Indian & Tibetan Cinema
Hindi/Urdu cinema is the most prolific in the world, churning out literally hundreds of films a year. Centred in Mumbai (once Bombay), it has earned the nickname 'Bollywood' (see 'Browse the Aisles' sub-category 'Bollywood Masala'). The cinema Western audiences are used to from India is what local audiences there would term 'art films'. These are not widely patronised in India, but many such as 'The Apu Trilogy' from Bengali director Satyajit Ray and the works of Mira Nair like 'Salaam Bombay' and 'Monsoon Wedding' have been received to great acclaim in the wider world.
This section is called 'Indian & Tibetan'. From Tibet we have (at the moment) just a handful of films. But as film makers emerge from this region Alice is committed to expanding our collection from both Tibet and India.
Raaz (2002)
6.5/10
Director: Vikram Bhatt
Starring: Dino Morea, Bipasha Basu, Malini Sharma, Shruti Ulfat
A Bollywood remake of 'What Lies Beneath' follows the crumbling marriage of Sanjana and Ditya as they try to make it work one more time. Returning to... Read more
Raincoat (2004)
7.6/10
Director: Rituparno Ghosh
Starring: Aishwarya Rai, Ajay Devgan
On a rainy afternoon, two estranged lovers meet after six years. Neither wants to tell the truth about their empty lives, so both make up elaborate s... Read more
Rang De Basanti (2006)
8.3/10
Director: Rakesh Omparakash Mehra
Starring: Aamir Khan, Siddharth , Sharman Joshi, Kunal Kapoor, Alice Patten, Soha Ali Khan...
An English woman finds the diaries of her grandfather, a British officer in pre-independence India, and decides to go to India and make a documentary... Read more
Road, Movie (2009)
6.9/10
Director: Dev Benegal
Starring: Tannishtha Chatterjee, Abhay Deol
Vishhu (Indian superstar Abhay Deol), a restless young man, itches to escape the fate of his father's faltering hair oil business. When the offer to d... Read more
Saathi (1967)
6.6/10
Director: Sridhar
Starring: Rajendra Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar, Vyjayanthimala
Raj, Simi and Vyjayantimala grew up together. Simi is in love with Raj, but he doesn't realise and marries Vy. When Vy gets ill she runs away not wa... Read more
Saawariya (2007)
5.4/10
Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Starring: Sonam Kapoor, Salman Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Ranbir Kapoor
In this Bollywood offering - can Gulab (Rani Mukherjee) win the heart of Raj (Ranbir Kapoor), the musician who yearns for Sakina (Sonam Kapoor), who i... Read more
Saawariya ( Blu-ray ) (2007)
5.4/10
Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Starring: Rani Mukherjee, Ranbir Kapoor, Salman Khan, Sonam Kapoor
In this Bollywood offering can Gulab (Rani Mukherjee) win the heart of Raj (Ranbir Kapoor), the musician who yearns for Sakina (Sonam Kapoor), who in... Read more
Salaam Bombay! (1988)
8/10
Director: Mira Nair
Starring: Shafiq Syed, Sarfuddin Quarrassi, Raju Barnad
An international critical favourite focusing on Krishna, a 10-year-old boy on his own who falls in with prostitutes, drug dealers, crooked cops and th... Read more
Samsara (2001)
7.8/10
Director: Pan Nalin
Starring: Christy Chung, Shawn Ku
Indian born filmmaker Pan Nalin makes his directorial debut with this sensual, elegant look at sex and spirituality. Tashi (Shawn Ku) is a brilliant y... Read more
Shadows of Time (2004)
7.7/10
Director: Florian Gallenberger
Starring: Prashant Narayanan, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Irfan Khan, Tilotama Shome
German filmmaker Florian Gallenberger makes her feature debut with this epic Indian love story spanning 60 years. In the early 1940s Riva and Masha a... Read more