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In the spotlight
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Roughbook
The film describes the problems of the Indian educational system, impeding opportunities for growth, and what they believe to be teachers' typical demand and supply mentality towards education
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Mehsampur
Devrath arrives in Punjab to research for a film on the folk-singing duo Chamkila & Amarjot, The two were killed by Separatists in Mehsampur village in 1988. Devrath’s meeting with Chamkila’s associates don’t go as planned. After he finds a film crew shooting Chamkila’s biopic, Devrath gets desperate.Lal, Chamkila’s dholak player and a survivor of the massacre, begrudgingly agrees to accompany him to the village where Chamkila was assassinated – Mehsampur. Back at his hotel bar Devrath rescues an actress from local lechers and they end up in his room. The morning after she accuses him of rape and wants to be dropped home. But he doesn’t let her out of the car, forcing her to read his script. He picks up Lal and sets off to the cursed village of Mehsampur…
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Most Beautiful Island
Most Beautiful Island is a chilling portrait of an undocumented young woman's struggle for survival as she finds redemption from a tortured past in a dangerous game.
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Chuskit
Sprightly Chuskit’s dream of going to school is cut short when she is rendered a paraplegic after an accident. She’s confined to life indoors in the company of her strict grandfather, Dorje. Chuskit continues to harbor hopes of school but Dorje tries to make her understand that school can’t handle her needs. As life at home gets harder forChuskit, she fights more fiercely and as a result comes dangerously close to being sent to a nunnery. Seeing that she could loose her family, Chuskit decides to give up and accept her fate. Witnessing Chuskit become a pale shadow of herself, Dorje realizes that she is just like him -- wanting nothing more than leading a full life surrounded by family. He becomes her ally and the two hatch a plan to bring the village together and help her get to school.
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Lady of the Lake ( Loktak Lairembee)
A fishing community living on floating biomass in Loktak Lake in Manipur, North Eastern state in India. They were ousted from their houses by government intervention in 2011. Their houses were destroyed and destitute villagers were forcibly relocated.
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The Narrow Path (Ottayaal Paatha)
A poet has been contemplating about a very important life decision since the last two months. He has to choose between the city that has given him everything and the love of his life.
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Mango Dreams
A Hindu doctor with dementia and a Muslim auto rickshaw driver form an unlikely friendship as they cross India in search of the doctor's childhood home.
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Life Of An Outcast
Director Rahul Jain presents an intimate, observantly portrayal of the rhythm of life and work in a gigantic textile factory in Gujarat, India.
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Nathicharami
Today India is a prosperous and progressive nation, yet our society has many taboos related to the subject of sex and carnival desire. Even the free use of the word 'sex' is considered a sin in itself. We have advanced technologically, the world is accessible on our fingertips and everything around us is out in the 'open'. Along with our progress, a 'conventional frame' is also inherent alongside, since times immemorial. These intrinsic factors are controlling human actions rather than the ones that are exterior in nature. This is not only prevalent in villages or towns, but even the large metropolitan cities that have been brewing and imposing restrictions upon our society. This film is woven around the female protagonist whose personal life and hence her overall being is stuck within such a framework.
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Jonaki
While Jonaki, an 80-year-old woman, searches for love in a strange world of decaying memories, her lover, now old and grey, returns to a world she is leaving behind.
Schedule
- 15th October
Program Language View Details Roughbook Hindi
Roughbook
The film describes the problems of the Indian educational system, impeding opportunities for growth, and what they believe to be teachers' typical demand and supply mentality towards education
Aishwarya Ki Behen Hindi Aishwarya Ki Behen
Aishwarya, 9, eagerly awaits her sibling. But when she and her pregnant mother shift to a young couple’s posh apartment, she realizes a repeat of event which led to a miscarriage last time.
Chuskit Ladakhi
Chuskit
Sprightly Chuskit’s dream of going to school is cut short when she is rendered a paraplegic after an accident. She’s confined to life indoors in the company of her strict grandfather, Dorje. Chuskit continues to harbor hopes of school but Dorje tries to make her understand that school can’t handle her needs. As life at home gets harder forChuskit, she fights more fiercely and as a result comes dangerously close to being sent to a nunnery. Seeing that she could loose her family, Chuskit decides to give up and accept her fate. Witnessing Chuskit become a pale shadow of herself, Dorje realizes that she is just like him -- wanting nothing more than leading a full life surrounded by family. He becomes her ally and the two hatch a plan to bring the village together and help her get to school.
Sheher Ya Tum Hindi 
Sheher Ya Tum
A poet has been contemplating about a very important life decision since the last two months. He has to choose between the city that has given him everything and the love of his life.
Delhi in a Day Hindi, English Delhi in a Day
When 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.”
Yadav Ji Hindi 
Yadav Ji
Yadav ji, is from Banaras. He came to Mumbai when we was 18 to become a taxi driver. He resolved that he wouldn’t return home unless he made something of himself. This is a humble story of a man in search of a living, his journey in finding joy in hardship and making friends with struggle all in a day’s work.
