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- DirectorSantosh SivanStarsShah Rukh KhanKareena KapoorDanny DenzongpaThe epic tale of King Asoka's life is recounted.
- DirectorLekh TandonStarsVyjayanthimalaSunil DuttPremnath MalhotraA victory over neighboring state Vaishai has always eluded Magadh Samrat Ajaatshatru despite being winning and taking control over all neighboring states. He attacks Vaishali only get defeated again. Wounded, lost and on the run, Ajaatshatru dons the guise of a Vaishali soldier and takes shelter with a woman named Amrapali and they fall in love with each other. Ajaatshatru finds an ally in Senapati Balbadhra Singh and both start a plot to gain control of Vaishali. Vaishali Samrat comes to know about Ajaatshatru and Amrapali's liaison with him, he sentences her with a death penalty. Ajaatshatru is enraged at this, he gathers together his armies and storms the unsuspecting Vaishali and virtually burns the city down, killing almost everyone in it. This accomplished, he rushes to free his beloved from the dungeons. He does set her free but it is not the same Amrapali; this Amrapali is quite different. She is not at all thrilled to be in the presence of her conqueror lover. She teaches him what he won in the battle ground but what he lost in reality.
- DirectorRadha Krishna JagarlamudiKangana RanautStarsKangana RanautDanny DenzongpaSuresh OberoiStory of Rani Lakshmibai, one of the leading figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, and her resistance to the British Rule.
- DirectorOm RautStarsAjay DevgnSaif Ali KhanSharad KelkarTanhaji Malusare, a military chieftain in the army of the Maratha king Shivaji, leads the charge to capture the strategically important Kondhana fort guarded by the army of the fierce Rajput chieftain Udaybhan Rathod.
- DirectorSanjay Leela BhansaliStarsRanveer SinghDeepika PadukonePriyanka Chopra JonasAn account of the romance between the Maratha general, Baji Rao I and Mastani, princess of Bundelkhand.
- DirectorAshutosh GowarikerStarsArjun KapoorSanjay DuttKriti SanonThe Great Betrayal is a War Epic set in 1761, when Sadashiv Rao Bhau Peshwa led the Maratha army to the north of India to repel the invading forces of Ahmad Shah Abdali, the King of Afghanistan.
- DirectorPradeep KumawatStarsNarayan Singh SisodiaKuldeep ChaturvediPayal KumawatMaharana Pratap's clashes with Akbar and Man Singh I, which caused the battle of Haldighati.
- DirectorGulzarStarsHema MaliniVinod KhannaShammi KapoorCirca Mughal rule in India, the Rajputs get together to discuss the ouster of Badshah Akbar, who is now the Emperor of Hindustan (India). Prominent amongst the Rajputs are Virendev Rathod, and Rana Vikramjit Singh Sesodia. In order to cement their relationship, Vikramjit would like his brother Rana Bhojraj to get married to Krishna Rathod, to which Virendev agrees. But unknown to Virendev, his son, Jaimal, has already arranged Krishna's wedding with another Rajput family from Ajmer. Faced with two grooms for his daughter, Virendev asks Krishna to commit the ultimate sacrifice for the well-being of the Rajputs, and asks her to consume poison and kill herself, which she does. Shocked and grief-stricken, the Sesodias propose to marry Bhojraj with Meera Rathod, to which all agree, and the wedding takes place with great pomp and ceremony on one hand, while uniting the Rajputs against Akbar. After Meera re-locates to her new home, it is then Bhojraj finds out that she is in love with somebody else, and has devoted her life and soul to him. Further inquiries lead him to discover that his wife's true love is none other than Lord Krishna. Meanwhile the news of Meera's infidelity shocks the region, and the Head Priest must now decide her fate - and the only options he has in front of him - either Meera accept Bhojraj as her husband and forget about Lord Krishna - failing which she will be asked to drink a potently lethal poison which will kill her instantly.
- DirectorSanjay Leela BhansaliStarsDeepika PadukoneRanveer SinghShahid KapoorSet in medieval Rajasthan, Queen Padmavati is married to a noble king and they live in a prosperous fortress with their subjects until an ambitious Sultan hears of Padmavati's beauty and forms an obsessive love for the Queen of Mewar.
- DirectorAshutosh GowarikerStarsHrithik RoshanAishwarya Rai BachchanSonu SoodA sixteenth century love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a great Mughal emperor, Akbar, and a Rajput princess, Jodha.
