Manoj Pahwa

Home is where `The Great Indian Family` is!

A young college boy is frustrated being in middle-class family setup and finds love the ideal way to get out of it. However, the path to getting rid of the middle-class thinking and probing parents wasn`t so easy as it seemed initially, especially when he thought love would save him.

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.

A gifted athlete and kabaddi player, Rohan`s life takes a turn when he gets accepted to the prestigious St. Teresa College on a sports scholarship. His dream of becoming the Student of the Year by winning the Inter college Dignity Cup seems more closer than ever now. But with an extremely competitive reigning champion giving him hell and two beautiful girls vying for his attention, things are about to get a lot more complicated for Rohan.

The movie revolves around two couples with age gaps of 15 years. The movie revolves around two couples with age gaps of 15 years. Yogesh is a Berlin return 40-year-old renowned painter and Nivedita is a 39-year-old interpreter who lives alone in her flat no. 404. The other couple, Piyush, 25 years old, is a social entrepreneur and his girlfriend Navi is a 24-year-old free soul. They both are in a live-in relationship and live in the flat number 304 of the same building. One fine day, both couples decide to get married with their reasons and somehow their marriage gets exchanged at the marriage registrar office due to the name and address confusion. The couples get into a quarrel with the officials and they (Registrar) reject the plea to correct the names. Later on, on basis of a valuable suggestion, they decide to get remarried to original partners after taking divorce after a year.

Set in Varanasi, the story revolves around a distraught brother Kaashi, who is in search of his missing sister Ganga. But, does Ganga really exist?

Based on a real-life story, Mulk revolves around the struggles of a Muslim joint family from a small town in India, who fight to reclaim their honour after a member of their family takes to terrorism.

The story revolves around the lives of four best friends, who are on their way to find true love. However, their strong bond is put to test when an unusual situation occurs.

It takes all kinds to make an Item family. On hearing news that one family member in Mumbai, Devendar, may pass off anytime soon, his siblings - Jeetendar, Ravindar and Lalita, rush down to be with him and his family for support, along with their families from across the country. It's another matter that Devendar's wife and son would prefer to not deal with his truly 'item family' all at once. The film is a tongue-in-cheek look at what a typical family goes through when on the outside one is supposed to behave politically correct but from the inside, each one is desperately frustrated and restless due to the tormenting uncertainty.

Nanu (played by Abhay Deol), a land mafia agent in Delhi, goes through many up and downs in his life and things become worse for him as he tries to deal with an uninvited guest at his home.

A romantic drama that follows the story of two childhood friends who end up going separate ways to follow their dreams. Eventually, they return to their hometown where they chance across each other, and soon discover that there is more to their relationship than just friendship.

Re-releasing on 7th March, this dramatic love story set against the civil services in our country. Sattu(Rajkumar Rao) and Arti (Kriti Kharbanda) meet for a proposed arranged marriage and fall in love.Everything is going well till the night of the wedding. A runaway bride, a heartbroken groom and the confused family are all left at the alter. What happens next is a joyride of ambition, family values and emotions.

The movie narrates a story of a common man who is trying to buy a house in Mumbai. The story is a situational comedy wherein there are no actual jokes but the situations lend to the humor.

The movie tells the story of out-of-work theatre artistes, who find another way to earn some quick bucks. They turn into gurus/babas/godmen to con innocent victims. How long can they put up this act?

Purani Jeans is a fun-filled film based on the belief that friendship is like a pair of old jeans - the older it gets, the better it becomes. This is the belief that protagonist, Siddarth Ray has learned from his best friend Sam & come to realize as he makes a journey from New York city back to his hometown, a small hill station in India, after 12 long years. A coming of age saga, the movie depicts the agony and ecstasy of youth, rediscovering bonds of friendship and love. The story beautifully shows a memorable time in young lives when one forms enviable bonds of friendship, trust, jealousy, joy, envy & love while also dealing with problems of distant parents, broken hearts and pressures of growing up.

