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9.4Bharat Ek Khoj is a 53-episode Indian historical drama based on the book The Discovery of India by Jawaharlal Nehru, that dramatically unfolds the 5000 year history of India from its beginnings to the coming of independence in 1947. The drama was directed, written and produced by Shyam Benegal with cinematographer V. K. Murthy in 1988 for state-owned Doordarshan. Benegal's regular script collaborator Shama Zaidi also co-wrote the script.
The Discovery of India
1988
7.6In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.
Gandhi
1982
3.4After putting together his life once again from a traumatic experience in his past; Govind Narang accompanied by his sister Rattna comes to reside in Azad Nagar, Bombay. He cannot stand injustice in any shape and form; this brings him into enmity with a gangster Johnny and his younger brother Danny Handsome. Obstructed by the interference into their criminal activities Johnny and his gang brutally beats up Govind leaving him to die and sexually molest Rattna in broad-daylight.
Aaghaaz
2000
9.0The story of the most admired poet in the History of Urdu and Persian writings, Mirza Ghalib.
Mirza Ghalib
1988
6.7Inspector Ram succeeds in nabbing notorious criminal Ballu. When Ballu's escape taints Ram's name, his fiancee, Ganga, decides to trap Ballu. But, things get complicated however, when Ballu falls for her and she finds that she isn't entirely immune to his charms.
Khal Nayak
1993
Vijay lives a wealthy lifestyle along with his uncle in Delhi and is a canvas painter. He has a vision of the woman he wants to marry, draws her on his canvas, and takes it to Kandaghat, Himachal Pradesh, to visit his wealthy friend, Prakash, who welcomes him and lets him stay in his palatial home, which he shares with his girlfriend, Shalu. A few days later Vijay meets a village belle, Sajjo, who is the very image of his dream girl. Both fall in love with each other, and he starts calling her 'Roohi'. Little does Vijay know that Sajjo has two other admirers: one is Sangha, who wants to wed Sajjo and will kill anyone who dares to even eye Sajjo, and the second is none other than Prakash himself.
Roohi
1981
Film credits
2000s · 6 titles
3.4After putting together his life once again from a traumatic experience in his past; Govind Narang accompanied by his sister Rattna comes to reside in Azad Nagar, Bombay. He cannot stand injustice in any shape and form; this brings him into enmity with a gangster Johnny and his younger brother Danny Handsome. Obstructed by the interference into their criminal activities Johnny and his gang brutally beats up Govind leaving him to die and sexually molest Rattna in broad-daylight.
Aaghaaz
2000
A naval officer's comfortable family life in Delhi unravels when his sister-in-law returns transformed, igniting dangerous desires that threaten everything he holds dear.
Dil Ke Pechey Pechey
2005
NRThe story of Neelam, a poor girl and her encounters with different men in her life, while searching for love
Boond
2001
6.3Bantu and Chantu are unemployed, and are not able to get any jobs due to lack of experience. They come across an advertisement for a hotel management program in Goa, and make their way there. Once there, they hoodwink the trainer by posing as the nephew of the owner of the hotel, and thus enroll themselves in the training course. In the course of the program, they expose several employees and guests as cheats, earning their wrath but also the admiration of the two daughters of the hotel owners. Things turn sore for the two when the guests and former employees get together to avenge their humiliation.
Xcuse Me
2003
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
3.1Singer/Dancer Monty Oberoi meets and falls in love with Tina. He then starts hallucinating and having visions of an unknown place. His doctors advise him to take a break and he decides to travel to Kenya, where Tina resides with her uncle, Kabira, and guardian, Kamini. Monty experiences more incidents and feels as if he has been here before, while Tina notices that he appears to be more attracted to Kamini than herself. Neither are aware that Monty will soon be entrapped in a plot that will result in his sudden death.
