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Complete Filmography

Border 2
2026
Lyricist
A sequel to Border (1997).

120 Bahadur
2025
Lyricist

Superboys of Malegaon
2025
Lyricist
The residents of Malegaon look to Bollywood cinema for a much-needed escape from daily drudgery. Amateur filmmaker Nasir Shaikh gets inspired to make ...

Yudhra
2024
Lyricist
Yudhra, who is struggling with anger issues, is assigned an undercover mission to bring down a powerful drug syndicate headed by Firoz and his son Sha...

Bad Newz
2024
Lyricist
After a whirlwind marriage with social media influencer Akhil Chadha that ends in divorce, chef Saloni Bagga meets hotelier Gurbir Pannu. One night wi...

Kho Gaye Hum Kahan
2023
Lyricist
Three best friends juggle life as 20-somethings in Mumbai, where romance, ambition and heartbreak collide with the addictive draw of social media.

Dunki
2023
Lyricist
Four friends from a sleepy little village in Punjab share a common dream: to go to England. Their problem is that they have neither the visa nor the t...

The Archies
2023
Lyricist
Set in 1960s India, Archie and the gang navigate romance, friendship and the future of Riverdale as developers threaten to destroy a beloved park.

Naam Tha Kanhaiyalal
2022
A very spellbinding story about the reel and real life of great old thespian Kanhaiyalal and his bygone era when Indian Cinema was at a nascent stage....

Mili
2022
Lyricist
Mili Naudiyal, a nursing graduate is planning to move to Canada. She takes up a job at a food outlet for the time being but her sudden disappearance w...

India Shayari Project
2021
as Self
This lyrical extravaganza celebrates poetry and the freedom of expression with India’s biggest poets as they share their love for poetry through belov...

Toofaan
2021
Lyricist
An inspiring story about an orphan boy from the streets of Dongri, who grows up to become a local goon of his area and how his life changes after he m...

Panga
2020
Lyricist
'Panga' follows the triumphs and struggle of a national level Kabbadi player from India who receives the love and support from her family to help achi...

Panipat
2019
Lyricist
During 18th century India, the Marathas emerged as the most powerful empire in the nation until the Afghan King Ahmad Shah Abdali plans to take over I...

Namaste England
2018
Lyricist
Param and Jasmeet fall in love and they get married. Their perfect romance gets disturbed by Jasmeet’s suppressed ambition however, she has dreams of ...

Gold
2018
Dialogue
Set in 1948, the historic story of India's first Olympic medal post their independence.

Bird of Dusk
2018
as (archival footage)
An insight into the life of late writer-director Rituparno Ghosh, the iconic cultural figure from West Bengal (India), who pushed and transgressed the...

Manto
2018
as Abid Ali Abid
In Bombay's seedy-shiny film world, Manto and his stories are widely read and accepted. But as sectarian violence engulfs the nation, Manto makes the ...

Tumhari Sulu
2017
Lyricist
A happy-go-lucky Mumbai suburban housewife Sulochana, fondly known as Sulu, lands the role of a night RJ, resulting in drastic changes to her routine ...

Bareilly Ki Barfi
2017
as Narrator
Bitti Mishra is a bohemian Bareilly girl who falls deeply in love with Pritam Vidrohi, an author because she admires his progressive way of thinking. ...

Hanuman Da Damdaar
2017
as Valmiki (voice)
Anjani has not forgotten how her son almost lost his life. Now to protect him, she shelters him in abid to keep him from harming himself again. She do...

Mohenjo Daro
2016
Lyricist
During the Indus valley civilization, an Indigo farmer strives for the justice and protection of the city of Mohenjo-Daro and its civilians from an ev...

Bollywood and Beyond: A Century of Indian Cinema
2015
as Self
Indian cinema has the largest audience of any art form on the planet. With a population of over a billion, India has recently enjoyed an economic boo...

Dil Dhadakne Do
2015
Dialogue
On a cruise to celebrate their parents' 30th wedding anniversary, a brother and sister deal with the impact of family considerations on their romantic...

Shamitabh
2015
as Self
A mute, aspiring actor joins forces with a man who has a powerful voice. Together they take the film industry by storm, but will their egos get in the...

Jai Ho
2014
as self
The Film brings to its viewers, a hitherto unseen and unheard narrative of one of the greatest musicians the world has ever known: A. R. Rahman

Nautanki Saala!
2013
Lyricist
Ram, a successful theatre artist, saves Mandar from committing suicide. He then ends up developing a special bond with Mandar and even helps solve his...

