Best of Indian cinema
This is a list of movies (including documentary and shorts) from India or some based on Indian characters that, in my opinion, are the absolute best I have watched so far. The list spans all regions of India and has been prepared with care. These are dominantly regional cinema and excludes Bollywood films as much as possible. Pick any one from this list, sit back and enjoy!!!
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- DirectorShrihari SatheStarsDevendra GaikwadSharad JadhavUsha NaikIn this exploration of money and conscience, a poor woman receives a thousand-rupee note from a politician at election time, but the note proves to be a mixed blessing.
- DirectorRituparno GhoshStarsAparna SenDebashree RoyDipankar DeyPotrays a sentimental mother daughter relation. How a female dancer sets her priority and became famous but loses her relationship with her daughter on the way .
- DirectorAparna SenStarsJennifer KendalDhritiman ChatterjeeDebashree RoyAfter marriage of her niece, Rosemary, Anglo-Indian school-teacher Violet Stoneham lives a lonely life in her single room flat located at 36 Chowringhee Lane in Calcutta.
- DirectorRituparno GhoshStarsDipankar DeyMamata ShankarJisshu SenguptaAbohomaan tells the story of Aniket, one of the finest filmmakers of Bengal in eastern India and the loves of his life. Devoted to his craft, Aniket met and fell in love with his wife Deepti, an actress, while they worked together on the set of a film. They were so in love that Deepti sacrificed her own career for her husband's and for their son Apratim, but lost a little of who she was in the process. The plot thickens when Aniket auditions a young actress, Shikha, who bares an uncanny resemblance to his wife when she was younger. Deepti enthusiastically begins to coach Shikha for her husband's film - so much so that Shikha becomes even more like the girl Deepti used to be and as a result the aging Aniket falls in love with Shikha, a woman as young as his son, despite the sadness and trouble it brings to his family.
- DirectorAditi RoyStarsRonjini ChakrabortyRoopa GangulyAnkur KhannaSoumyo (Khanna), returns from San Francisco to Kolkata, the city of his birth at the behest of his estranged mother, the enigmatic and vivacious Suchismita (Ganguly). What should have been a quick journey turns into a voyage of self-discovery and an exploration of the great metropolis that is Kolkata, a living, breathing character in the film. In the ravishing Nandini (Sen), Suchismita's protégé, Soumyo finds answers to his past and perhaps the future.
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsTapan ChatterjeeRabi GhoshAjoy BanerjeeGoopy wants to sing, and Bagha wants to play the dhol. They meet accidentally and are helped by King of Ghosts. With newly endowed abilities, they land in kingdom of Shundi, where their adventure begins.
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsDhritiman ChatterjeeAsgar AliArabinda BanerjeeA young college graduate is struggling to find a job. He lives in a flat with his younger, employed sister, revolutionary brother and widowed mother. The strain of the situation ultimately causes him to hallucinate.
- DirectorSwaroop RsjStarsNaveen PolishettyShruti SharmaKrishneswara RaoAgent Sai Srinivasa Athreya is an authentic humorous investigative thriller revolving around the adventures of a detective based out of Nellore.
- DirectorDevashish MakhijaStarsSushama DeshpandeSmita TambeSharvani SuryavanshiLittle Manda is found raped and dumped in a trash heap near her slum. Her parents are more concerned with survival than dignity. The cops are powerless to help as the rapist is a local politician's son. But Ajji won't accept this injustice.
- DirectorHansal MehtaStarsManoj BajpayeeRajkummar RaoAshish VidyarthiA gay, linguistic professor living in a small orthodox city must deal with the aftermath of a sting operation that puts his sexual orientation in front of the entire nation.
- DirectorShonali BoseStarsKonkona Sen SharmaYashpal SharmaBrinda KaratAmu is the story of an Indian American woman who returns to India. The film takes a dark turn as Kaju learns that a horrifying genocide that took place twenty years ago turns out to hold the key to her mysterious origins.
- DirectorSanal Kumar SasidharanStarsPradeep KumarGireesh NairArun NayarInner demons begins to unravel when 5 friends get together for a booze party in a remote location.
