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An aspiring writer wants to arrange a decent funeral for his father by paying him a tribute. But a series of mishaps and unusual situations throw his plans into disarray.

A Bengali romantic movie where Shubho, an undergraduate college student who often fell foul with antisocials lives an exceptionally indisciplined lifestyle. What happens when Shubho drops deeply in love with the sister of a police superintendent, who loathed him so much to contract a local goon to kill him. What happens when Subho flees with his love for good enraging her possessive brother?

Dhanush tries to prank the authorities by sending a fake threatening letter to bomb a train. However, he soon realises that a terrorist group truly plans to do it and tries to thwart them.

Durga, daughter of a millionaire, marries Prasad, a writer she is a fan of. However, financial troubles drive the couple apart. Will they reunite?

Dutta babu is standing for elections against a cunning, corrupt, & established gangster, Bishamber Prasad, who is also powerful and influential enough to swing the election his way, as well as have Dutta killed. Inspector Ranjit Singh gets evidence about Bishamber's involvement in Dutta's death, but his superior officer, DSP Ravi Khanna, prevents him from taking any action. Ranjit then meets with beautiful Namrata, and both get married. As Ranjit continues to be a thorn on Bishamber's side, he is killed, leaving behind a sorrowing Namrata and two children. Namrata pledges to avenge his death, but the question is when a police inspector failed, how can she succeed?

A young boy, Minku, ridiculed by his friends, begs the gods to send him down to Earth, and his wish is granted.

Jeevanandhan meets Mini in a book shop and their eyes meet leading to sparks of love in their hearts. Mini has a loving mother and three brothers, James, Thomas and Stephen and she is the apple of their eye. Mini is hesitant to reciprocate her love for Jeeva who steadily makes an inroad into her heart, the love affair incensing her family members who give him a thrashing each time he meets her. Jeeva's parents are under the impression that their son is pursuing his MBA studies until his father receives an SOS from Jeeva, injured in one such beatings. His father Chandrasekhar is stunned by the developments and Jeeva's mother is also shocked. Jeeva refuses to part company with Mini when his father arrives with his henchmen to take him back.

Ithu Engal Neethi is a 1988 Indian Tamil film, directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar and produced by S. S. Neelakandan and Shoba Chandrasekhar. The film stars Ramki, Radhika, Ramki and Vani Viswanath in lead roles. The film had musical score by Ilayaraja.

The four chapters of the film tell stories, which are independent of each other. The only connection between them is the recurring theme of crime. With the flow of the movie, there is an increase in the complexity of the crimes.

A criminal group wants to stop a courier that has damning evidence against them from reaching the hands of an activist, but they underestimate the young man who has to deliver the package

An under-appreciated father, living a humdrum middle-class life, is unexpectedly thrust into the spotlight—and soon he is regarded as never before.

A bunch of engineering students in Bengaluru struggle to get through the course due to their lackadaisical attitudes and frequent skirmishes within the college. An incident outside the campus though shakes them to reality and they are forced to confront it through a trial by fire.

Mukudan comes to a rural town to start his job as the local bank field officer. Through a series of events ,he meets and falls in love with Radha and plans to get married. But fate changes the course and outcome of their life and love.

Flamboyant, dashing and handsome, Kumar, is the proud father of Ravi, his only son, and his pride and joy. When Ravi grows up, he meets with Komal, both fall in love with each other and would like to get married. Ravi mentions this to his dad, who initially approves, but later relents when he finds out who Komal's dad is. Ravi is dismayed as his dad has never refused him anything. Ravi sets out to discover what the reason(s) are behind his dad's refusal to accept Komal as his daughter-in-law, a decision which will not only endanger his life, but also create a rift between father and son.

En Veedu En Kanavar (My house, my husband) is a 1990 Tamil romantic film directed by Senbaga Raman. The film starred Suresh and Nadhiya in the lead roles, while Rajiv and Manorama appeared in other pivotal role. The film released in 1990 to below average collections and reviews.

Balan, an orphan, gets a job as an engineer and falls in love with Nandini. But he has to deal with Raghu, who often pesters Nandini.

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 police officer in the special branch, Bhaskar Chenmai, alias Bachi (Jagapathi Babu) one day receives a boy Habibi (Master Teja) from a courier from Dubai. Claiming that his mother had told him that Jagapati Babu is his father, the boy starts addressing him as father. The uncomfortable Bachi tries various methods to get rid of the boy, but his ways serve only to get him drawn towards the boy and become friends ultimately. Meanwhile, Bachi is the chief security officer for Tatineni Koteswara Rao (Prakash Raj), the Rs 50-crore winner of the Paris lottery. But Bachi's search for the boy continues and he manages to nail the father by his name, Bachi (Pruthvi Raj) and arrests him. But is he the real villain of the piece?

