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Amrish Puri
Amrish Puri Started his film career in the 70s as side role aka villian.
Amrish Puri wanted to become a Bollywood movie hero but failed a screen test in 1954. And what a failure it was! Mr. Puri went on to become one of the most renowned and credible villains in Bollywood's history.
Down the year of his career as a villian became famous in the bollywood industry and he is highly credited in indiana jones in the Temple of Doom and he was inspired by Steven Speilberg and George Lucas. He was chosen for Ghandi directed by Richard Attenborough.
His Biggest break was in Mr India as Mogambo which was directed by Sheikar Kapoor (Director of Elizabeth) his famous Dialogue ' Mogambo hush huwa' translation 'Mogamba is pleased'
Sadly he is not with us any more, God rest his soul amen.
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Amrish Puri - what members say
review by A customer from Birmingham England
Great Movie -------------------But....... 10 February 2006
review by from London,England
Classic 5 April 2005
review by from UK
One of the Funniest Movies Ever! 23 May 2005
Amrish Puri - filmography
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Kisna
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Vivek Oberoi, Antonia Bernet, Isha Sharvani
Director: Subhash Ghai
Certificate: 
Kisna is a poor rural boy with extraordinary powers. While he appears to be a typical native, he in fact shares the traits of Lord Krishna and emerges as a hero amongst the tyranny of the British rule.
 
52%
from 570 members
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Police Force
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Akshay Kumar, Raveena Tandon, Amrish Puri
Director: Dilip Shukla
Certificate: 
Trainee police cadet, Vijay, finds himself being drawn into the murky world of corrupt politics. Ensnared in the workings of a corrupt system where a senior police officer runs an organised crime gang for politicians, Vijay's mentor Mr. Panday tries to save his students career.
43%
from 113 members
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Hulchul
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Akshaye Kumar, Kareena Kapoor, Paresh Rawal
Director: Priyadarshan
Certificate:
A comedy of errors which revolves around two villages, their families, their past, and the grudge that is held between them. As two rival families wait for an opportunity to plot their revenge, two of their children fall in love...
53%
from 641 members
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Dil Pardesi Ho Gayaa
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Kapil Jhaveri, Saloni Aswani, Amrish Puri
Director: Saawan Kumaar
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Sunny, a young man trapped in emotions crosses the border and lands in Pakistan. There he meets Rushkar and saves her life from a fire. They later meet and fall in love... but Sunny hasn't yet divuldged his true identity and motivations... can love last when he does?
43%
from 50 members
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Nayak
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Anil Kapoor, Pooja Batra, Amrish Puri
Director: Shankar
Certificate:
When a reporter steps into the shoes of the Chief Minister for 24 hours he uses the opportunity to strike at corruption. This prompts the Chief Minister to plot revenge.
61%
from 267 members
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Badhaai Ho Badhaai
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Anil Kapoor, Shilpa Shetty, Kader Khan
Director: Satish Kaushik
Certificate:
The Chaddra family and the D'Souza family have been feuding for 25 years, when they receive a letter from someone called Raja claiming to be their grandchild. However when he arrives he is met with denial from the two families. Once they accept Raja, they try to marry him off, so he invents a wife '..read more »
47%
from 236 members
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Gadar - Ek Prem Katha
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Sunny Deol, Amrish Puri, Amisha Patel
Director: Anil Sharma
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Set in 1947 during the partition, a Sikh truck driver in Punjab, falls in love with a wealthy Muslim girl. Years later, when she travels to Pakistan to visit her father, he tries to separate he pair and force her into an arranged marriage with a wealthy man of her age and religion.
62%
from 515 members
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Mujhe Kuch Kehna Hai
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Amrish Puri, Rinke Khanna, Kareena Kapoor
Director: Satish Kaushik
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Puja has come to India to do research. Karan, a simple boy, falls in love with her, but cannot express his love. His uncle though, has words of encouragement for him. Will he be able to express his love to Puja?