- DirectorAvinash DasStarsPankaj TripathiSanjay MishraSwara BhaskerA village dancer is harassed by a local politician and is ridiculed by the police, but ends up plotting revenge to clear her name.
- DirectorSriram RaghavanStarsTabuAyushmann KhurranaRadhika ApteA series of mysterious events change the life of a blind pianist, who must now report a crime that he should technically know nothing of.
- DirectorHarish VyasStarsShivani RaghuvanshiAnshuman JhaEkavali KhannaAngrezi Mein Kehte Hein is a family drama and explores changing relationships between a middle aged couple. Its about the realization that sometimes just loving someone is not enough and expressing that love is equally important.
- DirectorRajat KapoorStarsSanjay MishraSeema PahwaRajat KapoorAfter a distressing incident, a Delhi man vows to believe only what he can see, but his new ideals soon take his life in extreme directions.
- DirectorSushil RajpalStarsRaj Singh ChaudharyRaja ChaudharySwati SenA young man is kidnapped by a local strongman with the intention of forcing him to marry his daughter to secure a family alliance.
- DirectorRituparno GhoshStarsJackie ShroffAbhishek BachchanRoopa GangulyIn late 19th Century, Bengal Bhubaneswar Chowdhury (Jackie Shroff) is a wealthy and tyrannical Zamidar (Squire). He has two main obsessions: his desperate attempts for an heir, which even his new second wife Jashomati seems unable to deliver; and competing with his regional rivals to produce the most magnificent effigy of a goddess for the annual Durga Puja ceremony. This year he concocts a master plan - why not change the face of the goddess for the most powerful woman on Earth - Queen Victoria. Meantime his two wives Mahomaya and Jashomati try to look out for one another especially as Bhubeneshwar begins to sexually assault his younger wife each night. Traumatised and lonely, Jashomati is dangerously drawn towards the youthful sculptor who has been employed to create the great effigy of Durga, Goddess of destruction.
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsPinaki SenguptaSmaran GhosalKamala AdhikariFollowing his father's death, a boy leaves home to study in Calcutta, while his mother must face a life alone.
- DirectorKaushik GangulyStarsParambrata ChattopadhyayParno MittraArdhendu BanerjeeThis is a real life story inspired by Subir Banerjee,the little child actor who played the iconic role of Apu in Pather Panchali.
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsSoumitra ChatterjeeSharmila TagoreAlok ChakravartyThis final installment in Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy follows Apu's life as an orphaned adult aspiring to be a writer.
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsSharmila TagoreKaberi BoseSimi GarewalA group of Calcutta city slickers, including the well-off Asim (Soumitra Chatterjee), the meek Sanjoy (Subhendu Chatterjee) and the brutish Hari (Samit Bhanja), head out for a weekend in the wilderness.
- DirectorKaushik GangulyRituparno GhoshStarsRituparno GhoshChapal BhaduriIndraneil SenguptaThe movie is about a Delhi base trans gender documentary filmmaker Abhiroop Sen and his bisexual lover cinematographer. They wanted to make a documentary on the life of famous "Jatra" actor "Chapal Bhaduri" But doing so Sen recognized that his life resemble Chapal's life. The movie revolves around the trauma, the pressure,the setbacks, heartache and several situations faced by trans gender.
- DirectorAnubhav SinhaStarsAyushmann KhurranaNassarManoj PahwaIn the rural heartlands of India, an upright police officer sets out on a crusade against violent caste-based crimes and discrimination.
- DirectorSrijit MukherjiStarsPrasenjit ChatterjeeIndraneil SenguptaNandana SenThe plot revolves around three lives - a superstar, a young director and a theatre actress - and how their coming together during the process of making a film, changes them forever. The film is also a humble tribute to Satyajit Ray's Nayak.
- DirectorNicholas KharkongorStarsSayani GuptaLin LaishramJimpa Sangpo BhutiaIn Delhi, friends from Northeast India prepare a pungent delicacy for a wedding party, sparking conflict and comedy with their unaccustomed neighbors.
- DirectorSrijit MukherjiStarsPrasenjit ChatterjeeParambrata ChattopadhyayRaima SenAn ex-cop is hired to track down a serial killer who carries out his killings according to Bengali poetry.
