Javed Akhtar

When David Billa, an international gangster is killed, a police officer who is the only person to see David die, picks Velu, his look-alike to infiltrate the gang. Meanwhile, a mysterious woman also joins the gang and she has her own agenda.

Sanjay Verma is an eligible young man, who has been having hallucinations of a past life as Shantanu. He travels to a small community and meets with Sonia Verma, and recognizes her as the girl named Lachi in his hallucinations. Convinced, that they were lovers from a past life, he attempts in vain to impress this upon Sonia, who is engaged, and is to be married to Vikram Malocha.

Arun, a kind-hearted, modest man, discovers a device that gives him the power of invisibility, and battles against the feared crime lord, Mogambo, who is on a quest to acquire this device.

Arjun Yadav return from the city after completing his studies to get settled in his village with his family consisting of his mother Devi Chaudaran, his older brother Amrit and sister. Arjun finds out that Amrit and Thakur Bhanwar Singh does not get along quiet well and attempts to be a peace-maker between the two. One day situation takes a turn for the worse when Amrit is killed, Devi Chaudaran loses her senses, Arjun's sister is raped and he himself is beaten and tied to a tree. Arjun is then rescued by some sympathetic villagers and run off with his childhood friend Makan Malla in the deep ravines only to turn an outlaw whose only motive is to avenge the killings of his family members. —gavin (racktoo@hotmail.com) City educated and peace-loving Arjun would love to have the Thakur, his brother and the rest of the villagers to live in harmony. Arjun's peace-loving dreams are shattered when his brother is killed, his sister Shanta commits suicide to save herself from being raped in front of the village, and he himself is beaten up, tied to a tree and left for dead. Villagers who empathize with bandits rescue him and take him to their hideout in the deep ravines. There he meets bandits who were his childhood friends, who have turned into outlaws due to the sufferings inflicted on them by Thakur and his men. Arjun has a choice now, either go on trusting the corrupt village police; or join the gang of bandits and avenge the death of his sister and brother. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Mona D'Silva (Dimple Kapadia) runs a small restaurant in Goa. Raja (Kamal Haasan), who lives close by, is a good friend & a fisherman. He is in love with her but is unable to profess his feelings. Raja is waiting to earn enough money, so he can buy his own boat and can provide the luxuries of life to Mona. Thekedaar (Goga Kapoor) is the owner of the docks & the boats. Cheena (Lilliput) is Raja's mute friend and Raja looks out for him Mr D'Silva (Saeed Jaffrey) is Mona's father and likes Raja. Miss Joseph (Nadira) is Raja's adoptive mom & knows Raja loves Mona. Mr Silva wants Mona to marry Raja, but she considers him as only a friend. Vikram (Shafi Inamdar) is the GM of a large fishing company. Batuk Laal (Satish Kaushik) is his assistant. They both work for Kamla Devi (Madhur Jaffrey), the owner of the firm. Vikram wants to ban small fisherman from the sea as their catch impact the market price of the company's products. Kamla Devi is Vikram's aunt, and he dreams of inheriting her wealth and position. But she informs Vikram that her grandson is moving to Goa from the US. Kamla does not like that her son married a commoner due to which Ravi was born. Vikram had eyes on Kamla's wealth and is not happy that Ravi is moving back to Goa, as the heir apparent. Kamla's son and his wife died when Ravi was 7 yrs old. Kamla brought Ravi back, but kept him in hostel for all his life, and only now decided to bring him to Goa to stay with her. Ravi (Rishi Kapoor) moves to Goa and Kamla wants him to manage the business. Ravi does not like that Kamla speaks disparagingly about his parents, and for taunting his death father for wasting his life by marrying his commoner mother. Ravi sees Mona swimming naked in the early morning sun on the beach and goes nuts. One day Vikram decides to drive his boat right through the local fishermen's nets that were deployed in the ocean, damaging them substantially. Raja is a witness and asks Vikram