Around the World: India – The Crown Jewel

On the backdrop of the preparations for an arranged Indian wedding, Mira Nair creates a moving work that at a certain point breaks free of its melodramatic premise, makes a statement about tradition and modernity, and unequivocally captivates the audience.

A mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system connects a young housewife to an old man in the dusk of his life as they build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox. 

Saro is adopted by an Australian couple after he falls asleep on the train and wakes up in Calcutta with no idea how to get back home. Twenty years later, Saro embarks on a journey to find his family. 

Lalita Bakshi rejects her parents' attempts at matchmaking and insists on finding love on her own. But when she meets a wealthy American heir, who shuns everything Indian, she cannot decide if this is the right man for her. A Bollywood rendition of Jane Austen's classic novel, full of singing, dancing, and colorful sets.

A rookie civil servant stationed in the jungle during elections in India, faces both guerrilla forces and the locals’ apathy toward the democratic process in a dramatic comedy, winner of the CICAE award at the 2017 Berlinale.