Directed by Esmayeel Shroff
Amol Palekar
Zarina Wahab
Kader Khan
Music by Sonik Omi
Release date: 1977
Country: India
Language: Hindi
Bombay-based Anil Agarwal lives a very wealthy lifestyle, mostly from wealth, estate, and business inherited from his grandfather, along with his wife, Anju, and a school-going son named Jimmy. One day while at the beach a stranger named Vijay Sohni, rescues Jimmy from drowning, refuses to accept any compensation, but is invited to live in the palatial house of the Agarwals indefinitely, which he accepts. Anil's garage owner friend, Daver, cautions him against Vijay, as he has been seen making advances to Daver's wife, Suman. Anil decides to pay close attention to Vijay, and does find him getting closer and closer to Anju. He decides to ask Vijay to leave, and even gives him some money, when Daver bursts in accusing Vijay of having an affair with Suman, an argument ensues, which regresses into fisticuffs, Anil takes out his revolver and shoots Vijay dead. Daver disposes of the body, and both decide not to tell anyone about Vijay's disappearance. Then a letter is received in Vijay's name from a man named Ashok Saxena, demanding that he repay his loan of one lakh rupees immediately. Anil travels to Poona, finds out where Ashok lives, and pays him the amount. Thereafter, Anil starts receiving phone calls from a man named Chaman who claims that he knows everything about Vijay's disappearance. As if things were not complicated enough, another male knocks on the Anil's door one day, identifies himself as Ashok Saxena. Anil now realizes that he cannot trust anyone, and feels that he has been dragged into a web of deceit, lies and deception, from where there is no way out.
Directed by Esmayeel Shroff
Co-Written by Moin-Ud-Din
Rajesh Khanna
Shabana Azmi
Music by Khayyam
Cinematography by Russi Billimoria
Edited by A. R. Rajendran
Release date: June 13, 1980
Country: India
Language: Hindi
Arvind Kumar Choudhary is an elderly, wealthy businessman whose wife is dead and who lives in a palatial mansion with his only son, Arun (Rajesh Khanna). He remarries with another woman, Sujata, a widow with two daughters, Veena and Seema. Arun assumes that the new woman in his father's life is a floozy and a gold-digger. He does not respect his new step-mother and refuses to even speak with her. Arun meets Neema Deshmukh (Shabana Azmi) and they fall in love with each other. With the approval of their respective families, they get married.
At work one day, Arun accidentally breaks a valuable diamond while daydreaming about Neema. He and his father are required to pay for the loss of value, and as a result, the Choudharys lose all their savings, building, vehicles and property. They are compelled to move to a shanty apartment. Arvind passes away from the trauma of seeing his life's work destroyed. Arun takes over the reins of this family, and it is necessary for him to interact with his stepmother to settle various legal matters. He finds that she is a noble, forgiving lady with a generous heart and he develops respect for her. Around this time, Neema gives birth to a baby boy and they name him Abhinandan.
Misunderstandings occur between Sujata and Neema, they escalate, fueled by some gossip from neighboring women, leading to arguments between Neema and Arun (who is now reconciled with his step-mother and takes her side). One day, Neema's brother Mahendra sees Arun with another woman. This is Dr. Karuna, a family friend who has no interest in Arun or vice versa. Mahendra informs his sister, who packs her things, picks up her son in her arms and simply walks out of the house without making any effort to ascertain the facts. She goes back to her father's house to live with him and Mahendra. She then approaches the courts and secures custody of Abhinandan. The situation is that Arun is only allowed one brief visit a week, at 4 PM every Sunday. Arun, who is completely innocent of the charge of adultery, is extremely unhappy with this humiliation, especially after Neema makes problems and nuisance even during the few minutes every week when he is allowed to meet his son. He decides to wait until his son is 14 and then take him home.
Neema's father is arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau while accepting a huge bribe from a businessman named Lalwani. This results in huge public humiliation for the family and many doors are closed in their faces. Mahendra asks Neema to sell her jewellery and provide him with funds so that he can immigrate to Germany. She does what he wishes, with the result that he leaves for Germany, never to be heard from again. Neema takes her son Abhinandan and relocates to Nashik to live with her second brother Narendra and his wife. This is where Abhinandan grows up, always curious to know about his dad.
