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In a typical college in a typical Indian city, the hostel boys Madan Sharma (Aamir Khan) and his friend are a rowdy lot. The teaching staff suffer from the common apathy of most teachers in similar colleges. The administration has the usual problems, with ill-paid employees periodically going on strike. On the whole, the college is a very normal place. But on this particular day, when Madan and his friends rise from their slumber, some with the customary hangover, they are not so perturbed to find no water in the taps again, as when they hear that it is not going to be a holiday after all. Instead there will be a lecture in the auditorium by the Chairman of the Board (Dr. Shriram Lagoo), on the day of the festival of fire, Holi, and the boys decide not to attend the classes. The hostel superintendent Professor Singh (Naseeruddin Shah), the only lecturer with some human links with the students...

A woman gets ready to leave for a get together and finds her husband dead in their room. In no time, she is also tried to kill by a black masked face man. His attempt gets failed and he escapes. The woman is now in state of shock and mentally paralysed. A murder case is registered and investigation take place. Susi (Kanchana) a young college girl comes to her home for vacation along with her friends. She lives with younger paternal uncles Kamalanathan and Vimalanathan who are the younger brothers of the victim and her aunt who was supposed to be the victim in the hands of the murderer. Susi meets Baskar (Ravichandran), a singer and both of them are attracted to each other at first sight.

A leading film actress is controlled by her producer who even refuses to let her get married. Therefore, she seeks the help of a lawyer to get rid of her producer.

Nandagopan (Mohanlal) is a respected dance teacher at the Kerala Kala Mandiram (alluding to the famed Kerala Kalamandalam repertory which performs Kerala's temple arts). However, his wife Sumangala (Parvathi) commits suicide, causing him to turn into an alcoholic and a compulsive rule breaker. He is suspected of having killed his wife and is suspended from his job for drunken misbehaviour. The new secretary of the institute Velayudhan (Nedumudi Venu) wants him to be sacked but his former reputation gives him a reprieve. He trains the talented student Malavika (Monisha) to perform in his ambitious composition of the Sita Kalyanam, but her jealous young lover Soman (Vineeth) poisons him.

An archaeologist learns about a village that is under the reign of three brothers. He decides to destroy their power and end their influence on the villagers.

Based on the best-selling Indian Bengali novel Narak Sanket written by Debarati Mukhopadhyay, bimbette engineer Rudrani is invited to London by her publisher to inaugurate the international edition of her book on cryptography. She meets an elusive man, Schumacher, who requests her to decrypt the puzzles left behind by her grandfather — clues that can lead to a cure for cancer. While Rudrani, along with her engineer husband Priyam, takes on the challenge, what she doesn’t realise is that she is getting sucked into a pool of dangerous international conspiracy. In a race against time, Rudrani and Priyam must uncover the clues to the antidote of a dreaded virus that challenges the very existence of mankind. From 1943 Germany to the hidden secrets of Swastika, from secret societies to novel viruses, from Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose to Adolf Hitler, the adaptation is a mind-boggling adventure across the United Kingdom, Eskay Movies’ home away from home.

When Devu, a local thug, meets Sarasu, a prostitute, he falls in love with her. They decide to a lead a moral life after Devu commits an unforgettable crime.

Fated to die at the hands of a child, a demon wreaks havoc on the lives of the to-be parents.

The lives of two sisters, Reshma and Asma, is thrown into disarray when Reshma receives a call about Asma's kidnapping.

A landlord offers an unemployed young man a position that requires him to evict people living in his building who do not pay rent on time.

Thadakam is a Malayalam drama, starring Mammootty, Balan K. Nair, Pappu, directed by I.V. Sasi. Rajedran struggles when his wife, Sreedevi starts behaving strangely soon after their marriage. He faces many challenges when he tries to help her recover.

Rakesh lives with his brother, Madan, and his dad in Rangoon. Madan has fallen into bad company and steals the family heirloom, in the shape of a dragon, some cash and runs away to India. Shortly thereafter, his dead body is found under Calcutta's Howrah Bridge. Rakesh travels to Calcutta in order to find out the mystery behind Madan's death, and also try to recover the family heirloom.

