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| Title: | Aaina
directed by Yash Chopra |
| Description: | 1 videocassette : sd., col. ; 1/2 in |
| Summary: | The story of two sisters: the elder is jealous and arrogant; the younger, innocent and giving. Both are love with a businessman. The elder sister flees marriage with him, but tries to break up his marriage to her sister. |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library Ormandy Listening Center |
| Call Num: | Music Video- recording 154 |
| Title: | Aakrosh
directed by Govind Nihalani |
| Description: | 1 videocassette (144 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in |
| Summary: | Expressionist-fiction based on a true political crime in a small town near Bombay. Man wrongly accused of murdering his wife stays silent; investigation reveals that his wife was killed by a group of businessmen and politicians who had raped her, and that local police are aiding the cover-up. Atmosphere enhanced by close-ups, dramatic lighting, rapid-paced action. |
| Notes: | Video release of the 1980 motion picture |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library South Asia Reserve |
| Call Num: | PN1997 .A25 1990z |
| Title: | Albert Pinto ko gussa kyoon
aata hai
directed by Saeed Akhtar Mirza |
| Description: | 1 videocassette (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Summary: | Examines minority communities, exemplified by Albert Pinto, a Goanese Catholic living in Bombay, who assumes that the rich people whose cars he drives as a garage mechanic are his friends. He is brought back to earth by his father's political activity and the pragmatism of his girl and the other mechanics. |
| Notes: | Videocassette release of the 1980 motion picture. |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library South Asia Reserve |
| Call Num: | PN1997 .A3223 1984 |
| Title: | Amar Akbar Anthony
directed by Manmohan Desai |
| Description: | 1 videocassette (186 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Summary: | Lavish action-filled account of the separation, separate lives, and eventual reunion of three brothers: one raised by a Hindu policeman, one raised by a Muslim tailor, and one raised by a Catholic priest. |
| Notes: | Video release of the 1977 motion picture |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library South Asia Reserve |
| Call Num: | PN1997 .A33325 1990z |
| Title: | Andaz
directed by Mehboob |
| Description: | 1 videorecording (148 min) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. |
| Summary: | Necessity of maintaining traditional cultural values while striving to be "modern". Independent, western-style behavior backfires on a woman when her behavior is misunderstood by both her husband and her business manager. Epitomizes the culture conflicts felt by the newly-independent |
| Notes: | Video release of the 1949 motion picture |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi with English subtitles |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library South Asia Reserve |
| Call Num: | PN1997 .A3463 1990z |
| Title: | Andha Kanoon
directed by T. Rama Rao |
| Description: | 1 videocassette : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Summary: | Disgusted at the conventional justice system, protagonist takes law into his own hands. |
| Notes: | Videocassette release of the 1983 motion picture. |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi with English subtitles. |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library Ormandy Listening Center |
| Call Num: | Music Video- recording 165 |
| Title: | Ankur
(the Seedling)
directed by Shyam Benegal |
| Description: | 1 videocassette (136 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Summary: | City youth sent to oversee family property in rural Andhra Pradesh; takes advantage of his position, which leads to the stirrings of protest against feudalism. |
| Notes: | Video release of the 1973 motion picture |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi with English subtitles. |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library South Asia Reserve |
| Call Num: | PN1997 .A348 1990z |
| Title: | Arth
directed by Mahesh Bhatt |
| Description: | 1 videocassette : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Summary: | Contemporary tale of husband-wife relationships. |
| Notes: | Video release of the 1982 movie. |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi with English subtitles |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library Ormandy Listening Center |
| Call Num: | Music Video- recording 163 |
| Title: | Avtaar
directed by Mohan Kumar. |
| Description: | 1 videocassette : sd., col. ; 1/2 in |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi with English subtitles |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library Ormandy Listening Center |
| Call Num: | Music Video- recording 166 |
| Title: | Awara
directed by Raj Kapoor |
| Description: | 1 videocassette : b&w ; 1/2 in. |
| Summary: | Probably Raj Kapoor's most famous film. Estranged from his own father, Raju finds a substitute father in Jagga, a criminal who ruined Raju's mother. Oedipal drama involving Raj Kapoor against his real-life father, which plays itself out in eventual redemption, evoked by a memorable dream sequence and equally memorable songs. |
