Meghna River

Takhan Teish (2011)

Actors: Biplab Chatterjee (actor), Rajatabha Dutta (actor), Indrani Haldar (actress), Jishu Sengupta (actor), Paoli Dam (actress), Sujay Dutta Roy (editor), Atanu Ghosh (writer), Atanu Ghosh (director), Aparajita Ghosh Das (actress), Mayookh Bhaumik (composer), Neel Mukherjee (actor), Rocket Mondol (composer), Chhanda Guha (producer), Rathikant Basu (producer),

Plot: Tamodeep is brilliant, sensitive and eternally perturbed by his grandfather's prophecy that he would either be an artist or run away from home. A junior doctor by profession, Tamodeep has little communication with his near and dear ones, even lesser with his mother Sraboni, against whom he nurses a grudge for intruding into his life during his adolescent years. Quiet and introvert on the surface, Tamodeep is quite restless within. His desires often take complex routes and hover around Meghna, his former biology teacher and now a psychological counselor on radio, Mohini, the sex siren of soft porn movies and Sriparna, a law student whom he befriends on a cyber social networking site. The night before his 23rd birthday, Mohini, gets admitted in his nursing home as a accident victim and Tamodeep's life is destined to change forever.. In his desperate attempt to prevent Mohini from going out of his life, Tamodeep has to go through a series of overlapping events involving the four women in his life - his mother Sraboni, his former teacher Meghna, his Facebook buddy Sriparna and his ultimate fantasy Mohini, who steer him through an unique journey of enlightenment and self-realisation.

Genres: Drama,
Taglines: a journey into male fantasy, emotion and romanticism

Shubho Bibaho (2009)

Actors: Riaz (actor), Prabir Mitra (actor), Ferdous Ahmed (actor), Purnima (actress), Dolly Johur (actress), Imon Shaha (composer), Apu Biswas (actress), Amin Khan (actor), Sahidul Haque (editor), Tushar Khan (actor), Bappa Mozumder (composer), Nipun (actress), Shawkat Ali Imon (composer), Debashish Biswas (director), Gaiatri Biswas (producer),

Genres: ,

Mohandas (2009)

Actors: Sonali Kulkarni (actress), Sushant Singh (actor), Suresh Pai (editor), Nakul Vaid (actor), Sharbani Mukherji (actress), Shayal (costume designer), Narayan Parshuram (composer), Uday Prakash (writer), Vivek Priyadarshan (composer), Mazhar Kamran (director), Abha Sonakia (producer),

Plot: Born in a poor family, young Mohandas lands an important job at the 'Oriental Coal Mines'. However, his success story is brutally disrupted when somebody steals his identity and takes his place in his name. A local journalist tapes the story which reaches Meghna, an Indian television star newsreader in Delhi. A Kafkaesque tale of identity theft that becomes a searing indictment of bureaucratic corruption and conspiracy.

Keywords: corruption, identity, india, indian-literature, one-word-title, reference-to-mahatma-gandhi, social-justice, world-film
Genres: Thriller,
Taglines: A man lost in his own nation A Kafkaesque tale of identity theft

Varcha Class (2009)

Actors: Kedar Shinde (producer), Kamlakar Satputhe (actor), Omkar M. Datt (writer), Omkar M. Datt (director), Salil Kulkarni (composer), Sneha Raikar (actress), Rajan Bane (actor), Ashish Gade (actor), Minal Bal (actress), Bela Shinde (producer), Nirmala Kotnis (actress), Rajendra Shisatkar (actor), Pankaj Pushkar (composer), Nimish Datt (director), Sundar (editor),

Genres: Family,

Chand Bujh Gaya (2005)

Actors: Mukesh Khanna (actor), Ishrat Ali (actor), Shabnam Kapoor (actress), Narendra Bedi (actor), Narendra Bedi (actor), Mukesh Ahuja (actor), Shama Sikander (actress), Ghulam Ali (composer), Raja Kapse (actor), Faisal Khan (actor), Neha Bam (actress), Faraaz Khan (actor), Sanam (actress), Kamya Punjabi (actress), Ranjan Suryawanshi (editor),

