Vinay Pathak
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Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Vinay Pathak is an Indian actor and a theatre person born and raised in Bhojpur, Bihar. He is known for his great Comic timing and as a revolution in Indian Cinema along with Ranvir Shorey, Rajat Kapur, Abhay Deol, who are tagged as actors of a new genre. He has starred in various critically acclaimed films like Khosla Ka Ghosla, Bheja Fry, Johnny Gaddaar and also done major support roles in mega Blockbusters like Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. Description above from the Wikipedia article Vinay Pathak, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Bihiya, Bihar, India
Birthday: July 27, 1968
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Gender: Male
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Johnny Gaddaar
Overview: Five criminals, who run a gambling club, pool money for a drug deal set up by a corrupt police officer, but when their youngest teammate plans to steal the suitcase containing the money, murder enters the scene.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2007-09-28
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Straight
Overview: After being rejected by his bride-to-be, Pinu begins questioning his sexuality.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2009-03-20
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Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
Overview: A newly-wed man discovers that his wife is in love with another man and decides to unite them. Ignoring the ridicule he might have to face for this, he takes his wife to Italy in search of her love.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1999-06-18
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Mithya
Overview: A two-bit actor faces challenges after he is asked by Police to impersonate a look-alike gangster.
Genres: Drama Comedy Crime Thriller
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2008-01-27
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Water
Overview: The year is 1938, and Mahatma Gandhi's groundbreaking philosophies are sweeping across India, but 8-year-old Chuyia, newly widowed, must go to live with other outcast widows on an ashram. Her presence transforms the ashram as she befriends two of her compatriots.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2005-09-08
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Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
Overview: A lonely 40-ish man, likely to remain a bachelor, has a chance to find the love of his life when he falls for a vivacious young woman.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2008-12-11
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Aaja Nachle
Overview: Dia is a divorced mom living in New York and must go back to India after she receives news that her guru is on his death bed. When she arrives she finds he is gone and has left her the responsibility of saving and reviving the Ajanta Theater where she used to dance. The problem is that the political officers want it torn down and turned into a shopping mall. The storyline follows Dia and her challenge to stand up for what she believes in and fight the cause to the end, while trying to win back the love and support of the people of the town whom she walked out on ten years prior.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2007-11-30
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Bhagwan Bharose
Overview: A story about two young, impressionable kids whose ideas about faith are constantly questioned and changed as their little world expands and takes into its fold, their country's fast-changing socio-political landscape.
Genres: Drama Comedy Family
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2023-05-13
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Dasvidaniya
Overview: A man who loves to make "to-do lists" makes one last bucket list when he realizes he is about to die.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2008-11-07
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420 IPC
Overview: CA Keswani is arrested for bank fraud and forgery. Keswani hires Birbal, a lawyer, to fight his case. But Birbal realises that there's more to it than what meets the eye.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2021-12-17
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Bheja Fry
Overview: Ranjeet Thadani is a bored and arrogant music producer who along with his friends hosts a party every Friday where they invite an 'idiot' to ridicule them and have fun at their expense. One day, he invites Bharat Bhushan, a kind hearted yet annoying Income Tax inspector, who ends up messing things for people when he tries to help them who makes Ranjeet regret inviting him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2007-04-13
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Khosla Ka Ghosla!