Years later, Arun, with hard work, has recovered his fortune and has become a rich and successful businessman. On Abhinandan's fourteenth birthday, Arun shows up on Neema's doorstep - only to be told that their son has run away from home. An enraged Arun must now find whether Neema is telling the truth or whether she is hiding their son someplace else. Actually, Neema is telling the truth. Only a few days previously, after some humiliating incident at school, Abhinandan had run away from home and made his way to the big city, Mumbai. In fact, he had coincidentally bumped into his father on the street and sought directions from him, with neither of them recognizing the other. He happens to get sick just outside the house of Dr. Karuna, who is a friend of Arun's family. She treats him and finds out that he is Arun's son. She immediately calls Arun to meet him. Arun flies to his son's bedside and the two are united with each other. Abhinandan returns to see his mother and gives her the news that he has found his father. She becomes a bit interested in Arun's whereabouts. However, Arun does not want to meet her or be reconciled with her because of the bitterness of the past.
Abhinandan (known affectionately as "Nandu") gets over his issues concerning paternity and develops into a healthy, college-going young man. In college, he falls in love with (Padmini Kolhapure), who is his classmate. Out on an excursion with friends one day, the two ride on a bike and sing a song. While they are enjoying this beautiful time, they are hit by a truck and Nandu is admitted to hospital. Both of his parents rush to his bedside and in this situation, Arun and Neema meet each other again. They resolve their differences and Neema accepts that she was very wrong with her suspicious, vengeful, adamant attitude. Abhinandan undergoes the required operation successfully with Neema and Arun on either side of his bed. At this point, Abhinandan asks his parents to come together. They implicitly give consent, and thus the family is united again.
Directed by Esmayeel Shroff
Produced by Mohan Rao
Written by Moin-ud-din
Screenplay by Esmayeel Shroff, Santosh-Tahir
Raaj Kumar
Asha Parekh
Danny Denzongpa
Kim
Music by R. D. Burman
Cinematography Rusi Billimoria
Edited by Rajoo
Release date: 1981
Running time: 161 mins
Country: India
Language: Hindi
Box office: ₹4.20 crores
A college professor agrees to teach the son of a gangster and becomes a pawn in a deadly game.
Translation: When bad days come along ... then you tend to speak a lot
Directed by Esmayeel Shroff
Written by Moin-Ud-Din
Produced by Sibte Hassan Rizvi
Shammi Kapoor
Nanda
Kunal Kapoor
Padmini Kolhapure
Shashikala
Girish Karnad
Rehman
Music by Khayyam
Release date: 9 October 1981
Language: Hindi
Country: India
Courtesan Madame Subbalaxmi heads a household where men are not born, but are welcome. Women are not welcome, but their birth is. Subbalaxmi is thrilled when her protege, Sangeeta, gives birth to a baby girl, who they name Chandra. Shortly thereafter they relocate to a small community. Sangeeta wants Chandra to study, and she is allowed to do so. Chandra meets her neighbor, Kunal, and their family, and is welcomed by them. Problems arise when Kunal and Chandra fall in love, as neither Kunal's family, nor Chandra's courtesan family will permit this marriage. Only time will tell if Chandra's fate is to be the same as other courtesans.
Directed by Esmayeel Shroff
Written by Moin-Ud-Din
Rakhee Gulzar
Naseeruddin Shah
Parveen Babi
A.K. Hangal
Lyrics by Nida Fazli
Release date: 1982
Language: Hindi
Country: India
Pune-based 29-year old Kusam Desai is not only rejected by several prospective grooms' parents for being too old but also faces the trauma of being stood-up by Bishan on her wedding night. Her dad's widowed friend, Ashok Mehta, comes to her rescue by asking his law-student son, Vimal, to marry her, which he does. Kusum re-locates to Bombay but finds that Vimal respects like a mother and refuses any intimacy. After their respective fathers pass away, she finds out that he, now a qualified lawyer, is in love with Sapna, and must find suitable provisions in the Hindu Marriage Act 1955 to try and get an expedited divorce in a country that is vehemently opposed to granting divorces, as well as facing stigmatization from the community and opposition from her very own mother who will not permit her to obtain a divorce at any cost.