Plot: Rahul Mehta lives a wealthy lifestyle along with his widower dad, Tusshar, in Mumbai, and comes from a business family. His father has arranged his marriage with Meghna, who also lives a wealthy lifestyle along with her parents, who approve of Rahul. But when Meghna finds out that Rahul really loves Saveen, the daughter of Imran Jafri from Ahmedabad, she decides to step aside and let the lovers be together. Rahul offers to escort Saveen back home by Sabarmati Express with her dad's permission. At Godhra railway station, their train is set afire by Islamic extremists, and they take shelter at Payal's, a journalist with NTA, who is the girlfriend of Rahul's friend, Adarsh, also a journalist. It is here that differences will arise between Rahul and Saveen - differences that may end their romance and change their lives forever.

Keywords: religion
Genres: Drama, Thriller,

Insan (2005)

Actors: Beena Banerjee (actress), Archana Puran Singh (actress), Akshay Kumar (actor), Sharat Saxena (actor), Mac Mohan (actor), Himani Shivpuri (actress), Sudhir Pandey (actor), Asrani (actor), Rahul Dev (actor), Viju Khote (actor), Rahul Dev (actor), Laxmikant Berde (actor), Ajay Devgn (actor), Ganesh Acharya (miscellaneous crew), Himesh Reshammiya (composer),

Plot: A loner ex-cop driven by his need for vengeance, no one, nothing, is able to penetrate his shell. Not even the love of Meghna who hopes in vain that her love will make him forget his pain. As he drives his rickshaw through the streets of Bombay. Amjad still scours the thousands of faces on the streets looking for his brother Azhar who went missing years ago. Amjad tries in vain to hide his pain with his love for Hina. But how do you dilute the pain of such a personal loss? Ambition brought Avinash Kapoor to Bombay, the same ambition that drew Indu; the ambition to become a film star. To find glamor, fame, success and wealth. Instead they found each other. Ajit Rathor. Avinash Kapoor, Amjad, Three different men with three different missions. Find now that their worlds are linked by a secret which will change them forever. Three men are going to find that the very qualities that made them human; Hate. Sorrow. Despair. Love. Pain. Ambition. Hope. Are going to make them cross the line struggle to remain human. To remain Insaan.....

Genres: Drama, War,

Astitva (2000)

Actors: Mahesh Manjrekar (writer), Sachin Khedekar (actor), V.N. Mayekar (editor), Mahesh Manjrekar (director), Smita Jaykar (actress), Tabu (actress), Mohnish Bahl (actor), Mahesh Manjrekar (writer), Namrata Shirodkar (actress), Kishore Nandlaskar (actor), Jhamu Sughand (producer), Imtiaz Hussain (writer), Ravindra Mankani (actor), Sandeep Mehta (actor), Sunil Barve (actor),

Plot: The humdrum life of a housewife is upended when she inherits a significant amount from her long ago music teacher which causes her husband to wonder why the teacher would leave the assets to her. Could it be that the teacher and his wife had an affair?

Keywords: adultery, cruelty, desire, divorce, extramarital-affair, feminism, heritage, independence, loneliness, male-chauvinism
Genres: Drama,

Dil Se.. (1998)

Actors: Mani Ratnam (producer), Shabina Khan (costume designer), Manisha Koirala (actress), Mita Vasisht (actress), Mani Ratnam (writer), A.R. Rahman (composer), Sanjay Mishra (actor), Anupam Shyam (actor), Shah Rukh Khan (actor), Raghuvir Yadav (actor), Krishnakant (actor), Preity Zinta (actress), Ram Gopal Varma (producer), Suresh Urs (editor), Mani Ratnam (director),

Plot: Amar Varma, a producer for Indian news radio, meets an enigmatic woman at a railroad station and then again at a hill station. He falls in love with her, but the woman, who calls herself Meghna, rejects and leaves him although she seems to be interested. Later, Varma agrees to marry his family's choice, Preeti. But suddenly Meghna is back, and what is the secret that she holds?

