While Northern India’s 100-year-old film industry is best known for flamboyant dance sequences and romantic plot lines, its directors have begun to step outside established formulas and explore grittier subject matter. This program surveys the world of Bollywood filmmaking, examining the personalities as well as the commercial and thematic concerns that drive central Asia’s answer to Tinseltown. Interviews with directors Karan Johar, Ashutosh Gowariker, and Yash Chopra are included, along with commentary from choreographers, musical directors, and Cinemaya Magazine editor Aruna Vasudev. The industry’s newfound attention to poverty, homelessness, and other social concerns is examined. Several film excerpts are included.

Director Shah Krishna compiled this compelling documentary of Indian cinema after spending two years searching through film archives from all over the world. Included are films from the turn of the 20th century through the 1970s to illustrate various schools of filmmaking and the historical progression of the art form.

An action-packed thriller that unites a diverse ensemble of Asia’s brightest superstars. Set against a backdrop of intensifying ethnic conflicts, the film follows a hacker and other colorful characters as they fight to uncover hidden truths. Intent on challenging stereotypes and driven by a message of solidarity, ASIA presents its vision of a future where individuals from across the region come together to reshape the global narrative on what it means to be Asian.

From a dangerous murder plot to a planned robbery, unmask the gory face of terror through a dramatised version of the crimes happening around you!

This thriller series focuses on an anti-terrorist unit agent named Jai Singh Rathod who has twenty-four hours to save the country from a major terrorist attack.

Indian version of the competitive cooking reality series.

Indian version of the competitive cooking reality series.

Five young men get on a plane to an unfamiliar country, cameras in tow. On the show, the five idol stars explore the country, trying to create a report for Korean broadcaster KBS’ 9 o’ clock news.

Fashion Asia explores fashion, design, art and youth culture as fashion blogger Margaret Zhang and TV presenter Courtney Dober submerse themselves in the culture of thirteen cities across Asia and Australia.

Tim Heidecker reviews the latest movies in theaters with a special guest.