45%
from 219 members
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Gair
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Ajay Devgan, Raveena Tandon, Amrish Puri
Director: Ashok Gaikwad
Certificate: 
Vijay, (Ajay Devagan) an illegitimate orphan grows up to be a rich industrialist with his hard work. He falls in love with Madhu, the only daughter of a successful judge. A love triangle ensues when Raja - the son of another wealthy industrialist - falls for Madhu, also.
48%
from 40 members
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Aarzoo
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Madhuri Dixit, Akshay Kumar, Amrish Puri
Director: Lawrence D'Souza
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The weathly Amar (Saif Ali Khan) is looked after by Daya Shankar (Amrish Puri), after the death of the formers father (Mohan Joshi).His foster uncle Kailashnath (Paresh Raiwal) sets his Evil eyes on Amars immese property that he has inherited from his late father.
Amar meanwhile is in love wiht a ..read more »
49%
from 111 members
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Itihaas
(1997)
Starring: Ajay Devgan, Twinkle Khanna, Amrish Puri
Director: Raj Kanwar
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The villagers worship Thakur Digvijay Singh (Raj Babbar) like a God, but he is a devil in disguise. With the help of his trusted aide, Balwant (Amrish Puri) he satisfies his lust by bringing young girls from the village and he then sells them in brothels. He comes to the village to escape from some ..read more »
38%
from 8 members
Currently unavailable
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Koyla
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Shahrukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Amrish Puri
Director: Rakesh Roshan
Certificate: 
A story which revolves around the supreme Emperor, Rajasaal, who secretly terrorises people and is thoroughly unpopular. He has a faithful servant, Shankar, who, although swift and fast, and unaware of Raj's evil ways, serves him as a mere slave. One day Raja eyes a girl he must possess and uses a ..read more »
57%
from 472 members
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Diljale
(1996)
Starring: Ajay Devgan, Sonali Bendre, Amrish Puri
Director: Harry Baweja
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Captain Ranvir is assigned the task of apprehending two terrorists named Shaka and Dara. Upon arrival in the region, he meets with and falls in love with Radhika, the daughter of Rajasaheb, who also is a Mantri. The latter approves of him, and arranges his wedding with his daughter. Before the ..read more »
33%
from 6 members
Currently unavailable
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Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Shahrukh Khan, Amrish Puri, Farida Jalal
Director: Aditya Chopra
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Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (Brave Heart Will Take the Bride) was a huge hit in India, and won all the major Filmfare Awards. It was also the film that catapulted Shahrukh Khan to Bollywood superstardom, and it was the first of several successful pairings of Khan and Kajol. Khan plays Raj, a ..read more »
75%
from 2,667 members
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Maidan-E-Jung
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Dharmendra, Akshay Kumar, Karisma Kapoor
Director: K.C. Bokadia
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Power in the wrong hands gives birth to anti-social activities. One such criminal donning the garb of a politician is Daata Guru.
The result is the tussle between the villagers and Daata Guru becoming a full scale war.
