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Glasgow Film Festival · 2011

Glasgow Film Festival 2011

Beyond Bollywood

As India passes the torch to Scotland for the Commonwealth Games, Scotland uses it to cast light on some of the most intriguing Indian cinema of recent years, with films that go far beyond the Bollywood stereotype. This is an opportunity to discover a wealth of talent you may not have known existed, with films ranging from dramatic literary romances to shrewd documentary examinations of the Indian film industry itself.

Programme

8 films · 2 reviews

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Autograph

When an eager young film director convinces his girlfriend to appear in his latest work, developing friendship prompts the jaded male star to re-examine his life and the price of his fame.

(Country: India; Year: 2010; Director: Srijit Mukherji; Writer: Srijit Mukherji; Stars: Prasenjit Chatterjee, Nandana Sen, Indraneil Sengupta)

Harishchandrachi Factory

A biopic of the man widely considered to be the father on Indian cinema.

(Country: India; Year: 2009; Director: Paresh Mokashi; Writer: Paresh Mokashi; Stars: Nandu Madhav, Vibhawari Deshpande, Atharva Karve)

Little Zizou

A young boy obsessed with footballer Zinedine Zidane watches as his brother struggles to woo a local beauty.

(Country: India; Year: 2008; Director: Sooni Taraporevala; Writer: Sooni Taraporevala; Stars: Janhan Bativala, John Abraham, Sohrab Ardeshir, Iyanah Bativala)

Pink Saris

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Sampat is a subject so complex and compelling, so fearless and flawed, that in the end the documentary itself is drawn into her irresistible orbit no less than she dominates all the people and situations around her.

Anton Bitel · 3.5 out of 5
Low-caste women in Uttar Pradesh fight back against social injustice in this documentary.

(Country: UK, India; Year: 2010; Director: Kim Longinotto)

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A River Called Titash (Titash Ekti Nadir Naam)

The flow of a deceptively tranquil river mirrors the social and political upheavals affecting the lives of those who dwell along its shores.

(Country: India; Year: 1973; Director: Ritwik Ghatak; Writer: Ritwik Ghatak, based on the book by Advaita Malla Burman.; Stars: Rosy Samad, Fakrul Hasan Bairagi, Narain Chakraborty)

Road, Movie

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A feelgood film, enchantingly shot.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
A young man undertakes a long journey in a battered mobile cinema, learning about life along the way.

(Country: US, India; Year: 2009; Director: Dev Benegal; Writer: Dev Benegal; Stars: Abhay Deol, Mohammed Faisal, Satish Kaushik, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Veerendra Saxena, Amitabh Srivastava, Suhita Thatte, Hardik Mehta, Shradha Shrivastav, Roshan Taneja, Niraj Kothari, Yashpal Sharma) , Official site

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The Ruins (Khandhar)

A lonely carer's life is complicated by the possibility of romance when her cousin brings friends to visit, yet she is torn by her devotion to her blind mother.

(Country: India; Year: 1984; Director: Mrinal Sen; Writer: Premendra Mitra, Mrinal Sen; Stars: Shabana Azmi, Annu Kapoor, Pankaj Kapur, Gita Sen)

Udaan

Expelled from school, an awkward boy has to cope with life in a strange town in the company of his domineering father.

(Country: India; Year: 2010; Director: Vikramaditya Motwane; Writer: Vikramaditya Motwane, Anurag Kashyap; Stars: Rajat Barmecha, Ronit Roy, Ram Kapoor, Aayan Boradia)