Indian New Wave

Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work.

Following his father's death, a boy leaves home to study in Calcutta, while his mother must face a life alone.

This final installment in Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy follows Apu's life as an orphaned adult aspiring to be a writer.

Depicts the end days of a decadent zamindar (landlord) in Bengal, and his efforts to uphold his family prestige even when faced with economic adversity.

An underpaid middle-aged clerk finds a 'parash pathar', a stone that changes iron to gold on touch.

A young woman is deemed a goddess when her father-in-law, a rich feudal land-lord, has a dream envisioning her as an avatar of Kali.

Based on popular Indian stories of the great writer Rabindranath Tagore, these short films reveal definitive moments in the lives of three young girls.

An upper-class Bengali family is on vacation in Darjeeling, a popular hill station and resort near Kanchenjungha.

A taxi driver attempts to introduce his cab service in rural Bengal against many odds.

Life at home changes when a house-wife from a middle-class, conservative family in Calcutta gets a job as a saleswoman.

The lonely wife of a newspaper editor falls in love with her visiting cousin-in-law, who shares her love for literature.

A devout Hindu family falls victim to a charlatan posing as a holy man.

A chance meeting rekindles old memories between a screenwriter and his ex-girlfriend, who is by now married to a well-to-do man.

En route to Delhi to receive an award, a Bengali film star reevaluates his success through his fellow passengers, dreams, and past experiences.

Byomkesh Bakshi, a detective, is hired by a rich man to investigate the name of an actress appeared in a movie decades ago, who has eloped ever since. The case became complicated when the rich man is murdered by someone for that.

Goopy wants to sing, and Bagha wants to play the dhol. They meet accidentally and are helped by King of Ghosts. With newly endowed abilities, they land in kingdom of Shundi, where their adventure begins.

Four carefree, jaded middle-class bachelors from Calcutta head out for a holiday in the wilderness. Before long, each man undergoes their own journey of self-discovery.

A young college graduate is struggling to find a job. He lives in a flat with his younger, employed sister, revolutionary brother and widowed mother. The strain of the situation ultimately causes him to hallucinate.

Chatterji is an ambitious and self-made young man who becomes the director of the company he works for.

As food shortages reach catastrophic proportions, Gangacharan attempts to preserve his privileged situation while his generous wife Ananga conversely tries to help and support the community.

A young boy becomes a target for crooks, after he claims to remember his past life and mentions precious jewels in a golden fortress.

A bright and idealistic young man steels himself for the dog-eat-dog business world, only to flounder in a job market packed with thousands of other hopefuls.

In 1856, two obsessed noblemen ignore everything while playing chess and fail to notice British rule extending into their Indian province.

Ramu, the eldest son of a migrant family to Calcutta, is a recent graduate searching for a job like many others in post-Partition Calcutta, and the survival of all those he cares for could depend on it.

Bimal is a taxi-driver in a small town. His taxi is his only companion and, although very battered, it is the apple of Bimal's eye. The film shows the love of taxi driver Bimal and his pathetic vehicle Jagaddal.