Suresh Oberoi

Acting

Suresh Oberoi

Born

1946-12-17 (79)

Place of birth

Quetta, Pakistan

Known for

Acting

Credits

64 titles

From IMDB Suresh Oberoi was born on December 17, 1946 in Quetta, Baluchistan, British India as Vishal Kumar Oberoi. He is an actor, known for Namak Halaal (1982), Mirch Masala (1987) and Kanoon Kya Karega (1984).

Known for

Film credits

2000s · 9 titles

Deewangee poster
6.5

A lawyer tried to defend a person accused of murder who is diagnosed with Split personality disorder.

Deewangee

2002

Talaash: The Hunt Begins poster
5.3

Babu works for three underworld dons and must go to prison to protect them. When his sentence is over, he returns home to find that Purnima (his wife), Arjun (his son) and Pooja (his daughter) live a destitute life. When he confronts his bosses, he is beheaded in front of his wife and children, and his daughter is abducted. Purnima (Raakhee) loses her mind, and is hospitalized in a mental hospital. Growing up, Arjun (Akshay Kumar) becomes a high profile vigilante. As for Purnima, she becomes terribly ill and can be saved only if she sees her daughter again. Thus, Arjun decides to re-unite his mother and sister. In order to do so, he must discover the identity of his father's killers.

Talaash: The Hunt Begins

2003

Moksha: Salvation poster
6.1

A young law student finds his strongly held ideals clashing with the work he has to undertake, leading to a crisis of confidence in this 2001 Bollywood feature from director Ashok Mehta.

Moksha: Salvation

2001

Lajja poster
7.1

Soon after Vaidehi marries Raghuvir, she becomes pregnant. Desperate to escape her unhappy marriage, she runs away with her unborn child, but she's pursued by her chauvinistic husband and must enlist the help of strangers.

Lajja

2001

Gadar: Ek Prem Katha poster
6.8

During the partition, Tara marries Sakina and they live a happy life. However their happiness is short-lived when Sakina's father forces her to stay in Pakistan and separates her from her family.

Gadar: Ek Prem Katha

2001

Karma, Confessions and Holi poster
8.0

Karma Aur Holi is entirely shot in New York and its suburbs and Priceton/New Jersey. The film deals with relationships of many dimensions, their conflicts and resolutions on the day of Holi, which is an indian festival of colors that signifies a new beginning. A contemporary film, wherein the story revolves around the identity of Indian families living in the USA, the cross cultural differences in evolution - do Indians, having migrated from their native land adapt to the difference in culture and are they ready to give up their inherent cultural inhibitions. "Karma, Confessions and Holi" is a film about Indian families, their relationships with fello Americans. their own internal and inter-personal conflicts. First English language film with prominent Indian and International stars.

Karma, Confessions and Holi

2009

Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya poster
6.1

Ria Jaiswal lives a very wealthy lifestyle along with her mom and dad. As she is the only child in this family, her parents dot on her and give in to her every wish.

Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya

2001

23rd March 1931: Shaheed poster
6.0

Bhagat Singh, a freedom fighter, is arrested for killing the British official responsible for the death of his mentor Lala Lajpatrai. He is ultimately hanged for his misdeed.

23rd March 1931: Shaheed

2002

No artwork available
9.0

An Indian has no faith in the existence of God. His friend recounts numerous tales depicting the miracles of Sai Baba. Unconvinced, he visits Shirdi himself and begins his journey towards discovery and faith. The movie is focused on the story of Sai Baba - his birth, teachings, miracles and his physical death. For the first time, a film has been shot in Shirdi, the holy temple of Sai Baba.

Shirdi Sai Baba

2001

1990s · 18 titles

Raja Hindustani poster
6.4

Raja, a taxi driver, falls in love with Aarti, a rich girl, and marries her against her parents' wishes. Later, her stepmother tries to create a rift betweenthe couple.

Raja Hindustani

1996

Aaj Ka Arjun poster
6.6

Thakur Bhupendra Singh and his son Ajit are powerful landlords who oppress a helpless community of villagers. Ajit marries Laxmi, a city girl who has come to the village to be with her brother,Bheema. Bheema and a feisty village belle Gauri, are in love but before they can marry, tragedy strikes. Ajit, who had abandoned Laxmi soon after their wedding returns and murders her. The law is helpless and Bheema decides to take law into his own hands.