After Gandugali, a mercenary, rescues a band of soldiers, their chieftain asks him to train them in order to fight the chieftain's rival brother.

Asha lives a wealthy lifestyle in Bombay with her widowed dad, who would like her to get married to Dr. Prakash. While vacationing in Kashmir, she meets with a young man, Rajan, and both fall in love with each other. When she returns home and attends Dr. Prakash's birthday party, she gets a pleasant surprise when she finds out that Rajan is Prakash's friend. Rajan introduces Asha to his mom, while Asha introduces Rajan to her dad, and both parents approve of their match. Before they can get engaged, Rajan had promised his late father that he would obtain a degree from Oxford University, and be back after one year. He decides to travel by boat, which meets with an accident and there are no survivors. A shocked and devastated Asha finds out that Rajan's death has killed her dad, and she throws herself in her work as a doctor, working side by side with Prakash.

Dicky and Vicky are the naughtiest guys of the town who always think to con and fool their father Mr.Brar and other people around them. They simultaneously fool the family of Sandy and Mandy to stay in their house coz they have fallen in love with the girls. They are given hard times by Jeet and his son Sunny. They create another series of lies to get rid of them. The situations become funny and complicated as the lies told by Dicky and Vicky start appearing as the true stories and they find themselves in confusing desi situations.

The protagonist's job is driving across the country screening family planning films in villages, often meeting with unpleasant responses from his target audience. His faith in life is sustained by his love for his dream girl — a beautiful actress he saw crying away in a film five years ago and has haunted him ever since. Writer-director Buddhadev Dasgupta won the National Film Award for Best Direction.

In the 1950s a village in Kerala is preparing itself to be included in the nation's electric grid. Things are looking up for villagers and everyone is optimistic about the progress that electrification will bring. However soon some trouble brews starting with petty quarrels on trees being felled for the power lines. A series of unfortunate events follow the electrification as the village comes into terms with rapid modernization.

Kishan, a bandit, is betrayed by his friend, gets arrested and is sent to prison during the British rule in India. The police suspect his wife and brother, Jeona, of aiding Kishan so they torture them mercilessly. The wife is killed, but Jeona escapes, and becomes a bandit. Can he avenge his bhabhi`s death?

Police Inspector Ram takes over charge of a police station in a crime-laden region of Bombay. He finds that whenever he attempts to arrest anyone, a gangster named Nagesh always intervenes and arranges their release. He confers with some havaldars about this issue, and they inform him that Nagesh has political influence and no one dares to oppose him. The only one who can dare to stand up to Nagesh is an elusive man called Vishal. On the other hand is Usha, Nagesh's sister, who has fallen in love with a middle-class fellow collegian named Raju. When Nagesh finds out he has Raju severely beaten up and left for dead, and asks his sister never to see Raju again. Raju survives and both he and his mother approach Vishal for justice. What is Vishal's background? Why does he dare to stand up against Nagesh when no one else can?

Sonia, the daughter of a rich father, is in love with Sunny, an orphan. Her father knows that Sonia is in love with Sunny but doesn't quite favour him because of his poor financial status. Things go upside down when a mentally unstable girl enters the life of Sunny.

Pudhea Paadhai is a 1989 Tamil film directed by R. Parthiban. The film stars R. Parthiban, Seetha, V. K. Ramasamy and Manorama in lead roles.

Will narrate the saga of India's First General Election, conducted between October 25, 1951, and February 21, 1952, marking the beginning of democratic governance in the newly independent India

The story tells the story of three women caught up in a random murder and their struggles to escape. The scenes are exciting and comedic. The problems caused by the prevailing callboy culture are told with humor. It will be a story full of crime, action and horror, full of thrilling action and clichéd incidents. After seeing the chats and free scenes of the young men and women in the ladies hostel in the film, the Chennai Zonal Officer said that he could not give a censor certificate to this film, so we went to the Mumbai Revising Committee and bought an A certificate with cuts

Follows the challenges in the life of a youngster, and events that change his life

A blind, orphan girl aspires to be a successful singer. With the help of another street performer, she sets out to make a mark and in the process discovers her real parents.

When the future of his community of Junior Artists (Film Nagar) is threatened, Raana takes his team of underdog dancers (The Battery Boys) on a mission to win an International Dance Competition and save their home. Their journey rife with obstacles, they seek the help of classical dancers Sri Lakshmi and Sri Devi to edge out the competition (Krishna Dance Academy). Who will prevail in this story of love, hope and hunger for success?

A scientist trying to solve one of the universe's greatest puzzles begins a romance with a much younger colleague that's haunted by a dark secret.