Directed by Esmayeel Shroff
Written by Moin-Ud-Din
Dharmendra
Rekha
Music by Rahul Dev Burman
Release date: 1984
Language: Hindi
Country: India
After the passing away of his wife (Sunita), Vijay brings up his two children, Bhishan and Charudatta, who want him to re-marry, and go around selecting a mother. They pick on Alka, who is a stage singer, and lives alone as a paying guest. Vijay and Alka approve of each other, get married, and go for a honey-moon. On the way back Vijay drives too fast, has an accident, and is killed. Alka does not have the courage to tell the children, so she hires Vijay's look-alike, a dreaded bandit and killer, Tiger, who agrees to impersonate Vijay for 30 days, make the kids hate him, then leave forever - for a sum of 3 Lakh rupees. Things do go according to plan, and the children do start hating their dad. But on the 30th day, Alka receives a phone call that the children have been kidnapped and the kidnapper is demanding a sum of 25 Lakh rupees. Watch and find out who abducted the children, and whether or not Tiger had a hand in this.
Directed by Shammi
Produced by Shammi
Written by Moin-Ud-Din
Shashi Kapoor
Raakhee
Rati Agnihotri
Music by Kalyanji Anandji
Cinematography by Russi Billimoria
Edited by A.R. Rajendran
Release date 1 April 1985 (India)
Country: India
Language: Hindi
Delhi-based businesswoman Aarti Singh Rathod lives a wealthy lifestyle along with Nanny, Suku, and friend and employee, Anuradha. She decides to travel to Kashmir and take possession of a piece of her land that is being occupied by Suraj Arora. Her Nanny tells her she was brought up by the Arora family until her dad, Karan Singh, became wealthy and broke off all relations with them. Once in Kashmir, all differences are forgotten and both Suraj and Arti fall in love with each other. Arti's life will soon change after she finds out that Anuradha, too, has fallen in love with Suraj, and this discovery will not only create complications and competitiveness between the two women, but also change everyone's lives forever.
Directed by Esmayeel Shroff
Produced by Pranlal V. Mehta
Written by Moin-ud-din
Tanuja
Rohan Kapoor
Neelam
Farha Naaz
Govinda
Music by Laxmikant Pyarelal
Cinematography by Russi Billimoria
Edited by A.R. Rajendran
Release date: 14 February 1986
Language: Hindi
Laxmidevi (Tanuja), a strict disciplinarian, wants her daughters, Leena (Farha Naaz) and Esha (Neelam Kothari), to marry brothers from a wealthy family, so that both girls can stay in the same household. But Leena and Esha fall in love with Omi (Rohan Kapoor) and Vicky (Govinda) respectively. The boys are poor orphans who have taken to petty crimes in order to survive. How the matter is resolved forms the rest of the story.
Directed by Esmayeel Shroff
Produced by Vijay P. Mehta
Raaj Kumar
Vinod Khanna
Raj Babbar
Bhanupriya
Shakti Kapoor
Music by Laxmikant–Pyarelal
Cinematography: Russi Billimoria
Edited by A.R. Rajendran
Release date: 10 February 1989
Country: India
Language: Hindi
In the small community of Sargaon(Shikarpur) in rural India, Pt. Gangadhar Choudhary rules with an iron fist, forbidding anyone from speaking out against him. He owns most of the land surrounding his palatial home, save for a small patch of land owned by Veer Singh.
One day, summons Veer to his house and offers to buy his land for a substantial sum of money, but Veer refuses. Pt. Gangadhar has him killed. Veer's wife then dies of shock, leaving behind their son, Suraj, to be brought up by a kindly widow called Mrs Salma Khan.
Many years later, following a successful military career, Suraj returns to his home village to avenge his parents' death. The real name of pt.gangadhar Chaudhary son's name Ramniwas and Jaibhagwan.
