10 Movies Starring Manisha Koirala

1942: A Love Story

1942: A Love Story

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1994-07-15

Languages:

Hindi, English

Countries:

India

Runtime:

157 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (2465 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Sanjay Leela Bhansali (screenplay)

Kamna Chandra (dialogue)

Kamna Chandra (story)

Vidhu Vinod Chopra (screenplay)

Vidhu Vinod Chopra (story)

Shivkumar Subramaniam (screenplay)

Shivkumar Subramaniam (story)

Fullplot:

Circa British rule over India in the year 1942 where Indians are either revolutionaries or supporters of the British. In the midst there is wealthy Narendra Singh alias Naren whose romance with a poor yet beautiful girl, Rajeshwari Pathak alias Rajjo brew changes over the entire scenario but unfortunately there are complications in their relationship as Naren's father, Diwan Hari Singh is an informer of the British, who for his loyalty attain the title of Mayor while Rajjo's father, Raghuvir Pathak is one of the many Indians who are revolutionaries against the British with a motive of a free India.

Khamoshi: The Musical

Khamoshi: The Musical

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-08-09

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

159 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (1551 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Sutapa Sikdar (dialogue)

Fullplot:

Goa based Joseph Braganza and his wife Flavy, devout Catholics, are both deaf and mute. He makes a living selling soap bars door to door. Flavy gets pregnant and gives birth to a daughter who they name Annie, who can speak and hear much to their delight. Flavy soon gives birth to a son, Sam, who can also hear and speak. A few years later, Sam accidentally passes away, making Joseph lose faith. Joseph, unable to make a living selling soap, opens a toy making factory and the family prospers. Annie grows up, takes to music and singing in a great way, meets with a young man named Raj and both fall in love. Joseph dislikes Raj, mainly because he is Hindu, is able to speak and hear, not a resident of Goa, and the fear of losing Annie forever and thus their contact with the world. When Annie gets pregnant, Joseph is enraged, he asks her to abort, when she refuses, he asks her to leave his house. What will Annie do next? Will Joseph, Flavy and Annie ever re-unite.

Gupt: The Hidden Truth

Gupt: The Hidden Truth

Basic Info:

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

173 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (2468 Reviews)

Director:

Rajiv Rai

Cast:

Writer:

Shabbir Boxwala (screenplay)

Rajiv Rai (screenplay)

Rajiv Rai (story)

Naeem Sha (dialogue director)

Naeem Sha (dialogue)

Fullplot:

Jaisingh lives in India with his son, Sahil, who dislikes his father. Things only get worse between father and son, when Jaisingh wants him to get married to Sheetal, a woman he has chosen to be his daughter-in-law. But Sahil wants to marry another girl by the name of Isha, and no amount of pressure can get him to change his mind. Finally, an argument ensues between the two, with Jaisingh getting killed. The Police are summoned, they arrest Sahil, try him in the Indian courts, convict him, but instead of giving him the death sentence, they put him in jail for life. A defiant Sahil, who still maintains his innocence, finds a way to escape, with the authorities hot on his tail, and leading this chase is a senior policeman by the name of Udham Singh, who has never been known to fail in his job of apprehending runaways and other criminals.

Dil Se..

Dil Se..

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-08-21

Languages:

Hindi, Urdu, Assamese, Tamil, Telugu

Countries:

India

Runtime:

163 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (17350 Reviews)

Director:

Mani Ratnam

Cast:

Writer:

Mani Ratnam (story)

Sujatha (dialogue)

Tigmanshu Dhulia (dialogue)

Fullplot:

Amar Varma, a producer for Indian news radio, meets an enigmatic woman at a railroad station and then again at a hill station. He falls in love with her, but the woman, who calls herself Meghna, rejects and leaves him although she seems to be interested. Later, Varma agrees to marry his family's choice, Preeti. But suddenly Meghna is back, and what is the secret that she holds?

