Director : Udugula Venu
Character Name : Shakuntala
Other Cast : Kundan Alexzed, Chakrapani Ananda, Banerjee
Language : Telugu
Director : Shaad Ali
Character Name : Nandita Das
Other Cast : Radhika Seth, Ayush Mehra, Anuscka Sawhney, Aahana Kumra, Rajat Kapoor, Soni Razdan, Priyasha Bhardwaj
Language : Hindi
Director : Soumitra Ranade
Character Name : Stella
Other Cast : Manav Kaul
Language : Hindi
Director : Maria Ripoll
Character Name : Mina Kumari
Other Cast : Aina Clotet
Language : Catalan, Hindi
Director : Devashish Makhija
Character Name : Hemla
Other Cast : Seema Biswas, Alyy Khan, Salim Kumar, Vipin Sharma, Anand Tiwari, Priyanka Bose, Raju Singh
Language : Hindi, Oriya
Director : Seenu Ramasamy
Character Name : Esther
Other Cast : Vishnu Vishal, Sunaina
Language : Tamil
Festivals and Awards : Filmfare, Tamil Film Industry, 2013- Nominee: Best Supporting Actor Female, Best Film SIIMA- Tamil) Nominee: Best Actress in Supporting Role
Director : Onir
Character Name : Afia Kidwai
Other Cast : Rahul Bose, Juhi Chawla, Manisha Koirala, Sanjay Suri, Purab Kohli, Radhika Apte
Language : Hindi
Festivals and Awards :
-Netpac Award for the best in Asian cinema at the International Film Festival of Kerala 2010
-Vancouver International Film Festival (Canadian Premier) Oct. 2010
-Cinema of the World Film Festival, Amsterdam 2011
-Durban International Film Festival, South Africa 2011
-Guggenheim Berlin' 2010, Popular award Nominee- Best Supporting Actress, Jury Award Winner: Best Narrative Feature, Festival
-Awards Winner: Best Feature Film
Director : Mehreen Jabbar
Character Name : Champa
Other Cast : Rashid Farooqi, Nouman Ijaz, Zhalay Sarhadi
Language : Urdu
Director : Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Character Name : Kamakshi
Other Cast : Kavya Madhavan, Padmapriya, Mukesh, Murali
Language : Malyalam
Festivals and Awards :
-Kerala International Film Festival, 2007- Nominated for Golden Crow Pheasant.
-Nantes Three Continents Festival, 2007- Nominated for the Golden Montgolfiere
-National Film Awards India, 2008- Winner of the Golden Lotus Award (Best Director)
Director : Santosh Sivan
Character Name : Sajani
Other Cast : Linus Roache, Rahul Bose, Jennifer Ehle
Language : English, Malyalam
Festivals and Awards :
Toronto International Film Festival 2007 (Premiere)
Busan Film Festival 2007
Dubai Film Festival 2008
Houston Film Festival 2008
Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, 2008
Director : Chitra Palekar
Character Name : Chandi
Other Cast : Mukta Barve, Atul Kulkarni, Kshitij Gavade
Language : Marathi
Festivals and Awards :
Toronto Film Festival, 2006 (Premiere)
London Film Festival, 2006 (Premiere)
Madrid International Film Festival, 2007 (Best Actress)
Director : Manmohan Mahapatra
Character Name : Kusum
Other Cast : Rahul Bose, Dia Mirza, Raima Sen
Language : Hindi
Director : Jag Mundra
Character Name : Radha Dalal
Other Cast : Aishwarya Rai Bacchan, Naveen Andrews, Miranda Richardson, Robie Coltrane
Language : English
Festivals and Awards :
Palm Springs Film Festival, 2007
Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, 2007
Director : KNT Sastry
Character Name : Kamli
Other Cast : Shafi, Tanikella Bharani
Language : Telugu
Festivals and Awards :
11th Busan International Film Festival of South Korea, 2006
Brisbane International Film Festival in Australia, 2006
Third Eye 5th Asian Film Festival, 2006
Nandi Festival 2007 Winner - Best Actor Female
Director : Suman Ghosh
Character Name : Megha
Other Cast : Soumitra Chatterjee, Savitri Chatterjee, Tota Roy Chowdhury, June Malia
Language : Bengali
Festivals and Nominations :
Winner of the National Film Award- Best Feature Film in Bengali
Vancouver Film Festival, 2006 (Premiere)
Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival, NY 2006
42nd Karlovy Vary Film Festival, 2007
Director : Sumathy Ram
Character Name : Tulasi
Other Cast : Mammooty, Manivannan
Language : Tamil
Festivals and Awards :
WorldFest Houston International Film Festival, 2005 (Golden Special Jury Award)
