01 November, 2011

Sadiyaan ()

Synopsis:
A Hindu/Sikh family face challenges when their adopted son falls in love with a Muslim girl. While waiting at Attari Railway Station circa 1968, Rajveer Singh and his wife, Amrit Kaur, recall the turbulent years of partition, how they fled from their hometown in Lahore, and of being separated from their only son, Ehsaan. They arrive near Amritsar and take over the vacant house of Pervez Shahbudin - with it's lone occupant, a male child, left behind by his parents. Amrit gets to adopt him after Rajveer is unable to locate his parents, and they call him Ehsaan - who soon grows up to excel in studies and sports. On a trip to Kashmir, he meets with and falls in love with Chandni rather dramatically, and is overjoyed to learn that she also is from Amritsar. He returns home and informs his parents about her, and goes to meet her parents. It is here that his romance will have to face reality when he finds out that she is the grand-daughter of conservative Haji Noor Muhammad - who has no intention of permitting anyone from his family to marry a Hindu/Sikh.

Starring:
Rishi Kapoor
Hema Malini
Rekha
Luv Sinha
Ferena Wazeir

Director: Raj Kanwar

Nagin Ka Inteqaam (2009)

Starring:
Mumait Khan
Rajeev Kanakala
Aditya Om
Suhasini
Vinod Kumar

Director: Kodanda Rami Reddy

Maan Gaye Mughall-E-Azam ()

Synopsis:
Shortly before bomb-blasts rocked Bombay during 1993, India's Research and Analysis Wing assigns Arjun Rastogi to hilariously infiltrate a dance troupe 'Kalakar Theater Company' in St. Louie, Goa, and enlist their assistance, especially Udayshankar Mazumdar and his wife, Shabnam, in apprehending Haldi Hassan; Qaiyum Cable; a Dubai-based Don; corrupt local police amongst others to try and prevent them from planting RDX-explosives

Starring:
Rahul Bose
Mallika Sherawat
Paresh Rawal
Kay Kay Menon

Director: Sanjay Chhel

Deewane ()

Synopsis:
Vishal (Ajay Devgan) is a hard-working, diligent, and honest plain-clothes police officer in Bombay, India. He lives with his mom (Reema Lagoo) and sister (Usha Bachani). He is in love with Sapna (Urmilla Matondkar). Sapna lives with her family, mom Dhanwanti (Padmini Kapila), dad (Tiku Talsania), and a sister, Neemo (Neha P.). Sapna also loves Vishal, but frequently gets upset with him when he finds no time for her during to his police duties. One day during an encounter, Vishal is critically injured and lapses into a deep coma. In order to prevent the criminal elements to think that they have an upper hand, the Commissioner of Police recruits a con man, Arun (Ajay Devgan), a look-alike of Vishal, and his girlfriend, Pooja (Mahima Choudhary), to take over vishal's place. No one in Vishal's family, nor in Sapna's family is aware of this switch. Arun has not only to fool everyone, but also has to be credible. He is enchanted by Sapna and starts falling in love with her. He is different from Vishal, and is very attentive to Sapna. Sapna appreciates this change in the person she thinks is Vishal, and loves him all the more. Then Vishal's condition improves, and he is ready to leave the hospital and resume his duties and his persona life. But will Arun let go the easy life and the lovely Sapna. And how will Sapna feel when she finds out that her feelings were being played with? Will the criminal elements, including Vishal's own family members, let him re-enter their lives?

Starring:
Ajay Devgan
Urmila Matondkar
Mahima Chaudhry
Paresh Rawal
Gulshan Grover
Shivaji Satham
Usha Bachani
Dinesh Hingoo
Padmini Kapila
Reema Lagoo
Johnny Lever
Raju Mavani
Pramod Muthu
Neha P.
Aashif Sheikh
Tiku Talsania

Director: Harry Baweja

Action Replayy ()

Synopsis:
A young man tries to revive his parents' wilting marriage in a unique manner - travel to the 1970s when their romance was budding and make it bloom. This is more complex than he expects.

