31 July, 2017

La padrona è servita (1976)

AKA:
Die Herrenreiterin >> German
The Mistress is served >> English
The Boss is served >> English
Madam is served >> English

Synopsis:
As the movie begins, a bankrupt Italian count has just committed suicide. One of his creditors has taken over the family villa, but he allows the widow, the mother, and the three adult sisters to stay on. The creditor is a wealthy businessman, but also basically an uncouth peasant (who fancies himself an opera singer). Still, the dimwitted, sex-crazed sisters try to seduce both him and his shy, virginal son who accompanies him. But both men end up falling in love with the voluptuous widow (Senta Berger) creating a kind of incestuous love triangle.

Starring:
Senta Berger
Maurizio Arena
Bruno Zanin

Director: Mario Lanfranchi

29 July, 2017

Coronación (1976)

AKA:
Coronation

Synopsis:
The traumatic story of an old bourgueoise in Mexico City, his relationship with his crazy grandmother, his sexually troubled past and his sick crush on the young and beautiful maid of the house.

Starring:
Ernesto Alonso
Carmen Montejo
Sergio Jiménez

Director: Sergio Olhovich

It Happened One Night (1934)

AKA:
Es geschah in einer Nacht >> German

Synopsis:
Ellie Andrews has just tied the knot with society aviator King Westley when she is whisked away to her father's yacht and out of King's clutches. Ellie jumps ship and eventually winds up on a bus headed back to her husband. Reluctantly she must accept the help of out-of- work reporter Peter Warne. Actually, Warne doesn't give her any choice: either she sticks with him until he gets her back to her husband, or he'll blow the whistle on Ellie to her father. Either way, Peter gets what (he thinks!) he wants .... a really juicy newspaper story.

Starring:Clark Gable
Claudette Colbert
Walter Connolly

Director: Frank Capra

Chetna (1970)

Synopsis:
A shy and reclusive young man, Anil Dhawan, gets to meet a prostitute, Seema, through his friends, Ramesh. Anil is very shy at the very first meeting with Seema, and then starts to cultivate a friendship with her. She responds also, and both fall in love. Anil proposes marriage, and Seema is delighted to accept. Anil has to go out of town for a four or five days. When he returns, he finds Seema has taken up drinking alcohol and smoking in a big way, and appears despondent, and non-chalant, making him wonder what had happened during his absence to make her regress in this manner.

 Starring:
Anil Dhawan
Shatrughan Sinha
Rehana Sultan

Director: B.R. Ishara

27 July, 2017

Singh Is Bliing (2015)

Synopsis:
Raftaar Singh (Akshay) spends his days whiling his time away dancing and jumping through fire hula-hoops at fairs in Bassi Pathana in Punjab. While his father (Yograj Singh) is tired of his ways, his mother (Rati Agnihotri) caters to his appetite with home-cooked jalebis, before the former asks Raftaar to choose a path for himself. Either get married to a certain Sweety, or move to Goa and work under his father's friend. Considering the first option unimaginable, Raftaar chooses the second.
 
Starring:
Akshay Kumar
Amy Jackson
Lara Dutta

Director: Prabhudheva

22 July, 2017

Chumbak: A House Wife's Dilemma (2017)

Starring:
Swanand Kirkire
Sangram Desai
Sahil Jadhav

Director: Sandeep Modi

Hindi Medium (2017)

Synopsis:
A couple from Chandni Chowk aspire to give their daughter the best education and thus be a part of and accepted by the elite of Delhi.

Starring:
Irrfan Khan
Deepak Dobriyal
Saba Qamar

Director: Saket Chaudhary

21 July, 2017

Parzania (2005)

Synopsis:
A parsi family struggles to find thier son in a genocide carried out by vested interests outfits during 2002, commonly known as Gujarat riots, where more than 2000 Muslims died in the Indian state of Gujarat.

Starring:
Naseeruddin Shah
Corin Nemec
Sarika

Director: Rahul Dholakia

Shorts (2013)

About:
A compilation of five short films.

Starring:
Satyakam Anand
Aparajit Bhattacharjee
Richa Chadha

Directors: Neeraj Ghaywan, Vasan Bala, Anubhuti Kashyap, Shlok Sharma and Gitanjali Rao

Justine: In the Heat of Passion (1996)

Starring:
Daneen Boone
Timothy Di Pri
Kimberly Rowe

Director: David Cove

Dekh Bhai Dekh: Laughter Behind Darkness (2009)

Synopsis:
Seemingly naive village belle, Babli, who lives with her dad, Lala, and step-mother, conspires with her boyfriend, Shyam, to steal a Murthy of Bhagwan Shri Kishan from her estranged in-laws who had humiliated her. Shyam reluctantly agrees to assist her as he needs Rs.3 Lakhs to bribe a officer in order to find employment. They decide to involve local impoverished politician, Mayalal Yadav, who needs Rs.4 Lakhs to contribute to his political party, get a ticket to stand for elections as well as get his daughter married. They then involve an experienced alcoholic thief, Charan, to assist them. The four carry out the robbery from a Kishan Mandir and decide to travel to Delhi by the first train. They miss the train and end up in a mansion whose sole occupant is a woman named Amaa. The latter hesitantly agrees to let them sleepover for the night and even gives them something to eat. Mayalal is still hungry and wants more and asks Babli to approach Amaa - and it is this decision that will...

