Not Just Bollywood

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Tikli and Laxmi Bomb (18)

Last session: Sun 30 Sep 2018 at 17.15

This brilliantly nuanced quasi-noir thriller from Aditya Kripalani (adapted from his 2015 novel) depicts the defiant yet tragic...

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Masaan (15)

Last session: Tue 18 Sep 2018 at 17.50

An Indo-French co-production and winner of two prizes at the Cannes Film Festival, director Neeraj Ghaywan’s debut feature...

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Jai Bhim Comrade (18)

Last session: Sun 16 Sep 2018 at 15.10

This extraordinary chronicle and political odyssey of the Dalit (“untouchable”) movement in India is arguably the highpoint to...

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The Hungry (18)

Last session: Sat 15 Sep 2018 at 18.00

This strikingly crafted UK-Indian co-production is a murderous and twisted adaptation of Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus that stages a...

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UK Premiere: Kadvi Hawa (15)

Last session: Thu 13 Sep 2018 at 18.15

A cautionary and instructive work about the devastating impact of climate change on the lives of debt ridden...

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Bandit Queen (18)

Last session: Tue 11 Sep 2018 at 20.15

Based on the life of Phoolan Devi, India’s most feared outlaw, director Shekhar Kapur’s controversial masterwork is a...

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Kothanodi (18)

Last session: Sat 30 Sep 2017 at 18.00

Based on Indian folk tales, this debut feature is an impressive supernatural horror compendium. Focusing on the lives...

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Court (PG)

Last session: Tue 26 Sep 2017 at 17.50

An astonishing directorial debut, this skilfully scripted documentary-style melodrama from Chaityane Tamhane won a major prize at the...

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The Cinema Travellers (12A)

Last session: Sun 24 Sep 2017 at 16.00

One of the most critically-acclaimed documentaries to have come out of India in years, Amit Madheshiya and Shirley...

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Ankhon Dekhi (15)

Last session: Wed 20 Sep 2017 at 18.10

Multi-talented actor, writer and director Rajat Kapoor’s idiosyncratic masterpiece is one of the key works of the new...

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Newton (12A)

Last session: Sat 16 Sep 2017 at 18.15

Having already bagged a major prize at this year’s Berlin Film Festival, Newton stars Rajkumar Rao, one of...

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The Lunchbox (PG)

Last session: Thu 14 Sep 2017 at 18.10

Already a classic of Indian cinema, director Ritesh Batra’s finely tuned love story was an unexpected international success....

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Little Zizou + Q&A... (12A)

Last session: Sun 23 Jul 2017 at 18.10

A wildly original and exuberant comedy about two battling Bombay families.