30 Movies Starring Amitabh Bachchan

Zanjeer

Zanjeer

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1973-05-11

Languages:

Hindi, Urdu

Countries:

India

Runtime:

145 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (2354 Reviews)

Director:

Prakash Mehra

Cast:

Writer:

Javed Akhtar (dialogue)

Javed Akhtar (screenplay)

Javed Akhtar (story)

Salim Khan (dialogue)

Salim Khan (screenplay)

Salim Khan (story)

Fullplot:

A police officer (Amitabh Bachchan) after the brutal murder of his family seeks some answers from life. Where he was suspended from duty, because of false story portrayed against him by traitors, when he decides to track down the killer of his family years ago, with the help of a street-wise knife sharpening girl (Jaya Bhaduri), and a Pathan (Pran). He was able to make out one of them as underworld don Teja and promise himself that he would not rest in peace until he takes revenge.

Deewaar

Deewaar

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1979-05-01

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

174 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.1 (4753 Reviews)

Director:

Yash Chopra

Cast:

Writer:

Javed Akhtar (dialogue)

Javed Akhtar (screenplay)

Javed Akhtar (story)

Salim Khan (dialogue)

Salim Khan (screenplay)

Salim Khan (story)

Fullplot:

The movie tells the story of two brothers, Vijay and Ravi Verma, who follow different career paths: Vijay is a smuggler and Ravi the policeman who is asked to hunt Vijay down. Vijay Verma (Amitabh Bachchan) and Ravi Verma (Shashi Kapoor) are the sons of a trade unionist, Anand Verma(Satyen Kappu), who was defeated and disgraced by the management of his firm using his family as bait. Unable to bear the public disgrace father deserts the family, and the sons are raised by their mother(Nirupa Roy)who brings them to Bombay City, who suffers the trials and tribulations of a poor single mother. Vijay Verma, the elder brother, grows up with an acute awareness of his father's humiliation and is victimized for his father's supposed misdeeds. In the process of fighting for his rights Vijay, who starts out as a boot polisher and becomes a dockyard worker in his youth, becomes a smuggler and a leading figure of the underworld.

Sholay

Sholay

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1975-08-15

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

162 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.6 (22725 Reviews)

Director:

Ramesh Sippy

Fullplot:

Sholay means embers in Hindi. In this particular movie, a Police Officer, who's family was killed by a bandit named Gabbar Singh, decides to fight fire with fire and recruits two convicts, Jai and Veeru to capture Gabbar. He approaches them in jail, puts the proposal in front of them, and they agree to bring in Gabbar Singh alive - for a hefty price. After their discharge from jail, they travel by train to the village where the Police Officer lives - now with only his widowed daughter-in-law. The three band together to fight one of the most elusive and dreaded bandits of all time. Will the two ex-cons be able to bring Gabbar alive to the Police Officer?

Amar Akbar Anthony

Amar Akbar Anthony

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1977-01-07

Languages:

Hindi, English

Countries:

India

Runtime:

184 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (3279 Reviews)

Director:

Manmohan Desai

Cast:

Writer:

Smt. Jeevanprabha M. Desai (story)

Kader Khan (dialogue)

Prayag Raj (screenplay)

Pushpa Sharma (story)

K.K. Shukla (scenario)

Fullplot:

A ex-convict must flee his mob boss, leaving his family to fend for themselves. His wife goes blind and his children are abandoned. They are adopted by a Hindu policeman, a Muslim tailor, and a Catholic priest. The Hindu-raised son becomes a policeman in his turn; his Muslim-raised brother becomes a singer; and the last son, played by Amitabh, becomes a happy-go-lucky Catholic who lives on the edge of the law. The boys meet again and their lives become entangled in an incredible plot full of unlikely coincidences and furious action sequences interspersed with songs. In the end, the grieving mother recovers her sight, the evil mob boss is punished, and the family is at last re-united.

