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Inspector Raj Singh's father was killed by Shankar and his men for gold. Years later he locates them but also finds that he has a step brother Suraj who works for Shankar now known as Devi Dayal.

Theevandi is a political satire depicted through light humor where the protagonist Bineesh hardly knows a thing even about himself.

A scientist renowned for creating a potion that makes him invisible is framed for the murder of his prospective father-in-law.

Five friends, all affected in some way by a mercury poisoning incident are partying when a freak accident put them on a collision course with an entity that is in no mood to forgive their misgivings.

The life of a father and son and their life experience when son tries to breakup with his lover.

Sivaram (Rajasekhar), a lawyer is the son of a magistrate (Chalapati Rao) and the brother of an ACP (Benarjee). Sivaram accepts a case and gets the son of an MLA punished after an innocent girl pleads with him about the innocence of her brother. Sivaram loses his heart for that girl, but Sivaram"s parents do not allow their marriage. She commits 'suicide". After that incident, Sivaram gives up his practice and becomes a drunkard.At this juncture, Parvati (Bhumika) whose life is under threat calls up Sivaram for help. Sivaram saves her and takes her to his home. Soon her father (Vijaykumar) returns from the US after a surgery. By that time, some others kidnap Parvati from Sivaram. Sivaram soon realizes that Parvati, who trusted Praveen as her saviour was himself the villain. Sivaram decides to save Parvati and catch the real culprit.

Rukmini (Rekha) is well into her 40s and still unmarried. She lives with her orphaned niece, Padmini (Mallika Sherawat), and together they device a scheme to entrap wealthy men, like Monty (Paresh Rawal), relieve them of their money, abandon them, and move on to better targets. They do succeed for quite a while, assuming various disguises, and names, amassing a fortune, until Padmini falls in love with one of her targets, a young man named Raghu (Karan Khanna), and decides to call it quits. An unstable Rukmini, who owes money to Monty, decides she cannot go it alone and concocts a scheme that will force Padmini to give up on Raghu and re-join forces with her to go on philandering unsuspecting wealthy men.

Inspired by true events, the film narrates the story of women terrorised by a mobster who gang-raped, robbed, terrorised and murdered 300 families for 15 years until he met his nemesis in a young Dalit girl.

A romantic film directed by Sam J Chaitanya, starring Abhishek Reddy, Ayesha Singh and Bhanu Sri in the lead roles.

Rettaichuzhi is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by newcomer Thamira. It stars ace filmmakers K. Balachander and Bharathiraja in lead roles along with Anjali, debutant Aari, Manobala, Ilavarasu, Karunas and Jayachitra in supporting roles. The film unfolds in a village in Thirunelveli. Ramasamy (K Balachander) is an influential man in the village and he is a devoted to the principles of Congress since his childhood. He is against Singaravelan (Bharathiraja), a Communist. Their feud runs for over four decades. Even their grand children are against each other and they form gangs to express their enmity. However a romance in the family changes the warm atmosphere. Susheela (Anjali), brought up in Singaravelan's house is a school teacher who is in love with one Murthy (Aari). Understanding their true love, the children forget their enmity and try to bring both families together and get them wedlocked. Did they succeed in their attempts forms the climax.

Ram Mohan, an eminent businessman in Bangkok, has discovered that his business empire and personal life are in danger. To save himself, he hires two small-time crooks from India to murder a person.

After a college dare goes wrong, the investigating officer arrests his son and locks horns with his estranged wife while trying to find the truth.

Set in a fictional world, the story is about the psychological conflict between a king in a town and an extraordinary man, and how that man, through his cunning and master minded plans takes over everything, takes control of the entire town, becomes a dictator.

Shyam (Feroz Khan) falls in love with the face on a painting, painted by his best friend Ishrat. He finds the girl and convince her father to marry her. Brings back the girl to town and then the two love triangle starts.

After his father's death, young Sameer runs away to search for his mother and is adopted by the tawaif Ganga.

Shivamani (Nagarjuna) is a honest cop in Vizag. He falls in love with Vasantha (Asin), a beautiful lady who aspires to become a singer. There is a mafia guy called Dutt (Prakash Raj), whom Shivamani troubles a lot. Incidentally Vasantha is distantly related to Dutt and both of them belongs to Kerala. In the meantime, Shivamani's mother (Sangeeta) gets paralyzed. Shivamani and Vasantha take her to Kerala to get the treatment of Kerala's Ayurveda specialists. In the process, Dutt gets back to Kerala and he is on the mission to weaken Shivamani by getting Vasantha away from him. The rest of the story is all about how he gets back Vasantha with the help of a newspaper's editor Pallavi (Rakshita).

Nandakumar, a police officer, appoints Siva, a convict, to find and kill the terrorists responsible for a bomb blast. However, Siva is unaware that Nandakumar intends to kill him after the mission.

A class-divided friendship goes through highs and lows through several decades.

In her effort to show the world the true colours of a few corrupt politicians, Dr Maheshwari is murdered. An enraged Bharath, her son, vows to exact revenge from the culprits.

