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To make her father's dream come true, a woman, with the help of her sister, decide to disguise themselves as men and infiltrate a boys hostel run by a strict ward to get money to start a restaurant.

Jayan, a schoolboy and son of a Congress MP, strikes up a relationship with Bhasi, a tailor and staunch supporter of the Communist Party. He soon begins to understand why Bhasi lives in constant fear.

The suave Prodosh C. Mitter aka Feluda has ruled over our hearts with his sharp wit, impressive intellect and astute observation skills for over five decades now! The story starts off with the murder of Birupaksha Majumdar by Vishnudas Balaporia in the cold Darjeeling Mountains. Feluda, Topshey and Lalmohun Ganguly investigate.

When a debt-ridden man reluctantly agrees to drive an American tourist around India, their stark differences lead to bickering… and unexpected bonding.

It's a story of one night where estranged lovers Kartik and Vasuki end up meeting each other after 12 years under strange circumstances. Kartik is on a run for being a murder suspect. However, there is more than what meets the eye.

A budding entrepreneur fights social injustice in his bid to establish his new business.

A feudal war is caused between Jassa and his cousins over the ownership of a piece of land. This leads to their families becoming sworn enemies for generations thereafter.

Priya decides that she wants to be a nun, much to the horror of her father and Thomas, the boy who is in love with her. Thomas decides to enlist the help of Deva to change her mind.

Based on the life of Mullassery Raju, the story unfolds over a single night of music, exploring love, relationships, and the resilience of a man who hides his pain to bring joy and unity to those around him.

Movie narrates the story of a couple, Akash and Vani. They go on a personal trip to spend some quality time with each other and the resulting incidents are plotted.

Bharthaavudyogam is a 2001 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Suresh Vinu, starring Jagadish and Jagathy Sreekumar in the lead roles.

Gowtham a ruthless heir to an education empire and Ram, a kind hearted orphanage caretaker, are raised with opposing beliefs. When Malar exposes Gowtham's dark secret, the two men face off in a brutal test of power and fists.

Kittu, a young man, kidnaps pet dogs of rich people to hold as hostage for ransom, so he can pay off his debts. Things take a turn when he falls in love with Janaki and tries to woo her

Chief Minister K.R. Gowthami is a 1994 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Babu Raj and produced by C. K. Ashokan. The film stars Vijayaraghavan, Devan, Geetha and Sukumari in the lead roles. The film has musical score by Mohan Sithara.

The plot revolves around the wrong conviction of a business man and the efforts taken by the protagonist, a lawyer, to find the truth. The portrayal of the characters is similar in many ways to Malayalam cinema's investigative thrillers. The suspense is well maintained until the climax with little clue to the audience on the identity of the real culprit. The arguments in court were mostly inspired from 12 Angry Men (1957).

A 5th Class student is given an assignment to frame 101 questions. The film is about the efforts he has to put in to frame those questions. At this point, his father, who is a factory employee, loses his job. The two parallel streams converge at the end.

Aadhi, a smart and suave smuggler in Bangkok, falls in love with a waitress. However, he finds himself in trouble when she frames him for all the crimes committed by his look-alike, Bhagavan.

A struggling rickshaw driver’s life takes a rollicking turn when he comes upon an expensive camera and decides to make a film with his fellow villagers.

When severe drought strikes the village on the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border Indira fights to make the water accessible in the village.

A reclusive Old Delhi shopkeeper, spends his time watching people through hidden cameras. When he overhears a boy being beaten, his search for the boy leads to reality crumbling around him, as he is lost in the maze of the city and his own mind.

Meera, a blind woman who plays the violin as part of a blind orchestra at a church, is joyous when she gets back her eyesight as a result of an eye transplant. But her joy is shortlived as she soon starts having visions of the ghostly image of a woman, that seems to follow her around. Her psychiatrist Arvind(Arvind), who is also in love with her, is initially skeptical but strange happenings convince him otherwise and he begins to help her understand whats behind her visions.

Om Srivastav escapes from jail, with the help of a mask assumes the identity of a man called Mahendra Pratap Singh and travels to South Africa in Cape Town where Virendra Rawal is located with his wife Suman and a sister Rajeshwari. Om first kills Virendra and then feigns love for his sister Rajeshwari. Om will now do anything in his power to ensure that the Rawal's family is entirely wiped out.

Vastadu Naa Raju is a 2011 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by Hemant Madhukar. It stars Vishnu Manchu, who has also produced the film and Taapsee Pannu in the lead roles. While Gopal Reddy S has handled the camera, the music is composed by Mani Sharma.

