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1) Meru
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Three renowned climbers navigate nature’s harshest elements and their own complicated inner demons to ascend Mount Meru, the most technically complicated and dangerous peak in the Himalayas. Winner of the Audience Award for Documentary at the **Sundance Film Festival**. Nominated for Best Documentary at the **Film Independent Spirit Awards**. *"A triumph of editing and narrative beyond "Are you kidding me?" visuals, Meru is a climbing story with...
3) Bandit Queen
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(approximately 119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Hindi
Description
Phoolan Devi was a murderer, kidnapper and living folk legend who had endured a life of rape and abuse after beng sold into marriage at the age of eleven. A spree of murders known as the Behmai Massacre to avenge the death of her lover made Devi the object of a police hunt. In prison from 1983 until 1994, she spent years being prosecuted by the Indian police, only to be turned into a legend by the Indian press.
4) Fanaa
Pub. Date
p[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 168 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Hindi
Description
A blind Kashmiri girl meets a local tour guide who is an incorrigible flirt. Her friends warn her against him, but she chooses to ignore them.
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 150 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Tamil
Description
Rich and pampered sisters Sowmya and Meenakshi want for nothing except the true love their hearts crave. While Sowmya grudgingly places family responsibilities ahead of romance, Meenakshi yearns for a white knight to rescue her. Manohar, an aspiring filmmaker, falls for Sowmya but will wed her only after directing his first film. Commando Major Bala woos Meenakshi despite physical and emotional war wounds and competition from Srikanth. But with the...
6) Water
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Hindi
Description
Set in 1938 Colonial India, against Mahatma Gandhi's rise to power, an eight-year-old child bride is widowed and sent to a home where Hindu widows must live out their lives in penitence. Her feisty presence affects the lives of the other residents, including a beautiful young widow, who falls in love with a Gandhian idealist.
7) Billu barber
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Hindi
Description
Billu was living in his village with his wife Bindiya and two great kids. Life was bitter sweet, until one day a superstar came into their lives and everything changed. Life changed, people changed, friends changed, the village changed. But one man did not ... Billu Barber.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Hindi
Description
"You might have a love story to tell? Maybe not! How can an ordinary man have a breathtaking, goose flesh igniting, awe inspiring love story of all things to tell? But guess what - love does not differentiate between the ordinary and the exceptional, the uninteresting and interesting, the unattractive and attractive. Because love knows no distinction. It can happen to anyone and once it does it engulfs us into it completely and gives us those miraculous...
9) Singham
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (138 min.) : sound, color ; 12 cm
Language
Hindi
Description
Bajirao Singham is an honest small-town cop, who falls in love with city-girl Kavya when she comes to Shivgad on vacation. During the routine execcution of this duties, Singham wins a small victory over a powerful Goa-based ganagster Shikre. As a result, it isn't long before Singhan is promoted and transferred to Goa. While this move brings Singham nearer to Kavya, is also brings him closer to the cold-blooded gangster who is on a mission to destroy...
10) Munna bhai
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (146 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Hindi
Description
Comedy film about Munnabhai, a Bombay goonda, who lives happily with his gang, threatening people. During his upright father's annual visit, the gang pretends to be running a charity hospital. When his father tries to arrange a marriage, the ruse is discovered. So Munna enrolls in medical college.
11) Agneepath
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (167 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Hindi
Description
Kancha Cheena is the uncrowned king of Mandwa Island and terminates the rebellious village schoolmaster. The master's son swears revenge and grows up to be Vijay Dinanath Chauhan under the wings of Rauf Lala. Lala, who trades in human and drug trafficking, rules the Mumbai underbelly. Vijay uses Lala to reach Kancha and thereby reclaim his island and self-esteem.
12) Raja Hindustani
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (170 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Hindi
Description
Aarti, the only daughter of a wealthy, doting father, falls in love and marries a young taxi driver, leaving her luxurious city home for Raja's simple rustic abode. Aarti's scheming stepmother strives to estrange father and daughter so that she herself might inherit her husband's riches. Misunderstandings also develop between Aarti and Raja so that she feels abandoned, but near tragedy is averted and the miscreants are awarded their just deserts.
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 209 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Hindi
Description
A young man goes against the wishes of his beloved father to marry the girl he loves. When he leaves home, his younger brother vows to reunite the family and bring back the happiness they once shared.
14) Asoka
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(150 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Hindi
Description
Traces the life of Emperor Asoka, the grandson of Chandragupta Maurya who ascended the throne of Magadha in the 3rd century B.C. To extend the borders of his kingdom, he wages one of the bloodiest wars in history with the neighboring kingdom of Kalinga, leaving it ravaged and devastated. Confronted by the aftermath of his conquest, Asoka is overcome with remorse and renounces the path of war to dedicate his life to spreading the teachings of Buddhism....
15) The warrior
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Hindi
Description
Follows the visually stunning and emotionally exhilarating journey of a warrior who travels from the deserts of Rajasthan to the snowcapped peaks of the Himalaya in search of peace, only to be chased by the forces of violence.
Pub. Date
[date of publication not identified]
Physical Desc
1 videodiscs (179 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Hindi
Description
Rahul and Simran fall in love while travelling in Europe on an inter-rail holiday. Simran's father, settled in London for twenty-two years, is determined that his daughter should marry a family friend, back in their homeland of rural Punjab. All his plans undergo serious revision once the family travels to India and Rahul also shows up.
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : color, sound ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Hindi
Description
Explores the complexities of the human psyche as it sets out to unveil a childhood trauma. The film structures the narrative by telling a simple story of a man's illness and his daughter's love, understanding, and commitment to find her father's treatment, which comes in the form of a young psychiatrist who unveils the father's demented world and carries him backwards on an awesome journey to finally confront his disillusioned guilt.
18) Ghajini
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (183 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Hindi
Description
"Sanjay Singhania (Aamir Khan) is a rich tycoon suffering from short term memory loss due to being hit by a metal pole when trying to intervene on his girlfriend's murder. Because of the severe injury on his head, his memory can only last for fifteen minutes and he doesn't remember events or incidents that have happened before in his life. He can now only live a comprehendible life by tattooing notes on himself and taking pictures of things with a...
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