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- StarsAnup UpadhyayDanish PandorMedha RanaDeep dive into the spine-chilling murder of Shakereh Khaleeli, which took place in the early 90s in Bangalore.
- An original four-part crime documentary series produced in association with HBO Asia and Star World, The Talwars: Behind Closed Doors examines the story of a double murder of a teenage girl and her family's household servant in Noida, India. Featuring never-before-seen exclusive interviews with Aarushi's parents, the series chronicles the twists and turns of a case that has confounded and divided India's law enforcement, media, judiciary and people alike.
- DirectorKhushboo RankaVinay ShuklaStarsArvind KejriwalSaurabh BhardwajPrashant BhushanA non-fiction drama chronicling the most outrageous political debut in the largest democracy in the world, "An Insignificant Man" follows Arvind Kejriwal and his insurgent party as they look to shake up Indian politics while struggling to keep their own idealism alive.
- DirectorDeepti KakkarFahad MustafaStarsRitu MaheshwariLoha SinghIrfan SolankiIn a city with 15 hour power cuts, hundreds of people risk their lives to steal electricity. With the first female chief of the electricity company vowing to eliminate all illegal connections, the lines are drawn for a battle over electricity.
- DirectorKartiki GonsalvesStarsBellieBommanBomman and Bellie, a couple in South India, devote their lives to caring for an orphaned baby elephant named Raghu, forging a family like no other that tests the barrier between the human and the animal world.
- DirectorShaunak SenStarsSalik RehmanMohammad SaudNadeem ShehzadAmidst the darkening backdrop of Delhi's apocalyptic air and escalating violence, two brothers devote their lives to protect one casualty of the turbulent times: the bird known as the Black Kite.
- DirectorAbhay KumarAIIMS experiences an outrage of student union which leads to complete nerve damage of limb of sahil. Curious about the patterns of compulsion, his brother decides to stay back on campus and view the illusion of medical life.
- DirectorArchana PhadkeStarsAtul PhadkeManeesha PhadkeRohan PhadkeThree generations of the Phadke family live together in their home in Mumbai. Cruel and comic in equal measure, it shows the vagaries of affection across generations within this family, tied together by something stranger than love.
- DirectorSushmit GhoshRintu ThomasStarsMeera DeviShyamkali DeviSuneeta PrajapatiIn a cluttered news landscape dominated by men, emerges India's only newspaper run by Dalit women. Chief Reporter Meera and her journalists break traditions, redefining what it means to be powerful.
- DirectorVinay ShuklaStarsRavish KumarSushil BahugunaDeepak ChaubeyHow independent news reporting in India and beyond is increasingly under threat by budgetary cuts and especially, extremists leveraging alternative platforms to spread misinformation.
- DirectorDeepa DhanrajStarsChota BaiGora BaiGyarsi BaiDiscusses Malthus's theories of population and the causes of poverty. As film contrasts the 19th century poor in Scotland with today's poor in India, it takes on the international population "establishment", challenging the entrenched view that overpopulation alone is responsible for poverty and environmental destruction.
- DirectorDeepa DhanrajAn examination of India's family planning program from the point of view of the women, its primary targets.
- DirectorDeepa DhanrajA pioneering political work of contemporary relevance: Communal violence between Hindus and Muslims in 1984 forms the starting point for this film, whose complexity lends it immense political force. The film's historical perspective is provided by a thorough commentary, which gives the camera's particular presence the necessary depth and complexity.
- DirectorDeepa Dhanraj
- DirectorDeepa DhanrajThe story of a woman who is village activist in the Chipko Forest Conservation Movement in the foothills of the Himalayas. In this area, people depend entirely on the forest for their daily needs of firewood, fodder and water, which are threatened by powerful timber traders.
- DirectorAnand PatwardhanSince gaining independence in 1947, India has been a secular state. But now, as religious fundamentalism grips much of India's population, the greatest danger to the nation's extremely strained social fabric may come not from Sikh or Muslim separatists, but from Hindu fundamentalists who are appealing to the 83% Hindu majority to redefine India as a Hindu nation.
- DirectorAnand PatwardhanAn exploration of caste in India. The documentary begins with the suicide of Vilas Ghogre, a Dalit poet and singer, following the 1997 atrocities against the Dalit community of Ramabai in Maharashtra. It is the culmination of over 14 years of work by Anand Patwardhan.
- DirectorAnand PatwardhanA detailed chronicling of injustices in India told in eight parts.
- DirectorAnand PatwardhanA documentary in two parts: the first (Trial by Fire) examines the link between the violence of the Hindu nationalist movement and sexual violence against women. The second (Hero Pharmacy) looks at masculinity in urban India.
- DirectorAnand PatwardhanStarsAnand PatwardhanThe danger of a nuclear conflict between India and Pakistan.
- DirectorAnand PatwardhanStarsDeepa AroraRita BhatiaSupriya PathakThe film story based on daily battle for survival of the 4 million slum dwellers of Bombay who make up half the city's population
- DirectorSupriyo SenNajaf BilgramiEach night the only border crossing between India and Pakistan on a 1000km stretch becomes the sight of an extraordinary event. Thousands of people gather to witness the ritual closing of the border, after which the masses get as close as possible to the gate to greet their former neighbors. This "festival" is therefore on the one hand a celebration of the partition, but on the other hand also the only connecting element. What do the terms separation, home and proximity mean to the people on both sides?
- DirectorSupriyo SenThe Third Indo-Pakistani War erupted in December 1971, and East Pakistan gained independence to form Bangladesh. Even now, more than thirty years after the war, some prisoners of war have not been repatriated, and their fate is unknown. While the governments of both countries deny the existence of such POWs, their families treasure old photographs of the soldiers that still portray them as youths, and wait for their return.
- DirectorSupriyo SenKanai Chakraborty, a blind swimmer who successfully completed the worlds longest swimming competition in the Ganges River wants to demonstrate the power of disabled people by challenging sports.
- DirectorSupriyo SenStarsMadhumita SarcarParambrata ChattopadhyaySamiul AlamJoyee, a young music-maker from Kolkata, gets fascinated by the performance of a musical band of young slum kids. However, her life takes a magical turn when she meets Sanjib Mondal, the bandleader and a former gang member.