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Begum Jaan transports us to the communally-charged time of the Partition, and the ‘butchering’ of India into two parts. The film tells the story of a brothel which lies right in the middle of the proposed Radcliffe line. When two officials, one from the Indian National Congress (Ashish Vidyarthi) and another from the All-India Muslim League (Rajit Kapoor), tell the madam of the brothel, Begum Jaan (Vidya Balan), that she has to vacate, she is defiant and determined that nothing can displace her and her girls from their home.
Begum has full faith in the Raja (Naseeruddin Shah), whose patronage she enjoys, but her hopes are eventually dashed when he tells her the reduced authority of royalty in the new, democratic India. Begum Jaan also subtly shows the ‘what if’ side of the Partition. What if men had taken up arms and refused to be divided on the parochial basis of religion?
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Don (2006)
Don (Shahrukh Khan) is a ruthless criminal, wanted by police in many countries. DCP D’Silva (Boman Irani) and Detective Malik (Om Puri) are two cops who will do anything to capture Don. Don soon brutally murders one of his own men Ramesh (Diwakar Pundir) as well as his fiance Kamini (Kareena Kapoor). By doing so, Don makes an enemy out of Ramesh’s sister Roma (Priyanka Chopra) who swears to kill Don no matter what it takes. Don is soon injured in a police pursuit and is admitted to hospital in a coma. D’Silva tracks down a look alike of Don named Vijay (also Shahrukh Khan). He persuades Vijay to enter Don’s gang posing as Don. Vijay agrees to hand over a disc to D’Silva, a disc which contains vital information about the gang – this disc may be a way for the cops to arrest the gang. Roma attempts to kill Vijay, but stops when she learns about D’Silva’s plan.
During a police raid, Vijay and the gang members are all arrested by Malik. During the raid, D’Silva is killed. This causes problems for Vijay – D’Silva was the only person who could prove Vijay is not the real Don. Will Vijay be able to prove his innocence?
Traffic
An emotional thriller based on a road trip from Mumbai to Pune.
The complex plot is about a day in the lives of a few people who are at the same Traffic junction in Mumbai city at the beginning of the day, and how their fates get entangled because of an incident. The film tugs at our hearts as a police car races to deliver a live heart (organ) from Mumbai to Pune just in time to save the life of a 13 year old girl.
A handful of characters are involved in this gripping mission such as the police commissioner who has to manage the entire logistics and practicalities of the trip, a tainted police constable who seeks redemption, a narcissistic superstar who encounters the realities of his personal life and a young doctor who is caught in a fix, to name a few.
Drishyam
Vijay Salgaonkar runs a cable TV network in a remote village of Goa. He lives a happy life with his wife Nandini and two daughters. A 4th grade dropout & an orphan, Vijay has worked his way towards success with his sheer hard-work & street smartness in order to provide for his family. His wife, while she loves him devoutly, wants Vijay’s thrifty & miserly behavior to end. If there’s one thing that Vijay cannot live without, it is his passion for watching films. Such is his ‘filmy’ obsession that he doesn’t mind staying up all night at his office binging on TV movies! In a bizarre turn of events; a teenage boy goes missing; he is the son of a headstrong & no-nonsense cop; IG Meera Deshmukh and the Salgaonkar family is the prime suspect! Will a humble & middle class man, be able to protect his family from oppression of the powerful? How the family weathers the storm that ensues during the violent investigation forms the rest of the story leading to an unexpected & shocking climax.
All Is Well
Inder Bhalla is an aspiring song composer who is settled abroad away from family as he does not like his father because he thinks he is arrogant, selfish and does not love his family. But fate brings him to India when he gets a call from his fathers lawyer that his father wanted to sell the bakery he owned and give half the share to his son. Whereas after coming to India he finds that the scene is different. His father is in debt from head to toe and his mother is suffering from Alzeimer’s and is in an ashram. Inder blames his father completely for his moms situation without knowing the truth. However, when he comes to know the truth, he decides to stand by his family and support them. He then along with his father undertake a road trip and are later joined by a woman named Nimmi.
Chashme Baddoor
Siddharth, Omi and Jai are close friends and roommates who are studying at Delhi University. One day Omi and Jai see a girl who is new to their neighborhood and try to impress her by their tricks, but to no avail. However, one day, Siddharth accidentally bumps into Seema and they soon fall in love. Jealous of them dating, Omi and Jai provoke Siddharth against Seema. Sid and Seema break up, following successful attempts by Jai and Omi. Later, one day, Omi and Jai find a poison bottle in Sid’s drawer and thought that he has committed suicide. Realizing their mistake, Jai and Omi try several times to unite Sid and Seema again, but in vain. Seema’s grandmother comes up with a filmy solution and suggests Jai and Omi to play kidnappers and supposedly kidnap Seema. Then, the aunt goes to Sid and asks him to rescue Seema from the kidnappers. Finally, Sid and Seema start dating again. Seema’s uncle is impressed with Siddharth and announces their marriage.
