11 Movies Directed by Abbas Alibhai Burmawalla

Baazigar

Baazigar

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-11-12

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

175 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (14034 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Robin Bhatt

Akash Khurana

Javed Siddiqui

Fullplot:

Widowed Madan Chopra lives a very wealthy lifestyle with two daughters, Seema and Priya. His passion is car racing, and realizing that he is not young anymore, has his last race and wins - only to find out that another competitor, Vicky Malhotra, let him win. Madan befriends Vicky, introduces him to Priya and invites him to work for him in Bombay. Vicky and Priya are attracted to each other, much to Madan's delight and he announces their marriage. Before that could happen, Seema kills herself by throwing herself down from the roof of a multi-storied building. While Madan wants to close this case due to embarrassment, Seema meets with her college friend, Police Inspector Karan, and together they begin to unravel a plot that may well end Madan and the lives of others as well.

Soldier

Soldier

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-10-12

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (1417 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Sachin Bhowmick (screenplay)

Shyam Goel (screenplay)

Shyam Goel (story)

Javed Siddiqui (dialogue)

Fullplot:

Major Vijay Malhotra works in the Indian army; on one assignment whereby he is asked to be the security in-charge of a truck-load of arms and ammunitions; he red-handedly caught some traitors attempting to steal these arms. When he attempts to bring them to justice; they attacked him leading to a scuffle which ended up leaving Malhotra dead. They then put the blame on Malhotra; has his dead body stripped of all medals and commendations, and leave him to be cremated by his wife Geeta and young son Raju. The villagers' refuses to let a traitor cremated on their land and leave his body to rot in the hot desert sand. 20 years later Raju has now matured and is on the verge of unravel the secrets of his dad's death and to punish the real perpetrators.

Baadshah

Baadshah

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-08-27

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

175 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (11132 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Shyam Goel (screenplay)

Neeraj Vora

Fullplot:

In order to settle personal scores with the Chief Minister Gayetri Bachchan; a wealthy business-man, Suraj Singh Thaper hires a contract killer to assassinate her; unfortunately before reaching the venue to kill the C.M. the killer meets with a vehicle accident which kill him instantly altering the CBI who decided to send one of their officer Deepak Malhotra whose code name is Baadshah on a mission called "Maa" so that he can conduct a through investigation. Unfortunately Thaper gets wind of this and also has Deepak killed in the process; replacing Baadshah is one of Thapar's henchman. But another man named Raj who is also called Baadshah gets mistaken for the one sent on the mission both by Thapar and the CBI. Calamity destructs Raj when Thapar abducts some of his friends and are holding them as hostages until he carry out the assassination of the C.M.

Chori Chori Chupke Chupke

Chori Chori Chupke Chupke

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-03-09

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

160 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.4 (2682 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Shyam Goel (screenplay)

Javed Siddiqui (dialogue)

Neeraj Vora (story)

Fullplot:

Raj and Priya are newly married. Priya is heavy with children, but due to unexpected circumstances, she loses her child and is unable to conceive again. Enter Madhoo, a prostitute who is willing to become surrogate mother for the couple. Their relationship becomes entangled with love triangle when Madhoo falls in love with Raj.

Ajnabee

Ajnabee

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-09-21

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

165 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (3320 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Robin Bhatt (screenplay)

Sanjeev Duggal (screenplay)

Shyam Goel (dialogue)

Shyam Goel (screenplay)

Neeraj Vora (screenplay)

Neeraj Vora (story)

Fullplot:

A new couple get married and move to Switzerland. They make friends with their new neighbors Akshay Kumar and Bipasha Basu. Life seems perfect until one day when Raj wakes up in Vicky's house and finds out that Vicky's wife has been murdered. Raj is accused of the murder but flees from the authorities in order to prove himself innocent.

Humraaz

Humraaz

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-07-26

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

173 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (1755 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Shiraz Ahmed (dialogue)

Shiraz Ahmed (screenplay)

Shiraz Ahmed (story)

Shyam Goel (dialogue)

Shyam Goel (screenplay)

Shyam Goel (story)

Fullplot:

A wealthy industrialist and business man named Raj Singhania lives in Bombay, India. He reaches up with a music band in which Karan Malhotra is the leader and Priya is his right-hand and sweetheart. Karan finds that it is not easy to achieve one's merit. A contract made between the two for his band to sing on a crusade for Raj. He agrees to do so and later on conspire with his girlfriend Priya to take over Raj vast estate by setting up his girlfriend to marry Raj fakely. On a chance encounter one day Raj and Priya both meet, where by Raj fall head over heals in love with Priya. And later on they both got engaged. Raj carry Priya and introduce her to his entire family where a date for the marriage between the two is set. And later on finalized. On his wedding night Priya speaks to Raj about she must remain a virgin until one month and he agrees to do so, unknown to him that it is a conspiracy by Karan and Priya. After a few days Priya decides to break plans with Karan releasing what is husband and wife which leads to the destruction of both Raj and Priya by Karan. But, after learning the truth between Karan and Priya, Raj and Karan had a scuffle which leads to the death of Karan and unite the married couple for years to come.

