Casting: Randeep Hooda, Arbaaz Khan, Raima Sen
Director: Madhureeta Anand
Release Date: 6 February 2009 (India)
Stroryline: Maya lives in New Delhi, is married to Vikram and has a daughter Priya. Maya’s life is mundane and centers around her family. One evening she overhears a conversation between her husband and another woman and realises that he’s having an affair. Her simple, family centric life around her breaks down and she realises how Vikram had slowly degenerated her confidence and self esteem in the past few years of their marriage. He stopped her from singing and abandoning all her dreams. During a conversation with her neighbour Mrs Mathur, who is looking for an ideal tenant, she conjures up her fantasy man, Jai. Through Jai, who keeps reoccurring in her dreams in different avtars, she regains her confidence. He inspires her to pursue her ultimate dream of singing. With the help of her neighbours, a young band, she embarks on realising her dreams. Will her fantasy turn into reality or will reality hinder her dreams?
Taare Zameen Par (2007)
Darsheel Safary … Ishaan N. Awasthi
Aamir Khan … Ram Shankar Nikumbh
Tanay Chheda … Rajan Damodaran
Sachet Engineer … Yohan N. Awasthi
Tisca Chopra … Maya N. Awasthi
Vipin Sharma … Nandkishore Awasthi
Director: Aamir Khan
Release Date: 21 December 2007 (Canada)
Stroryline: Ishaan Awasthi is an eight-year-old whose world is filled with wonders that no one else seems to appreciate; colours, fish, dogs and kites are just not important in the world of adults, who are much more interested in things like homework, marks and neatness. And Ishaan just cannot seem to get anything right in class. When he gets into far more trouble than his parents can handle, he is packed off to a boarding school to ‘be disciplined’. Things are no different at his new school, and Ishaan has to contend with the added trauma of separation from his family. One day a new art teacher bursts onto the scene, Ram Shankar Nikumbh, who infects the students with joy and optimism. He breaks all the rules of ‘how things are done’ by asking them to think, dream and imagine, and all the children respond with enthusiasm, all except Ishaan. Nikumbh soon realizes that Ishaan is very unhappy, and he sets out to discover why. With time, patience and care, he ultimately helps Ishaan find himself.
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Ek Hi Raasta (1993)
Director: Deepak Bahry
Release Date: October 22, 1993
Stroryline: Kubla is a terrorist and would like to rule over India. In order to do this, he needs vital information about the Indian armed forces, and he recruits an Indian army officer, Vikram. In order to get this information, Vikram kills another armyman, and ensures that Karan Singh, yet another armyman, gets the blame. This goes according to plan, and Karan Singh is on the run. Then Kubla and Vikram abduct Col. Choudry and his daughter, Priya, and give Bhagat Singh two and a half hours time, to locate the information, or else the Colonel will be killed, and Priya raped.
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Shriman Shrimati (1982)
Director: Vijay Reddy
Release Date: 5 March 1982 (India)
Stroryline: A rich and wealthy couple, Shankarlal and Parvati (Sanjeev Kumar & Raakhee) are appalled at the problems of the world, especially in households, so they decide to try and make things right – one household at a time. They first go the household of alcoholic Rajesh (Rakesh Roshan); his domineering mom (Lalita Pawar); and uneducated wife, Veena (Deepti Naval). Their second task takes them to the household of Vishwanath Gupta(A.K. Hangal); his son, Madhu (Amol Palekar) who has taken to drinking; and his attractive, outgoing, and wealthy wife, Aruna (Sarika). The couple go to work on these families to turn them around and improve and better their relations with each other.
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Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008)
Director: Aditya Chopra
Release Date: 12 December 2008 (USA)
Stroryline: SHAHRUKH is married to ANUSHKA but there is a huge age gap between them. There is no real romance in the marriage. Then, a dance reality show called “Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi” airs and ANUSHKA wants to participate but can’t because her husband is not hip and happening, she has a fear of losing and she also fears that her friends will laugh at her. SHAHRUKH overhears this problem and decides to go in for a makeover. He watches some movies and learns to dance in order to woo his young wife. Throughout the show ANUSHKA keeps falling in love to with this ‘new and improved’ SHAHRUKH KHAN without once realizing that he’s her husband. In the end, a justified title “Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi”
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Maharaja (1998)
Director: Anil Sharma
Release Date: 4 September 1998 (India)
Stroryline: Fearing his death, Ranbir Singh (Salim Ghouse) decides to kill Kohinoor when he is a child, in vain though. After 20 years Kohinoor (Govinda) returns to claim his rightful place in the kingdom. He has developed advanced powers over matter and animals, which he uses to his advance to free his nanny, Ameenabi (Aruna Irani) who is being held by Ranbir and his associates. Kohinoor must pass numerous tests, including being exploited by a television reporter, Shaili Mathur (Manisha Koirala), who claims that she loves him; and fight hungry, blinded, man-eating lions.
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Do Ladke Dono Kadke (1979)
Director: Basu Chatterjee
Release Date: 5 January 1979 (India)
Stroryline: Two petty thieves decide to rob a house that kidnappers had decided to kidnap a child from, what results is chaos, as the child ends up with the petty thieves, and both the thieves & the kidnappers claiming the ransom; and assorted characters showing up to claim the reward offered by the child’s parents. Light hearted comedy, with “Kise khabar kahan dagar jivan ki ley jaye, kab koi sapna bikhare yahan par, kab koi sach ho jaye….” hummable.
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