Saeed Jaffrey

After being stuck in the cans for many years, Sanam Teri Kasam finally sees the light of the day starring Saif Ali Khan and Pooja Bhat. Saif is a casanova who has no dearth of girlfriends. Enter Pooja Bhat, who he decides is the love of his life. But things go wrong when Pooja marries another guy, leaving Saif jilted and shattered.

Tony (Govinda), a tour guide, falls in love with one of his clients, Sonia (Aishwarya Rai), and tries to woo her. However, Sonia does not reciprocate his feelings since she is in love with another man. Tony (Govinda) works as a guide, helping tourists, and showing them his native land. Nina (Namrata Shirodkar) finds Tony adorable, but Tony is in his own world, and does not reciprocate her attentions. When Sonia (Aishwarya Rai) for a tour of the surroundings, and is immediately taken-up with Tony and his easy manner. Tony mistakes this for love, and is smitten by her beauty. But Sonia already has a sweetheart, and so what will convince him that Sonia does not have similar feelings for him? —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

A playboy falls in love with a girl who will accept him if he gives up all his vices. Just as he is trying hard to do so, a boy turns up at his doorstep claiming to be his son.

Krishna, after all odds becomes a wealthy industrialist to marry his ladylove, only to find out that she is married to someone else. Filled with grief, he tries to wreak havoc in their lives. Poor Krishna Prasad and Pooja are in love and would like to marry each other. But Pooja's dad, Din Dayal, wants her to marry a wealthier man, and rejects Krishna. Krishna agrees to acquire wealth, and promises Pooja that he will return after a few years. Five years go by, and Krishna does not return, Din Dayal can wait no longer, and gets Pooja married to Deepak. Shortly after this marriage, Krishna returns as a multi-millionaire, and is angered at Pooja for not waiting for him. Krishna than sets upon plotting vengeance against Pooja and Deepak, that will tear their relationship apart. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Arjun (Govinda) lives a charmed life, surrounded by the family he loves and working at his family's thriving business. Then he meets Pooja (Manisha Koirala), and his life gets even better. The two quickly fall in love. But when a mysterious attempt to kill the happy couple alerts them to the presence of danger, their troubles are only beginning, and soon Arjun's brother (Rahul Roy) is killed in an accident no one could have foreseen. Pooja is mistakenly convicted of murder, and Arjun must save her while he keeps up his family responsibilities, but his father soon meets a cruel end as well. Now, on the run from both the police and the mysterious criminals, Arjun and Pooja work to expose the truth while evading a fate at the hands of either. —hEmRaJ (gavin_coolhgr@hotmail.com) Wealthy industrialist Yashpal Nanda is widowed, and lives with his daughter, Nisha, and two sons, Vijay, and Arjun. He gets Nisha married to Nilesh, while Vijay gets married to Madhu, and Yashpal is on the look-out for a suitable bride for Arjun. Arjun makes the task easy for him when he introduces a young woman by the name of Pooja. Yashpal is overjoyed and happy with Arjun's choice and cannot wait for them to get married. The Nanda family's world gets turned upside down when Nisha and then Vijay pass away suddenly, leaving the family devastated. Then Yashpal, too, suddenly passes away. The police arrive on the scene to arrest Arjun for murder. The question to be asked is are the Nandas a victim of fate, or are they targets of a conspiracy? —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Judaai is a story of a simple and honest man who is happily married with two kids. The wife though always complains about his low income and wants a luxurious life. Their life changes when the wife, in lure of money, convinces her husband to marry a rich man's daughter.

Chaos ensues when a small time crook and a mental patient tries to win heart of a beautiful woman with comical outcomes. Raja small time crook blacks railway tickets along with his friend Gafoor.They try to make something big and elope with the railways money and land in Mumbai.Raja meets Madhu a psychiatrist and falls in love with her pretending to be Raj Kumar from America.But trouble arises for him when he finds Madhu is close to his phobic patient Bhunnu.Bhunnu and Raja both are in love with Madhu and try to impress her by pretending to be one above the other. —alex.mjacko@gmail.com Raja is a minor league crook who sells railway tickets on the black market at Amirpur station. Tired of his job he looks for new ways to make a quick buck. One day, along with his friend Ghafoor and a police inspector, he robs Rs 2.5 million from the railway treasury. Later, Raja and Ghafoor bump off the inspector and run away with the loot to Bombay. At Bombay airport, Raja sets eyes on Dr Neha and promptly falls in love with the psychiatrist, for that's what she is. Raja and Ghafoor quickly find out where she lives. Ghafoor pretends to be a psychiatric patient while Raja takes on the name Raj Kumar and befriends her, telling her he has just returned from the US. However, Ghafoor cautions Raja not to hurry and be patient in matters of love. The trouble begins when Bunnu, the son of a wealthy businessman, is sent to Neha for treatment. He is really crazy, and terrified of fire, heights, running and water. Soon, he too falls for Neha and discovers he has a rival in Raja. Suddenly, Neha has to leave for Ooty with her father to attend her uncle's wedding. She does not leave behind a forwarding address. However, both Raja and Bunnu impersonate policemen and intimidate her secretary into revealing where she's vamoosed. Dr Neha is thrilled to see them in Ooty, but is drawn closer to the ill Bunnu rather than Raja. Things take an ugly turn when Ghafoor tires to kill Bunnu, who escapes. Bunnu contacts contract killer Pappu Pager to bump off Raja. However, that plan too comes a cropper. Armed with a gold ring and garland, Neha calls Bunnu and Raja to court, ostensibly with the purpose of marriage. Both are surprised to see the other there. —<aliyah@portal.connect.ab.ca> Established shrink Neha Kapoor is courted by two suitors, one Raj Kumar or Raja, who claims that he has businesses in the U.S., and by her patient, Bunnu, who is terrified of fire, heights, and water. Things become hilariously complicated when both discover they are rivals, and initially try to out-do; and then even try to kill each other. The saga reaches a climax when Neha asks both of them to accompany her to the Registrar's office for a Court Marriage. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Mala is raped by Raja. She takes him to court, but the judge orders her to marry her rapist as punishment. Despite Raja and his family's cruelty, Mala perseveres with kindness, eventually winning them over through her goodness. A pretty schoolteacher named Mala (Rani Mukherjee) becomes the victim of the unwanted advances of an evil man named Raja (Shadab Khan). When she rejects him, he rapes her. The teacher then takes him to court but to her horror the judge compels her to marry the rapist as part of the punishment. She does so and the rest of the film is about how she wins him and his equally evil family over by her goodness and innocence. —gavin@sunny_deol2009@yahoo.com

