Kulbhushan Kharbanda

Omprakash, a poor Dalit, plans on using a government program to earn his dream. Will he get what he wants or will the Dalit be betrayed again?

Baby Bedi (Sonakshi Sinha) is entrusted with the responsibility of running a sex clinic by her mamaji. Due to the reluctance of the community to openly discuss sexual disorders, Baby faces many difficulties. Will she be able to live up to the expectations of her mamaji ?

Manikarnika - The Queen of Jhansi is the real life story of the warrior queen. She was the first woman in history to fight against the British and started the first war for Independence. The 22-year-old queen refused to cede Jhansi to the British. Dressed as a man, she fought a fierce battle and was killed in combat but her inspiring life story and fight against the British is an inspiring tale of bravery, valor and women`s strength that has inspired generations after her and will inspire generations to come.

Aatishbaazi Ishq is a sizzling romantic thriller which revolves around three athletes.

Zed Plus is the type of security important people like the Prime Minister and President get. As such, when a puncturewala in a small town in Rajasthan is given Zed Plus security, the whole country wonders why. But only the Prime Minister and the puncturewala know the reason.

Haider is Vishal Bhardwaj`s adaptation of William Shakespeare`s Hamlet. It follows Haider, a young man who returns home to Kashmir on receiving news of his father`s disappearance. Not only does he learn that the security forces have detained his father for harboring militants, but that his mother is in a relationship with his very own uncle. Intense drama follows between mother and son, as both struggle to come to terms with the news of his father`s death. Soon, Haider learns that his uncle is responsible for the gruesome murder and he sets out to avenge his father`s death.

Kirpaan is the story of the personal journey of Beeru - a young college going lad from Punjab. Beeru lives a carefree and purposeless life, and eventually disappoints his parents and also loses the love of his life due to his attitude. Beeru's grandfather had been a victim of racism which eventually led him to murder a race supremacist and that led him to be arrested and hanged till death. The grandfather died protecting the family's honour which was an ancestral historical Sword. This story makes Beeru find purpose in his life again by regaining his family honour - securing the Sword which was enclosed in a museum.

`Saadi Love Story` is a story that lives by its name. Preeti is a die hard romantic who longs to meet her prince charming. But when two boys show up at their door, claiming to be the one that Preetis sister Gurleen had chosen to spend her life with, Preeti and her family finds themselves in a dilemma. They`re equally fond of both boys, one aspiring photographer and the other an aspiring singer. Preeti who lives in her romantic, idyllic world wishes that the stories narrated bythe boys would be true. Does Preeti manage finding her prince charming?

You could be the ``King of Bollywood``, ``The richest man of India``, Or a ``Leader of Technoworld``. But if your heart is not at the right place with your relationships, do you think you can feel the ``Complete KHUSHIYAAN``? Raj is an extremely successful and highly driven architect living in New York City with his wife Juhi (a head hunter) and his son Neal, 6. Raj has sacrificed many things to fulfill his career ambitions in New York City. But he is haunted by a lingering feeling that he must return to his small village in Punjab to make peace with his aging father whom he greatly admires. Will he make peace...? What journey he will go through...? What will he, or the whole family will discover...? It is a journey of a family...you may be surprised to find yourself there. You are invited........

Struggling road construction contractor Sachin Tichkule (Akshay Kumar) is doomed to dream big. There is no chance in hell that his dream will ever come true, simply because he has no money to bribe. To make matters worse, the new municipal commissioner turns out to be his ex girlfriend (Trisha) who now hates him. Even as you laugh as Sachin bumbles his way from one disaster to another, the film reveals in a light hearted way, the extent of corruption and bribery rampant in the system and the ingeneous means you have to adopt if you want to survive. Enjoy the bumpy ride!

Nandu (Bobby Deol) is an orphan turned assassin. He`s framed for a politician`s murder and is on the run. While travelling on a train, he meets Puran (Akshay Kapoor), who is on his way to his hometown after fourteen years. They talk through the journey and Puran tells Nandu all about his joint family and the wedding of a cousin that he is on his way to attend. Soon, the police catch up with Nandu and shoot him. But unfortunately Puran takes the bullet while shielding his new friend and dies on the spot. Nandu goes to Puran`s family home to return his grandfather`s watch and also to inform his family of his tragic death. But, in their joyful state amidst the celebrations, they presume that Nandu is Shekhar and drag him full on into it. Preet is a friend of the family and falls in love with Nandu on first sight. Nandu also likes her but CBI Inspector Rane is all out to look for the politician`s murderer. Will Nandu ever ride over the crisis? Who is the actual killer? What happens to Nandu and Preet`s love?

EMI is a movie that revolves around loan takers and collection agents. A young couple, DJ, a middle-aged man, and a single woman take loans for various reasons. But when they cannot repay, they soon find out that life is not as easy as taking a loan.