Overview: Recent retiree Kamal Khosla's land is grabbed by a land shark named Khurana. In a bid to retrieve their land, Khosla's elder son hatches a clever plan to con the crook and enlists the help of his friends and his dysfunctional family.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2006-09-22
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Chalo Dilli
Overview: Mihika, an investment banker, misses her flight to Delhi and meets Manu Gupta, a very talkative man. In order to reach Delhi on time, she must tag along with him on a road trip and put up with his antics.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2011-04-29
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Manorama Six Feet Under
Overview: Satyaveer is an engineer suspended for allegedly accepting a bribe. However, Satyaveer, proud author of a tawdry and thoroughly unsuccessful crime novel, is approached by a woman named Manorama to investigate her husband, whom she suspects of having an affair.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2007-09-21
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Bishwa
Overview: A visually challenged boy from the mesmerising village of Chilika lake of Odisha defeats age old blind Odia faith.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2021-09-30
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Jism
Overview: Kabir Lal is an alcoholic lawyer whose life is looking as if going down the drain. One morning he sees a stunningly attractive woman on a beach and is instantly enamored by her. By chance he sees her again in a restaurant and offers to buy her a drink. In the process he learns that her name is Sonia and she is married. Unable to resist, he asks her whether she would show him her home. It marks the beginning of a passionate affair, during which Kabir is told that Sonia's husband neglects her. But Sonia cannot leave him because she cannot support herself without her husband's money. Sonia suggests murder and Kabir, blind with lust, agrees. They manage to kill Sonia's husband and make it look like an accident, but then Kabir gets to see Sonia's other side: she no longer is the passionate lover as before, but is a cool-headed mean woman now who won't let go of her wealth at any cost.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2003-01-17
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The Film Emotional Atyachar
Overview: An ensemble film set on the deserted highway between Mumbai and Goa and revolves around incidents that take place in one night to four sets of travelers. It is essentially a dark film, in which, each character is an anti-hero who has a dark mysterious interconnection between these stories that unfolds in a non-linear format. Each story varies from the other in its humor or less a similar motive - money
Genres: Thriller Comedy
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2010-09-03
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My Name Is Khan
Overview: Rizwan Khan, a Muslim from the Borivali section of Mumbai, has Asperger's syndrome. He marries a Hindu single mother, Mandira, in San Francisco. After 9/11, Rizwan is detained by authorities at LAX who treat him as a terrorist because of his condition and his race.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2010-02-10
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Memory X
Overview: Memory X is a story of Sikkim that charts across time and mind.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
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Merry Christmas
Overview: A Christmas Eve encounter between two enigmatic strangers sparks a poignant connection - but a dark turn of events threatens to expose their murky past.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2024-01-12
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Bajatey Raho
Overview: Surviving family members and friends of a man who was conned by the cunning businessman Sabbarwahl, string together a series of their own cons in an attempt to bring him down.
Genres: Comedy Drama Thriller
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2013-07-26
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Ek Tho Chance
Overview: The film tells the tale of Mumbai city and the millions who get off the train at VT station at every second of the day, hoping to latch on to the magic of Mumbai.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2009-12-11
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Pappu Can't Dance Saala
Overview: One time bickering neighbors are forced to share the same apartment. The cultural clash between traditional-orthodox-India and modern-urban-India. The collision of two cultures creates havoc in the beginning but finds a peaceful co-existence, at the end. An orthodox boy from the holy city of Banaras, is forced to stay with a chorus dancer in Bombay... The film does the journey of these two opposite personalities and how, after the initial phase of rejection, they find each others place in their respective lives.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2010-12-16
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Quick Gun Murugan
Overview: Quick Gun Murugun is an unlikely Superhero with Guntastic powers. He is a Sincere South Indian Cowboy who considers it his duty to serve and protect. The movie revolves around mis-adventures of Quick Gun Murugun and his fight with his arch villain Rice Plate Reddy!
Genres: Drama Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-08-28
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Everybody Loves Sohrab Handa
Overview: At an anniversary party, Sohrab Handa is found dead, with his throat slit in the hall. As the investigation unravels, friendships are tested, and secrets are revealed.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2023-10-30
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The Archies
Overview: Set in 1960s India, Archie and the gang navigate romance, friendship and the future of Riverdale as developers threaten to destroy a beloved park.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2023-12-07
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Opium
Overview: "Religion is opium," said Marx; this film, five short stories in genres from comedy to social issues and dystopian sci-fi, attempts to examine the religious situation in India from multiple perspectives.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2022-10-29
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Badlapur
Overview: After his wife and son are killed, a young man finds out the man behind the murder and fights against him, along committing some big mistakes.