- DirectorL.V. PrasadStarsJeetendraReena RoyPremkrishen MalhotraWhen the rulers of Malwa, Pushpapuri and Paanchal find out that their respective kingdoms are under attack by Jung forces, they consolidate their wealth, hide it underground, surrounded by 3 statutes of Hindu Deities, hide it's location in 3 different necklaces, which are then handed over from generation to generation of their respective queens. 200 years later Shamsher Jung attacks and takes over the kingdom of Malwa, forcing Maharaj Dharampal Singh to flee and be eventually be separated from his wife, and two sons, Jay and Vejay. Years later Dharampal is still in hiding away from his wife, Jay has been brought by a bandit named Bhavani Singh, and is now known and feared as Sher Singh, while Vejay is the Senapati of none other than Malwa's Maharaj, Diler Jung, the son of Shamsher. Everyone's path will collide, albeit unknowingly, when they confront each other and race to be the first to take possession of the hidden wealth.
- DirectorKompin KemgumnirdTod PolsonStarsAkshay KumarAnyarit PitakkulLara DuttaA young elephant goes on an extraordinary adventure and learns important lessons along the way about friendship, love and courage.
- DirectorPankaj ParasharJaidev ChakrabortyStarsNaseeruddin ShahAnil KapoorMadhuri DixitRani Maa's(Reena Roy) husband is killed by the neighboring kingdom's evil Prime Minister Man Singh (Naseeruddin Shah). The Prime Minister absolves himself from this killing and blames it on the king, the father of Rajkumari Vishaka (Madhuri Dixit). Rani Maa swears to avenge the death against the Rajkumari. Man Singh also has a twin brother, Surjan Singh (also Naseeruddin Shah) who is not evil at all albeit a little naive. Rani Maa is shocked and aghast when she finds out that her only son, Rajkumar (Anil Kapoor) is in love with Rajkumari. She sets out to oppose this marriage, while Rajkumar will leave no stone unturned to marry Rajkumari. The stage is set for mother and son to decide whether it is in their best interest to include someone in the family, who has killed a husband and a father respectively.
- DirectorManmohan DesaiStarsDharmendraZeenat AmanJeetendraMovie revolves around two brothers who are separated during birth but meet as adults and form a deep friendship. Also about the challenges that test their friendship.
- DirectorAshim S. SamantaStarsJackie ShroffPoonam DhillonFarha NaazThe British government have taken over there rule in a deserted region in India. But some of the people there strive for freedom; one of those brave freedom fighter is Palay Khan, who owes his intelligence to the entire region. When British soldiers attack he is always present to defend and now he and his gang is wanted by the British, no stone is leave unturned to catch him but all ways prove fertile until one day a British Officer by the name of Gulbar Khan manages to adduct one of Palay Khan loyal associates, Amar Singh and held him captive until Palay Khan surrenders. But in retaliation Palay and his gang kidnap Helen the daughter of British General Bonz, but eventually Palay and Helen fall in love. This love might as well bring about the change in hatred for love between the British government and the freedom fighters.
- DirectorAbhishek SharmaStarsJohn AbrahamBoman IraniDiana PentyAshwat Raina and his teammates arrive in Pokhran to re-conduct a confidential nuclear test, where they face challenges from the American Lacrosse satellite and local spies.
- DirectorGuddu DhanoaTinu VermaStarsBobby DeolSunny DeolAmrita SinghWhen his mentor Lala Lajpat Rai is beaten to death by the Britishers, Bhagat Singh sets out to avenge his death. Upon killing the responsible British official, Bhagat Singh is sentenced to death for his actions.
- DirectorM.V. RamanStarsSunil DuttMadhubalaSohrab Modi
- DirectorVijay Krishna AcharyaStarsAamir KhanAmitabh BachchanLloyd OwenA story about one man's love for his nation and another's love for power. An epic adventure filled with edge-of-the-seat thrills and war on the seas.
- DirectorAshutosh GowarikerStarsHrithik RoshanPooja HegdeKabir BediIn 2016 BC, a kind farmer leads an uprising in the city of Mohenjo Daro.
- DirectorSanjay GuptaStarsJohn AbrahamEmraan HashmiMahesh ManjrekarThe plot of the movie is set in the era of the 80s and 90s which were marked as a transformed period of Mumbai.