Zanzibar International Film Festival, 2005
Montreal World Film Festival, 2005
14th Annual St. Louis International Film Festival, 2005
Director : N. Chandra
Character Name : Aditi
Other Cast : Om Puri, Anoop Soni, Amitabh Dayal
Language : Hindi
Director : K.P. Sasi
Character Name : Aparna
Language : Hindi
Other Cast : Anupam Kher, Rajit Kapur, Renuka Shahane
Director : Anant Balani
Character Name : Sameera
Other Cast : Rahul Bose, Piyush Mishra, Vineet Kumar
Language : Hindi
Director : Padam Kumar
Character Name : Mamta Shekari
Other Cast : Uday Chopra, Rahul Dev, Irrfan Khan, Nauheed Cyrusi, Purab Kohli
Language : Hindi
Director : Raja Menon
Character Name : Veda
Other Cast : Purab Kohli, Sameer Malhotra, Rajiv Gopalakrishnan
Language : Hindi
Director : Rituparno Ghosh
Character Name : Mallika Sen
Other Cast : Sharmila Tagore, Rakhee Gulzar
Language : Bengali
Festivals and Awards :
International Film Festival of India, 2003
49th National Film Festival, 2002 (Best Bengali film)
2nd International Film Festival of Bangladesh, 2003
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali
Director : Mrinal Sen
Character Name : Sakina
Other Cast : Saswata Chatterjee, Kaushik Sen, Bibhas Chakraborty
Language : Bengali
Festivals & Awards:
-Locarno Film Festival, 2002 (Premiere)
-2nd International Film Festival of Bangladesh, 2003
-Cairo Film Festival, 2002 (Best Actress Award)
Director : Thangar Bachan
Character Name : Dhanalakshmi
Other Cast : Parthiban Radhakrishnan, Devayani
Language : Tamil
Festivals and Awards :
Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil
Director : Mani Ratnam
Character Name : Shyama
Other Cast : Keerthana, Prakash Raj, J. D Chakravarthy
Language : Tamil
Festivals and Awards :
-Toronto Film Festival, 2002 (Premiere)
-San Francisco International Film Festival, 2003
-Jerusalem Film Festival, 2003 (Best Feature)
-Los Angeles Indian Film Festival, 2003 (Audience Award-Best Feature)
-Zimbabwe International Film Festival, 2003
-River Run International Film Festival, 2004 (Audience Award-Best Feature)
-National Film Awards (6 categories)
-Filmfare Award South (3 Categories)
Tamil Nadu State Film Awards (Special Prize award, Nandita Das)
International Tamil Film Awards
Director : Mahesh Manjrekar
Character Name : Paro
Other Cast : Sanjay Dutt, Jackie Shroff, Om Puri
Language : Hindi
Director : Gaganvihari Borate
Character Name : Rupi
Other Cast : Sharad Kapoor, Makrand Deshpande, Vijay Raaz
Language : Hindi
Director : Jayaraj
Character Name : Kannaki
Other Cast : Lal, Siddique, Manoj K Jayan
Language : Malayalam
Festivals and Awards : 7th International Festival, Thiruvananthapuram, 2002
Director : Tapan Sinha
Character Name : Charu
Other Cast : Shabana Azmi, Jaya Bacchan
Language : Hindi
Festivals and awards :
Cairo Film Festival, 2001- Nominee: Golden Pyramid
Cairo Film Festival, 2001 (Premiere)
Director : Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Character Name : Supriya Mehra
Other Cast : Amitabh Bacchan, Raveena Tandon, Manoj Bajpayee
Language : Hindi
Festivals and Awards : 12 Wins and 17 Nominations
Director : Jag Mundra
Character Name : Saanvri
Other Cast : Raghuvir Yadav, Deepti Naval
Language : Hindi
Festivals and Awards :
-London Film Festival 2000 (Premiere)
-San Jose International Film Festival, 2001 (Audience Choice-Best Film)
-Houston International Film Festival, 2001 (Special Jury Award-Best Foreign Language Film)
-Zanzibar International Film Festival, 2001 (Special Jury Award-Best Film)
-Karachi International Film Festival, 2001 (Audience Choice-Best Film)
-Bermuda International Film Festival 2001- Winner: Audience Choice Award
-Santa Monica Film Festival 2001- Winner of the Moxie! Award: Best Actress- Nandita Das
-Peoples Choice Awards, India 2001- Nominee: Best Actress- Nandita Das
-Zee Cine Awards 2002- Nominee of the Popular award: Best Actress- Nandita Das
-Political Film Society USA 2004- Winner of the PFS Peace Award and Nominee for the Democracy award
Director : V.K. Prakash
Character Name : Shalini
Other Cast : Manoj K. Jayan, Lalu Alex, Praveena
