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7 1/2 Phere: More Than a Wedding
A film director's idea to film a family wedding for a reality show causes problems.
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Aamdani atthanni kharcha rupaiya = The story of life
How three couples deal with wives who decided to seek employment to augment their income, with hilarious results! Their spouses, who resent them working, will go to any extent to keep their wives at home. Even if it means bringing a dancing girl home to cook and look after the children.
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Akhiyon se goli maare
Kiran an educated and modern girl who is in love with Raj, a business magnate's son. Kiran's father Bhangari is a small time crook and has a big shop in Chor Bazaar buying and selling stolen goods. Like any good father he wants his daughter to get married to a Bigger Gangster than him. Kiran suggests that Raj pose as the Biggest Gangster in town and convince her father to let them get married.
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Baabul
The story of a father's attempt to rescue his daughter-in-law from her grief after his son dies tragically. The film deals with the social issue of widow remarriage.
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Bhagam Bhag
An Indian theatre group travels to London to perform, but without their leading actress. In the search of a leading lady in London, the troupe has run-ins with drug traffickers and the law.
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Black
Michelle Mcnally cannot see, hear, nor speak. She inhabits a world of infinite black. A seamless, endless void where nothing reaches her and she reaches nothing. On the sheer will of her ferocious rage against destiny, Michelle struggles to stay afloat in the impenetrable whirlpool her life has become. Into this isolation enters a battle weary teacher, Debraj Sahai. Debraj takes up a challenge that is next to impossible - to lead this wild, uncontrollable child into the light of knowledge. Thus begins a journey of two headstrong individuals.
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Bollywood Hollywood
Rahul, a young millionaire who is pressured by his family to find a bride, employs a girl to pose as his Indian fiancee. A musical comedy and family drama that is also a spoof of Indian film culture.
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Bride & prejudice
Modern musical retelling of Jane Austen's classic novel, Pride and prejudice, with a Bollywood twist. In Ammritsar, the determined Mrs. Bakshi sets out to find matches for her four daughters. Second sister, Lalita, meets a wealthy American, Will Darcy, who's visiting her modest Indian village. Sparks immediately fly as a love/hate relationship ignites and these opposites continue to attract and repel one another in a riotous romance that spans three continents.
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Bunty aur Babli
Two ambitious dreamers, Rakesh and Vimmi, set out from different small towns to find fame. Instead, they find each other and form the duo, Bunty and Babli. They commit criminal capers, with an ambitious police inspector, DCP Dashrath Singh, hot on their trail.
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Chup Chup Ke
A small town hustler who is constantly dodging creditors and being told off by his family is forced to commit suicide in shame. He fakes his death so that his family can claim his insurance and repay debts. Then two bumbling fishermen find him entangled in their nets, mistake him for a millionaire and hatch a scheme to involve him in a money lending service.
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Company
The story of a young man eager to become wealthy, who joins a company whose business is crime.
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Devdas
After his wealthy family prohibits him from marrying the woman he is in love with, Devdas Mukherjee's life spirals further and further out of control as he takes up alcohol and a life of vice to numb the pain.
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Dhamaal
Fun filled caper about four friends -- Roy, who believes that he is the best detective in the world; Manav, who actually happens to be the biggest idiot in the world, but is blissfully unaware about it and his elder brother, Aditya, aka Adi, whose encyclopaediac half knowledge about everything only adds to the great expertise of his group; the final component of which is Mr. Scared of everything, Boman Contractor, whose greatest fear is his father, Nari Contractor. These four loveable idiots live and work together. Their idea of work? Doing small time con jobs! The thought of earning an honest living has never even crossed their minds.
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Dhol
Dhol is a hilarious tale of four boys who want to make it big in life with the least possible effort. They decide the easiest way to get rich is to marry a rich girl. The four cannot believe their luck when the girl of their dreams shifts into their neighborhood. In the process of getting close to the girl as well as impressing her grandparents they stumble upon a mystery the key to which lies in a DHOL (a double sided drum).
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Dhoom
A sophisticated gang of robbers is sweeping through Mumbai, giving nightmares to the police department. The gang rides hi-tech motorcycles, making them hard to catch. An honest police officer enlists the help of a happy-go-lucky garage mechanic, who happens to be a prodigious motorcycle rider. Once the team of police officer and mechanic start working together, the robbers decide to challenge the authorities. The action shifts to Goa, where at times the hunted becomes the hunter.
