Released Date:
1995-06-30
Languages:
Hindi, Assamese
Countries:
UK, India
Runtime:
119 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.6 (2986 Reviews)
Director:
Shekhar KapurRanjit Kapoor (dialogue)
Mala Sen (book)
Mala Sen (screenplay)
The movie tells the story of the bandit queen Phoolan Devi who was sent to prison in 1983 and got free in 1994. During five years she was prosecuted by the Indian police and turned into a legend (like a modern Robin Hood) by the Indian press. Although the press tended to make her the optimal hero with blue eyes, dark hair, being tall and beautiful she was in reality an average Indian which makes it hard for the movie to fulfill the expectations of the audience and tell the truth at the same time. Later in her life,She entered into the politics and was assassinated in 2001.
Released Date:
1996-08-09
Languages:
Hindi
Countries:
India
Runtime:
159 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.5 (1551 Reviews)
Director:
Sanjay Leela BhansaliSanjay Leela Bhansali
Sutapa Sikdar (dialogue)
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.
Released Date:
2002-04-15
Languages:
Hindi
Countries:
India
Runtime:
155 min
IMDB Ratings:
8.1 (7626 Reviews)
Director:
Ram Gopal VarmaMallik 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.
Released Date:
2004-02-24
Languages:
Hindi, English
Countries:
India
Runtime:
120 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.7 (3895 Reviews)
Director:
Sriram RaghavanSriram Raghavan
Pooja Ladha Surti
Sarika and Karan are employed in a big city called Mumbai in India. They meet, have a date, and find that they are attracted to each other. They do not know nor care of each others' backgrounds, and get married. They start to live in a small apartment. One day Karan asks Sarika to deliver a parcel for him via an Indian airline, which she does. The authorities stop her, and a search reveals that she was carrying drugs in the parcel, and she is arrested. After her arrest, Karan visits her and assures that this is all a big misunderstanding, and she will be found not guilty and let out soon. This does not happen, Sarika is found guilty, is convicted and sentenced to a long jail term. While in prison, it slowly and painfully dawns on her that she has been used, and wants to avenge this. In order to get even with Karan, she must first of all either wait for the sentence to get over or be more daring and escape, take Karan by surprise and avenge her humiliation. Which way will Sarika take?
Released Date:
2008-08-08
Languages:
Hindi, English
Countries:
Canada
Runtime:
101 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.5 (894 Reviews)
Director:
Richie MehtaGenres:
DramaRichie Mehta (screenplay)
Shaun Mehta (screenplay)
Shaun Mehta (short story "Amal: The Autorickshaw Wallah")
Rajesh Tailang (hindi dialogue)
Autorickshaw driver Amal is content with the small, but vital, role he serves - driving customers around New Delhi as quickly and safely as possible. But his sense of duty is tested by an eccentric, aging billionaire, who, moved by Amal's humility, bequeaths him his entire estate before passing away. With only one month to discover and claim the inheritance, Amal's struggles with duty and wealth are threatened by all those around him - from a young injured beggar girl and a lovely store merchant, to the danger of the old man's upper-caste friends and siblings, all seeking to claim their share of the riches.
Released Date:
2014-03-07
IMDB Ratings:
(112 Reviews)
Director:
Jeffrey D. BrownGenres:
DramaJeffrey D. Brown
Joseph Kwong (adaptation)
A girl risks everything for freedom after being trafficked from her mountain village in Nepal to a brothel in India.
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