Manini is a 1979 Kannada film, directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan and produced by V Vergheese. The film stars Vishnuvardhan, Lokesh and Aarthi in the lead roles. The music of the film was composed by K. V. Mahadevan. more»

Kalyana Ooruvalam is a family drama Tamil classic film directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan starring Nagesh and K. R. Vijaya in the lead roles. more»

A film about the restrictive social conventions regarding inter-caste marriage and unwed motherhood in India. more»

Anand Narayan comes from a poor family, which consists of his wife, Gayatri, daughter, Kamla and two sons Madhu and Govind. Through hard work, Anand starts on his way to success. He meets with Nekiram, who becomes his business partner and also his samdhi (in-law) as his daughter is in love with Madhu. Both get married in a simple ceremony. After this marriage, both Nekiram and Anand and his family work hard at preparing food in a small sweet shop. Lord Krishna then appears to Anand who asks the Lord for material success. After this meeting Anand's Dhaba grows into a restaurant, then a larger fancier restaurant, finally a five star hotel. Now Anand and his family are all wealthy and live in a palatial home. Bhagwan Shri Krishna regularly visits him and asks about him and his family. Anand proudly takes all the credit and asks Krishna to accompany him to see his success and his hotel. Bhagwan Krishna declines, but agrees to do so later. Things don't go quite as well for Anand, when he finds out that Nekiram has been cheating him. Nekiram leaves the house, but Madhu accompanies him. Then Anand finds that Govind has been squandering money and time on women and alcohol and to top his disappointment Kamla gets pregnant. When Bhagwan Krishna comes to visit Anand again, he admits that he is a failure, his health is poor, and his family are all strangers to him. Lord Krishna advises Anand that this is his life and he must learn from the Mahabharata and that every life is a struggle, which is confused by relations and near and dear ones and also by one's ego. Once the ego is removed, then only one can see clearly. But will Anand be able to understand and carry out what Lord Krishna is asking him to? Or will end up taking the blame, like he took the credit, upon himself? more»

Living a poor life with his widowed mother, Shankar sells toys for a living, but is addicted to alcohol. He is attracted to Parvati, who also lives a similar life along with her step-brother, Jagat Narayan, his wife, and their daughter, Pushpa. After an argument with his mother, Shankar departs to the city, gives up drinking, earns a lot of money, and returns home just to time to pay off his mortgage. But his world will soon be shattered after he goes to ask for the hand of a now wealthy Parvati. This is where he will be forced to face his past, and ultimately be told that Parvati's marriage has been arranged elsewhere. Unable to live without Parvati, he takes up drinking again and heads on to a path of self-destruction more»

The hidden secrets of an attempted murder are revealed through portrayal of circumstances that three different girls pass through in their life. Aswathy, a textiles shop employee, is staying with her bedridden and sick mother. She looks after the family with her meager salary. Kartika is a girl who is bestowed upon lots of love and affection by her parents. Her life zooms into a crisis when she comes to know of the secrets of her father s profession. The third girl, Rohini, lives in luxury and has tremendously rich parents. But the uneasiness and unhappiness in the family atmosphere makes her very very sad. She elopes with her very poor lover. Her father engages hired hoodlums to get her back after beating up the lover. She decides to commit suicide. Aswathy s mother comes in search of Indusekharan, Rohini s father. Aswathy is actually an illegitimate daughter of Indusekharan. But Indusekharan decides to get Aswathy murdered. The person whom he engages to do this murder is Kartika s father. He comes towards Aswathy as the messenger of death. This is an essay on how three different girls from three different social and economic backdrops try to cope with their life against all odds. Their crisis gets deepened and dangerous due to the attitudes of their parents. The experiences they go through prove that lack of love and affection is the prime reason that made the hell out of their lives. Lack of love and affection leads one to violence and to destruction as well. Dalamarmarangal establishes that love is the one and only antidote to violence. more»

One night, the entire family of Seth Dhaniram is murdered by five gangsters. But luckily, his five year old daughter, Pinky,is saved. Pinky and Junior Jasoos combine together and take a vow to finish the five gangsters- the ten hands- that killed the family of Pinky. They start on a voyage along with their faithful dog Kingkong, determined not to rest till their mission is fulfiled. more»

Yusuf is the son of a prominent and respected doctor in his community and is studying medicine to become a doctor. One day he meets the beautiful Najma and both fall in love. When his father announces that it is time for him to get married, Yusuf is delighted and introduces Najma to his dad. But his father informs him that his marriage has been arranged with Raziya, an illiterate village girl. Yusuf refuses to marry Raziya, but his father convinces him to change his mind, and as a result, the marriage takes place. However, Yusuf is unable to get Najma out of his mind and has no feelings for Raziya. Najma, on the other hand, realizes that fate has not intended them to get married, and has already given her nod to get marry Mukarram Nawab. Will Yusuf and Najma have a happy ending or will they part their ways? more»

Suresh, Son of Swarupchand a cunning and greedy businessman of Bombay is a heart and soul pursuer of Art and avoids business like anything. Hiralal, a Mill owner and a businessman of Bombay loves money more than his only beautiful daughter Malti. He has been postponing her marriage for want of suitable bridegroom who does not love money. Now when he learns that Suresh, son of one of his sub-agents, is an honest and kicks money like anything, he decides to marry Malti with Suresh. He sends a notice to Swarupchand to pay off the old debts within a very short period of time. In the absence of any solution, Suresh has to go to Delhi to auction the house of Prakashchandra to pay off the debt of Hiralal. He meets his dream beauty in Lata, who is daughter of Prakashchndra the owner of the house to be auctioned. They get married.Meanwhile, Swarupchand goes to Hirala regarding the extension of the time limit and Hirala proposes marriage of Suresh and Malti in consideration of millions of rupees, cars and bungalows, but all after his death. Malti is in love with Romesh but her father destroys his full life. Suresh adopted a diamond cuts policy and succeeds in his mission of art with glorious triumph. The fathers felt ashamed while Suresh got Lata and Romesh got Malti. more»

Taur Mittran di is a campus-based story of 2 boys set in Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. Both being touted as Badmash of the university with a strong rivalry between them. Whilst one of them has an authoritative position, the other being new to college life challenges this authority. They both have beautiful girlfriends who are real sisters. Hockey connects them & they join hands to take up the mission to save hockey showcasing Youth Power. more»