| Notes: | Video release of the 1951 motion picture |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library South Asia Reserve |
| Call Num: | PN1997 .A956 1990z |
| Title: | Baiju bawra
directed by Vijay Bhatt |
| Description: | 1 videorecording (168 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. |
| Summary: | Musical rivalry and competition between Tansen, Mughal court musician under Akbar, and the itinerant Baiju |
| Notes: | Video release of the 1952 motion picture. Based on a story by Ramchandra Thakur. |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library South Asia Reserve |
| Call Num: | PN1997 .B2125 1990z |
| Title: | Bandit Queen
directed by Shekhar Kapur. |
| Description: | 1 videocassette (119 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Summary: | A dramatization of the life story of the female dacoit, Phoolan Devi. "Born of low caste in the Chambal River Valley of India, 11 year-old Phoolan is sold into marriage with a man 20 years her senior. She escapes and falls in with a pack of ruthless bandits but the male-dominated gang comes with its own set of brutal humiliations, and Phoolan must struggle to rise above a culture determined to bring her down, in a bloody coup that electrified a nation"--Container. |
| Notes: | Video release of the 1994 motion picture. |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi with English subtitles. |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library South Asia Reserve |
| Call Num: | PN1997 .B215 1995 |
| Title: | Barsaat
directed by Raj Kapoor |
| Description: | 1 videocassette (171 min.) : sd., b&w. ; 1/2 in. |
| Summary: | Two love stories with different outcomes. A film memorable for the metaphorical qualities of its photography and for the music. |
| Notes: | Video release of the 1949 motion picture |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library South Asia Reserve |
| Call Num: | PN1997 .B2163 1990z |
| Title: | Bhumika (the
Role)
directed by Shyam Benegal |
| Description: | 1 videocassette (142 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Summary: | Based on the autobiography of actress Hansa Wadkar. A woman's life and career in show business, influenced by the four men she encounters along the way. |
| Notes: | Video release of the 1976 motion picture. "Inspired by the book "Sangtye Aika" (in Marathi) by Hansa Wadkar."--Credits. |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library South Asia Reserve |
| Call Num: | PN1997 .B48 1990z |
| Title: | Caravan
directed by Nasir Husain |
| Description: | 1 videocassette : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Summary: | Corporate crime in urban India |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi, with subtitles in English and Arabic |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library Ormandy Listening Center |
| Call Num: | Music Video- recording 173 |
| Title: | Chakra
directed by Rabindra Dharmaraj. |
| Description: | 1 videocassette (129 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Summary: | Amma, a Bombay slum-dweller, experiences the misfortunes attendant upon the violent and hopeless conditions in which she lives. A moneylender tries to rape her, her husband is shot, and she becomes attached to a petty crook and a truck driver. |
| Notes: | Videocassette release of the 1980 motion picture. Based on the novel 'Chakra' by Jaywant Dalvi |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library South Asia Reserve |
| Call Num: | PN1997 .C3948 1980 |
| Title: | Coolie
directed by Prayag Raj and Manmohan Desai |
| Description: | 1 videocassette : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Notes: | Videocassette release of the 1983 motion picture. |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi with English subtitles |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library Ormandy Listening Center |
| Call Num: | Music Video- recording 168 |
| Title: | Devdas
directed by Bimal Roy |
| Description: | 1 videocassette (159 min.) ; sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. |
| Summary: | Roy's remake of the 1935 motion picture; caste differences force childhood sweethearts into different lives; force of destiny over individual desires. |
| Notes: | Video release of the 1955 motion picture. Based on the novel by Saratchandra Chatterjee. |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library South Asia Reserve |
| Call Num: | PN1997 .D45624 1990z |
| Title: | Dharti kahe pukar ke
directed by Dulal Guha |
| Description: | 1 videocassette : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi with subtitles in English and Arabic |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library Ormandy Listening Center |
| Call Num: | Music Video- recording 174 |
| Title: | Do Bhiga Zamin
directed by Bimal Roy |
| Description: | 1 videocassette (142 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in |
| Summary: | Peasant-landlord melodrama, in which small landowner tries to work off debt in Calcutta. |
| Notes: | Video release of the 1953 motion picture |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library South Asia Reserve |
