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Vada Chennai

A proficient carrom player sets foot in the world of crime and joins forces with local gangsters to settle their feuds. However, he decides to take them down when they plan to wipe out his locality.

With the release in 1955 of Satyajit Ray’s debut, Pather Panchali, an eloquent and important new cinematic voice made itself heard all over the world. A depiction of rural Bengali life in a style inspired by Italian neorealism, this naturalistic but poetic evocation of a number of years in the life of a family introduces us to both little Apu and, just as essentially, the women who will help shape him his independent older sister, Durga; his harried mother, Sarbajaya, who, with her husband away, must hold the family together; and his kindly and mischievous elderly “auntie,” Indir—vivid, multifaceted characters all. With resplendent photography informed by its young protagonist’s perpetual sense of discovery, Pather Panchali, which won an award for Best Human Document at Cannes, is an immersive cinematic experience and a film of elemental power.

Vikram Vedha

On one side is the righteous cop Vikram, who believes in a clear demarcation between good and evil and sees things clearly as black and white. To balance him out, on the other side of the spectrum is the mysterious gangster Vedha, who is worldly wise and does not believe anything to be just simple black and white. The movie is the powerful clash between these two ideologies, represented by two powerhouse performers Madhavan and Vijay Sethupathy. The other characters in the movie form part of the intricate plot that intertwines these two spectrums.

The Black Prince (Hindi/Punjabi)

The movie is about the fascinating true story of the last King of the mighty Kingdom of Punjab. The King, Maharaja Duleep Singh, was placed on the throne at the age of five only to be robbed of his throne by a bloody treason at the hands of trusted courtiers. He was then torn from his mother and taken to England by the British at age fifteen. While in England, he was introduced to Queen Victoria, who took an immediate liking to him, calling him "The Black Prince". He was indoctrinated into Christianity and baptized, changing his life forever. Meeting his mother again after thirteen years, the Maharaja awakens to the realities of his former life in Punjab. He then begins the arduous journey to regain all that was lost and re-embrace the faith of his birth, Sikhism. Torn between his two worlds, The Black Prince begins a lifelong struggle to regain his Kingdom. It takes him on an extraordinary journey across the world.

Theri

Joseph (Vijay) lives in a small town of Kerala with his 6-year old daughter (Baby Nainika as Nivi) and his close ally Rajendran. Annie (Amy Jackson) is Nivi's class teacher who develops an interest over Joseph. This peaceful life of Joseph is shaken when a group of local goons from Kerala crosses their path. They try to attack his daughter as a part of their revenge. Left with no option, he comes out of his shell showing his true face to the world. He thrashes the goons. Annie is shocked to see this. Vijay reveals his past to Annie. As one leads to other Vijay's past starts haunting him again. How he raises back and faces the evils forms in the rest of the movie.

City of Life (Director's Cut)

Three different lives are about to collide in the cosmopolitan city of Dubai, showing how unexpected tragedy and loss can lead to hope and profound transformation in a society full of ethnic and class divisions.

A Suitable Girl

A Suitable Girl follows three young women in India struggling to maintain their identities and follow their dreams amid intense pressure to get married. Ritu, Dipti and Amrita represent the new India. Educated, financially stable and raised with a mix of traditional and contemporary values in the urban cities of Mumbai and New Delhi, they have access to the world in ways their mothers did not. Yet their lives take a dramatic turn when the pressure to settle down and get married hits. Career aspirations become secondary to the pursuit of a husband, and the women struggle with the prospect of leaving their homes and families to become part of another. Documenting the arranged marriage and matchmaking process in vérité over four years, the film examines the women’s complex relationships with the institution of marriage, the many nuanced ways society molds them into traditional roles, and a rarely-seen portrait of India’s urban middle class.

Tomorrow We Disappear

Tomorrow We Disappear chronicles the last days of Kathputli, the mysterious hand-built artist colony first discovered in Salman Rushdie's iconic Midnight's Children. Hidden in the alleyways of New Delhi, a community of magicians, acrobats and puppeteers approach their looming eviction to make way for a modern skyscraper. Bound together by tradition and impending gentrification, this captivating film allows us to experience a culture’s magic and wonder before it’s gone.

