17 Movies Starring Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Straight from the Heart

Straight from the Heart

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-06-18

Languages:

Hindi, English, Hungarian

Countries:

India, Hungary

Runtime:

188 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (8700 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Amrik Gill (dialogue)

Pratap Karvat (story)

Kenneth Phillips

Fullplot:

When Salman asks for Ash's hand in marriage her family refuses. They have already chosen a husband for their daughter. Salman returns to Italy. When Ajay, Ash's new husband realizes that his new bride has been in love with someone else, he is prepared to sacrifice his love for her and take her to Italy to be reunited with her true love, Salman.

Josh

Josh

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-06-09

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

162 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (6264 Reviews)

Director:

Mansoor Khan

Cast:

Writer:

Aatish Kapadia (dialogue)

Mansoor Khan (screenplay)

Mansoor Khan (story)

Nidhi Tuli (dialogue)

Neeraj Vora (dialogue)

Neeraj Vora (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Shah Rukh Khan and Sharad Kapoor are the leaders of the two rival gangs. Aishwarya Rai is Shah Rukh Khan's twin sister. Shah Rukh is in love with Priya Gill. Chandrachur Singh is Sharad Kapoor's younger brother who studies in a catering college in Bombay. He comes to Goa to visit his brother and plans to go back and start a restaurant there. He sees Aishwarya and falls in love with her. Chandrachur gives up the idea of going back to Bombay and opens a bakery in Goa. When Shah Rukh comes to know about the romance between Aishwarya and Chandrachur, the fight between the gang turns more violent. How the conflict is resolved is the rest of the story.

Taal

Taal

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-08-13

Languages:

Hindi, Tamil

Countries:

India

Runtime:

179 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (3420 Reviews)

Director:

Subhash Ghai

Cast:

Writer:

Sachin Bhowmick (screenplay)

Subhash Ghai (dialogue)

Subhash Ghai (screenplay)

Subhash Ghai (story)

Javed Siddiqui (dialogue)

Fullplot:

On a sight-seeing road trip of India, U.K. based Manav Mehta meets Mansi, the daughter of a singer, Tarababu. He is attracted to her, and makes his attraction known. She also is attracted to him eventually. Her dad approves of Manav, and both go to Bombay to meet his family. On their arrival itself, they are shunned and treated as second class citizens, and this lasts throughout the day, with the treatment getting worst at every point. Both decide to leave. Mansi decides to improve her career, leaving the past behind, and meets with Vikrant Kapoor, who helps her get started. Both see each other regularly, and soon decide to get married. In the meantime, Manav has not given up hope to marry Mansi, despite opposition from his and her families. Manav relentlessly purses his dream of marrying Mansi, even on the day of her marriage to Vikrant.

Devdas

Devdas

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-07-12

Languages:

Hindi, Urdu, Bengali

Countries:

India

Runtime:

185 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (22612 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Saratchandra Chatterjee (based on the novel by)

Prakash Kapadia (screenplay)

Sanjay Leela Bhansali (screenplay)

Prakash Kapadia (dialogue)

Fullplot:

The son of Zamindar Narayan Mukherjee, Devdas (Shahrukh Khan) was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. He grew up in the lush village of Taj Sonapur, where he spent his childhood, indulged by his lovely playmate Paro (Aishwarya). They grew up sharing a special relationship, in which they existed only to each other. Oblivious of all the differences of status and background, a bond that would never break grew between them. Slowly, it changed to love but it was still unsaid. But the reverie was broken when his family sent Devdas to London for education. Paro's world crashed knowing that her Devdas would be gone and she lit a diya, for it signified the fast coming back of her loved one. Years passed and Devdas returned. Devdas was besotted by her stunning beauty and longed to have her back. But Zamindar Narayan Mukherjee (Vijay Crishna), Devdas' father, met Paro's mother Sumitra's (Kiran Kher) marriage proposal with condescending arrogance. It caused a rift between the families and even though Devdas tried to convince his father, only antagonism came his way. Finally, he moved away from Paro and wrote a letter to her, asking her to forget him. Only, he didn't realize that he would never be able to forget her ever! And much later, when he reached out to her, it was too late as she was far too humiliated. She scorned him for not standing by her and they parted forever with a heart-broken Paro entering into a chaste marriage with a wealthy, much older man, Zamindar Bhuvan (Vijayendra Ghagte), while a shattered Devdas walked towards anguish, alcoholism & Chandramukhi (Madhuri Dixit). Chandramukhi, a stunning courtesan instantly lost her heart to Devdas. A unique bond was formed between both as he could share with her the intense pain of his unfulfilled love for Paro. Meanwhile, Paro, on the other hand, performed her worldly duties sincerely, but inside her heart, she could never forget Devdas for a moment. Strange was the fate of Devdas. Intensely loved by two women, who were never meant to be his. One whom he could never love and one whom he could never stop loving...