A middle-class woman gets along with everyone as if they are her own. When she faces a big problem in her life, an unknown person comes to her rescue. Who is that unknown individual?

James Pandu is a 2000 Tamil film directed by Selva. The film stars Parthiban, Prabhu Deva, Kausalya and Renu Desai in lead roles.

Vijayan, the village school teacher, believes that his degree in economics is sufficient for him to succeed in the business ventures he undertakes. Taking long leaves of absence from work, he roams around with his schemes, all of which turn out to be downright failures.

While working the night at an ATM, a security guard, who is the prime witness in the case against a powerful industrialist, happens across a mysterious man named Eesho. They engage in a conversation and the guard pours his heart out to the stranger before realising that Eesho may not be a friend. Who is Eesho and what does he want?

Avtar Singh's directorial comic drama starring Kavita Kaushik and Karamjeet Anmol focuses on the contrast between two classes i.e. educated urban and uneducated rural. This film is a blend of both comedy as well as carries a social message; that how differences in thinking, life style and living standard of two persons from different classes impact their lives. Despite all these differences, that they are still together at the end proves that human values are far ahead of the differences in today's money minded and fast societies.

Dinanath is a freedom fighter married to Bharati. During the freedom struggle, though freedom is won but, he looses Bharati - who leaves as she is affected by leprosy. He is given shelter in Bharat Nagar - as four underworld dons of Bharat Nagar.

Mechanic Alludu is a comedy based movie in which for the First film to have Akkineni Nageshwara Rao and Chiranjeevi together. The story opens with Ravi (Chitranjeevi) showingup on multiple TV screens as an announcer.After a clash, he is fired from work, and he joins Nageshwara Rao

The film is about youngsters and the story of the film revolves around a young sheltered man who suddenly discovers life when he comes out on to the streets one day.

Vadivelu, who belongs to a small rural community and leads a carefree existence with his friends, but also takes a strong stand against injustice and exploitation.

A drunken man's encounter sets off a chain of gossip in a town of secrets. As whispers spread, a woman's hidden past threatens to tear everything apart.

Two estranged childhood friends, Raghu and Suresh, find themselves at loggerheads when Raghu joins the army and Suresh becomes a gangster.

This is a story about two brothers. The older brother is a police officer, and the younger brother, whose name is Suraj — is a regular truck driver. There is a Gulf of misunderstanding between them, as is often the case between brothers, and Suraj's Affairs are always wrong in the eyes of the elder. But if the older one has problems, the younger one is willing to die to protect his brother's reputation. And so, independently of each other, the two brothers try to meet each other halfway. But how difficult this path is!

The film is about a parallel college teacher who owns a bizarre and timid personality which forces his friends to fool him by posting him letters in the name of a girl. He gradually develops an intimate relationship with her but all his efforts to meet her are in vain. What happens when he actually meets her, and comes to know that she even had no idea about his existence, forms the crux of the story.

People of Mangalpur die in a bizarre pattern. Inspector Vijay is appointed to reveal the truth behind the mystery.

Kulasekaran is a liquor shop owner and he likes to spend the time in college. Kulasekaran is also a modern Don Juan : a seducer of women. During a wedding function, Kulasekaran falls under the spell of the shy young woman Sangita. He talks to Sangita and he tries to seduce her. Sangita really likes his funny way of talking, she eventually falls in love with him and they even talk about their marriage. Later, Kulasekaran falls in love with Archana. One day, she finally accepts his love, unfortunately, the happiness was short-lived, she says that it was just a joke. The whole pattern repeats itself many times, Kulasekaran quickly sinks into alcoholism and depression. Archana openly states that she wants to see Kulasekaran going mad. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.

Visually-impaired former cop Nidhi finds herself being part of an unexpected accident scene. She goes to report it to the cops, where CCB officer Avinash takes charge of the case. This case brings unexpected closure for both the complainant and the investigating officer in different ways.

A young man who has a speech disorder ends up with a suitcase filled with money that belongs to a corrupt politician.

Under cover of darkness and with no word of his plans, much-beloved Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Master Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche walked away from his life on the international stage to live that of a wandering yogi. Unheard of among eminent teachers today, such a practice is rife with hardships. For Mingyur Rinpoche, these challenges—begging, finding food and shelter, illness, and all the attendant risks of wandering incognito from place to place with the barest of possessions—present fertile ground for deepening insight into the true nature of the mind. Wandering . . . But Not Lost is an intimate account of Mingyur Rinpoche's four-and-a-half-year retreat (June 2011 – November 2015) interspersed with Rinpoche’s own guidance in applying Buddhist wisdom to our daily modern lives that will touch—and inspire—audiences everywhere.

With humor riding the forefront, Basta tracks the ride that the families of a bride and a groom have to go on to find the deal breaker. One of the most important aspects of the wedding

Arjun (Shiv Pandit) come to Mumbai to visit his fiancee Maya. He reaches the City court to meet her and is taken aback when he is not able to find her anywhere. He begins to search for Maya and in an unexpected turn witnesses an unlikely murder. Frantic and exasperated, he is left with no choice but take passerby's as hostages before he is framed as the killer. The cops try to tackle the situation and within no time realize that Arjun is no ordinary hostage-taker and it seems next to impossible to apprehend him. Now, with nothing to lose, Arjun lays down his terms: "I have 7 hostages! And I am giving the Police 7 hours to find out the killer...! I need progress every 60 minutes or one hostage dies every hour!!" The clock ticks and the investigation begins.

