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1. Farzi (2023– )
TV-MA | 56 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An artist who gets pulled into the murky high stakes of a con job and a fiery task force officer on the mission to rid the country of his menaces in a fast-paced, edgy one-of-a-kind thriller.
Stars: Shahid Kapoor, Vijay Sethupathi
Votes: 45,690
2. Gulmohar (I) (2023)
131 min | Drama, Family
Follows the final four days of the Batra family living in their 31-year-old family home as they move to a new city.
Director: Rahul V. Chittella | Stars: Sharmila Tagore, Manoj Bajpayee, Simran, Suraj Sharma
Votes: 5,277
3. Chhoti Si Baat (1976)
123 min | Comedy, Romance
A timid suitor seeks the help of a ruthless colonel to win the woman of his dreams when a bold young man begins to pursue her in this romantic comedy.
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Ashok Kumar, Vidya Sinha, Amol Palekar, Govardhan Asrani
Votes: 4,507
4. Paheli (2005)
Not Rated | 140 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A folk tale - supernatural love story about a ghost who falls in love with a newlywed woman.
Director: Amol Palekar | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukerji, Anupam Kher, Naseeruddin Shah
Votes: 14,284 | Gross: $1.41M
5. Gol Maal (1979)
Not Rated | 120 min | Comedy, Romance
A man's simple lie to secure his job escalates into more complex lies when his orthodox boss gets suspicious.
Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee | Stars: Amol Palekar, Bindiya Goswami, Deven Verma, Shobha Khote
Votes: 20,091
6. 200: Halla Ho (2021)
115 min | Crime, History, Thriller
Loosely based on a real incident, 200: Halla Ho is the story of women, terrorised by a mobster whose gang raped, robbed, terrorised and murdered 300 families for 15 years until he met his nemesis in a young Dalit girl.
Directors: Sarthak Dasgupta, Alok Batra | Stars: Ray Aksh, Dipti Avlani, Saloni Batra, Apurva Choudhari
Votes: 1,798
7. Aks (2001)
184 min | Action, Crime, Horror
Raghavan Ghatge, a psychotic terrorist, and Manu Verma, the cop who tracks him down, shoot each other simultaneously, the result being that Raghavan's soul is transferred into Verma's body and vice versa.
Director: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Raveena Tandon, Manoj Bajpayee, Nandita Das
Votes: 1,827
8. Rajnigandha (1974)
110 min | Drama, Romance
A Delhi-based woman in a steady relationship with her boyfriend is forced to come to terms with her true feelings when a job interview in Mumbai brings an old flame back in her life.
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Vidya Sinha, Amol Palekar, Dinesh Thakur, Rajeeta Kochhar
Votes: 838
9. The Square Circle (1996)
107 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Set on the north eastern coast of India this unusual Indian film mixes the genres of Bollywood (the song) with a toght hard hitting look at Indian society looking at areas of women's place ... See full summary »
Director: Amol Palekar | Stars: Nirmal Pandey, Sonali Kulkarni, Faiyyaz, Rekha Sahay
Votes: 94
10. Khamosh (1986)
101 min | Mystery, Thriller
When a starlet is murdered on a film location, a detective arrives to investigate the cast and crew.
Director: Vidhu Vinod Chopra | Stars: Shabana Azmi, Amol Palekar, Naseeruddin Shah, Soni Razdan
Votes: 1,155
11. Baton Baton Mein (1979)
112 min | Comedy, Romance
Nancy and Tony meet regularly on their daily commute to work and gradually fall in love. But when Tony shows reluctance toward marriage, Nancy's mother starts looking for a groom for her daughter.
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Amol Palekar, Tina Ambani, Govardhan Asrani, David Abraham
Votes: 1,342
12. Apne Paraye (1980)
123 min | Drama, Family, Comedy
This is a story of two lawyer brothers, their half brother, their wives and children. Siddheshwari, wife of the eldest brother has left the operational details of the household to Sheela, ... See full summary »
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Shabana Azmi, Amol Palekar, Girish Karnad, Utpal Dutt
Votes: 220
13. Ek Nayi Ummeed: Roshni (2015– )
Drama
Join the journey of Roshni, a humane doctor who believes the lives of her patients mean more than the rules of the hospital.
