Charlie Wilson's War 2007  R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Mike Nichols
Cast: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Ned Beatty, Emily Blunt, Om Puri, Ken Stott, John Slattery, Denis O'Hare, Jud Tylor, Christopher Denham, Brian Markinson, Peter Gerety
Based on George Crile's popular book, this story, based on fact, involves funding for a covert war operation, which provided money and weapons to Afghan rebels. Liberal living and thinking Texas playboy congressman Charlie Wilson (Tom Hanks) joins forces with CIA Agent Gust Avrakotos (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and wealthy, anti-communist Joanne Herring (Julia Roberts). Charlie manages to squeeze money out of a House subcommittee giving the Afghan resistance the means to fight off the Soviet invaders. Throughout the 1980s, money was provided, and, by the end of the decade, the Soviets were on the run–thanks to Charlie. Hoffman received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
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City of Joy 1992   PG-13, 134 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roland Joffe
Cast: Patrick Swayze, Pauline Collins, Om Puri, Shabana Azmi, Art Malik, Ayesha Dharker, Santu Chowdhury, Imran Badsah Khan, Nabil Shaban, Debatosh Ghosh
After his young patient dies, American surgeon Max Lowe (Patrick Swayze) walks away from his medical practice and travels to Calcutta to retire. But people in Calcutta desperately need his services, and he is soon helping the needy at the City of Joy clinic. Despite problems from the local godfather, he succeeds in restoring his own life as well as those he treats. 1 User Review
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| | Swayze did a very believable portrayal in the role of Max | JoJo 03/12/2007 | | The acting was excellant by all of the cast. The director strayed from the book and in doing so lost some of the impact the movie may have had. It is well worth watching and the scenes in India are true to life. |
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 Code 46 2004 R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Cast: Tim Robbins, Samantha Morton, Om Puri, Togo Igawa, Jeanne Balibar, Emil Marwa, Nina Fog, Bruno Lastra, Christopher Simpson, David Fahm, Taro Sherabayani, Nabil Elouhabi
In a future world, a story of doomed love unravels between an insurance investigator (Tim Robbins) who can read people's minds and a clerk (Samantha Morton) involved in the sale of forged passports.
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East Is East 1999 R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Damien O'Donnell
Cast: Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Jordan Routledge, Archie Panjabi, Emil Marwa, Chris Bisson, Jimi Mistry, Raji James, Ian Aspinall, Lesley Nicol, Emma Rydal, Ruth Jones
In early 1970s' England, a Pakistani family's seven children rebel against their father George Khan's (Om Puri) culture and opt for the less restricted lifestyle that has been demonstrated by their English mother Ella (Linda Bassett). The family resides in Salford, Manchester, where traditions are quite different from those in Pakistan. Now, chaos ensues as Khan tries to keep his dysfunctional family in line.
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The Ghost and the Darkness 1996  R, 109 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Stephen Hopkins
Cast: Michael Douglas, Val Kilmer, Emily Mortimer, Brian McCardie, Bernard Hill, John Kani, Tom Wilkinson, Om Puri, Henry Cele, Kurt Egelhof
Two lions have killed 130 men, and a young engineer (Val Kilmer), who is part of a construction team building the East African Railway, joins forces with a hunter (Michael Douglas) to kill the beasts.
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In Custody 1994 PG, 123 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Ismail Merchant
Cast: Shashi Kapoor, Om Puri, Shabana Azmi, Sushma Seth, Neena Gupta, Tinnu Anand, Prayag Raj, Parikshat Sahni, Sagar Arya, Alakh Nandan
Professor Deven (Om Puri) is given the opportunity to interview his hero of Urdo poetry, Nur (Shashi Kapoor). When they meet, Deven is surprised to find that Nur is now an ailing alcoholic, and his condition affects the quality of the interviews.
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My Son the Fanatic 1998 R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Udayan Prasad
Cast: Om Puri, Rachel Griffiths, Stellan Skarsgard, Akbar Kurtha, Gopi Desai, Harish Patel, Sarah-Jane Potts, Judi Jones, Geoffrey Bateman, Bernard Wrigley
Set in Northern England, this story reveals how philosophical ideals can affect more than the person directly involved. The love affair between a Pakistani taxi driver, Parvez (Om Puri), and a local prostitute, Bettina (Rachel Griffiths), is threatened when Parvez's son, Farid (Akbar Kurtha), and his cohorts target the town's prostitutes as their effort to rid the town of corruption.
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The Mystic Masseur 2001 PG, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ismail Merchant
Cast: Om Puri, Aasif Mandvi, Ayesha Dharker, James Fox, Sakina Jaffrey, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Jimi Mistry, Zohra Sehgal, Grace Maharaj, Danesh Khan
Set in 1940s' and 1950s' Trinidad, this story revolves around a schoolteacher (Aasif Mandvi), who returns to his rural home and sets out to become a writer and a mystic.
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Second Generation 2003 TV, 136 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jon Sen
Cast: Parminder Nagra, Om Puri, Christopher Simpson, Anupam Kher, Danny Dyer, Nitin Chandra Ganatra, Rita Wolf, Amita Dhiri, Roshan Seth, Lalita Ahmed, William Beck
This made-for-TV, two-part miniseries revolves around an Indian family's problems when the father, Sharma (Om Puri), collapses into a coma. Estranged daughter Heere (Parminder Nagra) returns to their London home and finds her two sisters (Amita Dhiri and Rita Wolf) ready to turn off their father's life support machine and take control of his business. Then, Sharma wakes up, and Heera tries to make peace, but there are many problems to overcome.
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Such a Long Journey 1998 N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sturla Gunnarsson
Cast: Roshan Seth, Soni Razdan, Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Ranjit Chowdhry, Sam Dastor, Kurush Deboo, Vrajesh Hirjee, Pearl Padamsee, Vrajesh Hirjee
Based on the epic novel by Rohinton Mistry, this story is set in 1971, during the war between India and Pakistan, and centers on the Noble family as Gustad Noble's (Roshan Seth) middle-class life begins to crumble resulting in a transformation of his character.
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 Wolf 1994 R, 126 min.
Genre: Horror / Drama / Fantasy / Thriller / Romance
Director: Mike Nichols
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Spader, Kate Nelligan, Christopher Plummer, Richard Jenkins, Eileen Atkins, Ron Rifkin, Prunella Scales, David Hyde Pierce, Om Puri, Brian Markinson, Peter Gerety, Bradford English, Stewart J. Zully
Will Randall (Jack Nicholson) is a New York publishing editor who is unceremoniously fired by his new boss, Raymond Alden (Christopher Plummer). Then, one night while on a lonely road in Vermont under a full moon, Will hits a wolf, and the wolf bites him. After being bitten, Will gets new energy and falls in love with Alden's daughter, Laura (Michelle Pfeiffer). But, grisly events ensue as Will turns into the dangerous fox that bit him.
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| 1. Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
2. City of Joy (1992)
3. Code 46 (2004)
4. East Is East (1999)
5. The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
6. In Custody (1994)
7. My Son the Fanatic (1998)
8. The Mystic Masseur (2001)
9. Second Generation (2003)
10. Such a Long Journey (1998)
11. Wolf (1994)
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