Javed Akhtar
Gang|
2000
Gang
2000 | 160 min
Gangu (Jackie Shroff), Nihal (Kumar Gaurav) and Gary (Javed Jaffery) are all unemployed college dropouts. They live solely on Gary's sister Tini's income from the Chinese Dhaba and survive on their respective dreams. Though their dreams are different, they are a close-knit family, with strong bonds of friendship and trust. Gangu, a Maharashtrian, dreams of settling down with Sanam (Juhi Chawla), and have lots of children. Nihal, a Punjabi, is going steady with Divya (Ekta) and is confident that one day he will be rich and famous. Gary, a Christian, dreams of being Michael Jackson. It's only Tini who desires to see them live a straight life and be practical in their life. Even though they botch up their first job it pays them big money. They start doing similar work and soon gain money, fame and confidence without having to take major risks. They soon widen up and open an office, and name it - GANG.
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Subtitles:English, Arabic1947 Earth|
1999
1947 Earth
1999 | 104 min
Lenny (Maia Sethna) is an eight-year-old Parsee girl who is growing up rich in pre-partition Lahore in 1947. Lenny travels daily to the nearby Queens Gardens with her beautiful Ayah (Nanny- Nandita Das), a young Hindu woman with the kind of curves and smile that ensures a constant supply of eager male suitors. It is an entirely pleasing world peopled by her beloved Ayah, Imam Din, the genial cook (Kulbhushan Kharbhanda), by Dil Navaz (Aamir Khan) the Ice Candy Man, a rogue who is Lenny's hero, Hasan the Masseur (Rahul Khanna) who invents oils made from pearl dust and fish eggs and also by her precocious cousin Adi. Outside this secure world, the searing process of splitting British India into independent India and Pakistan is about to begin and Ayaah will find herself caught in the tumultous love of two men and in the waves of nationali politics.
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Subtitles:EnglishAur Pyar Ho Gaya|
1997
Aur Pyar Ho Gaya
1997 | 148 min
Aashi's (Aishwarya Rai) marriage has been arranged with a rich garment chain owner. However, she is not prepared to plunge into an arranged marriage unless she checks out the man herself! So she heads to Switzerland where she meets another man, Bobby Oberoi (Bobby Deol), who claims to be her husband-to-be and falls in love with him. Realising the seriousness of the situation, Bobby decides to come clean. He tells her the truth. Aashi feels betrayed and tells him to stay away from her. Aashi soon understands her love for Bobby and they reunite. They decide to get married on returning to India. Their love story takes a turn when Bobby's mother, who is a General Manager in a bank refuses to cover Aashi's dad's high-risk stock trade leading to his arrest. The marriage is called off and Aashi reluctantly agrees to marry her dad's friend's son.
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Subtitles:English, Arabic, Romanian