Starring:
Akshay Kumar
Aishwarya Rai
Om Puri
Kiron Kher
Neha Dhupia
Rannvijay Singh
Aditya Roy Kapoor
Sudeepa Singh
Randhir Kapoor
Rajpal Yadav

Director: Vipul Amrutlal Shah

Agni Pareeksha ()

Synopsis:
When her former lover, Anupam, returns to her life, her husband kills himself, and after this sudden suicide, Karuna Choudhary must not only look after the household; their family business, but must also admit her only child a son, Alok, in a mental hospital. Now she has met with an accident and has been confined to bed and any movement is by wheelchair. Things change for her when she hires a Secretary/Nurse/Governess in Meeta. She is so pleased with Meeta that she like her to be her daughter-in-law when her now grown-up and cured son, returns home. But Alok does not return, instead runs away to Bombay. An anxious Karuna asks her Manager, Siddharth Sharma, to locate him and bring him back home, which he does. Alok is unhappy at home, but when he meets Meeta he falls head over heels in love with her and wants to marry her. The only problem is Meeta is in love with Siddharth, and wants to marry him

Starring:
Amol Palekar
Parikshat Sahni
Rameshwari
Kamal Majumdar

Director: Kamal Majumdar

Awam ()

Synopsis:
Indian Army Captain Amar Kumar lives with his father, Ram, and mother, Saraswati. Ram has been associated with top freedom fighters during India's struggle for independence from the British. Almost all of these freedom fighters had taken advantage of their involvement and have taken up important positions in India's administration, and these include Jagrathan, and Mohanlal. While others like Vaisakh Ansari and Ram have chosen not to. Amar goes to Delhi and meets Mohanlal, who offers him a position of personal secretary with Jagrathan. Then a chain of events lead to the death of Jagrathan's pilot son, Surender, resulting in Jagrathan threatening to expose the powers that-be unless they come clean and admit their involvement. Then Jagrathan is killed in a vehicle accident. Before dying he asks Dr. Shabnam to hand-over a key to Amar. Before Shabnam could do so, she is attacked by two unknown men, and wounded. Together with Amar and Rafiq Sayed Jaffrey, they locate the key - but do not know where to locate the lock. Then Shabnam is attacked again, but Amar rescues her. Amar's world is turned upside down when he is accused of treason, court-martial-ed, and dishonorably discharged from the army. Disillusioned by this, he decides to join the very forces that are involved in treason. And when he does he finds out that he is not amongst strangers at all.
Believe me its a very good movie.Every country is only as good as the people living in it. B.R Chopra's Awam is the story of people who are willing to lay down their lives to fight any danger for their country. Captain Amar (Rajesh Khanna), the son of a freedom fighter is posted to Delhi. He is employed as the P.A. of Jagrattan (Om Shivpuri), the minister of Defence Purchases on the recommendation of Mohanlal (Shafi Inamdar), his father's friend.Mohanlal opens his home to Amar and there it is he meets Sushma (Poonam Dhillon) and falls in love with her. On meeting Colonel Zaidi (Nana Patekar) Amar learns that his posting was a front for him to uncover a spy ring that was endangering the Country. While Amar gets too close for comfort, the spy ring kills Jagrattan, who leaves a vital clue behind. Now, Amar has to peel through layers of deceit to unmask the real traitors and stop them before they destroy his beloved country. Smita Patil and Raj Babbar are also there in this multi-starer.

Starring:
Rajesh Khanna
Raj Babbar
Ashok Kumar
Shafi Inamdar
Smita Patil
Nana Patekar
Poonam Dhillon
Iftekhar

Director: B.R. Chopra

Insaf Ka Tarazu ()

Synopsis:
After the passing of multi-millionaire Ramlal Gupta, his only son and heir, Ramesh, takes over the estate and business. He attends a Beauty Contest sponsored by Vimal Fabrics, and is attracted to the Beauty Queen, Bharti Saxena. He meets her later and invites her to his yacht to celebrate her winning the title, as well as accompanies her on several modeling shoots. He goes to her residence one morning to show her the photographs taken on his yacht. The next day Ramesh is arrested by the police and charged with sexually assaulting Bharti. He hires a advocate named Chandra, and enters a plea of not guilty, stating that both had consensual sex. The Court hears the arguments as well as the testimony from none other than Bharti's sister, Neeta, and exonerates Ramesh. Two years later, Bharti is arrested by the police for killing Ramesh in cold blood. Watch as events unfold to show what compelled Bharti to kill Ramesh, and whether the Court will sentence her to death or life in prison.