Don

Don

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1978-04-20

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

166 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (4665 Reviews)

Director:

Chandra Barot

Cast:

Writer:

Javed Akhtar (dialogue)

Javed Akhtar (screenplay)

Javed Akhtar (story)

Salim Khan (dialogue)

Salim Khan (screenplay)

Salim Khan (story)

Fullplot:

A ruthless gangster named Don is killed during a scuffle with the police. Since only DSP Desilva knows of this incident, he recruits another person named Vijay who is a spitting image of Don. Vijay is planted in Don's place in Don's gang and DeSilva has a plan to nab the entire gang in this way. But when Desilva dies during a raid, the secret that Vijay is not Don is also buried with him. Now Vijay is on the run - from the police and the criminal gang - and has to find the last piece of evidence to prove his real identity before it is too late.

Mohabbatein

Mohabbatein

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-10-27

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

216 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (15620 Reviews)

Director:

Aditya Chopra

Cast:

Writer:

Aditya Chopra (dialogue)

Aditya Chopra (screenplay)

Aditya Chopra (story)

Aditya Chopra

Fullplot:

In India, open romance is forbidden, as is showing affection in public. A college principal named Narayan is a strong believer in this, aware that a male student named Vicky is in love with Ishika; while another male student is hopelessly in love with Sanjana; and a third man named Karan is in love with a married woman named Kiran. No amount of persuasion can get Narayan to change his mind. Then the college recruits a music teacher named Raj, who eventually starts fanning the flames of love among the students, much to Narayan's chagrin, anger, and displeasure. Things get worse when Narayan finds out that Raj was the very man who fell in love with his daughter who eventually committed suicide when he didn't grant them permission to get married. Will the six young people be also heartbroken by Narayan, and if so, who will be the first to kill himself or herself?

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-12-14

Languages:

Hindi, English, Urdu

Countries:

India

Runtime:

210 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (24511 Reviews)

Director:

Karan Johar

Cast:

Writer:

Karan Johar

Sheena Parikh (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Yashvardhan Raichand lives a very wealthy lifestyle along with his wife, Nandini, and two sons, Rahul and Rohan. While Rahul has been adopted, Yashvardhan and Nandini treat him as their own. When their sons mature, they start to look for suitable brides for Rahul, and decide to get him married to a young woman named Naina. When Rahul is told about this, he tells them that he loves another woman by the name of Anjali Sharma. Yashvardhan decides to meet with the Sharma family, and finds out that they are middle-classed, unsophisticated, and will not be able to it into his family circle, as a result he refuses to permit Rahul to marry Anjali. A defiant Rahul decides to leave, gets married to Anjali, without his foster parents blessings, and re-locates to London, England, where Anjali's unmarried sister, Pooja, also lives. Rohan, who was studying in a hostel, returns home to find that Rahul is no longer living with them, and he also discovers that while outwardly his dad is not interested in seeing Rahul get back, Nandini wants the family back all together for all happy and sad moments. Rohan also misses Rahul a lot, and decides to travel to London in order to try and get Rahul to return home. Yashvardhan, is unable to prevent this, and as a result Rohan does travel to London, meets with Rahul, Anjali, and Pooja. The question remains will the hurt and sorrow that Rahul experienced with his foster parents be erased and enable the family to be reunited, or will Rahul forget about the past, and continue to live his life without getting back to his roots and the family who brought him up, leaving Rohan to return alone?

Aks

Aks

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-07-13

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (1151 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Renzil D'Silva (story)

Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (screenplay)

Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (story)

Kamlesh Pandey (dialogue)

Kamlesh Pandey (script)

Fullplot:

Aks is the story of a hunter and his prey. A cop and a killer. Aks is the story of Manu Verma and Raghuvan. The story begins in the heart of Budapest. The Indian Defence minister is on a routine foreign visit. He reveals the true details of his diplomatic trip to his head of Security Manu Verma by informing him about the floppy which has valuable information that could affect the very destiny of the nation. On the other hand Intelligence sources have revealed to Manu Verma that a lone assassin long feared for his ruthlessness has been paid to eliminate the Defence minister. The shadowy figure is called Raguhvan, Manu Verma reaches the Indian Defence Minister just moments too late to save him and finds the statesman in a pool of blood Raguhvan has struck and vanished into thin air. Now the hunter becomes the hunted as Manu Verma tries to find Raghuvan. When he does find him something unexpected happens, which changes both Manu and Raguhvan forever.

