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A Passage to India(1984)

PG
| 2h 43min | Drama, Adventure, History
3.4/5 (with 124 votes)

Set during the period of growing influence of the Indian independence movement in the British Raj, the story begins with the arrival in India of a British woman, Miss Adela Quested, who is joining her fiancé, a city magistrate named Ronny Heaslop. She and Ronny's mother, Mrs. Moore, befriend an Indian doctor, Aziz H. Ahmed.

The River(1951)

1h 39min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.6/5 (with 42 votes)

Director Jean Renoir’s entrancing first color feature—shot entirely on location in India—is a visual tour de force. Based on the novel by Rumer Godden, the film eloquently contrasts the growing pains of three young women with the immutability of the Bengal river around which their daily lives unfold. Enriched by Renoir’s subtle understanding and appreciation for India and its people, The River gracefully explores the fragile connections between transitory emotions and everlasting creation.

Jodhaa Akbar(2008)

PG-13
| 3h 33min | Romance / Love, History, Drama
3.7/5 (with 105 votes)

A sixteenth century love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a Mughal emperor and a Rajput princess.

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam(1999)

PG
| 2h 58min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
3.1/5 (with 45 votes)

Nandini has to choose between Sameer, the man who taught her to fall in love; and Vanraj, the man from whom she learnt how to abide and fulfill promises of love.

The Deceivers(1988)

1h 42min | Adventure, Drama
2.9/5 (with 11 votes)

India, 1825: the country lives in mortal fear of cult members known as the “Deceivers." They commit robbery and ritualistic murder. Appalled by their activities, an English military man, Captain William Savage, conceives a hazardous plot to stop them. In disguise, he plans to himself become a “Deceiver” and infiltrate their numbers. Ever present in Savage’s adventures is a sense of dread; he is in constant fear of betrayal and vengeance and also undergoes a disturbing psychological transformation as he experiences the cult’s blood lust firsthand.

Directed by Nicholas Meyer - With Pierce Brosnan, Saeed Jaffrey, Shashi Kapoor, Gary Cady, Shanmukha Srinivas, Helena Michell, ...

Hey Ram(2000)

PG-13
| 3h 19min | History, Drama, Crime
3.3/5 (with 18 votes)

Saketh Ram's wife is raped and killed during direct action day riots in Calcutta. He is convinced that Mahatma Gandhi is responsible for all the problems happening in the country. He sets out to kill him.

Dharam Sankat Mein(2015)

3.3/5 (with 9 votes)

The film revolves around a Hindu man (Paresh Rawal) who goes through an identity crisis when he discovers he was adopted as a son in a Hindu family but was born in a Muslim family. The journey starts with finding his real father.

Directed by Fuwad Khan - With Paresh Rawal, Naseeruddin Shah, Annu Kapoor

Pinjar(2003)

3.8/5 (with 4 votes)

In the days leading up to Partition, a Hindu woman is abducted by a Muslim man. Soon, she finds herself not only forced into marriage, but living in a new country as the borders between India and Pakistan are drawn.

Ennu Ninte Moideen(2015)

2h 47min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 12 votes)

Based on the real life love story of Moideen and Kanchanamala, which happened in 1960s in the backdrops of Calicut.

Directed by R. S. Vimal - With Prithviraj Sukumaran

Mizhikal Sakshi(2008)

1h 50min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 1 vote)

A mother finds it hard to believe that her son is convicted as a terrorist and is sent to gallows. Eventually, she loses her mental balance.

Directed by Ashok R. Nath - With Sukumari, Mohanlal

Awake: The Life of Yogananda(2014)

1h 27min | Documentary
3.4/5 (with 10 votes)

An unconventional biography by Oscar nominee Paola di Florio and Sundance winner Lisa Leeman about Hindu mystic Paramahansa Yogananda who brought yoga and meditation to the West in 1920 and authored the spiritual classic "Autobiography of a Yogi," which became the go-to book for seekers from George Harrison to Steve Jobs.

