Madhur Jaffrey
Also Known As: मधुर जाफरी
Biography: Madhur Jaffrey CBE is an Indian-American actress, food and travel writer, and television personality.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Delhi, India
Birthday: August 13, 1933
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Gender: Female
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Partition
Overview: Determined to leave the ravages of war behind, 38 year old Gian Singh resigns from the British Indian Army to a quiet life. His world is soon thrown in turmoil, when he suddenly finds himself responsible for the life of a 17 year old girl, traumatized by the events that separated her from her family.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-02-02
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The Peacock Spring
Overview: Filmed in India, Rumer Godden’s story has been adapted and directed by the Jewel in the Crown team. Two English schoolgirls arrive in New Delhi, 1959. Their diplomat father has secured them a beautiful Eurasian governess. 15-year-old Una suspects an ulterior motive. But her father’s affairs take second place to her own when she has a secret affair with the Indian gardener.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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Cotton Mary
Overview: A British family is trapped between culture, tradition, and the colonial sins of the past.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-17
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A Late Quartet
Overview: When the beloved cellist of a world-renowned string quartet is diagnosed with a life threatening illness, the group's future suddenly hangs in the balance as suppressed emotions, competing egos and uncontrollable passions threaten to derail years of friendship and collaboration. As they are about to play their 25th anniversary concert — quite possibly their last — only their intimate bond and the power of music can preserve their legacy.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-02
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Parable
Overview: In a typical traveling circus, all the workers have problems over their heads; A puppeteer named Magnus controls his troupe like marionettes until a good clown arrives on the scene to help relieve them of their burdens.
Genres: Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-08-31
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Saagar
Overview: Raja, a fisherman is secretly in love with Mona. When wealthy Ravi comes to live with his grandmother, Kamladevi, he sees Mona and falls in love with her. Mona also reciprocates his love. Raja is devastated by this turn of events. But when Kamladevi gets to know that Ravi is seeing Mona, she puts pressure on Mona to give up Ravi and marry someone else.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1985-08-09
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The Guru
Overview: Britain's top pop artiste, Tom Pickle, travels to Bombay, India, circa 1960s to learn to play the sitar from renowned maestro Ustad Zafar Khan.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-02-10
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The Assam Garden
Overview: An insecure, aggressive widow of a tea garden manager reluctantly develops an affectionate relationship with an Indian housewife and her family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-06-04
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The Wandering Company
Overview: Documentary about Merchant Ivory Productions, including interviews with the principals of the film production company and actors which have appeared in their films.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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The Perfect Murder
Overview: Police Inspector Ghote lives a middle-class life in Bombay along with his wife, Pratima. He has been employed with the Bombay Police for many years. He is assigned to investigate the deadly assault on a Parsi man named Perfect, who is the Secretary of Lala Heera Lal, a wealthy man with underworld links. Inspector Ghote commences his investigation and is displeased when his superiors ask him to work with a Swedish Forensic Expert by the name of Axel Svennson.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-08-03
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Six Degrees of Separation
Overview: The story of a young, gay, black, con artist who, posing as the son of Sidney Poitier, cunningly maneuvers his way into the lives of a white, upper-class New York family.
Genres: Mystery Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-12-08
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A Tribute To Ismail Merchant
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-30
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Beyond the Next Mountain
Overview: The story of how the Gospel of John changed the course of history for a tribe of headhunters.
