Titles That Premiered at MAMI Mumbai Film Festival Through the Years
Over the last several years, a selection of titles - feature films, shows, shorts, and documentaries - have had their world premiere at the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. If you're looking to add some hidden and not-so-hidden gems to your Watchlist, look no further than this guide to these carefully-curated titles from around the globe.
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- DirectorSami KhanStarsRupak GinnRavi KhanvilkarStephen McHattieAfter the death of his adopted mother, a Canadian man travels to rural India desperately searching for the birth family he's never known and seeking to unravel the mystery surrounding his adoption.
- StarsAli FazalAngira DharRajit KapoorTwo people from very different backgrounds fall in love and decide to get married, but not without their parents blessings. Three days before the wedding they introduce each other with their respective parents and all hell breaks lose.
- DirectorEktara CollectiveStarsMoulina MiddeSheela RawatMadhu BhagatIn the neighbourhood, chess is a popular pass time with men being the most visible players. In this backdrop a domestic worker, a young woman in love and a former journalist make their moves with care.
- DirectorSoo-Young KimStarsKim Hye-junIn-seo KimLee Yoo-mi'Superpower girl' Mina. Top of her class, the center of attention and envy. 'No-power girl' Juri. Her classmates sometimes forget she even exists. One day, Mina can't seem to close her eyelids, while Juri discovers her hidden powers. A weird series of events to these teen girls shock the world!
- DirectorTian TseringStarsTsering ChoekyiPema ChokeySamten DhondupIn the remote mountains of Tibet, a teenage girl must choose between supporting her family after her father's political imprisonment or joining a group of oppressed nuns on their journey to freedom.
- DirectorNishil ShethStarsImran RasheedMittal ChouhanTrimala AdhikariDhaanu, a poor villager, heavily in financial debt, stealthily returns from the city to the village one night. He is hiding from a moneylender who he owes a handsome sum of money. Pushed against the wall, he decides to sell his donkey, Bhasmasur, in the city. Dhaanu's son Tipu, who yearns to go the annual fair in the city, shares a very strong bond with the donkey, Bhasmasur. Tipu in his own childish ways tries to stop Bhasmasur from being sold, but remains unsuccessful. Dhaanu decides to take Tipu to the city too. The trio set off on a journey from the in lands of Rajasthan towards the city, by foot. Along the journey, numerous events take place, bringing the father and son closer. But, will Dhaanu be able to make this bond last?
- DirectorAmshan KumarStarsRajeev AnandManimegalaiSheela RajkumarWhen a caste discrimination prevents a villager from giving hos deceased father a rightful burial, he takes his fight for equality to court.
- DirectorRahul ShanklyaStarsAnjali PatilKaran DaveAryan MishraThe story revolves around Nimmo (Patil), who is soon to be wed. Her only friend, and constant companion is a little boy (Dave) who also has a massive crush on her. While the little boy's innocence prevents him from understanding the complications of marriage, it does not prevent him from trying some wacky ideas to keep his love from marrying someone else.
- DirectorGirish MohiteStarsDipti DhotreMangesh DesaiUmesh Bolke'Death' is an ultimate truth. Each one of us is radically aware that at some or the other point of time in life, the death, is going to come to meet us and end our role. But still Ramnath Desai leaves no stone unturned to unveil the answer of this riddle.
- DirectorPrasanth VijayStarsChandra Kiran G.K.Reina MariaArya Manikandan'The Summer of Miracles' narrates a nine-year old boy's obsession to become invisible, his relentless efforts to achieve that and the consequences of his actions on people around him.
- DirectorPraveen MorchhaleStarsAjay ChoureyRigzin DolkarPhuntsog Dolma10 year old Tsering lives in the difficult terrain of the Himalayas. One day he accidentally breaks his friend's school chair. When he decides to bring the chair back to his village, the 7 kilometres long journey back home in mountainous landscape on a donkey, becomes even more arduous than usual. Chair is the metaphor for the awakening journey, quest for inner truth and reality, which people aspire to find in the adult world.