Genres: Crime Thriller Action Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2015-02-20
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Kaccha Limboo
Overview: The words Kaccha Limbo denotes a child who is not mature enough.The movie follows the trials and tribulations of 13 year old Shambu.His friends in school ostracize him for being obese calling him names. Despite his school problems, Shambu does have a loving and caring family. He does not seem to relate to his step father, who seems to have a highly sympathetic attitude. He has crush for a girl, who does seem to despise him for his looks. He continues talking to her as an anonymous another person on phone. Things take a turn for worse when he accidentally causes damage to Videocam of another student, for which he is asked to pay damages. On the same day his forging parental signatures in school diary is found out. He runs away from home and befriends few slum children.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2011-02-18
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Kaagaz Ke Fools
Overview: Revolving around a middle-class family, Kaagaz Ke Fools touches upon the issue of a lack of good novel writers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2015-04-24
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Utt Pataang
Overview: Mumbai-based Ramvilas Sharma has just broken-up with Sanjana Mahadik, a former bar dancer, with whom he had a six month relationship. His private-detective friend, Nandan Pandey, attempts to counsel him over this break-up, and even encourages him to meet other women. Ramvilas does meet with a homeless woman, Koel Datta, befriends her, and even brings her to spend the night in his flat but will be interrupted when Sanjana will come to take her belongings back and will leave a bag full of cash. Everyone will find their respective lives turned upside when they will be 'interrogated' by a suave French-speaking crook, Lucky Sardana, after the bag goes missing.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2011-02-04
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Gour Hari Dastaan
Overview: Gour Hari Das, a freedom fighter who works in Khadi Kraft and lives along with his wife & son, lives a content life in his neighborhood. However, one day when his son is unable to secure college admission for lack of a Freedom Fighter's Certificate, he feels the need to establish his identity. In the quest for this piece of paper to prove his authenticity to his son, his neighbors & to the world, he begins a journey that sucks up almost his entire life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2015-08-14
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Island City
Overview: A collection of three comic-dramatic stories set in Mumbai. The first is about a diligent office worker who wins the office 'Fun Committee Award', which entitles him to a whole day full of fun. He is most reluctant to leave the safety of his cubicle but he has to. Prescribed fun modules have to be completed and non-compliance is not an option... The second story begins with a domineering head-of-the-family, Anil, who is on life support. Seeking some relief, his family decides to buy a TV, which Anil had banned. Now every night the family plugs into a popular soap whose hero, Purshottam, is a man ideal in every way and they are smitten. Then suddenly, comes the news that Anil is better and may be home soon. Will they have to let Purshottam go?... The third one centers on Aarti whose repetitive existence is slowly making her more and more mechanical and numb. Deep inside ferments a disconnect and unease that she is unable to articulate to anyone.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2015-09-08
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Tere Mere Phere
Overview: An irate groom-to-be abducts a recently married bickering couple and asks them to take him to his wedding: Tere Mere Phere is a story about a newly married couple, Pooja and Rahul, who have a perfect love affair and a perfect marriage and set out on a perfect dream honeymoon in a motor home, driving through the breath taking Himalayas … but then can life ever be perfect?! If “distance makes the heart grow fonder” then too much proximity should have the reverse effect! And it does ... As Pooja and Rahul get too close for comfort, the gilt of romance begins to rub off, a series of absurd fights follow and soon they get embroiled with a local Himachali small town guy ( Vinay Pathak) and his girl Muskaan, the “Pahadi Mirch” (Riya Sen).
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2011-09-30
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Fatso!
Overview: Killed too soon due to a clerical error in heaven, a man is sent back to earth with a new lease on life, this time in the body of his portly friend.