Keywords: arranged-marriage, arrest, atrocity, attempted-murder, beating, bomb, bomb-explosion, brainwashing, bus, cbi
Genres: Drama, Musical, Romance, Thriller,

Quotes:

Meghna: Some people are like the sand: a wind blows them away.

Amarkanth Varma: I don't know anything except that I love you... from the heart.

Preeti Nair: [having lunch with Amar] Are you a virgin? [Amar starts coughing]

Amarkanth Varma: Hey, hello.::[running toward her, almost out of breath]::Amarkanth Varma: I have to to give you something. Remember? A cup of hot tea... Will you have it here or prefer to go to a restaurant? Or there's a good joint down-...::Meghna: Move out of my way.::Amarkanth Varma: Wait, maybe you haven't recognised me. We met at the railway station platform. I asked you for a matchstick...::Meghna: Platform? Matchstick?::Amarkanth Varma: Yes, you were covered in a dark shawl. It was raining that day...::Meghna: It wasn't me.::Amarkanth Varma: Hold on, here's my tag - Amarkanth Varma, All India Radio.::Meghna: Look, you are mistaken. You must have seen somebody else.::Amarkanth Varma: Sorry, I am sorry::Amarkanth Varma: You weren't there?::[watches her leave toward the bus]::Amarkanth Varma: [thinking to himself] Not you, then who?::Amarkanth Varma: Oi!::[on the bus, she turns. He realizes that she does remember him]::Amarkanth Varma: Hmm.::[smiles and walks away]::Amarkanth Varma: Yahoo.::[clicks his feet together in the air]

Amarkanth Varma: [feeling very hurt] Why did you lie to me that you were married?::Meghna: If I hadn't, would you have left me?::Amarkanth Varma: No, I wouldn't::Meghna: That's why [walks away]::Amarkanth Varma: [frustrated] Listen, don't try to act innocent. I know you are not as innocent as you look::Amarkanth Varma: You have been giving me mixed signals. You think I will dance to your tunes all my life? But your game is exposed::Amarkanth Varma: [he grabs her] Stop!... You love to play with men's feelings, don't you? Know what we call girls like you? A tease.::Meghna: [haughtily looks at him] You really hate me, don't you?::Amarkanth Varma: Yes, with all my heart [calming down and letting go of her]::Meghna: [coyly replies] Look into my eyes and say that.

Amarkanth Varma: Duniya ki sabse choti prem kahani hogi - must be the world's shortest love story

Amarkanth Varma: Can I do something for you?::Amarkanth Varma: I mean, get you the stars or the moon? Conquer a fort?::Amarkanth Varma: Cigratte? Sorry but no match stick!::[smiles when he notices her smile]::Amarkanth Varma: You're all alone. Can I get you something?::Meghna: [smiling] A cup of hot tea::Amarkanth Varma: One Minute, I'll just get it::Amarkanth Varma: I'll be back. Don't go away.::Amarkanth Varma: There's a bomb in my suitcase. If you move it will explode!::Amarkanth Varma: [knocks on his suitcase] Here, this one... 'boom'.

Amarkanth Varma: [both in blindfolds] Shukla, can you see anything?::Shukla: Yeah, the gong of death!::Amarkanth Varma: [smiling] Don't be afraid::Shukla: Then what? Should I celebrate? I'm fed up. I have two wives and eight kids. Why do you do this?::Amarkanth Varma: Don't be angry now.

Mrs. Bharmen: [holds Amar's head while the doctor is stitching his wounds] Got beaten black and blue for her!... Now do you intend to work or not?::Amarkanth Varma: [answers with difficulty] Naa...::Mrs. Bharmen: What?::Amarkanth Varma: Nnooo.::Shukla: He said no.::Amarkanth Varma: Mrs. Bharrmmen, Mrs.Bharmen...::Mrs. Bharmen: Yes, tell me?::Amarkanth Varma: Shhee... sshhee...::Mrs. Bharmen: She?::Amarkanth Varma: Yes, mmarryy... mmarryy...::Mrs. Bharmen: What... What is he saying?::Amarkanth Varma: mmarryy... married...::[points to Shukla's ring]::Shukla: Married?::Amarkanth Varma: Yes... She's not married.::[smiling]::Shukla: She's not married?::Shukla: [extremely happy] she's not married!

