Aakrosh (1980)

A classic movie directed by Govind Nihalani.
Cast : Naseeruddin Shah, Smita Patil, Amrish Puri, Om Puri, Arvind Deshpande, Mohan Agashe, Achut Potdar, Nana Palsikar, Bhagyasree Kotnis, Mahesh Elkunchwar.
Movie display the cast system in a village, Movie is on Advocate Bhaskar Kulkarni (Naseeruddin Shah)who is assigned to a case of Bhiku Lahanya (Om Puri) having a charge of killing his wife (Smita Patil), but the crime is done by landowners & his foremen (of higher cast).
Bhiku remains silent for the safety of his sister, child and old father.
Bhaskar makes many efforts to get him free but all gone in vain, no one come to help him, then a social worker tell him the reality and afterwards he was totally changed for what is happening in society.
In the end everything changes, Bhiku's dad passes away & he done a inevitable mistake, Bhaskar's mentor (Amrish Puri) refuges to support him.
Brilliant performances from Nasir, Om puri, smita patil didn't get any chance (just 1 scene).
A good movie that depicts the true and the harsh face of the rural world.

Hari-Bhari: (2000)

One more Jewel by shayam benegal to Indian Cinema.
Movie centers around different problems of women in our society.
Cast : Shaban Azmi, Nandita Das, Surekha Sikri, Seema Bhargava, Rajeshwari Sachdev, Alka Trivedi, Srivallabh Vyas, Meghna Kothari, Murad Ali, Abhay Chopra

Different stories in the movie reveal :
1. Marriage of a girl with her sister's husband after the death of her sister for the good upbringing of a child.
2. Blaming a women for giving birth to a girl child not a boy and misbehaving for that.
3. In early days (even today in some places)people thinks a child is a gift from GOD, they don't think of family planing in spite of the bad health of a women, If anyone got operated they took it very seriously.
4. One brother wants working in fields to earn living while the other wants good lifestyle and wants a good job & own house in a city.
5. Last on, A young school going girl is forced to marry just because of a fear that someone can mislead her for his self satisfaction.
Good performance by all character, Nandita Das was extra-ordinary.
A nice movie to have in collection.

Bazaar (1982)

Cast : Farooq Shaikh, Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah, Supriya Pathak, Bharat Kapoor, Rita Rani Kaul.
Bazaar is a story on a issue in Indian society where much older man marry to a teenage girl by the power of MONEY, most of the time girl's parents can't arrange the money for dowry so they agree unwillingly.
Movie start with the couplet "Hum Hain Mata-E-Koocha O Bazar Ki Tarah", slowly-slowly come to the real story, till the end it became so fast that when "The End" come on the screen you will think "Is it OVER??"
Performance was not to the standard of their names.
A Scene where poor parents are ready to marry their daughter (even school going) to an older man just for money was very touching.
Music is excellent, excellent write up from mir.
Overall a good movie to see at least one time.

Naseem (1995)

Naseem (morning breeze) by Saeed Akhtar Mirza [Big name under him : Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro (1989), Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho! (1984), Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Ata Hai (1980), Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan (1978)].
Is a story of an middle class muslim family how their life affected by Ayodya's Babri Masjid demolition by the Hindu fundamentalists.
Events in the movie are symbolize the India's condition at that point of time, like death of her hindu neighbor aunt shows the distance start building between hindu & muslim, Death of Naseem's grandfather (play by Urdu poet Kaifi Azmi) on 6th December 1992, the day of Babri Masjid demolition shows the end of an era which will never come back again.
Each character is placed & performed perfectly.
Beautiful part of the movie is the short stories narrated by Naseem's grandfather to Naseem about his past.
Brilliant story to bring out the immensely important but unpleasant truth of INDIA.
Overall a good movie on a serious issue.

Chakra (1981)

This is a story of the shanties & slums that dot every mega city in the world.
A story of the search for shelter, security and the unalloyed small pleasures of life.
Yong Benwa (Ranjit Choudhary) and his amma (Smita Patil) lives in a small hovel in one of the teeming slum of Bombay. Amma dreams of a shack of her own, small pleasure of food drink and love making. Benwa dreams of being like Looka (Naseeruddin Shah). A man who solves his problem with a flick of a knife or the flash of a smile.
A series of evens, violent, seemingly without provocation, unconnected, brings about a astounding climax.

