Mahesh Bhatt is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter known for his works in Hindi cinema. A stand-out film from his earlier period is Saaransh (1984), screened at the 14th Moscow International Film Festival. It became India's official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for that year. The 1986 film Naam was his first piece of commercial cinema. In 1987, he turned producer with the film Kabzaa under the banner, "Vishesh Films", with his brother Mukesh Bhatt.
Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahaani is a 2002 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed and produced by Rajkumar Kohli, making it his last film as a director. The film features an ensemble cast; including Sunny Deol, Akshay Kumar, Sonu Nigam, Sunil Shetty, Aftab Shivdasani, Arshad Warsi, Aditya Pancholi and Sharad Kapoor in lead roles and Manisha Koirala and Armaan Kohli as the main antagonists.
Waqt is a 1965 Indian Hindi-language Bollywood drama film directed by Yash Chopra, produced by B. R. Chopra and written by Akhtar Mirza and Akhtar-Ul-Iman. It was included in the British Film Institute's long list of films in consideration for its top ten of Indian films award. Released in India on 30 July 1965, the film stars an ensemble cast of Sunil Dutt, Raaj Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Sadhana Shivdasani, Sharmila Tagore, Balraj Sahni, Achala Sachdev, Rehman and Madan Puri. It pioneered the concept of films with multiple stars, starting a trend followed by other films. The film took the top spot at the box office in 1965. The plot of the movie re-introduced the "lost and reunite" formula to Bollywood, originally featured in the 1943 Ashok Kumar, Mumtaz Shanti film Kismet. A happy family separated by waqt (time) goes through a series of trials trying to reunite. The film was later remade in Telugu as Bhale Abbayilu (1969) and in Malayalam as Kolilakkam (1981).
Bardaasht is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language vigilante action-thriller film produced by Vijay Galani & directed by Eeshwar Nivas. It is based on the screenplay written by Vikram Bhatt. The film stars Bobby Deol, Lara Dutta, Ritesh Deshmukh, Tara Sharma and Rahul Dev, with Vishwajeet Pradhan, Ganesh Yadav, Nagesh Bhonsle, Shivaji Satam and Virendra Saxena in important supporting roles. The film focuses on the issue of police brutality.
Lakshmi Rai, professionally credited as Raai Laxmi, is an Indian actress and model who predominantly works in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi languages.
Julie is an Indian Hindi erotic film produced by N. R. Pachisia and directed by Deepak Shivdasani. The film stars Neha Dhupia, Priyanshu Chatterjee, Yash Tonk, Sanjay Kapoor and Achint Kaur. It is available on Rajshri Channel of YouTube. and on the Disney+hotstar app.
Rang Birangi (colorful) is a 1983 Hindi film, based on a story by the Hindi writer Kamleshwar, and directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. This comedy classic is most remembered for the Utpal Dutt's role of ACP Dhurandhar Bhatawdekar, which won him the Filmfare Best Comedian Award for the year.
Aditya Roy Kapur is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Hindi films. After working as a VJ, he made his acting debut in 2009 with the drama film London Dreams. Kapur had his first commercial success with the musical romance Aashiqui 2 in 2013. In the same year, the romantic comedy Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani emerged as his highest grosser, and won him the IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor and earned a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Johny I Love You is a 1982 Indian Hindi romance drama film directed by Rakesh Kumar. The movie stars Sanjay Dutt, Rati Agnihotri, Amrish Puri and Suresh Oberoi in lead roles.
Bhavani Junction is a 1985 Indian Bollywood crime drama film directed by H. Dinesh and produced by Deepak Shivdasani. It stars Shashi Kapoor, Shatrughan Sinha, Zeenat Aman, Rati Agnihotri in pivotal roles. The film was released on 22 November 1985.
Achha Bura is a 1983 Indian Bollywood film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee and produced by Deepak Parashar. The film was a remake of Memdidi, directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee again. Lead cast were Raj Babbar and Anita Raj. It also had Amjad Khan, Ranjeet and Dina Pathak in pivotal roles.
Dadagiri (transl. Hooliganism) is a 1987 Bollywood action film directed by Deepak Shivdasani, starring Dharmendra, Govinda, Amrish Puri and Padmini Kolhapure. Dadagiri was successful movie of 1987 and this is the first movie where Dharmendra and Govinda performed together.
Deepak Shivdasani is an Indian film director and producer of Bollywood. He made Ladaai with Aditya Pancholi and Mithun Chakraborty in 1989, Baaghi: A Rebel for Love with Salman Khan in 1990 and Bhai Gopi Kishan, Krishna and Pehchaan with Sunil Shetty in 1997.
Chupke Se, is a 2003 Bollywood Romantic comedy film, directed by Shona Urvashi. It stars Zulfi Syed, Masumeh Makhija, Rati Agnihotri, Tinnu Anand, Om Puri, Reema Lagoo and Dilip Prabhawalkar. The film's soundtrack was composed by Vishal Bhardwaj, while the lyrics were penned by Gulzar.
XXX is a 2018 Hindi-language erotic comedy-drama web series directed by Ken Ghosh for the video on demand platform ALT Balaji. It stars Kyra Dutt, Aparnaa Bajpai, Rithvik Dhanjani, Shantanu Maheshwari, Ankit Gera, Pryanca Talukdar and Aparna Sharma.
OK Jaanu is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Shaad Ali, with screenplay and story based on Mani Ratnam's Tamil film O Kadhal Kanmani, and produced by Ratnam and Karan Johar under their banners Madras Talkies and Dharma Productions respectively. It is a remake of Ratnam's Tamil film O Kadhal Kanmani. The film stars Aditya Roy Kapur and Shraddha Kapoor with a supporting cast including Naseeruddin Shah and Leela Samson, the latter of whom appeared in the original as well marking her Hindi debut with this too- who essay the protagonists' landlords. Eesh Kakkar plays Tara's ex-boyfriend. A. R. Rahman composed the film's score and soundtrack. Gulzar has written the lyrics and the dialogues for the film.
Poison 2 is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language action crime thriller web series that is streaming on ZEE5. directed by Vishal Pandya and produced by Panorama Entertainmanet & Bombay Media Works. Poison 2 casts Aftab Shivdasani, Raai Laxmi, Pooja Chopra, Zain Imam and Vin Rana in lead roles. This is the first digital debut of Aftab Shivdasani and Raai Laxmi.
Raksha Bandhan is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language family comedy-drama film directed by Aanand L. Rai and written by Himanshu Sharma and Kanika Dhillon. It stars Akshay Kumar, Bhumi Pednekar, Sadia Khateeb, Sahejmeen Kaur, Smrithi Srikanth and Deepika Khanna.
