India 2025 / director: Mari Selvaraj / language: Tamil / subtitles: Czech, English / 136 min. Twelve-year-old Sivanaindhan grows up in a poor Tamil village, where the main occupation is banana picking. It is a very strenuous and poorly paid job. The boy, who is one of the gifted and ambitious students, does not like to do it, but the difficult financial situation of his family does not give him much choice. The escape from the harsh reality provides him with friendship and small everyday joys. One day, Sivanaindhan skips work, which sets off a chain of dramatic events. Award-winning director Mari Selvaraj made the film based on memories of his own childhood. With empathy and a lot of emotional fervor, he shows the demands of life in a traditional village. trailer (youtube) koupit vstupenku

India 2025 / director: Reema Kagti / language: Hindi / subtitles: Czech, English / 131 min.

Nasir and his friends want to make films. They are not major Bollywood personalities but ordinary residents of Malegaon, a poor Muslim town better known for its textile industry than for producing blockbuster films. Despite their mutual disagreements and numerous life pitfalls, the group of friends finally decides to shoot a local version of the famous Bollywood hit Sholay, and then a film about Superman. The film, directed by Reema Kagti and written by Varun Grover, is inspired by the real lives of enthusiastic amateur filmmakers, originally captured in the documentary Supermen of Malegaon.

Accompanying movie: Supermen of Malegaon / Indie 2008 / režie: Faiza Ahmad Khan / jazyk: Hindština / titulky: anglické / 66 min.

Faiza Ahmad Khan’s documentary is a fascinating look at the enthusiasm for film shown by the inhabitants of the small town of Malegaon in western India. For locals, cinema is not just passive entertainment but also a means of self-expression, as amateur films parodying Bollywood hits have become popular in the town. As the title of the documentary, which was originally made for Singaporean television, suggests, the main focus is on the making of a film starring an Indian incarnation of Superman. However, he does not fight classic comic-book villains but the real problems of Malegaon itself.

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India 2024 / director: Sandhya Suri / language: Hindi / subtitles: Czech, English / 128 min.

After her husband is killed, Santosh, newly widowed, gets a job as a policewoman assigned to routine security duties. She is assigned to work in a harsh rural area full of violence. She soon becomes involved in the case of a raped and brutally murdered girl from the community of untouchables, i.e., outcasts who do not fit into the caste system. The film is conceived as a procedural thriller with an almost documentary-like rawness. The character of the policewoman, who got the job by chance, serves as a means for director Sandhya Suri to show an environment full of caste and gender prejudices, corruption, injustice, and incompetence.

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India 2024 / directors: Amit Joshi, Aradhana Sah / language: Hindi / subtitles: Czech, English / 143 min.

Aryan (Shahid Kapoor) is a respected robotics expert, as is his aunt, who invites him to join her company in Los Angeles. There he meets Sifra (Kriti Sanon), a beautiful and perfect girl in every way. Understandably, he falls in love with her, but his love faces a major obstacle. It turns out that Sifra is actually a robot. This successful romantic comedy with sci-fi elements shows how this classic Bollywood genre has evolved over the years. It now combines the celebration of conservative family values with a dose of irony and reflection on modern themes.

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India 1998 / director: Karan Johar / language: Hindi / subtitles: Czech, English / 185 min. Rahul (Shahrukh Khan) and Anjali (Kajol) were best friends during their studies. Anjali secretly loved her friend, but he did not notice and married Tina (Rani Mukherjee), with whom he had a daughter. Unfortunately, Tina’s pregnancy was complicated, and she died shortly after giving birth. However, she managed to write a series of letters to be passed on to her daughter over the course of eight years. On her eighth birthday, the girl opens the last letter and learns that she has been entrusted with a special task: to arrange for her father to reunite with Anjali. Karan Johar’s now-legendary directorial debut is the culmination of the wave of successful comedy melodramas of the 1990s and at the same time one of the cornerstones of the new Bollywood style. The film combines typical elements of Indian cinema with Western pop-culture influences, which is probably one reason it had a phenomenal commercial response not only among domestic audiences but also among the Indian diaspora. trailer (youtube) koupit vstupenku

India 2025 / director: Rosshan Andrrews / language: Hindi / subtitels: Czech, English / 158 min.

Tvrdý a nespoutaný policista Dev Ambre (Shahid Kapoor) se právě chystá odhalit, kdo zavraždil jeho kolegu, ale stane se obětí nehody, po níž skončí s částečnou ztrátou paměti. Nejednou se z něj stává jiný člověk, který dokonce zpochybňuje závěry svého původního vyšetřování. S pomocí novinářky Diyi (Pooja Hegde) a švagra Farhana (PravesshRana) rozplétá složitou síť plnou korupce a zrady. Režisér Rosshan Andrrews tento akční thriller natočil jako remake vlastního, malajálamsky mluveného snímku Mumbai Police z roku 2013, ale změnil vyústění příběhu. Otevřeně přitom odkazuje na letitou tradici indických filmových hrdinů, kteří bojují za spravedlnost i za cenu toho, že sami překračují zákon.

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India 2025 / director: Anurag Basu / language: Hindština / subtitles: Czech, English / 159 min.

The stories of four couples intertwine across Indian cities. Each explores different forms of love, loneliness, and emotional vulnerability in modern relationships, revealing the complexity of human emotions. Akash and Shruti (Ali Fazal and Fatima Sana Shaikh) must deal with an unplanned pregnancy amid financial hardship. Chumki (Sara Ali Khan) doubts her relationship with her fiancé and becomes close to traveler Parth (Aditya Roy Kapur). Kajol and Monty’s (Konkona Sen Sharma and Pankaj Tripathi) marriage has fallen into a rut, and Monty uses dating apps to break out of it. Shibani and Parimal (Neena Gupta and Anupam Kher) meet after many years at a school reunion, which awakens once-suppressed feelings in them. Director Anurag Basu thematically follows his award-winning 2007 film Life in a... Metro.

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India 2025 / director: R.S. Prasanna / language: Hindština / subtitles: Czech, English / 158 min.

Arrogant basketball coach Gulshan (Aamir Khan) causes a drunken car accident and, as part of his punishment, is given the task of coaching a team made up entirely of players with mental disabilities for several months. At first, the task annoys and frustrates him, but over time he develops a strong bond with his charges. Aamir Khan, who has been one of Bollywood’s most famous stars for many years, not only stars in this touching and entertaining film but also serves as a producer. Sitaare Zameen Par is based on the popular Spanish comedy Champions but also loosely follows Khan’s earlier awareness film Taare Zameen Par. It aims not only to entertain but also to sensitively examine how Indian society stigmatizes people with mental disabilities and to offer an inspiring look at the power of humanity.

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