Language : Malayalam
Festivals and awards :
-Atlantic Film Festival (Best Foreign Feature Film)
-Hawaii & Milan International Film Festivals (Premiere)
-Kerala State Film Awards, 2000- Winner for Best Story
Director : Shyam Benegal
Character Name : Afsaana
Other Cast : Shabana Azmi, Rajit Kapoor, Rajeshwari Sachdev
Language : Hindi
Festivals and awards :
-National Awards, 1999 (Best film on family welfare)
-Jakarta International Film Festival, 2000
-Ninth Annual Asian Woman Film Festival, 2004
-Kerala International Film Festival 2000- Nominee: Golden Crow Pheasant
Director : Kavitha Lankesh
Character Name : Deveeri (Akka)
Other Cast : Master Manja, Bhavana, Sanketh Kashi
Language : Kannada
Festivals and Awards :
-London & Cairo Film Festivals, 2000 (Premiere)
-5th International Film Festival, Kerala, 2000
-44th London Film Festival, 2000
-24th Cairo Film Festival, 2000
-3rd Mumbai International Film Festival, 2000
-9th Asian Women’s Film Festival, 2001
-30th Rotterdam Film Festival, 2001
-3rd Festival Du Film Asiatique De Deauville, France, 2001
-3rd Jeonju Film Festival, Korea, 2001
-50th Melbourne Film Festival, 2001
-Copenhagen Film Festival, Denmark, 2001
-Durban Film Festival
-Jeonju Film Festival 2001- Winner of the Woonsuk award
-Kerala International film festival 2000- Winner of the FIPRESCI prize and Nominee for Golden Crow Pheasant Award
Director : Nagesh Kukunoor
Character Name : Lily Vegas
Other Cast : Rohan Dey, Jayant Kripalani, Nagesh Kukunoor
Language : English
Festivals and awards :
-Cinefan Film Festival, 1999
-Austin Film Festival, 1999
Director : Susant Misra
Character Name : Anjali
Other Cast : Binyaka, Anu Choudhury, Carman Cordwell
Language : Oriya
Director : Deepa Mehta
Character Name : Shanta
Other Cast : Aamir Khan, Maia Sethna, Rahul Khanna, Kitu Gidwani
Language : English and Hindi
Festivals and Awards :
-Toronto Film Festival, 1998
-Asia Pacific Film Festival, 1998- Nominee- Best film
-Le Prix Premiere du Public Panasia Film Festival Paris, 1999
-Karlovy Vary Film Festival, 1999
-Auckland Film Festival, 1999
-Peoples Choice Awards India, 1999: Nominated for Best Actress Award
-Filmfare 2000: Winner- Best Actress
Director : Suma Josson
Character Name : Sarasu
Other Cast : Surekha Sikri, Murali Nair, Nedumudi Venu
Language : Malyalam
Festivals and Awards : Berlin Film Festival, 1998
Director : Govind Nihalani
Character Name : Nandini Mitra
Other Cast : Jaya Bachchan, Anupam Kher, Seema Biswas
Language : Hindi
Festivals and Awards :
-National Award, 1997 (Best Hindi Film)
-International Film Festival of India- New Delhi, 1997
-50th Human Rights Film Festival- Brussels, 1998
-Palm Springs International Film Festival, 1999
Director : Deepa Mehta
Character Name : Sita
Other Cast : Shabana Azmi, Karishma Jhalani, Jaaved Jaaferi, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Ranjit Chowdhary
Language : English
Festivals and Awards :
-Toronto Film Festival, 1996
-New York Film Festival, 1996
-Singapore International Film Festival, 1997
-Barcelona International Women's Film Festival, 1997- Winner: Audience Award for Best Fiction Film
-LA Outfest 1996: Winner of the Audience Award for Outstanding Narrative Feature
-Mannheim- Heidelberg International Film Festival 1996: Nominated for International Independent Award: Best Feature
-Vancouver Film Festival 1996: Winner of the most popular Canadian Film
-Verona Love Screen FilmFestival 1997: Winner of the best feature film
Director : Bappa Ray
Character Name : Goonja
Language : Hindi
Festivals and Awards : International Film Festival of India 1995
Director : Prakash Jha
Character Name : Lakha
Other Cast : Surekha Sikri, Vasanth Josalkar, Anang Desai
Language : Hindi
Festivals and Awards : London Film Festival 1989
Director : Nandita Das
Language : Hindi
Overview : The film is a spontaneous response to the irony of “STAY HOME, STAY SAFE” for millions of women in India and around the world. It reminds us that speaking up is only possible when women know that there is someone listening.