- DirectorNavdeep SinghStarsSaif Ali KhanZoya HussainManav VijIn an 18th century setting, a Naga sadhu in India sets out on a journey across Bundelkhand to seek revenge for an injustice committed in the past.
- DirectorJ.P. DuttaStarsSanjay DuttAjay DevgnSaif Ali KhanBased on the real story during Kargil war fought between India and Pakistan in 1999.
- DirectorSajid KhanStarsAjay DevgnTamannaah BhatiaMahesh ManjrekarWhen a temple priest commits suicide after being dishonored by an evil landlord, his son returns to his native village on a mission of vengeance.
- DirectorTigmanshu DhuliaStarsKunal KapoorAmit SadhMohit MarwahA period film based on the historic 1945 Indian National Army Red Fort Trials.
- DirectorRahul DholakiaStarsSunny LeoneShah Rukh KhanNawazuddin SiddiquiA bootlegger sets out to improve his community as a promising leader but falls in a political trap.
- DirectorAnil SharmaStarsSalman KhanMithun ChakrabortyJackie ShroffPrithvi seeks revenge on Gyanendra Singh and the British. He sends his son Veer to Britain to study their plans. Veer kills Gyanendra's son but ends up falling in love with his daughter.
- DirectorAli Abbas ZafarStarsRanveer SinghArjun KapoorPriyanka Chopra JonasThe lives of Calcutta's most powerful Gunday, Bikram and Bala, changes when Nandita enters it. Then a counter-force takes charge and a thriller unfolds.
- DirectorMilan LuthriaStarsAjay DevgnIleana D'CruzEmraan HashmiAn Indian queen asks her bodyguard to steal back gold taken from her by the Indian government during The Emergency period in 1975.
- DirectorRamesh TheteStarsSunny LeoneArjun RampalNataliya KozhenovaThe movie is based on the Battle of Bhima Koregaon which was fought on 1 January 1818 between the British East India Company and the Peshwa faction of the Maratha Confederacy, at Koregaon Bhima.
- DirectorJ.P. DuttaStarsSunny DeolSuniel ShettyAkshaye KhannaIn 1971, along the border region of Longewala, a small battalion of Indian soldiers goes up against a large Pakistani strike force.
- DirectorDibakar BanerjeeStarsSushant Singh RajputAnand TiwariNeeraj KabiDetective Byomkesh Bakshy is set in the 2nd World War torn Calcutta during the 1940s. Enter a magical world of nostalgia and 'Expect the Unexpected'.
- DirectorAnil SharmaStarsSunny DeolAmeesha PatelAmrish PuriDuring the Partition of India in 1947, a Sikh truck driver falls in love with a Muslim girl belonging to an aristocratic family.
- DirectorAnurag SinghStarsAkshay KumarParineeti ChopraSuvinder VickyBased on an incredible true story of the Battle of Saragarhi in which an army of 21 Sikhs fought against 10,000 Afghans in 1897.
- DirectorAshutosh GowarikerStarsAbhishek BachchanDeepika PadukoneSikandar KherChildren who are not allowed by the oppressive British colonists to play football decide to join a group of freedom fighters.
- DirectorMukul AnandStarsAmitabh BachchanSrideviNagarjuna AkkineniBaadshah Khan falls in love with Benazir, a member of a rival clan who has defeated him in a game of buzkashi.
- DirectorKaran MalhotraStarsRanbir KapoorSanjay DuttVaani KapoorShamshera (Ranbir Kapoor), leader of an imprisoned tribe, failed to escape for their freedom. Years later his son Balli realizes his father's legacy.
- DirectorApoorva LakhiaStarsAmitabh BachchanSanjay DuttSuniel ShettyAn account of the gangster Maya Dolas and his gang which terrorized Mumbai City, and the ensuing standoff between Mumbai Police and the gang on 16 November 1991.
- DirectorSanjay GuptaStarsAnil KapoorJohn AbrahamManoj BajpayeeBased on the true story of the first-ever registered encounter by the Mumbai Police, which took place on November 1, 1982.
