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Key Features:
Crime, Underworld, Accidental death, Transformation, Loss of innocence, Friendship, Violence-high, Tragedy, Social commentary, Indian cinema
Tone:
serious, gritty, dramatic
Target Audience:
Crime drama enthusiasts, Viewers interested in social issues, Fans of Indian cinema, Those seeking intense narratives
Emotional Arc:
Hope → Despair

Vaastav

1999-10-07
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Raghu, a simpleton, and his best friend decide to run a food stall to get rid of their unemployment. However, Raghu's life takes a drastic turn after he accidentally kills one of their customers and he is pushed into a life of crime.

Genres
Action, Crime, Drama
Cast
Sanjay Dutt, Namrata Shirodkar, Ekta Sohini, Kashmera Shah, Mohnish Behl, Deepak Tijori, Kishore Nandlaskar, Himani Shivpuri, Reema Lagoo, Sanjay Narvekar
Crew
Mahesh Manjrekar
Rating
7.157(51 votes)
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Satya
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Awaara
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7.2

A petty thief is put on trial for the attempted murder of a lawyer. Through a series of flashbacks, the intertwining lives of the thief, the lawyer, and the thief's defense lawyer are illustrated.



Deewaar
Deewaar(1975)
7.1

Haunted by the past, Vijay turns to crime, while Ravi, his brother, becomes an honest police officer. Fate pits them against each other when Ravi is sent to nab Vijay.



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A government scheme sees newly widowed Santosh inherit her husband’s job as a police constable in the rural badlands of Northern India. When a low-caste girl is found raped and murdered, she is pulled into the investigation under the wing of charismatic feminist inspector Sharma.



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NH10(2015)
6.823

Meera and Arjun are professionals living in Gurgaon. On their way to a luxurious desert holiday they stop on a Highway dhaba for dinner, where they witness a young girl being picked up by a bunch of hoodlums. Arjun chooses to step in, unmindful of the danger ahead.



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Drishyam(2015)
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Raman Raghav 2.0

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Himmatwala
2.99

When a temple priest commits suicide after being dishonored by an evil landlord, his son returns to his native village on a mission of vengeance.



Vada Chennai
7.8

Anbu, a young carrom player in North Chennai becomes inadvertently involved in an ongoing conflict between two local gangsters.



Gabbar Is Back
6.906

A vigilante network taking out corrupt officials draws the notice of the authorities.



Gangaajal
Gangaajal(2003)
6.5

An honest Superintendent of Police, IPS Amit Kumar, is assigned to a crime infested town to reduce its crime rates. There, he soon learns that cleaning up the town also means confronting the corruption among police and politicians.



Wanted
Wanted(2009)
5.8

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.



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Lootcase(2020)
6.342

Nandan, a middle-class man, finds a suitcase full of money near his workplace and steals it. However, he is soon chased by a police officer, a notorious gangster and a corrupt politician.



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Baasha
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Radhe
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Kaminey
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Ugly
Ugly(2013)
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A team of the best cops in Mumbai is dispatched to find a girl who has gone missing from her father's car. As the hunt for the kidnapper begins, fingers suspiciously point to closer home.



Salaam Bombay!
7.3

After destroying his older brother's motorbike in retaliation for his constant bullying, 11-year-old Krishna is sent to a traveling circus to earn money to pay for the bike's repairs, but soon winds up in the streets of Bombay's poorest slums. There, he befriends the drug dealer Chillum and young prostitute Sola Saal, while trying to make enough money at a neighborhood tea stall to repay his debt to his family.



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.



Omkara
Omkara(2006)
6.899

Half-caste bandit Omkara Shukla abducts his lady love, Dolly Mishra, from her family. Thanks to his cleverness, he gets away with the kidnapping. A conspiracy, however, forms against him when he denies his right-hand man, Langda Tyagi, a promotion. Ultimately, this plot threatens not only his relationship with Dolly, but their lives and those of their associates as well.



Singham
Singham(2011)
6.485

An honest, small town cop is transferred to a big city that is controlled by a crime boss that he had once humiliated.



Boss
Boss(2013)
5.556

Disowned by his father as a boy, Surya is taken in by a crime boss. When his brother Shiv is wrongly imprisoned, his father pleads for Surya's help.



Rowdy Rathore
5.877

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Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!
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Lovinder Singh, a thief now in custody and facing trial, reflects on his life of crime while the press reflect on how he managed to get away with so much before being arrested.



