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- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsKanu BannerjeeKaruna BannerjeeSubir BanerjeeImpoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work.
- DirectorK. AsifStarsPrithviraj KapoorMadhubalaDilip KumarA 16th century prince falls in love with a court dancer and battles with his emperor father.
- DirectorRamesh SippyStarsSanjeev KumarDharmendraAmitabh BachchanAfter his family is murdered by a notorious and ruthless bandit, a former police officer enlists the services of two outlaws to capture the bandit.
- DirectorYash ChopraStarsAmitabh BachchanShashi KapoorNirupa RoyVijay struggles as a dockworker and eventually becomes a leading figure of the underworld, while his younger brother Ravi is an educated, upright policeman. This divide causes problems in their relationship.
- DirectorChandra BarotStarsAmitabh BachchanZeenat AmanPran SikandDon, a wanted criminal, dies in a police chase. DSP D'Silva is the only one who knows about his death, and to get hold of the gang he trains Don-lookalike Vijay. But Vijay faces danger from the police and from within the gang.
- DirectorMansoor KhanStarsAamir KhanJuhi ChawlaGoga KapoorDespite knowing that their respective families are bitter enemies, Raj and Rashmi fall in love with each other and decide to elope.
- DirectorEdris NeStarsDibyendu BhattacharyaRichard GuppyMasood KhanA day comes in life when suddenly one finds oneself standing at the crossroads, not knowing which is the path that destiny has laid out in the journey forward. Such a fateful day came in the life of Rahim, an ex-convict, now reformed and leading a normal life as an immigrant cab driver in North America with the only love of his life - his teenage daughter Salma. His coincidental encounter on this day with three goons, who have a dream to fulfill, reveal an unknown facets of these three men which leaves Rahim shattered and grieving standing at the "CROSSROADS" to choose once again between the life he gave up long ago or to bow down to the will of destiny.
- DirectorVikram BhattStarsAamir KhanRani MukerjiRajit KapoorAn amateur boxer runs errands for a local gangster but revolts against him after the gangster kills his friend and his conscience is awakened.
- DirectorFarhan AkhtarStarsAamir KhanSaif Ali KhanAkshaye KhannaThree inseparable childhood friends are just out of college. Nothing comes between them - until they each fall in love, and their wildly different approaches to relationships creates tension.
- DirectorAbhishek ChaubeyStarsVidya BalanNaseeruddin ShahArshad WarsiWhile on the run from goons, a man and his nephew fall for a kidnapper's seductive widow.
- DirectorMani RatnamStarsArvind SwamyManisha KoiralaNassarA Hindu man and a Muslim woman fall in love in a small village and move to Mumbai, where they have two children. However, growing religious tensions and erupting riots threaten to tear the family apart.
- DirectorAshok TyagiStarsRajesh KhannaAryeman RamsayRaza MuradRiyasat is a story about the much loved Sahab played by the late Rajesh Khanna. Sahab has ruled for many years and has established his kingdom. People look up to him for everything. He has truly been the Godfather for the people of city. But then, few people enter the city with malicious intent which Sahab is aware of. Obviously, Sahab protects his kingdom from evil eyes and thus starts a war which changes Saheb's life forever. Will Sahab protect his kingdom? Will Sahab win over the evils and emerge as a winner?
- DirectorTanuja ChandraStarsKajolSanjay DuttAshutosh RanaA woman goes on a hunt to find her twin sister's rapist and murderer.
- DirectorVishram SawantStarsRandeep HoodaChunky PandeyRukhsar RehmanDeshu, a mechanic from Dubai, comes home to Mumbai, and gets embroiled in a crime by accident. The film shows his meteoric rise from common, law-abiding man to underworld kingpin.
- DirectorHrishikesh MukherjeeStarsRajesh KhannaAmitabh BachchanSumita SanyalThe story of a terminally ill man who wishes to live life to the fullest before the inevitable occurs, as told by his best friend.