Starring:
Gracy Singh
Siddharth Koirala
Raghuvir Yadav

Director: Rahat Kazmi

Dus Tola (2010)

Synopsis:
Inspired by the folk tales passed on from one generation to another, 'Dus Tola' is a simply told story of victory of goodness over greed. The story is set in Sonapur, a quaint little town that has its share of eccentrics. Shankar (Manoj Bajpayee), the local goldsmith, is head-over-heels in love with his neighbor's daughter Suvarnalata (Aarti Chhabria) much to the chagrin of her father Daya Shastri (Dilip Prabahvalkar). Shastri is bent upon finding her a suitable groom from Dubai and cover her with gold at the wedding, which will help him climb up the social ladder. Armed with nothing but a heart of pure gold, Shankar sets out to overcome the obstacles of devious plots and heartache. 'Dus Tola', a slice-of-life tale which mirrors our society, and is light-hearted in its narrative.

Starring:
Manoj Bajpayee
Aarti Chhabria
Dilip Prabhavalkar

Director: Ajay Varma (as Ajoy)

Red Rose (2016)

Starring:
Kamini
Rahul Somanna
M. J. Pruthvi
Panchami

Director: Rajesh Murthy

14+ (2015)

AKA:
German  >> 14+ Erste Liebesgeschichte
French >> 14 ans premier amour
English >> 14 plus (First Love)


Synopsis:
Alex becomes infatuated with Vika without her knowing. What happens when he plucks up the courage to show his feelings?

Starring:
Gleb Kalyuzhny
Ulyana Vaskovich
Olga Ozollapinya

Director: Andrey Zaytsev

Blacklily (2017)

Starring:
Vijaya Palav
Santosh Panchal
Dheeraj Karandekar
Sachin Madhav
Ria Kannade

Director: Mahesh P. More

Anaarkali of Aarah (2017)

Synopsis:
Anaarkali (Swara Bhaskar) is an orchestra singer in South Bihar's Arrah. She is poor, sings double meaning lyrics and is treated as a sex worker. Dharmendra Chauhan (Sanjay Mishra), the Vice Chancellor of a prestigious university, is one of her many admirers. He molests Anaarkali in an inebriated state during a show and a war breaks out between the two. While Anaarkali wants justice for her ordeal, the system thinks it's the most natural accident that somebody like Anaarkali could meet.

Starring:
Swara Bhaskar
Sanjay Mishra
Mayur More

Director: Avinash Das

Unfreedom (2014)

Synopsis:
It is an urgent contemporary thriller about a society torn apart by political, religious, and sexual turmoil. Shifting between New York and New Delhi, the film juxtaposes two powerful and unflinching stories about religious fundamentalism and intolerance, one of which follows a Muslim terrorist attempting to silence a liberal Muslim scholar, while the other is about a young woman who defies her devout father and escapes an arranged marriage because she is secretly embroiled in a taboo lesbian romance. In this searing portrait of the polarized world we live in, all four characters go to their absolute limit-and beyond-in their struggle to defend their deeply-held and conflicting viewpoints on freedom, faith, family and love.

Starring:
Victor Banerjee
Adil Hussain
Bhanu Uday

Director: Raj Amit Kumar

Kaun Kitne Paani Mein (2015)

Synopsis:
The film wryly expresses the changes in hierarchy, caste and the power equation when water, the most important resource, vanishes and how the oppressed become the oppressors. The story is told through two villages which were split based on caste and money but never through water. In the current situation, through reversals of fortune, the old world order has been broken and water becomes the biggest game changer. It has a domino effect on everything from social order to economics, even love and marriage. The film takes a satirical look at respect for resources, caste divides, and rural life against the backdrop of a traditional love story but all set in a realm where water is the new currency. 

Starring:
Kunal Kapoor
Radhika Apte
Saurabh Shukla

Director: Nila Madhab Panda

18 July, 2017

Klip (2012)

AKA:
Clip

Synopsis:
Jasna is a teenage girl living in the poor suburbs in the south of Belgrade, Serbia. She likes to record everything around her using a mobile phone camera. She is making videos of herself, her school friends, family and Djole - the boy of her dreams. Her family is a mess: father is terminally ill and mother is barely coping. That's why she is spending more and more time hanging out with her school friends, partying and drinking. At one of the parties, she finally starts a conversation with Djole and later they develop an intense sexual relationship. When he realizes that she will do anything to be close to him, Djole starts using her as a sexual object. Jasna starts to experiment with drugs and to skip school. Her life is getting out of control and she needs Djole to accept and reciprocate her affections.

Starring:
Isidora Simijonovic
Vukasin Jasnic
Sanja Mikitisin

Director: Maja Milos