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Shahid traces the true story of slain human rights activist and lawyer Shahid Azmi. From attempting to become a terrorist to being wrongly imprisoned under a draconian anti-terrorism law to becoming a criminal lawyer Shahid traces the inspiring personal journey of a boy who became an unlikely messiah for human rights while following the rise of communal violence in India. This story of an impoverished Muslim struggling to come to terms with injustice, inequality and rising above his circumstances is an inspiring testament to the human spirit.
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Mary Kom
Based on a life of the Indian woman boxer “MC Mary Kom”, a five-time World Amateur Boxing champion, and the only woman boxer to have won a medal in each of the six world championships. An incident in life of Mary urges her to learn self-defense, a hand based combat. This triggers her initial training, her immense dedication, her will and passion while struggling to balance her life at home, even additional sacrifices to make ends meet, all in the context of the poverty that was constant in her early life. she gets her first unsanctioned fight with immense odds in her face, only to win some money for her family. The story shows how the country writes her off and the pressure to quit from the sport. Only to pave her comebacks and wins accolades, along with taking of her family.
The Dirty Picture
Imagine a nobody who became an extra and then the most wanted heroine of the early 80s. Chronicling the meteoric rise and steep fall of the erstwhile screen sensation, The Dirty Picture is set against the colorful and entertaining backdrop of the fierce male-dominated South-Indian film industry of the 80s. The quintessential siren, Silk, knew her audiences and it didn’t seem like anything would stop the ambitious starlet, till it did, in the form of unrequited love. To the world, she was the queen of sensuality. But at heart, she was just another woman yearning for love in a ruthless world.