- DirectorNagesh KukunoorStarsAyesha TakiaRannvijay SinghRaghubir YadavA woman falls for a male she believes is her class-mate until she finds out that he is an unknown and unstable inmate from a mental institute.
- DirectorCheranStarsArun VijayShamithaRaj KiranDhanasekar hires an engineer, to rebuild his ancestral house. When he falls in love with Dhanasekar's niece, Dhanasekar narrates his family's past, which changes his mind to sacrifice his love.
- DirectorTanuja ChandraStarsPreity G ZintaAkshay KumarAshutosh RanaA rookie CBI officer must enlist the help of an incarcerated criminal in order to catch a serial child killer, who has recently escaped police custody.
- DirectorSooraj R. BarjatyaStarsMohnish BehlSalman KhanSaif Ali KhanRamkishen and Mamta have three sons Vivek , Prem and Vinod and a daughter Sangeeta. This family is part of a joint family whose close knit bond is challenged by a misunderstanding.
- DirectorRavi ChopraStarsAmitabh BachchanSalman KhanHema MaliniWhen his only son dies in an accident, Balraaj urges his depressed daughter-in-law to marry a man who has long loved her in silence.
- DirectorAbbas Alibhai BurmawallaMastan Alibhai BurmawallaStarsShah Rukh KhanKajolDalip TahilA young man with a vendetta against a business tycoon seduces the man's younger daughter, but she begins to suspect her new lover's connection with her elder sister and his ulterior motive.
- DirectorPrakash MehraStarsAmitabh BachchanVinod KhannaRakhee GulzarWhen a homeless and orphaned young man finds work in the house of a wealthy man, he falls in love with the daughter of that wealthy man. But things start to change a lot thereafter.
- DirectorRaj KapoorStarsRaj KapoorNargisPrithviraj KapoorA poor young man named Raj joins a criminal gang to feed his mother. But when he falls in love with Rita, he decides to reform himself for her.
- DirectorVishal BhardwajStarsPriyanka Chopra JonasVivaan ShahNeil Nitin MukeshSusanna is hungry for love and will go to any extent to find it in its purest form. In her quest for the perfect man, she gets married a number of times as each of her husband's die mysteriously.
- DirectorNishikant KamatStarsParesh RawalKay Kay MenonIrrfan KhanA moving portrayal of the 2006 train bombings in Mumbai, this Indian drama follows the interconnected stories of several strangers.
- DirectorMira NairStarsShafiq SyedAnjaanAmrit PatelYoung Krishna struggles to survive among the drug dealers, pimps, and prostitutes in the back alleys and gutters of India.
- DirectorPrakash MehraStarsAmitabh BachchanJaya BachchanPran SikandA tough and honest police officer clashes with a crime boss who, unbeknownst to him, happens to be his parents' murderer.
- DirectorMeenu GaurFarjad NabiStarsAmna IlyasNaseeruddin ShahKhurram PatarasThree young men try to escape the reality of their everyday lives and succeed in ways they had least expected.
- DirectorFaruk KabirStarsVarun BhagwatVirendra GiriVikram GokhaleTwo impoverished youth take to crime, are held in a juvenile home, and become gangsters after being discharged.
- DirectorRam Gopal VarmaStarsAmitabh BachchanAbhishek BachchanKay Kay MenonSubhash Nagre runs a parallel government in the city where he has a cult following. When his enemies plot to murder him, his son takes charge and stands up against them.
- DirectorHrishikesh MukherjeeStarsAmitabh BachchanJaya BachchanGovardhan AsraniA popular singer convinces his new wife to enter show-business, but his pride is wounded when she outshines him.
- DirectorRaj KhoslaStarsAmitabh BachchanShatrughan SinhaZeenat AmanVijay Varma (Amitabh Bachchan) and Ravi Kapoor (Shatrughan Sinha) are two close childhood friends. When they thought they have matured enough they decides to enter law policy: one as a police officer and another as a lawyer. There lives takes a turn when both reaches a woman named Sheetal Sahni (Zeenat Aman) at different places and time respectively. Both fell in love with her and does not relate each others emotion to one another. Then an old enemy of Vijay named Mr. Daaga (Prem Chopra) enters the scene and deploys such a way that will create misunderstandings between the two friends forever.