I Have Found It

I Have Found It

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-05-04

Languages:

Tamil, English

Countries:

India

Runtime:

151 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (1655 Reviews)

Director:

Rajiv Menon

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Rajiv Menon

Sujatha (dialogue: Tamil version)

Fullplot:

Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility is transplanted to contemporary Tamil-speaking India. Serious elder sister Sowmya falls in love with aspiring film director Manohar. Passionate younger sister Meenakshi is admired from afar by wounded commando Captain Bala, but her young heart is set on Srikanth, a businessman who shares her fondness for poetry. More complications arise when the sisters' grandfather passes away, and they loose their place in the family home.

Khakee

Khakee

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-01-23

Languages:

Hindi, Urdu

Countries:

India

Runtime:

174 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (7249 Reviews)

Genres:

ActionDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Shridhar Raghavan

Rajkumar Santoshi (dialogue)

Rajkumar Santoshi

Fullplot:

DCP Anant Shrivastav (Amitabh Bachchan) has been assigned the mission to escort terrorist Iqbal Ansari (Atul Kulkarni) from Chandangarh to Mumbai. His terrorist organization are determined to obtain him again. The plan for this is led by Yashwant Angre (Ajay Devgan), a ruthless killer and a former police officer. Anant's team consists of Inspector Shekhar Sachdev (Akshay Kumar), rookie cop Ashwin Gupte (Tusshar Kapoor) and two more inspectors. Soon Mahalakshmi (Aishwarya Rai) joins them as she is the only witness to have seen Yashwant. The team are armed and ready to go but danger lurks everywhere as the terrorist organization are determined to make sure the officers do not make it to Mumbai. The trip turns into survival when the team are attacked at various times. Finally the team make it to an abandoned cottage in the forest but there is a shoot out and the team are heavily outnumbered. Shekhar tries to force an exchange but against Anant's and Ashwin's judgement. Finally Ansari, after weeks of frustration, reveals that the terrorists are also out to kill him. He reveals a corrupt world involving the police and politicians. The officers soon realize the enemy they have been fighting is closer to them...In the end, Shekhar is killed by Mahalakshmi and her associate Angre. This killing spites anger into Anant and he hunts down each one of the corrupt officers and in the end, captures Angre after a fight during which, Despite Anant needing his medication often, he wins, and Angre is successfully captured. The movie ends as Angre is tried and sentenced to prison, and is being carried to his sentence; when he decides to flee, as a nut is lose in the bar to which he is handcuffed in the police van. Angre has Ashwin on gun point using a constable's rifle, when Ashwin reveals that Angre's lose nut was a setup to allow the killing of Angre, and that the bullets of the rifle had been emptied. Ashwin then shoots Angre, and reports his death as murder in an encounter.

Bride & Prejudice

Bride & Prejudice

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-03-11

Languages:

English, Hindi, Panjabi, Spanish

Countries:

UK, USA, India

Runtime:

122 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (16437 Reviews)

Director:

Gurinder Chadha

Cast:

Writer:

Jane Austen (novel)

Paul Mayeda Berges

Gurinder Chadha

Fullplot:

A Bollywood-style update of Jane Austen's classic tale, in which Mrs. Bakshi is eager to find suitable husbands for her four unmarried daughters. When the rich single gentlemen Balraj and Darcy come to visit, the Bakshis have high hopes, though circumstance and boorish opinions threaten to get in the way of romance.

