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Appu works as an assistant in a theatre troupe. However, due to some unexpected turn of events, the theatre director makes him his lead actor, which changes his life for the better.

Monica Kapoor lives a wealthy lifestyle in London, England. When she hears that her estranged brother, Kishan, has been killed while traveling in a train, she returns home to India and asks his much younger and drop dead gorgeous widow, Shobha, to move out so that she could sell the house, pick up the cash, return to London and get married to her boyfriend, Manoj. She does get to sell the house and compels Shobha to move in with Kishan's friend, Amar, but Manoj steals the cash and disappears. Humbled by this incident, Monica also moves in with Amar and Shobha, as well as Amar's younger brother, Chickoo, and ends up falling in love with Amar. She decides to marry him at the Registrar's Office. When he does not show, she returns home and finds him getting intimate with Shobha.

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.

Premachandran, a carpenter, rescues Kanmani, an ill-treated maid, and takes her into his care. However, to escape from her former abusers, Kanmani dresses up as a boy and joins the team of carpenters.

Ram Mohan Rao and Shyamala Bharath both are political rivals. Ram Mohan Rao is the chief minister of the Andhra Pradesh state. And shyamala Bharath is the opposition party leader. She is a brave and powerful leader. She can command the police department, leaders, and goons. From the last two state assembly elections, she has been making an effort to becomne the chief minister.

A cop’s pistol gets stolen and even as the search for it gets underway, it ends up in the hands of someone who uses it to rob a bank.

14-year-old Sikandar Raza has been living with his uncle and aunt in Kashmir, ever since his parents were killed by militants 10 years ago. The young boy, who dreams of a better life for his family by realizing his football talent, is a bit of a loner at school and an easy target for the school bullies. One day on his way home from a school football match, Sikandar finds a pistol lying on the path. Despite being warned against it by his new friend Nasreen, Sikandar picks up the pistol believing it to be the answer to his problems.

Frustrated at his failed romance, Saravanan decides to steal from his landlady’s house. Even as he comes up with clever ways to outsmart the cops, he realises that his actions are echoes from the past.

The relationship between a grumpy guy and a practical girl becomes complicated when the latter gets tired of the former’s impatient behaviour.

Karma Aur Holi is entirely shot in New York and its suburbs and Priceton/New Jersey. The film deals with relationships of many dimensions, their conflicts and resolutions on the day of Holi, which is an indian festival of colors that signifies a new beginning. A contemporary film, wherein the story revolves around the identity of Indian families living in the USA, the cross cultural differences in evolution - do Indians, having migrated from their native land adapt to the difference in culture and are they ready to give up their inherent cultural inhibitions. "Karma, Confessions and Holi" is a film about Indian families, their relationships with fello Americans. their own internal and inter-personal conflicts. First English language film with prominent Indian and International stars.

Rahul Subramanian's stand up comedy solo 'Kal Main Udega' is filled with unrelated topics, no transitions, inconsequential takes on consequential subjects and also a bit of mildly bad dancing.

Vasu and Chacko are working as drivers and low ranking workers for the Abkari contractor Sreekandan. Sreekandan is heavily involved in the smuggling of liquor from the neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu in order to increase the already high profits in his business. For some time the jobless youngsters try illegal brewing of hooch.

Vellai is a farmer from an economically self-sufficient village. But when he and the villagers take a bank's crop loan, they get caught in debt due to drought and low prices for crops. So few desperate farmers migrate to the city in search of a job. Can they pay off their debt? Or will they give up farming?

Raju, an engineering student is obsessed with academics until he is thrown into the real world where he stumbles and tries to learn some very important life lessons.

Three officers of the Indian National Army are on trial for treason. An ailing lawyer must help them face the consequence of their courage.

Aravindhan runs a dance school where he falls for his student Kannamma. However, soon after they get married, he realises that she is impossible to deal with and decides to help her.

Thiru, a hired killer, attacks a dreaded gangster with a sickle. However, he is forced to go underground after a man named Kathir witnesses his crime.

Guru and Babu meet a man who has been framed for murder. To help him and find the real culprit, Guru fractures his hand so that his death sentence can be delayed.

More than thirty people were killed in a haunted house in Nandigama. A TV channel plans a reality show by sending seven participants to spend seven days in that haunted palace. They were lured by an attractive prize money of 3 crore. But they will soon come to know that they are surrounded by ghosts and evil spirits in that palace. Will they survive or is there any uncovered secret about the place?

Sunil lives with his mom and sister in a middle-class dwelling in Delhi, India. He works for Chopra & Co., Chartered Accountants. He comes across a beautiful woman posing for a painting and instantly falls in love. The only problem, Sunil hates rich girls and this girl is very wealthy.

