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Some of the films below are described in Banerjee, Shampa and Anil Srivastava. One Hundred Indian Feature Films: An Annotated Filmography. NY: Garland, 1988. (MRC PN 1993.5.I8B271 1988)

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Aa Ab Laut Chalen(1999)

Directed by Rishi Kapoor. Cast: Rajesh Khanna, Akshaye Khanna, Aishwariya Rai. Rohan, an unemployed, well educated Indian, leaves India at the advice of his friend in New York to seek work in a new land. Much to his chagrin, however, life in America is not what he expected. 173 min. DVD 3437

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Aag (1948)

Directed by Raj Kapoor. Cast: Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Kaminikaushal, Nigar, Kamal Kapoor, Indumati, Premnath. Kewal and Nimmi are childhood sweethearts who share a passion for theatre. They promise each other that when they grow up, they will start their own theatre company. However, Nimmi's family moves away. Years later, Rajan and Kewal revive an old theatre. One day, a young destitute girl comes to the theatre and begins to act in Kewal's plays. Fascinated by her, Kewal names her Nimmi. But when he discovers that Rajan is also in love with her, he steps aside only to realize that Nimmi loves him. 129 min. DVD 3490

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Aah (1953)

Directed by Raja Nawathe. Cast: Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Vijay Laxmi, Pran ; playback singers, Lata Mangeshkar, Mukesh. If circustances had not made Raj an engineer he would have been a poet. Respecting his father's wishes for an arranged marriage he reluctantly writes a letter to Chandra, the sophisticated daughter of a rich family. The letter he wrote was pure poetry, but Chandra was unmoved. Her teenaged sister however was immensely impressed so she responded on her sisters behalf. 138 min. DVD 3506

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Aakhir Kyon? (1985)

Directed by J. Om Prakash. Cast: Raakesh Roshan, Smita Patil, Rajesh Khanna, Tina Munim. A poignant tale of a woman's fight for her rights. When Nisha gives birth to a baby girl, and during her pregnancy, when she is hospitalized, her husband has an affair with another woman. Not only is she shocked to discover his infidenity, but the other woman turns out to be her younger sister, who has no intention of leaving. 161 min. DVD 3435

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Aan Milo Sajna (1970)

Directed by Mukul Dutt. Cast: Rajesh Khanna, Asha Parekh, Vinod Khanna, Rajendra Nath, Jr. Mehmood. Varsha, the only daughter of a wealthy retired judge agrees to pose as a poor girl Deepali, and take up employment with rich industrialist Anil. Anil asks Varsha to pose as his fiancee, and help him to convince his mother that he is about to settle down as a respectable family man. Before long, Anil learns of Varsha's real identity, and to make Anil's position even more uncomfortable, his mother discovers that far from reforming, Anil is in fact plotting to grab all her money. 181 min. DVD 3524

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Aandhi (1975)

Directed by Gulzar. Cast: Sanjeev Kumar, Suchitra Sen, Om Shipuri, Om Prakash, Rehman, Manmohan, A.K. Hangal, Om Shivpuri. A gallant hotel manager is discrete about a drunk daughter of a politician, and they fall in love and have a daughter. Their differences cause them to separate. They meet again years later when she is an established politician and is caught on a front page cover story in the arms of another man-- the same hotel manager she fell in love with years ago. Now she has to win back the trust and votes of her people. 133 min. DVD 3418

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Aankhen (2002)

Directed by Vipul Amrutlal Shah. Presents the story of a disillusioned bank manager who gets revenge when he is unfairly terminated from his position by robbing his own bank. Though the robbery proves to be a difficult task, the aftermath poses even greater dangers for the thieves as a series of double crosses finds their already shaky alliance crumbling at the foundation. 161 min. DVD 3448

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Aap Ki Kasam (Apa ki kasama) (1974)

Directed by J. Om Prakash. A youthful college romance leads to marriage between Sunita and Kamal, but his suspicious nature and nocturnal absences cause a serious rift leading to complete estrangement between them. Sunita brings up her daughter without Kamal's knowing of his paternity until the very dramatic and needlessly tragic climax. 154 min. DVD 3453

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Aar-Paar (1954)

Directed by Guru Dutt. In this fast paced drama Kaalu, a taxi driver and mechanic who has served a jail sentence for rash driving, is in love with Nicky, the daughter of his boss at the garage. When his boss offers to buy him the taxi Kaalu agrees, not knowing that he intends to use the taxi for smuggling. 141 min. DVD 998

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Aas Ka Panchhi (1961)

Directed by Mohan Kumar. Cast: Rajinder Kumar, Vyjayantimala, Shaminder, Nazir Hussain, Leela Chitnis, Kathana. A tender tale of how a young man dreamt of big things in life and how the love of a young girl inspired and held him to achieve his ambitions. The story centers around three childhood friends Rajan, Ramesh and Mangal, in search of their professional careers and life mates. 160 min. DVD 3425

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Aasha (1980)

Directed by J. Om Prakash. Cast: Jeetendra, Reena Roy, Rameshwari, Girish Karnad, Bhagwan, Sunder, Shivraj, Dulari. Popular singer Aasha meets Deepak, a truck driver in a roadside restaurant. Deepak comes to one of Aasha's shows with his fiancee Mala, whom he subsequently marries. Deepak meets with an accident, and Mala believing him dead, attempts suicide but is saved by a sculptor. Meanwhile Deepak reaches home and is told his wife is dead. Aasha keeps company with Deepak but she discovers that his wife is still alive. Should she withhold the information from Deepak so she can marry him or tell him the truth and loose him forever? 153 min. DVD 3440

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Aavishkar (1973)

Directed by Basu Bhattacharya. Cast: Rajesh Khanna, Sharmila Tagore, Dina Gandhi, Dennis Clement, Satyendra Kappu; playback singers, Asha Bhonsle, Manna Dey, Jagit Singh, Chitra Singh. Follows the lives of a young couple, Amar and Mansi, through their courtship and their marriage. Their relationship becomes more complicated as they become parents and Amar takes a job with an advertising agency that employs beautiful women in their work. 98 min. DVD 3493

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Aya sawan jhoom ke (1969)

Directed by Raghunath Jhalani. Cast: Dharmendra, Asha Parekh, Ravinder Kapoor, Nazir Hussein, Rajendranath. Loving is living is the interesting ideal for a rich young man, and Jai certainly makes the best of his motto. 174 min. DVD 3491

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Action Remix Geet Mala. (1999)

Contemporary "super hit" songs presented in theatrical scenes excerpted from Indian feature films. Song selections: Pardesi babu, Doli saja ke rakhna, Kachche dhage, Wajood, Hu tu tu, Private songs, Daag, Aa ab laut chalen, Kala Samara jiya, Bade dil wala, Hum aapke dil mein rehte hain, Doli sajea ke rakhna, Zakhm, Lal badshah, Laawaris, Lo main agaya. 176 min. Video/C 6866

Ahista Ahista (1981)

Directed by Esmayeel Shroff. The daughter of a reluctant prostitute and her lost lover grows into a lovely teenager, and falls in love with the boy next door. Her father then reappears, respectable and married, but refuses to acknowledge his former mistress or their child. In Hindi-Urdu with English subtitles. 168 min. 999:2223

Ajanabee. (1980)

Director Shakti Samanta. A railroad station agent harbors a mysterious woman fleeing from pursuers whom she claims are trying to take the jewels she has in her possession. In Hindi with English subtitles. 123 min. 999:2069

Alif Nun = Alif Noon--most popular & Unforget[t]able Play (1954)

A program comprising satirical skits on social evils in the Pakistani society. Originally produced for Television. In Urdu. PAL format. 280 min. Video/C 3905

Amar (1954)

Directed by Mehboob Khan. A cowardly hero, Amar seduces a milkmaid, Sonia. As Amar watches silently when Sonia suffers the consequences of their passionate moment, the villain, Sankat, offers her help and confort. Sankat causes havoc in the village before getting killed in a fight with Amar. Sonia is arrested and defended in court by Amar who eventually marries her. The melodramatic subject combined with some unusual surreal imagery makes this film an oddity in the Indian film genre. 131 min. 999:1577

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Amar Akbar Anthony (1977)

Directed by Manmohan Desai. Lavish action-filled account of the separation and eventual reunion of three brothers: one raised by a Hindu policeman, one raised by a Muslim tailor, and one raised by a Catholic priest. 184 min. DVD 3416; vhs 999:2757

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Amawas (1954)

A television serial dealing with the lower middle class people of cosmopolitan cities like Karachi, Pakistan, and their socioeconomic problems. In Urdu. M-PAL format. 999:1620

Anand (1970)

Directed by N.C. Sippy. Story centers around Anand who zestfully fights cancer, determined to extract as much pleasure from his remaining lifespan as possible and the brooding Dr. Bhaskar who tends Anand in his last days and then writes a book on him which wins a literary prize. 118 min. DVD 1902; vhs 999:1574

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Andaz (1949)

Directed by Mehbood Kahn. In this musical melodrama Neeta, a modern young woman who dresses in Western style, inherits a business empire. When she entrusts its management to her dashing young friend, Dilip, he misreads her friendship and assumes that she reciprocates his love. When the man she is engaged to, the spoilt playboy Rajan returns, she marries him. Eventually Neeta shoots Dilip and is jailed for murder. The ensuing trial underlines the moral of the story: all the mayhem is Neeta's fault for not having listened to her father when he warned her to avoid "modern ways". 140 min. DVD 3216; vhs 999:1585

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Angoor (1982)

Directed by Sampooran Singh Gulzar. This adaptation from India of Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors revolves around the confusions that occur when a set of twins is repeatedly being mistaken for each other. DVD 1824

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Ankur (1973)

Directed by Shyam Benegal. Values clash as loyalties are tried and tested in a rural Indian setting. Class conflict of the idle-rich landowning class against toiling peasants is dramatized in a brief extra-marital liaison between an attractive village laborer and her young employer. This film launched a new style of naturalist acting deploying regionalised Hindi accents and helped define a "middle-of-the-road" cinema which adapted psychological realism and regionalism to the conventions of the mainstream Hindi movie. In Hindi with English subtitles. 136 min. 999:2685