Jonaki Bengali
Jonaki
While Jonaki, an 80-year-old woman, searches for love in a strange world of decaying memories, her lover, now old and grey, returns to a world she is leaving behind.
- 16th October
Program Language View Details Delhi in a Day Hindi, English Delhi in a Day
When 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.”
Aishwarya Ki Behen Hindi Aishwarya Ki Behen
Aishwarya, 9, eagerly awaits her sibling. But when she and her pregnant mother shift to a young couple’s posh apartment, she realizes a repeat of event which led to a miscarriage last time.
Lady of the Lake ( Loktak Lairembee) Manipuri
Lady of the Lake ( Loktak Lairembee)
A fishing community living on floating biomass in Loktak Lake in Manipur, North Eastern state in India. They were ousted from their houses by government intervention in 2011. Their houses were destroyed and destitute villagers were forcibly relocated.
Sheher Ya Tum Hindi 
Sheher Ya Tum
A poet has been contemplating about a very important life decision since the last two months. He has to choose between the city that has given him everything and the love of his life.
Chuskit Ladakhi 
Chuskit
Sprightly Chuskit’s dream of going to school is cut short when she is rendered a paraplegic after an accident. She’s confined to life indoors in the company of her strict grandfather, Dorje. Chuskit continues to harbor hopes of school but Dorje tries to make her understand that school can’t handle her needs. As life at home gets harder forChuskit, she fights more fiercely and as a result comes dangerously close to being sent to a nunnery. Seeing that she could loose her family, Chuskit decides to give up and accept her fate. Witnessing Chuskit become a pale shadow of herself, Dorje realizes that she is just like him -- wanting nothing more than leading a full life surrounded by family. He becomes her ally and the two hatch a plan to bring the village together and help her get to school.
Yadav Ji Hindi 
Yadav Ji
Yadav ji, is from Banaras. He came to Mumbai when we was 18 to become a taxi driver. He resolved that he wouldn’t return home unless he made something of himself. This is a humble story of a man in search of a living, his journey in finding joy in hardship and making friends with struggle all in a day’s work.
Jonaki Bengali 
Jonaki
While Jonaki, an 80-year-old woman, searches for love in a strange world of decaying memories, her lover, now old and grey, returns to a world she is leaving behind.
- 17th October
Program Language View Details Roughbook Hindi 
Roughbook
The film describes the problems of the Indian educational system, impeding opportunities for growth, and what they believe to be teachers' typical demand and supply mentality towards education
Sheher Ya Tum Hindi 
Sheher Ya Tum
A poet has been contemplating about a very important life decision since the last two months. He has to choose between the city that has given him everything and the love of his life.
Chuskit Ladakhi 
Chuskit
Sprightly Chuskit’s dream of going to school is cut short when she is rendered a paraplegic after an accident. She’s confined to life indoors in the company of her strict grandfather, Dorje. Chuskit continues to harbor hopes of school but Dorje tries to make her understand that school can’t handle her needs. As life at home gets harder forChuskit, she fights more fiercely and as a result comes dangerously close to being sent to a nunnery. Seeing that she could loose her family, Chuskit decides to give up and accept her fate. Witnessing Chuskit become a pale shadow of herself, Dorje realizes that she is just like him -- wanting nothing more than leading a full life surrounded by family. He becomes her ally and the two hatch a plan to bring the village together and help her get to school.
Yadav Ji Hindi 
Yadav Ji
Yadav ji, is from Banaras. He came to Mumbai when we was 18 to become a taxi driver. He resolved that he wouldn’t return home unless he made something of himself. This is a humble story of a man in search of a living, his journey in finding joy in hardship and making friends with struggle all in a day’s work.
Pyaasa Hindi Pyaasa
A struggling poet, Vijay, tries to get his work published but faces constant rejection. However, he gets unexpected assistance from Gulabo, a prostitute who falls in love with him and his work.
Aishwarya Ki Behen Hindi Aishwarya Ki Behen
Aishwarya, 9, eagerly awaits her sibling. But when she and her pregnant mother shift to a young couple’s posh apartment, she realizes a repeat of event which led to a miscarriage last time.
Delhi in a Day Hindi, English Delhi in a Day
When 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.”
- 18th October
Program Language View Details Bilathikuzhal Malayalam Bilathikuzhal
Kunhambu, fantasised chindan muthapan his neighbor as a legendary hero from the tales told by his grandmother and friends. Sometimes chindan muttapan appeared magically in his dreams slicing the darkness and rescuing him from the nightmares. Chindan Muthapan also taught how to clean and use the English barrel. As a mandatory procedure before elections, Kunhambu submits his English barrel in his areas police station. When his area is divided into two zones, so does the police station and his life takes a different turn.
Aishwarya Ki Behen Hindi Aishwarya Ki Behen
Aishwarya, 9, eagerly awaits her sibling. But when she and her pregnant mother shift to a young couple’s posh apartment, she realizes a repeat of event which led to a miscarriage last time.
