Satish Kaushik Movies

An orphaned student and burgeoning choreographer tempts fate to find out if the man who is pursuing her is the once in a lifetime love she was told about during a visit to an unusually accurate Tarot reader. Priya grew up without a family, and now the one thing she longs for is to find the perfect husband, and have children of her own. Her diary is a blueprint for her future family, but when the mysterious Sunita Rao foresees a visit to South Africa and a whirlwind romance with the man of her dreams, Priya writes it off as mere coincidence. A few days later, however, Priya begins to have her doubts after receiving an invitation to an upcoming youth festival in South Africa - where she meets mischievous Amit from Delhi. Amit has just raided the girl's dorm with a friend when the house mother comes after him, and he ducks in Priya's room to make a quick escape. After perusing Priya's diary, the smitten Amit showers her with affection. But when Priya realizes Amit has deceived her, she promptly breaks up with him. Haunted by Amit's parting comment that they were destined to be together, however, Priya instructs him to write his name on a rupee note, which she then uses to purchase a notebook in which she writes her personal information and sells to a bookstore. If they truly were meant to be together, reasons Priya, the book will find its way to Amit. Three years later, both Priya and Amit find out exactly what fate has had in store for them all along. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Director Sarah Gavron and screenwriter Abi Morgan team to adapt author Monica Ali's award-winning novel about a young girl from Bangladesh who finds the spark in her soul slowly fading after traveling to London for an arranged marriage. As a child, Nazneen (Tannishtha Chatterjee) was always told that she was a survivor. Now, as a young adult, she must contend with the sudden death of her mother. Her father arranges her marriage to a man she has never met, and she gets shuttled off from her quaint village to a working-class neighborhood in East London, as the bride of Chanu (Satish Kaushik), where she earns extra income via sewing. At first, the newlywed Nazneen does her best to be a devoted wife and loving mother. It's a lonely life, and as the pompous ineffectual Chanu does his best to fit into British society, the bored housewife finds herself increasingly drawn to Karim (Christopher Simpson), the hotheaded fellow who delivers pants to her door for various sewing jobs. The two lapse into an impassioned affair, but Chanu grows increasingly determined to marry Nazreen himself, especially as his own politics become more and more radical in the wake of 9/11. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

A man tries to bring a modern view of marriage to old India in this musical romance. Vijay (Anil Kapoor) is a successful businessman who, after a long stay in the United States, comes home to India to oversee his family's business affairs. His father Vishwanath (Anupam Kher) thinks it's time Vijay settled down, and attempts to arrange a marriage between his son and Megha (Kajol), the pretty daughter of a middle-class family. Vijay objects to the notion of arranged marriages, and agrees only under one condition -- that if he is not happy with Magha after one year, he is free to walk away. Megha grudgingly agrees to the arrangement, and soon comes to enjoy marriage with Vijay, especially since he accords her a degree of independence more common in the west than in India. However, after twelve months, Megha thinks all is going well, and hopes to start a family with her husband when Vijay announces he intends to leave her under the terms of their agreement. Angry, Megha leaves Vijay, and he soon finds he deeply regrets turning away his bride. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi