Shekhar Kapur

Ethnically diverse adults and children share personal stories about illiteracy's impact on their lives. Explores how learning to read can break cycles of generational poverty. An immersive and vulnerable exploration of the epidemic of childhood illiteracy through a series of braided character driven stories. Filmed from the point of view of ethnically diverse adults and children who have never learned to read, the film is a forceful yet tender tale of how literacy can free children from the cycles of generational poverty.

Teraa Surroor is set in Dublin, Ireland and narrates the story of Raghu, an assassin who has an emotional side to him. He travels to Dublin to save the love of his life Tara who gets framed in a conspiracy.

Vishwanath alias Wiz, a Kathak exponent, and Nirupama, get married. Each have an agenda and seem to have achieved their wishes within three years of matrimony. Nirupama gets her Ph.D and Wiz runs his dance class in New Jersey, unhindered by each other. All is fine till Dr. Nirupama aspires for more and wants to opt out of the arranged marriage. She cannot cite any specific reason to leave Wiz as there is nothing to complain about. Every male according to Nirupama must have a flaw. So she decides to find out something about him to feel better about her decision to part. Nirupama then hires a detective to rake up something on him, wires get cross-connected and before we know it hell breaks loose.

Vishwanath alias Wiz, a Kathak exponent, and Nirupama, get married. Each have an agenda and seem to have achieved their wishes within three years of matrimony. Nirupama gets her Ph.D and Wiz runs his dance class in New Jersey, unhindered by each other. All is fine till Dr. Nirupama aspires for more and wants to opt out of the arranged marriage. She cannot cite any specific reason to leave Wiz as there is nothing to complain about. Every male according to Nirupama must have a flaw. So she decides to find out something about him to feel better about her decision to part. Nirupama then hires a detective to rake up something on him, wires get cross-connected and before we know it hell breaks loose.

With the 16th century`s changing tides, Queen Elizabeth finds her rule challenged by the Spanish King Philip II with his army and armada set on restoring England to Catholicism.

A young British officer resigns his commission just before his regiment is sent to battle and soon receives four white feathers from his friends and fiancee as symbols of what they view as his cowardice. Harry Feversham is a British Army officer. When his regiment is sent to fight in the Sudan, he resigns his commission. His three closest friends and fellow officers view him as a coward and each send him a white feather, a symbol of cowardice. His fiancée has the same view and does the same. Humiliated by this, Feversham sets off to the Sudan to redeem his honour.

Following her ascension to the throne, Elizabeth faces many challenges during her reign over England. Amidst the political, administrative and personal issues, she struggles to be a monarch.

