Action! If there’s one word associated with cinema, the tension of movie sets, and the focus of attention, it’s this one. Action is very often at the heart of popular cinema: Harold Lloyd hanging from the clock hands in Safety Last! (1923), Cary Grant threatened and strafed by a plane in North by Northwest (1959), Franka Potente gasping for air in Run Lola Run (1998)... Westerns, swashbuckler films, martial arts or adventure flicks, thrillers, all these genres rely on action—sometimes frenetic, sometimes meticulously measured.
From movies by Sergei Eisenstein to Gilles Carle, from John Ford to John Boorman and Werner Herzog, via Paul Verhoeven, Kathryn Bigelow, Park Chan-wook, Érik Canuel, and Nicolas Winding Refn, this series will take you through the full range of emotions, from laughter to thrills, from fear to satisfaction.
Presented with a 10-minute intermission
In the village of Ramgarh, retired police chief Thakur Baldev Singh plots to bring down the notorious bandit Gabbar Singh and enlists the help of two lesser criminals, Jai and Veeru. When Gabbar attacks the village, however, Jai and Veeru wonder why Thakur does nothing to help them. They soon learn that he has no arms, and that Gabbar was the one who cut them off. Enraged by this, they redouble their efforts to help.
Ramesh Sippy
Ramesh Sippy is an Indian filmmaker and producer. He was immersed in the world of cinema at a very young age, exploring the sets of Sazaa (1951), his father G. P. Sippy's debut film. At the age of nine, he played the role of Achala Sachdev’s son in Shahenshah (1953). Ramesh Sippy worked simultaneously on the production and direction of several films alongside his father. After seven years as an assistant, he directed his first feature film, Andaaz, in 1969. In 1975, he directed Sholay, one of the biggest hits in Bollywood history. He went on to direct Shaan (1980) and Shakti (1982), which were also highly popular and are now considered classics of the genre.
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