Directed by Esmayeel Shroff
Produced by Vijay P. Mehta
Written by Moin-ud-din
Raaj Kumar
Naseeruddin Shah
Raj Kiran
Poonam Dhillon
Prem Chopra
Release date: 11 May 1990
Country: India
Language: Hindi
Inspector Shahnawaz Khan is called in to question some people about the apparel death of a young woman named Karuna Sharma. These people claims that Karuna's death was due to suicide but at the end of his investigations Shahnawaz was able to prove otherwise resulting in his transfer to another region. The officer replacing him is Mahar Singh Grewal who is on the payroll of the killers and does nothing but closes the case. Karuna's dad Ram Swarup and sister Usha are not satisfy and appeal to higher officials for justice; the case is then handed down to CBI officer Jagmohan Azaad; an officer known for his down-to-earth method of getting to the bottom of things, will not buckle under any pressure nor accepts any bribe.
Directed by Esmayeel Shroff
Produced by Pranlal Mehta
Written by Moin-ud-din
Jay Mehta
Raageshwari
Release date: 1994
Country: India
Language: Hindi
Jay is the only child and has been brought up with his grandmother, who pampers him, and never refuses him anything. When Jay wants a horse, she gets one, and he names it "Didaara". But Jay's love for the horse becomes a obsession, he becomes an ardent though inexperienced rider, and suffers an injury. His grandmother decides that it is time that she gave away Dildaara. When Jay finds that his horse is missing, he confronts his grandmother, and is shocked to learn that she has given away his horse. His grandmother does not know that by giving away his horse, she has changed her's and his lives forever - for Jay leaves and never returns. But how can Jay, a young man, without any skills, survive any single day without his grandmother's support?
Directed by Esmayeel Shroff
Produced by Kulbhushan Gupta
Written by Moin-ud-din
Raaj Kumar
Raj Babbar
Jackie Shroff
Gouthami
Music by Anand-Milind
Cinematography: Pramod Pathak
Edited by: Dilip Kotalgi, Zafar Sultan
Release date: 5 May 1995 (India)
Running time: 139 minutes
Country: India
Language: Hindi
Corrupt politician Satya Singh is all set to win this year's election also - by hook or by crook. The only person opposing him is Saheb Bahadur Rathore. Satya finds out that Rathore's following is getting stronger, and he sets about attempting to discredit him, in vain. Meanwhile, fed-up of cosmetic elections, corrupt politicians, a young man, Vijay Prakash, has set up his own code to deal with corrupt politicians like Satya - kill them. One day Vijay saves Rathore's life, and both become friends. But with so many differences in their way of operating, will they continue to be friends, or are they part of Satya's new ploy?
Directed by Esmayeel Shroff
Produced by Jay Mehta
Screenplay by Moin-ud-din
Story by Moin-ud-din
Nana Patekar
Tabu
Shilpa Shetty
Aditya Pancholi
Milind Soman
Ashutosh Rana
Music by Aadesh Shrivastava
Cinematography: Mazhar Kamran
Edited by A. R. Rajendran
Release date: 23 June 2000 (India)
Country: India
Language: Hindi
A clothes washer girl finds a hand in a creek where she was washing clothes. She and other clothes washers nearby gather together and summon the police. After an investigation, the police find various parts of this body, and determine it to be that of a young woman. They do not succeed in finding the head of the corpse, and a check with missing persons produces negative results. When Inspector Pyare Mohan, who was assigned to this investigation, receives a threat by an anonymous caller on the phone, he recommends that this file be closed. Then additional evidence surfaces, and the case is turned over to CBI Office Jasraj Patel, who along with his assistant, Gangaram, arrive to take over this investigation. They find out that the corpse is indeed of a young woman, Roshni Choubey. Roshni comes from a poor family of four unmarried sisters. Roshni seemed to be involved with several men of Army Hospital, including Dr. Kamal Dogra (Ashutosh Rana), Mohan Multani (Aditya Pancholi), Captain Ajit Verma (Milind Soman) and Bishen Nanda (Akhilendra Mishra) - all of whom have a motive for killing her and disposing of her body. Determining who is the real killer - is the challenge that now faces Jasraj, apart from the telephonic threat that he too has received from the anonymous caller. Patel delves into the case even more deeply, putting his life at risk as the killer is constantly trying to bump him off. Eventually, Patel concludes that Roshni might not have been killed by any of the men she was involved with. In the end, it is revealed that Bishen Nanda has killed Roshni as she becomes the object of his lust. Jasraj Patel finally succeeds in nabbing Roshni's murderer and putting him behind bars.