Adil Hussain
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Urdu
Description
Sixteen-year-old Nisha lives a double life. When out with her friends, she's a regular Norwegian teenager. At home with her family, she is the perfect Pakistani daughter. But when her father catches her alone with her boyfriend, her two worlds brutally collide. To set an example and escape the judgment of their peers, Nisha's parents send her to live with family in a small town in Pakistan. There, in an unfamiliar country surrounded by people she...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Norwegian
Description
Sixteen-year-old Nisha lives a double life. When out with her friends, she's a regular Norwegian teenager. At home with her family, she is the perfect Pakistani daughter. But when her father catches her alone with her boyfriend, Nisha's two worlds brutally collide. To set an example and escape the judgment of their peers, Nisha's parents send her to live with extended family in a small town in Pakistan. There, Nisha must adapt to a rigid culture that...
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Hindi
Description
Faced with his father's untimely and bizarre demand to die in the holy city of Varanasi and attain Salvation, a son is left with no choice but to embark on this journey. Winner of the Best Film Award at the **New York Indian Film Festival.** Official Selection at the **Venice International Film Festival.** *"...this highly impressive debut considers mortality with a wry compassion that's rare for such a young director." - David Parkinson, **Empire...
Publisher
Bleecker Street
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
On break from college, a young Indian woman returns to her wealthy home town, and for the first time pushes back against her parents' elitist lifestyle, which includes lavish dinner parties and endlessly gossiping "aunties". But when she meets the handsome son of local shopkeepers and invites him to her mother's upcoming extravagant soiree, she accidentally uncovers a pair of family secrets.
5) Life of Pi
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Based on the bestselling novel by Yann Martel. A young Pi Patel, overcoming a cataclysmic shipwreck, finds himself stranded on a lifeboat with the only survivor, a ferocious Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.
6) The Illegal
Publisher
Vision Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
When a student from India is accepted to a prestigious university, he leaves his home, country, and family behind to pursue the American Dream. Due to an unfortunate turn of events, he's forced to work in a restaurant to survive and the struggle of living inside a system set up for his failure challenge him to look within to find inner strength, overcome obstacles, and never give up.
Series
Publisher
Distributed by RB Media
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Hindi
Description
An ominous dream convinces 77-year-old Dayanand Kumar that his end could be near. He takes the news to his son Rajiv, knowing he wants to breathe his last in the holy city of Varanasi and end the cycle of rebirth, by attaining salvation. Being the dutiful son he is, Rajiv, is left with no choice but to drop everything and make the journey with his stubborn father. Daya and Rajiv check into Mukti Bhawan (Hotel Salvation) in Varanasi, a guesthouse devoted...
8) Lootera
Publisher
NH Studioz
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
Hindi
Description
A story of a con artist, Varun who falls in love with Pakhi, daughter of a wealthy landowner. Varun and his partner deceive Pakhi's father by pretending to be archaeologists in search of a hidden treasure. But their plan goes awry when Varun starts to develop genuine feelings for Pakhi. Their love story is a poignant and tragic tale of sacrifice and redemption.
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