for compensation at his office. Vikram refuses, but Ravi intervenes and agrees to pay, as he has sympathy for the poor. Ravi starts pursuing Mona, and even serenades her. Mona and Ravi fall in love of which Raja knows nothing. Meanwhile Vikram advises Kamla to drop their fish prices in the market. This would force the poor fishermen to match their prices, which they cannot afford as they need to pay interest on their borrowings. This pricing move would wipe out all the poor fishermen of the area and allow Kamla to corner the entire market. Kamla approves the pricing move. The fishermen led by Raja contemplate their next move, but Ravi reaches out to Raja and befriends him, by drinking with him at a local bar. The friendship between Ravi and Raja grows. Ravi wants to marry Mona, but hesitates to ask her dad, so he decides to ask Raja to represent him. But before Ravi can ask, Raja tells Ravi how much he loves Mona, but hasn't had the courage to tell her. Ravi is heartbroken, and decides to step back from Mona. when Ravi finds that Raja is waiting to buy his own boats before he proposes to Mona, he arranges for a family friend to give Raja a business investment (without Raja ever realizing that the investment came from Ravi). Ravi writes a letter to Mona, and tells her that he is going away. They meet for one last time, and Ravi tells Mona that Raja loves her. Meanwhile Raja is ecstatic that he now has a business investment to buy his own boats. He prepares to propose to Mona. He rushes to Mona, only to find Mona and Ravi in a deep embrace. Raja is heartbroken and spends the whole night alone and drinking. Miss Joseph finds out about Raja's heartbreak. The next day Mona approaches Raja and says that she loves Ravi. And Ravi wont even talk to her, unless Raja fixes things between them, as he does not want to come between Mona and Raja. She categorically says that Raja is a great friend to her, but nothing more. To placate Mona, Raja pretends that all of this was only a ruse to get Ravi and Mona to profess their love for each other publicly. Raja then helps reunite Ravi with Mona. Post this Raja leaves with Miss Jospeh to visit her sister. Vikram tells Kamla about Ravi's affair with Mona. Ravi's grandmother, Kamladevi, is opposed to their love because of class differences. Ravi brings Mona to meet Kamla, but she was away on business trip. Ravi gives a holiday to all servants and proceeds to have some frolic with Mona. But Vikram finds out and tells Kamla that Ravi is alone at her bungalow with Mona. Kamla returns to the house and forces Mona to leave without meeting her properly. Kamla refuses to meet Mona formally, but tells Ravi to send Mr D'Silva to meet her. Kamla insults D'Silva over his and his daughter's status, and throws D'Silva out of her house. D'Silva has an heart attack after he is beaten up by Kamla's goons. When Kamla refuses to apologize to the D'Silva family, Ravi leaves her. Ravi goes to meet D'Silva, but is beaten up by the villagers and thrown outside the village. Kamla asks Vikram to buy the loans of the entire village. Kamla then sends the police with court orders to seize the boats of the entire village. The villagers send Mona to beg Kamla to relent. Kamla offers her a choice between Ravi and the welfare of the entire village. Kamla orders Mona to marry someone else within 7 days. Ravi threatens Kamla that if Mona gets married, he will commit suicide. Meanwhile Raja returns from his trip, & D'Silva asks Raja to marry Mona. Raja decides to help Mona and Ravi. Ravi finds out that Raja really loved Mona and that he sacrificed his own love for the sake of his friendship with Ravi. Ravi is shocked. Meanwhile Kamla decides that she cannot afford to lose Ravi and tells Vikram to get him back, by telling him that she is ready to accept all of his demands. Vikram decides to kill Ravi. Vikram abducts Mona and forces Ravi to surrender. He wants Ravi to commit suicide, but Raja intervenes and attacks Vikram's goons. Raja defeats the goons and asks Ravi and Mona to leave town asap. Ravi refuses to take Mona with him, as he knows that Raja loves Mona. But then Vikram gets up and shoots at Ravi. Raja sees this and comes in between, taking the bullets on himself. Ravi kills Vikram, but Raja dies. Kamla accepts Ravi and Mona.

