Sadia Islam-mou
Alifa|
2018
Alifa
2018 | 109 min
Alifa and her family is rendered homeless as the Brahmaputra river gets flooded and destroys their farming lands. In the hope of finding work in the city, they migrate to Guwahati and struggle to earn a living. The film is about the loss of home and the discrimination faced by the Bengali Muslims in Assam.
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Subtitles:Arabic, English, ChineseSadhak Ramprasad|
1956
Sadda Adda|
2012
Sadda Adda
2012 | 115 min
This slice of life film is set in the backdrop of Delhi., the city that brings in thousands of Indians in search of opportunities that were never available in their hometowns. Like-wise, six bachelors, with completely different backgrounds and personalities, live together. Their apartment "Sadda Adda" is a complete mess with empty beer bottles, cigarette butts, unwashed clothes, mattresses tossed all over the floor yet together, they cook food, clean, buy groceries, pay rent, laugh, cry, fight over insignificant issues and always stand up for each other just like a family. The interwoven stories of these 6 characters take us through a heartwarming journey of real characters from life who have fun, fight the wave every day and inspire us in modest ways.
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Subtitles:Arabic, EnglishAsathoma Sadgamaya|
2018
Asathoma Sadgamaya
2018 | 134 min
Raghava and Sandhya with their dreams to shift out to the United States find themselves at a contrast from Sherlin who happens to not stay abroad anymore and wants to come back to the village to get in touch with her roots. Their lives, however, take an unexpected turn with their friend Khushi's untimely and mysterious demise!
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Subtitles:Arabic, EnglishLe Gaya Saddam|
2012
Le Gaya Saddam
2012 | 113 min
The story is based on the Muslim divorce system. The 1500 years old Muslim religion has its own rules and regulation for its followers as mentioned in Shariyat. According to Muslim Shariyat if once divorced couple decides to marry each other again, the girl has to marry a third person at first. They must spend one night and the next morning the groom will give her a divorce. Only then can the former couple marry each other. Muslims take this ritual as punishment for divorcing their loving partners out of silly anger. But sometime they take disadvantage from this rule.
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Subtitles:Arabic, EnglishJo Dooba So Paar|
2011
Jo Dooba So Paar
2011 | 90 min
After being expelled from high-school, Kishu returns home to work with his disapproving truck-driver father, Someshwar, who bends the law, bribes the police to transport hand-grenades packed in egg-boxes. Kishu's life undergoes a major change when he gets smitten by Houston-based Sapna, the niece of Dr. Sinha, who is on a research assignment in secluded areas of Bihar. She goes to the Superintendent of Police, Vikram Kapoor, to seek an escort to accompany her, but is cautioned that even police are reluctant to visit the areas she wants to tour. Kishu volunteers. She initially rejects him but relents when he impresses her with his knowledge of Devi Maa Durga. Hoping to woo and win her heart, he is in for nothing but disappointment when he sees her in the arms of her Caucasian boyfriend, Mike. But when she is dramatically abducted and held for a ransom of Rs.1.50 Crores by unknown persons, what impact does this incident have on the local police as well as on Kishu and Mike?
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Subtitles:Arabic, EnglishBol|
2011
Bol
2011 | 151 min
Based in the heart of Lahore, the story takes place in a house full of daughters, headed by the old and conservative Hashmutallah Khan. Grieved that he doesn't even have one son but 7 daughters, Hashmutallah rules with a dominating hand, repressing them at every step. It doesn't help that the eighth child born is a eunuch, who is saved from his father's wrath by a grieving mother and the sisters. They name him Saifi and make him lead a private life away from the eyes of society. In the midst of all this, Zainub - one of Khan's daughter has the courage to speak up and save her family from his irrational behaviour. Back in her home from a broken marriage, she realises to her horror that Saifi has been constantly molested in his place of work. It is now up to Zainub to raise her voice ad to speak up for her family, not just in front of her patriarchal father but also against all of society's perceptions as a whole. Bol questions the worth of a human being, be it a woman or a person born with a birth defect. It questions the authority of reproducing human beings into this world without taking responsibility of acknowledging their worth.
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Subtitles:Arabic, English, Romanian