Karzzzz
2008
1990s · 18 titles
6.7Inspector Ram succeeds in nabbing notorious criminal Ballu. When Ballu's escape taints Ram's name, his fiancee, Ganga, decides to trap Ballu. But, things get complicated however, when Ballu falls for her and she finds that she isn't entirely immune to his charms.
Khal Nayak
1993
5.7For 20 years, intrepid police detective Vijay has believed the malicious Amar Singh murdered Vijay's twin brother, Lallu. Vijay eventually dredges up enough evidence to put the crafty Amar in the slammer, but he walks on a technicality. Events take a surprising turn, however, when Lallu suddenly shows up again.
Sabse Bada Khiladi
1995
5.4Vikram Mayur is looking after his late brother's eight-year-old son and is torn between choosing to take Nandu back to England to learn his family's business, or risk throwing it all way.
English Babu Desi Mem
1996
6.7Barkha saves the life of underworld king Vicky, and as a result he offers her a job and also falls in love with her, but Barkha is in love with Sagar. Will Vicky tolerate this?
Ekka Raja Rani
1994
6.2After 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
5.0A convict studies law in prison and becomes a lawyer to seek revenge against the corrupt police officer who framed him on the very day of his marriage.
Takkar
1995
9.0Sagar is a young man who lives with his mom, Saraswati, a college-going brother, Vishal, and a school-going sister, Chutki, in a town in India. His father had abandoned them years ago and his whereabouts are unknown. Also unknown to his family, Sagar uses different disguises to steal money and jewelry from Dhaniram Koilewala, and an illicit liquor supplier, Pascal.
Angaara
1996
3.0Mahima Jyotibacha is a movie directed by Bhaskar Jadhav featuring Sudhir Dalvi, Madhu Kambikar.
Mahima Jyotibacha
1991
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Azaad Desh Ke Gulam
1990
NRA renowned pop singer happens to stab a man who intended to trouble her. However, chaos ensues when she gets agonised by eerie thoughts.
Unexpected
1991
5.0Jaya and Suman, two college mates, once best of friends, are today's sworn enemies. Jaya is in love with Rajesh, who also uses to study in the same college, and who leaves no opportunity to praise Suman just to annoy Jaya although he does reciprocate her feelings. But seeing them together infuriates Rakesh, who also loves Jaya deeply. Jaya and Rajesh get married and Jaya's mother gives her some 'tips' on post marriage behavior, little knowing how much problems the same is going to create for her.
Shubhamangal Savadhan
1992
6.0Malti witnesses a physical altercation between her husband and Rai Bahadur Brijbhushan Sharma, as a result of which her husband gets knifed and killed. As she tries to take the knife out, the Police arrive, arrest her, and hold her in a cell. It is here that Brijbhushan visits her and warns her not to testify against him as he will kill her son, Raju. Malti accepts full responsibility of her husband's death, is found guilty, and sentenced to 14 years in jail. After her discharge, she is released and finds out that Raju is now known as Raja is very popular dancer and singer. She also gets to meet Radha and her brother, Dattu, who are looking after Raju, and hopes that her son will eventually marry Radha. She subsequently comes to know that Raju loves Priya, who is the daughter of none other than Brijbhushan. Malti is not ready to expose Brijbhushan as her husband's killer - she has other plans for him, and none of her plans include Priya as her future daughter-in-law.
Dancer
1991
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Premankur
1993
7.0Mumbai Te Mauritius (1991) starring Ashok Saraf, Laxmikant Berde, Varsha Usgaonkar, Jayshree Gadkar, Sudhir Dalvi & Bal Dhuri. Directed by Satish Randive.
Mumbai to Mauritius
1991
8.0Due to his excellent performance in the Indian Armed Forces, Major Barkat Singh is thrust the responsibility to capture a notorious criminal. Post assignment, he faces numerous challenges.
