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"Ajante" is the story of a simple innocent man Ravi who falls in love with Usha not knowing that she is the very girl whose marriage he is trying to finalize with a high society guy Rudraksh. After Ravi's father's death, his elder brother usurps everything giving him a couple of rooms in the servants' quarter and 1 lakh rupees that his father had given as a loan to Mr. Natu. Mr. Natu is a cunning man who keeps delaying Ravi. He finally promises to give him the money if Ravi can get Jhilik married to Rudraksh. Rudraksh is a man full of vices yet Ravi does his best to finalize the wedding. Ravi meets Usha aka Jhilik and falls in love with her. Ravi finds out the truth that Usha is Jhilik the day Rudrasksh goes to marry her. Usha condemns Ravi for his cowardice and that makes him defy everything and marry her. Rudraksh and his family are arrested for claiming dowry."

Chhota Bheem and his close friends travel to Neeli Pahadi to save Dholakpur from Patalpur, a man who is planning a secret attack to destroy the village.

A kind-hearted, widowed landlord, Thakur, lives a wealthy lifestyle with his son, Ramesh; daughter, Roopa; and an adopted child, Shankar. Ramesh hates Shankar and often abuses him. Years pass by, Thakur has passed away, and all three children have grown up. While Ramesh visits a stunningly attractive Courtesan, Tara, drinks alcohol, and continues to abuse and mercilessly beat Shankar, who bears this in silence as he and Roopa are in love with each other. When Ramesh finds out that Roopa wants to wed Shankar, he has him severely beaten and thrown off a cliff. He then arranges Roopa's marriage with another wealthy man, Satish, while he continues to romance Tara and even signs over his entire estate and home to her name.

Nagabhushanam and his son Nagaraju (Satyanarayana) runs smuggling and Illegal transport of forest produce in the Forest. Ramu (NTR) opposes and raises the villagers to fight against him. Padma (Jayaprada) Daughter of Forest officer (Jaggayya) loves him. One tribal lady Chilakamma (Jayasudha) also loves him as a brother. Nagabhushanam takes the help of Jaggu (Sridhar) to sent Ramu away from the forest. Later half reveals that Ramu was in fact a Forest officer in secret mission to investigate the case of Forest affairs. The story finally leads to the arrest of criminals.

Garibon Ka Daata is an action film with Mithun Chakraborty and Sumeet Saigal playing the lead roles, supported by Bhanupriya, Kader Khan, Prem Chopra and Shakti Kapoor.

A negligent carefree young boy rising to high position in the bureaucracy against all odds.

Driven by the devastation of a famine, a patriotic landlord joins a secret brotherhood of warrior monks to lead a fiery revolt against the British East India Company, embracing the motherland's freedom as a sacred and ultimate sacrifice.

Aravind has been gifted with two angels in his life ever since his birth namely Right and Left, one of them accidentally takes Aravind’s life much before his time on Earth ends. By the time they realize their mistake, his body is taken away by Rocket and Murder Mani. Chaos ensues as the dominoes keep tumbling as one untoward incident follows another .

A government contractor desires a criminal brother-in-low to marry a girl, but she has fallen in love with contractor's sobriety-conscious brother.

A lazy, alcoholic youngster is thrown out of his village at a very young age by his mother for disobeying her orders. He meets a journalist who urges him to mete out justice to those in need of it.

Sagar Kottapuram is a pulp fiction writer who comes to visit his friend Ramakrishnan but find themselves dragged into a lawsuit by a vengeful Tahsildar Priyadarshini.

Jai is dubbing version of Telugu movie Aadi. The movie is all about a young man and how he struggles to uplift of a particular community. Prashanth and Anshu are college students.

The film is a befitting tribute to EMS, the legendary leader of a momentous era who made monumental contributions to the transformation of Kerala from an obnoxious past.

Sagar Hussain is under trial accused of raping his three daughters. He is mentally tortured by society, other inmates and even the officers at the jail due to the morbid crime he's accused of, and he seems to have accepted his fate. When he hears that his oldest daughter has committed suicide, Sagar is determined to get the truth out and find out what actually happened.

Amar, a young and an honest man, is desperately in search of work in order to make ends meet for his mother and himself. Eventually, he gets a chance to work with the underworld.

The story of the film revolves around a cursed nightie which changes hands in a logical manner, not magically. The original owner of the nightie had experienced unfulfilled love, which ultimately led to a curse on it. A wannabe actress comes to Kolkata from a village in pursue of her career. She can cross all limits in order to become successful. She uses that nightie for seducing producers and she doesn't regret in what she is doing. The events that take place later form the climax of the story.

Kadhaveedu' is a dedication to Malayalam being accorded the Shresthabhaasha (Malayalam has been declared a Classical language in 2013) status and presents, as a single entity, three different stories penned by the doyens of Malayalam literature - Vaikkom Muhammed Basheer, M T Vasudevan Nair and Madhavikutty. The film is an anthology with adaptations of stories written by renowned Malayalam fiction writers Basheer, M. T. Vasudevan Nair and Madhavikutty (Kamala Surayya).. The stories have been tweaked to fit in a modern setting and the script has been conceived by the director himself.

