Mukesh S. Bhatt

Holy cow is a Hindi movie starring Sanjay Mishra and Tigmanshu Dhulia in the lead.

Ghanteshwar is a 40-year-old naive and unmarried man who harbors dreams of marrying the girl of his dream. He is committed to his future partner but is yet to make love to any woman. When his friend convinces him to approach a doctor for his lack of interest in sex, the doctor warns him to either have an active sex life or he would never be able to keep his wife happy and satisfied.

A heart rendering and subtly humorous saga based on the devastating 2004 tragedy which claimed millions. The point that is driven home is, "disaster's create destruction but sometimes binds too". A poignant, journey of the two-orphaned 2004-tsunami victims who subconsciously find a family within their new circumstances. The film narrative is based on the actual locales of South India, Nagapattinam where the tragedy struck. It's in times of such natural disasters and grave crisis that the best of humanity surfaces. —Anonymous

A disturbing saga about male chauvinism and mistreatment of women in India. A woman, attended by two midwives, is giving birth in a small village in India. When the child's cry rings, the father bangs on a steel plate to attract the attention of all the villagers, who assemble, eager to hear the good news. But when the midwife announces that the child is a daughter, the banging stops, followed by a stunned silence. Shortly thereafter the father takes the baby and drowns it in a Calderon of milk. This practice continues on and as a result, many years later there are men and boys everywhere and no women. A widowed man, Ramsharan, ponders his plight and that of his two grown son, who he is unable to get married. No marriage has taken in this village for 15 years, save for one, which was annulled as the young 14-year old bride turned out to be a 14 year old boy. But there is hope when a friend informs Ramsharan that he has located a bride for his eldest, a beautiful young woman named Kalki, who lives nearby, sheltered by her father. Ramsharan pays a substantial dowry for Kalki and gets her married to his eldest - or so he hopes - for every male in the village, including his younger son, Sooraj, and he himself wants a piece of Kalki - for himself - and are willing to do anything to satiate their non-existent sex-life. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com) Over a basin of milk used ceremoniously to drown a newborn girl, a narrator says, "Thousands of baby girls are either aborted or drowned at birth every day in India. Dowry is the cause. Where will this crime lead us to?" In an imagined near future where there are virtually no women, a high-caste village man pays dearly for a wife for his five adult sons. It's the first wedding in the village in 15 years. The bride is Kalki, who puts her faith in the youngest son (the only family member who is not a brute), then in her father, and then in a servant lad. Her desperation worsens as family and village turn against her. Caste tensions rise. Is there any hope for her? —<jhailey@hotmail.com>