About the movie Police Commissioner Suryadeo Singh hires Karan, a trained weapons expert, to protect his daughter Kajal. Later, Kajal, who is unaware of Karan`s secret agenda, falls in love with him.

After being falsely accused and imprisoned, Satyadevi hopes that her three sons will free her and get revenge on her accuser. However, she learns that they lead separate lives and hate each other.

Police Inspector Dayashanker Pandey is a slacker who wants a risk-free life; he's quite comfortable sharing tall tales and a desk job. But fate has other plans: whenever he goes outside, he somehow apprehends criminals or smuggled goods or drugs. He thus becomes the pride of his division, much to his discomfort: he knows that if he's publicly lauded, he'll be put into the black books of many underworld gangsters, which will rip apart his comfortable, easygoing life. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Deepak (Vikas Bhalla) and Jyoti (Neelam Dharamdas) are in love, against her wealthy father's wishes. When Seth Dharamdas (Dalip Tahil) has Deepak assaulted, Jyoti rebels and marries him. They move in with his sister, Asha, and her husband, Madan, who is an investment banker. On request of Shakti Singh (Kiran Kumar), he invests two and a half million in real estate, only to find out he has been swindled out of the money. Deepak sells his ancestral property, only to be robbed. The funds must be replaced in 24 hours, when they meet Prakash (Sumeet Saigal). He makes an indecent proposal to Jyoti, spend one night with him in exchange for the money. —L. Y. Hostrawser

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

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)

Karan and his mother live a happy life and he is soon to be married to Kajal. But on the day of his engagement, he discovers his mother is not his biological mother. Karan (Sanjay Kapoor) is a stable young man who's about to marry his true love, Kajal (Juhi Chawal). But on their engagement day, revelations about his true past and parentage suddenly come out, forcing Karan to set out on a quest to uncover the truth--and to take revenge. —gavin@sunny_deol2009@yahoo.com Gayetri (Aruna Irani) is a heiress and is the step-sister of the scheming and evil Ugranarayan Singh (Amrish Puri). When Gayetri announces that she wishes to marry Suraj Singh (Raj Kiran), Ugranarayan arranges his death, so that the family cannot have a heir to the estate. Ugranarayan with the help of corrupt police inspector Tribhuvan (Gulshan Grover), frames Gayetri for the murder of Suraj Singh and soon has her sentened to death. Gayetri, while in prison, is pregnant. Sharda Verma (Moushumi Chatterjee), a lawyer comes to the legal rescue of Gayetri, and pleads successfully against the death sentence. Ugranarayan is enraged at this, and hires a butcher, Ghulam Rasul (Om Puri) to kill the child, which he says he did. When confronted with the news of her son's death, Gayetri loses control and with the help of a corrupt doctor, Ugranarayan has Gayetri committed to a mental hospital, where the doctor, Dr. Neelkanth (Alok Nath) inflicts shock treatment and other tortures on the brain of Gayetri, thus rendering her a virtual vegetable. Several years pass by, and then one day Gayetri escapes from her tormentors. Then begin the sudden deaths of Ugranarayan, his family, and his goons. The police suspect Gayetri, but all the killings are done by someone who is a lot stronger than Gayetri. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

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An honest army cadet discovers evidence of police corruption, leading to a dangerous confrontation between military and law enforcement when he attempts to expose a corrupt superintendent. Vijay (Ayub Khan) is an honest young army cadet who finds himself battling the corrupt police department after he comes across evidence that could put Superintendent Gautam (Goga Kapoor) behind bars. And he also put himself in a situation which is all set for a conflict between the police and the army.

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?

Anmol is made to work as a maid in her own house by her step-mother and step-sisters. Later, a singer falls for her and decides to free her from her evil family.

