off and live in a grand house which they have inherited...
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Satyajit Ray
Aparajito (1956)
Satyajit Ray
After the death of their daughter, Harihar and Sarbojaya leave their ancestral village in Bengal and move to the city of Banaras, to start a new life with their ten-year-old son Apu...
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Satyajit Ray
Apur Sansar (1959)
Satyajit Ray
Apu has completed his studies but, despite being a graduate, he is unable to find work. Living in a small rented room in Calcutta, he just manages to survive by pawning his books and giving private lessons...
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Satyajit Ray
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...
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Satyajit Ray
The Chess Players (1977)
Satyajit Ray
In 1856, Oudh is one of the last provinces in India that has not entirely succumbed to British control. Owing to concessions made to the British government some years ago, it remains an independent Muslim kingdom, ruled by the popular monarch Wajid Shah...
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Satyajit Ray
Devi (1960)
Satyajit Ray
The setting is Chandipur, rural Bengal, India. The year is 1860. The aged widower Kalikinkar Roy lives in a grand house with his two sons and their wives... [More...]
Satyajit Ray
The setting is Chandipur, rural Bengal, India. The year is 1860. The aged widower Kalikinkar Roy lives in a grand house with his two sons and their wives... [More...]
The Elephant God (1979)
Satyajit Ray
Feluda, one of Calcutta's sharpest detectives, decides to take a holiday in Benaras, the old holy town on the banks of the River Ganges... [More...]
Satyajit Ray
Feluda, one of Calcutta's sharpest detectives, decides to take a holiday in Benaras, the old holy town on the banks of the River Ganges... [More...]
Gandhi (1982)
Richard Attenborough
After being subjected to racial intimidation in South Africa, Indian lawyer Mohandas Gandhi organises a non-violent campaign of opposition to the country's discriminatory laws... [More...]
Richard Attenborough
After being subjected to racial intimidation in South Africa, Indian lawyer Mohandas Gandhi organises a non-violent campaign of opposition to the country's discriminatory laws... [More...]
Kapurush (1965)
Satyajit Ray
Amitabha Roy is a young screenwriter who is making a tour of rural India in search of inspiration for his next film. When his car breaks down in a remote backwater, tea planter Bimal Gupta invites him to spend the night at his home... [More...]
Satyajit Ray
Amitabha Roy is a young screenwriter who is making a tour of rural India in search of inspiration for his next film. When his car breaks down in a remote backwater, tea planter Bimal Gupta invites him to spend the night at his home... [More...]
Mahanagar (1963)
Satyajit Ray
In 1950s Calcutta, Subrata Mazumdar is a bank employee who earns barely enough to support his family. As well as his wife Arati and his young son, Subrata must provide for his sister-in-law and his two elderly parents, who live with him in his cramped city apartment... [More...]
Satyajit Ray
In 1950s Calcutta, Subrata Mazumdar is a bank employee who earns barely enough to support his family. As well as his wife Arati and his young son, Subrata must provide for his sister-in-law and his two elderly parents, who live with him in his cramped city apartment... [More...]
Nayak (1966)
Satyajit Ray
Arindam Mukherjee, a major star of Bengali cinema, is invited to Delhi to receive a prestigious award for his work. As it is too late to book a flight, he must take the train from Calcutta... [More...]
Satyajit Ray
Arindam Mukherjee, a major star of Bengali cinema, is invited to Delhi to receive a prestigious award for his work. As it is too late to book a flight, he must take the train from Calcutta... [More...]
Pather Panchali (1955)
Satyajit Ray
A poor Bengal village in the 1920s. Like many of his people, Harihar Ray struggles to earn enough money to keep his family from starvation... [More...]
Satyajit Ray
A poor Bengal village in the 1920s. Like many of his people, Harihar Ray struggles to earn enough money to keep his family from starvation... [More...]
Pratidwandi (1971)
Satyajit Ray
Siddhartha is a 25-year-old graduate whose inability to find a job is slowly alienating him from the world around him. Since he abandoned his training at medical school, he has drifted along, not knowing what he wants from life... [More...]
Satyajit Ray
Siddhartha is a 25-year-old graduate whose inability to find a job is slowly alienating him from the world around him. Since he abandoned his training at medical school, he has drifted along, not knowing what he wants from life... [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... [More...]
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... [More...]