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Sughu falls in love with the daughter of a rich man. In order to marry his lover, he seeks illegal ways to make money, but life takes a turn when his plans become flop.

Mayura challenges an arrogant wrestler and defeats him. Though never formally trained he has only learned techniques of wrestling by observing others. As a Brahmin he is required to study Vedas yet he is deeply interested in martial arts. Ranga Jetti, the premier wrestler in Kanchi, takes him under his wing and trains him. One day while observing the training of Pallava princes Mayura gets into a fight with and thrashes Vishnugopa, the Pallava prince, earning his enmity. Mayura has to flee Kanchi as per the advice of Ranga Jetti to escape from pursuing Pallavas. He also then learns that he is in fact the son of Raja Chandravarma, the Kadamba king who was deceitfully killed by the Pallava king, Sivaskandhavarma. Upon learning of his illustrious lineage, Mayura dedicates himself to overthrow the Pallava yoke. Returning to Banavasi in the guise of a merchant Mayura builds an army and conquers both Banavasi and the Telugu speaking regions around Srishaila, thus building a vast kingdom.

A young, naive heiress is forced into a 'marriage of convenience' with an unemployed cartoonist in an attempt to save her millions - a move orchestrated by the scheming aunt.

Smitten with unrequited love, a young man inadvertently gets involved in the kidnapping of his beloved, ruining her arranged marriage. Can things be set straight?

Vishwa, an idler, gets the job of his constable father after the latter is killed during a police operation. Will Vishwa, who is glad that his father is dead, go after his dad's murderers?

Two men take shelter in a derelict mansion situated in the countryside during a storm. One of the men suddenly becomes aware that he once visited this mansion in a past life; he recounts a story about when he was Anand, a painter, who fell in love with a tribal girl named Madhumati.

Enslaved convicts for treason plan escape but get caught by pirates and work for them before gaining their support and fighting back their country's authoritarian rule.

This is a movie about how one small mistake can change your fate, the fate of people close to you, the fate of your unborn child.

Danny is in love with Nandini, an air hostess, who gets killed in Bangkok. Danny then moves to Bangkok to avenge her death, but things get murkier as he unravels the mystery.

A young forest officer falls in love with a tribal woman. However, his life turns upside down when he is arrested under the suspicion of being a Naxalite.

An Army unit comes to a local village in Kerala because of a terror threat. The plot revolves around the lives of the people and the army and their relationships.

Inder Sen Johar's much publicized comic look at the forcible sterilization program carried out under the orders of former Indian Prime Minsiter, Indira Gandhi, and her son, Sanjay Gandhi, during the dark days of Emergency. Johar comically portrays this story, which was censored and banned for several years by the Government of India, and stars duplicates of many popular Bollywood stars, including Anitav Bachchan.

Struggling to balance his father's materialistic demands and his love for Pooja, Happy lands in a series of comic situations as a red car becomes the center of chaos. Will Happy fulfill his dream of marrying Pooja against all odds?

The movie revolves around Chandra Babu, who has a great passion for music which he has inherited from his father.

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Gauridasa Menon is a stringent patriot and is an advocate of speaking only mother tongue. A comedy of errors ensue when Hariprasad, a modern youngster with a westernized attitude has to camouflage himself to get a job in Menon's company.

A determined woman uncovers a deadly conspiracy while investigating corruption at the highest levels. As supernatural forces emerge and time runs out, her quest for justice becomes a dangerous game of survival.

The Bengali-language biopic looks back on Hiralal Sen, who is credited with making India’s first advertising film and political documentary.

Mithun investigate kidnappers, killers and kidney smugglers.

Public Prosecutor Vijay Kumar is the only son of Surinder Nath, who is the DIG of Police. Vijay is quite popular as the only Public Prosecutor to have succeeded in bringing down the crime rate, resulting in the highest number of convictions. He also gets to prosecute Abbas Mohamed Riyaz for killing Inspector Bhagwat and Sukhdev Walia, a former gangster. Abbas is tried, found guilty, and sentenced to be hanged. Then Vijay's girlfriend, Sapna, finds evidence that it was someone else who was responsible for these killings. Vijay agrees to represent Abbas, find the real culprit(s), and ensure that the sentence is overturned. Before that could happen, Vijay is himself arrested for killing a woman by the name of Neena, thus making Abbas' hanging a certainty.

A writer at a police station gets trapped in an illegal custody case involving an innocent PHD student. With his guilt and regret looming large, can he save the young man?

Amara Deepam is a Tamil film is directed by T. Prakash Rao released in 1956. A educated unemployed person Ashok (Sivaji Ganesan) falls in love with athe daughter Aruna (Savitri) of an wealthy Industrialist.Aruna is taken hostage by her husband to be Sukumar (M.N. Nambiar), and while Ashok trails them to save Aruna, Ashok loses his memory in an accident. Ashok Meets Roopa (Padmini) and they begin to like each other. Sometime later Aruna comes back and as Ashok fails to recognize Aruna things look complicated.The rest of the film deals with how Ashok struggles with his memory and how both Aruna and Roopa try to win him over. The Udhavi Thayaripalar(Co-Producer)-- L.S.Mani

Appula Appa Rao is an Indian 1992 Telugu-language film directed by E.V.V. Satyanarayana which features Rajendra Prasad and Shobana in the lead roles. The film became a blockbuster at the box office and is regarded as a one of the popular comedy films in Telugu cinema.

Shankar had a small grocery shop in a suburban area of Kolkata. One day a huge shopping mall came up in the neighborhood and this became a threat to Shankar as well as affecting every person's lifestyle and mentality, society and humanity.

Yemaali is the story of Maali and his brother-from-another-mother, Aravind, and how they plan on killing Maali’s ex-girlfriend. They even call the ‘project’ Yemaali, a wordplay on both their names. But why do they want to kill this girl? Because she broke up with him, of course.

A conman finds refuge in becoming a baba and carries out his various criminal activities under the guise. A policeman, a journalist and politicians get entangled in his Web of deceit.

In the middle of the 80s, in Madras. While her car, (one Volkswagen Beetle, typify like Walt Disney's "Herbie") breaks down (frequently), Mâlu (Jayashree), a beautiful young graduate, very independent, stemming from the Tamil bourgeoisie, attends, dumbfounded enough, not far from it, in the terrible correction that Raghunath (alias Raghu) (Mogan) to a pickpocket administers. The young man who went to an interview, misses his bus. Having got acquainted with Mâlu and having repaired his vehicle, this one leads him to its meeting. She informs him on the spot, that post, is already taken, what puts Raghu, beside himself. During his interview, he lets burst his anger, he becomes enraged in the face of his future employers, among which one, Rajasekhar (A. R. S.), who is other than the father of Mâlu, who finally, appreciates the frankness of Raghu and commits it on fields.

Afzal is happy after his uncle helps him to set up his mobile shop. However, things take an unexpected turn when Azhagarsamy gifts him a virus-infected mobile application.

Chandrasena, wife of their captor Mahi. Despite her loyalty to Rama, she despises the decadence of her husband's kingdom. As the battle rages and Mahi proves invincible with his ability to duplicate himself and his fallen soldiers, Chandrasena holds the key. She reveals the secret to defeat her husband, turning the tide of the war. Expect grand visuals, including classic flying figures, magical arrows, and a memorable scene of a gigantic Hanuman dwarfing a human figure.

Years after he's declared missing in action, Indian soldier Ranjeet Singh (Sanjay Dutt) returns home a broken man. Severe mistreatment and torture have left Singh suffering amnesia; he only remembers the face of his tormentor. Though his wife, Pammi (Tabu), and sister Simran (Mahima Chaudhry) try to help him, his deep wounds may never heal. Chandrachur Singh and Rahul Dev co-star in this poignant drama from director Raman Kumar.

A girl is struggling with extreme poverty and the responsibility of taking care of her siblings. She falls in love, which would cause even more tragedy to her family and to herself.

Four film school students as part of their project goes for location hunting.There they meet a person with a weird personality, an academic in parapsychology. The students gets into the world of Ouija board and an entity through this man.

Gayatri has taken care of her son Kabir as a single mother. But cracks have developed in their relationship as Gayatri always avoids telling Kabir about his father. Kabir's only communication is his aunt Radhika. Gayatri and Radhika send Kabir to a boarding school where he is doing well in all aspects. Dhairya and Dhungya are two mischievous village boys who are sent to boarding school as the villagers want to keep them away. Kabir meets Dhairya and Dhungya and the school starts to witness changes.

A stingy miser gets the shock of his life when a nation-wide lock-down thwarts his attempts for a cost-effective marriage.

Vellai Roja is a 1983 Indian Tamil film, directed by A. Jagannathan and produced by V. Viswanathan. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Ambika, Prabhu and Radha in lead roles. The film had musical score by Ilayaraja. The film was a remake of Malayalam film Post Mortem.

Jayabharathi who was denied every simple joy in life while growing up just because she is a girl/woman is married to Rajesh, a male chauvinist, short-tempered and selfish person. On suffering domestic violence, she doesn't get any support. She then decides to fight back!

Paramu, a farmer, lives with his wife and two kids in a small village. He struggles to earn money for his family. Things take a turn when his son exposes the wrongdoings of Nair, a cruel landlord.

In a remote village in colonial India, an old man and his grandson display strong differences in their attitudes towards the country’s British rulers.

Mahesh is an educated young man whose father is an extremely orthodox person and a strong believer of the caste system. Kamakshi, his sister, bears a child from her lover and tries to hide the truth.

