
Acting
Manisha Koirala
Born 1970-08-16 · Biratnagar, Nepal
Manisha Koirala (born August 16, 1970) is a Nepalese actress and activist mainly working in Indian films. Known for her work in commercial and independent cinema of Hindi and Tamil languages, her accolades include three Filmfare Awards and one Filmfare Awards South. She was appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund in 1999. In 2015, she was involved in the relief works after the earthquake in Nepal. A survivor of ovarian cancer herself, she active promotes spreading awareness about the disease.
Acting credits
6.3Two childhood friends have become bitter enemies. So much so, in fact, that they have divided their territories and sworn to kill anyone who crosses the boundary. Against this backdrop, their grandchildren fall in love and when their romance surfaces, the rivalry between is rekindled. The two young lovers are told never to see each other again, on pain of death ... when they get together, it's too late for their grand family ..
Saudagar
1991
6.1A 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
7.0Senapathy, an ex-freedom fighter, is angry. He is angry against the rampant corruption at every level of the bureaucracy. He will clean it up at any cost.
Indian
1996
6.9Journalist Amar falls for a mysterious woman on an assignment, but she does not reciprocate his feelings. However, when Amar is about to get married, the woman shows up at his doorstep asking for help.
Dil Se..
1998
6.3An anthology of four stories that sheds light on modern relationships from the viewpoint of the Indian woman.
Lust Stories
2018
6.3Baba is an atheist who always questions the existence of a higher power. But when a turn of events bestows him with divine powers, he uses the opportunity to help other people.
Baba
2002
5.5Abraham, the planter comes from Jaffna to his ancestral home in central Kerala unaware of the unpleasant things waiting for him. On the night of his arrival, he dies under mysterious circumstances and the cloud of suspicion falls on everyone.
Elektra
2010
7.2Sanju explores some of the most crucial chapters from movie star Sanjay Dutt’s dramatic and controversial real life. It gives a lowdown on his tryst with drugs and his trials and tribulations in the Arms Acts case and the 1993 Mumbai blasts.
Sanju
2018
NRMovie deals with the story of the mental conflicts of a Tibetan Buddhist priest.
Idavappathi
2016
7.3A Hindu man and a Muslim woman fall in love in a small village and move to Mumbai, where they have two children. However, growing religious tensions and erupting riots threaten to tear the family apart.
Bombay
1995
5.7Bantu has grown up suffering his father Valmiki’s vitriolic tongue until he discovers that he’s actually an heir to an influential family, who was exchanged at birth. He moves into their mansion to protect them from a criminal drug lord’s attack and helps the family sort their issues.
Shehzada
2023
NRPheri Bhetaula follows a simple love story set to popular songs by Ranjit Gazmer, though detailed plot logs are largely undocumented, and the film is primarily remembered today as the silver-screen acting debut of renowned actress Manisha Koirala.
Pheri Bhetaula
1990
7.0Mallik is a henchman of Aslam Bhai, a Mumbai underworld kingpin. He inducts local hothead Chandu into the gang, and the two of them soon form a formidable faction within the gang, eventually displacing Aslam. As the empire grows, however, the two of them start drifting apart.
Company
2002
6.5Rohit and wealthy Kiran Dayal meet each other and fall in love. They intend to marry, but Kiran's parents will not permit her to marry beneath her class. Kiran is adamant, and the marriage goes through without the blessings of the Dayals. They live in harmony for months, even after Kiran gives birth to Sunil. Then they start to have differences, which are minor at present, and then snowball...
Akele Hum Akele Tum
1995
6.4When Governor Jaisingh Sinha is murdered, the needle of suspicion points towards his estranged step-son, Sahil. Now Sahil must prove his innocence and find out who the real killer is.
Gupt: The Hidden Truth
1997
5.9A young woman falls in love with a handsome playboy, while aboard a Singapore to India cruise. They make plans to meet again, but fate may have other plans...
Mann
1999
NRSpanning across 90 years, follow a middle-class Muslim family across three generations. 2042. Six months after his manuscript titled Tees (30) is rejected for publication by the Literature and Arts Commission, Anhad Draboo, a young freelance prostitute, meets Niharika, a “reader” from the Commission – who has been searching for Anhad ever since she read his manuscript. 2018. Zia Draboo, a corporate lawyer living in Mumbai and all set to buy the flat she has been renting with her partner Meera, finds out she cannot buy it because of the Housing Society’s resistance to her name. 1989-90. Ayesha, a housebound State Radio newsreader in Srinagar, Kashmir, reaches out to her childhood friend Usha to solicit help from her husband – a government official. She needs it for her own husband, Ghulam Muhammad, who faces bankruptcy and ruin amongst rising unrest in the city.
Tees
2024
7.0A man accepts a challenge to act as the Chief Minister for one day only, and makes such a success of it that soon he is embroiled in political intrigue.
Mudhalvan
1999
5.1On May 1st 1993 a bomb explodes in Gangaram Park in Bombay, killing more than 150 people, many of whom are children. ACP Jay Suryavanshi is assigned this case, quick arrests are made of four individuals. Jagat Jogia, a terrorist, claims responsibility for these killings, but the police are unable to arrest him as he is now located in London, England. Jay discusses this matter with his senior, and together they recruit dreaded killer, Jeet Balraj, rename him Raja, save him from death-row, promise him freedom in exchange for killing Jagat Jogia, to which Jeet agrees. Jeet is provided with money, passport and living quarters in London, and he re-locates. Upon arrival, he meets with Manpreet Kaur, and both of them fall in love. With someone to motivate him in life, Jeet decides to give up his past life - only to find out that not only Jay has other plans for him, but Jagat is also on the look-out for him - and both their agendas are the same - his death!
Kartoos
1999
5.9Anwar, a middle-class Muslim, falls in love with Mehru, a Hindu girl. Post her death, he is caught by the police and a misunderstanding leads them to believe that he is a terrorist.
Anwar
2007
6.0The son of a politician loyal to the British rule falls in love with the daughter of a freedom fighter.
1942: A Love Story
1994
NRDharmaa is posted as the DFO of Kaliban after the poachers killed the previous DFO at their post. Dharmaa leaves his wife Gauri at home with his brother Abhaya and sister-in-law, Diya. The poachers and the police in the Kaliban area have teamed up to smuggle timber from the forest.
Dharmaa
2010
5.9A young man's journey in Mumbai as a kidnapper.
Mumbai Xpress
2005
4.6A shape-shifting snake exacts revenge on the men he believes are responsible for the death of Divya, his lover in her previous life.
Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani
2002