| Call Num: | PN1997 .D622 1990z |
| Title: | Do Raaste (Two
Roads)
directed by Raj Khosla |
| Description: | 1 videocassette : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Notes: | From a novel by Chandrakant Kakodkar. Video release of motion picture |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library Ormandy Listening Center |
| Call Num: | Music Video- recording 153 |
| Title: | Ek duuje ke liye
directed by K. Balachander |
| Description: | 1 videocassette : sd., col. : 1/2 in. |
| Summary: | A 20th century love story in which Sapna's rich father disapproves of her going out with Vasu, a poor boy. The lovers pursue each other and die together at the end. |
| Notes: | Originally produced as a motion picture in 1981 |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library South Asia Reserve |
| Call Num: | PN1997 .E39 1990z |
| Title: | Father, son and holy war
directed by Anand Patwardhan. |
| Description: | 2 videocassettes (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Summary: | "Examines the connection between religion, violence and male identity in India today and explores the possibility that a key to the psychology of violence against "the enemy" lies in male insecurity, itself an inevitable product of the very construction of 'manhood'"--Videocassette container. |
| Notes: | Documentary; c1994 |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Narration in English; dialogue in Hindi with English subtitles. |
| Location: | VanPelt Library |
| Call Num: | On Order |
| Title: | The Guide
directed by Vijay Anand |
| Description: | 1 videocassette (189 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Summary: | Tourist guide Raju, released from jail for forgery, drifts away from home territory and is mistaken for a holy man. Film adaptation of Narayan's English-language novel which the author disowned. |
| Notes: | Video release of the 1965 motion picture. Based on the English-language novel of the same title by R.K. Narayan. |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library South Asia Reserve |
| Call Num: | PN1997 .G85 1990z |
| Title: | Gunga Jumna
directed by Nitin Bose |
| Description: | 1 videocassette (178 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Summary: | Gunga becomes a criminal and lives in the mountains with his girlfriend Dhanno. His brother, Jumna, gets an education and becomes a policeman. When Gunga returns to his village to ask people's forgiveness, Jumna shoots him dead. |
| Notes: | Originally produced as a motion picture in 1961. |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library South Asia Reserve |
| Call Num: | PN1997 .G865 1990z |
| Title: | Hindustana sa Itani Dura (So far from India) |
| Description: | 1 videocassette (49 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Summary: | This documentary film describes the experiences of a recently arrived Indian immigrant in America, contrasting them with the traditional world of his new bride whom he left behind in India. It seeks to explore the conflicts that arise when Indian culture meets American society. |
| Notes: | Originally produced as a motion picture in 1982 |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | In Gujarati or Hindi with English voice-over |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library South Asia Reserve |
| Call Num: | E184.E2 S6 1991 |
| Title: | Inquilaab
directed by T. Rama Rao |
| Description: | 1 videocassette : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Summary: | Political-social reform drama. |
| Notes: | Videocassette release of the 1984 motion picture. |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | In Hindi with Arabic and English subtitles. |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library Ormandy Listening Center |
| Call Num: | Music Video- recording 170 |
| Title: | Jai Santoshi Maa
directed by Vijay Sharma |
| Description: | 1 videocassette : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Notes: | Videocassette release of the 1975 motion picture |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library Ormandy Listening Center |
| Call Num: | Music Video- recording 158 |
| Title: | Jhanak jhanak payal baaje
directed by V. Shantaram |
| Description: | 1 videocassette : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Summary: | India's first Technicolor movie, full of lavish costuming, sets, and music, notable for its use of classical dance. |
| Notes: | Video release of the 1955 motion picture |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library South Asia Reserve |
| Call Num: | PN1997 .J495 1990z |
| Title: | Junoon
directed by Shyam Benegal |
| Description: | 1 videocassette (141 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Summary: | Set during the Sepoy Rebellion of 1857; a doomed romance between a Pathan and an Anglo-Indian woman. Explores cultural, class, and religious differences. |
| Notes: | Video release of the 1978 motion picture. Based on Ruskin Bond's novel 'A Flight of Pigeons.' |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library South Asia Reserve |
| Call Num: | PN1997 .J87 1990z |
| Title: | Kaagaz ke phool
(paper flower)
directed by Guru Dutt |
