
Farida Jalal
Actor · b. 1949 · Bombay, India [now Mumbai]
Farida Jalal (née Sami; born March 14, 1949) is an Indian actress active in Hindi cinema and television. In a career spanning nearly half a century, she has acted in over 200 films, and has received accolades such as four Filmfare Awards, two Bengal Film Journalists Association Awards, a Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance, and the Best Actress Award at the 2012 Harlem International Film Festival. Jalal started her career in film as a teenager and went on to play leading and supporting roles in numerous motion pictures through the 1970s and early 80s. Later, she established herself as a household name for portraying motherly roles in the 1990s and the early 2000s. Since then, she successfully transitioned to television and appeared in numerous shows, including sitcoms, soap operas, and Netflix originals.
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Movie8.5ComedyDramaRaj is a rich, carefree, happy-go-lucky second generation NRI. Simran is the daughter of Chaudhary Baldev Singh, who in spite of being an NRI is very strict about adherence to Indian values. Simran has left for India to be married to her childhood fiancé. Raj leaves for India with a mission at his hands, to claim his lady love under the noses of her whole family. Thus begins a saga.
Movie5.1ActionComedyA group of quirky characters gets stuck in a dangerous jungle during a chaotic mission. Filled with confusion, criminals, and hilarious situations, they must work together to survive and find their way out.
Welcome To The Jungle
2026 · 39 votes
Movie7.7ComedyDramaYears after his father disowns his adopted brother for marrying a woman of lower social standing, a young man goes on a mission to reunite his family.
Movie7.5RomanceDramaPer her mother's last wish, an 8 year old girl sets out to reunite her father with his college best friend who was in love with him.
Movie4.0ActionCrimeA veteran police officer becomes increasingly agitated when his partner is killed in the line of duty. To add to his woes, his daughter falls in love with his new daredevil partner.
Movie6.9DramaRomanceRahul, the director of a successful dance troupe, considers Nisha his best friend, though secretly, she is madly in love with him. He then falls for Pooja, who is engaged to Ajay.
Movie5.8ComedyDramaSeveral alumni reminisce about their final year at St. Theresa's College and the events that shaped their lives.
Student of the Year
2012 · 202 votes
Movie7.8ComedyDramaSet over one day in Delhi, Bani, a writer, is racing against a career-defining 12-hour deadline. Mothers, aunts, cousins and former romantic interests descend on her apartment, each bringing their own emergencies and Bani has to navigate interfaith complexities, generational conflicts and family expectations as she faces a dilemma, which could alter her life trajectory forever.
Movie7.0HistoryDramaSaketh Ram's wife is raped and killed during direct action day riots in Calcutta. He is convinced that Mahatma Gandhi is responsible for all the problems happening in the country. He sets out to kill him.
Movie6.7RomanceDramaSonia and Rohit love each other but Rohit is mysteriously killed. When Sonia moves to New Zealand, she meets Raj, Rohit's lookalike who helps her trace Rohit's killer.
Movie5.1ActionCrimeBig Brother is a story set in modern India which revolves around a small middle-class family composed of Dev Sharma Sunny Deol, his wife Aarti Priyanka Chopra, his mother Farida Jalal, brother Imran Khan and sister Prachi. Although they lead a simple and peaceful lifestyle, an incident occurs that changes their lives forever. The family is left with no choice but to leave Delhi and move to Mumbai in disguise. They start life afresh and all seems well until the ghosts of the past surface again. Things reach a point when Dev Sharma is prodded by his mother to take a course of action which not only avenges their plight but also take on the cause of the aggrieved in the country as a whole. The movement so created gets the support of the woman at large and the infirm who proudly proclaim him to be their Big Brother.
Big Brother
2007 · 13 votes
Movie5.6RomanceActionWhat fate awaits a stonehearted gangster and bloodthirsty womaniser when true love claims him, helpless and unguarded? A gang war that shakes the entire underworld and crime syndicate to their very roots. A forbidden love; the tale of an unrequited passion.
Movie7.0RomanceComedyTwo wounded souls, brought together by chance, find solace in each other's company and gradually develop a profound connection that blossoms into love.
Aabeer Gulaal
2025 · 1 votes
Movie4.9CrimeActionMistakenly appointed as a college professor, happy-go-lucky Raja finds the rich girl of his dreams - but must confront a look-alike con man named Rocky to win her father's approval. The plot thickens when Raja pretends to be Rocky, and Rocky pretends to be Raja. But both does not know that this mistake will engulf them for years to come
Aflatoon
1997 · 14 votes
Movie6.1DramaA young law student finds his strongly held ideals clashing with the work he has to undertake, leading to a crisis of confidence in this 2001 Bollywood feature from director Ashok Mehta.
Moksha: Salvation
2001 · 5 votes
Movie5.8ActionRomanceRaj rebuilds his murdered father's car and names it Taarzan, but the car comes to life in a miraculous way and slowly starts killing the killers of Raj's father.
Taarzan: The Wonder Car
2004 · 55 votes
Movie5.2RomanceDramaMain Prem Ki Diwani Hoon is the story of Sanjana (Kareena Kapoor), a girl of today's generation full of life and vibrant ecstasy. She lives life on her own terms and gets very upset when her mother Susheela (Himani Shivpuri), arranges for her to see a boy leading to a marriage prospect.
Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon
2003 · 63 votes
Movie6.4DramaRomanceRaja, a taxi driver, falls in love with Aarti, a rich girl, and marries her against her parents' wishes. Later, her stepmother tries to create a rift betweenthe couple.
