Zohra Sehgal – MRQE

The Courtesans of Bombay (TV)

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In the Mumbai, India, tenement community of Pavanpul, young female courtesans sing, dance and perform sexual favors for male clientele. Directors James Ivory and Ismail Merchant blend documentary footage and dramatic reenactments in their exploration of this seamy underworld, the flip side of the Bollywood film industry, where aspiring actors and dancers — some even sold into prostitution by their own families — end up, with their innocence lost and their hopes for movie stardom shattered.

Saawariya

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Two souls arrive in a small town, one on vacation, the other to meet a lover. They spend the most magical dream-like days of their lives in that town… with each other.

Cheeni Kum

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Buddhadev Gupta, a 64-year-old chef, falls in love with a 34-year-old software engineer, Nina. However, their future becomes uncertain when he discovers that her father is six years his junior.

Partition

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The tumultuous events surrounding the sub-continent’s partition in 1947 into India and Pakistan are re-imagined in Ken McMullen’s complex and visually striking film. A lunatic asylum in the city of Lahore becomes a mirror image of events in the outside political world, with the same actors playing both inmates and rulers. Adapted by Tariq Ali and McMullen from famous Urdu writer Saadat Hasan Manto’s short story ‘Toba Tek Singh’, Partition speaks for the countless millions that the usual British Raj films sweep out of sight. Released to mark the 60th anniversary of the partition of the Indian sub-continent, this is the film’s first-ever release on DVD.

Chicken Tikka Masala

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Jimi (Chris Bisson), the Chopra family’s only son, gets caught off guard when his high-handed parents (Saeed Jaffrey and Jamila Massey) announce an arranged marriage to Simran (Jinder Mahal), a lovely girl from a respectable family. Problem is, Jimi’s gay, so to hide his homosexuality, he spins an ever-more elaborate web of deceit — but how long can he conceal the truth?

Kaun Hai Jo Sapno Mein Aaya

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Kuldeep lives comfortably with his family.One day his friend asks him to look after his niece for a month. Mahek moves into the Khanna household and notices that the family is dysfunctional. She begins to reform the youngest one and succeeds.

The Mystic Masseur

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Circa 1940 in Trinidad, still a British Colony, lives Ganesh Ramseyor, of East Indian origin, along with his wife, Leela. He longs to reach out to people, especially to Hindus, in order to promote the Hindu Faith, and be known as a writer. He does get considerable success, so much so that he becomes famous as a miracle worker, having cured a man of sharing intimacy with his bicycle; prevented a man from believing that he can fly; and convincing a young woman to end her fast. His fame spreads all over the island and thousands throng to seek his blessings, which he does dole out quite benevolently, without charging any fees from the poor and the needy. He then decides to spread his wings by challenging the local politician Pandit Narayan Chandrashekhar alias Cyrus T., and takes over The Hindu Organization, thence opening his way to a seat in the prestigious Member of the Legislative Assembly

Dillagi

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Two brothers — Ranvir and Rajvir along with their parents move to Mumbai. They endure numerous hardships, but their will to survive prevails and they succeed. Soon, their parents pass away, leaving young Rajvir in the care of Ranvir. Now wealthy beyond any means, Ranvir runs the business and Rajvir lives recklessly. When Rajvir falls in love, Ranvir arranges his marriage, but to his dismay finds out that he has arranged his brother to marry the girl he loves.

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Nandini has to choose between Sameer, the man who taught her to fall in love; and Vanraj, the man from whom she learnt how to abide and fulfill promises of love.

Dil Se..

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Journalist Amar falls for a mysterious woman on an assignment, but she does not reciprocate his feelings. However, when Amar is about to get married, the woman shows up at his doorstep asking for help.