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An unfortunate event in Samrat's life puts him in a situation where he has to make a choice. A choice that very few will ever make. A choice to try and get back his mother's life.

Guru and his friends' ambition is to become firemen, but a run in with a gangster threatens to bring their dream crashing down.

Prisoners pull off an escape just before they were about to be pardoned.

Dasu is a small time crook who becomes orphan after his father goes to prison. Meanwhile a local goon decides to send one of his men into the police department to get information for them. Dasu will be roped for this job but he needs to pass SSC exam to get a police job. He clears the exam and gets into the force as a traffic cop. Then he is transferred to the crime branch because of his heroics. The rest of the story is about how Dasu realizes the sanctity of the cop job and eliminates the mafia gang.

Alex, who is awaiting execution, confesses to having committed six out of the seven murders he is acquitted for. Officer Sethurama Iyer decides to trace the original murderer of the seventh one.

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.

Sudhakaran hatches a sinister plan in order to receive the compensation from his company which he is entitled to receive after his death.

A clerical error at the marriage registrar’s office leads to an unexpected twist in the life of four people. Will the two couples manage to come out of this complex relationship mess emotionally unscathed?

Two brothers get separated when they are young but dislike each other after reuniting as adults. Though they are initially unaware of their parentage, their interests align once they learn the truth.

A family with a past and trauma, encounters a series of strange incidences, in a car journey on their way home and runs into trouble in a windmills farm.

Ravanna, a wayward youth, is misguided and used by the local MLA to threaten those who oppose him. Things start to change and he goes through a behavioural shift after falling in love with Sirisha.

A re-make of the Malayalam 2012 film of the same name, a middle-class family man who has returned to his home in Maharashtra ends up getting trapped with a nameless hooker in a small shop room.

A ghost hunter uses bottles to capture troublesome spirits.

A magical, musical, maddening ride where the music will unleash a thrilling adventure of a lifetime.

Krishna is the son of a wealthy man, Madhav Rao. When Madhav Rao's secretary tricks him for his property leading to his death, Krishna takes up a false identity to avenge his father's loss.

When arrogant matriarch Parameshwari's tyranny drives her daughter's husband away from home, do his three children cope with the loss? Or do they grow up in Parameshwari's image?

While there is nothing wrong in aspiring for a better life abroad, the means are as equally important as the goal. Making use of forged certificates and lying to the authorities in the desperation for getting a visa will eventually result in nothing but trouble.

It deals with the story of Baddi Krishna (Yash),who will be a cool dude in the town. Ananth Nag, who will be the Matadhipathi(chief of temple) will decide to make Baddi Krishna as his successor.Though Krishna will not be interested in the traditional and religious practices,situation will leads him towards that post.

Maro Charitra is a 2010 Telugu film, which is an adaptation of the 1978 film of the same name. The film stars Varun Sandesh and newcomer Anita in the lead roles. The film is produced by Dil Raju and directed by Ravi Yadav, Story by K. Bala Chandar, Dialogues by Umarji Anuradha, cinematography by Ravi Yadav of 2008 Hindi film Race.Music is composed by Mickey J Meyer and background score is composed by Thaman. The film released on 25 March 2010. The trailer released recently got a huge response. The film received negative feedback and was a flop at the box office.

A young man and an older woman fall in love and decide to marry. However, their lives become more complicated when he learns that his father is in love with the same woman's daughter.

The story of a mysterious housemaid accused and framed for the high-profile murder of the powerful MLA Dharmarajan, but strongly defended by three families for whom she works, in the border town of Dharmapuram.

An atrocious British general is in charge of a secluded fictional village in pre-Independence Madras. Spanning in three days, from 14 August to 16 August 1947 and follows the illiterate and oppressed villagers’ lives as they fail to receive the news of India’s Independence due to isolation. A local lout, Param, leads a revolt to free them all.

Chamundeswari, a headstrong lady, loves money, ignores human relationships and even dominates her family. When her daughter falls in love with a house helper, she tries everything to separate them.

A young boy follows his violent and alcoholic father on a quest to find his mother, who has run away from his abuse.

The movie deals with four friends. Ravichandran, the hero, is the son of a rich man (Veera Raghavan), and he along with his three friends Nagesh, Mali and Murthy, lives in a mansion owned by his father. While they plan to go on a holiday, a young woman (Kanchana) sneaks into the bungalow, fleeing from danger, and begs the hero to offer her solace for two days. He agrees and the trip is cancelled. Kanchanca and Ravichandran fall in love. Another woman (Vijaya Chandrika) suddenly appears one night and leaves her child, Baby Shanthi, with a note claiming that she is Mali’s daughter. Mali asserts that he has never seen the baby before and asserts that he doesn’t know the woman in the letter. But he falls for the child and brings her up with love and affection.