Criminal don-aspiring politician Sattar Bhai (Sanjay Dutt) runs a collection agency in Mumbai's Bhendi Bazar called 'Good Luck Recovery'. He had started this business with 4 employees but now has over 400 of them. His uses his influence and goon-power to mainly recover money from middle-classed clients of All India Bank. Most sought after by banks, Telecom companies and various multinationals, today his Good Luck Recovery Agency is a leading recovery agency. Sattar follows a simple rule when it comes to his business, Loan Liya Hai To Chukana Padega. All India Bank engages in all sorts of loans like car loans, education loans etc. They do not insist on full documents, ad make it really easy for people to get loans. From Bhaigiri to business to politics to social work, that's how Sattar wants to progress in life. He has already graduated from Bhaigiri to business and is now eager to jump into politics. These include defaulters like Anil (Ashish Chaudhary) and his wife, Shilpa Sharma (Neha Oberoi), who have taken a loan to buy their house, car & honeymoon so that they can get married. Anil is addicted to pornographic films, and he spends money to buy pirated CDs of the same. Neha is always angry with Anil because he has a roving eye, and he flirts with attractive women even in front of Neha. Chandrakant (Khulbhushan Kharbanda) lives with his son, Arjun Desai. Arjun parties all night with his friends and returns home late at night. Chandu is worried about Arjun's future, and he says that he wants to do an MBA from London, which will cost a lot of money. Chandu's friends tell him that if he does not provide an opportunity to Arjun Chandu takes a loan to finance his son's MBA dream. The bank gives him a personal loan of Rs 4 Lakhs, at a high rate of interest. DJ Ryan Breganza (Arjun Rampal) had a fickle girlfriend, Nancy (Malika Arora). Ryan borrows cash on his credit card and believes that he wants to die owing money to people. Ryan uses the address of his friends on his credit card applications. Ryan uses the cash to party in expensive night clubs with his super model girlfriend, who has expensive tastes. Prerna Joshi (Urmila Matondkar). Prerna's husband was murdered by loan sharks, but police report says her husband committed suicide. As a result, the bank is refusing to honor the insurance claim. Prerna has taken a loan of Rs 10 Lakhs to pay a local goon Rafiq Bhai to change the police report & claim the insurance amount. The insurance claim is for Rs 2 Crores. Rafiq says that he will asks one of his goons who is already in prison (who was imprisoned after the husband's death), to testify that he murdered Prerna's husband. 1 year later, Anil & Neha are trying to divorce & have stopped paying EMIs. Chandrakant is looking for a job to pay his dues. Chandu gets a job with his previous employer Babu (Anant Mahadevan). Nancy breaks up with Ryan. Nancy says that Ryan is a compulsive liar who gets more calls from banks than from music companies. And he ends up spending all his time hiding from bank officials. Nancy was responsible for Ryan running up credit card bills of more than Rs 3 Lakhs. Prerna is still stuck as Rafiq took the money & died without completing the job. All of them have borrowed huge amounts but are unable to return them. After the bank makes some attempts to recover the loans, the loans are transferred to a recovery agency, in this case to Sattar Bhai. All of them land up with Sattar's collection agency. The collection agency promises the bank to recover the money within a week. The news channels and papers are full of stories of Sattar and his agency using strong arm tactics for lean recovery. Sattar wants to be a politician & his mentor Yusuf Bhai asks him to empathize with people & be nice to them. The mentor tells Sattar that to go do good deeds Sattar needs a good intention as well. Only then the public will trust him as a politician. Yusuf says that Sattar can only be a good politician when the people support him. Sattar would need to remove his fear from people's hearts and minds. Sattar is now the savior and the solution for all those caught in the debt trap. The agency includes employees including Gaffur Bhai (Daya Shankar Pandey), Prem Prakash Patel (Manoj Joshi), Mumbai Central (Snehal Dabi) and others. Sattar starts helping people. Anil tells him that Neha slapped him when she caught him watching porn & he accused her of having sex with other guys. She is also angry at him for not taking financial responsibility of their dues. Sattar sends some of his goons to scare Neha, so that she gets back together with Anil. Chandu tells Sattar that Arjun never went for his MBA after he got hold of the money. Sattar is smitten by Prerna & asks his goons to turn her away as he doesn't want to meet her as a don. He confronts Ryan at his DJ club, when Prerna walks in & Ryan tells him that Prerna is his very good friend. Actually, Ryan didn't even know Prerna, he just took advantage of the knowledge that Sattar was interested in her. But Ryan manages to get Sattar a date with Prerna & then proceeds to teach him manners. At the dinner Prerna is only interested in getting Sattar to help her get the insurance money. Sattar goes on his best behavior & is honest with Prerna. She has a nice evening with her, but says she is not interested in him. Because of Sattar Anil & Neha get back together. Sattar visits Chandu's house & threatens Arjun. This puts him online & he gets a job. He also helps Ryan get a job with a music company & finally impresses Prerna enough that she falls in love with him. Sattar becomes a respected politician & cracks down on unfair lending practices by banks.

Manorama hires Satyaveer to spy on her husband`s philandering. As he starts working on the case, secrets are unearthed which get him tangled into a web of lies and deceit.

A spoiled brat gets married to her professor despite several challenges. Soon after, he learns that his wife was responsible for the separation of his former girlfriend and he leaves her, never to return. Wealthy widower Deepraj Khanna lives a comfortable lifestyle in India with his only child, a daughter by the name of Pooja, who always gets what she wants. When she enrolls in an all-girls college, she feasts her eyes on a young Lecturer by the name of Suraj Chauhan, and wants him all for herself. She gets all the more determined when he outrightly rejects, and even humiliates her publicly. She is devastated when she finds out that he has given his heart to an invalid former dancer, Supriya Maheshwari, who is convalescing after recovering from a paralytic stroke. Pooja thinks of the unfairness of life and confronts Supriya, who has a relapse, is again hospitalized and refuses to respond to any treatment, insisting that Suraj walk out of her life and marry Pooja. When Suraj finds that it is Supriya's last wish, he does marry Pooja, only to find out a few months later that it was Pooja who had caused Supriya's stroke. Suraj walks away from everyones lives, but he will return again five years later to find that nothing is the same anymore and that the lives of all the people he had known earlier have changed dramatically. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Inspector Samar Singh is about to retire, however he changes his mind upon discovering that a recently elected official has ties with the underworld.

I is an Indian. He travels to London for a family wedding and finds his family live in fear of the terrorism by National Front Skinheads and finds he has to become involved which escalates the situation. A generation of English men called "Skinheads" wants to dominate rule in their birth country London, U.K. Their main targets are people from other races who they regard as aliens; this time their target is an Indian family from Punjab, India. However a male member from this family is unable to withstand this injustice and decides to single-handily revolt. Situations worsen when this male is forced to attack the leader of the Skinheads, Cain; unknown to him by doing so he is further endangering the lives of his loved ones. —gavin (racktoo@hotmail.com) There is going to be a wedding in the family, and a father and son journey all the way from Punjab, India to London, U.K. to participate in the ceremony. Once in London, they come to know that the neighborhood is being terrorized by caucasian skinheads, who want to drive all asians away, back to the countries of their birth. The son stands up against the skinheads, and even beats up quite a few of them. When the leader of the skinheads, Cain, comes to know about this incident, he asks his men not to interfere with this Indian male, as the skinheads are not the only ones who hate Indians - the Pakistanis hate them more, and Cain decides to kill two birds with one, and do what the East India Company did in the 19th century - divide and rule. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Pinjar tells the story of Puro, a young woman of Hindu background, living a lovely life circling the time of the partition of 1947 with her family. Puro is betrothed to a wealthy, sweet young man, Ramchand, from a promising family. Puro's bliss is shattered one day as a leisurely trip with Rajjo, her younger sister, turns traumatic as she is kidnapped by a mysterious Muslim man, Rashid. Rashid's family has an ancestral dispute with Puro's family. Puro's family had made Rashid's homeless by taking over their property. Puro's grand-uncle had even kidnapped Rashid's grand-aunt and then released her after defiling her. Rashid's family made him swear that he would kidnap Puro to settle the score. It is clear that Rashid is drawn to Puro and would do anything for her. One night, Puro manages to escape back to her parents. Her parents woefully turn away their daughter, explaining that if Puro were to stay, Rashid's extended Muslim clan would arrive and slaughter everyone. Left with no support, Puro returns to Rashid who is well-aware of Puro's escape; he knew she wouldn't be let in by her parents and had been waiting for her nearby. After a few months, Puro's family marries their son Trilok to Ramchand's younger sister, Lajjo. Rajjo is married off to Ramchand's cousin. Parallel to the celebrations of the new marriage is a celebration of Rashid: Puro is pregnant. Puro is greatly depressed as she has conceived from rape. She miscarries but learns somewhat of Rashid's love for her and his repentance for his evil deed. The British colonialists leave India and the subcontinent reels under the effects of partition. Ramchand's uncle, cousin and Rajjo leave for India and are safe. Ramchand, his parents and Lajjo are caught in the riots. Ramchand hurriedly leaves to India with his younger sister and mother; his father is already missing. Shortly after, Lajjo is kidnapped by thugs. Puro meets Ramchand, who woefully tells her of Lajjo's situation. Puro finds Lajjo and helps her escape with Rashid's assistance. They conduct Lajjo to Lahore where Trilok and Ramchand come to receive her. Trilok has a tearful reunion with Puro and explains to her that she can start life anew as Ramchand is ready to accept her even now. Puro surprises Trilok by refusing and saying she is where she belongs. Ramchand responds with tremendous empathy to Puro, as he sees that she has accepted Rashid. Rashid slowly tries to fade, making it easy for Puro to leave with her folk, but is heartbroken, as he is deeply in love with her. However, Puro seeks Rashid out and the two tearfully bid Ramchand, Trilok, and Lajjo farewell forever.

