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A Thousand Desires Like These

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

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Shubhra Gupta The Indian Express 08/17/2021
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... Go to Full Review
Sukanya Verma Rediff.com 09/21/2023
Sudhir Mishra's drama is overwhelming, memorable. Go to Full Review
Dipankar Sarkar Vague Visages 09/21/2023
Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi bears the unmistakable stamp of an artist at the very apogee of his creative prowess. Go to Full Review
Jimmy Cage Jimmy Cage Movie Reviews (YouTube) 12/31/2022
8/10
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. Go to Full Review
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05/19/2012 One of the best films ever to come out of bollywood. Great acting, its a shame not many people have watched it. See more 03/22/2012 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. See more 03/16/2012 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. See more 12/23/2011 Just... spectacular. See more 11/22/2011 nice movie...a must watch who says Indian Cinema is not good See more 10/08/2011 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..... See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis An idealist (Kay Kay Menon), a businessman and their friend experience political turmoil in 1970s India.
Director
Sudhir Mishra
Producer
Rangita Pritish Nandy, Rangita Pritish Nandy
Screenwriter
Ruchi Narain, Shivkumar Subramaniam, Sudhir Mishra, Ruchi Narain, Shivkumar Subramaniam, Sudhir Mishra, 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