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This is a Sanskrit Language film created by Dushyant Sridhar.

This is the best version of the famed history of Shaakuntala and Dushyant's love. The film is created based on Mahakavi Kalidasa's epic poem Abhignyaana Shaakuntalam. The film is made with a lot of relish by Dushyant. It's interspersed with a lot of traditional and folk music performances aligned to the narrative. Most impressive was how he paralleled a Yaksha Gana performance on Hanuman passing on Rama's ring in parallel to the finding of Shaakuntalam's lost ring.

The choice of multiple languages relevant to the character in the film, be it Sanskrit by the main characters (royalty and ashram residents), Prakrit by the folk people, all add authenticity to the history. Hats off to the efforts put behind this detail.

The cast is also very impressive. Well chosen to the roles, and who put on great performances. I was surprised that none of them have any other films to their credit in IMDB. Quite surprised with the beauty and talent that was on display.

Overall a must watch for all lovers of the story of Bharata's birth after whom the country is most likely named.

This is a Hindi film starring Suraiya and Dev Anand.

The film is totally cliched. While a love triangle with an unexpected twist in the ending, the whole execution is very amateurish. The plot is weak and the film has nothing to do with the title (should have been slept Shaayar) except that you learn in the beginning that the hero is a Shaayar. All the characters are caricatured and predictable.

Reminds one of the film "Love Marriage" where the poster had him playing cricket. While there was exactly one scene in the beginning of him playing cricket. It was nothing to do with cricket and very little about the title itself.

There are quite a few songs like films from the era. However none that hold you humming them even after the film.

The performances are dramatised as expected in films of the era. Which is where actress-singer Suraiya stands out. Watch the film for her natural performance.

This is a Malayalam language children's film by G Aravindan.

The film is a visual treat. The beauty of traditional village life in Kerala is artistically captured. The film starts with a view of the rising sun. There are many scenes taken from vista points like hilltops while moving the scene forward. Definitely signs of a master creater with an eye for natural beauty.

The film is a fictional account of a village where a travelling bogeyman (Kummatty) visits. There are myths surrounding such people in villages saying they can convert naughty children to animals and take them away. These are just to ensure children are careful with strangers and also to spook them when they behave naughtily as it happens in this film too.

It's brilliant story writing to make a film with a good moral message around that. The film leaves us with a touching message to be compassionate towards birds and animals. It attempts that we empathize how caged pets would be feeling and the value of freedom.

The film story really starts only in the last half hour and the first hour is really a character sketch of village life when in blissful childhood.