Kaante

Kaante

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-12-20

Languages:

Hindi, English

Countries:

India

Runtime:

150 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (3277 Reviews)

Director:

Sanjay Gupta

Cast:

Writer:

Sanjay Gupta

Vinay

Yash

Milap Zaveri (dialogue)

Fullplot:

On or about 12May00, a truck gets stolen in Los Angeles, and the Police bring in six men of South Asian origin for questioning. They are: Yashvardhan Rampal, known as 'Major' educated intelligent, unemployed, with an ailing wife who longs to return to India; Non-English speaking Jay Rehan, otherwise known as 'Ajju', a foul-mouthed, trigger-happy gangster; A out-of-work former nightclub bouncer, Marc Issak, whose girlfriend, Lisa, is a bar dancer, and who is known to get into fights due to his uncontrollable temper; A drug deal, Raj Yadav, otherwise known as Bali, foul-mouthed, womanizer, stutterer, and alcoholic; Bali's sidekick, Maqbool Haider, otherwise known as Mac; White-collared Anand Mathur, alias Andy, recently separated from his wife, Renu, and longing to get back together with his son, who he cannot get custody of due to financial problems. The six confer in a cell, cite woes that even though the Italians have their Mafia, the Colombians have their Cartels, but the East Indian criminal community is yet to forge a Bhai-type organization, resulting in their getting pulled-in as the usual suspects every time there is a crime involving a colored person. They plot to get back at the cops by robbing the American Services Bank, perhaps the only bank which has a majority of it's clientèle employed by the city police. They plan and carry out this caper quite successfully, but when they exit the bank, they find themselves surrounded by the Police. After a shoot-out, They do manage to escape and meet in a secret hideout, to not only share the loot, but also try and find out who betrayed them. Ajju abducts Police Interrogator, Detective MacQuarrie, and it is through him they learn that their informer is one of them - and they must find out his identity - kill him - then divide the loot amongst them and disperse. The only problem is the informer is not willing to come forward - and the gangsters end up suspecting each other and their respective motives.

Aankhen

Aankhen

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-03-27

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

165 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (4123 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Shobhana Desai (play)

Aatish Kapadia (screenplay)

Aatish Kapadia (story)

Aatish Kapadia

Vipul Amrutlal Shah (screenplay)

Vipul Amrutlal Shah (story)

Fullplot:

Vijay Singh Rajput (Amitabh Bachchan) is a quirky manager of Vilasrao Jefferson Bank. He is extremely strict at work and believes in pushing his workers to the limit. This means that his superiors hold him in high regard for his unblemished reputation and excellent track record. But things go terribly wrong for the honest bank manager when he finds one of his own employees trying to con the customers. At this, he loses his temper and gets physical with the employee. This doesn't go down well with his superiors and they decide that Rajput is now a liability to the bank and they sack him. Amitabh can't believe the Board of Directors and his mind is filled with revenge and what better revenge than robbing the bank himself, ironic as it may sound. He decides that he must think of a plan that will hit the bank where it hurts the most - in its safe where all the money is kept. Rajput blackmails Neha (Sushmita Sen) to use her professional skills to help his plan, to train three blind men to rob the bank for him. Rajput then gets together a team of three blind men Vishwas Prajapati (Akshay Kumar), Arjun Verma (Arjun Rampal) and Ilias (Paresh Rawal) who will help him obtain his vengeance and make a heap of money at the same time. After gruelling training sessions, the three succeed in robbing the bank, but things go haywire. What happens next?

