Storyline: Hey Ram 2000 The film starts with Saketh Ram as a very old man and almost immediately goes into flashback As a young man he is among his friends, in conviviality He has taken a Bengali wife, Aparna, and everything is wonderful in his life, However the year is 1946, and the imminent independence of India from British suzerainty is complicated by religious antagonism between the Hindu majority and the large Muslim minority, who demand their own independent state Saketh and Aparna visit Calcutta rioting is reported, but Saketh goes out to get some food, and he soon encounters a Hindu woman being chased by Muslim rioters He rescues her, but the rioters later come to his house, and brutally rape and then kill his wife Saketh is devastated and takes to the streets, determined personally to kill as many Muslims as he can find He meets up with Sriram Abhiyankar, who is leading a group of Hindu extremists, and Saketh becomes temporarily taken with the cause himself At the same time, he is persuaded to take a new wife, Mythili, and life begins to stabilize for Saketh after all However he then falls in with an eminent Maharajah who is leading an underground group with the intention of assassination Travelling with the Maharajah, Saketh meets one of his old friends from younger days, who has fallen on hard times Reminiscing, and getting his old friend back on his feet deflect the process of recruiting Saketh, but only temporarily, and soon he is manipulated into committing himself to renouncing his family and his new wife, in the interests of the cause which now is disclosed as the assassination of Gandhi Although a fellow Hindu, Gandhi was felt by some to be too conciliatory to Muslims and in the logic of extremists, Gandhi became the prime target Soon Saketh is informed that Gandhi will be in Delhi for some weeks, and that Saketh is to take the opportunity to do his duty However, hiding from a snap search by the police, he has to hide his pistol on a delivery lorry, and it is driven away to a factory owned by Muslims Going there hoping to retrieve the gun, he becomes engulfed in a shoot out between some Hindu attackers and the Muslims, and finds that his loyalties are not so clear cut as he had imagined Finally he escapes after the death of another of his old friends in the crossfire The next day, January 30th 1948, he contrives to be near Gandhi in a public prayer ground, his appointment with destiny But the film still has 20 minutes to run, and the ending is not what you expect
Wondrous Oblivion (2003)
Eleven year old David Wiseman is mad about cricket but no good at it He has the entire kit but none of the skill So when a Jamaican family moves in next door and builds a cricket net in the back garden, David is in seventh heaven
Murmur (2019)
When an elderly dog is scheduled to be euthanized, Donna decides to take the dog home to fill the emptiness she feels, Donna begins to take home more and more animals and she is soon in over her head
Haute Cuisine (2012)
The story of Daniele Delpeuch and how she was appointed as the private chef for Francois Mitterrand
Sherrybaby (2006)
Sherry tries to integrate again into society and become a good mother
Three Weeks (2021)
A girl running from her past has a one night stand with a guy whos stuck in his ways, only to wake up the next morning to discover they are forced to live together due to a nation wide state of emergency
White Star (1983)
A rock music reporter and his view of the angry excited punk generation
The Romance of Seville (1929)
A betrothed artist loves a girl engaged to a jewel thief
A Gentle Creature (1969)
A young woman kills herself, leaving no explanation to her grief stricken pawnbroker husband We learn in flashback about how they met, married, and how she failed to adapt her lifestyle to his Disgusted with his attempts to dominat
Vision Quest (1985)
A high school wrestler in Spokane, Washington has trouble focusing on his training regimen when a beautiful young drifter takes up temporary residence at his home
Smile (1975)
A social comedy about a beauty pageant for young Californian women, held annually in Santa Rosa, and how it affects the locals and participants
Hue and Cry (1947)
A gang of street boys foil a master crook who sends commands for robberies by cunningly altering a comic strips wording each week, unknown to writer and printer The first of the Ealing comedies
The War Tapes (2006)
Called up for service in Iraq, several members of the National Guard were given digital video cameras This film, edited from their footage, provides a perspective on a complex and troubled conflict
12 Hours to Live (2006)
An FBI Agent must race against time to save the lives of two teens being held hostage by a dangerous gunman
Snooker Man (2024)
Johnny Snooker Man Bonnar is the UKs 17th rated Ronnie OSullivan lookalike working for the UKs lowest rated lookalike agency He enters the world of competitive miniature snooker playing, attempting to become the world champion
The Lost Episode (2012)
For decades, Pennhurst psychiatric hospital has been haunted by turbulent supernatural forces When a television crew embarks on a mission to capture this paranormal activity, they discover something completely unexpected