Shashank Shende
2021Article 15
Anubhav Sinha
Ayushmann Khurrana, Isha Talwar
A young IPS officer’s new posting in rural India has him confronting caste disparities and uncomfortable truths in the face of a gruesome crime. When three girls go missing in the fictional village of Lalgaon, two of them are found dead and there is no trace of the third one. Where is she and who is responsible for this heinous act?
Article 15
What's Your Religion?
Satish Manwar
Upendra Limaye, Vibhawari Deshpande
"Kawdu and Bhulabai are a tribal couple living in a tiger reserve somewhere in Maharashtra. Their idyllic life gets a rude shock after Kawdu (Upendra Limaye), who had gone into the forest to fetch a medicinal root for his ailing baby, is arrested on charges of having killed a tiger. Desperate to save the life of her baby, Bhulabai (Vibhawari Deshpande) rushes to a Christian missionary, and showered with care and concern, embraces Christianity under the belief that this new god has different powers from her “own” gods, and will solve her problems. However, freeing her husband from jail is another affair, and for this she is advised to seek the help of Naxalites living in the nearby forest, through whom she acquires a new deity—Karl Marx. Even as these new gods find their place on her altar beside Waghdeo and Naagdeo, the traditional nature deities of her community, the community itself shuts the family out for having dropped its own gods." - Aparna Pallavi
What's Your Religion?
The Quest
Makarand Mane
Shashank Shende, Saahil Joshi
'The Quest [Ringan]' is a story about the boundless love between father and son. Their life is hell on earth. Father Arjun's problems are getting too much for him: His land is affected by drought, their livelihood is threatened. Seeing no way out, he considers to take his own life. Only the unconditional love for his son motivates him to not give up and look for work, to be able to keep his land. Will the father be strong enough to secure his son's future? A film and an appeal for morality, reflecting important issues such as integrity, honesty, and mutual responsibility in times of need.
The Quest
Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior
Om Raut
Ajay Devgn, Saif Ali Khan
When Aurangzeb recruits his trusted soldier Udaybhan to control the Kondhana fort, Shivaji's military leader Tanhaji Malusare and his army of Maratha warriors set out to recapture the fortress.
Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior
He...
Mangesh Joshi
Madan Deodhar, Rajendra Gupta
He...' is a story of a 13-year ragpicker boy Hari from the Slums of Mumbai who gets a chance to act in a short movie. Hereafter his friends call him Hero. Under the name 'Hero' he starts a journey, a journey which is all waiting and observing. Under his observation, he confronts the dark side of the society but practically he finds himself helpless. The name Hero gives him a new window to look at his harsh reality.
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Pangira
Rajeev Patil
Meeta Sawarkar, Pramod Pawar
The story of ‘Pangira’ is all about how rapidly Indian villages have changed, over a period of time. Old rural hospitality and contented, peaceful village life – is now a History! Right from natural resources to local politics – ‘Indian village’ has changed and IS still changing from every aspect. Miss-use …of drinking and farming water, un-imaginable destruction of natural resources by cutting down trees in and around villages is normal. Development is happening, but with ‘Jilha Parishads’ and ‘Panchayat Samitees’, politics and courruption has become integral part of the system. At the end, a farmer, a common man, still does not get the price he deserves for his hard work.
Pangira