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Dil Se
An impassioned love story involving a radio journalist venturing into militarily sensitive border territories who, en route, is love struck by a mysterious, elusive, intractable stranger. Despite his subsequent engagement to a vivacious and dynamic young woman, his obsession is revived when he reencounters the mystery woman.
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Dil to Pagal Hai
The story of three young people with different views on love. Rahul does not believe in love and can't understand how tow people can spend their lives together. Pooja believes that there is someone who is made for her and she is destined to meet that person. Nisha believes that love is friendship and one day her dream will come true.
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Dor
Zeenat heads on a mission to find Meera, who is widowed when her husband is killed in an accident in Saudi Arabia. Little does Zeenat know of her own husband’s role in the tragedy.
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Dus
A diabolical conspiracy, Code name JEET, will explode on May 10. Today is May 4. Master terrorist Jamwal has the plan, the network and the target. The ATC (Anti Terrorist Cell) has just seven days before May 10 - Dus.
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Earth
A romantic drama set in 1947 in Lahore before India and Pakistan became independent, where Hindu, Sikh, Parsee, and Muslim share a peaceful co-existence. Events are seen from the point of view of eight-year-old Lenny, a girl from an affluent Parsee family. Lenny's nanny, Shantya, is involved with the Muslim Masseur. When a train of Muslims arrives at the local depot and all the passengers are found murdered, the various sects turn against each other, and the city is soon aflame.
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Fanaa (destroyed in love)
Zooni, a blind Kashmiri girl, meets Rehan Qadri, a local tour guide and an incorrigible flirt. Her friends warn her against him. Rehan, fascinated by Zooni, wants her to see life as it should be seen, in its many colours. He promises her that time spent with him will be the most precious in all her life. What Zooni doesn't know is that Rehan has another side of his life that he has kept from her - that side can change her life but also destroy it.
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Fire
In a barren, arranged marriage to an amateur swami who seeks enlightenment through celibacy, Radha's life takes an irresistible turn when her beautiful young sister-in-law seeks to free herself from the confines of her own loveless marriage and falls into the embrace of Radha.
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Guru
Set in 1951, the story of Idhar villager who, against the advice of his father, maintains big, prosperous dreams, and throughout the course of his life, becomes ruthlessly ambitious.
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Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi
This is the tale of three characters whose lives intertwine across a decade. It is a love story set against the backdrop of a politically decaying India from the late sixties to the late seventies.
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Hera pheri
Raju, Shyam, and Babu Rao are in dire need of money. The gangster Kabira kidnaps the grandson of a wealthy businessman and contacts the wrong number for the ransom money-- Raju and Shyam's residence. The trio struggle to decide whether they should attempt to save the kid, or try to profit from the situation. Trouble ensues, as the gang's greed takes control of them, leading them into the mouth of danger.
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Hum tum
Karan is a cartoonist whose characters Hum and Tum reflect his perspective on male/female relationships. Rhea is sensitive, well-bred and self-confident. Initially, it seems that they have little in common but, over the course of a decade, their relationship evolves from hate to respect to friendship to something more.
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Jo bole so nihaal
Romeo is an ambitious mercenary who moves from country to country spreading his evil. He uses Nihaal Singh to escape from being arrested. Nihaal is suspended from his job and dishonors his family. When Romeo travels to NYC, USA and wreaks havoc, the FBI is desperate to catch him. However, one knows what he looks like! Only Nihaal Singh can help.
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Judaai
Kajal is disappointed in her husband's middle-class lifestyle. When his boss's wealthy niece Jahnvi, recently returned from America, offers to change places with Kajal, the unhappy wife finally realizes her dream. However, she soon learns that who you share your life with is more important than how much money you have, and has to find a way to reclaim her old life.
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Kahin pyaar na ho jaaye
This is a love story of how marriages are made in heaven. It is a story of friends; their fun, their sorrow, their fights, their struggle, their love, and their romance.
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Kehtaa Hai Dil Baar Baar
Comedy about a successful Indian American whose greatest concern is finding the right man for his daughter.
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Lage Raho Munna Bhai
Believing he's a history professor, Jhanvi invites Munna to give a history lecture to her family. But how do you do that when you know nothing about history? Circuit's bright solution further complicates things, and a true figure from history steps in!
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Main hoon na
Major Ram Parsad Sharma returns to school in search of his step-brother and to rescue a general's daughter. While there, he falls in love with a teacher.
