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Films from the country "inde", sorted by rating
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Manichitrathazhu (1993)
, 2h49Directed by Priyadarshan, Sibi Malayil, A. M. Fazil
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Adventure, Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors Mohanlal, Shobana, Suresh Gopi, Nedumudi Venu, Vinaya Prasad, Innocent
The movie is based on an unsaid tragedy happened in an old aristocratic family.
Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne (1969)
, 2h12Directed by Satyajit Ray
Origin Inde
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Horror, Musical
Themes Monde imaginaire, Films about music and musicians, Superhero films, Musiques du monde, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Tapen Chatterjee, Rabi Ghosh, Santosh Dutta, Jahar Ray, Chinmoy Roy
Le chanteur Goopy et le percussionniste Bagha, tous deux chassés de leurs villages respectifs à cause de leurs horribles prestations, font connaissance dans la forêt. Là, ils rencontrent le roi des fantômes, qui content d'eux leur accorde trois vœux. Pour les rendre effectifs, ils doivent en même temps prononcer leur souhait et se frapper la main mutuellement. Munis du pouvoir d'obtenir de la nourriture par magie, de chaussures qui les emmènent instantanément là où ils veulent et surtout d'une merveilleuse habileté au chant et aux percussions, nos deux héros entament un périple fantastique qui les mène à la Cour d'un roi dont ils gagnent les faveurs en remportant un tournoi musical. Ils parviendront à empêcher le déclenchement d'une guerre imminente entre les États voisins de Shundi et Halla, pourtant dirigés par deux frères, mais dont l'un est sous l'influence néfaste d'un magicien qui a du reste également ensorcelé toute la population en la rendant muette. De fil en aiguille, grâce à leur habileté, les deux héros vont combattre les forces du mal et rétablir l'harmonie entre les frères et les royaumes, obtenant même de chacun la main d'une princesse.
Nayakan (1987)
, 2h25Directed by Mani Ratnam
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Films about music and musicians, Politique, Musical films, Political films, Gangster films
Actors Kamal Haasan, Saranya, Karthika, Nassar, Janagaraj, Delhi Ganesh
Sakthivelu alias "Velu" Nayakan is the son of an anti-government union leader (Kitty). The child, Velu, is tricked by the police into locating his father, and then witnesses his father's death in a police shootout; he later kills the person who was the cause of his father's death and escapes to Bombay.
3 Idiots (2009)
, 2h44Directed by Rajkumar Hirani
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about education, Films about music and musicians, Films about suicide, Musical films, Bollywood, Buddy films
Actors Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor, R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Boman Irani, Omi Vaidya
Farhan Qureshi (R.Madhavan) and Raju Rastogi (Sharman Joshi) are students at the Imperial College of Engineering (ICE), a highly regarded Indian engineering college. Farhan's passion is wildlife photography, but he pursues an engineering degree to appease his father. Raju chooses engineering with hopes of improving his family's financial situation, but his lack of self-confidence results in poor grades. Their third roommate and friend, Ranchodas 'Rancho' Shamaldas Chanchad (Aamir Khan), has immense interest in robotics, and invents in his spare time. Rancho regularly faces the wrath of the college's director, Dr. Viru Sahastrabuddhe (Boman Irani), known as "Virus", when he gives creative and unorthodox answers in class. He lives by the philosophy that one should pursue excellence, as when it is achieved, success follows. Virus is shown as an extremely strict person—so strict that he caused his own son's suicide by putting him under excess pressure. The star student of their class is Chatur Ramalingam (Omi Vaidya) nicknamed "Silencer", known for his incredible techniques of memorization but more notorious for his silent but malodorous flatulence in addition to his arrogant attitude. Catering for them and the other college students' needs is Man Mohan, nicknamed "Millimeter".
Apur Sansar (1959)
, 1h45Directed by Satyajit Ray
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Soumitra Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore
Apurbo Kumar Roy (Apu) (Soumitra Chatterjee) is an unemployed graduate living in a rented room in Calcutta. Despite his teacher's advice to go to university, he is unable to do so because he can't afford it. He tries to find a job, while barely getting by providing private tutoring. His main passion is writing a novel, partially based on his own life, hoping to get it published some day. One day, he meets his old friend Pulu, who coaxes him to join him on a trip to his village in Khulna to attend the marriage of a cousin named Aparna (Sharmila Tagore).