Vara: A Blessing

In the lush countryside of a rural Indian Village, a timeless story of forbidden love unfolds. Lila is a carefree girl who is completely devoted to Krishna, Her mother is a master teacher of classical bharatanatyam dance, and a devadasi – a Indian temple dancer wed to a Hindu god. Under her mother’s watchful eye and instruction, Lila soon becomes a dancer of spellbinding depth. But in this traditional Indian village, temple dancers are looked down upon, and Lila and her mother find themselves on the fringes of society, struggling to make ends meet. Shyam, a village boy of the lowest caste, hopes to become a sculptor so he can escape to a better life in the city. He asks Lila to model for him and she agrees, even though she knows that if they are discovered together both their lives will be in jeopardy. They meet in secret, and Shyam creates a statue of Lila in the form of the goddess Saraswati. The more time they spend together, the more Lila is drawn to him. Thoughts of Shyam begin to permeate Lila’s fantasy world, her dancing and even her devotion. Subha, the village headman, has been tasked with finding Prakash, the young rich landlord of the village, a wife – Prakash sets his gaze on Lila. When Lila and Shyam’s relationship is discovered by Subha, Lila faces a terrible decision, and must find a way to save herself, her mother, and her love without sacrificing her own happiness.

Cosmic Sex (Unrated Director's Cut)

The film revolves around a young man Kripa who is running away from a night of sex and violence when he meets a woman ascetic, a Sadhavi, who takes him on a journey of discovering the self through sexual practice. The film deals with Dehotathva (worshipping through one's own body) which uses sexual energy for spiritual awakening.

Ratsasan

Circumstances force Arun, an aspiring film director, to take up the job of a Sub Inspector after his father passes away. While Arun faces issues in adjusting to the lifestyle of a police officer, a series of mysterious murders of school going girls happen in the city.

Jatt James Bond

What are the two things that make the world go around? Well, love comes first, and money follows. Whether it is the Love for your partner, companion and your family or for your friend’s . . . man can go to any extent to seek love. This forms the crux of the film . . . A story of a village simpleton, Shinda (Gippy Grewal), who is a school bus driver in love with the local bank manager's sister Laali (Zareen Khan). Her brother is strictly against their relationship because of their class differences and status. They won't be able to get married unless Shinda manages to buy his own house. A quick idea for quick buck is to attempt a robbery but instead he gets caught by the local MLA who claims the loot.

Papanasam

Kamal Haasan lives a contented life with his family comprising of his wife Gautami and two daughters (Niveda Thomas and Baby Esther). He runs a cable TV service in a rural area and his passion is watching movies. Kamal Haasan's teenage daughter gets photographed in the bathroom at a nature camp by a hidden cell phone. The culprit is the son of the police inspector general (Asha Sharath) who accidentally gets killed by Gautami and her daughter when he comes to blackmail them. The movie from this point is about how Kamal Haasan protects his family from the hands of law as he believes that they have not committed the crime wantonly and are not supposed to be punished.

Raja Rani

Raja Rani is a light hearted romantic comedy about Aarya and Nayanthara who get married, even though they can't stand each other and how they realize that, there is life and love in their new relationship. Both have a romantic past of their own. How they decide to let go off their past and embrace the future is what the plot is all about.

Fandry

A mesmeric force pulls Jabya onto the other side. The rarest of rare Black Sparrow, he is told, is the cure to his problem. The hypnotic spell of the sparrow makes him wander relentlessly. Completely away from the magical world of Jabya exists the callous reality of his parents who are working at the most oppressed level of the Indian class structure and assume him to do the same work which they have done all their life. The protagonist Jabya has to now struggle between his quest to find the magical sparrow and his parents’ expectations. Will Jabya be successful in his pursuit of the Black Sparrow? Will the magnetic power surpass the class differences between Jabya and Shalu created by centuries of customs? Will Jabya break the fences and pass onto the other side?

Shareek

The word Shareek in Urdu means partner but in Punjabi we see a complete reinterpretation of this word. It has now become a term for cousins and more disturbingly enemies. Shareek the movie is about the age old feud over land that plagues Punjabi families. With all the emotion, romance, thrill, and action, this movie addresses the menace strongly and exposes the undercurrent.

Happy Go Lucky

A story of three sisters who desire their life partners to be Inspector, Singer and a Non-resident Indian. Coincidentally, when they speak of their desires, a father of three sons stands by listening to them and thinking about his own sons who match all their wishes. When he talks to the father of the girls for a possible marriage of the trio, he ends up being humiliated by him. Agonized by the humiliation, he vows to marry his sons to his daughters only.

Dil Vil Pyaar Vyaar

This story is about Agam Singh, a man who is both virtuous and compassionate. He is also the eldest of five siblings. The film unravels a story of these five brothers and their strong bond. The eldest brother wants to sacrifice his life for his younger siblings and in parallel, the younger brothers want their eldest brother to marry and settle down before them. Agam soon realizes that his brothers are turning down proposals for marriage because they want him to marry first. He then decides to carry out a trick to get his brothers to move forward in their lives and get married.

Baahubali - The Beginning (Malayalam Version)

Raised in a remote tribal village, Shivudu grows up a carefree young man who relentlessly pursues his heart's desire. This leads him on an adventure to a completely unfamiliar territory. On this journey, he not only finds love, but uncovers a truth that steers his destiny in a different direction.

