Sudhir Mishra

Rahul, a married man after a night of wild partying wakes up with a hangover but couldn`t recollect whether his drunken state led him towards infidelity or not. Along with his married friends Saxena and Amit, he tries to recollect last night`s incidents.

Khoya Khoya Chand is a chaotic love story between Nikhat and Zafar set against the persuasive world of cinema. Zafar Ali Naqvi (Shiney Ahuja) belongs to an old Nawab family based in Lucknow. And what more, he is rebellious writer full of new ideas. He comes down to Mumbai for making it big in big bad world of cinema for giving right direction to his creative streak. Before he knows it, gets sucked into glamorous cinematic world. Will he able to implement his ideas? And will he be able to cope up with this cinematic world? Just when he is getting his bearings right, he comes across Nikhat Bano (Soha Ali khan) - a beautiful young ambitious girl who makes impressive journey from being a struggling extra to a starlet to becoming a great heroine. But she has tough choices to make between ambitions and love. So what will she choose? What adds to her difficulty is Ratanbala, a reigning diva but very unpredictable. Nikhat has her own problems to deal with. Will her independent free spirit pull her through? Or will she dance to Zafars tunes? What more Prem Kumar (Rajat Kapoor), an ageing Casanova and master manipulator adds interesting twist to getting his fading stardom back?

This 2007 Madhur Bhandarkar film is based on the lives and atrocities faced by the people living at the traffic signals. It talks about the viscious circle of the mafia trade in which a lot of beggars and urchins get trapped into.

During a rainy night, an investment banker`s car breaks down in the red-light district. While seeking shelter, he meets a prostitute, and an unexpected friendship begins to form.

The film opens at St. Stephen's College in Delhi with the story of three students, Siddharth Tyabji (Kay Kay Menon), Geeta Rao (Chitrangada Singh) and Vikram Malhotra (Shiney Ahuja). Siddharth is a driven revolutionary who dreams of bringing a revolution in the state of Bihar that will end the caste-based discrimination there; bring social justice and change the society for the better. Geeta is a London returned, South Indian girl in love with the firebrand Siddharth. She has led a very sheltered life thus far and is yet to explore the terrain of the Indian Socio-political landscape. While she finds Siddharth's Naxalite rhetoric attractive, she is not sure if she can subscribe to it with her full heart. And every time they come to point of choice, Siddharth chooses his ideology over his love for her thus breaking her heart time and again. Vikram is a middle-class boy who dreams of making it big, whatever the cost. He is particularly afflicted by his father's Gandhian ideas, but irritated and frustrated at the same time, seeing his father's way of life as ineffective in bringing about a change. Vikram loves Geeta, without any reciprocation from her side for his feelings. Vikram despises Siddharth, mainly for having the affections of Geeta. Vikram sees Geeta and Siddharth having sex. Siddharth leaves for Bihar to bring about a revolution; Geeta leaves for Oxford to get a degree (She refuses to go with Siddharth, citing resistance from her parents), and Vikram sets up an office in Delhi. A few years later, Vikram is a fixer in the power corridors of government, Geeta is married to a promising IAS Officer Arun Mehta (played by Ram Kapoor) who, as Geeta says, "has it all", and Siddharth is still trying to ferment a revolution. But all is not as it seems. Below the mask of happiness, each is quite unhappy. Vikram has 'made it', but he still cannot get Geeta, the love of his life. Geeta is married, but she still meets Siddharth on the sly, cheating on her husband. Siddharth has a split in his organization and decides to rebuild his roots in the hinterland of Bihar. He tells Geeta that he can't see her for a while. Vikram buys an old palace for 3.5 Crores with the intention of turning it into a hotel. For this, he has to involve his relatives to pitch in with funds, who are in politics. Eventually, Geeta gets a divorce from her husband because of her love for Siddharth, even though she does not want to hurt her husband's feelings. Geeta joins Siddharth in the village where she starts to teach the children of the village, whilst the police repeatedly try to hunt down her now husband, Siddharth. She bears a child with Siddharth whom she sends to London to her parents since she believes he deserves more than to grow up in the remote village. Eventually the police round up the entire village, capturing Siddharth and Geeta for intent to cause unrest and brutally assault them both, fabricating a story of a villagers' riot to explain their injuries. Geeta is soon bailed out of prison by her now influential ex-husband, while Siddharth, on the run, is shot by the police and admitted to a local hospital and is placed under arrest while Geeta believes him to have been killed. Vikram, who has been consoling Geeta and taking care of her during the absences of her ex-husband and of Siddharth, is informed that Siddharth is still alive. Vikram travels to meet Siddharth and release him using his influential contacts, however he has an accident on the way and is admitted to the same hospital as Siddharth. During the night, local Naxalites break into the crude hospital and free Siddharth while Vikram still lays there. The next morning, the policemen in charge of guarding Siddharth, frustrated, accuse Vikram of having conspiring to free Siddharth and beat him up. After discovering that he is a man of influence, they resolve to kill him and dump his body to make it unrecognizable. Vikram, terrified, attempts to escape but is chased down, however the policeman finds that the Naxalites have emptied his revolver, and they beat Vikram up with an iron rod. Soon, the police chief and a local politician come looking for Vikram and are able to stop the policemen from killing him. Vikram suffers heavy brain damage and is rendered handicapped, while Siddharth tells Geeta that he intends to leave but Geeta refuses to accompany him. Siddharth has moved beyond simply trying to foment a revolution and is prepared to delay it because he feels that the people are not ready in spite of their saying otherwise. He goes to London to study medicine and through a letter, voices his anguish and disillusion with the idea of revolution, he writes saying "I hope the mysteries of the human body will be less confusing" (in reference to his studying medicine and quitting the revolution). The last scenes show Geeta going back to continue working in the village and taking care of the handicapped Vikram, who can no longer speak. With Vikram writing "I love you Geeta" on a rock, as they both sit by a placid lake and watch the sunset.

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