- DirectorPradipta BhattacharyyaStarsSudipa BasuRitwick ChakrabortyDebesh Roy ChowdhuryPramit, an independent filmmaker who is yet to experience the spell of love in his otherwise not-so exciting life, starts shooting a documentary film on love. His exploration leads him to the baffling knowledge of an unforetold mysterious village, existent on what is believed to be the threshold of reality and fantasy. If anyone ever reaches there, stumbling upon a series of coincidences, cannot steer clear of the cupid's arrow, and readily falls in love. Pramit, along with his cameraperson starts looking for the village and subsequently passes through a succession of events which can be termed nothing but magical! Love, with all its colours - sublime as well as physical - doesn't fail to come his way too, or, does it really?
- DirectorAshwiny Iyer TiwariStarsAyushmann KhurranaKriti SanonRajkummar RaoSet in the small-town of Bareilly, Bitti is a free-spirited young girl who lives life on her own terms and refuses to be pressured into getting married. Her life takes a shift when she meets Chirag Dubey and Pritam Vidrohi.
- DirectorRituparno GhoshStarsKirron KherChiranjitSudipta ChakrabortyA lonely middle-aged woman is forced by circumstance to let out her house to a film crew. She is attracted to the charming director and he exploits this fact to suit his purposes.
- DirectorShiboprosad MukherjeeNandita RoyJyoti HazraStarsSoumitra ChatterjeeSwatilekha SenguptaRituparna SenguptaA story of relationships that explores the intricacies of the married life, of life-long companionship, of promises and expectations and love.
- DirectorVikramaditya MotwaneStarsHarshvardhan KapoorPriyanshu PainyuliAshish VermaThe origin story of Bhavesh Joshi, an Indian superhero, who sets out to fulfill his slain friend's wish to clean and reform the country, by training himself to fight and wearing a mask.
- DirectorAnik DattaStarsSwastika MukherjeeParambrata ChattopadhyaySabyasachi ChakrabartyA rib-tickling comedy about a group of spirits who, in their various idiosyncrasies, try and save their only haunt, their resting place, when some unscrupulous builders try and break it down to build a modern monstrosity.
- DirectorJasbir BhaatiJasbir R BhatiStarsRaghubir YadavMasha PourKunika SadanandA tragic love story of Bhouri, a 23-year old who is married to a 55-year old, the film highlights the exploitation of women in male dominated society.
- DirectorKaushik GangulyStarsJaya AhsanAbir ChatterjeeKaushik GangulyA love story between a Bangladeshi widow and Indian businessman.
- DirectorAnurag KashyapStarsKay Kay MenonPawan MalhotraAditya SrivastavA film about the investigations following the 1993 serial Bombay bomb blasts, told through the different stories of the people involved --police, conspirators, victims, middlemen.
- DirectorSanjay Leela BhansaliStarsAmitabh BachchanRani MukerjiShernaz PatelThe cathartic tale of a young woman who can't see, hear, or speak, and the teacher who brings a ray of light into her dark world.
- DirectorSarah GavronStarsTannishtha ChatterjeeSatish KaushikChristopher SimpsonIn 1980s London, Nazneem, a young Bangladeshi woman, feels her soul is quietly dying in her arranged marriage, until the day hot-headed Karim comes knocking at her door.
- DirectorAnvita DuttStarsTriptii DimriAvinash TiwaryRahul BoseA man returns home after years to find his brother's child bride now grown up and abandoned, and his ancestral village plagued by mysterious deaths.
- DirectorRima DasStarsPakija BegamArnali DasManoranjan DasExploring their sexual identities in the face of the patriarchal rules of their Assamese village, a teenager and her two friends are rocked by tragedy.
- DirectorKanu BehlStarsShashank AroraRanvir ShoreyShivani RaghuvanshiTitli, the youngest member of a car-jacking brotherhood wants to escape the family business. He and his wife form a pact to set free from their family roots. But is escape possible?
- DirectorMahesh NarayananStarsFahadh FaasilRoshan MathewDarshana RajendranA software engineer, living in Kerala, is prompted by his family to look for his cousin's missing fiancee. As they stumble upon her video-based suicide note, he races against time to find her.