- DirectorVenod MitraStarsArjun RampalIrrfan KhanKonkona Sen SharmaA poor road worker sets off a chain of events that bring karmic balance to seven very troubled strangers. KARMAYA simplifies the complexities of the karmic mechanisms that bind present experiences to past life actions. It weaves through the lives of a dirty road worker, a servant girl, a tea seller, a stockbroker, an old drunk, an odd job man, a hermaphrodite and the young parents of a newborn baby girl but one of these also has committed the murder of a young girl and karma will make them pay for it. Clashing the many layers of the wealth and poverty within Indian society and merging the religious Hindu doctrines with people's drive to amass wealth and not wisdom, each character is dragged along by the others actions until the troubled storylines zenith the girl's killer is found.
- DirectorChandra Prakash DwivediStarsUrmila MatondkarManoj BajpayeeSanjay SuriIn the days leading up to Partition, a Hindu woman is abducted by a Muslim man. Soon, she finds herself not only forced into marriage, but living in a new country as the borders between India and Pakistan are drawn.
- DirectorRam Gopal VarmaStarsJ.D. ChakravarthiManoj BajpayeeUrmila MatondkarAn innocent man is embroiled in underworld after being falsely charged and sets out to punish the perpetrators who subjected his life to misery.
- DirectorThiruStarsVishalTrisha KrishnanSunaina YellaA Forest-trek guide leaves to Thailand in search of his lady love and gets stuck in a web of bizarre events.
- DirectorMaqbool KhanStarsManoj BajpayeeArjan BajwaTia BajpaiA woman recounts her story of being confined to live as an unwed wife of an influential gangster.
- DirectorBedabrata PainStarsManoj BajpayeeBarry JohnDelzad HiwaleSchool kids organize an armed revolt in the 1930s in British occupied Chittagong. There are casualties on both sides. Later, one of those kids successfully leads the peasants to regain their food-grains earlier commandeered by the British.
- DirectorPrakash JhaStarsManoj BajpayeeKabir BediArjun RampalOn the request of his friend Kabir, SP Adil Sends him to the Naxal group as an informer. When Kabir finds the truth he becomes one of their gang leader.
- DirectorVikram VeturiStarsManoj BajpayeeHarish BhimaniNeetu ChaudharyHailed as India's first stereoscopic animated film, 'Krishna Aur Kans' is an exciting narrative full of action and drama. The movie chronicles Krishna's early years -- from his birth as the nemesis of his tyrannical uncle Kans.
- DirectorBharat BalaStarsDhanushParvathy ThiruvothuSalim KumarA contract worker in Sudan is abducted by mercenaries and his lover in India awaits his return.
- DirectorApoorva LakhiaStarsAmitabh BachchanSanjay DuttSuniel ShettyAn account of the gangster Maya Dolas and his gang which terrorized Mumbai City, and the ensuing standoff between Mumbai Police and the gang on 16 November 1991.
- DirectorSubhash GhaiStarsDilip KumarRaaj KumarVivek MushranTwo clan chiefs who have maintained a blood feud for decades have to contend with the romance between their respective grandchildren.
- DirectorS.J. SuryahStarsAjith KumarSimranJyotikaA young bride finds an unusual antagonist in her husband's twin brother.
- DirectorBalaStarsAtharvaa MuraliVedhikaDhansikaBefore independence during the 1940's depicts the lives of poor carefree villagers who are lured to work in Tea plantation farms and how they are forced to live rest of their lives as slaves with no traces of hope and freedom.
- DirectorTinnu AnandStarsAmitabh BachchanAjay DevgnSonali BendreAn Army Major decides to tame a persistent rule breaker who is bent on being discharged. However the trainee changes his plan when he falls in love and needs the Major's help in rescuing his beau.
