Dev. D (2009)
Director: Anurag Kashyap
Release Date: 6 February 2009 (India)
Stroryline: Dev D is a modern-day interpretation of the classic novel “Devdas” by Sarat Chandra. Dev, Paro and Chanda of Dev D reflect the sensibilities, conflicts aggression, and independence. Free thought, exuberance and recklessness of the youth of today. A generation that is jammed between eastern roots and western sensibilities. Dev D is set in the rustic and colorful Punjab and also explores the dingy, morbid, dark underbelly of Delhi. From sprawling mustard fields to a riot of neon. It’s been written and directed by Anurag Kashyap and produced by UTV Spot boy.
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Salaam-E-Ishq (2007)
Casting:
Salman Khan … Raúl / Rahul
Priyanka Chopra … Kamna ‘Kamini’
Anil Kapoor … Vinay Malhotra
Juhi Chawla … Seema Malhotra
Akshaye Khanna … Shiven Dungarpur
Ayesha Takia … Gia Bakshi
John Abraham … Ashutosh Raina
Vidya Balan … Tehzeeb Hussain
Govinda … Raju
Shannon Esra … Stephanie
Sohail Khan … Ram Dayal
Isha Koppikar … Phoolwati Dayal
Anjana Sukhani … Anjali
Kushal Punjabi … Rohit Chaddha
Vishal Malhotra … Jaggi
Director: Nikhil Advani
Release Date: 26 January 2007 (UK)
Stroryline: Six young couples in different situations, face different quandaries. All their problems are apparently caused by love, too much, too little, love for the wrong people, love for people who don’t want it, unrequited love, amnesia-afflicted love and what have you. Each of the 6 stories is moderately developed, the most believable being the Hindu-Muslim couple – the Ashutosh-Tehzeeb (John and Vidya) story. Then there is the starlet hungry to make it big, hatching up a publicity stunt which backfires – the Kkamini-Rahul (Priyanka-Salman) deal. The 3rd pair is that of Stephanie-Raju (Shannon and Govinda) pair, she searching for her faithless Indian boyfriend and he the Indian taxi-driver who ferries her around the country. And then there is the Shiven-Gia (Akshaye-Ayesha) yuppie marriage fiasco, with the groom with the cold-feet. The 5th story is of the stable married couple – Vinay-Seema (Anil and Juhi), whose 15 year marriage is threatened when the husband wants more than just boring, suburban life. The 6th couple’s story is of Isha-Sohail as a rural couple unable to give vent to their passion. The film runs through these 6 stories almost in parallel, taking us to their respective conclusions.
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Ghajini (2008)
Aamir Khan…… Sanjay Singhania
Asin…… Kalpana
Jiah Khan…… Sunita
Pradeep Rawat…… Ghajini Dharmatama
Khalid Siddiqui…… Sanjay Singhania’s secrectary
Tinu Anand…… Ad director
Vibha Chibbar…… Constable Vyjayanti
Kunal Vijaykar…… Mayapuri Journalist
Kunal Kumar…… Waiter
Anjum Rajabali…… Professor at medical college
Director: A.R. Murugadoss
Release Date: 25 December 2008 (UK)
Stroryline: Imagine being one of the most successful businessmen in the country. Sanjay Singhania (Aamir) is a rich businessman who owns a cellular phone company. Kalpana (Asin) is a model who brags to her friends and peers that she is the love interest of Sanjay, though in reality she doesn’t even know the man.
When Sanjay comes to know about this anonymous admirer of his, he decides to dispel her delusions. But on his way he sees a beautiful woman helping the handicapped kids cross the road. Instantly, Sanjay falls for her. Later, he comes to know that she is Kalpana, the same model who boasted of being his girlfriend.
Sanjay gets introduced to Kalpana but doesn’t disclose his real identity. Love blossoms between the two.