A day in the life of a policeman, stationed in a forsaken place to watch over a dead body. During the wait, a strange camaraderie develops between the policeman and the body, bridging the gap between past and present, life and death.

Bedi, a 1987 Kannada film, stars Ambarish, Bhavya, and Tiger Prabhakar in the lead roles, with V. Somashekar directing and producing the movie under the Gajaraja Pictures banner.

Meera's life changes after she witnesses a policeman committing a murder. He then vows to kill her, but Jeeva, a man who falls in love with her, takes it upon himself to protect her.

Every night we go home & turn on the news,to find headlines full of atrocities & we wonder how this world keeps moving in spite of so much multi-layered bias which is the root cause of all this. YMI is an attempt to explore the truth behind these headlines. These stories deal with racial,communal,caste,gender,lingual & immigrant bias that plaque the today's society and the outcome... Startling!!!!

A self deprecating police officer who is down on luck and hasn't had any career promotion's tries to frame an innocent to make fame, but it backfires on him.

Chandraprakash, a well-known TV news anchor, comes under undue pressure from his higher-ups to bring competitive exclusives, which urges him to leave the job. When a rival media group offers him a new job, he rebrands himself into a loud, tyrannical journalist, catering to those looking for news theatrics.

It follows the story of Meghna, who gets embroiled in a series of events after her phone gets stolen.

Sachidananda, a popular student, wins the collegiate elections through influence and violence. Simultaneously, he makes some enemies and ends up falling in love with a conservative girl.

Gowtham is a geeky loner with hardly any social connections, though he was a jovial guy while at college. His parents, being worried about his extreme changes, attempt to bring back his old self with the help of Gowtham’s friends from college days.

Professor Vijay Tripathi and Bhujbal Choudhury have a small land dispute between themselves forcing Bhujbal and his men to mercilessly kill Vijay making his death look as though lightning struck him. In the process Vijay's pregnant wife, Anju runs for safety only to take aid in a temple belonging to Bhagwan Bajrangbali where-by she gives birth to a baby boy who is blessed with magical powers belonging to Bhagwan Bajrangbali.

Rasool Akthar, a hardcore terrorist wants to cause confusion and chaos among the people of India by killing VIPs and destroying important buildings with bombs to separate Kashmir from India. How Narasimha destroys the terrorist and saves the country is the story.

Oka Chinna Maata is a story revolving around two individuals- Chandu, who is a fitness trainer, and Geeta, a music teacher. When Chandu proposes marriage to Geeta, she refuses, citing her past. Things take a turn when both get to know that their pasts are closely connected. The story line was inspired by Charana Daasi (1956), which is based on Rabindranath Tagore's 1906 novel Noukadubi.

Raksha, a young girl gets possessed by black magic. Her father desperate, takes help from doctors and psychiatrists, but nothing helps. Finally, a tantrik comes to the rescue and evil fails to God.

The Verma family consists of two brothers, Vijay and Sharad (Jeetendra and Govinda respectively), Vijay's wife, Ganga (Reena Roy), and their daughter. Sharad is unmarried and is studying in college, while Vijay runs the household on his income. In college, Sharad meets with Punam (Meenakshi Sheshadhri) and both are attracted to each other. Ganga and Vijay get them married, but permit them a married life only after they complete their studies, which they do so. They are devastated to learn that Punam cannot be a mother, so Ganga lets Punam mother her child. Soon Sharad gets a job, which gets him to re-locate to another city, and there are tearful good-byes. Punam decides to keep Ganga's child with her. But Ganga has been kind to Punam and Sharad for a reason, and now the time has come for payback.

A teenage couple fall in love, but their relationship is opposed by the girl's father because the boy is not from a wealthy family.

Ezhai Jaathi is tamil political drama starring Vijayakanth and Jayaprada in the lead roles. Vijayakanth fighting against dirty, corrupted political party, he supports Jayaprada and unites proletarian class but he couldn't succeed with electoral politics, when politicians and police forces crushing the proletarian class, people started resisting and goes violent, politicians lost in the electoral and beaten up by working class. proletariat revolution succeed at last.

On discovery of his spouse's infertility, a man starts a search for a new wife.

When Kamal Kumar meets the young, beautiful Gayatri on a train he instantly falls in love, and despite the fact that he is the son of a wealthy landowner, Rattan Kumar, and she the daughter of a farmer, Narayan, he convinces her to marry him. But when Kamal has to go to Singapore for business, his father finds out about the wedding and makes Gayatri swear she will never reveal her relationship with Kamal to anyone. When Gayatri discovers she is pregnant with Kamal's child, she and her father are forced to leave the village.