Double Di Trouble

Double Di Trouble, based on Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare's well-known play, takes a Desi avatar when father-son pair discover their mirror images in a different city. The riot of laughter begins when the people around this duplicate duo keep confusing between the two. The situation gets further confounded when the duo tries to put their own logic behind the new faces behaving like old pals. Hold your horses before you jump to conclusions. This is one of the morals of the film. For the rest, come and die with laughter and witness the legendary Dharmendra's first full-fledged foray in a Punjabi film alongside the reigning superstar, Gippy Grewal.

Irudhi Suttru

An under-fire boxing coach, Prabhu is transferred from Hisar in Haryana to Chennai as his bosses at the Boxing Council do not like his disrespectful rule-breaking unconventional ways. In Chennai, he chances upon the raw fighting talent of Madhi, the sibling of aspiring boxer Lakshmi. He decides to put all his effort to tame Madhie and get her to shine but he is repeatedly put off by her playfulness & distrust

Thoongaavanam

Kamal Haasan is an undercover cop working for the narcotics bureau. He is also very fond of his son (Aman Abdullah). Kamal conducts a very risky operation involving a huge stash of cocaine and drug dealers who won't show mercy if their loot were to be compromised. He soon gets entangled in a vicious drug war, which leaves his family in grave danger. Prakash Raj, a nightclub owner who sells these drugs to the dealers, kidnaps Kamal's son and demands the bag of cocaine as terms for his release. Working frantically against the ticking clock, Kamal needs to find this bag soon; but things get rather complicated when agents from his own department (Trisha & Kishore) intercept the bag and suspect him of playing a double game. It remains to be seen if the co-conspirators could be outsmarted and Kamal Haasan's son, saved.

Ambikapathy (Dubbed)

The first love in anyone’s life holds a special place especially if the memory is filled with the vibrant musings of the city that you grew up in. Benaras holds a special place in Kundan’s heart, because not only did he grow up as a typical, God fearing, shiv bhakt-Pandit but also because it was the city that gave him Zoya.Quiet and beautiful with mischievous eyes, Zoya was the girl of his dreams. She was like a breath of fresh air the first time he saw her on the busy streets, sitting regally in a Tonga. He would follow her everyday to the bazaar, back to her house till one day he mustered the courage to speak to her and tell her his true feelings - his 13 year-old heart, smitten by her simplicity. She, of course, didn’t take him seriously and brushed him off. Time passed by and Zoya moved to Delhi to study further. Love they say is a feeling that only grows stronger with time and Kundan’s love for Zoya never diminished, he carried his feeling all through college and his heart flipped when Zoya came back to his town. With Zoya back in Benaras, Kundan’s world was filled with excitement as he was thinking of finally telling her how he felt. Zoya finally met Kundan and confessed her true feelings to him. She was in love!She was in love with Akram, a college friend from DU, and he was the love of her life. She wanted Kundan’s help in marrying him. His world shattered and his heart broke a million pieces, the rage that Kundan felt was inexplicable. He was torn between his true feelings for Zoya and his heart’s please to help her get her true love because who could understand that pain better than him.He sets out to unite her with Akram, and what follows is a tale of love, betrayal, redemption, and healing set against the very rooted town of Benaras and the upbeat political environs of Delhi. Raanjhanaa is the story of Kundan, his journey from a 13 year-old boy in love who goes on to become a committed, spirited young man, who’s experiences in life made him the person he is today.It’s the story of love!!

Gadaar the Traitor

'Jai Singh (Harbhajan Mann) is one of the richest Indians in the world who loves to live life on the edge. A conspiracy suddenly changes his life and brings him back to his motherland - India. What does he have to deal with? Will he give everything he has earned?

Maalik

The film that that shook the Pakistan establishment tells the story of a former SSG officer. After experiencing personal tragedy, the special forces commando is hired to protect a corrupt feudal lord turned chief minister. The film is often described as anti-government and in opposition to Pakistani sentiments, the film has caused great uproar among the higher powers of Pakistan.

Sanai Choughade

After, Sayee’s (Sai Tamhankar) mother passed away, she is left with Urmila (Shilpa Tulaskar) and Shrikant (Tushar Dalvi) who take full responsibility to get her married the traditional Indian way. But there is a small problem as they themselves had opted for love marriage and are unaware of the circus of arranged marriage. ‘Kande Pohe’ is a new way of matrimonial search, it turns out to be the answer to Sayee's problems. A prospective groom is ready to marry her but a shocking revelation brings everything to standstill. A light hearted family entertainer full of twists and turns which forces everyone to introspect at the same time takes a sarcastic look at the conventional arranged marriage system.

Uttama Villain

Uttama Villain, Kamal Haasan (as Manoranjan) is a superstar, who realises that he is counting his final days due to a brain tumour. So he suddenly decides to return the advance taken from a producer and instead he wants to do a comedy film with his mentor and guru (K Balachander) as his final wish. This is big news that comes as a shock to everyone, including his family and manager. How Kamal Haasan goes about it, forms the rest of the story.

