Manoj Bajpayee

News going digital, veteran crime journalist Joy fights irrelevance. Seeking major scoop and personal redemption, he pursues a perilous investigation into Mumbai's underbelly, unearthing dark secrets. News has turned digital, leaving veteran crime journalist Joy at the cusp of irrelevance. Determined to break the next big story and refashion his complicated personal life, Joy embarks on a relentless odyssey through the heart and gut of Mumbai, stumbling into its darkest corners. Digitalization of news creates survival crisis for Joy; a traditional reporter working for a Mumbai based Newspaper Despatch. Joy assigned to cover a recent murder case finds its roots connected with the underworlds of Mumbai. Joy goes deeper into this and risking his life collects many sensitive information. He somehow saves the information but ultimately fails to save his life.

After his younger brother is tragically killed over a petty argument, a feared and retired criminal Bhaiyya Ji, sets out to seek justice against the powerful Gujjar responsible, mobilizing his loyal comrades and igniting a wave of vengeance that threatens to shake the criminal underworld.

ACP Avinash Verma (Manoj Bajpayee) and his SCU are called upon by the Commissioner of Police to investigate a mass shoot-out at the Night Owl Bar in Mumbai. Layers begin to peel at something bigger, deeper, and darker at play.

Jose Andres Galicia (Perry Dizon), an art critic, historian, and professor, loses his memory as a result of chronic alcoholism. To retrieve his memories, he visits his cousin Christine (Dolly de Leon), in a mountain village in Mindanao. He starts dreaming of a woman named Salome from a catalogue of an exhibition he is curating to commemorate the 500th year of Magellan's arrival in the Philippines. Salome appears as a housemaid in Christine's house who returns to the nearby forest at night. When a local historian Fabian solicits the help of Andres to stop the desecration of a site dedicated to a Spanish colonial-era priestess named Salome, the real identity of the mysterious woman begins to unravel.

When a major celebrity comes to her small town, a young woman makes desperate attempts to meet him but she'll have to beat out her three friends.

Isabela returns to the town where she was born, summoned by Axiomas, the environmental organization she works for as a lawyer. There, she must battle against a mining company and its main protector, Governor Ribero, who is also her father. Axiomas, the environmental NGO for which Isabela works, decides to transfer her from her mission in a refugee camp in the Sahara to Argentina. Isabela returns to the place where she was born, backed by Axiomas, to fight fiercely against a mining company and the person who most protects and defends the mine: local Governor Ribero. Past grudges and unresolved conflicts take hold: Ribero, his main opponent, is also his father. So is she fighting against the father who abandoned her or against the corrupt governor who allows polluting companies?

Suraj Singh Dhillon is an eligible bachelor who finds a prospective match blocked because of the work of a wedding detective who performs background checks of grooms. In order to take revenge, he decides to woo the detective`s sister.

Set in the Chambal valley, the film follows the story of a legion of dreaded, warring dacoits who once terrorised the Indian heartlands.

Sarkar 3 looks at power and its attraction as the primary basis for human conflicts. The plot, once again, deals with the multifaceted crisis in Subhash Nagre’s (Amitabh Bachchan) life. The introduction of new characters that are set to create havoc in Sarkar’s life from outside his circle - Govind Deshpandey (Manoj Bajpayee), who plays Sarkar’s rival political opponent, Annu Karkare (Yami Gautam), who uses Cheeku (Amit Sadh), Sarkar's arrogant grandson, to seek revenge on Sarkar, and Gokul (Ronit Roy), his trusted wingman. Sarkar 3, this time, will see much larger dramatic events and larger-than-life characters set against a backdrop of one-upmanships, criminal business practices, and terrifying conspiracies.

Shabana, a young college student after serving a term for killing her abusive father is recruited by an Indian spy agency for a highly classified mission.

Shabana, a simple girl, born and brought up in the metropolitan city of Mumbai, has her focus set on doing well in college and is a Kudo champ. She's fierce and quiet which is result of her past. Shabana has an amazing friend like relationship with her mother. On her way to college she always picked up by Jai, her classmate, and one's who is crazily in love with her. She has a group of five friends, PRIYA, PRASHANT, SHOAIB, and SEEMA & Jai. She and Priya train together, but clearly she is the best in her class and she happens to be a favourite of her coach because of her commitment and determination. While on their date, Jai confesses his love to her, she doesn't respond to him then and on the way back home they run into a gang of 4 boys who are evidently drunk and end up eve teasing. Shabana, being the girl she is, gets into a fight and this results in a life defining moment. And it's then that she gets a call from an unknown number. The Voice claims to have called her from an Agency and there's an offer for her. NATHAAN SHABANA traces the genesis of Shabana and her journey of how she became a part of team BABY.

Shabana, a simple girl, born and brought up in the metropolitan city of Mumbai, has her focus set on doing well in college and is a Kudo champ. She's fierce and quiet which is result of her past. Shabana has an amazing friend like relationship with her mother. On her way to college she always picked up by Jai, her classmate, and one's who is crazily in love with her. She has a group of five friends, PRIYA, PRASHANT, SHOAIB, and SEEMA & Jai. She and Priya train together, but clearly she is the best in her class and she happens to be a favourite of her coach because of her commitment and determination. While on their date, Jai confesses his love to her, she doesn't respond to him then and on the way back home they run into a gang of 4 boys who are evidently drunk and end up eve teasing. Shabana, being the girl she is, gets into a fight and this results in a life defining moment. And it's then that she gets a call from an unknown number. The Voice claims to have called her from an Agency and there's an offer for her. NENE SHABANA traces the genesis of Shabana and her journey of how she became a part of team BABY.

Aligarh is based on the true story of professor Siras, a teacher and an award winning poet. He was suspended from his job because of his sexual orientation and was only months away from retirement at the time of the incident.