Vijay follows Anju to Bombay from Shimla, where he gets the news from her father that she died three years ago. Born on the 17th of September in Uttar Pradesh, Vijay Rai leads a wealthy lifestyle along with his dad, Ajay Kumar, who are now settled in scenic Simla. Since Vijay is 25 years old, his dad wants him to get married, but Vijay wants to find his own soul mate. He does find her in Bombay-based Anju, both meet and fall in love with each other. When Anju is informed that her dad is ill, she returns home, and leaves a note for Vijay to contact her there. Upon receiving her note, Vijay departs for Bombay and reaches Anju's residence. He is received by her dad, Dinanath, who informs him that Anju has been dead for over 3 years now. A disbelieving Vijay, assisted by CBI Inspector Jayant Mathur, decides to trace Anju. He and Jayant do find her, but she claims that she has never met Vijay and identifies herself as Mona, a Goa-based dancer/singer. Vijay must now accept Anju's death and move on little knowing that if he persists he will soon be declared insane as none of the people he has come across thus far are who they claim to be. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com) Vijay is the son of Shimla's rich businessman Rai Sahab he wants him to get married soon but he hasn't taken it seriously until he meets Anju and they both fall in love.Anju travels to Bombay to meet her father leaving a note. Vijay to follows her but when he reaches her place he is shocked to hear from her father that Anju died three years back,Anju comes back in Vijay's life saying her father had lied to him they soon meet up and have a good time together after leaving Anju home Vijay tries to speak to her father but he again tells her that she died three years back.Vijay hears Anju's voice and finds his coat hanging on a tree which he gave to Anju when they met in the day,Vijay takes the help of inspector Jayant to solve the mystery they find her but she denies being Anju and tells that she is Mona a dancer from Goa and has never met Vijay. A wealthy Vijay meets Anju is Simla and both fall in love.Anju suddenly flies to Mumbai to be with her ailing father leaving a letter to Vijay along with her address.Vijay reaches Mumbai and meets Anju'father and is shocked to know from him that Anju passed away three years back A distressed Vijay can't believe it and sees Anju on many occasions who disappears like wind.Ispector Jay Mahtur decides to help him but all evidences show that Anju has indeed passed away three years back.One fine day Vijay gets call from Anju saying she is alive and her father lied to him as he hates wealthy people.Vijay and Anju decide to spend quality time with each other and after leaving Anju home he realizes that his car key is missing and Anju has taken the key and his coat with her.Vijay goes to her house and meets her father who comforts him and tells that such incidents have also happened with other men in past who had met Anju.Vijay sees Anju"s ghostly figure in the house and follows her only to find that the his coat and the gown which Anju was wearing are hanging on a tree. Outside Anju"s house. —alex.mjacko@gmail.com

When Ravi is falsely accused of a crime and sentenced to imprisonment, his boss' wife promises to take care of his younger brother. However, Ravi is unable to find his brother after he is released. 'Nishchaiy' is the story of two brothers, Ravi and Rohan Yadav separated due to unforeseen circumstances created by Ravi's employer Manohar Singh who suspects Ravi of having an affair with his wife Renuka. Ravi is sent to prison for a crime which he never committed and Rohan is adopted by Renuka's friend Yashoda. Years later, Ravi, a branded criminal is released from prison and Rohan, a successful lawyer now known as Vasu Gujral, clash with each other unaware of the fact that they are real brothers. This clash is engineered by none other than Manohar Singh, who is responsible for their separation years ago. —gavin@sunny_deol2009@yahoo.com Ravi Yadav (Vinod Khanna) is employed as a servant with Manohar Singh (Rajiv Verma) and his wife, Renuka (Moushumi Chatterjee). Ravi has a younger brother, Rohan Yadav (Salman Khan). Ravi is falsely implicated in the murder of a woman, and is sentenced to 12 years in prison. Renuka assures him that she will take care of Rohan. After his sentence is over, he comes out of prison, to find out that Renuka is not alive; and the whereabouts of Rohan are unknown. Rohan, in the meantime, has been adopted by Lawyer Gujral (Saeed Jaffrey), and his wife Yashoda (Reema Lagoo). Rohan is now known as Vasudev Gujral, a lawyer by profession. Vasudev is in love with Payal Singh (Karisma Kapoor), who happens to be the daughter of Manohar Singh. Ravi finds out that Renuka is alive but her memory is diminished. He starts medical treatment for Renuka, but needs money, and he accepts a contract to kill Vasudev Gujral, from Joseph Lobo (Avtar Gill), little knowing that he is about to kill his own long-separated brother. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

