A. M.-turaaz
Diary of a Butterfly|
2012
Diary of a Butterfly
2012 | 97 min
A story of a young girl in pursuit of her dream of becoming big in the fashion industry, Gul comes to Mumbai from Jaiper to joins Vivek's company. Soon, she complains to him about Adi, her senior, who seeks sexual favours from her for accepting her design submissions. This is her way of getting back at Adi, with whom she had to sleep with before. She soon becomes Vivek's blue-eyed employee and is promoted, but stabs him in the back when she gets a far more lucrative job offer from his competitor, Ravi Bajaj. Before long, she ditches Ravi Bajaj too to join Xavier. Gul's mother, Shobha, always reminds Gul to maintain a diary to record her day-to-day events, as she feels it would serve as a mirror to her life. Gul obliges, but she is soon tired of writing in it due her consequential decisions in life, as well as due to feeling terribly let down by Karan, her boyfriend in Jaipur, and her two friends in Mumbai, Carol and Pia.
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Subtitles:English, ArabicChakravyuh|
2012
Chakravyuh
2012 | 147 min
Chakravyuh is the story of two best friends: Adil and Kabir. Adil Khan, a highly decorated police officer is posted to Nandighat, after a horrifying massacre of 84 policemen. Within days, he discovers that the Maoists, lead by the ruthless and charismatic Rajan, effectively control the area. They are able to swiftly thwart Adil's most determined efforts. Despite holding a position of enormous power as the SP of Nandighat, Adil has never felt so helpless in his career. But then, into his life, re-enters Kabir! Rootless, aimless, the quintessential rolling stone. His only anchor in life has always been his friendship with and his loyalty to Adil. The maverick proposes an outrageous plan: He will infiltrate Rajan's group, and be Adil's informer. And, together they will smash the Maoist organization in Nandighat. In spite, Sure enough, Kabir gets in and craftily wins their confidence, as only he can. He secretly begins informing Adil, who starts attacking the Maoists with great success. An enormous cache of arms raided, two top national leaders and 63 activists killed at an arms-training camp... And, Rajan himself captured! Within weeks, Adil-Kabir turns the game, pushing the Maoists on to the backfoot. But, Kabir also begins discovering a different reality. The abject helplessness of the rural poor brutally displaced in the name of development, the fruits of which never reach them. Their land, their forest, their water snatched by their own government to allow big business to exploit the area and its people further. As the poverty and desperation rise, so does a cry of anger.. giving birth to the Naxalite who believes the only way to counter this is with a gun! Kabir also can't help getting close to the activists; begins identifying with them. Rajan, Babu, Venu. And Juhi. A dedicated revolutionary with a tender heart, who has seen pain like none other. She begins to fall in love with Kabir. The confusion in Kabir's heart intensifies dangerously until he is on the horns of a ghastly dilemma. Who does he support now? Who does he fight? He finds himself in a chakravyuh from which there is no retreat now. And yet, before Kabir can make one last desperate attempt to resolve this with Adil, events hurtle him into making choices that would put him at war with him. A war that would change the future of the region. A war that can only end when one of them destroys the other. Of his apprehensions, Adil agrees.
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Subtitles:English, Arabic, ChineseJeet Lengey Jahaan|
2012
Jeet Lengey Jahaan
2012 | 108 min
Jeet Lengey Jahaan is about today's youngsters who are starving to achieve their goals in life. It shows how they get trapped into our corrupt system and face adverse circumstances and finally find themselves helpless and how they fight against it by their own ways.
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Subtitles:English, ArabicAmar|
1954
Amar
1954 | 137 min
A nuanced psychological drama, exploring a 3-way relationship between the main characters and the crisis of conscience. A prosperous, well-respected lawyer, engaged to an educated, socially-conscious young woman, succumbs to a weak moment and rapes a poor local village milkmaid. The rest of the story deals with the aftermath of this tragic event, with all the inevitable undercurrents of guilt, penitence and pervasive heartbreak that stem from it.
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Subtitles:English, ArabicAnjaana Anjaani|
2010
Anjaana Anjaani
2010 | 145 min
A romantic comedy and drama about two strangers - one stranger than the other. Two people can happen to meet anywhere. But Akash and Kiara met in an unusual situation of distress, unable to part ways thereafter as fate would have it. Thus, begins a series of hilarious misadventures as they embark on a fun but morbid journey with each other. Life, however, interrupts and painful choices must be made. The duo part ways with an understanding that their days together were a brief interlude of insanity that had to succumb to real life. But can a cloaked love so strange between two strangers conquer the idiom of normalcy we all believe in? Is it worth another chance? Is it worth leaving behind all that is familiar? Follow Akash and Kiara along this hilarious, contemporary yet poignant journey of stumbling into all that is worth living for.
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Subtitles:English, Arabic, Chinese, RomanianAaj Ka Ravan|
2000
Aaj Ka Ravan
2000 | 128 min
A journalist is shot to death at the doorstep of Shanti, also a journalist, who swears to bring the culprit Vishtar Nath to book. She subsequently files a report at the local police station following which her house is searched and drugs are found. She is arrested but later released after an honest police inspector Vikram Singh, learns that the drugs were planted in her house by a police constable. One night Shanti is molested but is saved in the nick of time by a young man Shankar. Shankar comes across evidence that may implicate Vishtar, and he takes it to Assistant Commissioner of Police Rathod. What Shankar does not know is that that he has opened up a Pandoras Box that will endanger his life, as well as the life of his girlfriend, Vikram and Shanti.
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Subtitles:English, ArabicAan|
1952
Aan
1952 | 161 min
Jai Tilak belongs to a Rajput clan loyal to the kind and just king. However, the Maharaja's wicked son Shamsher Singh usurps the throne by killing the king. Jai meanwhile clashes with the haughty princess Rajshree, sister of Shamsher Singh as he tames her wild stallion. Falling in love with her, he resolves to tame her as well. Mangala, a fellow clanswoman, too, loves Jai. Shamsher kidnaps her and tries to rape her causing her to fall to her death. In retaliation Jai kidnaps Rajshree. Eventually, Rajshree falls in love with Jai. It also turns out that the king is alive after all. Jai, a now reformed Rajshree and the loyal clansmen help defeat Shamsher and restore the king to the throne.
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Subtitles:English, ArabicAawaz|
1956
Aawaz
1956 | 121 min
Mr. Bhatnagar and his family live in a poor lifestyle. He s fooled into thinking that he has savings but after his tragic death, his family learn he has no money. Shocked, they are now left to fend for themselves against the cruel society.
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Subtitles:English, ArabicAa Dekhen Zara|
2009
Aa Dekhen Zara
2009 | 111 min
Ray Acharya (Neil Nitin Mukesh) a struggling photographer has nothing going for him until he inherits a very special camera from his grandfather which changes his life in a way that he could have never imagined. The power of the camera changes Ray's destiny overnight. His life becomes one big roller coaster ride that takes him from rags to riches and also helps him meet the love of his life Simi (Bipasha Basu) who is a DJ with a mind of her own. But Ray must now face the consequences of this blessing and face the dark side of reality to win not only against the evil forces but also against fate.
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