Adil Hussain

Adil Hussain

Adil Hussain is an Indian actor who has worked in Indian cinema, including art house cinema and mainstream Bollywood, as well as international cinema, in films such as The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Life of Pi (both 2012). He received National Film Awards (Special Jury) at the 2017 National Film Awards for Hotel Salvation and Maj Rati Keteki. He has starred in English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Tamil, Marathi, Malayalam, Norwegian and French films. Born in Goalpara, Assam in 1963, where his father was the headmaster of a high secondary school, Hussain was the youngest of seven children. In an interview he described his multiethnic background, as his maternal grandfather was Iraqi while his maternal grandmother had Assamese, English and Italian roots. Hussain acted in school plays. He left home at age 18 to study philosophy at B. Borooah College, Guwahati, he started acting in college plays and performing as a stand-up comedian. He also mimicked popular Bollywood actors in between the performances of a local stand-up comedian group, the Bhaya Mama Group. He worked as a stand-up comedian for six years, joined a mobile theatre and also did some local cinema, before moving to Delhi, where he studied at National School of Drama (1990–1993). He also studied at the Drama Studio London on a Charles Wallace India Trust Scholarship. After his return to India in 1994, Hussain joined the mobile 'Hengul Theater' in Assam, where he worked for three years, before moving to Delhi. He started his stage career in Delhi, though he continued training under Khalid Tyabji. After Tyabji he trained with Swapan Bose at Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Puducherry, before starting training with Dilip Shankar in Delhi. As an actor, he first received acclaim in Othello: A Play in Black and White (1999), which was awarded the Edinburgh Fringe First, and later Goodbye Desdemona also directed by Roysten Abel. He remained the artistic director and Trainer of the Society for Artists and Performers in Hampi from 2004 to 2007, and a visiting faculty at Royal Conservatory of Performing Arts, The Hague. He is also a visiting faculty at his alma mater, the National School of Drama. In 2004, he made his Bengali film debut along with Soha Ali Khan in the period drama Iti Srikanta, where he played the lead role. On television, he appeared in the lead role, in the detective series Jasoos Vijay (2002–2003), produced by BBC World Service Trust. Though he had appeared in a few Assamese films, did a small roles in Vishal Bhardwaj's Kaminey and Sona Jain's For Real, it was his role in Abhishek Chaubey's Ishqiya (2010) that got him attention in Bollywood, though his first major role was in Saif Ali Khan-Kareena Kapoor Khan starrer Agent Vinod released in early 2012. In the same year, he appeared in Italian director Italo Spinelli's Gangor, Mira Nair's The Reluctant Fundamentalist, and Ang Lee's Life of Pi. He next appeared alongside Sridevi in the comedy drama English Vinglish (2012), and also received critical acclaim for his role in Lessons in Forgetting at the New Jersey Independent South Asian Cine Fest. After these he acted in Aditya Bhattacharya's Bombay Most Wanted and Partho Sen-Gupta's Sunrise. ... Source: Article "Adil Hussain" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

  • Popularity : 11.652
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1963-10-05
  • Place of Birth : Goalpara, Assam, India
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Adil Hussain Movies

  • 2023
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    Dr. Bezbaruah 2

    Dr. Bezbaruah 2

    1 2023 HD

    Shantanu finally agrees to return to his birthplace Assam after seven long years to attend his sister's wedding but his fate welcomes him with some...

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  • 2022
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    Max, Min and Meowzaki

    Max, Min and Meowzaki

    1 2022 HD

    Max and Min are about to break up. They argue endlessly about dividing their possessions, including their cat, Meowzaki, whom they have named after...

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  • 2010
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    Ishqiya

    Ishqiya

    6.5 2010 HD

    While on the run from goons, a man and his nephew fall for a kidnapper's seductive widow.

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  • 2012
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    Life of Pi

    Life of Pi

    7.402 2012 HD

    The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a...

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  • 2023
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    Sergeant

    Sergeant

    2 2023 HD

    Sergeant Nikhil Sharma suffers from severe depression after losing a limb while on duty. However, after meeting Monica, he gains confidence and vows...

