Pankaj Kapoor Movies
- 2003
Shakespeare's classic tale of greed and ambition is transplanted to Mumbai's criminal underworld in this adaptation of Macbeth from Indian writer-director Vishal Bhardwaj (Makdee). Bollywood legend Irrfan Khan (Slumdog Millionaire) stars as Macbeth stand-in Maqbool, the right-hand man of powerful crime boss Abbaji (Pankaj Kapur). When Maqbool begins an illicit affair with Abbaji's beautiful young mistress, Nimmi (Tabu), she convinces her lover to murder his boss and usurp his way to the top of the city's gangster syndicate. ~ Sandra Bencic, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Irfan Khan, Pankaj Kapoor, (more)
Sanjana (Kareena Kapoor) is a spirited young Indian woman who has just graduated from college. While she respects her father, Satya (Pankaj Kapur), and her mother, Susheela (Himani Shivpuri), she wants to forge her own path. When they arrange for her to meet a wealthy businessman for possible marriage, she plots with her four close girlfriends (Arti Avashti, Kusumit Sana, Parizad C. Kolah, and Rituv Kambow) to expose the young man's weaknesses and chase him away. But when Prem (Hrithik Roshan, who co-starred with Kapoor in Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...) shows up, he's exuberantly friendly, athletic, and handsome; and soon, to her parents' delight, Sanjana finds herself falling in love. Just when it seems like a happy ending is in store for everyone, news comes that the wealthy businessman never showed up after all, but sent his not-so-wealthy assistant and friend, also named Prem, in his place. Susheela is determined to end whatever is beginning between Sanjana and the first Prem, so that Sanjana can marry the wealthier Prem (Abhishek Bachnan, who made his film debut opposite Kapoor in Refugee), who turns out to be a very reserved young man, but one who has a poet's soul and longs for love. For comic relief, there's also a computer-generated parrot and a partly animated dog with the same name as Prem's assistant, Johnny (Johnny Lever). Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon was written and directed by Sooraj R. Barjatya, the grandson of Rajshri Productions founder Shri Tarachand Barjatya. It was his fourth feature with a hero named Prem, but the first in which Prem was not played by Salman Khan. Anu Malik composed the score. While the film, expected to be a blockbuster, fared somewhat disappointingly at the Indian box office, it did exceptionally well in Great Britain and the United States. ~ Josh Ralske, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Hrithik Roshan, Kareena Kapoor, (more)
- 1992
This Hindi-language thriller from India concerns a young woman named Roja whose sister, Lakshmi, is engaged to be married to the handsome computer engineer Rishi. Rishi visits the sisters' village to catch a glimpse of Lakshmi, but on route, he espies Roja and falls deeply in love. Adding to the tumult is the fact that Lakshmi keeps begging to be released from the marital engagement. Everything works out as planned - Rishi agrees to the request, and ends up marrying Roja. But after the couple are wed, and Rishi accepts a position in the Indian army as a message decoder stationed in Srinagar; Roja insists on tagging along, and falls prey to a group of nasty terrorists who take her hostage in exchange for the return of their captured leader, Wasim Khan. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
- 1989
After a series of riots, the country that Aamir (Pankaj Kapoor) lives in has become a dictatorship. When a girlfriend of his is raped by gangsters, Aamir wants to make them pay. He gets together with a policeman and together the two seek to bring justice to the wrongdoers. This eventually involves their getting guns and having an old-fashioned shootout with the bad guys. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Pankaj Kapoor, Aamir Khan, (more)
- 1987
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An embittered policeman pushed far beyond the brink of tolerance, Officer Kapil (Naseeruddin Shah) grows not simply disgusted with the Indian drug trade (and the burgeoning problem of drug abuse in Indian society) but hell-bent on cleaning it up, as a one-man vigilante. So begins Pankaj Prasar's ultra-violent action opus Jalwa (1987). Kapil hits the inner city, arsenal in tow, and vows to exterminate the one drug lord whom he pinpoints as responsible for the slew of recreational drugs plaguing the Indian streets. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
- 1986
This is an intriguing political drama about competing unions and ideologies in one factory in India. Verma (Om Puri) is a Communist who leads one union and is willing to negotiate with the factory's management to attain the union's goals. His opponent leads the other union and resorts to violence, threats, and intimidation to increase his membership and frighten the managers. Verma is beset by many problems as he tries to maintain his union's superiority, handle sticky situations that arise during work (including injuries on the job), and fight off the immoral tactics of his brutal nemesis. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- 1984
Set against the backdrop of a crumbling, historical villa on an ancient feudal holding now going to seed, director Mrinal Sen develops a portrait of a crumbling, deteriorating woman -- old, blind, and senile -- and her daughter who is wasting away, hopelessly waiting for her lover like Estragon for Godot. Three men arrive in the town for a brief vacation from city stress, and they inevitably stir up conflicts as they meet the two occupants of the villa and interact with their lives. As in Beckett's famous play, nothing happens -- Sen does not have his protagonists come to grips with their personal issues as the events continue to unfold at the villa. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Shabana Azmi, Gita Sen, (more)