Supported by : UNESCO, UNFPA, UNICEF, UN Women and the South Asia Foundation (Madanjeet Singh Foundation)
Other Cast : Nandita Das, Vihaan Das Maskara
Voices : Ali Fazal, Amruta Subhash, Sandesh Kulkarni and Swanad Kirkire
Director : Nandita Das
Language : Hindi
The Story : A 2-minute music video that tackles the issue of colourism and celebrates India's diversity in skin colour. A catchy and youth-friendly video that aims to further the conversation around colourism.
Supported by : JSW
Director : Shalani Kantayya
Language : Gujarati/English
Synopsis : A Drop of Life is a futuristic film about the intersecting lives of two women on two hemispheres, bound by the most precious resource on earth: water.
Producer : Rahul Haria
Other Cast : Arnold Y Kim, Liza Jessie Peterson
Director : Mehreen Jabbar
Character Name : Maya
Other Cast : Deepti Gupta
Language : Urdu/English
Synopsis : Two friends reconnect after years their vulnerable conversation reveals a lot of secrets and strengthens their bond.
Director : Saqib Malik
Language : Urdu
Musicians : Salman Ahmad, Shubha Mudgal
Director : Virginia Pitts
Character Name : Indian Woman
Synopsis : Using sprinkled spices, a woman traces the trade routes of antiquity on her lover's back.
Other Cast : Wills Wallice
Language : English
Writer : Shuchi Kothari
Producer : Serina Pearson and Karla Rodgers
Director : Sabrina Dhawan
Other Cast : Sharda Desoares, Arjun Raina, Rahul Vohra
Language : Hindi
Synopsis : A lower-class baby dies in a middle-class train compartment and the passengers of the 1 stop train persuade the mother to toss the baby into the river as the train swiftly approaches the river Ganges.
Producer : Sabrina Dhawan
Awards and Nominations : Student Academy Award, Palm Springs International Film Festival, polo ralph lauren new works festival
Director : Nandita Das
Character Name : Maya
Other Cast : Subodh Maskara
Produced by : Subodh Maskara
Language : English
Synopsis : Maya is happily married to a criminal lawyer and drafts contracts at a law firm, she gets the opportunity to defend a woman in court who is accused of murdering her husband. She fights the case against her husband blurring their personal and professional relationship.
Director : Barry John
Character Name : Jill
Synopsis : Equus tells the story of a psychiatrist who attempts to treat a young man, who has a pathological religious fascination with horses.
Writer : Peter Shaffer
Language : English
Director : Eric Vigner
Character Name : Anne-Marie Stretter
Writer : Marguerite Duras
Other Cast : Suhas Ahuja, Subodh Maskara, Jim Sarbh and Neeraj Kabi
Language : English
Synopsis : A period romance set in 20th century Calcutta where the Vice-Consul of Lahore, Jean Marc H falls in love with Anne-Marie Stretter the wife of the french ambassador and proclaims his love for her at the french Embassy reception as well as taking a stance against the violence against lepers in Calcutta.
Director : Chandrakanth Kulkurni
Character Name : Madhvi
Synopsis : A story about a married couple that explores the complexities of modern marriages and the materialistic society.
Writer : Prashant Dalvi
Other Cast : Sushant Singh
Language : Hindi
Director : M.K Raina
Character Name : The Christian Woman
Writer : Maxim Gorky
Director : Roysten Abel
Character Name : Anamika
Synopsis : Five women travelling by train strike up a conversation about the holocaust that slowly drifts to the riots in Gujarat, drawing similarities between the two.
Writer : Improvised
Other Cast : Shabana Azmi, Nandita Das, Zora Sehgal, Anastasia and Mandakini
Language : English
Director : Safdar Hashmi
Writer : Jan Natya Manch- Street Theatre Group
Director : Ritesh Menon
Character Name : Leena Benare
Synopsis : A theatre group stages a mock-trial which takes a grim twist when the initially jocular pretend-play turns into a gripping drama about unfulfilled desires, gender discrimination and redundant social customs.
Language : Hindi
Writer : Vijay Tendulkar
Other Cast : Saurabh Shukla, Abhay Mahajan, Rajeev Siddhartha, Yusuf Hussain, Pravina Bhagwat Deshpande, Ajitesh Gupta, Swanand Kirkire
Medium : Audiobook
Author : Sandhya Rao
Narrator : Nandita Das
Language : English
Medium : Audiobook
Author : Anushka Ravishankar, Shobha Viswanath
Narrator : Nandita Das
Gandhi: Shekhar Kapur
Language : Urdu/English
Director: Udugula Venu
Language: Telugu
Character Name: Shakuntala
Key Cast: Kundan Alexzed, Chakrapani Ananda, Banerjee
Feastivals and Awards: NA
Film Stills: 9
BTS: 11
