Cinematography: Govind Nihalani

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Govind Nihalani. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


The Seedling (Ankur)

1974 · Movie · 131 min. · India

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Party

1984 · Movie · 110 min. · India

Direction Govind Nihalani

Cast Deepa Sahi

Plot A party is held in honor of the recipient of a literary prize, which attracts the cultural elite of the town. Missing is Amrit, a writer who left a promising...

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The Machine Age

1981 · Movie · 152 min. · India

Direction Shyam Benegal

Cast Shashi Kapoor · Rekha · Raj Babbar · Kulbhushan Kharbanda

Plot A modern interpretation of the Indian epic the Mahabharata, the film depicts a dispute between two rival business families.

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The Role

1977 · Movie · 142 min. · India

Direction Shyam Benegal

Cast Smita Patil · Anant Nag · Naseeruddin Shah · Amrish Puri

Plot Coming from a poor and destitute family, Urvashi is encouraged by her mother, Shanta (Sualbha Deshpande) to be on more than friendly terms with a much older male, Keshav Dalvi...

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Dev

2004 · Movie · 176 min. · India

Direction Govind Nihalani

Cast Amitabh Bachchan · Om Puri · Fardeen Khan · Kareena Kapoor

Plot Joint Commissioner of Police Dev Pratap Singh, a duty-bound, self-righteous officer, and Special Commissioner Tejinder Khosla, the balancing force between the political interests of Chief Minister Bhandarker and Dev's commitment...

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Godam

1983 · Movie · 140 min. · India

Direction Dilip Chitre

Cast Satyadev Dubey · Madan Jain · Achyut Potdar · K.K. Raina

Plot A woman's relentless struggle being married into an isolated village.

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A Flight of Pigeons

1979 · Movie · 141 min. · India

Direction Shyam Benegal

Cast Jalal Agha · Nafisa Ali · Tom Alter · Shabana Azmi

Plot The movie chronicles the period of 1857 to 1858 when the soldiers of the East India Company mutinied and many smaller kingdoms joined the soldiers in the hope of regaining...

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The Sage from the Sea

1978 · Movie · 137 min. · India

Direction Shyam Benegal

Cast Shekhar Chatterjee · Sulabha Deshpande · Satyadev Dubey · Jhansi

Plot Jogamma is the widow of Brahmin Pandit Range Rao, and lives in a coastal village in Southern India along with her two married sons, Narsimha, who is married to Seethamma...

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Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa

1998 · Movie · 186 min. · India

Direction Govind Nihalani

Cast Jaya Bhaduri · Anupam Kher · Seema Biswas · Joy Sengupta

Plot Dibyanath Chatterji, his bank-employed wife, Sujata, and only child, a son, Brati, live a middle-class existence in Calcutta, West Bengal, India, circa early 1970s. Sujata is a quiet, devout Hindu,...

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The Churning

1976 · Movie · 134 min. · India

Direction Shyam Benegal

Cast Abha Dhulia · Rajendra Jaspal · Girish Karnad · Kulbhushan Kharbanda

Plot Dr.Rao (Girih Karnad) is a Vetinary doc, who comes to this village with the aim of starting a Milk Co-operative society for the welfare of the villagers. But the wealthy...

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Satyajit Ray

1982 · Documentary · 131 min. · India

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Night's End

1975 · Movie · 140 min. · India

Direction Shyam Benegal

Cast Girish Karnad · Shabana Azmi · Anant Nag · Amrish Puri

Plot Vishwam (Naseeruddin Shah) is the youngest son of the powerful, and influential village Zamindar (Amrish Puri). The Zamindar will not hesitate to do anything for the welfare and protection of...

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Ardh Satya

1983 · Movie · 130 min. · India

Direction Govind Nihalani

Cast Om Puri · Smita Patil · Amrish Puri · Shafi Inamdar

Plot After having watched his cop father abuse his mother and compel him to become a Sub-Inspector with Maharashtra Police, Anant Velankar, who had wanted to complete his MBA, re-locates to...

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