13 Movies Starring Irrfan Khan

The Warrior

The Warrior

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-07-15

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

UK, France, Germany, India

Runtime:

86 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (2117 Reviews)

Director:

Asif Kapadia

Cast:

Writer:

Asif Kapadia (screenplay)

Tim Miller (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Circa feudal India in the State of Rajasthan is a desert region that is ruled over by a cruel and sadistic Lord, who, with the help of a handful of equally cruel and fierce warriors, led by Lafcadia, weigh a reign of terror upon those who do not submit or dare to oppose him. Long-haired Lafcadia is widowed but has a son, Katiba. Once when Katiba was by himself, he befriends a young girl, who ties a Raakhee on his hand and makes him her brother, and in return he gives her his amulet. When the Lord asks Lafcadia to subdue the villagers of Tarang, they carry out his orders. After the raid while Lafcadia stands by, his warriors rape and loot the villagers, it is then that Lafcadia is surprised by the very same young girl, and it is Katiba's amulet that saves her from being killed. This incident has a deep impact on Lafcadia and he decides to give up his job & sword and seek peace in his village in Kullu in the Himalayas. When the Lord finds out, he asks the rest of the warriors to hunt down, kill, and behead their leader. Not able to find him, they kill and behead a look-alike and bring his severed head before the Lord. They also capture Katiba, who is asked to identify the head. After Katiba positives identifies the head to be that of his dad, he is killed, watched in shock by Lafcadia. Alone, devastated, an unarmed Lafcadia is on his own, when a local thief, Riaz, starts following him around. Unable to shake him off, Lafcadia just ignores him. Then he comes across a blind woman, and he comes to her assistance, carrying her in his arms. When the woman feels his face, she asks him to put her down, and it is then she tells him that he has blood on his face and refuses to speak with him. Subsequently, Riaz questions him whether he was the warrior who killed his father. Was Riaz's dad killed by Lafcadia? What will be his fate now, especially when he finds out that the warriors are out in force looking for him - and this time they intend to kill him.

Ek Doctor Ki Maut

Ek Doctor Ki Maut

Basic Info:

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

122 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (397 Reviews)

Director:

Tapan Sinha

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Ramapada Chowdhury (story)

Tapan Sinha (screenplay)

Fullplot:

After years of painstaking research at the cost of his domestic pleasure, Dr. Dipankar Roy discovers a vaccine for leprosy. The news is flashed over television and overnight, an insignificant junior doctor receives international recognition. Professional jealousy and abuse of power threaten Dr. Roy, even as the Secretary of Health reprimands him for breaking the news to the press. He is asked to report to the Director of Health. Professional colleagues Dr. Arijit Sen and Dr. Ramananda invite him to a lecture but it is merely a pretence to humiliate him. Dr. Roy suffers a mild heart attack but he refuses to go to the hospital. His wife and few others like Dr. Kundu stand by Dr. Roy, but the harassment continues; a letter from an American foundation is suppressed and Dr. Roy transferred to a remote village. The last straw is two American doctors receiving credit for discovering the same vaccine. Dr. Roy is shattered.

Jurassic World

Jurassic World

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2015-06-12

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, China

Runtime:

124 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (252556 Reviews)

Director:

Colin Trevorrow

Cast:

Writer:

Rick Jaffa (screenplay)

Amanda Silver (screenplay)

Colin Trevorrow (screenplay)

Derek Connolly (screenplay)

Rick Jaffa (story)

Amanda Silver (story)

Michael Crichton (characters)

Fullplot:

22 years after the original Jurassic Park failed, the new park (also known as Jurassic World) is open for business. After years of studying genetics the scientists on the park genetically engineer a new breed of dinosaur. When everything goes horribly wrong, will our heroes make it off the island?