An archaeologist unearths an underground palace at Sangramgarh. The locals are afraid of what will happen if they start digging and would like to leave the past alone. It turns out their fears we confounded. Vicky lives a wealthy lifestyle with his widower dad, J.B., in India. Since he has matured, his dad would like him to get married to Sonia, who is the daughter of his friend, D.D., who is an Archeologist, currently looking for artifacts in Sangramgarh. Vicky and Sonia like each other and have no qualms of getting married. Then a series of events shake-up the crew at the site at Sangramgarh as they find that what appears to be an underground palace. The locals are superstitious and afraid of what they happen if they start digging and would prefer to leave the past alone. They may well be right as an ancient, ageless and cruel entity, Rajkumari Suryalekha, who at one time actually reared a half-man half-beast, cannibals and man-eating beasts to defeat and kill all her suitors as she hated men, save and except for Vikram Singh, who was able to emerge victorious, but ended up rejecting her as she had his friend, Amar Singh, killed. Now she awaits to be resurrected so that she may claim her lover and avenge her humiliation as well end the curse that her mother had put upon her. And Vikram Singh resembles none other than Vicky himself - who is well on his way to be drawn into her dark world - and there is no power on Earth that can stop her from having her way. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com) Hundreds of years ago there once exist the kingdom of Sangramgarth which is ruled with fairness by Rajmata who one day hope to past on this legend to a male but unfortunately she gives birth to a female, Rajkumari Suryalekha. When Suryalekha starts showing aging Rajmata put forward many marriage proposals to her but Suryalekha hated men and thus she decides to put them through a difficult test which involves defeating half-man half-beast, cannibals and man-eating beasts. The only one who emerge victorious from this deadly game is Suryavanshi Vikram Singh who ended up rejecting her as she killed his friend Amar Singh. Unable to handle this rejection Suryalekha commits suicide and thus the entire palace goes underground. Years later a group of archaeologists headed by D.D, goes to the same sight to conduct researches; quite unknown to them that they have resurrect the spirit of a wondering and cruel Suryalekha who recognizes D.D, son-in-law, Vicky as that of Vikram Singh and is all set to pull Vicky into her world - with no power on earth that can stop her from carrying out this task. —gavin (racktoo@hotmail.com) DD an archaeologist and JB a businessman in USA are inseparable friends.JB shifts to India and wants his son Vicky to marry DD's daughter Sonia.Though Vicky not happy with it Sonia still agrees to marry him.DD finds that one of his archaeologist is missing from the site of Sangramgadh they come across a Baba who tells them the town is surviving on curse of princess Suryalekha's soul who wants her lover Suryavanshi (Rajkumar Vikram Singh) in order to free the town.Before the Baba passes away he realizes that Vicky is reincarnation of Suryavanshi.DD,JB,Vicky and Sonia along with the archaeologist's team visit Sangramgadh where they find the missing archaeologist dead they also find ancient script which mentions how evil Suryalekha was.By the end of the script Vicky realizes he is Sooryavanshi and Suryalekha's soul wont attain salvation until he surrenders himself to her. —alex.mjacko@gmail.com

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.

Raja and Madhu fall in love with each other and get married against their parents` wishes. However, both their fathers try their best to separate them.

Twin brothers are separated at birth and in adulthood, their identities are swapped. Leela and Bholaram are a childless couple. Leela works as a midwife, and one day assists Sunderdas' wife to give birth to twin boys. She decides to keep one baby for herself, and tells Sunderdas that his wife has given birth to one child. There are complications for the mother, and she passes away without seeing her children. Leela and Bholaram bring up Kanhaiya, while Sunderdas attempts to bring up Kishen, but is unable to do a good job. So he marries Kamini, who comes along with her brother, Ghendamal, to live at the estate. She has an illegitimate child named Ramesh from another man, and when Sunderdas comes to know of this, he is threatened and attacked, and as a result of which p is paralyzed, unable to move. Kishen is brought by Kamini and Ghendamal with lot of abuse, and intimidation, and is kept illiterate, so that he can blindly sign away whatever documents he is asked to sign. Kishen likes Radha, a servant, and is married, but the atrocities do not stop, and then Kishen runs away. Ghendamal captures Kanhaiya, who also looks like Kishen, and brings him back, not realizing that the tables are now going against him. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com) A maid-servant and her husband, Leela and Bolaram assist multi-millionaire, Seth Sundardas wife to give birth to a pair of twin baby boys. Due to immense pain for the mother she passes away after giving birth to the twin boys. The twins have a similarity that when one is in pain the other feels it. In need of a child, Leela and Bolaram decide to adopt one of the twins and thus name him Kanhaiya and bring him up in a poor environment. Seth Sundardas attempts to bring up Kishen but is unable to do a good job since the child falls short of nourishing, so he decides to re-marry a woman named Kamini the sister of cunning Gendamal. Kamini have an illegitimate child, Mahesh, of whom she brings to live at Seth's estate. Seth disapprove of keeping Mahesh and subsequently meets with an accident and is paralyzed unable to move his legs, arms and cannot talk and therefore is kept bed ridden. Taking advantage of the situation, Gendamal schemes with Kamini to grab Seth's estate and parental property and brings up his son, Kishen with a lot of abuse and lack of ancestry so that he can blindly sign away any documents present before him but Kishen refuses to endorse the document and is badly beaten and left for dead. Realizing that his brother is in pain, Kishen's twin Kanhaiya comes into the scene to teach Gendamal a lesson of a lifetime. —gavin (racktoo@hotmail.com)

Twin sisters, Anju and Manju, who are separated at birth are brought up differently and have starkly contrasting personalities. Whilst Anju is weak and coy, Manju is bold and carefree. In a fateful incident, they end up being in each other's homes and a series of comedic events ensues.

Sharda is enraged and eyes vengeance when her husband is murdered by his two cousins, Bhishamber and Bhanu causing her and her two young sons to be thrown out of their house. One of her sons, Ram grows up to be a policeman, while her second son, Lakhan turns out to be a rather ignoble man. If the family wants to stand by their vow of vengeance, Ram will have to compel his brother to mend his ways, and stay away from Bhanu and Bhishamber.