Gowtam works as a reporter for a television channel. He is nursing a heart break after his girlfriend dumped him for another guy. He attends the wedding of his girlfriend where he meets the another girl Nitya dumped by the groom (her boy friend). They hit off well and become instant friends. Nitya stays in Bangalore and Gowtam stays in Hyderabad. They keep bumping in to each other over a period of years. Though both these people like each other, the fate intervenes to separate them at crucial moments. The rest of the story is all about how this couple finally realises that they are made for each other after few years of courtship.

Portrays the profound connection between kin, family values alongside a delicate dash of humor and an affection track that disagreement equal.

Kathir comes from a poor family and aspires to study hard and start earning. After turning down many girls, he falls for Shweta, a rich girl, but both do not confess their feelings to each other.

Prosecuting Attorney Seema proceeds with the criminal prosecution of Deepak Srivastav, who is accused of Murder. She submits to the Judge to not be fooled by the innocent looks and the silence of the accused, as she will prove that the accused was in fact a cold-blooded murderer who killed a Courtesan by the name of Munnibai. Deepak gets life imprisonment punishment,Seema later has been told the truth in her absence,complicated by the fact that Seema was in love with the accused about three-years ago.

For Kathiravan, who lost his left leg in an accident,his 8-year-old daughter is his world. She is diagnosed with a congenital heart problem and 7 Million INR is needed to save his daughter. Unable to raise such a huge amount, he plans to kidnap businessman Rudra's daughter. Instead Kathir becomes embroiled in his own kidnapping plot.

Bhaskar's wife thinks he is a stationery store worker, his girlfriend thinks he is a software engineer but no one knows he is also a burglar. His royal pains start when his tangled web of lies involving a hopeful girlfriend, a blackmailing wife, and a cheating cop all collide. Bhaskar's one last heist might just land him in a gilded cage of his own making.

A conman tries to save an innocent girl from the clutches of a womanizer after realizing that he had fallen in love with her.

An official adaptation of the cult horror film Oculus. The film revolves around a haunted mirror. It shows the emotional journey of siblings Natasha Merchant played by Huma Qureshi and Kabeer Merchant played by Saqib Saleem dealing with the death of their parents.

Kumar Sen is an artist of eminence, a talented painter, and a renowned sculptor; and like the majority of his clan, he has a sensitive introvert. But no artist can achieve any degree of brilliance in his work. Miss Asha Varma is the only niece of a retired, jovial old pensioner, Ashok Varma, and she is truly the light of Kumar's life. One stormy night, Kumar tries to hold Ashok Varma to his unsaid promise of giving him asha's hand in marriage. But the interview ends in unpleasantness for both of them, as angrily the old man ordered Kumar never to darken his doorstep again. Soon after Ashok Varma is strangled to death. Asha's beau Rajesh is arrested for Ashok's murder. The whole drama unfolds in court and truth prevails, who really murdered Ashok Varma and whether Rajesh is innocent or guilty.

After witnessing the sudden death of a woman, who was unable to afford hospital treatment, Dr. Ajay Kumar cancels his immigration to America and instead sets out to build a hospital that will cater to people who cannot afford treatment. Soon a hospital is built and is named "Amma People's Hospital". This attracts everyone's attention, and he becomes popular, especially with two women, Shweta and Sub-Inspector Ramya, and decides to marry Shweta. It was inspired by The Fugitive.

When a successful manager decides to sell his plantation in his ancestral village to another company, his young daughter begins acting strangely.

Shivaji, a taxi driver, has to arrange money for his niece's surgery, but things go awry when he gets entangled in a web of deceit.

The movie features the lives of six different persons from different strata of the social life of the city, interconnected due to unexpected events beyond their control. The narrative is patterned like a Rubik's Cube; it's a brainy entertainer that mixes various genres.

Raja, a car enthusiast and mechanic, chances upon a four-wheeled wonder that is nothing like the other ordinary vehicles. The car is a witness to Raja's father's death years ago. It cares about Raja, protects him from goons, and punishes the culprits who murdered his father.

Ramji Tiwari and his sister, Parvati, had their parents pass away at an early age. Ramji is a skilled cook and is familiar with all aspects of vegetarian cooking. He arranges Parvati's marriage with the Mishra family, promises to pay a large sum of dowry, which he manages to get by promising to get married to a wealthy man's daughter.

Latha (Rekha) who is running her father's business empire after he suffered a debilitating stroke, receives a call from a mysterious stranger Raji, threatening to reveal embarrassing details about her father unless she pays up Rs. 500,000. Since she has no idea how to deal with the blackmailer, she turns to Capt. Hariharan who runs a detective agency for help. Things take a grim turn when Raji, and then Latha's cousin Suresh, both turn up murdered one after the other. The evidence unearthed by Hariharan seems to implicate either Latha or her sister Malini - but are the girls up to murder to protect their dad's good name?

