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Aakrosh (1980)
, 2h24Directed by Govind Nihalani
Origin Inde
Genres Drama
Themes Films about music and musicians, Politique, Films about racism, Musical films, Political films, Bollywood
Actors Naseeruddin Shah, Smita Patil, Amrish Puri, Om Puri, Mohan Agashe, Reema Lagoo
Allegedly based on a true incident reported on page 7 of a local newspaper, the film was a scathing satire on the corruption in the judicial system and the victimization of the underprivileged by the able and the powerful.
Veer-Zaara (2004)
, 3h12Directed by Yash Chopra
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Musical, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about religion, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Shahrukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Rani Mukherjee, Manoj Bajpayee, Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini
Most of the story is revealed as a flashback from the prison cell of Veer Pratap Singh.
English Vinglish (2012)
, 2h9Directed by Gauri Shinde
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Sridevi, Mehdi Nebbou, Priya Anand, Adil Hussain, Ajith Kumar, Navika Kotia
Shashi Godbole (Sridevi) is a housewife who makes and sells laddoos as a home-run business. Her husband Satish, (Adil Hussain) and daughter, Sapna (Navika Kotia) take her for granted, mock her poor English skills and generally treat her with disrespect, making Shashi feel negative and insecure. However, her young son, Sagar (Shivansh Kotia) loves her as she is, and her mother-in-law (Sulabha Deshpande) offers her words of sympathy.
Ab Tak Chhappan (2004)
, 2h9Directed by Shimit Amin
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood, Gangster films
Actors Nana Patekar, Mohan Agashe, Revathi, Yashpal Sharma, Hrishitaa Bhatt, Tanmay Jahagirdar
The section of the Mumbai Police Department responsible for handling the underworld known as Crime Branch is headed by Sadhu Agashe (Nana Patekar). Sadhu is the city’s best inspector, with an enviable reputation and record of encounter shootings. Though tough, he is a loving husband to his wife (Revathi) and father and also helps his informers and other poor people in times of need. His immediate junior, Imtiyaz Siddiqui (Yashpal Sharma) despises Sadhu to no end; he feels Sadhu intentionally belittles him. Also Imtiyaz is more concerned about adding to his encounter score and therefore ends up killing more than the primary target which is the main reason Sadhu dislikes him. To add to his woes, Imtiyaz is unable to surpass Sadhu’s encounter "score". Enter Jatin (Nakul Vaid), a rookie to this line of policing who manages to impress Sadhu. The inspector takes the newcomer under his wing, further antagonising Imtiyaz. All of them report to the Commissioner Pradhan (Mohan Agashe) who is a fair and honest police officer.
Lakshya (2004)
, 2h55Directed by Farhan Akhtar
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, War, Action, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta, Amitabh Bachchan, Sharad Kapoor, Om Puri, Boman Irani
Karan Shergill (Hrithik Roshan) is a young man who has no goal or plans for his future. His father is a businessman, his brother is a successful individual living in America. His girlfriend, Romi (Preity Zinta), a student activist and reporter who espouses fashionable causes out of well-meaning sincerity, tells him he needs to find a goal in life. When a friend announces he is going to join the Indian Military Academy (IMA, Dehradun), Karan applies as well, despite dissent from his parents.
Mother India (1957)
, 2h55Directed by Mehboob Khan
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Melodrama
Themes Films about families, Feminist films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar Tuli, Raaj Kumar, Kumkum, Mukri
The film is set in 1957, the present day at the time of shooting. When construction of an irrigation canal to the village is completed, Radha (Nargis), considered to be the "mother" of the village, is asked to inaugurate the canal. She remembers her past, when she was newly married.
Parinda (1989)
, 2h35Directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Mob film, Action, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood, Gangster films
Actors Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Nana Patekar, Anupam Kher, Suresh Oberoi
The story revolves around two brothers, Kishen (Jackie Shroff) and Karan (Anil Kapoor), who have spent their childhood growing up alone on the streets of Mumbai. In order for Karan to have a better upbringing and education, Kishen joins Anna Seth (Nana Patekar). Anna owns an oil factory, but that's a mere prop to cover up his dealings within the underworld. Karan is unaware of the fact that his brother is working for a gang. Inspector Prakash (Anupam Kher), Karan's best friend, is aware of Anna's gang activities and wants to bring him to justice. Anna knows that Karan and Prakash are best friends, so he sets up the murder of Prakash when Prakash and Karan are supposed to meet after Karan's arrival from America. Karan witnesses the murder of his friend Prakash, who dies in his arms.
Kaun? (1999)
, 1h30Directed by Ram Gopal Varma
Origin Inde
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Psychologie, Ghost films, Serial killer films, Musical films, Films about psychiatry, Bollywood
Actors Urmila Matondkar, Manoj Bajpayee, Sushant Singh
A young woman (Urmila Matondkar), home alone, is watching the news of a serial killer on television when the doorbell rings. The woman sees through the peephole that it is a young man, who later identifies himself as Sameer A. Purnavale (Manoj Bajpai), claiming to be a business partner of Mr. Malhotra. She is reluctant to open the door, due to the news broadcast of a killer on the loose. The woman claims that the house doesn't belong to Mr. Malhotra but to Mr. Gupta. However the man believing that there has been a mix up, persistently keeps ringing the doorbell even after the woman tells him that she won't let him in. To scare him away the woman lies and tells the man that her husband is sleeping upstairs. The man then claims that he hears a noise upstairs so that if her husband is awake can he talk to him. Upon hearing this and a subsequent noise from within the house, the woman is spooked and runs outside.