53%
from 32 members
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Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda
(1993)
Starring: Rajit Kapur, Rajeshwari Sachdev, Pallavi Joshi
Director: Shyam Benegal
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This Indian art house film directed by Shyam Benegal weaves the same characters and love stories together in short stories told from different points of view. With less emphasis on sheer entertainment value and Bollywood song-and-dance numbers, this film will appeal to fans of layered character ..read more »
41%
from 8 members
Currently unavailable
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Gardish
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Jackie Shroff, Suresh Obrei, Dimple Kapadia
Director: Priyadarshan
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Shiva is being groomed to become a policeman just like his father Purshottam Sathe. When his father refuses to let the son of a local MLA illegally park his car, Purshottam is transferred to the dangerous basti of Kala Chowk. When his father is beaten by henchmen of the local crimelord, Shiva steps ..read more »
52%
from 50 members
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Benaam Badshah
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Amrish Puri, Anil Kapoor, Juhi Chawla
Director: K. Ravi Shankar
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'Guru, Dada, Mawali or Abe'O', these are the names to call him. He had never been named. A child is given a name by parents but he was unwanted and thrown into a dustbin, uncared for in this cruel world. His upbringing in such surrounding saw him grow into a dangerous piece of dynamite, money being ..read more »
47%
from 43 members
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Aaj Ka Arjun
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Jayaprada, Amrish Puri
Director: K.C Bokadia
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Thakur Bhupendra Singh and his son Ajit are powerful landlords who oppress a helpless community of villagers. Ajit marries Laxmi, a city girl who has come to the village to be with her brother,Bheema. Bheema and a feisty village belle Gauri, are in love but before they can marry, tragedy strikes. ..read more »
53%
from 32 members
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Jaadugar
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Vikas Anand, Harbans Darshan M. Arora, Amitabh Bachchan
Director: Prakash Mehra
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Shankar completes his studies abroad and returns to discover that his former businessman and jailbird father Jagat Narayan has transformed himself into an unscrupulous Godman by the name of Mahaprabhu Janak Sagar Jagat Narayan who dupes gullible people. His dad has learned a few magic tricks from a ..read more »
20%
from 11 members
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Hamara Khandan
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Amrish Puri, Kiran Juneja, Asha Parekh
Director: Anwar Pasha
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Strange are the attitudes of Man, who born of a woman treats her with utter contempt, if she bears him daughters only. He is under the obsession that the name of his family and dynasty is known and continued by the male child only. So, when Thakur Chandra Prakash Singh's wife Sharda is expecting ..read more »
31%
from 34 members
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Inaam Dus Hazar
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Amrish Puri, Sanjay Dutt
Director: Jyotin Goel
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Yearning for a more glamorous life, salesman Kamal (Sanjay Dutt) makes due by posing as one of society's elite and crashing the parties of the rich and famous. He runs into problems, however, when a gang of thugs accuses him of being an undercover agent and tries to bump him off. But that's only ..read more »
48%
from 9 members
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Mr India
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Anil Kapoor, Sridevi, Amrish Puri
Director: Shekhar Kapur
Certificate: 
The owner of an orphanage discovers a way to turn invisible. He then uses his new powers to fight the people trying to close the orphanage.
72%
from 715 members
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Mr. India
(1987)
Starring: Anil Kapoor, Sridevi, Amrish Puri
Director: Shekhar Kapur
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Orphaned as a child, Arun Verma (Anil Kapoor) has dedicated his adult life to looking after orphaned children, in a house where he is unable to afford to pay the rent nor even day to day expenses for necessities. He decides to rent one of the rooms, and the tenant is a newspaper reporter named ..read more »
59%
from 14 members
Currently unavailable
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Sultanat
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Dharmendra, Sunny Deol, Sridevi
Director: Mukul Anand, John Philip Dayton
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There's drama in the desert in SULTANAT, which follows a man seeking bitter revenge on a bandit who causes his wife to die as she gives birth. But it proves to be an arduous task, leading to some spectacular scenes in this frantic Bollywood movie.