- DirectorKrishnaStarsBharat BhushanLeena DasGulshan GroverMaharaja Sharminder Bhupathi of Avanti and his wife, the Rajmata, would like to see peace in the region, and would like their daughter, Alaknanda, to marry the prince of Gandharva, Aditya Vardhan. While in Gandharva, Aditya has plans of his own, for he loves a courtesan, Jaswanti, and would not dream of marrying anyone else, much to the disapproval of his brother, Ugrarao. Not to be outdone, Alaknanda loves a young warrior by the name of Vikram Singh. Acharya Abangdev of Avanti has plans of his own, which do not include Alaknanda, as he would like to take the region over and rule over it through Ugrarao. Then the unexpected happens, Aditya is reportedly killed by bandits, and Abangdev announces that Ugrarao be the next king, but at the very moment, Aditya shows up, is crowned the king, and makes sweeping changes to Avanti for the betterment of the people. His mother wants him to marry Alaknanda, but he chooses Chandana, and soon both get married. What Aditya does not know is that Chandana is really a beauty filled with venom that will kill anyone who loves her. Over at Gandharva, Alaknanda is crowned the Queen, but is not permitted to marry someone lower than her rank and status. In the background an embittered Abangdev schemes with Bhanu Pratap, and Ugrarao to escalate hostilities between the two kingdoms, which will lead to war, and thus lead him to rule both the kingdoms.
- DirectorAbhishek ChaubeyStarsSushant Singh RajputBhumi PednekarAshutosh RanaSet in the Chambal valley, the film follows the story of a legion of dreaded, warring dacoits who once terrorized the Indian heartlands.
- DirectorChandra Prakash DwivediStarsAkshay KumarManushi ChhillarAshutosh RanaA magnum opus recounting the glorious tale of one of India's bravest emperors- Samrat Prithviraj Chauhan. Inspired from the epic poem Prithviraj Raaso and other folklores.
- DirectorDasari Narayana RaoStarsGovardhan AsraniRanjeet BediKamini BhatiaWrongly imprisoned and seeking vengeance against his oppressors, a man must face-off against his own son.
- DirectorSwati BhiseStarsJodhi MayRupert EverettDerek JacobiA tale of women's empowerment, The Warrior Queen of Jhansi tells the true story of Lakshmibai, the historic Queen of Jhansi who fiercely led her army against the British East India Company in the infamous mutiny of 1857.
- DirectorKamal AmrohiStarsHema MaliniDharmendraParveen BabiAn account of the reign of Indian empress Razia Sultan and her love for her slave Jamaluddin Yakut.
- DirectorDara Singh RandhawaStarsDara Singh RandhawaSardar Singh RandhawaRajesh KhannaSathpura-based Kartar, changes his religion from Hindu to Sikh, enrolls as a rebel to fight the oppressive Mughal rule, goes missing even on his wedding day, and ends up getting married in absentia to Shanno. The rebels liberate Khairabad from the lusty Chaudhry Qutb Din, and form a Panchayat led by Ghafoor Khan and Jamal Din only to face the wrath of Subedar Ali Shah who instructs the Mughal hordes to do away with the Sikh rebels, as well as reinstate Qutb Din.
- DirectorShivaji Lotan PatilStarsSoha Ali KhanLakhwinderNagesh BhonsleThe assassination of Indira Gandhi leads to a slow spread of brutal violence against Sikhs, leaving a Sikh man and his family trapped in endless danger.
- DirectorAshutosh GowarikerStarsAamir KhanRaghubir YadavGracy SinghThe people of a small village in Victorian India stake their future on a game of cricket against their ruthless British rulers.
- DirectorRupesh PaulStarsMohan KapurMakrand DeshpandeAbha PaulA young and beautiful Indian princess sets out on a voyage in search of her husband.
- DirectorFarhad SamjiStarsAkshay KumarRiteish DeshmukhBobby DeolThree couples who get separated from each other due to an evil ploy, reincarnate after 600 years and meet each other as history repeats itself again and their respective partners get mixed up this time.
- DirectorMira NairStarsNaveen AndrewsSarita ChoudhuryIndira VarmaTwo female friends become sexual rivals at maturity.
- DirectorJag MundhraStarsIvan BaccaratAmy LindsayPravesh KumarWhen Michael and Lisa travel to India to restore an erotic sculpture, they are immediately acquainted with the Kama Sutra and introduced to the skills of seduction. But when forbidden desires are revealed, vows can be broken.
- DirectorSubhash GhaiStarsVivek OberoiIsha SharvaniAntonia BernathA man befriends and protects a British girl from a group of nationalists that want England to hand India back to them. They fall for each other, but the man is due to marry.
