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Rocky Handsome

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A reclusive pawn shop owner sets his sights on revenge when vicious gangsters kidnap his drug-addicted neighbor's young daughter. Director: Nishikant Kamat Writer: Ritesh Shah (adapted by) Stars: John Abraham, Nishikant Kamat, Sharad Kelkar | See full cast & crew » IMDB: 6.8 About Film Based in a city in Goa, Kabir Ahlawat (John Abraham) lives a quiet life running a pawn shop. His next-door neighbor is Anna (Nathalia Kaur), a drug addict and bar dancer. She lives with her little daughter Naomi (Diya Chalwad), who develops a nurturing relationship with Kabir. Meanwhile, ACP Dilip Sangodkar (Sharad Kelkar) from the Anti-Narcotics Department of the police force is after drug kingpin Mantoo (Uday Tikekar), who is supported by brothers Kevin Ferriera (Nishikant Kamat) and Luke Ferriera (Teddy Maurya), who not only deal drugs but also control a mass racket in organ harvesting with a professional assassin Attila (Kazu Patrick Tang) who cleans up after their mess. One night, Anna...

Sacred Games

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A link in their pasts leads an honest cop to a fugitive gang boss, whose cryptic warning spurs the officer on a quest to save Mumbai from cataclysm. Creator: Varun Grover Stars: Saif Ali Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Neeraj Kabi | See full cast & crew » IMDB: 8.7 About Movie Sacred Games is an Indian web television series based on Vikram Chandra's 2006 novel of the same name. The first Netflix original series in India, it is directed by Vikramaditya Motwane and Anurag Kashyap who produced it under their banner Phantom Films. The novel was adapted by Varun Grover, Smita Singh, and Vasant Nath. Kelly Luegenbiehl, Erik Barmack, and Motwane served as the executive producers Sartaj Singh (Saif Ali Khan) is a troubled police officer in Mumbai who receives a phone call from gangster Ganesh Gaitonde (Nawazuddin Siddiqui), who tells him to save the city within 25 days. The series chronicles the events that follow. Other cast members include Radhika Apte, Girish Kulkarni, Neeraj Kabi,...

Dilwale

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The siblings of two estranged lovers fall for each other, unaware of the violent past that drove them apart. Director: Rohit Shetty Writers: Yunus Sajawal (screenplay), Farhad Samji (dialogue) (as Farhad) | 1 more credit » Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Varun Dhawan | See full cast & crew » IMDB: 5.2 About Movie Present day: One day in Goa, a boy named Veer Bakshi (Varun Dhawan) works as a car modifier with his elder brother Raj Bakshi (Shah Rukh Khan). He meets a passer-by Ishita (Kriti Sanon), a beautiful and educated young girl and befriends her by helping her, damaging the car of his customer in the process. For penance, Raj makes him fix it during which Veer sleeps and awakes to find that the car's music system has been stolen. The men of a local gang leader, King (Boman Irani), try to sell drugs at a crab shack. Veer beats them up after they threaten Ishita. They then come back later to exact revenge on Veer, but Raj breaks up the fight. Raj visits him in hospital an...

Lupt

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Haunted by disturbing visions, a workaholic takes a vacation with his family, but a detour leads them to an unsettling stranger and chilling events. Director: Prabhuraj Writers: Prabhuraj (Story), Prabhuraj (screenplay) Stars: Javed Jaffrey, Niki Walia, Karan Aanand | See full cast & crew » IMDB: 6.8 About Movie The movie opens with Harsh Tandon, a workaholic businessman announcing to his subordinates about the new merger his company made. His daughter, Tanu is a model who is dating a photographer, Rahul Saxena. At home, Tanu returns home from work to the lights flickering suddenly, and a weird voice coming from her brother Sam’s room. She finds a skull in his closet and an ominous figure scares her. Tanu calls for her mother, Shalini and the figure is revealed to be Sam. Sam, in disappointment, announced that he is going to run away to America because no one appreciates his jokes. The next day, Shalini asks Harsh if they can go on a family road trip but Harsh rejects her req...

Dangal

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Former wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat and his two wrestler daughters struggle towards glory at the Commonwealth Games in the face of societal oppression. Director: Nitesh Tiwari Writers: Piyush Gupta, Shreyas Jain | 3 more credits » Stars: Aamir Khan, Sakshi Tanwar, Fatima Sana Shaikh | See full cast & crew » About Movie Dangal (transl. 'Wrestling competition') is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language biographical sports drama film directed by Nitesh Tiwari and produced by Aamir Khan, under his studio Aamir Khan Productions with UTV Motion Pictures and Walt Disney Pictures India. Loosely based on the Phogat family, Aamir Khan stars as Mahavir Singh Phogat, a pehlwani amateur wrestler who trains his daughters Geeta Phogat and Babita Kumari to become India's first world-class female wrestlers.[9] Fatima Sana Shaikh and Sanya Malhotra portray the adult versions of the two Phogat sisters, Zaira Wasim and Suhani Bhatnagar their younger versions, Sakshi Tanwar their mother, and A...

Door Ke Darshan

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When the family's grandmother wakes up, the parents who have been bickering over their divorce are compelled to revive their marriage and keep the peace at home. Director: Gagan Puri Writer: Gagan Puri Stars: Manu Rishi Chadha, Mahie Gill, Dolly Ahluwalia | See full cast & crew » IMDB Rating: 6.3 About Movie Sunil Bhateja lives with his teenage daughter Sweety & son Sunny & is facing going through a rough phase with his estranged wife who is demanding a divorce from him. His mother Darshan is in state of coma for the last 30 years & the rented place belongs to his friend Goldy & he is unwilling to vacate the home on the pretext of the state of his mother. Sunny has a crush on Twinkle who is the daughter of Goldy & Goldy remains furious with this. Sunny's friend Pappi regularly gets magazines with Porn stories & both enjoy reading it. Both are alone at home & Pappi reads out the latest edition of the magazine to Sunny in the room where their...

House Arrest

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Directors: Samit Basu, Shashanka Ghosh Writer: Samit Basu Stars: Ali Fazal, Shriya Pilgaonkar, Jim Sarbh | See full cast & crew » About Movie Ali Fazal headlines Netflix original, House Arrest, directed by Shashanka Ghosh and Samit Basu. The film aims to address a lot of urbane issues, touches upon a few but explores none to a powerful impact.   Karan (Ali) is a banker who has been staying inside his posh, luxurious flat for nine months and has literally not stepped outside his main door. However, he is not a loner, neither is he a psycho. He is very much the social animal that humans are – he talks to friends over phone, watches people on the street from his balcony and even spies on neighbours. He manages his household chores with the help of a robot who cleans the place for him and maids and watchmen in the building who carry out chores like brining groceries and cash to his doorstep. Karan lives a perfectly normal, rather privileged life, in which he has gadgets to pl...