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Antarnaad (Inner Voice) (1949)

Directed by Shyam Benegal. The film is about the true life experiences of two villages and the trasformation that occured through Swadhyaya activity. 160 min. Video/C 3703

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Aparajito: The Unvanquished(1956)

Directed by Satyajit Ray. The second part of a series known as the Apu trilogy, the chronicle of a Bengali family. Apu's father brings his family to Benares but gets sick and dies. The mother must go to work as a cook while young Apu begins to train for the priesthood and wins a scholarship to the University of Calcutta. 108 min. DVD 2082; vhs 999:1476

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Apnapan (1977)

Directed by J. Om Prakash. Cast: Jeetendra, Reena Roy, Sulakshana Pandit, Sanjeev Kumar. Anil Mehra, in his early thirties, accidentally meets Radhika, and falls in love. Their relationship turns into a romance, leading up to marriage. But before marrying, Anil confides that he is a divorcee and has a five-year-old child, Prakash, who is studying in Srinagar. Radhika loves him so much that they go ahead with their marriage. The two of them decide to go to Kashmir to meet Prakash. 145 min. DVD 3426

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Ardh Saty (Half-truth) (1983)

Directed by Govind Nihalani. Welankar, a hardworking police inspector in Bombay, wants to arrest the gangster and politician, Rama Shetty, but is constantly frustrarted so he vents his anger on less prominent targets to the distress of his humane girlfriend. Finally Welankar cannot control his temper and kills a petty thief. Forced to ask Shetty for protection, he kills him instead and surrenders to the police. Based on a short story by Shri D. Panvalkar. In Hindi (without titles) 124 min. 999:2683

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Arth (1982)

Inder Malhotra, a fashionable film-maker, is married to Pooja when he starts an affair with film star, Kavita. Pooja leaves him and experiences the social insecurities of a single working woman. Her dilemmas are highlighted by the parallel story of her cleaning lady who, abandoned by her husband, kills him and is arrested. Kavita, who suffers from guilt, eventually succumbs to schizophrenia and leaves Inder. 130 min. 999:1589

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Astha (In the Prison of Spring) (1997)

Director, Basu Bhattacharya. Story of a lower middle class family in India. Unable to attain what she desires on her husband's meager salary, the wife gets involved in prostitution, and submerged in an abyss of guilt plans a confession by innuendo to pick up the threads of her life. 132 min. DVD 1959

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Astitva (2000)

Direction, Mahesh Manjrekar. A male chauvinist who has cheated on his wife, but justifies it because he is male, finds that his wife has also been unfaithful, and that their son is not really his. He demands a divorce. But will everything that the couple has built up over so many years be destroyed? 113 min. DVD 1896

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Awara (1951)

Directed by Raj Kapoor. Estranged from his father, Raju finds a substitute father in Jagga, a criminal who ruined Raju's mother. Oedipal drama involving Raj Kapoor against his real-life father, which plays itself out in eventual redemption, evoked by a memorable dream sequence and equally memorable songs. 193 min. DVD 2900; vhs 999:2464

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Balu Mahendra's Sadma (1995)

Directed by Balu Mahendra. Cast: Kamal Haasan, Sridevi, Gulshan Grover, Silk Smitha, Leela Mishra, Paintal. A young woman receives a head injury in an automobile accident and becomes like a six-year-old. She leaves the hospital unattended and ends up in a brothel where she is rescued by a young man who takes her to his home in the mountains. 141 min. DVD 2497

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Bandit Queen (1995)

Directed by Shekhar Kapu. A dramatization of the life story of the female dacoit, Phoolan Devi. Born of low caste in the Chambal River Valley of India, 11 year-old Phoolan is sold into marriage with a man 20 years her senior. Challenging her fate, she escapes and falls in with a pack of ruthless bandits but the political structure of the male-dominated gang comes with its own set of brutal humiliations, and Phoolan must struggle to rise above a culture determined to bring her down, in a bloody coup that electrified a nation. 119 min. 999:1441

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Barsaat (1949)

Directed by Raj Kapoor. This sombre musical classic contrasts different notions of love. The rich and sensitive Pran passionately loves the poor country girl Reshma. Defying her father she runs to Pran but apparently drowns on the way. Pran and his philandering friend Gopal who callously jilted the village girl Neela, are driving through the country and happen upon Reshma's wedding to the fisherman who saved her and believes he owns her. Pran crashes his car, stops the wedding and gets Reshma while the repentant Gopal finds that Neela has killed herself. 157 min. DVD 1895

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[Hrishikesh Mukherjee's] Bawarchi (1972)

Directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. Comedy about a disfunctional family whose lives are changed when they employ a cook with extraordinary capabilities. They cannot help wondering how a mere cook can sing, dance, write and recite poems, and even prescribe medicine to the ill. All of a sudden, the cook disappears and so do the valuables and the cash. Has he stolen it or ...? 125 min. DVD 1898

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Being Cyrus (2004)

Directed by Homi Adajania. Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Dimple Kapadia, Saif Ali Khan, Boman Irani, Honey Chhaya, Simone Singh, Manoj Pahwa. This film revolves around the Sethna family residing in the hills of Panchgani. A retired sculptor Dinshaw heads the family. Other members of the joint family include Dinshaw's wife Katy, brother Farokh, sister-in-law Tina and second brother Fardoonjee. Then Cyrus arrives at the Sethna house and stays on. As the movie proceeds it gains a psychological insight into the family and reveals that everything is not right with the Sethna family. In the end, even Cyrus comes across as a bizarre personality. 89 min. DVD 6383

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Bhangra Dance Hits (199-?)

Performances of contemporary Indian music and dance. Performers: Daler Mehndi, Bhuppi, Malkit Singh, Bally Sagoo, Raageshwari, Sukhbir, Stereo Nation, Nitin Bali, Mika Singh, Baba Sehgal, Gurdas Maan, Jassi, Aziz, Udham Singh, Tabun. 94 min. Video/C 6863

Bhuvan Shome (1969)

Directed by Mrinal Sen. Sen's breakthrough low-budget film is sometimes seen as the origin of New Indian Cinema. Set in the late 40's just after Independence, it is a satirical comedy about the upright Bengali railway officer Bhuvan Shome who sacks a corrupt ticket collector before going off on a duck-hunting expedition in Gujarat. There he meets the village belle Gauri, who turns out to be the wife of the man he sacked. He enjoys the attention she lavishes upon him and returns a "humanised" bureaucrat, determined to enjoy life to the full. 95 min. 999:2472

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Bluffmaster! (2005)

Directed by Rohan Sippy. Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Riteish, Roman Irani, Nana Patekar. A conman falls in love with a woman that is honest, sincere and rooted, but her love for him is shattered when she finds out that he is someone other than he portrays. 137 min. DVD 6838

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Bobby (1973)

Directed by Raj Kapoor. A very successful musical teenage love story based loosely on Romeo and Juliet in which the son of a wealthy businessman and a rough but prosperous fisherman's daughter have a romance despite their respective fathers feuding over class status. The villain, Chopra, kidnaps the heroine so that the hero may rescue her and unite the two families through his heroism. 161 min. DVD 2486; VHS 999:1583

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Bollywood Calling (2001)

Directed by Nagesh Kukunoor. A out-of-luck American B-movie star is thrust into the circus of Bollywood where she is spotted by a producer who concocts the first pairing of an American with the legendary Manu Kapoor, an ageing Indian star. An old-fashioned Hindi potboiler, presenting an honest, no-holds barred look at the world of Indian filmmaking. 99 min. DVD 1101

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Bollywood Dreams (1995)

Directed by Ramgopal Varma. Cast: Jackie Shroff, Aamir Khan, Urmila Mathondkar, Gulshan Grover. Mili is encouraged by her childhood friend Munna to pursue her dream of winning fame as an actress. When Mili is offered a part in a film by a famous actor, Munna feels he's no longer worthy of her affections and decides to leave town. 175 min. DVD 4464

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Bollywood/Hollywood (Canada, 2002)

Directed by Deepa Mehta. Cast: Rahul Khanna, Lisa Ray, Dina Pathak, Moushumi Chatterjee, Ranjit Chowdry, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Jessica Pare, Akshaye Khanna. Rahul, a young millionaire who is pressured by his family to find a bride, employs a girl to pose as his Indian fiancee. A musical comedy and family drama that is also a spoof of Indian film culture. Non-US format DVD (PAL, Region 2). 100 min. DVD 3797

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Bollywood Queen (UK, 2002)

Directed by Jeremy Wooding. Cast: Preeya Kalidas, James McAvoy, Amerjit Deu, Ray Panthaki, Ronny Jhutti. Nineteen-year-old Geena is entranced by the glamour of Bollywood and seduced by the sounds of R & B girl groups. When Geena meets Jay she finds that life can be just like the adventure and romance of the Bollywood movies she loves. 88 min. DVD 3847

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Bombay (Bumbai) (1995)

Directed by Mani Ratnam. Cast: Arvind Swamy, Manisha Koirala, Tinnu Anand, Akash Khurana. A romance occurs between a south Indian Hindu man and a Muslim woman. They marry against family wishes and move to Bombay. The time period of the film is set in the December 1992-January 1993 period when the "Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid" controversy had raised racial tensions in Bombay and other parts of India. 130 min. DVD 6571

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Bombay Talkie (USA, 1969)

Directed by James Ivory. A sophisticated American woman comes to Bombay and falls for two men involved in film-making in this affectionate, bemused view of Bollywood -- India's huge movie-making dream factory. Along the way she flees to an ashram to take up the spiritual life -- hilariously -- but eventually succeeds in destroying the marriage of one man and the careers of both. 105 min. 999:2759

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Brahmachari (1968)

