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1) Om shanti om
Publisher
Eros Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
Language
Hindi
Description
A romantic saga of a boy next door, Om Prakesh Makhija, who works as a junior artiste in bollywood in the 70's. He is madly [in] love with the superstar of that time, Shantipriya. His dreams and aspirations to become a superstar and be with his lady love are thwarted as he witnesses the brutal murder of his beloved Shantipriya by a mercenary producer Mukesh Mehra. Om Prakash dies trying to save his Shanti. But destiny has something else in store when...
5) Abhimaan
Publisher
Sky Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
Hindi
Description
The story of a very popular singer who marries a village girl with a beautiful voice. When she becomes more popular than her husband, he is overcome with envy and the marriage is in trouble.
7) Sholay
Language
Hindi
Description
In this film, India's best-known "curry" western, two adventurous crooks are hired by ex-cop, Thakur, to hunt down the dreaded dacoit Gabbar Singh who massacred Thakur's family.
8) The lunchbox
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Hindi
Formats
Description
Trying to add some spice to her marriage, Ila prepares a special lunchbox for her husband at work. Unbeknownst to her, it is mistakenly delivered to another worker, Saajan. Curious about the lack of reaction from her husband, Ila puts a note in the next day's lunchbox. This begins a series of lunchbox notes between Saajan and Ila, and the communication soon evolves into an unexpected friendship. Ila and Saajan become lost in a virtual relationship...
Publisher
Eros Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
Hindi
Description
Comedy film about Munnabhai, a Bombay goonda, who lives happily with his gang, threatening people. During his upright father's annual visit, the gang pretends to be running a charity hospital. When his father tries to arrange a marriage, the ruse is discovered. So Munna enrolls in medical college.
10) Salaam Bombay!
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003
Language
Hindi
Description
Krisha, a ten year old boy, has been abandoned in Bombay by his mother. He tries to earn money to go home while he lives in the streets.
Publisher
Eros Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
Hindi
Description
A man gets an idea, starts a business, employs others and a Company is born. The business is so successful it becomes bigger than the men who formed it. This is a story of the rise and fall of such a company, its business is crime. A thrller, action film and fictional exposé of the Mumbai underworld.
12) Dhoom
Publisher
Yash Raj Films USA
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
Hindi
Description
A sophisticated gang of robbers is sweeping through Mumbai, giving nightmares to the police department. The gang rides hi-tech motorcycles, making them hard to catch. An honest police officer enlists the help of a happy-go-lucky garage mechanic, who happens to be a prodigious motorcycle rider. Once the team of police officer and mechanic start working together, the robbers decide to challenge the authorities. The action shifts to Goa, where at times...
13) Gandhi my father
Publisher
Eros International
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
Hindi
Description
"The world knows about Mahatma Gandhi's role in the Indian freedom movement and as a social reformer. But there are large gaps in our knowledge of Gandhi as a person and a family man, particularly the tumultuous relationship with Harilal, his eldest son. Set against one of politically most trublent times in India, the film tells an intensely personal story of a father struggling to resolve the destinies of his country and that of his son. Not to...
Publisher
UTV Communications
Pub. Date
2004
Language
Hindi
Description
A bright young scientist working at NASA returns to rural India on a quest to find his childhood nanny. He is drawn into village life and finds himself searching for answers to questions of progress and development that the village faces.
Publisher
Eros International
Pub. Date
2005
Language
Hindi
Description
Aditya is thrown out of his luzurious house and forced to stay in a shabby outhouse. He thinks his father is playing a cruel joke, but realizes his father has no intention of relenting. Aditya is desperate and it's a race against time ...
16) Omkara
Publisher
Eros International, Ltd
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
Hindi
Description
The film follows one man's descent into sexual jealousy because of his passionate love for his woman and the final destruction of that love at the altar of blind obsession.
17) Hathi
Publisher
MHZ Networks
Pub. Date
2010, c1998
Language
Hindi
Description
Growing up in a village in southern India, Makbul cares for an elephant named Vikrama. Years later the government sells the elephant in an auction. Makbul is told to deliver Vikrama to the buyer, but he soon realizes that the buyer does not have the elephant's best interests at heart.
18) Tamasha
Publisher
Reliance Big Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016
Language
Hindi
Description
Ved and Tara meet each other with fake identities and take a week-long vacation in Corsica. Back in India though, it's a different story.
19) Padmaavat
Publisher
Shemaroo Entertainment PVT. LTD
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Hindi
Description
Set in 1303 AD medieval India, this is the story of honor, valor and obsession. Queen Padmavati is known for her exceptional beauty along with a strong sense of justice and is the wife of Maharawal Ratan Singh and pride of the Kingdom of Chittor, a prosperous kingdom in the north west of India. The legend of her beauty reaches the reigning sultan of Hindustan, Allaudin Khilji.
20) Love aaj kal
Publisher
Eros Entertainment
Pub. Date
c 2009
Language
Hindi
Description
"The film portrays the feeling of pure love which never changes over time (Love "now" and "then"), although the perspective of realizing one's soulmate has changed over time"--Wikipedia.
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