| Description: | 1 videocassette (153 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in |
| Summary: | A failed film director reviews his life and the downfall of his fortunes. Excellent camera-work. |
| Notes: | Video release of the 1959 motion picture |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library South Asia Reserve |
| Call Num: | PN1997 .K22 1986 |
| Title: | Katha
directed by Sai Paranjpye |
| Description: | 1 videocassette (141 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in |
| Summary: | Modern satire based on the fable of the tortoise and hare. Modest, hard-working clerk gets sudden visit from fast-talking friend. |
| Notes: | Video release of the 1982 motion picture. Based on Sai Paranjpye's play Sakkhe Shejari. |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi with English subtitltes |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library South Asia Reserve |
| Call Num: | PN1997 .K384 1990z |
| Title: | Karz
directed by Subhash Ghai |
| Description: | 1 videocassette : sd., col. ; 1/2 in |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library Ormandy Listening Center |
| Call Num: | Music Video- recording 162 |
| Title: | Kohinoor
directed by S.U. Sunny |
| Description: | 1 videocassette : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in |
| Summary: | Palace intrigue and rivalry for succession to the rule of a principalilty. |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi, with subtitles in English and Arabic |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library South Asia Reserve |
| Call Num: | PN1997 .K74 1990z |
| Title: | Mandi
directed by Shyam Benegal |
| Description: | 1 videocassette : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Notes: | Videocassette release of the 1983 motion picture |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library Ormandy Listening Center |
| Call Num: | Music Video- recording 175 |
| Title: | Mashaal
directed by Yash Chopra |
| Description: | 1 videocassette (165 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in |
| Summary: | Social drama of a journalist who tries to be accurate and honest. A dishonest and wealthy man tries to order the journalist not to report to the public about his smuggling business. The journalist ignores him and a curse is brought upon his family. |
| Notes: | Video release of the 1984 motion picture |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi; with subtitles in English and Arabic. |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library Ormandy Listening Center |
| Call Num: | Music Video- recording 176 |
| Title: | Mausam
directed by Gulzar |
| Description: | 1 videocassette (156 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Summary: | Successful doctor returns to the hill country, and finds that his mistress of twenty years previous has died after an unhappy marriage and the birth of a daughter. Doctor Gill tries to rehabilitate the daughter, who is a prostitute. Echoes of Shaw's Pygmalion. |
| Notes: | Video release of the 1975 motion picture. |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library South Asia Reserve |
| Call Num: | PN1997 .M387 1987 |
| Title: | Mehandi rang layegi
directed by Dasari Narayana Rao |
| Description: | 1 videocassette : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Summary: | Formula film about the struggles of a poor but studious medical student. |
| Notes: | Video release of the 1982 motion picture |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi, with subtitles in English and Arabic |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library South Asia Reserve |
| Call Num: | PN1997 .M4297 1990z |
| Title: | Mirch Masala
directed by Ketan Mehta |
| Description: | 1 videocassette (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Summary: | Set in the 1940's, this film explores an Indian community's reaction to an oppressed, impoverished woman's plight involving British colony tax collectors. |
| Notes: | Originally produced as motion picture in India in 1986 |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi with English subtitles |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library |
| Call Num: |
| Title: | Mohra
directed by Rajiv Rai |
| Description: | 1 videocassette : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Summary: | Police-criminal action drama. |
| Notes: | Video release of the 1994 motion picture. |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library South Asia Reserve |
| Call Num: | PN1997 .M664 1995 |
| Title: | Mother India
directed by Mehboob |
| Description: | 1 videocassette (ca. 180 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Summary: | Depicts, through one woman's life from marriage to old age, the joys and tragedies of village life in rural India |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi with English subtitles |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library Ormandy Listening Center |
| Call Num: | Music Video- recording 149 |
| Title: | Mughal-e-azam
directed by K. Asif |
| Description: | 1 videocassette ; sd., b&w with col. sequences ; 1/2 in. |
| Summary: | Lavish production set in the time of the Mughals. |
