Ashish Avikunthak Movies

  • 2018
    Dispassionate Love

    Dispassionate Love

    Dispassionate Love

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    Recalling memories of a friend who committed suicide, three lovers slowly slide into an anguish labyrinth of desire, loss and longing. They entangle...

    Dispassionate Love
  • 2024
    Devastated

    Devastated

    Devastated

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    In confrontational conversations with his wife and his lover, a middle-aged Indian policeman opens up about his work as a 'sacrificial assistant', a...

    Devastated
  • 1997
    Et cetera

    Et cetera

    Et cetera

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    ‘Et cetera’ is a tetralogy of four separate films that seek to examine the various levels at which the reality of human existence...

    Et cetera
  • 2010
    Vakratunda Swaha

    Vakratunda Swaha

    Vakratunda Swaha

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    In 1997, Ashish Avikunthak filmed a sequence -- a friend and artist, Girish Dahiwale, immersing an idol of Ganesha at Chowpati beach, Bombay on the...

    Vakratunda Swaha
  • 2015
    The Churning of Kalki

    The Churning of Kalki

    The Churning of Kalki

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    Following the footsteps of Samuel Beckett's 'Waiting for Godot', two actor from Calcutta go to the largest gathering of humans on earth - the Hindu...

    The Churning of Kalki
  • 2014
    Rati Chakravyuh

    Rati Chakravyuh

    Rati Chakravyuh

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    On a lunar eclipse midnight, in a desolate temple, six young newlywed couples and a priestess meet after a mass wedding. They sit in a circle and...

    Rati Chakravyuh
  • 2007
    Shadows Formless

    Shadows Formless

    Shadows Formless

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    Abstract film about a man and a woman (maybe) in love.

    Shadows Formless
  • 2011
    Katho Upanishad

    Katho Upanishad

    Katho Upanishad

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    The film centers on the metaphysical dialog between a young student and the God of Death.

    Katho Upanishad
  • 2021
    Glossary of Non-Human Love

    Glossary of Non-Human Love

    Glossary of Non-Human Love

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    In a parallel universe in our own space-time continuum, humanity has been overrun by artificial intelligence. The machines are better, faster and...

    Glossary of Non-Human Love
  • 2005
    End Note

    End Note

    End Note

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    Three women reminisce about their times at school and rekindle and affirm old friendships. They share a strange secret about each other that is never...

    End Note
  • 1999
    Kalighaat Fetish

    Kalighaat Fetish

    Kalighaat Fetish

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    The film attempts to negotiate with the duality that is associated with the ceremonial veneration of the Mother Goddess Kali. It ruminates on the...

    Kalighaat Fetish
  • 2002
    Dancing Othello

    Dancing Othello

    Dancing Othello

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    Shakespearean theatricality meets the subtlety of Kathakali subverted in the dramatic space of street theatre to give birth to a performative...

    Dancing Othello
  • 2017
    The Kali of Emergency

    The Kali of Emergency

    The Kali of Emergency

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    During social and political turmoil, what is the manifestation of divine intervention? How do the gods and goddesses act in the volatility of the...

    The Kali of Emergency
  • 2001
    Performing Death

    Performing Death

    Performing Death

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    This is a video about the Park Street cemetery in Calcutta - one of the earliest colonial cemeteries in the world – its degrading conditions...

    Performing Death
  • 2001
    Rummaging for Pasts

    Rummaging for Pasts

    Rummaging for Pasts

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    Rummaging for Pasts is an experimental juxtaposition of two cinematic documents: the video diary of an international archaeological excavation and a...

    Rummaging for Pasts
  • 1970
    Meghnad Badh Kavya

    Meghnad Badh Kavya

    Meghnad Badh Kavya

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    Meghnad Badh Kavya