Starring:
Zeenat Aman
Raj Babbar
Deepak Parashar
B.R. Chopra
Shabd Kumar

Director: B.R. Chopra

Ittefaq ()

Synopsis:
Dilip Roy is a Painter by profession and makes his living selling his paintings. He gets married to beautiful Sushma, who would like him to spend more with her than on paintings. When they get invited to their anniversary party, Sushma is all set, but Dilip must complete his painting, Sushma is displeased and snatches his paint brushes from his, an argument ensues, and Dilip grabs Sushma by the neck and chokes her to death. Sushma's sister, who witnesses this, calls the police, who arrive and arrest Dilip for murder. Dilip is produced before the courts, where he is sent for psychiatric evaluation to the care of Dr. Trivedi. However, Dilip escapes from this institute and breaks into a house with a lone married woman, Rekha, in it. Dilip decides to hole up here for sometime. Meanwhile the police have been informed, believing him a danger to others, they have launched a manhunt. Dilip decides to remain in Rekha's house for sometime until the police leave the area

Starring:
Rajesh Khanna
Nanda
Sujit Kumar
Yash Chopra
Akhtar-Ul-Iman

Director: Yash Chopra

Kaisay Kahein ()


Mod (2011)

Starring:
Ayesha Takia
Rannvijay Singh
Raghuvir Yadav
Tanvi Azmi
Anant Mahadevan
Nikhil Ratnaparkhi

Director: Nagesh Kukunoor

The Corporation (2003)

About:
WINNER OF 26 INTERNATIONAL AWARDS! 10 Audience Choice Awards including the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. ******** www.thecorporation.com ******** Provoking, witty, stylish and sweepingly informative, THE CORPORATION explores the nature and spectacular rise of the dominant institution of our time. Part film and part movement, The Corporation is transforming audiences and dazzling critics with its insightful and compelling analysis. Taking its status as a legal "person" to the logical conclusion, the film puts the corporation on the psychiatrist's couch to ask "What kind of person is it?" The Corporation includes interviews with 40 corporate insiders and critics - including Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, Milton Friedman, Howard Zinn, Vandana Shiva and Michael Moore - plus true confessions, case studies and strategies for change.

Documentary that looks at the concept of the corporation throughout recent history up to its present-day dominance.

Directors:
Mark Achbar
Jennifer Abbott
Starring:
Mikela J. Mikael
Rob Beckwermert
Christopher Gora 

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

Synopsis:
Butch and Sundance are the two leaders of the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang. Butch is all ideas, Sundance is all action and skill. The west is becoming civilized and when Butch and Sundance rob a train once too often, a special posse begins trailing them no matter where they run. Over rock, through towns, across rivers, the group is always just behind them. When they finally escape through sheer luck, Butch has another idea, "Let's go to Bolivia". Based on the exploits of the historical characters.

Starring:
Paul Newman
Robert Redford
Katharine Ross

The Maid (2005)


Synopsis:
"Every year, for thirty days during the lunar seventh month, the Chinese believe that the gates of hell are thrown open. Vengeful spirits or hungry ghosts wander among the living, seeking revenge and justice before the gates of hell are closed again for another year." The eighteen years old Rosa Dimaano arrives in Singapore from Philippines to give support to her family working as a maid in the house of the artists of a Chinese opera troupe Mr. and Mrs. Teo on the first day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar. She is welcomed by the family and introduced to their friends and their retarded son Ah-Soon. Later, Mrs. Teo advises her about their beliefs and how the dead should be respected and honored along the seventh month. However, Rosa sweeps their offer on the sidewalk breaking a basic rule and offending the spirits, and she is haunted by ghosts everywhere. When Ah-Soon calls her Esther Santos and she finds some belongings of the unknown Esther in the house.

Starring:
Alessandra de Rossi
Huifang Hong
Benny Soh

Director: Kelvin Tong

Shutter Again! (2009)

Synopsis:
Naktan, who loves to take photos, has taken up a job for a travel agency, to take photos for their travel magazines. During his photo taking, he finds an old soul, from a 20 years old film, appearing in his pictures. After being exposed to and seeing so many strange and ghostly things, he finds his curiosity stimulated and decides to search for the truth. To his horror, he realizes that Tost, the owner of the old film, has cruelly murdered a woman.

Director: Jarungsak Wonglaeng