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Publisher
Premium Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (15 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Hindi
Description
In a city that houses millions, Smita finds herself fighting beasts of a different kind as she discovers a strange pre-requisite to renting a house in middle-class Mumbai. She would make an ideal tenant - except for one glaring flaw. She is a middle-class Indian woman without a husband.
2) Siddharth
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (97 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Hindi
Description
A spellbinding and gorgeously wrought tale of one father's journey across India in search of his son. Mehendra is a chain-wallah, eking out a living fixing zippers on the bustling streets of New Delhi. To ease his financial woes, he sends twelve-year-old Siddharth to work in a distant factory. When the boy doesn't come home for the Diwali holiday, Mehendra and his wife Suman slowly begin to suspect that he was kidnapped by child traffickers. With...
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (100 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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...
4) The Pool
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (95 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Hindi
Description
The story of Venkatesh, a hotel worker in India, who sees from his perch in a mango tree a luxuriant garden and shimmering pool hidden behind a wall. In making whatever efforts he can to better himself, Venkatesh offers his services to the wealthy owner of the home. Not content to simply dream about a different life, Venkatesh is inquisitive about the home's inhabitants — indeed, about the world around him — and his curiosity changes the shape...
Publisher
Arbelos Films
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (319 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Hindi
Description
An ambitious and extraordinary blood-and-bullets fueled crime saga that charts seventy years in the lives – and spectacular deaths – of two mafia-like families fighting for control of the coal-mining town of Wasseypur, India. Inspired by the real-life exploits of local gangs and beginning with the bandit-like career of Shahid Khan in the 1940s, the film follows the ruthless rise of his son Sardar and his offspring, the surreally-named Danish,...
6) Sholay
Publisher
Eros International
Pub. Date
1998.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (204 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Hindi
Description
In this film, India's best-known "curry" western, two small-time crooks are hired by an ex-cop, Thakur, to stop the tyranny of Gabbar Singh who massacred Thakur's family. It is also the story of a village that realizes non-violence does not mean cowardice, but that it can stand up to terror and lawlessness.
7) Hameshaa
Publisher
Pen India
Pub. Date
[2011?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (145 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Hindi
Description
A wealthy industrialist tries to turn a poor gypsy girl into a great star, modeling her in the image of his lost love.
8) Ghulam
Publisher
Eros International
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (165 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Hindi
Description
Siddharth is a Mumbai "Tapori" (waif) and a boxing champion. His older brother Jai works for Raunak Singh who now rules their "Basti" (shanty settlement) through terrorizing its people and collecting "Hafta" (bribe) from local merchants. Siddharth breaks Raunank Singhs chain of "Ghulami" (slavery) around the community.
Publisher
Yash Raj
Pub. Date
2009], c1995
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (179 min.) : digital, sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Hindi
Formats
Description
Having been brought up in London, Raj and Simran are second generation British Asians, who still cherish their Indian roots, culture, and values. The two meet in a chance encounter while travelling through Europe on an inter-rail holiday. When they get separated from their friends, they discover each other ... they discover love.
10) Raja Hindustani
Publisher
Shemaroo Entertainment Infinite
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (170 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Hindi
Description
Aarti, the only daughter of a wealthy, doting father, falls in love and marries a young taxi driver, leaving her luxurious city home for Raja's simple rustic abode. Aarti's scheming stepmother strives to estrange father and daughter so that she herself might inherit her husband's riches. Misunderstandings also develop between Aarti and Raja so that she feels abandoned, but near tragedy is averted and the miscreants are awarded their just deserts.
11) Duplicate
Publisher
Eros International
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (155 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Hindi
12) Fanaa
Publisher
Yash Raj Films
Pub. Date
p[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 168 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Hindi
Description
A blind Kashmiri girl meets a local tour guide who is an incorrigible flirt. Her friends warn her against him, but she chooses to ignore them.
Publisher
Yash Raj Films
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Hindi
Description
"You might have a love story to tell? Maybe not! How can an ordinary man have a breathtaking, goose flesh igniting, awe inspiring love story of all things to tell? But guess what - love does not differentiate between the ordinary and the exceptional, the uninteresting and interesting, the unattractive and attractive. Because love knows no distinction. It can happen to anyone and once it does it engulfs us into it completely and gives us those miraculous...
Publisher
Yash Raj Films
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : color, sound ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Hindi
Description
Explores the complexities of the human psyche as it sets out to unveil a childhood trauma. The film structures the narrative by telling a simple story of a man's illness and his daughter's love, understanding, and commitment to find her father's treatment, which comes in the form of a young psychiatrist who unveils the father's demented world and carries him backwards on an awesome journey to finally confront his disillusioned guilt.
Publisher
Yash Raj Films
Pub. Date
[date of publication not identified]
Physical Desc
1 videodiscs (179 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Hindi
Description
Rahul and Simran fall in love while travelling in Europe on an inter-rail holiday. Simran's father, settled in London for twenty-two years, is determined that his daughter should marry a family friend, back in their homeland of rural Punjab. All his plans undergo serious revision once the family travels to India and Rahul also shows up.
Publisher
Yash Raj Films International Ltd
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 209 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Hindi
Description
A young man goes against the wishes of his beloved father to marry the girl he loves. When he leaves home, his younger brother vows to reunite the family and bring back the happiness they once shared.
17) Munna bhai
Publisher
Eros Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
Special edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (146 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Hindi
Description
Comedy film about Munnabhai, a Bombay goonda, who lives happily with his gang, threatening people. During his upright father's annual visit, the gang pretends to be running a charity hospital. When his father tries to arrange a marriage, the ruse is discovered. So Munna enrolls in medical college.
Publisher
Aamir Khan Productions
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
PAL format ; 2-disc collector's edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (215 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Hindi
Description
Story is set during the British rule over India. The farmers of India are taxed to the bone by the British. When Jack Russell announces that he will double the Lagaan (tax) from all villagers, they decide to oppose it. Leading the villagers is a young man named Bhuvan, who challenges the British to a game of cricket. The game pits veteran British cricket players against villagers, including Bhuvan, who have never played the game before, and do not...
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