- DirectorVenkatesh MahaStarsRadha BessySubba Rao VepadaPraneeta PatnaikFour unconventional love stories set in the town and including the people of Kancherapalem.
- DirectorArati KadavStarsVikrant MasseyShweta TripathiNandu MadhavA young female astronaut, who joins a reclusive astronaut aboard a spaceship, struggles with her job as she interacts with mysterious Cargos that appear on the ship.
- DirectorSandip RayStarsParan BanerjeeSaswata ChatterjeeRajatabha DuttaThis film is based on four short stories by different writers: "Bateswarer Abodan" by Parasuram, "Porikkha" by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, "Kagtarua" by Satyajit Ray and "Dui Bondhu" by Satyajit Ray.
- DirectorApurva Dhar BadgaiyanStarsJitendra KumarRitika BadianiBhuvan AroraA small town panwalla falls for a schoolgirl who lives opposite his shop. He experiences love, jealousy and betrayal without meeting her even once.
- DirectorMadhur BhandarkarStarsTabuAtul KulkarniRajpal Naurang YadavA displaced woman is forced to become a beer-bar dancer, and sire children of a gangster.
- DirectorBikas Ranjan MishraStarsSanjay SuriTannishtha ChatterjeeRiddhi SenA fourteen year old Dalit (lower caste) boy in rural India is killed for writing a love letter.
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsSoumitra ChatterjeeMadhavi MukherjeeShailen MukherjeeThe lonely wife of a newspaper editor falls in love with her visiting cousin-in-law, who shares her love for literature.
- DirectorBedabrata PainStarsManoj BajpayeeBarry JohnDelzad HiwaleSchool kids organize an armed revolt in the 1930s in British occupied Chittagong. There are casualties on both sides. Later, one of those kids successfully leads the peasants to regain their food-grains earlier commandeered by the British.
- DirectorAnurag KashyapStarsSaiyami KherRoshan MathewAmruta SubhashA bank employee weighed down by her jobless husband's debts - and her own broken dreams - finds a secret source of seemingly unlimited cash in her home.
- DirectorRituparno GhoshStarsAishwarya Rai BachchanPrasenjit ChatterjeeRaima SenBinodini is a young widow who lives with a woman and her son, Mahendra, who had once refused to marry her. Their lives are thrown into disarray when there is deceit and adultery between Binodini, Mahendra, his wife and his friend.
- DirectorKaushik GangulyStarsRobayet Hossain OviDebalina RoyDulal SarkarFocusing on the predicaments of those born with genetic defect causing dwarfism, the film is the love story between Khoka and Soma.
- DirectorPriya RamasubbanStarsJigmet Dewa LhamoMorup NamgyalSonam AngchokTo chase her dream of going to school in her remote Himalayan village, a feisty paraplegic girl locks horns with her tradition-bound grandfather.
- DirectorKaushik GangulyStarsParan BanerjeeDebaloy BhattacharyaBimal ChakrabortyDigital cinema threatens the survival of a small town movie theatre in West Bengal, leading to a tussle between the owner and his son.
- DirectorManas Mukul PalStarsSamiul AlamShakuntala BaruaSanjay Biswas10-year-old Gopal's carefree childhood is disrupted when his father meets with an accident. It becomes difficult for his mother to feed him and his little brother Chottu. Gopal starts devising ways to earn money. With a little assistance from Chottu he takes up odd jobs from cleaning wells to selling laboriously plucked fruits in the local village market. Emboldened by his initial success, Gopal fancies himself as the breadwinner of the family. Meanwhile a grand Janmashtami feast is being planned in the Brahmin household where the pulao will be served. Hearing this both the brothers hatch plans of their own. Gopal would like to make a quick buck by selling palmyras for the feast, while Chottu starts dreaming of this fancy dish that he has never seen or tasted. After all he has heard that the whole village will be invited.
- DirectorRituparno GhoshStarsPrasenjit ChatterjeeKonkona Sen SharmaChandrayee GhoshThe story of "Dwando" revolves around Sudipta who faces a serious ethical dilemma involving her personal relationship with her husband. She is torn between two choices, each with vast and cascading repercussions affecting the lives of serveral people.
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsSharmila TagoreBarun ChandaParomita ChowdhuryChatterji is an ambitious and self-made young man who becomes the director of the company he works for.