Maqbool

Maqbool

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-01-30

Languages:

Urdu, Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

132 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.2 (3945 Reviews)

Director:

Vishal Bhardwaj

Genres:

CrimeDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Abbas Tyrewala (screenplay)

Vishal Bhardwaj (screenplay)

Vishal Bhardwaj (dialogue)

William Shakespeare (play)

Fullplot:

Macbeth meets the Godfather in present-day Bombay. The Scottish tragedy set in the contemporary underworld of India's commercial capital; two corrupt, fortune telling policemen take the roles of the weird sisters, and "Duncan" is Abbaji, the head of a crime family. Abbaji's mistress and Maqbool plot and carry out his death; the sea plays the role of Birnham wood.

The Namesake

The Namesake

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-04-06

Languages:

English, Hindi, Bengali, French

Countries:

India, USA

Runtime:

122 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (15705 Reviews)

Director:

Mira Nair

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Sooni Taraporevala (screenplay)

Jhumpa Lahiri (novel)

Fullplot:

While traveling by train to visit his grandfather in Jamshedpur, Calcutta born, Bengali-speaking Ashoke Ganguli meets with fellow-traveler, Ghosh, who impresses upon him to travel, while Ashoke is deep into a book authored by Nicholai Gogol. The train meets with an accident, and after recuperating, Ashoke re-locates to America, settles down, returns home in 1977 to get married to aspiring singer, Ashima, and returns home to New York. Shortly thereafter they become parents of a boy, who they initially name Gogol, and a few years later both give birth to Sonia. The family then buy their own house in the suburbs and travel to India for the first time after their marriage. The second time they travel to India is when Gogol and Sonia are in their late teens, and after a memorable visit to Kolkata and then to the Taj Mahal, they return home. Gogol falls in love with Maxine Ratliff and moves in with her family, while Ashoke spends time traveling, and Sonia moves to California, leaving Ashima all her by herself. The Ganguli family will be destined to travel to India again soon - this time under very different circumstances - and after all have endured life-changing events.

Life of Pi

Life of Pi

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-11-21

Languages:

English, Tamil, French, Japanese, Hindi, Chinese

Countries:

USA, Taiwan, UK

Runtime:

127 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

(390197 Reviews)

Director:

Ang Lee

Cast:

Writer:

Yann Martel (novel)

David Magee (screenplay)

Fullplot:

In Canada, a writer visits the Indian storyteller Pi Patel and asks him to tell his life story. Pi tells the story of his childhood in Pondicherry, India, and the origin of his nickname. One day, his father, a zoo owner, explains that the municipality is no longer supporting the zoo and he has hence decided to move to Canada, where the animals the family owns would also be sold. They board on a Japanese cargo ship with the animals and out of the blue, there is a storm, followed by a shipwrecking. Pi survives in a lifeboat with a zebra, an orangutan, a hyena and a male Bengal tiger nicknamed Richard Parker. They are adrift in the Pacific Ocean, with aggressive hyena and Richard Parker getting hungry. Pi needs to find a way to survive.

New York

New York

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-06-26

Languages:

Hindi, English

Countries:

India

Runtime:

153 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (6686 Reviews)

Director:

Kabir Khan

Cast:

Writer:

Aditya Chopra (story)

Sandeep Srivastava (screenplay)

Fullplot:

After being apprehended, detained, humiliated, and denied legal counsel by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Omar Ehzaz, originally from Delhi's Lajpatnagar, relates to the investigator, Roshan, assigned to his case, how he arrived in New York during 1999; his friendship with Samir Shaikh and Student Counselor, Maya; the events of September 11, 2001; the subsequent paranoia, fear, racial profiling, generated and aggravated by the tyrannical right-winged regime of George W. Bush, and how he came to be in possession of several Ak47s and plastic explosives that were confiscated from his taxi-cab.

Paan Singh Tomar

Paan Singh Tomar

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-03-02

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

135 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

8.3 (18282 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Sanjay Chauhan (screenplay)

Tigmanshu Dhulia (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Paan Singh Tomar is a Hindi-language film, based on the true story of a runner employed by the Army and has won Gold medal at Indian National Games but forced to become notorious baaghi. It is directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia.