Lakshya

Lakshya

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-06-18

Languages:

Hindi, English

Countries:

India

Runtime:

186 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (8900 Reviews)

Director:

Farhan Akhtar

Cast:

Writer:

Javed Akhtar (dialogue)

Javed Akhtar (screenplay)

Javed Akhtar (story)

Karan Kashyap (dialogue supervisor)

Fullplot:

Karan is a lazy good-for-nothing who lives on the generated income of his father and elder brother at their family business. Karan's days: hang out with buddies and romance a woman named Romi. When he watches an action movie, he decides to enlist in the army with a friend, but basic training proves to be too much of a bother and he shortly abandons it, thus making him lose respect on the home front. Romi also stops respecting him. Karan decides he must re-join the army and show his family and Romi that he, too, is focused upon the path he has to take in this lifetime, but will he be resilient enough to carry out this task?

Baghban

Baghban

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-10-03

Languages:

Hindi, Awadhi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

181 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (7269 Reviews)

Director:

Ravi Chopra

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Shafiq Ansari (screenplay)

Satish Bhatnagar (screenplay)

B.R. Chopra (story)

Ram Govind (screenplay)

Achala Nagar (dialogue)

Achala Nagar (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Raj Malhotra and wife Pooja have four sons. The sons have settled down professionally and are quite independent. However, when Raj Malhotra retires, none of his children want to be burdened with the responsibility of taking care of their parents. Strangely, it is the adopted son who proves to be the most kind hearted of them all. Salman's girlfriend eventually marries him. The question is, will Raj and Pooja's sons learn the folly of their ways and turn over a new leaf?

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.

Black

Black

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-02-04

Languages:

Hindi, English

Countries:

India

Runtime:

122 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.3 (20638 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Sanjay Leela Bhansali (screenplay)

Bhavani Iyer (English dialogue)

Bhavani Iyer (screenplay)

Prakash Kapadia (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Based in Simla, the McNallys are an Anglo-Indian family consisting of Paul and his wife, Catherine. Both are full of joy when Catherine gives birth to a baby girl, Michelle, but their joy is short-lived when they are told that Michellle cannot see nor hear. Both attempt to bring up Michelle in their own protective way, as a result Michelle is not exposed to the real world, and becomes increasingly violent and volatile. Things only get worse when Catherine gives birth to Sara, and Paul considers admitting Michelle in an asylum. It is here that Debraj Sahai enters their lives. Through his eager involvement, Michelle blossoms, grows, gives up her violence, even gets admitted in school with normal children. The years pass by, Michelle does not succeed in getting her graduation, and it is time for Debraj to bid adieu as he is having his own health problems. 12 years later, at the age of 40, Michelle does succeed in graduating in Arts, and it is shortly thereafter she will be re-united with her teacher. No longer the same alcoholic, eccentric, - but a bent older male, who cannot even remember speech, leave alone what he taught. Watch what happens when Michelle attempts to re-enter his 'blank' life.

Deewaar: Let's Bring Our Heroes Home

Deewaar: Let's Bring Our Heroes Home

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-06-25

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (913 Reviews)

Director:

Milan Luthria

Cast:

Writer:

Anurag Kashyap (dialogue)

Shridhar Raghavan (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Major Ranvir Kaul (Amitabh Bachchan) is a POW who was captured along with over 30 soldiers by Pakistani soldiers in 1971 during the war between India and Pakistan. 33 years later Ranvir's son Gaurav (Akshaye Khanna) decides to go on a rescue mission to Pakistan and bring back his father who he has not seen since he was a child. Helping him on his mission is Khan (Sanjay Dutt) who had successfully escaped from the same prison.

