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Dolly Ahluwalia is an Indian actress and costume designer who was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2001 for costume design. She has won the National Film Award thrice, twice for Best Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) and Haider (2014) , and then as Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012), which is also her best known role as an actor.
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Dolly Ahluwalia is an Indian actress and costume designer who was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2001 for costume design. She has won the National Film Award thrice, twice for Best Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) and Haider (2014) , and then as Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012), which is also her best known role as an actor.
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Bajatey Raho (2013)
, 1h47Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy
Actors Tusshar Kapoor, Vinay Pathak, Ranvir Shorey, Ravi Kishan, Dolly Ahluwalia, Vishakha Singh
Roles Mummyjee
Rating53%
A crooked businessman Mohanlal Sabbarwahl (Ravi Kissen) swindles people of their hard-earned money and frames an honest bank officer, Mr. Baweja, and his assistant Zaira. Unable to handle the humiliation of having been arrested, Baweja dies due to cardiac arrest. Now Sukhi (Tusshar Kapoor), Mrs. Baweja aka mummyji (Dolly Ahluwalia), Zaira's husband Mintoo (Vinay Pathak) and their well-wisher Ballu (Ranvir Shorey) must somehow return 15 crore to the investors to save Baweja's name and to free Zaira. They devise various plans to con Sabbarwahl and strategically loot back the investor's money.
Saadi Love Story (2013)
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Diljit Dosanjh, Amrinder Gill, Surveen Chawla, Neetu Singh, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Neetu Kapoor
Rating55%
Singh Saab the Great (2013)
, 2h30Genres Drama, Action
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Sunny Deol, Amrita Rao, Johnny Lever, Ravi Kishan, Urvashi Rautela, Prakash Raj
Rating55%
Singh Saab the Great follows Saranjeet Singh 'Sunny' a simple man who loves his family and values truth and believes in its triumphs. He has lived his life endorsing the good and its strength over evil.Urvashi Rautela is the girl friend of pandagale venkatesh The corruption, injustice, confusion due to inefficient system in the society has always bothered him since his childhood and so he has become a collector so that he can bring in the change in the society and put things in order. But life takes its turns and he pays the price for doing no harm to anyone individually but for standing up for honesty. His life goes hay wire as he has to choose between his wife and his belief system.
Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013)
, 2h41Directed by Ayan Mukerji
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Kalki Koechlin, Aditya Roy Kapur, Kunaal Roy Kapur, Evelyn Sharma
Roles Naina's mother. She doesn't like Aditi initially.
Rating71%
Naina (Deepika Padukone) is a shy and nerdy medical student. She studies constantly and always tops her classes, but she feels like an outcast. An encounter with an old classmate, Aditi (Kalki Koechlin), makes her realize that she wants more from life than high marks. Thus, she makes an impulsive decision to follow Aditi on a commercial hiking trip into the Himalayas, up to Manali. During the hike, she renews her friendship with other former classmates, Kabir Thapar aka "Bunny" (Ranbir Kapoor) and Avi (Aditya Roy Kapur). Bunny is a handsome charmer whose dream is to wander and discover the world. He does not plan to marry or settle down. During their trip, seeing Aditi's silent reactions to Avi's constant flirting with other girls, Bunny and Naina realize that she has a secret crush on Avi, but do not bring the matter to surface.
Motherland Movie (2013)
Directed by Navalpreet Rangi
Origin Canada
Actors Om Puri, Riya Sen, Gavie Chahal, Dolly Ahluwalia
Karam Singh (Sardar Sohi, a business tycoon of the media industry, is a Punjabi settled in Paldi, Canada with his wife and Grand daughter. Jugni (New Face), the elder daughter, was three years old when she was brought to Canada from her birthplace, Punjab. Living a luxurious life in Canada, both daughters are highly influenced by the local culture. Sher, with his family, returns to Punjab after many years to attend a college function. Sher Singh meets Nihal (Gavie Chahal) who happens to be Sher's childhood friend's son. Sher Singh asks Nihal to take Jugni around and show her the beauty of Surrey.
Vicky Donor (2012)
, 2h5Directed by Shoojit Sircar
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Ayushmann Khurrana, Yami Gautam, Annu Kapoor, Puja Gupta, Dolly Ahluwalia, John Abraham
Roles Dolly
Rating76%
Dr. Baldev Chaddha (Annu Kapoor) is a fertility expert who runs a clinic and a sperm bank in Daryaganj, Delhi that guarantees high-quality and specialised sperm for couples. Unfortunately, he has more failed cases to his credit than successes. A healthy and high-performing donor is needed.
Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana (2012)
Directed by Sameer Sharma
Genres Comedy
Actors Kunal Kapoor, Huma Qureshi, Huma Qureshi, Rajesh Sharma, Dolly Ahluwalia, Vipin Sharma
Roles Bua Ji
Rating65%
Omi Khurana’s London dream has just ended. On the run from a dangerous UK gangster who he owes money to, Omi returns to his native village in Punjab, pretending to be a well-heeled London lawyer. Much has changed since Omi ran away from home a decade back after stealing money from his doting grandfather, Daarji. The old man has since become senile and most importantly, forgotten the secret recipe of "Chicken Khurana" a dish that made the Khurana dhaba (restaurant) famous across Punjab. Omi’s childhood sweetheart, Harman is soon to be married to his cousin, Jeet, though neither seems too happy about it. Adding to the quirkiness of the Khurana family is a free loader uncle, Titu, who once did a stint at a mental asylum. Omi's grandfaher has a cousin sister who ran away from home at early age and is now a saint. His grand father dies on his last visit to his restaurant. Omi tries to restore their family restaurant with the help of Harman. While working on restaurant both of them reconcile and start to have feelings for each other. Meanwhile Omi discovers the secret ingredient from his grandfathers famous chicken recipe was a narcotic herbal medicine but keeps it a secret forever.