Aaj Ka Arjun

1990

Vijaypath poster
5.7

The family of Justice Saxena is extremely happy until his younger brother Inspector Rajesh Saxena (Suresh Oberoi) arrests a notorious gangster, Bhawani Singh. Justice Saxena sentences Bhawani Singh to death. Bhawani Singh's brother, Dilawar Singh (Danny Denzongpa), vows to avenge his brother and he kills the judge as well as his driver Shanker. Dilawar Singh also tries to kill their sons. Driver Shanker's son, Karan (Ajay Devgan) loses his eyesight while saving Justice Saxena's son Babloo. Justice Saxena's wife, the two children and Rajesh Saxena leave the city. Dilawar Singh finds them and kills the Judge's wife and throws Babloo out of the running train. Before dying, Babloo donates his eyes to Karan. Karan vows that he will not remove his goggles till he confronts Dilawar Singh.

Vijaypath

1994

Dil Ka Kya Kasoor poster
6.4

Shalini Saxena lives a wealthy life-style with her brother Rajesh. She attends college and writes a few poems under the name Seema as part time activity, she meets her fellow collegian an orphan called Arun Kumar who sings for important occasions usually following the words of her poem. Shalini loves Arun wholeheartedly but is unable to express her feelings to him and thus she secretly helps Arun to not only become a popular singer but also rich. And then Arun gets married to the college principal daughter Meena; this breaks Shalini's heart and to make matters worse she is diagnosed with throat cancer and does not have any longer to live.

Dil Ka Kya Kasoor

1992

Soldier poster
5.8

The story follows a young man (Bobby Deol) who flees India and arrives in Australia seeking vengence for something that started in India. In Australia he meets and falls in love with the daughter of a rich and powerful man(Suresh Oberoi). The story keeps the covers on Bobby Deols plan until the end when everything is revealed as to why he is a SOLDIER.

Soldier

1998

Gopi Kishan poster
5.2

Policeman Gopi's doppelganger Kishan, who is a criminal, learns about the former and uses his identity to his advantage as he tries to find his father. This results in Gopi reaping the benefits.

Gopi Kishan

1994

Anari poster
6.0

Rajnandini, a rich girl, appoints Rama, a simpleton, as her bodyguard. She soon falls in love with him, which creates havoc in his life.

Anari

1993

Aakrosh: Cyclone Of Anger poster
4.7

An officer faces personal challenges after he is assigned to stop killers of the Prime Minister.

Aakrosh: Cyclone Of Anger

1998

2001: Do Hazaar Ek poster
4.7

Following the brutal slaying of a call-girl named Julie in Bombay city, two police inspectors, namely Anil Sharma and Rajat Bedi, are assigned to investigate and bring the culprit(s) to book.

2001: Do Hazaar Ek

1998

Surviving Sabu poster
5.1

The difficult relationship between a young gay South Asian man and his father, refracted through images of the late film star Sabu of Jungle Book and Elephant Boy.

Surviving Sabu

1998

Safari poster
5.7

Bombay-based Anjali Aggarwal's father, Ajit, is the owner of Aggarwal Industries. Asha challenges Ajit that she can run the business better and he accepts the challenge. Her plan is to build a new factory on a small island called Manjira in the Indian Ocean.

Safari

1999

Prithvi poster
6.8

A newly-married couple go on their honeymoon to a foreign country, when the wife suddenly disappears.

Prithvi

1997

Deshwasi poster
10.0

Unhappy with India's independence from the British, Raja Shamsher Singh and his goons, initially attempt to put their candidate, Shishupal, up for elections. But when opposed by Sangram Singh, they have him killed, and blame Pratap Singh. Sangram's wife, Bharati, rebels, becomes a bandit, and sends her son, Shakti, to Bombay so that he can study and return back to Ramgarh to oppose the tyrannical Shamsher, and have Pratap killed. Years later Shakti does return back but Bharati does not know that he has an hidden agenda - which does not include seeking vengeance from Pratap or Shamsher.

