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1. Life of Pi (2012)

PG | 127 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor: a fearsome Bengal tiger.

Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Adil Hussain, Tabu

Votes: 667,333 | Gross: $124.99M

2. Kaakha Kaakha (2003)

Not Rated | 153 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After a police team kills his brother, a drug-dealing gangster vows to kill the entire team and their respective families.

Director: Gautham Vasudev Menon | Stars: Suriya, Jyotika, 'University' Jeevan, Daniel Balaji

Votes: 6,877

3. Jism (2003)

136 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

When an unemployed man falls for a wealthy woman and he is willing to do whatever he must to get her away from her abusive husband.

Director: Amit Saxena | Stars: Bipasha Basu, John Abraham, Gulshan Grover, Vinay Pathak

Votes: 2,337

4. Return of the Hero (2018)

PG | 90 min | Comedy, History

1809, France. Captain Neuville is called to the front, leaving his future bride heartbroken. Her sister decides to write letters on his behalf to cheer her up. But it all goes south when Neuville reappears.

Director: Laurent Tirard | Stars: Jean Dujardin, Mélanie Laurent, Noémie Merlant, Christophe Montenez

Votes: 4,491 | Gross: $0.04M

5. Pondicherry (2022)

113 min | Drama

Nikita and her eight-year-old son, Ishan, stay in an old family villa in Pondicherry where she runs a home-stay for travelers. A mysterious man with an agenda arrives at Nikita's home-stay, giving all their lives an unexpected twist.

Director: Sachin Kundalkar | Stars: Sai Tamhankar, Vaibhav Tatwawadi, Amruta Khanvilkar, Neena Kulkarni

Votes: 137

6. Son épouse (2014)

108 min | Drama

Gracie, a young Tamil woman living near Madras, has been having behavioural disorders since the day she was married. The memory of her French friend Catherine, who died in unresolved ... See full summary »

Director: Michel Spinosa | Stars: Yvan Attal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Janagi, Angadi Theru Mahesh

Votes: 186

7. Pondichéry, juste avant l'oubli (1986)

52 min

In Pondicherry in 1951, during the transfer of the French Indian territories from French governance to the Indian union, 3 children from a noble family must choose their destiny: to remain French despite their origin or to integrate India.

Director: Joël Farges | Stars: Jean Larroquette, Sunayana Panda Shukla, Maurice Shukla, Sounie Shukla

8. Beyond Paradise (I) (2015)

14 min | Short, Drama

Dharsh, a stranger in town, figures out when to die.

Director: Nishanth Kalidindi | Star: Cordis Paldano

9. Men of Burden: Pedaling Towards a Horizon (2006)

77 min | Documentary

The documentary uncovers the story of disappearing cycle rickshaw drivers living in abject poverty in the city of Pondicherry, India.

Director: Stanzin Raghu | Star: Domenic Romano

10. Celui qui croyait (2002 TV Movie)

52 min | Documentary

An Indian man, a war veteran, from the former French colonial settlement of Pondicherry, chose to remain French in 1962, after France signed a Treaty of Cession with India.

Director: Christophe Vindis

11. The Bookwallah (2013)

33 min | Documentary, Short

The Bookwallah: five writers; a pop-up library; and 2,000 km by train. The film follows five writers and an ingenious travelling library across India by train.

Director: Catriona Mitchell

12. Beautiful Excursions (2006– )
Episode: Inde: Pondichéry (2011)

Documentary

A journey with many different aspects: the French influence in Pondicherry: the bakery in which young Indians learn to produce baguettes, croissants and French pastry, the French Lyceum ... See full summary »

Director: Laurent Lichtenstein | Star: Jérôme Pitorin