Koel Purie Movies

When a destitute New Delhi rickshaw driver generously allows his eccentric passenger to dodge his fare, the generous act sends his fate careening in a wholly unanticipated direction in first time filmmaker Richie Mehta's heartfelt portrait of early-21st Century India. Amal (Rupinder Nagra) drives a motorized rickshaw on the crowded streets of New Delhi. One day, while spiriting a beautiful fare to her destination, the passenger's purse is snatched by a pint-sized cutpurse. Determined to rescue the woman's valuables, Amal gives chase to the little girl, who is stricken by a car after ducking into traffic. While Amal dutifully rushes the girl to the hospital and agrees to pay her medical bills, he realizes that he cannot afford the expense. But there is hope for both Amal and the injured young thief, because the fare that the rickshaw driver allowed to walk free was in fact an eccentric millionaire named G.K. Jayaram (Naseeruddin Shah). At the time Amal picked G.K. up, the ageing family patriarch was growing increasingly perturbed with his grasping children - all of whom seemed to hear a cash register ringing when their father fell ill. In one final act of anonymous generosity, G.K. bestowed Amal his entire fortune. But the executor of G.K.'s estate has only thirty days to find one common rickshaw driver in a bustling city of 14 million, otherwise the money reverts back to the millionaire's rightful family. While it's plain to see who would benefit from the money the most, the prospect of the estate executer actually locating Amal is growing slimmer with each passing day and G.K.'s greedy family is willing to get downright vicious in order to claim the inheritance as their own. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

A series of misunderstandings leads to mayhem in this Bollywood musical comedy from director Rohit Kaushik. After Archie falls for Rahul, she begins to wonder if he might actually be gay. To complicate matters more, Rahul's mother thinks her husband might be sleeping with the same man Rahul isn't dating. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi

London-based actor Ashvin Kumar writes and directs the hour-long film Road to Ladakh, filmed on-location with an international crew in the Himalayan mountain region of India known as Ladakh. Koel Purie plays a high-strung model type who gets a flat tire. Irfan Khan plays the wandering stranger in a jeep. Both travelers are alone and in search of companionship, so they end up spending the night together. The original musical score was composed by Susmit Sen and performed by the group Indian Ocean. Road to Ladakh was shown at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival market. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi