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»

In a small village there are two friends, Ganga and Jamuna. They love each other a lot. They cannot live without each other. They are ever ready to sacrifice their lives for each other. Ganga is a farmers daughter while Jamuna is a landlords daughter. Once the two friends promise each other that until the spinster the bride she wont marry. And the two of them would keep the promise even if they have to sacrifice their life. One day Ganga finds a young man Shyam drowning in the river. Ganga saves Shyam's life by putting her own life in danger. She brings him to her house and looks after him. She falls in love with Shyam. Shyam falls in love with Jamuna at first sight. Few days later time plays a major role. One day Shyams daddy come to the same village. The villagers come to know through Shyams daddy that both Ganga and Jamuna love Shyam. Due to this distance grows between the two friends. Later Jamuna and Shyam are engaged. On the eve of marriage both the families rejoins and music is being played. After this there are many ups and downs in the story. To know what will happen next? Who will say to whom.... Ab To Aaja Saajan Mere. more»

In his quest for a heir, Rai Bahadur has an affair with a prostitute Meher. When Meher becomes pregnant he promises to take the child and educate him. But fate has other plans, for his wife Meena also becomes pregnant at the same time, and shortly thereafter both women give birth to two boys. Meher threatens to expose him if he does not take her son, and leave Meenas son in an orphanage. However, both children end up in his palatial home. He belittles Mehers son and finally accuses him of stealing. Fed up of these accusations, Meena leaves the house with Kishore, and ironically ends up with Meher. In the meantime, Rais son has grown up to be an arrogant, and a champion boxer. And it is in the boxing ring that both half-brothers will meet again -- for a match of their lives -- as the trophy is none other than the beautiful Mala -- who both love and hope to marry. more»

A drama film about a family consisting of Barrister Mohan; his son - CID Inspector Sharad, daughter, Kamla and a school-going son, Munna. Sharad's marriage has been arranged with Karuna, who lives a wealthy lifestyle with her widowed father. On the day of the marriage, Kamla asks Karuna to retrieve some letters that she had written to her former lover, Ramesh Bhatia. Karuna goes to retrieve them but ends up assaulting Ramesh, and returns just in time to get married. Both women promise to never reveal this secret to anyone, as this may break-up the marriage. But soon they find out that Ramesh has been killed and investigations show that the killer is a woman whose name starts with 'K'. Sharad is assigned this case but is unable to proceed, and as a result of his superior, SP Verma closes the file. The story continues and soon, the entire family's dirty laundry will be aired before an open courtroom where Mohan will prepare to defend his daughter-in-law, while Sharad will appear as a witness against his very own wife. more»

Rakesh (Sunil Dutt), a successful lawyer, comes home to find his wife succumbing to a fatal illness, and she dies only a few hours later, but he is soon contacted by a woman claiming to be the same wife he just watched die. The woman (Sadhana) is detained by the police, who believe she is a notorious criminal named Raina, though she does bear a striking resemblance to Rakesh's late wife. Agreeing to act as prosecuting attorney in her case, Rakesh attempts to prove she's not who she says she is. more»

Dastan is a 1950 Indian Hindi film, directed and produced by Abdul Rashid Kardar. The film stars Suraiya, Raj Kapoor and Veena in lead roles. Music of the film was composed by Naushad. more»

After spending ten years in prison, Sultan Bhai (Dharmendra) once an uncrowned king of Bombay is released from the jail and starts living peaceful life in the hearts of Basti people. Damodar Kangley alias D.K. (Mohan Joshi) who was a right hand man of Sultan, is now become the terror of the town. He has taken over Sultan's place D.K. wants to get the same Basti vacated where Sultan lives. Thus a big tussel starts between them.In the meantime Rajeshwar Singh (Mukesh Khanna) an old friend of Sultan is transferred to Bombay as an A.C.P. (A.T.S.) to control the fast increasing criminal activities in the city. Rajeshwar's brother Jai (Hitesh) is doing his police training in Nasik Police Academy. His beloved Anjali (Rubaina Khan) is daughter of D.C.P. Shrikant. To remove Sultan form his way, D.K. entangles him in a murder case. Sultan is arrested. Rajeswhar Singh arrests Munna, younger brother of D.K. on doubt and encounters him. D.K. goes mad. In retaliation he kills Rajeshwar's wife and daughter and shoots at his leg to make him handicapped. Jai, for whom the world became meaningless, sets foot in Bombay. He joins D.K.'s gang hiding his real identity, in order to take revenge of this Bhabi and niece. Sultan also escapes from jail and he too vows to destroy D.K's world. At a juncture D.K. gets to know the real identity of Jai. And Jai runs for his life. D.K. and his gangsters are out to kill him and his wife. more»

Kaalaiyan (Sundar C) is a simple person and the best Jallikattu (Bullfight) player in his village. His world revolves around his four younger brothers. The antagonist is Varadharajan (Suman), a Zamindar from the neighbouring village who lives an extravagant lifestyle. His close aide is a Transgender Saroja (Vivek). Varadharajan's sister (Sindhu Tolani) falls for the macho Kaalaiyan when he wins a Jallikattu. In the meantime, Bhuvana (Sneha), on the run, after Varadharajan falls for her charm and tries to molest her, takes refuge in Kaalaiyan's house. However, Varadharajan decides to marry his sister to Kaalaiyan with an eye on his land. On the day of marriage, when Kaalaiyan comes to know that the bride wants to split the bond between the brothers, he calls off the marriage. Kaalaiyan takes a liking for Bhuvana and the inevitable happens , romance blossoms. What follows is predictable but there comes a surprise in the form of Saroja in the climax. more»

Nadodi Mannan is a 1999 Indian Tamil film, directed by M G Ramachandran and produced by M G Ramachandran. The film Stars Mgr, Saroja Devi and Bhanumathi in lead roles. The music of the film was composed by S M Subbaiha Naidu. more»

A teenaged boy stumbled upon pornography and soon becomes addicted to watching them. While struggling to differentiate between the real world and fantasy, the young boy finds out shocking details about his parents. Will he be able to deal with his crisis and his addiction to pornography? more»

Deepavali is a 2007 Indian Telugu film, directed by Hari Babu and produced by Teegala Krupakar Reddy. The film stars Venu, Aarthi Aggarwal, Meghana Nair and Ali in lead roles. The music of the film was composed by Vandemataram Srinivas. more»