| Notes: | Video release of the 1960 motion picture. |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi with subtitles in English and Arabic. |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library Ormandy Listening Center |
| Call Num: | Music Video- recording 177 |
| Title: | Namkeen
directed by S.S. Gulzar |
| Description: | 1 videocassette : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Summary: | Mainstream film; engineer arrives in the hill country to construct a bridge, and rents a house from a local widow with three daughters. |
| Notes: | Video release of the 1982 motion picture. |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library South Asia Reserve |
| Call Num: | PN1997 .N3254 1982 |
| Title: | A Narmada diary
directed by Anand Patwardhan. |
| Description: | 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col., with b&w sequences; 1/2 in. |
| Summary: | Documents five years in the life of the Narmada Bachao Andolan (the Save Narmada Movement) which has spearheaded the agitation against the Sardar Sarover Dam. Government resettlement and rehabilitation programs have proved inadequate and inappropriate; this non-violent struggle is symbolic of movements against unjust and unsustainable development. |
| Notes: | Documentary; c 1995 |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Narration in English; dialogue in Hindi with English subtitles. |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library South Asia Reserve |
| Call Num: | HD1698.I42 .G856 1995 |
| Title: | New Delhi Times
directed by Ramesh Sharma |
| Description: | 1 videocassette (123 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Summary: | Political thriller inspired by the story of Indian Express editor Arun Shouri 's exposure of high-level wrong-doing. Explores complicated links between crime and politics in a north Indian state. |
| Notes: | Video release of the 1985 motion picture |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library South Asia Reserve |
| Call Num: | PN1997 .N4925 1990z |
| Title: | Nikaah
directed by B. R. Chopra |
| Description: | 1 videocassette : sd., col. ; 1/2 in |
| Summary: | Editor/publisher and poetess find each other again after their lives have taken different directions. |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | In Hindi, with subtitles in English and Arabic |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library South Asia Reserve |
| Call Num: | PN1997 .N52263 1990z |
| Title: | Paar
directed by Goutam Ghose |
| Description: | 1 videocassette (140 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in |
| Summary: | Killing of progressive school-master in rural village sets off revenge murder and makes a laborer and his wife fugitives from justice. They fail to find a living elsewhere and decide to return, engaging to drive a herd of pigs across a river to earn the fare. |
| Notes: | Video release of the 1984 motion picture. |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library South Asia Reserve |
| Call Num: | PN1997 P227 1990z |
| Title: | Parama
directed by Aparna Sen |
| Description: | 1 videocassette (138 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Summary: | Married woman falls in love with a photographer, who publishes some of his pictures of her. She fights against guilt imposed by an angry husband and her own mental depression. Contrasting issues of emancipation and desire for belonging. |
| Notes: | Video release of the 1985 motion picture |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library South Asia Reserve |
| Call Num: | PN1997 .P333 1990z |
| Title: | Purab aur Paschim (East
and West)
directed by Manoj Kumar |
| Description: | 1 videocassette : sd., b&w. ; 1/2 in. |
| Summary: | An argument for maintaining traditional ways and resisting Western culture with its temptations and decadence |
| Notes: | Videocassette release of the 1970 motion picture |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library South Asia Reserve |
| Call Num: | PN1997 .P873 1990z |
| Title: | Pyaasa
directed by Guru Dutt |
| Description: | 1 videocassette (153 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. |
| Summary: | Melodrama featuring out-of-place artiste in a world philistinism; songs of social criticism and characters as archetypes as unsuccessful poet rails against hypocrisy and wrongly-placed social values. |
| Notes: | Video release of the 1957 motion picture. |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi with Arabic subtitles |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library South Asia Reserve |
| Call Num: | PN1997 .P93 1990z |
| Title: | Sadhna
directed by B.R. Chopra |
| Description: | 1 videocassette : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Summary: | To satisfy his dying mother's wish for a daughter-in-law, Mohan, a college professor, seeks help from one of his friends who brings home Champa who is really a courtesan. The mother survives and wants Mohan to get married but he refuses when Champa's true identity is revealed. At the end, there is change of heart and Champa is accepted both by Mohan and his mother. |
| Notes: | Originally produced as a motion picture in 1958 |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library South Asia Reserve |