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  • 2012
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    English Vinglish

    English Vinglish

    7.2 2012 HD

    In the United States for the first time, an Indian housewife with a limited command of English turns Manhattan into her personal language school.

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  • 2023
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    Otta

    Otta

    1 2023 HD

    Otta is the thrilling saga of two young men and their unexpected journey towards an unforeseen future. Amidst the tumultuous relationship with their...

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  • 2013
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    Lootera

    Lootera

    7 2013 HD

    In a village, a young archaeologist falls in love with a landlord's daughter. Their union seems doomed. But destiny brings them together a year...

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  • 2022
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    The Storyteller

    The Storyteller

    9.5 2022 HD

    After decades of working in the printing industry in Kolkata in eastern India, Tarini has reached retirement age. He spends his days at home, having...

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  • 2003
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    In Othello

    In Othello

    1 2003 HD

    Within the Delhi based English theater group, a crisis in the personal and professional relationships of the actors is doomed to make a mockery of...

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  • 2015
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    Har Har Byomkesh

    Har Har Byomkesh

    6.3 2015 HD

    Famed detective Byomkesh Bakshi investigates the murder of a man who had just thrown a party to celebrate his recovery from a long illness.

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  • 2014
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    The Xposé

    The Xposé

    4.8 2014 HD

    This is a dramatic chain of events in the most glamorous ,swinging era of Hindi films... the 1960s. It was a decade when film stars tasted success...

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  • 2022
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    Child of Empire

    Child of Empire

    1 2022 HD

    Two men from the Partition generation — Ishar Das Arora, an Indian Hindu who migrated from Pakistan to India, and Iqbal-ud-din Ahmed, a...

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  • 2019
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    Lorni - The Flaneur

    Lorni - The Flaneur

    1 2019 HD

    Shem (Adil Hussain), an out of work, self-styled detective with a sharp sense of the streets escapes the lethargy of small town Shillong when he is...

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  • 2014
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    Sunrise

    Sunrise

    6.2 2014 HD

    Inspector Joshi is a grieving father searching for his daughter Aruna, kidnapped years ago when she was six. In his despair, life converges with a...

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  • 2015
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    Unfreedom

    Unfreedom

    5.2 2015 HD

    A Muslim fundamentalist in New York kidnaps a liberal Muslim scholar with intent to kill. A closeted lesbian in New Delhi kidnaps her activist...

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  • 2015
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    Yatchan

    Yatchan

    6.3 2015 HD

    A small-time hooligan hired to kill a girl and an aspiring movie actor find themselves in the wrong place due to a mix-up. Now, the gangster who...

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  • 2015
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    Umrika

    Umrika

    5.958 2015 HD

    When a young village boy discovers that his brother, long believed to be in America, has actually gone missing, he begins to invent letters on his...

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  • 2015
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    Parched

    Parched

    7.4 2015 HD

    In the arid landscape of Rajasthan, four women navigate their way through personal and cultural difficulties.

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  • 1970
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    Riding on the Moon Boat

    Riding on the Moon Boat

    1 1970 HD

    The film follows an adolescent girl who struggles to survive through drought, hardship and discrimination as her father is shunned by the majority of...

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  • 2024
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    Ulajh

    Ulajh

    5.5 2024 HD

    The journey of a young IFS officer, belonging to a prominent family of patriots, who gets embroiled in a dangerous personal conspiracy while far from...

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  • 1970
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    Blue 52

    Blue 52

    1 1970 HD

    Isolated by his father, Ashish escapes home aged 23 with his mother's unwavering support to meet his idol, Messi, in the 2022 world cup in Qatar....

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  • 2015
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    Main Aur Charles

    Main Aur Charles

    4.4 2015 HD

    In the 1980s, Charles, an enigmatic con man and a vicious killer and Commisioner Amod Kanth are embroiled in a game of cat and mouse.

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  • 2016
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    The Violin Player

    The Violin Player

    5.4 2016 HD

    A Bollywood session violinist finds expression in an unlikely place. The day unfolds to reveal startling truths about music, art, life and survival.

