Discoveries from India World Cinema

A man (Govinda) falls in love with a living mannequin (Karisma Kapoor), and each learn they were lovers in a previous life. Remake of the American movie Mannequin.

Thaiyal Nayagi, a journalist from Chennai, happens to connect with a terrorist in Tunisia through a fake account in the name of her 16-year-old cousin, Sushmitha. Little she knew that this would put herself and her cousin in danger.

A police inspector Shankar Kumar has been trying new ways to make the criminals change their ways. His experience with criminal, Raja Khanna alias Raja Dada lands him in trouble.

Rachit Ram, heir to a multi-billion-dollar corporate conglomerate, sets off on his journey to fulfill a daunting challenge of living like a commoner for 100 days in the middle of nowhere with absolutely no money and privileges, while his aunt and cousin brother conspire together to make him fail his challenge.

Jai, Lava and Kusa are triplets who get separated during their childhood because of small clashes. While Jai becomes an evil blooded criminal, the other two, Kusa and Lava end up as small-time crook and bank manager respectively. The twist in the tale arises when Jai kidnaps both the brothers and asks them to help him in his political growth. What is Jai’s agenda? Why did he kidnap his brothers? How can the innocent Lava and Kusa manage the criminal Jai?

Sparkling comedy about a meddling friend whose attempt to rekindle the spark in his friend's relationship with his wife of seven years leads to complications to their lives, and to the lives of his secretary and her boyfriend he has not 'scripted' ... Splendid performances by Amol Palekar, Deepti Naval, Parveen Babi and Farooq Shaikh, a perfectly pitched script, witty dialogue and a plethora of aptly placed film references make this a film one can watch over and over and never fail to laugh out loud.

Jagannadhan moves to Kanimangalam and wins over the locals, but falls into trouble with Appan Thamburan, a feudal lord. It starts after he organises a festival that has been banned by Appan himself.

An investigating officer is assigned to investigate few brutal murders, where he zeroes in on Ravindra, a criminal lawyer who has penchant for secretly committing murders as the mastermind behind the crime.

Found in a garbage bin, abandoned by his biological parents, a young man grows up to a paid assasin, kidnapper, and rapist (Anil Kapoor). One of his rape victims' is Jyoti (Juhi Chawla), who is raped on the day of her marriage to a doctor groom. Her life ruined, unwed, she decides to convince her rapist to marry her, and goes to live in his neighborhood. But her rapist will not marry her, however, she continues to pursue her goal, and after feigning a pregnancy she does convince him to allow her to move in with him - amongst ruins, without a roof. She soon starts to transform him, with considerable success. She names him Deepak, so that he has a name others can call him by. Deepak receives a contract to kill Kaameshwari (Rohini Hattangadi) by Jaikal (Amrish Puri).

A landlord takes a liking to two half-brothers who con people and adopts them. But his adopted family's harmony is disrupted when a smuggler enters their lives.

While on election duty in Kannur, veterinary doctor Gautham meets Bhumika, daughter of an aristocratic Communist leader and falls in love with her.

Three brothers brought together by chance navigate their love lives while jealousy from village elders brews.

Jilted at his wedding, Aby encounters a reserved woman needing help. As they heal together, his ex returns with newfound insight into his dreams. A hidden truth leads Aby to find peace.

Arvind’s life comes crashing down when his wife Madhu falls into a coma and is put on life support. Will situations hold him back, or will he be able to save his wife with the hope of a life together?

When his parents are killed by three men, Amar, Akbar and Anthony, Vijay teams up with a forest officer who was framed in a murder case to avenge their deaths.

Manu is released from prison and strives to rekindle his love with Priya.

Rishi and Anju, childhood best friends, realize their deeper feelings when Akash, a singer, proposes to Anju. Rishi hides his love for her, fearing it would ruin their friendship, but Anju becomes unsure about marrying Akash when she realizes it means leaving Rishi behind. When Anju discovers Rishi's hidden feelings, she decides to call off the marriage, but Rishi insists on going through with it out of respect for their parents. As the engagement nears, tension grows between Anju and Akash due to her bond with Rishi, leaving her torn between her loyalty to Rishi and her commitment to Akash. Rishi, struggling with his emotions, chooses to distance himself, believing it’s best for everyone. Will they follow through with the marriage, or will they finally acknowledge their true feelings for each other before it’s too late?

