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Anil Mehta is a cinematographer, writer and director of Bollywood movies. He has studied cinematography at the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune.
He has shot Khamoshi: The Musical (1996), Lagaan (2001), Saathiya (2002),Veer-Zaara (2004) and Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012).
Mehta's first feature film, Aaja Nachle, was produced by Yash Raj Films. Released on 9 November 2007 the film stars Madhuri Dixit (in her comeback film), Konkona Sen Sharma, Akshaye Khanna and Kunal Kapoor.
He won the National Film Award for Best Cinematography for his work in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999)
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Anil Mehta is a cinematographer, writer and director of Bollywood movies. He has studied cinematography at the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune.
He has shot Khamoshi: The Musical (1996), Lagaan (2001), Saathiya (2002),Veer-Zaara (2004) and Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012).
Mehta's first feature film, Aaja Nachle, was produced by Yash Raj Films. Released on 9 November 2007 the film stars Madhuri Dixit (in her comeback film), Konkona Sen Sharma, Akshaye Khanna and Kunal Kapoor.
He won the National Film Award for Best Cinematography for his work in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999)
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Wake Up Sid (2009)
, 2h18Directed by Karan Johar, Ayan Mukerji
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Ranbir Kapoor, Konkona Sen Sharma, Anupam Kher, Supriya Pathak, Rahul Khanna, Kashmira Shah
Rating75%
Siddharth "Sid" Mehra (Ranbir Kapoor) is the carefree son of wealthy businessman Ram Mehra (Anupam Kher). A resident of Mumbai, Sid's only interest is to have fun and spend his father's money. Thus, he spends little time at college and is not prepared for final exams. A day after the final exams, Sid's father tells him it is time to join his company, Flower Showers - a bathroom furnishings manufacturer - for 30 days, which Sid reluctantly does only after his father tempts him with the promise of a new car.
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Aaja Nachle (2007)
, 2h26Directed by Anil Mehta
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Madhuri Dixit, Konkona Sen Sharma, Jugal Hansraj, Akshaye Khanna, Kunal Kapoor, Divya Dutta
Rating62%
Dia (Madhuri Dixit) is a choreographer who lives in New York with her daughter Radha. One day she receives word that her old dance guru, Makarand, is dying. She returns to her hometown called Shamli with Radha to find that he has already died and left her the responsibility of saving the deserted dance theatre Ajanta, which is to be demolished to make way for a shopping mall.
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Dhobi Ghat (2010)
, 1h35Directed by Kiran Rao
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Aamir Khan, Prateik Babbar, Monica Dogra, Kriti Malhotra, Kitu Gidwani, Jiah Khan
Rating69%
Arun (Aamir Khan), a reclusive artist, moves into a run-down flat in the older part of Mumbai. After attending an exhibition of his works, he meets Shai (Monica Dogra), an American banker who has come to Mumbai to devote time to her hobby, photography, and takes her back to his flat, where they have a one-night stand. The next morning, Arun expresses his disinterest in continuing the relationship and Shai angrily storms out.
Agni Varsha (2002)
, 2h10Genres Drama, Fantasy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Akkineni Nagarjuna, Jackie Shroff, Amitabh Bachchan, Raveena Tandon, Milind Soman, Prabhu Deva
Rating47%
In a kingdom stricken with drought for past few years, Arvasu (Milind Soman), a brahman loves Nittilai (Sonali Kulkarni) a tribal girl, who seeks approval of her father and village's elders before marrying him. Arvasu's brother, Parvasu (Jackie Shroff) has been conducting a major prayer ceremony to appease the god of rains, Indra (Amitabh Bachchan). Arvasu's father, Raibhya dislikes both his sons and suspects Vishaka (Raveena Tandon) Parvasu's wife, of having an affair with Yavakri (Nagarjuna),based on the fact that Yavarki and Vishaka loved each other, before Yavarki left village to worship Devraj Indra. On a day of his return, Yavakri finds Vishakha returning from well. She at first refuses him but ultimately gives up and they start making love in the woods. Nittilai and Aravasu see them.