Shakti is a Hindi movie starring Dilip Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Rakhee Gulzar, Amrish Puri and Smita Patil in prominent roles. It is directed by Ramesh Sippy.

Vijay, a simpleton and the lookalike of the notorious international criminal Don is hired by D'Silva, to be the mole in Don's gang and report the details of his illegal activities. However, things take a turn for the worse when D'Silva is killed.

Ahmed, Mohan are con men posing as false witnesses. Meeting Kabir, they want to reform but face challenges. When Kabir is jailed for murder he didn't commit, they vow to find the real culprit but land in trouble themselves. This is a story about two guys who act as mock witnesses and always hang around court to give evidence as per the requirement of the case every time. They have never believed in God but eventually they have to accept the power of God. Ahmed and Mohan Kumar Saxena are petty thieves, and con-men. They career is spent as false witnesses near the Bombay courts, where they get paid a set sum of rupees for false depositions. This changes when they meet and are influenced by Kabir Das, and decide to go straight. They find that it's virtually impossible to earn a living as honest citizens. Then Kabir Das is arrested and imprisoned by a murder he claims he did not commit, and the duo promise to help him, and find out who the real killer is, but they themselves end up getting in trouble.

Three brothers - Shankar, Vijay, and Ratan, learn a song from their mother titled 'Yaadio Ki Baaraat', which they hold dearly to their hearts. In a twist of fate, following the murder of their parents, the brothers get separated. Years later, as the boys grow up, the memories of the fateful night continues to haunt them and the only the brothers can re-unite is the song.

Three brothers are separated after their parents' murder. Years later, their only hope of avenging their parents and reuniting as a family lies in the song they learned as children. Shankar (Dharmendra), Vijay (Vijay Arora), and Ratan (Tariq) are three brothers. On their father's birthday, their mother taught them a song titled "Yaadon Ki Baaraat" which they held dearly to their hearts. One day, the boys' father witnessed a robbery by Shakaal (Ajit), and his henchmen. To protect their identity, Shakal decided to kill the boys' father before he could go to the police. So one night, Shakaal and his men storm into the boys' father's room and kill both their parents. Shankar and Vijay witness the act and flee. They make their way to a passing train, where Shankar is separated from Vijay. Several years pass and the boys have grown up. Shankar is haunted by the memory of his parents' murder and is now joined by his friend Usman on a crime spree around the city. Vijay was adopted by a fairly wealthy man who is the grounds keeper to the love of his life, Sonita (Zeenat Aman) And Ratan, was raised by the boys' maid, and changed his name to Monto. With his new identity, Monto started a band and does gigs a hotels for a living. Their only hope of reuniting is by remembering the song their mother had taught them... Yaadon Ki Baaraat. —gavin@sunny_deol2009@yahoo.com Shankar, Vijay, and Ratan lives a poor lifestyle with their parents; their dad is a painter. When there dad witness a robbery, he and his wife are killed by a gang of masked men, with their three sons witnessing this. As they grow they turn in different directions; years later, Shankar is a thief; Vijay is meek; Ratan sings in a hotel for the right amount. Shankar has high hopes of one day finding his parents' killer; his search leads him to notorious smuggler Shakal and he begins to work as Shakal's hitman, by first snatching a priceless diamond necklace, robbing a precious idol, and hoodwinking the police. Shankar has now entered the crime world and his wanted by police. Shakal asks him to abduct wealthy Sunita and hold her for a ransom. Not knowing that he has accepted a contract to abduct his brother's girlfriend, which might create a rift between the brothers instead of uniting them; to make matters worse, Shakal is non other than the killer of Shankar's parents and now he plans to do away with the sons of his previous victims. —gavin (racktoo@hotmail.com) Shankar witnessed his parents' murders by Shakal and his men and gets separated from his brothers Vijay and Monto. Years later Shankar has taken to world of crime and well known thief an his only motive is to kill Shakal. Vijay a Casanova pretends to be a prince to win Sunita's heart and Ratan known by his stage name Monto has many youngsters has his fans and often sings the family song hoping to unite with his brothers. Shakal runs a huge smuggling racket with son Rupesh and cops still fail to identify him. Sunita finds about Vijay and gets depressed while Vijay repents.Shakaal hires Shankar to commit a huge robbery and plans to flee the country by faking his death. Shakaal manages to fake his death but his old aide Jack who was with him when he killed Shankar's parents is the only one who recognizes him and Shankar waits for him to return from jail. —alex.mjacko@gmail.com Shankar (Dharmendra) and Vijay (Vijay Arora) watch in horror as their parents are shot to death in front of them by three masked men. While their brother Ratan (Tariq) is whisked away by their maidservant, the two manage to get away with the help of the one of the three masked men, Jack (Satyen Kapoo). Unfortunately, the two brothers separate. Shankar takes to a life of crime with the assistance of Ismail Batliwala. Vijay is rescued and taken care by an elderly Mr. Verma, who is employed by a wealthy family. While Ratan (Tariq) becomes singer Monto. The police eventually apprehend Jack and he is sentenced to jail for over 15 years. Shankar anxiously awaits his return so that he can extract his revenge. Vijay falls in love with wealthy Sunita (Zeenat Aman) and impersonates the rich Kunver Singh in order to meet Sunita's approval. Mr. Verma does not approve of this behavior. Sunita eventually comes to know of Vijay's real identity, and has nothing to do with him. In shame, Vijay relocates to the city where he works as a waiter in a hotel. Ironically, Shankar works for the owner of the hotel Shakhaal (Ajit); while Ratan sings in the same hotel as "Monto". None of the three brothers know of the other. Shankar is obsessed with revenge; Vijay hides in shame; while Ratan sings a song which could unite the three brothers. This was the song the family sang during happier times. But things get worse when Shakhaal finds out that Jack is out of prison, and has him killed. Then he abducts Sunita and eventually Vijay and Ratan, and invites Shankar to witness their deaths. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)