Kranti Kshetra
1994
8.0Radha ka Sangam is based on re-incarnation. Govinda (Govinda) and Radha (Juhi Chawla) love each other. They get married but after the marriage things do not go in their favor. A lot of tragic incidents happen in their lives. Govinda gets a jail sentence and Radha is also not well. When Govinda gets out of jail another tragedy strikes. Do they meet in their next birth? What happens next?
Radha Ka Sangam
1992
10.0Pitamber Kohli lives an upper middle class existence with his wife, & two brothers, Yeshwant and Pratap. The trio get in the bad books of an underworld don named Swami, who soon they launches a vendetta against them. As a result, Pitamber is killed, and both Yeshwant and Pratap swear to avenge his death. Pratap joins the police force, and steps up his efforts to nab Swami at any cost, to no avail, and he ends up getting suspended from his duties. Then Swami makes his move – Pratap’s sister and brother-in-law are abducted and held at gunpoint. When Yeshwant goes to rescue them, he is gunned down. Now Pratap, the only remaining Kohli brother, is the only target of Swami. How Swami entraps Pratap, who will be quite helpless especially with his sister still a captive with Swami forms the crux of the story
Zulm Ki Hukumat
1992
NRThree women are invited to an isolated mansion. But a group of evil men torment and abuse them there. One woman is revived from death and now seeks bloody revenge against the horrible men.
Qatil Chandalini
1998
1980s · 30 titles
7.6In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.
Gandhi
1982
Vijay lives a wealthy lifestyle along with his uncle in Delhi and is a canvas painter. He has a vision of the woman he wants to marry, draws her on his canvas, and takes it to Kandaghat, Himachal Pradesh, to visit his wealthy friend, Prakash, who welcomes him and lets him stay in his palatial home, which he shares with his girlfriend, Shalu. A few days later Vijay meets a village belle, Sajjo, who is the very image of his dream girl. Both fall in love with each other, and he starts calling her 'Roohi'. Little does Vijay know that Sajjo has two other admirers: one is Sangha, who wants to wed Sajjo and will kill anyone who dares to even eye Sajjo, and the second is none other than Prakash himself.
Roohi
1981
6.0After a young man is killed in custody, Inspector Arjun Singh is transferred to the small town of Tehsil, where his new neighbours happen to be the family of the young man who died.
Satyamev Jayate
1987
9.0Savitri (Moushumi Chatterjee) falls in love with Vijay (Mithun Chakraborty), who saves her sister from a dacait named Shamshera (Amrish Puri). Both get very intimate, and then decide to marry. Before the marriage could take place, Shamshera kills Vijay, and Savitri gives birth to a baby boy, but is told that the child was born dead. She then marries Thakur Prem Singh (Navin Nischal), who is responsible for blinding Shamshera in one eye, and sending him to prison. Subsequently Savitri gives birth to another baby boy, Rajesh (Sumit Saigal). Years later, she comes across a young man named Ravi (also Mithun Chakraborty)
Param Dharam
1987
5.1Set during the Goa liberation movement against Portuguese rule. It follows Ramdas, who grows up to be a criminal named "Ronnie" after witnessing his freedom-fighter father's death, mistakenly believing his colleague murdered him. Ronnie later confronts the truth while opposing the freedom movement.
Pukar
1983
5.2Sita Sinha 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 marries wealthy Jaya, and Bihari marries a labourer. Amar's dad, Mr. Saxena 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.
Khudgarz
1987
7.6Life changes for an honest police officer (Raaj Kumar) who's spent his career fighting crime on the right side of the law when he becomes a criminal himself. But is he really a "bad guy" if he's waging a personal war against injustice? Om Puri, Aruna Irani, Govinda, Farha Naaz, Shakti Kapoor, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Alok Nath, Paresh Rawal and Ashalata co-star in this ensemble Bollywood drama.
