Chotushkone ( 2014) – Amazon Prime Video:
‘Chotushkone’, directed by Srijit Mukherjee is a wonderful Bengali film and it tells the story of three filmmakers who reunite to make one anthology film together and they pitch three ideas for stories. During the end, one nore story of a failed producer unfolds and it changes everything. It stars actors like Parambrata, Koushik Ganguly, Chiranjit Chakroborty and many others.
Bombay Talkies (2013) – Jio Cinema:
‘Bombay Talkies’ is an anthology film consisting of four short films directed by mavericks like Zoya Akhtar, Karan Johar, Dibakar Banerjee and Anurag Kashyap. It tells the stories of a gay man, a struggling actor, a dancer and a son trying to fulfill the last wish of his father. Bombay Talkies stars wonderful actors like Rani Mukherjee, Saqib Salim, Randeep Hooda and many others.
Teen Kanya (1961) – YouTube:
‘Teen Kanya’, directed by Satyajit Ray is one of the finest anthologies ever made in India. It tells the stories of three girls and their problems and lives. All three stories are written by Rabindranath Tagore and they are woven into one by Ray with great mastery. It stars actors like Soumitra Chatterjee and Aparna Sen.
Ajeeb Dastans (2021)- Netflix:
‘Ajeeb Dastans’ is directed by four filmmakers, Neeraj Ghaywan, Kayoze Irani, Shashank Khaitan and Raj Mehta. It stars Fatima Sana Shaikh, Manav Kaul, Jaideep Ahlawat, Shefali Shah, Nusratt Bharuccha and many others. The film tells four stories, ‘Ankahi’, ‘Geeli Pucchi’, ‘Khilauna’, ‘Majnu’. You should definitely watch this one to understand what Indian film industries are doing now in the field of anthologies.
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