Directed by Bhappi Sonie. In this musical comedy Brahmachari, who runs an indebted orphanage, saves a woman from suicide by agreeing to help her win back the man she loves who has spurned her ... but she falls in love with Brahmachari instead. 151 min. 999:2468

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Bride & Prejudice (UK / USA, 2004)

Directed by Gurinder Chadha. Cast: Aishwarya Rai, Martin Henderson, Madira Babbar, Anupam Kher, Naveen Andrews, Namrata Shirodkar, Daniel Gillies, Indira Varma, Sonali Kulkarni, Nitin Ganatra, Ashanti. Based on Jane Austen's classic novel, Pride and Prejudice, with a Bollywood twist. In Ammritsar, the determined Mrs. Bakshi sets out to find matches for her four daughters. Second sister, Lalita, meets American Will Darcy - but is it love? 111 min. DVD 4541

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Camur (2003)

Directed by Dervis Zaim. Cast: Mustafa Ugurlu, Yelda Reynaud, Taner Birsel, Bulent Ermin Yarar, Tomris Inceer. Story takes place on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus near the border between the Greek and Turkish sides where black mud in a salt-water lake is thought to have unique healing properties. While affected by the ancient statues lurking over them in the present, four Turkish friends deal with their memories of the war with the Greeks. 98 min. DVD 3218 (PAL)

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Charulata (The Lonely Wife) (1964)

Directed by Satyajit Ray. Set in India, this is the story of a loyal, dutiful wife whose husband takes her for granted who catches a glimpse of what true love could be when her husband's young cousin comes to live with them. 117 min. 999:2246

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Chemmeen (1965)

Directed by Ramu Kariat. Cast: Sathyan, Madhu, Sheela. A story of love, betrayal and tragedy based on the classic, award-winning novel by Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai, which deals with the life of rural fisherfolk in Kerala, India. In Malayalam with English subtitles. 140 min. DVD 5625

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The Chess Players (Shatranj ke Khiladi) (1977)

Directed by Satyajit Ray. This colourful period drama about colonialism and indigenous culture is set in 1856 at the court of Wajid Ali Shah in Lucknow, the capital of Oudh. It features two parallel narratives: the first shows the interminable games of chess played by two hookah-smoking zamindars; the other dramatises the conflict between Wajid Ali Shah and General Charles Outram who represents Lord Dalhousie's treacherously implemented annexation policies. Wajid Ali is shown as a politically weak figure who surrenders to the British without a fight. 117 min. DVD 5542; vhs 999:1591

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Choti si bata (1975)

Directed by Basu Chatterjee. An endearing, lovable, comedy about a young man who walks the rocky path of love because his heart is true but timid. 125 min. DVD 2489

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Chupke Chupke (1975)

Directed by Hrishkikesh Mukherjee. In this comic romance a botany professor, smitten with a beautiful woman, assumes a variety of false identities in order to be near the woman he wishes to woo. 145 min. DVD 1901; vhs 999:2396

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The Clay Bird (Matir moina) (2002)

Directed by Tareque Masud. Cast: Nurul Islam Bablu, Russell Farazi, Jayanto Chattopadhyay, Rokeya Prachy. Set against the backdrop of Pakistan during the turbulent 1960s, a family is ripped apart by religious beliefs and civil war. A young boy from Bangladesh is sent away by his Muslim father to a Madrasah where he struggles to adapt to a harsh monastic life. 98 min. DVD 6230

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Cloud-Capped Star (Meghe dhaka tara)

Directed by Ritwik Ghatak. Cast: Supriya Choudhury (Nita); Anil Chatterjee (Shankar); Bijon Bhattacharya (father); Gita De (mother); Gita Ghatak (Gita). A dark melodrama set in late fifties Calcutta about a refugee family and the struggle of Nita, the oldest daughter, to keep them afloat and together. It is a bitter critique of the family as an institution and also of the harsh social and economic conditions arising from Partition. 132 min. DVD 3798

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Coolie (1983)

Directed by Manmohan Desai and Prayag Raj. Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Waheeda Rehman, Rishi Kapoor, Rati Agnihotri, Shoma Anand, Suresh Oberoi, Kader Khan, Om Shivpuri. Iqbal, who is orphaned when the villain (Zafar) kills his father, grows up to become a leader of the coolies (porters) at a railway station. Among his friends are the drunken journalist Sunny, a foster-child of the villain who befriends Iqbal and the rich heroine Julie, whose father was also killed by the villain. The end of the film which includes some of the best fight scenes of Indian cinema, is shot at the Haji Ali mosque in Bombay. Remembered as the film in which the lead actor Bachchan suffered a near-fatal accident. In Hindi with English and Arabic subtitles. 177 min. 999:2081

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Daga (Daag) (1973)

Directed by Yash Chopra. Cast: Rajesh Khanna, Sharmila Tagore, Rakhee, Prem Chopra. Tells the story of a man wrongly convicted of murder, on the run from the law. Sunil is forced to leave behind his new bride Sonia, when he kills her would-be rapist. In an attempt to establish a new identity Sunil meets Chandni and ends up marrying her to give her illegitimate child a fathers' name. A chain of events brings together Sunil and Sonia but the long arm of the law also catches up with him, on not just a murder charge but also his marriage of convenience, which is interpreted as bigamy. 139 min. DVD 3052

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Deewangee (2000)

Directed by Anees Bazmee. Raj Goyal is a renowed and successful attorney. At a musical party he is introduced to Sargam by Ashwin Mehta. The next day Ashwin is murdered. Sargam approaches Raj to defend the accused, Tarang Bhardwaj. Raj reluctantly accepts, and with the help of a psychiatrist is able to prove that Tarang is innocent. But could Tarang really be a double personality with another character, who is capable of killing? 170 min. DVD 2584

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Deewaar (Divara) (1975)

Directed by Yash Chopra. Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Neetu Singh, Nirupa Roy, Parveen Babi. Two brothers, one a cop and the other a criminal, share a mutual adoration for their mother. Though they care for each other, they end up at odds due to their respective roles. 160 min. DVD 9224

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Devdas (1955)

Directed by Bimal Roy. A remake of P. C. Barua's Devdas (1935) for which Bimal Roy was a cameraman, this is the tragic story of Devdas' inability to marry his childhood sweetheart Paro, his descent into alcoholism and death at her doorstep. In Hindi without subtitles. 159 min. DVD 2488; VHS 999:2940

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Devdas (2002)

Directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Cast: Shahrukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Aishwarya Rai, Jackie Shroff. A 2002 remake of the love story which tells the tragic story of Devdas' inability to marry his childhood sweetheart Paro, his descent into alcoholism and death. Based on the novel by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. 170 min. DVD 2526

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Devi (The Goddess) (1960)

Directed by Satyajit Ray. The story of a rich household in 19th century India divided over religion. A young childlike wife is singled out and treated as a living diety due to her father-in-law's vision. Her husband believes his father to be a fanatic, tries to take her away, but finds her becoming convinced of her immortality. When a child dies who is brought to her, her husband tries again to persuade her, but she has now gone mad. 96 min. 999:903

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Dharam karam (1975)

Directed by Randhir Kapoor. Shanker, an underworld dada, exchanges his newly born son with the son of Ashok babu, a great and wealthy singer, in the belief that the new environment will save his son from becoming a goonda like him. But things turn out quite different to Shanker's plan. 153 min. DVD 3466

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Dharmputra (Adopted Son) (1961)

Directed by Yash Chopra. A epic story of an Indian family with split allegiances caught up in the struggle for Independence in India in the early 20th century. Based on the novel by Acharya Chatursen Shastri. In Hindi without subtitles. 148 min. DVD 4399; vhs 999:2699

Dhoop Chaon (198-?)

Directed by Prahilar Sharma. In this romantic musical comedy young women feign illnesses to keep a handsome young doctor from leaving their town after he has cured an epidemic. In Hindi with English subtitles. 120 min. 999:2082

Dhund (1973)

Directed by B.R. Chopra A love-triangle suspense film. The heroine (Aman) is married to a vicious, crippled tyrant who is killed in the beginning of the film. Aman and her secret lover (Khan) are the prime suspects. Their story is shown in flashbacks alternating with the progress of the police investigation. In the end, another man confesses to the crime: the old tyrant had raped the man's wife. 120 min. 999:1582

Diksha (Initiation) (1991)

Directed by Arun Kaul. Cast: Nana Patekar, Manohar Singh, Rajashri Sawant, Ashish Mishra. In a small village in India Acharya Udupa, a Vedic scholar teaches a few selected aspirants. Also living with him is Yamuna, his young daughter, a widow, who is in love with the local schoolmaster. One night, during Acharya's absence from the village, Yamuna has an intimate meeting with her lover and becomes pregnant, and a target for the full, terrible fury of the orthodox society. 135 min. DVD 1620

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Dil chahta hai (Dila cahata hai) (2001)

Directed by Farhan Akhtar. Cast: Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Preity Zinta, Sonali Kulkarni, Dimple Kapadia. The story focuses on the contrasting characters of three inseparable friends. Their attitude about romance and the choices they make in that department lead to a radical shift in their friendship. 180 min. DVD 9223

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Dil Deke Dekho (1959)

Directed by Nasir Husain. Heiress Jamuna is deserted by her husband who takes their son, Roop, with him. She adopts Kailash and Neeta and wants the two to get married. However, Neeta falls in love with a rock singer who turns out to be the grown-up Roop. The confusion is resolved by way of a shootout during the marriage ceremony. In Hindi with English subtitles. 187 min. 999:2079

Dil Hai De Manta Nahin (1991)

Directed by Mahesh Bhatt. A romantic musical comedy set in India, loosely adapted from Capra's It happened one night. In Hindi (no subtitles). 260 min. DVD 743

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Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya (1966)

Directed by C.L. Rawal. Two brothers fight over a woman. When she gets killed another woman impersonates her so her convalescent lover won't know she's dead. 154 min. 999:2072

Dil Se-- (1998)

