ART MOVIES COLLECTION IN ALPHABATICAL

ORDER
A
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

Ankur
(shabana azmi, anant nag)
Aaandhi
(sanjeev kumar)
Arth
(shabana azmi)
Angoor
(sanjeev kumar)
Ardh Satya (om puri, samita patel)
Aakrosh
(naseer uddin, om puri)
Ankush
(nana patikar, rabia amin)
Ab tak chappan (nana patikar)
A Wednesday
(naseer uddin shah)

--- 1974
--- 1975
--- 1982
--- 1982
--- 1983
--- 1984
--- 1986
-- 2007
-- 2008

Bombay talkies (sashi kapoor, janiefer)

Bhomika
(samita patel)
Baazar
(naseer, farooq sheikh)
Bawandar
(nandita das)
Bhoot
(ajay devgan)

---1970
---1977
--- 1982
--- 2000
--- 2003

B
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.

C
15.
16.
17.

Chakra
(naseer, samita patel)
--- 1981
Company
(ajay devgan)
--- 2002
Chasm-e-badoor (farooq sheikh, dapti naval) --- 1981

D
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.

Do Boond Pani (simi garewal)

--- 1971
Disha
(nana patikar, om puri,shabana)--- 1990
Diksha
(nana patikar)
--- 1991
Dharavi
(om puri, shabana azmi)
--- 1992
Drohkal
(naseer,om puri amresh puri) -- 1994
Dasvidaniya (vinay pathak)
-- 2009

E
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.

Eik Bar Phir

(dapti naval, suresh oberi)
--- 1981
Eik nahee pahali
(kamal hasan)
--- 1984
Eik pal
(naseer, shabana, farooq) --- 1986
Eik ruka hoa faisala (pankaj kapoor)
--- 1986
Eik din achanak
(shabana azmi)
--- 1989
Eik haseena thee (urmila, saif ali khan)
-- 2004
Eik challis ki last local (abhey deol)
-- 2007

G
31.
32.

Golmal
Giddh

(amol palikar)
(samita patel, om puri)

--- 1979
--- 1984

H
33.
34.
35.

Hazar chorasi (1084) ki maa (jaya bahaduri) --- 1998

Hu tu tu
(nana patikar)
--- 1999
Hari Bhari
(shabana azmi)
--- 2000

I
36.
37.

Ijazat
(naseer uddin, shabana azmi)
Is raat ki subah nahee (nirmal panday)

--- 1987
--- 1996

J
38.
39.

Jane bhi do yaro (naseer, ravi baswani)

--- 1983
Jungle
(fardeen khan)
--- 2000

K
40.
41.
42.
43.
44.
45.
46.
47.
48.
49.

Kitab
(outtam kumar, vidya gupta) --- 1977
Khata meetha (ashok kumar)
--- 1978
Kondura
(samitapatel, anat nag)
--- 1978
Katha
(naseer uddin, farooq sheikh) --- 1983
Kamla
(dapti naval, mark zubair)
--- 1984
Khamosh
(naseer, shabana, amol palikar)--- 1985
Kamla ki maut (dimple arora)
--- 1989
Kaun
(manoj Bajpai)
-- 1999
Khamosh Pani (tanveer, zaheer)
-- 2003
Khosla ka ghonsla (anpum kher)
-- 2006

L
50.
51.
52.

Lori
Lakin
Leela

(shabana azmi, naseer, farooq)

--- 1984
(amjad khan, vinod khana)
--- 1990
(vinod khana, dimple kapadia) --- 2002

M
53.
54.
55.
56.
57.
58.
59.
60.
61.
62.
63.
64.
65.
66.
67.

Mausam
(sanjeev kumar)
Manthan
(samita patel, Grish karnad)
Mandi
(naseer, shabana)
Masoom
(naseer uddin, shabana)
Main azad hoon
(amitabh, shabana)
Mirch masala (naseer, samita, om puri)
Mamoo
(farida jalal, surekha sikli)
Machis
(taboo, om puri)
Moonsoon wedding (naseeruddin shah)
Mr & Mrs Iyer
(rahul bose)
Maturbhoomi (tulip joshi, sudhir panday)
Maqbool
(naseer, pankaj kapoor)
Mithya
(naseer uddin shah)
Manorma6 feet under
(abhey deol)
Mumbai meri jan
(paresh rawal)

--- 1975
--- 1977
--- 1982
--- 1983
--- 1984
--- 1985
--- 1995
--- 1996
-- 2001
-- 2002
-- 2003
-- 2003
-- 2008
-- 2008
-- 2008

Nishant
Naram garam
Namkeen

(naseer uddin, samita patel

(amol palikar)
(sanjeev kumar, sharmila)

--- 1975
--- 1981
--- 1982

(naseer uddin, shabana azmi)

(rakhi)
(deepa sahi, manohar singh)
(kamal hasan)
(konkona sen)

--- 1984
--- 1984
--- 1984
--- 1988
--- 2005

N
68.
69.
70.

P
71.
72.
73.
74.
75.

Paar
Paroma
Party
Pushpak
Page 3

Q
76.

Qisa Kursi Ka (shabana azmi)

--- 1978

R
77.
78.
79.
80.
81.
82.
83.

Rang Birangi
Rihaee
Roi ka bojh
Road
Raghu Romeo
Raincoat
Risk

(dapti naval, farooq)

(vinod khana, naseeruddin)
(pankaj kapoor)
(manoj Bajapai)
(vijay raaz)
(ajay devgan)
(randeep hoda)

--- 1983
--- 1988
--- 1997
-- 2002
-- 2003
-- 2004
-- 2007

S
84.
85.
86.
87.
88.
89.
90
91.
92.
93.
94.

Satranj kay khilari (sanjeev kumar)

--- 1977
Saath saath
(farooq sheikh, dapti naval)--- 1982
Sadma
(kamal hasan, siridevi)
--- 1983
Saransh
(anupum kher)
--- 1984
Salam bombay
(shafiq syed, nana patikar) --- 1988
Saleem langre pai mat roo (pawan malhotra) --- 1989
Sataya
(manoj Bajpai)
--- 1998
Shootout on lokhandwala (amitabh, sanjay) --- 2007
Sarkar raj
(amitabh)
--- 2008
Shoot on sight
(naseer uddin shah)
--- 2008
Slum dog millaninare (dev patel, anil kapoor) --- 2008

T
95.
96.
97.
98.

Tri Kaal
(naseer uddin, leela naidu)
Thrirty six (36) Chowrangi Lane (janiefer)
Train to Pakistan (nirmal panday)
Thriteen B (13 B) (madhavan, poonam dillion

--- 1985
--- 1982
--- 1998
--- 2009

Umrao jan
Utsav

--- 1981
--- 1984

U
99.
100.

(rekha, naseer, farooq)

(rekha, amjad khan)

W
101.

Wo chokri

(palavi joshi, paresh rawal)

--- 1984

102.
i.

Yatra

The Namesake (tabu, Irfan Khan)

--- 2006
--- 2006

ii-

Being Cyrus (naseer, dimple kapadia)

--- 2005

iii-

Pratha

--- 2002

iv-

Hyderabad Blues (nagesh kukunoor)

--- 1998

v-

Dhram

(pankaj kapoor)

--- 2007

vi-

Aastha

(om puri, rekha)

--- 1997

vii-

Choti si baat (amol palikar, ashoke kumar)

--- 1975

viii-

Baton baton main (amol palikar)

--- 1979

ix-

Eik Din 24 ghantay (rahul bose)

--- 2003

x-

Hazaroon khwaishein aisi (kk menon)

xi-

Meenaxi-tale of 3 cities

xii-

Before the rain (kartine cartlidge)

--- 1994

xiii-

Meera

--- 1979

xiv-

Manoranjan (sanjeev kumar, shammi Kapoor) --- 1974

xv-

Ram teray kitnay naam(sanjeev kumar)

xvi-

Pathar panchali (kanu bannerji)

xvii-

Junoon (shabana, naseer, nafisa ali)

(nana patikar, rekha)

(irfan khan)

(tabu)

(heema malini, vinod khhana)

xviii- Shaque (vinod khana, shabana azmi)

xix-

Rajnigandha (amol palikar)

xx-

Amu

xxi-

Morning raga (shabana,lillete dubey)

(konkona sen sharma)

--- 2003
--- 2004

---- 1974
---- 1955
---- 1978
---- 1976
---- 1976
---- 2005
---- 2004

MOVIES COLLECTION
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
41.
42.
43.

