*Black & White*
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Released : March 7, 2008
Starcast : Anil Kapoor,Anurag Sinha,Shefali Chhaya
Desc :
Rajan Mathur (Anil Kapoor) is a Professor in Urdu literature in Dr. Zakir Hussain's College. He resides in Chandni Chowk with his activist wife, Roma Mathur (Shefali Shah).
Professor Mathur comes across a young boy called Numair Qazi (Anurag Sinha) who introduces himself as a victim of communal riots in Gujarat. But in actual fact, he is a suicide bomber commissioned by a Muslim fundamentalist group to detonate a bomb near Red Fort on 15th August. During his fifteen day roller coaster journey, Numair manages to take shelter in the Professor's house and wins the trust and fondness of the couple. While helping Numair to get an employment entry pass for 15th August celebrations at Red Fort, Professor Mathur introduces him to the warm and loving people of Chandni Chowk who coexist with fun, music, love and colorful events and festivals irrespective of their religion.
Numair is astonished with some of the characters he meets in Chandi Chowk. These include Shagufta, a modern Muslim college girl, the Professor's sharp-tongued wife Roma, Rahat, a Sufi pop singer, Miya an 84-year-old who is full of patriotism and the fun loving Sardar Kirtan Singh. But for Numair, he must keep his mind focused on the mission as he struggles to carry out his orders from his superiors.
Amidst all the tension, he is caught in an emotional dilemma whether to go ahead with his mission. Despite his deep-rooted fundamentalist beliefs, he sees this as one of the most colorful and loving areas. There is no black and white. Nevertheless he moves on with his mission. What is disturbing the mind of this young lad who has come here to attack? Doesn't the sacrifice of the Professor and his wife mean anything to him?
Duration : 2hr 5min
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*Jodhaa Akbar*
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Released : 15 February 2008
Genre : Romance / Historical
Starcast : Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai
Desc :
Jodhaa Akbar is a sixteenth century love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a great Mughal Emperor, Akbar and a Rajput princess, Jodhaa. Politically, success knew no bounds for Emperor Akbar, after having secured the Hindu Kush, he furthered his realm by conquest until his empire extended from Afghanistan to the Bay of Bengal, and from the Himalayas to the Godhavari River. Through a shrewed blend of tolerence, generosity and force, Akbar won the allegiance of the Rajputs, the most belligerent Hindus. But little did Akbar know that when he married Jodhaa, a fiery Rajput princess, in order to further strengthen his relations with the Rajputs, he would in turn be embarking upon a new journey - the journey of true love. The daughter of King Bharmal of Amer, Jodhaa resented being reduced to a mere political pawn in this marriage of alliance, and Akbar's biggest challenge now did not merely lie in winning battles, but in winning the love of Jodhaa - a love hidden deep below resentment and extreme prejudice. Jodhaa Akbar is their untold love story.
Duration : 3hrs 22min
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*Om Shanti Om*
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Released : November 9, 2007
Genre : Reincarnation
Starcast : Shahrukh Khan,Deepika Padukone
Desc :
his film is based on reincarnation. At first,in 1977 Om Prakash Makhija(Shah Rukh Khan) falls for Shantipriya(Deepika Padukone). Om Prakash is ready to give up life for Shantipriya.He feels betrayed by her. She feels betrayed in love.Then calamity stikes somehow Om dies. Later in 2007, Om kapoor(Shah rukh khan) takes rebirth. Om remembers his past life and tries to tell Shantipriya/Sandy that he was the guy she liked in his past life. Thus begins the saga of Om Shanti Om.
Duration : 2hrs 48min
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*Superstar*
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Released : February 8, 2008
Genre : Action / Drama
Starcast : Kunal Khemu,Tulip Joshi,Aushima Sawhney
Desc :
Superstar is an action drama based on the reality of the entertainment field. Life's essentially about choices. Kunal (Kunal Khemu) defines the youth of today - he dares. Dares to dream of making it big in Bollywood one day.
Kunal wears the tag of a Bollywood struggler lightly, as he knows it is only a matter of time before he makes it into the big league. Until, that is, life decides to play a prank on him. The entry of the rich, debonair, Karan (Khemu), in Bollywood as well as his life, crushes all of Kunal's dreams.
