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Suee is a film directed by Sai Parānjpye
Suee (2008)
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Directed by Sai Parānjpye
Suee (The Needle), a film directed by Sai Paranjpye, explores a number of areas in the lives of injecting drug users including treatment, care, peer and community support, rehabilitation and the workplace. It was launched by Response Beyond Borders, the Asian consortium on drug use HIV/ AIDS and poverty at the IX International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific.
Ms Paranjpye, a Cannes Film Festival award winner, worked closely with injecting drug users from the Sankalp Rehabilitation Trust in Mumbai and spent time interviewing them on location and involving them as actors in the film. She also consulted NGO Sharan in Delhi, the International Center for Research on Women, and the World Bank.
The 30 minute film was aired on Doordarshan on World AIDS Day, December 1, 2009.
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Saaz (1997)
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The film is loosely based on the classical Indian folktale of the hare and the tortoise, providing a modern interpretation of the same. Even though the good (tortoise) may win in the end, is it worth the wait? It is based on S.G.Sathye's Marathi play 'Sasa aani Kasav' (Hare and Tortoise).
Chashme Buddoor (1981)
Directed by Sai Parānjpye
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Buddy films
Actors Farooq Sheikh, Deepti Naval, Saeed Jaffrey, Rakesh Bedi, Ravi Baswani, Amitabh Bachchan
Rating78%
Siddharth (Farooq Shaikh), Omi (Rakesh Bedi) and Jomo (Ravi Baswani) are close friends and room mates who are studying at Delhi University. Siddharth has completed M.A in Economics and is preparing for PhD. While Siddharth is a studious boy who loves to spend most of his time with books, his other two friends- Omi and Jomo are mostly busy chasing girls, watching movies or dramas. The only thing common among three of them is smoking. One day, Omi and Jomo see a girl (Neha) who is new to their neighborhood and try to impress her by their tricks. However, both of them give up after experiencing shameful events. After some days, Neha (Deepti Naval) visits their flat as the salesgirl of Chamko washing powder. As soon as Jomo and Omi see her, they hide quickly. Siddharth meets Neha for the first time and soon a love story begins. But when his other two friends find out, they decide to plot something to end their relationship and also to seek revenge to the embarrassment inflicted upon them by the girl. Initially, they succeed in separating Siddharth and Neha but later on repent when they realise that Siddharth has started losing his interest in work and study and is most likely to end his life as well. Finally, they decide to reunite both the lovers.
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Directed by Sai Parānjpye
Genres Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Children's films
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Sparsh (1980)
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