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Kalamandalam Gopi

Film on art and life of well-known Kathakali Artist - Kalamandalam Gopi.

Hrishikesh Mukherjee

This film is a biographical film on the life and contribution to films of well known director - Hrishikesh Mukherjee.

Babasaheb Ambedkar

A biographical film about Babasaheb Ambedkar, the chief architect of the Constitution of India. Dr. Ambedkar dedicated his life to the cause of the downtrodden. Born of humble parents, Bhimrao the 14th child of an army subedar had his primary schooling in Dapoli in Konkan and at Satara in Maharashtra. Aided by scholarships, brilliant Bhimrao attended college in Bombay. Later he went to Columbia University in New York. He set up his legal practice in Bombay High Court in 1924. As a member of the Bombay Legislative Assembly, an active public career was already in the making.

Story of Binodini - A Text of Betrayal : Aamaar Katha

A documentary on the life and time of Nati Binodini ( 1862-1941 ) the pioneering Bengali stage actress and the first South Asian actress to write an autobiography; celebrating her 150th year, a film based on her autobiographies " Amar Katha " ( My Story ) and " Amar Abhinetri Jibon " ( My Life as an Actress ).

Nainsukh - The Eyes Delight

Biographical film depicts the life and works of world renowned Pahari Master Painter Nainsukh of 18th Century in Pahari area of Himalaya.

My Dreams

Based on poems by Ali Sardar Jafri, this film portrays the poet's dreams about the new world that would be created by human hands, human labour; the world of happiness and new hopes.

Guru Chengannur

Guru Chengannur Raman Pillai, the greatest living exponent of Kathakali was born in Chengannur, a village in Kerala in 1884. He received his early training under Thakazi Kesava Panikkar and Ambalapouza Kunju Krishna Panikkar. Chengannur's figure and face were such that all his roles were endowed with striking beauty. Guru Chengannur has trained generations of great Kathakali artistes in his lifetime. He received the most coveted awards in India, including the Sangit Natak Akademy Award (1964), and Padmashree (1971).

Through The Eyes of Painter

Made by M. F. Hussain who belongs to the progressive group of painters, this experimental film presents the painter's images of Rajasthan, through cinema.

Rashtra Kavi Pradeep

This is a biographical film on poet Pradeep. Kavi Pradeep has been honoured with Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1998 for his contribution of (poetry) Patriotic songs in Hindi.

Koodal

A film on the synthesis of images. The symbolic image of Mahatma Gandhi, the metamorphosis of life as in bull's image, the love of Gods in Madurai and the closing of identity in an active situation has been executed textually and environmentally in terms of cinema with the principal intention of alienating both the image and the action to make a protest against violence,

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