- DirectorRajiv DhingraRizwan MohammadStarsKapil SharmaIshita DuttaMonica GillWhen there are disputes in life, love overcomes all challenges and truth prevails. Set in the colonial era, Firangi is the story of a mutiny staged by the villagers against the Britishers.
- DirectorKavi RazStarsSatinder SartaajJason FlemyngShabana Azmi'The Black Prince' is a story of Queen Victoria and the Last King of Punjab, Maharajah Duleep Singh. His character as it evolves, torn between two cultures and facing constant dilemmas as a result. His relationship with Queen Victoria will be the most impactful relationship in the film, the Queen representing the English culture he was drawn into. The Black Prince begins a lifelong struggle to regain his Kingdom. It takes him on an extraordinary journey across the world.
- DirectorVikramaditya MotwaneStarsRanveer SinghSonakshi SinhaBarun ChandaAn aristocrat's daughter falls in love with a visiting archaeologist, but he holds a secret that could drive them apart.
- DirectorShekhar S. JhaJaspal SinghStarsNana PatekarMahie GillPriyanshu ChatterjeeKahani met her Prince Charming Nirbhay in Goa for the first time and fell in love. So far their journey together has been excellent and today is their first wedding anniversary.
- DirectorLatif FaiziyevUmesh MehraKanwal BialaStarsSunny DeolPoonam DhillonPran SikandAfter being violently separated from the woman he loves, a young man must disguise himself in order to keep meeting her.
- DirectorVishal BhardwajStarsKangana RanautShahid KapoorSaif Ali KhanJulia travels to the Indo-Burma border to perform for the troops during World War II on the insistence of her lover Billimoria, and ends up falling in love with a soldier there, Jemadar.
- DirectorRahi Anil BarveAnand GandhiAdesh PrasadStarsSohum ShahJyoti MalsheAnita Date-KelkarA mythological story about a goddess who created the entire universe. The plot revolves around the consequences when humans build a temple for her first-born.
- DirectorVikram BhattStarsZareen KhanKaran KundrraVikram BhattA decade after 1920. When Ayush arrives in England to learn music, he is shocked and scared when the manor he is living in becomes haunted by spirits. To exorcise them, he seeks the help of Rose, a woman who can see and speak with them.
- DirectorKhwaja Ahmad AbbasVasili ProninStarsPrithviraj KapoorBalraj SahniNargisThe film is based on travelogues of XV century Russian traveler Afanasy Nikitin called "A journey beyond the three seas"
- DirectorSanjay Leela BhansaliStarsAlia BhattShantanu MaheshwariVijay RaazDuped and sold to a brothel, a young woman fearlessly reclaims her power, using underworld connections to preside over the world she was once a pawn in.
- DirectorJayarajStarsKunal KapoorHimarsha VenkatsamyAaranVeeram is based on the ballads of North Malabar and narrates the tale of the brave and ambitious Kalarippayattu warrior, Chandu, whose story resembles that of William Shakespeare's Macbeth.
- DirectorRaja MenonStarsAkshay KumarNimrat KaurKumud MishraWhen Iraq invades Kuwait in August 1990, a callous Indian businessman becomes the spokesperson for more than 170,000 stranded countrymen.
- DirectorJyoti SinghVick KrishnaStarsPrisha AnejaVinti AnejaMarianne BorgoBased on True Story of a Princess in India. Her journey of strength and courage and living with Dignity, at times where women hardly had any freedom.
- StarsErika AlexanderMamadou DiouméGeorges CorrafaceJealousy and hatred is what separates the Pandavas and Kauravas. The Kauravas fear the Pandavas are after the throne of their father. Yudhishthira of the Pandavas gets told by the deity, Krishna, that he will become king. A war is inevitable.
- DirectorKetan MehtaStarsAamir KhanRani MukerjiToby StephensThis is a film about the leader of the 1857 mutiny and his fight against the British rule.
- DirectorShoojit SircarStarsVicky KaushalShaun ScottStephen HoganA biopic detailing the 2 decades that Punjabi Sikh revolutionary, Udham Singh, spent planning the assassination of the man responsible for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
- DirectorDedipya JoshiiStarsSanjay MishraShikha MalhotraNareshpal Singh ChouhanThe immensely beautiful Kajri gets her heart-broken when her husband leaves her to fight alone with the world so to test her husband's feelings towards her, she puts up an act to learn the truth.
