The Darjeeling Limited 2007  R, 91 min.
Genre: Adventure / Comedy / Drama
Director: Wes Anderson
Cast: Owen Wilson, Jason Schwartzman, Adrien Brody, Amara Karan, Bill Murray, Waris Ahluwalia, Camilla Rutherford, Barbet Schroeder, Wallace Wolodarsky, Irrfan Khan, Anjelica Huston, Kumar Pallana, Mr. A.P. Singh
American brothers Jack (Jason Schwartzman), Francis (Owen Wilson), and Peter (Adrien Brody) have not spoken to each other since their father died one year ago. Now, Francis urges his brothers to join him on a train, the Darjeeling Limited, that will take them across India on their "spiritual quest." As the train moves on, hopefully they will also forget differences of the past. But more discords arise on the journey to find spiritual enlightenment as they attempt self-medication on pain killers, pepper spray, and cough syrup. They get kicked off the train in the middle of the desert but continue on the trek for a surprise visit with their mother (Anjelica Huston) who has abandoned her family and now is a sister in a Himalayan convent.
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A Mighty Heart 2007  R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Cast: Angelina Jolie, Dan Futterman, Archie Panjabi, Irrfan Khan, Will Patton, Denis O'Hare, Adnan Siddiqui, Gary Wilmes, Jeffry Kaplow, Perrine Moran, Amy Rosenthal, Amy Shindler, Sajid Hasan, Mohammed Afzal
This story centers on the courage of the pregnant wife, Mariane (Angelina Jolie), of "Wall Street Journal" reporter Daniel Pearl (Dan Futterman). In 2002, Daniel was kidnapped in Pakistan where he planned to interview an Islamic cleric with ties to the "shoe bomber" Richard Reid. Daniel was kidnapped, accused of being a spy for the CIA, and later killed. The focus is on the hunt for the kidnappers as a team of FBI agents, Pakistani investigators, and journalists assemble at Mariane's compound where they ask questions and wait for answers for five agonizing weeks.
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The Namesake 2007 PG-13, 122 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Mira Nair
Cast: Kal Penn, Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Jacinda Barrett, Zuleikha Robinson, Brooke Smith, Sahira Nair, Glenne Headly, Mura Guha Thakurta, Sabyasachi Chakravarthy, Tamal Sengupta, Dhruv Mookerji, Michael Countryman, Heather MacRae, Stuart Rudin
Ashima (Tabu) leaves her home in Calcutta and arrives in New York for her arranged marriage to Ashoke (Irrfan Khan). The couple misses the culture of India but live the good life in Queens. As time passes, they have a son and a daughter, but as their son (Kal Penn) grows up he has problems dealing with the two cultures. After graduating from Yale, he even changes his name from Gogol to Nick and becomes involved with a WASP princess (Jacinda Barrett). But, a family tragedy convinces Nick to reconsider his decisions, and he sets off in a different direction with a new appreciation for his past.
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Slumdog Millionaire 2008 R, 121 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan
Cast: Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Madhur Mittal, Anil Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, Tanay Chheda, Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar, Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala, Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, Rubina Ali, Azharuddin Ismail, Mia Drake, Imran Hasnee, Anand Tiwari, Faezeh Jalali
Orphaned 18-year-old Jamal Malik (Dev Patel) is one question away from answering the final question and winning 20 million rupees on India's "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" It is suspected that Jamal, who lacks an education, has been cheating, and, after the show breaks for the night, Jamal is questioned by the Police Inspector (Irrfan Khan) about how he has known the answers. Through flashbacks, Jamal's life story is told revealing how the hardships he has endured prepared him for the questions he has been presented on "Millionaire." The next day, Jamal appears on the show to answer the final question, and the world–including the Police Inspector–watches expectantly. The film won eight Academy Awards including Best Picture and Director and received two nominations.
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The Warrior 2001 R, 86 min.
Genre: Foreign / Adventure
Director: Asif Kapadia
Cast: Irrfan Khan, Puru Chibber, Aino Annuddin, Manoj Mishra, Nanhe Khan, Chander Singh, Hemant Maahaor, Mandakini Goswami, Sunita Sharma, Noor Mani
An Indian warrior, Lafcadia (Irrfan Khan), refuses to carry out his warlord's orders to murder villagers behind in their debts, and, as a result, he becomes the object of a manhunt in the Himalayas.
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| 1. The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
2. A Mighty Heart (2007)
3. The Namesake (2007)
4. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
5. The Warrior (2001)
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