Ekk Deewana Tha
2012
Lyricist
Sachin is an engineering graduate from a middle class Mumbai family, but his passion is for the world of cinema. He is dreaming and planning for a fut...

Force
2011
Musical
A vengeful drug-dealer/gangster targets and terrorizes an entire police unit and their families.

Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey
2010
Lyricist
1930, British India: In the province of undivided Bengal lies the sleepy, peaceful port of Chittagong. In this unassuming little town a revolution is ...

Aisha
2010
Screenplay
Aisha, who loves playing matchmaker much to her friend Arjun's disapproval, finds a new target in the simple Shefali. But in the process, she ends up ...

Karthik Calling Karthik
2010
Lyricist
A much abused loner achieves success, and even wins the heart of his gorgeous co-worker, after getting early morning mysterious phone calls from someo...

3 Idiots
2009
Thanks
Rascal. Joker. Dreamer. Genius... You've never met a college student quite like "Rancho." From the moment he arrives at India's most prestigious unive...

Main Aurr Mrs Khanna
2009
Lyricist
Three people, each having different aspirations from life, are caught in a tangle of emotions and don’t know the way out. There’s a husband and wife w...

Wake Up Sid
2009
Lyricist
Wake Up Sid! is the story of a lazy Mumbai college student who does absolutely nothing, with a turn of events will Sid realize his potential in this w...

Billa
2009
Original Story
A police inspector sends a gangster-lookalike to uncover the gang's secrets.

Mere Khwabon Mein Jo Aaye
2009
as Judge 1
Mere Khwabon Mein Jo Aaye is the story of Maya. Maya lives in New Delhi is married to Vikram and has a daughter Priya. Maya's life is mundane and cent...

Luck by Chance
2009
as Self
Not wanting the same fate as befell her sisters, Sona Mishra re-locates to Mumbai to try to make a living making movies, but she soon finds that the p...

Luck by Chance
2009
Dialogue
Not wanting the same fate as befell her sisters, Sona Mishra re-locates to Mumbai to try to make a living making movies, but she soon finds that the p...

Jodhaa Akbar
2008
Lyricist
A sixteenth century love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a Mughal emperor and a Rajput princess.

Billa
2007
Original Story
The intertwined stories of an international Don in Malaysia, David Billa, chased by the cops, an Indian police officer, a woman who wants to avenge th...

Marigold
2007
Lyricist
Marigold Lexton, an American actress who gets stranded in Mumbai and lands a minor role in a Bollywood musical. She meets Prem, the film's choreograph...

Don
2006
Screenplay
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...

Swades
2004
Lyricist
A successful Indian scientist returns home to his village to take his nanny back to America with him, and in the process rediscovers his roots.

Kyun! Ho Gaya Na...
2004
Lyricist
A man and a woman have opposing beliefs about love. He sees her as a friend, but she is in love with him. When the woman decides to marry someone else...

Lakshya
2004
Screenplay, Story, Dialogue
An aimless, jobless, irresponsible grown man joins the army and matures into a battlefield hero.

Supari
2003
Lyricist
Four best friends end up owing 500,000 rupees to Mamta Sekhri, a woman involved in various underworld activities. The friends are forced to kill for m...

Armaan
2003
Screenplay, Dialogue
Dr. Siddharth Sinha is a dedicated selfless doctor who dreams of building a state-of-the-art hospital with all the modern instruments and amenities fo...

Aalavandhan
2001
Lyricist
Nandu and Vijay are brothers who were abused by their stepmother during their younger days. Nandhu, who is mentally ill, decides to kill Vijay's fianc...

Little John
2001
Lyricist
When a visiting researcher tries desperately to escape, after mistakenly captured by police for an alleged theft in a temple, bizarre things start hap...

Raja Ko Rani Se Pyar Ho Gaya
2000
Lyricist
Mohit, a young man raised into beliving in fairy tales, comes to Bombay to find Manisha, a young woman whom he saved from drowning in a lake near his ...

Gaja Gamini
2000
Additional Soundtrack
A mysterious and beautiful woman, in her various incarnations, inspires artists throughout the ages.

Baadshah
1999
Lyricist
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.

Jeans
1998
Lyricist
The father of twin brothers wants to get them married to only twin sisters. But one of the brothers falls in love with a woman does not have a twin si...

Kabhi Na Kabhi
1998
Story, Dialogue, Lyricist
Kachra Seth runs an empire of collecting garbage, which is merely a front to cover-up for his other business - drug trafficking. He recruits a select ...

