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Dharma Productions Pvt. Ltd. is an Indian motion picture production and distribution company based in Mumbai as part of the Hindi film industry. The company was founded by Yash Johar in 1979 and was taken over in 2004 after his death by his son Karan Johar. It has produced several commercially and critically successful films over the years.
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(2013)Filmography of Dharma Productions (52 films)
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Charas: A Joint Effort (2004)
, 2h22Directed by Karan Johar, Tigmanshu Dhulia
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Irrfan Khan, Uday Chopra, Jimmy Shergill, Namrata Shirodkar, Hrishitaa Bhatt, Anup Soni
One sees more foreigners than locals in the village. But the locals are said to be making money by growing charas instead of vegetables and are assisted by the foreigners. It is well-organized and is controlled by the Italian Mafia.
Filhaal... (2002)
Directed by Meghna Gulzar
Actors Sushmita Sen, Tabu, Sanjay Suri, Dr Palash Sen, Savita Prabhune, Akash Chandra Khurana
Rewa Singh (Tabu) and Sia Sheth (Sushmita Sen) are best friends. Having grown up together, the pair are inseparable and are always there for each other. They are very different when it comes to marriage and commitment. Rewa is passionate and dreams of having her own family whilst Sia is always running away from settling down and is determined to put her career first.
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998)
, 2h57Directed by Karan Johar
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Shahrukh Khan, Kajol, Rani Mukherjee, Salman Khan, Farida Jalal, Sana Saeed
Rahul Khanna (Shah Rukh Khan) and Anjali Sharma (Kajol) are best friends in St. Xavier's College. The college principal Mr. Malhotra (Anupam Kher) has a beautiful daughter Tina (Rani Mukerji), who comes to St. Xavier's from London to finish her degree. She becomes friends with both Rahul and Anjali. When Anjali realizes that she is in love with Rahul, she is encouraged by her motherly guardian Rifat Bi (Himani Shivpuri) to tell him so. Instead, Anjali is left heartbroken when Rahul tells her that he loves Tina. Anjali decides to leave college and shares a tearful goodbye with Rahul, going away from Rahul and Tina's lives forever. Tina then realizes that she came between two best friends. After college, Rahul marries Tina and, in a year of marriage, Tina gives birth to a baby girl. Tina has complications in her pregnancy and has little time left, so she writes eight letters to her daughter (one for each of her first eight birthdays), so that she will know her mother. Before dying, Tina asks Rahul to promise her to name their daughter Anjali.
Duplicate (1998)
, 2h46Directed by Mahesh Bhatt
Origin Inde
Genres Comedy, Action
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Shahrukh Khan, Juhi Chawla, Sonali Bendre, Farida Jalal, Mohnish Bahl, Tiku Talsania
Bablu Chaudhary (Shah Rukh Khan), a bubbly young man, is an aspiring chef. He gets a job as the lead chef at a hotel and meets the charming Sonia Kapoor (Juhi Chawla), the hotel manager. They bond and Bablu falls in love with her. Meanwhile, Manu, (Shah Rukh Khan in a double role), Bablu's lookalike, is a ruthless criminal who has escaped from jail to kill his partners, who have betrayed him. One day, when Bablu takes Sonia out for lunch, he gets arrested because the police think that Bablu is Manu. Bablu is able to prove his true identity but not before Manu hears of his duplicate and decides to take his place by killing him. There is a lot of confusion about who is who by all associated with the two men, including Sonia, Bablu's mother Bebe (Farida Jalal), and Manu's girlfriend, Lily (Sonali Bendre). In a final confrontation between Manu and Bablu, Lily shoots Manu dead after realizing he is not good at heart and does not truly love her like Bablu loves Sonia.
Hum (1991)
, 2h51Directed by Mukul Anand
Genres Action, Romance
Actors Amitabh Bachchan, Rajinikanth, Kimi Katkar, Deepa Sahi, Shilpa Shirodkar, Kader Khan
All round bad guy Bakhtawar (Danny Denzongpa) rules over the docks in Mumbai, treating his workers as slaves and killing anyone who dares to go against his despotic will. Despite his general dissatisfaction with this regime, Tiger (Amitabh Bachchan) the leader of workers extorts money from the workers for his father Pratap (Deepak Shirke), who in turn works as an enforcer for Bakhtawar and struggles to keep the peace between his son and his employer.
Agneepath (1990)
, 2h54Directed by Mukul Anand
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Amitabh Bachchan, Mithun Chakraborty, Madhavi Alladurgam, Neelam Kothari, Danny Denzongpa, Rohini Hattangadi
The film begins with a morally upright and honest Gandhian Schoolmaster, Deenanath Chauhan (Alok Nath), teaching his son, Vijay Deenanath Chauhan about a poem, 'Agneepath', which describes 'The Path of Fire' which a man must cross in his life. This theme becomes an integral part of the story. Master Deenanath is a well-loved person, who wishes to bring education to the village, Mandwa. However, his wish is not shared by a corrupt jamindar, Dinkar Rao (Goga Kapoor).
Dostana (1980)
, 2h33Directed by Raj Khosla
Genres Drama
Actors Amitabh Bachchan, Shatrughan Sinha, Zeenat Aman, Prem Chopra, Pran Krishan Sikand, Amrish Puri
Vijay (Amitabh Bachchan) and Ravi (Shatrughan Sinha) are best friends who do not question each other about their careers. Vijay is a police officer and Ravi is a lawyer. While Vijay catches criminals, Ravi bails those criminals out and is employed by Daaga (Prem Chopra). One day both Vijay and Ravi meet Sheetal (Zeenat Aman) at different places and times, and both fall in love with her. While Vijay's love is more vocal and is reciprocated by Sheetal, Ravi has one-sided crush on Sheetal.