Actor: Bachan Pachera

Ajeeb Daastaans

An anthology of four stories that explore the surprising ways in which unexpected catalysts inflame the uncomfortable emotions simmering under fractured relationships.

Swades

A successful Indian scientist returns home to his village to take his nanny back to America with him, and in the process rediscovers his roots.

Bholaa

An ex-convict must undertake a perilous, violent journey in order to meet his daughter after ten years of imprisonment.

I.D.

Charu and her friends share a rented apartment in a sky-rise in Mumbai. All in their mid-twenties, and each hailing from different parts of the country, they have come here to make this bustling metro their home. One day a labourer comes to paint a soiled wall at her house. Irritated that her flat-mate did not inform her, she asks the man to hurry up. A few minutes later, she finds him unconscious on the floor...

Manto

In Bombay's seedy-shiny film world, Manto and his stories are widely read and accepted. But as sectarian violence engulfs the nation, Manto makes the difficult choice of leaving his beloved Bombay. In Lahore, he finds himself bereft of friends and unable to find takers for his writings.

Twelve Months

Baromas is a feature film in Hindi based on the Sahitya Academy award winning Marathi novel of the same name by Sadanand Deshmukh and directed by FTII-educated Dheeraj Meshram. The movie addresses the plight of dry land farmers and the educated unemployed in rural India.

Aadhaar

A group of people from government arrives to promote the new identification cards. Parsua becomes the first who has the card that everyone is reluctant to have, and becomes a star. One day, Parsua receives a divination sign that his wife will die due to the serial number.