Tim Robbins and Samantha Morton star as a pair of doomed lovers in a strictly controlled society in the near future.
Based on the best-selling and multi-award-winning novel by Zadie Smith White Teeth is superbly adapted to the screen in this outstanding drama which features a compulsively watchable cast including Robert Bathurst Phil Davis Geraldine James James McAvoy Om Puri and more. Set in the far from glamorous Willesden Green London from the 1970s to the 1990s White Teeth finds Archie Jones interracially married to the post-Jehovah's Witness Clara meeting up with an old colleague Samad Iqbal who with his family has just arrived in England. The secrets they share from the past and the secrets they will share in the future are tossed and tumbled in a rich stew that bubbles with racial and sexual tension new-found freedoms old school politics genetic science animal liberation and the end of the world as we know it. It all adds up to a feast to be relished from start to finish.
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...
Tim Robbins and Samantha Morton star as a pair of doomed lovers in a strictly controlled society in the near future.
Manchester 1975. The now much diminished but still claustrophobic and dysfunctional Khan family continues to struggle for survival. Sajid the youngest Khan the runt of the litter is deep in pubescent crisis under heavy assault both from his father's tyrannical insistence on Pakistani tradition and from the fierce bullies in the schoolyard. So in a last desperate attempt to 'sort him out' his father decides to pack him off to Mrs Khan No 1 and family in the Punjab the wife and daughters he had abandoned 35 years earlier. It is not long before Ella Khan (Mrs Khan No2) with a small entourage from Salford England swiftly follows to sort out the mess past and present.
Documentary exploring the life and legacy of Father Yod and the Source Family cult he formed in the Hollywood Hills. Based on the book 'The Source: The Untold Story Of Father Yod, Ya Ho Wa 13 and the Source Family', co-written by one of Yod's 14 wives, Isis Aquarian, the programme aims to provide an insight into the values and beliefs of a group that were heavily influential in the 1970s and founded one of the first health food restaurants in the United States.
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Ganesh a young man living in a community of Indian exiles in Trinidad has ideas of becoming a successful writer. Ganesh is persuaded to marry a local woman who is used to living in luxury unfortunately he cannot afford to finance the lifestyle that she is used to. Together they dream up an idea to make more money Ganesh becomes a 'Mystic Masseur' and claims to be able to cure the sick...
Drama based on the novel by Anita Desai which follows Deven a teacher at an Indian college and his attempt to interview a famous poet...
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Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge is the story of Sapna. Brought up by three doting but eccentric uncles Uncle No.1 (Paresh Rawal) a shloka-chanting pooja-pathwala Uncle No. 2 (Om Puri) a fitness freak and Uncle No. 3 (Anupam Kher) a colourful dandy who loves to dance. Sapna who loves her uncles as dearly as they her tries to keep all of them happy by frantically running from exercise classes to dancing lessons to Bahaman singing. And each uncle is determined to marry off Sapna to a man of his choice. Poor Sapna exhausted and pulled in three different directions runs away and goes abroad with a tourist It's hate at first sight but after Raja saves her from several sticky situations Sapna realises that she loves Raja and vice versa. Raja decides to meet her uncles to ask for Sapna's hand in marriage little knowing what he's up against - three eccentric men three determined doting uncles. But Raja made of sterner stuff takes up the challenge to win over all three men - and thus begins a hilarious roller coaster ride of masti and mayhem. Does Raja succeed in winning Sapna's hand and the hearts of her three eccentric Uncles? Does the brave Dulha get the Dulhan? To find out don't miss the Millennium's Masti Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge.
Ravi the son of a respectful office manager cannot understand why he and his brother and sister cannot have the luxuries in life that their friends have. Ravi's father gives him the responsibilities that are not usually given to someone at such a young age. In this movie you see how two families live parallel lives one depending on hard work and honesty and the other living on bribes and dishonesty. See the results in this touching film as it shows how hard work and honesty achieve what crime and dishonesty cannot.
East Is East (Dir. Damien O'Donnell 1999): English Dolby Digital 5.1 / Widescreen 1.78:1 Anamorphic / English subtitles for the hard of hearing We meet George Khan who is a proud Pakistani and a chip shop owner. He has seven children and believes that he is raising them to be respectable Pakistanis - but the kids have other ideas... Monsoon Wedding (Dir. Mira Nair 2001): English/Hindi Dolby Digital (5.1) / Widescreen 1.85:1 Anamorphic As the romantic monsoon rains loom the extended Verma family reunites from around the globe for a last-minute arranged marriage in New Delhi. 'Monsoon Wedding' traces five intersecting stories each navigating different aspects of love as they cross boundaries of class continent and morality. The film celebrates a contemporary India never before seen on screen. The family's hopes anxieties and long-guarded secrets emerge amid frantic wedding preparations and are juxtaposed with arresting montages of real-life Delhi. The relentless summer heat mirrors the story's building intensity as the city anticipates the cooling torrent of the monsoons. And when the rain comes the cathartic downpour brings romance revelation and liberation.
Mausam involves a young medical student who falls for the daughter of a heeler after seeking his help with an injured leg.
Deodhar (Rishi Kapoor) is a poor orphan who in his childhood had tutored Manorama (Padmini Kolhapure) the only daughter of the rich and powerful Thakur. The benevolent Thakur helped Deodhar to go to the city for higher studies. Now eight years later Deodhar has returned to his village and Manorama is no longer a young girl - After meeting her Deodhar has fallen in love with her but keeping his pauper status in mind he is unable to express his love to her...
When ruthless Don (Amitabh Bachchan) is killed by the police the DSP (Iftekhar) is afraid that another Don will take over when the rest of the gang come to know of his death so he unbeknown to the rest of the police force recruits Don's look-alike Vijay (also Amitabh Bachchan) to become the real Don/ Vijay is at first reluctant but when promised that two children he is caring for will be looked after and educated he agrees. He is successfully re-located back with his gang by feigning injuries and loss of memory. He soon recuperates. Then fate takes an unexpected turn when the DSP is killed and Vijay becomes the suspect; his role as the Don ends as his gang comes to know he is a fraud; Vijay must run for his life - both from the police and Don's gang - for his life and the life of the two children.
A rollicking slapstick musical comedy directed by Jyoti Swaroop in which the innocent Bhola (Sunil Dutt) gives up his commitment to celibacy when he falls for a sexy neighbour Bindu (Saira Banu). His rivals in love are his own uncle (Om Prakash) and Bindu's traditionalist Carnatic music teacher (Mehmood). He however wins his girl with the assistance of the crooked drama-troupe guru (Kishore Kumar) when he serenades her using the guru for a musical playback. R D Burman's great soundtrack climaxes in the high point of the film in a zany take-off on the Jugalbandi (musical contest) between the guru and the Carnatic musician `Ek Chatur Naar Karke Singaar' sung by Manna De and Kishore Kumar. The original Bengali story had previously been filmed by Sudhir Mukherjee Pasher Bari in 1952 in Telugu by C Pullaiah Pakkinti Ammayi in 1953 and in Tamil - Raghavaiah's Adutha Veetu Penn in 1960.
When Ajay a budding boxer is framed for his Elder Brothers murder he sets about trying to attain justice.
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