This is the story of a struggling singer who was named Lattuprasad (Diljit Dosanjh) in a moment of inspiration by his parents. However, there is nothing inspirational about his life, which basically involves him performing in marriages and parties for his living. Lattu is a failed singer who runs an orchestra named Disco Singh. He dreams of only two things - success and Sweety. Sweety (Surveen Chawla) is a beautiful and successful model. Lattu keeps on praying to god to send an angel who can make his dreams come true. And sure enough, God does send someone. Bhupinder Singh aka Paaji (Manoj Pahwa) is a dreaded don who is not really an angel but Yamraj. He asks Lattu to do a job for him in return of which Lattu will get all the money that he wants. And so begins Lattu`s hilarious journey where he tries to woo Sweety while trying to save his life from Paaji. Things keep on getting more and more complicated for Lattu and how he manages to escape from all these pangas is what forms the rest of the story.

Khalujan and Babban seek refuge as they run from the law. Khalujan tries to woo a wealthy widow with poetry while Babban and the widow`s assistant plan a kidnapping.

Produced by Premchandra Jha, the film introduces Dildar Arsh Deol in the lead. Asshrita Agrawal, Govind Namdeo, Mukesh Tiwari, Yashpal Sharma, Sharad Saxena, Javed Haider, Pratima Kannan, Hemant Pandey, Kannan Iyer, Mushtaq Khan, Manoj Joshi, Manoj Pahwa and Himani Shivpuri among others. Director, Manoj Sharma has directed, scripted and written the screenplay for this comedy. Ravi Kant Reddy has shot the film and Vishnu Narayan has composed the its music.

Jolly LLB is a social satire on the Indian judiciary. The story follows a struggling lawyer named Jolly (Arshad Warsi) who wants to make it big in life like his idol (Boman Irani). But when he is signed a court case against his own idol, Jolly must prove his worth and his skills as a lawyer and win the case!

Chulbul Pandey is back in Dabangg 2! The sequel to `Dabangg` stars Salman and Sonakshi Sinha in leading roles. This flick has been directed and produced by Arbaaz Khan while the first part which released in 2010 was directed by Abhinav Singh Kashyap. Prakash Raj of `Singham` fame essays the role of the antagonist. The film also stars Vinod Khanna, Deepak Dobriyal and Nikitan Dheer in supporting roles.

Challo Driver is the story of Arjun Kapoor, a fiery young construction magnate and Tanya Malhotra, an arts graduate from Chandigarh - who unwittingly becomes his chauffeur.He has a penchant for firing drivers and she has a proclivity for quitting jobs until fate and an unassuming bet throws them into the deep end. They have to stick it out together for a stipulated period of 6 months!Do sparks fly when they meet? They do, and quite explosively so, they both hate each others guts, and the film eventually becomes a journey of two mismatched yet equally firebrand people, learning the all-important lesson of acceptance and sensitivity towards each other and to their surroundings.En route, it also addresses, in a lighthearted yet potent vein, all the ills rage, lawlessness and total chaos that plague traffic in India and the seething cauldrons that Indian roads have become!

Gautam (Saif Ali Khan) is an incorrigible flirt who runs after every girl he sees. Meera (Diana Penty) is a pretty girl with desi values and attire who comes to London from Delhi for a fresh start. Veronica (Deepika Padukone) is the spoilt bombshell who loves partying and drinking. Though different from each other, these three are perfect friends staying under one roof until friendship becomes confusing and love becomes complicated afterwards.

This is a film about two young bachelors and a young-at-heart bachelor. It`s a humorous take on their respective love stories. Mischievous Amit (Sharman Joshi) and shy Jai (Manish Nagpal) are two small town boys who come down to Mumbai for admission in Dhariwal College. To his credit, Amit ends up in a jam when he teases Neha (Raima Sen) and Nisha (Ria Sen) on the very first day of college and manages to drag poor Jai into this mess too. Three Bachelors - a story full of comedy, romance and confusion! It promises to make you laugh uncontrollably and will win your hearts!

