ABCD 1999  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Krutin Patel
Cast: Madhur Jaffrey, Faran Tahir, Sheetal Sheth, Aasif Mandvi, David Ari, Jennifer Dorr White, Adriane Forlana Erdos, Rex Young, Gil Grail, Bob Bonnet, Alexander Lasky, David Mann
Widow Anju (Madhur Jaffrey) wishes for only one thing: her children stick to their cultural roots and marry into respectable Indian families. But, son Raj (Faran Tahir) and daughter Nina (Sheetal Sheth) have assimilated into American culture and have their own ideas about how to live their lives.
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Chutney Popcorn 1999  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Nisha Ganatra
Cast: Nisha Ganatra, Jill Hennessy, Sakina Jaffrey, Madhur Jaffrey, Nick Chinlund, Cara Buono, Ajay Naidu, Daniella Rich, Eliza Foss, Priscilla Lopez
A lesbian couple–Reena (Nisha Ganatra) and Lisa (Jill Hennessy)–decide to help when Reena's sister Sarita (Sakina Jaffrey) and husband Mitch (Nick Chinlund) find they cannot conceive children. Reena decides to become the surrogate mother but doesn't take into account her inevitable emotional conflicts during the pregnancy.
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Cotton Mary 2000  R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ismail Merchant
Cast: Greta Scacchi, Madhur Jaffrey, Sakina Jaffrey, Prayag Raj, James Wilby, Laura Lumley, Gemma Jones, Sarah Badel, Joanna David, Olivia Caesar
Race and class determine lifestyles of a white British woman, Lily MacIntosh (Greta Scacchi), and an Anglo-Indian, Cotton Mary (Madhur Jaffrey). Mary wheedles herself into a position of authority in the MacIntosh household after she finds a wet nurse for Lily's baby and assumes the position of a powerful nanny.
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Heat and Dust 1982 R, 133 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Ivory
Cast: Julie Christie, Greta Scacchi, Christopher Cazenove, Julian Glover, Susan Fleetwood, Shashi Kapoor, Madhur Jaffrey, Nickolas Grace, Zakir Hussain, Barry Foster, Patrick Godfrey, Jennifer Kendal
Fascinated by her Great-Aunt Olivia's (Greta Scacchi) letters, Anne (Julie Christie) heads to India to research Olivia's life and find out why she was a subject of scandal 60 years ago. As she investigates, Anne is pulled into India's culture as the film cuts back and forth from modern-day India and Anne's life to life in India as seen by Olivia.
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Phoebe in Wonderland 2008 PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Barnz
Cast: Elle Fanning, Felicity Huffman, Patricia Clarkson, Bill Pullman, Campbell Scott, Ian Colletti, Caitlin Sanchez, Max Baker, Maddie Corman, Peter Gerety, Madhur Jaffrey, Bailee Madison, Austin Williams, Teala Dunn, Connor Douglas
Phoebe Lichten (Elle Fanning) is a little girl whose parents, Hilary and Peter (Felicity Huffman and Bill Pullman), worry about her because she does not follow the rules. Her mother tries to deal with the problem but is frustrated while trying to write a book about the tales of Lewis Carroll. When the drama teacher, Miss Dodger (Patricia Clarkson), offers Phoebe a role in the school production of "Alice in Wonderland," Phoebe is thrilled and accepts the role of "Alice." Rehearsals begin, but problems ensue when Phoebe slips away from reality and sees the play's characters leading her through a magical maze of life, which could lead to her downfall.
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| 1. ABCD (1999)
2. Chutney Popcorn (1999)
3. Cotton Mary (2000)
4. Heat and Dust (1982)
5. Phoebe in Wonderland (2008)
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