My Favourite Movies

Rockford (1999)

Director:
Nagesh Kukunoor

The movie is about all-boys Christian boarding school in India and a student's experience in the school

Cast:
Nandita Das - Lily Vegas

Rohan Dey - Rajesh Naidu

Jayant Kripalani - Brother Lawrence

Nagesh Kukunoor - Johnny Matthews (PT Instructor)




Hyderabad Blues (1998)

Director:
Nagesh Kukunoor

It's a Non Resident Indian(NRI), who returns home to Hyderabad, India, after a living for 12 years in USA.

Cast

Nagesh Kukunoor - Varun Naidu

Rajshri Nair - Ashwini


 


A Mighty Heart (2007)

Based on Mariane Pearl's account of the terrifying and unforgettable story of her husband, Wall Street Journal reporter Danny Pearl's life and death. Exteriors of the Film were shot in Karachi, Pakistan

Cast:
Angelina Jolie
Dan Futterman
Irfan Khan
Adnan Siddiqui
Aly Khan
Archie Panjabi
Mohammed Afzal

Directed by: Michael Winterbottom


The Pianist (2002)

A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II.

Director:
Roman Polanski

Cast:
Adrien Brody ... Wladyslaw Szpilman


Malamaal Weekly (2006)

For the inhabitants of Laholi, life is a daily struggle to make ends meets while avoiding the snare of moneylender Karamkali (Sudha Chandran). The only literate villager among them, Lilaram (Paresh Rawal) earns a meagre income selling tickets for the Malamaal Weekly lottery. So when the numbers come up for Anthony, the village drunkard, Lilaram anticipates a healthy commission. But, finding Anthony dead in his chair, ticket in hand, Lilaram and his fellow villagers including Om Puri ( Balwant - balu) see an opportunity to change their fortunes.

Director: Priyadarshan

Cast:
Paresh Rawal
Om Puri
Ritesh Deshmukh
Reema Sen
Rajpal Yadav
G. Asrani
Shakti Kapoor
Arbaaz Khan
Sudha Chandran
Rasika Joshi


The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)

Will Smith stars in this moving tale inspired by the true story of Chris Gardner, a San Francisco salesman struggling to build a future for himself and his 5-year-old son Christopher (Jaden Smith)

Director:
Gabriele Muccino

Cast:
Will Smith ... Chris Gardner

Jaden Smith ... Christopher (as Jaden Christopher Syre Smith)

Thandie Newton ... Linda

Brian Howe ... Jay Twistle

James Karen ... Martin Frohm


Golmaal (1979) :- This movie is one of the best comedy movie till date. Directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee,

Star-cast: Amol Palekar, Bindiya Goswami, Utpal Datt, David, Dina Pathak, Deven Verma, Keshto Mukherjee, Shobha Khote & Om Prakash. Spl. appear by Amitabh Bachchan

 




Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron
This 1983 movie is an all time classic.The movie is based on the the hilarious happenings in the life of two photographers(Naseeruddin Shah and Ravi Baswani). Om Puri and Satish Shah,the Mahabharata scenes of the climax is an all time favourite

Director:
Kundan Shah
Writers:
Ranjit Kapoor (dialogue)
Satish Kaushik (dialogue)

Cast
Naseeruddin Shah ... Vinod Chopra
Ravi Baswani ... Sudhir Mishra
Satish Shah ... Municipal Commissioner D'Mello

Om Puri ... Ahuja
Pankaj Kapur ... Tarneja
Satish Kaushik ... Ashok
Neena Gupta ... Priya
Deepak Qazir ... Asst. Mun. Comm. Srivastav
Rajesh Puri ... Kamdar

 


Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)
A romantic comedy of second generation Indians living in England, who are strongly attached to the traditional values of Indian culture.

Director:
Aditya Chopra

Cast

Shahrukh Khan ... Raj Malhotra
Kajol ... Simran
Amrish Puri
Farida Jalal
Anupam Kher
Satish Shah
Achala Sachdev
Himani Shivpuri



Maachis (1996)

Director:
Sampooran Singh Gulzar
Writer:
Sampooran Singh Gulzar (written by)

Cast

Om Puri ... Sanatan
Tabu ... Veerandra 'Veeran'
Chandrachur Singh ... Kripal Singh 'Pali'
Kanwaljit Singh ... Inspector Vohra (as Kanwaljit)
Kulbhushan Kharbanda ... Commander
Rajendranath Zutshi ... Jaswant Singh Randhawa 'Jassi' (as Raj Zutshi)
Suneel Sinha ... Vazira
Jimmy Shergill ... Jaimal 'Jimmy' (as Jasjiet Shergill)
Ravi Gossain ... Kuldip (as Ravi Gosain)

 




Angoor

Directed by Gulzar
Produced by Jai Singh
Written by Gulzar


Starring

Sanjeev Kumar,
Deven Verma,
Moushumi Chatterjee


Music by Rahul Dev Burman
Release date(s) 1982
 





Masoom (1983) -

Actors : Baby Urmila, Master Jugal, Naseeruddin Shah, Saeed Jaffrey, Shabana Azmi
Director : Shekhar Kapoor
Lyrics : Gulzar
Music Director : Burman R D
Producer : Chanda Dutt, Devi Dutt
Theme : Family Drama
Year : 1983

 




Monsoon Wedding (2001) -

Actors : Lilett Dubey, Naseeruddin Shah, Vasundhara Das
Director : Mira Nair
Producer : Dream Production
Theme : Family Drama
Year : 2001
 



Khosla Ka Ghosla (2006) -

Actors : Anupam Kher, Boman Irani, Parvin Dabbas, Tara Sharma
Director : Dibakar Banerjee
Lyrics : Jaideep Sahni
Music Director : Bapi, Dhruv, Tutul
Producer : Savita Raj Hiremath
Year : 2006

 




Katha (1983)

Naseeruddin Shah ... Rajaram Purshotam Joshi
Farooq Shaikh ... Bashudev (Bashu)
Veeni Paranjape Joglekar ... Jojo
Deepti Naval ... Sandhya Karnik
Mallika Sarabhai ... Anuradha

Director:
Sai Paranjape
Genre:
Comedy / Drama

 




Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin (1991)


Aamir Khan ... Raghu Jetley
Pooja Bhatt ... Pooja Dharamchand
Anupam Kher ... Seth Dharamchand
Sameer Chitre ... Deepak
Tiku Talsania ... Sharmaji, the Editor
Rakesh Bedi ... Private Detective
Veerendra Saxena ... Private Detective
Avtar Gill ... Kidnapper
Mushtaq Khan ... Bus Conductor
Javed Khan ... Purse Snatcher
Shammi ... Parsi Lady who gives lift
Rajesh Puri ... Dharamchand's P.A.

Deepak Tijori ... Fisherman

Director:
Mahesh Bhatt

Genre:
Musical / Drama / Adventure / Comedy
 




Andaz Apna Apna

Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi
Produced by Vinay Kumar Sinha
Written by Rajkumar Santoshi
Dilip Shukla
Starring Salman Khan
Aamir Khan
Raveena Tandon
Karisma Kapoor
Paresh Rawal
Shakti Kapoor
Cinematography Ishwar Bidri
Release date(s)  1994

 



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