Chaalis Chauraasi is like a rollercoaster ride in an amusement park, except that it takes place in a police van. The story revolves around 4 cops Pankaj Suri aka SIR (Naseeruddin Shah), Albert Pinto aka PINTO (KK Menon), Balvinder Singh aka BOBBY (Atul Kulkarni) and Shakti Chinappa aka SHAKTI (Ravi Kishan) who see an opportunity to a great future when they are given a mission to pull off. Things take a twist when another cop stops their van en-route and takes them as his backup to catch a dangerous gangster. The story unfolds through the night where the fine line between law and outlaw is repeatedly crossed, leading to hilariously unexpected situations. The 4 macho men encounter situations where they are forced to see themselves in a different light.

Raam, is charged with the murder of his mother, Archana. On the other hand, Raam falls into a state of shock, brief psychotic disorder, after his mother's death and becomes silent, refusing to talk or react in any manner. The story unfolds as the investigating officer, Indrajeet Singh Rathi, much to his frustration is puzzled and unable to make Raam speak. He consults a Psychiatrist, Dr. Ns. Negi to determine the cause of Raam's state of mind and the reason for his silence. The movie progresses as he interrogates various personalities for the case, questioning each and every person possibly connected to Archana and Raam. Every possible motive that Raam might have for murdering his mother is explored. Furthermore Raam`s neighbors, Sub-Inspector Sajid Khan, his daughter, Juhi and son, Sameer are summoned by Rathi for interrogation. This is BOLO RAAM, will his silence solve the puzzle?

They were childhood friends. But they had little in common except their family`s vague connection with music. While Arjun`s life was consumed by a passionate drive to get on stage and realize his grandfather`s unfulfilled dream, Mannu had little interest in his music tutor father`s instruments and was content with remaining a child at heart. Arjun diligently pursued his dream, at the risk of running away from an uncle who was his only family in an unfamiliar land and roaming the streets of London before taking shelter in a music shop and priming himself until he`s ready to make his foray into the world of music and showmanship. But when he gets Mannu to London and makes him a part of the band, Arjun soon realizes he`s created the biggest threat and obstacle to his own ambitions.

This film is a zany comedy of errors. A filthy rich businessman (Govinda) married to a beautiful and sophisticated woman (Sushmita Sen) tries to hide his extramarital affair with a supermodel (Lara Dutta). To save his skin, he bribes his friend, a waiter (Ritesh Deshmukh) into pretending to be the supermodel`s boyfriend. What follows is a series of mistaken identities and misunderstandings, culminating in one mammoth laugh riot.

A film by Anees Bazmee starring Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Neha Dhupia, Javed Jaffrey and Ranvir Shorey. The story of a Punjabi guy (Akshay Kumar) who cannot get rid of the idea of his community feeling. It is a romantic comedy about a dreaded gang of criminals who are transformed by one good guy and his selfless love for a beautiful girl.

Wanted tells the tale of one apathetic nobody's transformation into an unparalleled enforcer of justice. Wesley Gibson was the most disaffected, cube-dwelling drone the planet had ever known. Until he met a woman named Fox. After his estranged father is murdered, the deadly sexy Fox recruits him into the Fraternity, a secret society that trains Wes to avenge his father's death by unlocking his dormant powers. But slowly, he begins to realize that there is more to his dangerous associates than meets the eye. And as he wavers between newfound heroism and vengeance he also learns an untaught skill to control his destiny.

About the movie Four lazy slacker conmen buddies hear about a secret hidden treasure from a dying thief. Will they find it before the police seize it?

A businessman`s son and a London-returned girl meet in school and fall in love, but a misunderstanding and a car accident tears them apart. Will they meet again?