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Secret Superstar (2017)
, 2h30Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical
Actors Aamir Khan, Meher Vij
Roles Director of Photography
Rating77%
A priori, rien ne distingue Insia, jeune musulmane de 14 ans, des autres filles de son âge. Physiquement, elle est de taille moyenne et elle a un beau visage sympathique comme tant d’autres filles et autrement, elle va au lycée où elle suit un parcours normal et elle a des parents qui l’aiment, comme tant d’autres filles également. Sauf que Insia a une voix extraordinaire et qu’elle est incroyablement douée pour la musique. L’adolescente qu’elle est passe tout son temps libre à composer des chansons magnifiques qu’elle interprète divinement en s’accompagnant elle-même à la guitare. Et bien sûr, elle rêve d’être reconnue et applaudie par tous pour son talent. Mais, son père, un homme strict et autoritaire, ne l’entend pas de cette oreille. Pour lui, il est hors de question que sa fille chante en public. Insia finit par faire une vidéo d’elle-même en burqua chantant une ses chansons. Du jour au lendemain, elle devient une sensation mondiale.
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (2016)
Directed by Karan Johar
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Aishwarya Rai, Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Fawad Afzal Khan, Lisa Haydon, Shahrukh Khan
Roles Director of Photography
Rating58%
Ayan tombe amoureux de son âme sœur, Alizeh, mais elle ne pas le sentiment aller et venir. Plus tard, une relation avec Saba lui permet de se rendre compte de la valeur Alizeh dans sa vie, indépendamment de leur statut de relation.
Shaandaar (2015)
, 2h24Directed by Vikas Bahl
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Shahid Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Govinda, Pankaj Kapur, Sanjay Kapoor, Sushma Seth
Roles Director of Photography
Rating36%
Alia a été adoptée enfant dans des circonstances jamais éclaircies. Elle conserve un lien très fort avec son père adoptif, dans la famille Arora sous la coupe de la mère et de la femme de celui-ci. Sous des dehors très riches, la famille espère se sauver de la banqueroute en mariant Eesha, la sœur d'Alia, à une famille qui roule sur l'or. Les deux familles se retrouvent dans un château au Royaume-Uni pour la cérémonie, arrangée par un certain JJ, qui comme Alia, est insomniaque. La famille du fiancé, les Fundwani, arrive dans des scintillements d'or, mais s'avère dans une aussi mauvaise posture financière que les Arora et souhaite ce mariage pour les mêmes raisons cachées.
Finding Fanny (2014)
, 1h41Directed by Homi Adajania
Genres Drama, Comedy, Adventure, Romance
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Deepika Padukone, Arjun Kapoor, Naseeruddin Shah, Dimple Kapadia, Pankaj Kapur, Ranveer Singh
Roles Director of Photography
Rating56%
Finding Fanny revolves around five rather dysfunctional characters that live in the quaint sleepy village of Pocolim, nestled deep in the interior of Goa, India. Pocolim is a village where pointless conversations are a way of life. Nothing ever really happens here and the people of Pocolim, well, they just exist. One night, the old postman Ferdie (Naseeruddin Shah), receives a letter that is slipped under his door.
Highway (2014)
, 2h13Directed by Imtiaz Ali
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Psychologie, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Musical films, Road movies, Bollywood
Actors Randeep Hooda, Alia Bhatt, Hemant Mahaur
Roles Director of Photography
Rating75%
The story begins on the eve of the wedding of Veera Tripathi (Alia Bhatt), the daughter of a rich business tycoon. She is at a Fuel Station by the highway with her fiancé when she is abducted. The gang who kidnaps her panics when they find out that her father has links in the government. However, Mahabir Bhati (Randeep Hooda), one of her abductors, is willing to do whatever it takes to see this through. They continuously move to different cities, to avoid being tracked by police. As the days go by, Veera finds peace and a new-found freedom in her bondage to the point that she confides in him of her troubled childhood. Her fear of abduction is taken over by a sense of freedom.