Waqt: The Race Against Time

Waqt: The Race Against Time

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-04-22

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

153 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (4189 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Wagt the race against time is the story of a father and a son between whom there is a special bond. Ishwarchand Thakur (Amitabh Bachchan) and Sumitra Thakur (Shefali Shah) are a married couple who run a toy factory together. They have a son called Aditya Thakur (Akshay Kumar) who does not have any interest in responsibility or what he wants to do in life. It gets even worse when he elopes with his girlfriend (Pooja, played by Priyanka Chopra), the daughter of Natu (Boman Irani). When Pooja gets pregnant, both Ishwar and Sumitra decide to make Aditya realize his responsibilities, as he will have to take care of his wife and child. Both take drastic measures and even chuck Aditya out the house along with Pooja. The farce becomes so bad that Aditya begins to hate his father and they do not speak to each other for a long time. At the same time Aditya becomes aware of his role in life. However, Ishwar has done all this for a reason and is hiding something from Aditya. Ishwar is trying to make sure that his son is secure but because he is suffering from lung cancer and he wants his son to be responsible. Aditya succeeds in becoming a responsible man and also finds out the truth about his father when his father comes for his performance on the stage. He steps on the stage but instead he asks the audience to pray to god to give a minute of their lives to keep his father alive until his son's birth. His father is alive until his son is born and he names the baby boy 'Ishwar' after himself and he dies.

Sarkar

Sarkar

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-07-01

Languages:

Hindi, Marathi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

124 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (7642 Reviews)

Director:

Ram Gopal Varma

Genres:

CrimeDrama

Fullplot:

Meet Subhash Nagre - a wealthy and influential resident of Bombay. He lives in a palatial house with his wife, Pushpa; sons Vishnu and his wife Amrita and their son; a second son, named Shankar, in the United States. Subhash and his family are thrilled when Shankar returns home, in the company of a gorgeous long-legged young woman named Pooja, who he plans to marry soon. While Subhash adores both his sons, he shows his open disappointment for Vishnu, whose language, childish actions, and his affair with a Bollywood actress named Sapna are just few of his wrong actions. When Vishnu finds out that a Bollywood actor is attempting to start an affair with Sapna, he angrily guns him down in front of several witnesses. Subhash asks Vishnu to leave the house, and thereafter Vishnu is arrested and charged with murder. Then all hell breaks lose in the Nagre household when a politician named Motilal Khurana is killed, and the killer names Subhash as the person who hired him to do this killing. Subhash is arrested, and held in prison - there is no hope for him in the courts as he has been already been found guilty - not for this killing - but for acting as a power unto himself - a mafia-like Godfather - who metes out justice - when justice fails. Watch how circumstances force Subhash to come to terms that he no longer is influential and no one will come forward to assist him; Shankar is abducted and disappears, and the one who has hired to kill him is none other than his son - Vishnu.

Bunty Aur Babli

Bunty Aur Babli

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-05-27

Languages:

Hindi, English

Countries:

India

Runtime:

170 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (3980 Reviews)

Director:

Shaad Ali

Cast:

Writer:

Aditya Chopra (story)

Jaideep Sahni (screenplay)

Jaideep Sahni (dialogue)

Fullplot:

Rakesh{Abhishek Bachchan} and Vimmi{Rani Mukherji} are two ambitious wannabes from small towns where their dreams are written off as outrageous daydreaming. They run away from their homes when bump into each other and decide to con for once to be financially sound until they make it big. Ironically, they find it too exciting. One follows the another as they adopt fake names [Bunty and Babli] for the same and they soon become the most popular anonymous criminals of the nation. At the heart of it kicks off their romance and they decide to continue their newly-found 'talent' as their means of living. Little do they know that their shenanigans have caught the fancy of ACP Dashrath Singh {Amitabh Bachchan} big time. He leaves no stone unturned in putting them behind the bars. Meanwhile, Rakesh and Vimmi have a child and decide to quit conning for their child's sake. However, its only then when Dashrath Singh manages to get their grab. But he release them after initial incredulity about their changed intentions. Years later, Dashrath resurrects them from their commonplace but dull living to employ their conning abilities, only for nation's aid this time.

Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna

Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-08-11

Languages:

Hindi, English

Countries:

India

Runtime:

193 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(12409 Reviews)

Director:

Karan Johar

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Karan Johar (story)

Shibani Bathija (screenplay)

Karan Johar (screenplay)

Niranjan Iyengar (dialogue)

Fullplot:

Dev lives in the United States of America and is a foot ball player. He is married to Riya, who works and models for a magazine. Dev fractures his leg, becomes handicapped and dependent on Riya. He stays at home all the time and broods on his ill-luck. He also starts suspecting his wife of having an affair with some other man. His suspicions turn into reality when he sees her with a man named Rishi. By chance, the two families of Rishi, his dad and his wife, together with Dev and Riya become friendly and get together. It is here that Dev will disrupt everyone lives when he will openly accuse Riya of having an affair with Rishi.

Paheli

Paheli

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-06-24

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

140 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (8909 Reviews)

Director:

Amol Palekar

Cast:

Writer:

Vijayadan Detha (novel)

Vijayadan Detha (story)

Sandhya Gokhale (dialogue)

Sandhya Gokhale (screenplay)

Amol Palekar (story)

Fullplot:

Parsimonious Bhanwarlal is a Bania (businessman) who lives in Navalgarh, Rajasthan, along with his wife; his sons Sunderlal and Kishanlal; Sunderlal is married to Gajrobai and has a son. During the annual camel race, Sunderlal loses the race to the Thakur and out of shame leaves home, never to return. Now Kishanlal has come of age and is married to Lachchi. But on the very next day of the marriage, he must leave for Jamnagar to attend to business, and can only return after five years. A tearful Lachchi bids him goodbye, but to her pleasant surprise he returns within a few days, and informs his dad that he had met a holy sage who had instructed him to return as he will find five gold coins every morning. Pleased with this, Bhanwarlal does not object to Kishanlal's return. After four years, it is now time for the camel race again, and this time Bhanwarlal's camel wins, much to the chagrin of the Thakur who suspects witchcraft. Then Lachchi gets pregnant and on the day of the child's birth the family finds out to their horror that there is an impostor who is claiming to be Kishanlal, and the husband of Lachchi. The family and the town are unable to decide who is real and who the impostor, as both look like twins, so they decide to approach the king and do his bidding. The question remains, who is the second Kishanlal and what possible motive could he have for coming to claim Lachchi as his wife?

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.

Shootout at Lokhandwala

Shootout at Lokhandwala

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-05-25

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

122 min

IMDB Ratings:

(4588 Reviews)

Director:

Apoorva Lakhia

Cast:

Writer:

Apoorva Lakhia

Suresh Nair

Raj Vasant (Dialogue)

Fullplot:

On a calm summer day in 1991, in the bustling Lokhandwala Complex, five criminals including Maya and Dilip were counting 70 lakhs in flat no. 32 B, when 286 policemen, headed by ACP Khan, took strategic positions around their building. A gunfire ensued and the entire nation witnessed the most talked about daylight encounter lasting 6 hours that transformed suburban Mumbai into a virtual war zone. Shootout At Lokhandwala is the story of a seasoned cop, Khan, who chased Khalistani extremists, handpicked cops like Inspector Kaviraj Patil and Constable Javed Shaikh, and dared to engage trigger-happy gangsters in a residential locality of Mumbai. Khan's fight went beyond the encounter as he faced inquisition from his own department and legal charges of human rights violations. Shootout At Lokhandwala is the story of an upcoming underworld gangster, Maya, and his highly skilled partner, Dilip. The two made extortion the buzzword in the early 90s and dared to disobey the big bhai of the underworld, drawing the attention of Khan and his newly formed ATS squad. Both Khan and Maya were men obsessed, so devoted to their professions that their personal lives were a disaster.