Lambs Do bigha Zamin Lambs
A zamindar threatens to seize two acres of land owned by a humble family if they fail to repay their debts. The father of the family then works as a rickshaw puller in Kolkata to earn money.
Sheher Ya Tum Hindi 
Sheher Ya Tum
A poet has been contemplating about a very important life decision since the last two months. He has to choose between the city that has given him everything and the love of his life.
Delhi in a Day Hindi, English Delhi in a Day
When 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.”
Yadav Ji Hindi 
Yadav Ji
Yadav ji, is from Banaras. He came to Mumbai when we was 18 to become a taxi driver. He resolved that he wouldn’t return home unless he made something of himself. This is a humble story of a man in search of a living, his journey in finding joy in hardship and making friends with struggle all in a day’s work.
Jonaki Bengali 
Jonaki
While Jonaki, an 80-year-old woman, searches for love in a strange world of decaying memories, her lover, now old and grey, returns to a world she is leaving behind.
- 19th October
Program Language View Details Lady of the Lake ( Loktak Lairembee) Manipuri 
Lady of the Lake ( Loktak Lairembee)
A fishing community living on floating biomass in Loktak Lake in Manipur, North Eastern state in India. They were ousted from their houses by government intervention in 2011. Their houses were destroyed and destitute villagers were forcibly relocate
Yadav Ji Hindi 
Yadav Ji
Yadav ji, is from Banaras. He came to Mumbai when we was 18 to become a taxi driver. He resolved that he wouldn’t return home unless he made something of himself. This is a humble story of a man in search of a living, his journey in finding joy in hardship and making friends with struggle all in a day’s work.
The Narrow Path (Ottayaal Paatha) Malayalam
The Narrow Path (Ottayaal Paatha)
A poet has been contemplating about a very important life decision since the last two months. He has to choose between the city that has given him everything and the love of his life.
Aishwarya Ki Behen Hindi Aishwarya Ki Behen
Aishwarya, 9, eagerly awaits her sibling. But when she and her pregnant mother shift to a young couple’s posh apartment, she realizes a repeat of event which led to a miscarriage last time.
Delhi in a Day Hindi, English Delhi in a Day
When 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.”
Sheher Ya Tum Hindi Sheher Ya Tum
A poet has been contemplating about a very important life decision since the last two months. He has to choose between the city that has given him everything and the love of his life.
Roughbook Hindi 
Roughbook
The film describes the problems of the Indian educational system, impeding opportunities for growth, and what they believe to be teachers' typical demand and supply mentality towards education
Pyaasa Hindi Pyaasa
A struggling poet, Vijay, tries to get his work published but faces constant rejection. However, he gets unexpected assistance from Gulabo, a prostitute who falls in love with him and his work.
Chuskit Ladakhi 
Chuskit
Sprightly Chuskit’s dream of going to school is cut short when she is rendered a paraplegic after an accident. She’s confined to life indoors in the company of her strict grandfather, Dorje. Chuskit continues to harbor hopes of school but Dorje tries to make her understand that school can’t handle her needs. As life at home gets harder forChuskit, she fights more fiercely and as a result comes dangerously close to being sent to a nunnery. Seeing that she could loose her family, Chuskit decides to give up and accept her fate. Witnessing Chuskit become a pale shadow of herself, Dorje realizes that she is just like him -- wanting nothing more than leading a full life surrounded by family. He becomes her ally and the two hatch a plan to bring the village together and help her get to school.
- 20th October
Program Language View Details Jonaki Bengali 
Jonaki
While Jonaki, an 80-year-old woman, searches for love in a strange world of decaying memories, her lover, now old and grey, returns to a world she is leaving behind.
Sheher Ya Tum Hindi 
Sheher Ya Tum
A poet has been contemplating about a very important life decision since the last two months. He has to choose between the city that has given him everything and the love of his life.
Delhi in a Day Hindi, English Delhi in a Day
When 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.”
Yadav Ji Hindi 
Yadav Ji
Yadav ji, is from Banaras. He came to Mumbai when we was 18 to become a taxi driver. He resolved that he wouldn’t return home unless he made something of himself. This is a humble story of a man in search of a living, his journey in finding joy in hardship and making friends with struggle all in a day’s work.
Roughbook Hindi 
Roughbook
The film describes the problems of the Indian educational system, impeding opportunities for growth, and what they believe to be teachers' typical demand and supply mentality towards education
Aishwarya Ki Behen Hindi Aishwarya Ki Behen
Aishwarya, 9, eagerly awaits her sibling. But when she and her pregnant mother shift to a young couple’s posh apartment, she realizes a repeat of event which led to a miscarriage last time.
Pyaasa Hindi Pyaasa
A struggling poet, Vijay, tries to get his work published but faces constant rejection. However, he gets unexpected assistance from Gulabo, a prostitute who falls in love with him and his work.