Pathar opanchali -- kanu bannerji

--- 1955
Do Boond Pani -- simi garewal
--- 1971
Ankur
shabana azmi
--- 1974
Manoranjan sanjeev kumar
--- 1974
Ram teray kitnay nam sanjeev kumar
--- 1974
Choti si baat amol palikar
--- 1975
Shaque
vinod khana, shabana azmi
--- 1976
Rajnigandha amol palikar
--- 1976
Satranj kay khilari -- sanjeev kumar
---1977
Bhomika
samita patel
---1977
Kitab
outtam kumar, vidya gupta
--- 1977
Manthan
-- samita patel, Grish
--- 1977
Khata meetha ---- ashok kumar
--- 1978
Kondura ---- anant nag, samita patel
--- 1978
Junoon
shabana, naseer, nafisa ali
--- 1978
Golmal
amol palikar
--- 1979
Baton baton main amol palikar
--- 1979
Meera vinod khana,hema malini
--- 1979
Nishant
naseer uddin, samita patel
--- 1975
Mausam sanjeev kumar
--- 1975
Aandahi sanjeev kumar
--- 1975
Qisa Kursi Ka shabana azmi
--- 1978
Chakra naseer uddin, samita patel
--- 1981
Eik Bar Phir --- dapti naval, suresh oberi
--- 1981
Umrao jan rekha, naseer, farooq
--- 1981
Naram garam ---- amol palikar
--- 1981
Chasm e badoor farooq sheikh, dapti naval --- 1981
Mandi
naseer, shabana
--- 1982
Saath Saath -- farooq sheikh, dapti naval --- 1982
36 Chowrangi Lane janiefer kandel
--- 1982
Namkeen -- sanjeev kumar
--- 1982
Baazar
naseer uddin, farooq sheikh
--- 1982
Angoor
sanjeev kumar
--- 1982
Katha
naseer uddin, farooq sheikh
--- 1983
Masoom
naseer uddin, shabana
--- 1983
Sadma kamal hasan , siridevi
--- 1983
Ardh Satya -- om puri, samita patel
--- 1983
Aakrosh
naseer uddin, Om puri,
--- 1984
Wo chorki palavi joshi,
--- 1984
Paroma
rakhi
--- 1984
Main azad hoon amitabh, shabana
--- 1984
Gidh --- samita pate, om puri, nana patikar --- 1984
Paar
naseer uddin, shabana azmi
--- 1984
Kamla dapti naval, mark zubair
--- 1984
Eik nahee pahali kamal hasan, raaj kumar
--- 1984

44. Lori
shabana azmi, naseer, farooq
45.
Utsav --- rekha
46.
Party-- deepa sahi, manohar singh
47.
Tri Kaal --- naseer uddin, leela naidu
48.
Khamosh naseer, shabana, amol palikar
49.
Ankush
nana patikar, rabia amin
50.
Eik pal
naseer, shabana, farooq sheikh
51.
Eik ruka hoa faisala - pankaj kapoor
52.
Ijazat
naseer uddin, shabana azmi
53.
Pushpak kamal hasan
54.
Rihaee
naseer, vinod khanna
55.
Saleem langre pai mat roo pawan malhotra
56.
Kamla ki maut dimple arora
57.
Eik din achanak shabana azmi
58.
Lakin
-- amjad khan, vinod khana
59.
Disha --- nana patikar, om puri, shabana
60.
Diksha nana patikar
61.
Dharavi
Om puri, Shabana azmi
62.
Drohkal naseer, om puri, amresh puri
63.
Before the rain
64.
Mamoo
farida jalal, surekha sikli
65.
Is raat ki subah nahee nirmal panday
66.
Machis ---- taboo, om puri
67.
Roi ka bojh pankaj kapoor
68.
Aashta
om puri, rekha
69.
Hu Tu Tu
nana patikar
70.
Sataya ---Manoj Bajapai
71.
Hazar chorasi ki maa jaya bahaduri
72.
Train to Pakistan nirmal panday
73.
Hyderabad blues nagesh kukunoor
74.
Kaun
---manoj Bajapai
75.
Bawandar ---nandita das
76.
Jungle
fardeen khan
77.
Road
manoj Bajapai
78.
Company
ajay devgan
79.
Pratha
irfan khan
80.
Khamosh Pani
81.
Maturbhoomi
82.
Maqbool
naseer, pankaj kapoor
83.
Bhoot
ajay devgan
84.
Eik din 24 gnahtay rahul bose
85.
Hazaron khwaishen aisi k.k menon
86.
Menaxi tale of 3 cities tabu
87.
Morning raga
shabana
88.
Being cyrus naseer, dimple
89.
Amu
konkona sen
90.
Khosla ka ghonsla anpum kher
91.
The namesake tabu, irfan khan

--- 1984
--- 1984
--- 1984
--- 1985
--- 1985
--- 1986
--- 1986
--- 1986
--- 1987
--- 1988
--- 1988
--- 1989
--- 1989
--- 1989
--- 1990
--- 1990
--- 1991
--- 1992
--- 1994
--- 1994
--- 1995
--- 1996
--- 1996
--- 1997
--- 1997
--- 1999
-- 1998
-- 1998
-- 1998
-- 1998
-- 1999
-- 2000
--- 2000
-- 2002
-- 2002
--- 2002
-- 2003
-- 2003
-- 2003
--- 2003
--- 2003
--- 2003
--- 2004
--- 2004
--- 2005
--- 2005
-- 2006
-- 2006

92.
93.
94.
95.
96.
97.
98.
99.
100.
101.
102.

Risk
randeep hoda
Ab tak chappan nana patikar
Dhram
pankaj kapoor
Mithya
naseer uddin
Sarkar raj
amitabh, shabana
Manorma 6 feet under abhey deol
Shoot on sight
naseer uddin
A Wednesday
naseer uddin
Slum dog millaninare
Dasvidaniya
vinay pathak
13 B

-- 2007
-- 2007
-- 2007
-- 2008
--- 2008
-- 2008
-- 2008
-- 2008
-- 2009
-- 2009
-- 2009

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.