Gangubai Kathiawadi
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Duped and sold to a brothel, a young woman fearlessly reclaims her power, using underworld connections to preside over the world she was once a pawn in.



Badlapur
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6.976

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Company
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Mallik is a henchman of Aslam Bhai, a Mumbai underworld kingpin. He inducts local hothead Chandu into the gang, and the two of them soon form a formidable faction within the gang, eventually displacing Aslam. As the empire grows, however, the two of them start drifting apart.



Kaththi
Kaththi(2014)
7.078

Kathiresan aka Kaththi, a criminal, escapes from the Kolkata prison and comes to Chennai, where he comes across his doppelganger Jeevanandham, fighting for his life after being shot at by unknown men. Kathir decides to pass off as Jeeva and make away with a lump sum amount but once he realizes who Jeeva really is, Kathir turns a crusader.



Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo

After growing up enduring criticism from his father, a young man finds his world shaken upon learning he was switched at birth with a millionaire's son.



Simmba
Simmba(2018)
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A corrupt police officer enjoys all the perks of being an immoral and unethical police officer until an event which transforms his life completely and forces him to choose the righteous path.



Bhoothnath Returns
6.3

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Agneepath
Agneepath(2012)
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When his father is lynched by a mob after being framed by a gangster, a young boy leaves his village along with his pregnant mother and flees to Mumbai. He takes up a life of crime and swears to avenge his father. A remake of the 1990 film.



Mom
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7.539

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Mankatha
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6.8

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Talaash
Talaash(2012)
6.768

A cop, investigating the mysterious death of a filmstar, meets a sex-worker, while he faces some personal problems psychologically. The mystery connects these people in a way, that ultimately changes their lives.



Kammatti Paadam
7.9

Krishnan, who has been living away from his family and friends in Mumbai, gets a call from his friend Ganga in Kerala, out of the blue. He senses danger, and leaves for Kammattipadam, where both of them grew up.



Madaari
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A common man kidnaps the son of the Home Minister of India to get answers about the loss of his own son, caused by the illegal acts committed by corrupt government officials.



Satyameva Jayate
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Ek Villain
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Animal
Animal(2023)
6.2

The hardened son of a powerful industrialist returns home after years abroad and vows to take bloody revenge on those threatening his father's life.



Kantara
Kantara(2022)
7.146

Shiva, a tribal vagabond lives with his mother in hamlet, stays away from the traditional Daivaradhane and Bhoota Kola legacy due to an unforgettable childhood incident. He is happy loafing around with his friends and doing petty jobs for his landlord. When Forest officer Murali enters the scene, it gives a fresh dimension to the man-vs-nature fight. Can Shiva save the forest from Murali? Or is Murali just a dummy bait cast by bigger fish?



Baazigar
Baazigar(1993)
6.8

A young man with a vendetta against a business tycoon seduces and kills his eldest daughter and then proceeds to his younger daughter but she begins to suspect her new lover's ulterior motive.



Raanjhanaa
6.6

A small-town boy needs to break through the class divide to gain acceptance from his childhood sweetheart who is in love with big city ideals.



Raees
Raees(2017)
6.653

Set in the early ’80s and ’90s in Gujarat, India, ‘Raees’ is a fictitious story of a crime lord named Raees, who builds an entire empire from scratch, and a police officer who is determined to bring him down.



Welcome
Welcome(2007)
6.8

Dubai-based criminal don Uday takes it upon himself to try and get his half-sister Sanjana married - in vain, as no one wants to be associated with a crime family. Uday's associate and best friend Majnu finds a well to do, nice young man, Rajiv, who lives with his maternal uncle and aunt - Dr. and Mrs. Ghunghroo. Through extortion he compels the Ghunghroos to accept this matrimonial alliance. With no escape from this predicament, the wedding is planned, with hilarious consequences.



Nayakan
Nayakan(1987)
7.8

Velu Naicker, who witnesses the brutal murder of his father, kills a corrupt policeman and escapes to Mumbai, only to become a gangster.



Jai Ho
Jai Ho(2014)
5

An upright ex-army man, Jai fights a solitary war against corruption and injustice. With a simple mantra to pay forward, he starts off by helping one person and forms an ever growing circle of people helping each other.



Don
Don(2006)
6.877

DCP DeSilva sees a way to bring to justice the feared head of a criminal empire by recruiting a man named Vijay, who looks exactly like the crime boss. The ruse works too well, and soon Vijay finds his life in danger when DeSilva, the only one who knows his true identity, dies.