When three unemployed men, who are in desperate need of money, receive an unexpected call from a kidnapper, they plan to make easy money in the bargain.

When Ranvir realises that his reckless younger brother Rajvir is in love, he arranges for Rajvir`s marriage, not realising that the girl is the same person he is in love with.

Panna is the only daughter of politician Maltidevi. Panna is very critical of her mother, when she decides to separate from her dad, and asked Chief Minister Sawantrao Gadre to move in with them, for political reasons. Sawantrao has been using Maltidevi to win his election, which he does. Malti avenges this humiliation, wins the next election, and has Sawantrao killed. Malti then becomes the new Chief Minister. The main thorns on her side are Bhau, the leader of the downtrodden lower caste dalits, and her very daughter, who is very friendly with Bhau. One day Panna is abducted by Aditya and his group of revolutionaries, and held by them. It is there that Panna learns about the atrocities committed by her mom in the name of politics, and it is then she must decide whether to be loyal to her mom, or take the side of Aditya and the revolutionaries. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

This story revolves around a love couple and a police duo. Vicky is the younger brother of Rice Business man Inder Rai and loves Kiran daughter of a poor man Raushan Lal. The police duo comprises of Jaspal Bhatti(SSP) and Vivek Shauk his PA, who involve in a lot of corrupt activities although with a lot of laughters. Due to some business rivalry Inder gets killed another businessman by hiring a contract killer of Shera Group. The assigned killer Billu Bakra kills the businessman but is not caught. Later on SSP convinces Kiran's poor father Raushan Lal to take the blame on him and in return promises 2 lakh rupees for treatment of Raushan's ailing son. Later on Vicky investigates the whole matter and finds out that it was his brother and SSP who have planned the plot and got Raushan lal arrested. Things starts revealing in a comic manner and in the end the police duo is finally arrested on charges of corruption by the IG himself and Inder saves Kiran's ailing brother by donating his own kidney. In short this movie tells a lot about corruption in the police system in a very funny take on the political system of the country. The love angle between SSP Bhatti and Principal Preeti is a cherry on the cake. —Ashutosh Mohle

Kohinoor is 5 yrs old, and has the ability to speak to animals. He lives with his mother (Aparajita Bhushan) and dad Devkaran (Ishrat Ali) (the Maharaja of the kingdom). Hanuman Baba (Kulbhushan Kharbanda) is a confidant of the King and has witnessed Kohinoor's unique powers. Devkaran is working to convert the Kingdom's vasts lands into a designated sanctuary for wild animals. Ranbir Singh (Salim Ghouse) & his wife (Kunika) want to exploit the natural forests for the wood and the antlers of deer, and growing opium. Ranbir is the manager of the Kingdom's vast estates and plans to take possession of the whole Kingdom, by marrying Devkaran's sister and pressing his claim to the Kingdom. Suryamani (Prem Chopra) is the cousin brother of Kohinoor's mom. Amina Bi (Aruna Irani) is Kohinoor's nanny. Ali (Raj Babbar) & Aslam are Amina's own sons. A fortune teller, who is also Ranbir's mother (Shashikala) tells Ranbir that Kohinoor will be his death. Fearing his death, Ranbir Singh (Salim Ghouse) decides to kill Kohinoor when he is a child. Ranbir attacks the palace in collusion with Suryamani. Ranbir kills his wife, Devkaran, his wife and his 2 daughters. Amina escapes with Kohinoor and Ali, sacrificing her other son Aslam (by making him pose like Kohinoor, whom Ranbir kills) Amina hands over Kohinoor to Hanuman Baba, and promises to send Ali 20 yrs later to take Kohinoor back to the Kingdom. But Amina is captured and tortured for 20 yrs by Ranbir. Ali grows up to be a resistance fighter against Ranbir's plan to grow opium in the cleared forest lands. Meanwhile Kohinoor grows up in the jungle and uses his powers to protect animals against poachers and hunters. Hanuman Baba protects Kohinoor's magical powers from being exposed to the outside world. Shaili Mathur (Manisha Koirala) is a reporter and runs a segment on people with unique abilities in India. Bhalu Prasad Bihari Orey (Shakti Kapoor) is her future fiance and the son of the owner of the channel. Shaili is ordered to track down the story on Kohinoor and verify its facts and bring it in front of the people. At the railway station, Shaili runs into Ali, who says that he is also headed to the Madhuban jungle to meet Kohinoor. Shaili gets Ali arrested for entering the wrong class of carriage (first class when he had a general ticket) Shaili heads to a village fair where all young men from the neighboring areas arrive in the hope to meet their life partner. She hopes that Kohinoor might also be there. Kohinoor indeed comes and falls in love with Shaili. He wants to marry Shaili, but she is offended that an uneducated villager wants to marry her. a policeman tries to fraud Shaili of Rs 5000 by passing off a random guy as Kohinoor and Shaili thinks the story has no merit. But there is no train till the next day. They decide to spend the time in a jungle safari. They are attacked by a herd of elephants, who end up overturning their jeep. Kohinoor arrives in time and saves them. Shalini decides to play a damsel in distress to seduce Kohinoor. Shalini says she loves him, since he saved her life. Kohinoor reciprocates the love when Shalini confirms that Orey is not her fiance.. Kohinoor introduces Shaili to Hanuman Baba, who advises Kohinoor against marrying this girl from the city. The news of Kohinoor's find reaches the papers and Ali rushes to Madhuban to stop him before he leaves with Shaili. But before he can get there, Kohinoor leaves with Shaili for the city. Ali meets Hanuman Baba, who sends Ali after Kohinoor to the city. Ali and Hanuman Baba intercept the train before it reaches the city and tell the truth to Kohinoor. Hanuman Baba tells Kohinoor about his past and how Ranbir slaughtered his entire family. Kohinoor leaves. Hanuman, Ali and Kohinoor reach the Kingdom. Ranbir dangles Amina's freedom if Kohinoor agrees to meet him alone. Kohinoor agrees since Amina sacrificed her own son to save Kohinoor once. Meanwhile Shaili reaches Devpur with Orey. Kohinoor and Ranbir meet and trade insults. Ranbir has chained Amina in a circular cage structure, and unleashes lions on her. The lions are blind and hence cannot be hypnotized by Kohinoor. Turns out the lions are the ones that Kohinoor played with when he was a kid. The lions refuse to attack him or Amina. Ranbir reneges on his promise and attacks Kohinoor with his army. But Ali arrives in time to thwart the attack and rescue Amina and Kohinoor. Ranbir and Suryamani take refuge in a local police station as Ali's forces surround the village. Kohinoor and Ali rescue all the animals in Ranbir's farm and set fire to his opium fields.. Shaili pursues Kohinoor, but he continues to ignore her due to her betrayal. Shaili tries to commit suicide, Kohinoor saves her but is still unconvinced about her proposed love for him. Eventually though Kohinoor relents and reciprocates her love. Meanwhile the village kids have withdrawal symptoms due to lack of opium as Ranbir had them addicted on the stuff. The doctors give up as they have no anesthetics. The only solution is to put all the kids to sleep.. If Kohinoor uses his powers to hypnotize kids, he will loose them, but he does so anyways, as he wants to save the kids of the village. Kohinoor loses his powers (unknown to him, this was all planned by a mole planted by Ranbir) and promptly Ranbir's forces attack. Hanuman is shot and Kohinoor withdraws to save him. Meanwhile Ranbir captures the entire village including Ali and Shaili. Ranbir's mother tells him that marrying Shaili would make him immune to Kohinoor. Shaili uses this to her advantage and drive a rift between Ranbir and his wife existing wife Lady Helen (Kunika). Kohinoor assembles his forces around Ranbir's palace. By the grace of God, Kohinoor retains the love of all animals, who come to his aid during the attack. In the end the animals and Kohinoor defeat Ranbir, rescues Amina, Ali and Shaili.. Kohinoor kills Ranbir by throwing him off the roof.

