Shabana Azmi
Birthday: 1950-09-18
Place of Birth: New Delhi, India
Biography: Shabana Azmi (born September 18, 1950) is an Indian actress of film, television, and theatre, as well as a women's rights activist and parliamentarian. An alumna of the Film and Television Institute of India of Pune, she debuted in Ankur (1974) and quickly became one of the leading actresses of parallel cinema, an Indian New Wave movement known for its serious content and neo-realism. Recognized as being among the most acclaimed actresses of her country, she has received a record of five National Film Awards for Best Actress, six Filmfare Awards, several international accolades, and the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian honour awarded by the Government of India, and the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian honour awarded by the Government of India. She is best known for her portrayals of unconventional female characters and many of her films have won praise for depicting progressive ideals.
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Fire
In a barren, arranged marriage to an amateur swami who seeks enlightenment through celibacy, Radha's...
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Masoom
A loving husband and father's joyful family life is rocked to its core upon the discovery that he ha...
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15 Park Avenue
An exploration of the impact of schizophrenia on a young woman and her family in today's Calcutta....
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Sorry Bhai
Scientist Siddharth(Sharman Joshi) is given "Ma Kasam" by elder brother Harsh(Sanjay Suri) to bring ...
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Loins of Punjab Presents
A ruthless philantrophist. A bhangra rapper. An over-protected prodigy. A reckless actress. A lovelo...
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It's a Wonderful Afterlife
Indian mother Mrs Sethi's obsession with marrying off her daughter turns murderous. With jokes that ...
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Swarg Narak
Our story has three married couples: One couple, who are happily married, are Tripathi (Sanjeev Kuma...
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Amar Akbar Anthony
Bollywood action comedy film with a lost and found theme, about three brothers separated during thei...
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Letter From Your Far-Off Country
Drawing upon a rich repository of images—from digital renderings of Kashmir’s mountains to the textu...
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Celluloid Man
Indian documentary about Indian film history and P. K. Nair, the founder of the National Film Archiv...
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Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.
Six newly-married, diverse, honeymooning couples face marital bliss and discord, finding out more ab...
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Umrao Jaan
Bollywood film about the famous courtesan of the title. Aishwarya Rai stars in the lead role. The fi...
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Son of the Pink Panther
The illegitimate son of Inspector Clouseau is on the case of the kidnapped Princess Yasmin....
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City of Joy
Max Lowe is a Houston surgeon who has grown weary of the bureaucracy of American medicine. When he l...
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Susman (The Essence)
A story about the "Ikat" handloom weavers of Pochampally through the master weaver Ramulu and his fa...
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Espousal
Idealistic Ram's one ambition is to do something for his village. Rekha rich and young girl comes in...
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Apne Paraye
Film about the trials facing a family whose patriarch has squandered money into a series of unwise v...
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Doosri Dulhan
Renu and her husband, Anil, are devastated when she cannot bear children after a miscarriage. But so...
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In Custody
Ismail Merchant's feature directorial debut addresses a subject close to his heart: the expressive U...
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Faslah
Gautam is a man who loves a woman but is crushed when he sees her with someone else. In his fit of r...
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Arth
The semi-autobiographical film was written by Mahesh Bhatt about his extramarital relationship with ...
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Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai
'Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyun Ata Hai' revolves around the Pintos and the people connected to them. Th...
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Midnight's Children
The story of a pair of children born within moments of India gaining independence from England, grow...
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Daughters of This Century
This film is based on five shot stories of Rabindranath Tagore's Jibito O Mrito, Sarat Chandra Chatt...
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Yeh Nazdeekiyan
Sunil Verma is the head of an advertising agency, and lives with a middle-class life with his wife, ...
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Karm
Retired Judge Shyamlal Kumar lives in a palatial home with his wife and only son, Arvind, who is now...
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Lahu Ke Do Rang
Inspector Raj Singh's father was killed by Shankar and his men for gold. Years later he locates them...
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Tehzeeb
Tehzeeb (Hindi: तह्ज़ीब, Urdu: تہزیب, English: Etiquette) is a 2003 Indian Bollywood film directed b...
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Ghoomer
Anina, a young woman batting prodigy, loses her right hand in an unfortunate accident on the eve of ...
