Race
2008A wife goes to her brother-in-law for comfort when her alcoholic husband won’t change his ways. But things are not what they seem at first glance and there are plot twists along the way.
Archives: Movies
Aastha: In the Prison of Spring
1997Aastha: In the Prison of Spring is a story of a lower middle class happy nuclear family. The wife gets involved in prostitution, owing to the not-so-good financial condition of the family. It is the story of the guilt that comes with the money and the cobweb that such a route entails that it’s quite an effort to come out of the profession once one enters it. Mansi and Amar have been married for years, […]
Murder
2004Simran and Sudhir Saigal have been married for several years, and are settled in Bangkok, Thailand. They live a fairly harmonious but busy lives, and have a child, a son. When Sudhir returns unexpectedly, he finds his wife is having an affair with another man. He hires a private detective by the name of Ramanathan, who produces photographic evidence of her affair with a male, whose name is Sunny. Sudhir decides to meet Sunny, and […]
Life in a… Metro
2007The lives of a group of people, who live in Mumbai are told in this tale, which revolves around Rahul – who occupies an apartment owned by his uncle, and lets rich and influential people use it for their personal sexual past-times. An ignored and angry young wife, Shikha falls into the arms of a young man named Akash, who wants to be an actor for Indian movies; then there is Shikha’s sister, Shruti, who […]
Pushpak
1987An unemployed youth dreams of living well. One evening, he finds a drunken industrialist passed out in a gutter, and takes the opportunity to switch places with him. He finds love, intrigue, and the good life in his new home, Pushpak, a hotel where the industrialist was staying. A silent masterpiece.
Maya Memsaab
1993A frustrated housewife whose marriage to an average man does not meet her expectations enters into an affair with a younger man. Of course, there are no easy escapes from reality.
Rustom
2016Rustom Pavri, an honourable officer of the Indian Navy shoots his friend Vikram to death after discovering that his wife Cynthia had an affair with the rich businessman. The Commander surrenders himself to the Police immediately and admits to have killed Vikram but pleads ‘not guilty’ in court. Is he convicted or acquitted?
Silsila
1981Although orphaned at very young ages, Scriptwriter Amit and military pilot Shekhar are brothers and also very good friends. The latter is happily engaged to Shobha, while the former has just fallen in love with pretty, young Chandni. But tragedy strikes when Shekhar’s plane is shot down in Kashmir. Amit feels it to be his obligation to leave the girl he loves and marry his brother’s pregnant fiancée instead. But when, by an unexpected turn, […]