Movies: Shama Zaidi
- 2023
Mujib: The Making of a Nation (2023)
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Biopic on the father of the nation of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The film will showcase his growing up as a child to his standing up against all injustice in his youth to fighting for the independence of his country. How he led a country to i...
- 1973
Garm Hava (1973)
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In post-Partition India, a Muslim businessman and his family struggle for their rights in a country which was once their own....
- 1977
The Chess Players (1977)
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In the year 1856, Nawab Wajid Ali Shah is the King of Awadh, one of the last independent kingdoms of India. The British intend to control this rich land and send General Outram to clear way for an annexation. Pressure is mounting amidst intrigue and ...
- 1983
The Market Place (1983)
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The denizens of a brothel deal with internal drama, as well as pressure from greedy land developers and an anti-sex work politician to leave town....
- 1977
The Role (1977)
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A girl learns music from her courtesan grandmother and breaks into the burgeoning show business industry of 1930s Bombay, which eventually leads to decades of superstardom as well as romantic entanglements....
- 1996
Sardari Begum (1996)
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Sardari Begum is a 1996 Hindi movie directed by Shyam Benegal. The film stars Kiron Kher, Amrish Puri, Rajit Kapur and Rajeshwari Sachdev. The film's lead actress Kiron Kher won the 1997 National Film Award - Special Jury Award. Rajeshwari Sachdev w...
- 1980
Bara (1980)
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Based on the Kannada novel Bara by eminent writer U. R. Ananthamurthy, the story deals with the politics of famine in Karnataka. An idealistic officer eventually succumbs to bureaucratic apathy - famine relief arrives, but too late. Simultaneously sh...
- 1992
The Seventh Horse of the Sun (1992)
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A man shares some lazy memories about his friend, Manek Mulla, who had a knack for telling stories. On this particular afternoon, Manek narrates a 'unique' love affair with the help of different stories, various characters' point of views and the soc...
- 1983
The Ascent (1983)
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Hari Mondal(Om Puri) is a poor village farmer who lives in the remote Bengal village of Giripur in Birbhum district with his wife, two sons, brother, an old widowed aunt Kalidashi (Gita Sen)and her daughter Panchi. The movie opens in the mid sixties ...
- 1981
Umrao Jaan (1981)
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Amiran is sold to a brothel by a corrupt cop after her father testifies against him. Many years later, she grows up to be an accomplished poetess and a renowned courtesan, Umrao Jaan....
- 1994
Mammo (1994)
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Mammo is an account of a certain period in the life of Riyaz, a teenager who lives with his grandmother Fayyazi as they get a visit from his grandma’s sister Mehmooda Begum Anwar Ali, commonly known as ‘Mammo’....
- 2023
1947: Brexit India (2023)
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This feature length documentary sheds a light on British presence in India from 1609 till 1947. The documentary aims to focus on the factors behind India getting Independence apart from the Freedom Movement by the National leaders....
- 2000
Fertility (2000)
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Family Planning issues in a Muslim Hyderabadi family struggling between new and old values...
- 1975
Charandas the Thief (1975)
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The film is derived from a classic folk tale, originally narrated by Vijaydan Detha, and interpreted as folk play by Habib Tanvir. The film charts the tumultuous life of a petty thief, Charandas (Lalu Ram). Curiously he is a man of principles – an ho...
- 2011
Pride of India: Shama Zaidi (2011)
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The film starts with the earliest form of cinema and how Shama Zaidi became an integral part of the evolution of Indian Cinema....
- 1985
Past, Present, and Future (1985)
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Set in 1961 Goa, this is a story of a rich and influential Goan family and what happens to them over a period of time. The movie is narrated in past-tense by one of the friends of the family....
- 1982
Islam in India (1982)
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Islam and India have a long-standing symbiotic relationship, integrating their culture, poetry, architecture, and tradition into existing Indian traditions, resulting in a beautiful syncretism....
- 1983
Sookha (1983)
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Based on the Kannada novel Bara by eminent writer U. R. Ananthamurthy, the story deals with the politics of famine in Karnataka. An idealistic officer eventually succumbs to bureaucratic apathy - famine relief arrives, but too late. Simultaneously sh...
- 2014
Samvidhaan: The Making of the Constitution of India (2014)
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Samvidhaan: The Making of the Constitution of India is a ten-part television mini-series based on the making of the Constitution of India....