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Makdee
One half of an identical set of twins, the mischievous Chunni is known in her hometown for the prank...
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Sameera
Sameera's husband Prashant, is a civil engineer dedicated to his job. He goes to work on the site of...
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Madame Sousatzka
In London, eccentric piano instructor Madame Sousatzka takes on a new prize protégé, Manek, a teenag...
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Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola
Harry is an industrialist who loves his daughter Bijlee, and the bond they share with Harry's man fr...
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Side Streets
The lives of diverse characters in each of New York City's five boroughs overlap....
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The Crossing
When a Dalit wins the elections for mayor in his small village in northeastern India, deadly rioting...
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Market Place
The denizens of a brothel deal with internal drama, as well as pressure from greedy land developers ...
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Parvarish
A policeman adopts the son of a bandit. A misunderstanding leads the officer's own biological son to...
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Junoon
Set during the 1857 War of Independence, an obsessed Indian Nawab desires to wed a young Anglo-India...
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Sparsh
An independent visually impaired man who runs a school for blind children deals with troubles and tr...
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Khamosh
A young actress is found to have committed suicide at the filming location. Things take a different ...
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Nishant
A man whose wife is abducted seeks to have the culprits prosecuted for their crime, but no one will ...
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Morning Raga
Morning Raga is about the meeting of worlds. It is a story that brings the modern and traditional to...
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Gangvaa
Gangvaa embarks on a quest for revenge against a crooked landlord after he orders the death of his f...
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Suddenly, One Day
Shasanka is a retired teacher who lives with his wife and two daughters. The family is thrown into a...
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The Ruins
Subhash is a photographer from the city, who has come to take pictures of some old temples and ruins...
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Sweekar Kiya Maine
Gopika Sharma lives a middle-classed lifestyle along with her widowed mother in Bangalore. She expre...
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Pestonjee
An intimate look into the Parsi community in post-independance Bombay. Aloof bachelor Pirojshah's cl...
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Amba
When Amba gets her son Rajendra arrested for sexually assaulting their servant's daughter, Rajendra'...
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Raaste Pyar Ke
A love triangle, the film is a remake of the Telugu blockbuster movie Dasara Bullodu (1971), made by...
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Kadambari
The story revolves around the life of a kind-hearted and mature woman who falls in love with a shy m...
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Libaas
The film is about married couples of urban India having extramarital relations and adultery. Based o...
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Yeh Kaisa Insaf?
A woman's marriage is filled with upheaval and conflict, but she makes many compromises for the sake...
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Adha Din Adhi Raat
Gopal is constantly haunted by the tragedy that took place in his childhood. His youthful elder sist...
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Ankur: The Seedling
In a small Indian village, a destitute woman's barren, alcoholic husband absconds after stealing tod...
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Hum Paanch
Tyrannical and wealthy Veer Pratap Singh, rules over a small town - ruthlessly. Whoever opposes him ...
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The Bengali Night
Allan is an engineer working in 1930s Calcutta. He is invited to stay with the family of his boss, N...
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Nasihat
Taking advantage of the dispute between Ratanlal and his daughter, his employee, Mohanlal, takes ove...
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Samay Ki Dhaara
Outspokenly devoted to her principles, Madhavi finds her relationship with her husband, Ajay, an amb...
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Bun Tikki
Sanu is a child learning to navigate the challenges of identity and belonging as he struggles to fit...
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Ek Baar Kaho
Ravi is in love with Aarti but unable to express his feelings to her. With Aarti's marriage arranged...
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Jeena Yahan
Jeena Yahan is a 1979 Bollywood film, directed by Basu Chatterjee and produced by N.P. Ali under Jam...
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Aunty Ji
'AuntyJi' is a sweet slice of life tale that follows an important day in the lives of Parveen (Shaba...
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Dharavi
The film follows a scrappy taxi driver's fortunes as he tries to break out from the clutches of pove...
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Sati
Uma, a mute Brahmin girl, lives with her uncle's family as she is an orphan. Since Uma has a faulty ...
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Death of a Doctor
After years of painstaking research at the cost of his domestic pleasure, Dr. Dipankar Roy discovers...
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Ek Pal
Based on a short story by Maitreyi Devi, Kalpana Lajmi’s directorial debut tells a story of extramar...