- DirectorDanny Ben-MosheSHALOM BOLLYWOOD reveals the unlikely story of the 2000-year-old Indian Jewish community and its formative place in shaping the world's largest film industry.
- DirectorBash MohammedStarsDinesh PrabhakarMaala ParvathiIndransThe movie depicts the life of a tribal youth named Prakasan who lives with his mother and sister in Chamakundy, Kerala. He dreams of having a job in a city, which comes true. Prakasan's designated job is a health care worker which includes locating prostitutes to distribute condoms and spread awareness. He finds it hard to wrap his head around this in a fast paced life.
- DirectorDeepak GawadeStarsGomyaKishore KadamUttara KarajgarNamya is on a journey with a goat to fulfil his mothers dreams. But the notorious goat won't make the journey easy. Set in beautiful landscapes of Western India, is a story about friendship, humanity, sacrifice and wisdom.
- DirectorSandeep ModiStarsGaurav AgarwalSamir ChandraSangram DesaiChumbak is a coming-of-age story of a 15year old table-cleaning-waiter-boy Baalu and his chance encounter with a 45 year old mentally slow man Prasanna that forces him to make a choice between his dreams and morality.
- DirectorRohan DeshpandeStarsMaithili PatwardhanSahil JoshiAjay JadhavThe adventures of eight-year-olds Chaani and Balu as they try to save a fish, believing its fate to be tied to Chaani's ailing mother, set in drought-stricken Maharashtra. Will they succeed in their pursuit?
- DirectorAlankrita ShrivastavaStarsAahana KumraRatna Pathak ShahKonkona Sen SharmaIn order to be independent and break free from the conservative society, four women sets on a journey to discover freedom and happiness.
- DirectorVinit ChandrasekharanStarsLucky SinghNinad MahajaniKetaki NarayanDrought stricken eastern part of Maharashtra where close to 23,000 farmers have committed suicides since 2009, the Christian missionaries decide to sell the land which was given to the lower cast in exchange of their conversion to Christianity a couple of decades back. Father Benedict Deddario, is entrusted with this task. His biggest paix de la résistance is the poor local lower cast leader Vinya. Aside from the matter of land Benedict is most shaken by Vinya's resilience and unwillingness to convert to Christianity. Benedict will stop at nothing to not only sell the land but also to get Vinya to convert. Even if that means using Vinya's power hungry wife against him. While Vinya has to come to terms with a suicide that he could have prevented, especially when he had seen father do the same.
- DirectorAadish KeluskarStarsHimanshu KohliRohit KokateKhushboo UpadhyayA couple's caustic, increasingly jarring interactions over a Mumbai evening strain their relationship until it threatens to break at its fraying seams.
- DirectorRidham JanveStarsLokendra GurungArjun PantTwo shepherds living on top of an unknown mountain go searching for an aircraft that crash landed somewhere nearby even as different teams sent by the aircraft's team get lost on the mountain.
- DirectorDominic SangmaStarsPhillip SangmaPhilip, 85, has been living in hope, over the last 30 years, that one day he will be reunited with his wife in afterlife. But his yearning is jeopardised by the dream he had about her-in which he searched for her among the crowd of women in a barren landscape, but he could not recognise her face.
- DirectorVinu KolichalStarsBalettanSanjayFor Kunjambu, Chindan Muthapan is a legendary hero - a figure in his grandmother's fairytales. Chindan is a hunter, the only man in the village who knows how to use an English barrel. As a kid, Kunjambu dreamt about Chindan, where the man with the gun rescued him from his nightmares. When Chindan walked into the forest holding the gun, the young Kunjambu followed him. Even after becoming an adult, Kunjambu remains fascinated with the gun. Then, one day, Kunjambu has to turn in his gun at the local police station, as part of a mandatory requirement during elections - an act that changes his life.
