What’s new…(August 2011)

New Documentaries/Films/ added in Digital Archive’s Collection:

 1.        Shyamchi Aai

         Pralhad Keshav Atre (Director)/ 152 minutes/ Marathi

The film is based on the book Shyamchi Aai written by Sane Guruji. The plot revolves around a boy called Shyam and his relationship with his mother. It shares the effect Shyam’s mother has had on Shyam’s life and upbringing, and how he is taught to stick to his ideals and principles, even in the face of poverty.

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2.        Taryanche bait

         Kiran Yagnopavit (Director)/ 101 minutes/ Marathi with English subtitles

The film examines the corrupting influence of the metropolis on the nicest of people and the unhappiness that comes in its wake.

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3.        Charriots of fire

         Hugh Hudson (Director)/ 124 minutes/ English

The true story of two British track athletes competing in the 1924 Summer Olympics. One is a devout Scottish missionary who runs for God, the other is a Jewish student at Cambridge who runs for fame and to escape prejudice.

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4.        Invictus

         Clint Eastwood (Director)/ 128 minutes/ English

Nelson Mandela, in his first term as the South African President, initiates a unique venture to unite the apartheid-torn land: enlist the national rugby team on a mission to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup.

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5.        Goshta choti dongra evadhi

         Nagesh Bhosale (Director)/ Marathi with English subtitles

As rightly indicated through its apt title, the film narrates a tragic tale which throws light on the available working conditions and the present lifestyle of farmers that force them to live in pathetic conditions.

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6.        Kurbaan

         Renzil D’Silva (Director)/ 161 minutes/ Hindi with English subtitles

Delhi University’s Professor Avantika Ahuja meets fellow professor Ehsan Khan in typical Bollywood filmy style, and both fall in love with each other. Her father, who had preferred that she marry a Hindu, reluctantly permits them to get married. They do so, and subsequently re-locate to live in the United States. She finds that her neighbors are terrorists, and her husband is not who he claims to be.

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7.        Khudito Pashan (Hungry stones)

         Tapan Sinha (Director)/ 106 minutes/ Bengali with English subtitles

A classic by every standard, this National Award winning film, originally the story of a tax collector who moves into a haunted mansion in a small town and falls in love with a beautiful ghost.

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8.        Teen Kanya (Three daughters)

         Satyajit Ray (Director) /161 minutes/ Bengali with English subtitles

Teen kanya is based on three of his stories, The postmaster, Monihara and Samapti, and tells the story of a young village girl taught by a city-bred postmaster, a woman’s obession with her jewels and a tomboyish girl who changes after marriage.

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9.        Kabuliwala

         Hemen Gupta (Director)/ 140 minutes/ Hindi with English subtitles

Kabuliwala is a tender story of a widower Afghani Pathan, compelled to leave his daughter in Afghanistan and relocate to India. He misses his daughter and showers his affections on a young girl in his emotional, memorable film that tugs at the heart of the audiences.

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10.    Ghare baire (Home and the world)

          Satyajit Ray (Director)/ 138 minutes/ Bengali with English subtitles

This film is the most telling statements on women’s empowerment. Encouraged by her Bengali noble husband Nikhil, Bimala takes her first step to emancipation, only to fall for the hypocritical, but charismatic nationalist leader Sandip.

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11.    Char adhyay (Four chapters)

          Kumar Shahani (Director)/ 110 minutes/ Hindi with English subtitles

A poignant comment on the adverse effects of nationalism and a nuanced interpretation of Tagore’s novel, Char adhyay is the story of Ela, loved by armed revolutionaries if the Indian freedom movement as a mascot for the country, who questions this blind indoctrination after falling in love with Atin.

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12.    Vertical city

         Avijit Mukul Kishore (Director)/ 34 minutes/ Hindi with English subtitles

The film is a visual essay on the architecture of a dystopia. In the far suburbs of Bombay residents from slum are given free houses in high-rise building complexes with the promise of a better life.

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13.    Amistad

         Steven Spielberg (Director)/ 155 minutes/ English with subtitles

About a 1839 mutiny aboard a slave ship that is traveling towards the northeastern coast of America. Much of the story involves a court-room drama about the free man who led the revolt.

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14.    12 Angry men

         Sidney Lumet (Director)/ 96 minutes/ English with subtitles

A dissenting juror in a murder trial slowly manages to convince the others that the case is not as obviously clear as it seemed in court.

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15.    Food, Inc.

         Robert Kenner (Director)/ 94 minutes/ English

The documentary is an unflattering look inside America’s corporate controlled food industry.

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16.    Frida

         Julie Taymor (Director)/ 123 minutes/ English with subtitles

A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work.

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17.    Gabhricha Paus

         Satish Manwar (Director)/ 95 minutes/ Marathi with English subtitles

The Damned Rain a comedy film is about the life of a farmer Kisna, who is trying to get a good crop in the drought-stricken Vidarbha region, which has been notorious for farmer suicides.

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