Maheshwari (Malleswari)
Lust Stories
In the companion to 2013’s “Bombay Talkies,” four short films by four of India’s biggest directors explore love, sex and relationships in modern India.
Kanpasum Vaarthaigal
3:10 to Yuma
A small-time rancher agrees to hold a captured outlaw who’s awaiting a train to go to court in Yuma. A battle of wills ensues as the outlaw tries to psych out the rancher.
Alaipesi
Kannum Kannum
Life of Pi
In Canada, novelist Yann Martel meets Pi Patel; Martel has been told that Pi’s life story would be a good subject for a book. Pi tells his story to Yann:Pi’s father names him Piscine Molitor Patel after the swimming pool in France. In secondary school in
Raja Singam
Mallamma, an orphan, loses her caretaker and her freedom to sing due to the jealousy of Dorasani, the village chief. However, her music teacher narrates the story of Rajanna to inspire her.
Muthal Mariyathai
The film commences with friends and family of an ailing village head, Malaichami (Sivaji Ganesan), gathered around him on his death bed. The plot then moves along in a series of flashbacks, featuring significant episodes of the dying man’s life. These inc
Palakkattu Madhavan
Palakattu Madhavan (Vivek) is a lazy, irresponsible man. Embarrassed his wife Lakshmi (Sonia Agarwal) earns more than him, he quits his job out of spite. He then adopts the old woman Pattu Maami (Sheela) as a surrogate mother because she offers to pay cas