- DirectorAbhishek VarmanStarsMadhuri DixitSonakshi SinhaAlia BhattThe lives of six enigmatic characters become entangled whilst in search of love, but separated by the dichotomy between the two worlds of Husnabad, a town in North India.
- DirectorAkbar KhanStarsZulfi SayedSonya JehanKabir BediThe story of Shah Jahan...the love of his life...the life of his love...and his monument to love, the Taj Mahal.
- DirectorChandra MudoiStarsRina BoraDebashish BorthakurNipon GoswamiOne of the country's youngest and most influential freedom fighters ever, Kanaklata became a martyr of Indian freedom struggle at the tender age of just 14 years, on 20 September 1942.
- DirectorSrijit MukherjiStarsAmitabh BachchanPallavi ShardaNaseeruddin ShahThe story of eleven prostitutes who refuse to part ways with their brothel and each other during the partition between India and Pakistan.
- DirectorRakeysh Omprakash MehraStarsFarhan AkhtarKousi OrfahliDeepak Singh RawatThe truth behind the ascension of Milkha Singh, who was scarred by of the India-Pakistan partition.
- DirectorAli Abbas ZafarStarsSalman KhanKatrina KaifSunil GroverAt the cusp of India's birth as an Independent nation, a family makes an arduous journey to freedom at a cost. A young boy Bharat, makes a promise to his Father that he will keep his family together no matter what.
- DirectorManmohan DesaiStarsRaj KapoorNutanPran SikandThe tragic-comic story of Chhalia, a naive, simple-minded young man who comes to the city and witnesses the harsh side of life; and falls in love with a young woman named Shanti, only to find out that she is married but separated from her husband, Kewal, and adopted son, Anwar. He puts all he can in an effort to locate Kewal and re-unite the family.
- DirectorDeepa MehtaStarsAamir KhanNandita DasRahul KhannaIt's 1947 and the borderlines between India and Pakistan are being drawn. A young girl witnesses tragedy as her ayah (nanny) is caught between the love of two men and the rising tide of political and religious violence.
- DirectorRichard AttenboroughStarsBen KingsleyJohn GielgudRohini HattangadiThe life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.
- DirectorKarim TraïdiaPankaj SehgalStarsStephen LangLuke PasqualinoJoseph K. BevilacquaThis is a conspiracy theory period movie based on true events, that led to the eventual assassination of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. The movie demonstrates a violent India, at the backdrop of a non-violent Gandhi, and hard-line fanatic mindsets beginning to grow roots in an India divided on the basis of religion. This movie is a story of three police officers in different parts of India, who, well aware of the intelligence that Gandhi's life is under threat, must take key decisions that would eventually either save the Mahatma, or the country.
- DirectorReema KagtiStarsKrishan TandonHubertus GellerSiddharth KherThe journey of a man who was instrumental in making India win its first Olympic gold medal as a free nation.
- DirectorMilann AjmeraStarsRati AgnihotriKanchan AwasthiRishi BhutaniJai Jawaan Jai Kisaan is a journey about Lal Bahadur Shashtri's glorious life. The movie begins with the various freedom fights in the country during the pre-independence era. A time where two groups ( Garam Dal and Naram Dal) had waged a war against Britishers with different set of ideologies. It was under the leadership of Gandhi ji that Naram Dal took on the Britishers and led a peaceful march towards independence. Lal Bahadur Shastri was a prominent personality in this group and has a huge role to play in the history of India's independence. However this dynamic leader had his own story to deal with during the initial phase of his life. A low economic background, untimely death of his father and a mother to look after...these were just some of the problems that gave Lal Bahadur Shashtri a direction in life. After completing his studies in Banaras, Shashtri ji came to Allahabad and that's when he witnessed a revolution in the country. Inspired to take part in the freedom fight, Lal Bahadur Shashtri now became an active freedom fighter and was sent to jail several times. But Lal Bahadur Shashtri's fight didn't end with achieving freedom for his motherland, it got extended to his role as India's prime minister too. He is often credited for leading a ethical fight against Pakistan in the year 1965. And who can forget his ever green slogan of Jai Jawaan Jai Kisaan!.
- DirectorChandra Prakash DwivediStarsUrmila MatondkarManoj BajpayeeSanjay SuriIn the days leading up to Partition, a Hindu woman is abducted by a Muslim man. Soon, she finds herself not only forced into marriage, but living in a new country as the borders between India and Pakistan are drawn.
