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  • Spring in the Colony

    Spring in the Colony

    Situated on the southern fringes of Calcutta, the bustling, sunny Deshbandhu colony, a settlement of refugees from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), has a lot going on.

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  • Five By Four

    Five By Four

    Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here:    Released: 2003 Country: India Director: Roopa Swaminathan Language: English Theme: Family & Relationships Genre: Drama Summary An intimate group of five girls embark on the different paths of their lives after college but remain steadfast friends. Their stories are told in a series of four episodic stories, over the course of ten years: Shruti [...]

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  • The Shelter of Wings

    The Shelter of Wings

    Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here:    Original Title: Charachar Released: 1993 Country: India Director: Buddhadeb Dasgupta Language: Bengali Theme: Family & Relationships Genre: Drama Summary Based on the novel by Prafulla Roy, Charachar (Shelter of the Wings) revolves around the film’s protagonist Lakha, who comes from a family of bird catchers. Each day Lakha traps birds and sells them to [...]

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  • Reaching Silence

    Reaching Silence

    Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here:    Original Title: Nisshabd Released: 2005 Country: India Director: Jahar Kanungo Language: Bengali Theme: Philosophy & Ethics Genre: Drama Summary Nisshabdh is a contemplative film about Sarit (Kaushik Chakravarty), a young man whose job as a door-to-door salesman suffers as a result of his mounting sensitivity to sound. When visits to doctors and gurus fail [...]

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  • Barbed Wire

    Barbed Wire

    Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here:    Original Title: Kantatar Released: 2005 Country: India Director: Bappaditya Bandopadhyay Language: Bengali Theme: Human Rights Genre: Drama Summary Set against the backdrop of political unease resulting from the 1947 partition of British India into the Republic of India (Hindu) and the Dominion of Pakistan (Muslim), Kantatar follows the journey of Sudha (Sreelekha Mitra), an [...]

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  • Ek Ghar

    Ek Ghar

    Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here:   Original Title: The Dwelling Released: 1989 Country: India Director: Girish Kasaravalli Language: Hindi Theme: Family Relationships Genre: Drama Summary Rajshekar and his wife, Geeta are on the search for a new house. With the help of his aunt, the couple move into a house where the previous tenants’ large bed remains. Geeta is initially [...]

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  • The Mourner

    The Mourner

    Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here:   Original Title: Rudali Released: 1992 Country: India Director: Kalpana Lajmi Language: Hindi Theme: Social & Economic Issues Genre: Drama Summary Sanichari lives alone in a village in Rajasthan, India, working as a bonded laborer. One day, Bhikni, a rudali (professional mourner) comes to stay with Sanichari prior to the death of the local landlord [...]

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  • Guerilla Fighter

    Guerilla Fighter

    Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here:   Original Title: Padatik Released: 1973 Country: India Director: Mrinal Sen Language: Bengali Theme: Law, Politics & Government Genre: Drama Summary Considered by some to be the first politically-overt film made in India, Padatik was made at a time when the extreme left-wing Naxalite movement, was enervated by the constant attack of the Indian state [...]

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  • Our Time

    Our Time

    Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here:   Original Title: Kaal Released: 2007 Country: India Director: Bappaditya Bandopadhyay Language: Bengali Theme: Human Rights Genre: Drama Summary Threatened with censor cuts before its release in 2007, Bappaditya Bandopadhyay’s controversial feature film Kaal (Our Time) explores the disturbing world of human trafficking in India. The film focuses on four women: Itu, Fatima, Soma, and [...]

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  • The Gaze

    The Gaze

    Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here:   Original Title: Nazar Released: 1990 Country: India Director: Mani Kaul Language: Hindi Theme: Family & Relationships Genre: Drama Summary Based on ‘The Meek One’, a short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, a 40-year-old antique shop owner and money lender recounts his first meetings with his 17-year-old wife, when she pawned her items at his shop.  [...]

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  • Seventh Horse Of The Sun

    Seventh Horse Of The Sun

    Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here:   Original Title: Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda Released: 1992 Country: India Director: Shyam Benegal Language: Hindi Theme: Social & Economic Issues Genre: Drama Summary During his free time in the afternoons, Manek entertains his friends in his house with stories. Love stories of three women from his past — Jamuna, a middle-class girl, is in [...]

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