Krishna comes to Mumbai in search of his brother Raju Bhai, an underworld don. Through Raju Bhai`s gangster friends, his past life is revealed. What happened to Raju Bhai? Will Krishna find him?

`Vetadu Ventadu` is the dubbed version of the Tamil film `Samar`. This upcoming action-adventure directed by Thiru features Vishal and Trisha Krishnan in leading roles with Sunaina, Manoj Bajpai and J. D. Chakravarthy in supporting roles. The film centers around the obstacles Sakthi, a forest trek guide faces.

Distributed by Phars Film, `Samar` stars Vishal, Trisha Krishnan and Sunaina in leading roles, with Manoj Bajpai and J. D. Chakravarthy in supporting roles. The movie is about a forest guide who guides trekkers and the story revolves around how he overcomes the problems he faces in China.

There is a war raging in India - A war whose end can`t be seen, a war that isn`t being waged by outsiders - The enemy is our own! The youth of the country are rebelling against injustice, tyranny, exploitation. Inequality will not be tolerated forever, there is anger and deep social unrest. Our own countrymen are locked in the bloodiest armed mutiny this country has ever seen. `Chakravyuh` is the story of six extraordinary characters, each with an all-consuming dream and a promise they will uphold above everything else.

`Krishna Aur Kans`- an animated feature film in 3D is based on the timeless tale of Lord Krishna, one of India`s legendary characters from Indian mythology, revered across the globe. The film chronicles his early years from his birth as the nemesis of his evil uncle Kans to his combat against innumerable lethal demons who are sent by none other than Kans to kill Krishna. This enthralling film brings to life Krishna`s various adventures and miracles, in an aim to put an end to evil.

Ramayana - The Epic is an animated film, picturised in a stylized and contemporary manner with Manoj Bajpai, Juhi Chawla, and Ashutosh Rana lending their voices to the lead characters of Ram, Sita and Ravan respectively. The movie will be released this October on Dusshera in Hindi and English along with regional language versions like Gujarati and Marathi.

Parag Dixit is living a dream life with a great job and his loving girlfriend Maansi! However things take an ugly turn when after a series of unfortunate events he suddenly wakes up in jail; handcuffed and randomly beaten up by the cops. Parag is perplexed and in a place far from his utopian life. He tries hard to face away from the ugly truth and wish it`s all a bad dream, but soon succumbs to the prison anarchy. The only salvation he finds is in Nawaab, a convict and a warden who believes that Parag is innocent. Soon, Parag discovers the inner mechanism and the science responsible for the wretched status inside the prison and hordes of broken hearts and shattered souls which managed to find comfort amidst the four prison walls.He is left with a choice, to either live a life that is controlled and exploited or fight against the system!

Shruti [child artiste Hansika Motwani] is the 10-year-old daughter of Shrikant [Sanjay Kapoor] and Shraddha [Raveena Tandon]. She travels to her school by the local train every morning. One day, she accidentally gets locked up in her school and by the time she catches a train to go home, it is already midnight. Three young drug addicts also board the train and seeing her alone, they rape her in front of three passengers who seem afraid and helpless to come to her aid. Shruti is brought in an unconscious state to the hospital by the police. She breathes her last in front of her aggrieved parents. The city is shocked by this untoward incident. The case is handed over to Kripa Shankar Thakur [Manoj Bajpai], an upright and honest cop from the Crime Branch. From here starts an unusual legal battle between the honest and the corrupt. —gavin@sunny_deol2009@yahoo.com Shrikant and Sharda Verma are the parents to a nine year old girl, Shruti, who attends a school in Bandra. While rehearsing for a dance play; Shruti accidentally gets locked in the school and a while later is rescued by the school's watchman who then drop her off at the Bandra rail-way station where she attempt to telephone her mother but gets busy tone. She then boards a Borivali bound local train in the ladies compartment but because of the late hour the train is almost deserted with only an elderly male, a woman and a young girl. Three young drug addicts then enter by locking the windows and door, they gang rape her. The three witnesses are unable to do anything due to the fear of losing their lives. After completing the heinous act; the assailants leave the train at Malad Railway station. When the train reaches Borivali; the male in the compartment makes an anonymous call to the police who arrive on the scene as well as arrange for the girl to be taken to the nearest hospital where she breath her last. This news then send shock waves in the city of Mumbai so much that the police commissioner decides to take the case from the rail-way police and hand it to the criminal investigating department where inspector Krupa Shankar Thakur makes an appearance and promises to work with the girl's parents in prosecuting the assailants. —gavin (racktoo@hotmail.com) Nine year old Shruti is the only child of Mumbai-based Shrikant and Shweta, and is enrolled in a school in Bandra (West). One day, while rehearsing for a play, she is stranded in the rehearsal room. When the watchman returns, he lets her out, and drops her off at Bandra Railway Station. She attempts to telephone her mom, but gets the line busy, so she boards a Borivali bound local train in the ladies compartment. Because of the late hour, the compartment is nearly deserted, save for an elderly male, a woman, and a young girl. Three youth enter this compartment, lock the doors and windows, and gang-rape her. The other people are too terrified to do anything. The three youth, their task completed, leave the train at Malad Railway Station. When the train reaches Borivali, the male in the compartment makes an anonymous call to the police, who then arrive on the scene. When the news is revealed in the media, there is an uproar in Mumbai and the suburbs. Normally such matters are handled by the Railway Police, but taking account the publicity generated by this crime, the Mumbai Crime Branch and Inspector Krupa Shankar Thakur decide to get involved. The questions remain, will they be able to apprehend the three youth and stop them from committing another outrage, and will Shruti ever recover from this trauma and identify her assailants? —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)