Hero Hiralal (Naseeruddin Shah) is a Hyderabadi auto-rickshaw driver. Aziz Bhai (Saeed Jaffrey) runs a restaurant where Hiralal typically eats. Rangeela Paintal (Mohan Gokhale) paints movie posters and is one of Hiralal's best friends. Hira is a big fan of the movies and has developed mannerisms based on his favorite actors. His auto has a registration of "Hira 555"", and every Friday he will watch the first day first show of his favorite actors movies. Hira is a romantic at heart and hope to meet his dream woman one day. He vows to have a love story that is unique in the annals of love. One day he learns that a Bollywood film is being shot in the city. Hira goes to watch. The movie has Prem Kumar (Kiran Kumar), a big Bollywood brand as the hero. Bhagwan (Satish Shah) is the sets assistant from Hawa Hawaii Productions. Hiralal befriends Bhagwan, who allows him on the sets. Hiralal saves the heroine Roopa (Sanjana Kapoor) from a light stand falling on her head. Prem keeps hitting on Roopa on the sets, while she is the reserved types. Hira falls in love with Roopa as she is the dream girl that he has been waiting for. The cast is staying at a hotel near the location of the sets, as it is someway away from the main city. Roopa is tired playing second fiddle to Prem on the sets. She is kept waiting for a full day for her shots and sometimes whole days go without any of her shots. Prem Kumar continues his starry airs on the sets. The cook spits in his food and Prem finds out, leading to the cook getting fired. Hira gets the contract for the food to Aziz, thus benefiting his friends. One night, Prem gets drunk and comes into her hotel room with an intention to have sex with her. Hiralal saves her by knocking Prem unconscious. Now Roopa starts going out with Hira steadily and Hira takes her to all the famous sites in Hyderabad like the Golconda fort. Hira reveals that he doesn't know how to swim and is afraid of the water. Hira says that he only wants to be an honest love in life, someone who can give his life for the sake of his love. Hira introduces Roopa to Aziz and Rangeela. Rangeela tries to warn Hira against the perils of love outside of his social status. Work takes Roopa back to Bombay when one day the shooting wraps up and Roopa goes back without any prior notice. Hero is hurt and is pining for his lover. He follows her to Mumbai. Via auto drivers, Hira reaches the studios and from there he finds Bhagwan, and finally reaches Roopa's home. He has an encounter with her stepmom (Rohini Hattangadi), who clearly disapprove of him. She wants Roopa to focus on maximizing her earnings in the heat of her career. Rupa's family tells her to reject Hero's love and move on with her career. Buckling under family pressure, Roopa is compelled to abandon her love publicly (he confronts Roopa at a awards ceremony, and she publicly shuns and rejects him), which causes Hero to fall into depression and attempt suicide. He is saved in time by Rani Sitara Devi (Deepa Sahi), a show lady, who arranges for him to die like a great lover in supposedly the greatest show on earth as directed by her. Hira doesn't want an ordinary death and wants a death befitting a scorned lover. Rani promises him death in 10 days. Hira refuses to change his appearance for media appearances and wants to be himself till his death. Rani plans a media blitz, advertising Hira's death at the "greatest show on Earth". Tons of merchandise is sold in the name of death and love. Rani shameless manipulates supply to push up prices and makes monster profits. Aziz Bhai and Rangeela arrive from Hyderabad and via Bhagwan, gain access to Hira and starts living with him. Meanwhile Roopa's mom gets her engaged to Prem and wants them to get married. Aziz, Rangeela and Bhagwan reach Roopa and tell her that Hira is serious about killing himself and implore her to save him. Prem decides the wedding date to be the day when Hira is scheduled to die. Roopa tries to get Rani to stop the spectacle, but she refuses saying that if Roopa loved Hira, he wouldn't be dying in the first place. Roopa speaks to Hira directly and even he refuses to stop this death spectacle. To stop Hira from becoming a martyr, Prem gets him abducted. luckily Aziz Bhai and Rangeela witness the abduction. Meanwhile Roopa finds out that her mom is actually her stepmom and is herself having an affair with Prem (she sees them together in bed). Prem sees this and imprisons her. Aziz Bhai and Rangeela attack and free Hira. Hira rushes to the venue where Rani has planned his death as he doesn't want to break his promise to him. Hira arrives just in time for his death by drowning. Hira is saved once again in the nick of time when Roopa arrives (she escapes from her captivity) in a rush at the last minute to confess her love for him. Roopa breaks the glass cylinder containing Hira and saves his life. Prem makes a last-ditch effort to kill Hira, but is again thwarted by Aziz and Rangeela who also arrive in the nick of time. Prem is arrested by the police. Hira and Roopa unite.

When the man who left a package in his care is murdered, detective Tim Diamond suddenly has every major gangster in the city after him. With only the package and the help of his little brother, he sets out to unravel the mysterious plot. When the man who left a package in his care is found murdered, detective Tim Diamond suddenly has every major gangster in the city after him. With only the package and the help of his little brother, Diamond sets out to unravel the mysterious plot. —Anonymous

