Chal Chalein (2009)

Actors: Mukesh Khanna (actor), Rati Agnihotri (actress), Mithun Chakraborty (actor), Ilayaraja (composer), Vishwajeet Pradhan (actor), Kanwaljit Singh (actor), Aseem Sinha (editor), Darshan Jariwala (actor), Dev Malhotra (actor), Anup Soni (actor), Jaya Bhattacharya (actress), Balwant Bansal (actor), Smita Sinha (actress), Anand Abhyankar (actor), Shankar Sachdev (actor),

Plot: An all-boys group from Allahabad's St. Joseph's College is thrilled when a new-comer from Mumbai, Vaishnavi, joins them. Most of the students' time is spent in college, then in coaching classes, and finally they return home to stern parents who want them to complete their homework and ensure they secure good marks and become doctors, engineers, and IAS officers. Some even go to the extent of forcing their children to take up Science instead of Arts - killing whatever talent and initiative their children may have. Unable to handle the pressure as well as convince his parents to let him take arts - Navneet Singh kills himself. Devastated by his death, his friends approach Advocate Sanjay to sue not only Navneet's but also their respective parents. The Police refuse to register a complaint, and Sanjay files this matter in a Trial Court naming the parents as well as the Government of India as defendants. Many other students approach him and add themselves as plaintiffs- bringing the total to over one Lakh nine thousand. The argument from the Government is that this is a personal issue, strongly supported by parents who assert that they only want a better future for their children. With the media and politicians taking an interest in this scenario - the debate taking place is how will an already overburdened and openly corrupt judicial system - that has matters pending for decades - will address - leave alone resolve - this issue within the students' lifetime.

Genres: Drama,

Aks (2001)

Actors: Anu Malik (composer), Veerendra Saxena (actor), Amitabh Bachchan (producer), Vrajesh Hirjee (actor), Amitabh Bachchan (actor), Raju Sundaram (miscellaneous crew), Raveena Tandon (actress), Manoj Bajpayee (actor), Mohan Agashe (actor), Pramod Moutho (actor), Amol Palekar (actor), Vijay Raaz (actor), Nandita Das (actress), Dinesh (miscellaneous crew), Salim Ghouse (actor),

Plot: Aks is the story of a hunter and his prey. A cop and a killer. Aks is the story of Manu Verma and Raghuvan. The story begins in the heart of Budapest. The Indian Defence minister is on a routine foreign visit. He reveals the true details of his diplomatic trip to his head of Security Manu Verma by informing him about the floppy which has valuable information that could affect the very destiny of the nation. On the other hand Intelligence sources have revealed to Manu Verma that a lone assassin long feared for his ruthlessness has been paid to eliminate the Defence minister. The shadowy figure is called Raguhvan, Manu Verma reaches the Indian Defence Minister just moments too late to save him and finds the statesman in a pool of blood Raguhvan has struck and vanished into thin air. Now the hunter becomes the hunted as Manu Verma tries to find Raghuvan. When he does find him something unexpected happens, which changes both Manu and Raguhvan forever.

Keywords: dark, film-with-ambiguous-title, ghost, mirror, reflection
Genres: Mystery, Thriller,
Taglines: There is a stranger in your mirror

Quotes:

Mahadevan Ghatge: [confronting Manu] Brother?... your face... it's different...

[Manu, as Raghavan, spent a night with Neeta and Mahadevan]::Supriya Verma: [on phone] Manu, where were you? I kept waiting up for you all of last night, what happened?::Insp. Manu Verma: Duty... and beauty...::Supriya Verma: [confused] What?

Insp. Manu Verma: Take away all rules and regulations, and Manu Verma would be another Raghavan! You need me... YOU NEED ME!

Supriya Verma: Still working? If you people bring your work to the dining table, I might take the dinner to your office, ok?

Insp. Manu Verma: Messages from friends can be ignored, Mr. Pradhan. Not those from foes.