Mohan joshi hazir ho 1984

- (Naseer uddin shah)
Albert pinto ko ghuusa kyoon ata hai 1980 - Naseer uddin
Sparsh - 1980
- Naseer uddin shah, Shabana azmi
Eik doctor ki maut - 1991 - Pankaj kapoor, Shabana azmi
Pastonjee - 1988 (Naseer uddin shah)
Shart 1986
Naseer uddin
Eik Ghar - Naseer uddin, dapti naval
Sazaye maut - 1981
Naseer uddin
Aghaat 1985 - govind nehlani Om puri pankaj kapoor
Arvind desai ki ajab dastan 1978 dilip dhawan
Tamas govind nehlani - 1986 - Om puri , deepa sahi, amrish

Arohan Om puri
Vijeta 1982 govind nehlani
Mohre - 1987 -- Madhuri, Nana patikar, Anupam Kher
Sitam 1982 - Naseer uddin, samita patel
Raat 1992- rivathy, om puri
Bombay Boys 1998 - tara deshpanday, rahul bose
Ye wo manzil to nahee 1987 sudhir mishra - manohar
sing, habib tanvir, naseer
Main zinda hoon 1988
dapti naval.

sudhir mishra mpankaj kapoor,

Jews, the lost tribe of Indian Cinema (SPECIAL)

Harish C. Menon, IANS [Wednesday, December 14, 2005]

At a time it is reaching out to many countries, Bollywood seems to be losing out on a

legacy - its Indian Jewish benefactors.
Their role in the Hindi film industry, especially during the pre-independence, silent era,
was of great importance but is now largely forgotten - except in scholarly circles.
Not surprising since the number of Jews, consisting of three major lineages in India
(Cochinis, Baghdadis and Bene Israelis), has fallen from some 30,000 in 1948 to about
5,500 today - after living in the country for over 2,000 years.
When India started producing films in the early 20th century, it was taboo for Hindu and
Muslim women from "respectable" families to play the lead roles.
"The Jewish community, owing to the far more Westernised bringing-up, was more
liberal when it came to acting in movies, especially by the womenfolk," the Indian Jewish
Federation's founder chairman Jonathan Samuel Solomon told IANS.
Solomon, a Bene Israel whose grandfather Solomon Moses ran the Bombay Film Lab
Pvt Ltd from the 1940s to 1990s, will soon travel to Israel to interact with Indian Jews
who have now settled there.
Bene Israelis are the descendants of one of the 10 lost tribes of Israel, which was
shipwrecked at Navgaon, a small village south of Mumbai, in the second century B.C.
and made India their home.
"The community was in a sense pioneering when it comes to the Bombay film industry
with several superstars of the silent era hailing from Jewish households," said Manohar
Iyer of Keep Alive, a group striving to collate and highlight achievements of vintage
Bollywood artistes.
Actress Firoza Begum alias Susan Solomon, a Bene Israel, starred in a succession of
Hindi and Marathi films like "Bewafa Qatil", "Prem Veer" and "Circus Girl" in the 1920s
and 1930s.
Ruby Meyers (1907-1983), more famous by her screen name Sulochana (senior), was
another Bene Israel, who was introduced into the world of films by Ardeshir B. Irani, the
father of Indian talkies. The Pune-born actress starred in movies like "Typist Girl" (1926)
and "Wildcat of Bombay" (1927) and was one of the highest paid actresses of her time
drawing a salary of Rs.5,000.
She is often remembered for her role of a nanny in "Julie" (1975), which also starred
another famous Jewish actress Nadira alias Farhat Ezekiel, a Baghdadi Jew who
debuted opposite Dilip Kumar in "Aan" (1952).

"The Baghdadi Jews (who arrived from Iraq, Syria and Iran around 1796, fleeing
persecution in their native lands) were very fair and beautiful, making them ideal
candidates for the silver screen," Solomon said.
"So they were a natural choice for lead roles," he observed.
Scholars also recall Patience Cooper (1905-1983), who played the first double role of
Indian cinema in "Patni Pratap" (1923), Pramila or Esther Abraham and others.
David Abraham Cheulkar (1908-1982), better known as David, who portrayed the
benevolent "John Chacha" of "Boot Polish" (1954) and is remembered for the
song "Nanhe Munne Bachche", too was a Bene Israel. He died in Canada in 1981.
Kolkata-born Ezra Mir alias Edwin Myers (1903-1993) was the first chief of India's Film
Division, then called the Information Films of India under British rule, and is mentioned in
the Guinness Book of World Records as the producer of the largest number of
documentaries and short films.
Bunny Reuben, another Bene Israel, is a senior film journalist and author who has
chronicled the trends in Bollywood since the late 1940s and was a close friend and
publicist of legendary showman Raj Kapoor.
Reuben has penned several biographies of Bollywood personalities - the latest one
being "...and Pran", about the life and times of the screen villain Pran.
Nadira, who hailed from the Nagpada area of central Mumbai, is perhaps the only Jew
who continues today to do the odd role in television serials and cinema.
On their part, Jews - in India as well as in Israel - are fond of vintage Hindi film music.
"The 50,000-strong Indian Jews settled in Israel are perhaps the biggest fans of vintage
Bollywood music. They associate these songs with fond memories they have of their
time in India," said Solomon, who dreams of organizing a concert in Israel some day.