58%
from 34 members
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Meri Jung
(1985)
Starring: Nutan, Anil Kapoor, Meenakshi Seshadri
Director: Subhash Ghai
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Amrish Puri plays Thakral, a top-level but cruel lawyer who proves the innocent Deepak Verma (played by Girish Karnad) guilty. As Thakral wished, Deepak Verma is sentenced to death on a false charge of murder. The repercussions are disastrous. Deepak's wife Aarti goes into a trauma and is consigned ..read more »
74%
from 74 members
Not currently released
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Duniya
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Dilip Kumar, Rishi Kapoor, Ashok Kumar
Director: Ramesh Talwar
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A battle between honesty and corruption turns father against son in a mission for vengeance, as the upstanding Mohan Kumar (Dilip Kumar) makes enemies of the wrong men due to his principled ways. Framed for a murder he didn't commit, Mohan loses his wife (Saira Banu), his son (Rishi Kapoor), and ..read more »
51%
from 22 members
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Ardh Satya
(1983)
Starring: Om Puri, Smita Patil, Amrish Puri
Director: Govind Nihalani
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Anant Welankar (Om Puri) is an ethically strait-laced Bombay police officer who reluctantly joined the force at his father's instigation. Once working in the precinct, Anant learns about bribery as it seems that Rama Shetty (Sadashiv Amrapurkar), a well-known political aspirant known to be involved ..read more »
62%
from 134 members
Currently unavailable
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Mandi
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Smita Patil, Shabana Azmi, Amrish Puri
Director: Shyam Benegal, Shyam BenegalShyam Benegal
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The story of a whore house in a remote town which becomes the bone of contention between political and business interests. Shyam Benegal has been considered as the leading film maker of the country ever since his first feature film, ANKUR. His films have been seen and acclaimed widely not only in ..read more »
62%
from 76 members
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Shakti
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Dilip Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Rakhee Gulzar
Director: Ramesh Sippy
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A scrupulously honest cop refuses kidnappers' demands at grave risk to the life of his son. The son is rescued but lives forever scarred by his father's willingness to sacrifice his own son for the sake of his principles.
72%
from 128 members
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Ashanti
(1982)
Starring: Mithun Chakrabort, Zeenat Aman, Shabana Azmi
Director: Umesh Mehra
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The head of a hen jerks - frightened, its head, anoited with the sacraficial colors. Suddenly a hand pulls it - a knife flashes and the hand of a preist puts the cerimonial tilak of blood on the forhead of Maharaja Bhisham Bahadur Singh. The world may have forgotton him, but he has not forgotten ..read more »
58%
from 13 members
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Chann Pardesi
(1980)
Starring: Raj Babbar, Rama, Khulbhushan Kharbanda
Director: Chitrarath Singh
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The most acclaimed Punjabi Film. Theo nly Punjabi Film to ever win the "National Award". Studded with a mega Star Cast. A story of "Love, Betrayal, Truth , Happiness, Revenge & Sorrow" Nek (Kulbhushan Kharbanda) a happy go lucky farmer who works hard for his dream of marrying Kammo (Rama Vij). ..read more »
68%
from 65 members
Currently unavailable
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Gehrayee
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Suhas Bhalekar, Anant Nag, Amrish Puri
Director: Aruna Raje, Vikas Desai
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The film focuses on a small middle class, well educated South Indian family that is having to come to terms with some financial difficulties and is in the process of tightening the financial belt but at the cost of some people who were quiet loyal to this family. Then Uma (Padmini Kolhapure) ..read more »
42%
from 24 members
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Janam Janam
on DVD
Starring: Rishi Kapoor, Vinita, Amrish Puri
Director: Vijay Sadanah
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Bollywood drama. An Architect by profession, Sunil (Rishi Kapoor) lives a wealthy lifestyle with his mother and father in a city in India. His firm undertakes a project in distant Rajgarh, and he travels there with his friend, Prakash (Satish Kaul). En route their vehicle breaks down and they take ..read more »
42%
from 10 members
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Kaala Samrajya
on DVD
Starring: Amrish Puri, Arun Bakshi, Bali Brahmabhatt
Director: Deepak Bahry
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Arjun is an young, handsome & a dynamic man engaged to a beautiful girl Maria. On a fateful night on New Year eve, Arjun's life suddenly turns into nightmares his fiancée is raped; Arjun tries his level best to save her, but in vain. Arjun’s vows to finish off the culprits who have commited this ..read more »
35%
from 6 members
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Dal-Pati
on DVD
Starring: Rajnikant, Mamooty, Arvind Swamy
Director: Mani Ratnam
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Kalyani gives birth to a son when she is hardly fifteen years old. Not knowing what to do she places him in an empty goods train and hopes for the best.Fate carries this child to another place where he is brought up by a poor family.The child grows into a bitter righteous young man
64%
from 26 members
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Mast Kalandar
on DVD
Starring: Amrish Puri, Anupam Kher, Dharmendra
Director: Rahul Rawail
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Rai Saheb's love for his grandson forces him to accept his widowed daughter-in-law and her son back into the family. But a relative Prem is upset at the prospect of losing out on the wealth he has inherited. Guddu and his grandfather Rai Saheb escape death at the hands of Prem. They meet the steel-..read more »
45%
from 10 members
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Divya Shakti
on DVD
Starring: Ajay Devgan, Alok Nath, Amrish Puri
Director: Sameer Malkan
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A corrupt cop, a newspaper editor who glosses over mob activities, and a young reporter striving to tell the truth all combine in this explosive Bollywood tale.
