Ship of Theseus
How do you know where you end and where your environment begins?
Genres
Overview
Three stories about persons forced to think about the ethics and moral issues raised by medical advances.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
143 min
Release Date
2012-09-06
Status
Released
Original Language
Hindi
Vote Count
62
Vote Average
7
Aida El Kashef
Aaliya Kamal
Sohum Shah
Navin
Neeraj Kabi
Maitreya
Vinay Shukla
Charwaka
Faraz Khan
Vinay
Amba Sanyal
Ajji
Sameer Khurana
Mannu
Vipul Binjola
Jagannath
Hannan Youssef
Aliya's mother
Narendra Shah
'Uncle'
Chitra Shah
Lady in the house
Manan Shah
Kid in the house
Aishwarya Bhaskar
Girl with the blindfold
Sidharth Meer
Art enthusiast 1
Bonnie Chenevier
Art enthusiast 2
Balaji Janardhan
Blind & deaf people at the gallery
Abbas K.
Blind & deaf people at the gallery
Bharat Pardesi
Blind & deaf people at the gallery
Pradeep Sinha
Blind & deaf people at the gallery
Akhtar Bhale
Blind & deaf people at the gallery
5.5
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2005-06-01 | en
6.8
The Saddest Music in the World
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7.0
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
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6.9
Travellers and Magicians
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7.5
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4.6
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4.7
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5.3
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4.2
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5.3
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5.2
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5.7
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0.0
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0.0
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6.5
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5.3
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Unable to live in his father's gigantic shadow, Mahatma Gandhi's eldest son, Harilal, gets distraught and resorts to alcoholism.
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6.8
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5.4
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6.2
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