Roshan Seth

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Roshan Seth OBE (Hindi: रोशन सेठ; born April 2, 1942) is an Indian-born British actor, who appears mainly in British and American films. He is best known for his critically acclaimed performances in the films Gandhi, Mississippi Masala, Not Without My Daughter, My Beautiful Laundrette, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and Such a Long Journey. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roshan Seth, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Frozen (2005)

It's two years since the mysterious disappearance of Kath Swarbrick's older sister Annie, but Kath remains haunted by a need to know what happened. When police investigations wind down, Kath continues the search herself. She gets nowhere until she steals some CCTV ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juliet McKoen
CAST:  Shirley Henderson  •  Roshan Seth  •  Ger Ryan  •  Richard Armitage

It's two years since the mysterious disappearance of Kath Swarbrick's older sister Annie, but Kath remains haunted by a need to know what happened. When police investigations wind down, Kath continues the search herself. She gets nowhere until she steals some CCTV ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juliet McKoen
CAST:  Shirley Henderson  •  Roshan Seth  •  Ger Ryan  •  Richard Armitage

A Passage to India (1984)

Set during the period of growing influence of the Indian independence movement in the British Raj, the story begins with the arrival in India of a British woman, Miss Adela Quested, who is joining her fiancé, a city magistrate named Ronny Heaslop. She and Ronny's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lean
CAST:  Judy Davis  •  Alec Guinness  •  Peggy Ashcroft  •  James Fox

Set during the period of growing influence of the Indian independence movement in the British Raj, the story begins with the arrival in India of a British woman, Miss Adela Quested, who is joining her fiancé, a city magistrate named Ronny Heaslop. She and Ronny's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lean
CAST:  Judy Davis  •  Alec Guinness  •  Peggy Ashcroft  •  James Fox

Gandhi (1982)

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In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Attenborough
CAST:  Ben Kingsley  •  Rohini Hattangadi  •  Candice Bergen  •  Roshan Seth

In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Attenborough
CAST:  Ben Kingsley  •  Rohini Hattangadi  •  Candice Bergen  •  Roshan Seth

Guru (2007)

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Gurukant Desai hails from Idhar, a small village in Gujarat, but dreams of setting up his own business in Mumbai. After he returns from Turkey, he marries Sujatha for getting the dowry and arrives in Mumbai to start his business. This film chronicles the obstacles ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mani Ratnam
CAST:  Abhishek Bachchan  •  Aishwarya Rai Bachchan  •  Mithun Chakraborty  •  R. Madhavan

Gurukant Desai hails from Idhar, a small village in Gujarat, but dreams of setting up his own business in Mumbai. After he returns from Turkey, he marries Sujatha for getting the dowry and arrives in Mumbai to start his business. This film chronicles the obstacles ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mani Ratnam
CAST:  Abhishek Bachchan  •  Aishwarya Rai Bachchan  •  Mithun Chakraborty  •  R. Madhavan

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

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After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees – and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven Spielberg
CAST:  Harrison Ford  •  Kate Capshaw  •  Ke Huy Quan  •  Amrish Puri

After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees – and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven Spielberg
CAST:  Harrison Ford  •  Kate Capshaw  •  Ke Huy Quan  •  Amrish Puri

Juggernaut (1974)

A terrorist demands a huge ransom in exchange for information on how to disarm the seven bombs he has planted aboard a trans-Atlantic cruise ship.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Lester
CAST:  Richard Harris  •  Omar Sharif  •  David Hemmings  •  Anthony Hopkins

A terrorist demands a huge ransom in exchange for information on how to disarm the seven bombs he has planted aboard a trans-Atlantic cruise ship.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Lester
CAST:  Richard Harris  •  Omar Sharif  •  David Hemmings  •  Anthony Hopkins

Little Dorrit (1987)

A drama based on the novel by Charles Dickens which tells the story of Arthur Clennam who is thrown into a debtor's prison. There he meets a young seamstress whose father has been imprisoned for twenty-five years. A film in originally released in two parts.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christine Edzard
CAST:  Derek Jacobi  •  Joan Greenwood  •  Max Wall  •  Patricia Hayes

A drama based on the novel by Charles Dickens which tells the story of Arthur Clennam who is thrown into a debtor's prison. There he meets a young seamstress whose father has been imprisoned for twenty-five years. A film in originally released in two parts.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christine Edzard
CAST:  Derek Jacobi  •  Joan Greenwood  •  Max Wall  •  Patricia Hayes

