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Shakti (English: Power) is a 1982 Bollywood film directed by Ramesh Sippy and starring Dilip Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Raakhee, Smita Patil and Amrish Puri. It was written by the famous writing duo Salim-Javed and produced by Mushir-Riaz. Although the film was only a moderate success at the box office, it was notable for being the first and only film to feature veteran actors Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan together on screen. The film is regarded as director Ramesh Sippy's best work and is considered as one of the greatest films in the history of cinema.
An ex-cop Ashwini Kumar learns that his grandson wants to follow his footsteps. Kumar thinks that his grandson is taking this decision in a flow of emotions, without taking into consideration its implications. To warn his grandson about the dangers and pitfalls of the profession, Kumar decides to tell his own story. How the grandson makes his decision that would affect his whole life is the crux of the story.
Retired Commissioner Ashwini Kumar (Dilip Kumar) is on a railway station to receive his teenager grandson Ravi (Anil Kapoor). On being asked by his grandfather about his future plans, Ravi promptly replies that he wants to become a police officer and serve his country, just like his grandfather. Kumar tells him that the journey of a police personal life is fraught with many challenges and so he must reconsider his decision. Kumar starts by explaining his own story.
Actors: Mahesh Manjrekar (director), Himesh Reshammiya (composer), Salim Merchant (composer), Prem Chopra (actor), Mahesh Manjrekar (writer), Suleiman Merchant (composer), Smita Jaykar (actress), Suhasini Mulay (actress), Mohnish Bahl (actor), Sharat Saxena (actor), Vivek Shaq (actor), Sanjay Dutt (actor), Arshad Warsi (actor), Upasna Singh (actress), Shahid Kapoor (actor),
Plot: There are lots of Gods in Hindu India. One of the Gods is called Yama, or the God of death. In this case Yama is asked to bring in the lifeless body of a rich Indian called Aditya. Yama does so. On the way, Aditya soul pleads with him to set him free and back to life again, as he has a lot of unfinished business to attend to. Yama refuses to do so. But when Aditya persists, Yama lets him have a second chance. He tells the dead man that he can live, resolve all his problems within a set period of time. Then after that Yama will come again and take his life. Aditya is then sent down to Earth so that he can try and resolve the problems that he had left unfinished. But Aditya finds that he cannot touch anything, and no one can really see nor hear him. So how he is going to solve his problems? Will Yama help him out?Aditya (Shahid Kapoor) is a happy man: his sister is getting married, he is in love with his sweetheart Piya (Amrita Rao) and he has recently invented a new revolutionary car model. But his happiness is short-lived when he dies in an accident and is sent to heaven. He pleads with Yamaraj 'M.A.' (Sanjay Dutt), the God-cum-Messenger of death and requests to be sent to earth for some time. Yamaraj accepts his request, albeit reluctantly, and Aditya is sent back to with a new companion: a child who had died on the same day as Aditya. When Aditya comes to know that his family house is being taken over by an unscrupulous builder he wants to fight them. But how do you fight anyone when you aren't even capable of touching them? Watch Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi! to see for yourself.
Keywords: able-to-hear-the-dead, able-to-see-the-dead, afterlife, arranged-marriage, bartender, birthday, birthday-cake, birthday-party, breaking-the-fourth-wall, cameo-appearanceActors: Mohnish Bahl (actor), Rakesh Bedi (actor), Dinesh Hingoo (actor), Mohan Joshi (actor), Bharat Kapoor (actor), Rohini Hattangadi (actress), Guddi Maruti (actress), Neelam (actress), Dilip Sen (composer), Sameer Sen (composer), Mushtaq Khan (actor), Raju Shrestha (actor), Subbiraj (actor), Tiku Talsania (actor), Deepak Tijori (actor),
Plot: Vicky studies in a college in Bombay, and is quite popular with his fellow-students. His fight is against other students, like Bobby and Shakti, who distribute drugs and molest young women at will, without being disciplined by the college authorities. This places Vicky in the bad books of the college, and leads to a students' strike and the involvement of the police. The next day, the college principal, Rajni Bhargav, is found dead, and the police arrest Vicky as they have evidence against him. Vicky's is in more trouble than he thought he would be in as the principal's son is a Police Inspector, Karan, who has sworn to beat the life out of Vicky, as well as sent him to the gallows. Vicky claims he is innocent to no avail. And the only way he can prove his innocence is by escaping from his cell - but that will only enrage Karan as well as make him look even more guilty in the eyes of the law. Vicky has to now to chose between the two and attempt to redeem himself.