- DirectorOnirStarsSanjay SuriJuhi ChawlaPurab KohliFamous swimmer Nikhil Kapoor (Suri) deals with the repercussions of announcing the fact that he has HIV/AIDS.
- DirectorOnirStarsJuhi ChawlaRahul BoseRadhika ApteFour traumatic and life-changing stories in various parts of modern secular India.
- DirectorRiyad Vinci WadiaStarsRahul BoseKushal PunjabiTarun ShahaniBased on the gay poetry of R. Raj Rao, "BOMGaY" is a collection of six vignettes that depict the underground and twisted nature of the gay identity in urban India. Part Genet, part Bollywood this film combines acidic verse and insightful imagery to reveal the emerging gay community in post-liberalized India of the 1990's.
- DirectorMadhur BhandarkarJay Dev BanerjeeStarsKonkona Sen SharmaAtul KulkarniSandhya MridulA look at Mumbai's socialite party circle world through the eyes of a Page 3 journalist.
- DirectorGautham Vasudev MenonStarsSilambarasan RajendarManjima MohanBaba SehgalA youngster embarks on a road trip with the love of his life until an accident causes things to get out of control.
- DirectorHansal MehtaStarsRajkummar RaoPrabhleen SandhuMohd. Zeeshan AyyubThe account of Human Rights lawyer Shahid Azmi, an ordinary citizen with an extraordinary commitment to justice.
- DirectorUmesh ShuklaStarsParesh RawalAkshay KumarMithun ChakrabortyA shopkeeper takes God to court when his shop is destroyed by an earthquake.
- DirectorVikas BahlNitesh TiwariStarsIrfan KhanSanath MenonRohan GroverA gang of innocent but feisty kids who lead carefree lives in Chandan Nagar colony takes on the big bad world of politics when one of their friend's life is endangered.
- DirectorBalaji SakthivelStarsSriUrmila MahantaMithun MuraliA girl gets in trouble when her boyfriend films her private moments on his mobile phone without her knowledge.
- DirectorSohail TatariStarsKay Kay MenonVisshesh TiwariTisca ChopraA highly reputed doctor makes a small mistake, which costs the life of a kid Ankur Arora. Will he succeed in hiding his mistake or will the mother of the kid get Justice.
- DirectorSudhir MishraJay Dev BanerjeeStarsArjun RampalChitrangda SinghVipin SharmaAt a leading ad agency, the battle for the top job between Rahul Verma, the advertising CEO, and Maya Luthra, his ambitious protégée, takes an ugly turn when Maya files a sexual harassment complaint against Rahul.
- DirectorDibakar BanerjeeStarsAbhay DeolParesh RawalNitu ChandraLovinder Singh, a thief now in custody and facing trial, reflects on his life of crime while the press reflect on how he managed to get away with so much before being arrested.
- DirectorNeeraj PandeyStarsAnupam KherNaseeruddin ShahVeerendra SaxenaA retiring police officer reminisces about the most astounding day of his career. About a case that was never filed but continues to haunt him in his memories - the case of a man and a Wednesday.
- DirectorSantosh SivanStarsVictor BanerjeePurav BhandareRahul BoseAfter his family's donkey is confiscated by a moneylender, 8-year-old Tahaan travels across conflict-torn Kashmir to find his beloved pet.
- DirectorUday InamatiVikram BhattStarsRakhi SawantBob BrahmbhattRajneesh DuggalAfter forsaking his family and religion, a husband finds his wife is demoniacally possessed.
- DirectorSubhash GhaiStarsAnil KapoorAnurag SinhaShefali ShahA spy living in the house in disguise, who has a heart transformation.
- DirectorRaj Kumar GuptaStarsRajeev KhandelwalMukesh AgrohariSupavitra BabulA doctor of Indian origin returning to Mumbai from London is forced to participate in a terrorist plot.