The movie depicts the real life events that happened during the battle of Longewala in Rajasthan in 1971 when 120 Indian soldiers defended their post all night and were helped by the Indian Air Force.

Governor Jaisingh Sinha discusses the prospect of FDI with influential industrialist Meghnad Chaudhry (Dalip Tahil), socialist Union leader Vilas Rao, minister "Mantriji" Sadanand Bose (Prem Chopra) and others. Sahil Sinha (Bobby Deol) comes from a wealthy family. He is the stepson of Governor Jaisingh Sinha (Raj Babbar) whom he does not get along with while Jaisingh tries to get close to him. Even Sahil's mother Sharda (Priya Tendulkar) cannot persuade her son to get close to Jaisingh. Sahil enrolls into college and reunites with his childhood sweetheart/friend, Isha Diwan (Kajol). The two drifted apart when Isha was sent to boarding school years ago. Isha's father Ishwar (Paresh Rawal) is the secretary of Jaisingh. Sahil also meets Sheetal Chaudhary (Manisha Koirala) whose father Megnath (Dalip Tahil) is a good friend of Jaisingh. Sahil and Isha fall in love while Sheetal falls for Sahil, believing he is also in love with her. Jaisingh and Megnath learn that Sheetal loves Sahil, so they decide to announce their engagement at Sahil's birthday party. However, this does not go down well with Sahil because he does not love Sheetal and intended to announce his engagement to Isha. Jaisingh and Sahil get into an argument and in a fit of rage, Sahil holds a knife up to his father, being stopped by his mother. Sahil gets heavily drunk at Dr. Gandhi's (Kulbhushan Kharbanda) house, Sinha's family doctor. Gandhi advises Sahil to reconsider, saying that Sahil will lead a happier life with Sheetal. When Sahil gets home, he is shocked to discover that his father has been stabbed to death with the same knife Sahil had threatened him with. Before Sinha can reveal the name of his attacker, he dies. Sharda finds Sahil holding a knife and assumes him to be the killer. Although he did not see the killer enter or leave, Sahil has one clue - a locket which may belong to the killer. The next day, he is taken to court, where his mother, Sheetal's father, Isha's father and all those who were present at his party testify against him and say that he must have been responsible for his father's death. Sahil is sentenced to 14 years in prison. Before he goes to jail, he is able to hand the locket over to Sheetal. Sheetal visits Sahil in jail and agrees to help him break out. In jail, Sahil relates his story to an old prisoner. The prisoner tells Sahil about an escape route. Sahil breaks out of prison with Sheetal's help. Once Sahil is out, he is reunited with Isha. Both Isha and Sheetal decide to help Sahil prove his innocence by solving the mystery of who killed his father. However, the authorities are on Sahil's track - no-nonsense Inspector Udham Singh (Om Puri) and his team is determined to capture Sahil. Sahil decides to visit Dr. Gandhi, believing he will have a clue. Sahil secretly meets Isha at her home, where he calls Dr Gandhi for advice, and Dr Gandhi invites Sahil to his home. However, he finds that Dr. Gandhi has also been stabbed - this makes the investigation more complicated. Dr Gandhi's servant reports Sahil to the police. Sahil and Isha are soon found by Inspector Singh but narrowly escape. Sahil returns to the city and confronts those who testified against him in court, believing that they all had some motive for killing Jaisingh. Now accused of two murders, Sahil suspects advocate Thanawala (Raza Murad). He enters Thanawala's office and brutally interrogates him, throwing him out from the window of his office. Sahil similarly interrogates Choudhary and Vilas Rao but it leads to nothing. Sahil, Sheetal and Isha trick Mantriji into attending a ceremony and abduct him. When Inspector Singh realizes what Sahil is actually doing, he believes that Sahil is innocent. The murders were committed by two identical knives. Singh finds the same set of knives at Ishwar Dewan's house with two knives missing and arrests Dewan, who confesses. Isha's father confesses to killing Jaisingh because he was angry that Jaisingh would not let Isha marry Sahil: Ishwar is put in prison. Sheetal tells Sahil that the murderer is Ishwar Dewan, and Sahil releases Mantriji. Isha, however, is shocked and tries to attack Sheetal, and later rushes to meet her father. Sahil, now free, returns home and reconciles with his mother and half-brother, Harsh (Master Harsh Lunia). Sahil gives the necklace to Harsh. Harsh opens the necklace and shows it to Sahil, who finds his and Isha's pictures inside. Sahil realizes Isha is the killer. In the meantime, Isha enters Uddham Singh's house and stabs him multiple times. Sahil interrogates Ishwar Dewan, who admits that Isha is the killer. He reveals that while Isha loves him immensely, she has had a massive anger management problem since her childhood, particularly when it comes to Sahil. As a child, she had killed Dr. Gandhi's dog after it bit Sahil, following which she was sent to a boarding school by Sinha and Dr. Gandhi to keep her away from Sahil. After Sahil's argument with his father, Dewan and Isha had gone to meet Sinha the following morning, to request him to unite Sahil and Isha, whereupon the latter rejected and humiliated them in a fit of anger and asked them to leave. Isha was so enraged that she later stabbed Sinha to death. When Dr. Gandhi realized that she was the murderer, she killed him as well. Sahil is shocked beyond words but understands that Isha will try to attack Sheetal next and calls her. He rushes to her house but is attacked by Babu Anna, an assassin hired earlier by Mantriji to kill Sahil and Isha. Sahil is injured but manages to incapacitate Babu Anna and reach the house. Sheetal is fooled by Isha at first, because the latter falsely apologizes for her misbehavior. However, Isha suddenly attacks Sheetal. Sahil arrives on time to save her and pulls Isha off Sheetal, who rushes into Sahil's arms. An enraged Isha tries to stab Sheetal, but Babu Anna tries to intervene and is killed instead. An injured Uddham Singh arrives and fatally shoots Isha. In her final moments, Isha begs Sahil for forgiveness. During the end credits, Sahil is joined by Sheetal in the club that he was seen in at the beginning of the movie.