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Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon
Two guys who have admiration for one another falling for the same girl. Sanjana's sister living in the US informs them that a well respected and rich boy is interested in seeing Sanjana. Hritik Roshan manages to change Sanjana's view from hate to love. Then disaster strikes. Enter Abishek as the intended Prem, who just happens to be the boss of Hritik. Of course Hritik decides to abandon his love for his boss and runs away when he finds out that his boss also loves Sanjana. But all ends happily.
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Maine pyaar kyun kiya
Dr. Samir's a flirt who loves to lie. Lovelorn Naina helps him thrive. Girlfriend Sonia keeps threatening to die. But Pyaare breaks windows and helps her survive. There's a slap happy mom who's quite a gal & Vicky is the doc's only loyal pal. Thapa on crutches will have you in stitches.
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Malamaal Weekly
Malamaal Weekly is a comedy about a winning lottery ticket held by a dead villager in a small town plagued by poverty.
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Malgudi Days
English episodes 1-13 of the 1986 series broadcast on India's national channel Doordarshan.
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Maya
For Maya and her cousin Sanjay, life is simple in rural India. However, their fraternal love is shattered when Maya's journey to becoming a woman results in her being the victim of an ancient and brutal ritual, tragically ending her childhood innocence and scarring her for life.
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Mere yaar ki shaadi hai
Love comes to people in all sorts of ways, to some with the tenderness of roses, to others with a sparkle of a smile. To Sanjay, however, love came hitting like a ton of bricks. One day he gets a phone call from Anjali, his childhood friend who tells him she is getting married! Sanjay wakes up to the fact that he loves Anjali. He sets off to Dehradun on a 'noble' mission -- to breach the wedding.
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Mitr my friend
An Indian couple and their teenage daughter living in California face culture conflict and learn to live together in friendship.
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Mujhse dosti karoge!
Raj has always had an unrequited childhood crush on a friend named Tina, but Tina's best friend Pooja has always had a crush on Raj. When Raj's family moves to England, Raj promises Tina that he will keep in touch with her. Tina chooses not to respond to his first e-mail, however Pooja decides to write to him, but signs under Tina's name. Fifteen years later, Raj returns to India on vacation thinking that Tina has been his pen pal all along. He is struck by Tina's beauty, but he is also attracted to Pooja's personality. Who will he choose?
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Mujhse shaadi karogi
When two handsome hunks fall in love with the same girl a love triangle and zany comedy result. When Sameer falls in love with Rani, his happiness is soon sabotaged by none other than his new roommate Sunny, who has also fallen for Rani. Both Romeos try desperate measures to win their lady love, but whatever Sameer does goes spectacularly wrong, and whatever Sunny tries goes spectacularly right. Other complications arise from Rani's strict army officer father, Sameer's best friend and astrologer, and a resident snoozer.
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Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.
Comedy film about Munnabhai, a Bombay goonda, who lives happily with his gang, threatening people. During his upright father's annual visit, the gang pretends to be running a charity hospital. When his father tries to arrange a marriage, the ruse is discovered. So Munna enrolls in medical college.
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Muthu maharaja
Raja is crazy about plays. Raja also loves Ranganayaki, a theater artist. Muthu is employed by Raja as a servant. When Muthu rescues Ranganayaki from some thugs, she falls in love with him. Raja finds out Muthu and Ranganayaki are in love with each other. The two men are about to clash when Muthu finds out about his ancestry and leaves employer's household.
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Namastey London
What happens when you transplant an English rose to countryside in Punjab and expect her to thrive in an alien environment? The rose will either die or rebel. That's exactly what Jazz, rather Jasmeet, does when her father brings her to India and marries her to a rough and though farmer who can barely speak English. But Jazz is determined to marry Charlie Brown, her British boyfriend. Caught in this emotional tug of war between father and daughter, is poor Arjun, who is helplessly and hopelessly in love with his beautiful but unyielding wife. Namastey London will determine whether love is more about giving or taking, whether Indian values must surrender to western culture and whether Jazz will win or Jasmeet!
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The Namesake
The son of Indian immigrants born in America wants to fit in with fellow New Yorkers, but his family is unwilling to let go of their traditional ways.
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Paheli
Lachchi is married to Kishan, whose only interest is money. On the night of their marriage, he leaves to pursue his business interests. However a ghost has fallen in love with Lachchi and he takes on Kishan's appearance and wins everyone's heart. When the real Kishan finally returns five years later, confusion abounds until finally a wise old shepherd devises the three tests to resolve the paheli that has baffled everyone.
