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- DirectorHrishikesh MukherjeeStarsDharmendraSharmila TagoreAmitabh BachchanA newly wedded husband plays a practical joke on his wife's family with full support from his wife and friends.
- DirectorKundan ShahStarsNaseeruddin ShahRavi BaswaniBhakti BarveTwo photographers, who are employed by a magazine editor to expose the scandalous activities of the rich, come across corruption by a builder and accidentally photograph a murder.
- DirectorHrishikesh MukherjeeStarsAmol PalekarBindiya GoswamiDeven VermaA man's simple lie to secure his job escalates into more complex lies when his orthodox boss gets suspicious.
- DirectorPriyadarshanStarsAkshay KumarSuniel ShettyParesh RawalThree unemployed men look for answers to all their money problems - but when their opportunity arrives, will they know what to do with it?
- DirectorRajat RakshitStarsAmol PalekarRanjeeta KaurAshok SarafSharad belongs to a middle-class family and lives with his brother and sister-in-law. Sharad gets a job in Malavli in which he is not interested. He however does go for the job where he meets Mr. Rodrigues and Mr. Choudhury who are initially rude to him, but afterwards mellow down. Both these men are on the look-out for grooms for their daughters. On the first day Sharad's boss takes him to his house for lunch where he is introduced to Heena, the Boss' daughter who falls in love with him. Then he gets introduced to Mr. Rodrigues' daughter too. But Sharad is in love with Renu(Ranjeeta), his neighbour. In the factory his assistant Mr.Kote (Ashok Saraf) wants to help him get out of the trap created by Mr. Chaudhury and Rodrigues. Kote spreads the rumour that Sharad does is not of chaste character. This however creates tensions between Renu and Sharad. Mr. Chaudhury starts believing that Kote is spreading the rumours in order to win the place of his son-in-law. At this juncture Sharad introduces Renu to all of them and all tensions are resolved.
- DirectorHrishikesh MukherjeeStarsFarooq ShaikhDeepti NavalUtpal DuttKailashnath is a widower, and father of an only son, Ramesh. He feels that his son has come of age, and must get married. He goes to see a number of young ladies for him, but is disappointed with them, as he feels they are too modern, speak English, and listen to foreign music. He feels that Ramesh will be better off marrying a non-English speaking lady, preferably from a small village. But the predicament of Ramesh is that he is already in love with Ramola, a very well qualified, English speaking Doctor, and he knows fully well that she will not be approved by his dad. So Ramesh, Ramola and Lalaji concoct a plot, making Ramola masquerade as a naive, non-English speaking village belle, with hilarious and unpredictable results.
- DirectorHrishikesh MukherjeeStarsNavin NischolOm PrakashArchanaTwo men, who have sheltered a millionaire, get drawn into a web of conspiracy.
- DirectorGulzarStarsSanjeev KumarMoushumi ChatterjeeDeven VermaBased on Shakespeare's 'A Comedy of Errors', this is a story of identical twins (2 pairs) and mistaken identities.
- DirectorBasu ChatterjeeStarsAshok KumarRakesh RoshanBindiya GoswamiTwo old people get married and their children from their previous marriages now have to live together under the same roof. Clashes and hilarity ensue.
- DirectorHrishikesh MukherjeeStarsAshok KumarRekhaRakesh RoshanA strict matriarch's regimented household is upended by the arrival of a spunky relative who challenges the rules.
- DirectorSai ParanjpyeStarsFarooq ShaikhDeepti NavalSaeed JaffreyTwo womanizing slackers, Omi and Jai (Rakesh Bedi and Ravi Baswani respectively) attempt to woo the new girl in the neighbourhood, and fail - miserably. Their third room-mate, shy, and a bookworm - succeeds, much to their chargin. The two scheme up comical ideas to split the two lovebirds, so that their secrets and humiliation are not revealed.
- DirectorRajiv MehraStarsNaseeruddin ShahShah Rukh KhanUrmila MatondkarWhen Sunder loses everything, he seeks refuge in a graveyard, where he befriends a ghost.
- DirectorChandan AroraStarsRajpal Naurang YadavRituparna SenguptaNaseeruddin ShahA short, nondescript man, Mithilesh Shukla marries a tall and beautiful woman. Now jealousy and Mithilesh's own insecurities threaten to wreck his happy home.