Directed by Mani Ratnam. Romantic drama set in India of a young man who meets an enigmatic girl who later seeks his help without revealing that she is part of a terrorist organization. Incorporates fantasy sequences of dance and song. 165 min. DVD 2257

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Dilwale (1994)

Director, Harry Baweja. Cast: Ajay Devgan, Sunil Shetty, Raveena Tandon, Paresh Rawal, Gulshan Grover, Rami Reddy. Accused of murder by a relative trying to thwart his relationship with Sapna, Arun loses his sanity and is sent to a mental hospital, but an honest cop begins a crusade on his behalf. 169 min. DVD 4358

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Dilwale dulhania le jayenge (1995)

Director, Aditya Chopra. Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Amrish Puri, Farida Jalal, Anupam Kher. Choudhury Baldev Singh is a London-based newsagent pining for his native Punjab. He wants to return to his roots by forcing his daughter Simran to marry the son of his old friend but when Simran goes on a European tour she meets and falls for Raj. This causes her tyranical father to return to Punjab, where Raj turns up and rescues Simran from her intended marriage by inveigling himself into the household under a range of masquerades, until, having made the scheduled marriage impossible, he wins the girl from her reluctant father. In Hindi without subtitles. 192 min. DVD 7589; vhs 999:2491

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Distant Thunder (Ashani Sanket) (1973)

Directed by Satyajit Ray. An award-winning dramatization of World War II famine in India. As the government requisitions the civilian food supply for its armies, the common man starves. To eat he is reduced to an animal - a doctor must humble himself, a peasant turn to prostitution. 92 min. 999:857

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Do Ankhem, Barah Hath (1957)

Directed by Rajaram Vankudre Shantaram. Story of a jail superintendent who converts prisoners into responsible citizens. Adinath takes six murderers to a desolate area and sets up a farming commune. In spite of threats of violence from nearby villagers who see their economic interests threatened, they produce a viable farm. This stylised parable about human virtue is notable for its neo-expressionist imagery. In Hindi with subtitles in English and Arabic. 124 min. 999:2681

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Earth(1998)

Directed by Deepa Mehta. During the upheavals of Indian independence and partition, a young Hindu girl is romantically pursued by a Muslim, without regard for their religious differences. Surrounding violence catches up, and he turns against Hindus in general, and finally against his love and the values which prompted it. 101 min. DVD 2053; vhs 999:3133

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Ek duuje ke liye (1981)

Director, K. Balachander. A tragic melodrama about the love of Vasu and Sapna who overcome barriers of regional and linguistic chauvinism but whose families remain opposed to the union. At the end, after Sapna is raped and Vasu is violently beaten, they both commit suicide to be together in death. In Hindi without subtitles. 166 min. 999:29

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The Elephant God (Jai Baba Felunath) (1978)

Directed by Satyajit Ray. Cast: Soumitra Chatterjee, Santosh Dutta, Siddharta Chatterjee, Utpal Datta, Jit Bose, Haradhan Banerjee, Bimal Chatterjee, Biplab Chatterjee, Satya Banerjee, Moloy Roy, Santosh Sinha, Manu Mukherjee, Indubhusan Gujral, Kamu Mukherjee. Set in Benares (Varanasi) India, this film is about the owner of a statuette of Ganesh (the elephant god) who is mystified when he receives an offer to purchase the figurine for a price exceeding its reasonable value on the art market. Soon afterwards, the statuette is stolen, but a detective and his assistant, with help from a writer of children's novels, attempt to unravel the mystery. A reading of a work entitled Tintin in the Congo, among other things, turns out to be a great help to them. 112 min. DVD 5023

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Eros Top 20 Hits. Vol. 1. (199-?)

Popular musical numbers from Hindi language motion pictures released by Eros International. Contents: Dil se [motion picture]. Chaiya chaiya [song] -- Ghulam. Aati kya khandala -- Duplicate. Kathai aakhon wali -- Major Saab. Sona sona -- Zor. Main apna namm bhula -- Kareeb. Churalona dil mera -- Saat rang ke sapne. Aati ho to chal -- Dushman. Pyar ko ho jane do -- Yugpurush. Chalo hum dono -- Bandhan. Balle balle -- Barood. Razi razi mein hoon -- Kabhi na kabhi. Tu hi tu -- Jeans. Columbus Columbus -- Sham ghansham. Mitwa re -- Satya. Goli maar -- Jane jigar. Naraz kyon ho -- Saat rang ke sapne. Ba ba batao na -- Major Saab. Pyar kiya to nibhana -- Kabhi na kabhi. Mere yaara dil daara -- Ghulam. Tujhko kya. 104 min. Video/C 6865

Fire (1996)

Directed by Deepa Mehta. A young woman accepts an arranged marriage into a traditional New Delhi family, but finds herself drawn to her sister-in-law. She falls in love for the first time and the fallout from their affair shakes everyone around her to the core. Banned in India, this film was the first to confront lesbianism in that country. 104 in. DVD 2052; vhs 999:2629

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Ganashastru (Enemy of the People) (1989)

Directed by Satyajit Ray. Cast: Soumitra Chatterjee, Ruma Guha Thakurta, Mamata Shankar, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Subhendu Chatterjee, Manoj Mitra. A doctor living in Chandipur, Bengal suspects that the source of an epidemic lies in the holy waters of a temple. Unfortunately, no one believes him, including his brother who works for the city water department, the temple's builder, and a newspaper editor. An adaptation of Henryk Ibsen's play Folkefiende. PAL format tape. 98 min. 999:3695

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Garm Hava (Hot Winds) (1974)

Directed by M.S. Sathyu. Dramatization of the plight of north India's Muslim minority in Agra during the Partition upheavals. A Muslim shoe factory owner must decide whether to emigrate to newly-formed Pakistan or remain in his ancestral home and business. 140 min. 999:2466

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Genesis (1986)

Directed by Mrinal Sen. A farmer and weaver in flight from exploitation settle in a ruined desert village to scratch out a living on their own terms, linked to civilization only by a greedy trader. When they take in a lone, destitute woman their tiny society slowly succumbs to rivalry and jealousy, echoing patterns in the society at large. In Hindi with English subtitles. 105 min. 999:2687

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Godmother (1999)

Directed by Vinay Shukla. The just widow of an idealistic mafia don struggles under the shadow of the man responsible for her husband's death to raise her son to be a morally upright man. In Hindi (no subtitles). 150 min. DVD 742

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Gol Maal (1979)

Directed by Hrishkikesh Mukherjee. Ramprasad is a recent college graduate who finds a job with a finicky man who does not believe his employees should engage in recreation of any kind. When Ramprasad is caught by his boss at a soccer match, he has to invent a twin brother, the clean shaven Laxman Prasad, to save his job. But things take a whacky turn when the boss's daughter falls for Laxman Prasad and her father insists that she should marry Ramprasad. 139 min. DVD 1899

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Gopi (1970)

Directed by A. Bhim Singh. Unorthodox, honest, simple-minded, and unemployed Gopi is blamed for a theft he did not commit and gets thrown out of his home by his elder step-brother. 172 min. DVD 2255

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The Great City (Mahanagar) (1963)

Directed by Satyajit Ray. When financial liabilities force a traditionally-minded, homebound Indian matriarch to seek work downtown as a saleswoman, she comes to appreciate the opportunity to earn her own money and develop an identity of her own. 131 min. DVD 5024

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The Great Gambler (1979)

Directed by Shakti Samanta. Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Neetu Singh, Zeenat Aman, Madan Puri, Prem Chopra. Vijay, an expert gambler is hired by the underworld and plays successfully, though unknowingly to entrap a patriotic Indian, to give up military secrets. The Indian police assign the case to Inspector Jai who is asked to apprehend Vijay at any cost. 163 min. DVD 3439

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Gumshuddah (1988?)

Director, Yawar Hayat. Television play portraying the contrast in the lifestyle of a typical Pakistani patriarch and his ultramodern children. In Urdu. M-PAL format. 145 min. 999:1618

Gunga Jumna (1961)

Directed by Nitin Bose. A story of two brothers on the opposite sides of the law. Having been framed by a zamindar for a crime he did not commit, Ganga becomes a criminal living in the mountains while his brother becomes a policeman. When years later Ganga returns to the village he has to face his righteous brother who shoots him dead. This dacoit drama pioneered a widely copied action film genre in Indian films. In Hindi with English subtitles. 178 min. 999:2080

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Hawas (1974)

Directed by Sawan Kumar. A drama centering around a syndicate of thieves led by an unscrupulous banker, who all come to a violent end. In Hindi with English subtitles. 123 min. 999:2078

Hazaar chaurasi ki maa (Mother of 1084) (1998)

Directed by Govind Nihalani. Cast: Jaya Bachchan, Anupam Kher, Seema Biswas, Nandita Das. The death of her son sets a middle aged, traditional, submissive woman on a path of self discovery. She begins to recognize her own alienation from the bourgeois society that her son had rebelled against. 143 min. DVD 6287

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Henna (1991)

Directed by Randhir Kapoor. A story of human relationships in a country that is being divided. The story is built around a river, the Jhelum, that starts in India and flows into Pakistan. Along its borders, one part is Hindu while the other is Muslim. This film examines shared human values and the triumph of love along this river, inspired by the couplet "a person learns from the trials and tribulations he goes through, the same way henna gives its colour after it is crushed." Directed by the son of Raj Kapoor, Randhir Kapoor, and released posthumously under Raj Kapoor's name. 150 min. DVD 1966; vhs 999:2478

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The Hero (Nayak) (1966)

Directed by Satyajit Ray. Cast: Uttam Kumar, Sharmila Tagore, Sumita Sanyal, Bharati Debi, Kamu Mukherjee, Satya Banerjee. A successful movie actor faces the hollowness of life underneath the veneer of glamor and success. 150 min. DVD 5025

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Hindustani (1996)

Directed by Shankar. Mumbai. Cast: Kamal Haasan, Manisha Koirala, Urmila Matondkar, Nedumudi Venu, Aruna Irani.Senapathi, a young extremist and Amiratham, a young woman who believes in Naxalite are both part of the marathon struggle for independence sharing the same goal-- to see India free from the clutches of the British. 130 min. 999:905

