ESSENTIAL INDIAN FILMS

IN TIERS, EACH IN YEAR ORDER. My adoptive dad was born in India, at Dharamsala, and his father was a professor of Indian history. I would have loved to play cricket for India, though my hero, Imran’s cousin Majid Khan (whose dad was a student of my grand-dad and played for India) played for Pakistan.. Oh and my wife’s ancestors came from India.

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MY FAVOURITES:
Apu trilogy (Ray)
Meghe Dhaka Tara / Cloud-Capped Star (Ghatak)
Charulata (Ray)
Nainsukh (Dutta)
Pakeezah/ The Pure One (Amrohi)
Ekti Nadir Naam / The Name of a River (Singh)
Thampu / The Circus Tent (Aravindan)