Madhu Pradhan: Why didn't Manu marry for so long?::Supriya Verma: That's what my dad asked. And you know what Manu said?::Madhu Pradhan: No!::Supriya Verma: Guess...::Madhu Pradhan: Must have said that he hadn't found the right girl.::Supriya Verma: No!::Madhu Pradhan: Then what?::Supriya Verma: He said, he forgot.

Neeta: Have you ever quenched your thirst with fire, officer?

Raghavan Ghatge: [after killing any of his victims] No one dies. No one kills. It's not that I say so... it's written in The Gita.

Insp. Manu Verma: Listen, you are not a bad man. You are a demon!

Bodyline (1984)

Actors: John Clayton (actor), Vincent Ball (actor), Max Cullen (actor), Arthur Dignam (actor), Richard Carter (actor), Paul Chubb (actor), John Doyle (actor), Peter Gwynne (actor), Peter Whitford (actor), Graham Shirley (miscellaneous crew), Les Dayman (actor), Frank Thring (actor), George Whaley (actor), Jane Harders (actress), Colin Croft (actor),

Plot: Dramatization of the 1932/33 Test cricket series between England and Australia. Played in Australia, the series gained notoriety in Australian and worldwide cricketing history for the fact that the English team (headed by captain Douglas Jardine) applied a bowling technique called "leg theory", or more commonly, Bodyline. This technique involved bowlers bowling the ball directly at the batsman's body, and resulted in many of the Australian team receiving numerous bruises and injuries, with batsman Bert Oldfield sustaining a cracked skull. The series generated much anger and resentment towards the English team within Australia and seriously damaged Anglo-Australian cricketing relations at the time.

Keywords: australia, batsman, batting, bowler, bowling, cricket-the-game, leg-stump, negative-bowling, tv-mini-series
Genres: Drama, History, Sport,
Taglines: The day England declared war on Australia.

Quotes:

Douglas Jardine: I demand an apology, one of your team mates called me a bastard.::Australian Player: Which one of you bastards called this bastard a bastard?

Percy George Fender: [to Jardine] Donald George Bradman, born 1908, son of a carpenter from Bowral, New South Wales. Son of a carpenter? It's worth a thought!

Richardson: [to Jardine] You cannot dictate terms to the MCC!::Douglas Jardine: Well, in that case, my resignation with be on your table in the morning!

Sir Clive Wigram: [at a meeting with Pelham Warner] I can't help feeling, with Jardine as captain, we may win the Ashes, but we may lose a dominion!

Heckler (Ernest Jones): [in boat alongside the Oriente through a loud hailer] Go home, you Pommie bastards! You don't stand a chance against Bradman!::Douglas Jardine: [on deck to other players] Gentlemen, we are entering the land of the barbarian!

Australian Selector (Aubrey): People are reluctant to part with their money, and they certainly won't do so, if they can't watch Bradman.::Australian Selector (Robertson): The game is more important than the individual. If we allow ourselves to be dictated to by players, who knows where it will end! One day matches for the convenience of the press, later starting times for the convenience of radio stations!

..Deadline.. (1982)

Actors: John Ewart (actor), Norman Kaye (actor), Bruce Spence (actor), Wallas Eaton (actor), Vincent Ball (actor), Bill Kerr (actor), Rob Steele (actor), Brian May (composer), Barry Newman (actor), Sean Scully (actor), Ray Marshall (actor), Tony Wager (actor), Noel Trevarthen (actor), Carole Skinner (actress), Brian Anderson (actor),

Plot: A journalist sets out to report on a minor earthquake in the Australian outback, and finds that the tremor was a result of a small nuclear explosion - part of an extortion threat that has the government fearing nuclear blackmail. With the help of local reporters, and despite the harassment of the security agencies, he sets out to avert the crisis.

