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Maqbool a 2004 Indian film directed by Vishal Bharadwaj and starring Pankaj Kapoor, Irfan Khan, Tabu and Masumeh Makhija is an adaptation of the play Macbeth by Shakespeare.The film had its North American premiere at the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival. Though the film failed to entice much of an audience during its theatrical run in India, critics were appreciative and Pankaj Kapoor went on to win a Filmfare Award for Best Actor (Critics) and a National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor.

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Deewaanapan (English: Insanity) is a Bollywood movie, released on 16 November 2001. It stars Arjun Rampal and Dia Mirza and is directed by Ashu Trikha. Om Puri and Vinod Khanna have supporting roles.Suraj Saxena (Arjun Rampal) lives in a remote hill station in India with his dad (Om Puri), mom (Smita Jaykar), and sister, Asha (Amita Nangia). One day he meets with Kiran Choudhary (Diya Mirza), who has come on holiday trip with a group of girls.He offers to show her around and they fall in love with each other. Suraj is unable to see her home by the train as his dad has chest pains and has to be rushed to hospital. But Suraj is unable to get Kiran out of his mind and heart.

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Happy Singh lives in a small village in Punjab. He is always compassionate and helpful, but often ends up causing more damage so much so that the Village Panchayat gets together to reprimand him. When the community gets news that one of their residents, Lakhanpal Singh, is an underworld don in Australia, they decide to delegate someone to counsel him. The villagers chose Happy, so that they can get rid of him. Happy’s ticket and other costs are paid for, and the Panchayat even asks a reluctant Rangeela to accompany him.

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Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge is a 2000 Indian comedy film starring Bollywood actors Salman Khan and Karisma Kapoor in the lead roles.Sapna, who, after her parents died when she was a little child, has been brought by her three uncles. Uncle-number-one is God-fearing and spends most of his time in worshiping one or the other God. Uncle number two is an athletic fellow and his biceps start twitching for action at the drop of a hat.

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Arun Dev did not know that one night a small empty tin can would not only change the pattern of his life but would also bring his wife, Nisha sister, Pooja and his friend, Kartar Singh to the door steps of death.Arun Dev is a lawyer famous for his honesty and his intelligence who is very happy with his small family.

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Maachis was a 1996 Indian Bollywood film directed by Gulzar. The title of the film is used as a metaphor that conveys that the youth of any nation are matchsticks that could get ignited due to the deficiencies in the political and policing systems. The film portrays the circumstances surrounding the rise of the Sikh insurgency in Punjab in the 1980s, and traces the transformation of a youth from a next-door guy to a dreaded terrorist bent of wreaking vengeance for the wrong meted out to him.The film tasted both critical and commercial success.

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China Gate is a 1998 Hindi film directed by Rajkumar Santoshi.It contains the song Chamma Chamma, featuring Urmila Matondkar, which was subsequently used in the musical Moulin Rouge!.It is a film about a group of soldiers leaving the battlefield due to fear of war.For act of cowardice and not showing their duty to give their life for the nation orders for their court martial are given.Years later when the group divides on their own ways.The daughter of a forest officer comes to their leader to ask for help to fight off the Jagira - local dhaku of the village.The story is inspired by the movie The Seven Samurai.

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