Sethu, an unemployed youth, struggles to find a job. When a spate of robberies takes place in his friend's neighborhood, he poses as a Gurkha to get a job as a security guard.

Arun is a reclusive and lonely modern art painter. Shai is an American banker who is on a visit to Mumbai. Munna is a washerboy also living near Arun and Yasmin. The movie is about these four characters from different class of society and how the lives of four characters are intertwined.

After her sister is brutally murdered, bubbly younger sibling Mahek (Tanisha) withdraws from her friends and family into a protective shell. The only boy she's remotely drawn to is a college student who's much like Mahek is now -- shy and introverted. Things seem to be proceeding smoothly between the two, until one day when Mahek is attacked by a man in a joker's mask who seems intent on murdering her.

Rudra Pratap Sharma comes from an aspiring Hindu 'Bramhin' family consisting of his dad, Dayashankar, a bank manager by profession, his mom Sharda and a much younger sister Gaithri. The family resides in Banaras, India; Rudra cannot stand injustice in any form and revolts by publicly beating some college-bullies. This forces him and his family to relocate to the city of Bombay where Rudra continues to deal with wrong-doers by turning them over to the law.

From her journey through high school and college, then out into the wider world, Ramya’s dream of finding the perfect guy is obstructed by societal mores, strict parents, unrequited love and the untrammeled chaos of her own mind.

Vishwanath is a millionaire who loves his daughter Anjali obsessively. When Vishwanath discovers that Anjali is in love with Rishi, a happy-go-lucky man from a middle class family, he tries his best to separate them.

A cat-and-mouse game engages between a blind woman and a serial killer when the former becomes the witness of a kidnap performed by the latter.

Decades post-high school, Ram and Jaanu meet at their school's reunion and explore their past thoughts consisting of affection, care, depth and grieve all over the period of one evening.

An impoverished employee tries to prevent his superiors and employers from marrying his sweetheart.

The story follows a young man (Bobby Deol) who flees India and arrives in Australia seeking vengence for something that started in India. In Australia he meets and falls in love with the daughter of a rich and powerful man(Suresh Oberoi). The story keeps the covers on Bobby Deols plan until the end when everything is revealed as to why he is a SOLDIER.

A young woman is left to her own devices when her sickly husband dies. Based on the novel by Rabindranath Tagore.

Kumaresan, a police constable, gets recruited for an operation implanted to capture Perumal Vaathiyar, who leads a separatist group dedicated to fighting against the authorities for committing atrocities against innocent village women in the name of police interrogations.

An outsider enters a tribal village shaken by strange incidents and ancient fears. As beliefs and reality collide, he uncovers secrets hidden deep within Asurvan's mysterious forest.

Raghu Ramayya is a man with limited time to live. His children, who all live elsewhere, struggle to schedule their time around his death. But what happens when his grandson Saitakes it upon himself to give his grandfather the farewell he deserves?

In a city plagued by a strange rise in fires, fireman Vithal and his policeman brother-in-law Samit reluctantly team up to solve the escalating crisis. Battling personal conflicts, they race against time to crack the case and save Mumbai.

A man is found to be murdered and the investigating officer believes that he was killed by a young woman and her mother. But their neighbour claims that he is the murderer! Who is lying?

Two college students exchange their classes after the college management mixed their identical names by mistake.

When friendship turns into love for two newly singles, it threatens to destroy their wider friendship circle.

Tensions between rival criminal families break out when the arrival of a new police commander disrupts their uneasy truce.

When Avinash, a lecturer, punishes some of his students for misbehaving, they turn his life upside down by abducting and molesting his blind sister in order to get even with him.

Two best friends, where one is a cop and the other a news reporter, always have each other's back and fight for the society. Both get tested when several suicide bombings happen and they have to nab the culprit.

An ex-army officer, Kabir, becomes a teacher in Kashmir in a school that is in a miserable condition. Things take a turn when Kabir finds a notebook, left behind by the previous year's teacher Firdaus.

