#south asian cinema

[therukurals]

Who cares! Him and his bloody moustache and gold chain.

Aavesham (2024) dir Jithu Madhavan

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Devdas (1936) | dir. P. C. Barua

[kindwhispers]

Joyland (2022) dir. Saim Sadiq

[cloudtinn]

Shah Rukh Khan and Juhi Chawla for 'Yes Boss' (1997).

[celluloidrainbow]

मजा मा | MAJA MA (2022) dir. Anand Tiwari Pallavi Patel is the quintessential, middle aged, devoted housewife who is equally famous for her dance as she is for her cooking. Her husband, Manohar Patel, is the chairman of the local society, her daughter Tara is getting her PhD in sexuality and gender identity, and her son Tejas, who lives in America, is about to marry into a rich but very strict family. But when Tejas' future in-laws come to visit, the accidental revelation of Pallavi's 30-year-old secret puts both the marriage and the Patel's reputation in danger.

[kaumudi]

Chandrabati Devi as Chandramukhi and PC Barua playing the titular role in Devdas (1935).

...Barua had taken over, deepened and enriched the Devdas myth; he had lived and died as only Saratchandra and his readers could have imagined. 'Perhaps the whole purpose of your advent in the world of cinema', the novelist himself had said, was 'to give life to my brainchild Devdas.'

[wherestoriescomefrom]

o paapad waale. panga na le

[junglejim4322]

Jalsaghar / The Music Room (1958)

[cinemaaslut]

Manthan: Shyam Benegal's masterpiece is officially a Cannes Classic!

Poster of Manthan by NDFC. Shyam Benegal’s 1976 film Manthan has been restored in 4K resolution to be screened at the 77th Cannes Film Festival in the Classics section, as it happens to be one of the most important films ever made in India. The film is based on a fictitious account of a veterinary physician Dr. Rao who is tasked with the responsibility of starting a Milk Co-operative Society in…

[sleepy-ogre]

Anantaram [1987, dir. Adoor Gopalakrishnan]

Watch the full movie with subtitles here:

[therukurals]

"He wasn't the reason why I came with you when you called me. I came back because I wanted to be with you."

Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil (2024)

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Laapataa Ladies (2023) | dir. Kiran Rao

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Stills from Joyland (2022), dir. Saim Sadiq

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[cloudtinn]

"Sometimes I feel like I have nothing that's my own."

Joyland (2022), dir. Saim Sadiq.

[celluloidrainbow]

68 PAGES (2007) dir. Sridhar Rangayan Professional ethics demand that Mansi, a young counselor, maintain confidentiality, remain objective and avoid emotional attachment with her clients. As a sensitive person, she finds it difficult to remain unaffected. Her true feelings are reflected in 68 pages of her personal diary. Her writing tells the stories of Paayal, a sex worker; Nishit, an intravenous drug user; Kiran, a gay man; and Umrao, a transgender bar dancer, who are marginalized and suffer discrimination both before and after becoming infected with HIV. (link in title)