Yashpal Sharma
- 2008
A Punjabi do-gooder sets out on a quest to track down the king of the Australian underworld, only to find that a positive attitude and a sense of basic human dignity will get him further in life than he ever could have imagined. Everyone in Happy Singh's small village is sick and tired of the boundless enthusiasm displayed by this optimistic youngster. In order to get rid of Happy, the villagers send him to bring back the nefarious head of the Australian underworld, who just so happens to be from the same village. Not only is the crime kingpin ruining his village's reputation from abroad, but his ailing parents are deeply concerned about his livelihood as well. After missing his flight to Australia, Happy winds up finding love amongst the Egyptian pyramids and is crowned king of Kangaroo Land. Though numerous other obstacles may appear in his path, Happy always manages to overcome the odds thanks to his proverbial heart of gold. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, (more)
Designed as actress Madhuri Dixit's cinematic comeback, director Anil Mehta's upbeat musical tells the story of a theater actress who embarks on the most important decade of her life. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Madhuri Dixit, Konkona Sen Sharma, (more)
- 2007
In the stark landscape of Ladakh, 12,000 feet up in the Himalayas, a little girl, her father, and her younger brother find their small village at the top of the world suddenly overtaken by an army on the hunt for an elusive enemy. Lasya (Gauri) is a young girl who is prone to daydreaming, and lives in the isolated village of Ladakh with her father Karma (Danny Denzongpa) and her mercurial brother Chomo (Angchuk). While the summer months frequently bring tourists to Ladakh, the winter months bring little more than harsh living conditions and isolation. It's a village located in India's still-contested Jammu and Kashmir state, and as a result, the military takes security in Ladakh very seriously. One day, seemingly out of nowhere, Lasya's quiet routine is loudly interrupted by the military as they storm into the village in search of the enemy. When they find a frozen body instead, the mission takes an unanticipated turn. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Danny Denzongpa, Gauri, (more)
Political parable meets tragic love story in Matrubhoomi director Manish Jha's tragic tale of a sensitive Muslim who finds his love for the beautiful girl next door unexpectedly thwarted by a jealous Hindu boy. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sidharth Koirala, Nauheed Cyrusi, (more)
- 2005
Seeking to uncover the mysteries of her past, a 21-year-old, Delhi-born American woman travels to India to seek out her long-lost relatives in this politically charged drama from filmmaker Shonali Bose. Kaju (Konkona Sensharma) was only three years old when she was swept away to America by her adoptive mother -- but Kaju was never given a definitive reason for her hasty departure or an answer to the question of what fate befell her original birth parents. As the visibly Americanized Kaju seeks out her relatives in hopes of discovering the truth about her past, she learns that the assassination of Indira Gandhi and the violent chaos that subsequently swept the streets of Delhi sparked a series of events that would change her life forever. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Konkona Sen Sharma, Ankur Khanna, (more)
When Amit Kumar (Ajay Devgan) arrives to fill his new post as superintendent of police in the notorious Tejpur district of Bihar, he faces a virtual sea of corruption in director Prakash Jha's hard-hitting drama. It seems that virtually everyone in Tejpur has been bought out by Sadhu (Mohan Joshi) and Sundar Yadav (Yashpal Sharma) -- the self-proclaimed outlaw rulers of the town -- and the majority of the police force is no exception. Though Amit faces resistance from virtually everyone in sight when he attempts to rid the city of the criminal element, a formerly corrupt young officer named Bachha (Mukesh Twari) decides to back his new boss and do his best to put an end to the Yadav's reign of terror. When Bachha and three of his fellow officers take two of Sundar's henchmen into police custody and blind them with acid, the already volatile situation soon begins to boil over into chaos. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Mohan Joshi, Yashpal Sharma, (more)
Based loosely on Out of Sight, the Bollywood thriller Crimes concerns a female police officer named Prabha (Bipasha Basu) who has made it her goal to rid the force of corruption. One day, while attempting to apprehend a criminal named Aditya (Dino Morea), Prabha ends up in a life-threatening situation. When Aditya chooses to save her, that decision results in his arrest. He quietly serves his time in hopes of one day joining the woman he has grown to love. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- 2001
- NR
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One of the most expensive films ever to come out of Bollywood, Lagaan tells the tale of the Indian village Champaner, beset by drought and British colonialism in the year 1893. Without a drop of rain in months, the worried villagers of Champaner decide to ask the local authorities for a temporary repeal of their taxes -- the hated lagaan. Led by the heroic Bhuvan (Indian superstar Aamir Khan) they bring their plight to the military governor, Captain Russell (Paul Blackthorne). But the sadistic Russell threatens to raise the lagaan threefold, unless the villagers can beat his men at a game of cricket, in which case he'll lift taxes on the entire province for a period of three years. Bhuvan accepts the challenge, but there's a problem -- no one in Champaner knows how to play cricket. A band of misfits come to the rescue, coached by Russell's soft-hearted sister Elizabeth (Rachel Shelley), and the race is on to be ready in three months' time. An epic reworking of Victory with eye-popping song-and-dance routines, Lagaan was a major cinematic event in India upon its release. ~ Connor McMadden, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Aamir Khan, Gracy Singh, (more)