Set during the Sikh insurgency in 1980s Punjab, Maachis follows a common man whose life changes when he is falsely accused and arrested, spurring him on to become a gangster.

Ravi, an unemployed man who constantly gets into fights, is framed for the murder of a gangster. With no support from his family, he must now fight to prove his innocence. For years Ravi Kumar is considered as the black sheep of the Kumar's family; is unemployed, does not have a stable future and gets himself involved in fights at the drop of a hat. In spite of these bad qualities there exists one good quality in him that is he is willing to fight against injustice so much that when a gangster is killed he is accused, charged and placed before the court. Ravi's parents and the witnesses know that he is innocent but unfortunately no one comes to testify in favor of him resulting in Ravi getting incarcerated.

A convict freshly out of prison is given an undercover name "Krishna" and the task to bring down a drug kingpin and his cartel. Sunil lives a poor life-style with his mom and sister. His passion is to pilot plane and he goes for training to become a successful pilot, but in the process he got himself entangled in a drug deal which changes his entire concept of life and engulfs his loved ones forever. —raj (krazymonster@ymail.com) Sunil, a pilot gets entangled in a drug deal. With no evidence to prove his innocence; he is arrested and subsequently imprisoned after proving guilty. Years later he is released from jail on the basics that he provide solid evidence that will prove that he is not guilty of all charges lay on him. To gather proof Sunil changes his name to Krishna and decides to work as hit-man for the same gangsters that got him imprison. —gavin (racktoo@hotmail.com)

After earning the admiration of the Chief Minister Vishwasrao chowdhary (Raza Murad), Amar Damjee (Aamir Khan) is handed the task of handling an operation aimed at taking down a multi-crore rupee international scandal down. An honest police officer, he is faced with the worst troubles on his case. He is framed in the murder case of the daughter of the Police Commissioner Mazumdar (Kulbhushan Kharbanda), Anjali. He esacapes from jail and goes on to prove his innocence and to get to the root of his operation and Anjali`s murder. Only, he is in for a very big surprise!

Ajay leads a life as a gangster and is known for his short-temper which made him mercilessly murder a man named Ramesh for falling in love with his sister Asha. Years later Ajay takes up employment as a bodyguard to a politician Satyendra Pal Choudhary's daughter Priyanka alias Priya; only to find himself trapped in a world of deceit, lies, politics and crime. —gavin (racktoo@hotmail.com) Priyanka lives a very wealthy lifestyle with her widowed politician father, Satyendra Pal Choudhary, who owes his allegiance to Bharatiya Ekta Party. As Satyendra's popularity rises he fears for his life and that of his daughter's and as a result hires some bodyguards for himself, and one bodyguard named Ajay for Priyanka. With the elections approaching, and Satyendra's growing popularity creates some uncertainty with other political parties, as a result Priyanka is kidnapped and is Ajay seriously wounded and hospitalized. When the news is made public, a wave of sympathy moves in Satyendra's favor and he is sure to win the election. Priyanka's abductors demand two crore rupees, but before Satyendra could respond the police find a body of a young woman, who he identifies as that of Priyanka. A grieving Satyendra is shown on national television before a shocked nation, and he wins the election hands down. What the public do not know is that Ajay is a hit-man for an underworld don named Vellu, Ajay is known for his short-temper, which had resulted in the death of a young man named Ramesh, whose only crime was marrying Ajay's sister, Asha, without his consent. The question remains why would a respectable politician hire a killer as his daughter's bodyguard? —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Naseem (The Morning Breeze) 1995 | 120 mins | Hindi | Social Based around the Babri Masjid demolition of 1992, Naseem draws parallels between two generations and the conflicting situations that govern their contrasting worlds. Naseem is a young inquisitive school girl and shares a intensely loving bond with her grandfather, who belongs to an era replete with harmony between the Hindu & Muslims. With days leading up to the imminent demolition of the Babri Masjid, he watches helplessly as the world he had once known to exist is betrayed of its peace and is unfortunately a world in which his naïve & beloved granddaughter will ultimately belong to.

When journalist Roma Singh, daughter of a jailer, visits a prison, she faces harassment from inmates but is saved by fellow prisoner Vishal Agnihotri. Intrigued by his conviction for four murders, she investigates and learns he sought justice after the court failed his sister and beloved. Upon Vishal`s release and employment with her boss, Jindal, he uncovers a deeper motive behind his freedom.

Kubla, a terrorist appoints an Army officer, Vikram to get vital information about the Indian armed forces. To get the information, Vikram kills another army officer and puts the blame on Karan Singh who is now on a run. Kubla and Vikram then kidnap Colonel Choudry and his daughter Priya. Will Singh be able to save them and protect the country?

Heena is the story of a girl who lived with her widowed mother. One day she found a body of a guy, who had lost his memory and she nursed him back to health. The story moves on when she falls in love and wanted to marry him. The story takes a turn when the tribe came across the truth and the guy was suspected to be a spy.

Two con-men become the unlikely saviours of an entire village when they set out to end the despotic rule of a crime-lord, with whom they have a score to settle.