Murugan is a stunt actor in movies and his only aim in life is to become a good villain and get featured prominently in movie posters and cutouts. At a temple festival, he rescues Dakshinamoorthy from goons trying to kidnap him on orders from his son, who wants to take over land on which an orphanage is located. Murugan takes Dakshina to his mansion to keep him safe. Soon, thugs arrive in search of Dakshina as the land was promised to politician Ranganayaki alias Akka in return for an MLA seat to his son. It is now up to Murugan to foil their plan.

The brother of a rich landlord falls in love with a lower caste girl but his haughty sister-in-law murders him. The girl, who is pregnant with his child, is made an outcast and dies during childbirth only to return as a ghost and haunt the village.

Preetal and Shubh represent today's generation mindset. They are not very keen on starting their own families; they are focused on earning money and achieving their goals, but getting married is not a priority for them. But their families, determined to change Preetal and Shubh's mindsets, convince them to attend the grand Holi festival and the wedding of Shiv and Shivani, who are madly in love with each other (presenting the madness of love) and embody the joy and fulfillment of traditional family values.

Mary, who is from a rich family, elopes with William, a fisherman, as her parents are against their relationship. They try to lead a normal and happy life until her father comes in search of her.

Based on the Maratha warrior Hansaji Mohite who was later given the title of Sarnobat Hambirrao, the film portrays his life as the Commander in Chief of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's army.

Snake Goddess Mansa is having a bad day. It's her birthday but she is restless and irritated by her followers in Naglok. Fortuitously Nagraj turns up and she manages to cajole him into revealing the name of her father, who is none other than Lord Shiva.

When Pooja, the daughter of retired Justice Chaudhary, is found murdered under mysterious circumstances, ACP Verma is roped in to investigate this high-profile case. When everyone is hiding the truth, justice will thrive despite the silence.

A police officer gets embroiled in a deadly game with drug mafia, while searching for his long lost friend from London.

A confused groom and his friend get booked by a cop while they are on the way back from a bachelor party.

A movie that describes dwarfism with thrill and twists. The film explores themes of love, resilience, and mystery

Evocative and eloquent, this melodiously musical drama touchingly traces the twists and turns in the life of an aspiring playback singer, who must work very hard to achieve success in his chosen field. Will his dreams come true? How will his personal life be affected by his profession?

Movie is about a retired master thief Keluvashan and his dearest disciple Kallan Benny. Once a young man came to see Keluvashan and expressed his wish to study the tricks and secrets of theft.

Feel-good movie about a college life of couple of friends and the consequences of a turning point which changed the life of each one of them.

Nam Naadu is a Action based movie. It starts with Aalavandhar(Nasser) a corrupt politician who holds the post as Education minister and wants to become the chief minister. He is supported by his son-in-laws, Sathya(Saranraj) IPS Officer who runs a finance company and Ilamaran(Ponvannan) IAS officer, the district collector. With the idea of his in-laws, Aalavandhar tries to disturb peace in state and make situation against the CM.Muthazhagu (Sarath kumar) a honest youth wing leader of the same ruling party learns and opposes the move of his father and he stands by and for the...

Ramu goes against the wishes of his stepmother and marries Sita. However, trouble ensues when his stepmother and her daughter move into their house.

Sulekha, a lonely elderly woman, misses her son who lives in a different country but finds comfort in the company of her caretakers.

The curtain rises on a small coalfield town. Plagued with a series of unexplained troubles that broke out suddenly, owner of a coalmine seeks the help of Byomkesh Bakshi to sort things out for him. When Byomkesh arrives with his trusted confidante Ajit, they discover to their complete dismay a maze of crimes woven around a violent murder that had little to do with the job that they were entrusted with. A mesmerizing mosaic of criminal characters, a sordid saga of lecherous lust, the thriller unfolds the complex layers of the human mind.

Padmanabhan Embranthiri (Nedumudi Venu) is running an institution viz. 'Kalanikethan' . He is invited to perform the Kerala art forms on the stage of a cultural festival named Keralotsavam 2009. His daughter Ganga (Vishnu Priya) was doing research in Mohiniyattam. So she was entrusted in doing all the arrangements of the programme. Sandeep Subramanyam (Vinu Mohan) arrives there to perform Kalaripayattu. There he meets Ganga and falls in love. But he is a terrorist named Javed Ibrahim in disguise and his mission is to blast a bomb during the Keralotsavam event. The terrorist group aims to destroy the communal harmony and evoke a riot. Whether or not Sandeep aka Javed succeeds in the mission forms the climax of the movie.

Circumstances force the union leader of a factory to marry his own boss, a rich and arrogant lady who has ulterior motives.

An upcoming thriller.