In Bhind in 1968, Phoolan is married to a twenty-something fellow called Puttilal (Aditya Shrivastava). Though child marriages are customary during that time, Phoolan's mother Moola (Savitri Raekwar) objects to the timing of the match. Phoolan's aging father Devideen (Ram Charan Nirmalker) conforming to his culture, regrettably disagrees, and Phoolan is sent off with Puttilal. Phoolan is exposed to some sexual and exploitative abuses, including the caste system. (Phoolan's family as well as Puttilal's family belong to the lower ranked Mallah sub caste; the higher ranked Thakur caste takes the lead in social and political situations.) Puttilal is physically and sexually abusive, and Phoolan eventually runs away and returns home. As Phoolan grows older, she faces incidents of (non-consensual) fondling and groping from the Thakur men (whose parents make up the Panchayat or village government). At the next town meeting, the Panchayat wield their patriarchal authority to banish Phoolan from the village, since she will not consent to the sexual advances of the higher caste males, who treat her like sub-human chattel. Accordingly, Phoolan (Seema Biswas) leaves with her cousin Kailash (Saurabh Shukla). En route to another village, she encounters a troop of Dakus (bandits) of the Babu Gujjar gang, led by Vikram Mallah Mastana (Nirmal Pandey). Phoolan stays with Kailash for a while, but is eventually compelled to leave. Angry and hopeless, Phoolan goes to the local cops (to try to have her ban lifted), but she is beaten, molested, and arrested by the cops, who sexually assault her while in custody. The Thakurs put up bail and have her released. But, unknown to her, the bail is a bribe (paid, through the cops, to Babu Gujjar's gang), and Babu Gujjar arrives to collect his prize. In May 1979, Phoolan is abducted by Babu Gujjar (Anirudh Agarwal). Gujjar is a ruthless, imposing mercenary. Although Gujjar's lieutenant Vikram is sympathetic towards Phoolan, Gujjar indiscriminately brutalizes and humiliates her, until one day Vikram catches him sexually assault her (yet again) and shoots him in the head. Vikram takes over the gang, and his empathy for Phoolan eventually grows into a mutually respectful mature adult relationship. Around this time, Phoolan revisits her former husband Puttilal, and with Vikram's help, abducts him and exacts her justice for his sexual assault and abuse, beating him up. She shares her closure with Vikram. All goes well until Thakur Shri Ram (Govind Namdeo) is released from prison. Thakur Shri Ram is the real gang leader (boss of the erstwhile Gujjar). Shri Ram returns to his gang and while Vikram receives him with respect, Shri Ram bristles at Vikram's egalitarian leadership style and covets Phoolan. In August 1980, Shri Ram arranges to have Vikram assassinated, and abducts Phoolan, bringing her to the village of Behmai. Phoolan is repeatedly sexually assaulted and beaten by Shri Ram and by the rest of the gang members, as punishment for her "disrespect" for his previous advances, and for her audacity at being an equal. The stunning and disturbing final humiliation and punishment is that she is stripped, paraded around Behmai, beaten and sent to fetch water from the well (in full view of the village). A severely traumatized Phoolan returns to her cousin Kailash. She recovers gradually, and seeks out Man Singh (Manoj Bajpai), an old friend of Vikram Mallah. Man Singh brings her to another large gang, led by Baba Mustakim (Rajesh Vivek). She relates her history to Baba and asks him for some men and weapons to form a gang. Baba Mustakim agrees, and Man Singh and Phoolan become the leaders for the new gang. Phoolan leads her new gang with courage, generosity, humility and shrewdness. Her stockpile and her legend grows. She becomes known as Phoolan Devi, the bandit queen. In February 1981, Baba Mustakim informs her of a large wedding in Behmai, with Thakur Shri Ram in attendance. As Phoolan departs, Baba Mustakim warns her to remain low key. Phoolan attacks the wedding party and her gang exacts revenge from the entire Thakur clan of Behmai. They round up the men and beat them up. Many of the men are finally shot. This act of vengeance brings her to the attention of the national law enforcement authorities (in New Delhi). The top police officials now begin a massive manhunt for Phoolan, and Thakur Shri Ram relishes the opportunity to come to their aid. The manhunt claims many lives in Phoolan's gang. They are ultimately forced to hide out in the rugged ravines of Chambal without any food or water. Phoolan evaluates her options and decides to surrender. Her terms are to have her remaining mates protected and provided for (the women and children in particular). The film ends with Phoolan's surrender in February 1983. The end credits indicate that all the charges against her were withdrawn (including the charges of murder at Behmai), and that she was released in 1994.

Arun, a kind-hearted, modest man, discovers a device that gives him the power of invisibility, and battles against the feared crime lord, Mogambo, who is on a quest to acquire this device.

The sanctity of a family is tested when DK brings home his illegitimate son from a fling. His devastated wife grapples to accept reality as the boy begins to soften her heart.

