The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) distinguishes itself from other visual art museums by taking film as seriously as it does sculpture or painting. MoMA has also long had a keen interest in Indian cinema, especially beyond the mainstream. In 1955, it hosted the world premiere of Pather Panchali, the debut of a then-unknown Satyajit Ray. Since 1972, award-winning Indian filmmakers such as Mani Kaul, Adoor Gopalakrishnan and Ketan Mehta have featured at the annual New Directors/ New Films festival.
With India Now in 2007 and The New India in 2009, MoMA presented a wider mix of the popular and the critically-acclaimed. Dibakar Banerjee, Vishal Bhardwaj and Zoya Akhtar jostled with older festival favourites like Bengali auteur Buddhadeb Dasgupta and crowd-pleasing documentaries like Smile Pinki and Supermen of Malegaon.
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Shuttle Star
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There's No Planet B
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Family Saga
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THE ETERNAL MOTHER
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A NEW LEASE FOR OLD FILMS
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