For years powerful landlords have held sway over the poor illiterate farmers, keeping them impoverished, making them work as bonded laborers for paltry loans they had taken years ago, but which now have ballooned with the interest charged on the principal. One such story is of Mukhiya Hardayal, who is on the Panchayat, and is opposed to the cruel practices of Thakur Sher Bahadur Singh. When Hardayal's wife, Krishna, passes away while delivering their second son, Karamveer, he begins to hate, treat him contemptuously, generally ignore him and holds him responsible for his wife's death. Hardayal spends all his love for his elder son, Suraj, who does live up to his father's expectations and excel in his studies, so much so that the Thakur himself loans some money to Hardayal so that Suraj can further his studies in Bombay. After Suraj leaves, Hardayal finds himself enmeshed in the Thakur's loan, unable to re-pay it with the interest, he is severely whipped and made to work as a bonded laborer. Fifteen years later, the work and the beatings have taken their toll on Hardayal, and his spine is fractured beyond repair. Suraj returns home, finds the plight of his father, confronts Thakur, who in turn offers money so that Suraj can go abroad to further his studies. A grateful Hardayal accepts this offer - only to find out that this was another ploy of the wily Thakur to separate Suraj from his family, make Karamveer and Hardayal his laborers. Hardayal continues to work for the Thakur, hoping that one day Suraj will return and all his troubles will be over. What Hardayal does not know that Suraj may never return home, as he has been apprehended with smuggling drugs - and it looks like the Thakur will continue to have his way with Hardayal and the rest of the villagers.

Ajay is framed by Balwant Rai for his brother's murder and sent to prison. Later, he befriends three convicts and sets out to seek revenge against Balwant Rai. Ajay Mehra lives with his elder brother Ashok and sister-in-law Indu. He leaves for Bangalore in order to train to become an international boxer. On his return to New Delhi, he finds that Ashok is missing. He lodges a complaint at the police station but to no avail. He decides to search for his brother himself but still does not find him. Later on, Ashok's body is found and Ajay is accused of killing him as well as having an illicit relationship with his sister-in-law. While in jail, Ajay makes friends with some other hardcore convicts, who are good at heart. Then one day, they escape the jail by overpowering the guards. Ajay only has one thing on his mind: to kill Balwant Rai, a wealthy, powerful and corrupt businessman who had used Ashok's business as a front for his illegal activities. Ajay's new friends and his love interest Varsha, a journalist, help him in his mission. —Soumitra Amateur boxer, Ajay Mehra return home only to learn that his elder brother, Ashok is missing. His searches and a police complaint only leads to frustration and violence outburst. Eventually Ashok's dead body is found and Ajay is charged with killing him as well as having an illicit relationship with his sister in law Indu. Then Ajay along with three other inmates escape from jail in order to punish the real culprit, Balwant Rai. —gavin (racktoo@hotmail.com) Ajay Mehra is a boxing champion living with his brother Ashok and his wife Indu.He is marriage to Varsha has been approved by his brother and his wife.Ashok is facing losses in business and hides it from Ajay.When Ajay goes for a boxing camp in Bangalore and finds Ashok comes to meet him he realizes that he is in trouble.When Ajay returns from Bangalore he finds that Ashok has been missing since many days.The cops to don't take action on his complaint.Ajay somehow meets Balwant Rai his business partner who promises to help him.But he finds that Balwant Rai is the actual culprit who has held Ashok captive as he came to know about his illegal activities.Balwant Rai is attacked by Ajay following which Balwant Rai kills Ashok and Ajay his held for the murder.During the court sessions Pramodsharan Gupta a lawyer and family friends also testifies that Ajay killed Ashok as he was having illegitimate relationship with Indu.Indu then commits suicide and Ajay his jailed fro killing Ashok.While in the prison he befriends inmates Rajan,Mitwa and Bashir who plan their escape from jail and support Ajay to fight against Balwant Rai. —alex.mjacko@gmail.com

The Saxena's family consists of Chief Engineer Vinay Saxena, his wife, a daughter, Pooja and his younger brother, Shankar. Shankar is a CBI officer a fact that is known to his family members only recently; meanwhile Vinay is approached by a corrupt builder, Shaadilal who attempts to bribe him to pass an illegal tender. But Vinay refuses to accept the bribe forcing Shaadilal to adopt other means of getting the job done. Meanwhile Vinay hopes to get his daughter marry to his personal assistant, Deepak Malhotra. Ironically Vinay is once again approached by Shaadilal who confides to him that Deepak is behind the crime of arranging the passing of the illegal tenders. Unfortunately both Deepak and Vinay gets fired from their job. The same night Shankar red-handily catches Deepak committing a murder, arrests him and logged him in a cell; then Shankar goes home to hear that his niece, Pooja is pregnant with Deepak's child only to arrange the marriage of Pooja and Deepak. In the midst of the wedding Shankar is forced to arrest his brother, Vinay; unable to bear this Deepak decides to go about a quest that will provide evidences to prove Vinay's innocence only to be killed. Shankar then suspects foul play and decides to conduct investigations that will bring the real culprits to justice. —gavin (racktoo@hotmail.com) Bachelor Shankar Saxena lives with his elder brother, Chief Engineer Vinay, his wife, Kavita, and their daughter of marriageable age, Pooja. Shankar is an undercover CBI Officer, a fact that was hidden from the rest of the family, until only recently. Vinay would like Pooja to get married to Deepak Malhotra, who works in his office, and is quite unaware that Deepak and Pooja have already met and are very much in love. Although Deepak comes from a poor family, and lives with his widowed and blind mother, Vinay does not foresee this as a problem. Then suddenly things change dramatically when Vinay suspects Deepak of accepting bribes from a corrupt builder named Shaadilal, fires Deepak, pending a police investigation. And to make matters worse, Shankar too is aware of Deepak - not as a groom for his niece, but as a suspect for murder!! But before he could arrest Deepak, he must execute a warrant for the arrest of none other than Vinay himself. Watch as events unfold enveloping this family in a web of deceit, intrigue, distrust, and terror. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

In 1961, the grandfather of a Portuguese family in Goa dies and his wife tries to call upon his ghost but ends up calling the souls of people the family has wronged in the past.

Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985), directed by Raj Kapoor, is a bold film that explores themes of purity, love, and social morality against the backdrop of rural India. The film marked Raj Kapoor`s return to filmmaking after a long gap and became one of his most talked-about works. The film stars Rajiv Kapoor, Raj Kapoor`s younger son, in the role of a simple and idealistic young man, Ram, who sets out to bring back his fiancee, Ganga (Mandakini), whom he had promised to marry. Ganga is symbolically portrayed as the "pure" Ganga river, but her journey is fraught with exploitation, corruption, and tragedy. The film contrasts Ganga`s purity with the dirty waters of the River Ganga, metaphorically suggesting that society often taints what it considers pure.