Kapil's brother dies from drugs, prompting him to join police. His friend Albert is killed in Goa. Kapil travels there, faces local police opposition. He goes rogue, evading authorities and goons, to uncover truth behind Albert's death. Kapil's (Naseeruddin Shah) younger brother, Buntu, dies as a result of a drug overdose. Kapil vows to put an end to drugs and drug-dealers, by joining the police. He soon attains the title of C.I.D. Inspector. He lives in Bombay with his mom (Kamini Kaushal). One day his friend from Goa, Albert Pinto (Pankaj Kapoor) is killed in front of him. He vows to avenge his death, but the local police will not permit to do so, and they assign this incident to another inspector. Frustrated, Kapil decides to travel to Goa. Once in Goa, he finds out that he has no powers as a policeman, and the Goa police regard him as a nuisance. He attempts to uncover Albert's death, with the help of Jojo (Archana Puran Singh), but instead gets into brawls, is arrested, and is escorted by the local police, back to Bombay. But Kapil escapes from police custody, and soon he is on the run, not only the police, but local goons also, who will not hesitate to kill him instantly. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com) Bombay's C.I.D. inspector Kapil watches helplessly as his younger brother, Banto dies as a result of drug overdose. He then swears to bring all drug-dealers to justice only to witness the assassination of his friend, Albert Pinto; his aggression to locate the killers of his friends are frustrated by his seniors forcing him to go to Albert's region, Goa. He then seeks help with one of Albert's acquaintance, Jyoti alias Jojo but the Goa police do not allow him to exercise his rights as a police and thus when his investigations starts to show progress he is disregard and is taken back to Bombay. After this Kapil will find that his life is not the same anymore. —gavin (racktoo@hotmail.com) Inspector Kapil's brother dies due to drugs he wows to put and end to this.Kapil's friend Albert Pinto returns after vacationing in Goatells how he fell in love with a girl next moment Albert is shot and he dies in Kapil's arms.Albert's was killed as he was about to burst a drug racket.Kapil decides to revenge on Albert and his brothers death but local cops in Bombay wont permit him.He travels to Goa and meets Jojo a club singer and dancer the same girl Albert was referring.But has no powers as a cop.Kapil with the help of Jojo and Murty find that find that a well known businessman DD is behind this.But Goa cops find him nuisance and decide to deport him . —alex.mjacko@gmail.com Plain clothes police inspector, Kapil witnessed his younger brother, Bantu die as a result of drug abuse, when he goes into the outer world he also witnessed another murder, the brutal gundown of his friend, Albert Pinto by local gangsters. He remembers the face of these gangsters and vows to put an end to there lives but he is not permitted to break the law. He then travels to Goa in search of these gangsters and manage to endued the police, every where he goes he kept on hearing about these deadly drugs - brown sugar and cocaine. With the help of a local club danger, Jojo he swears to rid the country of these poison and to average his friend's death by hook or by crook. —gavin (gunmasterM@hotmail.com)

Believing his wife to be dead, a man lets a woman, who has lost her child, nurse and bring up his infant son - until he finds out that his wife is still alive, and wants the baby back at any cost. When Devaki (Sridevi), a street performer accidentally breaks the windshield of Anand's (Jeetendra) car, it triggers events that lead them into marriage, and soon have a son. Vicky (Vinod Khanna) is a pilot and pregnant Yashoda (Jaya Pradha) are also newly married, and the two couples become friends. In a gruesome accident, Vicky loses his life and Devaki is lost, presumed dead. Injured, Yashoda gives birth to a still born child, but wakes up with a baby boy she names Kishan. Widower Anand lavishes love on Kishan. Devaki puts in an appearance and demands the return of her son. Her doctor advises that she cannot bear another child, and her hankering for Kishan ends up in Court. Maternal instincts of both Devaki and Yashoda rage; while the helpless child tearfully watches. Who will raise the child? What is the child going through; will the child's wishes be considered by the court? What does the law say, and what does maternal love shriek? Which one will prevail?

Two childhood friends from different social classes grow close after a mother's intervention. As adults, their friendship faces challenges when a business dispute over land creates tension between their families. Sita Sinha watches as her young son, Bihari fights another young, wealthy lad, Amar for spattering dirt on his body using his car. Sita then intervene, separates both, take them to her house only to make them embrace each other which eventually blossoms into friendship. Years later both grows up and they continue their affections for each other; Amar then gets married to wealthy Jaya while Bihari gets married to a female laborer. But shortcomings develop between both Amar and Bihari when Amar's businessman dad, Brij Bhushan Saxena instigated by his business partner schemes to create misunderstandings between both over a plot of land. Bihari then blames Amar for all the up-heals and plots to destroy him. —gavin (racktoo@hotmail.com) Amar lives a lonely life as his businessman father does not have time for him.He befriends Bihari and gets a family in his mother and sister,years later Amar and Bihari are touch wood friends.Amar runs his business with his father and Bihari takes care of his ancestral Dhaba.Both the friends soon get married to their lady love.But cracks develop in their relationship when.Amar's father and and Sudhir demolish Bihari's Dhaba in name of Amar.Forcing them to break all the ties with each other. —alex.mjacko@gmail.com Sita Sinha (Sushma Seth) has brought up her son, Bihari and his friend, Amar as her own. The three are very close to each other. When they grow up they maintain their friendship and love for each other. Amar (Jeetendra) marries wealthy Jaya (Bhanupriya), and Bihari (Shatrughan Sinha) marries a labourer (Amrita Singh). Amar's dad, Mr. Saxena (Saeed Jaffrey) does not like Bihari, and schemes to separate them. He succeeds, and Bihari is humiliated. Bihari blames Amar, and swears to bring about his downfall at all costs. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

A blind man plans revenge on his adulterous wife.... by murder. A taut thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat. Rohini is caught shop lifting where Ranjeet comes to her aid she tells him her desires of becoming an actress.Ranjeet owns a theatre and produces films and offers her work but the stage actor declines her.Roshini is noticed by star Rakesh who teaches her acting and their pair becomes famous and soon get married.Rakesh looses his eyes while trying to protect Rohin from an accident on a stage.Rakesh is now kept in nursing of Sita who is humble human being but he suspects of Roshini having an affair with Ranjeet and wants to revenge. —alex.mjacko@gmail.com Rakesh (Sanjeev Kumar), while saving the life of his wife, Rohini (Sarika), loses his sight. His seemingly loving wife cares for him, but is also having an affair with his best friend, Ranjeet (Marc Zuber). Nurse Sita (Ranjeeta), finds out about this, and then one day when Ranjeet enters his apartment, he finds the lifeless body of Rohini who has been killed with his gun. The police must now find the killer, who could be either Rakesh, Sita, or Ranjeet, or all of them. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

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.