And suddenly, the struggler is transformed into a superstar. Public adulation and unwavering media attention, he receives it all. What would Kunal choose at the moment of reckoning? Truth or Dare?
Duration : 2hr 26min
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*Mithya*
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Released : February 8, 2008
Genre : Thriller
Starcast : Naseeruddin Shah, Neha Dhupia, Ranvir Shorey, Saurabh Shukla, Vinay Pathak, Harsh Chhaya, Iravati Harshe
Desc :
VK is a struggling actor, waiting for a big break in Bollywood. However fate has other plans for him. It makes him a pawn in a master game plan of the underworld. He unknowingly gets drawn into a whirlpool of events that will determine his future when he is asked to fill in for Raje, an underworld don who is murdered by the rival gang. There is no escape route for VK thereafter. Unknowingly, he has become an imposter, an imposter who wasn?t.
Duration : 1hr 48min
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*Halla Bol*
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Released : January 11, 2008
Genre : Social
Starcast : Ajay Devgan,Vidya Balan,Pankaj Kapur,Darshan Jariwala
Desc :
Ashfaque (Ajay Devgan) is a small town boy aspiring to be a film star in the Hindi film industry. He joins a street theatre group run by a reformed dacoit Sidhu (Pankaj Kapur) who uses street theatre as a medium to bring about an awakening in the masses. Ashfaque struggles to give a creative vent to the actor in him in order to realize his dreams.
Ashfaque's determined struggle pays off and he gets a break in films. He gets a new screen name - Sameer Khan. With the passage of time, the roles start becoming better and he moves up the success ladder in a very short time. Soon, he becomes Sameer Khan the superstar - one who can enact any role with finesse, get under the skin of any and every character with ease and walk away with audience applause. Sadly, amidst all adulation and applause, he slowly loses his own identity. He forgets his real self and imbibes all characteristics of the various roles essayed by him on screen. Corruption takes over his entire system, alienating him from all loved ones, including his wife Sneha (Vidya Balan). A shocking incident at a party changes everything, rocking Sameer Khan's lifestyle. He gets caught between his human self on one side and his corrupted superstar image on the other.
Whether the conflict within him gives way to good sense and whether he is able to discard his corrupted image and emerge as a true life hero, becomes an integral part of this true life cinema.
Duration : 2hr 26min
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*Rama Rama Kya Hai Dramaaa*
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Released : February 1, 2008
Genre : Social
Starcast : Neha Dhupia,Rati Agnihotri,Anupam Kher,Rajpal Yadav,Aashish Chaudhary,Amrita Arora,
Desc :
For the men the grass looks greener on the other side of fence. This attitude is well captured in this forthcoming comedy film Rama Rama Kya Hai Drama. The story of the film revolves around three married couples - Prem (Ashish Chaudhary) and Khushi (Amrita Arora), Santosh (Rajpal Yadav) and Shanti (Neha Dhupia) and Mr. and Mrs. Khurana (Anupam Kher and Rati Agnihotri). Santosh is in search of a perfect wife who can be humble and carry all his orders well. He marries to Shanti, a small town girl, and later finds that Shanti is not the one who he had yearned for. The petty differences start popping up and fed up by his wife, Santosh starts day dreaming and imaging other women as his wives. The marriage of Prem and Khushi is also not going smooth as Khushi is too demanding as a wife. By the end however, how Santosh and Prem realise the importance of their respective wives is what the story of the film is all about.
