Tariq Yunus

Tariq Yunus

Nacimiento : 1946-10-16, Karachi, British India [now Pakistan]

Muerte : 1994-08-26

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Tariq Yunus

Películas

Bedardi
Mehta
Mumbai-based Saxena family consists of Professor Nirbhay, his wife Preeti, their school-going daughter Ritu and Nirbhay's college-going brother and sister, Vijay and Suman respectively. Vijay meets with fellow collegian Honey, and after a few altercations, they fall in love with each other. Vijay is introduced to Honey's maternal uncle, Bhagwandas, and he approves instantly. Honey's long-estranged brother, Kanhaiya, re-enters her life and asks her not to see Vijay anymore. Then the lives of the entire Saxena family change drastically when money allotted for Suman's marriage is stolen, and Vijay accepts a contract to kill a man named Gulla - not knowing that he is being set up to kill none other than Nirbhay himself.
Escándalo
Ayub Khan
Esta es la verdadera historia del caso Profumo, el escándalo sexual que hizo tambalear los cimientos del Reino Unido en 1963, en plena Guerra Fría. Todo comenzó en el momento en que Christine Keller, una bella bailarina, entra en contacto con las más altas esferas de la sociedad británica gracias a su íntima amistad con el famoso osteópata, Stephen Ward. En una de las fiestas del partido conservador conoce a John Profumo, Secretario de Estado para la Guerra, con el que comienza una relación furtiva. Los problemas surgen cuando el MI5 descubre que la muchacha mantiene una relación paralela con un agregado militar de la embajada soviética.
La secta de los falsarios
Feringea
India, 1825: el país vive con un miedo mortal a miembros de culto conocidos como los "Engañadores". Cometen robos y asesinatos rituales. Horrorizado por sus actividades, un militar inglés, el capitán William Savage, concibe una peligrosa trama para detenerlos. disfrazado, planea convertirse en un "Engañador" e infiltrarse entre sus filas. Siempre presente en las aventuras de Savage hay un sentimiento de temor, él está en constante temor a la traición y la venganza y también sufre una transformación psicológica inquietante al experimentar la sed de sangre de la secta de primera mano.
Lucky Sunil
Balam
Young, handsome and alone in London at the start of a great career. But will Sunil's luck hold out against the seductions of pretty girls, the wiles of con-men and a hundred temptations of the great city?
Partition
The tumultuous events surrounding the sub-continent's partition in 1947 into India and Pakistan are re-imagined in Ken McMullen's complex and visually striking film. A lunatic asylum in the city of Lahore becomes a mirror image of events in the outside political world, with the same actors playing both inmates and rulers. Adapted by Tariq Ali and McMullen from famous Urdu writer Saadat Hasan Manto's short story 'Toba Tek Singh', Partition speaks for the countless millions that the usual British Raj films sweep out of sight. Released to mark the 60th anniversary of the partition of the Indian sub-continent, this is the film's first-ever release on DVD.
El cuarto protocolo
Immigration Officer
Se basa en una novela de Frederick Forsyth. El gobierno británico busca a un implacable y frío oficial del ejército ruso que llega a Inglaterra con una identidad falsa y se instala cerca de una base militar norteamericana. Se trata de averiguar cuál es su misión para impedir que la lleve a cabo.
A Talent for Murder
Rashi
A famed mystery writer and her doctor ex-lover solve her daughter-in-law's murder.
Majdhar
Cultural identity, women’s independence and the pressure to conform to British norms are the subjects of this bold and acute feature, which explores both British-Asian experience and the plight of recent immigrants. Rita Wolf (My Beautiful Laundrette), plays Majdhar, a Pakistani woman who transforms herself in London after her husband leaves her for another woman. While Majdhar feels her way towards confident self-determination, husband Afzal is torn between his heritage and his Western aspirations.
The Witches and the Grinnygog
Bus Driver
An ancient church is being dismantled and moved to a new location, stone by stone. One of the gargoyles from the stones falls into the possession of a mother who takes the stone man back to her family. Soon after, four strangers show up in the village and the Sogood & Firkettle children seem to be the only ones who question the mysterious things that begin to happen. This film was originally broadcast across six 25 minute episodes with a total runtime of 150 minutes. A few years later, the US cable network Nickelodeon edited the miniseries into a 2 hour (including commercials) movie block. This 2 hour edited version was shown throughout the 1980s on US television.
S.A.S. Los invencibles
Terrorist
Narra las arriesgadas hazañas de las S.A.S, la legendaria unidad de combate inglesa. Un agente reclutado para infiltrarse en un movimiento izquierdista se ve involucrado en una conspiración terrorista. Tras el secuestro del Secretario de Estado Americano y la amenaza de un ataque nuclear contra Holy Loch, las S.A.S. son llamadas para organizar una peligrosa operación de rescate.
The Garland
Raji
"These Indian films. They're done to a formula - songs, dance, routines and a lot of sentimental heavy breathing." When her 17-year-old son Roy falls in love with a Muslim girl, and a Bangladeshi butcher seeks help from her husband Raji, Leela realises that the tears and romance of Indian cinema are closer to her own life than she has ever imagined.
Growing Pains
Charles
An old book containing a strange poem resurrects a vengeful spirit from the dead. Originally an episode of British horror anthology TV series, Hammer House of Horror, that later received a feature release in the United States.
Ashanti
Faid
David y Anansa son un matrimonio de médicos que trabaja en un programa de investigación científica en un pequeño pueblo de África. Inesperadamente, ella desaparece, pero la policía no se esfuerza demasiado por encontrarla. Al parecer, ha sido secuestrada por Suleiman, un traficante de esclavos, para ser vendida a un príncipe árabe. Al no poder contar con las autoridades locales, que niegan la existencia de tal traficante, David busca la ayuda de organizaciones ilegales; entonces se verá envuelto en un sombrío mundo donde los rescatadores son tan despiadados como los traficantes de esclavos.
Los ángeles de fuego
Vishanya
Julia, con una mente brillante y una irresistible sensualidad, vive en el duro y elegante mundo de los millonarios, donde la vida es fácil y la riqueza es el todo.
Doctor Who: The Robots of Death
Cass
The Doctor and Leela must catch a killer on a vast mining ship run by robots and humans.
A Passage to England
Anand
Anand, his pretty cousin and their sick uncle are stranded in Amsterdam where they receive an offer to take them to England.
Gangsters
Jashir Singh Mahail
Birmingham is a melting pot of races and every community has a stake in the city's underworld. When former SAS officer John Kline is released from prison after serving a sentence for murder, he becomes the unwilling catalyst in a gang war. Movie screened as part of Play of Today.
Caza humana
Soldier
Dos convictos evadidos (Shaw y McDowell) son perseguidos en un inconcreto país latinoamericano. Allá donde ven, siempre les intenta dar caza un amenazante helicóptero negro.