Crooked intellect father makes a plan for his son's marriage to a divorced millionaire. Problem begins when son finds out he has erectile dysfunction at his first night

After an unsuccessful marriage, Niloufer mets an old college friend, Haider, an editor, who has been secretly in love with her since their college days. As the two start thinking about marriage, Niloufer's ex-husband Wasim returns to her life.

Team 5 revolves around a gang of bikers who are into racing and stunts. Akhil (S.Sreesant) who is the back bone of this gang participates in racing tournaments all around the city along with his gang mates.Team 5 provide tough competition to their rival gang Road Rollers which is headed by Alby (Sumesh Krishnan). Akhil's life takes a dramatic turn when he falls in love with an event manager "Irene"(Nikki Galrani). Pearle Maaney and Makarand DeshPande also play important roles in this film.

Professor Sharma Ji is quite a prude but happens to be the sex columnist of 'Jhunjhuna Samachar', a weekly newspaper owned by the wealthy and influential Murli. Things stir up when Sharmaji's pretty wife Shobha is eve-teased by Lallan, who manages to cause marital troubles despite being behind bars.

A dramatist finds the story of a lifetime in the adventures of a young woman who turns to him for help

Malpe, a small fishing town on the Arabian Coast. Located 6 kms to the west of the temple town, Udupi. Malpe's beaches are washed clean everyday by the sea. The waves ensure that nothing gets left behind on the sands. But then, the waves cannot reach everything. It is the time of the year when Udupi and its surroundings are decked up to celebrate Sri Krishna Janmaashtami. Men and children walk the streets dressed up as characters from mythology. Teams painted as tigers are seen dancing to drum beats all around the town. But violence seems to be brewing in Malpe this Krishna Janmaashtami.

A policeman's son becomes a criminal after a childhood incident creates a rift between them.

Vineeth, a senior reporter, tries to interview Deepa, a junior family court lawyer for the new edition of a magazine. However, the interview seems impossible due to Deepa's hectic schedule.

A thief and his family decide to mend their ways and start afresh. Things take an awry turn when they find themselves embroiled in local issues.

Arjun and Karna, two happy-go-lucky friends who have resigned from their jobs, start a bad news delivery service and one of their assigments ends up in a marriage getting cancelled. And the bride happens to be the sister of Arjun’s girlfriend Anjali! Can they undo the damage?

Sabash Sariyana Potti is a laugh riot acts by Jayaram & directs by popular small screen actor Venu Arvind. The film is about the problems faced by an extremely popular actor, who wants to enter politics, and everything is told in a hilarious way. “The movie is a complete laughathon”, Sriranjani plays the heroine while music is by Thaman.

Story of four Women, who maintain every duty and responsibility of their married life, but while on that they find themselves yearning for intimacy and affection.

Nandagopal, an associate editor with Keralareshmi, one of the leading dailies, is aggressive and daring and enjoys a good reputation among the media circle. Born and brought up in Mumbai, Nandan is the son of Venugopal, a daring journalist who was killed by textile mafia long back. Nandan, in Kochi meets Sekharan, an old naxalite who is running Jagratha, a newspaper which is feared by political class. Sekharan's outspoken and belligerent nature had earned him more enemies than friends. He is constantly fighting Vishwathan, who rules Kochi with his muscle and money. Vishwanathan holds a large share in Keralareshmi and enjoys a huge political clout at state and central levels. Shekharan brings out the role of Vishwanathan in the murder of Vincent Paul, which creates a panic in the political level.

A fearless outlaw offers to safeguard the daughter of his accomplice in return for a map to a secret diamond mine. However, his quest is compromised after a bandit gets wind of the secret map.

Inspired by a real-life tragedy, the story explores the shocking death of a fresher allegedly caused by ragging at a city university hostel, reopening wounds and igniting urgent conversations about abuse, accountability, and a system that failed to protect its own.

Explore love, happiness, compassion and self-discovery through four stories in the company of man's best friend.

A young advertisement director, who conducts business with models and entertainers, suddenly has the chance to take over the global corporation by masquerading as the fake son of a CEO. While being chased by investors who lost money because of his enterprise, he falls in love.

Two pairs of identical twins are separated following an unfortunate incident. However, years later, their lives intertwine, leading to confusion and misunderstandings. Based on William Shakespeare's 'A Comedy Of Errors'.

Footage of the investigation documentary telling about the extermination of African elephants lasted almost three years. The film crew traveled throughout 30 countries to make a route of ivory smuggling and to find out the true culprit of these crimes against elephants.

Two one-night stands in the life of a man that happen 10 years apart seem to mirror each other. Is there something more to them than what meets our eyes?

Aravindan and Priya, a married couple, are struggling to find a place for their four-year-old son, Ashwin, in a reputed school. They encounter challenges as they fight the education system.