Duration : 2hr 12min
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*Sunday*
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Released : January 25, 2008
Genre : Romance / Comedy
Starcast : Ajay Devgan,Arshad Warsi,Ayesha Takia
Desc :
A dead body found floating in a lake… Unexplained scratch marks on her neck… Supari killers out to kill her… A taxi driver who yells ‘bhoot, bhoot’ every time he sees her… Sehar’s (Ayesha Takia) world turns topsy-turvy when she gets a clue about the missing Sunday of her life, which points to a possible violent attack on her. A.C.P Rajveer (Ajay Devgan) takes up the case to sort out the complicated and jumbled up threads of Sehar’s life.In the process of solving Sehar’s case it comes to light that on Sunday, different people interacted with her and amongst them, one could be the accused. The lot included Ballu (Arshad Warsi), the taxi driver and his friend, Kumar (Irrfan Khan), a struggling NSD actor, Ritu (Anjana Sukhani), Sehar’s close friend, a scary and suspicious character who resides in Sehar’s society, and the group whom she had come across while partying at the discotheque.While trying to solve the puzzle, Rajveer stumbles upon a murder case whose clues hold up Sehar to be the culprit.Seher is at first amused, then mystified and then terrified when she realises she has a connection with all these totally unconnected incidents.But she cannot remember anything,Her fiancée ACP Rajvir Randhava is convinced that Seher is innocent, but he is also equally sure that she is linked to everything.Then another dead body is found. And the bracelet found near the corpse belongs to Seher. The evidence is mounting and all dingers point ay Seher.And still, Seher does not remember anything.Is Seher really as innocent as she claims to be?A dubbing artiste by day, is she also a serial killer by night?Is her bubbly charm but a mask that hides her darker, menacing self?As Seher desperately fights the fog that clouds her treacherous memory, ACP Rajvir has to fight the fact that the woman he wants to marry may well be a murderer and worse…What if one day went missing from your life?
Duration : 2hrs 11min
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*Bombay To Bangkok*
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Released : January 18, 2008
Genre : Comedy
Starcast : Shreyas Talpade,Lina Christianson
Desc :
Shankar, a petty thief, in desperate need of money steals from the local Don and escapes his way into a team of Doctors heading for relief work to Bangkok but loses the all important money bag in the chaos. In Bangkok his world turns upside down at a bar where he bumps into lovely Jasmine. The hitch is she is all Thai and he can’t converse with her at all. A ray of hope comes his way the next day when Jasmine turns up desperately in need of a doctor! Shankar posing as a doctor along with the goofy Sardar buddy Rachinder, jumps into this whirlpool while Jasmine soon gets pulled into his bumbling adventures while running away from the Don & his henchmen. Hop onto this hilarious comedy of errors with Shankar as he discovers love and life on a rollicking ride from Bombay to Bangkok.
Duration : 2hrs 1min
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*My Name is Anthony Gonsalves*
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Released : January 11, 2008
Genre : Social
Starcast : Nikhil Dwivedi,Amrita Rao,Mithun Chakraborty
Desc :
For an ordinary guy, Anthony Gonsalves has an extra-ordinary dream. His dream is to become an actor. Anthony works as a bartender in Jimmy's Pub in Bandra, Mumbai. His job is to run the joint smoothly, while the bosses concentrate on their own work of specialization.
Sikander, Maqsood, and Riyaaz own the pub, and their work of specialization is Bhaigiri. The pub is a legitimate front for their illegal activities.
Sikander Bhai is Anthony's benevolent benefactor and protector. Anthony was an orphan, both his mother and father died when he was young.
Sikander sees a young Anthony at a roadside tea stall, smoking a Beedi, and impersonating Amitabh Bachchan in front of his street urchin friends. Something about Anthony touches Sikander's heart. He catches hold of Anthony's hand, makes him throw the Beedi, takes him to the Orphanage and hands him over to Fr. Briganza.
For Anthony, Sikander Bhai is like God, and for Sikander, Anthony is the little brother he never had. Sikander has made sure Anthony doesn't get anywhere
Duration : 2hr 22min
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*Taare Zameen Par*
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Released : December 21, 2007
Genre : Social
Starcast : Aamir Khan,Tanay Chheda,Darsheel Safary
Desc :
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.
Duration : 2hrs 41min
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*Welcome*
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Released : December 21, 2007
Genre : Romance / Comedy
Starcast : Feroz Khan,Anil Kapoor,Nana Patekar,Akshay Kumar,Katrina Kaif,Mallika Sherawat,Paresh Rawal
Desc :
Uday Shetty (Nana Patekar), Majnu (Anil Kapoor) and their boss, Sikander (Feroz Khan) are basically three Hong Kong-based serio-comic mobsters, who are keen to get their sister Sanjana (Katrina Kaif) married into a respectable family.
