6 Movies Starring Manoj Bajpayee

Shool

Shool

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-11-05

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

138 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (1432 Reviews)

Director:

Eeshwar Nivas

Cast:

Writer:

Anurag Kashyap (dialogue)

Eeshwar Nivas (screenplay)

Eeshwar Nivas (story)

Ram Gopal Varma (screenplay)

Ram Gopal Varma (story)

Fullplot:

Police Inspector Samar Pratap Singh is transferred to Motihari, in the Indian state of Bihar, along with his wife, Manjari and a daughter. He is honest and diligent and these attributes sets him up against his superior - the District Superintendent of Police, as well as his subordinates and fellow officers. His diligence in maintaining law and order, and his belief in justice for all, regardless of one's background, makes him a powerful enemy in the shape and form of Bachu Yadav who is the local MLA of the ruling political party, and will not stop at anything to get rid of Samar and his family, by hook or by crook, and no one will dare to stop him.

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.

Road

Road

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-09-27

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

134 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.6 (892 Reviews)

Director:

Rajat Mukherjee

Genres:

Thriller

Fullplot:

Arvind Chauhan (Vivek Oberooi) and Lakhsmi (Antara Mali) are in love with each other. Lakhsmi's dad, a senior police inspector, hates Arvind, and so Arvind and Lakshmi decide to elope and get married. On the way they allow Babu, a stranded motorist, to ride with them. After a short while, Babu irritates both of them and they ask him to leave, instead Babu draws a gun, and asks Arvind to get out, and drives away with Lakhsmi. Arvind, with the help of a truck-driver, Inderpal (Makrand Deshpande), catches up with Babu, and Babu runs away. Arvind files a police report, and they proceed on their way. That's when they find Babu in the back of their vehicle, angry and resentful, and this time determined to have his way with them...

Vedam

Vedam

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-06-04

Languages:

Telugu

Countries:

India

IMDB Ratings:

8.1 (2184 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Cable Raju is a slum dweller who works as a cable operator; Saroja is a prostitute; Ramulu is a debt-ridden weaver from Sircilla; Vivek Chakravarthy is an upcoming rock star; Raheemuddin Qureshi is a Muslim from Old Basti in Hyderabad. The stories of these five characters are interwoven into one.

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.

Gangs of Wasseypur

Gangs of Wasseypur

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-08-02

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

320 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.4 (35127 Reviews)

Director:

Anurag Kashyap

Cast:

Writer:

Akhilesh Jaiswal

Anurag Kashyap

Sachin K. Ladia

Zeishan Quadri

Fullplot:

Shahid Khan is exiled after impersonating the legendary Sultana Daku in order to rob British trains. Now outcast, Shahid becomes a worker at Ramadhir Singh's colliery, only to spur a revenge battle that passes on to generations. At the turn of the decade, Shahid's son, the philandering Sardar Khan vows to get his father's honor back, becoming the most feared man of Wasseypur.

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