- DirectorDhundiraj Govind PhalkeStarsD.D. DabkeAnna SalunkeGanpat G. ShindeThe film opens with a Ravi Varma like tableau showing King Harishchandra, his wife Taramati and his young son. The king is teaching his son archery. They go on a hunt. The king enters an area controlled by the Sage Vishwamitra. Three furies appear before the king caught in flames. The king tries to rescue them. These fairies try to seduce the king into renouncing his kingdom for his love of truth. The king endures much hardship including being banished from his kingdom before a god appears to reassure everyone that the whole narrative was merely a test of the king's integrity.
- DirectorMoti B. GidwaniStarsPadmadeviJilloGhulam MohammedRural crime drama featuring an exploitative landlord (Gani) and a good peasant Ramu (Nissar) who is accused of murdering the landlord. Remembered mainly for being one of India's first colour films, using the Cinecolour process imported by Imperial.
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsSoumitra ChatterjeeMadhavi MukherjeeShailen MukherjeeThe lonely wife of a newspaper editor falls in love with her visiting cousin-in-law, who shares her love for literature.
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsSanjeev KumarSaeed JaffreyShabana AzmiIn 1856, two obsessed noblemen ignore everything while playing chess and fail to notice British rule extending into their Indian province.
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsUtpal DuttDipankar DeyMamata ShankarA well-off family is paid an unexpected, and rather unwanted, visit by a man claiming to be the woman's long-lost uncle. The initial suspicion with which they greet the man slowly dissolves as he regales them with stories of his travels.
- DirectorAnurag BasuStarsDharmendraGautam KapurIrrfan KhanSix different stories, about nine people, each with different issues and problems, all occurring within one place: the METRO.
- DirectorArjun HingoraniStarsDharmendraRekhaAjit KhanA thief vows to go straight after one short prison term but severe monetary need forces him to commit a robbery on behalf of his employer, which leads to him being framed for a murder.
- DirectorRajiv S. RuiaStarsJuhi ChawlaParesh GanatraNamit ShahIn answer to an orphan boy's prayers, the divine Lord Krishna comes to Earth, befriends the boy, and helps him find a loving family.
- DirectorManmohan DesaiStarsShashi KapoorSharmila TagoreShatrughan SinhaPreeti lives a wealthy lifestyle in Bombay along with her widower dad, Heerachand, and is a medical student. While on a trip to Simla, she meets and falls in love with a Casanova, Prem, and both get intimate. When her dad opposes this alliance, Prem challenges Heerachand regarding his daughter's love for him. He then leaves Preeti a note, explaining that her father refused the alliance and he was headed to meet his mother, who was urgently sick. Heerachand gets a hold of the letter before Preeti and changes the letter, writing that Prem went away as her father refused to provide any monetary compensation. Years later, both Prem and Preeti are fated to meet again. This time Prem is accompanied by a handicapped young lad, Rahul, while Preeti is about to get engaged to Dr. Amar. Preeti soon realizes that the reason Prem has re-appeared in her life to be near her nubile to-be sister-in-law, Tikki. The question remains what will she do under the circumstances to try and expose Prem as well as protect her past from Dr. Amar? It turns out that Rahul is Prem and Preeti's son and that Prem has come to Dr.Amar for Rahul's treatment. Preeti's father had told her after the birth of the child that she had given birth to a still-born child. After Rahul's operation Preeti comes to know about the reality and confronts her father who confesses to her that he had lied about her giving birth to a dead child and asks her forgiveness but Preeti retorts saying that she an never forgive him as he had lied to her and thinks herself deceived by her own father. Rahul's operation turns to be successful and Preeti and Prem are reunited with their son along with their families.
- DirectorPriyadarshanStarsJackie ShroffAmrish PuriDimple KapadiaA soon-to-be police officer takes a path of crime after his father gets attacked by hoodlums.
- DirectorNila Madhab PandaStarsGulshan GroverHarsh MayarPitobashAn impoverished boy forms an unlikely and unstable friendship with the lonely son of a nobleman.