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The Home and the World (Ghare-Baire) (1984)

Directed by Satyajit Ray. During the winter of 1907-1908 in Bengal, widespread terrorism is rampant. A beautiful and sheltered woman's love is tested when her husband invites his boyhood friend to stay at their home while organizing a boycott of British goods. Much to her husband's dismay, she not only falls in love with his friend but also joins his quest for political justice. 130 min. DVD 5026; vhs 999:905

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The Householder (1963)

Directed by James Ivory. Cast: Shashi Kapoor, Leela Naidu, Durga Khote, Romesh Thappar, Harindernath Chattopadaya, Pahari Sanyal, Pincho Kapoor, Achla Sachdev, Ernest Castaldo. The story of a shy, Delhi schoolteacher who marries and then, little by little, gets to know his wife during their first year together. This story, derived from the culture of modern India, is able to relate to the problems of young couples everywhere. 101 min. DVD 3790

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Hulchul (1951)

Director, S.K. Ojha. During a prison break a young escapee saves the life of a prison warden on the day of the warden's wedding ceremony. Unbeknownest to the warden the young prisoner and his intended are in love. In Hindi with English subtitles. 143 min. 999:2073

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Hullabaloo over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (1978)

Directed by James Ivory. Cast: Peggy Ashcroft, Larry Pine, Saeed Jaffrey, Victor Banerjee, Aparna Sen, Jane Booker. In India, a young Maharaja, Georgie, and his sister, Bonnie, possess a collection of Indian miniature paintings. Two art collectors try to scam the artwork out of the Maharaja's hands while the collection's curator works both sides against each other. 83 min. DVD 3789

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Hum Aapke Hain Koun...! (1994)

Director Sooraj R. Barjatya. In this romantic musical comedy the family of Rajesh, a handsome young man who keeps evading marriage, schemes to arrange meetings for him with suitable young women resulting in a tangled weave of loves lost and found. In Hindi with English subtitles. 193 min. 999:2077

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Hum Dil de Chuke Sanam (1999)

Written, produced, and directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. A romantic melodrama set in India and Hungary with lavish sequences of dance and music. The daughter of a famous musician and one of her father's music students, who is Indo-Hungarian, fall in love. The father, learning of their relationship, sends his student away and marries his daughter to another man. When her devoted new husband realizes the degree to which his wife still loves another man, he helps her search for him. 188 min. DVD 1982

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Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke (1986)

Directed by Mahesh Bhatt. Cast: Amir Khan, Juhi Chawla, Dilip Tahil, Navneet Nishan. When his sister and brother-in-law die in an airplane crash, Rahul takes in their three children and his brother-in-law's garment factory. The children drivehim crazy, until one day they bring a young woman named Vyjayanti home and he hires her to be their governess. They fall in love and soon after Rahul is under pressure to marry someone else. Rahul is caught between saving his factory for the sake of the children, or sacrificing his love for Vyjayanti. 156 min. DVD 2525

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Hum Paanch (Hama Panca) (1981)

Directed by Bapu. Cast: Sanjeev Kumar, Shabana Azmi, Mithun Chakraborty, Nasiruddin Shah, Gulshan Grover, Uday Chandra, Amrish Puri. The tyrannical Veer Pratap Singh rules over a small town, and no one dares to oppose him. He has an affair with Soundariya, marries her secretly, and she becomes pregnant. When she refuses to abort their child, he denies ever having any relationship with her. Her brothers try to bring him to justice but they are dealt with roughly by his bodyguard. Soundariya is left to find support on her own and stop his tyrannical rule over the town. 158 min. DVD 3422

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Humraaz (2002)

Directed by Abbas-Mustan. Featuring Bobby Deol, Akshaye Khanna, Amisha Patel. A boyfriend and girlfriend musical team get a break by working on a rich man's cruise, but when the girl has an affair with him, everything changes.149 min. DVD 1973; vhs DVD 3505

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I Have Found It (Sense and Sensibility) (2000)

Directed by Rajiv Menon. In this "Bollywood" adaptation of Jane Austen's novel sense and sensibility, rich and pampered sisters Sawmya and Meenakshi want for nothing except the true love their hearts crave. While Sowmya grudgingly places family responsibilities ahead of romance, Meenakshi yearns for a white knight. Manohar, an aspiring filmmaker, falls for Sowmya but will wed her only after directing his first film. Commando Major Bala woos Meenakshi despite physical and emotional war wounds and competition from Srikanth. But with the patriarch's health ebbing, the romantic storm Meenakshi and Sowmya wished for may soon be eclipsed by the harsh realities of modern life. 150 min. DVD 3598

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In Custody (1993)

Directed by Ismail Merchant. Cast: Shashi Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Om Puri, Sushma Seth, Neena Gupta, Tinnu Anand, Prayag Raj, Ajay Sahmi. Nur is considered the greatest living Urdu poet and Deven hopes to rekindle interest in the language by recording Nur reciting his magical verse. But multiple problems block Deven's path, the greatest being Nur's two shrewish wives, his love of drink, and the vastly bloated poet himself. Deven's monstrous task quickly turns into a cultural odyssey that follows a humorous path to an unexpected conclusion. 124 min. DVD 3712

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Jab Jab Phool Khile (1986)

Directed by Suraj Prakash. Featuring Shashi Kapoor, Nanda, Agha, Shammi, Kamal Kapoor, B.B. Bhala. A comic love story of a beautiful young woman who rents a houseboat seeking a restful vacation only to be besieged by would-be suitors. 149 min. DVD 1973; vhs 999:2387

Jagte Raho (1956)

Directed by Sombhu Mitra, Amit Mitra. Cast: Pradeep Kumar, Sumitra Devi, Smriti Biswas, Nargis, Motilal, Raj Kapoor. Mohan is a simple villager who comes to the city one night searching for water to drink. He is mistaken for a thief and searches for a hiding place throughout the city. While running, he witnesses crimes and other dark aspects of city life. VHS only has no subtitles. 138 min. DVD 3413; vhs 999:2941

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Jeevan Dhaara (1982)

Director, T. Rama Rao. A melodrama concerning the events that swirl around a beautiful Indian woman, Sangeetha, as she searches for a meaningful life. 135 min. 999:1576

Jis desh mein ganga behti hai (The land in which the Ganges flows) (1960)

Directed by Raj Kapoor. Story of the sacred river Ganges and its influence on people. Raju is a simple villager whose actions, based on his beliefs, change the lives of those he meets. 174 min. DVD 2535

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Jism (The Dark Side of Desire) (2003)

Directed by Amit Saxena. Cast: Bipasha Basu, John Abraham, Gulshan Grover, Vinay Pathak, Ranvir Shorey, Anahta Uberoi. abir Lal is an alcoholic lawyer who meets young, sexy, ambitious and rich housewife, Sonia Khanna, and starts a passionate affair that eventually leads to the murder of her husband. But after the murder Kabir's world begins to crumble when Sonia begins to take independent decisions. 133 min. DVD 1619

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Judaai (1997)

Director, Raj Kanwar. Sridevi plays an average girl, who hates living in a poor society and dreams of becoming rich. Her husband, the honest-hardworking Anil, is an engineer yet is quite poor. His honesty is greatly appreciated by Urmila, his boss's niece. Urmila falls for Anil, and on discovering Sridevi's passion for money, offers Sridevi money if Urmila could marry Anil. After some convincing, Ail agrees. So, now, all live in a big house, but soon Sridevi learns the value of her husband ... 160 min. DVD 3503

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Junoon (Junun) (1979)

Director, Shyam Benegal. Set during the Sepoy Rebellion of 1857 against British rule, the film features the doomed romance between rebel leader Pathan and an Anglo-Indian woman. Explores ethnic, class, and religious differences. 90 90 min. DVD 6839 (with English subtitles); vhs 999:2934 (In Hindi without subtitles)

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Kaagaz Ke Phool. (1959)

Directed by Guru Dutt. Tells, in flashback, the story of Suresh Sinha, a famous Indian film director. His marriage to Bina, the daughter of a wealthy parvenue, is wrecked because film directing is a job lacking in social status. Sinha is denied access to his beloved daughter who is sent to a private boarding school. Gossip columns link a beautiful motion picture star with Sinha, and when she withdraws from filmwork Sinha's fortune rapidly declines leaving him forgotten and destitute. 153 min. 999:2485

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Kaajal (1965)

Directed by Ram Maheshwary. Cast: Raj Kumar, Dharmendra, Meena Kumari, Padmini, Mehmood, Mumtaz. When the wife of an alcoholic must go to her god-brother for financial help, his wife suspects the pair are having an affair. Can the couples prevent their marriages from failing?. 171 min. DVD 2514

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Kaal Chakra (1987)

Director, Sanjay Upadhyay. A dramatization which depicts a struggle between police and gundas. In Hindi. PAL format. 148 min. Video/C 3900

Kaante (2002)

Directed by Sanjay Gupta. Six Indian criminals living abroad meet in a jail cell and plot a robbery. They carry it out and are captured by Los Angeles police officers. They all manage to escape and go their separate ways. They meet up again in an abandoned warehouse but are now suspicious of each other: which one of them tipped off the police? 150 min. DVD 2554

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Kal aaj aur kal (The Saga of Three Generations)(1971)

Directed by Randhir Kapoor. Cast: Prithviraj Kapoor, Raj Kapoor, Randhir Kapoor, Babita, Roopesh Kumar, Achala Sachdev, Narender Nath ; playback singers: Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar, Manna Dey, Sharda, Mukesh. Three generations of Kapoors (played by Raj Kapoor and his real-life sons) clash over issues of marriage and modern lifestyles. 156 min. DVD 3502

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Kalyug(2005)

Directed by Mohit Suri. Cast: Kunal Khemu, Deepal Shaw, Smilie Suri. Kunal and Renuka have the perfect life until someone plants a hidden camera in their hotel room while they are on their honeymoon. The resulting video spreads through the internet and both Kunal and Renuka are arrested. Renuka can't bear the shame and commits suicide, and Kunal becomes determined to prove his innocence and uncover the truth behind the blue film racket. Disc 1: Feature film -- Disc 2: Audio CD.-- Disc 3: Making of the film. Music by Anu Malik. 127 min. DVD 6457

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Kama Sutra(1996)

Directed by Mira Nair . In a seductive tale of love and betrayal, a king's courtesan is forbidden her one true love. Trained in the art of pleasure, Maya, the beautiful servant girl becomes defiant, rebelling against ancient tradition. As passion takes over, the conflict brings consequences that no one ever envisioned. 1997. 114 min. 999:1814

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Kamal Dandona's Bollywood Awards (199-?)