Arjun lives a poor lifestyle in Madhopur along with his school-master dad, Bansilal, mom, and sister. His family is abused by Thakur Suryanarayan Singh's men and are forced to leave the region. Years later Arjun returns to avenge this humiliation but ends up getting arrested for killing a village belle, Tulsi, while his father gets killed by bandit Dhurjan Singh. Arjun is tried in Court, found guilty, and sentenced to life imprisonment, but with the help of another bandit, Shamsher Singh, escapes and kills Thakur Karan Singh. He then joins forces with Shamsher to kill Suryanarayan Singh and Dhurjan.

The film revolves around the story of five women, belonging to different generations, each looking for emancipation and the right to run their lives their own way. The film's main theme is the issue of women's 'fertility rights' empowerment.

Lakshmi Raave Maa Intiki, one expected a hat trick of sorts. About 30 minutes after a breezy start, the director makes

A wealthy hotelier disrupts Anupama's life. In retaliation, she puts together an imperfectly perfect team to pull off an elaborate heist at his luxurious hotel during a culinary competition.

NRI Jayanta Dutta makes his return home to Calcutta, only to soon discover that he must fight tooth and nail in order to save his ancestral estate from being seized by a ring of land sharks.

A story of relationships that explores the intricacies of the married life, of life-long companionship, of promises and expectations and love.

In the disputed territory of Kashmir, a young Muslim woman meets and falls in love with a Hindu man.

On a stormy evening, two strangers arrive at Bibhutibhushan's ancestral home. As rain pours outside, the men exchange mysterious stories of a greedy woman's spirit bound to her jewels, a mystic caught between power and peace, and a conman whose perfect crime takes a dark turn.

Raja joins the worker's union and fights for the rights of his fellow employees. He opposes the injustice that his peers are forced to go through by the chairman of their company.

Rosy is a woman of enchanting beauty who sings and dances in a 5 star hotel in the town. She happens to be an eyewitness to a murder that happens in the hotel.

Dasrath Joglekar (Nana Patekar), a celebrated writer, travels to Delhi to receive the prestigious Literary Award. During the journey he meets a young film maker (Nakul Vaid), an ardent fan of Dasrath’s writing and the encounter brings back memories from the past. Memories from the past and passion bring him to Mehendi galli where people flock to enjoy mujra dances. The entire area has changed. Lajvanti alias Lajobai has become Miss Lisa, presenting popular film songs numbers to entertain a new clientele. Dasarath’s sudden appearance is a great surprise for Lajvanti. The character of his novel Janaza comes alive at an unexpected juncture. Lajvanti shows her reverence to Dasrath by singing melodies from their past. Fate accomplices another journey into the unknown is created.

Hero is action oriented movie in which Chiranjeevi played a role of archeologist in thish movie, who comes to a village in search of a plan for the hidden treasure. His friend vikram was killed in the same village trying for that plan.One day during his work, he saves kanakaraju (rao gopal rao), his wives (jayamalini, jyoti lakshmi) and Allu from dying. They become his friend and also treat him as their philosopher and guide.Meanwhile radhika, a village belle who cheats people with her mother nirmalamma meets Chiranjeevi and falls for him. She forces him to marry her.When krishna refuses, she successfully enerts the role of a rape victim in front of the villagers. Krishna later learns that Kanakraju was in fact Kondababu, who killed vikram, who was seacring a plan for the hidden treasure. How krishna plans and exposes kanakaraju’s reality forms the rest of the story.

Plot TBA; described as a 'deadpan gangster tragedy' set in the world of Indian American–owned motels.

Vijay Krishnan (Vineeth) comes to Germany to visit his best friend Mahesh Menon (Kunchako Boban) & wife Veena (Preeti Jhangiani), after his lover Neena (Praveena) dies of cancer. There, mistaking Veena's friendliness towards him, Vijay develops an attraction towards her, which soon develops into an obsession.

