5.8

Amelia

2008, USA, Canada

• Actors: Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston, Joe Anderson, Cherry Jones, Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Abrams, Dylan Roberts, Scott Yaphe, Tom Fairfoot, Ryann Shane, William Cuddy, Elizabeth Shepherd, Richard Donat, Scott Anderson, Sarah Kitz, Keelin Jack, Jeremy Akerman, Derek Keurvorst, Thomas Hauff, Sarah Dood, Danielle Bourgon, Hamish McEwan, Michael Daly, Jeffrey Knight, Paul Johnston, Michael Richard, Daniel Janks, Ron Smerczak
• Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance
• Director(s): Mira Nair
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Amelia Earhart, a Kansas girl, discovers the thrill of aviation at age 23, and within 12 years has progressed to winning the Distinguished Flying Cross for being the first woman to pilot a plane solo across the Atlantic Ocean. At age 39, she sets out on an attempt to circumnavigate the globe, an adventure that catapults her into aviation myth.

  7.5

The Namesake

2006, India, USA

• Actors: Kal Penn, Tabu, Irrfan Khan, Jacinda Barrett, Zuleikha Robinson, Brooke Smith, Sahira Nair, Jagannath Guha, Ruma Guha Thakurta, Sandip Deb, Sukanya, Tanushree Shankar, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Tamal Ray Chowdhury, Dhruv Mookerji, Supriya Choudhury, Stuart Rudin, Heather MacRae, Sumitra, Kanti, Michael Countryman, Kousik Bhowal, Rupak Ginn, Soham Chatterjee, Gargi Mukherjee, Pallavi Shah, Jhumpa Lahiri, Noor Lahiri Vourvoulias, Linus Roache, Josh Grisetti
• Genre: Drama
• Director(s): Mira Nair
• Available languages:
  • English English.

While traveling by train to visit his grandfather in Jamshedpur, Calcutta born, Bengali-speaking Ashoke Ganguli meets with fellow-traveler, Ghosh, who impresses upon him to travel, while Ashoke is deep into a book authored by Nicholai Gogol. The train meets with an accident, and after recuperating, Ashoke re-locates to America, settles down, returns home in 1977 to get married to aspiring singer, Ashima, and returns home to New York. Shortly thereafter they become parents of a boy, who they initially name Gogol, and a few years later both give birth to Sonia. The family then buy their own house in the suburbs and travel to India for the first time after their marriage. The second time they travel to India is when Gogol and Sonia are in their late teens, and after a memorable visit to Kolkata and then to the Taj Mahal, they return home. Gogol falls in love with Maxine Ratliff and moves in with her family, while Ashoke spends time traveling, and Sonia moves to California, leaving Ashima all her by herself. The Ganguli family will be destined to travel to India again soon - this time under very different circumstances - and after all have endured life-changing events.

  6.2

Vanity Fair

2003, UK, USA

• Actors: Gabriel Byrne, Angelica Mandy, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Ruth Sheen, Kate Fleetwood, Reese Witherspoon, Lillete Dubey, Romola Garai, Tony Maudsley, Deborah Findlay, John Franklyn-Robbins, Paul Bazely, Rhys Ifans, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Charlie Beall, David Sterne, Bob Hoskins, Douglas Hodge, Meg Wynn Owen, Georgina Edmonds, Emilie Richardson, Tim Preece, Geraldine McEwan, Natasha Little, Eileen Atkins, James Purefoy, Helen Coker, Tim Seely, Jim Broadbent, Sophie Hunter
• Genre: Drama, Romance
• Director(s): Mira Nair
• Available languages:
  • English English.

The British Empire flowers; exotic India colors English imaginations. Becky Sharp, the orphaned daughter of a painter and a singer, leaves a home for girls to be a governess, armed with pluck, a keen wit, good looks, fluent French, and an eye for social advancement. Society tries its best to keep her from climbing. An episodic narrative follows her for 20 years, through marriage, Napoleonic wars, a child, loyalty to a school friend, the vicissitudes of the family whose daughters she instructed, and attention from a bored marquess who collected her father's paintings. Honesty tempers her schemes. No aristocrat she, nor bourgeois, just spirited, intelligent, and irrepressible.

  5.7

Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love

1995, UK, India, USA, Germany, Japan

• Actors: Indira Varma, Sarita Choudhury, Naveen Andrews, Rekha, Khalid Tyabji, Arundhati Rao, Surabhi Bhansali, Garima Dhup, Pearl Padamsee, Kusum Haidar, Harish Patel, Ranjit Chowdhry, Achala Sachdev, Arjun Sajnani, Avijit Dutt, Anjum Rajabali, Siddharth Anand Kumar, Debi Basu, Rahul Vohra, Manize Boga, Prabeen Singh, Cinia Jain, Urvashi Nair, Bhanumathi Rao, Vasudeo Bhatt, Moneeka Misra Tanvir, Mina Sareen, Maya Krishna Rao, Shyamoli Varma, Nandita Mehrota
• Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Romance
• Director(s): Mira Nair
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Tara and Maya are two inseparable friends in India. Their tastes, habits, and hobbies are the same. Years later, the two have matured, but have maintained their friendship. Tara gets married to the local prince, Raj Singh, who soon succeeds the throne as the sole heir. After the marriage, Raj gets bored of Tara and starts seeking another female to satisfy his sexual needs. He notices Maya and is instantly attracted to her. He has her included as one of his courtesans, and is intimate with her. Watch what happens when Tara finds out and the extent she will go to keep her marriage intact.

  6.5

Mississippi Masala

1991, UK, USA

• Actors: Denzel Washington, Sarita Choudhury, Roshan Seth, Sharmila Tagore, Charles S. Dutton, Joe Seneca, Ranjit Chowdhry, Mohan Gokhale, Mohan Agashe, Tico Wells, Yvette Hawkins, Anjan Srivastav, Dipti Suthar, Varsha Thaker, Ashok Lath, Natalie Oliver, Karen Pinkston, Willy Cobbs, Mira Nair, Rajika Puri, Sharon Williams, Cyreio Hughes, Stacy Swinford, Rick Senn, Jim Haffey, Dillon Rozell Gross, Larry Haggard, E.W. Colvin, Joyce Murrah, Kevin McNeil
• Genre: Romance, Drama, Comedy
• Director(s): Mira Nair
• Available languages:
  • English English.

An Indian family is expelled from Uganda when Idi Amin takes power. They move to Mississippi and time passes. The Indian daughter falls in love with a black man, and the respective families have to come to terms with it.