Awards ceremonies for South Asian films interspersed with dance and musical performances by various Indian motion picture stars, musicians and singers. Humanitarian award presented to entertainer Michael Jackson. 174 min. Video/C 6862

Kannathil Muthamittal (A Peck on the Cheek) (2002)

Directed by Mani Ratnam. Cast: Madhavan, Simran, Prakashraj, Nandita Das, Chakravarthy, P.S. Keerthana. A 9-year-old girl is told on her birthday that she was abandoned as an infant and adopted. At first shocked into disbelief, she expresses her determination to search for her biological mother. The search takes the family to strife-torn Sri Lanka, where she comes face-to-face with reality, and reconciles herself to it. Note: DVD 6309 also contains the film short "The Mantis Parable", directed by Josh Staub (9 min.): Created in its entirety by first-time filmmaker Josh Staub, this is the charming tale of a humble caterpillar trapped in a bug collector's jar and in need of a helping hand. 130 min. DVD 6309; DVD 4102

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The cinema of Mani Ratnam. Calcutta : Cine Central, [199-] (MAIN: PN1993.5.I8 C556 1990z)

Kapurush (Coward) (1965)

Directed by Satyajit Ray. Cast: Haradhan Bannerjee, Soumitra Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee. Amitabha Roy, a scriptwriter of commercial films, is driving in the country, scouting for locations. When his vehicle breaks down, he is taken in by a tea planter whose wife is Karuna, a woman whom he had formerly loved but whom he was unable to take care of in earlier days as a poor student. Now that he has become successful, Amitabha invites Karuna to leave her husband and live with him. He arranges a rendezvous at the train station. 74 min. DVD 7815

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Karma (1965)

Directed by Subhash Ghai. Cast: Dilip Kumar, Nutan, Naseeruddin Shah, Jachie Shroff, Anil Kapoor, Sridevi, Poonam Dhillon, Dara Singh, Anupam Kher, Shakti Kapoor. Rana, a prison warden and a strong and honest jailer, believes in the philosophy of criminal rehabilitation. Following his own beliefs and methods he plans a secret mission employing three death row inmates to infiltrate a terrorist camp. 178 min. DVD 2516

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Kartar Singh (198?)

Director, Saif-ud-Din Saif. A motion picture set in Pakistan. In Panjabi. PAL format. 143 min. Video/C 3915

Karz (1980)

Directed by Subhash Ghai. Monty, a heart-throb pop singer, discovers that in a past lifetime he was murdered and duped of his empire of tea estates by his own wife. 25 years later, in a new life, with a new face, he encounters the murderer... and a thrilling saga of karma and revenge follows. 162 min. DVD 2726

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Kashmir Ki Kali (1964)

Director, Shakti Samanta. In this musical comedy romance a rich youth spurns his family's wealth and leaves when there is talk of arranging a marriage for him and goes to Kashmir where he falls in love with a flower-girl. In Hindi with subtitles in English and Arabic. 168 min. 999:2071

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Katha (1983)

This musical satire inspired by the tale of the hare and the tortoise is set in a lower-middle-class tenement in Bombay. It features the slow-but-sure upwardly mobile clerk, Rajaram, who loves his neighbor Sandhya. The energetic Basu arrives and dazzles everyone, including Sandhya, with his go-getting charm. He rapidly acquires three girlfriends but when things get too hot, Basu departs and life settles down again in the tenement. 135 min. 999:1584

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Kesri Penda (199-?)

Directed by Akbar Aftab. A melodrama of love and murder set in Pakistan. In Urdu. 92 min. 999:3265

Khamoshi. (1969)

Directed by Asit Sen. An Indian nurse Radha has to pretend to fall in love with her male patients, as part of the therapy in a mental asylum. The first time she does this, she actually falls in love, and is devastated when her cured patient merely thanks her and leaves to marry his fiancee. When it threatens to happen once again with her second patient, the nurse goes insane. 127 min. 999:2486

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Khubsoorat (Beautiful). (1980)

Directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. Cast: Ashok Kumar, Rekha, Rakesh Roshan, Dina Pathak. Rekha's older sister gets married in a household ruled with an iron hand by the mother-in-law. When Rekha visits her sister's new home, she brings her own brand of mischief and laughter into this house of strictdiscipline and duty. 127 min. DVD 2515

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Koshish (1972?)

Director, Gulzar. A melodrama about a deaf and dumb couple who, with the aid of a blind man, overcome the odds of living in a hostile and uncaring society. In Hindi-Urdu without subtitles. 112 min. 999:2933

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Kranti(1981)

Directed by Manoj Kumar. A story that is based on the freedom struggle against British dominion in nineteenth century colonial India. Revolutionaries are determined to cast off the yoke of foreign rule despite the huge sacrifice of life and limb, and the cost of personal and family safety. The struggle continues with succeeding generations for the enemy is not only the British rulers but also Indians who have old lingering hatreds and ulterior motives that pit them against the rebels. 185 min. DVD 2487

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Krodhi (1981)

Directed by Subhash Ghai. In this stylish action thriller an ordinary, honest man becomes a vigilante, pursued relentlessly by a police inspector. What crime or outrage could have turned this non-violent man into a killing machine? 151 min. DVD 3467

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Kumar Talkies.

Documents the impact of the movie theater Kumar Talkies on the residents of the northern Indian town of Kalpi by juxtaposing the reality of Kalpi, where poverty affects all facets of life, with the world of rebellion and romance on the silver screen. The film explores not only the meaning of cinema in Kalpi, but also the status of film in all of India, especially the relationship between Bollywood and its audience. Produced, directed and edited by Pankaj Rishi Kumar.1998. 76 min. Video/C 7898

Ladki (1953)

Directed by M. V. Raman. Romantic triangles abound in this lighthearted musical melodrama set in India. 155 min. 999:2484

Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)

Directed by Ashutosh Gowariker. In 1890s India, villagers are forced to pay an extraordinarily high "lagaan" or land tax, to their British rulers. A military commander offers them freedom from taxation -- if they can defeat his men in a cricket match. 225 min. DVD 1038

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Lal Patthar (lal Patthara) (1971)

Directed by Sushil Majumdar. Cast: Raaj Kumar, Raakhee, Hema Malini, Vinod Mehra. Sight-seers at Fatehpur Sikri encounter a strange man who begins to narrate a story of the "red stone" (lal patthar). The story begins at a time when India was still in the peak of its pomp and glory. Kumar Gian Shankar of Rainagar, a cultured man and hero of the story, goes out to kill a man-eating tigeress that was creating havoc in one of his villages. After killing the beast, he encounters bandits. After fending off the bandits, he finds and rescues a beautiful woman and his life is changed forever. 149 min. DVD 2498

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Lamhe. (1991)

Directed by Yash Chopra. A musical romance telling the story of Viren who falls in love with an older woman. But she marries another man and bears a child who, when she grows up, falls in love with the now aged Viren. 165 min. 999:2474

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Latt Saheb.

Director Hari Valia. The amorous misadventures of a carefree young Indian peasant who meets and woos a girl of a higher caste interfering with her father's plans for an arranged marriage. In Hindi with English subtitles. 1990. 130 min. 999:2068

Lekin-- (1990)

Directed by Gulzar. Samir, the curator of a museum is sent to salvage the valuables in a sealed palace where he encounters the unhappy ghost, Rewa, who haunts the palace. Rewa's ability to recreate the past brings alive her tragic story, making Samir determined to liberate her even at the risk of his life. Rewa is finally liberated when, with his help, she completes the journey through a desert that claimed her life on earth, encountering along the way the tribal Banjaras, a community presented as practising witchcraft. 171 min. 999:2477

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Mahapurush (The Saint) (1965)

Directed by Satyajit Ray. Cast: Charuprakash Ghosh, Rabi Ghosh, Prasad Mukherjee, Gitali Roy, Satindra Banerjee, Santosh Dutta, Renuka Roy. Birinchi Baba manages to pass himself off as a "sadhu" (sage, holy man) and takes advantage of the credulity of a father and his daughter Buchki. This does not suit her fiance Satya, who fears that her religious conversion will pull her away from him. His group of intelligent and rationalist friends decide to take matters in their own hands and hatch a plot to expose the smooth-talking charlatan. 65 min. DVD 7815

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Maine Pyar Kiya (1989)

Directed by Sooraj R. Bharjatya. Suman, a country girl, falls in love with Prem, a city boy, and faces the ridicule and opposition of the town as they struggle to be true to love against all odds. 192 min. 999:2399

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Mamta. (1986)

Directed by Asit Sne. A melodrama set in India concerning a mother who is forced to give her only child up to an orphanage, but her grown daughter comes to her aid when she reaches adulthood. 117 min. 999:2480

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Mandi (1983)

Directed by Shyam Benegal. A social satire on the institution of Kotha, a high-class bordello featuring poetry and dance which was frequented by the feudal leisure class in 18th and 19th century India. 167 min. DVD 3414; vhs 999:2482

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Manoranjan (1974)

Directed by Shammi Kapoor. An upright beat copy, working the red light district, desperately tries to hang on to his values in such an amoral environment. Then he falls for a hooker and sets out to reform her. 158 min. DVD 3468