Yes Boss
1997
Lyricist
Rahul Joshi wants to be a successful businessman so he works hard for his boss Siddharth. One day Rahul meets Seema, an up and coming model, and he fe...

Border
1997
Lyricist
It's 1971, and 2000 members of the Pakistani Army—armed with tanks—are at war with just 120 men in a battalion of Indian soldiers based in the Longewa...

Prem
1995
Writer
Sanjay Verma has been having hallucinations of a past life as Shantanu. He meets Sonia Verma, and recognizes her as the girl named Lachi in his past l...

1942: A Love Story
1994
Lyricist
The son of a politician loyal to the British rule falls in love with the daughter of a freedom fighter.

Gardish
1993
Musical
Naive and easily impressionable Vidya Bhalla would like her husband to be a dashing hero, one who is not afraid of anybody, one who can easily jump in...

Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja
1993
Screenplay, Story
Jagmohan Jugral kills his twin brother, Manmohan, in order to escape from Customs Officer Verma. In the chase that follows, Jagmohan also kills Verma,...

Khel
1992
Writer
Widowed Sulakshana Devi is a wealthy industrialist and lives a very wealthy, though hectic lifestyle with her only son, Ravi, and nephew, Balwant. Whi...

Jhoothi Shaan
1991
Screenplay
Ranimaa, a one-time empress, refuses to believe that her home is no longer a palace, even though she and her four children have turned it into a hotel...

Main Azaad Hoon
1989
Writer
A newspaper reporter exploits an ordinary man for few rupees to pose as a man who is fighting against the corrupt politicians and prints imaginary sto...

Follow That Star - Amitabh Bachchan
1989
Documentary on mega star Amitabh Bachchan by Nasreen Munni Kabir with interviews by Ramesh Sippy, Prakash Mehra, Manmohan Desai, Mukul Anand and Javed...

Joshilaay
1989
Screenplay, Story, Dialogue
Dara and Karan, the sons of two of the victims of dacoit Jogi Thakur, wait many years to exact their revenge. When the Thakur's colleague Raja Singh c...

Sathya
1988
Original Story
Sathya, a jobless youth who does not like injustice becomes a puppet in the hands of a corrupt politician, and unknowingly helps him in his malicious ...

Mr. India
1987
Writer, Songs
A poor but big-hearted man takes orphans into his home. After discovering his scientist father's invisibility device, he rises to the occasion and fig...

Dacait
1987
Writer
Arjun Yadav return from the city after completing his studies to get settled in his village with his family consisting of his mother Devi Chaudaran, h...

Sobharaj
1986
Original Story
Sobharaj is the leader of an underworld gang. He gets killed in an encounter with the police. The DSP uses his lookalike brother to pose as him in ord...

Mr. Bharath
1986
Original Story
Businessman Gopinath abandons Shanti, his first love, to marry a rich heiress. Later, Bharath, Gopinath and Shanti's illegitimate son, seeks revenge f...

Zamana
1985
Writer
Poona-based Satish is a professional photographer and lives with his pregnant wife, Sudha, and son named Vinod. While developing some photographs with...

Meri Jung
1985
Writer
When evil lawyer Thakral prosecutes innocent family man Deepak and sends him to his death, his family is shattered--and when his son Arun grows up, he...

Saagar
1985
Dialogue, Story, Screenplay
Raja, a fisherman is secretly in love with Mona. When wealthy Ravi comes to live with his grandmother, Kamladevi, he sees Mona and falls in love with ...

Arjun
1985
Screenplay, Story
Mr. Malwankar lives a small tenement in Grant Road, Bombay, with his son, Arjun, daughter, Sudha, and wife, Rukmini, who is his second wife, as his fi...

Duniya
1984
Writer
Framed for a crime he didn't commit, Mohan Kumar loses his wife, son and freedom, then he emerges from prison, vowing revenge.
Nathi Muthal Nathi Vare
1983
Original Story

Shakti
1982
Writer
A policeman's son becomes a criminal after a childhood incident creates a rift between them.

Saath Saath
1982
Songs
The story is about a simple man with high moral values. Avinash (Farookh Shekh) is a poor but self respected guy. His policy is to earn while you lear...

Savaal
1981
Original Story
Brothers Shankar and Raja decide to go to the city for better opportunities post their mother's death. However, they get separated while travelling on...

Kranti
1981
Writer
The film takes place in 19th Century British India and is the story of the fight for independence from the British in the years spanning from 1825 to ...