Raja Hindustani
1996 · 73 votes
Movie6.0RomanceDramaA passionate cross-cultural romance unfolds between Vietnam and Punjab, inspired by the classic Turkish novel 'Madonna in a Fur Coat.
Love in Vietnam
2025 · 2 votes
Movie6.1DramaRomanceRaja is the 18-year-old son of a wealthy Bombay businessman who suffers from his parents coldness and neglect. Shortly after finishing school he meets Bobby, the 16-year-old daughter of a poor Christian fisherman. They fall head over heels for each other, but they'll need everything they have to defend their love as their families won't accept them marrying each other...
Bobby
1973 · 26 votes
Movie5.9DramaRomanceRaj and Priya are newly married. Priya is heavy with children, but due to unexpected circumstances, she loses her child and is unable to conceive again. Enter Madhoo, a prostitute who is willing to become surrogate mother for the couple. Their relationship becomes entangled with love triangle when Madhoo falls in love with Raj.
Movie5.7ActionCrimeAbout to retire, police inspector Samar Singh changes his mind when he discovers that a recently elected official has ties with the underworld.
Garv: Pride and Honour
2004 · 29 votes
MovieMusicThe film has been shot in various parts of India like Jaipur, Jaisalmer and Mumbai. The film is set in the modern milieu with traditional Indian backdrop and values. It revolves around three friends and their families.
Bezubaan Ishq
2015
Movie6.7CrimeDramaA lawyer tried to defend a person accused of murder who is diagnosed with Split personality disorder.
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TV7.0ComedyTalk ShowKapil Sharma is back with his gang - Bindu, Chandan and 'mohalle ki dhoban' Gudiya. In tow is a new character, Maski, along with Goli, Roopmati and more! Enjoy guaranteed laughter with Kapil and his antics as different celebrities join in.
The Kapil Sharma Show
2016 · 40 votes
TV6.8ComedyComedy Nights with Kapil is a comedy show which provides a distinctive take on the everyday life of a common man as the show explores the story of every household and how our common man Kapil is affected by the simplest issues in life around him.
Comedy Nights with Kapil
2013 · 22 votes
TV5.7RealityThe Indian version of the Pop Idol format.
Indian Idol
2004 · 17 votes
- TVTalk Show
Host Farooq Shaikh interviews many well-known Bollywood faces as well as television celebrities and gives a peek into their private and professional lives.
TV7.1Talk ShowComedyComedian Kapil Sharma hosts this laugh-out-loud variety talk show with celebrity guests, hilarious antics and his signature supporting cast.
TV6.3ComedyFamilyThe story revolves around how different people in the family adjust to the magical powers of naani and her daughters, who use their magical powers for their needs.
TV9.0ComedyYeh Jo Hai Zindagi was a popular comedy sitcom on Indian television, aired for the first time in 1984. It was written by comedy writer Sharad Joshi and directed by Kundan Shah, S. S. Oberoi and Raman Kumar. It was one of the first sitcoms and one of the biggest hit shows on Indian television after the state owned television, Doordarshan, started sponsoring its programs. The episodes revolved around funny happenings in the lives of Ranjit Verma and Renu Verma, who play a married couple along with Renu's unmarried and unemployed younger brother Raja and then Chachi's daughter who plays the character of Rashmi. Other characters were Ranjit's boss, his Bengali neighbours.
TV6.2DramaWar & PoliticsThe scheming Mallikajaan rules over an elite house of courtesans — but a new rival threatens her reign as rebellion brews in British-ruled India.
TV8.0ComedyDramaRishta.com is an Indian television series which broadcast on Sony Entertainment Television on January 3, 2010. The show is produced by Indian producers Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra of Yash Raj Films under their new production house name YRF Televisions. The show has been conceived, written and directed by Rishab Seth. It aired Sunday nights.
Rishta.com
2010 · 1 votes
TV9.0MysteryDramaThis winter, there's no escaping the shivers as ZEE5 Original 'Parchhayee' is all set to bring to life the most bone-chilling horror tales of celebrated author Ruskin Bond. The mysteries unravel from 15th January! Here's a first look at 'Parchhayee'.
Parchhayee: Ghost Stories By Ruskin Bond
2019 · 2 votes
TV7.2ComedyFamilyDekh Bhai Dekh was one of the most popular comedy Hindi sitcom created, developed, edited, directed and line produced by Aanand Mahendroo, produced by Jaya Bachchan, starring, Shekhar Suman, Navin Nischol, Farida Jalal, Bhavana Balsavar, Deven Bhojani, Sushma Seth, Vishal Singh, Nattasha Singh lead roles. It premiered on Doordarshan's metro channel, on 6 May 1993 until 1997. Subsequently, there have been several re-runs on DD National, Sony TV, and SAB TV till 2005. It is considered as a classic, among Indian television shows.The story revolves around three generations of the Diwan family, who live as an extended family in an ancestral bungalow in the suburbs of Mumbai. The serial takes the viewer through their various ups and downs. Their never-say-die attitude helps them overcome sibling rivalry, relationship troubles, business problems, irksome parents and in-laws. A distinctive feature of this show were its fast speaking characters.
TV6.0DramaIt's a set of six amusing short films that paint an honest and amusing picture of love. The series traces love in an unconventional way, across all ages and professions.
Love Shots
2016 · 3 votes