Amarkanth Varma: [taps on Shukla's shoulder] She's come.::Shukla: She's the one? Why has she brought this gang?::Shukla: [wears his spectacles] Hey, you wanted to apologise to the girl. So why are these two men coming here? Who are they?::Amarkanth Varma: Her husband.::Shukla: Husband? Two husbands?::Amarkanth Varma: You have two wives.::Shukla: Hey, there's a lot of difference between a husband and a wife.::Amarkanth Varma: Shush, quiet, they are coming.

Game (1993)

Actors: Alok Nath (actor), Rita Bhaduri (actress), Mahesh Anand (actor), Kulbhushan Kharbanda (actor), Tiku Talsania (actor), Johnny Lever (actor), Arjun (actor), Suresh Oberoi (actor), Aditya Pancholi (actor), Rajesh Puri (actor), Kiran Kumar (actor), Arun Bakshi (actor), Mahavir Shah (actor), Naseeruddin Shah (actor), Sameer (writer),

Plot: Vikram and Ajay are brothers who live a middle-class existence with their mom and dad. There is one important thing that Vikram learned from his father - the game of chess and how to remain ahead of the competition always. It is through his teaching that Vikram is now the unchallenged Don of the underworld in Bombay. Quite unknown to Vikram, his former rival Barrister Singh Chowdhry has recruited Qamaal Khan's gang to kill Ajay. They do succeed, leaving an enraged Vikram plotting vengeance, which includes making Raja, another gang leader, who runs black-marketing and other petty cons, to replace Ajay. Vikram uses Raja to avenge Ajay's death by killing Afzal, Qamaal's brother. Qamaal then kills Raja, and Vikram appoints Raja's friend, Vijay, who manages to kill Chowdhry, while Vikram is contemplating his future, not knowing that he has alienated himself from one of his closest associates namely, Peter D'Souza, who has now decided to betray him. The question remains, when one's very own pawns decide to change sides, who will then protect the King?

Genres: Action, Crime, Drama,

Anaam (1992)

Actors: Subbiraj (actor), Ajit Vachani (actor), Yunus Parvez (actor), Tej Sapru (actor), Arun Bakshi (actor), Kulbhushan Kharbanda (actor), Laxmikant Berde (actor), Gavin Packard (actor), Sadashiv Amrapurkar (actor), Yunus Parvez (actor), Mushtaq Khan (actor), Kiran Kumar (actor), Anant Mahadevan (actor), Anant Mahadevan (actor), Ayesha Jhulka (actress),

Plot: Bombay's Police Inspector Angre is assigned the task to investigate the theft of a Fiat car from Blue Ribbon Hotel which belonged to Ghanshyamdas Gupta. The alleged culprit is hospitalized, is claiming a memory loss, and had attempted to choke the life out of his nurse. Then a wealthy industrialist shows up stating that this young man is his son, Sikander, takes him home with him and arranges for a companion, Roopesh, to be with him all the time. Angre continues to pursue this matter but is all the more perplexed when he is notified by Inspectors K.K. Diwan and P.C. Yadav that Sikander is actually Poona-based Jony K. D'Souza, a career thief, who may have killed his wife, Janice, as well as his companion, Roopesh, and is on his way back to Bombay. Angre deduces that since Sikander got off the train at Dadar Railway Station, and is more likely to be anywhere from Bombay Central to Borivili or from Parel to Chembur. Angre will subsequently be faced with another mystery when the culprit surfaces again - this time with the identity of Aakash, the fiancé of a young woman, Meghna. While Angre is determined to find out the culprit's real identity, Meghna is certain that he is an impostor as she is sure that Aakash was killed by gangsters. The question remains: who is this culprit and what exactly is his real identity?

Genres: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller,