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Indian cinema: Drama
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
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...
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Satyajit Ray
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...
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Satyajit Ray
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...]