Bombay Talkies (2013)
, 2h8Directed by Karan Johar, Zoya Akhtar, Dibakar Banerjee, Anurag Kashyap
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about films, Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Musical films, Bollywood, LGBT-related film
Actors Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Katrina Kaif, Rani Mukherjee, Randeep Hooda, Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65%
Directed by Karan Johar
Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012)
, 2h55Directed by Yash Chopra
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Shahrukh Khan, Katrina Kaif, Anushka Sharma, Anupam Kher, Neetu Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor
Roles Director of Photography
Rating67%
Samar Anand (Shahrukh Khan), a major in the Indian Army, defuses a bomb in Ladakh without fear or regard for his safety. Akira Rai (Anushka Sharma), a Discovery Channel filmmaker, dives into a river in Ladakh on a dare and soon regrets it after learning she has plunged into freezing water. Samar, who happens to be by the shore, rescues her. Samar gives her his jacket and leaves without retrieving it. Later, Akira finds his diary in the jacket pocket and begins reading.
Cocktail (2012)
, 2h24Directed by Homi Adajania
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, Diana Penty, Dimple Kapadia, Boman Irani, Randeep Hooda
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62%
Meera (Diana Penty) is a shy and simple traditional girl who leaves her family in India to live in London with her new husband Kunal (Randeep Hooda). While at the London airport, she meets the shameless flirt Gautam "gutlu" (Saif Ali Khan), who hits on her and asks her out. Meera politely tells him that she is married and then leaves. Meera searches for her husband and finally finds him, but he is angry to see her and explains that he only married Meera for her money, telling her to stay away from him. This leaves Meera heartbroken and stranded in London with no place to stay.
Rockstar (2011)
, 2h39Directed by Imtiaz Ali
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Ranbir Kapoor, Nargis Fakhri, Shammi Kapoor, Moufid Aziz, Aditi Rao Hydari, Piyush Mishra
Roles Director of Photography
Rating77%
The film opens up by showing a large crowd outside the Verona Arena, Italy, with eager fans queuing for the rock concert of Jordan (Ranbir Kapoor). Jordan, who was being attacked by thugs moments ago, manages to escape and reach the arena. He shows a complete disregard for his fans, storms onto the stage in a fit of rage and starts strumming his guitar.
Wake Up Sid (2009)
, 2h18Directed by Karan Johar, Ayan Mukerji
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Ranbir Kapoor, Konkona Sen Sharma, Anupam Kher, Supriya Pathak, Rahul Khanna, Kashmira Shah
Roles Director of Photography
Rating75%
Siddharth "Sid" Mehra (Ranbir Kapoor) is the carefree son of wealthy businessman Ram Mehra (Anupam Kher). A resident of Mumbai, Sid's only interest is to have fun and spend his father's money. Thus, he spends little time at college and is not prepared for final exams. A day after the final exams, Sid's father tells him it is time to join his company, Flower Showers - a bathroom furnishings manufacturer - for 30 days, which Sid reluctantly does only after his father tempts him with the promise of a new car.
Marigold (2007)
, 1h48Directed by Willard Carroll
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Salman Khan, Ali Larter, Simone Singh, Nandana Sen, Ian Bohen, Helen Khan
Roles Director of Photography
Rating48%
Marigold Lexton (Ali Larter), a self-centered and temperamental young American actress, arrives in India expecting to be treated like a star, despite the fact that she has been making nothing but B movie sequels for some time. She is stranded in Goa after the film she was to star in is canceled, and a sympathetic crew member offers her a ride, which brings her to the set of another movie, a Bollywood musical. She actually tells her boyfriend Barry that she was hoping she wouldn't have to marry him if this trip was successful, and soon finds herself the center of attraction on the set, where she quickly lands a minor role and a date with the spoiled young lead actor. But after she rebuffs his crude proposal that night she winds up talking with Prem (Salman Khan), the film's choreographer. He knows she lied about being able to dance, and takes her in hand, while showing her the nearby towns and countryside in their spare time.