| Call Num: | PN1997 .S135 1990z |
| Title: | Shatranj ke khilari
(The Chess Players)
directed by Satyajit Ray |
| Description: | 1 videocassette (125 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Notes: | Video release of the 1977 film. |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi with English subtitles. |
| Location: | In the pre-order process. Ask library staff. |
| Call Num: | On Order |
| Title: | Sholay
directed by Ramesh Sippy |
| Description: | 1 videocassette (199 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Summary: | "Curry" western full of action and high energy. Ex-policeman seeks help from two career criminals who earlier helped him defeat determined train robbers. Shows influence of European and American westerns, with elements of costume drama, romance, and comedy intermingled. Memorable cinematography and dialogues. |
| Notes: | Video release of the 1975 motion picture. |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi, with subtitles in English and Arabic |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library South Asia Reserve |
| Call Num: | PN1997 .S4756 1985 |
| Title: | Shree 420
directed by Raj Kapoor |
| Description: | 1 videocassette : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. |
| Summary: | Innocent young man comes to Bombay and meets with robbery and other set-backs, getting involved with gambling and fraud, threatened with arrest under Section 420 of the Penal Code |
| Notes: | Originally produced as a motion picture by R.K. Films |
| System: | VHS-NTSC (also available as PAL) |
| Language: | Hindi with subtitles in English and Arabic |
| Location: | In the pre-order process. Ask library staff. |
| Call Num: | On Order |
| Title: | Subah
directed by Jabbar Patel |
| Description: | 1 videocassette : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Summary: | Based on the novel "Beghar", this movie is about the rehabilitation center in a small Indian town. A national award winner for best film of the year. |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi with English subtitles |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library Ormandy Listening Center |
| Call Num: | Music Video- recording 131 |
| Title: | Tamas
directed by Govind Nihalani |
| Description: | 2 videocassettes : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Summary: | Depiction of the incitement to conflict between Hindu and Muslim in the Punjab just before Partition in 1947, with larger historical events juxtaposed to their effects on a tanner and his wife; production itself caused rioting and threats against television stations. |
| Notes: | Video release of the 1987 television series. Based on the novel of the same title by Bhisham Sahni. |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library South Asia Reserve |
| Call Num: | PN1997 .T335 1990z |
| Title: | Teesri kasam
directed by Basu Bhattacharya |
| Description: | 1 videocassette (159 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. |
| Summary: | Hiraman, a simple bullock-cart driver who boasts of having kept the two vows he has thus far made in life, grows attached to Hirabai, a nautanki performer to whom he is giving a ride, but ultimately realizes she can never be his. A film notable for its photography |
| Notes: | Videocassette release of the 1966 motion picture |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library South Asia Reserve |
| Call Num: | PN1997 .T447 1990z |
| Title: | Trishul
directed by Yash Chopra |
| Description: | 1 videocassette : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Notes: | Video release of the 1978 motion picture. |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi, with subtitles in English and Arabic |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library Ormandy Listening Center |
| Call Num: | Music Video- recording 180 |
| Title: | Utsav
directed by Girish Karnad |
| Description: | 1 videocassette : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Summary: | Celebration of the 4th century love affair between the Brahmin merchant Charadatt and the courtesan Vasantsena; set among the architectural monuments of Karnataka and Bharatpur. |
| Notes: | Videocassette release of the 1984 motion picture. Based on two classical Sanskrit plays: Charadatt, by Bhasa (300 A.D.); The little clay cart, by Sudraka (400 A.D.) |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library South Asia Reserve |
| Call Num: | PN1997 .U88 1984 |
| Title: | Woh Chokri
directed by Subhankar Ghosh |
| Description: | 1 videocassette : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Summary: | Drama of social and economic inequities in modern India. |
| Notes: | Video release of the 1993 motion picture |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Location: | Van Pelt Library South Asia Reserve |
| Call Num: | PN1997 .W643 1994 |
| Title: | Woh saat din (those
seven days)
directed by Surinder Kapoor |
| Description: | 1 videocassette : sd., col. ; 1/2 in |
| Notes: | Originally released in 1983. |
| System: | VHS-NTSC |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Location: | In the pre-order process. Ask library staff. |
| Call Num: | On Order |
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