Naseeruddin Shah
1) Tajurba
Author
Language
Hindi
Description
An honest police officer wages a one-man war against terrorists and a corrupt politician who have planned to assassinate the chief minister of the state.
2) 3 Deewarein
Author
Language
Hindi
Description
A documentary filmmaker Chandrika soughts to capture the prison life of three men sentenced to death. Initially hesitant in trusting Chandrika, the men eventually open up and share their stories with her, which leads to some shocking revelations.
3) Ishqiya
Author
Language
Hindi
Description
Khalujaan and Babban, two thugs, are on the run from their boss. They seek refuge at an old friend's house but meet Krishna, his widow, instead. Both of them fall for her, oblivious to the fact that Krishna is manipulating them for her own gain.
5) Barah Aana
Author
Language
Hindi
Description
Barah Aana' is a story of three impoverished roommates and friends - a driver, a security guard and a waiter. The security guard finds a seemingly low-risk way of making easy money and tries to entice the others to join him in a series of offenses. Will the friends team up with him?
6) John Day
Author
Language
Hindi
Description
John Day, a mild-mannered bank manager, is left devastated when he loses his only daughter to a forest fire. Years later, when John discovers that the fire was not an accident but a planned destruction, he sets out to seek the truth and vengeance.
7) Firaaq
Author
Language
Hindi
Description
Inspired from the 2002 violence in Gujarat, this drama follows the lives of different people directly or indirectly affected by the riots, from a compassionate woman in an orthodox Gujarati family living with a stone-hearted husband, an urban cross-culture couple with a Hindu wife and a Muslim husband, a poor Muslim couple whose house is charred to ashes during the riots to an old Muslim singer. As their stories unfold and intertwine, we see the harrowing...
8) Masoom
Author
Language
Hindi
Description
The sanctity of a happy nuclear family is tested when the man of the house brings home his illegitimate nine-year-old son from a brief fling. His devastated wife grapples to accept her reality as the naïve child begins to soften her heart.
9) Dedh Ishqiya
Author
Language
Hindi
Description
Khalujan and Babban seek refuge at the Majidabad palace as they run from the law. Khalujan tries to woo a wealthy widow with poetry, Babban and the widow's assistant plan a kidnapping.
10) Katha
Author
Language
Hindi
Description
A shy and simple tailor Jatin finds it difficult to interact with girls due to his lack of confidence.
11) Peepli live
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
Hindi
Description
In the week of local elections in the Indian village of Peepli, two poor farmers, Natha and Budhia, face losing their land over an unpaid government loan. Desperate, they seek help from an apathetic local politician who suggests they commit suicide to benefit from a government program that aids the families of indebted deceased farmers. When a journalist overhears Budhia urge Natha to 'do what needs to be done', a media frenzy ignites around whether...
12) Bazaar
Author
Language
Hindi
Description
A woman sold to the highest bidder pines for the love of a man who makes empty promises. Another man is the reason for a young bride to commit suicide. With a strong social commentary, Bazaar highlights the plight of women at the hands of misogyny.
14) Ishqiya
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
Hindi
Description
Set in Gorakhpur in Eastern Uttar Pradesh, the movie is a tale of romance between individuals caught in a web of crime, suspense and passion. Two thieves, Khalujan (Naseeruddin Shah) and Babban (Arshad Warsi), are on the run from their boss, Mushtaq (Salman Shahid). After every known person in the world turns them down they seek refuge with an old friend Verma, but instead meet his widow, Krishna (Vidya Balan) who is staying alone in her old house....
Author
Language
Hindi
Description
Vishvam is one of four hoodlum brothers who rule a village with an iron grip with their father. He's infatuated with the schoolmaster's wife who gets abducted. Enraged, the schoolmaster instigates the villagers to rebel against the brothers. Is Vishvam somehow involved in her abduction?
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
Hindi
Description
Ruth is searching for her father, a man she hardly knew but cannot forget. Desperation drives her to work without a permit at a massage parlor. Torn between several schisms, Mumbai becomes the alien, yet strangely familiar backdrop for Ruth's quest. She struggles to find her independence and space, even as she is sucked deeper into the labyrinthine politics of the city's underbelly. It's a city that feeds on her misery, a love that eludes her, and...
19) Mithya
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
Hindi
Description
VK, an aspiring actor, comes to Mumbai hoping to make it big. When he thinks he's finally gotten a break, he finds himself drawn into an underworld plot.
20) Shoot on sight
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
Hindi
Description
"Shoot on sight is a fictional story based on London Police order to shoot suspected terrorists after the July 7th 2005 London bombings, that resulted in racial profiling. The film unfolds the turmoil in the life of Tariq Ali, a Muslim police officer at Scotland Yard. Commander Ali, born in Lahore and tasked to investigate the police and his fellow Muslims, he finds his inquiry hampered from all sides. When evidence surfaces pointing to the slain...