Kismath(2016)

1h 42min | Romance / Love, Drama
3.7/5 (with 4 votes)

Irfan, a young Muslim boy, falls in love with a Hindu girl, Anita who is much older than him. However, when their families oppose their relationship, the duo seeks help from the police.

Directed by Shanavas K Bavakutty - With Shane Nigam
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Religion(2007)

1h 45min | Drama, History
2.8/5 (with 6 votes)

The story is based in Banaras and is about a Hindu Priest Chaturvedi who follows the scriptures to practice Hindu religion. When a child is abandon by a woman and brought in his house by his daughter - after initial hesitation but due to requests from his wife - the family adapts the child; only to know after 4 years that the child is a Muslim. The family gives away the child and Chaturvedi engulfs himself in the purification process to cleanse his body, mind and soul due to contact with a Muslim soul. By the time, Chaturvedi thinks he is fully purified – the child reappears – seeking refuge, due to Hindu- Muslim riots. This is the time Chaturvedi finally realizes that the true religion is - religion where humans help humans – humanity.

Directed by Bhavna Talwar - With Pankaj Kapur, Hrishitaa Bhatt, Supriya Pathak

Bal Ganesh(2007)

4.3/5 (with 1 vote)

The film is about the childhood of Lord Ganesh. The film covers a) Lord Ganesh's birth and b) The story behind Lord Ganesh's voracious appetite which recalls the incident of Lord Kubera inviting Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvathi for a feast and the consequential events.

Directed by Pankaj Sharma

Faith Connections(2013)

1h 55min | Documentary, Drama
2.2/5 (with 4 votes)

A filmmaker's insight into the biggest gathering on earth -the Kumbh Mela.

Directed by Pan Nalin

Ramchand Pakistani(2008)

1h 45min | Drama
4.1/5 (with 4 votes)

Based on a actual events, the story is about a Pakistani Hindu boy and his father who accidentally cross the border into India from their village in Pakistan at a time of extreme war like tension between the 2 countries and end up spending 5 years in an Indian prison while the mother left behind wonders what has happened to them.

Directed by Mehreen Jabbar - With Nandita Das

Shirdi Sai Baba(2001)

An Indian has no faith in the existence of God. His friend recounts numerous tales depicting the miracles of Sai Baba. Unconvinced, he visits Shirdi himself and begins his journey towards discovery and faith. The movie is focused on the story of Sai Baba - his birth, teachings, miracles and his physical death. For the first time, a film has been shot in Shirdi, the holy temple of Sai Baba.

It's The Same Story(2011)

Two storytellers put forth their versions of the story of Shravan Kumar. The art for the film uses painted images from a wooden portable shrine called a Kaavad. The film is a collaborative work between traditional Kaavad storytellers and Kaavad artists from Rajasthan, together with the filmmaker. Combining lush animation with live-action, the film is an interpretation of two stories which are forever fused in the act of telling and retelling.

Achanum Bappayum(1972)

2h 12min | Drama

The film tells the story of a Hindu man who adopts a Muslim child and allows her to follow Muslim traditions.

Directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan - With K. P. Ummer, Jayabharathi, Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair, Adoor Bhasi

Kumbh Mela - The Greatest Show On Earth(2013)

4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

February 2013, Allahabad, India. Over the next 55 days, nearly a hundred million people will come here, to the Great Kumbh Mela. This incredible and awe-inspiring celebration of the world's oldest religion happens every 12 years at the place where Hindus believe two sacred rivers meet. For many Hindus this is their most important pilgrimage, and it happens at one of the most holy sites in India. Hindus come to cleanse themselves in the sacred waters of the river Ganges, to pray and emerge purified and renewed. This follows British pilgrims as they embark on a once-in-a-lifetime spiritual journey. A journey that will take them into the heart of Hinduism - its philosophy, its beliefs and its traditions. A journey that will culminate in the largest ever gathering of humans in one place.