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Directed by Muzaffar AliGenres DramaActors Farooq Sheikh,
Sulabha Deshpande,
Nana Patekar,
Smita Patil,
Gita Siddharth,
Jalal AghaRating73%
In order to improve their lifestyle, village near Badaun, based Ghulam Hasan (Farooq Shaikh) decides to re-locate to Bombay, on the insistence of his close friend Lalulal Tiwari (Jalal Agha). He leaves behind his ailing mother and wife (Smita Patil). Lalulal helps him get a job cleaning taxis. Ghulam subsequently learns how to drive, and is hired to drive a taxi. In spite of his best efforts, he is unable to save enough money to visit Lucknow., 2h25
Directed by Muzaffar AliOrigin IndeGenres Drama,
MusicalThemes Films about music and musicians,
Films about sexuality,
Erotic films,
Films about prostitution,
Musical films,
BollywoodActors Rekha,
Farooq Sheikh,
Naseeruddin Shah,
Shaukhat Kaifi,
Dina Pathak,
Prema NarayanRating76%
In the year 1840, a girl named Amiran (Seema Sathyu) is kidnapped from her family in Faizabad, Oudh by their neighbour, Dilawar Khan (Satish Shah), and sold to Madam Khanum Jaan (Shaukat Kaifi) who owns a brothel in Lucknow where she trains courtesans (tawaif). Amiran, renamed Umrao Jaan, learns to read, write, dance, and sing. She is a cultured woman trained to captivate men of wealth and taste., 2h30
Directed by Muzaffar AliActors Anupam Kher,
Suresh Oberoi,
Bharat Bhushan,
Saeed JaffreyRating27%
In a village of Awadh, sugarcane planters are exploited by mill owner (Bharat Bhushan). A young man (Suresh Oberoi) returns to this village after receiving a degree in law from a reputed university of Lucknow. Seeing the poor condition of planters he urges them to stop selling their sugarcane to the mill owner and instead start their own co-operative mill. The mill owner, his landlord-agent (Saeed Jaffrey) and son discourage the villagers from doing so. The mill owner's son urges the people to form a planter's union and continue selling their crop to the mill. Initially the villagers trust him but after continuous persuasions from the young man and realising that only self-sufficiency can improve their condition, they unite and set up their own mill. In the end the young man marries a village girl (Deepa) who was very active in the movement.Directed by Muzaffar AliActors Vinod Khanna,
Dimple KapadiaZooni is a period film revolving around the sixteenth century royal consort of Yousuf Shah Chak. After he was arrested by Mughal emperor Akbar and banished to Bihar, he remained to be the last ruler of independent Kashmir. Directed by K. ViswanathOrigin IndeGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Romantic comedy,
RomanceThemes Films about music and musicians,
Musical films,
BollywoodActors Ajay Devgn,
Manisha Koirala,
Karisma Kapoor,
Avinash Wadhawan,
Aruna Irani,
Dalip TahilRating39%
Kashinath (Ajay Devgan) and Imli (Manisha Koirala) are childhood sweethearts and everyone expects them to marry. Then comes rich, wealthy, and sickly Anjali Chopra (Karishma Kapoor) into Kashinath's life, and then everything changes. Anjali gives up on her sickiliness and becomes bold, thanks to Kashinath's care. Anjali falls in love with Kashinath, and boldly tells her dad, Manmohan Chopra (Dalip Tahil), that she will only marry Kashinath. But her dad wants her to wed Ajit (Avinash Wadhawan). Imli reveals her secret that she has heart disease, and if not treated, she will die. Kashinath, unaware of Anjali's affections must find the money to save his true love. , 2h33
Directed by Ram Gopal VarmaGenres Drama,
Fantasy,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Musical filmsActors Urmila Matondkar,
Aftab Shivdasani,
Dalip Tahil,
Smita Jaykar,
Rajpal Yadav,
Neeraj VoraRating54%
Kittu (Aftab Shivdasani) is an arts student in Pune and is madly in love with actress and film star Malika (Urmila Matondkar). He has posters up on his wall and goes to all of her movies, and even fantasizes that she is there with him when he is watching these items. His father concerned with his son's declining exam scores, confronts Kittu on his obsession and tears down the posters. To Kittu, this is almost as bad as murder and decides to move out and away to Mumbai, where the star, herself, lives., 2h48
Directed by Aziz MirzaGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Crime,
RomanceThemes Films about writers,
Films about journalists,
Films about music and musicians,
Musical films,
BollywoodActors Juhi Chawla,
Shahrukh Khan,
Johnny Lever,
Paresh Rawal,
Shakti Kapoor,
Atul ParchureRating61%
Ajay Bakshi (Shahrukh Khan) is a successful loudmouthed reporter, working for a reputed news channel. His father was a freedom fighter living on a measly pension. Ajay thinks that his fathers ideal & sacrifices have given him nothing. He has no respect for his father's ideals, which his father still sticks to. The rival news channel ropes in Ria Banerjee (Juhi Chawla) as his answer., 2h58
Directed by Rakesh RoshanGenres Drama,
RomanceThemes Films about music and musicians,
Musical films,
BollywoodActors Hrithik Roshan,
Ameesha Patel,
Anupam Kher,
Dalip Tahil,
Satish Shah,
Mohnish BahlRating68%
Rohit (Hrithik Roshan) and his younger brother Amit are orphans living with a Christian couple Lily (Farida Jalal) and Anthony (Satish Shah). Rohit is an aspiring singer who works in a car showroom run by Malik (Dalip Tahil). One day he meets Sonia Saxena (Ameesha Patel), daughter of Mr. Saxena (Anupam Kher), when he goes to deliver a car to her home as her birthday present. Unknown to everybody, Saxena and Malik are running a drug cartel with help of two police officers (Mohnish Behl and Ashish Vidyarthi). Saxena is called "Sir Ji" (Sir) by the trio., 2h35
Directed by Abbas-MustanOrigin IndeGenres Drama,
Musical theatre,
RomanceThemes Pregnancy films,
Films about music and musicians,
Films about sexuality,
Musical films,
BollywoodActors Preity Zinta,
Salman Khan,
Rani Mukherjee,
Amrish Puri,
Dalip Tahil,
Farida JalalRating55%
Raj Malhotra (Salman Khan) and Priya (Rani Mukerji) are members of high society. They meet, get married and soon Priya gets pregnant. Soon after, Priya trips, miscarries, and becomes permanently infertile. On the doctor's advice, the couple conceal this fact and decide to secretly look for a surrogate mother to bear Raj's child. Raj meets Madhubala aka Madhu (Preity Zinta), a prostitute who agrees to have Raj's baby, for the money. After some much-needed grooming, Madhu meets Priya—who will be left unaware that Madhu was a prostitute—and the three depart for Switzerland together to carry out their plan.