Balakrishnan is a history teacher working in an elementary school in a hillside village. Nirmala has been newly recruited in the temporary post of a music teacher in the same school. Balakrishnan eventually falls in love with her but his timid nature doesn't allow him to express his feeling. So in order to get close to her, he decides to accompany her to her native village. Some unexpected incidents happen during the journey and this changes both of their destiny.

The film's plot centers on a medical student whose face is disfigured by an accident, and the challenges that arise in his relationship with his girlfriend, particularly when her lookalike sister enters the picture.

Sukumari, a saleswoman, struggles to run her poor family. Her life takes a turn when she meets a business tycoon, Vishwanathan.

Vasanthi (Bhavana) is the daughter of the big man (Lal), who does a lot of help for the refugees. Bhavana instantly falls for Jeevan (Jeeva), a Tamil refugee, staying in the camp in Rameswaram. Jeevan, nurturing a dream to go back to his home land, keeps on discouraging the girl, who is stubborn in her love. Jeevan’s heart, influenced by the pure love of the girl, starts melting slowly. Enters Bose Venkat, the cousin of Vasanthi with full of dreams to marry his childhood sweetheart. He joins as an Inspector in the local police station. The whole family is eagerly awaiting their marriage.

A beautiful journey from a school boy's crush to a middle-aged bachelor's office romance. The story is filled with overwhelming nature and the fruity bits of romance at different life turning points.

Chidambaram, a newly appointed school teacher, stays in an allegedly haunted house. He comes to an agreement living with the ghost of the house, Shivakami, who actually pretends as a ghost to him. The relationship builds on and both end up in love.

While Ajith is at Punnamada Backwaters to materialize his dream of building a boat, he meets Sara and falls in love with her. However, Sara's father has already arranged his daughter's wedding with a rich Indian- European businessman.

A lady cop takes interest in the case of a pregnant minor girl and her lover. But there’s a twist in the case, and can she right a wrong, despite pressure from superiors?

Ithiri Poove Chuvannapoove movie tells Balagopalan (Mammooty) who is elder brother of Unni (Rahman). Unni who is a college boy with friends and girl friend. The family is happy . Unni becomes a nexalite. Balagopalan is a cop. all this in the flash back.

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

When Ardra suddenly starts acting distant and cold with her family members, her husband Roy and others around her are puzzled and scared. Nobody in the family bothers to take her to a doctor and when they finally do, they learn the truth.

Dr. Ravi returns from abroad and takes up position as Chief Surgeon in a hospital. He then meets with Nurse Shanti, who lives an impoverished lifestyle with her ailing mother, and decides to perform surgery, but she passes away, and a guilt-ridden Ravi marries Shanti much to the chagrin of his mentor, Kaka, who had hoped that he would marry his daughter, Rajni. The couple then travel to Kashmir for their honey-moon, and then settle down to a harmonious relationship. Hoping to travel even more, their plans are interrupted by the hospital's head doctor, who wants Ravi to focus on cancer research. The couple drop all travel plans and immerse themselves in research so much so that Shanti herself becomes ill.

Jagoo tells the heart-wrenching story of a 10-year-old girl named Shruti, who must take the train to school every day. One day, while on the train, Shruti is attacked and raped by drug addicts. The entire town is absolutely stunned by this brutal act. Traumatized by her ordeal, Shruti clings to life while her parents, Srikant and Shraddha, grieve and hope for her survival. Everyone wants the perpetrators caught, but can they be found?

Ramaa - The Saviour is a 2010 Bollywood adventure film produced by Paul London, written by Reshu Nath and directed by Hadi Ali Abrar. The film stars Sahil Khan and Tanushree Dutta and features the WWE wrestler, The Great Khali in his second Indian movie after Kushti

A family man who faced financial frauds, who attempt to settle all his financial problems where he is kidnapped by 4 blackmailers. Unfolds the struggle of his survival in a race and fight between life and death.

A young lawyer is involved with a ghostly woman in his new house, where the builder and his fiancée died shortly after it was built.