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsSoumitra ChatterjeeMadhavi MukherjeeHaradhan BannerjeeA chance meeting rekindles old memories between a screenwriter and his ex-girlfriend, who is by now married to a well-to-do man.
- DirectorSange Dorjee ThongdokStarsAnshu JamsenpaPhuntsu KhrimeTashi, a man in his early thirties is forced to come back to his village in the remote northeast region of india after eight years when he loses his job in the city. As he stays in the village waiting for news of any new job in the city to go back to, he begins to experience the life and culture of his native place and his people. He gradually begins rediscovering his roots, which he had never paid attention to earlier. He meet and falls in love with a girl, Anila, a school teacher in the village who helps him in the process. The experience in the village begins to slowly change him and he decides to finally stay back in the village and not go back even after he gets the news that he has found himself a new job in the city.
- DirectorRituparno GhoshSanjoy NagStarsRituparno GhoshJisshu SenguptaKaushik BanerjeeChitraganda: The Crowning Wish, is a lusciously lit and deeply personal drama about a choreographer considering a gender-reassignment surgery. The film also explores insights into how gender expression can affect families.
- DirectorRituparno GhoshStarsShakuntala BaruaNirmal Kumar ChakrabortyChandniOn her way home the newly wed Romita is molested by five men. The only one who has the courage to help is the young female teacher Jhinuk. Because of that she becomes a heroine and is on all papers' front page. But the page is turning: As not only the police but also neighbours begin to ask embarrassing questions the two women are eventually intimidated and the five man are getting free with the help of corruption and male domination.
- DirectorKonkona Sen SharmaStarsKalki KoechlinVikrant MasseyGulshan DevaiahLife for a shy young Indian student slowly falls to pieces during a family road trip.
- DirectorTapan SinhaStarsShabana AzmiPankaj KapurIrrfan KhanAfter years of painstaking research at the cost of his domestic pleasure, Dr. Dipankar Roy discovers a vaccine for leprosy. The news is flashed over television and overnight, an insignificant junior doctor receives international recognition. Professional jealousy and abuse of power threaten Dr. Roy, even as the Secretary of Health reprimands him for breaking the news to the press. He is asked to report to the Director of Health. Professional colleagues Dr. Arijit Sen and Dr. Ramananda invite him to a lecture but it is merely a pretence to humiliate him. Dr. Roy suffers a mild heart attack but he refuses to go to the hospital. His wife and few others like Dr. Kundu stand by Dr. Roy, but the harassment continues; a letter from an American foundation is suppressed and Dr. Roy transferred to a remote village. The last straw is two American doctors receiving credit for discovering the same vaccine. Dr. Roy is shattered.
- DirectorPrashant NairStarsVictor BanerjeeSiddharth BhardwajSidharth BhardwajWhen the money of an idealistic British traveler disappears in a nouveau-riche Delhi household, the staff are given twenty-four hours to replace it or face the consequences. Delhi In A Day is a darkly comedic portrayal of upper-class Delhi society, examining how the haves and the have-nots coexist in the context of the contemporary nouveau-riche Delhi home.
- DirectorNagesh KukunoorStarsHetal GadaKrrish ChhabriaVipin SharmaBelieving actor and goodwill ambassador Shah Rukh Khan can help her brother get an operation to restore his sight, a 10-year old girl takes her blind 8-year old brother on a trek across Rajasthan in search of the superstar.
- DirectorKiran RaoStarsPrateik Patil BabbarMonica DograKriti MalhotraThe lives of four people intersect in Mumbai: a washer-man who wants to become an actor, a banker-turned-photographer, a painter looking for inspiration, and a newly-married immigrant who journals her experiences on home video.
- DirectorFarhan AkhtarStarsAamir KhanSaif Ali KhanAkshaye KhannaThree inseparable childhood friends are just out of college. Nothing comes between them - until they each fall in love, and their wildly different approaches to relationships creates tension.
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsSoumitra ChatterjeeBobitaSandhya RoyAs food shortages reach catastrophic proportions, Gangacharan attempts to preserve his privileged situation while his generous wife Ananga conversely tries to help and support the community.
