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Black (2005) FR #609 | Movie | Drama, Musical | India | Hindi
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Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Writer Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Bhavani Iyer, Prakash Kapadia
Cast Amitabh Bachchan, Rani Mukerji, Shernaz Patel
Plot Michelle, a disabled girl who can't see, hear, or speak, suffering in a world that has given up on her. But when the teacher Debraj enters her life, he becomes a ray of hope that she might pursue her passions and have a normal life.
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Devdas (2002) FR #1123 | Movie | Drama, Musical | India | Hindi
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Writer Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Prakash Kapadia, Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Cast Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Madhuri Dixit
Plot After his wealthy family prohibits him from marrying the woman he is in love with, Devdas Mukherjee's life spirals further and further out of control as he takes up alcohol and a life of vice to numb the pain.
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Gangubai Kathiawadi (2022) FR #1598 | Movie | Drama, Musical | India | Hindi
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Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Writer Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Abhiruchi Chand, Saurabh H. Dikshit
Cast Alia Bhatt, Shantanu Maheshwari, Vijay Raaz
Plot 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.
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Hum DIL De Chuke Sanam aka Straight From The Heart (1999) FR #2358 | Movie | Drama, Musical | India | Hindi
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Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Writer Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Amrik Gill, Pratap Karvat
Cast Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Salman Khan, Ajay Devgn
Plot Nandini has to choose between Sameer, the man who taught her to fall in love; and Vanraj, the man from whom she learnt how to abide and fulfill promises of love.
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Bajirao Mastani (2015) FR #3594 | Movie | History, Musical | India | Hindi
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Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Writer Nagnath S. Inamdar, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Mallika Dutt
Cast Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Priyanka Chopra Jonas
Plot An account of the romance between the Maratha general, Baji Rao I and Mastani, princess of Bundelkhand.
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Editorial Best Movies/TV Shows Written by (or adapted from) Sanjay Leela Bhansali collects the writer’s most important, popular and top regarded work. This list is built from the cataogue of 25000 core titles provided on FlickRatings, and showcases most important movies and TV shows as ordered by our score generated using public metadata. Combine this with our weekly updated OTT information to shortlist your next watch.