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Mausam (1975)

Director, Gulzar. Dr. Amarnath Gill discovers that his daughter -- born when he had a brief affair with Chanda before jilting her -- has grown up to be a prostitute. The daugher, Kajli hates her unknown father, but in the course of the film relents and accepts him. In Hindi without subtitles. 156 min. 999:2938

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Meeras

A documentary on the history of Muslim rule in South Asia, 712-1857, and the Pakistan movement through 1947. In Urdu. PAL format. 150 min. Video/C 3909

Mera Goan Mera Desh (1971)

Directed by Raj Khosla. For years the poor unarmed people in a remote Indian village have been living in terror of Dacoits. Then one day Ajit, a hardended city-bred young man, a typical product of an orphanage, slums and jail-life arrives. He ridicules the villagers for their cowardice and refuses to get involved but eventually the warmth and hospitality of the people pulls him out of his shell and he saves them from the ravages of the Dacoits. 155 min. DVD 1960

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Mera Naam Joker (1970)

Directed by Raj Kapoor. A semi-autobiographical story of featuring Raj Kapoor as Raju, the circus clown. Initially conceived as three separate films the 3-part story abounds with allusions to Kapoor's own life and work. It starts with the young Raju, the son of a trapeze artist, falling in love with his schoolteacher and dreaming of becoming a famous clown. In Part 2, Raju, joins a Russian circus where he falls in love with Marina. The climax of this part comes when Raju's mother, seeing him on a trapeze and remembering his father's fatal fall, collapses. In part 3, Raju befriends the young Mina who, disgused as a boy, pastes cinema posters while dreaming of becoming a film star. The film's conclusion shows the three women in his life witnessing Raju's grand circus finale. 240 min. DVD 2282; vhs 999:2473

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Mere Huzoor (1968)

Directed by Vinod Kumar. A musical drama concerning the complex and tragic relationship between two close friends, Nwab and Akhtan, who love the same woman. In Hindi with English subtitles. 155 min. 999:2075

Milan.

Director Adurthi Subha Rao, 1967. "Death is inevitable but... only one in a billion souls remembers its earlier existence. Milan is the story of such a soul." In Hindi with English subtitles. 1987. 170 min. 999:2067

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Mili (1975)

Directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. Shekhar Dayal has moved into a new neighborhood, and is not pleased with the new surroundings. His reclusion is shattered when his neighbor, Mili, comes into his life. At first he hates the intrusion, but ultimately falls in love with her. When the time comes for him to propose to this sunny, cheerful and positive young lady, he is told that she has only a few more months to live. 123 min. DVD 3452

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Mirza Ghalib Bunder Road Par (1988)

Satirical play on sociocultural evils in the Pakistan society, based on an imaginary visit to Karachi by Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, 1796?-1869, Urdu poet. In Urdu. PAL format. 140 min. Video/C 3904

Mission Kashmir (2000)

Director, Vidhu Vinod Chopra. Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta, Sonali Kulkarni, Puru Rajkumar, Jackie Shroff. When a young boy is orphaned during a violent attack on his home, he is adopted by the officer of the raid and his loving wife. His dream life with his new parents is shattered when he discovers that the man he calls father was the task force leader responsible for murdering his parents. After ten years he returns home, an instrument of destruction on a mission of annihilation, revolution and revenge. 157 min. DVD 1208

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Moashira (1988?)

Directed by Jaffar Bukhari. A feature film on the disasterous after-effects of liberal social attitudes in a conservative society, especially for young, naive girls who become victims of blackmail, thus ruining their family life. In Urdu. M-PAL format. 149 min. 999:1621

Monsoon Wedding (India / USA / France / Italy / Germany, 2001)

Director, Mira Nair. Love, lust and hope envelop an upper middle-class Indian family and their world-wide guests as they celebrate for four days the arranged marriage of their daughter to an East Indian man from Texas. 115 min. DVD 1346

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Mother India (1957)

Directed by Mehboob Khan. Considered a national epic, "Mother India" centers around the life of Radha, now an old woman as she recounts her past: her happy married life with three sons in a rural Indian village. Eventually her husband leaves her so she must raise the children alone while fending off the financial as well as sexual pressures from the landlord. One son dies in a flood, another son, Birju, becomes a rebel committed to violence, while the third son, Ramu, remains dutiful. A spectacular commercial success, the plot and characters from Mother India became the models for many subsequent Indian films. 165 min. DVD 3217; vhs 999:1588

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Chatterjee, Gayatri. Mother India = Madara Indiya New Delhi; New York, NY : Penguin Books, 2002. (Main Stack PN1997.M783.C48 2002)

Mr. India (1987)

Director, Shekhar Kapoor. In this comic fantasy one of Indian film's most exotic villians, Mogambo, is defeated by a common man hero who can render himself invisible. VHS in Hindi without subtitles; DVD has English subtitles. 179 min. DVD 3412; vhs 999:2931

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Mrityudand (The Death Sentence) (1997)

Director, Prakash Jha. Cast: Shabana Azmi, Madhuri Dixit, Ayub Khan, Shilpa Shirodkar, Om Puri, Mohan Joshi.Tells the story of three women in a Bihar village who are being terrorized by their men. Ketaki, a young bride, watches as her kind husband becomes an abusive drunk due to his business dealings. Chandravati, Ketaki's sister-in-law, crushed when her husband of 17 years leaves her to become a pandit, finds love with the family's kind hired help. Kanti, a servant whose husband is forced to leave the village to pay off a debt, turns to prostitution in order to help him. Deciding they have taken enough from their men, the women revolt, and a mass execution is planned by the village men in retaliation. 152 min. DVD 2496

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Mughal-e-Azam (1960)

Directed by K. Asif. A dramatic spectacular set in the time of the emperor Akbar, at the height of Moghul power and splendor. The story revolves around a love attachment, doomed for disaster, between heir apparent Prince Salim and a palace slave. This renowned Indian epic, made over a span of 15 years utilized 14 cameras operating simultaneously, with a cast of thousands, horses, camels and elephants, with period costumes and settings. 172 min. DVD 1529; vhs 999:2465

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Muqaddar Ka Sikandar (1978)

Directed by Prakash Mehra. A homeless urchin, raised as a servant to Kaamna, falls in love with her, but her father Ramanath accuses him of theft and he is cast out. He finds a new employer but his employer falls in love with the same woman. In Hindi with English subtitles. 189 min. DVD 2163; vhs 999:2076

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Naam (1986)

Directed by Mahesh Bhatt. A movie based on the strong bond between two brothers. Ravi stays home and takes care of his mother while Vicky goes to Dubai for a job but gets inrouble. When the wait at home becomes too long, Ravi sets out to bring his brother home. 156 min. DVD 2249

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Namak halaal (Namaka halala) (1982)

Directed by Prakash Mehra. Savitri gives up her son Arjun, to be brought up by his grandfather, while she brings up Raja, heir to a fortune, as her own. When numerous unsuccessful attempts are made on Raja's life he suspects his mother is behind the plots. Song and dance sequences, action and family drama are all part of this romantic comedy. 179 min. DVD 2528

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Namkeen. (1982)

Directed by Sampooran Singh Gulzar. Three attractive young sisters live in considerable poverty with their aging mother in a remote mountainous region. They provide board and lodging to a stranded truck driver who provides them much needed male protection, and each sister develops a tender affection for the only man in their lives. 112 min. 999:2481

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Naseem (1995)

Directed by Saeed Akhtar Mirza. A family drama set in 1992 in the days preceding the demolition of the Babari Masjid by Hindu fanatics. Naseem is a schoolgirl in a middle-class Bombay Muslim family. She enjoys a warm relationship with her aged, grandfather who regales her with poetry and stories of life in pre-Independence Agra. With increasing horror the family watches the news of the build-up while the Naseem's brother tends towards terrorist measures of resistance, which pushes him towards Muslim fundamentalist circles. The film culminates with the death of the grandfather as the news of the mosque's destruction is received. In Hindi (without titles). 89 min. 999:2684

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Naya Daur (New Era) (1957)

Directed by B.R. Chopra. In this melodrama about the perils of progress, villain Kundan introduces an electric saw and cars into an isolated, sylvan village in India. Economic, caste and religious divisions between the rurals are woven into the main story of the rivalry over a beautiful young woman. 174 min. DVD 1894

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New Delhi Times. (1985)

Directed by Ramesh Sharma. A political thriller inspired by the story of Indian Express newspaper editor Arun Shourie's exposure of high-level wrong-doing. The drama centers around an investigation into the complicated links between crime and politics in a north Indian state. 120 min. 999:2483

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New Marriage Songs. (199-?)

Select romantic ballads and dances featured in popular Indian motion pictures depicting wedding scenes. Selections from films: Major Saab, Pyar to hona hitha, Qilla, Qareeb, Dulhay Raja, Karishna, Zoor, Dil walay dulhanya lay jaingay, Private, Dewana Mastana, Dushmani, Salma pay dil aa gaya, Hum aapkay hain kown, Satya, Papa Kehtay hain, Balma, Koiyla, Jab Pyar kisi say hota hay, Aadmi khilona hay, Aaina, Waris, Jigar, Dewana mujh sa nahin, Raja ki aay gi barat, Khuda Gawah, Sowarg, Chandni, dar, Spanay sajan kay. 169 min. Video/C 6864

Nikaah (1982)

Directed by B.R. Chopra. An editor/publisher and poetess find each other again after their lives have taken different directions. 146 min. DVD 1968; vhs 999:2469

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1942: A Love Story (1994)

Directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. A melodrama set in a small town in the Himalayan foothills of two lovers caught in the turbulence of the "Quit India" campaign, when India fought for independence from the British. 150 min. 999:2397

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1947 Earth (India / Canada, 1998)

Directed by Deepa Mehta. Directed by Deepa Mehta. Set in the city of Lahore in 1947, this films chronicles the fate of a religiously diverse group of working-class friends during the partition of India and Pakistan. 110 min. DVD 1961

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Nishant (Night's End) (1975)

Directed by Shyam Benegal. A rural Indian village is completely controlled and dominated by a wealthy zamindar. Into this feudal atmosphere comes a new schoolmaster, his wife and their child. As the schoolmaster begins to talk to the peasants, instilling in them a sense of justice, unrest builds up and dicontent takes over. 143 min. DVD 3450

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Non Stop Kajol-Karishma. (199-?)