Mississippi Masala (1991)

Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their home in Uganda, twentysomething Mina finds herself helping to run a motel in the faraway land of Mississippi. It's there that a passionate romance with the charming Black carpet cleaner Demetrius challenges the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mira Nair
CAST:  Denzel Washington  •  Sarita Choudhury  •  Roshan Seth  •  Sharmila Tagore

Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their home in Uganda, twentysomething Mina finds herself helping to run a motel in the faraway land of Mississippi. It's there that a passionate romance with the charming Black carpet cleaner Demetrius challenges the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mira Nair
CAST:  Denzel Washington  •  Sarita Choudhury  •  Roshan Seth  •  Sharmila Tagore

Monsoon Wedding (2001)

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As the romantic monsoon rains loom, the extended Verma family reunites from around the globe for a last-minute arranged marriage in New Delhi. This film traces five intersecting stories, each navigating different aspects of love as they cross boundaries of class, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mira Nair
CAST:  Naseeruddin Shah  •  Lillete Dubey  •  Vijay Raaz  •  Tillotama Shome

As the romantic monsoon rains loom, the extended Verma family reunites from around the globe for a last-minute arranged marriage in New Delhi. This film traces five intersecting stories, each navigating different aspects of love as they cross boundaries of class, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mira Nair
CAST:  Naseeruddin Shah  •  Lillete Dubey  •  Vijay Raaz  •  Tillotama Shome

My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)

A Pakistani Briton renovates a rundown laundrette with his male lover while dealing with drama within his family, the local Pakistani community, and a persistent mob of skinheads.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Frears
CAST:  Saeed Jaffrey  •  Roshan Seth  •  Daniel Day-Lewis  •  Gordon Warnecke

A Pakistani Briton renovates a rundown laundrette with his male lover while dealing with drama within his family, the local Pakistani community, and a persistent mob of skinheads.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Frears
CAST:  Saeed Jaffrey  •  Roshan Seth  •  Daniel Day-Lewis  •  Gordon Warnecke

Proof (2005)

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Catherine is a woman in her late twenties who is strongly devoted to her father, Robert, a brilliant and well-known mathematician whose grip on reality is beginning to slip away. As Robert descends into madness, Catherine begins to wonder if she may have inherited ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Madden
CAST:  Gwyneth Paltrow  •  Anthony Hopkins  •  Jake Gyllenhaal  •  Danny McCarthy

Catherine is a woman in her late twenties who is strongly devoted to her father, Robert, a brilliant and well-known mathematician whose grip on reality is beginning to slip away. As Robert descends into madness, Catherine begins to wonder if she may have inherited ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Madden
CAST:  Gwyneth Paltrow  •  Anthony Hopkins  •  Jake Gyllenhaal  •  Danny McCarthy

Street Fighter (1994)

Col. Guile and various other martial arts heroes fight against the tyranny of Dictator M. Bison and his cohorts.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven E. de Souza
CAST:  Jean-Claude Van Damme  •  Raúl Juliá  •  Ming-Na Wen  •  Damian Chapa

Col. Guile and various other martial arts heroes fight against the tyranny of Dictator M. Bison and his cohorts.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven E. de Souza
CAST:  Jean-Claude Van Damme  •  Raúl Juliá  •  Ming-Na Wen  •  Damian Chapa

Vertical Limit (2000)

Trapped near the summit of K2, the world's second-highest mountain, Annie Garrett radios to base camp for help. Brother Peter hears Annie's message and assembles a team to save her and her group before they succumb to K2's unforgiving elements. But, as Annie lays ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Campbell
CAST:  Chris O'Donnell  •  Robin Tunney  •  Bill Paxton  •  Izabella Scorupco

Trapped near the summit of K2, the world's second-highest mountain, Annie Garrett radios to base camp for help. Brother Peter hears Annie's message and assembles a team to save her and her group before they succumb to K2's unforgiving elements. But, as Annie lays ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Campbell
CAST:  Chris O'Donnell  •  Robin Tunney  •  Bill Paxton  •  Izabella Scorupco

In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones (1989)

Annie struggles to to clear his bachelor's degree with one final hurdle-The Thesis. It's his final attempt to clear it. Can he?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pradip Krishen
CAST:  Roshan Seth  •  Arjun Raina  •  Arundhati Roy  •  Divya Seth Shah