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  • 2003
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    Calendar Girls

    Calendar Girls

    6.5 2003 HD

    Members of a Yorkshire branch of the Women's Institute cause controversy when they pose nude for a charity calendar.

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  • 2016
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    Feast of Varanasi

    Feast of Varanasi

    1 2016 HD

    An investigator is dispatched to Varanasi to look into a series of grisly murders.

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  • 2015
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    Kothanodi: The River of Fables

    Kothanodi: The River of Fables

    8.1 2015 HD

    Four folk tales from Assam re-imagined as a narrative about four mothers, each facing demons of her own.

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  • 2013
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    Lessons in Forgetting

    Lessons in Forgetting

    1 2013 HD

    The film revolves around Meera, a happy corporate wife and cookbook writer whose life turns upside down when her husband walks out on their marriage....

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  • 2023
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    A Knock on the Door

    A Knock on the Door

    2 2023 HD

    As they prepare to celebrate their wedding anniversary, politically committed professors Hari and Ramona receive a group of unwanted visitors...

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  • 2024
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    The Umesh Chronicles

    The Umesh Chronicles

    1 2024 HD

    It's an independent slice-of-life drama and will see Amitabh Bachchan playing a Lucknow cab driver.

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  • 2012
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    Agent Vinod

    Agent Vinod

    5.5 2012 HD

    Agent Vinod sets out on a secret mission to find the reason behind the death of Rajan, his colleague. Terror strikes when he unfolds an even bigger...

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  • 2018
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    2.0

    2.0

    5.874 2018 HD

    An ornithologist who commits suicide returns as fifth force to wreack vengeance on mankind for harming birds with mobile phone radiation. The only...

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  • 2016
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    Hotel Salvation

    Hotel Salvation

    6.871 2016 HD

    An ominous dream convinces 77-year-old Dayanand Kumar that his end could be near. He takes the news to his son Rajiv, knowing he wants to breathe his...

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  • 1970
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    Golmaal Gharana

    Golmaal Gharana

    1 1970 HD

    "Golmaal Gharana" is a quirky and hilarious film about an eccentric joint family living in an ancestral haveli in Lucknow. The story revolves around...

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  • 2016
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    Force 2

    Force 2

    6.7 2016 HD

    ACP Yashvardhan teams up RAW Agent KK to bring down the master mind terrorist, Shiv.

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  • 2015
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    Angry Indian Goddesses

    Angry Indian Goddesses

    6.9 2015 HD

    A photographer invites her closest friends to vacation at her family's home in Goa in celebration of her upcoming marriage.

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  • 2017
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    Commando 2 - The Black Money Trail

    Commando 2 - The Black Money Trail

    6.1 2017 HD

    India's most wanted Black Money agent, Vicky Chaddha, gets arrested in Malaysia and is kept in a safe house by the Malaysian authorities, along with...

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  • 2018
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    Love Sonia

    Love Sonia

    7.5 2018 HD

    Inspired by a real story of young girl's journey escape from the world of international sex trafficking.

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  • 2017
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    Dobaara: See Your Evil

    Dobaara: See Your Evil

    4.7 2017 HD

    An official adaptation of the cult horror film Oculus. The film revolves around a haunted mirror. It shows the emotional journey of siblings Natasha...

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  • 2017
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    Nawal the Jewel

    Nawal the Jewel

    5.5 2017 HD

    Asma Beevi, a 14-year-old Muslim girl is married to an old Arabic man. After few days of the wedding, her husband dies, leaving her pregnant and...

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  • 2016
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    Chutney

    Chutney

    6.9 2016 HD

    Chutney is a short film written and directed by Jyoti Kapur Das. Produced by Tisca Chopra The stars Adil Hussain and Tisca Chopra in the lead.

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  • 2017
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    Mantra

    Mantra

    7.3 2017 HD

    In 1991, the Government of India opened up the economy and unleashed the forces of globalization, forever changing the landscape of the country. A...

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  • 2017
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    What Will People Say

    What Will People Say

    7.3 2017 HD

    Sixteen year-old Nisha lives a double life. At home with her family she is the perfect Pakistani daughter, but when out with her friends, she is a...