Sandhya is a renowned Brahmin dancer and is in love with Hari, who belongs to the Dalit community. She gets married to a man of her grandfather's choice, but can't forget her previous lover.

A woman moves to a beach house to forget a personal tragedy and falls in love with a local there. But people in the place tell her that the guy has been dead for 10 years! Is she going mad or is something sinister at play here?

Viswanath (Rajnikanth), a famous lawyer, stays with his widowed mother (Vijayakumari) and physically handicapped sister (Uma). He sends Jegan, a rich magnate's son (Sathyaraj) and Lokaiya, two criminals to jail on the charge of rape and murder of an innocent girl. Jagan’s father, GMK (M N Nambiar) uses his influence and starts creating trouble in Viswanath’s life. GMK succeeds in getting Viswanath imprisoned on a trumped up charge. His heartbroken mother dies. Once out of jail, Viswanath sets out to punish the culprits when he temporarily loses his eyesight.

Varun is a bestselling author and Sia is an entertainment lawyer. They both have their distinct way of looking at love. To avoid the burden of commitment, they agree to be romantic partners for only two days a week.

Five wannabe goons desperately looking for contract gigs end up being challenged by a lady gangster.

A 1978 Kannada movie.

Suyamvaram is directed by a host of directors.Kuselan (Vijayakumar) and Suseela (Manjula) have 9 children: 3 boys (Satyaraj, Prabhu and Abbas) and 6 girls (Rambha, Roja, Kasturi, Maheswari, Preitha and Suvalakshmi). Parthiban is the family's loyal servant but he is treated as one of their own and Napolean is the family doctor.The movie opens with Kuselan's 60th birthday celebrations and Kuselan gets a heart attack. At the hospital, the family is informed that Kuselan will not live long and to keep him comfortable in his last days. From the devastated family, Kuselan asks for one...

The life of a weather officer harbouring an obsession with certainty gets complicated when a bizarre incident concerning a neighbour incites his suspicions about his own wife.

Major Ram is one of the few soldiers from the Indian Army who have been held captive in Pakistan, following the war with India. The Indian army and politicians are unable to make any decision so as not to jeopardize the lives of the captives. Major Ram's brother, Arjun, alias Sunny decides to take it upon himself to enter Pakistan and get his brother free. He now calls himself Salman. On the way he meets with beautiful Ruksar and both fall in love with each other. Unfortunately for them, they cannot be married, so they elope, leading to an unrest within their community, and a hunt is on for them. Salman and Ruksar chance upon the prison camp that is housing Ram, and do get him free, only to find themselves trapped by Pakistani Jihaadis and soldiers.

Ajit, an investigative television anchor, embarks on a quest to find the mystery behind Hari's murder. Soon, he realizes that Hari's wife gets involved in women trafficking and tries to rescue her.

Sathyameva Jayathe is a 2001 Indian Malayalamaction thriller film, directed by Viji Thampi. The film stars Suresh Gopi, Aishwarya, Balachandramenon and Mini Nair in lead roles

Set on the backdrop of cricket, the story begins with the Golconda High School which housed the best cricket team about fifteen years ago.

A street performer is on a killing spree and a retired army man turned YouTuber tracks an online sex racket parallely. How do their lives connect and what is the street performer really seeking?

The plot revolves around Urmi who one day wakes up from a nightmare and realizes what she sees around, what she’s up against in real life often contradict. She’s on a journey to Mayurbhanj to find her real identity and the journey turns into a self-discovery.

A minister's secretary is killed in an explosion. Later, the minister gets killed in a hospital while under the medical supervision of a doctor who is the son of the deceased secretary.

Puliraju is a small time rowdy. When Jennifer arrives in his town as a school teacher, he becomes her student and she transforms his into a different person. Soon, they fall in love. But will they be able to unite?

Vijay (Chiranjeevi) and Sakshi Sivanand are best friends. They share their thoughts, happiness and pain with each other. One day she finds love in a photographer (Suresh) and marries him, while Vijay plays a lover boy and marries Ramya Krishna. However, Sakshi's happiness ends when she finds out that her husband is two-timing her. Vijay consoles her but his wife is unhappy that he spends so much time with her and gives him an ultimatum. He chooses his friend and takes care of her and her unborn child and later reunites her with her husband.

A romantic comedy, where a newlywed couple and their friend pulls a prank on the bride's unsuspecting elder brother and his wife. The groom poses as the driver for the family and the friend poses as the groom. What ensues is an all-time classic of Bengali Cinema.

Harikrishnan who is a single parent shares a very special relationship with his daughter Meera. Things, however, take an ugly turn when she goes missing.

Life of a blind person and his sufferings because of cruel people who exploit his weakness. The remake of the director's 1999 Malayalam film Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum.