Genres: Comedy Romance Fantasy
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2012-05-04
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Raghu Romeo
Overview: An employee at a strip club kidnaps his favorite actress to protect her from mob hit men.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2004-06-18
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Hero Heeroine
Overview: Suresh Krissna’s Hindi-Telugu film
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
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Toba Tek Singh
Overview: The story takes place just before the India-Pakistan partition in one of the oldest mental asylums in undivided India. Situated in Lahore, it was home to Hindu, Muslim and Sikh patients who were left behind by their uncaring families. Friendships were thick between the patients who had nobody but each other for company. Each had a story that made for an interesting tale but none quite like Bishan Singh.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2018-08-24
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Bheja Fry 2
Overview: Good hearted but not worldly-wise, the rolly-polly tax inspector, Bharat Bhushan (Vinay Pathak) is back to fulfill his long cherished dream of becoming a singer. To further his media ambition he enters a game show hoping to win a cash prize with which he can make his own music album. Eventually Bhushan goes on to win the competition which also gifts him a free stay on a cruise ship.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2011-06-17
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Aliya Basu Gayab Hai
Overview: Ex-convicts Deepak Kumar and Vikram Singh abduct Aliya Basu, a rich man's daughter for ransom. But, Vikram is unaware that Deepak has a different plan.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2024-08-09
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Fire
Overview: In a barren, arranged marriage to an amateur swami who seeks enlightenment through celibacy, Radha's life takes an irresistible turn when her beautiful young sister-in-law seeks to free herself from the confines of her own loveless marriage.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-08-22
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Chidiya
Overview: Three restless cousins search for a way to achieve their dream of playing badminton in a little Indian town, overcoming obstacles such like the lack of a play area, the necessary equipment, having to go to work all day and dealing with a single mother and stuck-up neighbors.
Genres: Adventure Drama Family
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2016-05-28
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Buddha Mar Gaya
Overview: Laxmikant Kabadiya and his twin-sister, Prerna, started as mere beggars near Dadar Railway Station, and with the assistance of Vidyut Baba, they moved to collecting garbage, and recyclables, established their own recycling business, slowly acquired wealth and became multi-millionaires. Laxmikant went on to get married and sired two sons, Sameer and Ranjeet, who, in turn, went on to get married to Anju and Shruti. While Ranjeet has two daughters, Sanjana and Namrata, Sameer has one son, Pawan. Vidyut Baba, a Bi-sexual, is now their family Guru, and they have a trusted family servant named Ramu. The Kabadia family is now ready to launch it's first Public Offering, which will generate Crores of Rupees. The entire family is all set to enjoy this new-found wealth when they find out that while being intimate with a sexy, struggling actress, Kim, widower Laxmikant has passed away. The entire family know that this will ruin their future plans and decide to keep his death a secret. They ..
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2007-08-17
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Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega
Overview: Raj is a struggling singer chasing his dreams in Mumbai, India. One night, he rescues a girl, Pooja, from a car accident and takes her to the hospital. As she lies in a coma, her wealthy family assume that Raj is the man with whom their daughter eloped. Sensing opportunity, he assumes this new identity. When Pooja's best friend, Jahnvi, shows up, however, Raj starts to like her. After Pooja wakes up and falls for Raj, a tricky love triangle occurs.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2000-08-04
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Motu Patlu: King of Kings
Overview: Motu and Patlu are your home-grown Laurel and Hardy in an animation avatar. They befriend a circus lion, Guddu and attempt to save the jungle from a greedy poacher.