Ratan Kumar lives a middle-class existence with his wife, Pushpa and son, Sunder. When he is asked to commit a crime for Balram Singh, he does so, but decides to keep a suitcase full of diamonds for himself. An enraged Balram sets fire to his house. Believing his wife to be dead, Ratan flees, is rescued by Dr. Saigal, taken to the palace of a distraught Maharani Maanwati, who has just lost her son and husband, but is placated after being told that Sunder is her son. For years, Ratan, who now calls himself Ramesh, works for the Maharani, and when Sunder grows up, the Maharani comes to know of Ramesh's existence, finds that he closely resembles her husband, and marries him. Shortly thereafter, Pushpa re-surfaces, an enraged Maharani attempts to kill Ramesh, but ends up killing herself, before dying she asks Sunder to avenge her death. Fleeing from Sunder and the Police's wrath, Ramesh is apprehended by the Police, tried in Court, and sentenced to several years in jail. When he returns, he becomes an underworld don, with a sole motive of bringing an end to Balram, little knowing that Sunder, who now calls himself Shyam, is also on the lookout for him, and has befriended Ravi, Ramesh's second son, who was born during his tenure in prison. When Balram finds this out, he plots to use Shyam to bring an end to Ramesh and his entire family - once and for all. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com) When a notorious smuggler Balram Singh torches the house of his employee Ratan Kumar he flees with his son Sundar only to end up in the palace of a distraught Maharani Maanwati. Taking Kumar as the resemblance to her dead husband she gets married to him and is much affectionate towards Sundar. Situations take a turn for the worse one day when the Maharani kills herself, blaming Kumar for her death in the process and telling Sundar to avenge this killing. Kumar is then apprehend by the police, charged and sentence to a long jail term. After his release several years later Kumar now calls himself Ramesh the leader of an underworld criminal gang and is all set to bring Balram Singh to justice - but the problem is Sundar who now changes his name to Shyam has not forgotten Kumar, is all set to locate and derange his life with the help of none other than Balram Singh. —gavin (racktoo@hotmail.com)

Rukmini Bai has been running a brothel for years and business is thriving. But when one of the girls has an illicit affair, the whole establishment is threatened.

For years, an aging Rukmini Bai (Shabana Azmi) has been the Madame of a brothel in Hyderabad, India. The women in the brothel live in harmony. Rukmini Bai takes pride in the talent of her women, especially Zeenat (Smita Patil) who is a classical singer and Basanti (Neena Gupta) who is a classical dancer. Rukmini Bai is quite possessive about Zeenat and does not let her get engaged in prostitution. Ramgopal (Om Puri) is a photographer who frequents the brothel. Ramgopal is lusting after Basanti, but she is not interested in him. The Doctor (Annu Kapoor) comes every month for health check-ups. Phoolmani (Sreela Majumdar) is a new entrant into the brothel. She was sold to the brothel for Rs 4000 by a supplier Srikanth (who had married Phoolmani and then lured her to the brothel) and she had a torrid start to her first day. She was frightened, ran all over the brothel, tried to escape and then finally lost the energy and calmed down. Rukmini is protective of her from the customers who wish to deflower Zeenat. One day Rukmini Bai gets the news, that she, now, has a new landlord Mr. Gupta (Kulbhushan Kharbanda), whose daughter Malti (Ratna Pathak) is to marry Mr. Aggarwal's (Saeed Jaffrey) son, Sushil (Aditya Bhattacharya), shortly. Given the finesse of Zeenat and Basanti, Mr. Gupta invites Rukmini Bai with her women to perform at the engagement ceremony of his son. During the performance, Sushil is smitten by Zeenat's beauty and approaches her in the dressing room. Zeenat also gets attracted to Sushil. In the meanwhile, it is shown that the City Councilor, Shantidevi (Gita Siddharth), who also runs the Women Organization of the town is averse to Rukmini Bai and her brothel. In reality Shanti Devi is coordinating with Mr. Gupta to build public opinion against the brothel, so he can get it demolished for his new construction project at the right time. Shantidevi's assistant (Pankaj Kapur) Via Mr Gupta, Shanti gets news that a minor Phoolmani has been kept at the brothel without her wishes. Shanti enters the brothel with a large public crowd to rescue the minor. But Rukmini traps Shanti's assistant in a room with one her other girls, who claims that he was trying to sexually assault her. This puts Shanti on the back foot, and she is forced to withdraw for the time being. Meanwhile Nadira tries to force Phoolmani into her first time. She has a stroke and later tries to commit suicide. To save Phoolmani the Doctor asks Rukmini to take her to a hospital, but since it is a suicide case, a police report is required first. And that means the entire brothel will be kept in a lockup, just so that Phoolmani can be saved. Mr. Agarwal bails the girls out. In a Municipal Committee meeting, Shanti proposes that the brothel should be moved out of town, in order to protect the town from getting corrupted. The committee agrees to her demands and Rukmini Bai and her women are forced to relocate to a new place in the outskirts of the city, which happens to be near the Dargah of Baba Karak Shah. Mr. Agarwal comes to apologize to Rukmini that he could not stop from the brothel being relocated but promises to take care of the Phoolmani case. Agarwal also gets Mr. Gupta to offer Rs 51K, a house and land to Rukmini at the new site, to help her relocate. But the new location attracts a lot of people (as it the religious grave site of one Baba Kharak Shah, whom the locals revere and visit often), and Rukmini Bai's brothel starts thriving. In the meanwhile, Rukmini Bai gets to know about the budding love between Zeenat and Sushil and she forbids Zeenat from going ahead with the relationship. She reveals that Zeenat is the illegitimate child of Mr. Aggarwal and another prostitute, and Rukmini Bai had kept it as a secret for years, in order to save the face of Mr. Aggarwal. It makes Zeenat and Sushil siblings and renders their romantic relationship as prohibited. The complications set in when Sushil refuses to marry Malti and runs away from his house in order to pursue Zeenat. He asks Zeenat to elope from the brothel with him in search of better existence and Zeenat accepts his proposal. The whole brothel is in a state of panic when the news of Zeenat's elopement breaks out. Rukmini Bai and Aggarwal go in search of the children. However, during the way, Zeenat is overcome by guilt as she is aware of their biological relationship and thus, runs away from Sushil as well. Sushil is heartbroken. Rukmini Bai too, is unable to come to terms with the news of Zeenat's disappearance. She is sobbing in her brothel and instead of getting sympathy, she is rebuked by a Nadira (Soni Razdan), a prostitute who works for her. She asks Rukmini Bai to exit the brothel as the women do not need her anymore and can run the brothel on their own. Rukmini Bai is in a state of shock and with a heavy heart, she quits the brothel with her faithful helper Tungrus (Naseeruddin Shah). On their way, due to exhaustion, they halt for water. While looking for water, Tungrus accidentally comes across a Shiv Lingam. He calls out to Rukmini Bai and they both pray to the Shivlingam for a better future. Just then, they see Phoolmani, a former brothel woman, running towards them. Rukmini Bai is delighted at the sight of Phoolmani and thanks the almighty.

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.

Devdhar, a poor orphan, and Manorama, the daughter of a rich man, are childhood friends but their social status keeps them apart. Years later, when tragedy strikes Manorama, Devdhar vows to being a smile on her face.

Amiran is sold to a brothel by a corrupt cop after her father testifies against him. Years later, she grows up to become an accomplished poetess and the renowned courtesan, Umrao Jaan.

