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…
Body Post pandemic, Manoj, a young struggling actor, is still trying to cope with his personal trauma. He joins his theatre peers on a trip to a village where he gets brutally bullied in the name of drunken fun. He…
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…
Poem by Deeti Gupta
First Edition Arts and G5A Present ‘THE FORGOTTEN SEED’ Concept and Choreography- Alarmél Valli Acclaimed Bharatanatyam dancer-choreographer and Padma Bhushan awardee, Alarmél Valli, presents The Forgotten Seed – a dance tribute to the poetic imagination and the enduring rhythms, of nature,…
Graphic Illustration by Abiral Kumar and Mainak Mitra
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…