Raincoat

Raincoat

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-12-24

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

117 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (2463 Reviews)

Director:

Rituparno Ghosh

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Rituparno Ghosh (original dialogue)

O. Henry (adapted from the story "Gift of Magi")

Fullplot:

An unemployed Manoj (alias Manu) is told by his mother that they need some money for his sister's forthcoming marriage, and he sets out to find some. For this purpose, he visits his former Calcutta-based girlfriend, Neerj alias Neeru, whom he was to marry, but who preferred to marry someone wealthier, in Calcutta. He rings the doorbell, and the door is answered by Neerja herself, and he is invited inside. They talk and update each other on their lives. Neerja puts on Manoj's raincoat, so she could go out and buy something to cook for him. She warns him not to open the door nor let anyone in. After Neerja leaves a man knocks on the door, and requests entry into the house to use the toilet. Manoj opens the door and lets the male use the facilities. When this male finishes his business, he refuses to leave, and sits and talks with Manoj. It is during this conversation that Manoj finds out the stark truth behind Neerja, her husband, and their married life.

Shabd

Shabd

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-02-04

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

IMDB Ratings:

5.3 (949 Reviews)

Director:

Leena Yadav

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Sutapa Sikdar (dialogue)

Leena Yadav (screenplay)

Leena Yadav (story)

Fullplot:

Author Shaukat Vashisht lives a wealthy life-style in India with his wife, Antara, who is a College Teacher. Shaukat achieves fame when he is nominated for the Booker prize, and goes on to win it. His publishers, hoping that they have unleashed a goldmine, are disappointed with his subsequent works, and soon Shaukat is depressed to such an extent that he almost gives up writing. Then he decides to write a story on a woman named Tamanna, and figures that he will base this story on none other than Antara herself. For this purpose he starts to make note of her every movement, and it is then that he finds out that she has an admirer in fellow-teacher, Yash, a dashing young man - with a bright future ahead of him. Shaukat also finds out that Antara has never mentioned Yash to him, nor has she informed Yash that she is married. Watch how his obsession with Tamanna blurs Shaukat's reality with fiction and hallucination - with hopes still high that he will make a come-back and be nominated again for the Booker prize.

Dhoom 2

Dhoom 2

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-11-24

Languages:

Hindi, Urdu, English, Telugu

Countries:

India

Runtime:

152 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (14809 Reviews)

Director:

Sanjay Gadhvi

Cast:

Writer:

Vijay Krishna Acharya (screenplay)

Vijay Krishna Acharya (dialogue)

Aditya Chopra (story)

Fullplot:

In the second installment of the Dhoom series, Jai and Ali are back as the buddy cops on their toughest job so far. "Mr.A" is an international thief who has planned to steal a priceless artifact in Mumbai and the police have got to nab him. But Mr.A manages to steal the artifact and elude the police. He finds his match in Sunehri and they form a partnership. They move on to Rio for their next job, with Jai and Ali hot on their trail. Mr.A whose actual name is Aryan, and Sunehri are drawn towards each other but little does Aryan know of Sunehri's little secret.

Jodhaa Akbar

Jodhaa Akbar

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-02-15

Languages:

Hindi, Urdu

Countries:

India

Runtime:

213 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (16014 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Haidar Ali (story)

Haidar Ali (screenplay)

Ashutosh Gowariker (screenplay)

K.P. Saxena (dialogue)

Fullplot:

The Last Legion

The Last Legion

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-08-17

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, Italy, France, Tunisia

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.4 (27569 Reviews)

Director:

Doug Lefler

Cast:

Writer:

Jez Butterworth (screenplay)

Tom Butterworth (screenplay)

Carlo Carlei (story)

Peter Rader (story)

Valerio Manfredi (story)

Fullplot:

Circa 460 A.D. Mira was born in a warrior-family in Kerala, India, was well versed in martial arts and self-defense, so much so that she was recruited by the Spanish royalty and re-located to Constantinople. From there she was instructed to assist Roman Commander Aurelius to plan the escape of 12-year old Romulus Augustus Caesar from a prison in Capri after his parents had been killed by the leader of the Alliance in turmoil-stricken Rome that has seen the deaths of five emperors in five years. Mira, Aurelius, and a Priest, Ambrosinius, along with a handful of loyal soldiers were successful in the escape plan and deliver Romulus to Roman Senator Nestor. What the crew do not realize is that their task is not over yet, for Nestor is all set to betray Romulus, leaving them with no alternative but to flee to Britannia, where they will be forced to confront a seemingly invincible Vortygn, whose main aim is to obtain a powerful sword that was meant for defense and defeat, and also ensure the death of Romulus at any and all costs.

