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A young man named Satya comes to Mumbai from South India in search of a job. Jailed for something he did not do, the once-honest young man meets an underworld boss, Bhiku Mhatre in jail and joins his gang.
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Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai
A tale of two gangsters from the eras of past and present, whose lives enter parallel paths as they struggle to survive within Bombay's criminal underworld.
Jaanwar
Sultan (Shakti Kapoor) adopted an orphan and named him Badshah (Akshay Kumar). Badshah grows up to be a criminal and his life was made difficult by Inspector Pradhan (Ashish Vidyarthi). Badshah's sidekick is Abdul (Ashutosh Rana). The only hope in Badshah's life is Sapna (Karisma Kapoor), whom he incidentally met. But circumstances lead Badshah to commit murder in public. During this experience, a child clangs to him and he took the child to Sapna. Before he could explain anything, Pradhan gets there and Badshah had to escape. He changed his name to Babu Lohar and becomes a blacksmith and loving father, to give the child a good future. However, after 7 years, he sees Abdul and Sultan again. Pradhan is still after him. When the child's parents find out about him, they ask Babu to return their child. Will he let the child go? Will the child go with his parents?
Shor in the City
Various residents and career-criminals face challenges in crime-laden Mumbai.
Interview with a Hitman
An elite hitman returns to erase his past only to find that somebody has messed with his future.
Ghulam
Sidharth (Aamir Khan), is a Mumbai 'Tapori' and a boxing champion. His elder brother, Jai (Rajat Kapoor) works with Raunak Singh (Sharad Saxena), who now rules their "Basti" through terrorising its people and collecting 'Hafta' from local merchants. Sidharth idolized his father, a freedom fighter, whom he saw falling to his death as a child. This effects Sidharth through his adult life. Sidharth meets a young girl, Alisha (Ranee Mukherjee), who rides with a motorcycle gang and Charlie (Deepak Tijori), the gang leader. Sidharth also meets Hari, whose idealism reminds him of his father. Hari's social work in the community possess a threat to Raunak Singh's evil empire. What happens to Hari changes Sidharth's life forever. How Sidharth breaks Raunak Singh's chains of 'Ghulami' around the community forms the crux of the story. Featuring the superhit song "Aati Kya Khandala" sung by Aamir Khan.
Tashan
Jeetendra Kumar Makwana is employed full-time at a Call Center and works part-time teaching English. He is recruited by an attractive young woman, Pooja, to teach her Hinglish-speaking boss, Bhaiyaji, English. Jeetendra agrees to do so, falls in love with Pooja, and joins forces with her to steal a bag containing 25 Crore Rupees in cash. He will soon find out that Bhaiyaji is a hoodlum and extortionist known to the Police as Lakhan Singh.
Antha
Antha is a Indian Kannada-language action thriller film directed by S. V. Rajendra Singh Babu. The film stars Ambareesh, Lakshmi, Jayamala and Latha in lead roles. The story is based on H. K. Ananth Rao's serial of the same name published in the Kannada weekly magazine Sudha. It was remade in Tamil as Thyagi, in Telugu as Antham Kadidi Aarambam, and in Hindi as Meri Aawaz Suno.
Shootout at Wadala
The first-ever registered encounter by the Mumbai Police, which took place on November 1, 1982.
And Then You Die
A drug deal must deal with the mafia, Hells Angels, and police who want to arrest him. -- WorldCat
Shootout at Lokhandwala
On a calm summer day in 1991, in the bustling Lokhandwala Complex, five criminals including Maya and Dilip were counting 70 lakhs in flat no. 32 B, when 286 policemen, headed by ACP Khan, took strategic positions around their building. A gunfire ensued and the entire nation witnessed the most talked about daylight encounter lasting 6 hours that transformed suburban Mumbai into a war zone.
Loafer
Ravi Kumar is clearly the black sheep of the Kumar family, and has been so for years. He is unemployed, uncouth, and gets into fist fights and trouble all the time. And then a man is killed, and the evidence points towards Ravi, he gets arrested. Although there were witnesses to this murder, no one comes forward to testify in favor of Ravi. The Kumar family are aware of Ravi's innocence, but watch helplessly as Ravi awaits his sentence, which may send him to the gallows, as now only a miracle can save Ravi. Written by rAjOo
Aatank Hi Aatank
Chased out of their village, a poor farmer, his wife, son and daughter attempt to survive the harsh footpath life of Bombay, when a gangster asks him to work for him. Years later, the farmer is a mafia-like godfather with a crime network of his own, and a host of hoodlums out to kill him. Movie also shows the loves and lives of his children, now married.
Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro
Salim was born lame. He lives with his family and is looking for a suitable groom for his sister. In the process, Salim gets pulled into a life of crime and communal violence. He wants to reform but there is no redemption for him.
Ameerin Aadhi Bhagavan
Aadhi, a smart and suave smuggler in Bangkok, falls in love with a waitress. However, he finds himself in trouble when she frames him for all the crimes committed by his look-alike, Bhagavan.
Ashaant
Ashaant is a story about effort made by the whole Police Force of the country, especially two police officers A.C.P. Vijay Bombay Police (Akshay Kumar) and A.C.P. Vishnu Bangalore Police (Vishnu Vardhan) to bring peace i.e. Shanti to country. The wage a war against a Mafia who deals in printing fake currency notes and have become threat to country´s and security. These Mafia dons Kaka (Jai Kalgutkar) and Rana (Punit) are operating from Bangalore city. But when the pressure of Police Officer Vishnu mounts on them, the decide to shift their roots to Borr y. As they enter Bombay, Rana is nabbed by ACP Vijay and is arrested. Vijay starts his investigation to reach the roots of this Mafia through Rana, when orders come from home ministry to shift Rana from Bombay custody to Bangalore court for many previous serious crimes.
Garv: Pride and Honour
About to retire, police inspector Samar Singh changes his mind when he discovers that a recently elected official has ties with the underworld.
Gangster Land
The story of America's most famous mobsters and their rise to power. Examine Al Capone's ascension through the eyes of his second in command, “Machine Gun” Jack McGurn.
Daddy
This is the gritty and sensational true story of Arun Gulab Gawli, a mill worker’s son who grew up in Mumbai’s impoverished Dagdi Chawl, to become an infamous don, politician and chief rival of the most powerful crime boss of the day, Dawood Ibrahim. Daddy realistically charts Mumbai’s true crime history from the 1970s and 1980s until 2012, when Gawli was finally sentenced to life imprisonment.
Pudhupettai
After seeing his mother dead, a young boy runs away and is later recruited by a gangster. After becoming the right hand man of his employer, he makes serious enemies and everyone starts targeting him.
Tippu
Satya is a college going youth who falls in love with Vaishnavi. He joins her college and woos herbut this is also the time when a dreaded gangster called Keshu Bhai lays his eyes on Vaishnavi. Things go out of hand as Keshu Bhai starts torturing Vaishnavi. This angers Satya who suddenly kills Keshu Bhai. Why did Satya kill Keshu Bhai? Is there a personal motive behind the killing? Will the police nab Satya?
Wanted
Radhe is a hardcore gangster. A sharpshooter with a sharp brain, he works for Gani Bhai, the dreaded Mafioso, but on his own terms. Totally fearless, Radhe single handedly eliminates Gani Bhai's enemies one by one; making more enemies than he bargained for.