- DirectorSharat KatariyaStarsAyushmann KhurranaBhumi PednekarSheeba ChaddhaPrem and his oversized wife Sandhya are supposed to spend a lifetime together. Will a regular arranged marriage turn out to be a perfect mismatch?
- DirectorKalpana LajmiStarsShabana AzmiNaseeruddin ShahFarooq ShaikhAn adultery drama in which a young woman, ignored by her husband, decides to spend time with the young man who had previously wooed her.
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsSoumitra ChatterjeeUtpal DuttSantosh DuttaThis is the second film about the detective Feluda (Soumitra Chatterjee) set in the holy city of Benares, where he (along with his cousin, Topshe and friend, Lalmohan Ganguly) goes for a holiday. But the theft of a priceless deity of Lord Ganesh (the Elephant God) from a local household forces him to start investigation. Feluda comes in direct confrontation with Maganlal Meghraj (Utpal Dutt), a ruthless trader. Maganlal makes the mild-mannered Lalmohan a knife-thrower's target and threatens Felu to stop investigation. But there are several other suspects as an innocent artisan is brutally murdered, a shady 'holy man' holds court on the banks of the Ganges and an adventure-loving little boy (and his grand-father), brought up on crime thrillers. The climax is a shoot-out on the Ganges, followed by the unraveling of the mystery.
- DirectorAniruddha Roy ChowdhuryStarsRahul BoseAparna SenRadhika ApteAbhik loses faith in the people around him and develops an online relationship with Brinda, a young woman who works as a journalist.
- DirectorAvinash ArunStarsAmruta SubhashDevadhar ArchitParth BhaleraoA 11-year-old Indian boy who has just lost his father is forced to adapt to a new school in a small village. The story is about how he copes up and how life has to move on transforming a young mind into an adult day by day.
- DirectorAshwin SaravananStarsTaapsee PannuVinodhini VaidynathanAnish KuruvillaA nyctophobic woman has to fight her inner demons to stay alive in the game called life.
- DirectorAnurag KashyapStarsManoj BajpayeeNawazuddin SiddiquiTigmanshu DhuliaA clash between Sultan and Shahid Khan leads to the expulsion of Khan from Wasseypur, and ignites a deadly blood feud spanning three generations.
- DirectorTapan SinhaStarsManoj MitraDipankar DeyNirmal Kumar ChakrabortyInheriting a dry patch of land, Bancharam converts it into a fabulous garden.
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsSharmila TagoreSoumitra ChatterjeeChhabi BiswasA young woman is deemed a goddess when her father-in-law, a rich feudal land-lord, has a dream envisioning her as an avatar of Kali.
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsSoumitra ChatterjeeSantanu BagchiAjoy BanerjeeA young boy becomes a target for crooks, after he claims to remember his past life and mentions precious jewels in a golden fortress.
- DirectorAnurag KashyapStarsKay Kay MenonRaj Singh ChaudharyRaja ChaudharyA law student witnesses deception, homicide, and crime after being elected as General Secretary of his college.
- DirectorShanker RamanStarsAkshay OberoiPankaj TripathiAamir BashirBased on true event this story revolves around kidnapping of Preeto which family has come to know from midnight call. The tales revolves as to how they family will be able to track Preeto..
- DirectorTigmanshu DhuliaStarsJimmy ShergillHrishitaa BhattIrrfan KhanAniruddh, a law-abiding college student, in love with Niharika, gets caught up in college politics and crime and must fight it out for himself when his friend becomes his foe.
- DirectorVishal BhardwajStarsShahid KapoorTabuShraddha KapoorA young man returns to Kashmir after his father's disappearance to confront his uncle, whom he suspects of playing a role in his father's fate.
- DirectorAijaz KhanStarsTalha Arshad ReshiVikas KumarRasika DugalEight year-old Hamid learns that 786 is God's number and decides to try and reach out to God, by dialing this number. He wants to talk to his father, who his mother tells him has gone to Allah. One fine day the phone call is answered.
- DirectorShlok SharmaJatinkumar Jagdishbhai PatelStarsNawazuddin SiddiquiShweta TripathiTrimala AdhikariA selfish, manipulative schoolteacher takes advantage of a schoolgirl's vulnerability to gratify his dark, narcissistic desires.