An ex-army officer, Kabir, becomes a teacher in Kashmir in a school that is in a miserable condition. Things take a turn when Kabir finds a notebook, left behind by the previous year's teacher Firdaus.

Appu is a young homestay owner in Goa. He lives with his father, mother and younger sister. His father Baba is a retired goon who got tricked and surpassed by Abusi one of his followers. Amidst all the problems caused by his friend Macroni, Baba and Abusi, a young Malayali girl Zaya comes into his life on a Russian New Year eve. How her relationship with Appu affects his life is the soul of the film.

The head of a royal family bribes his Chief Minister to teach Mahendra (Mohanlal), the royal heir, about democracy. Once he leaves the family, Mahendra tries to be independent and help his friend Jayan.

Vennela accuses Badri of not loving her sincerely and challenges him that no one can love him like she does. However, their lives take a turn when he meets Sarayu and she falls madly in love with him.

Celebrated actor Nayanthara looks back on her journey towards love and superstardom amidst personal struggles and triumphs in this intimate documentary.

When an orthodox father, who disregards history, and a mother with historical awareness and an eye on the future, visit their son in Dubai, a transformative shift occurs.

Murali returns to his home in Kerala after working in the Gulf for seven years. He decides to settle in his hometown, but things do not go as expected.

Spirited Sasirekha is ordered by her father to get married to an NRI groom. When the groom’s father demands dowry on the wedding day, she runs away from her marriage. Soon after, she meets Anand who helps her deal with various difficult situations.

The Dhanrajs are blessed with a daughter. However, during childbirth, Dhanraj's wife dies and he blames his daughter for his wife's fate. He refuses to see her face and remarries. His daughter, Laxmi, grows up to be a beautiful woman who's ignored by her father and abused by her stepmother. The only person who stands by her is her half-brother. Laxmi soon gets married but fate seems to hold nothing new for her. She has a loving relationship with her husband, but her mother-in-law couldn't stand her and she too physically abuses her.

An orphan is abused and abandoned, believed to be dead, and upon his return is first feared as a ghost, and then projected as a superhero.

Rama Rao fails to get a job with the police force due to his father's connections with a gangster. But when his brother is killed by the gangster, Rama Rao becomes Baadshah to oppose him.

A serial killer is on the loose, a frustrated cop is hot on his heels and a pair of young lovers happen to find themselves in midst of it all.

When a flyover in the city becomes the hotbed of accidents, a young reporter decides to investigate the issue. Her quest for an answer would lead her into a web of intrigue, murder and mystery.

A village man accidentally uncovers a web of political intrigue after discovering and distributing treasures from Hussain's secret hideout. The Khazi sets a gang of ruthless bandits on the man to ensure the safety of his treasures.Based on the story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves from the 1001 Nights or Arabian Tales.

Anna Thandavam, a big shot who arranges for contract killers, plans to murder Sivakkozhundhu, a cop. His plan goes bust after Vasu, a heroic young man, rescues the ADSP. Meanwhile, Thandavam also gets into problems with Vasu's family...

When it's discovered that four prominent members of the community are crooks and black marketeers, young Akash (Rajesh Khanna) -- posing as an expatriate smuggler -- teams with his girlfriend, Chanda (Mumtaz), to expose them. But to nail the quartet -- a tradesman, a doctor and a builder, all led by a wealthy industrialist (Madan Puri) -- Akash must get them to confess their misdeeds while Chanda surreptitiously captures everything on film.

Rajesh and Meena fall in love and want to get married. But Meena's grandfather rejects Rajesh without seeing him because of a terrible encounter with Rajesh's father. Rajesh pretends to be a servant and finds employment in Meena's house to try and win her family over.

The story revolves around a bunch of college students living in a boy's hostel. The story unfolds over a period of four days in the hostel. Problems begin when a young woman enters the hostel.

A rich and wealthy couple, Shankarlal and Parvati are appalled at the problems of the world, especially in households, so they decide to try and make things right.

Sakthivel hates his stepbrother Thangarasu because he thinks that his stepmother killed his father. However, his family members apart from his mother and his son are fond of Thangarasu.