The Journal
Essays & Dispatches
Long reads on the films, filmmakers and movements of meaningful Indian cinema.
Teesri Kasam (1966)
Teesri Kasam (1966) is Basu Bhattacharya’s National Award-winning Hindi film, adapted from Phanishwarnath Renu’s story, about a naive bullock-cart driver who falls in love with a travelling nautanki dancer, a tender meditation on innocence, unfulfilled love, and the exploitation of folk performers in rural India.
Ship of Theseus (2012)
Ship of Theseus is a 2012 Hindi/ English film directed by Anand Gandhi. Based on the Theseus paradox of Plutarch, this film tries to explore the question of existence and of being.
Niraba Jhada (1983)
Niraba Jhada (The silent storm) is an 1983 award-winning Oriya film directed by Manmohan Mahapatra. The film was produced by Manmohan Mahapatra under Chhaya Dhwani Productions. This is the only Odia film to be archived under Indian Films & Videos sections in the Library of Congress.
Aadi Mimansa (1991)
Aadi Mimansa is an award winning Odia film directed by Apurba Kishore Bir. The film was critically acclaimed and went on to win the Nargis Dutt Award (1991) for best film on National Integration.
Shita Rati (1982)
Shita Rati is a 1982 Odia film directed by Manmohan Mahapatra. The National Award winning film tells the story of the love of a young couple divided by the boundaries of class.
Salaam Bombay! (1988)
Salaam Bombay is a 1988 Hindi film directed by Mira Nair. It revolves around the lives of children living on the streets of Bombay.
Mammo (1994)
Mammo (1994) a film by Shyam Benegal is the first film of Muslim trilogy including Sardari Begum (1996) and Zubeidaa (2001).