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Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Avant-Garde, Malayalam

Kodiyettam (1977)

by Art House Cinema Desk | Jun 7, 2026 | Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Avant-Garde, Malayalam

Kodiyettam, released in 1977 and directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan, stands as one of the defining works of the Malayalam New Wave cinema.

Avant-Garde, K Hariharan, Kamal Swaroop, Mani Kaul, Marathi, Saeed Akhtar Mirza

Ghasiram Kotwal (1976)

by Puru | Aug 15, 2021 | Avant-Garde, K Hariharan, Kamal Swaroop, Mani Kaul, Marathi, Saeed Akhtar Mirza

Ghasiram Kotwal is a 1976 Marathi Film based on a play of the same name by Vijay Tendulkar. The film was the first venture of YUKT Film Cooperative, an experiment in collective filmmaking and was made by a group of filmmakers – K. Hariharan, Kamal Swaroop, Mani Kaul, and Saeed Akhtar Mirza.

Aneek Chaudhuri, Avant-Garde, Bengali

The Wife’s Letter (2016)

by Puru | Aug 5, 2016 | Aneek Chaudhuri, Avant-Garde, Bengali

Streer Potro, or the Wife’s Letter turned out to be another avant-garde piece of Cinema from Aneek Chaudhuri’s closet.

Avant-Garde, Gurvinder Singh, Punjabi

Anhe Ghore Da Daan (2011)

by Puru | May 30, 2014 | Avant-Garde, Gurvinder Singh, Punjabi

Anhe Ghode Da Daan is a 2011 Punjabi film directed by Gurvinder Singh. Based on a Punjabi novel by the same name written by Gurdial Singh, this internationally acclaimed film depicts the plight of the farmers and small time farm labourers in Punjab.

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