Kumar Shahani Movies

Set in the Bengali Renaissance of the 1930s and 1940s. A group of young intellectuals get embroiled in the struggle for Indian independence,...

Rahul, the son-in-law of an old industrialist and one of the heirs to his fortune, clashes with Dinesh, the industrialist’s nephew who is...

A music student listens to stories and legends about the birth and evolution of the Khayal form of classical Indian singing. These stories are...

Indian documentary about Indian film history and P. K. Nair, the founder of the National Film Archive of India and guardian of Indian cinema. He...

Tackling the theme of identity from the perspective of Asian and Afro-Caribbean actors, the film emerged from an acting workshop exploring the...

The story centers around a small town entrepreneur named Maniram who makes a major profit by cheating people and selling them tainted food. His...

In his debut feature film, Kumar Shahani employs highly innovative forms for depicting the conflict between oppressive feudal norms and a changing...

The Bamboo Flute is Kumar Shahani’s cinematic tribute to the flute and its importance to Indian civilisation.

Mother Nature and human emotions are placed in this melding of myth and aesthetic enigma in Kumar Shahani's short film of 25 minutes starring Mita...

An experiment and a homage, Bhavantarana is a spiritually intoxicating documentary about classical Odissi dance maestro Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra.

Kumar Shahani's incomplete film on psychoanalyst Wilfred R. Bion.

Kumar Shahani's FTII Diploma film