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• The Terrorist | DVD | (25/03/2002) from £6.42   |  Saving you £13.57 (211.37%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Terrorist is a remarkable Indian portrait of a suicide bomber. Ayesha Dharker (who appears in Star Wars, Episode II) gives a heart-rending performance as Malli, a 19-year-old girl whose loved ones have died in an unnamed conflict. From the harsh opening, in which Malli executes a traitor, the film follows her river journey--evoking thoughts of Apocalypse Now--and preparations to turn herself into a human bomb. Then Malli learns something that makes her question her assumptions, and as she rediscovers her humanity the drama builds to one of the most nerve-wracking conclusions in recent cinema. By using generic names such as the Leader and the VIP the film assumes universal relevance, depicting how violence and expediency can turn people into terrorist killing machines. Yet despite the material there is extraordinary poetic beauty in writer, cinematographer and director Santosh (Asoka) Sivan's presentation. He fills the screen with astounding images, precisely composed, focused and lit, while incorporating haunting symbols of love and hate, life and death, memories and dreams. The evocative use of sound also contributes to an extremely atmospheric experience and the result is an intense, subtly powerful film which will appeal to anyone entranced by Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) or Three Colours Blue (1993).--Gary S Dalkin

• Abhay | DVD | (21/01/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

• Sada Suhagan | DVD | (22/01/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  In today's world where the sacinity of marriage has been lost comes this tale of what all a wife is willing to endure to keep her husband. The happily married couple being portrayed by Rekha and Jeetendra must go through many trials and tests. They must bear her fiendish family the disgrace set upon them by their own children and even the wrath of fate in the form of terminal illness. Yet Sadaa Suhagan proves that if one is willing to sacrifice one will be rewarded in the end.

• Utsab | DVD | (01/11/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  The two middle-aged daughters of Bhagabati gather with their families in their old home to celebrate Durga Puja. But what seems like a celebration is in fact a seething cauldron of family tensions as each daughter brings along her own baggage of problems. Parul the eldest daughter sees a possible repeat of her own tragic past as she watches her elder son Joy attracted to her niece Shampa. Bhagabati's younger son Asit faces the possibility of losing his job after the Puja something h