- DirectorHrishikesh MukherjeeStarsAmol PalekarParveen BabiFarooq ShaikhSparkling comedy about a meddling friend whose attempt to rekindle the spark in his friend's relationship with his wife of seven years leads to complications to their lives, and to the lives of his secretary and her boyfriend he has not 'scripted' ... Splendid performances by Amol Palekar, Deepti Naval, Parveen Babi and Farooq Shaikh, a perfectly pitched script, witty dialogue and a plethora of aptly placed film references make this a film one can watch over and over and never fail to laugh out loud.
- DirectorRajat RakshitStarsAmol PalekarRanjeeta KaurAshok SarafBhagawant Kumar Bhartendu, Professor in a reputed college is financially well placed & happily married to beautiful Priya. He has a deep-rooted fear that he is suffering from some chronic ailment may be just to have the sympathies of his friends and his dear wife. One morning he overhears his family doctor discussing with the specialist. "It is an advance stage of heart trouble causing death within three months". Thinking the talk is about him he firmly believes he is going to die, though the doctors were talking about some other patient. He is worried for his wife. What will happened to her after his death He gets nightmares that Priya is being cheated, exploited, and dishonored by the cruel world. The only solution to this he finds is that Priya should marry again after his death. But whom should she marry She is not capable of finding a husband on her own. Bhagawanth feels that he himself should find a person for his wife. Bhagawant who is perfectly fit and healthy and not going to die, begins desperately looking for a husband for his wife which leads humorous situations creating roaring laughter.
- DirectorBasu ChatterjeeStarsAshok KumarVidya SinhaAmol PalekarA timid suitor seeks the help of a ruthless colonel to win the woman of his dreams when a bold young man begins to pursue her in this romantic comedy.
- DirectorDavid DhawanStarsGovindaKarisma KapoorKader KhanTimid Rajesh Malhotra escapes his tyrant father and meets Meena in a foreign land. The two lovers decide to marry, but when Meena's parents object, Rajesh decides to win them over in the quirkiest way.
- DirectorJ.K. BihariStarsRekhaFarooq ShaikhBindu DesaiFamily drama that revolves around the lead pair, a married couple played by Rekha and Farooq Shaikh. It's about how the character Shalu overcomes all of the obstacles in her married life to win over the acceptance of her domineering mother-in-law Kamla.
- DirectorRajkumar SantoshiStarsAamir KhanSalman KhanRaveena TandonTwo slackers competing for the affections of an heiress inadvertently become her protectors from an evil criminal.
- DirectorBasu ChatterjeeStarsAmol PalekarTina AmbaniGovardhan AsraniNancy and Tony meet regularly on their daily commute to work and gradually fall in love. But when Tony shows reluctance toward marriage, Nancy's mother starts looking for a groom for her daughter.
- DirectorSaeed Akhtar MirzaStarsBhisham SahniDina PathakMohan GokhaleAn old couple, Mohan Joshi (Bhisham Sahni) and his wife (Dina Pathak), sues their landlord (Amjad Khan) for not maintaining their 'collapsing' apartment building. For this, they hire two cunning lawyers (Naseeruddin Shah and Satish Shah), while Rohini Hattangadi is the opposition lawyer. The court case drags on for years and the lawyers milk the old couple dry, while they become rich. Back home in the society, the old couple is ridiculed for fighting the landlord, but they fight on nevertheless. In the end, when the judge comes to check the condition of the chawl, the landlord's men prop up the place, thus convincing the judge that all is well. Finally, Joshi gathers all his strength and pulls down the temporary supports put up by the men causing the building to collapse on himself.
- DirectorSubodh MukherjiStarsRaj BabbarRati AgnihotriAruna IraniJustice M.K. Roy is a traditional and orthodox gentleman, who is unable to understand nor appreciate the carelessness of today's youth. He has brought up his daughter, Shobha, with these same traditions, and he hopes to get her married in a good household. To his shock and dismay, Shobha is in love with Ramesh Saxena, an unemployed youth, who has no respect for tradition. Justice Roy is opposed to any alliance with Ramesh in any way whatsoever, until and unless Ramesh gets a suitable and respectable job, and learns to respect tradition. Ramesh does get a job with a textile mill, and gets a bonus payment, which is to be presented to him in an open ceremony, presided over by Justice Roy. When the bonus payment is being handed over to Ramesh, a woman comes forward and claims that Ramesh is her husband, who had abandoned her soon after their marriage.
- DirectorSaeed Akhtar MirzaStarsNaseeruddin ShahShabana AzmiSmita PatilA man from Mumbai (then Bombay) is angry about various issues in different circumstances.