Annie struggles to to clear his bachelor's degree with one final hurdle-The Thesis. It's his final attempt to clear it. Can he?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pradip Krishen
CAST:  Roshan Seth  •  Arjun Raina  •  Arundhati Roy  •  Divya Seth Shah

Not Without My Daughter (1991)

An American woman, trapped in Islamic Iran by her brutish husband, must find a way to escape with her daughter as well.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brian Gilbert
CAST:  Sally Field  •  Alfred Molina  •  Sheila Rosenthal  •  Roshan Seth

An American woman, trapped in Islamic Iran by her brutish husband, must find a way to escape with her daughter as well.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brian Gilbert
CAST:  Sally Field  •  Alfred Molina  •  Sheila Rosenthal  •  Roshan Seth

Mountains of the Moon (1990)

The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find the source of the Nile river in the name of Queen Victoria's British Empire. The film tells the story of their meeting, their friendship emerging amidst hardship, and then ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bob Rafelson
CAST:  Patrick Bergin  •  Richard E. Grant  •  John Savident  •  Bernard Hill

The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find the source of the Nile river in the name of Queen Victoria's British Empire. The film tells the story of their meeting, their friendship emerging amidst hardship, and then ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bob Rafelson
CAST:  Patrick Bergin  •  Richard E. Grant  •  John Savident  •  Bernard Hill

Such a Long Journey (1998)

The story, set in 1971 at the time of the war between India and Pakistan, is based on the novel of the same name by Rohinton Mistry, an Indian now living in Toronto. "Such a Long Journey" takes place mostly in and around a large apartment complex, its courtyard ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sturla Gunnarsson
CAST:  Roshan Seth  •  Soni Razdan  •  Om Puri  •  Naseeruddin Shah

The story, set in 1971 at the time of the war between India and Pakistan, is based on the novel of the same name by Rohinton Mistry, an Indian now living in Toronto. "Such a Long Journey" takes place mostly in and around a large apartment complex, its courtyard ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sturla Gunnarsson
CAST:  Roshan Seth  •  Soni Razdan  •  Om Puri  •  Naseeruddin Shah

Bombay Boys (1998)

Krishna alias Kris Sahani lives in New York, but decides to travel to his homeland in order to act in a movie. While Ricardo Fernandes leaves Australia to travel to Bombay in search of his missing brother, Roger. And finally, Zeres Mistry, from London also travels ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaizad Gustad
CAST:  Naveen Andrews  •  Rahul Bose  •  Luke Kenny  •  Roshan Seth

Krishna alias Kris Sahani lives in New York, but decides to travel to his homeland in order to act in a movie. While Ricardo Fernandes leaves Australia to travel to Bombay in search of his missing brother, Roger. And finally, Zeres Mistry, from London also travels ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaizad Gustad
CAST:  Naveen Andrews  •  Rahul Bose  •  Luke Kenny  •  Roshan Seth

Broken Thread (2007)

Ram, a London-based businessman of Indian and English descent, has been experiencing mind-shattering nightmares of a mysterious masked woman who torments him. As Ram mourns the loss of his father, he is assaulted with images, seemingly lost memories for which he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mahesh Mathai
CAST:  Linus Roache  •  Saffron Burrows  •  Andrea Corr  •  Roshan Seth

Ram, a London-based businessman of Indian and English descent, has been experiencing mind-shattering nightmares of a mysterious masked woman who torments him. As Ram mourns the loss of his father, he is assaulted with images, seemingly lost memories for which he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mahesh Mathai
CAST:  Linus Roache  •  Saffron Burrows  •  Andrea Corr  •  Roshan Seth

Trishna (2011)

When her father is killed in a road accident, Trishna's family expect her to provide for them. The rich son of an entrepreneur starts to restlessly pursue her affections, but are his intentions as pure as they seem?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Winterbottom
CAST:  Freida Pinto  •  Riz Ahmed  •  Roshan Seth  •  Mita Vashisht

When her father is killed in a road accident, Trishna's family expect her to provide for them. The rich son of an entrepreneur starts to restlessly pursue her affections, but are his intentions as pure as they seem?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Winterbottom
CAST:  Freida Pinto  •  Riz Ahmed  •  Roshan Seth  •  Mita Vashisht
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