Yeh Saali Zindagi

Yeh Saali Zindagi

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-02-04

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

130 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (3118 Reviews)

Director:

Sudhir Mishra

Cast:

Writer:

Manu Rishi Chadha (dialogues)

Swanand Kirkire (lyrics)

Sudhir Mishra (dialogues)

Sudhir Mishra (story)

Fullplot:

After Bade falls out of favor of Member of Parliament, Verma, he is arrested, held in a cell without any trial, and is humiliated and beaten everyday. His brother Chhotte and others conspire to secure his release by kidnapping Verma's to-be son-in-law, Shyam Singhania. Things do not go exactly as planned and Priti, Shyam's girlfriend, also gets abducted. In order to ensure Shyam's safety, she agrees to liaise between Verma and the gangsters - not knowing that she has an admirer who will do anything for her. She meets with Shyam's father as well as Verma but may end up endangering everyone's lives especially after Verma makes it clear that he will not negotiate Bade's release under any circumstance.

Qissa: The Tale of a Lonely Ghost

Qissa: The Tale of a Lonely Ghost

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-07-10

Languages:

Panjabi

Countries:

Germany, France, India, Netherlands

Runtime:

109 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (325 Reviews)

Director:

Anup Singh

Genres:

DramaFantasy

Cast:

Writer:

Madhuja Mukherjee

Anup Singh

Fullplot:

During the 1947 partition of India, Umber Singh and his family are forced to leave their village. After two girl children, his wife gives birth to a third girl child as they flee their village much to the displeasure of Umber Singh. After moving to a new place, Umber stabilizes and his wife is pregnant again. While the fourth child is also born as a female, Umber convinces himself and his wife to raise the girl child as a son throwing up complications aplenty.

The Lunchbox

The Lunchbox

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-09-20

Languages:

Hindi, English

Countries:

India, France, Germany, USA

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (24827 Reviews)

Director:

Ritesh Batra

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Ritesh Batra (screenplay)

Vasan Bala (hindi dialogue writer)

Fullplot:

The film, set in Mumbai, revolves around a mistaken delivery by the Dabbawalas (lunchbox service) of Mumbai, which leads to a relationship between Saajan, a lonely widower close to retirement, and Ila, an unhappy housewife, as they start exchanging notes through the daily lunchbox.

D-Day

D-Day

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-07-19

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

153 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (4989 Reviews)

Director:

Nikhil Advani

Cast:

Writer:

Nikhil Advani

Ritesh Shah

Suresh Nair

Niranjan Iyengar

Nikhil Advani (screenplay)

Ritesh Shah (dialogue)

Fullplot:

9 years ago Wali Khan (Irrfan Khan) was sent into Karachi, Pakistan by the Chief of RAW Ashwini Rao (Nasser) to report the activities of The Most Wanted Man in India. 9 days ago Rudra Pratap Singh (Arjun Rampal) Indian Armed Forces, MARCOS unit, Zoya Rehman (Huma Qureshi) RAW Explosives expert, and Aslam, a petty thief from the streets of Mumbai recruited by RAW, infiltrated Pakistan to join Wali Khan and carry out the mission to bring back The Most Wanted Man in India. The man who was going to break all ISI protocol and security and attend his own son's wedding. The man who could on that day be abducted and brought back to India to face justice. 1 day ago everything went according to plan until it all failed. The team sent in to bring The Most Wanted Man in India, did the unthinkable - they carried out the most daring operation and almost got away with it. Almost because, something went horribly wrong.

Gunday

Gunday

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-02-14

Languages:

Hindi, Bengali

Countries:

India

Runtime:

152 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

1.9 (53044 Reviews)

Director:

Ali Abbas Zafar

Cast:

Writer:

Ali Abbas Zafar

Sanjay Masoom (additional dialogue)

Fullplot:

Based in Calcutta during its most unsettled times in the 1970s, the film deals with the inseparable life of Bikram and Bala. The story of 2 boys, boys who became refugees. Refugees who became gun couriers. Gun couriers who became coal bandits, coal bandits who became Calcutta's most loved, most celebrated, most reckless, most fearless, Most Powerful! A story of two happy-go-lucky renegades who came to be known as... GUNDAY!

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