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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


  • Gadar - Ek Prem Katha
  • Gadar - Ek Prem Katha review by A customer from Birmingham England
    Rated - 4 stars Great Movie -------------------But....... 10 February 2006
    ...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...  
  • Ghayal
  • Ghayal review by from London,England
    Rated - 5 stars Classic 5 April 2005
    ...gue. Highlight of the film is sunny's rant at police station inside lockup. Amrish Puri is also good as usual.Raj babbar has a small role but also has a good impact. ...  
  • Chachi 420
  • Chachi 420 review by from UK
    Rated - 5 stars One of the Funniest Movies Ever! 23 May 2005
    ...ting is also great, from Kamal Hassan, Tabu and the little girl, not to mention Amrish Puri as a father in law in love with his son in law posing as nanny and Om Puri as a...  

Amrish Puri - filmography


  • Hulchul on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Akshaye Kumar,  Kareena Kapoor,  Paresh Rawal
    Director: Priyadarshan
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    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...
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 616 members
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  • Police Force on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Akshay Kumar,  Raveena Tandon,  Amrish Puri
    Director: Dilip Shukla
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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.
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 44% from 105 members
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  • Dil Pardesi Ho Gayaa on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Kapil Jhaveri,  Saloni Aswani,  Amrish Puri
    Director: Saawan Kumaar
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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?
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 42% from 44 members
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  • Nayak on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Anil Kapoor,  Pooja Batra,  Amrish Puri
    Director: Shankar
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 248 members
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  • Mujhe Kuch Kehna Hai on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Amrish Puri,  Rinke Khanna,  Kareena Kapoor
    Director: Satish Kaushik
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    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?
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  • Badhaai Ho Badhaai on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Anil Kapoor,  Shilpa Shetty,  Kader Khan
    Director: Satish Kaushik
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    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 »
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  • Gadar - Ek Prem Katha on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Sunny Deol,  Amrish Puri,  Amisha Patel
    Director: Anil Sharma
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 477 members
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  • Aarzoo on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Madhuri Dixit,  Akshay Kumar,  Amrish Puri
    Director: Lawrence D'Souza
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    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 ..read more »
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  • Gair on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Ajay Devgan,  Raveena Tandon,  Amrish Puri
    Director: Ashok Gaikwad
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    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.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 44% from 31 members
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  • Koyla on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Shah Rukh Khan,  Madhuri Dixit,  Amrish Puri
    Director: Rakesh Roshan
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    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 »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 429 members
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  • Itihaas (1997)
    Starring: Ajay Devgan,  Twinkle Khanna,  Amrish Puri
    Director: Raj Kanwar
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    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 »
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  • Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Shah Rukh Khan,  Amrish Puri,  Farida Jalal
    Director: Aditya Chopra
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The story of Raj, a young man from London who takes a Eurorail holiday with his friends, whilst away he meets with Simran and eventually the pair fall in love. Now Raj must persuade Simran's parents that he is a worthy suitor...
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 75% from 2,143 members
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  • Maidan-E-Jung on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Dharmendra,  Akshay Kumar,  Karisma Kapoor
    Director: K.C. Bokadia
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    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.
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  • Gardish on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Jackie Shroff,  Suresh Obrei,  Dimple Kapadia
    Director: Priyadarshan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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 »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 41 members
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  • Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda (1993)
    Starring: Rajit Kapur,  Rajeshwari Sachdev,  Pallavi Joshi
    Director: Shyam Benegal
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    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 »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 4 members
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  • Benaam Badshah on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Amrish Puri,  Anil Kapoor,  Juhi Chawla
    Director: K. Ravi Shankar
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    '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 »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 36 members
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  • Aaj Ka Arjun on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Amitabh Bachchan,  Jayaprada,  Amrish Puri
    Director: K.C Bokadia
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    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 »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 55% from 22 members
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  • Mr India on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Anil Kapoor,  Sridevi,  Amrish Puri
    Director: Shekhar Kapur
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    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.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 607 members
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  • Sultanat on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Dharmendra,  Sunny Deol,  Sridevi
    Director: Mukul Anand,  John Philip Dayton