The movie is an entertaining and a cinematic journey of a morally-stricken Chief Minister who works efficiently and actively to help a beleaguered elderly singer who is yet to receive the government allotted flat applied for eight long years ago! The story line depicts originally of characters such as the CM, his wife, his PA, the Principle Secretary and many personnel from the assembly. Story revolves within the time period of afternoon 3 PM to 6 AM dawn during which it highlights the political decision making process and also gives us an insight to the unending mind games between politicians and bureaucrats within our system.

Mahesh is a thug in Thanjavur. His only ambition is emerge as the Number 1 rowdy with his name topping the list of wanted criminals in the local police station. He is called 'Yamakunji' by his friends for he wants to send fear in the spine of his opponents. He indulges in all unlawful activities to achieve his mission. But for his mother, he is the best son on earth. She earns her livelihood running an idly shop. Mahesh meets Mythili , a school student and daughter of a bus conductor. Though Mahesh is hated by all, Mythili falls for him. However, Mythili's father opposes their affair. Things take a turn when Karuppu Balu, the number one rowdy in the area comes out of the jail. Mahesh incurs the wrath of aspiring MLA for no fault of his. Things take a turn, when Mythili elopes from her house and Mahesh is forced to kill Balu. The movie ends with a strong message.

Anav Kaushik, one hit film old Bollywood star and stoner, has no opinion. On Visarjan Day of 2020, Anav (Shaurya Tyagi), finds himself in an interview with his ex girlfriend Ila Chopra (Rashi Mal), a journalist who grills him about the politics in his nationalist and pro-Police State films and allegations of drug use in Bollywood. During the course of the day, the poster boy of the right, must figure a way to keep the increasing media glare away from his marijuana habit, cope with the angst of being a stranger to his ex once again, reflect upon his new hookup with potential and figure out what he wants most... when his whole career is at stake. All because of a few joints. Now, he must take a stand. Can he afford an opinion though? Inspired by fake news and true events

God issues instructions for Earth's destruction due to lack of love, sacrifice, kindness, and compassion. Three heavenly angels, Om, Namah, and Shiva, request a week to demonstrate these virtues, allowing them to visit Earth but not to be visible or assist humans.

Bheema, a gangster, wages a war against Dragon Manju, an aspiring politician and drug dealer, for supplying drugs in his locality and making the youngsters to become drug addicts.

Naive, Rinku is the sole heiress of a wealthy estate. Adopted, she lives with her stepmother, her husband, and their three sons. She is unaware that the family is manipulating her for their own gains.

A rich farmer named Kamala Kannan, and chronicles the changes in his world following the arrival of Bharathi, a newly appointed bank manager in the village.

The story is about two youngsters a boy and girl and their relationship. The story begins with Kittu (Vennela Kishore), who is addicted to Facebook. He develops the friendship with Lalli (Chinmayee). They both become good friends and decide to meet each another. When the time for meeting comes up, both of them develop cold feet. While Kittu sends his friend Akash (Aadi) to meet Lalli, she, on the other hand, sends her friend Lavanya (Shanvi) to meet Kittu.When Akash and Lavanya meet, it is love at first sight for them. Akash is now in love with Lavanya and she too reciprocates his feelings. Here comes the twist. Maharadhi (Rajendra Prasad) father of Lavanya does not approve love of Akash and Lovely. The reason is he does not like the behavior and attitude of Akash.

'Ganga & Me' is a Documentary Film by the award winning film director Sunil Babbar. The 42 minutes film depicts the spiritual and emotional bond of a Hindu with the mother Ganga. Shot at the beautiful locales of Haridwar, Rishikesh and Varanasi, the film takes you on a spiritual journey in India. The language of the film is English. The movie is streaming globally on Fawesome TV and Relay.

Thiruvonam is a 1975 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Sreekumaran Thampi and produced by K. P. Mohanan. The film stars Prem Nazir, Sharada, Kamal Haasan and Jayasudha in the lead roles. The film has musical score by R. K. Shekhar and songs composed by M. K. Arjunan.

Manoharan is a poster artist struggling to find respect for his profession, after the advent of printing technology. He tries hard to get into the mainstream, by picking up design software skills. Will he succeed?