Main Azaad Hoon (1989)

Director:
Tinnu Anand
Writer:
Javed Akhtar (writer)
A newspaper reporter exploits an ordinary man for few rupees to pose as a man who is
fighting against the corrupt politicians and prints imaginary stories in his name to
improve the circulation of her newspaper. People take him for real and he becomes a
powerful leader of poor man. One day the paper prints a letter in his name that he is
going to end his life fighting corruption. This puts the ordinary man in a fix. He knows
that at this juncture he can't refute the accuracy of all those stories. He also realizes that
he is the sole hope of millions. Finally, he buckles under moral pressure and jumps from
an incomplete multi-storied building and ends his life
Gokuldas has taken over Rajnagar's leading newspaper and would like to increase it's
circulation manifold. He holds a conference with Pandey and Editor Sharma to this
effect. Sharma is asked to let go of some employees, including Reporter Subhashini
Saigal. On her last day at work, she writes a letter from one Azaad, threatening to kill
himself by falling from an under-construction hospital site. This story captures the
interest of the people, who demand to know who Azaad is. Gokuldas and his staff
present Azaad to the public, who are captivated by his manner of speaking and
leadership qualities. Soon Azaad gains city-wide recognition, and everyone, including
the State's Chief Minister, Gulabchand Damodar, wants to meet and befriend him.
Azaad, however, chooses to befriend sugar-cane farmers, university youth, and mill
workers, much to ire of the Mill Owners' Association's president, Dal Chand Jain. What
the general public do not know is that Azaad is not even a real entity, the man they
called Azaad is a homeless bum, who has been paid by Gokuldas so that he can pave
the way for him to become the next Chief Minister. Watch how events unfold when the
public find out the fraud imposed on them, and what impact this will have on Azaad,
Subhashini, Gokuldas and others.

Teesra Kinara (1986)

Raj Babbar, Smita Patil, Anita Raj, Manmohan, Paintal, Javed Khan, T.P. Jain,
Gulshan Grover, Shubha Khote, Manmohan Krishna, Jagdish Raj.

Mohre (1987)
Abdul is a truck driver with alcohol and depression problems so much so that he would
like to end his life. One day another truck driver shows him a newspaper advertisement
that offers help for suicide-ridden youth. Abdul decides to try them out and travels all the
way to the countryside. Once there he is joined by four other youth, including a printing
press proof-reader, Prakash Raikar; a young woman, Maya, who had been molested
and hates men, as well as two other males, which include Sunil, who is gay. They meet
with the person who placed the advertisement, a wheelchair-bound former Indian Army
Major Vishwas Sawant and his assistant, Vasu Mudaliar. Little do they know that they
have been specially chosen to die by the duo, who are not who they claim to be but are
actually escaped convicts by the names of Jagga and Badri.

Ek Ghar (1991)
Sazaye Maut (1981)
Malika Modi lives a very wealthy lifestyle with her widowed dad in India where they own
vast acres of land and businesses. When Mr. Modi suddenly passes away, he leaves all
the business's interests with his younger brother conditionally until Malika turns 25.
Shortly before she turned 25, Malika is told by a young man, Uday Jagirdar, that she is
about to get killed, and the person to kill her is none other than Uday himself. Malika
disbelieves him and runs for her life. She finds out that Uday is not chasing her but
another man, Anil Suri, an employee of her uncle's. Malika knows now that she has no
choice but to seek help from Uday, her very own paid assailant. What Malika does not
know is that Uday is not who he claims to be, but is actually a deranged former mental
patient who is accused of murder.

