Bhatia, VanrajOverview
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Vanraj Bhatia
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Vanraj Bhatia
Bhumika The Role
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7 editions published between 1977 and 2010 in Hindi and held by 84 libraries worldwide Usha rises fast in the film world and eventually becomes a well known actress. She is influenced by four men she meets at various points in her life: her first husband, Keshav; the narcissistic male co-star, Rajan; the effete filmmaker, Sunil Verma; and the landowner, Kale, whose second wife she eventually becomes.
Ramayana the legend of Prince Rama
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4 editions published between 2002 and 2006 in English and held by 61 libraries worldwide An animated version of the legend of Prince Rama, who defeated the evil king Ravana.
Ankur Ankura = Ankur (the seedling)
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2 editions published between 1986 and 2003 in Hindi and held by 55 libraries worldwide Values clash as loyalties are tried and tested in the rural Indian setting of Andhra Pradesh. Class conflict of the idle-rich landowning class against toiling peasants is dramatized in a brief extra-marital liaison between an attractive village laborer and her young employer.
36 Chowringhee Lane
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6 editions published between 2001 and 2006 in English and held by 46 libraries worldwide Violet, a middle-aged Anglo-Indian schoolteacher living alone in Calcutta befriends a former student and her boyfriend and has happy times with them. Then, after her brother, who lives in a nursing home, dies and the student and her friend are married, Violet has no one left and must leave India to go live with faraway relatives.
Flute music : for unaccompanied flute
by Vanraj Bhatia
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1 edition published in 1966 in English and held by 35 libraries worldwide
Hari-Bhari Fertility
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2 editions published between 2004 and 2006 in Hindi and held by 34 libraries worldwide The story of five women of a Shaikh Muslim Landholding family: a grandmother, her daughter, her two daughter-in-laws, and a grand-daughter. Each woman faces a crisis that helps develop an awareness of female health problems and their rights over their own bodies.
Junoon
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9 editions published between 1978 and 2005 in Hindi and held by 32 libraries worldwide Movie chronicles the period of 1857 to 1858 when the soldiers of the East India Company mutinied and many smaller kingdoms joined the soldiers in the hope of regaining their territories from the English. The movie is shown from the perspective of one of the leaders of the fight.
Ankur The seedling
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6 editions published between 2000 and 2004 in Hindi and held by 29 libraries worldwide Values clash as loyalties are tried and tested in the rural Indian setting of Andhra Pradesh. Class conflict of the idle-rich landowning class against toiling peasants is dramatized in a brief extra-marital liaison between an attractive village laborer and her young employer.
Niśānta Nishānt : night's end
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2 editions published between 1975 and 2003 in Hindi and held by 27 libraries worldwide A wealthy zamindar and his brothers dominate a village and treat the villagers as slaves. The brothers abduct the wife of a village schoolmaster. He reacts by stirring up an uprising among the villagers who eventually strike back and kill most members of the zamindar family.
Saradāra Sardar = Sardār : the iron man of India
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3 editions published between 1997 and 2005 in Hindi and held by 23 libraries worldwide "This biographical epic on Sardar Patel concentrates largely on the last five years of Sardar's life from 1945 to 1950 when strode on the national scene, a key figure in wresting India's Independence and integrating the nation. The film deals with all the myriad and debilitating problems that India faced in its pre and immediate post Independence period, which turned out to be Sardar Patel's finest hour when problem after monumental problem was solved by Sardar Patel."--Container.
Bhumikā Bhūmikā = Bhumika = The role
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2 editions published between 2003 and 2004 in Hindi and held by 23 libraries worldwide Urvashi is from a poor family, but is talented as a singer and actress. Her mother, Shanta, encourages her to be friendly to the older Keshav Dalvi, who she thinks can promote her daughter's career. Urvashi eventually marries Keshav but is unhappy and restricted in her marriage, so she has affairs with other men. She then meets the wealthy Vinayak Kale and decides to settle down with him, but is unaware that she has entered a household where she has no freedom and is doomed to remain until death.
Mandi Market place
by Shyam Benegal
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1 edition published in 2003 in Hindi and held by 23 libraries worldwide Popular Hindi motion picture.
Jaane bhi do yaaro
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1 edition published in 2000 in Hindi and held by 20 libraries worldwide Two amateur photographers starting a studio become involved in fighting local corruption.
Kinguri-Vali : (The toy-seller) : a scena for soprano, violin, and piano : based on a poem by Gautam Mishra
by Vanraj Bhatia
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1 edition published in 1969 in English and held by 19 libraries worldwide
Jaane bhi do yaaro
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3 editions published between 2004 and 2006 in Hindi and held by 19 libraries worldwide Vinod and Sudhir are two professional photographers trying to start a photo studio but things begins to go wrong from the day it is launched. The guests invited to their inaugral function somehow end up making a beeline for their competitor next door who resorts to a small trick or two. Shobha, pushy editor of a scandal sheet called Khabardar, ropes the two in for collecting photographic evidence against the city's highly successful and manipulative builder, Tarneja. The builder owes much of his success to municipal commissioner D'Mello who is rather wildly, merrily corrupt. The photographer duo, civic minded, are happy not only at getting an assignment but also at having a worthy cause to fight for. They pursue their quarry with a frenzy and the results are tumultous, hilarious and enlightening.
Antarnaad Inner voice
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2 editions published between 1996 and 1998 in Hindi and held by 17 libraries worldwide Presents the true life experiences of two villages and the transformation that occurred through Swadhyaya activity. It begins with an introduction by Shyam Benegal discussing the events which led him to make the movie.
The Bhagavad Gita
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2 editions published in 1996 in Sanskrit and English and held by 15 libraries worldwide
Kal yug Kala yuga = Kalyug
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1 edition published in 2000 in Hindi and held by 15 libraries worldwide Portrays the conflicts within an industrial dynasty in India, with events taking a tragic turn. Includes elements of the Mahabharata set in modern-day society.
Trikal (past, present, future)
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3 editions published between 2003 and 2006 in Hindi and English and held by 14 libraries worldwide Set in 1961 Goa, this is a story of a rich and influential Goan family and what happens to them over a period of time. The movie is narrated in past-tense by one of the friends of the family. more
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Abduction Adultery Anglo-Indians Animated films Biographical films Comedy films Corruption Drama English teachers Families Feature films Feature films Feudalism Fiction films Film adaptations Film and video adaptations Films Flute music Foreign films Hindustani music History India India--Calcutta India--Uttar Pradesh Juvenile works Landowners Mahābhārata Manners and customs Man-woman relationships Motion picture actors and actresses Motion picture music Motion pictures Motion pictures, Indic Musical films Muslim families Muslim women--Sexual behavior Patel, Vallabhbhai,--1875-1950 Peasants Peasant uprisings Photographers Political science Popular music Rāma (Hindu deity) Rape Rāvaṇa (Hindu mythology) Social conflict Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble Vāḍakara, Hãsā,--1923-1972 Women Women's rights
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Alternative Names
Vanraj Bhatia
Languages
Hindi
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English (24) No Linguistic content (15) Sanskrit (6) Undetermined (3) French (2) German (1) Multiple languages (1) Indonesian (1) Dutch (1) |
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