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
Direction Shyam Benegal
Cast Shabana Azmi · Sadhu Meher · Anant Nag · Dalip Tahil
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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
Direction Shyam Benegal
Cast Victor Banerjee · Smita Patil · Om Puri · Satyajit Ray
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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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