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The Chess Players
In the year 1856, Nawab Wajid Ali Shah is the King of Awadh, one of the last independent kingdoms of...
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Jazbaa
After her daughter is kidnapped, a lawyer is forced to defend a criminal in exchange for her daughte...
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Positive
Years ago, when Abhijit was a boy, he learned his father was involved in extramarital relationships....
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Chalk N Duster
Chalk n Duster is an emotional journey of two teachers Vidya ( Shabana Azmi) & Jyoti ( Juhi Chaw...
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Neerja
Neerja is a portrayal on the life of the courageous Neerja Bhanot, who sacrificed her life while pro...
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Namkeen
A folk theatre dancer lives with her three daughters in a remote village. Their lives change when a ...
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Godmother
inspired by the life of Santokben Jadeja, who ran the Mafia operations of Porbandar, Gujarat in the ...
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The Kite
Patang (English: The Kite) is a 1993 Indian Hindi drama film directed by Goutam Ghose, starring Shab...
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Bada Din
It is Christmas Day in Calcutta and David Dawson is off to celebrate it with his sweetheart, Nandini...
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Swami
Saudamini is a pampered girl until she is forced to marry the widower Ghanshyam and move into his la...
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A Decent Arrangement
This is the story of an American- Indian who travels to India for an arranged marriage. After he mee...
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Kanneshwara Rama
Set in 1920s India, the story follows Kanneshwara Rama, a defiant peasant who becomes a legendary ou...
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Hari-Bhari
Family Planning issues in a Muslim Hyderabadi family struggling between new and old values...
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Luck by Chance
Not wanting the same fate as befell her sisters, Sona Mishra re-locates to Mumbai to try to make a l...
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Unique Relation
A woman takes care of a young boy as her own son, and the challenges that follow....
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What Will People Say?
Roma is forced into an arranged marriage with a widower. Coming to detest her husband, his son, and ...
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Signature Move
A secret new romance with Alma forces Zaynab to confront her complicated relationship with her recen...
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Banglatown Banquet
Middle-aged Muslim Bangladeshi women struggling for their freedom as they leave the familiarity of t...
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Disha
Two peasants are ill-prepared for life in the big city after moving from their tiny village to Bomba...
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The Wishing Tree
'The Wishing Tree' is a magical, inspirational and an extremely entertaining story of five children ...
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Immaculate Conception
Alistair, a British representative for a wildlife conservation agency based in Karachi and his Jewis...
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Main Azaad Hoon
A newspaper reporter exploits an ordinary man for few rupees to pose as a man who is fighting agains...
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Fakira
Vijay helps the poor and robs the rich, while Ajay is assigned the job to bring Vijay to justice. Th...
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Khel Khilari Ka
After watching his father, Masterji, getting killed; his sister, Laxmi, getting sexually assaulted b...
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The Black Prince
The Black Prince follows the story of the last Sikh Maharaja — the son of the powerful ruler Ranjit ...
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Congregation
A young woman leads impoverished embroidery workers in a strike against the greedy wholesalers who e...
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Jhoothi Shaan
Ranimaa, a one-time empress, refuses to believe that her home is no longer a palace, even though she...
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Kamla
An ambitious journalist buys a girl from a village in rural India to expose the existence of flesh t...
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Chor Sipahee
A police officer doesn't believe in strict punishment and attempts a new way to deal with crime...
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Avtaar
Avtaar Krishen lives a poor lifestyle with his wife, Radha, and two sons, Ramesh and Chander. He wor...
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Rakhwala
A little girl comes from her village to Bombay to find her father. She meets Vikram a kind hearted p...
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Mardon Wali Baat
Dacoit Sunder Singh kills a brave police officer, Shefali's husband. To avenge his death, Shefali se...
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Fateh
The Major, aided by three other military commandos, undertakes a mission to bring to justice an evil...
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Hira Aur Patthar
A young crusader struggles to free the poor peasants from the clutches of the corrupt trustees of th...
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Amar Deep
Raja was adopted by a criminal don (Ashok Kumar) at a very young age. After the death of the don, Ra...
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Thodisi Bewafaii
Arvind Kumar Choudhary is widowed, respectable and wealthy businessman, who lives with his only son,...