Genres: Family History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-03-11
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Autobiography of a Princess
Overview: On the birthday of her late father, a deposed Maharaja, a displaced Indian princess living in London and his former private secretary watch home movies and reminisce about royal India.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-10-05
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Prime
Overview: A career driven professional from Manhattan is wooed by a young painter, who also happens to be the son of her psychoanalyst.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-21
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Shakespeare-Wallah
Overview: The story of a family troupe of English actors who travel around the towns and villages in India giving performances of Shakespearean plays. Through their travels we see the changing face of India as the old is replaced by the new, Maharajas become hotel owners, sports become more important than culture and the theater is replaced by Bollywood movies. Based on the travels of Geoffrey Kendal with his daughter Felicity Kendal.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-12-01
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Heat and Dust
Overview: Anne is investigating the life of her grand-aunt Olivia, whose destiny has always been shrouded with scandal. As Anne delves into the history of her grand-aunt, she is led to reconsider her own life.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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Hiding Divya
Overview: The story of three generations of women and the taboos created in the South Asian-American community from mental illness in the family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-03
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Jadoo
Overview: This comedy revolves around two brothers, both wonderful chefs, who fall out catastrophically. At the climax of their dispute they rip the family recipe book in half - one brother gets the starters and the other gets the main courses. They set up rival restaurants, across the road from each other, and spend the next twenty years trying to out-do each other. Neither brother will admit it but they both know they are not entirely successful in the 'other half' of the menu. It takes a daughter - a successful corporate lawyer marrying a man from a very different background - to reunite them. She is planning her marriage and is determined that they will both cook the wedding banquet.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-06
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Antkeeper
Overview: This classic from Rolf Forsberg, in the style of Fellini and Bergman, tells the story of a gardener who decides to introduce ants to his garden, because they will benefit what grows there. He is disturbed when the ants spend all their time fighting. He sends his son to teach them how to live peacefully.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-11-16
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Cosmopolitan
Overview: A single bachelor, an oddly attractive neighbor and a popular women's magazine are the ingredients of this delicious romance that pays homage to classic Bollywood cinema while spinning a unique modern love story.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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Phoebe in Wonderland
Overview: The fantastical tale of a little girl who won't - or can't - follow the rules. Confounded by her clashes with the rule-obsessed world around her, Phoebe seeks enlightenment from her unconventional drama teacher, even as her brilliant but anguished mother looks to Phoebe herself for inspiration.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-02-07
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Vanya on 42nd Street
Overview: An uninterrupted rehearsal of Chekhov's 1899 play "Uncle Vanya" played out by a company of actors. The setting is their run down theater with an unusable stage and crumbling ceiling. The play is shown act by act with the briefest of breaks to move props or for refreshments. The lack of costumes, real props and scenery is soon forgotten.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-10-19
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Flawless
Overview: An ultraconservative police officer suffers a debilitating stroke and is assigned to a rehabilitative program that includes singing lessons - with the drag queen next door.
Genres: Comedy Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-11-26
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Wolf
Overview: Aging publisher Will Randall is at the end of his rope when a younger co-worker snatches his job out from under his nose. But after being bitten by a wolf, Will suddenly finds himself full of youthful vigor. As he struggles to regain his position, he becomes enthralled with Laura Alden, his former boss's daughter. And, as increasingly animal-like urges begin to overwhelm him, Randall worries that he may be turning into the creature that bit him.
Genres: Fantasy Drama Horror Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-06-17
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ABCD
Overview: The only goal of an ageing Indian-American widow is to see her son and rebellious daughter (described as an American Born Confused Desi or ABCD) married off to respectable Indian families.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-11-06
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James Beard: America's First Foodie
Overview: Food in the 21st century has become much more than “meat and potatoes” and canned soup casseroles.” Chefs have gained celebrity status; recipes and exotic ingredients, once impossible to find, are now just a mouse click away; and the country's major cities are better known for their gastronomy than their art galleries. This food movement can be traced back to one man: James Beard. His name graces the highest culinary honor in the American food world today—the James Beard Foundation Awards. And while chefs all around the country aspire to win a James Beard Award, often referred to as the “culinary Oscars,” many of those same chefs know very little about the man behind the medal. Respected restaurateur Drew Nieporent summed it up when he said, “Everybody knows the name James Beard. They may not know who he is, but they know the name.”
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-04-23
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The Glorias
Overview: An equal rights crusader, journalist and activist: Gloria Steinem embodies these and more. From her role in the revolutionary women's rights movement to her travels throughout the U.S. and around the world, Steinem has made an everlasting mark on modern history. A nontraditional chronicle of a trailblazing life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-12-18
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Chutney Popcorn
Overview: Reena is a young Indian American lesbian who lives and works in New York. Her sister Sarita, who is happily married, discovers that she is infertile. Reena offers to be a surrogate mother for her sister's baby, hoping to improve her relationship with their mother, who disapproves of Reena's sexual orientation. Reena has second thoughts when her girlfriend Lisa feels left out.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-11
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