- DirectorAnupam Kaushik BorahStarsKenny BasumataryDarathie BhardwajManisha BhuyanThe movie portrays the soul and real ambiance of Majuli, the largest river island on earth. The movie which opens with a soul pleasing shot of the river Brahmaputra with a ship ferrying, takes us to the river island and introduces us to the unvarying and routine life of Moukon, Luit, Simanta, Joi, Topon, and Bhaskar. Moukon, a young carefree girl finds herself at the center of some mysterious deaths after which she is socially considered a jinx. Simanta, Joi and his friends are well qualified but are still in search of a substantial life. Life is also indifferent for Luit who moves from door to door by selling insurance policies and has no better resolutions for the future. Amidst all the scrambling there is also space for some untainted love stories at the core of Bornodi Bhotiai which takes the movie to its ultimate culmination.
- DirectorAnamika HaksarStarsRavindra SahuRaghubir YadavGopalanA testament of time written in Old Delhi, past and present plotted in its lanes. The narrative moves like a homeless migrant, changing space and structure with each unfolding event, living in the twilight between the real and the dream.
- DirectorAijaz KhanStarsTalha Arshad ReshiVikas KumarRasika DugalEight year-old Hamid learns that 786 is God's number and decides to try and reach out to God, by dialing this number. He wants to talk to his father, who his mother tells him has gone to Allah. One fine day the phone call is answered.
- DirectorKaran ChavanVikram PatilStarsAmol DeshmukhAishwarya SakhujaA teen with vitiligo struggles with self-doubt and anxiety until a new schoolteacher sees her through a different lens, and urges her to do the same.
- DirectorPawan k ShrivastavaStarsRavi SahShalini MohanBhaskar JhaFilm about caste oppression and religious intolerance in India.
- DirectorMansoreStarsSruthi HariharanSanchari VijaySharanyaNathicharami is about Gowri whose life is perplexed between her physical desires and emotional beliefs. The film narrates the struggles of the protagonist in a society that believes physical desires can only be followed by a nuptial. She is stuck in her ordinary life with people from her daily life pattern who talk about their notions that are in contrary to the other. Finally, when she feels that she has overcome her ambiguity, the situation takes a leap. The film is also a grave narration about the nuances, women from all walks of life face.
- DirectorSubash SahooMangesh Desai was a giant in the world of Sound Recording & Mixing who recorded and mixed most of all Bollywood films of his time. Apart from Bollywood, producers and directors from all over India approached him for mixing. His understanding of the craft and technique was unparalleled. New York Times rated him among top 10 sound mixing engineers of the world. Producers queued up at his door waiting for his mixing dates. Vidhu Vinod Chopra tells how Mangeshji mixed his first two films free of cost and helped him stand on his feet as a director and producer. Gulshan Rai, the producer of Director Yash Chopra's Deewar and Kabhi Kabhi lost faith in the films but Mangeshji's tips on reshooting & re-edit made those cult classics a commercial success. His dynamic range of work goes from the artistic extremes of Satyajit Ray and Shyam Benegal's art films to Manmohan Desai's commercial films. He could blend himself according to the needs of the subject, the film and the director. Before being a gifted technician Mangesh Desai was a freedom fighter, a nationalist and a patriot. As a freedom fighter he fought the British with smuggled revolvers and self-made bombs. As a nationalist, he went further by trusting his life with Indian doctors because 'What is wrong with our doctors? They are just as good.' He died due to complications beyond human control. He was a legend by all its definitions.
- DirectorSwati Dandekar
- DirectorUnnikrishnan AavalaManoj K.T.Rajesh KumarStarsP.R. ManiRemya ValsalaAnumol K. ManoharanGulikan and Maathi were married as children, and live amongst a tribe in a deep jungle settlement. Like everyone else, Gulikan must go to town for work, where the rules are brutal.
