A Thousand Desires Like These

2003

1h 59m

Drama

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An idealist (Kay Kay Menon), a businessman and their friend experience political turmoil in 1970s India.

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One of the best films ever to come out of bollywood. Great acting, its a shame not many people have watched it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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In a country where not much about emergency is taught in the school....this movie gave more insight than any of my so called history text book. A very beautifully directed movie that displays human actions as they are....not white, not black...but somewhere in between. There are no so called heroes and villains in the life...there are just people! I like the narration of the movie through the letter exchanged between the main character. The different issues faced by our society are bought up in a manner that makes one sit up and take notice. One of my fav dialogue, n its been a while since i have seen this movie so its not verbatim but the gist of it is..... There may be a distance of few hundred kms between Delhi and this place but it feels like there is a distance of few hundred years.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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A wonderful and wonderful acting. Acting in their first film, Chitrangada Singh, Kay Kay Menon and Shiny Ahuja produced a wonderful performance in this movie set at the time when India was facing a political turmoil during the emergency. An excellent story, wonderful direction and brilliant acting. It is one of the best Hindi movies ever made. It is not just a movie, it is a piece of brilliant art.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Just... spectacular.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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nice movie...a must watch who says Indian Cinema is not good

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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Have seen the movie a few times and leaves me with a heavy heart each time..essentially a romance in times of big change in India...ivory itself is superb.. great direction matched by good performances.....

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Sudhir Mishra

Director

Kay Kay Menon

Siddharth Tyabji

Saurabh Shukla

Senior Bihari Constable

Arif Zakaria

Daryll

Anupam Shyam

SHO Jhanda Singh

Ram Kapoor

Arun Mehta

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Shubhra Gupta

The Indian Express

Sudhir Mishra trains an unflinchingly personal- political lens on the Emergency era through his hip, urban young leads, who go to Delhi University, do not attend classes, and dream of revolution...

Aug 17, 2021

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Sukanya Verma

Rediff.com

Sudhir Mishra's drama is overwhelming, memorable.

Sep 21, 2023

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Dipankar Sarkar

Vague Visages

Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi bears the unmistakable stamp of an artist at the very apogee of his creative prowess.

Sep 21, 2023

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Jimmy Cage

Jimmy Cage Movie Reviews (YouTube)

The finely textured narrative, which summarizes an entire decade full of political discord and corruption, but also full of friendship and love, using three fantastically developed characters, is remarkable and bold.

Rated: 8/10

Dec 31, 2022

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Synopsis

An idealist (Kay Kay Menon), a businessman and their friend experience political turmoil in 1970s India.

Director: Sudhir Mishra
Screenwriter: Sudhir Mishra, Shivkumar Subramaniam, Ruchi Narain
Production Co: Pritish Nandy Communications
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Hindi
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 15, 2019
Runtime: 1h 59m

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