Some beautiful English movies
made by Indian directors. Even “Monsoon Wedding” considered a Hollywood movie
but check out the star cast. Aprna Sen was standout director among the lot with
two of her best movies.
Monsoon
Wedding (2001)
Directed : Mira Nair
Produced : Caroline Baron, Mira Nair
Written : Sabrina Dhawan
Cast
: Naseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey, Shefali
Shah
Vasundhara
Das, Vijay Raaz, Tillotama Shome
Music : Mychael Danna
Cinematography
: Declan Quinn
Editing : Allyson C. Johnson
Awards:
Venice
Film Festival
|
Won
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Golden
Lion
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British
Independent Film Award
|
Won
|
Best
Foreign Language Film
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Canberra
International Film Festival
|
Won
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Audience
Award (Mira Nair)
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Independent
Spirit Awards
|
Won
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Producers
Award (Caroline Baron)
|
Venice
Film Festival
|
Won
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Golden
Lion (Mira Nair)
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Venice
Film Festival
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Won
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Laterna
Magica Prize (Mira Nair)
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BAFTA
Award
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Nominated
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Best
Foreign Language Film
|
Mr.
and Mrs. Iyer (2002)
Directed : Aparna Sen
Produced : N. Venkatesan, Rupali Mehta
Written : Aparna Sen
Cast
: Rahul Bose, Konkona Sen Sharma
Music : Zakir Hussain
Cinematography
: Goutam Ghose
Editing : Raviranjan Maitra
Awards
Cinemanila
International Film Festival
|
Won
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Best
Screenplay Aparna Sen
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Hawaii
International Film Festival
|
Won
|
Golden
Maile Award - Aparna Sen
|
Las
Palmas Film Festival
|
Won
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Golden
Lady Harimaguada - Aparna Sen
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Locarno
International Film Festival
|
Won
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Netpac
Award - Aparna Sen
|
National
Film Awards
|
Won
|
Best
Direction - Aparna Sen
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Nargees
Dutt Award
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Best
Actress - Konkona Sen Sharma
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Best
Screenplay - Aparna Sen
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36
Chowringhee Lane (1981)
Directed : Aparna Sen
Produced : Shashi Kapoor
Written : Aparna Sen
Starring
: Jennifer Kendal, Debashree Roy,
Dhritiman
Chatterjee, Geoffrey Kendal
Music : Vanraj Bhatia
Cinematography
: Ashok Mehta
Editing : Bhanudas Divakar
Awards
Cinemanila
International Film Festival
|
Won
|
Golden
Eagle - Best Feature Film
|
National
Film Awards
|
Won
|
Best
Director - Aparna Sen
|
National
Film Awards
|
Won
|
Best
Cinematography - Ashok Mehta
|
National
Film Awards
|
Won
|
Best
Feature Film in English
|
BAFTA
Awards
|
Nominated
|
Best
Actress - Jennifer Kendal
|
Evening
Standard British Film Awards
|
Won
|
Best
Actress - Jennifer Kendal
|
Parzania
(2007)
Directed : Rahul Dholakia
Produced : Rahul Dholakia, Kamal Patel
Written : David N. Donihue, Rahul Dholakia
Cast
: Naseeruddin Shah, Sarika, Corin Nemec
Raj
Zutshi, Parzan Dastur
Music
: Zakir Hussain, Taufiq Qureshi
Cinematography
: Robert D. Eras
Editing
: Aarif Sheikh
Awards
National
Film Awards
|
Won
|
Best
Actress - Sarika
|
National
Film Awards
|
Won
|
Best
Direction - Rahul Dholakia
|
Screen
Awards
|
Won
|
Ramnath
Goenka Memorial Award
|
Amu
(2005)
Directed
: Shonali Bose
Produced
: Shonali Bose, Bedabrata Pain
Written
: Shonali Bose
Cast
: Konkona Sen Sharma, Brinda Karat, Ankur
Khanna
Music
: Nandlal Nayak
Cinematography
: Lourdes Ambrose
Editing
: Bob Brooks
Awards
National
Film Award
|
Won
|
Best
Feature Film in English
|
FIPRESCI
Critics Award
|
won
|
|
Gollapudi
Srinivas Award
|
Won
|
Best
Debut Director
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Star
Screen Award
|
Won
|
Best
English Film
|
Hyderabad
Blues (1998)
Directed
: Nagesh Kukunoor
Produced
: Nagesh Kukunoor
Written
: Nagesh Kukunoor
Cast
: Nagesh Kukunoor, Rajshri Nair, Elahe
Hiptoola
Anoop
Ratnaker Rao
Editing
: K.RAMESH
Awards
Peachtree
International Film Festival
|
Won
|
Audiences
Award for best film
|
Rhode
Island Film Festival
|
Won
|
Audience Award for best film
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Some other that missed the list
are Being Cyrus, 15 Park Avenue, The Perfect Murder and Morning Raga.
!!!That the
mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to be
consumed like food, forgotten, and replaced by a new dish. - W. H. Auden!!!