Cheeni Kum

Cheeni Kum

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-05-25

Languages:

Hindi, English, German

Countries:

India, UK

Runtime:

140 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (3584 Reviews)

Director:

R. Balki

Cast:

Writer:

R. Balki

Manoj Tapadia

Fullplot:

Grouchy, uptight 64-year-old Buddhadev Gupta lives a fairly wealthy lifestyle in London, England, along with his widowed TV and wrestling-addicted mom. He is the owner of Spice 6, one of London's top restaurants that specializes in Indian dishes. One day a customer, Nina Verma, complains about the zafrani pulao, and Buddhadev does not take it well, only to subsequently find out that the pulao was indeed imperfect. He decides to make amends to Nina and lends her his umbrella during a rainy day. Both subsequently become friends, fall in love, and decide to get married. She is introduced to Buddhadev's mom, who instantly approves of her. Nina, who lives in Delhi with her widower dad, cuts short her visit when her dad gets sick. Buddhadev and his mom also travel to India so that Buddhadev can ask for Nina's hand from her now-fully recovered dad. Buddhadev does meet with Nina's dad and, after considerable hesitation, does manage to ask for Nina's hand and is abruptly refused--for Nina is only 34 years of age, and Buddhadev is six years older than Nina's dad. When Nina and Buddhadev insist on getting married, her Gandhian dad decides to undertake a fast unto death (satyagraha). The question remains, will Buddhadev and Nina continue their relationship, and how will this satyagraha impact Mr. Verma's life?

Bhoothnath

Bhoothnath

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-05-09

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

150 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (4056 Reviews)

Director:

Vivek Sharma

Cast:

Writer:

Sudhanshu Dube (screenplay)

Vivek Sharma (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Banku, his mother, Anjali Sharma and father move in to their new house -- the Nath villa, unaware of the fact that the house is inhabited by a ghost. It is learnt the ghost is not too happy with his new housemates. But what the ghost is not prepared for is his unlikely friendship with Banku. Now Banku must uncover the reason why his ghostly friend is stuck and help him to attain salvation.

Krrish 3

Krrish 3

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-11-01

Languages:

Hindi, Telugu, Tamil

Countries:

India

Runtime:

152 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.5 (14291 Reviews)

Director:

Rakesh Roshan

Cast:

Writer:

Rakesh Roshan (story)

Robin Bhatt (screenplay)

Honey Irani (screenplay)

Irfan Kamal (screenplay)

Akarsh Khurana (screenplay)

Rakesh Roshan (screenplay)

Sanjay Masoom (dialogue)

David Benullo (story)

Fullplot:

After defeating the villainous Dr. Siddhant Arya, and bringing his father Rohit back from the dead, Krrish continued fighting against evil and saving innocent lives. Now Krishna is living a happily married life with Priya, while Rohit is using his scientific brilliance to benefit society. And Krrish is everyone's favorite superhero saviour. Unknown to them, a dark force is growing in another part of the world. Kaal, an evil genius, is selfishly misusing his powers to spread fear, death and destruction. And he is being assisted by an army of very dangerous beings, which he has created himself. Not long after Kaal's plans are put into action, both Rohit and Krrish find themselves faced with a crisis of epic proportions, which only they can resolve, together. But when they finally cross paths with Kaal and his army, neither of them is prepared for what lies ahead. Kaal not only brings the world to the brink of disaster, he also puts the strength and love of Krishna and his family to the test.

Aladin

Aladin

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-10-30

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

132 min

IMDB Ratings:

4.6 (1817 Reviews)

Director:

Sujoy Ghosh

Cast:

Writer:

Vishal Dadlani (lyrics)

Sujoy Ghosh (screenplay)

Suresh Nair (additional story)

Ritesh Shah (dialogue)

Ritesh Shah (story)

Fullplot:

Based in the municipality of Khwaish, abused by his classmates, Aladin Chatterjee, who was orphaned when his parents, Arun and Riya, died in an accident in Siachen Valley, lived with his paternal grandfather until the later's passing. Now alone, grown up, studying in Khwaish University, and still being abused by fellow-college mates, he finds himself smitten by the lovely US Exchange Student, Jasmine. Unable to express his feelings for her, he rubs a lamp that was gifted to him on his birthday, which summons a genie named Genius. He gets 3 wishes, but wastes 2 of them, but on the 3rd one he insists that Genius assist him to win Jasmine's heart without any magical tricks. Hilarious chaos results when everything seems to fail; while an immortal and deadly entity, Ringmaster, and his hordes, prepares to confront Genius and Aladin so that he can acquire even more magical powers with the help of the lamp on the day of the sighting of a rare comet; and the truth behind the death of Aladin's parents.