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

He had everything and wanted nothing. He learned that he had nothing and wanted everything. He saved the world and then it shattered. The path to enlightenment is as sharp and narrow as a razor's edge. Larry Darrell returns from the battlefields of World War I to America a different person. His fiance (Isabel) resigns herself to a delay in the wedding plans when Larry heads off to Paris. There he finds he prefers a simpler existence and begins to read. One book inspires him to visit India and on to Nepal where he finds spiritual help from a lama. On returning to Paris he finds Isabel and some old friends. Everyone has changed. —Rob Hartill Second filming of W. Somerset Maughan's classic novel about a World War 1 veteran (played by Bill Murray) who travels the world from Tibet to Paris in an attempt to find some meaning in his life. —Jonathan Broxton <j.w.broxton@sheffield.ac.uk>

The sanctity of a family is tested when DK brings home his illegitimate son from a fling. His devastated wife grapples to accept reality as the boy begins to soften her heart.

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.

A lawyer, Mohandas Gandhi, returns to British India after finishing his studies from South Africa. He initiates a nationwide movement of non-violent resistance against the British rule.

Siddharth (Farooq Shaikh), Omi (Rakesh Bedi) and Jai (Ravi Baswani) are close friends and room mates who are studying at Delhi University. Siddharth has completed M.A in Economics and is preparing for his PhD. Unlike Siddharth who`s very studious, Omi and Jai are busy in chasing girls, watching movies or dramas. One day Omi and Jai see a girl (Neha) who is new to their neighborhood and try to impress her, they give up after getting embarrassed. After some days, Neha (Deepti Naval) shows up as Chamko washing powder salesgirl to their flat, upon seeing her, Jai and Omi hurriedly hide. Siddharth sees Neha for the first time and a love story begins but when his two friends find out, they decide to put an end to their relationship as a revenge to the embarrassment inflicted upon them by Neha.

Egyptologist Erica Baron finds more than she bargained for during her long-planned trip to The Land of the Pharoahs: murder, theft, betrayal, love, and a mummy's curse. Egyptologist Erica Baron (Lesley-Anne Down) is researching for a paper on Mernephtah, chief architect to Pharaoh Seti I. She meets with unscrupulous art dealer Abdu-Hamdi (John Gielgud) and witnesses him being threatened by black-market dealer Stephanos Markoulis (John Rhys-Davies). Abdu-Hamdi shows Erica a statue of Seti I that may prove there is a secret burial chamber filled with treasures within Seti's tomb. Erica witnesses Abdu-Hamdi being murdered by unidentified men and is rescued by French journalist Yvon Mageot (Maurice Ronet). He is interested in Erica's research, but his motives remain unclear. Erica then meets Dr. Akmed Khazzan (Frank Langella), who is head of the antiquities division for the government, and is also interested to know what Erica has learned about a secret chamber. He provides her a bodyguard who is promptly murdered, possibly by the same people who murdered Abdu-Hamdi. Despite continued threats from Markoulis and continued hindrance from Mageot, Erica is determined to learn all she can, no matter the risk. She also finds herself falling for Khazzan, which leads her further into ancient mysteries and intrigue.

Set on the eve of the Indian rebellion of 1857, the film depicts two noblemen who devote themselves to endless rounds of chess, while their kingdom gets annexed.