Contemporary songs presented in theatrical scenes excerpted from Indian feature films produced by Eros International. Features songs by Indian motion picture stars Kajol and Karishma Kapoor. Song selections: Hum aapke dil mein rehte hain, Raja hindustani, Dushman, Jeet, Gupt, Mrityudaata, Baazigar, Megha, Taaqat, Sapoot, Suhag, Yeh dillagi, Andaz, Karan Arjun, Yeh dillagi, Aatish, Hamesha, Coolie no.1. 114 min. Video/C 6868

Non Stop Madhuri. (199-?)

Contemporary songs presented in theatrical scenes excerpted from Indian feature films produced by Eros International. Features songs by Indian motion picture star Madhuri Dixit. Song selections: Hum aapke hai koun, Raja, Khalnayak, Yaraana, Mohabbat, Prem granth, Sahibaah, Saajan, Paapi devia, Tridev, Mrityudand. 114 min. Video/C 6869

Noor-e-Islam (1957)

Directed by Nazir. Historical costume film, set in the heyday of the Mongols, graphically depicting their barbarities and hatred for the Muslims. In Urdu. PAL format. 126 min. 999:1616

Padosan (1968)

Directed by Jyoti Swaroop. Slapstick musical comedy in which the innocent Bhola gives up his commitment to celibacy when he falls for sexy neighbour Bindu. His rivals in love are his own uncle and Bindu's traditionalist Carnatic music teacher. Bhola, however, wins his girl with the assistance of a crooked guru, when he serenades her using the guru for a musical playback. The high point of the film is a zany take-off on the musical contest between the guru and the Carnatic musician. 999:2475

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Pakeezah (1971)

Directed by Kamal Amrohi. In Muslim Lucknow at the turn of the century a dancer/courtesan dreams of escaping her dishonorable life but, rejected by her husband's family, dies in a graveyard giving birth to a daughter who grows up to become a courtesan as well, but eventually does find happiness in marriage and acceptance in her father's family. 148 min. DVD 1531

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Parama (1985)

Directed by Aparna Sen. An Indian housewife experiences a new awareness about herself and the world when she has an affair with an American photographer and faces rejection from her family. In Hindi without subtitles. 139 min. 999:2936

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Chatterji, Shoma A. Parama and other outsiders : the cinema of Aparna Sen Calcutta : Parumita Publications, 2002. (MAIN: PN1998.3.S398 C53 2002)

Pardes (1997)

Directed by Subhash Ghai. Kishorilal, a billionaire has made his fortune in the United States, but now he wants to infuse the Indian culture into his son (Rajiv), who was brought up in the West. Kishorilal goes to India to find a traditional "Indian" girl for his "American" son. He selects the daughter (Ganga) of an old friend and sends Rajiv to India to approve her. They become engaged and return to America where East (Ganga) and West (Rajiv) clash as their different values collide. In Hindi with English subtitles. 180 min. DVD 33

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Parvarish (1977)

Directed by Manmohan Desai. Amit, the son of bandit Mangal Singh, is brought up along with with police officer Shamsher Singh's own son, Kishen. Ironically, Kishen joins Mangal Singh and his underworld cronies in criminal activity, while Amit joins the police force. Romance, action, vendetta and filial bonds are all woven into this fast-paced film. 157 min. bDVD 2556

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Pather Panchali (1955)

Directed by Satyajit Ray. Chronicle of the life of the Bengali boy Apu and the struggle of his father to support his impoverished family before moving them from their village to the holy city of Benares in the hope of a better future. 111 min. DVD 2081; vhs 999:1475

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Dissanayake, W. "Art, Vision and Culture: Sayajit Ray's Apu Rrilogy Revisited." East-West Film JournalI/1, Dec 86; p.69-83. Considers how S.R.'s Apu trilogy gives creative expression to aspects of Bengali culture.

Pawelczak, Andy. "PatherPanchali. (review) Films in Revieww XLVI/5-6, July-Aug 95; p.59-60.

Patey Khan (1955)

Directed by M.A. Rasheed. Feature film depicting typical Punjabi society with a rural simpleton getting violent thrashings from the brothers of the girl he wants to marry while his educated friend returns to the city after winning alottery where he squanders his wealth. In Panjabi (Urdu script). PAL format. 147 min. Video/C 3920

Phorpa: The Cup(Bhutan / Australia, 1999)

Directed by Khyentse Norbu. Based on true events, this is the story of a group of boys in a Tibetan monastery-in-exile in India who are determined to watch the 1998 World Cup soccer tournament. Watching their favorite sport is not only difficult -- it is forbidden. As soccer fever heats up, the young monks sneak out of their monastery and risk their futures in an adventure that's all for the love of the game. 94 min. 999:3154

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Prem Rog (1982)

Directed by Raj Kapoor. A love story set in post independent India of the early fifties when Rajas, Thakurs and Zamindars held sway over the destinies of common people living under their rule. Deodhar, a poor man desires to wed a Thakurs' only daughter in this drama which highlights the clash between old traditions, customs, prejudices and liberal human progressive values. 171 min. DVD 1900

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Prince (1969)

Directed by Lekh Tandon. Presents a story of resurgent India when the nation threw off the British yoke, and of a Prince who brought about his own downfall so that he might rise as a human being. 158 min. DVD 2585

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Professor (1962)

Directed by Lekh Tandon. Cast: Shammi Kapoor, Kalpana, Iftiqar, Bela Bose, Lalita Pawar. Preetam, while in search of a job, gets rejected due to his young age and job requirements set by Sitadevi. Desperate to get a job, he poses as an old professor and meets again with Sitadevi who employs him to teach her niece. 160 min. DVD 2527

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Pushpak (1988)

Directed by Srinivasa Rao Singeetham. A poor and unemployed youth enjoys the good life by stealing the identity of a rich middle-aged drunkard. While an imposter he meets a beautiful girl and falls in love with her. But, like all good things, this brief excursion into paradise must end. In Hindi. 127 min. 999:3194

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Pyaasa (1957)

Directed by Guru Dutt. Vijay, an unsuccessful poet, elects to live on streets where a young prostitute, Gulab falls in love with him and his poetry. When a dead beggar to whom Vijay gave his coat is mistaken for Vijay, Gulab has his poetry published in a book which becomes a best seller. Everyone who previously rejected Vijay now gathers to pay tribute to the dead poet, but Visjay disrupts the celebration with a passionate song denouncing hypocrisy and wrongly-placed social values. 146 min. DVD 3541; also VHS 999:2470

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Cousins, Mark. "Guru Dutt: Such Sweet Sorrow." Sight & Sound v. ns16 no. 3 (March 2006) p. 30-2

Khan, P., et. al., The song picture man [Guru Dutt]. Sight & Sound v. ns4 (October 1994) p. 26-8

Pyar ka mausam (1969)

Directed by Nasir Husain. Tells the melodramatic story of a lost and found son. Set in the hilly regions of Northern India, the film is notable for the excellent photography of the region and an outstanding music track. 151 min. DVD 2555

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Qayamat Se, Qayamat Tak. (1988)

Directed by Mansoor Khan. A glossy teen romance combining a Romeo and Juliet theme with a pop musical. Raj and Rashmi fall in love, defying a major ancestral conflict between their families. They elope and create a kind of utopia in an abandoned temple on a isolated mountain, living on love and fresh air. Having to buy provisions in a nearby town (the "real" world), they are betrayed and die. This film rapidly gained a cult following, fondly referred to by Indian teenagers as "QSQT." 162 min. DVD 2281; vhs 999:2476

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Rahul (2001)

Directed by Prakash Jha. The story of divorce, as seen through the eyes of a five-year-old. Rahul, staying with his father, wants his divorced mother back but his father has already brought another woman into the house. Rahul is in turmoil as he goes through a blend of tears and laughter hoping to reunite his parents but ultimately fails. 151 min. DVD 2490

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Raj Kapoor Forever (c2002)

A collection of 44 hit songs from Raj Kapoor films. Special feature: Compiled film "The showman: Raj Kapoor." Excerpts from: Aag (3 songs) -- Barsaat (5) -- Aah (4) -- Aawara (5) -- Shri 420 (5) -- Jis desh mein ganga behti hain (4) -- Jaagte raho -- Sangam (3) -- Mera Naam Joker (4) -- Bobby (3) -- Dharam Karam --- Satyam shivam sundaram (2) -- Prem rog -- Ram teri ganga maili (2). Special feature: Compiled film "The showman: Raj Kapoor." 146 min. DVD 4123

Raja Hindustani (1996)

Directed by Dharmesh Darshan. A handsome taxi driver falls in love with a beautiful rich girl. Despite her family's disapproval, she marries him and goes to live with him in his village but her stepmother, uncle and cousin weave a web of deception to split them apart. In Hindi with English subtitles. 170 min. DVD 33

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Ram aur Shyam (1967)

Directed by Tapi Chanakya. Cast: Dilip Kumar, Waheeda Rehman, Mumtaz, Baby Farida, Laxmi Chhaya, Leela Misra, Zebunnisa, Nirupa Roy, Pran. Dilip Kumar stars in dual roles as near-identical fellows with very different personalities. One is quiet and withdrawn, the other is adventurous and full of life. An arranged marriage and an attempted masquerade lead to confusion, danger, and potential romance. 172 min. DVD 3504

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Ram Teri Ganga Maili. (1985)

Directed by Raj Kapoor. Naren, the son of an evil industrialist falls for Ganga, a country girl but is forced by his family to abandon her when she becomes pregnant. Ganga, now an abandoned single mother, falls prey to a broth