Aitraaz

Aitraaz

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-11-12

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (4399 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Shiraz Ahmed (screenplay)

Shiraz Ahmed (story)

Aadesh K. Arjun (dialogue)

Shyam Goel (screenplay)

Shyam Goel (story)

Fullplot:

Successful businessman Raj Malhotra (Akshay Kumar) has everything going for him, including a lovely wife (Kareena Kapoor). Just when he thinks things can't get any better, Sonia (Priyanka Chopra) - his ex-girlfriend, now the boss's wife - walks back into his life - and she wants Raj. After he rejects her sexual advances, she accuses him of rape. But he soon turns the tables on Sonia and sues her for sexual harassment along with the help of his wife Priya.

Taarzan: The Wonder Car

Taarzan: The Wonder Car

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-08-06

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

163 min

IMDB Ratings:

4.2 (1282 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Lalit Mahajan (story)

Lalit Mahajan

Fullplot:

Devesh (Ajay Devgan) was Raj's father who was a futuristic car designer. He owned an old car, which was passed down to him from his father and he hoped to pass it on to his son, Raj. After many hours designing, he shows his design to a car company owned by four men (Pankaj Dheer, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Shakti Kapoor and Mukesh Tiwari), little did he know that they would turn around and patent the design and take credit for it. In an attempt to get justice, Devesh reports the incident to the police and later finds out the hard way that the police officer was part of the deception. After Devesh confronts the men, they fight and Devesh is knocked out and left unconscious. The men decide to place him in his car and dump the car in the nearby lake. Devesh drowns to death leaving behind his mother and his young son. A few years pass by and Raj has grown up and enters college. Raj is a simple looking, geeky guy who is made fun of because of the way he looks. He meets Priya (Ayesha Takia) who has just returned from London and together they form a relationship. One day while passing by Raj sees his father's old car in a scrap yard. He buys the car and transforms it into "Tarzan", a futuristic looking car that he builds in memory of his father. The car has a life of its' own and soon becomes a killing machine, taking revenge on the men who killed Devesh. The suspicion falls on Raj and he becomes the prime suspect. While visiting Raj's home, Priya's father sees a photo of Devesh and Raj and realizes who Raj is. Priya's father is one of the men who killed Raj's father. He forbids Priya from seeing Raj and decides to send her back to London. The climax of the movie is where you learn that Devesh's spirit controls the car and he cannot move on to the after world unless he gets revenge and his family learns the truth about his death. After he accomplishes both tasks, his soul is free and he moves on. Raj and Priya unite and all ends well.

36 China Town

36 China Town

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-04-21

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

140 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.5 (2416 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Shyam Goel (story)

Jitendra Parmar (dialogue)

Anurag Prapanna (dialogue)

Fullplot:

Multi-millionaire Sonia Chang; owner of 36 China Town hotel and Hollywood Casino is found dead with the evidences pointing towards people from different walks of life who may have a motive to murder her. But there is a major draw-back involved in this case as the police does not have concrete evidence to incarcerate any of the suspects.

Race

Race

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-03-21

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

149 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (7842 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Shiraz Ahmed (screenplay)

Shiraz Ahmed (story)

Jitendra Parmar (dialogue)

Anurag Prapanna (dialogue)

Fullplot:

Ranvir and Rajiv are half brothers who own a huge stud farm in South Africa. Ranvir is a very shrewd and aggressive man while Rajiv is laid back, and a chronic alcoholic. Sophia, Ranvir's personal secretary adores and loves him. Ranvir is unaware of her feelings. Shaina, an Indian ramp model in Durban loves Ranvir but through a twist of fate gets married to his younger brother Rajiv. When she discovers that Rajiv is a chronic alcoholic, her world is shattered. Ranvir too is disturbed as he has sacrificed his love for his younger brother because Rajiv had promised to leave alcohol for good if he marries Shaina. In a weak moment Ranvir and Shaina come very close to each other. When Rajiv starts suspecting, all hell breaks loose. A murder is committed, a contract killing is issued. A sharp tongued detective R.D., getting wise on the proceedings, starts an intriguing investigation with his brainless bimbo assistant Mini.

Race 2

Race 2

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-01-25

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

150 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

5.3 (9056 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Shiraz Ahmed (screenplay)

Kiran Kotrial (dialogue)

Fullplot:

Ranvir treads through the world of the Indian mafia in Turkey as he looks to avenge the death of his lover and partner in crime.

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