Anupam Kher Movies

Rani Mukherjee is one of Bollywood's big-name beauties, but that doesn't stop the Saawariya star from cross-dressing in this Hindi-language romantic comedy. The actress plays a female athlete who is desperate to succeed at cricket. Rather than joining a women's team, she dons a beard and a sardar's garb and plays with the big boys. But will her dreams be deferred by a romance with a fellow player (Shahid Kapoor)? Anurag Singh directs this Punjab-set comedy that also stars Anupam Kher, Rakhi Sawant, and Sherlyn Chopra. ~ Kimber Myers, All Movie Guide

Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee adapts this Eileen Chang story set in World War II-era Shanghai that details the political intrigue surrounding a powerful political figure named Mr. Yee (Tony Leung) in Japanese-occupied Shanghai. Spanning the late '30s and early '40s, the movie introduces us to Hong Kong teen Wong Chia Chi (Tang Wei), a shy college freshman who finds her calling in a drama society devoted to patriotic plays. But the troupe's leader, Kuang Yu Min (Wang Leehom), isn't just a theater maven -- he's a revolutionary as well, and he's devoted to carrying out a bold plan to assassinate top Japanese collaborator Mr. Yee. Each student has an important role to play, and Wong puts herself in a dangerous position as Mrs. Mak; she befriends Mr. Yee's wife (Joan Chen), and slowly gains trust before tempting him into an affair. While at first the plan goes exactly as scripted, things suddenly take a deadly turn and Wong is emigrated from Hong Kong. Later, in 1941, the occupation shows no signs of ceasing and Wong is simply drifting through her days in Shanghai. Much to her surprise, the former actress finds Kuang requesting that she resume the role of Mrs. Mak. Now, as Wong again gains intimate access to her dangerous prey, she must struggle with her own identity in order to pull off the performance of a lifetime. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

A mere mortal gets the unique opportunity to try his hand at being the creator in director Rumy Jaffery's heavenly comedy. Arun Prajapati (Salman Khan) has just experienced what he believes to be the worst day of his life, and as the sun begins to set he rails against God for making his life a living hell. When God responds by taking human form (Amitabh Bachchan) and challenging Arun to see how well he fares at carrying out the divine duties, the awestricken mortal responds with childlike zeal. The result is a series of hysterical disasters that threaten to spiral into a cosmic calamity. Arun thinks that by granting everyone their deepest wishes he can make the world a better place, but it doesn't take him long to realize that God's job is tougher than it looks. And while the love of Arun's life (Priyanka Chopra) is genuinely impressed with his newfound confidence, will she still have the same feelings for him once his powers are gone? ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Director Rahul Rawail teams with screenwriter Anand Sivakumaran for this cutting black comedy about greed, corpses, cold hard cash, and funerals. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

A woman must choose between the ethereal love of her ghostly seducer or a life with her uncaring husband in director Amol Palekar's supernatural romance. Beautiful Lachchi (Rani Mukherji) is engaged to a miserly man whose every move is driven by his insatiable love of money. When Lachchi's husband departs for a five year business trip on the night of their wedding, her supernatural admirer takes on his appearance and thus begins an elaborate ruse. All is well until Lachchi's husband returns home five years later, bewildering the villagers and forcing the confused wife to make the most difficult decision of her entire life. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

From director Manmohan Singh comes this Bollywood romance about two lovers who struggle against the odds. Navdeep and Harman weren't looking to fall in love, but when it happens, her father disapproves of the union, as it goes against family tradition. Despite the objections and insistance that Harman's marriage be arranged, the couple are determined to stay together. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide

A star-crossed love affair has political as well as emotional repercussions in this Bollywood romantic drama. Veer Pratap Singh (Shah Rukh Khan) is an officer and pilot in the Indian Air Force who one day meets a beautiful Pakistani heiress, Zaara Hayaat Khan (Preity Zinta), as she travels to a small Indian village to scatter the ashes of one of her family's loyal servants. Veer has family in the village, and while most Indians show no affection for Pakistanis, his aunt and uncle are willing to take Zaara in for the night. It isn't long before Veer finds himself falling for her; however, Veer learns that Zaara is engaged to another man, Raza (Manoj Bajpai), a cruel and humorless Pakistani. A friend of Zaara contacts Veer and tells him that Zaara wants out of her engagement and has strong feelings for him, but when he comes to her rescue, matters take a turn for the worse and Veer winds up in jail. Twenty years later, Veer is still behind bars, and finds that his case is being given a new trial, but while he has a new chance at freedom, he discovers his lawyer will be going up against a state attorney who has never lost a case. Veer-Zaara was one of the first Indian blockbusters to open in India, the United States, and the United Kingdom at the same time. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide