John Abraham
Also Known As: Farhan Abraham, جان آبراهام
Biography: John Abraham (born December 17, 1972) is an Indian film actor, producer and a former model who appears in Hindi films. After modelling for numerous advertisements and companies, Abraham made his film debut with Jism (2003), which earned him a Filmfare Best Debut Award nomination. This was followed by his first commercial success, Dhoom (2004). He received two Filmfare Award nominations, for his negative roles in Dhoom, and in Zinda (2006). He later appeared in the major critical success Water (2005). He was nominated for a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film Baabul (2006). Since then, Abraham has starred in many critically and commercially successful films including Dostana (2008), New York (2009), Force (2011), Shootout at Wadala (2013), Madras Cafe (2013) and Welcome Back (2015). His second film as a producer was Madras Cafe, which garnered critical acclaim. His athletic and muscular physique has contributed to his status as one of the most influential sex symbols in Bollywood. He is the co-owner of the Indian Super League football team NorthEast United FC. Apart from acting, Abraham has often performed many dangerous stunts in his films.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Kochi, Kerala, India
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Kaal
Overview: After a series of deaths in Orbit Wildlife Park are attributed to a man-eating tiger, wildlife reporter Krish Thapar decides to investigate the incidents for a magazine article. But something deadlier than tigers hunts in the forest.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2005-04-29
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Taxi No. 9211
Overview: A taxi driver and a businessman create havoc in each other's lives after a chance meeting.
Genres: Comedy Drama Thriller
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2006-02-24
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Zinda
Overview: The film is about a man, who has been imprisoned for 14 years, who has been released and has four days to figure out why he was imprisoned in the first place.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2006-01-12
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Kabul Express
Overview: Five people - two Indian journalists, an American journalist, an Afghan guide and a Pakistani soldier who takes them all hostage - are taken on a 48-hour journey into Afghanistan in a jeep called the Kabul Express, a special and unlikely bond developing between them along the way.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama Thriller
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2006-12-15
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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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Salaam-e-Ishq
Overview: Six couples who do not know each other are brought together by destiny, fate and love
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2007-01-26
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Dostana
Overview: Two straight guys pretend to be a gay couple to secure a posh Miami apartment, but fall for their gorgeous roommate. Hilarity ensues as they strive to convince everyone of the ruse while secretly trying to win her heart.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2008-11-13
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Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal
Overview: A bankrupt soccer team must win the championship or break apart.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2007-11-23
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Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
Overview: Dev and Maya are both married to different people. Settled into a life of domestic ritual, and convinced that they are happy in their respective relationships, they still yearn for something deeper and more meaningful, which is precisely what they find in each other.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2006-08-11
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No Smoking
Overview: A heavily addicted smoker is unprepared for the true price he must pay when he asks a guru's help to kick the habit.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2007-10-26
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Aashayein
Overview: The story revolves around Rahul Singh (John Abraham), a compulsive gambler who wins Rs. 20 million from a bet and throws a party to celebrate. Everyone has a good time drinking and partying till late night during which Rahul proposes to Nafisa (Sonal Sehgal). He announces their engagement to all present, then collapses on the floor. In hospital, he learns that he has only 90 days to live. Wanting to make the most of his last days, he leaves everything behind and moves into a soothing hospice. The inmates he meets change his outlook on life. As his relationships grow with each one of them, Rahul tries to rise above his own needs and live life to the fullest, learning from the courage of those around him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2010-08-27
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Race 2
Overview: Ranveer Singh (Saif Ali Khan) travels to exotic locales and confronts the Turkish mafia on a mission to avenge the death of his lover Sonia in this action-packed sequel. In the process of seeking her killers, Ranveer crosses Armaan Mallick (John Abraham) and Aleena (Deepika Padukone) -- two of the most feared figures in the Turkish underworld. Meanwhile, Ranveer's loyal friend RD (Anil Kapoor) and his new partner Cherry (Amisha Patel) offer a helping hand in a world where love is cheap and trust is a luxury most agents can't afford.