Sarkar Raj

Sarkar Raj

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-06-06

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

125 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (4702 Reviews)

Director:

Ram Gopal Varma

Fullplot:

When Anita Rajan, CEO of Sheppard power plant, an international Company, brings a power plant proposal to set up in rural Maharashtra before the Nagres, insightful Shankar is quick to realize the benefits the power plant can bring to the people. After convincing Sarkar who is against it for various reasons, Shankar undertakes a journey along with Anita to the villages of Maharashtra to mobilize support from the masses. However, things are not what they seem to be and Shankar's dream project gradually becomes a political minefield. It is in this backdrop the evil forces mightier than ever, mushroom and gang up to bring down the regime of Sarkar and obliterate Shankar's name from the political horizon.

Guru

Guru

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-01-12

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

166 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (11123 Reviews)

Director:

Mani Ratnam

Cast:

Writer:

Mani Ratnam (screenplay)

Vijay Krishna Acharya (dialogue)

Anurag Kashyap (additional dialogue)

Sujatha (additional dialogue)

Suhasini (additional dialogue)

Fullplot:

A school-teacher in India sires a son named Gurukant, but is disappointed as the child fails to live up to his high expectations. When Gurukant grows up, he is unable to secure decent employment in India, so finds a way to go to Turkey, where he finds employment. When he returns back to India, he wants to start his own business, but is unable to do so, as he does not have enough money. So he does some research, gets to meet Sujata, the daughter of a wealthy man named Jignesh, and marries her. After the marriage, Gurukant finds out that Sujata has a dark past, but he ignores this - for his one motive is to be to rise in the eyes of his father - and get rich.

Enthiran

Enthiran

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-10-01

Languages:

Tamil

Countries:

India

Runtime:

174 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (16896 Reviews)

Director:

S. Shankar

Cast:

Writer:

Madhan Karky (dialogue)

S. Shankar (dialogue)

S. Shankar (story)

Sujatha (dialogue)

Fullplot:

Dr. Vasi (Rajnikanth) invents a super-powered robot, Chitti, in his own image. The scientific body, AIRD, that must approve the robot, declines it based on its not having emotions and the ability to make rational judgment. A sudden flash of lightning evokes emotions in the robot, and Chitti is seemingly ready for integration into the human world. Then, Chitti falls in love with Dr. Vasi's fiancèe Sana (Aishwarya Rai) and turns on his creator.

Raavan

Raavan

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-06-18

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

130 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.3 (3201 Reviews)

Director:

Mani Ratnam

Cast:

Writer:

Mani Ratnam (screenplay)

Vijay Krishna Acharya (dialogue)

Fullplot:

Ragini re-locates to distant Lal Matti along with her Superintendent of Police husband, Dev Pratap Sharma, in order to enable him to apprehend a bandit, Beera Munda. Shortly thereafter her life will be turned upside down when she will be abducted by Beera and held captive. It is during this captivity she will not only find out that her fate will be decided within 14 hours, but also the real reason behind her abduction.

Guzaarish

Guzaarish

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-11-19

Languages:

Hindi, English

Countries:

India

Runtime:

126 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (9252 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Sanjay Leela Bhansali (screenplay)

Bhavani Iyer (dialogue)

Bhavani Iyer (screenplay)

Vibhu Puri (dialogue)

Turaz (lyrics)

Fullplot:

Ethan Mascarenhas, formerly the world's greatest magician, has been quadriplegic since a performance went wrong 14 years before. For the past 12 years Ethan's health has been relatively stable, largely due to the relentless dedication of his nurse, Mrs Sofia D'Souza. He lives and works at his home, spreading new magic to millions of people with his irrepressible wit and spirit through books he has written and his radio show. But now his internal organs are failing. To avoid permanent hospitalization and machine life-support, Ethan petitions a court to be legally allowed to die. Ethan's request - his 'guzaarish' - shocks everyone in his world, but especially threatens his relationship with Sofia, who is the core of his existence. Will Ethan's petition succeed? How will Sofia respond?

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