After his mentor Viswanathan gets brutally murdered, Jitendra, an IPS officer, travels from London to investigate his death.

A working-class man of good character struggles to help his siblings move up in the world, and to protect them from the evil intentions of his gangster enemies.

Aditya is a Police Constable who's life takes a turn when a murder and robbery that take place while he is on duty. Can Aditya manage it all?

Tiki-Taka is a ZEE5 Original sports comedy movie starring Parambrata Chattopadhyay, Emona Enabulu, and Ritabhari Chakraborty. The movie revolves around Khelechi, an African national, who comes to India with a football laden with narcotics to deliver it to P.K, who runs a drug cartel. However, in a comedy of errors P.K's men pick up the wrong guy, and Khelechi ends up with Raju, a con man.

A situational comedy with some sparkling lines, the film is about Pasupathy who is in dire need of a job, and of the lie he tells to land one. The lie helps him gain the confidence of his eccentric employer, and endear Pasupathy to him. To cover up the lie, Pasupathy has to spin many more yarns with his family and friends supporting his stories. At one point, he conjures up a twin, Kandhan, a karate master, and even a fake mother. But when Kandhan falls in love with the boss’s daughter Janani, matters spiral out of his control.

Radhika a bride agrees to marry Jayan but to pay back for past college events

Ek Nai Paheli is a 1984 Hindi-language Indian feature film directed by K. Balachander, starring Kamal Haasan, Raaj Kumar, Hema Malini, Padmini Kohlapure and Suresh Oberoi. Ek Nai Paheli is an emotional family drama on unusual relationship. The movie is a remake of the Tamil classic Apoorva Raagangal directed by K. Balachander, incidentally called the shots for Hindi version too. Upendranath, a widower lives a wealthy life and his only son, Sandeep is a headstrong and stubborn young man. He leaves his dad's house to make his own life. He meets a beautiful older woman Bhairavi who is a singer. Both Bhairavi and Sandeep fall in love with each other and decide to marry, but a man, Avinash now arrives and claims as the husband of Bhairavi, moreover he meets Sandeep as well and tells his story. He also speak about their daughter, Kajri. Climax reveals that, Kajri lives with the much older Upendranath and plan to marry as well. What would be the fate of Bhairavi, Sandeep and Avinash??

Based on the story of a notorious real-life con man, this twisty Bollywood thriller revolves around cunning fraudster Raja Natwarlal, who pulls off a series of two-bit scams in Mumbai on his way to a big swindle. A small-time con man wants to get into the big leagues and take on a Goliath in the world of scams.

When Gemeni, a gangster, falls in love with a girl, he tries to reform his ways. Things change when a new police commissioner is transferred to the city, who plans on ending all criminal activities.

Manju, a modern woman who works for a male chauvinist boss, helps Arun to film a documentary on the lifestyle of women from different backgrounds. As their work progresses, he falls in love with her.

The story follows the protagonist's three phases of life, and the antagonists, the caste heads of the village whom he avenges for the wounds and sufferings he and his beloved endured in the past.

Love and politics collide when modern day individuals working as theatre artists in fall in love while making a play about love. They realize that it's the social structure that determines their values and thoughts, and for their love to succeed, they have to go against it.

Mandharam begins with the all too familiar trope - the schoolboy who spends his days dreaming about his childhood sweetheart and classmate, who, at the end of school, lets him know that she has a 'muracherukkan'.

Senior police officer Pandey is called in to train a new batch of trainee officers that the Indian police force wants to recruit. He does manages to induct some sense of fair-play in these officers and gets them assign to their place of duty; but these officers will find that there real life scenario are different and must deal with the world at large consisting of corrupt high-ranking police officers, dishonest politicians and gangsters. How they deal with them will shape their destinies.

Indrajeet is an honest police officer happily living with his family. His sister loves one young fellow, subsequently it revealed that he was the brother of local don Durjan Rai Sahab Singh.

Poshter Girl takes you on a mad roller coaster ride of a quaint, little village in Maharashtra - Tekawde, which is ill-famous for female infanticide and as a result there are no girls left within the village. When the question of boys' marriage is on heat, a beautiful and Intelligent girl enters the scenario and changes everything. This is the story of the girl Rupali and her chosen 5 candidates who would do anything to win her heart.

'Players' is about Bike racers.These racers belong to a village/town where the parents there are ready to marry their daughters to the fastest bike racer.The youngsters form race clubs to compete with each other.A new group named

A typical middle-class 70-year-old widower, Atmaram Dubey, who has been celibate for decades, realises he will probably never have sex. This awakening catapults him into an outrageous journey of self-discovery defying societal norms.

The wealthy doctor Shashikant marries a servant girl, the much-loved Gauri. When an old flame makes makes contact with Shashikant, pride jeopardizes their marriage and the lives of their children.