Madhuri Menon, a young married woman, goes missing in Bengaluru. A young police officer, Srikanth, is on the case, as he rounds up some usual and unusual suspects. Do they find her? Is everything as it seems or is there be a darker truth?.

Unni is the last male heir of a decaying feudal family in rural Kerala. His inability to accept the socio-economic changes of a new society causes him to gradually withdraw into isolation and paranoia.

Kajraare is a Bollywood film, released on October 15, 2010. The film is directed by Pooja Bhatt and stars Himesh Reshammiya and Mona Laizza. Himesh plays a singer who falls in love with a bar dancer and the film centralizes on how they find true love. It is the first Hindi film to be shot in Petra, "the eighth wonder of the world

The path of true love does not run smooth in this movie about love, expectations, and the range of abilities and access that different people have in this world.

Karmegham is a 2002 Tamil drama film directed by S. P. Rajkumar. The film features Mammootty and Radha Ravi in lead roles. The film had musical score by Vidyasagar and was released in 2002

A successful commercial film director finds a reel that changes his life forever. Will he finally make a movie that touches people’s hearts?

Ajay Sharma is set out to kill Madan Chopra and destroy his family, who is responsible for Ajay's father, Vishwanth's death. Will Ajay succeed?

Officer Prabhat and his team arrive in Nepal to verify a terror suspect and arrest him within a deadline of four days. A race against time ensues when Pakistani agencies start chasing them.

A wonderfully poignant story based on a father-daughter relationship. The film explores the journey of a daughter in search of her father in Sweden. The protagonist Molly had last seen her father when she was five years old.

Shyama is a free spirit who lost her parents at a young age. After their death, she becomes attached to her grandfather and uncle. She is brought in a wrong manner and she used to flirt with boys. She becomes friendly with Hemachandran, a boy in the neighbourhood who falls in love with her. However, she moves away from the locality. Later, Hemanth discovers Shyama does love him. However, Shyama is not willing for a marriage as she is told that either she or Hemachandran will die after six months from the marriage. The story continues to tell how they overcome this obstacle in their relationship and family problems.

My dear Mummy` tells another different campus story, scripted by Biju Vattapara. The Movie revolves around the lives of two women

As India is ravaged by sectarian violence on the eve of its Independence Day, two rioters take refuge in an abandoned house. An eerie presence in the house, however, haunts the men to the edge of sanity.

Cops of Paramedu Police Station encounter a series of events while they are on a mission to improve the image of Kerala Police, by making it people friendly. Will they become successful in their mission?

Lahoo Ke Do Rang is about customs officer Bharat Srivastav who lives a middle-class life with his sister Rajni, wife Sangita and a small son. Rajni is soon to get married to Inspector Gautam. He is known for his unorthodox methods of apprehending smugglers, and it is these methods that land him in trouble with the Shikari brothers. Bharat decides to oppose them, and as a result the Shikari brothers recruit false eye-witnesses, pay them to give false testimonies and get the complaint dismissed. When Bharat persists, his family is abducted and subsequently killed. Bharat manages to kill some of the culprits, however, is arrested, found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment. On the way to prison, the vehicle meets with an accident, killing everyone on board. Relieved at the death of their nemesis, the Shikari brothers celebrate only to find out that they now have a new unknown enemy, an enemy who will kill them one by one for an unknown reason.

Geetha, who had a one-night stand with Chandru while in college, must struggle to keep it a secret from her husband, Ravi, and also deal with a blackmailer, Vasu.

This is the story of Murari who wants to become a filmstar. He runs away from his house and goes to Mumbai to become a superstar. When he reaches Mumbai his whole world turns upside down. Fortunately he finds a friend in Mr Dubey who also is a struggler to get a break in films. They face hardships and at times they have to sleep in local trains. By the Gods grace Murari (Asrani) gets work as Junior Artist and works hard remembering the words Dharmendra told him once when they had met. His hard work pays off and one day he becomes the superstar of the film industry. But what about the flip side? Will he forget his old friends who had helped him during his struggle?

Manjunatha, an atheist, fights against social evils. He marries Kathyayini, a staunch devotee of Lord Shiva. As the days go by, Manjunatha realizes the existence of God.

Quick Gun Murugun is an unlikely Superhero with Guntastic powers. He is a Sincere South Indian Cowboy who considers it his duty to serve and protect. The movie revolves around mis-adventures of Quick Gun Murugun and his fight with his arch villain Rice Plate Reddy!

Aparichithan movie revolves around three college girls who are very close friends. Meenakshi (Kavya), Devi (Manya) and Simi (Karthika) are very good friends. Once they get caught for stealing the question papers for the exam and were expelled from the college. As they did not want to go home.

Somu is in love with the farmer Karmu, but while his mother approves of the match Karmu himself dreams of marrying someone else