Love Aaj Kal (2009)
, 2h10Directed by Imtiaz Ali
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, Rishi Kapoor, Giselli Monteiro, Rahul Khanna, Florence Brudenell-Bruce
Roles Harleen's Grandmother
Rating67%
Jai and Meera are a modern-day couple living in London. They are happy with each other, but do not believe in tying each other down so, when career beckons, they have a mutual break-up, but decide to remain friends. Meera goes to India, while Jai stays in London, hoping to be called to San Francisco, where working at the Golden Gate Inc. is his dream job. Jai begins to date a blonde named Jo, while Meera returns the feeling of her boss, Vikram. The couple believe they have moved on.
Aloo Chaat (2009)
Genres Comedy
Actors Aftab Shivdasani, Aamna Shariff Kapoor, Linda Arsenio, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Manoj Pahwa, Dolly Ahluwalia
Roles beeji
Rating58%
Aloo Chaat is the story of Nikhil (Aftab Shivdasani) who returns to his Punjabi household in Lajpat Nagar, Delhi from America after completing his education. His family consists of his orthodox father Purushottam (Kulbhushan Kharbanda), his grandmother Beeji (Dolly Ahluwalia), his confused mother Seeto (Meenakshi Sethi) and an always suspicious uncle Chhadami Mama (Sanjai Mishra). Nikhil refuses to marry any girl his parents show him, which has them worried about their son's orientation. In reality, Nikhil is in love with Aamna (Aamna Sharif), a Muslim girl living in America.
Partition (2007)
, 1h56Origin South africa
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Jimi Mistry, Kristin Kreuk, Neve Campbell, Irrfan Khan, John Light, Madhur Jaffrey
Rating68%
Gian Singh (Jimi Mistry) is a Sikh who goes off to war in the British Indian Army with his two best friends Andrew and Avtar. The three are being seen off by Andrew's sister Margaret and Walter. Gian promises to look after Andrew only to resign after Andrew is killed. Gian is tortured by the guilt of not being able to save Andrew. The young Muslim woman Naseem (Kristin Kreuk) is separated from her family in riots and unaware that her father has been killed, hides in hope that the Sikh mobs won't find her.
Murder Unveiled (2006)
, 1h34Origin Canada
Actors Anita Majumdar, Lushin Dubey, Vinay Pathak, Vik Sahay, Michael Benyaer, Veena Sood
Rating72%
In India, a young woman is kidnapped, and her young male companion beaten within an inch of his life. He is working class Sikh, Surinder Singh; she is his wife, the former Davinder Samra, a Canadian Sikh whom he met when she visited India a year earlier for her cousin's wedding. For both, it was love at first sight. However, Davinder comes from a traditional Sikh family, who made their fortune in Canada. Her parents, who knew nothing of Surinder when Surinder and Davinder eloped, were seeking a suitable husband for her. As the story unfolds leading to the kidnapping/beating and the subsequent investigation by the local police and Crime Investigation Division, the power of money and of Sikh family honor is shown.
The Blue Umbrella (2005)
, 1h30Directed by Vishal Bhardwaj
Genres Drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Pankaj Kapur, Deepak Dobriyal, Shreya Sharma, Shriya Saran, Rahul Kumar, Dolly Ahluwalia
Rating72%
The story is set in a small village near Banikhet, Himachal Pradesh and revolves around a young girl Biniya and village's only shop owner Nand Kishore Khatri. Biniya lives with her mother and elder brother. One day she comes across a blue color Japanese umbrella while herding her family cows. The umbrella is revealed to be belonging to a group of Japanese tourists. Biniya develops a liking for the umbrella and trades it with her bear claw necklace called Yantra with the Japanese tourists. Wearing a bear claw necklace is considered to be auspicious and bring good luck. For that she is scolded by her mother. Everyone in the village is amazed by the beauty of the umbrella and Biniya acquires a celebrity like status. This makes some people jealous of her. The shopkeeper Khatri and Lajvanti (wife of village school teacher) covet for such an umbrella but find themselves unable to buy due to its high cost. Lajvanti even hints toward the possibility of stealing Biniya's umbrella. Khatri tries to buy it from Biniya but she refuses.
Water (2005)
, 1h57Directed by Deepa Mehta
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Feminist films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Seema Biswas, Lisa Ray, John Abraham, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Waheeda Rehman, Vinay Pathak
Rating76%
The film is set in the year 1938, when India was still under British occupation. Child marriage was common practice back then. Widows had a diminished position in society, and were expected to spend their lives in poverty and worship of God. Widow remarriages were legalised by the colonial laws, but in practice, they were largely considered taboo.
Yahaan (2005)
, 2h5Directed by Shoojit Sircar
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about terrorism, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Jimmy Shergill, Minissha Lamba, Yashpal Sharma, Mukesh Tiwari, Dolly Ahluwalia, Nimrat Kaur
Roles Adaa's grandmother
Rating74%
Adaa (Minissha Lamba) is a Kashmiri woman torn between her army officer love Aman (Jimmy Shergill) and her jehadi insurgent brother Shakeel (Yashpal Sharma). Trouble ensues when Aman's superiors come to know of his involvement with the sister of a terrorist and implicate him as an accomplice. Thus, Adaa begins a valiant attempt to save Aman from the perils of a court-martial and Shakeel is torn between his family's happiness and safety and his own jehadi cause.
Mudda – The Issue (2003)
Directed by Saurabh Shukla
Actors Aarya Babbar, Vijay Raaz, Prashant Narayanan, Rajat Kapoor, Saurabh Shukla, Rekha
Rating44%