A police officer's attempt to do the right thing in a difficult situation goes horribly wrong and sends his life hurtling...
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2011
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A man gains a new lease on life when circumstances force him to take over the family business in this comedy drama from...
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Akbar
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2010
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A simple man learns he might be better off dead, at least financially, in this satiric comedy from Indian filmmaker...
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2010
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Inspired by actual events, director Ananth Narayan Mahadevan's Red Alert: The War Within follows the incredible journey of a...
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2010
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This epic tale of Indian democracy concerns Bhasker Sanyal (Naseeruddin Shah), a firey leftist politician who makes a single...
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Bhasker Sanyal
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2010
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In this independent drama from filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, Ruth (Kalki Koechlin) is a woman of British and South Asian heritage...
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2010
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Swindlers Khalujan (Naseeruddin Shah) and Babban (Arshad Warsi) are fleeing the wrath of their powerful boss Mushtaq (Salman...
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Khalujan
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2009
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A man is torn between his faith, his family, and his profession in this taut thriller. Tariq Ali (Naseeruddin Shah) was born...
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Tariq Ali
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2008
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Socially conscious actress Nandita Das makes her feature directorial debut with this sincere study of the ongoing conflict...
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Khan Saheb
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2008
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Six directors converge to film an ensemble epic detailing the love and companionship of two friends torn apart by the cruel...
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2007
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Mixed Doubles star Ranvir Shorey stars as an actor seduced into the notorious Indian underworld after being approached to...
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2007
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When a destitute New Delhi rickshaw driver generously allows his eccentric passenger to dodge his fare, the generous act...
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G.K. Jayaram
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2007
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William Shakespeare's 17th century tragedy is adapted for the screen by one of Bollywood's most promising filmmakers in this...
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2006
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Dr. Siddhant Arya
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2006
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A collection of everyday New Yorkers struggle to carry on with their increasingly stressful lives a year after the city was...
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Avi
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2006
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Yeti
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2006
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Director
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2006
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Rahul Dholakia's drama Heaven & Hell on Earth offers a human drama set during the riots that erupted in India in 2002. In the...
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2006
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2006
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Bollywood director Homi Adajania's English-language mystery-drama Being Cyrus concerns the enigmatic Cyrus Mistry (Saif Ali...
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2005
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2005
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2004
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Based on the comic book miniseries by Alan Moore, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen takes place in an alternate universe...
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2003
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This Hindi language drama tells the story of three prison inmates who are all awaiting execution. Each confined by three...
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Ishaan
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2003
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Following up on her controversial erotic drama Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love, Mira Nair directs this charming family drama about...
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Lalit Verma
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2002
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2002
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2001
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This ambitious and symbolic musical drama follows the eternal spirit of women as they inspire and confound men throughout the...
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2001
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Based on Robinton Mistry's biting epic novel of the same name, this drama recounts the spiritual and physical consequences...
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Jimmy Bilimoria
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2000
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The disastrous leak of poison gas from a Union Carbide chemical plant in Bhopal, India, which claimed the lives of 16,000...
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2000
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A New Yorker, an Australian, and an Englishman return to their birthplace, Bombay India, in hopes of finding their identities...
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Mastana
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1998
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1997
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1996
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This Hindi film is an elaborate fantasy, with detailed sets and musical numbers. Anil Kapoor plays a prince whose kingdom is...
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1996
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1995
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1993
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1990
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An embittered policeman pushed far beyond the brink of tolerance, Officer Kapil (Naseeruddin Shah) grows not simply disgusted...
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1987
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When Piroji fails to act on an offer of marriage, his best friend Pesi marries the beautiful but masochistic Jerro in this...
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Piroj
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1987
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1986
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Rajaram
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1986
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This is a simple, straightforward tale about the rise and fall of human civilization that focuses solely on four characters:...
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The farmer
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1986
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A landmark work of Indian feminism, Spices was made by famed filmmaker Ketan Mehta, featuring Smita Patel in the leading...
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Sudebar
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1985
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This film by Indian director Ketan Mehta, whose socially conscious work has been compared to Spike Lee, centers around Holi,...
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1984
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Amrit
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1984
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The English translation of the this Indian film's title is A Summons for Mohan Josh. Bhishan Sahni plays Mohan, a Bombay slum...
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1984
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When an Untouchable wins the elections for mayor in his small village in northeastern India, deadly rioting forces an...
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Naurangia
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1984
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This Hindi social drama stars Naseerudin Shah as a family man whose everyday domestic life is turned upside down when he...
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1983
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Set against the backdrop of a crumbling, historical villa on an ancient feudal holding now going to seed, director...
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1983
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With songs and musical numbers that are woven through the storyline, this unevenly-paced drama is about a brothel that has...
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Tungrus
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1983
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A police drama is a rare film for 1980s Indian cinema, and a successful police drama with a bit of a moral is even rarer --...
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Inspector Lobo
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1983
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First-time filmmaker and director Ashok Ahuja has made a film about a director making a film -- undoubtedly following the...
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1982
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Through a series of interviews with the lower castes, penniless laborers, some government officials, a lawyer, and finally,...
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Commentator
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1982
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Writer-director-producer J.P. Dutta authored the Indian period drama Umrao Jaan - the epic, three-hour story of a...
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1981
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Released in India as Aakrosh, Cry of the Wounded is reportedly based on an actual government coverup. Idealistic attorney...
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Kulkarni
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1981
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A young auto mechanic named Albert Pinto (Naseeruddin Shah), enjoys an insulated life of semi-privilege in India where his...
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Pinto
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1981
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This charming fable in the genre of New Indian Cinema brings up the issue of the Indian caste system and its entrenched...
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King
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1980
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Amma (Smita Patil) is a woman who has been raped and then forced to flee her home with her husband and child after her...
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Looka
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1980
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When the blind principal of a school for blind adolescents meets up with a young widow, there is an attraction that leads to...
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Anirudh
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1979
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During one of the many violent uprisings against the English colonial overlords in India, a church filled with people is...
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1979
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In this melodrama, the life of a beautiful Indian starlet is unfolded, beginning with her disastrous first movie audition...
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1977
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A great deal of government central planning still goes on in India, and it was a key feature of Indian life in the '60s and...
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Bhola
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1976
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In India in 1945, at the time of independence, there were many isolated semi-autonomous states, which had their own laws. In...
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Brother
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1975
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