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Parineeta
"The lifelong romance between Lolita (Balan) and Shekar (Khan) is upset by the arrival of another man."--Imdb.com
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Pyaasa
Suraj Thakur is one of three children in the Thakur household. Suraj does not measure up to his father’s expectations. Suraj wants to get rich quick, and marry one of the most beautiful girls in the world. His dreams become reality when he meets with Sheetal, a multi-millionaire business-woman. Though Suraj has no affection for Sheetal, he attempts to woo her. But Sheetal spurns him, and as a result Suraj spins a web of deception that forces her to marry him, at the same time teaching his father a lesson for criticising him. But Suraj is in for a surprise, as fate has other plans for him.
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Rang De Basanti
This is the story about the youth of India today. A young London based film-maker comes upon the diaries of her grandfather, who served in the British police force in India during the freedom struggle. She plans to shoot a film based on the diaries and casts a group of friends to play the roles of the revolutionaries described in the diaries. The friends cannot identify with the characters and would rather enjoy today's life than get involved in a project the seems like stuff of textbooks.
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Saathiya
Aditya and Suhani have oversome the obstacles of career goals and parental opposition and married. The bliss of marriage ends and reality sets in with misunderstanding and quarrels. The movie explores the meaning of love, once infatuation ends. Will Aditya and Suhani come to understand the true meaning of being a 'saathiya'?
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Salaam Bombay
Krishna, a ten year old boy, has been abandoned in Bombay by his mother. He tries to earn money to go home while he lives in the streets.
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Salaam namaste
Salaam Namaste is about two Indians in Australia who make a life on their own, how they meet, and how they tackle their own relationship.
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Samay: When Time Strikes
The death of a successful industrialist tests the skill and patience of ACP Maslvika Chauhan, a celebrated officer and idol to many women in the country. This investigation proves to be the biggest challenge of her career.
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Sarkar
A gangster family saga with a storyline similar to the "Godfather"
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Suraj ka satvan ghoda
Young bachelor Manik Mulla, a railway postal employee stays in an old part of Allahabad in northern India. Over several evenings, Manik tells his friends stories about his boyhood, adolescence and adulthood. His stories intertwined with notions of love, romance, and separation lead to all kinds of social, political, and literary polemics and discussions among them.
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Swades : We the People
A bright young scientist working at NASA returns to rural India on a quest to find his childhood nanny. He is drawn into village life and finds himself searching for answers to questions of progress and development that the village faces.
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Tango Charlie
Told in flashbacks derived from a wounded soldier's diary, this is a war story that portrays the border battles, and includes a love interest.
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The Terrorist
In a story inspired by the events surrounding the assassination of Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Ghandi, a suicide bomber examines her emotions and finds herself in a psychological divide as she contemplates her future.
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Veer-Zaara
Squadron Leader Veer Pratap Singh is a rescue pilot with the Indian Air Force. One day, on duty, he comes across Zaara, a girl from Pakistan who is stranded in India. Veer saves her life, and his life is never the same again. Twenty-two years later, Saamiya Siddiqui, a Pakistani lawyer on her first case, finds herself face-to-face with an ageing Veer Pratap Singh. He has languished in a Pakistan jail cell for 22 years and has not spoken to anyone all these years - and no one knows why. Her mission is to discover the truth about Veer and see to it that justice is served.
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Vivah
After the demise of her parents, a young girl is taken under the wing of her uncle. When she becomes of age to be married, her loving uncle arranges a marriage through a matchmaker.The marriage day draws closer, but a fire in the uncle's house will put Pooja and Prem's love to the test.
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Water
Chuyia, an Indian girl that is married and widowed at eight years old, is sent away to a home where Hindu widows must live in penitence. Her feisty presence affects the other residents, forcing each to confront their faith and society's prejudices.
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Zinda
Zinda is a film about a man's quest for freedom and survival.
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Zubeidaa
Riyaz researches and investigates his mother's life by interviewing those who knew and remember her. Through severalflashbacks Zubeida's life-story is reconstructed---a young muslim woman from an affluent and sophisticated Bombay background, pressured into an early marriage by her family, divroced, a whirlwind romance and remarriage to the scion of a royal line. She is a junior wife, and is both in awe as well as jealous of Mandira Devi, her souten or co-wife. Riyaz's project results in a nostalgic costume drama set in the 1950's, depicting the lifestyles of royal families, the hard work entailed in being a royal princess, the relationship of royalty to their subjects, and some of the social and religious tensions of the post Independence years.
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