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- DirectorKundan ShahStarsNaseeruddin ShahRavi BaswaniBhakti BarveTwo photographers, who are employed by a magazine editor to expose the scandalous activities of the rich, come across corruption by a builder and accidentally photograph a murder.
- DirectorVijay AnandStarsDev AnandWaheeda RehmanLeela ChitnisWhen mistaken to be a sage by some villagers, an ex-tour guide reflects on his past and lost love to search for spiritual wisdom to guide the villagers.
- DirectorGulzarStarsSanjeev KumarMoushumi ChatterjeeDeven VermaBased on Shakespeare's 'A Comedy of Errors', this is a story of identical twins (2 pairs) and mistaken identities.
- DirectorShekhar KapurStarsNaseeruddin ShahShabana AzmiJugal HansrajA happy family goes through turbulent times because of a big mistake by one of the family members.
- DirectorBalu MahendraStarsKamal HaasanSrideviGulshan GroverA head injury causes a woman to regresses to childhood. Lost and confused, she is eventually befriended by a school teacher.
- DirectorShyam BenegalStarsGirish KarnadSmita PatilNaseeruddin ShahA young veterinary surgeon, Dr. Rao, who makes a visit to a village, where he intends to commence a co-operative society dairy for the betterment of the rural people.
- DirectorShyam BenegalStarsShashi KapoorRekhaRaj BabbarThis movie tells story of fierce and total competition of two related business families in the days of license raaj India. The overall plot is based on Mahabharat. This movie shows that how the pursuit of self serving ideals even legitimizes killing of family members.
- DirectorKetan MehtaStarsSmita PatilNaseeruddin ShahMohan GokhaleThe atrocities on lower caste people displayed using folklore and ancient kingdom story. The digging of a step well in drought prone area and the exploitation of its lower caste people by the kingdom in a satirical manner.
- DirectorGuru DuttStarsGuru DuttWaheeda RehmanMala SinhaVijay, a talented but indigent poet, struggles for love and recognition in this selfish world.
- DirectorJyoti SwaroopStarsSunil DuttSaira BanuMehmoodA simple man from a village falls in love with his new neighbor. He enlists the help of his musical-theater friends to woo the lovely girl-next-door away from her music teacher.
- DirectorShyam BenegalStarsLeela NaiduNeena GuptaAnita KanwarA Goan native returns to his now-derelict, palatial childhood home, recalling his family's interpersonal drama during the end of Portuguese rule.
- DirectorShyam BenegalStarsSmita PatilAnant NagNaseeruddin ShahA girl learns music from her courtesan grandmother and breaks into the burgeoning show business industry of 1930s Bombay, which eventually leads to decades of superstardom as well as romantic entanglements.
- DirectorGovind NihalaniStarsShashi KapoorRekhaSupriya PathakAngad is a confused teenager trying to find himself and is caught in between the marital problems of his Maharashtrian mother Neelima and Punjabi fat.
- DirectorYash ChopraStarsAmitabh BachchanSanjeev KumarShashi KapoorAn engineer visiting a town, has a brief affair with a local girl and walks off, leaving her with a child. The son grows up to avenge his deserted mother. Vijay is the angry young man playing the son.
- DirectorRamesh SippyStarsDilip KumarAmitabh BachchanRakhee GulzarA scrupulously honest cop refuses kidnappers' demands at grave risk to the life of his son. The son is rescued but lives forever scarred by his father's willingness to sacrifice his own son for the sake of his principles. This works out to devastating effect when the son grows up to be a Mafia don, and his father is assigned the job of bringing him in.
- DirectorRaj KapoorStarsRaj KapoorManoj KumarSimi GarewalRaju is a joker, a clown. It is what he is and what he always shall be. As his life story unfolds in three chapters, from his school days to the circus to the streets, he must always make people laugh and be happy, no matter how unhappy he is within. Along the way, Raju loves and loses, but must always keep a smile on his face because, in the words of his circus manager, "The show must go on." Over six years in the making, "Mera Naam Joker" is Raj Kapoor's semi-autobiographical story of the life, love, and philosophy of an entertainer.
- DirectorRaj KapoorStarsNargisKamini KaushalNigar SultanaFailing to move on from his loss of childhood love, a man turns to his passion for theater.
- DirectorYash ChopraStarsSunil DuttSadhana ShivdasaniRaaj KumarMembers of a family are separated in a natural disaster. Several years down the line, they aren't united but their lives are strangely interconnected.
- DirectorYash ChopraStarsAmitabh BachchanShashi KapoorNirupa RoyVijay struggles as a dockworker and eventually becomes a leading figure of the underworld, while his younger brother Ravi is an educated, upright policeman. This divide causes problems in their relationship.
- DirectorYash ChopraStarsAmitabh BachchanRekhaJaya BachchanSILSILA is a love story, thwarted by society's demands, which reappears as adultery but can it survive in the face of society?
- DirectorMahesh BhattStarsShabana AzmiKulbhushan KharbandaSmita PatilA film-maker who is having an extra-marital affair with an actress decides to leave his wife. Arth is the story of this women's search for her identity.
- DirectorGovind NihalaniStarsDimple KapadiaShekhar KapurMita VashishtSandhya and Nikhil have been married for 8 years and live a wealthy lifestyle in Bombay, along with a daughter, Rashmi. On their 8th anniversary, they invite several friends, chief amongst them Prabha and her husband, Ramesh; Revati, Gita, and an unexpected guest, a nephew of one their friend's, Rahul. Prabha gets very intoxicated during this get-together, and confides with Sandhya about her rocky marriage. One year later, Nikhil shocks Sandhya when he tells her that he has fallen in love with a much younger woman, Vrunda, and wants to leave her. Sandhya begs and pleads with him to no avail. He does contact Sandhya again after about a year, this time to ask for a divorce. Again, Sandhya pleads with him to return, but he refuses. Then a year later, the estranged couple meet again, and this time it is Nikhil who wants to re-enter Sandhya's life, and this time it is he who is going to be shocked by her candid confessions!!