**Good but can be better, Love making scenes are incompetent and can be avoided.

Awards

* Filmfare Best Actress Award for Smita Patil
* Filmfare Best Actor Award for Naseeruddin Shah
* Best Art Director for Bansi Chandragupta
* Golden Leopard for Rabindra Dharmaraj (Director)
* National Film Award for Best Actress for Smita Patil

Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara (2005)

Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara is not about the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. The movie is about the Gandhian ideals that have been conveniently forgotten by today's generation.
The movie also shows a sensitive relationship between demented father and his caring daughter.
Anupam Kher deserves an award for his performance in the film. He convincingly brings out the paranoia and the inner conflicts of his character. His performance in the movies second half particularly calls for applause.
Urmila Matondkar plays her part credibly.


Cast:
Anupam Kher, Urmila Matondkar, Parvin Dabas, Rajit Kapur, Boman Irani, Sudhir Joshi, Raju Kher, Vishwaas Paandya, Prem Chopra, Waheeda Rehman.


Synopsis :
Uttam Chaudhry (Anupam Kher) is a scholar of Hindi and a retired professor. He has been a man of remarkable integrity and strong principles.
The middle-class family of the professor comprises of a daughter, Trisha (Urmila Matondkar), and a son, Addy (Addy). The elder son of the family Ronu (Rajit Kapur) is in the US. Trisha is an NGO worker who shoulders responsibility of fending for the family. She is at a marriageable age. Addy is a carefree guy who wants to enjoy college life and take least possible commitments at home.
Things get complicated after professor Chaudhry starts having bouts of forgetfulness. Besides the occasional lapses of memory, the professor starts becoming absent-minded and delusional.
the professor's condition begins to worsen. Flashes from his early memory begin to convince him that he is the man who killed Gandhiji. He starts getting paranoid and begins to see everything with suspicion, fear and trepidation. Normal life becomes impossible for him. Only his daughter Trisha stands by him in this terrible state of his.
Doctors give various possible explanations for the professor's illness paranoia, Alzheimer disease, schizophrenia etc. But the problem lies deeper. The professor has a guilt deep inside which ought to be brought out. For this, Trisha and the docs decide to orchestrate a courtroom drama.

Mukhbiir (2008)

The movie is about a MUKHBIR(informer) working for Indian Intelligence, the movie revolves around what risks,losses and sacrifices he has to face in this dangerous profession.
Excellent story, Good Script.

kuch iss tarah maine jeevan sajaa liya, har baar ek naya chehra laga liya.
Taqdeer ki lakeerien haatho me rukh gayi, kadmo ki aahaton se manzil tehar gayi.
Apno ki aarzoo ko har pal mitta diya, har baar ek naya chehra laga liya.

Cast:
Sammir Dattani, Om Puri, Jackie Shroff, Alok Nath, Suneil Shetty, Sushant Singh, Rahul Dev, Kelly Dorje, Raj Zutshi and Raima Sen (guest appearance)


Synopsis :
Om Puri arrests Kailash (Sameer Duttani), a nineteen year old antisocial but looking at his innocent face Om Puri advices him to become an informer for them so that his offences can be forgiven. Kailash accepts the approach in order to save his life. Om Puri slowly becomes a father figure for Kailash and he starts calling him Babuji and wife as Maaji.
He has been send for two mission in the movie.
In first he has to get into the character called Vinayak Marathe to enter the gang of Mamu Don (Alok Nath).
He accomplishes his job but the situation forces him to kill Om Puri and thus, in the police force, Om Puri's friend Rahaman (Suneil Shetty) comes into the position of Om Puri,
next mission comes where they have to reach Saaya (Rahul Dev), Kailash now has to get into the skin of Shahzad Khan. Kailash informs that to his Maaji and through her the news reaches the Chief Minister (Jackie Sroff) and somehow the terrorist mission fails.