- DirectorAbhishek ShahStarsShraddha DangarJayesh MoreTejal PanchasaraA group of suppressed women from a village in Gujarat find someone in the desert and their lives are changed forever.
- DirectorSaket ChaudharyStarsIrrfan KhanSaba QamarDishita SehgalA couple from Chandni Chowk aspire to give their daughter the best education and thus be a part of and accepted by the elite of Delhi.
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsTapan ChatterjeeRabi GhoshUtpal DuttThe musical duo of Goopi and Bagha make a comeback when they are invited to play for a king.
- DirectorRituparno GhoshStarsVasant ChoudhuryGyanesh MukherjeeSunil MukherjeeGandharva Kumar reveals a long-forgotten secret wherein he claims to be heir to the family property to Ratanlal Babu.
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsCharuprakash GhoshRabi GhoshPrasad MukherjeeA devout Hindu family falls victim to a charlatan posing as a holy man.
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsSoumitra ChatterjeeVictor BanerjeeSwatilekha SenguptaWhen the movie opens, a woman is recalling the events that molded her perspective on the world. Years ago, her husband, a wealthy Western-educated landowner, challenged tradition by providing her with schooling, and inviting her out of the seclusion in which married women were kept, to the consternation of more conservative relatives. Meeting her husband's visiting friend from college, a leader of an economic rebellion against the British, she takes up his political cause, despite her husbands warnings. As the story progresses, the relationship between the woman and the visitor becomes more than platonic, and the political battles, pitting rich against poor and Hindu against Moslem, turn out not to be quite as simple as she had first thought.
- DirectorBornila ChatterjeeStarsNaseeruddin ShahTisca ChopraNeeraj KabiAn adaptation of William Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus set in contemporary New Delhi. The Hungry is a contemporary retelling of Shakespearian tragedy Titus Andronicus, set in the extravagant surroundings of an Indian wedding whilst exploring the role of the patriarch and corruption in Indian politics and big business.
- DirectorAparna SenStarsKonkona Sen SharmaAnjan DuttRajat KapoorAn award-winning aging actress reflects on her life while writing a suicide note.
- DirectorSrijit MukherjiStarsPrasenjit ChatterjeeJisshu SenguptaSwastika MukherjeeThe life and notable works of Anthony Firingee, a 19th-century Bengali-language folk-poet of Portuguese origin. The time frame of the storyline jumps between two different time periods: the 19th century and the present day.
- DirectorLijo Jose PellisseryStarsAntony VargheseChemban Vinod JoseSabumon AbdusamadA portrait of a remote village where a buffalo escapes and causes a frenzy of ecstatic violence.
- DirectorAparna SenStarsRahul BoseChigusa TakakuRaima SenPen pals decide to get married and carry on a long-term relationship.
- DirectorKaushik GangulyStarsDaminee Benny BasuSreya BhattacharyaRitwick ChakrabortyThe plot revolves around the conflict between two sons whose lives are poles apart after their father demised in a sudden accident.
- DirectorSujoy GhoshStarsVidya BalanParambrata ChattopadhyayIndraneil SenguptaA pregnant woman's search for her missing husband takes her from London to Kolkata, but everyone she questions denies having ever met him.
- DirectorLokesh KanagarajStarsKarthiNarainArjun DasDilli, an ex-convict, endeavours to meet his daughter for the first time after leaving prison. However, his attempts are interrupted due to a drug raid planned by Inspector Bejoy.
- DirectorMadhureeta AnandMadhureeta AnandStarsMeenu HoodaRidhima SudKuldeep RuhilSet in the present times against two backdrops, New Delhi with its shining buildings and apparent cosmopolitan veneer, thinly veils an underbelly of crimes against women and corruption at all levels. And a small village just 80 kilometers from New Delhi that is stuck in a time warp. Kajarya a woman in her early thirties has a strange but important place in the village social structure; she murders unwanted girl infants in the garb of religion. Meera is a rookie reporter. She breezes into the village and the villagers feed her the story of Kajarya being a demonic baby killer. The story is juicy and one sided. Meera gets the front page of the newspaper. Kajarya goes to jail.