The movie begins in Bhilai where Ravi tells his daughters that he will show them swans, once they are back at his native place, a place where people know only to love.Ravi who returns to his tharavaadu after a long time, where he was labelled as a Mudiyanaaya Puthran.But his dream and real facts stood very much apart.His elder brother and almost all his siblings tries to gang up against him, making the place which he called home, nothing short of hell.But he is determined to bring back the olden days.He could do justice to that to an extent. But in the end he decided to return to Bhilai , but this time taking his mother along. The movie ends he could show the arayannagal to his kids at his home itself.

Marudu goes to jail when he steals some money in order to get his best friend Mani's sister married. However, Mani cheats on Marudu and elopes with his lover.

A young woman who works in a mall goes missing and even as her father and her boyfriend desperately search for her, she has to battle on her own for survival.

Moksh To Maya is an upcoming Hindi movie directed by Manoj Singh.The Film stars Bidita Bag, Meghna Malik, Ehsaan Khan and Muni Jha as lead characters. The movie is scheduled to release in 26 July, 2019.

When a son of an Ayurveda scholar goes missing, he blames his sister and cuts all ties with her. When the latter's daughter decides to set things right with a devious plan, there seems to be more trouble waiting for the family.

Set in a misty backdrop, struggles and hurdles faced by Pandi & Aasaithambi in their battle to emerge winners in the games of Money, Love & Life.

Samir Sahni is a farmer living with his mom, dad, wife, Rama, a young daughter, and his younger brother, Veer. Samir gets an offer to work in the U.K., and departs accordingly. He would like to settle there, and after doing so, would like his family to also join him. The years go by, and Samir keeps in touch with his family regularly. Then the Sahni family stop receiving any letters from him, and are anxious to know what has happened to him. Veer is asked to travel to U.K. to find out, and he does so. What he finds are tens of thousands of East Indians on fake passports, working for less than minimum wages, poor unhealthy conditions, fear of being deported, and paying half of their earnings to fellow East Indians who had got them here through the underground. Veer finds no sign of his brother, and sets out to investigate, only to find deceit, murder, and his very own life in danger. Written by rAjOo ([email protected])

Kamesh, a young man travelling to Kaasi, sees Swapna, an NRI, at a railway station and falls in love with her. When Swapna returns to the US, Kamesh fights all odds to follow suit and win her love.

A man wakes up from a strange dream with a horse tail attached to his body and begins a mind-bending journey to disentangle the real from the imagined.

A family man, Ratan, decides to commit a crime for Balram Singh, but keeps the bounty for himself. Singh sets his house on fire, and believing his family to be dead, Ratan goes on the run.

Daulat Singh and Bhairav Singh are bandits in India and live a violent lifestyle. Daulat is married to Shanta and has two children, Vijay and Geeta. One Diwali he accidentally kills a man, leaving behind a son and his mother almost destitute. Moved by their plight, he surrenders to the Police, is arrested, tried in Court, and sentenced to life in prison.

A Bollywood session violinist finds expression in an unlikely place. The day unfolds to reveal startling truths about music, art, life and survival.

Vasanth (Prashanth) is a son of a wealthy MP Gajapathy (Raghuvaran) who hates love and against love marriage. Vasanth lives a fun-filled enjoyable life until he meets a girl (Rinke Khanna) while rushing to save a baby who is about to fall in a railway track while the girl also rushed for the same reason. He develops an attraction for that girl and again meets her in his college and knows her name to be Heena a Tamil speaking Bengali girl. Meanwhile, a trap is set for MP Gajapathy to kill him by explosion in a public gathering. Heena who is on an education trip to Chennai searches for some books in a book shop. Since the book is not available that day she has to come again to the shop and while leaving the shop some sound comes from her bag which she funnily mentions it to be a bomb which on explosion will destroy 20 km. The shop-keeper laughs on her fun. But the sound is actually the sound of watch alarm which she kept it inside.

After witnessing a murder, musicians Dev (Rishi Kapoor) and Salim (Paintal) dress as women and flee with a girl band to avoid the killers' wrath. Soon, Dev falls for fellow bandmate Reetu (Neetu Singh), but his disguise makes it impossible for him to reveal his feelings. When he discovers that Reetu desires a rich man, Dev devises a second disguise, as the wealthy Esso. Madan Puri and Anwar Hussain co-star in this Indian take on Some Like It Hot.

While there is an old-fashioned feel to the story telling, it moves along new paths that are twisted enough to keep us interested and also has us clenching our fists.

Grieving the death of his girlfriend, Ashok visits his pal Hemanth. But the journey of healing takes a detour when Ashok begins to fall for Hemanth's devoted wife, Veena, who reminds Ashok of his lost love. The dramatic tension soon simmers to a boil in this moving drama set in the gorgeous resort town of Kodaikanal in the state of Tamil.

After his brother is killed in a terrorist attack, Bharath, a policeman, assures his mother that he will resign. However, when he learns of a secret terrorist organisation he sets out to capture them.

TK, an eminent person, had transformed himself into an enigmatic Sociopath, mainly due to his traumatic childhood and upbringing. A chain of events instigates a retired police official, Padakam, to initiate an independent probe against him that opens up a can of worms

A simpleton has to turn into a quirky, albeit miserly, don to save his legacy and his ancestral property, a movie hall.