Genres: Action,Actors: Mihir Das (actor), Harihara Mahapatra (actor), Siddhant Mahapatra (actor), Minaketan (actor), Bijoy Mohanty (actor), Uttam Mohanty (actor), Jairam Samal (actor), Aparajita Mohanty (actress), Raimohan (actor), Asit Pati (actor), Hadu (actor), Mamuni Mishra (actress), Houdhury Jayaprakash Das (writer), Saroj Patnaik (composer), Prafulla Mohanty (producer),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Rajesh Puri (actor), Manmauji (actor), Dinesh Hingoo (actor), Sunil Dhawan (actor), Ramesh Goyal (actor), Birbal (actor), Vikas Anand (actor), Kishore Anand Bhanushali (actor), Saeed Jaffrey (actor), Satyendra Kapoor (actor), Aamir Khan (actor), Anupam Kher (actor), Viju Khote (actor), Johnny Lever (actor), Ajit Vachani (actor),
Plot: Raja lives a poor lifestyle along with his dad, Hazariprasad and mom. He attends college where he has several run-ins with wealthy fellow-collegian, Madhu Mehra. Matters escalate to such an extent that she accuses him of sexually molesting her. When his dad comes to know, he decides to seize this chance to get rich quickly, masquerades as a wealthy businessman, approaches Mr. Mehra, and arranges for their children to get married. Murphy's law prevails at the time of the engagement - changing everyone's lives forever.
Keywords: accident, airport, bangle, battle-of-the-sexes, beach, beating, beggar, blackmail, broken-bottle, broken-engagementActors: Vikas Anand (actor), Disco Shanti (actress), Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar (composer), Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma (composer), Kodanda Rami Reddy A. (director), Jagdeep (actor), Anil Kapoor (actor), Annu Kapoor (actor), Annu Kapoor (actor), Shakti Kapoor (actor), Satish Kaushik (actor), Anupam Kher (actor), Alok Nath (actor), Seema Deo (actress), Madhuri Dixit (actress),
Plot: The conflict between Mother-in-law and Daughter-in-law is very common in every family. But in our exemplary story, there is a conflict between Mother-in-law and Son-in-law. Millionaire Durgeshwari Devi is a very stubborn and proud lady. She has two sons, who are employed in her factory. Her pet daughter Rekha is studying in a medical college in Bombay. Everybody is scared of Durgeshwari in the house. In Raja's house, his mother Devki and his adopted sister Indu are staying. They are poor people. Raja is trying for a job. It is a co-incidence that he falls in love with Rekha. When this news is conveyed to Durgeshwari by her Secretary Shakti, she get enraged. Raja marries Rekha secretly. Durgeshwari has to accept Raja as her son-in-law and invites him along with her daughter to stay in her house. But it is her keen desire that Rekha must be separated from Raja and she tries her best to create hatred between them. But truth prevails. During the events that are unfolded, Durgeshwari finally accepts Raja as her son-in-law.
Keywords: remakeActors: Birbal (actor), Mithun Chakraborty (actor), Bob Christo (actor), Sudhir Dalvi (actor), Ramesh Deo (actor), Amrish Puri (actor), Tej Sapru (actor), Parveen Babi (actress), Anita Raj (actress), Asha Sachdev (actress), Ashalata Wabgaonkar (actress), Bappi Lahiri (composer), Arun Govil (actor), Rajan Haksar (actor), Jankidas (actor),
Plot: Geeta is proud of her police inspector husband, Ashwini, who is honest and diligent. But that pride soon turns to sorrow, as he is shot and killed right outside their doorstep. Devastated by his death, Geeta brings up her son, Vijay, and ensures that he gets employed with the city's police force. Vijay is honest and diligent as his father was, and is assigned to rein the ring-leader named "Spider". His investigations lead him to suspect a very close friend of his father, Sohanlal Puri, one who had come forward and honored him with a gold medal, one who is rich and influential beyond compare, and quite capable of killing again to maintain his position.
