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Chandana Chiguru|
2001
Bol|
2011
Bol
2011 | 151 min
Based in the heart of Lahore, the story takes place in a house full of daughters, headed by the old and conservative Hashmutallah Khan. Grieved that he doesn't even have one son but 7 daughters, Hashmutallah rules with a dominating hand, repressing them at every step. It doesn't help that the eighth child born is a eunuch, who is saved from his father's wrath by a grieving mother and the sisters. They name him Saifi and make him lead a private life away from the eyes of society. In the midst of all this, Zainub - one of Khan's daughter has the courage to speak up and save her family from his irrational behaviour. Back in her home from a broken marriage, she realises to her horror that Saifi has been constantly molested in his place of work. It is now up to Zainub to raise her voice ad to speak up for her family, not just in front of her patriarchal father but also against all of society's perceptions as a whole. Bol questions the worth of a human being, be it a woman or a person born with a birth defect. It questions the authority of reproducing human beings into this world without taking responsibility of acknowledging their worth.
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Subtitles:English, Arabic, RomanianBees Saal Baad|
1962
Bees Saal Baad
1962 | 140 min
The village of Chandanghat is haunted by a young girl who was raped and committed suicide. While the locals believe the vengeful spirit to be carrying out the murders, 20 years later Thakur's return to the village unravels a side of the story that the locals were unaware of! Will Chandanghat ever return to normalcy?
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Subtitles:English, ArabicKhamoshi|
1970
Khamoshi
1970 | 111 min
Colonel Sahab is a doctor in a psychiatry ward and Nurse Radha (Waheeda Rahman) is heart-broken after a civilian patient, Dev Kumar (Dharmendra), whom she cared for, pouring out her love and affection, leaves the hospital, as she had been unable to keep her heart separate from her professional work and had fallen in love with her patient. Next Arun Choudury (Rajesh Khanna), a writer and poet enters as a patient, suffering acute mania after being rejected by his lover, Sulekha. After refusing to take his care, Radha relents and starts nursing him. In between while caring for Arun she reminisces her past and tells a story of how she took care of injured brave army soldiers when she was posted in Laddakh during the Sino-Indian war of 1962.Gradually Arun gets cured by the love of Nurse Radha, who yet again falls hopelessly in love with her patient. Unable to hide from the truth yet unable to face it, Radha herself goes insane and is admitted to the same clinic. Arun, promises to wait for her until she recovers, finding no other options that he could choose to make her better again.
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Subtitles:English, ArabicEk Phool Char Kante|
1960
Ek Phool Char Kante
1960 | 128 min
The film is a light-hearted comic love story, wherein Sunil Dutt falls in love with a 'phool' (flower) Waheeda Rehman but has to impress her four uncles, the 'kante' (thorns) of the title. Each uncle has a different idiosyncrasy and Sunil Dutt pretends to be an expert in that field in order to impress that particular uncle. The four uncles select their prot g for their niece, not knowing that each is selecting the same boy. When the boy whom they have approved disappears, they agree to marry their niece off to her choice, who is Sunil Dutt again.
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Subtitles:English, ArabicGazal|
1964
Gazal
1964 | 131 min
Set in Agra, the film is the story of Ejaz (Sunil Dutt), who is the editor of Inquilab. When he listens to Naaz Ara Begum (Meena Kumari) sing, he falls deeply in love with her. However, soon he loses his job. Ejaz and Naaz manage to meet secretly, with the help of Naaz's sister Kausar. This relationship angers several people - first Akhtar Nawab (Rehman), Naaz's paternal cousin, who wishes to marry her, and then Nawab Bakar Ali Khan (Prithviraj Kapoor), her father.
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