Uday, who accidentally meets the handsome bachelor Rajiv (Akshay Kumar), gets convinced that the latter would be an appropriate match for Sanjana. However, Rajiv’s uncle, Dr. Ghunghroo (Paresh Rawal) disapproves of Uday’s association with a dubious family.
Meanwhile, Sanjana, who is totally unaware of her brother’s plans, meets Rajiv on a cruise and they fall in love. She has the acceptance of Dr. Ghunghroo, who is unaware of the fact that she is the sister of the mafia. When Dr. Ghunghroo realizes his faux pas, he tries to escape the fury of the brothers. What follows after that, is a commotion of comically funny situations, as each of the diametrically different brothers gets engaged in smart and comic stunts to get their uncle agree to the alliance.
The entire plot takes a U-turn when a stunning bombshell (Mallika Sherawat), arrives on the scene and claims to be Rajiv’s fiancée which only adds to the hullabaloo and chaos.
Duration : 2hrs 28min
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*Dus Kahaniyaan*
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Released : December 7, 2007
Genre :
Starcast : Sanjay Dutt,Sunil Shetty,Nana Patekar,Neha Uberoi,Dino Morea,Arbaaz Khan,Anoop Soni,Amrita Singh,Aftab Shivdasani,Neha Dhupia,Apoorva Lakhia,Mandira Bedi,Masumi Makhija,Rohit Roy,Anuradha Patel,Manoj Bajpai,Dia Mirza,Tareena Patel,Jimmy Shergill,Sudhanshu
Desc :
Seven Visionary Directors. Ten Spectacular Stories. One Cinematic Journey.
Duration : 1hr 53min
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*Khoya Khoya Chand*
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Released : December 7, 2007
Genre : Period
Starcast : Shiney Ahuja,Soha Ali Khan,Soniya Jehan
Desc :
Nikhat and Zafar. They were destined to meet. But were they destined to be together…?
Set against the compelling magnetism of the world of cinema is the tumultuous story of Nikhat and Zafar
The story of a volatile love that they can neither live with, nor without… And the story of the difficult and often heartbreaking choices they have to make…
And when the choices are made… They are irreversible… There is no going back…
Ambition is shattered and love will have to wait…
The film industry is a magical world… From awe-inspiring superstars and feisty studio-owners to fashionable divas with scandalous stories… Huge talent and oversized egos, beautiful and ugly individuals and the tantalizing lure of stardom… A world of glittering dreams and harsh realities… Golden yet cruel…
Spanning the two decades of the 1950’s and 60’s, ‘Khoya Khoya Chand’ is a tribute to the Hindi film industry’s Golden Years and its magnificent people.
Duration : 1hr 47min
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*Aaja Nachle*
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Released : November 30, 2007
Genre : Musical
Starcast : Akshaye Khanna , Madhuri Dixit
Desc :
The movie is about a dancer who makes it big as a choreographer and then movies to live in the US. She later returns to India to save the dance studio where she learnt to dance once her dance guru passes away.
Duration : 2hrs 24min
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*Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal*
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Released : November 23, 2007
Genre : Social / Sports
Starcast : John Abraham,Naveen Andrews,Bipasha Basu,Arshad Warsi
Desc :
Southall United Football Club is facing its deepest crisis ever. Bankrupt, with no stars, no coach, no sponsors, no takers, no spectators and most importantly no owner. After the city council sends an eviction notice, it’s the last chance to save the ground, the club and their honor. Now, Southall United must win the Combined Counties Football League in their otherwise last season. One man's dream takes the team on a remarkable journey in this football-themed drama. Shaan (Arshad Warsi) takes up the challenge to save the club from extinction. After a disesteemed ex-player, Tony Singh (Boman Irani) joins them as the coach, in spite of the being sniggered, and laughed at, he and Shaan, work to gather the worn out team. Its hard work as they approach their first game.
Sunny Bhasin (John Abraham) dreams to play for England crashes after his club does not select him. The reason is apparently not his game but the color of his skin. Sunny himself had always laughed at his own community and Southall United. Sunny and Shaan could not ever see eye to eye. Adding to their personal chaos is Shaan’s cousin sister Rumana (Bipasha Basu) who is in love with Sunny. Tony manages to convince Sunny to play for Southall United. It takes a while before Shaan and the team warms up to Sunny. With Sunny joining Southall United the team gradually starts climbing the points tally. The city council is worried.