Alok (Amol Palekar) is the only son of millionaire Mrs. Karuna Chaudhari (Veena). For the past few years he was a mental case. However, he recovered after a hard work by Dr. Sen (Iftekhar). Alok has recently recovered and is leading a normal life. Karuna and her brother Dilip Thakur (Dinesh Thakur), decide to get him married but the doctor says that the girls whom Alok marries should completely dissolve her personality into Alok because such people become quite possessive after treatment. Karuna was married to Ranjeet. But before marriage, Anupam (Shreeram Lagoo) was in love with Karuna, but her father refused her wedding to Anupam as their horoscopes didn't match. Ranjeet later appointed Anupam as Director in their firm, and that's when Ranjeet found that Anupam and Karuna loved each other from before their wedding. Ranjeet was heartbroken and commits suicide to free Karuna. But Karuna never married Anupam. His suicide made Alok mentally unstable. While Dilip was at the asylum to collect Alok, he runs out of the town (in Dilip's car) and goes to Bombay (by train, which he catches at the train station). Keeping in mind that he will not return with his Uncle whom he recognizes, Karuna sends her new manager, Mr. Siddharth (Parikshit Sahni), to bring him back home. Siddarth had replaced the ex-manager Gupta (Utpal Dutt), who was very cruel and unreasonable with the workers of the factory. He blames the workers if the machines break down and uses their salaries to fix and repair them. Siddharth was a senior supervisor and was not afraid to stand up to Gupta against his dictatorship. Karuna likes Siddharth's approach and fires Gupta. She asks Siddharth to take over as the manager of the factory as he is kind and fair to the workers. Meeta is Karuna's assistant and became close with Siddharth after he became the manager. slowly Meeta and Siddharth fall in love with each other. Siddharth goes to Bombay and finds Alok at his regular hotel. Alok was looking to move from a double room into a single room (as the double room is too expensive) and Siddharth offers to share the double room with Alok. Alok and Siddharth become friends, and soon Alok gets very possessive about Siddharth. He wants Siddharth to be with him always and offers to pay him rs 2500 per month for the same. Siddharth asks where Alok will get that kind of money and that's when Alok reveals his true identity to Siddharth. He says he doesn't like going back home, as he gets sick there. Siddharth tells Alok that he has been sent by Karuna to bring Alok back home. This is the only way Siddharth and Alok can be together. Meanwhile, Alok gets attached with Siddharth so much that he does not want him to leave for just a minute and so with his friend, Meeta (Rameshwari). Meeta is an orphan brought up by Mrs. Karuna. Alok falls in love with Meeta and wants to marry her. Meeta is very kind of Mrs. Karuna and does not want to hurt her by refusing to marry Alok but she loves Siddharth. Siddharth also tells her to sacrifice her love for the sake of her loyalty to Karuna. Meeta gets engaged with Alok and Siddharth leaves the town after giving resignation. Now Mr Gupta finds his opportunity and starts indicating to Alok that there was something going on between Meeta and Siddharth. Gupta tells Alok that Meeta spent an entire evening with Siddharth before leaving, and even produces her handkerchief as evidence of the same. Alok recalls Siddharth to work by accusing him of accounting fraud at the company. Siddharth is outraged and returns. Alok now taunts Meeta and Siddharth and wants them to admit to their relationship. He leaves town for a few days, yet stays secretly to observe what Meeta and Siddharth do. Alok hears Meeta profess her love to Siddharth, when they think they are alone. Alok tries to kill Siddharth, but at the last moment back off as he cannot kill his friend. Siddharth confronts Alok that he tried to kill him. Siddharth wants to leave, but Alok wont tell him till Siddharth tells him about the extent of his relationship with Meeta. When Siddharth refuses to comply, Alok goes mad with outrage. He kills Siddharth's dog in retaliation. It is clear that he is mentally unstable again. Alok tries to kill Meeta by pressing her neck, but she manages to escape. Meeta decides to leave town and joins Siddharth in Bombay. Alok finds out that the duo are together in Bombay. Alok calls Siddharth as a friend and says that he got blind with jealousy. He begs Siddharth and Meeta to return, as Mrs Karuna loves Meeta very dearly. Siddharth decides to go back alone. But Alok has every intention to ensure that Siddharth cant get Meeta, if he cant get her. Alok maintains a diary, and Mr Gupta knows where he keeps the diary. When Siddharth arrives, Alok gives him all the jewels that Mrs Karuna had kept as a wedding gift for Meeta and Alok's wedding. Alok says that Mrs Karuna knew about Meeta marrying Siddharth and wanted her to have the jewels none-the-less. Siddharth agrees to take the jewels When putting into the briefcase, Siddharth finds that Alok had kept a gun in it for Sid's safety. Siddharth takes the gun and returns to Alok. But now the gun has his fingerprints on it. After Siddharth leaves, Alok takes the gun (carefully wrapped in a handkerchief) and shoots himself, before throwing the cloth in the fire. Mr Gupta is the first inside the room and sees the burning handkerchief. Alok dies. Meeta and Siddharth get married, when police arrives and arrests him. The case reaches court, where Anupam defends Siddharth, while Dilip is the prosecuting lawyer. All the evidence is against Siddharth, and he is found guilty, and sentenced to death. Just a few days before his hanging, Dr Sen returns from a trip to Europe and tells the jailer that he knew Alok and he was still very mentally fragile. But nobody can stop the hanging unless there is any fresh evidence in the case. As a last resort, Anupam and Meeta approach Mrs Karuna. Dr Sen knew that Alok maintained a diary, and they want Mrs Karuna to help them find the diary. KAruna agrees after Anupam convinces her that Meeta is her daughter and Siddharth is like her son and is innocent. Mr Gupta overhears this and tries to burn the diary. But Meeta and Anupam reach in time and stop Mr Gupta and recover the diary. They manage to use the evidence to issue Governor's orders to stop the hanging, just in the nick of time. Meeta and Siddharth are reunited