- DirectorPamela RooksStarsMohan AgasheNirmal PandeyRajit KapoorSeen from the eyes of Hukum Chand the District Magistrate it is an account of the turmoil faced by the inhabitants of village Mano Majra in Punjab on the Indo-Pak border during the period of partition after India attained independence.
- DirectorDeepa MehtaStarsRajat KapoorVansh BhardwajAnupam KherA pair of children born within moments of India gaining independence from Britain grow up in the country that is nothing like their parents' generation.
- DirectorNandita DasStarsNawazuddin SiddiquiRasika DugalTahir Raj BhasinThe film is a biographical account of writer Saadat Hasan Manto's life and is set in 1940s India.
- DirectorGurinder ChadhaStarsHugh BonnevilleGillian AndersonManish DayalThe final Viceroy of India, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (Hugh Bonneville), is tasked with overseeing the transition of British India to independence, but meets with conflict as different sides clash in the face of monumental change.
- DirectorRam Gopal VarmaStarsNana PatekarAtul KulkarniSanjeev JaiswalThe real story of ten terrorists, who sail to Mumbai and wage war on the populace for the next 72 hours.
- DirectorAnthony MarasStarsDev PatelArmie HammerNazanin BoniadiThe true story of the Taj Hotel terrorist attack in Mumbai. Hotel staff risk their lives to keep everyone safe as people make unthinkable sacrifices to protect themselves and their families.
- DirectorKabir KhanStarsSaif Ali KhanKatrina KaifSabyasachi ChakrabartyA disgraced Indian soldier carries out a series of assassinations in the hope of restoring his honour.
- DirectorHansal MehtaStarsRajkummar RaoPrabhleen SandhuMohd. Zeeshan AyyubThe account of Human Rights lawyer Shahid Azmi, an ordinary citizen with an extraordinary commitment to justice.
- DirectorRohit ShettyStarsAkshay KumarKatrina KaifAjay DevgnDCP Veer Sooryavanshi, the chief of the Anti-Terrorism Squad in India, tries to bring down a terrorist organization with which he has a history.
- DirectorSukumar NairStarsSonu SoodManav VijBinnu DhillonThe film, based upon the life of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, caused some controversy as the Punjab and Haryana High Court issued a notice to the producers calling for a ban of the movie.It was released in 2002. In the same year two other movies on Bhagat Singh were also released named '23d march 1931 Shaheed' and 'The Legend of Bhagat Singh'.
- DirectorVikash VermaStarsSanjay DuttNitu ChandraGulshan GroverIts a period movie based on the true life event of the Maharaja of Jamnagar saving 1000 polish kids during the world war II, Love story woven with lot of action and drama.
- DirectorRajkumar SantoshiStarsAjay DevgnSushant SinghD. SantoshThe story of a young revolutionary who raised an armed resistance against the British rule in India.
- DirectorK. BapaiahStarsJeetendraJaya PradaPran SikandUjjain's Raja Vijay Singh presides over his region and rules it with his Maharani Swarnapati, and daughter Rajkumari Indumati. During the annual arena games a challenger by the name of Pitamber from out of this region challenges anyone to a duel with him, and the only one to accept it is Ramchandra alias Ramu. Ramu overcomes Pitamber and is felicitated by Indumati. Ramu falls head over heels in love with Indumati, and even saves her life when she is bitten by a snake. But the Raja does not approve of this match as he would like Indumati to marry a wealthy man, he accordingly instructs Ramu to get rich first before he can even consider marrying Indumati. It is then a magician named Mantrik comes to Ramu's aid, and shows him how to attain wealth. Ramu has to travel many miles, go underground into a deep dark cave, & free a Goddess from a curse of living eternally as a crocodile. It is here that Ramu learns that Mantrik has an ulterior motive in assisting him, so he beheads him, gets a lot of precious stones, jewelery, etc. and heads over to Ujjain to get the Raja to get him married to Indumati. The Raja readily agrees and a wedding is arranged with great pomp, ceremony, and festivities. But Ramu is in for a shock when Indumati disappears during the wedding ceremony, and Ramu undertakes to go and look for her. What Ramu does not know is that Mantrik has resurrected himself and now not only wants Indumati for himself, but has also planned a painful death for Ramu.