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Ashanti
A police officer is framed for a bank robbery and arrested and sent to prison. His mother hears this...
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Kaifinama
Kaifinama looks at the life and art of the Urdu Progressive poet Kaifi Azmi. Kaifi Azmi was both a p...
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Atithee
Navendhu Kumar lives a poor lifestyle with his handicapped father, Mohan, housewife mom, two unmarri...
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Gaja Gamini
A mysterious and beautiful woman, in her various incarnations, inspires artists throughout the ages....
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Love Breakups Zindagi
A couple and many of their friends experience changes and challenges in their respective lives after...
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Saaz
Mansi, played by Aruna Irani the elder sister has to take up professional singing after her father's...
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Bollywood and Beyond: A Century of Indian Cinema
Indian cinema has the largest audience of any art form on the planet. With a population of over a b...
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Dus Kahaniyaan
An anthology of ten short films dealing with diverse subjects such as infidelity, companionship, lus...
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The Reluctant Fundamentalist
In New York, a Pakistani native finds that his American Dream has collapsed in the wake of the 9/11 ...
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Khoon Ki Pukaar
After the murder of his wife, and his son's kidnapping, Dr. Vidya Bhushan decides to devote the rest...
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Genesis
This is a simple, straightforward tale about the rise and fall of human civilization that focuses so...
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Mrityudand
Ketki marries Vinay, who is exploited by hard-nosed businessman Tirpat. Ketki then organizes local w...
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Yaadon Ki Zanjeer
Two brothers separated at youth grow up on different sides of the law - one as a cop, the other as a...
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Shaque
Shaque is a 1976 Bollywood drama film directed by Vikas Desai and Aruna Raje. The film stars Vinod K...
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Oonch Neech Beech
The film is based on an incredible true story about a village woman who gets lost at a railway stati...
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Kissaa Kursee Kaa
The plot revolved around a corrupt and evil politician Gangaram or Gangu, trying to woo personified ...
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Lorie
A woman, depressed that she is unable to bear children, abducts a child, and wants to keep him for h...
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Kaali Khuhi
When a restless spirit curses a Punjab village that has a history of female infanticide, the town's ...
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Sonata
Three single women, a professor, a banker, and a journalist, who are best friends, share their happy...
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Om Shanti Om
Reincarnated 30 years after being killed in a suspicious on-set fire, a small-time actor is determin...
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Shart
The city is rocked by a series of brutal murders. All the victims are women of lose character or pro...
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Ek Hi Bhool
Sadhana (Rekha) and Ramkumar (Jeetendra) are a married couple. Their marriage gets into troubled wat...
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What's Love Got to Do with It?
Two childhood friends now in their thirties must decide whether to follow their heads or their heart...
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Jallian Wala Bagh
The whole film is a story about Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar....
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Sheer Qorma
A story of belonging and acceptance, identity and family told through courageous, queer women choose...
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Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani
Gym-freak brat Rocky falls in love with Rani, who comes from a well-educated Bengali family. Being f...
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Ishk Ishk Ishk
Dhun comes from a wealthy and talented family and desires to see the world on his own. He sets upon ...
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Devi Ahilya Bai
Ahilyabai was born on May 31, 1725 in the village of Chaundi, in the present-day Ahmednagar district...
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Munshi Ji
Munshi ji, a lover of Urdu wants his daughter to marry a person who knows Urdu. His neighbour who ar...
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The Master: Shyam Benegal
A personal portrait of director Shyam Benegal, made by his collaborator, Khalid Mohammed...
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Bhavna
Bhavna is a story of a less privileged women. A lady who was living all alone in the city met a man ...
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Masoom
Set in a quiet village, this poignant film follows a widowed mother and her young daughter who, desp...
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Vishwasghaat
Mahesh returns to India after a long time abroad, and makes the disillusioning discovery that his fa...
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Kaifi Azmi
This is a documentary on Kaifi Azmi, a famous Urdu poet. His work reflects his strong commitment to ...
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Shama
Widower Nawab Yusuf Khan lives a wealthy lifestyle in Sultanpur, British India, along with his schoo...
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USA v Raj
Dr. Raj Bothra faced 54 federal charges at age 79 before being cleared by a unanimous jury verdict i...
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