- DirectorIsmail MerchantStarsShashi KapoorShabana AzmiOm PuriA poet of Urdu fame is struggling with his legacy while an aspiring poet and historian comes to document him like never before and in return becomes custodian of the great poets last verses.
- DirectorJames IvoryStarsShashi KapoorLeela NaiduDurga KhoteA young Indian newlywed finds his independent wife troublesome and seeks help and advice from his overbearing mother, a supposedly worldly wise friend, an American seeker of enlightenment and a swami.
- DirectorJames IvoryStarsShashi KapoorFelicity KendalGeoffrey KendalThe story of a family troupe of English actors in India. They travel around the towns and villages giving performances of Shakespearean plays. Through their travels we see the changing face of India as the old is replaced by the new, Maharajas become hotel owners, sports become more important than culture and the theater is replaced by Bolliwood movies.
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsSanjeev KumarSaeed JaffreyShabana AzmiIn 1856, two obsessed noblemen ignore everything while playing chess and fail to notice British rule extending into their Indian province.
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsUttam KumarSharmila TagoreBireswar SenEn route to Delhi to receive an award, a Bengali film star reevaluates his success through his fellow passengers, dreams, and past experiences.
- DirectorShekhar KapurStarsSeema BiswasNirmal PandeyRajesh VivekThe story of the bandit queen Phoolan Devi who was sent to prison in 1983 and got free in 1994.
- DirectorAnurag KashyapStarsKay Kay MenonRaj Singh ChaudharyRaja ChaudharyA law student witnesses deception, homicide, and crime after being elected as General Secretary of his college.
- DirectorRam Gopal VarmaStarsAamir KhanUrmila MatondkarJackie ShroffA middle-class young woman who dreams of Bollywood fame is caught in a love triangle between her childhood friend and a famous actor.
- DirectorMira NairStarsShafiq SyedAnjaanAmrit PatelYoung Krishna struggles to survive among the drug dealers, pimps, and prostitutes in the back alleys and gutters of India.
- DirectorAmit MasurkarStarsNaveen KasturiaMayank TewariAditi VasudevThis is a Bromantic Comedy about two struggling writers who peddle their mediocre screenplay, "Sulemani Keeda" in Bollywood. Perenially hungry and horny, they lie, drink, hit on unsuspecting girls in bookshops and attend poetry readings where they read their vulgar verses. Things look bright when they meet a wannabe auteur, Gonzo Kapoor who wants to make a film inspired by Tarkovski. Gonzo gives them three days to come up with a great idea. When one of them falls in love with a bohemian photographer who is leaving India in three days, he is faced with a choice- whether to co-write a film he doesn't believe in or woo the girl he has fallen in love with.
- DirectorRamesh SharmaRomesh SharmaStarsShashi KapoorSharmila TagoreOm PuriWhen a politician is killed, a journalist discovers that a member of parliament had the man assassinated. As his editor digs deeper, the complicity of higher-placed politicians comes to the surface, which leads to riots in one town and an attempt to suppress his story.
- DirectorMehboob KhanStarsNargisSunil DuttRajendra Kumar TuliIn this melodrama, a poverty-stricken woman raises her sons through many trials and tribulations. But no matter the struggles, she always sticks to her own moral code.
- DirectorK. AsifStarsPrithviraj KapoorMadhubalaDilip KumarA 16th century prince falls in love with a court dancer and battles with his emperor father.
- DirectorVijay AnandStarsShammi KapoorAsha ParekhRaj MehraA woman blames a nightclub drummer for the suspicious death of her sister, and seeks revenge. However, the pair work together to solve the mystery and become romantically involved, after he introduces himself under another name.
- DirectorSatyen BoseStarsAshok KumarMadhubalaAnoop KumarThree woman-hating brothers face changes in their respective lifestyles when two of them fall in love.
- DirectorHrishikesh MukherjeeStarsAmitabh BachchanJaya BachchanGovardhan AsraniA popular singer convinces his new wife to enter show-business, but his pride is wounded when she outshines him.
- DirectorHrishikesh MukherjeeStarsDharmendraSharmila TagoreAmitabh BachchanA newly wedded husband plays a practical joke on his wife's family with full support from his wife and friends.
- DirectorHrishikesh MukherjeeStarsDharmendraJaya BachchanSumita SanyalA teenage girl will not accept her family's attempt to arrange a marriage for her, as her heart is currently too full of love for the movies and heartthrob actor "Dharmendra."
- DirectorKrishna ShahStarsDharmendraZeenat AmanRex HarrisonSir John Locksley, the greatest jewel thief, decides his most prized possession, the Shalimar Ruby, should be passed on to a worthy successor. He invites the best rival jewel thieves to his island estate to participate in a deadly contest.
- DirectorHrishikesh MukherjeeStarsBalraj SahniLeela NaiduAbhi BhattacharyaA lonely housewife, who gave up her promising singing career to marry an idealistic village-doctor, begins to regret her decision.
- DirectorVijay AnandStarsDev AnandWaheeda RehmanNanda KarnatakiA man sells movie tickets on the black market, but starts to have a change of heart after he falls in love.