DCP (Deputy Commissioner of Police) Shiv Kumar (Sunil Dutt) is a daring policeman who has just defeated and arrested notorious robber Durjan Singh. He returns home to his wife Sheetal (Rakhee Gulzar) and their young daughter and announces that he has been transferred to Bombay. He has two brothers, Vijay (Amitabh Bachchan) and Ravi (Shashi Kapoor), who live in Bombay. They are intelligent, capable guys, but spend their time loafing about the city and swindling unsuspecting people (for eg they convince a corrupt hotel manager that Vijay has stolen rs 2.5 lakh of jewelry from his employer, and Ravi (a policeman) is looking for him. The manager makes a deal with Vijay to buy the diamonds off him for RS 10000. Thats when Ravi arrives again and threatens jail for helping a robber. The manager pays an additional rs 5000 as bribe to Ravi). Shiv doesn't like their philandering ways. After being swindled by Chacha (Johnny Walker) and Renu (Bindiya Goswami) (Renu appears as a damsel in distress who owes money to Chacha who acts as a money lender. The due date is past and Chacha threatens jail. She offers her Porsche against a loan of rs 30K. The car is worth at least rs 100K. Ravi is besotted with Renu (and was overhearing the conversation) and offers to help her by buying the car for rs 30K. Turns out the car was stolen and lands Ravi+Vijay in jail). Abdul (Mazhar Khan) a crippled street beggar, helps them find Renu and Chacha. Renu and Chacha return the 25K to them, as they already spent the 5k. Vijay is impressed with their work and offers to join forces for the next caper. The idea is to steal a diamond necklace from Maharani Kamalpur when she attends a party at the Sheesh Mahal hotel. They are quickly joined by a glamorous thief, Sunita (Parveen Babi). Sunita manages to steal the necklace before the quartet. But the police condones off the hotel and starts a search of every individual. Sunita drops the necklace in Vijay's pocket, which Vijay notices. He escapes by hiding the necklace in his cane. Vijay invites Sunita to join their gang.. One of their tricks (the duo play god-men who can walk on water) eventually backfires (when Shiv sees their ads all over town and arrests them) and lands Vijay and Ravi in jail. Shiv later bails them out and reads them the riot act at home. Shakaal (Kulbhushan Kharbanda) is an international crime lord operating from a remote island outside India (300 kms from Bombay). Shakaal is a sadistic villain who rejoices in pain of his enemies and traitors. Shiv gets progressively closer to the root of the crimes in the city. Shakaal kills an informant on his crew by feeding him to crocodiles on his private island. A mysterious man (Shatrughan Sinha) tries to assassinate Shiv Kumar twice in the city. Shiv survives both times. After the two attempts on his life, Vijay and Ravi advise him to find a different line of work, arguing that his profession is unpredictable, dangerous and unsuitable for a family man. Shiv stands firm, citing his undying patriotic commitment to his corps and his country. Shakaal has Shiv brought before him by kidnapping him from the city. He compliments Shiv on his wits and valor, and invites him to come to his side. True to his form, Shiv firmly refuses the offer. Shakaal tries to kill him, but Shiv breaks loose and tries to escape from the island. Shakaal unleashes wild dogs upon Shiv and eventually shoots him dead on the beach from a helicopter. As Vijay, Ravi and Sheetal lament their tragic loss, the mysterious man who tried to kill Shiv shows up. Sheetal angrily identifies him as the person she saw escaping at the carnival after the first attempt. The man introduces himself as Rakesh, a marksman and former circus performer who used to shoot targets blindfolded. He was recruited by Shakaal, to assassinate Shiv, by holding Rakesh's wife hostage. Rakesh confesses that he deliberately missed Shiv on the two previous instances, hoping it would buy him time to rescue his wife. On realizing this, an angry Shakaal killed his wife. Rakesh sought out Ravi and Vijay so they could work together to bring down Shakaal. The trio seek the aid of a homeless cripple, Abdul (Mazhar Khan) and manage to find and destroy Shakaal's contraband warehouse in the city. Finding that Abdul was providing Ravi and Vijay with information, Shakaal has his men kill him. Enraged with the destruction of his warehouses, Shakaal kidnaps Sheetal and has her brought to his island. Vijay, Ravi and Rakesh fume, knowing that Sheetal will almost certainly be killed and that they have no clue about the location of Shakaal's island. At this point, Jagmohan (Mac Mohan), another of Shakaal's aides who has been mercilessly crippled by him, offers his help to the group to gain entry to Shakaal's hideout. Posing as a musical troupe (a familiar stratagem in many Bollywood films), Vijay and Ravi (with Renu, Chacha/Uncle and Sunita) enter the island and perform for Shakaal. Shakaal, however, reveals that Jagmohan was sent by him to trap them. Jagmohan's fracture was a lie. Their cover is blown and they are captured. An elaborate sequence ensues as the three men escape. The trio and the widow avoid the booby traps (Vijay is dropped into a tank with the crocodiles and Ravi+Rakesh are in a poison gas filled enclosure fighting 2 of Shakaals men who have gas masks on) and the henchmen ultimately capture Shakaal and finally end his ignominious existence. Shakaal, with his dying breath, sets his island hideout to blow up, but the heroes escape via helicopter to safety.

Set in an underdeveloped village in the vast rural hinterland, the story opens with Public Works Department workers taking measurements for construction of a road that is to pass through which is a common cow grazing ground and has a memorial dedicated to the son of the village landlord, who is respected by the populace, leading to upheaval and resistance. Venkatesh, village priest and teacher (Naseeruddin Shah), cautions restraint and counsels negotiations with Government agencies.

Vishvam is one of four hoodlum brothers who rule a village. Though he is married, he gets infatuated by the new schoolmaster`s wife and conflicts arise when she is abducted.

A man whose wife is abducted seeks to have the culprits prosecuted for their crime, but no one will help him. Meanwhile, the wife-abused and berated by her abductors-cannot bring herself to face her husband. Vishwam (Naseeruddin Shah) is the youngest brother of the powerful and influential village Zamindar (Amrish Puri). The Zamindar will not hesitate to do anything for the welfare and protection of his family, which also includes bending the law to his own advantage. Vishwam is married to Rukmani (Smita Patil), and unlike his brothers, does not indulge in alcohol or women, nor does he have any bad habits. Then the village gets a new schoolmaster (Girish Karnad), who has a wife, Susheela (Shabana Azmi). When Vishwam sees her for the first time, he is unable to take his eyes off her, and unable to get her out of his mind. Susheela does not reciprocate his attentions. Then one night, Susheela is forcibly carried away in a car by the Zamindar's right-hand men (Mohan Agashe and Anant Nag). The schoolmaster's efforts to stop them are to no avail, and the several people present do nothing to stop this abduction. What will the schoolmaster do to get his wife back, knowing fully well that even the village policeman (Kulbhushan Kharbanda) kowtows to the Zamindar. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)