- DirectorTanuja ChandraStarsPriyanshu PainyuliPrasad ReddyKonkona Sen SharmaA young woman in an eventful, rainy evening travels to see the man she is dating and experiences bittersweet moments with a series of strangers along the way.
- DirectorVasanthStarsLizzie AntonyKarthick Krishna C.S.Lakshmi Priyaa ChandramouliTamil anthology film exploring the lives of 3 women across 3 time periods.
- DirectorBuddhadev DasguptaStarsAftabParno MittraChandan Roy SanyalThe Flight (Urojahaj) describes the mad dream of a simple man to fly the rusted shell of a downed World War II Japanese fighter plane that he finds in the forest.
- DirectorSafdar RahmanStarsSunny PawarMala MukherjeeSurojitOn the eve of his tenth birthday, when Chippa receives a letter for his long-absent father, he decides to leave his pavement abode to find out more.
- DirectorSuhas DesaleStarsRahul DeshpandePallavi ParanjapeDeepti MateRahul is a composed musician in an old city. A delightful serendipity smiles on him when he meets a warm and spontaneous girl Keerthi who is intrigued with Rahul's music.
- DirectorAlok RajwadeStarsAbhay MahajanParna PetheSai TamhankarWhen the epitome of female sexuality, the iconic Savita Bhabhi, comes in 21-year-old Aatish's dreams, he invites her to be the chief guest of the local Dahi Handi festival. Aatish, spellbound by the magical lady who has seen it all, drives himself and those around him into a state of frenzy.
- DirectorGayatri PatilAditya RathiStarsNeena KulkarniAmita KhopkarVikas HandeA photophobic woman is on the journey to find a Photo of herself to be put up in her eulogy.
- DirectorAchal MishraStarsAbhinav JhaMira JhaSatyam JhaA portrait of a large extended Indian family over several decades as they gather at the matriarch's rural home, following the inevitable rhythms of change, children moving away to the city, and the decay of traditional village life.
- DirectorSaurav RaiStarsChandra DewanPravesh GurungSunil Rai10-year-old Tashi and his aging grandma live as tenants to a wealthy family, in a remote mountain village in Darjeeling.
- DirectorPushpendra SinghStarsMoti Khan ManganiyarNijre Khan ManganiyarAnwar Khan ManganiyarMoti Khan, a musically gifted child from the lower caste Muslim Manganiyars of the Thar Desert, is forced to sing and play music for their ancestral patrons in order to survive.
- DirectorNithin AnilStarsVaibhavi Pramod KadamPradnya Parshuram KadamGundu Kakka is a struggling harmonium player, who aspires to join a local drama troupe. One day, after watching a 3D movie, he presents a pair of 3D glasses to two sisters - Pradnya and Pratheeksha. He tells them that the glasses have magical powers, visible only to him. Though they initially refuse to believe him, an event soon occurs which raises the sisters' curiosity. And as the determined sisters try to find out the truth about the glasses, other tiny stories of the little village slowly unfold.
- DirectorFahim IrshadStarsFarrukh SeyerPriyanka VermaNeha SinghWhen the government announces a ban on beef, and the shutting down of slaughterhouses, it wreaks havoc in the family life of a lower middle class, Muslim kebab seller called Bhutto, and sends his world spinning.
- DirectorNitin BhaskarStarsVitthal KalePandurang PangamNarendra KadkadeKAAJRO is story of Tilgya, belonging to an untouchable caste. His village is celebrating the annual festival of Dasshera, marking triumph of Lord Rama over Ravana i.e. good over bad. Tilgya's ailing wife dies while the celebration is on. He is debarred from participating in festival procession and is forced to leave the village with his wife's dead body.