Keywords: australian-outback, one-word-title, punctuation-in-title
Genres: Drama, Thriller,

Years of the Beast (1981)

Actors: Gary Bayer (actor), Gary Bayer (writer), Jerry Houser (actor), Doc Duhame (actor), James Blendick (actor), Sarah Rush (actress), Jon Locke (actor), D. Paul Thomas (writer), D. Paul Thomas (director), D. Paul Thomas (actor), Peter von Berg (actor), Valentina Quinn (actress), Candis Waters (miscellaneous crew), David Reilly (actor), Daniel L. Quick (producer),

Plot: College professor Stephen Miles (Gary Bayer), his wife, a young girl, and a drifter (Jerry Houser) are suddenly faced with a society where money is worthless, food is scarce, your neighbor is your enemy and oppression reigns. The four must survive a world of earthquakes, natural disasters, looters, corrupt officials and the Anti-Christ in power.

Keywords: 666, antichrist, apocalypse, assassination, baptism, bible-prophecy, christian, christian-film, christianity, church
Genres: Sci-Fi,

Sekai meisaku dôwa: Mori wa ikiteiru (1980)

Actors: Corinne Orr (actress), Kiyoshi Kobayashi (actor), Ichirô Nagai (actor), Hidekatsu Shibata (actor), Kôji Yakusho (actor), Shinobu Ôtake (actress), Daisuke Ryû (actor), Earl Hammond (actor), Katsuji Mori (actor), Tokuko Sugiyama (actress), Samuil Marshak (writer), Ray Owens (actor), Masato Yamanouchi (actor), John Bellucci (actor), Kimio Yabuki (director),

Plot: Anya, an orphaned girl, lives with a cruel old woman and her daughter in their small house by the woods. On New Year's Eve, the queen announces that she wants galanthus brought to her on New Year's Day; she will reward him or her who can bring her the flowers with a basketful of gold coins. The old woman and her daughter hear these news and send Anya during a terrible snowstorm into the woods to collect the flowers. Anya has no option but to obey and is sure that she will die in her attempt to find the flowers, a mission that seems impossible; it's the 31st of December and there are no flowers of any kind in the woods during this season. In the woods, Anya meets the Spirits of the Twelve Months and in reward for her kindness and good nature, the Spirit of April proposes helping the girl by presenting her with one hour of spring during which she can pick the flowers and return home safely. When this is done, the Spirit of January makes the girl promise that she will never tell anyone about this encounter, and the Spirit of April gives her one more gift, a magic ring that will summon the spirits' help should she ever be in trouble. Upon returning home, Anya is thanked by the queen for bringing her the flowers, but the young queen, who is no more than another orphaned girl of Anya's age, insists on knowing where the flowers came from. Anya then struggles between keeping her promise to the spirits or holding on to her own life.

Keywords: based-on-play, blizzard, fairy-tale, fire, foreign-language-adaptation, forest, generosity, keeping-secret, magic-ring, orphan
Genres: Animation, Family,

Quotes:

Wise Man: Well, it seems impossible but...::The queen: Yes or no?::Wise Man: I think they are, in my doubting opinion.

Wise Man: It's a trick and I won't be tricked, but I *have* been tricked.::Capt. Rustov: Wise Man, are you all right?::Wise Man: But I knew it had to be a trick so I really wasn't tricked. It's winter. It's got to be winter, and that's no trick.

Capt. Rustov: [making it over to her just after the rain starts] You said you were hot. Here's the water, Your Highness.::The Queen: Do you think I need water now that I'm soaking wet?

The Queen: Ah. There are snowflakes coming down.::Wise Man: Snow, again? Of course it's snowing; it's winter, exactly what it's supposed to do in winter. And it's really January.::[runs off]::The Queen: And he's supposed to be the Wise Man?::Wise Man: [walking onto the pond] Snow, and cold, and ice. That's the law of nature for winter. Oh, yes, and ice. And the lake is frozen solid. Smooth and solid. Perfect, per...::[slips and falls]::Wise Man: Help!::Capt. Rustov: The Foolish Man is what he should be called.