Aghaat (1985)
Madhav Verma (Om Puri) is a dedicated, honest, and diligent union representative. He
represents the majority of the employees in an organization, which recognizes his union.
However, there is a rival in the shape and form of Rustom Patel (Naseeruddin Shah)
who is attempting to break the union so as to establish his majority, through his
henchman Krishnan (Gopi), and will not hesitate to stoop to any level to get what he
wants. Chhotelal (Pankaj Kapoor) loses his legs in an accident, and must be
hospitalized. Krishnan takes advantage of the situation and puts pressure on Chhotelal

and his brothers (Achyut Potdar and Harish Patel) to enroll in his union, and he will get
him a higher compensation package than his regular union. Madhav must use his utmost
diligence and consistently uphold his principles as they will be put to a test before all
logic gives way to violence, anarchy, apathy, and corruption

Arohan (1982)
Victor Banerjee ,Om Puri,Pankaj Kapoor,Noni Ganguly,Sreela Majumdar,Khokha
Mukherji,Gita Sen,Rajen Tarafder

Vijeta (1982)
Vijeta (The Victor) is the coming of age story of Angad (Kunal Kapoor). Confused like
any other teenager trying to find himself and caught in between the marital problems of
his mother Neelima (Rekha) and father Nihal (Shashi Kapoor). It is time for him to decide
what he wants to do with his life. To select a profession and be someone, Angad
chooses to become a fighter pilot with the Indian Air Force. What follows is his struggle
to become a victor both with his self and the outer world.
Angad (Kunal Kapoor) comes from a Hindu family that had pledged their eldest son to
be of the Sikh religion, and accordingly Angad had adapted to the turban. He is in
training to be a pilot for the Indian Air Force, and he is afraid of flying. He is attracted to
Anna Verghese (Supriya Pathak), who is the daughter of his flying instructor (Amrish
Puri). Angad must learn to adapt to flying, leaving his mom and dad for long periods of
time, as well as try and woo Anna.

AASTHA
Om Puri and Rekha
Manasi, a middle aged middle class woman always had the dearth of money in her life and is
never able to fulfill her heart's desires as her husband has a meager salary. But when her
daughter expresses her desires, Manasi is too pained. One day at a shoe shop, a pair of shoes
tempt Manasi but as they are overpriced she can't afford them. A lady, as a friendly gesture, offers
to pay the rest of the money. The lady then takes Manasi to a world of seductions, the glitz and
sleaze of an urban life. Somewhere along the way Manasi is led to a guilt ridden awareness of
her sexuality, an aspect that lay unrevealed. Amar, her husband, is completely unaware of the
travails of his wife. A participant in her changing sexual discernment, Amar leads a life far
removed from the one that Manasi is coerced into and entrapped by. Balancing parallel lives,
Manasi submerges into the abyss of guilt until she finds herself exposed by Amita, one of Amar's
students. Together they plan a confession by innuendo. This, Manasi concludes, is the only
chance she has to pick up the threads of her shredded life.

NISHANT
Shabana Azmi, Smita Patil, Amrish Puri, Naseeruddin Shah
This film is based on a true - life incident that occured in a village in a feudal state, the year 1945.
This village is completely controlled and dominated by a wealthy zamindar (Amrish Puri). The
villagers are in the powerful clutches of the family and pratically owned body and soul by them.
Into this feudal atmosphere comes a new school master (Girish Karnad), his wife (Shabana Azmi)
and their child. The school master gradually becomes aware of the tensions in the village. He
decides to fight back and starts talking to the peasants and other villagers and questions their
sense of utter happiness. Unrest builds up. discontent becomes visible. Why school master
decides to fight back? Does he suceed in his war? To find out watch 'NISHANT' on DVD

UTSAV
Shashi Kapoor, Rekha, Shekhar Suman, Amjad Khan, Anuradha Patel
Based on the 6th century A.D. Sanskrit play "The Golden Toy Chariot" by the famous Indian
playwright Bhasa, "Utsav" faithfully follows Bhasa's story-line. Vasantasena, a courtesan who
dances at the King Palaka's court hides in Charudatta's house while running away from the
amorous attentions of the king's brother-in-law. She falls in love with Charudatta, though he is
married and penniless. They have an affair. Meanwhile, the rightful heir to the throne - King
Palaka's brother - escapes from prison. The king's brother-in-law strangles Vasantasena when
she refuses to submit to him and leaves her for dead and Charudatta is arrested for her murder.
What happens to him and the other characters constitutes the final part of the film.

Droh Kaal (1994)

The movie starts with the scene of Abhay singh's dream of suffocation/torture. An
afraid abhay singh wakes up from the dream.That fear is the key to the
movie.The whole movie is built on fear.Except for Abhas, most of the other
characters are afraid of something or the other and they all become
betrayers.Ironically the hero's name is Abhay(Fearless).
The movie moves like a chess game with police and the naxals on opposing
sides.Wins and loses are there on both sides.One thing that is common between
the opposing sides is the betrayal of there trusted people.To an extent family is
also a common vulnerable point for both sides. Whether it is the RPG launcher
guy kishen or abhay singh they both start thinking about betrayal when it comes
to their family.
This is one of those very few movies that shows naxals as ideology driven
peoples, rather than blind violence perpetuators.On the other side it shows the
price the men in uniform have to pay for dealing with them.The line between a
police and naxal, blurs a bit when some police personal turn traitors and some
police spies who infiltrated the naxal gangs, almost become insurgents by killing
innocent people to get into the good side of the naxal leaders.The viscious circle
of betrayal and violence continues on both sides.

