Anil Kapoor
Sahasra Siracheda Apoorva Chinthamani|
1960
Gandhi My Father|
2007
Gandhi My Father
2007 | 134 min
While Gandhi was hailed as the father of the nation, his son Harilal always resented the fact that for him, he was like a father who never was. But rather than forgiving his father, Harilal chooses to tread the path that is completely against his idealistic father's principles. A frustrated Harilal Gandhi goes haywire in a bid to embrace success. He cheats people of their hard-earned money by using his father's pious name. He doesn't bay an eyelid before visiting brothels and converting to Islam. His wife disowns him and, in the end, even his doting mother asks him to leave her house when he comes drunk to meet his parents.
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Subtitles:English, Arabic, RomanianLajja|
2001
Lajja
2001 | 202 min
Vaidehi gets married to Raghuvir, an NRI. Suffering the agony of an unhappy marriage, she decides to run away from him when she learns of her pregnancy and that he wants to take their child away from her. In her pursuit for freedom, she meets Mythili who is a bride-to-be, Janaki who is a theatre artist and Ramdulari, a village midwife - all of whom are victims of male chauvinism. They, however, refuse to put themselves down and fight for their rights.
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Subtitles:English, Arabic, RomanianJeene Nahin Doongi|
1985
Jeene Nahin Doongi
1985 | 145 min
Set in a feudal village, Jeene Nahin Doongi presents the exploitation of the poor and the needy at the hands of the rich and powerful. Bhola is a slave who works for Thakur Ganjendra Singh. He falls in love with Thakur's daughter, Rajni who reciprocates his feelings. Kajri is also a poor girl who serves the Thakur and his family. Her life turns bleak, when Ranjit, a rowdy goon from the city keeps an eye on her, and finding the unfortunate opportunity rapes her. She disappears after this ghastly incident, even as the Thakur beats up Bhola for daring to fall in love with his daughter. Will Bhola get Rajni's love and is Kajri dead or alive?
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Subtitles:English, ArabicZindagi Aur Maut|
2002
Zindagi Aur Maut
2002 | 119 min
Zindagi Aur Maut-Life & death, two common phenomena associated with all living beings. But when the calamity is embracing the whole nation, it is not just of few individuals who die but thousands, lakhs and even millions. It is to avoid such disasters that hand-picked, super courageous, intelligent men work round-the-clock to uncover plots, treacheries, espionage that is the core and substance of this story as a gang of spies tries to remove from this country a microfilm on which are recorded some of our top army secrets which in enemy's hands would spell tremendous danger in case of an armed conflict. Two brave intelligence officers Ashok (Pradeep Kumar) and Mirza (Anwar Hussein) are deputed to track down the gang and recover the microfilm. The adventures they go through are gruesome before they bring the entire gang and their leader Roy played by N.A. Ansari to book. Johnny Walker as the benevolent collaborator with the secret service officers gives a new comedy twist to the suspense. Faryal an innocent victim of the spy makes a lovely foil for Pradeep Kumar and Neelofer as always is the ideal mall girl, but "Zindagi Aur Maut" has all breathless moments of suspense and terror that are inseparable from all hair raising Espionage Dramas.
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Subtitles:English, ArabicSalaam-e-Ishq|
2007
Salaam-e-Ishq
2007 | 223 min
Six young couples in different situations, face different quandaries. All their problems are apparently caused by love, too much, too little, love for the wrong people, love for people who don't want it, unrequited love, amnesia-afflicted love and what have you. Each of the 6 stories is moderately developed, the most believable being the Hindu-Muslim couple - the Ashutosh-Tehzeeb story. Then there is the starlet hungry to make it big, hatching up a publicity stunt which backfires - the Kkamini-Rahul deal. The third pair is that of Stephanie-Raju pair, she searching for her faithless Indian boyfriend and the Indian taxi-driver who ferries her around the country. And then there is the Shiven-Gia yuppie marriage fiasco, with the groom with the cold-feet. The fifth story is of the stable married couple - Vinay-Seema, whose 15 year marriage is threatened when the husband wants more than just boring, suburban life. The sixth couple's story is of Isha-Sohail as a rural couple unable to give vent to their passion. The film runs through these six stories almost in parallel, taking us to their respective conclusions.
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Subtitles:English, Arabic, RomanianRaanjhanaa|
2013
Raanjhanaa
2013 | 138 min
First love in anyone's life holds a special place especially if the memory is filled with the vibrant musings of the city that you grew up in. Benaras holds a special place in Kundan's heart, because not only did he grow up as a typical, god fearing, shiv bhakt-Pandit but also because it was the city that gave him Zoya. Quiet and beautiful with mischievous eyes, Zoya was the girl of his dreams. She was like a breath of fresh air to him who he would follow every day to the bazaar and back to her house till one day, he mustered the courage to speak to her and tell her his true feelings - his 13 year old heart, smitten by her simplicity. She doesn't take him seriously and brushes him off. Time passed by and Zoya moved to Delhi to study further. Love, they say, is a feeling that only grows stronger with time and Kundan's love for Zoya never diminished. He carries his feelings all through college and his heart flippes when Zoya came back to his town. With Zoya back in Benaras, Kundan's world was filled with excitement as he was thinking of finally telling her how he felt. However, it instead shatters when Zoya tells him her true feelings. His heart breaks and the rage that Kundan feels is inexplicable. What follows is a tale of love, betrayal, redemption and healing set against the very rooted town of Benaras and the upbeat political environment of Delhi.
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Subtitles:English, Arabic, ChinesePaathshaala|
2010
Paathshaala
2010 | 121 min
The story starts with the joining of a new English Teacher Rahul Prakash Udyavar (Shahid Kapoor) in Swaraswati Vidya Mandir school, situated in the outskirts of Mumbai Suburbs. Though he creates an instant rapport with students and teachers alike, he realizes that there is something amiss in this school. Slowly his doubts come true as the manager of the school, Sharma (Saurabh Shukla), makes many monetary obligations compulsory for the parents in the name of extracurricular activities. He goes to the extent of punishing the students inhumanly when the new and unjustified demands of the school are not met by the parents. Day by day the stress levels among the students increase. The situation becomes so explosive that it eventually turns into a national issue. Paathshala tries to answer many questions that are related to the sanctity of today's education system. The high morals and basic ethics of the teachings have taken a back seat. Making more profit than ever has become a new mantra of education institutions. The film is neither afraid of telling the truth of wrong doings by the greedy educational institutes on the face nor does it spare them from exposing the use of unethical media activities for the children who are yet not ready for it.
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