Genres: Thriller Action Adventure Crime
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2013-01-25
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Dhoom
Overview: A gang of bikers headed by the cool-headed and arrogant Kabir is on a robbing spree in Mumbai. ACP Jai Dixit is put in charge of the case and he recruits a bumbling bike mechanic and racer to help Jai nab them.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2004-08-27
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Baabul
Overview: When his only son dies in an accident, Balraaj urges his depressed daughter-in-law to marry a man who has long loved her in silence.
Genres: Drama Romance Family
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2006-12-08
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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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New York
Overview: New York is a contemporary story of friendship set against the larger than life backdrop of a city often described as the centre of the world. Omar has gone abroad for the first time in his life and soon enough he begins to see and love America through the eyes of his American friends - Sam and Maya. It is the story of these three friends discovering a new world together.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2009-06-26
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Garam Masala
Overview: Photographer and serial womaniser, Mac devises a scheme to keep three airhostesses, who are unaware of each other, as his live-in partners. Everything works fine as long as they only come home every third day. But changing schedules, a jealous friend and his fiancé might just break apart his elaborately structured life of deceit.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2005-11-03
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7 Khoon Maaf
Overview: Susanna is hungry for love and will go to any extent to find it in its purest form. In her quest for the perfect man, she gets married a number of times as each of her husband's die mysteriously.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2011-02-18
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Mere Brother Ki Dulhan
Overview: A Mumbai man finds himself in an unpredictable situation when the prospective bride of his older brother is a woman he has history with.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2011-09-09
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Force
Overview: A vengeful drug-dealer/gangster targets and terrorizes an entire police unit and their families.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2011-09-30
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Housefull 2
Overview: A comedy of errors wherein four men help each other to fool their prospective father-in-laws creating a cascade of confusion and mayhem.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2012-04-05
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Paap
Overview: The story is about a young girl, Kaya (Udita Goswami) , living in the beautifully serene valley of Spiti, waiting to join a Buddhist monastery, an idea which has been fed to her all her life by her father (Mohan Agashe) and one which she has never questioned. When Lama Norbu, a senior lama from the monastery has a dream that the Buddhist teacher, the Rinpoche has been reborn as a young child, he sends Kaya to Delhi on a mission to bring him back to the monastery.
Genres: Thriller Action Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2003-12-20
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Tehran
Overview: Upcoming hindi action-thriller
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: hi
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Desi Boyz
Overview: When two cash-strapped UK-based Indians become male escorts amid an economic downturn, money flows right in but everything else in their lives starts falling apart.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2011-11-25
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Vedaa
Overview: A court-marshalled soldier with a traumatic past helps a young girl from 'lower' caste and an aspiring boxer work towards her dreams despite her hostile environment.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2024-08-15
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The Diplomat
Overview: An Indian diplomat maneuvers political and moral tensions to free a young woman claiming forced marriage in Pakistan. Based on true events.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2025-03-07
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Madhoshi
Overview: Madhoshi is a 2004 Bollywood film. It is directed by Tanveer Khan and stars Bipasha Basu, John Abraham, Shweta Tiwari and Priyanshu Chatterjee. Anupama Kaul (played by Bipasha Basu) is a woman whose sister lives in New York. One day she gets a call from her sister and while they are talking on the phone, her sister is killed by the 9/11 attacks. Anupama is devastated. A few years later Anu is happily engaged to Arpit Oberoi (played by Priyanshu Chatterjee); then Arpit leaves for America for business reasons and Anu is wooed by a man named Aman (played by John Abraham).
Genres: Drama Romance Music Mystery
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2004-09-24
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Viruddh... Family Comes First
Overview: An ordinary 60 plus couple - Vidhyadhar Patwardhan and his wife are forced to search for their faith in human values and society after the death of their only son Amar. In the process they undergo the most testing struggle of their lives.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2005-07-22
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Little Zizou
Overview: The story of a Parsi boy's view of his community in modern day Mumbai.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-11-09
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Hattrick
Overview: Despite cricket fever running wild, there are two people in India who dislike its influence over their lives. The first is Dr. Satyajit Chavan, who will not permit anyone in his home nor the hospital to view nor hear anything related to it; and the second is Kashmira, who is recently married to Sarabjeet Singh, and hates cricket as her husband is obsessed with it and has even neglected to be attentive leave alone take her for a honeymoon. Then there is Hemandra Patel, located in England for over 10 years, works as an airport Janitor, but has told everyone he is a Customs Officer, is awaiting word on his becoming a Citizen, but his fate rests with Immigration Officer, Cook, who hates all Patels, including Sardar Vallabhai Patel. Watch how the world cup influences them, and the shock that awaits Hemandra when he finds that his daughter is secretly seeing an English-African male by the name of Silver.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2007-03-16
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Madras Cafe
Overview: An Indian intelligence agent journeys to a war-torn coastal island to break a resolute rebel group and meets a passionate journalist.
Genres: Thriller Drama Action
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2013-08-23
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Jhootha Hi Sahi
Overview: A suicidal woman's "final" call mistakenly connects her to a man who gives her something to live for.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2010-10-22
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Shootout at Wadala
Overview: The first-ever registered encounter by the Mumbai Police, which took place on November 1, 1982.
Genres: Action Crime Drama History
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2013-05-03
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Elaan
Overview: India is held at ransom by international extortionist, Baba Sikander and his brothers. It is up to five heroes to stop him.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2005-01-14
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Karam
Overview: A hitman quits the killing business when a hit goes right but at the same time produces unfortunate results. Soon, he is forced to return in order to save his wife from the clutches of his boss who won't spare her unless some targets are executed within the limited time period.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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Aetbaar
Overview: After the tragic death of his son - Rohit, in a car accident, Dr. Ranveer Malhotra has been very protective of his daughter Ria. All is well for Ria until one day on a college mishap Ria reaches up with Aryan and both fall in love with each other. Aryan showers Ria with a lot of love and she thought that he is her ideal life partner. Ria invites Aryan to dinner at her home and introduces him to her parents. Her mother immediately approves of him but her father thinks that something is a miss and tells Ria to stop meeting Aryan. But Aryan is madly in love with Ria and refuses to leave her. When Ria disobeys him, her father decides to dig deeper into Aryan's past. Ranveer is desperate as he knows Ria is heading towards something dangerous.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2004-01-23
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Woh Bhi Din The
Overview: Rahul Sinha, a famous photojournalist, returns to his alma mater as a guest speaker and takes a nostalgic trip down memory lane to relive his carefree school days and the moment he first fell in love.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2024-03-29
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Welcome Back
Overview: A pair of reformed gangsters try to find a husband for their newly discovered sister, but complications arise due to mistaken identities.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2015-09-04
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Wazir
Overview: 'Wazir' is a tale of two unlikely friends, a wheelchair-bound chess grandmaster and a brave ATS officer. Brought together by grief and a strange twist of fate, the two men decide to help each other win the biggest games of their lives. But there's a mysterious, dangerous opponent lurking in the shadows, who is all set to checkmate them.
Genres: Thriller Action Crime
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2016-01-07
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Rocky Handsome
Overview: A vengeful man embarks on a murderous rampage after the kidnapping of a 7-year-old girl.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2016-03-25
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Dishoom
Overview: When India's top cricketer is kidnapped in the Middle East, a loose cannon and a rookie cop are tasked with finding him before the high-stakes match with Pakistan.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2016-07-29
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Luck by Chance
Overview: Not wanting the same fate as befell her sisters, Sona Mishra re-locates to Mumbai to try to make a living making movies, but she soon finds that the path she has chosen is not an easy one.
Genres: Romance Drama Comedy
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2009-01-30
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Force 2
Overview: ACP Yashvardhan teams up RAW Agent KK to bring down the master mind terrorist, Shiv.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2016-11-18
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Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran
Overview: A look at India's second confidential nuclear test series at Pokhran lead by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, during the time of PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's tenure.
Genres: Drama Action History
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2018-05-25
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I, Me aur Main
Overview: As Ishaan, a music producer who takes advantage of the women in his life, feels a connection with Gauri, his new next-door neighbor, he begins to learn the importance of friendship - causing him to work to repair his relationships.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2013-03-01
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Saaya
Overview: Tanya is a rich woman who is married to another rich man named Vinod. But their lives change by Vinod's death. Tanya than starts falling in love with a doctor named Akash. But Akash is in love with a woman named Maya and after some time gets married to her. But their marriage does not last long. Because, first Maya leaves him to travel to another part of India to help people who are sick; and then Akash receives news that she is dead. Tanya comes up to console Akash and hopes that he will now love, accept and marry her. But Akash does not do so, as he is still immersed in Maya's memories, and believes that Maya is still alive and calling out to him. Is Akash going out of his mind?
Genres: Mystery Horror
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2003-07-04
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Satyameva Jayate
Overview: DCP Shivansh has been tasked to catch Vir, the man behind police killings in the city. Both are eventually against the same enemy but divided by a fine line, the law.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2018-08-15
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Batla House
Overview: Following a gunfight with suspects believed to be innocent by the media and public, an honest cop struggles to justify police actions before beginning the hunt for fugitives.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2019-08-15
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Lakeer
Overview: Gangster and criminal Don, Suraj Rana, who is also known for his kindness, adopts a street urchin named Arjun, and teaches him all the tricks of the trade, so that he can succeed him, even though he has a son named Karan. Arjun and Karan grow up as brothers, and Arjun takes charge of all criminal activities after Suraj passes away. Karan has fallen in love with Bindiya, the daughter of Suraj's deceased employee, and would like her to marry him. But Bindiya is in love with Saahil, and only likes Karan. Karan now decides to take the matter into his own hands, and thereby force Arjun to take sides either for him or against him.
Genres: Action Drama Romance Action Drama Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2004-05-14
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Vicky Donor
Overview: A man is brought in by an infertility doctor to supply him with his sperm, where he becomes the biggest sperm donor for his clinic.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2012-04-20
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Romeo Akbar Walter
Overview: Prior to the India-Pakistan war of 1971, the RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) trains an Indian banker in espionage and martial arts, and sends him to Pakistan for an undercover operation where he finds himself sinking between emotions and violence.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2019-03-15
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Mumbai Saga
Overview: The film, set in the 1980s and 90s, chronicles the transformation of Bombay to Mumbai. The story is a cat and mouse game between a deadly don, Amartya Rao, who doesn’t think twice before killing, and there’s nobody who could stop him and a cop, who is dogging his every step.
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2021-03-19
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Shikhar
Overview: Jai Vardhan is influenced by an overambitious man. He is unable to differentiate the good from the bad and is carried over into a world full of women and wealth.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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Pagalpanti
Overview: 3 men, considered as losers in their lives by the people, plan to get rich along with their girlfriends by fooling 2 gangsters and robbing their money.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2019-11-22
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Ek Villain Returns
Overview: When a singer goes missing amid a serial killing spree, a cabbie and a businessman's son cross paths in a twisted tale where good and evil is blurred.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2022-07-29
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Satyameva Jayate 2
Overview: Satya Azad, an upright Home Minister wants to cleanse the country of corruption with his Anti-Corruption Bill. However, it fails to get enough ‘Ayes’, not only from his allies, but also from his wife Vidya a member of the Opposition, who votes ‘Nay’ in the Vidhan Sabha. When a couple of gruesome killings take place in the city, ACP Jay Azad is brought in to nab the murderer, never mind his motive.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2021-11-25
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Attack
Overview: With the Parliament under siege, India’s first super soldier Arjun Shergill is tasked to get hold of the terrorists in time, save the Prime Minister from their clutches and stop a dirty bomb from exploding and destroying Delhi.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2022-04-01
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Sardar Ka Grandson
Overview: A devoted grandson's mission to reunite his ailing grandmother with her ancestral home turns into a complicated, comic cross-border affair.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance Family
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2021-05-18
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Pathaan
Overview: A soldier caught by enemies and presumed dead comes back to complete his mission, accompanied by old companions and foes.
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2023-01-25
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Rakesh Maria Biopic
Overview: Rohit Shetty's Next
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: hi
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