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    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.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 26 members
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  • Meri Jung on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Nutan,  Anil Kapoor,  Meenakshi Seshadri
    Director: Subhash Ghai
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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 »
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  • Duniya on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Dilip Kumar,  Rishi Kapoor,  Ashok Kumar
    Director: Ramesh Talwar
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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 »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 16 members
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  • Mandi (1983)
    Starring: Smita Patil,  Shabana Azmi,  Amrish Puri
    Director: Shyam Benegal,  Shyam BenegalShyam Benegal
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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 »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 54 members
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  • Ardh Satya (1983)
    Starring: Om Puri,  Smita Patil,  Amrish Puri
    Director: Govind Nihalani
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    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 »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 127 members
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  • Shakti on DVD (1982)
    Starring: Dilip Kumar,  Amitabh Bachchan,  Rakhee Gulzar
    Director: Ramesh Sippy
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    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.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 98 members
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  • Ashanti (1982)
    Starring: Mithun Chakrabort,  Zeenat Aman,  Shabana Azmi
    Director: Umesh Mehra
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    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 »
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  • Gehrayee on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Suhas Bhalekar,  Anant Nag,  Amrish Puri
    Director: Aruna Raje,  Vikas Desai
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    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 »
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  • Chann Pardesi (1980)
    Starring: Raj Babbar,  Rama,  Khulbhushan Kharbanda
    Director: Chitrarath Singh
    Certificate: Certificate:
    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 »
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  • Mast Kalandar on DVD
    Starring: Amrish Puri,  Anupam Kher,  Dharmendra
    Director: Rahul Rawail
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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 »
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  • Inaam Dus Hazar on DVD
    Starring: Amrish Puri,  Sanjay Dutt
    Director: Jyotin Goel
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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 »
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  • Kaala Samrajya on DVD
    Starring: Amrish Puri,  Arun Bakshi,  Bali Brahmabhatt
    Director: Deepak Bahry
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    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 »
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  • Sardari Begum on DVD
    Starring: Amrish Puri,  Kiron Kher,  Rajit Kapoor
    Director: Shyam Benegal
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    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!
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 36 members
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  • Dal-Pati on DVD
    Starring: Rajnikant,  Mamooty,  Arvind Swamy
    Director: Mani Ratnam
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    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
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  • Aag Se Khelenge on DVD
    Starring: Amrish Puri,  Anil Kapoor,  Archana Joglekar
    Director: Bhaskar Shetty
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    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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  • Divya Shakti on DVD
    Starring: Ajay Devgan,  Alok Nath,  Amrish Puri
    Director: Sameer Malkan
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    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.
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  • Sham Ghansham on DVD
    Starring: Amrish Puri,  Arbaaz Khan,  Bindu
    Director: Ashok Ghai
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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 »
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  • Tridev on DVD
    Starring: Amrish Puri,  Anjana Mumtaz,  Dilip Tahil
    Director: Rajeev Rai
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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 »
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  • Yateem on DVD
    Starring: Sunny Deol,  Amrish Puri,  Danny Denzongpa
    Director: J.P. Dutta
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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 »
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  • Vidhaata on DVD
    Starring: Amrish Puri,  Dilip Kumar,  Jagdeep
    Director: Subhash Ghai
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    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 »
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  • Janam Janam on DVD
    Starring: Rishi Kapoor,  Vinita,  Amrish Puri
    Director: Vijay Sadanah
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    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 »
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  • Ghatak on DVD
    Starring: Amrish Puri,  Danny Denzongpa,  Harish Patel
    Director: Raj Kumar Santoshi
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    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 »
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  • Hamara Khandan on DVD
    Starring: Amrish Puri,  Kiran Juneja,  Asha Parekh
    Director: Anwar Pasha
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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 »
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Amrish Puri facts

5 most recent films

Hulchul - 2.5 stars
Kisna - 2.5 stars
Police Force - 2.0 stars
Dil Pardesi Ho Gayaa - 2.0 stars
Jaal - The Trap - 2.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge - 4.0 stars
Meri Jung - 4.0 stars
Shakti - 3.5 stars
Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom - 3.5 stars
Mr India - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Jaadugar - 3 stars
Janam Janam - 1.5 stars
Beqabu - 1.5 stars
Hamara Khandan - 1.5 stars
Paappi Devataa - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Sunny Deol - 10 times - show films
Anil Kapoor - 7 times - show films
Anupam Kher - 5 times - show films
Ajay Devgan - 4 times - show films
Shakti Kapoor - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Shyam Benegal - 4 times - show films
Subhash Ghai - 4 times - show films
Govind Nihalani - 2 times - show films
Priyadarshan - 2 times - show films
Steven Spielberg - 2 times - show films