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see all genres ›Boasting the world's single largest national cinema (actually more of a network of regional ones), India is best known for films of myriad genres that nonetheless usually share lengthy runtimes and musical numbers, as well as the less locally popular strain of naturalistic dramas commenced by the late Satyajit Ray. In recent years, some independent-minded makers have begun more aggressively crossing lines between the two schools. Throughout, India has remained a location of endless fascination for visiting foreign artists.
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Aravani Girl
Sixteen-year-olds Palani and Karthik want to become "ladyboys." They’re bullied in school and beaten by their families. Their parents would like to see them grow up as normal boys but they’re falling deeper and deeper into the world of the "Aravanis." Loved as dance performers but hated as homosexuals, their stories emblazon...Start your free trial to watch
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A Box with a View
A BOX WITH A VIEW examines the influence of cable television on the culture and traditions of rice villages in the Kerala backwaters, located near the southern tip of India. There are twenty-five television channels (including many popular Western programs) which are viewed in the simple homes of rice...Start your free trial to watch
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The Chess Players
In the kingdom of Awadh, rich landowners Meer (Saeed Jaffrey) and Mirza (Sanjeev Kumar) pour every ounce of passion into a never-ending game of chess. At the same time, an ambitious British General (Sir Richard Attenborough) plots his own moves against Awadh's King (Amjad Khan) and Prime Minister (Victor...Start your free trial to watch
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Hippie Masala
In the 1960s and 1970s thousands of hippies journeyed east to India in search of enlightenment. Indian peasants assumed that a severe drought in the West was the reason for their migration. India’s holy men saw it as a search for spirituality. Most moved back to their home countries after a few months or years while others...Start your free trial to watch
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The Idiotmaker's Gravity Tour
Max Plugin is a jaded relic of the 1960s who has recently mourned (as opposed to celebrated) his fifty-seventh birthday. Max ran away from home at age sixteen to hitchhike across the country. A guru named Teschlock took Max under his wing when he reached California's Lost Coast, soon after inviting Max to...Start your free trial to watch
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Let the Wind Blow
At the height of nuclear tensions between India and Pakistan, Arjun and his best friend, Chabia, weigh their options for the future against the reality of life on the streets of Mumbai. Enticed by the promise of wealth and opportunity in the Persian Gulf, Chabia is eager to leave his job as a mechanic. But...Start your free trial to watch
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Ocean of an Old Man
In the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami (and amid the stunning natural beauty of India’s Andaman and Nicobar islands), an elderly British teacher struggles to run a small primary school despite the loss of many of the islands’ children to the recent tragedy. Ignoring the overwhelming grief that...Start your free trial to watch
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Place for Landing
A household landscape of mirrors. A child and its reflection are inscribed in a shadowy lunar patchwork. The camera switches its optical pursuit: the child disappears and a bird emerges. The surveying mirror implodes or explodes into space. Its mottled hallway glass both indicates and becomes a PLACE FOR...Start your free trial to watch
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Scene 32
SCENE 32 maps the terrain that lies between a beloved place and the things that represent it. The salt fields of Central Kutch are examined through High Definition video and hand processed 16mm film to become another thing altogether: neither a specific location in India nor its representation but a rebuilt world of...Start your free trial to watch
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Short Cut to Nirvana
SHORT CUT TO NIRVANA takes a voyage of discovery through a vivid and vibrant world, accompanied by an irrepressible young Hindu monk, Swami Krishnanand, and several Westerners, each on their own spiritual quest. We encounter some of the Kumbh Mela’s wisest and most fascinating characters, including an...Start your free trial to watch
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Soul of Sand
A watchman and his wife living at an abandoned mine find themselves trapped in the brutal schemes of their tyrannical landlord in this suspenseful, visually striking drama set on the urban outskirts of Delhi. When the landlord offers his daughter to a wealthy potential buyer of the mine, she and her lower-caste lover run...Start your free trial to watch
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Through the Eastern Gate
What moves young, educated people to give up lives of material security for a spiritual quest that confronts uncertainty? Filmed in the gorgeous countryside and ancient cities of India and Turkey, THROUGH THE EASTERN GATE is a compelling documentary following the journeys of three young people who have...Start your free trial to watch
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A Throw of Dice
A lavish silent super-production comprising 10,000 extras, a thousand horses and scores of elephants, A THROW OF DICE is the climax of German film pioneer Franz Osten's richly cinematic sojourn in India. In this "fairy tale for adults" (BBC) inspired by the ancient Sanskrit epic poem THE MAHABHARATA, royal cousins and rulers...Start your free trial to watch
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Zero Bridge
A truly independent film of integrity and offhand grace, ZERO BRIDGE tells the deeply affecting tale of a student and small-time criminal in Kashmir who develops a crush on an older, college-educated woman. Dilawar (Mohamed Imran Tapa) is a rebellious seventeen-year-old Kashmiri boy who lives on the outskirts of Srinagar city...Start your free trial to watch