Love Aaj Kal
M
India, 2009
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Language: Hindi
Director: Imtiaz Ali
Starring: Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, Rishi Kapoor, Rahul Khanna, Florence Brudenell-Bruce, Kavi Shastri, Vir Das, Mandi Sidhu, Elizabeth Tan, Manushka Khisty, Sagar Arya, Raj Zutshi, Fagun Thakrar, Neetu Singh, Shruti Tewari, Giselli Monteiro
What's it about?
Jai (Saif Ali Khan) and Meera (Deepika Padukone) are deeply in love. But when their careers take them in different directions, they decide to break up. Over time they each realise their feelings have endured despite their separation...
Vicky Donor
M
India, 2012
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Language: Hindi
Director: Shoojit Sircar
Starring: Ayushmann Khurrana, Yami Gautam, Annu Kapoor, Dolly Ahluwalia, Kamlesh Gill, Puja Gupta, Inderpal Singh, John Abraham
What's it about?
When a Bengali woman falls in love with a young Punjabi man, she finds it hard to fathom her new husband's past as not only a sperm donor, but the biggest donor at the clinic.
Aligarh
M
India, 2015
Genre: Drama
Language: Hindi
Director: Hansal Mehta
Starring: Sukhesh Arora, Manoj Bajpayee, Balaji Gauri, Sumit Gulati, Dilnaz Irani, Sachin Parikh, K.R. Parmeshwar, Rajkummar Rao, Ishwak Singh, Nutan Surya, Suman Vaidya, Ashish Vidyarthi
What's it about?
Set in the city of Uttar Pradesh and based on true events, the plot revolves around Dr Shrinivas Ramchandra Siras who taught Marathi at Aligarh Muslim University. He was sacked from his position of Reader and Chair of Modern Indian Languages, on charges of homosexuality. A sting operation was conducted by a TV channel which showed him in an embrace with a rickshaw puller, at his house inside the campus.
Tanu Weds Manu Returns
PG
India, 2015
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Language: Hindi
Director: Aanand L. Rai
Starring: Kangana Ranaut, Madhavan, Eijaz Khan, Jimmy Sheirgill, Deepak Dobriyal
What's it about?
The sequel to Tanu Weds Manu (2011), in which stars Kangana Ranaut (Tanu) and R. Madhavan (Manu) reprise their roles from the original. Tanu and Manu's marriage collapses. What happens when Manu meets Tanu's lookalike Kusum – and when Tanu returns?
Umrika
M
India, 2015
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Language: Hindi
Director: Prashant Nair
Starring: Suraj Sharma, Tony Revolori, Prateik Babbar, Smita Tambe, Pramod Pathak, Adil Hussain, Rajesh Tailang, Amit Sial, Mayur More, Sauraseni Maitra
What's it about?
When a young village boy discovers that his brother, long believed to be in America, has actually gone missing, he begins to invent letters on his behalf to save their mother from heartbreak, all the while searching for him.
R... Rajkumar
M
India, 2013
Genre: Bollywood
Language: Hindi
Director: Prabhu Deva
Starring: Shahid Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha, Sonu Sood, Ashish Vidyarthi, Mukul Dev, Asrani, Srihari, Bharat Dabholkar
What's it about?
Rajkumar, an aimless youth, works for a drug baron and is sent to kill a rival dealer. His life is changed forever when he meets Chanda, and has no idea she is the adopted daughter of the man he is supposed to kill.
English Vinglish
M
India, 2012
Genre: Drama
Language: Hindi
Director: Gauri Shinde
Starring: Sridevi, Adil Hussain, Mehdi Nebbou, Priya Anand, Sulabha Deshpande, Sujata Kumar, Navika Kotia, Shivansh Kotia, Cory Hibbs
What's it about?
A housewife and caterer, Shashi is usually mocked by her family for not knowing English. Her attempt to learn the language helps her rediscover herself and reassert her value as a mother and a wife.
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
PG
India, 2011
Genre: Drama
Language: Hindi
Director: Zoya Akhtar
Starring: Abhay Deol, Kalki Koechlin, Hrithik Roshan, Katrina Kaif, Farhan Akhtar, Mandi Sidhu, Lolo Herrero
What's it about?
Three friends decide to turn their fantasy vacation into reality after one of their number becomes engaged.
Ram-leela
M
India, 2013
Genre: Romance, Drama
Language: Hindi
Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Starring: Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Richa Chadha, Supriya Pathak, Gulshan Devaiah, Barkha Bisht, Sharad Kelkar
What's it about?
A young couple's happiness is thwarted by their warring families. A man from a crime family falls in love with a woman, but her family wants to choose her partner for her.
NH10
MA15+
India, 2015
Genre: Thriller, Crime, Drama
Language: Hindi
Director: Navdeep Singh
Starring: Neil Bhoopalam, Ravi Jhankal, Darshan Kumaar, Deepti Naval, Anushka Sharma, Tanya Purohit
What's it about?
On a road trip to a luxurious hotel, a loving couple witnesses a brutal event involving two young children.
And don't limit yourself to just cinema...
Thinkistan
This TV comedy drama follows a battle between two friends, small-towner Amit and city-slicker Hema, two young copywriters who join Mumbai's hottest ad agency, MTMC. While Hema gets all the attention with his poetry and English-speaking skills, Amit struggles to get credit for his modest Hindi-rooted ideas. Big personalities, short skirts, seductive women, infectious workplaces and the glitz of show business. Can their friendship survive the dirty business of advertising? It's North v South, Hindi v English and much more.
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