Uski Roti (1970) Also Known As: Our Daily Bread Country: India Language: Hindi Year: 1970 Color/BW: COLOR Category: Feature Film Genre: Drama
Description A desolate bus-stop on a highway... figure of a village woman – Balo, waiting to deliver a meal to Sucha Singh, the husband, a bus driver. He expects the traditional duties of an average Indian rural wife. Balo in turn accepts her husband's independent lifestyle.
Balo hurries to the bus-stop. She is late delivering the meal, trying to save her younger sister, Jinda, from being seduced by the village rake.
Cast: Garima Kapoor, Gurdeep Singh, Birbal, Dina Pathak, Rakesh Pandey | | Director: Mani Kaul
| | Duvidha (1975) Also Known As: In Two Minds Country: India Language: Hindi Year: 1975 Color/BW: COLOR Category: Feature Film Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Description A girl Lachhi, is married to a merchant's son, Kishanlal. He brings her to his village but leaves her immediately to go away on business. Lachhi is left to her own devices. Meanwhile a ghost falls in love with her and assumes the form of her husband and begins to live with her. Soon she finds herself pregnant with a child.
The husband returns... a dilemma arises...
The film moves on two planes – inside-outside, dark-light, a structure that exists in the folk tales and myths the world over.
Cast: Raisa Padamsee, Hardan, Shambhudan, Ravi Menon | | Director: Mani Kaul Music Director: Hommu Khan, Ramzan Khan
| | Nazar (1991) Also Known As: Eye, The Gaze Country: India Language: Hindi Year: 1991 Color/BW: COLOR Category: Feature Film Genre: Drama
Description After his wife's death, the husband recalls their first meeting and marriage. She was much younger than him. She used to pawn some things to an antique shop to make a little money. The husband is increasingly intrigued by her mind-set. As things develop, he finds out that she was an orphan living with two aunts. The film explores their complex life in a manner unusual for Indian cinema.
Cast: Shekhar Kapur, Shambhavi Kaul, Surekha Sikri, Asha Dandavate, Parvez Merchant, A A Baig | | Director: Mani Kaul Music Director: Vikram Joglekar, D Wood
| | | Format: DVD Label:NFDC Catalog No: NFDC DVD 021 DVD Region: All Region No Of Disks: 3 Subtitles: English Video: NTSC | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