Kannathil Muthamittal (2002)
, 2h17Directed by Mani Ratnam
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, War
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children, Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films
Actors R. Madhavan, Simran, Prakash Raj, Nandita Das, J. D. Chakravarthy, Pasupathy
The film begins in a small village in Sri Lanka called Mankulam, where Shyama (Nandita Das) is married to Dileepan (J. D. Chakravarthy), who along with few other Sri Lankan Tamils in the village, is part of the Tamil Tigers rebel association. While having a quiet moment, the couple hears sounds of Sri Lankan army troops approaching. He asks Shyama to leave while he remains in the forest. Shyama realizes that she is pregnant and waits in vain for Dileepan’s return. Her villagers begin fleeing to India to seek refugee due to the war. Shyama is initially stubborn to leave since one of the rebels says that he has seen Dileepan with bullet wounds in the forest, but her relatives convince her to seek refuge for her unborn child's sake. The villagers board a to the shores of Rameswaram. While a local collector takes down the names of the refugees, Shyama gives birth to a baby girl. However, the urge to find her husband and be with her people back home overwhelms Shyama and she leaves behind the newborn girl, hoping that the girl will lead a better life.
Mudhalvan (1999)
, 2h51Directed by S. Shankar
Origin Inde
Genres Thriller
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Films about music and musicians, Politique, Musical films, Political films
Actors Arjun Sarja, Manisha Koirala, Raghuvaran, S. Manivannan, Vadivelu, Vijayakumar
The story focuses on Television Journalist Pughazhendhi (Arjun) working for "Q TV". During riots triggered by a fight between some college students and bus drivers, which threaten to touch upon the touchy issue of castes, the CM of the state Raghuvaran reveals his unwillingness to take strong action to quell the violence for fear of estranging any of his political bases. To set things right, he then appears on a live interview with Pughazhendi, who had coincidentally captured the CM's earlier unwillingness to take a stand, on camera.
Masoom (1983)
, 2h45Directed by Shekhar Kapur
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Musical theatre
Themes Films about families, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood, Children's films
Actors Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi, Jugal Hansraj, Urmila Matondkar, Supriya Pathak, Tanuja
Indu (Shabana Azmi) and DK (Naseeruddin Shah) have a happy marriage and two daughters — Rinky and Minni — and live in Delhi. The tranquility of their life is interrupted when DK receives word that he has a son, the result of an affair with Bhavana (Supriya Pathak) during his visit to Nainital when his wife Indu was about to give birth to their first child Rinky. Bhavana did not tell DK about their son as she did not want to disturb DK's matrimonial life. Now that she has died, her guardian Masterji sends word to DK informing him that his son, Rahul (Jugal Hansraj), who is eight years old, needs a home. Despite the objections of Indu, who is devastated to learn of her husband's infidelity, DK brings the boy to stay with them in Delhi. Rahul is never told that DK is his father as he bonds with DK and his daughters. But Indu can't bear to look at him, a tangible reminder of DK's betrayal.
Harishchandra's Factory (2010)
, 1h36Directed by Paresh Mokashi
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Historical
Actors Vibhawari Deshpande, Ketan Karande
Le film raconte la réalisation du premier long métrage de fiction indienne, réalisé par Dadasaheb Phalke.
Like Stars on Earth (2007)
, 2h45Directed by Aamir Khan, Amole Gupte
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about education, Films about children, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films about disabilities, Bollywood, Children's films
Actors Darsheel Safary, Aamir Khan, Tisca Chopra, Vipin Sharma, Sachet Engineer, Tanay Hemant Chheda
Ishaan Nandkishore Awasthi (Darsheel Safary) is an eight-year-old boy who dislikes school and fails every test or exam. He finds all subjects difficult, and is belittled and berated by his teachers and classmates. But Ishaan's internal world is rich with wonders that he is unable to convey to others, magical lands filled with colour and animated animals. He is an artist whose talent is unrecognised.