Shaan
1980
Writer
DSP Shiv Kumar returns home to his wife Sheetal and their young daughter and announces that he has been transferred to Bombay. Shiv Kumar has two brot...

Polladhavan
1980
Original Story
While travelling to a new job location, Sita is attacked, and saved by a man who kills the offender. Later, she realises that her boss is the killer f...

Dostana
1980
Writer
Two close friends decide to enter law enforcement – one a police officer, the other a lawyer – but their friendship begins to unravel when they both f...

Billa
1980
Original Story
Billa, a powerful outlaw with a long list of enemies, kills Rajesh, a member of his gang, after he quits the criminal life. But Rajesh's fiancee and h...

Yugandhar
1979
Writer
When Yugandhar, a ruthless don, gets killed in a police encounter, Jaganath, the police superintendent, trains his lookalike to pose as the don and he...

Kaala Patthar
1979
Writer
Vijay Singh is a disgraced former Merchant-Navy officer who is branded as a coward after he abandons his crew during an emergency. Guilt-ridden and tr...

Don
1978
Screenplay, Writer, Dialogue
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 s...

Trishul
1978
Dialogue, Story, Screenplay
Vijay Kumar is the illegitimate son of a construction baron, Raj Kumar Gupta and his first love, Shanti, whom Raj had given up in order to marry a wea...

Immaan Dharam
1977
Writer
Ahmed and Mohan Kumar Saxena are petty thieves, and con-men. They career is spent as false witnesses near the Bombay courts, where they get paid a set...

Raja Nanna Raja
1976
Story
Geetha is in quest of finding a suitor. Just when she believes that she has found her perfect match, a stalker tries to convince her that he was her l...

Magaadu
1976
Writer
Two brothers are raised amidst difficulties, but one becomes a cop while the other takes to crime and becomes a gangster. Fate puts them against each ...

Premada Kanike
1976
Story
A tutor hired by a wealthy family witnesses a murder, while travelling by a train. She faces a dilemma when she realizes that the murderer is the patr...

Sholay
1975
Writer
After his family is murdered by the notorious bandit Gabbar Singh, a former police officer enlists the services of two outlaws to capture him and seek...

Aakhri Daao
1975
Writer
Ravi, a former safe-cracker, turns over a new leaf, taking a job managing a timber buisness and falling in love with Reena, the owner's daughter. His ...
Naalai Namadhe
1975
Original Story

Annadammula Anubandham
1975
Original Story
Annadammula Anubandham (transl. Sibling's Relationship) is 1975 Indian Telugu-language action drama film, produced by the makeup artist M. Peethambara...

Deewaar
1975
Writer
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 s...

Majboor
1974
Writer
A terminally ill man frames himself for murder to allow his family to collect the reward money. After a successful operation, he escapes police custod...

Nippulanti Manishi
1974
Writer
Vijay, an inspector, sets out to find his parents' murderers. With the help of a street-wise girl and a foe-turned-friend, he plans his revenge. It is...

Haath Ki Safai
1974
Dialogue, Screenplay
After the tragic passing of his parents, Raj Kumar is also separated from his elder brother. He ends up hungry and penniless in Bombay, and is taken i...

Vani Rani
1974
Story
Identical twins Vani and Rani are separated at birth. One is tortured by her abusive aunt while the other grows up as a street performer. However, the...

Zanjeer
1973
Writer
A tough and honest police officer clashes with a crime boss who, unbeknownst to him, happens to be his parents' murderer.

Yaadon Ki Baaraat
1973
Writer, Screenplay, Story
Three brothers are separated after their parents are murdered by a gangster. Years later, they find their paths intertwined around a family song.

Seeta and Geeta
1972
Writer
The story is about identical twins who are separated at birth and grow up with different temperaments. The twins then swap places.

Haathi Mere Saathi
1971
Screenplay
Orphaned Raju, in the company of four elephants, has to perform with them at street corners, in order to survive. Slowly he amasses a fortune, and is ...

Yakeen
1969
Dialogue
Rajesh Sharma, working with the Indian Government on a top secret research project, has to deal with enemy agents, explosions, murder and last but not...
The Master: Shyam Benegal
N/A
as Himself
A personal portrait of director Shyam Benegal, made by his collaborator, Khalid Mohammed

Don 3
N/A
Lyricist
Lahore 1947
N/A
Lyricist
The film is based on the cult play Jis Lahore Nai Dekhya O Jamyai Nai.