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The Grinding Machine

2004 Movie Drama

After her husband died, a mother buys a grinding-machine in order to make a living. Initially fascinated by the machine, her son starts getting irritated by its noise. He tries to destroy the machine to regain his childhood.

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Artistically inclined villager Avdhut Kale struggles to find his place in the metropolis of Pune. His work and the mounting societal pressures of what is expected of him is a disconnect from his true self. Moreover, his passivity towards life is made apparent through his discourses with friends and family, who voice their perspective of life. Trijya traces the journey of Avdhut and how he faces the reality of his own dreams and aspirations about life in a large Indian city. It takes us through the challenges of today's modern way of life and the compromises one inevitably makes along the way to find peace and a place we can call our own.

Trijya - Radius

2019 Drama
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‘Poorna’, an eleven-year-old boy, runs away from his village and comes to a rapidly growing cosmopolitan determined to locate alcohol joints that sell alcohol made from a particular fruit (Mahua), he begins wandering the streets of the city. His quest is punctuated as the committee for the care and aid of children take him in custody and admit him in an observation home Poorna reveals that he needs to find a place called ‘Deid gully’ (Lane one and Half) where, one of his fathers friends, sells the Mahua alcohol. A resolute Poorna runs away from the observation home to continue his search. This film is Poorna’s journey to seek answers, A journey that raises several questions.

Deid

2022 Drama
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BP is about four teenage friends (Avya, Bhagya, Chiu and Dolly), who over hear that, a friend, a resident of their colony, Jyoti tai, has left their colony, as she has brought disgrace to her family. Having received unsatisfactory explanations from their parents for Jyoti tai's exit. It becomes imperative to find out what exactly was her disgraceful act. Kids decide to take up this challenge. In this journey to discover, they end-up bonding little too much with their over mature school-mate 'Vishu', the guiding star for the foursome. He enlightens them by throwing his divine light upon blue films. He feels, one has to read, watch, and if need be, perform to understand the true meaning of life (read SEX).

Balak Palak

2013 Comedy
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The story of two sisters in a poor rural family in India as their family struggles to come to terms with compromises that they have to make in order to survive. Their father's illness forces the eldest sister to go to the big city to work as a prostitute, allowing her to send money home so the rest of the family can live in relative ease. The return of that sister to the village to attend the younger sister's wedding results in a showdown in the family, bringing to the surface the struggles and double standards of the parents in their willingness to accept money from the elder sister but at the same time wanting her to go away so as not to "spoil" their name and remind them of their guilt in forcing her into her city life and the moral compromises that they have made.

Sisters

1995 Drama

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