41%
from 12 members
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Ghatak
on DVD
Starring: Amrish Puri, Danny Denzongpa, Harish Patel
Director: Raj Kumar Santoshi
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A cruel, tyrannical gangster, Katya (Danny Denzongpa), has taken control of a small Indian village, ruling with an iron fist. A resident named Sachdev (Om Puri) secretly organizes a rebellion, but when Katya learns of his plans, the rabble-rouser is violently put to death for all to see. Hope for ..read more »
67%
from 30 members
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Vidhaata
on DVD
Starring: Amrish Puri, Dilip Kumar, Jagdeep
Director: Subhash Ghai
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Shamsher Singh is a very wealthy, poweful, and influential man. His son Pratap Singh was tragically killed at a young age, leaving behind a son, Kunal Singh, who now lives with his grandfather. Also living with Shamsher are a faithful old employee Abu Baba, and his brother Gurbaksh Singh. Kunal ..read more »
64%
from 39 members
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Tridev
on DVD
Starring: Amrish Puri, Anjana Mumtaz, Dilip Tahil
Director: Rajeev Rai
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Inspector Karan Saxena is an honest and diligent police inspector in Bombay. He lives a middle-class life with his father, a Judge, and loves Divya Mathur, the daughter of Police Commissioner Mathur, who he hopes to marry soon. Things do not go well for Karan as he uses excessive force and is ..read more »
67%
from 47 members
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Yateem
on DVD
Starring: Sunny Deol, Amrish Puri, Danny Denzongpa
Director: J.P. Dutta
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Inspector Yadav, after shooting a criminal couple in the course of police action takes on their orphaned son and brings him up with his own daughter Gauri. In time Krishna and Gauri fall in love, but problems arise when Yadav's young second wife becomes attracted to Krishna herself and Krishna ..read more »
46%
from 29 members
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Sardari Begum
on DVD
Starring: Amrish Puri, Kiron Kher, Rajit Kapoor
Director: Shyam Benegal
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A retired thumri singer, Sardari Begum, is killed as a skirmish breaks out in the neighbourhood. When reporter Tehzeeb Abbasi is sent to report on her death, she uncovers more than she expected...Sardari Begum was, in fact, her disowned sister!
53%
from 45 members
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Sham Ghansham
on DVD
Starring: Amrish Puri, Arbaaz Khan, Bindu
Director: Ashok Ghai
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Satyadev Singh lives with his wife, Ganga, and two sons, Sham and Ghansham. Things turn for the worse when a new corrupt Collector Bhim Singh enters their region. Satyadev is killed, and Ganga has to flee with her children away from Bhim Singh. Years later, Sham and Ghansham have grown up and are ..read more »
45%
from 6 members
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Aag Se Khelenge
on DVD
Starring: Amrish Puri, Anil Kapoor, Archana Joglekar
Director: Bhaskar Shetty
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Police Inspector Shekhar Kapoor's only mission in life is to end the atrocities of underworld don Zaka and his son Shaka. In course of his investigations he bumps into a small-time criminal Johnny. But as it turns out Johnny reveals that he is actually police inspector Ravi Saxena, a cop from Delhi...read more »
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from 15 members
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Amrish Puri facts
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...In agree with most of the other reviews, great movie, excellent acting by Amrish Puri and Sunny Deol.......But only for the first three quarters of the film. It was spoilt...