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Narsimha (1991)
Director: N. Chandra
Release Date: 5th July, 1991
Stroryline: Narasimha a young and captive man lives a middle class life with his family in a quite neighbor hood. He gets his beautiful sister marry to an eligible young man in there vicinity. On the occasion of his sister giving birth, he returns home to find that a conflict arise between his neighbor hood and another neighbor hood where he seek refuge in a dwelling area nearby only to return and find out that his whole family has been murder. Without no aim left in life Narasimha decided to turn to crime and alcohol. He later decided to work for a man call Suraj Narayan Singh. But when Suraj asks him to kill Ravi Rastogi for falling in love with his daughter, Meenu. Narasimha refuses, and on the contrary joins forces with Ravi, his sister, Anita, to force Suraj to get the young couple married. This kind of conflict escalates to such proportions that Suraj finally gets arrested and lodged in a cell. Everything seems clear for Ravi and Meenu to get married, but Meenu wants proof that her dad is a criminal, and she gives Ravi 24 hours to find proof or she will marry the boy of her dad’s choice. And ruin everything and every plans between them.
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Angaar (1992)
Director: Shashilal K. Nair
Release Date: 11th September, 1992
Stroryline: This movie portrays the problems of Mumbai lower class due to the nexus of criminal gangs and the fight against them by an angry young man Jackie Shroff. Though movie is typical for a one man fight against corruption similar to the Amitabh Bachhan movies and strongly resembles Arjun by Sunny Deol; still movie receives credit for strong performances by Kader Khan, Nana Patekar and the silent yet powerful acting of Jackie Shroff. The real-estate builders want to wipe off the slums in Mumbai and make five star hotels for fast profit. Jackie Shroff is struggling for a job and also pressurized by his family problems. While Nana Patekar’s gang is trying to isolate the slum, they get a head-on with Jackie and face repulsion. Nana’s brother Mazhar Khan goes to beat Jackie but gets killed by him during a fight. Nana kills Jackie’s father which ignited a fury to extinguish his evil empire. Though Kader Khan is actually the Don and father of Nana, he only uses his powers to give justice to the poor and not oppress them. He detests Nana’s activities but is unable to stop him. He tries to persuade Jackie to forget the whole episode, but Jackie rejects and goes on his spree to destroy Nana. He places bombs in the illegal building constructions by Nana and eventually kills him. Dimple is ornamental as she was in Arjun, but looks graceful. Jackie was stunning and the movie also has a few good songs.
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Raqeeb (2007)
Director: Anurag Singh
Release Date: 18 May 2007 (India)
Stroryline: Siddharth Verma lives a middle-class lifestyle in Mumbai, India, along with his near-comatose mom. He works as a Legal Advisor with Jain Software which is owned by his friend, Remo Matthews. Remo is single and eligible but is not seeing anyone as he has relationship problems ever since his parents passed away in a car accident several years ago on July 25. Siddharth sets him up with one of his Internet chat buddies, Sophie, they meet, fall in love and get married. Shortly after their marriage, Siddharth throws a party and invites them both, but Remo is unwell and unable to attend. Sophie attends and after the party is over she confides in him that before her marriage, she was in love with an aspiring Bollywood actor, Sunny Khanna, but their relationship did not last long. Now Sunny is back in her life and she fears for Remo’s life. Siddharth and Sophie return to her home only to find Remo’s lifeless body as he has been shot dead. An employee of Remo’s, Sharma, witnessed a man running away from the crime-scene, through him they identify the assailant as Sunny. When Sunny goes to meet Sophie, Siddharth entraps him, leading to a physical confrontation which results in Sunny being arrested by CBI Inspector Pradhan. With Sunny behind bars Sophie decides to re-locate to an undisclosed location with over 500 Crore Rupees, little knowing that Siddharth has doubts about her and may follow her to find out what the real motive was behind Remo’s death.
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Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Director: Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan
Release Date: 9 January 2009 (UK)
Stroryline: The story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India’s “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” But when the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating; how could a street kid know so much? Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up, of their adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of Latika, the girl he loved and lost. Each chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show’s questions. Each chapter of Jamal’s increasingly layered story reveals where he learned the answers to the show’s seemingly impossible quizzes. But one question remains a mystery: what is this young man with no apparent desire for riches really doing on the game show? When the new day dawns and Jamal returns to answer the final question, the Inspector and sixty million viewers are about to find out. At the heart of its storytelling lies the question of how anyone comes to know the things they know about life and love.
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