Genres: ,Actors: Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar (composer), Kader Khan (writer), Brahmachari (actor), Sarika (actress), Jeetendra (actor), Sridevi (actress), Birbal (actor), Raza Murad (actor), Shakti Kapoor (actor), Naresh (actor), Kader Khan (actor), Master Ravi (actor), Ashok Kumar (actor), Aruna Irani (actress), Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma (composer),
Plot: Tamil-speaking Priya and Punjabi-speaking Dr. Kiran meet and fall in love with each other, and get married. Kiran likes to drink and likes the company of women, Priya is aware of this and always suspects him of having an affair. When Shobha decides to go for a vacation to her parents' house, Kiran meets with a dancer/singer, Lulu, spends the night with her, and wakes up next morning to find her dead body. Fearing that the Police will arrest him, and his wife will leave him, he disposes off the body off of a bridge into a river, and returns home to try and lead a normal life. When the Police find Lulu's body, they discover that she had taken a taxi to Kiran's house on the night of her death. It looks like Kiran may have to face the consequences of being arrested and his wife leaving him.
Genres: Comedy, Romance,Actors: Raj Babbar (actor), Master Bhagwan (actor), Jagdeep (actor), Satyendra Kapoor (actor), Shakti Kapoor (actor), Kader Khan (actor), Leena Das (actress), Prema Narayan (actress), Smita Patil (actress), Jayshree T. (actress), Bappi Lahiri (composer), Mac Mohan (actor), Rajendra Nath (actor), Paintal (actor), Ranjeet (actor),
Plot: The Commissioner of Police is impressed with the diligence and bravery by one of his officers named Vijay, and asks him to re-locate to a lawless town by the name of Shona Pur, which Vijay accepts. He arrives there incognito, and is faced with several challenges, including lackadaisical policemen, who have never arrested anyone. He sets out to put things right. He meets with a young woman by the name of Shanti, who is on the look-out for buried treasure. Vijay and Shanti both fall in love with each other, and both set out to locate this treasure. In order to do this they will have to go through underground caverns, snake-pits, and a gang of thieves who are known to kill anyone who get in their way.
Genres: Action,Actors: Pandharibai (actress), Rajendra Kumar (actor), Kalyanji Veerji Shah (composer), Raj Babbar (actor), Mala Sinha (actress), Kalpana Iyer (actress), Anandji Veerji Shah (composer), Jagdeep (actor), Johnny Lever (actor), Shakti Kapoor (actor), Vinod Mehra (actor), Bindiya Goswami (actress), Prem Kumar (actor), Umesh Sharma (actor), P.A. Saleem (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Ram Kapoor comes from a poor family, while Kiran comes from a middle-class family. Ram and his brother, Shyam, commit petty thievery to sustain themselves. Ram meets Kiran and both fall in love and would like to get married. Kiran's dad is Police Inspector, Vijay Kumar, and does not approve of either Ram nor this marriage. Despite of this opposition, Kiran and Ram get married. After sometime, Kiran gets pregnant, and her mother, Madhu, comes to look after her. A gangster, Shakti, abducts both mother and daughter, and holds them for ransom. Vijay thinks that Ram and Shyam are behind this abduction so to get money from him, and launches a manhunt for them. Shyam is apprehended, while Ram is on the run. Ram must decide to hand himself over to the police, and let his wife and her mother be at the mercy of Shakti or continue to evade the police and search for Kiran and Madhu.
Keywords: conspiracy, court-of-law, friendship, police, trainActors: Dilip Kumar (actor), Shashi Kapoor (actor), Dilip Kumar (actor), Dheeraj Kumar (actor), Agha (actor), Rajan Kapoor (actor), Birbal (actor), Tom Alter (actor), Prem Chopra (actor), Habib (actor), Sudhir Dalvi (actor), P. Jairaj (actor), Kamaldeep (actor), Master Bhagwan (actor), Manoj Kumar (actor),
Plot: The British did not give India its independence on a silver platter. Independence was the result of a long and bloody battle. "Kranti" is the story of how two men became soldiers in that battle. They both formed bands of revolutionaries to fight the British. They both called themselves "Kranti."
Keywords: 1820s, 1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, atrocity, attempted-rape, battle, bow-and-arrowI feel like a sail-boat
Adrift on the sea
It's a brand new day
So when you gonna phone me
I could take you to heaven
I could spin you to hell
But I'll take you to New York
It's the place that I know well
Sitting on a flagstone talking to a faceless girl
Wondering what to say but my eyes do the talking so well
I duck and I sway - What's my line
Shoot at a full moon - What's my line
What's my line - Shake it baby
Cause love is the answer
Love's talking to me
I'd scream and I'll fight for you
You're better than money
We're the kind of people
who can shake it
if we're feeling blue
When I'm feeling disconnected well I sure know what to do