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Delhi-6 (2009)

tags: hope love story racial

The film opens with the ailing grandmother Annapurna at the office of a cardiac surgeon in New York. The surgeon indicates that Annapurna suffers from heart blockage and may not have long to live. Annapurna insists on returning to Delhi, her hometown, where she intends to retire in peace.

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Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

tags: drama slum

The story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" But when the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating; how could a street kid know so much?

Ghajini (2008)

tags: feature memento

Sanjay Singhania (Aamir Khan) is a rich tycoon suffering from short term memory loss due to being hit by a metal pole when trying to intervene on his girlfriend's murder. Because of the severe injury on his head, his memory can only last for fifteen minutes and he doesn't remember events or incidents that have happened before in his life.

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Punching at the Sun (2006)

tags: drama

Punching at the Sun is a crackling, emotionally-charged dream ride through the streets of Elmhurst, Queens. It is a tale of rage and redemption as seen through the fiery eyes of Mameet Nayak: a headstrong Indian teen lost in the shadow of his brother's death.

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Rock On (2008)

tags: musical

In 1998, rock music had a shot in the arm with the emergence of Grunge. The voice of teenage angst found an audience across the globe and rock music seemed like it was on the threshold of becoming the leader in mainstream music.

Magik was one such band that wished to ride this wave.

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Taare Zameen Par (2007)

tags: psychological

Ishaan Awasthi is an eight-year-old whose world is filled with wonders that no one else seems to appreciate; colours, fish, dogs and kites are just not important in the world of adults, who are much more interested in things like homework, marks and neatness. And Ishaan just cannot seem to get anything right in class.

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Nalini by day, Nancy by night (2005)

tags: documentary outsourcing short

Nalini by Day, Nancy by Night is a documentary on outsourcing of American jobs to India.
Told from the perspective of an Indian living in the U.S., the film journeys into India’s call centers,
where telemarketers acquire American names and accents to service the telephone-support industry
of the U.S. The film incorporates animation, live action, and archival footage to explore the
complexities of globalization, capitalism, and identity.

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Wednesday (2008)

tags: terrorism

Prakash Rathod, Commissioner of Police, Mumbai (played by Mr Anupam Kher) gets a call demanding the release of four militants in lieu of information on bombs that the man has planted in various parts of the city. At first, Prakash suspects it to be a crank call but his doubts are dispelled once he actually finds a bomb planted in the police station right opposite his Police Headquarters.

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Prarambha, the beginning (2007)

tags: AIDS short

Prarambha - The Beginning, directed by renowned cinematographer and director Santosh Sivan, features the South Indian Superstar Prabhudeva as a truck driver who discovers a little boy in the back of his van. The boy is on a journey to find his mother, who left him upon discovering that she was HIV +

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Positive (2007)

tags: AIDS short

Farhan Akhtar is one of India's most prominent young filmmakers. His film, Positive, follow the story of a young boy and his parents and how they cope with the devastation that AIDS can visit on a family. The film stars Boman Irani, Shabana Azmi and Arjun Mathur.


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