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A Semester of Bollywood! A Semester of Bollywood! Screenings open to all! Venue: CMC, Kravis 164, Wednesdays 6.30-9/9.30 pm 23rd Sept. Naya Daur (1957) [The New st Era], pro and dir. B. R. Chopra; music, O.P. Nayyar; 21 Oct. Rang de Basanti (2006) [Colour it lyrics Sahir Ludhianvi Saffron], dir. and pro, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. Music A.R. Rehman; lyrics Prasoon Joshi An epic, but also gentle, romantic story of the class between industrialisation—the attempt to bring in The making of a documentary film on Indian freedom commercial bus services—and the way of village life, fighters a hundred years ago makes five young people in with its horse carts. There is always more than just the today’s India wake up to the need to fight the collapse of simple conflict! civil society around them. th 30 Sept. Pather Pancali (1955) [Song of 28th Oct No screening. Music concert at the Road], pro. Government of W. Bengal, dir. Harvey Mudd: sitar & tabla Satyajit Ray, music Ravi Shankar Director Satyajit Ray received an Oscar for Lifetime Achievement, a lifetime that began with this film, th 4 Nov. Umrao Jaan (1981), dir. and pro. acclaimed all over the world. It is the story of an Muzaffar Ali; music Khayyam; lyrics Shahryar ordinary family in a Bengal village, but full of everyday pleasures alongside tensions. Based on an Urdu novel of a century ago on the life of a real courtesan Umrao Jaan, the film does justice to the period and the social relations it depicts, but most of all th to the internal turmoil of the courtesan. 7 Oct. Bhuvan Shome (1969), dir.and pro., Mrinal Sen A Russian-style tale of a harsh bureaucrat transformed 11th Nov. Lage Raho Munnabhai (2006) by his contact with a simple villager, while his insistence on the criminality of corruption also gets modified. [Carry on, Brother Munna], dir. Rajkumar Hirani; pro. Vidhu Vinod Chopra; music Shantanu Moitra; lyrics Swanand Kirkire th Munna, the gangster, and his side-kick Circuit, keep us 14 Oct. English Vinglish (2012), dir. Gauri engaged in their horrible, lovable pranks, as well as Shinde, pro. Sunil Lulla & others revive in us an interest in the charisma of Gandhi. Has to The simple story of a non-English speaking housewife be seen to be believed! coming into her own through the learning of English on a visit to New York, is supplemented by underlying commentary on gender and age relations within a middle class Indian family. th th 18 Nov. Kahani (2012) [The Story], dir. and 9 Dec. Maachis (1996) [Matches], dir. pro. Sujoy Ghosh Gulzar; pro. R.V. Pandit; music Vishal Bhardwaj; lyricist Gulzar A contemporary mystery thriller, in which the mystery will absorb some, but others might just enjoy the lovely A boy next door gets transformed into a terrorist in the portrayal of Calcutta and the exploration of themes of 1980s in Punjab. A moving, award-winning movie. gender and motherhood. 25th Nov. No screening nd 2 Dec. Dev D (2009), dir. Anurag Kashyap; pro. Ronnie Screwala; music Amit Trivedi; A very different take on the classic Devdas, written by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyaya, filmed in three versions over 60 years to huge acclaim each time! This version is set, not in Bengal, but in contemporary Delhi and Punjab, and presents the view of the three main characters darkly and powerfully. .
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