Dangal (2016)
, 2h41Directed by Nitesh Tiwari
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Action, Historical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Sports films, Musical films, Bollywood, Children's films
Actors Aamir Khan, Sakshi Tanwar, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Rajkummar Rao, Girish Kulkarni, Vivan Bhathena
Mahavir Singh Phogat rêvait d'être lutteur professionnel et de remporter une médaille d'or pour l'Inde, mais a été contraint d'arrêter. Il place alors tous ses espoirs sur le fils qu'il aimerait avoir. Après la naissance de sa quatrième fille, il baisse les bras. Un jour, une mère vient se plaindre que ses fils ont été passés à tabac par les deux filles aînées de Phogat. Il découvre alors chez elles l'amour du combat, et décide de les entraîner à son sport de prédilection.
Tarka (1989)
, 2h12Directed by Sunil Kumar Desai, Sunil Kumar Desai
Origin Inde
Genres Thriller, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Shankar Naag, Devaraj, Avinash
The film opens to Akshay (Shankar Nag), having esaped from jail, being chased by the police when accidentally runs into the house of Sudha (Vanitha Vasu), a high school classmate of his. He hides in a closet when Inspector Kaury (Avinash) knocks the door. As he hides, he finds the corpse of her husband, Rithwik Kumar (Devaraj) dumped there. The officer breaks the news to Sudha that the plane by which her husband Kumar travelled to Calcutta crashed, killing all the passengers. She appears shocked and breaks down in front of the officer. After he leaves, she reveals to Akshay that she killed her husband and confides in him. He joins her in disposing the corpse in an abandoned well by her estate.
Anniyan (2005)
, 3h1Directed by S. Shankar
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Films about music and musicians, Psychologie, Musical films
Actors Vikram, Sadha, Prakash Raj, Vivek, Nassar, Nedumudi Venu
Ramanujam Iyengar, also known as Ambi, is an orthodox Brahmin and a straightforward consumer protection advocate living in Chennai. He expects everyone to follow the laws and prosecutes those who flout them. However, his efforts fail as circumstantial evidence always seems to favour the accused. He also fails to raise civic awareness due to pervasive corruption and a general lack of seriousness. Frustrated at his inability to bring about a change in society, his suppressed anger manifests itself in an alter-ego named "Anniyan", a grim reaper-themed serial killer who punishes corrupt and indifferent people. Anniyan creates a website, compiles a list of wrongdoers from his site, and kills them using punishments described in the Garuda Purana, one of the ancient Hindu scriptures.
Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983)
, 2h12Directed by Kundan Shah
Origin Inde
Genres Comedy, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Films about music and musicians, Politique, Musical films, Political films, Bollywood
Actors Naseeruddin Shah, Ravi Baswani, Om Puri, Pankaj Kapur, Satish Shah, Bhakti Barve
Professional photographers Vinod Chopra(Naseeruddin Shah) and Sudhir Mishra (Ravi Baswani) open a photo studio in the prestigious Haji Ali area in Mumbai, and hope to make enough money to keep it running. After a disastrous start, they are given some work by the editor of "Khabardar", a publication that exposes the scandalous lives of the rich and the famous. They accept it and start working with the editor, Shobha Sen (Bhakti Barve), on a story exposing the dealings between an unscrupulous builder, Tarneja (Pankaj Kapoor), and corrupt Municipal Commissioner D'Mello (Satish Shah). During their investigation, they find out that another builder Ahuja (Om Puri) too is involved in this dealing.
Kaaka Muttai (2015)
, 1h49Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Actors Babu Antony, Silambarasan, Aishwarya Rajesh, Ramesh Thilak., Nivas Adithan, Dhanush
In a tiny concrete-and-tin Chennai home in the slums live two young brothers with their mother and grandmother. With the boys' father in prison for unknown reasons and with an ageing mother-in-law, the mother does her best to keep the kitchen fires burning. The brothers spend their time playing games and stealing and devouring eggs from crows' nests. Their love for these eggs leads them to start calling themselves Crow's Egg the Elder and Crow's Egg the Younger.