The only goal that the pragmatic Sunny has is winning- with all of the material perks and fame that he can acquire. He is more interested in being noticed himself, than Southall United winning the cup. Johny Bakshi (Dalip Tahil) a commentator and a frontman of the council, plan to lure Sunny away from Southall United. Sunny will need to sacrifices everything he believed in for something which he never believed. His love for Rumana, his relationship with his father and his life are at stake.
Set within this is a contemporary story of the Asian community in UK told through the dynamic prism of professional sports. Competitive football only provides the action-packed backdrop, as the story takes an intimate look at a cross-section of Indians, Pakistanis and other Asians living in England.
Duration : 2hrs 45min
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*Saawariya*
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Released : November 9, 2007
Genre : Romance
Starcast : Ranbir Kapoor,Sonam Kapoor,Salman Khan
Desc :
"Saawariya" is a timeless story of two young star-crossed lovers whose passions almost consume their will to the brink of self-destruction. In this eternal tale of an ode to romance, stand two lonely souls whose childlike innocence and candour only obscures their inner turmoil, anger, anxiety and desperate wait for love.
An artist, a free spirit, an idealist and dreamer, Raj, is certain that he has found his ultimate dream when he arrives at a quaint picturesque town. A place surrounded by mountains, shrouded in mist and enveloped in beauty, mythical enough to be a painter’s vision or a poet’s memory.
However, destiny paints a different picture for Raj…
One silent bright and starry night, he spots a mysterious girl draped in black, standing alone at a bridge.This chance encounter introduces him to Sakina, a shy and quiet, melancholic and enigmatic girl who continues to intrigue him. Thus follows the beginning of a new friendship, where Raj with his most charming ways and an undying spirit tries to win Sakina’s heart.Raj is unable to accept her haunting past and their friendship pulls him into a whirlwind of desire, madness and romance.
Through Raj and Sakina’s journey together, we are reminded of the fragility of the human heart. In the couple’s anguish and test of faith, is revealed the power of unconditional love through a thousand layers of tumultuous emotions.
Duration : 1hr 55min
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*Jab We Met*
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Released : October 26, 2007
Genre : Romance
Starcast : Kareena Kapoor,Shahid Kapoor
Desc :
Aditya (Shahid Kapur), a defeated industrialist, is even more broken as the girl he loves is getting married. Unable to muster up the courage to return home, he drifts out of the gathering and aimlessly boards a train, bounding away into the night.
As destiny would have it, on the train he meets Geet (Kareena Kapoor) – a beautiful but annoyingly talkative girl who is leaving Mumbai to go her hometown – Bhatinda (Punjab). Later, she has plans of eloping with her boyfriend.
Geet irritates Aditya to the point of getting him to leave the train. As she tries to get him back on the train, she ends up missing it and the two find themselves stranded on a desolate station with no luggage or money.
Begins the idyllic journey through the exuberant North Indian heartland in which this odd couple will make their way through buses and taxis and camel-carts, crossing Highways and deserts and lakes, meeting all kinds of people, to reach her house in Punjab ……. On arrival, Geet’s family mistakes the two for lovers. Before this misconception can be cleared, Geet escapes to her boyfriend in Manali. Aditya leaves with her, confirming the suspicion that they are lovers. In Manali, Aditya feels empowered to return to Mumbai and resurrect his ailing business.
Life takes a positive turn and Aditya begins to do well. One day Geet’s family who think that she is with him confronts Aditya. He is shocked to learn that Geet has not returned home. He takes it upon himself to find her. He finally tracks her down in a Himalayan town and begins another journey to reach Bhatinda and flow into the colors and conceptions of a loud and happy North Indian family!How their separate journeys become one, forms the destination of JAB WE MET, a beautiful and captivating saga of made-for-each-other love. Lilting, musical, amusing and packed with mischievous contrivances – this breezy fun-filled romantic comedy set in cultural North India looks like it’s ready to recreate the magical era of the 90s, in the form of Aditya and Geet, being essayed by real-life lovebirds, Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor.
Duration : 2hrs 23min
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