- DirectorRajkumar TangdeStarsSnehal BhujbalAshwini BhalekarGouri KongeGenerations of a closely-knit, humorous community of sugarcane laborers have been migrating yearly in search of work. Vitthal belongs to the young, educated generation of the community, but political apathy and lazy governance have kept them socially backward. Vitthal is still forced to rely on a life-threatening occupation like sugarcane cutting for survival. He travels along with the rest, while they live like outcasts, sacrifice their self-respect, and endure bitter hardships just to satisfy the sweet cravings of the world.
- DirectorAryan BaruahStarsMannyamNyeiwangKing AlohThere are few surviving headhunters of their last generation, who used to kill people to collect heads and other body parts, living on the hills of Naga. Their lives have been majorly affected with the arrival of new generation.
- DirectorVinod KambleStarsAnil KambleSamarth SonawaneShravan UpalakarGopinath excels at Sanskrit but faces bullying over his family's caste. He helps his alcoholic father at the morgue and becomes fixated on acquiring musk to mask odors. Despite academic success, he struggles with caste discrimination.
- DirectorArati KadavStarsVikrant MasseyShweta TripathiNandu MadhavA young female astronaut, who joins a reclusive astronaut aboard a spaceship, struggles with her job as she interacts with mysterious Cargos that appear on the ship.
- DirectorSeema PahwaStarsSupriya PathakKonkona Sen SharmaParambrata ChattopadhyayBauji's entire family comes under one roof for 13 days after he passes away. We get a glimpse of their dynamics, politics and insecurities as each one of them is on their journey to discover their own selves and truth.
- DirectorDeepti GuptaStarsSona MohapatraSHUT UP SONA is a tongue-in-cheek take at a feisty female singer's unrelenting fight for an equal space in modern day India, a country deeply uncomfortable with her emancipation.
- DirectorKamal SwaroopStarsHarshit ThakurAt Kumbh Mela, the world's largest congregation of religious pilgrims, a troupe of theatre actors stage a play based on the origin myth of Hinduism - the churning of the cosmic ocean.
- DirectorMahesh ManjrekarStarsAmol BawdekarGauri IngavaleVidyadhar JoshiAntu Bhatji marries a widow Laxmi much younger to him for the sake of his daughter's.But ignores her as he can't overcome dead wife Janaki.Laxmi takes care of the family but circumstances force her to get attracted towards Madhav.
- DirectorManas Mukul PalStarsSamiul AlamShakuntala BaruaSanjay Biswas10-year-old Gopal's carefree childhood is disrupted when his father meets with an accident. It becomes difficult for his mother to feed him and his little brother Chottu. Gopal starts devising ways to earn money. With a little assistance from Chottu he takes up odd jobs from cleaning wells to selling laboriously plucked fruits in the local village market. Emboldened by his initial success, Gopal fancies himself as the breadwinner of the family. Meanwhile a grand Janmashtami feast is being planned in the Brahmin household where the pulao will be served. Hearing this both the brothers hatch plans of their own. Gopal would like to make a quick buck by selling palmyras for the feast, while Chottu starts dreaming of this fancy dish that he has never seen or tasted. After all he has heard that the whole village will be invited.
- DirectorPrithvi KonanurStarsPariManoharaSyed Pervez12 year old Raju arrives on an unknown city platform. He's soon sucked into a gang run by 'Solution' that deals with petty crimes. A new life of adventure away from home begins, bringing along dangers of drugs, abuse, crime and also hope.
- DirectorJaicheng Jai DohutiaStarsBishal AnuragNivedita BaruahBandoi ChetiaAfter many anxious years Heramoni mother of Mukti who had left home to join and an extremist outfit is handed a mutilated bullet ridden body purportedly that of her son. The formal last rites are performed. Heramoni however soon receives intimation that his death cannot be confirmed and knows not how to respond while Biplob, who had left the outfit and is alone, unable to be part of the mainstream surrendered rebels, has his own problems of existence. Despite these adversities, they continue with their existence in the hope that their dreams will be fulfilled some day.