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-05-10

Languages:

English

Countries:

Australia, USA

Runtime:

143 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (325017 Reviews)

Director:

Baz Luhrmann

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Baz Luhrmann (screenplay)

Craig Pearce (screenplay)

F. Scott Fitzgerald (based on the novel by)

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An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby's nouveau riche existence, where obsession, madness, and tragedy await.

Paa

Paa

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-12-04

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

133 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (6259 Reviews)

Director:

R. Balki

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Fullplot:

Auro (Amitabh Bachchan) is an intelligent and witty 13-year-old boy with an extremely rare genetic defect that causes accelerated aging. He suffers from a progeria-like syndrome. Mentally he is 13, very normal, but physically he looks five times older. In spite of his condition, Auro is a very happy boy. He lives with his mother Vidya (Vidya Balan) who is a gynecologist. Amol Arte (Abhishek Bachchan) is young, progressive and a full-of-ideals politician. He is out to prove to the world that 'politics' is not a bad word. He is a man with a mission. Auro is Amol's son.

Aarakshan

Aarakshan

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-08-12

Languages:

Hindi, English

Countries:

India

Runtime:

164 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (3305 Reviews)

Director:

Prakash Jha

Fullplot:

Following the Mandal Commission report and the Supreme Court of India's decision to maintain a 27 percent reservation for Dalits and lower/backward castes, right-winged political parties organize protests. The Principal of Shakuntala Thakral Mahavidyalal, a non-government college which is exempt from this mandate, gets in the limelight when it's Principal, Prabhakar Anand, endorses the decision - much to the ire of the trustees as well as the newly appointed Vice-Principal Mithilesh Singh, who has invested Rs.1200 Crores in private coaching classes. Prabhakar refuses to change his stand and ends up tendering his resignation, taking his family, consisting of his wife, Kavita and daughter, Poorbi, to live near Shambhu Yadav's Tabela after they find their family home being taken over by Mithilesh's coaching classes. Attempts to evict Mithilesh's staff will be in vain and will not only end up alienating the family from everyone but Prabhakar will also be summoned and possibly arrested for vandalizing the premises of the coaching class and threatening it's staff.

Bhoothnath Returns

Bhoothnath Returns

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-04-11

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

155 min

IMDB Ratings:

(2965 Reviews)

Director:

Nitesh Tiwari

Cast:

Writer:

Piyush Gupta

Shreyas Jain (additional script writer)

Nikhil Mehrotra (additional script writer)

Nitesh Tiwari

Fullplot:

Bhoothnath Returns takes Bhoothnath's story forward. As he returns to 'Bhoot World' he is greeted with taunts and condemnation from other ghosts for bringing disrepute to the ghost-community for getting bullied by a kid on Earth. Post the humiliation, Bhoothnath decides to redeem himself and come back to scare a bunch of kids. Bhoothnath's search for kids brings him to Akhrot, a slum kid who is also the only person who can see him. Together they agree to help each other and their friendship sees them get involved in a cause that is bigger than they had ever imagined. To move ahead they will need to take on one of the country's most powerful and corrupt politician Bhau. The Lok Sabha elections are nearing and Bhau's victory is a mere formality, or is it? In a world, where a common man is afraid of politics, will a common man's ghost overcome his fear to stand up for what's right and fight against injustice? Bhoothnath Returns is an entertaining tale of good against evil, weak against powerful, past against future.

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