Lara Dutta Movies
Actress, model, and former Miss Universe Lara Dutta began her career when she won the annual Gladsrags modeling competition in her native India in 1997. She continued to work in modeling and the pageant circuit until she'd achieved the highest honor she could. After earning her degree in Economics from Bombay University, she went on to make her feature-film debut in the Bollywood movie Andaaz in 2003. Her beauty and charm were a hit with audiences, and her star continued to rise on the Bollywood scene, eventually making her one of the most popular actresses in her industry. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide
Directed by Raj Kanwar, Andaaz follows the friendship between Raj (Akshay Kumar), a handicapped college student, and Kajal (Lara Dutta), a hot-tempered young woman who shares the same love of model airplanes that he does. With her help, Raj miraculously overcomes his disability. Though he finds himself deeply in love with Kajal, she marries another man while he is fighting in the Indian army. Several years later, the disillusioned Raj is going through intensive special training in South Africa, where he meets a beautiful but mysterious woman named Jiya (Priyanka Chopra). ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Akshay Kumar, Lara Dutta, (more)
- 2009
A simple man with a loving family finds his life changing in ways he never anticipated when a superstar strolls into his life, transforming everything around him. Billu Barber lives in a small village with his wife, Bindiya, and their two wonderful children. Though their lives are less than extraordinary, their love is plenty enough to keep everyone content...until their close brush with fame. Now, things are changing all around them. There's certain greatness behind Billu, but his meager existence seems to prevent everyone from seeing it. At first Billu remains unchanged by the chaos swirling around him, but is it possible to remain grounded while everyone you know is being swept off their feet? ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Irfan Khan, Lara Dutta, (more)
- 2009
Kylie Minogue, Akshay Kumar, and Lara Dutta headline this deep-sea adventure from director Anthony D'Souza that follows a group of treasure hunters hundreds of feet beneath the ocean surface, where untold riches await them, but every move could be their last. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Akshay Kumar, Lara Dutta, (more)
- 2009
Do Knot Disturb is a rollicking outing from one of Bollywood's top comedy directors, David Dhawan (Aankhen, Partner). Dhawan regular Govinda stars as a philandering businessman married to a wealthy woman (Sushmita Sen) but having an affair with a beautiful supermodel (Lara Dutta). In order to ward off suspicion -- and a private detective (Ranvir Shorey) retained by the wife -- the husband hires a waiter (Ritesh Deshmukh) to pretend to be his mistress's boyfriend. ~ Sandra Bencic, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Govinda, Sushmita Sen, (more)
A blind Kashmiri girl venturing out into the world for the first time on her own discovers a love with the power to either transform or destroy her in director Kunal Kohli's scenic romance. Zooni Ali Beg (Kajol) is a young girl teetering on the verge of womanhood. As Zooni prepares to fly from the safety of her parent's comfortable nest, her father instills her with the sound wisdom that a person is not defined by their ability to choose between right and wrong, but instead their ability to distinguish between the lesser of two evils or the greater of two goods. When Zooni's journeys lead her into the arms of flirtatious tour guide Rehan Qadri (Aamir Khan), she willfully ignores the warnings of her well-intending friends and embraces her newfound love wholeheartedly. Though their precious time together finds both Zooni and Rehan transformed by the power of love, Rehan harbors a deadly secret that could prove fatal for the innocent and trusting Zooni. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Rishi Kapoor, Aamir Khan, (more)
- 2007
Shaad Ali Sahgal's Bollywood musical romance Jhoom Barabar Jhoom begins when Rikki (Abhishek Bachchan) meets Alvira Khan (Preity Zinta) at a train station. Each one tells the other the history of how they met their significant other. The two obviously have an affinity for each other, but nothing comes of it after the train arrives. Surprisingly the two couples end up at the same establishment, leading to some surprising revelations. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Abhishek Bachchan, Preity Zinta, (more)
Directed by Indra Kumar, Masti revolves around long-time pals Meet (Vivek Oberoi), Amar (Ritesh Deshmukh), and Prem Aftab Shivdasani). All of the men are equally fed up with married life, and they ultimately come to the conclusion that the only way to bring the spark back into their existence is to engage in some extra-marital dabbling and re-team to exchange notes. Complications ensue when policeman Sikander (Ajay Devgan) begins to suspect that matters have escalated from simple adultery to all-out illegal bigamy. Suddenly, the protagonists are faced with two equally intimidating prospects: telling their wives they have been unfaithful or being embroiled in a crime. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Ritesh Deshmukh, Aftab Shivdasani, (more)
Love and dreams follow two starry-eyed actors across three decades and two incarnations in this splashy Hindi musical. It's the early Seventies, and Om Prakash Makhija (Shah Rukh Khan) is a young would-be actor who has been playing bit parts in Bollywood musicals while looking for his big break. Om's ambition is to become a film star and win the heart of beautiful screen siren Shantipriya (Deepika Padukone), and his pal Pappu (Shreyas Talpade) and his mother Bela (Kirron Kher) both encourage him not to give up on his dreams. One day, Om meets Shantipriya on a movie set, and he feels as if destiny is finally smiling on him, but when he overhears her having an argument with studio chief Mukesh Mehra (Arjun Rampal), Om senses things are not as they should be. Before Om can decide what to make of his misgivings, the studio burns to the ground, claiming the lives of Om and Shantipriya. Thirty years later, a bit of Om's spirit seems to live on in Om Kapoor (also played by Shah Rukh Khan) a popular film actor with a large ego and a fear of flame who was born the day the old studio burned down. Despite his fame, Om is lonely, at least until he meets Sandhya (also played by Deepika Padukone), a shy but eager would-be actress looking for her chance to become a star. Om Shanti Om was directed and co-written by Farah Khan, who was a top choreographer in the Indian film industry before moving up to the director's chair, and features guest spots from a number of Bollywood's greatest stars, a few appearing in the form of digital recreations taken from films of the Seventies. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Shah Rukh Khan, Arjun Rampal, (more)
- 2005
Sanjay Gupta's thriller Zinda offers a variation on the popular South Korean movie Old Boy. The film stars Sanjay Dutt as a software engineer named Balajit Roy whose life is turned upside down when he is kidnapped and held for over a decade by men who intend to frame him for the murder of his wife. During his incarceration he develops a talent for martial arts. One day he is released and, with the help of a cab driver (Lara Dutta), begins to seek out answers as well as justice. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sanjay Dutt, John Abraham, (more)
