Ashish Avikunthak Movies
- 2018
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...
- 2024
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...
- 1997
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...
- 2010
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...
- 2015
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...
- 2014
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...
- 2007
Shadows Formless
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Abstract film about a man and a woman (maybe) in love.
- 2011
Katho Upanishad
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The film centers on the metaphysical dialog between a young student and the God of Death.
- 2021
Glossary of Non-Human Love
Glossary of Non-Human Love02021HD
In a parallel universe in our own space-time continuum, humanity has been overrun by artificial intelligence. The machines are better, faster and...
- 2005
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...
- 1999
Kalighaat Fetish
Kalighaat Fetish51999HD
The film attempts to negotiate with the duality that is associated with the ceremonial veneration of the Mother Goddess Kali. It ruminates on the...
- 2002
Dancing Othello
Dancing Othello02002HD
Shakespearean theatricality meets the subtlety of Kathakali subverted in the dramatic space of street theatre to give birth to a performative...
- 2017
The Kali of Emergency
The Kali of Emergency02017HD
During social and political turmoil, what is the manifestation of divine intervention? How do the gods and goddesses act in the volatility of the...
- 2001
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...
- 2001
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...
- 1970
Meghnad Badh Kavya
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