Om Puri

Hassan is a culinary ingenue with the gastronomic equivalent of perfect pitch. Displaced from their native India, his family settles in a quaint village in the south of France. They plan to open an Indian restaurant, that is, until Madame Mallory, the owner of a classical French restaurant, gets wind of it. Her icy protests against the new Indian restaurant so near her own escalate to all out war; until Hassan's cooking talent and love for Mme. Mallory's...

The final Viceroy of India, Lord Mountbatten, is tasked with overseeing the transition of British India to independence, but meets with conflict as different sides clash in the face of monumental change.

A city zoo in an eastern European country is abandoned when war ravages the city. Ludovic, a cynical ex-communist with a troubled past, and the vet decide to stay and take care of the animals despite the bombing and lack of supplies. Partisans soon take the Indian vet away, leaving Ludovic alone to take care of the animals. That is, until he discovers a wounded 10-year old boy hiding in the compound.

Geographical boundaries created by political events keep two lovers apart. Before the partition of India in 1947, a Sikh truck driver comes to know an aristocratic Muslim girl. During the religious riots that erupt soon after partition, they meet again when he saves her from a murderous mob. As she is now alone, he promises to take her to Pakistan; on the way they fall in love, and she decides to stay with him in India. They marry, have a son, and...

Worried about their future, five wayward teens from remote villages in UP are enrolled in an English medium school in Faridabad by their respective families in order to reform them. When the five are placed in the totally new world of convent school, they face new challenge. There goal is to survive and thrive only to find romance, but one night they encounter a horrifying event which puts them in the hands of law.

Nur is considered the greatest living Urdu poet and Deven hopes to rekindle interest in the language by recording Nur reciting his magical verse. But multiple problems block Deven's path, the greatest being Nur's two shrewish wives, his love of drink, and the vastly bloated poet himself. Deven's monstrous task quickly turns into a cultural odyssey that follows a humorous path to an unexpected conclusion.

Avantika is a teacher who leaves New York to come home after her father has a heart attack. There, she meets Ehsaan and soon, love blossoms. Avantika is asked to come back to New York to teach fall semester. Avantika and Ehsaan get married and move to the States. They buy a house in an Indian neighborhood. Their conservative Muslim neighbors invite them to dinner. The next morning, Salma, a dinner guest, comes over to see Avantika. Salma tells her...

Devki Nandan Tripathi is a simple, rustic man who decides to try his luck in the city of dreams, Mumbai. He gets himself employed at the Mausam Vibhaag, his only means to a lucrative and thriving future. In Mumbai, he soon finds himself doing everything but dedicating time to his vocation.