National Film Development Corporation of India and its predecessor, the Film Finance Corporation, have funded or produced over 300 films in various Indian languages that have won acclaim and awards in India and worldwide.
The NFDC movies include work from the country's top directors, including films from Satyajit Ray, the master director who brought Indian cinema to world recognition and won an Academy Award for lifetime achievement in 1992. Many are only on Jaman and are not available on DVD or VHS.
Top films
 Main Zinda Hoon (I Am Alive ) After Beena's idle husband deserts her, she becomes the breadwinner of her in-laws' family. Her grateful family changes their tune when she falls in love.
 Train to Pakistan Mano Majra is a sleepy town on the Punjab border between India and Pakistan, where Sikhs and Muslims have lived peacefully for years. As the freedom struggle reaches its climax, the frontier becomes a scene of rioting and bloodshed. The village is untouched by the violence until a train rattles in at an unusual time with an unusual cargo.
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