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  • 2018
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    Bioscopewala

    Bioscopewala

    7 2018 HD

    Based on Rabindranath Tagore’s famous short story 'Kabuliwala', the film is about a young girl’s quest to discover more about her dead...

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  • 2014
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    Tigers

    Tigers

    7.2 2014 HD

    Ayan, a pharmaceutical salesman in Pakistan, takes on the multinational health care corporation he works for after he realizes they knowingly...

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  • 2018
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    Ahare Mon

    Ahare Mon

    6 2018 HD

    A heartwarming collage of inter-connected love stories, Ahare Mon is a romantic drama that revolves around people who are otherwise forbidden to fall...

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  • 2018
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    Aiyaary

    Aiyaary

    5.7 2018 HD

    An Indian Army officer is compelled to chase down his protege when the latter turns rogue and threatens to disrupt the country’s government and...

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  • 2009
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    Kaminey

    Kaminey

    6.742 2009 HD

    Two brothers, as different as chalk and cheese, find their lives intertwined when one puts himself in danger via a `get rich quick' scheme and the...

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  • 2017
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    Raag

    Raag

    5 2017 HD

    Raag is a 2014 Assamese language drama film, starring Adil Hussain and Zerifa Wahid in the lead roles. The film was directed by Rajni Basumatary and...

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  • 2014
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    Rodor Sithi

    Rodor Sithi

    4 2014 HD

    Rodor Sithi is a Assamese language musical drama film directed by Baharul Islam; based on a play titled Beyond the Obvious written by the director...

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  • 2014
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    Sringkhal

    Sringkhal

    5 2014 HD

    Sringkhal is a Assamese drama film directed by Prabin Hazarika, based on an Assamese short story by Dr. Bhabendra Nath Saikia of the same name. Based...

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  • 2019
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    Bombairiya

    Bombairiya

    7.2 2019 HD

    It follows the story of Meghna, who gets embroiled in a series of events after her phone gets stolen.

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  • 2014
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    Nanak Shah Fakir

    Nanak Shah Fakir

    8 2014 HD

    Nanak Shah Fakir is a biographical film on the life and teachings of the first Sikh guru, Guru Nanak Dev.

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  • 2020
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    Unsaid

    Unsaid

    9 2020 HD

    Abyakto is a poignant tale of a mother and her son, Indra. The film captures a series of unexplained and unusual events which turn Indra into a man...

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  • 2018
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    Maati

    Maati

    9 2018 HD

    Meghla, who after years discovers that her grandmother had been killed in her ancestral home in East Pakistan by a trusted retainer of the family....

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  • 2013
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    The Reluctant Fundamentalist

    The Reluctant Fundamentalist

    6.624 2013 HD

    In New York, a Pakistani native finds that his American Dream has collapsed in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

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  • 2019
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    Kabir Singh

    Kabir Singh

    6.4 2019 HD

    Kabir, a genius yet hostile medical student, falls in love with Preeti from his college. When Preeti's father spots the couple kissing, he opposes...

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  • 2019
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    The Wayfarers

    The Wayfarers

    1 2019 HD

    It is a story of two strangers, perpetually on the fringes of survival. They share a journey and meet a third person carrying an ailing old couple in...

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  • 2019
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    Nirvana Inn

    Nirvana Inn

    1 2019 HD

    Jogi, once a dancer but now a boatman, deliberately overthrows his boat full of people to kill himself, but manages to survive alone. Later, Jogi...

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  • 2019
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    The Illegal

    The Illegal

    10 2019 HD

    A gritty realistic story about a young film school student from middle-class India who's forced to drop out to support his family while staying in...

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  • 1970
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    Ram Part I

    Ram Part I

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2019
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    Good Newwz

    Good Newwz

    6.7 2019 HD

    Two couples with the same surnames pursue in-vitro fertilisation and wait for their upcoming babies. Trouble ensues when they find that the sperms of...

