Pa. Ranjith’s period adventure follows Thangalaan, who lives a contented life with his family, cultivating a small plot of land in the village of Veppur. However, the local Zamindar conspires to seize Thangalaan’s land, reducing his family to bonded labour,…
G5A Cinema House, in collaboration with MUBI, presents Decision to Leave by Park Chan-wook. Winner of the Best Director award at Cannes, Park Chan-wook delivers a seductive, Hitchcockian romantic thriller. From a mountain peak in South Korea, a man plummets to…
Fathima, a housewife in the coastal town of Ponnani, lives under the strict control of her orthodox husband, Ashraf. When her son wets their old mattress, Fathima’s attempt to replace it sparks conflict. Ashraf blocks her at every turn, despite…
TAAK | Former wrestling champion Shalini works as a bouncer at a Delhi nightclub, where, after a fatal security lapse, invasive smartwatches are introduced. As tensions rise and personal lives are increasingly monitored, Shalini must navigate the dangerous waters of…
Thorny questions of love and sexuality take center stage in this magical realist drama in which a genderless woodland being crashes into the lives of a jaded couple. Director Karan Gour’s Fairy Folk is a fairytale of sorts. Stranded in…
G5A Cinema House, in collaboration with MUBI, presents the Oscar, BAFTA, and Golden Globe winner for International Feature, Drive My Car, at the warehouse. Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s expansive adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s short story is a film of engrossing pleasures. In…
‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’, a Sanskrit phrase meaning “the world is family” is an ancient universalist idea that competes with exclusivist notions of caste. The director, Anand Patwardhan, grew up in a family that had fought for India’s freedom but had rarely…
Victoria Victoria, a young beautician in a suburban beauty parlour, decides to elope with her Hindu boyfriend after a fierce clash with her conservative Catholic parents. Amidst the turmoil, a neighbor asks her to temporarily house an offering rooster destined…
G5A Cinema House, in collaboration with MUBI, presents Chaar Phool Hain aur Duniya Hai by Achal Mishra. A meandering brook of moments from two afternoons spent with Vinod Kumar Shukla, his wife and son at their home in Raipur, saunters…
City girl Nia visits her family home in the Himalayas in winter, alone—traumatized after undergoing an illicit abortion. The caretaker of the house departs, leaving his old mother-in-law, Bhemi, in charge. Her days are filled with manual labor and looking…
A friendship walks the distance between life and death in Shonali Bose and Nilesh Maniyar’s A Fly on the Wall. Loved ones pour in from different parts of the world to raise one last toast with Chika Kapadia. In the…
A young migrant worker’s epic bicycle journey home during India’s COVID-19 lockdown brings fleeting national fame, but as his story is captured by a filmmaker, he finds himself caught in yet another cycle of disillusionment—navigating the fragile illusions of home,…
