Sanjana Kapoor

36 Chowringhee Lane (1981)

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Middle-aged Violet, an Anglo-Indian teacher, lives alone in a flat at 36 Chowringhee Lane in Calcutta. When a former student starts visiting her with her boyfriend, Violet welcomes them eagerly.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aparna Sen
CAST:  Jennifer Kendal  •  Dhritiman Chatterjee  •  Debashree Roy  •  Geoffrey Kendal

Middle-aged Violet, an Anglo-Indian teacher, lives alone in a flat at 36 Chowringhee Lane in Calcutta. When a former student starts visiting her with her boyfriend, Violet welcomes them eagerly.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aparna Sen
CAST:  Jennifer Kendal  •  Dhritiman Chatterjee  •  Debashree Roy  •  Geoffrey Kendal

Hero Hiralal (1988)

A Bollywood obsessed auto-rickshaw meets and falls in love with an actress. When the film crew packs up and leaves, he too sets off to Bombay to be close to her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ketan Mehta
CAST:  Naseeruddin Shah  •  Sanjana Kapoor  •  Deepa Sahi  •  Kiran Kumar

A Bollywood obsessed auto-rickshaw meets and falls in love with an actress. When the film crew packs up and leaves, he too sets off to Bombay to be close to her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ketan Mehta
CAST:  Naseeruddin Shah  •  Sanjana Kapoor  •  Deepa Sahi  •  Kiran Kumar

Salaam Bombay! (1988)

After destroying his older brother's motorbike in retaliation for his constant bullying, 11-year-old Krishna is sent to a traveling circus to earn money to pay for the bike's repairs, but soon winds up in the streets of Bombay's poorest slums. There, he befriends ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mira Nair
CAST:  Shafiq Syed  •  Nana Patekar  •  Hansa Vithal  •  Chanda Sharma

After destroying his older brother's motorbike in retaliation for his constant bullying, 11-year-old Krishna is sent to a traveling circus to earn money to pay for the bike's repairs, but soon winds up in the streets of Bombay's poorest slums. There, he befriends ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mira Nair
CAST:  Shafiq Syed  •  Nana Patekar  •  Hansa Vithal  •  Chanda Sharma

Aranyaka (1994)

Raja Saheb goes on a hunting expedition in cannibal country - the result, sex and a meal with an unusual main course.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Apurba Kishore Bir
CAST:  Mohan Gokhale  •  Sanjana Kapoor  •  Navni Parihar  •  Sarat Pujari

Raja Saheb goes on a hunting expedition in cannibal country - the result, sex and a meal with an unusual main course.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Apurba Kishore Bir
CAST:  Mohan Gokhale  •  Sanjana Kapoor  •  Navni Parihar  •  Sarat Pujari

Khayal

Here in this film about the Indian classical music, the sitar maestro Pt. Ravi Shankar and the santoor maestro Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma explaining their concepts of a raga, a gharana, and their world of music. Characteristics of various gharana/schools such as the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Usha Deshpande
CAST:  Zakir Hussain  •  Sanjana Kapoor  •  Bhimsen Joshi  •  Shiv Kumar Sharma

Here in this film about the Indian classical music, the sitar maestro Pt. Ravi Shankar and the santoor maestro Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma explaining their concepts of a raga, a gharana, and their world of music. Characteristics of various gharana/schools such as the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Usha Deshpande
CAST:  Zakir Hussain  •  Sanjana Kapoor  •  Bhimsen Joshi  •  Shiv Kumar Sharma