Synopsis: Farhaz Chowdhury, a top Muslim chef from Dhaka, first falls in love with her cooking and then with Basundhara — a Hindu Brahmin who runs a home catering service in Kolkata. 'Ahaa Re' is a celebration of food, and the love for it. It’s a celebration of the invested emotions and senses that turns cooking into an art form.…
Synopsis: A heartwarming collage of inter-connected love stories, 'Ahare Mon' is a romantic drama that revolves around people who are otherwise forbidden to fall in love. Barun Babu and Charulata Dutta are two members of an old age home who elope and embark on an adventure of a lifetime. Michael Tendulkar and Suzie Q are hustlers who plan and pull…
Synopsis: A beautiful sunrise, a warm cup of tea, a perfectly tuned piano. Rahul finds happiness in the simplest of things. He lives a peaceful life with his close knit kins. A beautiful coincidence adds Keerthi to that circle. A lady who exudes warmth and sunshine. Rahul and Keerthi explore their musical relationship through little inconsequential moments in their day-to-day…
Synopsis: An aspiring actor doubling as an amateur gigolo gets caught up in a sticky situation after accepting a surprise gift from an anonymous client. Anish is desperately trying to make it as an actor but his dire financial situation pushes him to look for an escape, which he finds with an anonymous wealthy client. Called to her place one…
Synopsis: In a rural village in Assam, life for Togor becomes full of strains after she marries Koncheng – a militant who has been constantly on the run. Her stubborn father refuses to acknowledge the marriage, despite constant pleading by her benevolent mother. Although she agrees to the ideology of people’s fight against all injustice, Togor is more worried about…
Synopsis: At a time when scheming Marathi politicians are using violence to rid the state of Maharashtra of Bihari migrants.Bhonsle, an ageing Marathi sub-inspector, has just been retired against his will. He desperately wants an extension of service. But he is dying. Bhonsle is that rare breed of law-man who has more regard for the human condition than the rulebook.…
Synopsis: From the POV of a conservative maternal uncle, who cares deeply for his Tsunami-orphaned niece and nephew, we see his gradual transformation as he accepts his niece's relationship with a woman. The fisherman Singaram works hard to provide for his Tsunami-affected family while trying to arrange a groom for his niece, who rejects the many alliances he brings. At…
Synopsis: 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, her…
Synopsis: Jhalki is a lyrical story of lost childhood, against the powerful backdrop of child slavery and human trafficking. It is a heart-rending but inspiring story of a nine-year old street-smart girl Jhalki, in search of her seven-year old brother Babu, who is suddenly thrown into an inhuman world of child labour with no respite from a terminally gloomy, dark…
Synopsis: Based on the boundary-breaking motorcycle journeys of Zenith Irfan who, at 20 years of age, is the first Pakistani woman to have made a solo motorcycle journey through the northern regions of the country. Rating: TBA Screening Date: 31-Aug-19 Screening Time: 4.20pm Venue: Golden Village (Suntec) 3 Temasek Boulevard #03-373 Suntec City Mall (East Wing, 038983) Screen: 4 Language:…
Synopsis: SINCERELY YOURS, DHAKA is a wild ride through the streets of Bangladesh’s capital. A background actor who’ll do anything to be a star. Two young girls who are dying for a drink in a city where alcohol is illegal. A teenage gangster who’s drunk on power and a sound recordist who finds a dark secret. A bank scam sparks…
Synopsis: On September 24, 2014, India became the first nation to place a spacecraft into Mars’ orbit on the very first try, and they accomplished this feat with a budget that was less than that for the Hollywood space movie Gravity. Space MOMs is an inspiring dramatization of India’s 2014 Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), told through the eyes of women…
Synopsis: The film portrays the layers of lives lived by the people of Old Delhi -- a pickpocket, a snacks vendor, a labourer-activist, and a conductor of Heritage Walks; It's a fictional narrative stitched with truths and dreams of people. Patru, the pickpocket, takes people on a walk to show them the underbelly of the city only to end up…
Synopsis: Karuppasamy, a 64-year old night watchman, lives with his sister Menmozhi and her sons Veera, Mani and Murugan, in a small town in Tamil Nadu. While returning early one morning, Karuppasamy is involved in a hit-and-run accident, and breaks his hip. His taciturn son Senthil decides to take him home to their remote ancestral village, saying that a traditional…
Synopsis: THE LIFT BOY is a coming of age story of a 24-year-old vagabond who is forced to work at a posh building in Mumbai as a Lift Boy when his bread-winning father falls ill. Through this slice of life, feel good story we see the protagonist go through 4 phases- denial, acceptance, evolution & mastery. The film metaphorically expresses…
Synopsis: In a conflict ridden Kashmir, a Muslim half-widow, viz a woman whose husband who has disappeared, finds herself, her 11 year old daughter and ill mother-in-law in a crisis when she attempts to get her missing husband’s death certificate from the government. Now she will have to find the strength to come out from an unthinkable and absurd situation.…
