Not Just Bollywood

Not Just Bollywood presents/ Pakeezah (PG)

Last session: today at 15.20

One of the most extraordinary musical melodramas ever made, Pakeezah is much beloved by audiences for Meena Kumari’s breathtakingly tragic...

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Not Just Bollywood presents Pakeezah + Introduction

Sun 26 Jan 2020

Omar Ahmed, co-curator of Not Just Bollywood, introduces Pakeezah

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Cinema

Waiting (15)

Last session: Wed 2 Oct 2019 at 18.10

Shot in the picturesque coastal city of Kochi, two strangers strike up an unlikely friendship in a hospital...

Namdev Bhau in Search of Silence (12A)

Last session: Sun 29 Sep 2019 at 13.50

The mythical ‘Silent Valley’ is the destination for Namdev Bhau, a sixty-five year-old chauffeur who cannot cope with...

Sir (12A)

Last session: Sat 28 Sep 2019 at 17.00

Set in contemporary Mumbai, writer and director Rohena Gera’s debut film Sir is a sharply crafted urban fairy-tale with...

A Death in the Gunj (15)

Last session: Sun 22 Sep 2019 at 15.50

Life for a shy young Indian student slowly falls to pieces during a family road trip.

Lipstick Under My Burkha (18)

Last session: Sat 21 Sep 2019 at 18.00

Focusing on the lives of four women from a cross section of Indian society, director Alankrita Shrivastava constructs...

The Elements Trilogy: Water (12A)

Last session: Wed 18 Sep 2019 at 18.00

The final part of the Elements trilogy is set in 1938 during a time of growing resistance to British rule...

The Elements Trilogy: Earth (15)

Last session: Sun 15 Sep 2019 at 15.45

A searing adaptation of Bapsi Sidhwa’s novel ‘Cracking India’ (1991) Deepa Mehta’s second part in the Elements trilogy...

The Elements Trilogy: Fire (15)

Last session: Wed 11 Sep 2019 at 18.05

Deepa Mehta’s seminal film is a powerful critique of patriarchy and one of the first Indian films to...

Photograph (15)

Last session: Thu 8 Aug 2019 at 20.30

A struggling street photographer in Mumbai who is pressured to marry by his grandmother convinces a shy stranger...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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.

Events

Dishoom Cooking Experience

Tue 5 Nov 2019

Join Dishoom’s Executive Chef Naved Nasir for a highly unique onstage cooking experience at HOME.

Waiting Introduction

Wed 2 Oct 2019 – Ongoing

This screening of Waiting on Wed 2 Oct at 18:10 will be introduced by Roy Stafford, freelance film...

One Hour Intro: The New Woman and Contemporary Indian Cinema

Sat 28 Sep 2019

Delve deeper into our Not Just Bollywood film season with this special one-hour introduction that explores the growing...

Season

The Elements Trilogy

Wed 11 Sep 2019 – Wed 18 Sep 2019

Made over a period of ten years, Deepa Mehta’s controversial Elements trilogy was a monumental undertaking exploring gender,...

The Elements Trilogy: Fire + Introduction

Wed 11 Sep 2019

This screening of Fire on 11 Sep at 18:05 will be introduced by season curators Omar Ahmed and...

Tikli and Laxmi Bomb Introduction

Sun 30 Sep 2018

This screening will be introduced by season curator Omar Ahmed.

Masaan Post screening discussion

Tue 18 Sep 2018

This screening will be followed by a free and informal roundtable discussion.

The Hungry Q&A

Sat 15 Sep 2018

We will be joined by producer Kurban Kassam and actor Antonio Aakeel for a post-screening Q&A.

One Hour Intro/ Caste on Indian Screen: Marginalising the real in the reel

Tue 11 Sep 2018

Using clips and a range of examples, this talk looks at the dynamics of representation of caste in...

Kothanodi Intro

Sat 30 Sep 2017

This screening will be introduced by Alexandra Delaney, Birmingham City University.

Panel Discussion: India’s Independent Cinema – Past, Present and Future

Tue 26 Sep 2017

This screening will be followed by an informal panel discussion exploring Indian independent cinema. We will be joined...

Ankhon Dekhi Q&A

Wed 20 Sep 2017

We will be joined by actor, writer and director Rajat Kapoor for a post-screening Q&A.