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Title Call # Category Director Title Call # Category Director Aa ab laut chalen = An emotional journey back home 39536 Romance/Musical Rishi Kapoor Aag 39460 Romance/Musical Raj Kapoor Aah 39501 Romance/Musical Raja Nawathe Aakhir kyon? 39598 Drama J. Om Prakash Aakrosh 44902, 47059 Drama Govind Nihalani Aan milo sajna 39455 Family/Musical Mukul Dutt Aandhi 39505 Drama/Musical Sampooran Singh Gulzar Aankhen 39500 Comedy/Thriller Vipul Amrutlal Shah Aap ki kasam = Āpa kī qasama 39599 Dulal Guha Aar-paar 47140 Romance Guru Dutt Aas ka panchhi 39457 Drama/Family Mohan Kumar Aasha 39509 Romance/Musical J. Om Prakash Aavishkar 39537 Drama/Family Basu Bhattacharya Aaye din bahaar ke = Āye dina bahāra ke 39507 Romance/Musical Raghunath Jhalani Akele hum akele tum 34126 Amar, Akbar, Anthony 33904 Action/Musical Manmohan Desai Angoor 36632 Comedy Sampooran Singh Gulzar Angoor, Gulzar's 36632 Ankur = Aṅkura = The seedling 36116 Drama Shyam Benegal Ankush = Aṅkuśa 34078 Drama N. Chandra Anupama 47105 Drama Hrishikesh Mukherjee Apanāpana = Apnāpan 39456 Drama Prakash, J. Om. Ardh Satya 45041 Arjun Pandit = Arjuna Paṇḍita 33926 Action Rahul Rawail. Asokā 34768, 47112 Romance Santosh Sivan Awāra 34008 Drama/Musical Raj Kapoor Aya sawan jhoom ke = Āyā sāvana jhūma ke 39510 Family/Musical Raghunath Jhalani Baaton baatoon mein = Bātoṃ bātoṃ meṃ 34248 Comedy Basu Chaterjee Baazigar = Bāzīgara 34080 Crime Abbas-Mustan Baharon ke sapne 47045 Bandit queen 31369 Drama Shekhar Kapur Barsaat 34079 Action Rajkumar Santoshi Beta 39463 Drama/Musical Indra Kumar Bhumikā = The Role 36117 Drama Shyam Benegal Black 44905 Bobby 33927 Romance/Musical Raj Kapoor Body:Dark side of desire 41339 Drama Amit Saxena Bollywood dreams 41370 Documentary Ramgopal Varma Bombay = Bumbai 33799 Drama/Musical Mani Ratnam Border = Bôrḍara 34249 Action J.P. Dutta. Bunty aur Babli 43193 Adventure Shaad Ali Sahgal Captured by you 48065 Hin Chachi 420 44921 Charandass = Caraṇa Dāsa 36118 Musical B.S. Thapa. Chhoti si baat 36696 Comedy Basu Chatterjee City beautifulg̲ 41301 Documentary Rahul Roy Courtesans of Bombay 40261 Documentary/Musical Daag = Dā ẖa 34081 Romance Amiya Chakrabarty Darr 33797 Thriller Yash Chopra Dastak = Dastaka 34250 Drama Mukesh Bhatt Daud = Fun on the run 33808 Musical Ram Gopal Varma Deewaar 30670 Drama/Family Yash Chopra Deewangee 36633 Crime Anees Bazmee Deewangee, Nitin Manmohan's 36633 Deewarein = 3 Walls 43510 Drama Nagesh Kukunoor Devdas 36692, 36634 Romance/Musical Sanjay Leela Bhansali Dharam karam 39541 Drama/Family Randhir Kapoor Dhoom = Blast 47067 Hin Dī barniṅga ṭrena= Burning train 39459 Action Dil chahta hai 37246 Drama/Musical Farhan Akhtar Dil diya dard liya 30673 Romance/Musical A.R. Kardar Dil hai ke manta nahin 31385 Adventure/Musical Mahesh Bhatt Dil se 33804 Drama/Musical Mani Ratnam Dil to pagal hai 33800 Comedy/Musical Yash Chopra Dilwale dulhania le jayenge 38812 Comedy/Musical Aditya Chopra Dor 45054 Dushman = Duśmana 33928 Crime Tanuja Chandra G̲ Fireworks Wednesday = Chahar shanbeh souri 48141 Farsi Gadar: ek prem katha = ẖadara : eka prema kathā 36697 Drama Ghulam 34082 Crime Vikram Bhatt Godmother 31386 Crime/Musical Vinay Shukla Gopi 34083 Romance/Musical A. Bhim Singh Great gambler = Dhī greṭa gaimbalara 39458 Action Shakti Samanta Gumnaam 45002 Hera pheri 33929 Comedy Priyadarshan Hero Hiralal 45075 Hey Ram : genocide in the land of Gandhi 46969 Hindustan ki kasam = Hindustāna kī kasama 34251 Drama Veeru Devgan Hindustani = Indian 36698 Action/Musical S. Shankar Hum aapke hain koun-- !n ̐ 33810 Family/Musical Hum hain rahi pyar ke 36699 Comedy/Family Mahesh Bhatt Hum paanch = Hama pā ca 39511 Action/Family Bapu Hum