Genres: Animation Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2016-10-14
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A One Night Stand
Overview: Following a wild party, a married man meets with his friends in order to try and remember his indiscretions.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2009-12-31
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Mixed Doubles
Overview: Bored with his sex life, a man tries to convince his wife to swap partners.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2006-02-10
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Khajoor Pe Atke
Overview: On hearing the news that one of the Sharma family members in Mumbai, Devendar may pass off anytime, his siblings - Jeetendar, Ravindar and Lalita, immediately rush down to be with him and his family for support, along with their families from across the country.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2018-05-18
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Mr. Kabaadi
Overview: Mr. Kabaadi is a romantic comedy that revolves around caste struggle. It is based on the life of Mr.Kallu Kabaadiwala a.k.a KK who used to be a Kabaadiwala. When he becomes rich, he starts his own family business of Public Toilets.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2017-09-08
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Dust
Overview: A man sets out in search of his lost love: a journey that draws him into the turbulent heart of present-day India and transforms inevitably into a confrontation with the past.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-02-10
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Luka Chuppi
Overview: The story of a television reporter in Mathura who falls in love with a headstrong woman.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2019-03-01
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The Tashkent Files
Overview: The Tashkent Files is a thriller that revolves around the mysterious death of India's 2nd Prime Minister Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri and attempts to uncover if he had actually died a natural death, or, as alleged, was assassinated.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller History
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2019-04-12
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Yours Truly
Overview: Amidst the daily din of the local trains in Calcutta, a lonely working woman in her late fifties finds herself falling in love with the voice of the railway announcer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2019-01-20
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Chhappad Phaad Ke
Overview: Meet the Gupchups, a typical Indian middle-class family, financially weak but morally rich. Their ordinary life takes an extraordinary twist when they find a bag containing ₹ 5 crores. Will they give up ethics for money?
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2019-10-18
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Mitin Mashi
Overview: Prajñāpāramitā AKA Mitin who runs a Kolkata Police detective agency is summoned by Jariwala, an eminent Parsi businessman, to look into his son's kidnapping. Prajñāpāramitā must solve the case in time.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2019-10-02
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Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi
Overview: Ramprasad's entire family gathers under one roof for 13 days after his death, to perform and observe the Hindu traditions and rituals called the tehrvi. During the course, the family’s dynamics, politics, and insecurities come out, and then they realise that the importance of people and things are only evident in retrospect.
Genres: Drama Family Comedy
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2021-01-01
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Maximum
Overview: A story of two of Mumbai Police's top encounter specialists' fight for control and oneupmanship which goes through a complex maze of politics, land deals, fake encounters and bad money.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-06-28
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Antardwand
Overview: A young man is kidnapped by a local strongman with the intention of forcing him to marry his daughter to secure a family alliance.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2010-08-27
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Chintu Ka Birthday
Overview: During US invasion of Iraq some illegal migrants are waiting to get back home to India. As one such family prepares to celebrate the 6th birthday of their youngest member Chintu, their kind-hearted Iraqi landlord lends them a helping hand.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2020-06-05
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Blind
Overview: A brutal cat and mouse game between a blind ex-cop Gia Singh and a psychopathic serial killer, who likes to torture and kill young women.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2023-07-07
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Oh, My God!!
Overview: Mumbai-based Rajendra Gupta works for Global Investment Group but is more engrossed in trying to get people, including his co-workers, to invest in a savings scheme. He even puts off being a parent, much to the displeasure of his wife, Suman, who he has been married to for over five years.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2008-12-05
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Via Darjeeling
Overview: Via Darjeeling is the story of a honeymooning couple Ankur (Kay Kay Menon) and Rimli (Sonali Kulkarni) who are very much in love. On the day of their departure from Darjeeling, Ankur disappears mysteriously leaving Rimli all alone frantically searching for him. Here enters the policeman Robin Dutt (Vinay Pathak) who tries to trace Ankur, but in vain. The story then moves onto a group of friends partying and having a good time, where Robin who is one of the guests narrates the story of Ankur and Rimli to his friends. How each one of them make their own interpretations as to what happened to Ankur makes the movie an interesting watch.
Genres: Thriller Drama Mystery
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2008-11-21
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Mumbai Cutting
Overview: An anthology of eleven short films from eleven directors featuring stories of life in Mumbai.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2008-04-27
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Abhi Toh Party Shuru Hui Hai
Overview: Follows a satirical journey into the circus of coalition politics.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: hi
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Thama
Overview: A determined historian, sifts through old manuscripts, seeking clues about the mysterious legends of vampires in Vijay Nagar.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2025-10-17
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