Stars: Pooja Gaur, Ajay Raj Tomar, Raghubir Yadav, Divya Seth Shah
Votes: 26
14. Chitchor (1976)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Romance
Geeta ends up with two suitors after her father goes to bring home a prospective groom and mistakenly picks up the wrong man.
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Amol Palekar, Zarina Wahab, Vijayendra Ghatge, A.K. Hangal
Votes: 763
15. Bhumika (1977)
142 min | Drama
A girl learns music from her courtesan grandmother and breaks into the burgeoning show business industry of 1930s Bombay, which eventually leads to decades of superstardom as well as romantic entanglements.
Director: Shyam Benegal | Stars: Smita Patil, Anant Nag, Naseeruddin Shah, Amrish Puri
Votes: 713
16. Naram Garam (1981)
Not Rated | 122 min | Comedy, Drama
An impoverished employee tries to prevent his superiors and employers from marrying his sweetheart.
Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee | Stars: Amol Palekar, Swaroop Sampat, Utpal Dutt, A.K. Hangal
Votes: 1,177
17. Jeevan Dhaara (1982)
137 min | Family, Drama
An overwhelmed Mr. Shrivastav is unable to shoulder the responsibility of raising and looking her his wife, two daughters, and one son, he leaves home, and decides to be a celibate hermit. ... See full summary »
Director: Rama Rao Tatineni | Stars: Rekha, Amol Palekar, Raj Babbar, Kanwaljeet Singh
Votes: 101
18. Chehre Pe Chehra (1981)
140 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
Dr Wilson is well respected person in a small Goan village, soon one of his experiments will turn him into a monster.
Director: Raj Tilak | Stars: Sanjeev Kumar, Rekha, Vinod Mehra, Sulakshana Pandit
Votes: 79
19. Rang Birangi (1983)
180 min | Comedy
Sparkling comedy about a meddling friend whose attempt to rekindle the spark in his friend's relationship with his wife of seven years leads to complications to their lives, and to the ... See full summary »
Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee | Stars: Amol Palekar, Parveen Babi, Farooq Shaikh, Deepti Naval
Votes: 614
20. Ankahee (1985)
135 min | Drama
Renowned Indian astrologer Jyotibhaskar Pandit Satyanarayan Chaturvedi, wishes a doctor, who is about to perform surgery on a woman, good luck, but also tells him that his patient is going ... See full summary »
Director: Amol Palekar | Stars: Amol Palekar, Deepti Naval, Devika Mukherjee, Shreeram Lagoo
Votes: 129
21. Baat Ban Jaye (I) (1986)
Not Rated | 148 min | Comedy
Mr. Singh lives a wealthy lifestyle in a mansion named 'Ashiana' on 10th Road, Juhu, Bombay, with his only relative, a niece by the name of Nisha, who is unmarried and runs the family's ... See full summary »
Director: Bharat Rangachary | Stars: Zeenat Aman, Amol Palekar, Utpal Dutt, Mithun Chakraborty
Votes: 197
22. Gharaonda (1977)
Not Rated | 141 min | Drama, Romance
A story young, middle-class urban working couple wanting to get married and their tribulations in finding a house in the city of Mumbai.
Director: Bhimsain | Stars: Amol Palekar, Zarina Wahab, Sadhu Meher, Shreeram Lagoo
Votes: 253
23. Tarang (1984)
171 min | Drama
Sethji is a widowed, a businessman and lives a comfortable life with his only daughter, Hansa, his son-in-law, Rahul, and a grandson, Munna. He has Rahul as his right-hand man, and a nephew... See full summary »
Director: Kumar Shahani | Stars: Amol Palekar, Smita Patil, Shreeram Lagoo, Girish Karnad
Votes: 64
24. Shriman Shrimati (1982)
Not Rated | 145 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Vijay Reddy | Stars: Sanjeev Kumar, Rakhee Gulzar, Rakesh Roshan, Deepti Naval
Votes: 172
25. Jhoothi (1985)
136 min | Comedy
Kalpana pranks on everyone by lying even after getting frequent warnings from her brother Inspector Kamal who has warned her that someday she might land in trouble.Kalpana plays vital part ... See full summary »
Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee | Stars: Rekha, Raj Babbar, Amol Palekar, Supriya Pathak
Votes: 168
26. Thodasa Roomani Ho Jaayen (1990)
160 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A poetic blend of Dreams and Reality, a story of ordinary people and that what is extra-ordinary in them.