Shatranj Ke Khilari (1977)

Actors: Leela Mishra (actress), Veena (actress), Farida Jalal (actress), Tom Alter (actor), Agha (actor), Farooq Shaikh (actor), Shabana Azmi (actress), David Abraham (actor), Saeed Jaffrey (actor), Richard Attenborough (actor), Amjad Khan (actor), Amitabh Bachchan (actor), Sanjeev Kumar (actor), Victor Banerjee (actor), Satyajit Ray (writer),

Plot: Wazed Ali Shah is the ruler of one of the last independent kingdoms of India. The British, intent on controlling this rich country, have sent general Outram on a secret mission to clear the way for an annexation. While pressure is mounting amidst intrigue and political manoeuvres, Ali Shah composes poems and listens to music, secluded in his palace. The court is of no help, as exemplified by nobles Mir and Mirza, who, ignoring the situation of their country and all their duties towards their families, spend their days playing endless parties of chess.

Keywords: 1850s, 19th-century, animated-sequence, annexation, aristocracy, aristocrat, army, british-army, british-colonial, cherry
Genres: Comedy, Drama, History,

Funeral for an Assassin (1974)

Actors: Vic Morrow (actor), Siegfried Mynhardt (actor), Norman Coombes (actor), Ivan Hall (producer), Ivan Hall (director), George Hively (editor), Sam Williams (actor), Peter van Dissel (actor), Johan Brewis (actor), Bruce Anderson (actor), Gaby Getz (actress), Stuart Parker (actor), DeWet Van Rooyen (actor), Gillian Garlick (actress), Walter Brough (writer),

Genres: Crime, Drama,

Zeppelin (1971)

Actors: Anton Diffring (actor), Owen Crump (producer), Michael York (actor), Elke Sommer (actress), Peter Carsten (actor), Clive Morton (actor), Alexandra Stewart (actress), Ronald Adam (actor), Andrew Keir (actor), Marius Goring (actor), Frazer Hines (actor), Arthur Howard (actor), Arnold Diamond (actor), John Shirley (editor), Owen Crump (writer),

Plot: The outbreak of World War I places Scots officer Geoffrey Richter-Douglas in an uncomfortable position. Although his allegiance is to Britain, his mother was from an aristocratic Bavarian family, and he spent his summers in Germany as a child. When Geoffrey is approached by a German spy who offers him a chance to defect, he reports the incident to his superiors, but instead of arresting the spy they suggest that he accept her offer--and become an Allied agent. In Germany, among old friends, Geoffrey discovers that loyalty is more complicated than he expected, especially when he finds himself aboard the maiden voyage of a powerful new prototype Zeppelin, headed for Scotland on a secret mission that could decide the outcome of the war.

Keywords: air-raid, airship, biplane, blimp, british-intelligence, castle, crown-jewels, gas, german-officer, london-england
Genres: Adventure, Drama, War,
Taglines: The Great War's most explosive moment!

Quotes:

Geoffrey von Richter-Douglas: Where are the parachutes?::Frau Dr. Ericka Altschul: What parachutes?::Geoffrey von Richter-Douglas: Well, for emergencies. How do you get out of here quickly?::Von Gorian: Jump.

The Jungle (1952)

Actors: David Abraham (actor), Rod Cameron (actor), M.N. Nambiar (actor), Ruby Mayer (actress), Marie Windsor (actress), William Berke (producer), Robert L. Lippert (producer), Orville H. Hampton (writer), William Berke (director), Hiralal B. (miscellaneous crew), Cesar Romero (actor), Carroll Young (writer), Ellis Dungan (producer), Chitra Devi (actress), G. Ramanathan (composer),

Plot: A great white hunter and an Indian princess trek into the Indian jungle to investigate a number of wild animal stampedes which have resulted in the deaths of many people. On their journey, they discover a herd of prehistoric wooly mammoths are responsible for the terror!

Keywords: jungle, prehistoric-times
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy,
Taglines: FILMED IN MYSTERIOUS INDIA! (original print ad - all caps) INDIA'S MAMMOTH ADVENTURE STORY! (original ad - all caps) TEMPTING as a woman's lips! DEADLY as her hate! in Sepia Tone with a CAST OF THOUSANDS! (original ad - many caps)