- DirectorBauddhayan MukherjiStarsAdil HussainRitwick ChakrabortyNayani DixitThe Violin Player is the story of one day in the life of a Bollywood session violinist who finds expression in an unlikely place. The day unfolds to reveal startling truths about music, art, life and survival.
- DirectorAmira BhargavaRahul V. ChittellaSatish Raj KasireddiStarsRasika DugalSaurabh GoyalSuyash Joshi"Shor Se Shuruaat" is an omnibus feature of mentored short films, around the central theme of "Shor"- noise. These films have been made by budding directors, mentored by some of India's leading filmmakers.
- DirectorVikramaditya MotwaneStarsRajkummar RaoGeetanjali ThapaShiladitya SenA man struggles to survive after he unintentionally locks himself up in a high rise devoid of food, water and electricity.
- DirectorMangesh JoshiStarsChittaranjan GiriAshwini GiriSeva ChouhanJoshi, known as Lathe Joshi for his skilled work on lathe machine, is left without a job when the owner of the workshop has to close the business due to advances in automation.
- DirectorRima DasStarsRima DasBishnu KharghoriaSasanka SamirAbout how a man, in the final stages of his life, reflects back on his life through what is happening in the present.He sees how he is adversely affecting his surroundings, his daugher, his daugher in laws... but can he make the change that is demanded of him, and can he, in the process, discover himself come to free others and himself
- DirectorNicholas KharkongorStarsRajat KapoorKalki KoechlinShiv PandittAn Indian business owner struggles to keep his company afloat amid global competition while trying to make up for lost time with his family.
- DirectorPulkitStarsDevyani CmManav KaulSaurabh SachdevaAn insomniac university professor fears as his wife has gone missing and is clueless resulting him driving Marooned in the house through the psychological traumas.
- DirectorAkshay SinghStarsArpita BanerjeeVishwanath ChatterjeeKhusboo GuptaTwo sisters named Pinky and Bulbul own and operate a beauty salon in Banaras. One morning, a dead body is discovered in their parlour, sparking an investigation. As the case develops, the vibrant world of beauty salons and our society's deep-seated obsession with fair skin begin to come to light.
- DirectorSumitra BhaveSunil SukthankarStarsMohan AgasheDevika DaftardarOmkar GhadiA mother sea-turtle has to return to the waters leaving the eggs for nesting on the shore.... The nests are to be protected so that the newborn turtles can go into the deep waters on their own! Nonviolent, non-aggressive turtle is a metaphor and much more.....
- DirectorRajesh MapuskarStarsTanvi AbhyankarKirti AdarkarPournima AhireGaju Kaka who never makes an appearance is breathing his last in the hospital few days before the Ganpati festival. As the news of his illness spreads, the entire extended family gathers to show their support, at the hospital. But as the family gathers and meets after a long time, a lot more happens in the hospital's waiting room.
- DirectorManas Mukul PalStarsSamiul AlamShakuntala BaruaSanjay Biswas10-year-old Gopal's carefree childhood is disrupted when his father meets with an accident. It becomes difficult for his mother to feed him and his little brother Chottu. Gopal starts devising ways to earn money. With a little assistance from Chottu he takes up odd jobs from cleaning wells to selling laboriously plucked fruits in the local village market. Emboldened by his initial success, Gopal fancies himself as the breadwinner of the family. Meanwhile a grand Janmashtami feast is being planned in the Brahmin household where the pulao will be served. Hearing this both the brothers hatch plans of their own. Gopal would like to make a quick buck by selling palmyras for the feast, while Chottu starts dreaming of this fancy dish that he has never seen or tasted. After all he has heard that the whole village will be invited.
- DirectorGyung-Yoon KimA stranger spoilers her comic book in a book café. She gathers people and starts deduction.
- DirectorChandrasish RayChandrasish RayFriendship of a middle-aged man and his young project assistant on a job trip in the faraway mountains might pave a path of attachment for a lifetime in this heart-wrenching travel-drama.
- DirectorR.V. Ramani