The movie like many govind nihalani movie has violence. But you hardly get to
see the blood and gory mutilated bodies. The violence is more mental, both the
sides believe in breaking down a man mentally through fear and physically
through tortures.Fear becomes an important weapon for both the sides and if
anyone is caught his limit to bear pain is tested and test is concluded only when
he hits the breaking point.
When the movie ends, it leaves us with a great respect for the men who fight
insurgents in our country.

Arvind desai ki ajab dastan (1978)

Cast: Om Puri, Dr. Shreeram Lagoo, Dilip Dhawan, Anjali Paigaonkar,Shulbha
Deshpande

Arvind Desai (Dilip Dhawan) is the only son of a rich businessman (Shriram
Lagoo) who deals in luxury handicrafts and products. His feelings for his father
are mixed. While he hates his dominating nature, he admires his power and lack
of scruples. He has long discussions on art and politics with a Marxist friend (Om
Puri), is seeing his father's secretary, Alice (Anjali Paigankar) and sometimes he
visits a prostitute, Fatima. Much against his wishes, his marriage is arranged to a
girl from a high-class family that has just returned from Paris much to Alice's
mother dismay who realizes that Alice was time-pass for Arvind and nothing
more.

Pestonjee (1988)
Phirojshah (Naseeruddin Shah) and Pestonjee (Anupam Kher) are two close friends.
They attempt to do everything together, and they hope that they will marry the same
day as well. Unfortunately, both go to see the same young lady, Jeroo (Shabana
Azmi), and Pestonjee ends up getting married to Jeroo. Phirojshah has been stricken
by Jeroo's beauty and decides not to marry, and takes a transfer away from the
couple. During the years, he keeps in touch with the couple by mail. While on a visit
to the couple, he finds out that Pestonjee has a mistress, and Jeroo does not know
of this. How will this effect Phirojshah's friendship with Pestonjee? Does Phirojshah
stand a chance with Jeroo?

Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho! (1984)

This film is funnier than Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron. And the acting and direction are
much better. There is a creative energy in this film that was lacking in Jaane Bhi
Do Yaaron. The film is the story of Mohan Joshi (played brilliantly by Bhisham

Sahni) and his wife (Dina Patak) who decides to take on their landlord (the
awesome Amjad Khan) as he has not repaired their house in ages despite them
paying the rent regularly. They hire the services of two wacky and cunning
lawyers (Nasserudin Shah and Satish Shah) to help them win the case against
their landlord. Rohini Htaangadi(hot!) is the opposition lawyer. The court case
drags on and on for years and the lawyers milk the old couple and become rich.
The old couple is ridiculed in their housing society for fighting the landlord. The
film is an excellent comment on the housing problem in Mumbai, the apathy of
the state and the pitiable Indian judicial system. Of the actors Bhisham Sahni and
Nasserudin Shah are the best. Shah is hilarious as a corrupt lawyer with a wig
on. There are a couple of songs in the movie that are just too cool. One is a song
in praise of Mumbai but the visuals are all about poverty and human suffering
giving it a paradoxical effect. The other one is sung by frustrated lovers whose
families are at war because of the court case. The film has a very twee indie
quality about it which gives it an edge over all the pompous films being made
today(at least in my book). At times it is refreshingly and intentionally amateurish
which makes it more endearing. The only thing that works against the movie is its
length. It could have been shorter, but still an excellent film.

Sparsh (1980)
As opposed to the general notion of Indian movies, this is not a regular run-of-the-mill
film.
It is a sensitive movie, with intense performance by Naseeruddin Shah in the role of a
self-respecting visually-impaired principal of a blind school, who hates the society for
pitying people like him. He works towards making his students self-reliant. Shabana
Azmi plays a social worker who has a troubled personal life supporting him as a
volunteer. The movie depicts the relationship between the 2. The pride of the man and
the sympathies of the woman are the cause of turbulence in their relationship.

ART MOVIES COLLECTION IN ALPHABATICAL

ORDER

A
103.
104.
105.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

Ankur
shabana azmi, anant nag
Aandahi sanjeev kumar
Angoor
sanjeev kumar
Ardh Satya om puri, samita patel
Aakrosh
naseer uddin, Om puri
Ankush
nana patikar, rabia amin
Ab tak chappan nana patikar
A Wednesday
naseer uddin

--- 1974
--- 1975
--- 1982
--- 1983
--- 1984
--- 1986
-- 2007
-- 2008

Bombay talkies sashi kapoor, janiefer kandel

Bhomika
samita patel
Baazar
naseer uddin, farooq sheikh
Bawandar ---nandita das
Bhoot
ajay devgan

---1970
---1977
--- 1982
-- 2000
--- 2003

B
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.

C
14.
15.
16.

