Not Just Bollywood

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Not Just Bollywood/ Round Figure (15)

Last session: Wed 23 Jun 2021 at 18.00

Sudheer, a washed-up character actor from the heyday of Bollywood, comes out of retirement aged 63 after her...

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Not Just Bollywood presents/ Pakeezah (PG)

Last session: Sun 26 Jan 2020 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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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...

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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...

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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...

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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.

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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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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.