Satyajit Ray is internationally acknowledged as one of the great masters of world cinema. His films - many of them masterpieces - have won him legions of admirers among them Akira Kurosawa Henri Cartier-Bresson V.S. Naipaul and Martin Scorsese. This box set features the following films: Mahanagar (Aka: The Big City) (1963): Set in the mid '50s Ray's often humorous story of conflicting social values in India's lower-middle class stars Madhabi Mukherjee as a housewife whose growing independence alarms her traditionalist India 1963 family. Charulata (Aka: The Lonely Wife) (1964): Neglected by her ambitious journalist husband the lonely Charulata (Madhabi Mukherjee) befriends his cousin (Soumitra Chatterjee) a sensitive aspiring writer and almost inevitably their feelings for each other begin to deepen. Adapted from a story by Rabindranath Tagore Ray considered this sesnitively realised drama one of his finest achievements. Nayak (Aka: The Hero) (1966): This beautifully observed character study was one of Ray's earliest original screenplays. En route to an award ceremony a famous and egocentric Bengali movie star finds that he is compelled to re-evaluate his life after encountering a disapproving young journalist (Sharmila Tagore).
The heart rending story of a man who follows his father into the world of entertainment and becomes a clown. After a string of unsuccessful relationships he is left heartbroken and unhappy. Despite his inner sorrow he must continue to make others laugh...
The owner of an orphanage discovers a way to turn invisible. He then uses his new powers to fight the people trying to close the orphanage.
The incidents of clashes between two tribes or communities is well known through the ages. So is the story of this film. As Badshah Khan Afghani Pathan courageously takes the challenge to win the battle and keep the promise and pride of his family. And in the last he succeeds in his mission by defeating Pasha and marries the princess. On one side is the system and law and on the other passion and true love. You could not have asked for a better physical action highly emotional drama and fantastic picturisation.
The legend of Bhagat Singh is the story of Mother India's most extraordinary patriot. Her most beloved son. A son who could not bear to see the oppression of his brothers who could not bear to see his mother in chains...
An encounter between the bandit Mangal Singh and police officer Shamsher Singh ends with the arrest of the criminal. Whilst inside Mangal's wife dies during child-birth delivering a boy. Shamsher decides to adopt the boy naming him Amit. Both Shamsher and his wife raise Amit alongside their own son Kishen. After 14 years in prison Mangal is finally released. Upon a tip-off from his brother Devsingh he finds out about the adoption of his son and vows to commit revenge on hi
A lonely dark night shrouded in fog. A winding road. A speeding car spins out of control and crashes. A man gets out of the wreck and sees a solitary house in the wilderness. He finds his way through the fog to the house. The house seems deserted - he enters. Inside it's totally dark deserted. As the man flashes a torch around the room suddenly it's light falls on a man sitting on a wheelchair. He asks to use the phone. There is no response. He touches the man in the wheelchair an
Renowned for his bravery, major Arjun Singh (Shahrukh Khan) ranks among the elite group of officers in the armed forces. He falls in love with Geeta (Sridevi) a lawyer, and they soon tie the knot. Arjun Singh has a unique sense of humour and pretends to be dead on a number of occasions! Geeta hates this prank which one day becomes a reality when he is assassinated by a terrorist gang. She assembles a group of men who will be her Army and carry out her revenge.
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