Bheja Fry
Bheja Fry(2007)
6.455

Ranjeet Thadani is a bored and arrogant music producer who along with his friends hosts a party every Friday where they invite an 'idiot' to ridicule them and have fun at their expense. One day, he invites Bharat Bhushan, a kind hearted yet annoying Income Tax inspector, who ends up messing things for people when he tries to help them who makes Ranjeet regret inviting him.



Masaan
Masaan(2015)
7.076

Four lives intersect along the Ganges: a low caste boy in hopeless love, a daughter ridden with guilt of a sexual encounter ending in a tragedy, a hapless father with fading morality, and a spirited child yearning for a family, long to escape the moral constructs of a small-town.



Kick
Kick(2014)
5.731

An adrenaline junkie walks away from a whirlwind romance and embraces a new life as a thief, though he soon finds himself pursued by veteran police officer and engaged in a turf war with a local gangster.



Duplicate
Duplicate(1998)
6.2

Seeking vengeance on those who double-crossed him, an escaped prisoner impersonates an unsuspecting chef.



Don
Don(1978)
6.5

A ruthless gangster named Don is killed during a scuffle with the police. Since only DSP D'Silva knows of this incident, he recruits Vijay, who is a spitting image of Don, to replace the original Don and infiltrate his gang. D'Silva plans to nab the entire gang, but when he dies during a raid, the secret that Vijay is not Don is also buried with him.



Lage Raho Munna Bhai

Lovable goon Munna falls for a morning radio host by the name of Jahnvi, who also runs an elders' home which an unscrupulous builder seeks to attain. In order to gain Jahnvi’s attention, he cheats his way to winning a Mahatma Gandhi radio quiz. When Jahnvi consequently expresses interest in Munna, he and his best friend Circuit attempt to keep up the facade.



R... Rajkumar
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Rajkumar, an aimless youth, works for a drug baron and is sent to kill a rival dealer. His life is changed forever when he meets Chanda, and has no idea she is the adopted daughter of the man he is supposed to kill.



Badmaash Company
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Four young friends decide to work together when one of them comes up with an innovative and lucrative business plan. But their lives begin to deteriorate when their personal issues surface.



Shootout at Lokhandwala

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Jigarthanda DoubleX

A notorious gangster is incited to transform into a film hero and opts for a filmmaker and their project descends into a scenario they had never anticipated.



Baadshah
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6.524

A small time detective is mistaken as a CBI agent and gets embroiled in a deadly mission to save the Chief Minister from an assassination attempt.



Maqbool
Maqbool(2003)
6.953

The Scottish tragedy 'Macbeth' set in the contemporary underworld of India's commercial capital; two corrupt, fortune telling policemen take the roles of the weird sisters, and "Duncan" is Abbaji, the head of a crime family.



Delhi Belly
7

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Tokatçı
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7.2

A tragicomedy dramatizing how an innocent villager is driven into the crime world only to collect enough cash to make his biggest dream come true: Return to his village home and marry the girl next door.



Hey Ram
Hey Ram(2000)
7

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Sooryavanshi
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6.9

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Rocky Handsome
6.2

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Race 3
Race 3(2018)
3.63

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Velayudham
5.29

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Visaranai
Visaranai(2016)
8

Pandi and his friends, immigrant workers in Andhra Pradesh, are picked up by cops for a crime they never committed. And thus begins their nightmare, where they become pawns in a vicious game where the voiceless are strangled by those with power.



Singh Is Kinng
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A comic caper about Happy Singh, a Punjabi villager who goes through a series of misadventures and eventually becomes the King of the Australian underworld.



Karan Arjun
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Karan and Arjun reincarnate in the different parts of the country. But the faith of their previous mother brings them together in order to avenge their death.



Black Friday
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6.246

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Deva
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Thalapathi
8

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Fukrey Returns
6.5

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Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2

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Billu
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6.4

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Trishna
Trishna(2011)
5.9

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Son of Sardaar
4.557

A Punjabi man returning to India falls in love with a woman whose family welcomes him as a guest before realizing he is the man they need to kill in order to avenge their loved ones.



Fashion
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6.456

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Baaghi 3
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6.3

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Gully Boy
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7.307

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Nayak: The Real Hero
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Talvar
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7.5

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Dabangg 3
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Dabangg
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V
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6.673

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Manorama Six Feet Under

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Gol Maal
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