New Documentaries/Films/ added in Digital Archive’s Collection:
Animated film
1. Raju and I: A film on child rights
Gayatri Rao (Director)
This animation film examines the problems of underprivileged children, from the point of view of a 12 year old child. Through the narrative, the film focuses on highlighting the rights of the child mainly that of the right to education.
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Civil Disorder
2. Hazaar chaurasi ki maa
Govind Nihalani (Director)
This much acclaimed film is a narrate of Sujata Chatterji’s (Jaya Bhaduri) discovery of her son’s (Brati Chatterji played by Joy Sengupta) life. Made in the backdrop of the Naxalite uprising in Bengal’s Naxalbari, the film mostly deals with Sujata’s quest for understanding her deceased son’s ideologies and outlook to life. Starting off with a mere corpse number ’1084’ (which lends the film its name), she establishes her son’s true identity, despite the social barriers surrounding her.
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3. Road to Ladakh
Ashvin Kumar (Director)
Road To Ladakh is a suspenseful tale of falling in love with the wrong kind of mysterious stranger near the borders of India and Pakistan. A road-movie that drew the talents of multi-national European crew…overly ambitious Himalayan adventure so fraught with disasters that it nearly didn’t get finished; as documented in The Making Of Road To Ladakh.
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4. Little terrorist
Ashvin Kumar (Director)
Jamal, a 12 year old Muslim Pakistani mistakenly crosses the border between India and Pakistan, finding an unusual ally in a Hindu Brahmin, Bhola. Indian soldiers descend on Bhola’s village searching for the ‘terrorist’ who crossed over. His neice Rani, insists they can’t let a Muslim into their Hindu home. With Bhola and Rani grappling with the consequences of harboring a Pakistani and their deep-set prejudice against Muslims, Jamal’s only hope is the humanity shared by a people separated by artificial boundaries a long time ago.
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General feature films
5. Aarakshan
Prakash Jha (Director)
Aarakshan is the story of Prabhakar Anand (Amitabh Bachchan), the legendary idealistic principal of a college that he has single-handedly turned into the state’s best. It is the story of his loyal disciple, Deepak Kumar (Saif Ali Khan) who will do anything for his Sir. Of Deepak’s love for Prabhakar’s daughter, Poorbi (Deepika Padukone), of his friendship with Sushant (Prateik). It is the story of their love, their lively friendship, their zest for life, and of their dreams for the future.
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6. Abhimaan
Hrishikesh Mukherjee (Director)
Bombay-based famous pop-singer, Subir Kumar, is thronged by female fans everywhere, some even proposing marriage. But Subir is not certain that marriage is for him, until he meets Uma, while on a visit to see his Durga Mausi. He and Uma are soon married. Upon his return to Bombay, he announces that Uma and he will sing songs together and he soon realizes that Uma has stolen his popularity, and is much more sought for than he himself.
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Political process
7. Gandhi to Hitler
Rakesh Ranjan Kumar (Director)
‘Gandhi to Hitler’ is the movie that attempts to link two disparate leaders by letters they exchange. The story is ideally about the last days of Adolf Hitler, which he spends hiding in a bunker in Berlin while the Allied Forces close in.
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Performing arts
8. Balgandharva
Ravindra Harishchandra Jadhav (Director)
‘Balgandharva’ is the never-before-told, musical biographical drama of Indian theater legend Narayan Rajhans alias ‘Balgandharva’ (1888 – 1967). Born in a poor town in Pune, Maharashtra, He was famous for his roles of female characters in Marathi plays, since women were not allowed to act on stage during his time.
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