Deshwasi

1991

Suhaag poster
5.6

Collegian Ajay Sharma was born on 2nd April 1968 and lives in Bombay with his widowed mom, Asha. He is friendly with fellow-collegian, the wealthy Raj Sinha, and both often end up getting beat-up by goons and Madhu (Raj's girlfriend) respectively. After they graduate from college, Raj's maternal uncle asks Ajay to bring his birth certificate so that he could make his passport and find work for him in a department store in Canada. Ajay goes home to look for his birth certificate, but is unable to locate. His mother makes a show of helping him, but instead tears a document and tosses it outside. Ajay puts the document together and finds out that his real name is Ajay Malhotra, his father, Dr. Ravi Malhotra, is still alive, serving a life sentence in prison for killing and stealing a patient's organs. Ajay questions his mother and finds out that his dad was framed by the hospital owner, Rai Bahadur. He and Asha meet Ravi in prison and swear to avenge his humiliation.

Suhaag

1994

Ajay poster
7.1

Ajay falls in love with superstar dancer Manorama, who comes from a dangerous family.

Ajay

1996

Fateh poster
5.0

The Major, aided by three other military commandos, undertakes a mission to bring to justice an evil arms dealer and drugs smuggler.

Fateh

1991

Tirangaa poster
6.2

After having witnessed the gruesome murder of his father, Harish's plans for revenge go for a toss when he is framed by the same mafia boss who killed his father.

Tirangaa

1993

Raghuveer poster
7.0

Ravi Verma is an honest and diligent Inspector who lives with his wife, daughter, and brother Raghuveer. Ravi and Raghuveer are brothers with a very strong bond and both are extremely close to each other. However, their bond weakens because Raghuveer often gets into fights. Raghuveer can't stand injustice and when he watches injustice done to his professor, he fights for him.

Raghuveer

1995

1980s · 25 titles

Aagaman poster
7.0

The film revolves around the struggle of a farmer who is fighting for the rights of the farmers, against an evil businessman with the help of his lawyer son.

Aagaman

1982

Morchha poster
NR

The 1980 film Morchha follows a revenge-driven action narrative centering on Chhotu, a young boy who survives a brutal attack by the criminal mastermind Ram Mohan after his honest father refuses a corrupt deal. Traumatized by witnessing his family's murder, Chhotu masters martial arts and forms a strategic front to infiltrate and dismantle Ram Mohan's criminal network.

Morchha

1980

Mujrim poster
8.1

The film follows the story of Shankar, who is regarded as a criminal by society after being in jail for ten years since childhood.

Mujrim

1989

Parinda poster
7.2

Brothers Kishan and Karan grow up in Bombay. Karan soon leaves to study in America while Kishan enters into a life of crime, falling under the sway of Anna Seth, a drug lord. When Karan returns to Bombay, Kishan intends to keep him as far away from his criminal life as possible, but things don't go as planned.

Parinda

1989

Coolie poster
6.6

When Iqbal gets separated from his mother and brother by a flood, he becomes a coolie at Mumbai railway station. He then fights for the coolies rights and faces challenges from a businessman.

Coolie

1983

Laawaris poster
6.3

Left in the care of an alcoholic Gangu Ganpat, young Heera, who named himself after a stray dog, wrestles with life in his young age. Years later, now a young man , he works for Mahendar Singh and is in love with Mohini, who will not have anything to do with him due to his lack of ancestry. Heera is now determined to find out who his parents are, and the only one who can help him is the elusive, alcohol-induced and incoherent Gangu Ganpat.

Laawaris

1981

Main Balwaan poster
7.0

Anil, a criminal's son, follows a righteous path and marries Geeta. After his death, Geeta has to leave their son, Tony, with her brother, who is an inspector.