tum 43212 Romance/Musical Kunal Kohli Humraaz 39538 Action/Musical Imaandaar = Imānadāra 33930 Drama/Family Sushil Malik In custody = Hifazaat 40287 Comedy Ismail Merchant Indian Babu 41938 Drama/Musical Ittefaq = Ittefāqa 34415 Thriller Yash Chopra Jaadugar = Jādūgara 33931 Fantasy Prakash Mehra Jewel thief 42352 Thriller/Musical Dev Anand Jis desh mein Ganga Rehta hai 36700 Crime/Musical Mahesh Manjrekar Judaai, Boney Kapoor's 39462 Drama/Family Raj Kanwar Kaante 36702 Crime Sunjay Gupta Kabhi kabhie 33803 Drama/Musical Yash Chopra Kabhi khushi kabhie gham-- 36203 Drama/Musical Karan Johar Kabuliwala 35724 Drama/Musical Bimal Roy Kabuliwala, Tagore's 35724 Kal aaj aur kal 39597 Romance/Musical Randhir Kapoor Kal ho naa ho 41312, 42386 Romance Nikhil Advani Kalyug 36119 Drama Shyam Benegal Karma 36703 Action Subhash Ghai Karz 36704 Action/Musical Khal nayak = The villain 30671 Action Subhash Gahi Khel khel mein 34047 Thriller/Musical Ravi Tandon Khiladi 33932 Thriller Abbas-Mustan. Khubsoorat = Khūbasūrata 36705 Comedy/Family Hrishikesh Mukherjee Khuda Gawah 33809 Action Mukul S. Anand Kranti 36706 Adventure Manoj Kumar Krodhi 39542 Action Subhash Gahi Kuch kuch hota hai 44924 Comedy/Family Karan Johar Lagaan 33755 Drama/Musical Ashutosh Gowariker Lajja 44491 Lal pattha = Lāla patthara 36636 Musical Sushil Majumdar Lamhe 36637 Drama/Musical Yash Chopra Lamhe, Yash Chopra's 36637 Mahabharat 32442-32457 Drama B.R. Chopra & Ravi Chopra. Maṇḍī = Market place 36120 Comedy Shyam Benegal Manoranjan 39535 Comedy/Musical Shammi Kapoor Meia noite levarei sua alma, À 36698 Hin Mera naam joker 34007 Drama Raj Kapoor Mili 39540 Romance Hrishikesh Mukherjee Mohabbatein 43516 Drama/Musical Aditya Chopra Mother India 33936, 42695 Drama/Musical Mehboob Mr. India 39539 Sci-fi Shekhar Kapur Mrityudand 36638 Drama Prakash Jha Muqaddar ka Sikandar 36639 Romance Prakash Mehra Naam 36640 Crime/Musical Mahesh Bhatt Naka, Naka, Dupont Naka (No to Dupont) 46970 Namak halaal 36641 Comedy/Family Navketan International's Guide 36635 Romance/Musical Nishānt 36121 Crime Shyam Benegal Opera Jawa 47810 Musical PAL/Javanese Paheli 42845 Fantasy Amol Palekar Pardes 33807 Romance/Musical Subhash Ghai Parinda 36707 Action/Family Parineeta 43322 Drama/Family Patita = Patitā 36006 Drama/Family Amiya Chakrabarty Phool aur patthar 46551 Prem Rog = Prema roga 34085 Drama/Musical Prince 36709 Romance/Musical Lekh Tandon Professor = Profesara 36710 Romance/Musical Lekh Tandon Pushpak = Pushpaka 33933 Comedy/Thriller Pyar ka mausam 36642 Romance/Musical Nasir Hussain Qurbani 34252 Action Rahul 36711 Drama Prakash Jha Rajkumar 34046 Comedy/Musical R. Shankar Ram aur Shyam = Rāma aura Śyāma 39503 Comedy/Family Ram teri ganga maili 34086 Romance/Musical Ramayan 36381-36396 Adventure Rang de basanti 43053 Comedy Razia sultan 36712 Drama Kamal Amrohi Roja 33802 Romance Mani Ratnam Roti 39502 Thriller/Family Manmohan Desai Saawariya 47699 Sachaa jhutha 39513 Action/Musical Manmohan Desai Sadma 36644 Romance Balu Mahendra Salaam Bombay! 42264 Drama Mira Nair Sangam 34009 Romance/Musical Sapno ka saudagar 34087 Romance Saraswatichandra 39505 Romance/Musical Sarkar 43508 Action Satta 39509 Drama Satte pe satta 39512 Action Satyam shivam sundaram 34010 Romance Shool 36645 Action E. Nivas Shree 420 33934 Drama/Musical Raj Kapoor Sohni Mahiwal = Sohanī Mahivāla 39461 Drama Umesh Mehra Sujata 34006 Romance Bimal Roy Sultanat 36646 Drama/Musical Mukul Anand Train to Pakistan 47092 Trikāl = Past, present, future = Trikāla 36122 Drama Shyam Benegal Veer-Zaara 43622 Romance Yash Chopra Waqt 34392 Mystery Yash Chopra Water 43556 Romance Deepa Mehta Yun hota toh kya hota 45055.
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