Gentleman (1993)
, 2h35Directed by S. Shankar
Origin Inde
Genres Action, Crime
Themes Films about education, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Arjun Sarja, Madhoobala Shah, Charan Raj, Goundamani, Subhashri, Prabhu Deva
A story begins with a swashbuckling thief, also a master of disguise, who not only targets jewellers but also government agencies is being tracked down by Azhagar Nambi (Charan Raj), an efficient Police officer, who takes things a bit too personal. The story cuts to Krishnamoorthy alias Kicha (Arjun), a respected citizen who runs a home-based pappadam business.
Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959)
, 2h28Directed by Guru Dutt
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Waheeda Rehman, Guru Dutt, Johnny Walker, Mehmood Ali, Minoo Mumtaz, Tun tun (Uma Devi Khatri)
The film tells, in flashback, the story of Suresh Sinha (Guru Dutt), a famous film director. His marriage to Bina (Veena) is on the rocks because her wealthy family sees filmmaking as a job lacking in social status. He is also denied access to his daughter Pammi (Baby Naaz), who is sent to a private boarding school in Dehradun.
Ankur (1974)
, 2h5Directed by Shyam Benegal
Genres Drama
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Shabana Azmi, Anant Nag, Priya Tendulkar, Vijay Tendulkar, Dalip Tahil
Ankur is a film that analyzes human behavior in general and heavily stresses characterization (though the story is not fictional). The story revolves around two characters, Lakshmi and Surya. Ankur is also there.
Rockstar (2011)
, 2h39Directed by Imtiaz Ali
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Ranbir Kapoor, Nargis Fakhri, Shammi Kapoor, Moufid Aziz, Aditi Rao Hydari, Piyush Mishra
The film opens up by showing a large crowd outside the Verona Arena, Italy, with eager fans queuing for the rock concert of Jordan (Ranbir Kapoor). Jordan, who was being attacked by thugs moments ago, manages to escape and reach the arena. He shows a complete disregard for his fans, storms onto the stage in a fit of rage and starts strumming his guitar.
Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! (2008)
Directed by Dibakar Banerjee
Genres Comedy, Action
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Abhay Deol, Neetu Chandra, Paresh Rawal, Archana Puran Singh, Manu Rishi, Rajeev Khandelwal
Inspired by the incredible true story of Devinder Singh aka Bunty, an extremely charismatic and fearless confidence man and thief who socialised with the rich, famous and influential of Delhi society and then proceeded to rob them blind. He was the bête noire of the police and had stolen millions by the time he was caught. A modern day Robin Hood with a twist, he robbed both the rich and the poor without prejudice. Nothing was too big nor was anything too insignificant to escape his attention. The film opens with his trial and charts his rise from the projects of crime ridden suburban Delhi to the very heart of the corridors of power. Along the way he makes lifelong friends, falls in love and manages to outwit the entire law and order machinery.
Rock On!! (2008)
, 2h25Directed by Abhishek Kapoor
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood, Buddy films
Actors Arjun Rampal, Shahana Goswami, Farhan Akhtar, Prachi Desai, Purab Kohli, Koel Purie
Rock On begins in Mumbai, with the rock band Magik, in 1998. Joseph (Joe) Mascarhenas (Arjun Rampal) is the lead guitarist who feels necessity to prove his worth as a musician. Aditya Shroff (Farhan Akhtar) is the lead singer who rebelled against his well to-do family to play music. Rob Nancy (Luke Kenny) who plays keyboards and Kedar Zaveri a.k.a. KD/"Killer Drummer" (Purab Kohli) comprise the remainder of the band. After a competition is announced by Channel V, they decide to enter, as the winner will be offered an album and one music video.
Guru (2007)
, 2h46Directed by Mani Ratnam, Ranjith
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, R. Madhavan, Vidya Balan, Mithun Chakraborty, Aarya Babbar
The beginning of the film is set in 1951 in a small village of Idar in Sabarkantha district, northern Gujarat, a young man named Gurukant "Guru" Desai (Abhishek Bachchan) dreams of making it big some day. His father (Rajendra Gupta), the headmaster of the village school, tells him not to dream and that dreams never come true. Gurukant decides to go to Turkey and enter the spice trade; later, he is promoted but refuses the job, as he wants to work for himself. Back in his village, he marries Sujata (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan), mainly because of the dowry she brings him. Along with Sujata and her brother Jignesh (Arya Babbar), Guru migrates to Bombay and starts trading in cloth. Gradually, he expands his business and sets up manufacturing units of his own, under the name "Shakti Corporation".