Judge Singh LLB

Judge Singh LLB is a Punjabi courtroom drama film starring Ravinder Grewal, Chandan Prabhakar, Surbhi Mahendru and Sardar Sohi. Revolves around the judicial system of India which is under the control of corrupt leaders.

Bigil

Michael, an aggressive young man, gives up his dream of becoming a footballer after his father's murder. However, a friend convinces him to coach a women's football team and turn his life around.

Gabhricha Paus

The plot of the movie is based on simple aspirations, the undying urge in the human race to live and to live against all odds. The film is about the life of a farmer Kisna (Girish Kulkarni), who is trying to get a good crop in the drought-stricken Vidarbha region, which has been notorious for farmer suicides. It also allegorically tells about how lack of information and education amongst the farmers, can ruin them, despite their indefatigable spirit. After, the debt-ridden neighbour Bhaskar Deshmukh commits suicide, amongst many other farmers of the region, Kisna's wife Alka (Sonali Kulkarni) observes Kisna's aloofness and interprets that Kisna is contemplating suicide too. She asks their 6-year old son Dinu (Aman Attar) to keep a watch on Kisna, and report any irregular behavior. Kisna is however imbued by the thoughts of the arrival of the Monsoon.

Naughty Jatts

A Punjabi Romantic Comedy directed by Pankaj Batra, revolves around Simmy (Neeru Bajwa), a young bubbly girl with a strict upbringing whose dream is to become a singer one day. Her school friends Rocky (Aryan Babbar) and Laali (Binnu Dhillon) are madly in love with Simmy but are unable to show their feelings to her. There arrives charming Balwinder (Roshan Prince) from village, a good singer and he too develops a thing for her. A contest is devised by Simmy, which shall decide her to-be groom by winning the singing contest and all three suitors begin to plan their own tricks to win the contest. Now, who will win Simmy's heart, forms the rest of the plot. A non-stop entertainer and a spree of LOL, will continue to scintillate your senses.

Muramba

An incompatible couple Alok and Indu, who decide to end their three year relation upon noticing their growing problems, decide to revisit their issues and solve the conflicts. The Deshmukhs live in Pune with their only son Alok, who has been in relationship with Indu for the past four years. Assuming that his parents won't understand him like friends, Alok shied away from discussing his issues with them. However, he, one day, opens up to his parents about his relationship with Indu and its ups and downs, only to realize that his parents are the best friends that he made upon his birth.

Jatts in Golmaal

Sunny (Arya Babbar), a young Punjabi boy wishes to travel to Canada in search of better job prospects at any cost. He gets in touch with a Crook Agent Jugnu (Gurpreet Guggi), who cons him in a visa fraud. On the other hand, Titoo Don (Binnu Dhillon) is suffering from a cardiac problem and is in search of a donor for heart transplant. Sunny agrees to donate his heart in exchange for money, unaware of what would happen to him. What follows is comedy of errors with crazy confusion while Balli Chacha (Jaswinder Bhalla) and his friend Jugnu try to save Sunny's heart and life.

Rickshaw Girl

A daring teen-aged girl disguises herself as a boy and pedals a rickshaw on the gritty streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh to earn extra cash for her struggling family, all while pursuing her dream of becoming an artist.

Haani

Haani is a romantic saga spanning two different generations of a family. It tells the story of love, friendship and honour immortalized by commitment. The film simultaneously narrates 2 plots. Ranjit (Harbhajan) and Jagga (Sarabjit) are best friends in 1964 where Ranjit falls for Sukhaan (Mehreen) and loves her to death. Another plot involves Harman (Anuj) and Preet's (Sonia) love story in 2013 and Tony (Rupan Bal) who has a similar role to Jagga in the movie. Somehow fate connects these love stories together.

Pushkar Puran

"All year one sensed a hidden tension, all year something was going on in preparation for those days, as if the ultimate purpose of the year was to home in on those three days." (Roberto Calasso, "Ka: Stories of the Mind and Gods of India") Pushkar is a small town in the Federal State of Rajasthan in northwest India and one of the holiest places of Hinduism. Once a year, however, during the full moon in the autumn month of Kartik, the town and the desert surrounding it turn into a sprawling fun fair with Ferris wheels and carousels, music from folklore to rock and colorful dance performances. Thousands of people, Hindus and Muslims alike, pour in from villages in the whole region to trade camels, horses and cattle. The spectacle appears in the desert as suddenly as a Fata Morgana. And just as suddenly the colorful magic is over. Director Kamal Swaroop captures the exuberant goings-on with a precise eye for strong images and details, exploring the myths and gods of India as well as their political instrumentalisation.

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