An extended family is about to give one of their daughter's away, to the world! Asmi Ganatra is asked to produce a TV serial for 786 Plus on a wedding ceremony in a joint family. After approval, the only place she could locate to make this serial is the Joshi family. She meets with them but they turn her down. She then meets with Manoj Joshi, who is infatuated with her, pays him, and arranges for cameras to be placed all over the mansion to record the preparations secretly. Things appear to be going very well until Manoj finds out that his Taoji is still horny; one of his brothers is carrying on with Faujia, the maid; while the to-be bride, Piya, is planning to elope with her boyfriend, Rahul. A hilarious tussle ensues with Manoj attempting to stop the recording, while the TV producer and his staff are determined to complete this shoot at any and all costs. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com) A stranger arrives as the house of a family in Mumbai one afternoon and informs them that she wishes to produce their latest family wedding as a television serial. The family initially agrees but then backs out of the deal because they do no wish to have their dirty laundry aired in public. A member of the family then goes behind their back and strikes up a deal to have hidden cameras placed all around the house in order to tape the reality show anyway. Chaos and embarrassment ensues, in this very true to life dark comedy. —Sherazade

Musafir is a Hindi crime movie directed by Sanjay Gupta. The story of this film revolves around a man who was ditched by his girlfriend when she gets away with all of his money. Owing a lot of money to the drug lord he agrees to travel to Goa for a drug deal and becomes involved with a local woman and her much older husband, both of who want to kill each other.

When Shekhar accidentally kills Amar, guilt drives him to Canada to seek forgiveness from Amar`s family. He meets Amar`s fiancee, Piya, and offers help for her dying business. In the process, he secretly falls in love with her.

