by Puru | Sep 25, 2021 | Hindi, Shyam Benegal
Junoon (Eng: Obsession) is a 1978 Hindi film directed by Shyam Benegal. Based on Ruskin Bond’s novella ‘A Flight of Pigeons’, the film is set around the Revolt of 1857, and a Pathan noble’s obsession for an English girl and the tragedy that war brings with itself.
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.
by Puru | Jul 26, 2021 | Kannada, M.S. Sathyu
Kanneshwara Rama is a 1977 Kannada film directed by M.S. Sathyu. The film is based on the Kannada novel Kannayya Rama written by S.K. Nadig and has Anant Nag, Shabana Azmi and Amol Palekar in prominent roles.
by Puru | Jul 24, 2021 | Mrinal Sen, Telugu
Oka Oorie Katha (Eng: The Marginal Ones) is a 1977 Telugu film directed by Mrinal Sen. Based on an acclaimed story by Munshi Premchand, Kafan, the film is a scathing commentary on rural destitution and social injustice, projected powerfully through its protagonists and a sincere narrative.
by Ishan | Jul 26, 2020 | Bengali, Experimental Cinema
Rajlokhi O Srikanto (2019) is a Bengali feature film directed by Pradipta Bhattacharyya is a cinematic adaptation of the Saratchandra Chattopadhyay’s four-part novel narrating the life of a drifter named Srikanto.