Rahul, a young man, tries to protect his wife from a goon who wants to forcibly marry her. When all things go against Rahul, he becomes an angry man, and sets out to fight against the goon.

After a college student becomes obsessed with a co-ed, she and her husband attempt to heal him, with dangerous consequences.

In post-Partition India, a Muslim businessman and his family struggle for their rights in a country which was once their own.

A rich guy falls in love with an independent and strong-minded girl, and moves into her simple neighborhood to earn her love.

The film depicts the adolescent age of the Pandavas and Krishna and shows the events in the Mahabharata, focusing on the later chapters of Adi Parva and the first half of Sabha Parva.

When his wife sends him to rehab for his alcohol addiction without consent, Radha's world shatters, fuelling his desperate escape plan. Loneliness and estrangement from his family follow as he returns to his old ways.

The Nexus: Shadows of Destiny is a movie about how the lives of different people, who don’t know each other, become connected in surprising ways. Each person has their own problems, secrets, and dreams. As the story goes on, their actions unknowingly affect each other, leading to big twists and unexpected events. The film is about fate, choices, and how people’s lives are linked, even when they don’t realize it.

Sajjala, an orphan, is raised by Appakaka, her father's friend. When Appakaka is falsely charged with killing Jayantrao, Sajjala's betrothed, she vows to prove his innocence.

Surendra is an army officer, and has had numerous affairs with a number of attractive young women. One day he meets with beautiful Anuradha, and falls in love with her. Anuradha too loves him, and she is introduced to his mom. Anuradha has another admirer in Ranjeet, who informs Surendra and his mom, that Anuradha is deceiving them, and is the mother of a baby boy. Surendra and his mother are shocked, and will have nothing to do with Anuradha. Then the child, in question, is kidnapped, and held for ransom. It is then Surendra comes to know the shocking truth behind the abduction, which will change his life forever.

Benny’s (Siddique) bid to leave a life of crime, after a lengthy incarceration, goes horribly wrong. Just when all seems lost, help come in the form of an unlikely benefactor.

A conspiring uncle separates the twin sons of his sister, the queen. One becomes his uncle's pawn while the other grows to be a brave and honest man, who inadvertently learns of his true parentage.

Revolving around Hyderabad, a city like no other, are the lives of eight people grappling with life-changing choices as their fates entwine with each other. However, they're determined to rise above the occasion and make room for life and a little more.

An undercover cop goes into the big bad world of Ronapura, an place taken over by a don named Bhairathi Ranagal, where his safety may be compromised.

Devayani wishes to become a doctor, but ends up becoming a taxi driver when the responsibilities fell on her shoulders after the death of her father. When a woman starts driving a car the people around called she taxi. Joe Joseph is an affluent person who leads a luxurious life. Joe with his two friends joins Devayani and three other ladies - Meera Mamen, Sradha, and Roopa Pillai who are also on a trip of ten days. This trip changed Devayani’s life forever.

Felix, a thug, grows under the care of Marian Asan, who is the don of the place. Felix's life takes a turn when he falls in love with his childhood friend Salomi.

Sundeep leads a double life when he marries two women and keeps them from one another. His carefully planned life unravels when an old friend who knows his secret arrives looking to fall in love.

An aspiring movie actress and her boyfriend are arrested and charged with homicide.

Akbar studies in an engineering college and is a brilliant student. He makes everyone proud when he wins the first prize in a tech fest. However, things take a turn when one of his technical innovation backfires and leaves him into serious trouble. Will Akbar be able to overcome this problem?

A daring young man joins a gang that is behind chain-snatching crimes in the city. What's his game plan?

When a thief tries to steal the idol of the goddess Bhagavathy and almost drowns in the process, she comes in person to rescue him. She then ends up living in his house for a week, till her idol is consecrated at the new temple and she can reside there again.

A woman adopts the abandoned child of another woman living with a mental illness and raises him along with her own son. Years later, the two men are unaware of their biological parents.

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?

Thalastaanam (The Capital) is a 1992 Malayalam film by Shaji Kailas starring Suresh Gopi, Narendra Prasad, Geetha, M. G. Soman, Biyon and Vijayakumar. Vijayakumar made his debut through this movie.

In romantic Paris, two Parisians of Indian origin are in love namely Shyam or Sam and Roopa. Mystery and intrigue surround this romance, as Roopa is abducted and held by criminal mastermind Jack and his minions, who will trade her for a hefty ransom. Roopa has a look-alike in the shape and form of Suzy, who is sent in place of Roopa to ensure that the money is received, while the real Roopa is still being held captive. Sam must use all the resources available to in order to set Roopa free, but he will have a difficult time to differentiate between Suzy and Roopa.

A man protects his best friend's widow and her children from a lot of criminal outlays who have murdered their father