Marte Dam Tak
1987
8.0Inspector Ajay lives with his widowed mother in a city in India. He has been assigned the task of bringing in notorious bandit and gangster named Cobra, who has been terrorising and killing people all over India. He does succeed in arresting him, and holds him in a cell, only to find out that he is insane, and must be institutionalised. Thereafter, Ajay awaits Cobra's treatment so that he can proceed with his investigation. One day while his mother packs his lunch, he finds out that it was poisoned, it did not affect him, but it kills another colleague. His mother, relieved to find out that Ajay is alright, is more concerned about Cobra, who was also sent some food. Ajay is baffled as to why his mother would feed a senile criminal, and he sets out to find out why. The truth will devastate him, make him lose his job, and change his outlook on life forever.
Ganga Tere Desh Mein
1988
6.8Photographer Raj Bedi meets with attractive Radha, both fall in love, and get married. Shortly after the marriage, Raj has an accident and is hospitalized. He does recover, but has no sensation in his legs and must be confined to a wheelchair. The cost of his treatment, in addition to the loss of his job, leads Radha to take up employment as a Governess to a small child, the only daughter of wealthy industrialist, Ashok Mehra. Raj is quite happy at this arrangement and looks forward to his treatment locally, and subsequently abroad. What he does not know that Ashok's deceased wife resembles Radha, that his daughter, Mini, thinks that Mom has finally returned home; and that this was prime reason that Radha was ever hired by Mehra and his associates. Will Radha take to the comfortable life as the wealthy Mrs. Mehra, in addition to getting a cute little daughter for her own self?
Agar Tum Na Hote
1983
7.2Baffling the authorities, a secret organization with powerful connections is creating havoc and getting away with loads of money. But their criminal run may be drawing to an end as an astute secret agent closes in with plans to bring them down. Unfortunately, the gang of baddies is tipped off to his activities and devises a counter-attack designed to eliminate him permanently.
Watan Ke Rakhwale
1987
6.0James and Ashwinikumar are secret agents from Ringania and India fighting to stop the villains hell bent on world domination.
Bad Aur Badnaam
1984
4.8Lawyer Anjali's ideas are tested when she is assigned a new case
Jaaydaad
1989
5.3Inspector Amar Kaushal attempts to incarcerate wrong-doers in his society only lead to frustration when they are let off by the incompetence of the law and his superiors and seniors. Eventually Amar stands accused of killing several criminals and innocents which prompts him to take law into his own hands.
Aakhri Adaalat
1988
9.0Sandhya is a renowned Brahmin dancer and is in love with Hari, who belongs to the Dalit community. She gets married to a man of her grandfather's choice, but can't forget her previous lover.
Jaag Utha Insan
1984
4.0A dacoit named Lakhan Pal kidnaps a girl called Chandrika. He tries to rape her along with his gang members. Chandrika bites Lakhan's hand and applies his blood on her forehead making him her husband so that he protects her. They have a son Sunil. When his gang is attacked Lakhan escapes with his family to his wife's father's place. He gives up being a criminal but years later it still affects Sunil.
God
1983
8.0Based in Nagpur, India, Radheyshyam has three daughters of marriageable age, but is unable to affor any dowry to even marry off one daughter. To make matters worse, his eldest daughter has the father of a prospective groom arrested by the police, for demanding and accepting a dowry. This causes an unremoveable stigma against the entire family, and the three daughters take responsibility for this, and decide to run away individually, without even telling each other.
Sasti Dulhan Mahenga Dulha
1986
7.7When Shekawat learns that his parents have left all their estates and properties to his sister due to the pending birth of her son, he plots to keep the money.
Agnee
1988
7.0When Ravi (Mithun Chakraborty) saves the life of the beautiful and mute Chandni (Zeenat Aman), the two fall in love but are soon separated. Years later, Ravi's wife unwittingly hires Chandni, sparking a series of events that could destroy them all. Directed by Vinod Dewan, this remarkable drama also features Madan Puri, Shakti Kapoor, G. Asrani and Ashalata.