Shekhar lives in Mumbai with his friend Bosco, who had also traveled from Canada to be with him. Shekhar had just been awarded with a business recognition at an industry forum. This is where Shekhar runs into Amar from Canada's Shah industries. Amar reveals that he is going to marry his fiance in Canada the following week. Amar was in India to shop for a wedding dress for Pia, who wanted to get married in traditional Indian attire. Amar invites Shekhar to come to Canada and join Shah industries, but Shekhar politely declines and says that he is happy in Mumbai. On his way to the airport, Amar's cab breaks down. He is told by the driver to get a different taxi as Amar is getting late for his flight. Since the airport was only 1 Km away, Amar decides to walk, while talking on the phone with Pia, his fiance. At the same time, Shekhar was returning from the party with Bosco. Shekhar swerves the car to avoid hitting a girl who suddenly jumped in front of the car, but in doing so, he rams straight into Amar, who was walking on the pedestrian footpath. Amar dies on the spot. Bosco makes Shekhar leave the accident site before the police arrives, even though Shekhar sees Amar's phone on the ground and picks it up to hear Pia narrating a romantic poem, symbolizing their love. Bosco removes all evidence linking Shekhar to the accident. After Amar Shah's (Raqesh Vashisth) accidental death in India, Canada-based Shah Industries is on the verge of collapse. Pia (Sandali Sinha), Amar's fiance and a Managing Director of Shah Industries, is devastated. The company is under huge amount of debt, and the assets of the company are not even enough to pay off half the amount. Girdhari (Vikram Gokhale), his dad, is in shock and unresponsive towards others while Amar's sister Milli (Amrita Prakash) and grandmother (Dina Pathak) are in mourning. Inspector D'Mello (Manoj Pahwa) who is investigating the case is determined to find the person responsible for the accident despite his superiors' indifference towards the case. Months after Amar's death, the highly respected and talented business worker Shekhar Malhotra (Priyanshu Chatterjee) comes to Canada and meets Bosco. Shekhar says that he wants to apologize to Amar's family and is willing to undergo any punishment that the family deems appropriate. Shekhar tells Girdhar that he met Amar in Mumbai and says that it was his car that killed Amar. Girdhar is near catatonic and does not react. Pia realizes that she needs an Operations Head to make sure that the company is functioning again and restores faith in the lenders. Shekhar meets Pia and says that he met Amar in Mumbai, who offered him a job in Shah industries in Canada. Shekhar offers to re-build and restore Shah Industries without any compensation, stating Amar met him in India and offered him a job before his death. He is given the chance and goes about the uphill task of making the company viable again. Gradually, Shekhar heals the gaping wound left in the Shah family by Amar's death and they come to accept him as one of the family while he falls in love with Pia. What they don't know - except for Bosco (Rajesh Khera), Shekhar's friend in Canada - is that it was Shekhar's jeep that accidentally had hit Amar after he swerved to avoid hitting an innocent girl who had walked into the road, causing his death. Ridden by guilt Shekhar came to Canada to confess, ask for forgiveness, and do whatever he can for the family. Abhigyan (Himanshu Malik) is a wealthy Canadian industrialist who meets Pia and realizes that she is the right woman for him. He is considering proposing to Pia and helping to rebuild Shah Industries. But Pia has fallen in love with Shekhar. Eventually, a conflict arises between Pia and Shekhar regarding a proposition made by Abhi to take over Shah Industries. Shekhar realizes that Pia does not need his help anymore and decides to return to India. Pia stops Shekhar while he boards his flight and confesses her feelings for him. Shekhar denies his feelings and boards the plane. Devastated, Pia goes home and gets engaged to Abhi. At the airport arrives inspector D'Mello (Manoj Pahwa), from India in search of the person who killed Amar, and arrests Shekhar. They wait, with Bosco (Rajesh Khera), to board the next flight to India. Shekhar calls Pia and tells her how much he loves her and confesses that it was he who hit her fiance. Being drunk, Shekhar meets with an accident. Pia feels guilty about falling for the man who caused Amar's death and confesses it to Girdhari, who surprises her by speaking for the first time after his son's death. He tells her that Shekhar had told him the truth when he first visited them, and he believes Shekhar. Amar's family then makes Pia realize how much Shekhar has done for the family and that he is like Amar to them. Bosco informs them about Shekhar's accident. Abhi tells a skeptical Pia to go back to Shekhar as he is her true love. Meanwhile, D'Mello who is in the hospital with everyone, understands that the family needs Shekhar more than the law does and simply closes the case and leave. Shekhar recovers and unites with Pia while Abhi is left devastated and is comforted by his uncle.

Ramanbhai is the criminal don of Bombay, and most criminal activities are linked indirectly to him. He has a rival in Vilas Pandey, who is furious with Ramanbhai, and wants to get a larger part of his share from the wealth generated by crime. Ramanbhai's attempts to woo a woman, Pooja, are met with oppostion from Pooja's boyfriend, Aditya, and this results in Aditya, Pooja, Malika, and Rajesh running for their lives, as they know Ramanbhai will leave no stone unturned in order to hunt Aditya down, and make him pay for daring to oppose the underworld king. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com) Ramanbhai, played by Ashish Vidyarthi, is a dreaded don. His once-upon-a-time associate, Vilas [Saurabh Shukla] has now turned into his rival as he wants a larger part of the share in the wealth generated by extortion etc. In parallel, the infidelity of Aditya [Nirmal Pandey] who is married to Pooja [Tara Deshpande] but having an affair with Mallika [Smriti Mishra] is revealed. In two terrible ensuing mix-ups, Aditya inadvertently insults Ramanbhai, while Vilas' wife is accidentally shot dead by a member of Ramanbhai's gang. As soon as Aditya comes to know the identity of Ramanbhai, he knows that he has no option but to be on a run. Ramanbhai, being a don, can obviously not tolerate this insult by a commoner and decides to leave no stone unturned in order to hunt Aditya down and make him pay. On the other hand, a blood-thirsty Vilas (who essentially blames Ramanbhai for his wife's death) adds another level to the chase, turning it into a grim & bloody trail... all in a single never-ending night! —Anonymous