- DirectorRakeysh Omprakash MehraJeff ZimbalistStarsAmitabh BachchanAishwarya Rai BachchanShammi KapoorThe most popular genre within India's prolific movie industry is showcased in this film about film.
- DirectorAnwar RasheedStarsDulquer SalmaanThilakanSiddiqueFaisi wants to go to UK to become a professional chef but circumstances force him to assist his grandfather in a small restaurant in Kozhikode city, changing his outlook on life forever.
- DirectorAhishor SolomonStarsNaseeruddin ShahRandeep HoodaElena KazanA bank manager and his wife, still grieving over their daughter who died in a fire, become pawns in a bank heist with ties to corruption and fraud.
- DirectorJahnu BaruaRahul DholakiaRituparno GhoshStarsMeer Asad AliRaj Singh AroraRam Gopal BajajEleven directors tell eleven different stories about Mumbai.
- DirectorV.G. SamantMilind UkeyStarsMukesh KhannaVirajMona ShettyThis animated movie depicts Hanuman's life from birth. The narrator is actor Mukesh Khanna. The movie relays how Hanuman was born to Anjani a female Apsara and Kesari, by the blessings of Vayu-Dev, the Wind God.
- DirectorAnurag KashyapStarsKathleen BarrLillian CarlsonRaj Singh JhinjarA young boy, Minku, ridiculed by his friends, begs the gods to send him down to Earth, and his wish is granted.
- DirectorAnurag KashyapStarsKay Kay MenonAditya SrivastavJoy FernandesKidnapping plot gone wrong when four friends plans to kidnap their own friend who accidentally got killed.
- DirectorAnurag KashyapStarsJohn AbrahamAyesha TakiaParesh RawalA heavily addicted smoker is unprepared for the true price he must pay when he asks a guru's help to kick the habit.
- DirectorAnusha RizviMahmood FarooquiStarsOnkar Das ManikpuriRaghubir YadavShalini VatsaAn impoverished farmer's threat to end his life invites attention from politicians and media.
- DirectorAshutosh GowarikerStarsAbhishek BachchanDeepika PadukoneSikandar KherChildren who are not allowed by the oppressive British colonists to play football decide to join a group of freedom fighters.
- DirectorAmit RaiStarsParesh RawalOm PuriPawan MalhotraAmidst bomb explosions, fake arrests, police brutality, and protests, a determined mechanic attempts to repair an antique truck to transport the last remains of Mahatma Gandhi in modern-day India.
- DirectorNagesh KukunoorStarsJohn AbrahamAnaitha NairGirish KarnadA man meets with assorted characters in a nursing home after being diagnosed with cancer.
- DirectorShyam BenegalStarsBoman IraniMinissha LambaSammir DattaniA mild mannered chauffeur finds that the government in his parched village is giving loans to dig one's own well. After fudged photographs and bribes, he has no loan amount left to build his well. Aggrieved, he protests by abjuring water.
- DirectorRajesh. K.StarsDeepak DobriyalPriya BathijaAnshul KatariaIn the crowded by lanes of old Delhi, Shukla ji runs a small photo studio as a front for small time crime. Over the years he has groomed a bunch of youngsters in the art of pick pocketing and petty crime. Then one day a girl comes into their midst and then everything collapses.
- DirectorS. ShankarStarsSiddharthNakhulBharath Srinivasan'Boys' is the story of five boys and a girl from different families They are youthful, vibrant, careless violating all conventions and In the process, they discover their hidden talents.
- DirectorRichie MehtaStarsRajesh TailangTannishtha ChatterjeeAnurag AroraA chain-wallah from Delhi travels across India in search of his missing son, in the hopes that whoever took him, returns him unharmed.
- DirectorAnurag KashyapStarsKay Kay MenonPawan MalhotraAditya SrivastavA film about the investigations following the 1993 serial Bombay bomb blasts, told through the different stories of the people involved --police, conspirators, victims, middlemen.