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  • 2014
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    Zed Plus

    Zed Plus

    7.3 2014 HD

    Aslam (Adil Hussain), a villager who runs a small business, accidentally meets the prime minister of India, who grants him special security on his...

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  • 2011
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    Gangor

    Gangor

    6 2011 HD

    An Italian film from Italo Spinelli

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  • 2017
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    Maj Rati Keteki

    Maj Rati Keteki

    7 2017 HD

    After a long gap of more than ten years, renowned writer Priyendu Hazarika returns to the town where once he was inspired to begin his journey as a...

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  • 2019
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    Axone

    Axone

    6 2019 HD

    This bittersweet comedy follows North-east Indians in Delhi who are attempting to organize a wedding party, but soon find everything going wrong.

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  • 2020
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    Marichjhapi

    Marichjhapi

    1 2020 HD

    In January 1979, refugees in the Sundarbans region of Bangladesh encounter police surrounding their island.

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  • 2020
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    Pareeksha

    Pareeksha

    5.8 2020 HD

    The film revolves around the story of an ordinary rickshaw driver in Bihar who aspires and dreams of providing maximum possible quality education to...

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  • 2017
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    Crash Test Aglae

    Crash Test Aglae

    6.2 2017 HD

    Aglaé, a young factory worker, has only one focus in life: her job at a car crash test site. When she learns that the factory is going to be...

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  • 2021
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    Bell Bottom

    Bell Bottom

    6.2 2021 HD

    By the early ‘80s, India had already witnessed multiple airplane hijacks. In 1984, the country was made to face another such challenge....

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  • 2004
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    Iti Srikanta

    Iti Srikanta

    10 2004 HD

    The film portrays the disreputable life of Srikanta and his encounters with various women. After facing many failures in love he becomes a monk.

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  • 2019
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    MEAL

    MEAL

    8 2019 HD

    A child in school uniform picks up broken remnants from a wall clock. Today happens to be the first day of school for Madhyamik and he is already...

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  • 2023
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    Footprints on Water

    Footprints on Water

    1 2023 HD

    The story travels through the life of the family, who faces a tough time when their daughter goes missing.

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  • 2020
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    Lord of the Orphans

    Lord of the Orphans

    1 2020 HD

    Lord of the Orphans is the story of a family (The Palit Family) reeling under a hundred year old curse. It is a unique biopic, a sort of auto-biopic,...

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  • 2021
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    India Sweets and Spices

    India Sweets and Spices

    5.8 2021 HD

    A college freshman confronts her parents’ values in order to understand her own evolving identity.

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  • 1970
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    The Confession

    The Confession

    1 1970 HD

    A new film.

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  • 2012
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    Life of Pi

    Life of Pi

    7.402 2012 HD

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  • 2023
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    Tooth Pari: When Love Bites

    Tooth Pari: When Love Bites

    6.1 2023 HD

    A rebellious vampire with a broken tooth falls for a shy dentist on the streets of Kolkata but will human and mystical forces keep them apart?

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  • 2019
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    Delhi Crime

    Delhi Crime

    7.8 2019 HD

    Following the police force as they investigate high-profile crimes in Delhi, this series has seasons inspired by both real and fictional events.

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  • 2013
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    Comedy Nights with Kapil

    Comedy Nights with Kapil

    7.2 2013 HD

    Comedy Nights with Kapil is a comedy show which provides a distinctive take on the everyday life of a common man as the show explores the story of...

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  • 2022
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    Mukhbir: The Story of a Spy

    Mukhbir: The Story of a Spy

    5.7 2022 HD

    After the Sino-India war, a highly trained Indian spy enters Pakistan on a mission to gather crucial intelligence and stop Pakistan from launching an...

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  • 2015
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    Comedy Nights Bachao

    Comedy Nights Bachao

    5.5 2015 HD

    Based on the format of roast comedy, the show features comic crusaders who take a jibe at celebrity guests testing their patience through slapstick...

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  • 2017
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    Star Trek: Discovery

    Star Trek: Discovery

    7.1 2017 HD

    Follow the voyages of Starfleet on their missions to discover new worlds and new life forms, and one Starfleet officer who must learn that to truly...

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