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Amar Akbar Anthony is a 1977 Bollywood film about three brothers who were separated during childhood and who grew up in three separate homes, adopting different religions. The film was directed by Manmohan Desai and features Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna, and Rishi Kapoor. Amar Akbar Anthony was the biggest blockbuster of 1977 and won several […]

Stir. Fry. Simmer Vani Subramanian, Film Maker; Visiting Fellow, Cornell University Chair: Theodore Bestor, Reischauer Institute Professor of Social Anthropology and Japanese Studies & Director, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, Harvard University The film screening (54 minutes) will be followed by a discussion with the film maker. Reception to follow film screening and discussion Co-sponsored by the Reischauer Institute of […]

Join internationally acclaimed filmmaker Sooni Taraporevala for a screening of her film and Q&A afterwards, as part of an ongoing exhibit at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts of her photography, Parsis: The Zoroastrians of India (Oct. 25 – Dec. 20).   Little Zizou is a comedy for all ages. It is the rambunctious […]

Parsis: The Zoroastrians of India – special opening event.   Internationally-acclaimed screenwriter and photographer Sooni Taraporevala will discuss her work with Homi Bhabha,  Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of the Humanities in the Department of English, the Director of the Humanities Center and the Senior Advisor on the Humanities to the President and Provost at Harvard University. From October […]

The Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard is screening Jai Bhim Comrade. The film will feature a discussion with filmmaker Ananad Patwardhan. Click here to read more about the film and filmmaker.  

RAJ KAPOOR FILM SERIES presented by: SOUTH ASIA INITIATIVE AND THE HARVARD FILM ARCHIVE Directed by Raj Kapoor, India, 1956 A Chaplinesque tramp gets more than he bargained for when he wanders into a luxury apartment building in search of a glass of water.

RAJ KAPOOR FILM SERIES presented by: SOUTH ASIA INITIATIVE AND THE HARVARD FILM ARCHIVE Directed by Raj Kapoor, India, 1970 Kapoor’s legendary film maudit, about a mopey, love-obsessed clown and his three pathetically failed love affairs is a compulsively watchable, astonishing train wreck of a film.

RAJ KAPOOR FILM SERIES presented by: SOUTH ASIA INITIATIVE AND THE HARVARD FILM ARCHIVE Directed by Raj Kapoor, India, 1949 Raj Kapoor’s first megahit shuttles between the stories of a romantic idealist and his more carnally-driven best friend, who both meet and romance the daughters of innkeepers.