Director: Amol Palekar | Stars: Anita Kanwar, Nana Patekar, Riju Bajaj, Hemant Desai
Votes: 222
27. Aanchal (1980)
138 min | Action, Drama, Family
The pure, selfless, and strong bond between Shambu and his sister-in-law Shanti is misunderstood by their family and the society, leading them to face many trials that threaten to split the family.
Director: Anil Ganguly | Stars: Rajesh Khanna, Rakhee Gulzar, Rekha, Prem Chopra
Votes: 85
28. Olangal (1982)
Drama
Ravi and Radha are happily married until Father John shows up with Raju, Ravi's illegitimate son. To avoid any complications in his marriage life, Ravi introduces Raju as his dead friend's son.
Director: Balu Mahendra | Stars: Ambika, Anju, Adoor Bhasi, Poornima Jayaram
Votes: 42
29. Do Ladke Dono Kadke (1979)
Comedy, Crime
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 and the ... See full summary »
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Navin Nischol, Amol Palekar, Moushumi Chatterjee, Govardhan Asrani
Votes: 146
30. Damaad (1978)
Not Rated | 110 min | Comedy
Sharad belongs to a middle-class family and lives with his brother and sister-in-law. Sharad gets a job in Malavli in which he is not interested. He however does go for the job where he ... See full summary »
Director: Rajat Rakshit | Stars: Amol Palekar, Ranjeeta Kaur, Ashok Saraf, Shreeram Lagoo
Votes: 61
31. Kachchi Dhoop (1987– )
Drama, Family
Stars: Bharti Achrekar, Prashant Bhatt, Ashutosh Gowariker, Joyojeet Pal
Votes: 35
32. Kairee (1999)
93 min | Drama
Tani and Kamli are two sisters who live in Maharashtra, India. While Tani has married Bhaurao and lives a comfortable life in a village, Kamli has married a male in Bombay, where she lives ... See full summary »
Director: Amol Palekar | Stars: Yogita Deshmukh, Shilpa Navalkar, Mohan Gokhale, Atul Kulkarni
Votes: 115
33. Dhyasparva (2001)
135 min | Biography, Drama, History
Biographical film based on life events and work of visionary Raghunath Dhondo Karve. Film showcases events from his childhood, education, and work done for birth-control, health, and family planning.
Director: Amol Palekar | Stars: Seema Biswas, Nishith Dadhich, Mohan Gokhale, Kishore Kadam
Votes: 41
34. Samaantar (2009)
TV-Y7 | 98 min | Drama
A successful but lonely businessman contemplates suicide as his 60th birthday approaches.
Director: Amol Palekar | Stars: Radhika Apte, Makrand Deshpande, Rishi Deshpande, Sameer Dharmadhikari
Votes: 78
35. Unimaginable (1981)
135 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A tribal women Ruhibai is mistress of village head Mukutrao who has a position and respect in village. But Mukutrao is an arrogant person known for drinking and womanizing ways he also has ... See full summary »
Director: Amol Palekar | Stars: Hemu Adhikari, Haidar Ali, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Mohan Bhandari
Votes: 29
36. Agni Pareeksha (1981)
130 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mentally unstable Alok runs away on the eve of his wedding and falls in love with his friend Siddharth's fiancee. Then Alok is murdered and Siddharth becomes the prime suspect.
Director: Kamal Majumdar | Stars: Amol Palekar, Parikshit Sahni, Rameshwari, Veena
Votes: 30
37. Anaahat (2003)
90 min | Drama
A woman pushes against social mores by asserting her right to sexual fulfillment.
