Teevra Madhyam

A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.

94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.

A young girl and her brother are awoken by their father and loaded into the car on an early morning in 2008. As they road trip across the American West, she discovers the truth about their seemingly spontaneous journey.

Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately leads to the murder of an innocent man.

Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of their safe American suburban surroundings, the family is plunged into the despair of an archaic '80s Britain and their unaffordable new life in an English manor house threatens to destroy the family.

The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.

Conman Robert Freegard poses as an undercover MI5 agent and kidnaps countless victims amidst a high-stakes manhunt, until the woman who fell for him brings him to justice.

Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea room but does not have the wherewithal to achieve her lofty goal. Epileptic Ruth is a rebellious adolescent, while shy but highly intelligent and idealistic Matilda seeks solace in her pets and school projects, including one designed to show how small amounts of radium affect marigolds.

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime.

After the lewd and frenetic Dance of the Seven Veils, and with the solemn pledge from the very lips of Herod himself that she could have whatever her heart desires up to half his kingdom, wanton and proud young Salomé comes before her king with an unreasonable demand. Beguiled by John the Baptist, and then scorned for the sake of his god, lascivious Salomé—encouraged by her mother, the vindictive, Herodias—commands that John be executed and his head delivered on a silver platter.

A woman embarks on a journey alone across the United States after fleeing from her violent husband.

Alone in her empty flat, from her window Anne observes the people passing by who nervously snatch up the personal belongings and pieces of furniture she has put out on the pavement. Her final gesture of taking a ring off her finger signals she is leaving her previous life in Holland behind. She goes to Ireland, where she chooses to lead a solitary, wandering existence, striding through the austere landscapes of Connemara. During her travels, she discovers a house that is home to a hermit, Martin.

A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.

A teenager faces an uphill battle when she fights to give women the opportunity to play competitive soccer.

A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.

The story of golf icon and legend, Bobby Jones, who retired from competition at the tender age of 28.

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.

A down-on-his-luck coach is hired to prepare a team of the best American dancers for an international tournament that attracts all the best crews from around the world, but the Americans haven't won in fifteen years.

MMA legend Patton James, now a commercial fisherman, is pulled back into the cage when his brother is in danger. Reuniting with his old coach Sammy, he commits to one final fight in one championship against the brutal champion Xavier Grau.

FTII Screen Acting Diploma Film of 2010: an Anthology film with 6 stories.

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.

Ramesh is a poorly paid employee in the city Power House. His only child has high temperature, but he mistakes it for common fever. At the Power House, employees including Ramesh demand a pay rise. When the management turns down this demand, they plot to turn off the main switch of the Power House for a few minutes in order to teach a lesson to authorities. Ramesh is entrusted with this job. In the meantime, the doctor takes the decision to immediately operate on Ramesh's child. Ramesh is not aware of this. In the Power House, Ramesh turns off the main switch. The lights go off in the operation theatre too...

These poor people find that their lives, hopes, desires and even dreams are ruled by the powerful. They are deprived of their natural spontaneity and thought process. As a consequence, the victim's action and reaction is programmed and they are performed mechanically as a ritual. In this film, a family of three falls victim to a middle-aged officer, who controls their lives. The woman is thrown in prison, the man becomes a toy in the hands of the officer and their child looks on innocently.

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.

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

A call from 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire' transforms the life of a humble Indian farmer, as he, along with his family and village, embarks on a journey to discover the true meaning of winning.

Aditya has been suffering from muscular dystrophy since theage of l1. Now 25, he has been in hospital for 2 months. Heis a Former chess champion. In his subconscious mind, heplays chess with Death and keeps defeating him, unaware oflittle time left with him. In the hospital he meets a 12 year oldgirl. Aditya gets the idea of donating his eyes to her after hisdeath. That gives birth to the idea of donating his organswhen he is still alive. He confides this idea to his mother whofirst gets disturbed but then talks about it to the doctors.Doctors refuse it as it would be mercy killing, which is not permissible in India. His mother files the suit to supreme court which gets turned down. Aditya dies few days later, Only his eyes get donated

The passage from adolescence to youth is a phase during which a girl emerges in a distinctive period of her life to another significant phase. Most often there is a synchronous transition in her physical state with that of her emotional state of mind. This film poignantly depicts such a transition in a girl's life. Her changing attitudes towards her playmates, and objects around are brought out very vividly in this film.

The film looks into the inner layers of the mind and heart of a young man who has loved a girl but has lately developed some sort of misunderstanding with her. Inspite of the youthful love and affection they have had for each other, the girl suddenly refuses to meet him anymore. The boy is at a loss to understand why.

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

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.

Sudhir - staying in a city without family roots - symbolizes the need for commitment in all young, sensitive and thinking individuals all over the world. The family is a fast-disintegrating social institution and Sudhir's Saturday night represents a true 'dolce vita' - without Fellini's irony, but sickly and sweet. The ridiculously elementary encounter with a mother prostitute as well as his final grandiose speech to the little runaway boy lose their power — and induce a facile fulfillment.

A girl comes to Karla Caves to meet her lover planning to elope with him. She waits for a long time, but her lover does not turn up. All of a sudden, her attention is drawn towards a massive statue of a male and a female entwined in each other's arms. She feels as if the carved image is conveying the message of the noble relationship between man and woman. As she wanders about in the caves, she realizes that it is shameful and cowardly to run away with her lover. She has been transformed.

In the interior of a forest, a tree is being felled. Anordinary event, an event like the shooting of a birdor a rabbit in a forest or the violation of a girl in alonely forest. It is an ordinary human event.. Thefilm humanizes the event of the cutting of a tree ina forest. When one tree is cut (killed, violated) theWOodcutter passes on to the next tree to be cut(killed. violated?

Sanjay and Ritu meet after two months. While Sanjay is eager to meet her, he falls short of words when they actually meet. They try to make the best use of the passing moments by making purchases and visiting restaurants but both of them realise that their relationship is a thing of the past and become conscious of the growing distance between them.

A short film on the traditional art and craft of making the musical instruments Sitar and Tabla.

The documentary film is about the Film and Television Institute of India including the views expressed by students, staff and Ex-Director Shri Jagat Murari. The filmmakers from the institute are 'Rays of Hope' for the alternative or New Indian Cinema.

9-year-old Bittu battles a mysterious fever, an affliction that deepens with an unfamiliar stirring within him as he watches his uncle’s young wife, Kusum, longing for a husband who toils far from home.

The protagonist is a young man staying in a city. He is sensitive, melancholy and a dreamer. He is unable to communicate his feelings to the woman he loves. Everything seems to have been entangled in a mesh, irrespective of these characters. He cannot even differentiate between his capability to love and his passionate desires which have been repressed. That is how he is confused and with his ideals and morality he is living outside his own time and inevitably suffering. His self criticism is endless. He dreams about whatever he lacks and about his ideals. The dreams have led him to the domain of non-communication. His repressed passion along with his self criticism has made him bored with life. Now at every point he expects something exceptional.