Main Balwaan

1986

Tera Karam Mera Dharam poster
NR

It is a story of a Karodimal. Who is harassing innocent people by giving loans? he keeps his eyes on young girls and one of his victims is Poornima who is a teacher. It is a story of Balraj who interferes in all bad activities of Karodimal and sent to jail under the charge of murder while he is saving Poornima from rape. Balraj hands over his son Raj to Poornima. Karodimal blames Poornima. Poornima leaves for the city and becomes prostitute due to circumstances and educate Raj and handovers her own daughter Laxmi to a peon in the village. Balraj escapes from Jail kills the Karodimal and goes to the city to search his son Raj and Poornima. Raj goes to his friend Sunil village and he fell in love with Laxmi. Sunil comes to know his lover Champa escapes to the city with Raj.

Tera Karam Mera Dharam

1987

Do Qaidi poster
6.9

Manu and Kanu are two con-men and petty thieves who work alone and are not known to one another. They individually decide to work for underground criminal Don "K.K.", and K.K. accepts them....

Do Qaidi

1989

Tezaab poster
6.0

After his parents are killed, Mahesh's life is ruined as he gets imprisoned and separated from Mohini, who suffers due to her cruel father. Mahesh returns to save Mohini and settle old scores.

Tezaab

1988

Mohabbat Ke Dushman poster
8.1

Rehmat Khan (Raaj Kumar) is the wise leader of a tribe of frontiersmen. After the malevolent leader of a neighboring tribe (Amrish Puri) kidnaps the beautiful Shama (Hema Malini), the woman escapes and seeks refuge in Khan's camp. When Khan falls for her, their love threatens to spark a bloody tribal war in this drama from Prakash Mehra. The Kalyanji-Anandji soundtrack features "Allah Kare Maula Kare" and "Bahut Kat Chuka Hai."

Mohabbat Ke Dushman

1988

Mirch Masala poster
7.9

Early-1940s, rural British India. When a woman decides to fight against the village's despotic subedar and is supported by the guard of the local spice factory, more women join to defy the prevailing oppression.

Mirch Masala

1987

Manika, the Girl Who Lived Twice poster
7.8

In this unusual feature, Manika is a girl born in a Catholic family in a south Indian fishing village is convinced that she has recently had a former life as a Brahman wife in Nepal. Her parish priest, Father Daniel is under orders to convince her otherwise, as reincarnation does not accord with official Catholic doctrine. Instead, he agrees to journey with her to the site of her dreams of a previous life. Once there, they discover that all is just as she had dreamed it, and her former husband has remarried despite promising not to. Her arrival on the scene does not disturb the man, but it really upsets his new wife, who departs with her baby. Manika decides that it helps no one for her to remain there in Nepal, and returns to her home in the south. However, all this has caused a genuine crisis of faith for the priest who, witnessing all this, has had to grapple with some irreconcilable issues.

Manika, the Girl Who Lived Twice

1989

Shoorveer poster
9.0

The story revolves around the pain of children that parents have, even adopted ones in India. Shankar, played by Danny, is a small-time crook who is given number one by gang leader (Kader Khan), though his accomplice No. 7, who uses him and gets him embroiled in a false murder. Shankar who deeply loves his wife Nanda (Deepti Naval) and daughter Meena (Mandakini), is devastated when he finds out that his newborn son has an incurable fever; he rushes to Dr. S. Malhotra (Suresh Oberio), who refuses to treat his son out of turn--and the baby dies. Full of vengeance, Shankar abducts the doctor's son Shoorveer and hands him to Iqbal to maim and make a beggar. Iqbal is saved in epilepsy by Shoorveer, who then brings him up as his own son.

Shoorveer

1988

Dekha Pyar Tumhara poster
10.0

Anu, a rich girl, falls in love with Vishal, a photographer, and marries him. However, soon after the wedding, Anu begins suspecting her husband of having an extra-marital affair.

Dekha Pyar Tumhara

1985

Thikana poster
6.5

An unemployed alcoholic decides to get his life back together and returns to practicing law. While investigating a case, he falls in love with a dancer whose brother was murdered, and he sets out to find the killers.