Director: Amol Palekar | Stars: Sonali Bendre, Anant Nag, Deepti Naval, Snigdha Akolkar
Votes: 86
38. Mother (1979)
130 min | Drama
Director: Narayan Chakrabarty | Stars: Chhayadevi, Dipankar Dey, Amol Palekar, Sharmila Tagore
Votes: 9
39. Meri Biwi Ki Shaadi (1979)
Not Rated | 117 min | Comedy, Drama
Bhagawant Kumar Bhartendu, Professor in a reputed college is financially well placed & happily married to beautiful Priya. He has a deep-rooted fear that he is suffering from some chronic ... See full summary »
Director: Rajat Rakshit | Stars: Amol Palekar, Ranjeeta Kaur, Ashok Saraf, Birbal
Votes: 108
40. Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe (1971)
138 min | Drama
Political and social satire on middle-class society's hypocrisy.
Director: Satyadev Dubey | Stars: Arvind Deshpande, Sulabha Deshpande, Vinod Doshi, Eknath Hattangadi
Votes: 62
41. Aadmi Aur Aurat (1984 TV Movie)
56 min | Drama
A journey of a pregnant hindu women from her home to hospital accompanied by a muslim man.
Director: Tapan Sinha | Stars: Amol Palekar, Mahua Roy Chowdhury, Kalyan Chatterjee, Nirmal Ghosh
Votes: 47
43. Agar... If (1977)
134 min | Drama
Bombay-based Anil Agarwal lives a very wealthy lifestyle, mostly from wealth, estate, and business inherited from his grandfather, along with his wife, Anju, and a school-going son named ... See full summary »
Director: Esmayeel Shroff | Stars: Amol Palekar, Zarina Wahab, Kader Khan, Vijayendra Ghatge
Votes: 38
44. Sameera (1981)
Drama, Family
Sameera's husband Prashant, is a civil engineer dedicated to his job. He goes to work on the site of a dam and is often away from home. While he is away Sameera falls ill and is looked ... See full summary »
Director: Vinay Shukla | Stars: Mithun Chakraborty, Parikshit Sahni, Shabana Azmi, Amol Palekar
Votes: 15
45. ...And Once Again (2010)
105 min | Drama
Hrishikesh Nag (Rajat Kapoor) is coming to terms with the loss of his wife and son while being posted in a foreign country. Trying his level best to let go of the past and move on, he takes... See full summary »
Director: Amol Palekar | Stars: Rajat Kapoor, Rituparna Sengupta, Antara Mali
46. Teesra Kaun? (1994)
Not Rated | 160 min | Comedy, Thriller
Manjula is killed in a moving train and suspicion leads to Vijay and his two friends Binjo and Khoka.The trio suspect another missing passenger Pankaj.Filmstar Mithun Chakraborty who also boarded the train decides to help them on same.
Director: Partho Ghosh | Stars: Mithun Chakraborty, Chunky Pandey, Somy Ali, Jaaved Jaaferi
Votes: 168
47. Safed Jhoot (1978)
Comedy, Drama, Family
After the death of their parents, Kamla Gulati and her elder brother live together and assist each other. Soon her brother gets a job and they move up in life. Then Kamla elopes with a ... See full summary »
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Ashok Kumar, Vinod Mehra, Mithu Mukherjee, Amol Palekar
Votes: 32
49. Chena Achena (1983)
Not Rated | 113 min | Romance
Chena Achena is a 1983 Indian Bengali film, directed by Pinaki Chowdhury. The film stars Tanuja and Amol Palekar in lead roles. Music of the film was composed by Abhijit Bandyopadhyay.
Director: Pinaki Chaudhuri | Stars: Biplab Chatterjee, Soumitra Chatterjee, Nandini Maliya, Amol Palekar
Votes: 11
50. Kalankini (1981)
Drama
Director: Dinen Gupta | Stars: Vasant Choudhury, Chhayadevi, Utpal Dutt, Rabi Ghosh