Gandhi (1982) |
| Director: Richard Attenborough
Cinematography: Ronnie Taylor,
Billy Williams
IMDB page: Gandhi
Cast includes: Ben Kingsley,
Sir John Geilgud, Martin Sheen ... |
| Richard Attenborough's 1982 biopic of Mahatma Gandhi
is an epic in the true sense; over three hours in length,
filled with stunning location photography of the Indian
landscape, a stellar cast and crowd scenes that use ...
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Bandit Queen (1994) |
Director: Shekhar Kapur
Written by: Ranjit Kapoor (dialogue),
Mala Sen
IMDB page: Bandit
Queen |
| Directed by Shekhar Kapur, this gritty and contraversial
film was originally banned in India. It is based on
the true story of Phoolan Devi, a low caste girl who
gained fame as a Gang leader in the "bandit country"
of Uttar Pradesh. In real life she went on to become
an MP, and was murdered in Delhi last year.
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Salaam Bombay (1988) |
Director: Mira Nair
Written
by: Mira Nair, Sooni Taraporevala
IMDB
page: Salaam
Bombay |
| The story of a young boy who ends up living rough
in the slums of Bombay, where he becomes mixed up with
the worlds of heroin and prostitution.
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East is East (1999) |
Director: Damien O'Donnell
Screenplay: Ayub Khan-Din
IMDB page: East
is East
Cast includes:
Om Puri, Linda Bassett |
| Nothing at all to do with India, this excellent
film plays around the cultural tensions in a mixed race
Pakistani / British family living in Salford in 1971.
George Khan (Om Puri) insists on a strict Pakistani
Muslim upbringing for his 7 kids, and things come to
a head when he tries to marry two of his sons off without
their knowledge.
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My son the fanatic (1997) |
Director: Udayan Prasad
Written by: Hanif Qureshi
IMDB page: My
son the fanatic
Cast including:
Om Puri, Akhbar Kurtha, Harish Patel ... |
| Pakistani immigrant Pervez (Om Puri), not exactly
satisfied with his lot in life after 25 years as a taxi
driver in a northern English town, is delighted and
proud at his son Farid's impending marriage to Madeline
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