Vinod Khanna Movies
- 2008
- NR
An original story inspired by actual events Raj Nidimoru and DK Krishna's 99 blends fact with fiction while following a group of people who are all stuck at a 99 in life. The year is 1999, and on the verge of the new millennium everyone feels like they're one digit away from realizing their dreams. From small-time crooks to young lovers, all of the colorful characters face the biggest obstacles in their lives as a historical controversy brews in the background. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Boman Irani, Mahesh Manjrekar, (more)
First-time writer/director Somnath Sen presents this film about the identity crises experienced by South-Asian Indians living in the United States. Dimple Kapadia stars in the titular role of Leela, a self-confident professor at the University of Bombay. When she is offered a chance to come to California to work as a visiting professor, she takes the opportunity, leaving her husband behind with the promise that she'll write every day. Once in the U.S., Leela meets Kris (Amol Mhatre), a college student who feels torn between two cultures, as he was born in the States to parents who immigrated from India. When she befriends Kris' mother, Chaitali (Deepti Naval), another professor at the university, Leela comes to realize that there is much that she can learn about herself from Chaitali. Also starring Vinod Khanna, Gulshan Grover, and Brendan Hughes, Leela premiered at the 2002 ReelWorld Film Festival. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Dimple Kapadia, Vinod Khanna, (more)
A nightclub singer (Zeenat Amman) and a thief (Feroz Khan) fall in love, but their romance undergoes a forced hiatus when the thief is captured and put in prison for three years. While he is "away," the singer meets another man living outside the law -- someone who has the same enemies as the thief. Through several requisite musical numbers, the two men and the singer join forces to combat their common antagonists. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Feroz Khan, Vinod Khanna, (more)
- 1977
Released after censorship restrictions were lifted by a more liberal Indian government, Amar Akbar Anthony indulged audiences in a story with loose morals and visual excitement. The Chinese box of a narrative is essentially a comedy of errors concerning three brothers, Amar, Akbar, and Anthony. Abandoned in a park by their father, the three are raised separately and without knowledge of each other. By coincidence they all find themselves giving blood to a woman in a hospital and events stemming from this encounter bring them together. All three meet women who they fall in love with, but when their father, who unbeknownst to them has become a successful smuggler, kidnaps one of the women, all three become implicated in the struggle for her release. At the end of the film, the identities of the three are revealed, the police reveal that the smuggler is their father, and they manage to defeat a variety of criminal elements. The film closes with the brothers reunited, driving off into the sunset with their women.
~ Brian Whitener, All Movie Guide
~ Brian Whitener, All Movie Guide
- 1971
Reshma and Shera is a romantic drama from India. Well received by the critics, it tells a Romeo and Juliet-like love story and along the way sheds light on the plight of Indian widows, who are not allowed to remarry. This film is beautifully photographed and is filled with colorful insights into Indian village life. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
