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Zamaanat
Kajol is a girl born with a silver spoon in her mouth. She falls in love with Suraj, a poor boy and a college classmate. But as always, the lovers’ path never runs smoothly because Kajol’s father wants her to marry Sunil, a rich spoilt brat who happens to be the son of his close friend. When Sunil gets wind of Kajol and Suraj’s romance, he decides to remove him from his path and succeeds in the process - Surag is arrested for a murder he did not commit.
Kajol’s efforts to extricate Suraj from the murder charge, proves futile. She appraches Shivhankar, a retired blind advocate for help but he turns her down. Meanwhile, Suraj gives in to his planned destiny – to be hanged. Not one to give in that easily, Kajol and the entire college gather in court for the final verdict. Will Shivshankar see a change of heart and come to Kajol and Suraj’s aid? Release by DM Productions, Zamaanat stars Amitabh Bachchan, Kareena Kapoor in lead roles.
Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna is a story about a group of individuals at different stages of their lives. There is Dev (Shah Rukh Khan), whose promising career as a professional footballer comes to an abrupt end after an injury. He is now struggling to come to terms with his failures. The film also focuses on his wife Rhea (Preity Zinta), who’s career is on the upswing and shows how this affects their relationship. We also have Maya (Rani Mukerji), a nursery teacher who is married to Rishi (Abhishek Bachchan), a P.R. consultant.
This is the story of two unconnected couples seemingly happy in marital bliss but the emptiness in their respective marriages lurking large beneath the surface, until Dev and Maya meet on a chance encounter. Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna is a moving story about love that broke all relationships.
Aap Ki Khatir
Anu (Priyanka Chopra) spiritedly boards an airplane to destination love. The guise is to attend her step-sister Shirani’s (Amisha Patel) wedding the suave Kunal (Suniel Shetty). But the truth is that Anu wants to hook her elusive dream man Danny (Dino Morea) forever.
To aid her in this mission, her finest ammunition assumes the form of the cocky and wise, cool and dandy Aman (Akshaye Kkanna). She has her guarded reason for taking him along and he has his open reasons for agreeing to do so. Together, the two have a game-plan.
They reach their destination soon enough. But her mission is far from being accomplished. For things are more complicated, more ambiguous than they seem. Amidst the pomp and splendour of Shirani’s wedding, dark secrets, question-able happenings and entwined relationships reveal themselves, leading to a web which must be entangled as soon as possible. For it involves the lives of Anu, Aman, Shirani, Danny, Kunal in more ways than one. Little do they know that at the end of it, their perceptions will be altered forever. Their destination of love will change forever.
A delectable buffet of fun and froth, smiles and tears, romance and unpredictability, that is what Aap Ki Khatir (meaning for your eyes only) is all about . . . quite like love itself!
Lage Raho Munnabhai
Munnabhai is in love with the voice of popular radio presenter, Jhanvi. Life is beautiful for Munnabhai - his "dadagri" business is flourishing, he listens attentively to the radio for hours as he dreams of marrying Jhanvi. But there is just one minor problem. Jhanvi thinks Munnabhai is a professor of history.
So to try to sort out this minor entanglement, the most unusual thing occurs - Munnabhai comes face to face with Mahatma Gandhi and both stick to their respective philosophies even while they are compelled to work together for the same goal.
Producer Vinod Chopra and director Rajkumar Hirani come together to bring you a hilarious, heart-warming story about the triumph of simple values like love, compassion and honesty in today's fast-paced world. Stars Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Vidya Balan and Boman Irani
Kabul Express
Kabul Express is a thriller and an anti-war film set in Afghanistan just after the 9/11. It tells the story of a 48-hour car drive in the most dangerous and rough terrain of Afghanistan.
John Abraham plays a television director and Arshad Warsi, a cinematographer on an assignment to cover the Taliban’s hold on Afghanistan.
Kabul Express is based on the actual experiences of director Kabir Khan who has made several documentaries in this troubled country.
Kabul Express is the first major Bollywood movie to be shot in Afghanistan since the 1992 box office hit Khuda Gawha which starred Amitabh Bachchan and Sridevi in lead roles.
Khosla Ka Ghosla
The dream of every middle class man is to climb the first steps of the property ladder by owning a house. K.K. Khosla is no different. After retiring he invests his entire life’s savings into a plot of land to build his dream home which he can leave for his children and grandchildren when he dies! After acquiring the land, he realises that the plot has already been bought by a charmingly wicked land-shark (Boman Irani) who won’t give it back till Khosla has coughed up a fat sum of money!
But all is not lost as his family hatch a crazy and thrilling plan to bail Mr Khosla out of this crisis in this sweet comedy. Stars Anupam Kher, Boman Irani, Parvin Dabbas, Tara Sharma in lead roles.
Jaane Hoga Kya
Siddharth Sardesai, a young scientist, has been experimenting with cloning for the past two years as he aims to create another human being, not in a mother's womb but in a science laboratory. Unfortunately, for him, there are few people who do not approve of his project. Seeking financial help from his girlfriend’s father Siddharth continues his research on his own. After much perseverance, he successfully clones himself but all hell breaks loose when the clone disappears from the laboratory.
Much to his horror he realises that it is his clone who has been impersonating him when he is put behind bars for a crime he did not commit. But how will he prove this to the world? This thriller starring Afab Shivdasani and Bipasha Basu has the answers.