Thikana

1987

Vidhaata poster
7.6

When a Police inspector is killed by a band of thugs, his grieving father Samsher Singh seeks justice. Pratap Singh has left behind a pregnant widow, who dies in chidbirth, leaving Samsher to bring up the child Kunal. The transformation of Samsher Singh (a locomotive engine driver) into Sobhraj, multi millionaire and owner of a vast network of business. Kunal is brought up by Abu Baba, a servant of Sobhraj to be honest, upright, and very independent minded. Durga, the daughter of a former employee of Sobhraj, who is serving time and Kunal fall in love. This not acceptable to his grandfather, though Abu Baba approves of the relationship. Disaster strikes when an attempt is made to separate the lovers. The life of Samsher Singh alias Sobhraj begins to unravel from here. How Kunal's ethical upbringing by his foster-father, and his financial and business circumstances of his grandfather meet in a titanic conscience clash and how he resolves matters is at the nexus of the plot.

Vidhaata

1982

Dharamyudh poster
6.5

The town of Ramgarh is ruled by the wise and compassionate Badey Thakur, who is known for always relying on truth, fairness, and equal & quick justice for all. When the time comes for him to retire, he does so, and hands over the reigns of Ramgarh to his equally promising son, Thakur Vikram Singh. Vikram's best friend is Pratap Singh, together they live a fairly harmonious and adventurous life. Then tragedy strikes, first Pratap's sister, Guddi, is brutally raped and killed; then Kundan, who tried to intervene with Guddi's killer(s) is shot dead. Pratap finds out that the killer if none other than Vikram's younger brother, Vijay Singh, and he sets out to demand justice - from a family who are known for their fairness, truthfulness, and honesty. But what he finds is lies and deception, and he must run for his very own life, pursued by an enraged Vikram, who will not let anyone tarnish the name of the Thakur family.

Dharamyudh

1988

Main Aur Mera Hathi poster
6.5

Wrongly imprisoned for a crime he did not commit in his youth, Ram's seeks vengeance against Teja. Upon his release from prison, Ram changes his name to Raj, and gets employed by Teja. Teja finds out that Ram loves Julie, and goes to meet her, only to find out that she does not know any man by the name of Ram, and when shown a photograph, she identifies him as Raj. Angry with Ram for concealing his true identity, and for attempting to avenge himself, Teja has Ram imprisoned, and the only one who can save Ram is an elephant.

Main Aur Mera Hathi

1981

7 Saal Baad poster
7.0

A married couple Nisha Mathur and her husband Dilip Mathur, purchase a hotel in a scenic locale. In the beginning, no one comes to stay there, however, the hotel soon attracts several young couples; an ex-convict, who possesses some dark secrets out of Nisha's past; a police inspector who warns people against staying in this hotel; and a journalist Lisa. And then one by one people start turning up dead, brutally killed, by person(s) unknown. What is the secret behind this hotel?

7 Saal Baad

1987

Kanoon Kya Karega poster
7.0

Advocate Gautam Mehra lives in Bombay with his wife, Anju, and a daughter, Rakhsa. One day while returning from court he sees a woman being molested. He stops, phones the police, and then tries to stop the molester, in vain, though as he gets attacked and loses consciousness. But the police do arrive and arrest the molester. Raghuvir's attempts to convince Gautam to change his testimony are in vain. Gautam goes on to testify against Raghuvir Singh, and gets him sentenced to seven years rigorous prison.

Kanoon Kya Karega

1984

Akarshan poster
4.0

Love story about an actress falling in love with her costar

Akarshan

1988

Saajan Ki Saheli poster
6.2

Young and attractive Kunti has fallen in love with a young man by the name of Anil, and both intend to marry...

Saajan Ki Saheli

1980

Palay Khan poster
8.5

The British government have taken over there rule in a deserted region in India. But some of the people there strive for freedom; one of those brave freedom fighter is Palay Khan, who owes his intelligence to the entire region.

Palay Khan

1986

Kasam Suhag Ki poster
6.0

As a courtesan, Surajmukhi lives a life of servitude and exploitation that she longs to escape. Sultan Singh, rescuing her from an assault, is the first man to treat her with respect. Over time, Surajmukhi melts the sultan's harsh, unforgiving exterior and may find the bliss she's always wanted. Rekha, Dharmendra, Jagdeep and Chandrashekhar star in this tale of romance set against the backdrop of Indian history.

Kasam Suhag Ki

1989

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