The film is set in 1856 on the eve of the Indian rebellion of 1857. The British are about to annex the Indian State of Awadh (also spelled Oudh). The daily life of two wealthy men who are devoted to chess is presented against the background of scheming officials of the British East India Company, the history of its relations with the Indian ruler of Awadh, and the ruler's devotion both to his religious practice and the pursuit of pleasure. the Indian princely state of Awadh (whose capital is Lucknow) and its Nawab, Wajid Ali Shah (Amjad Khan). He lives with the Queen (Veena), Mother of Wajid Ali Shah. Awadh is rich and prosperous. The population is satisfied and have a large disposable income. Wajid Ali is a languid artist and poet (Dresses up like Krishna, composes his own songs, praising himself, and has 400 concubines and 29 Muta (enjoyment wives)), no longer in command of events and unable to effectively oppose the British demand for his throne. Wajid was not interested in ruling his kingdom but loved his crown none-the-less. Lord Dalhousie had his eyes on the Kingdom of Awadh and wanted to swallow it within the British empire. He also already swallowed Punjab, Burma, Nagpur, Satara and Jhansi. Historically Awadh's ruler Shuja-Ud-Daulah allowed the Brits in for trading. Eventually the Brits went to war and Awadh lost. But Brits allowed Shuja-Ud-Daulah to keep his crown for a penalty of Rs 50 MM and a promise to fund Brit wars, as and when needed. General James Outram (Richard Attenborough) is plotting against Wajid at the behest of Dalhousie. The role of Captain Weston (Tom Alter), Outram's aide De camp, so British in his ways, but in love with Urdu poetry, is also worth noting. Outram declares Wajid to be an incompetent ruler and gets Weston to support him by promising a plum position post the takeover. Parallel to this wider drama is the personal (and humorous) tale of two rich, indolent noblemen of this kingdom, Mirza Sajjad Ali (Sanjeev Kumar) and Mir Roshan Ali (Saeed Jaffrey). Inseparable friends, the two nobles are passionately obsessed with the game of Shatranj (chess). Munshi Nandlal (David Abraham) reaches out to both nobles and tells them that a British takeover of Awadh is imminent. Brits are bringing railways and wireless to India to speed up transportation and establish control over all of India. Mirza and Mir think this is only another ploy for the Brits to demand more money from the King. Both effectively neglect their wives (Khurshid (Shabana Azmi), Mirza's wife & Nafisa (Farida Jalal), Mir's wife). Khurshid is angry that Mirza won't spend time with her even though he is at home. She also curses Mir, that his wife is having an affair and yet he spends all of his time with Mirza. Khurshid wants to have sex with Mirza and calls his away from his game with Mir. But Mirza can only think about his unfinished game and goes back to Mir, after failing to perform in bed with Khurshid. She thinks that Mirza doesn't love her. In retaliation Khurshid steals Mirza's chess pieces. Hirya (Leela Mishra), Khurshid's maid helps her in this. Meanwhile on 31st Jan 1986, Dalhousie makes his moves and issues orders for the takeover of Awadh, from Calcutta. Outram delivers the orders to Prime Minister "Madar-Ud-Daula" (Victor Banerjee). The orders are justified by the "misrule" of Awadh by the King and include taking Wajid's title away from him. The orders are backed by the British armies at Cawnpore, who are straining at the least to be let lose against Awadh. Meanwhile Mir and Mirza are dying to play chess and decide to borrow pieces from their lawyer Abbajani (Bhudo Advani). But when they get to his house, they realize he is on his death bed, and quietly make their exit. It is Friday and the market is closed. PM delivers the news of the takeover to Wajid. The nobles decide to play chess with condiments and vegetables as their pieces, much to the disappointment of Khurshid. She throws the pieces back at Mirza. Mirza decides to play at Mir's going forward. Now Wajid is distraught at losing his titles and laments that he got rid of his formidable army at the insistence of the Brit officials a few years ago. Wajid contemplates his position (The Brits have an earlier treaty with Awadh in which they explicitly agree to let the King remain on the throne) and refuses to vacate the throne. The Brits, including Outram, know of the treaty and feel Wajid is entitled to challenge this forced abdication of the throne. Outram knows that a 100,000 pounds a month is generous compensation, but Wajid may decide to fight the abdication. Wajid has 5 days to respond and Outram is worried that there has been no response yet. Outram decides to meet the Queen mother. Meanwhile Mir's wife Nafisa is worried that Mir is playing chess with Mirza at home. Her lover is Aqueel (Farooq Sheikh). Mir catches them red-handed when he enters Nafisa's room, but they are able to convince him that Aqueel is hiding from the King's army, as they are forcibly taking youth to fight against the British. Queen mother refuses the compensation and demands justice for Wajid. She says she will advise Wajid to fight for his throne. The 2 nobles fail to fight the takeover of their kingdom by the East India Company. Instead, they escape their harangued wives and responsibilities, fleeing from Lucknow to play chess in a tiny village untouched by greater events. they are trying to find an abandoned mosque, where they can play in peace, but can't find it. They are invited to rest at the house of poor farmer. Ray's basic theme in the film is the message that the self-centered nature, detachment and cowardice of India's ruling classes catalyzed the annexation of Awadh by a handful of British officials. Wajid meanwhile agrees to meet Outram at 8 am the following morning. Outram presses Wajid to sign the new treaty. Wajid is willing to give up his crown, but refuses to sign the new treaty, which he feels is unjust. Meanwhile the chess match rages on and Mirza is losing for a change. He blames the mosquitoes for distracting him. Mirza then dawns on Mir that Nafisa is cheating on him, to throw him off his game. In the last scene, after which Mir shoots at Mirza and complains out loud "(If you die) I won't have a partner to play chess with", Mirza responds to him "but you have one in front of you!" (thus, making him understand that he forgives him). He finally concludes that "after nightfall, we will go back home. We both need darkness to hide our faces."

The film follows two ex-soldiers in India when it was under British rule, who decide the country is too small for them and go to Kafiristan to become Kings in their own right.

A black anti-Apartheid activist and a British engineer are forced to run from South African Secret Police. Having spent ten years in prison for nationalist activities, Shack Twala (Sidney Poitier) is finally ordered released by the South African Supreme Court, but he finds himself almost immediately on the run after a run-in with the Police. Assisted by his lawyer Rina Van Niekirk (Prunella Gee) and visiting British engineer Jim Keogh (Sir Michael Caine), he heads for Capetown where he hopes to recover a stash of diamonds, meant to finance revolutionary activities, that he had entrusted to a dentist before his incarceration. Along the way, they are followed by Major Horn (Nicol Williamson) of the South African State Security Bureau, and it becomes apparent that he has no intention of arresting them until they reach their destination.