- DirectorNamrata Singh GujralStarsSatya BhabhaChasty BallesterosNamrata Singh GujralThe journey of a young Christian man from Pakistan who travels to the United States to escape persecution against Christians and to realize his American dream, only to find that the escape to free shores may have come at a cost. As he embraces the possibilities that freedom and democracy bring; he also succumbs to a variety of means to achieve the dream, which may take him to places worse than what he was trying to get away from in the first place.
- DirectorM.F. HussainStarsMadhuri DixitShabana AzmiNaseeruddin ShahGaja Gamini, the embodiment of the Indian spirit, inspires artists of all kinds, interacts with and influences the West, and exists through the ages.
- DirectorGeethu MohandasStarsNawazuddin SiddiquiGeetanjali ThapaManya GuptaA mother and her daughter embarks on a desperate journey to find her missing husband. She met an guy who promised to help her for money. With limited money it become difficult to continue the search which leads to anxiety and despair.
- DirectorVidhu Vinod ChopraStarsAmitabh BachchanSaif Ali KhanSanjay DuttAs the kingdom of Devigarh comes apart at the seams, an aging bodyguard attempts to protect the Royal Family, as well as keep its darkest secrets from ever coming to light.
- DirectorKamalStarsPrithviraj SukumaranSreenivasanMamta MohandasThe story of J C Daniel, who made the first ever Malayalam film 'Vigathakumaran' in 1928, resulting in his exile and eventual downfall.
- DirectorM.S. ManimaranStarsSiddharthKay Kay MenonAshrita ShettyThe movie story is set against the backdrop of the National Highways leading to Bangalore.
- StarsPankaj KapurDeepa SahiAmrish PuriThis TV miniseries ("Darkness" in English) became famous in India in the mid/late 80s for its realistic depiction of the partition of the Indian subcontinent. In 1947, the sub-continent became India, East (now Bangladesh), and West Pakistan (today's Pakistan). The series pretended to keep memories and truths about the partition alive, at a time when many Indians and Pakistanis seemed to be forgetting this historical tragedy. The miniseries became a landmark 297-minute, 35mm film, now shown mostly at Indian Film Festivals. The film is based on the book by Bhisham Sahni, himself a refugee to India from West Punjab, now in Pakistan. Thus fittingly, this epic looks at Partition from an Indian Punjabi perspective, as the fate of Sikh and Hindu families in West Punjab is emphasized. The first part also underscores the Muslim viewpoint: the provocations they suffered from Sikhs and especially Hindus, and their ultimate supremacy in West Punjab, which became the heart of Pakistan. The "Darkness" of those times of religious intolerance and civil war highlights two stories of refugee families, one Sikh and the other Hindu. These victims of hate and their Muslim counterparts had, until 1947, been brothers and co-existed for over a thousand years throughout the Indian subcontinent. With "modern freedom", the lands of this once "one people" was partitioned into Muslim and Hindu republics. Non-Muslim religious groups, however (Sikhs, Christians, and many Muslims - as many as in Pakistan), migrated to the new India. Pakistan became, "de facto", exclusively Muslim.
- DirectorJ. Om PrakashStarsRajinikanthRakesh RoshanSrideviNaive village-born Swaroop comes to Bombay city with a only Rs.80/-, which he loses to a thief. A man named Bhagwaan helps Swaroop recover this amount, and asks him to return back to his village, as the city is not a good place for a simpleton like himself. Swaroop decides to stay, and Bhagwaan assists him to find a roof over his head, as well as employment. Swaroop meets with an attractive young woman named Bijli, and he is attracted to her. What Swaroop does not know that Bhagwaan is a notorious gangster known in the community as Bhagwaan Dada, and that Bijli is a woman of questionable character and means, who works during the night as a prostitute.
- DirectorGyan CorreaStarsAjay GehiSonali KulkarniShamji Dhana KerasiaA family on vacation lose their son. A truck driver's last ride. A girl chasing hope. This is a life affirming journey, across a local highway, and into the heart of an unseen India, where acts of great compassion are shown to strangers.