Yugandhar was the story of a simpleton who became a legend. Mithun played a Robinhood type character and Kabir Bedi, the Police officer chasing Mithun.

Ramulamma,an innocent young girl, works as a maid in a Dora’s residence as a slave. She gets raped and impregnated by the Dora. and he orders his men to throw the baby and kill Ramulamma. The baby was found by naxals and was raised by them. Injured Ramulamma was taken care by a Dalit couple who treat her as their own sister. When Ramulamma kills Dora's son who tries to forcefully sleep with her, Dora wants to kill Ramulamma but she was rescued by Naxal leader Komaranna. He teaches her to rebel against the people who tormented her, tells her nothing is lost in a combat and gives her heaps of courage. When Komaranna dies in a battle with the government which despises any resistance, or questions their wrongdoings, Ramulammma dedicates her life in searching for those people who made her life an irreparable suffering.

Sameer and Sheena's marriage was fixed when they were children, but now she has decided to marry him only on the condition that he will abduct her and take her to Mumbai.

Two enemy underworld Dons put their differences aside and marry their children, but a case of mistaken identity foils the plan.

When Demonetization (currency ban) is announced in India, 3 unlikely characters come face to face for a bag of cash. After that a car journey begins and some more characters come into picture. This results in a cat and mouse game with a very unexpected outcome.

Torn between his past and present girlfriends, a confused bachelor’s indecisiveness spins a web of lies and cheating as he struggles to commit.

Manickam, who was raised by a farmer, finds out that Thangappapuram, a rich businessman, is his biological father. When Manickam reveals his identity, Thangappapuram does not believe him.

Kuttikrishnan (Jagadish), the illicit son of businessman Ananthan Nambiar, comes to Kochi to meet his dad, but a mix-up leaves him on the streets & another young man, Balagopalan (Mukesh), in his place as Nambiar's son. To expose Balagopalan, Kuttikrishnan teams up with cutpurse Mukundan (Jagathi) & car-thief Meenakshi (Annie), both of whom ensconce themselves in Nambiar's house as Kuttikrishnan's relatives. Meanwhile, Nambiar's manager Krishnadas was plotting to usurp Nambiar's assets.

A family is plagued by the vengeful spirit of a murdered man who uses the body of an innocent child to enact his revenge.

Karpoorada Gombe is a 2000 Kannada film directed by S Mahender and produced by Chandrashekhar. The film stars Ramesh Aravind, Shruti, Lokesh and Doddanna in lead roles. Music was composed by Hamsalekha.

Vikram Chopra is a respectable man. He has two sons, Vishant and Gaurav. Vishant is married to Priyanka, whom he neglects and instead spends all of his time with his friends. Taking advantage of the situation, Gaurav tries to get closer to Priyanka.

An action drama depicting the enmity between two families and its aftermath. Krishna, a righteous young man, is the last survivor after his family gets brutally killed by Shibnath. Years pass by and Krishna forgets his past, but Shibnath's animosity remains fresh. What happens when Shibnath's son, Bhawani tries to reopen Krishna's old wounds once again?

30 MINUTES is a Physiological thriller and it explains the value of time. The story revolves around the continuous torture and violent beating of a child by his father even for small and unimportant tasks in order to enforce absolute punctuality on him. These childhood experiences cause lifelong psychiatric problems in the life of the child as he grows up to adulthood. He is a normal person in daily life and is efficiently working in a private firm. He starts having a love affair with a girl working in the same office but his life gets into serious troubles on many occasions due to his childhood nightmares. Tired and desperate to get over such frequent problems, he plans a very interesting, thrilling and dangerous game called 30 minutes.

The film is based on the life of Malayalam poet P. Kunhiraman Nair and is particularly based on his autobiography, Kaviyude Kalpadukal.

Introvert Raghu finds love and support in the innocent Madhu, and he proposes to her, but she gets married to an NRI. Later, when she is betrayed by her husband, she realizes her love for Raghu.

Shankar, a brave and determined police offer, gets assigned the task of capturing a gang of criminals. Despite the threats, he pursues the mission.

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.

Set in contemporary Kolkata, the story is about people and their lives getting caught in the conflict between global change and old-world bigotry.