Kachche Dhaage

Kachche Dhaage

Basic Info:

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

IMDB Ratings:

(703 Reviews)

Director:

Milan Luthria

Cast:

Writer:

Sanjay Chhel

Anjum Rajabali (screenplay)

Anjum Rajabali (story)

Fullplot:

Unemployed Aftab is into unlawful activities; one day he attempt to grab a consignment of arms and ammunitions that is being supplied to terrorists on the Indo-Pak border. When he find that he is being followed he decides to destroy the consignment only to be recognized by the terrorists. Meanwhile he goes to arrange his marriage with his beloved, Ruksana where-by questions arise about his biological father; questions that he or his mother, Mariam are unable to provide answer for thus the marriage plans became nulled. A few days later he gets to meet Ramakant Pandit who Mariam introduced to him as his father and who on his death bed is willing to touch his feet. Shortly after Ramakant passes away and Aftab gets to meet his step-brother, Dhananjay alias Jai who is quite resentful towards Aftab and his mother. Meanwhile Aftab and Mariam are apprehend and tortured by the same terrorists whose booty were destroyed by Aftab; without a choice Aftab is forced to call Jai for help. Fortunately Jai do agree after Aftab pleads with him and soon both are on the run from not only the terrorists but the local police who accuses the duo of being hand in gloved with the terrorists.

Mudhalvan

Mudhalvan

Basic Info:

Languages:

Tamil, Telugu

Countries:

India

Runtime:

169 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.2 (2532 Reviews)

Director:

S. Shankar

Cast:

Writer:

S. Shankar (screenplay)

S. Shankar (story)

Sujatha (dialogue)

Fullplot:

The State's Chief Minister, after being questioned by a reporter, Pugazhendi, challenges him to accept the position for a day, and see for himself the challenges that face him. Pugazhendi accepts the challenge, and immediately sets about to tour the region, suspend and prosecute corrupt officials, arrest several politicians, including the Chief Minister himself, and makes swift and decisive changes that will go to assist the most vulnerable, much to the chagrin of people in power.. After the day is over, Pugazhendi will find his and his loved ones' lives in danger as the state's machinery, as well as goons, gather together to extract vengeance.

Aalavandhan

Aalavandhan

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-11-16

Languages:

Tamil, Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

178 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (1127 Reviews)

Director:

Suresh Krishna

Genres:

Thriller

Fullplot:

The story follows Abhay (Haasan) who has a disturbed childhood and severe mental trauma misunderstands her to be Sister in Law Tejasvini (Raveena Tandon) who is supposed to marry his Army Commando twin brother Major Vijay (Haasan). When Abhay meets Tejasvini, who visualizes her as her evil step mother who was the cause of the fall of his family and the death of both his parents and separation from his twin brother whom he loves dearly. He escapes the mental asylum to fulfill his duty towards his brother by getting rid of the woman. There are a lot of action packed encounters that Abhay has with his own brother, the estranged wife and many other characters including a very fun loving and popular singer - actress Sharmilee (Manisha Koirala) (cameo) who all willingly or unwillingly come in midst of the fight of a right man at the wrong place within wrong circumstances.

Company

Company

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-04-15

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

155 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.1 (7626 Reviews)

Director:

Ram Gopal Varma

Fullplot:

Mallik is a henchman of Aslam Bhai, a Mumbai underworld kingpin. He inducts local hothead Chandu into the gang, and the two of them soon form a formidable faction within the gang, eventually displacing Aslam. As the empire grows, however, the two of them start drifting apart.

Calcutta Mail

Calcutta Mail

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-06-30

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (372 Reviews)

Director:

Sudhir Mishra

Genres:

Thriller

Cast:

Writer:

Gunasekhar (story)

Sudhir Mishra (screenplay)

Ruchi Narain (screenplay)

Saurabh Shukla (dialogue)

Saurabh Shukla (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Avinash(Anil Kapoor) went to Calcutta for no reason. After meeting with Reema (Rani Mukherjee), he starts having flashbacks about his past and his son. His inquiries take him to Bombay via the Calcutta Mail, and this is where he will find out whether his son is alive or not, or he has been trapped.

Calcutta Mail

Calcutta Mail

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-06-30

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (373 Reviews)

Director:

Sudhir Mishra

Genres:

Thriller

Cast:

Writer:

Gunasekhar (story)

Sudhir Mishra (screenplay)

Ruchi Narain (screenplay)

Saurabh Shukla (dialogue)

Saurabh Shukla (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Avinash(Anil Kapoor) went to Calcutta for no reason. After meeting with Reema (Rani Mukherjee), he starts having flashbacks about his past and his son. His inquiries take him to Bombay via the Calcutta Mail, and this is where he will find out whether his son is alive or not, or he has been trapped.

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