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Publisher
FremantleMedia, PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Delhi 1795: John Beecham, a former soldier in the East India Company, is determined to leave the past behind and start a new life. At the grand house, the staff is shocked that their new master has arrived with his infant son, a baby of mixed parentage. John is determined to reunite his family in Delhi and keep the identity of his child secret, but at what cost to himself and those he loves?"--Container.
Author
Publisher
Black Cat
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"In his brilliant new novel, Perumal Murugan paints a bucolic yet menacing portrait of the rural lives of India's farming community through the story of a helpless young animal lost in a world it naively misunderstands. A farmer in Tamil Nadu is watching the sun set over his village one evening when a mysterious stranger, a giant man, appears on the horizon. He offers the farmer a black goat kid who is the runt of the litter, surely too frail to survive....
3) Fire
Series
Publisher
New Yorker Video
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
In a barren, arranged marriage to an amateur swami who seeks enlightenment through celibacy, Radha's life takes an irresistible turn when her beautiful young sister-in-law seeks to free herself from the confines of her own loveless marriage and [falls] into the supple embrace of Radha."--Container.
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Bengali
Formats
Description
Directed by the visionary Bengali filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak, tells the story of a family that has been uprooted by the Partition of India and come to depend on its eldest daughter, the self-sacrificing Neeta. She watches helplessly as her own hopes and desires are pushed aside time and again by those of her siblings and parents, until all her chances for happiness evaporate, leaving her crushed and ailing.
Language
Hindi
Description
Since finding out that he was adopted, Rahul has been devoted to his parents and has always done everything his father wanted him to. But when Rahul brings home his new wife Anjali, and his father does not approve of her, he leaves home. His younger brother Rohan makes a promise to reunite the family.
8) 13B
Publisher
Big Pictures
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
Hindi
Description
"In today's world, the major source of relief, information and entertainment is the TV. So much so, that it has moved up from its modest position of being just another 'household appliance' to actually determining the power equation in a family. It is easy to identify the hierarchy in the family depending on who controls the remote control. So what happens when the TV realizes this power and begins to take control? What happens when instead of showing...
9) Mahabharat
Publisher
Indo American Video Corp
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
Hindi
Description
"What Homer's Iliad is to Greek civilization and the great classics of yore are to different nations of the world, the Mahabharat is to India. Written by Rishi Ved Vyas, the ancient philosopher-thinker who was known to be the fountain of all human knowledge. The Mahabharat has been translated in many languages and even presented in ballet form in western and oriental countries. But the Mahabharat is not an abstruse philosophical or religious tract....
10) Monsoon wedding
Series
Criterion collection volume 489
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
When one family reunites for an unexpected wedding, sparks fly as love, lust, and secrets are revealed.
11) Waqt
Publisher
Eros International
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
Hindi
Description
"Waqt (Time) is the story of a wealthy family who are separated in a natural disaster. Several years down the line, they aren't united but their lives are strangely interconnected"--Container.
12) Salaam bacche
Publisher
Madhu Entertainment & Media Pvt. Ltd
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
Hindi
Description
A young boy, Rahul, loses his sister Pooja's only pair of shoes. The brother sister duo figure out a plan to share Rahul's pair of shoes so that their father is not put under pressure to buy a new pair of shoes in a situation of intense crisis.
14) The Apu trilogy
Series
Criterion collection volume 784
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Bengali
Formats
Description
Two decades after its original negatives were burned in a fire, Satyajit Ray's breathtaking milestone of world cinema rises from the ashes in a meticulously reconstructed new restoration of a family saga. Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road) follows a poor Bengali family living in a village. The boy Apu's development grows as he witnesses the protection of family members' reputations, the relationship of the family group to an elderly 'aunt',...
Publisher
Tirupati Pictures
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
Hindi
Description
A grandfather brings back his estranged son's five children to be brought up and educated in their ancestral home. Many tutors are engaged and dismissed until Ravi is hired to school the children. He wins them over by affection and care and transforms the entire household from fear, tyranny and rebellious disobedience, to love and laughter.
16) Awāra
Publisher
Shemaroo Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
Hindi
Description
The son of a judge who abandoned his pregnant wife becomes a criminal. Years later, he appears before his father in court on a charge of murder.
17) Son of Sardaar
Pub. Date
2013
Language
Hindi
Description
Jassi, a Punjabi living in London returns to the small town he left as a child, stumbling into a long-simmering family feud caused by Jassi's father and the patriarch of the Sandhu family killing each other in a fight, and Sandhu's heirs have vowed to avenge his death.
Publisher
Yash Raj Films Pvt. Ltd
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Hindi
Description
Mauji, an incompetently illiterate young man, has inconvenient work and individual life. His boss treats him like a dog, his father never stops cursing him, and he has not even touched his wife Mamta's hand despite being married for years due to lack of space at home. However, being fed-up of licking his employer's boots and getting motivation from Mamta, Mauji decides to self-employ himself and set off with his sewing machine.
20) Teen do paanch
Publisher
Movie Time Video
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Hindi
Description
Vishal and Priyanka, a couple in their 30s from Noida, are unable to conceive after seven years of marriage. They decide to adopt and unexpectedly end up adopting three kids. However, their lives take another twist when Priyanka discovers she is pregnant and gives birth to twins. With their family suddenly expanding to five children, the story follows their journey through the challenges and joys of their unconventional family setup.
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