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Great friendship prevails over tremendous adversity in 1980s India. Set in Bombay during a time of political uproar, four childhood friends are forced to confront adulthood when the volatile upheaval of the 1982 Bombay Mill Strike shatters their innocence and threatens their lives. But the boys persevere, and the story becomes a remarkable account of the triumphs of love, brotherhood, and the human spirit.

Season:
2016
Director:
Atul Taishete
Cinematography:
Sudhakar Yakkanti Reddy
Cast:
Jimmy Sheirgill, Raghu Ram, Mohak Meet, Shantanu Rangnekar, Jayesh Kardak, Ashitosh Gaikwad
Editor:
Suvir Nath
Producer:
Amit Agarwal, Non Stop Entertainment, Sanjay Minda, Kunal Kohli
Language:
Hindi
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Bobby Imran

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Masks can hide so much, but love reveals all. What happens when the person you thought you knew best obscures his or her past from you and you alone? When taxi driver Vimal unknowingly picks up his childhood sweetheart one rainy night, he hopes with every ounce that they can rekindle what they once had: a friendship, blossoming effortlessly into love. After learning more about her distance and the darkness that surrounds her, Vimal wonders if the future he wished for the two of them will come to a vicious close.

Season:
2016
Director:
Selvamani Selvaraj
Cinematography:
Piyush Goswami
Cast:
Sruthi Hariharan, Vicky R, Sarvesh Sridhar
Editor:
Rejith K R
Producer:
Vaishno Rajesh
Language:
Tamil
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Jhanu

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Newborns attempts to provide a lens to the survivors of acid violence, to look forward and gaze back. They take us through the ennui of their domestic and public spaces in a nameless dystopian city, its factories, houses and motels.

Season:
2015
Director:
Megha Ramaswamy
Cast:
Laxmi Agrawal, Nasreen Sapna
Editor:
Anand Gandhi, Rohit Pandey

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A gentle, coming-of-age fable that paints an emotional and colorful portrait of Mumbai life. A spirited boy, Rahul spends his days skipping along the rooftops of his neighborhood. To avoid his abusive father, Rahul finds sanctuary in the streets with his streetwise friends Arbaaz and Salman. While they wander the narrow passages of the city, their story unfolds through pranks, stealing food, and following Saloni, Rahul's crush.

Season:
2013
Director:
Manjeet Singh
Cinematography:
Siddarth Kay
Cast:
Rahul Bairaji, Arbaaz Khan, Tejas D Parvatkar, Salman Khan, Aftab Khan, Dhanshree Jain
Editor:
Tinni Mitra
Producer:
Manjeet Singh
Executive Producer:
Lina Dhingra
Language:
Hindi with English Subtitles
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Mathias Duplessey

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Calcutta Taxi is set in the grimy backdrop of a city going through a political crisis, unraveling the story of three lives that coincide and affect each other. Each one having lost and found some things in this chance encounter of life.

Season:
2013
Premiere status:
WORLD PREMIERE
Director:
Vikram Dasgupta
Cinematography:
Jefferey Peter Maher
Cast:
Anand Rajaram, Vipin Sharma, Sunnie D'Souza, Geeta Bisht
Editor:
Vikram Dasgupta, Andrew Kines, David Ransley
Producer:
Aeschylus Poulos
Language:
English, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Bihari with English Subtitles
Genre:
Drama

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A family in Goa defines what it truly means to be dysfunctional.

Season:
2012
Director:
Sandeep Mohan
Cinematography:
Binendra Menon
Cast:
Ash Chandler, Shernaz Patel, Seema Rahmani, Ashwin Mushran, Sohrab Ardeshir, Arika Silaichia
Editor:
Shreyas Beltangdy
Producer:
Giju John, Kamal Shah
Language:
English
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Benny Johnson, Shibani Kashyap, Saikat Roy, JJI Exile, Belinda Fernandes, Remo Fernandes

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A love triangle, bank robbers, and corrupt politicians; Ko has it all.

Season:
2012
Director:
KV Anand
Cinematography:
Richard M. Nathan
Cast:
Jeeva, Karthika Nair, Ajmal Armeer, Piaa Bajpai
Producer:
Elred Kumar Santhanam
Language:
Tamil with English subtitles
Genre:
Action
Music:
Harris Jayaraj

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Part of Shorts Program 6: DocuNation.

Season:
2011
Director:
Nina Sabnani

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Like the roar of a thousand tablas in full frenzy, this modern retelling of an ancient tale is a dizzying roller-coaster ride of passionate storytelling.

Season:
2011
Director:
Mani Ratnam
Cinematography:
Manikandan, Santosh Sivan
Cast:
Chiyaan' Vikram, Aishwarya Rai, Prithviraj
Editor:
A. Sreekar Prasad
Producer:
Bejoy Nambiar, Mani Ratnam, Sharada Trilok
Language:
Tamil with English subtitles
Genre:
Drama
Music:
A.R. Rahman

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In India, the spirit of Mahatma Gandhi, who brought together Hindus and Muslims in a common cause, lives on. So does the bus that carried his ashes to the Ganges ? if only they can get the motor fixed!

A Muslim mechanic, whose sense of honor compels him to value his commitment to a very special job, finds himself caught between the demands of local religious and secular leaders and the demands of his heart and conscience.

Season:
2010
Premiere status:
North American Premiere
Director:
Amit Rai
Cinematography:
Dharam Gulati
Cast:
Paresh Rawal, Om Puri, Pavan Mallhotra, Javed Shaikh, Masood Aktar, Swati Chitnis
Editor:
Suvir Nath
Producer:
Amit Chheda, Sunil Sharma
Language:
Hindi with English subtitles
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Sandesh Shandilya, Nitin Kumar Gupta - Prem Haria. Vijay Mishra
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