Chakra naseer uddin, samita patel

Company
ajay devgan
Chasm e badoor farooq sheikh, dapti naval

--- 1981
-- 2002
--- 1981

D
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.

Do Boond Pani simi garewal

--- 1971
Disha --- nana patikar, om puri, shabana --- 1990
Diksha nana patikar
--- 1991
Dharavi
Om puri, Shabana azmi
--- 1992
Dasvidaniya
vinay pathak
-- 2009

E
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.

Eik Bar Phir --- dapti naval, suresh oberi

--- 1981
Eik nahee pahali kamal hasan, raaj kumar
--- 1984
Eik pal
naseer, shabana, farooq sheikh --- 1986
Eik ruka hoa faisala - pankaj kapoor
--- 1986
Eik din achanak shabana azmi
--- 1989
Eik haseena thee urmila, saif ali khanl
-- 2004
Eik challis kilast local abhey deol
-- 2007

G
29.
30.

Golmal
amol palikar
--- 1979
Gidh --- samita pate, om puri, nana patikar --- 1984

H
31.
32.

Hazar chorasi ki maa jaya bahaduri

Hu Tu Tu
nana patikar

-- 1998
--- 1999

Ijazat
naseer uddin, shabana azmi
Is raat ki subah nahee nirmal panday

--- 1987
--- 1996

I
33.
34.

J
35.
36.

Jungle

Jane bhi do yaro naseer, ravi baswani

--- 1983
fardeen khan
--- 2000

K
37.
38.
39.
40.
41.
42.
43.
44.
45.

Kitab
outtam kumar, vidya gupta
--- 1977
Khata meetha ---- ashok kumar
--- 1978
Katha
naseer uddin, farooq sheikh
--- 1983
Kamla dapti naval, mark zubair
--- 1984
Khamosh naseer, shabana, amol palikar
--- 1985
Kamla ki maut dimple arora
--- 1989
Kaun
---manoj Bajapai
-- 1999
Khamosh Pani tanveer, zaheer
-- 2003
Khosla ka ghonsla anpum kher
-- 2006

L
46.
47.

Lori
Lakin

shabana azmi, naseer, farooq

-- amjad khan, vinod khana

--- 1984
--- 1990

M
48.
49.
50.
51.
52.
53.

Mausam sanjeev kumar

Manthan
-- samita patel, Grish
Mandi
naseer, shabana
Masoom
naseer uddin, shabana
Main azad hoon amitabh, shabana
Mirch masala naseer, samita, om puri

-------------

1975
1977
1982
1983
1984
1985

54.
55.
56.
57.
58.
59.
60.
61.

Mamoo
farida jalal, surekha sikli
Machis ---- taboo, om puri
Moonsoon wedding naseeruddin shah
Maturbhoomi tulip joshi, sudhir panday
Maqbool
naseer, pankaj kapoor
Mithya
naseer uddin
Manorma 6 feet under abhey deol
Mumbai meri jan paresh rawal

--- 1995
--- 1996
-- 2001
-- 2003
-- 2003
-- 2008
-- 2008
-- 2008

Nishant
naseer uddin, samita patel
Naram garam ---- amol palikar
Namkeen -- sanjeev kumar

--- 1975
--- 1981
--- 1982

Paar
naseer uddin, shabana azmi
Paroma
rakhi
Party-- deepa sahi, manohar singh
Pushpak
kamal hasan
Page 3
konkona sen

--- 1984
--- 1984
--- 1984
--- 1988
-- 2005

Qisa Kursi Ka shabana azmi

--- 1978

Roi ka bojh
Road
Risk

--- 1997
-- 2002
-- 2007

N
62.
63.
64.

P
65.
66.
67.
68.
69.

Q
70.

R
71.
72.
73.

pankaj kapoor
manoj Bajapai
randeep hoda

S
74.
75.
76.
77.
78.
79.
80
81.
82.
83.
84.

Satranj kay khilari -- sanjeev kumar

---1977
Saath Saath -- farooq sheikh, dapti naval --- 1982
Sadma kamal hasan , siridevi
--- 1983
Saransh anupum kher
--- 1984
Salam Bombay shafiq syed
--- 1988
Saleem langre pai mat roo pawan malhotra --- 1989
Sataya ---Manoj Bajapai
-- 1998
Shootout on lokhandwala amitabh, sajay
-- 2007
Sarkar raj
amitabh, shabana
--- 2008
Shoot on sight
naseer uddin
-- 2008
Slum dog millaninare
-- 2009

T
85.
86.

Tri Kaal
naseer uddin, leela naidu
Thrirty Six (36) Chowrangi Lanejaniefer

--- 1985
--- 1982

Umrao jan
Utsav

--- 1981
--- 1984

U
87.
88.

rekha, naseer, farooq

rekha

W
89.

Wo chorki palavi joshi,

--- 1984

Yatra

-- 2006

Y
90.

nana patikar, rekha