India Collection: Acclaimed Indies

This is a sample of indie films made by independent filmmakers from India. These films have not only managed to explore a diverse range of socially relevent topics, but have also won critical acclaim both in India and abroad.

15 Park Avenue 15 Park Avenue - a world where Meethi (Konkana Sen Sharma) has a perfect life...a place that does not exist…   more  Sardar (The Iron Man of India) This Biographical epic on Sardar Patel concentrates largely on the last five years of Sradar’s life from 1945…   more  My Brother Nikhil This film is set in Goa, a small costal state in India in between 1989 and 1994. Nikhil Kapoor is the state…   more    Pinjar (The Cage) Chandra Prakash Dwivedi's sweeping, emotional historical epic about the tragedy swirling around the partition…   more  Iqbal It is said that in India, people are passionate about three things - Politics, Bollywood films and Cricket…   more  Bandit Queen "Bandit Queen" tells the story of Phoolan Devi, a lower-caste woman who achieved notoriety when she fought…   more    Satya Synopsis Satya is the story of a man who comes to Mumbai, India to make a living. A series of incidents…   more  Freaky Chakra V.K. Prakash's inventive, clever, and extremely meta 2003 film follows a romance taking place in an imaginary…   more  Shadow Kill Set during a dark chapter in the history of India, SHADOW KILL is a moving drama that examines the life of…   more    The Chess Players Based on a short-story by the renowned Hindi writer Premchand, and directed by Indian film master Satyajit…   more  Maya Exploring how the innocence of children is inevitably and tragically corrupted by the actions of adults, MAYA…   more  On Wings of Fire ON WINGS OF FIRE is a dramatic film of epic proportions about the history of the Parsees and their prophet…   more    Siddhartha This is a timeless, universal story adapted from the novella by German writer Herman Hesse, about youth, the…   more  Teen Deewarein (3 Walls) A naive reporter visits a prison in South India in order to interview three death row inmates…   more  Pather Panchali (Song of the Road) First film in the Apu trilogy, showing life in a small Indian village, centering on young Apu. The story…   more