Cineflections-11 Ashani Sanket (Distant Thunder) – Bengali 1973 -Manjula Jonnalagadda 2.5 to 3 million (5% of the population) died in the great famine of Bengal due to starvation in one Continue Reading
Cineflections-10 Cineflections: Gaman -The Journey (Hindi, 1979) -Manjula Jonnalagadda It is estimated that there are 139 million migrant workers are in India. They mostly migrate to cities like Delhi & Continue Reading
Cineflections-9 Vanaprastham – Last Dance (Malayalam, 1999) -Manjula Jonnalagadda Kathakali is a traditional form of dance. Katha means story through kali comes from kala or keli which loosely translates to Continue Reading
Cineflections-8 Arth Satya – Half Truth (Hindi, 1983) -Manjula Jonnalagadda “चक्रव्यूह में घुसने से पहले कौन था मै और कैसा था ये मुझे याद ही ना रहेगा चक्रव्यूह में घुसने Continue Reading
Cineflections-7 Maa Bhoomi (Our Land), Telugu 1979 -Manjula Jonnalagadda “For each new class which puts itself in the place of one ruling before it, is compelled, merely in order to Continue Reading
Cineflections: Ajantrik (The Pathetic Fallacy) Bengali, 1958 -Manjula Jonnalagadda We all have things that are beyond their prime. They may be torn, spoilt, or broken. But we cannot get rid Continue Reading
Cineflections: Nizhalkuthu (Shadow Kill), Malayalam. 2002 -Manjula Jonnalagadda Capital punishment in India is rare. It is mostly awarded in high profile cases. In India capital punishment is death by hanging. Continue Reading
Cineflections: Sthree (Woman), Telugu -Manjula Jonnalagadda “That night was filled by immeasurable softness and enormous femininity. In that hug I fondly remembered the tragic stories; the stories of feminine nature Continue Reading
Cineflections: Uski Roti (His Bread/A Day’s Bread) -Manjula Jonnalagadda For love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith, But the faith and the love and the Continue Reading
Cineflections: Nimajjanam (Immersion) -Manjula Jonnalagadda Language: Telugu Year: 1979 Hindus believe Ganga washes away their sins. If a person’s ashes are immersed in the river Ganga, that person will be Continue Reading
Cineflections –Manjula Jonnalagadda “Art is a manifestation of emotion, and emotion speaks a language that all may understand” – Somerset Maugham in Moon & Six Pence Good cinema is Continue Reading