Yadon Ki Kasam
1985
7.1When a successful manager decides to sell his plantation in his ancestral village to another company, his young daughter begins acting strangely.
Gehrayee
1980
8.8Thakur Gangadhar Choudhary rules a small community in rural India with an iron hand, and will never permit anyone to speak up against him. He owns most of the land surrounding his palatial home - save for the small patch of land owned by Veer Singh. He summons Veer to his house, and offers him substantial compensation for his land, but Veer refuses, and the Thakur has him killed. Veer's widow dies of shock, leaving behind a young Suraj to be brought up by a kindly widow Mrs. Salma Khan, who is also the mother of Iqbal. Years go by, Suraj grows up joins the Indian Armed Forces, and after a meritorious career, he resigns and returns home to avenge his father's death. What he does not know that he must first come to terms with the local Police Inspector Iqbal Khan, and then the wealthy Collector of the District, Rajpal Chauhan, before he can even think of touching a single hair of Gangadhar Choudhary.
Suryaa: An Awakening
1989
8.2Geeta works for a newspaper as a reporter and exposes the drug-running crimes of Dharamdas and others involved with him, and as a result she is abducted, imprisoned, and raped repeatedly by both the criminals and a police inspector. Who will save her and others from the clutches of the criminals?
Hawalaat
1987
8.0Aag Ke Sholay (English translation - Flames of Fire) is 1988 Hindi Language Movie directed by S. R. Pratap, starring Hemant Birje, Gulshan Grover, Vijeta Pandit, Sumeet Saigal, Sripada and Rashmi Inder.
Aag Ke Sholay
1988
9.0Ravi Shankar lives in a shabby hotel room belonging to the owner of the Hotel "Allah Belli", Sheikhu Dada. Ravi studies in college and pays his rent and living expenses through money-orders sent to him from his dad. Ravi's devotion to the illiterate Shaikhoo Dada borders on worship, which doesn't sit well with his wife or her father, wealthy tycoon Seth Jaghannadh. When Seth drives a wedge between Ravi and Dada, Ravi risks everything to make things right.
Nakhuda
1981
9.0An orphan makes sacrifices for the family who took him in but subsequently faces humiliation and homelessness.
Billoo Baadshah
1989
6.3Indian Air Force pilot Bhagat lives with his wife, Raksha and a young son. While going to the bank one day, the family find that the bank is being held up. The bank-robbers panic at the arrival of the police, and fire randomly, killing Raksha instantly. Bhagat witnesses this horrific spectacle and is unable to do anything to save his wife. The robbers were masked, but one of them had a tear in his shoe and another was wearing a locket, very similar to the one worn by his wife. Bhagat's inquiries take him to the northernmost hilly regions of India, where he must confront the past, as well as seek out the elusive killers and bring them to justice, not knowing that in so doing he will be endangering the life of his son.
Lootmaar
1980
7.0Avinash is a dancer and singer in a club.One of friends captures terrorist activities of Pratap when Pratap's man are behind him he runs away with the film.He is killed in front of Avinash and drops the film in a drum kept on the stage where Avinash was performing. Pratap believes he has handed over the film to him and tortures is brother Sumit and fiance Sapna killing his mother.Avinash is assaulted and tortured to get the film he manages to escape but gets shot in his head.Dr Anand a drunkard saves Avinash's life by removing the bullet from his head.But Avinash looses his memory.Pratap's man are still chasing him to get the film when he is saved by a mysterious women Nisha who tells him that they both loved each other.Nisha actually came into his life to get the film but dies in explosion telling him her motive.Then Alka another women enters his life and claims that he is her husband.
Avinash
1986
6.8Mithun Chakraborty's ambition is to become an upright Police officer, but unluckily he is not getting selected. His sole strength is his lady love Sridevi. As Mithun's ambition fails, he turns to alcohol, dacoity, and thugism. He finally joins Amrit Pal's lethal gang to take revenge on the Police force, which blocked his ambition. Sridevi (in a double role), is Shakti Kapoor's important gang member. One day, Shakti Kapoor gets the confidential message about an undercover cop in his Gang.
