Based on Ruskin Bond’s novella A Flight of Pigeons, Junoon is set during the 1857 War of Independence, where an Indian Nawab’s obsessive desire for a young Anglo-Indian woman clashes with her mother’s defiance.
Shyam Benegal’s Kalyug, a modern-day retelling of the Mahabharata, portrays the bitter rivalry between two industrialist families torn apart by greed and power.
Marking the directorial debut of Aparna Sen, this film is a poignant portrait of loneliness. It follows Violet Stoneham, an aging Anglo-Indian teacher in Calcutta, who finds fleeting companionship in a former student and her lover.
A coming-of-age drama, Vijeta follows Angad, a confused teenager caught between his parents’ troubled marriage, who discovers purpose by training to be a fighter pilot in the Indian Air Force.
Utsav tells the story of Vasantasena, a courtesan who hides in the home of poor Brahmin Charudatta while escaping a king’s brother-in-law, only to fall in love with him.
When a politician is murdered, a fearless journalist uncovers a conspiracy that links the killing to powerful leaders, exposing corruption, violence, and attempts to silence the truth.
Ismail Merchant’s In Custody follows an aging Urdu poet and a young lecturer whose shared love for language leads to both admiration and conflict, highlighting Urdu’s fading legacy in modern India.
The Householder tells the story of Prem, a young teacher navigating the challenges of an arranged marriage. The film also marked the debut of the legendary Merchant-Ivory collaboration.
Shakespeare Wallah follows a family troupe of English actors touring India, performing Shakespeare as they witness a country changing around them. The story is inspired by the real-life experiences of Kapoor’s wife Jennifer Kendal’s family .
Bombay Talkie tells the story of an English novelist who travels to Bombay to see her book adapted into a film, sparking romantic entanglements with the leading man while the screenwriter pursues her.
This film follows Anne as she investigates the scandalous life of her grand-aunt Olivia, uncovering secrets that make her reflect on her own choices. Nominated for Palm d’or & several BAFTA awards, this film explores love, desire, and cultural collisions in colonial and post-colonial India.
This film follows an unconventional London couple whose free-spirited lives are shaken when Sammy’s father, a former Indian minister, comes to stay.
Siddhartha follows a young man’s spiritual journey through asceticism, desire, and self-discovery, adapted from Hermann Hesse’s Nobel Prize-winning novel. The film’s striking visuals were shot by Sven Nykvist, the legendary cinematographer behind Ingmar Bergman and Andrei Tarkovsky’s masterpieces