Chakravyuh (2012)- Zee5
‘Chakravyuh’ stars Abhay Deol, Manoj Bajpayee and Arjun Rampal as the lead. It deals boldly with the Naxal movement and also tells a story of betrayal, trust and friendship. The performances of this movie are beyond amazing and it was directed well by Prakash Jha. The social commentary tells the story of a police officer who is assigned to spy on the naxals but instead he joins their force.
Sarkar (2005)- Amazon Prime Video
‘Sarkar’ directed by Ram Gopal Verma is quite a gritty tale of politics and revenge and it takes inspiration from the bible of gangster movies ‘The Godfather’. It has a great cast of Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan, Manoj Bajpayee and many others. It is about a man who attains huge authority and power and runs a parallel government in Mumbai.
Yuva (2004)- Amazon Prime Video
‘Yuva’ is directed by ace director Maniratnam and stars actors like Abhishek Bachchan, Ajay Devgn, Vivek Oberoi, Rani Mukherjee and others. It tells the story of three young men of different ideologies who are brought together by their ambitions. They get involved with politics and two of them want to do good to people with their power and one tries to ensure that never happens.
Gulaal (2009)- Youtube
‘Gulaal’ directed by Anurag Kashyap is a story that talks about student politics and how far it can go. Gulaal is the story of a fresher who gets acquainted with the political situation of his college but he is exploited by the two strong parties there. It has strong performances by Kay Kay Menon, Piyush Mishra, Mahie Gill and others. Piyush Mishra’s strong poetry and songs adds flavor to the movie.
Haasil (2003)- Youtube
‘Haasil’ is directed by Tigmangshu Dhulia and stars Irrfan Khan as the main antagonist. Haasil was the movie that brought Irrfan to fame with his legendary performance. Jimmy Shergill plays a college student who falls in love with a classmate and gets involved in student politics too. Irrfan plays an apparently helpful senior who turns out to have sinister intentions.
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