Guru
1989
NRA poor young man sells himself as a bonded labourer to a local landlord in order to marry the love of his life, after his fiancé's father demands a dowry for marrying his daughter.
Chirutha
1981
10.0Ravi would like to study medicine and then come back and practice it in his small town where there is no doctor or medical facility available for miles. Encouraged by the townspeople and his brother, Bankhe, he re-locates to Bombay, where in a few years time he is able to successfully complete his studies and become a doctor. When he returns home, nothing is the same anymore. His brother Bankhe is absconding, running away from Daku Jwala, who has sworn to kill him to avenge his brother's death - and Dr. Ravi himself has to face Jwala sooner or later - as Jwala's vengeance includes Bankhe and all of his family. Dr. Ravi must now make up his mind to look death at the hands of an angry Jwala - or re-locate and practice medicine elsewhere.
Jwaala Daaku
1981
7.0Chatpati is a 1983 Bollywood film directed by V. Ravindra and produced by Deven Verma, starring Smita Patil and Raj Kiran in lead role. The film also has a huge supporting cast including Reema Lagoo, Sudhir Dalvi, Shreeram Lagoo, Preeti Ganguli and Jayshree T..
Chatpati
1983
1970s · 5 titles
7.5Vijay Singh is a disgraced former Merchant-Navy officer who is branded as a coward after he abandons his crew during an emergency. Guilt-ridden and trying to forget his past, he takes up work at a coal mine where he gets trapped with other miners after a flood hits them.
Kaala Patthar
1979
4.7Pooja lives with her doctor husband and a young son. Her son becomes seriously ill and does not respond to any medication, her husband wants him to be moved to a hospital for further .
Shirdi Ke Sai Baba
1977
7.5Brash, outspoken, and aethiest Shanker lives in a small village with his son, Mohan, and his devout wife, Durga, who is expecting another child soon. One day Shanker decides to leave and takes Mohan with him, leaving a pregnant Durga alone. Years go by, both Mohan and Ajay have grown up. Mohan and Shanker operate a crime syndicate, partnering with Keshavlal, a notorious gangster. Ajay operates a publicatin called Karmayogi, in which he publishes news and information about crime and criminals, and does an expose on Keshavlal. Mohan and Shanker want a bigger stake in the share, which Keshav agrees to, but arranges for Shanker to get killed, and blames it on Ajay. When Shanker is killed, Mohan swears to avenge his father's death and begins the trek of locating and killing Ajay.
Karmayogi
1978
6.6Sanjay wanted to pursue art, but his father forced him into a career as a train conductor. Unhappy, he meets and falls in love with Shalini but is pressured into an arranged marriage when his father comes to find out. Feeling trapped, he turns to drinking and brothels, until he gets one final chance to escape with Shalini and start his life anew.
27 Down
1974
9.0Film with a soundtrack featuring Asha Bhosle.
Haldi Kunku
1979
Undated · 1 titles
Series credits
9.4Bharat Ek Khoj is a 53-episode Indian historical drama based on the book The Discovery of India by Jawaharlal Nehru, that dramatically unfolds the 5000 year history of India from its beginnings to the coming of independence in 1947. The drama was directed, written and produced by Shyam Benegal with cinematographer V. K. Murthy in 1988 for state-owned Doordarshan. Benegal's regular script collaborator Shama Zaidi also co-wrote the script.
The Discovery of India
1988
9.0The story of the most admired poet in the History of Urdu and Persian writings, Mirza Ghalib.
Mirza Ghalib
1988
NRManav and Ishana’s dream shatters when their neighbor’s child dies in their care, triggering a legal battle and fight to save their future in the US.
Mrs & Mr Khurana
2023
