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दीक्षा (1991)
Character: Udup Pandit
Circa British Rule in India, a man vows to make his only surviving son, Narayan, alias Nani, a Brahmachari to atone for the deaths of five of his children. He takes this child to a remote village in Karnataka, South India, where he leaves his 11 year old son in the care of a learned Archarya, Udup Pandit. Here Nani gets to meet two other disciples of the Archarya, as well as his widowed daughter, Yamuna, and another male by the name of Shrikar Upadhyay, who also teaches the British how to read and write in Hindi. The Archarya goes away for a few days, and when he returns nothing is the same anymore. His daughter is pregnant, the villagers are all set to remove her from the village, they are also angry with him for refusing Yamuna to follow the traditional way of a Hindu widow.
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Yeh Woh Manzil To Nahin (1987)
Character: N/A
Three old men, who used to be close friends during their school days, embark on a train journey from Bombay to Rajpur to attend the centenary celebration of their boarding school. As they travel, memories of their student activism and past failures flood their minds. Upon reaching their destination, they are confronted by political skirmishes that serve as a stark reminder of the occasions when they had failed to stay true to their conscience.
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तर्पण (1995)
Character: Chaudhary Veer Singh
The film set in the 1940s, in a fictitious village in the Shekhavati region in Rajasthan, where no girl child survives beyond the age of seven. It deals with larger issues of communalism and caste system through four inter-related stories.
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Bhairavi (1996)
Character: Govind
Ragini is a blind but talented young woman well-versed in all household chores and has a golden voice. Her mother is anxious to get her married. Rajan Swamy enters her life and they fall in love and soon get married. Rajan goes out of town. Weeks pass by and Rajan does not return. Ragini finds out that her bank account has been cleaned out.
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Daddy (1989)
Character: Kantaprasad
Pooja has been brought up by her grandparents, and has no recollection of her mom and dad. She is told by her grandpa, Kantaprasad, that her dad had passed away. Years later, Pooja has now grown up. She starts getting mysterious phone calls from a male who merely says "I love you", and hangs-up. When her grandpa has these phone calls traced, the caller is Anand, Pooja's dad. Kantaprasad has him beaten up, and warns him against contacting Pooja again. When Pooja is being molested by a male in her apartment building, Anand comes to her rescue, and it is then Pooja comes to know that this shabby, alcoholic man is her dad. Will Pooja accept him, or will she follow her grandpa's advise and continue on with her life.
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लम्हे (1991)
Character: Kothiwale Thakur
Viren falls for Pallavi, but she marries Siddharth. The couple dies, leaving behind their daughter, who grows up to look just like her mother and falls in love with Viren.
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Main Azaad Hoon (1989)
Character: Gokuldas
A newspaper reporter exploits an ordinary man for few rupees to pose as a man who is fighting against the corrupt politicians and prints imaginary stories in his name to improve the circulation of her newspaper. People take him for real and he becomes a powerful leader of poor man. One day the paper prints a letter in his name that he is going to end his life fighting corruption. This puts the ordinary man in a fix. He knows that at this juncture he can't refute the accuracy of all those stories. He also realizes that he is the sole hope of millions. Finally, he buckles under moral pressure and jumps from an incomplete multi-storied building and ends his life.
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दामुल (1985)
Character: Madho
Damul (Bonded Until Death) highlights the ill effects of the Bonded Labour System while narrating the story of a bonded labor who is left with no choice but to steal by his landlord.
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एक दिन अचानक (1989)
Character: Samar
Shasanka is a retired teacher who lives with his wife and two daughters. The family is thrown into an uproar after he goes out for a walk and disappears from their lives. Each member of the family reviews her final hours and days with him to try and discover what, if anything led to his disappearance.
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पार्टी (1984)
Character: Divakar Barve
Celebrities arrive at an extravagant party in Bombay to honour Divakar for his contributions to arts and cinema. However, gossip, uninvited guests and a dead body show up to mar the celebrations.
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पत्थर के फूल (1991)
Character: Balraj Khanna
Suraj falls in love with Kiran and doesn't know that she is the daughter of an underworld kingpin. Suraj's life takes a drastic turn when the same criminal kills his father.
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कस्बा (1991)
Character: N/A
The story centers around a small town entrepreneur named Maniram who makes a major profit by cheating people and selling them tainted food. His business is run by his daughter-in-law Tejo, who is married to Maniram's mentally challenged younger son. When Maniram's elder son comes back into town to get married, things start to go awry.
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१९४२: ए लव स्टोरी (1994)
Character: Diwan Hari Singh
The son of a politician loyal to the British rule falls in love with the daughter of a freedom fighter.
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तिरंगा (1993)
Character: Central Minister Jeevanlal Tandel
After having witnessed the gruesome murder of his father, Harish's plans for revenge go for a toss when he is framed by the same mafia boss who killed his father.
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Karamati Coat (1993)
Character: Bagchi
Karamati Coat is an award winning children's movie, directed by National School of Drama alumni, Ajay Karthik. The movie revolves around Raju, a poor rag-picker, and his magical coat with a secret attached to it which changed his life. Soon, the secret is out to Raju's brother-in-law, who conspires to steal the coat even at the cost of harming Raju.
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न्यू देहली टाइम्स (1986)
Character: Jagannath Poddar
When a politician is killed, a journalist discovers that a member of parliament had the man assassinated. As his editor digs deeper, the complicity of higher-placed politicians comes to the surface, which leads to riots in one town and an attempt to suppress his story.
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Dushmani: A Violent Love Story (1995)
Character: Sardar Saab
In order to settle personal scores; two gang leaders, Jai Singh and Oberoi fight for many years in gang-wars. There enmity multiplies when Jai's younger brother, Suraj falls in love with Oberoi's sister, Sapna which forces Suraj and Sapna to elope. Jai then locates the duo and brings them back to try and convince Oberoi to get them marry albeit successful.
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दिव्य शक्ति (1993)
Character: Priya's Father
An idealistic journalist (Devgan) gets weary & tired of witnessing the reign of crime, police corruption & injustice in his city & decides to wage a one-man war against the psychotic king maker 'Tau' played by the legendary Amrish Puri. His journey costs him his limbs & loved ones as he goes on a vigilante style brute fest right into the lair & dark world of the two faced Tau & his cronies. Death & Destruction follow the war path.
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चाँदनी (1989)
Character: N/A
Fate leaves Chandni shattered as her love Rohit disappears from her life. She meets Lalit and they befriend each other until Rohit knocks on her door.
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किस्सा कुर्सी का (1978)
Character: President Gangaram 'Gangu'
An evil politician, Gangaram, tries to get votes by using unfair means. However, Meera and Gopal, who introduced Gangaram to politics, strive to beat him.
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सड़क (1991)
Character: N/A
A taxi driver with a tragic past sees an opportunity for redemption when he encounters a woman sold into prostitution. Wanting to help her escape, he has to deal with the wrath of the brothel madam.
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