The film revolves around a gangster named Mustafa (Patekar) who is a contract killer and can go any limit to please his superiors and offers 5 times Namaz. He was adopted by a powerful don Shanta Prasad (Rawal) when he was a child. He calls Shanta as Abba (an Urdu term for father). Abba taught him the crime tactics and made Mustafa his weapon for his illicit crimes. Mustafa's only aide is Sudama, his childhood best friend. Abba shares enmity with the Verma brothers Mahesh, Rohan and Bipin (Pradhan, Joshi and Bahl) which the trio wants to kill Abba. Meanwhile, a dancer Kavita (Tandon) who works in Verma's dance club.

Srikant's life turns upside down when he bumps into a middle-aged ghost who claims to be his grandson from his previous birth. Things take an even more comical turn when the ghost seeks Srikant's help to meet his long-lost love.

Munian (R.K), the innocent turned underworld dada. The naïve youngster from a remote village becomes a dreaded dada who could fix anyone and anything for money. He spends the money to treat a girl who is in coma for six months. Who is that girl and why does he spend money for her?

Angrezi Mein Kehte Hein is a family drama and explores changing relationships between a middle aged couple. Its about the realization that sometimes just loving someone is not enough and expressing that love is equally important.

A stranger who may be the trickster magician Kummatty comes to a village in Malabar, India.

Kalyana Ramudu is a 2003 Telugu family film and remake of Malayalam film Kalyanaraman, directed by G. Ram Prasad and produced by Venkata Shyam Prasad under SP Entertainments. The film stars Venu Thottempudi, Nikita and Prabhu Deva in the lead roles.

A Headmaster falls in love with a Music teacher whose husband was a political activist.

Bahaddur is a 2014 Indian Kannada language film directed by Chethan Kumar and produced by R. Srinivas. It stars Dhruva Sarja and Radhika Pandit in the lead roles. The supporting cast features P. Ravi Shankar, Achyuth Kumar, Jai Jagadish and Srinivasa Murthy. The film released on October 3, 2014, in 7.1 surround sound, the first in Kannada cinema.

Rishi Sharma and his wife, Simi, are hoping for news of a baby when their friends Samit and Mita call them together. Shockingly however, they are announcing their separation.

Nadarasan, uninterested in politics, runs for panchayat leader to honor his father. As he delves into the murky world of election politics, he faces violence, rivalry, and betrayals.

Raja's daughter's marriage ceremony is soon approaching and preparations are underway at home. One day, Raja receives a call from his wife Rohini, who is the mother of the girl. Rohini and Raja have been separated for years and Rohini now expresses her desire to visit their daughter for the occasion. Raja is disturbed by the idea of Rohini's visit and tries to dissuade her. However, Rohini is determined to come and starts her train journey.

A stoner befriends a Great Dane, who is the pet of his neighbour, and tries to make her fall in love with him.

Josy is an unemployed, irresponsible young guy. His life changes when his beloved mother dies in a fatal accident and his long-lost father returns home.

A man who specialises in stopping weddings enters a tricky situation where his own wedding faces threat.

Rishi is a writer/director who is narrating a script close to his heart to Rohini - possibly the lead protagonist of his film. As he begins his narration, we step into the world of Rahul, Riya, Rambo and Raju - four friends living their best days amusing people with childish shenanigans in school. These four "Vellas" are complete and content with each other's company and couldn't care less about the world around them until life hits them in the face. An enthralling script narration on one end, and four immature kids trying to correct a plan gone wrong on the other - Velle is about laughter, friendships, frenzy and the unpredictability of life.

Plain, myopic, Vanishka Mathur has a college-day crush on handsome Abhay Sinha, and as luck would have it, she is hired by his dad, Satyaprakash Sinha to be his Personal Secretary. But Abhay does not like her, he is busy painting the town red with his maternal uncle, Rakesh Nath, and a young lady by the name of Simran Garewal. Satyaprakash entrusts Vanishka that she is to remain with Abhay at all time, and Abhay retaliates by blind-folding her, and blocking her eardrums, as well as stranding her without any transportation. Things come a head when she saves Satyaprakash's life, and must accompany Abhay on a trip overseas, little knowing that Abhay is not going alone with her, he has someone else accompany him; And the events abroad will change their lives forever.

A clever thief who gets away easily is being lured into a bigger trap where the police force sets up an attractive bait to capture him for good.

Suryam is a physical director in a local college and lives with his mother Varalakshmi, a widow. The college in which Suryam work belongs to an Industrialist called Sudarshan Rao.

Talks about the Hindu-Muslim politics and conflicts in Kerala which are connected to some of the feudal lords who incite the tension.