Content from Film and Television Institute of India

This is a documentary on Kaifi Azmi, a famous Urdu poet. His work reflects his strong commitment to the weaker sections of the society.

During an overnight bus journey, two passengers confide in each other and share their memory of a woman who affected their lives in different ways.

Two siblings escape into a world of adventure aboard a broken ship—until growing up starts to pull them apart.

The dead body of an unknown person is lying on the ground. The film depicts the various reactions of people who see the dead body. An unscrupulous person collects money for his own pocket in the name of the dead person. A politician takes this opportunity to promote his election campaign. A frustrated young man takes the opportunity to criticize the government, while another young man shows off his intellectual and social superiority over others. In the motley crowd, there is only person who comes forward and seems to really have some feeling for the dead person. He bends down on the corpse and closes the hitherto open eyes of the dead man.

Shama and Ravi are members of a Marxist party. Shama loves classical Indian music, a luxury of a few, and Ravi is in love with quotations and the philosophy of Marx - a need of the masses. Due to a strike, Ravi is compelled to work full-time for the party. Shama decides to give up music reluctantly and joins Ravi.

In modern society, communication between individuals is becoming more and more difficult. Two persons may be in the same physical environment, yet it seems that a Glass Pane - invisible but strong, and very much there separates these individuals. Almost Antonioniesque in its composition, this short film is a study of a married couple who are unable to communicate with each other.

Alarm has been sounded that the hydrogen bomb is about to be dropped. In this atmosphere of panic and fear a cross-section of humanity has been huddled together for safety in an experimental shelter. But even in this crisis the old attitudes and behaviour patterns do not change. FTII Diploma film for acting students of 1964-65 by Ritwik Ghatak.

A man leaves his house. Another applies for leave in his office. A third finishes his tea. Another gets himself shaved. All four are fresh entrants in the world of crime: kidnapping to be more precise. But the father of the kidnapped boy refuses to pay up. The son has already played this trick before and collected good ransom. The father does not believe this time it is a real thing; The kidnappers get desperate. The son has in idea. The plot thickens.

An Army Officer is demobilized due to his wounded leg. His income is meagre and he has no savings. He is distressed as he cannot raise the money required for his only son to pursue his studies abroad. He falls prey to temptations and conspires with acquaintances to raise the money by criminal means.

Dr. Dev and his wife Shanta live in a village, as Dev realizes the need for medical facilities in rural areas. But Shanta is not happy with the placidity of village life. Ultimately, Dr Dev decides to accept a job in the city and abandon his ideal. But in the meantime, an accident takes place and Shanta realizes the importance of her husband's presence in the village.

People are involved in daily encounters without ever being aware of how they are connected with one another. A taxi reveals all.

In the aftermath of Indira Gandhi's assassination, the spectre of retaliatory violence looms over the Sikh community of an Old Delhi neighbourhood.

Set in a quiet village, this poignant film follows a widowed mother and her young daughter who, despite their age gap, are often mistaken for sisters. One night, the mother secretly meets her lover at a nearby farm. Returning home at dawn, she is mistaken for her daughter by villagers, sparking scandal and harsh judgment. As cruel gossip spreads, the innocent daughter becomes the target of humiliation—leading to a tragic and irreversible act. A haunting tale of mistaken identity, societal cruelty, and the devastating cost of silence.

The film is about a young boy who has just finished graduation and is waiting for the result of a competitive examination. He is quite sure about getting through the examination, but his mother generally grumbles and assumes that her son is not capable of doing anything in this world. Discouraged and fed up with all this, he goes to his college and meets his girlfriend. He does not want to lose these moments. One fine morning he is awakened by the excited voice of his mother informing him that he has been selected in the competitive examination!

The main protagonist of this film is a dreamy and innocent boy who is working as a postman. Once he goes to deliver a telegram at some wedding ceremony, he imagines himself to be the bridegroom. But in the course of time, he learns to face reality.

Maya is a teenager young girl who is working as a housemaid in a rich family. She is required to do all household work and also look after a small child. She toils from dawn to dusk and cannot get peaceful sleep. She, therefore, wants to get rid of it. One night, she kills the child in the cradle and then, relieved of her burden, quietly sleeps on the ground.

The journey of news coming alive, when an athlete featured on the front page falls in love with a tennis starlet featured on the last page of a newspaper.

This is a fictional story of a young man who is drawn to crime as a revolt against society.

The story of a proud woman, her poetic vindication of unfair social insult, and her inevitable sad destiny. A very culture-specific film dipped in a local festival of rural women.

Rajan, a weary factory worker, endures grueling shifts and a volatile home life, drifting through sleepless nights in the city as he tries to reclaim the rest that always seems just out of reach.