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Madhavan, an eligible bachelor, is very protective of his five sisters. However, things take an ugly turn for Madhavan when his sisters turn against him and fail to understand his love for them.

While studying in Aligarh Muslim University, Anwar Hussain Anwar falls in love with a veiled woman and is unable to get her out of his mind. En route to Lucknow, they meet with Nawab Buland Akhtar Changezi, and subsequently meet with him a few days later so that he can use his influence to secure an editor's job for Anwar with a magazine. Nawab then asks Anwar to teach his sister, Husna, some poetry, to which he agrees, and eventually finds that she is the very same veiled woman. Both fall in love with each other and the Nawab approves of this alliance, even though Anwar lives a poor lifestyle. The formal engagement ceremony takes place and arrangements are made for the wedding to take place soon. The heavily indebted Nawab does not realize that soon he will find Anwar in the company of a lowly courtesan, Najma; and pressure will be brought on him to get Husna to marry wealthy Munne Raja - who is all set to auction the former's mansion as well as belongings.

A quiet hitman and a reckless girl break away from the crime boss who controls the city and their lives.

Two bachelors, since they are unemployed, struggle to make a living for themselves. However, their lives take a turn when they meet an evil businessman.

A man who got separated from his biological parents at birth, grows up to become the voice of the people. His caring nature for others, eventually leads him on a dangerous journey to uncover the truth about who his real parents are.

Three bumbling underlings who are tasked with smuggling cocaine get into problems during their journey.

After being murdered by her in-laws, a young girl's spirit possesses her favorite doll and seeks revenge.

Garment exporter Gopakumar, with the help of his fashion designer Kamala and broker Immanuel, brings together three couples who are on the verge of separation.

Sri Rama Pattabhishekam (Coronation of Lord Rama) is a 1978 Indian Telugu-language Hindu Epic film directed and produced by N. T. Rama Rao. King Dasharatha's queen Kaikeyi makes unusual demands to thwart the coronation of Lord Rama as king of Ayodhya. As a result, Lord Rama is forced to undergo several challenges.

When Sattanathan, a corrupt lawyer, forces Vadivambal to marry his brother, a Chokkalingam Pillai arrives to rescue her and expose Sattanathan's activities.

A yoga expert named Vihari returns to India, where he encounters Brundha and discovers they were lovers in a past life. Bound by a centuries-old curse, their journey explores destiny, reincarnation, and the eternal quest for love.

Sibi and his father Pushpakandam "Baby" live a simple life, taking care of their family friend Johnson’s cardamom estate and his family’s needs. Amidst this romance blooms in both Sibi's and Baby’s lives, and he also has to play an integral role in breaking an important news about Johnson’s son's unexpected and impending wedding to the latter’s parents. Can Sibi handle everything without breaking any hearts?

Jimmy meets Anu on an online dating website and decides to marry her. Jimmy's mother entrusts his cousin Kevin to get details about Anu. Now it's Kevin's turn to search for his cousin's fiancee who vanished without a trace, only to discover dark, shocking truths about her.

Sapna runs away from her aristocratic home, fed-up of the hatred and family politics. She meets with Raj, who she is attracted to. Raj, at first wants to get rid of her, then eventually falls in love with her. Then the two of them have to be on the run as her family find out where she is after they put up a reward for her whereabouts.

Military legacy drives twin brothers in 2047 India. Their paths divide when one receives a classified assignment, while rejection leads his brother to join opposing forces

Lingababu, a coward, pretends to be brave in order to impress Raaga, the girl he loves. But when a dreaded gangster threatens Raaga's life, he must find the courage to fight and protect her.

Karthik is married to Swathi and both of them are unhappy. Karthik has a lover before marriage with whom he has differences which results in him marrying Swathi. Swathi doesn’t believe in marriage, hence she rejects a guy before marriage. Karthik and Swathi make a decision to part their ways amicably as the official divorce might take an year. The rest of the story is all about whether they follow their heart or continue their marriage of convenience.

Sameer is the archetypal struggler who leaves his dad in Delhi and comes to Mumbai, chasing dreams of becoming a star in Bollywood. Does he manage to survive the bleak and grueling rounds of endless auditions, broken promises and missed chances?

A youngster from Tamil Nadu goes to Bombay in search of a better life and gets sucked into the underworld. Will he be able to find a way out of the violence and bloodshed?

Jeeva, an alcoholic who is deeply scarred by the death of his family, adopts a young boy with hearing and speech difficulties. The boy, who has seen the killers of his murdered mother, is in danger.

A girl from the slum whose only dream is to work aboard travels through her journey full of twist n turns, surprises, lust with a mysterious old man.

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.

A political action drama behind government freebies.

A curmudgeonly, very conservative old man gets a robot as a caretaker and becomes very attached to it. Can his robotic engineer son make him realise the danger posed by the machine before it is too late?

Samar wants to be successful in life but his parents force him to get married. His wife is shy and reserved and Samar does not like this. The other members in the family often ill-treat her.

In Yamalokam retirement age comes from Senior Yama and he gives charge to his Son. However experienced Chitragupta is retained much to his disappointment. He decides to teach a lesson to new Yama and plans to get a person from Bhulokam who can create chaos in Yamalokam. That person turns out to be Bullet Raja a mass character. He falls in love with Taapsee. Though he is yet to complete his lifespan,Chitragupta plays a game and Bullet Raja gets killed only to come to hell. Here he discovers the plot and demands to get back to earth. Since his body has perished, Yama and Chitragupta send him inside the home ministers body. What happens from there and how things change forms rest of the story.

Ramana decides to abolish corruption once for all with the help of his students who are now working in various government offices.

Based on the lives and activities of the students at a prestige college.

Gundeep and Nikhat are making a documentary on the government-based project of psycho women who killed several kids with her daughters. Prajakta Deshpande was a psycho woman who would sleep with men and kill them after robbing their valuables this bought a very bad upbringing for her daughter Rega who also lost mental imbalance as she was badly abused by Prajakta. Prajakta then married military officer Deshpande and had a daughter Shikha and things were going fine but old habits die soon.

All that David Pauly ever wanted in life was to witness the downfall of his high school nemesis Chembaden Joey. When Joey louses up Davy's betrothal ceremony, Davy and his friends vow to scheme up something that would button up Joey forever. Enter Giri, a village boy who joins the gang on the mission, for vested interests of course. But little did he know then, about Baagirathi or the misadventures that awaited the gang on their revenge quest.

An emotional thriller based on a road trip from Kochi to Palakkad. Inspired from the real events that happened in Chennai.

Lusty womanizer, army Captain Kishore, wants a gypsy dancer for himself, and is ready to kill anyone who tries to get in the way. But his plans are foiled when the woman kills herself, leaving behind an injured father, the head of the gypsies, and a younger sister by the name of Jugnu. Jugnu swears to avenge her sister's death, and seeks training from Robert Taylor, and becomes an expert in weapons and fist-fighting. She assumes the guise of a masked male and calls herself "Garam Masala", and inflicts terror in Captain Kishore's life and army. Garam Masala's attempts to kill Kishore are foiled when she is captured. She is rescued by a mysterious masked male, who disappears into the night. Kishore is clearly baffled by the appearance of two masked men, and asks his men to search high and low for them. In the meantime, Kishore returns to his kingdom, which has it's King missing for several years, and the prince - a puppet in the hands of Kishore and his men.

Tourist Home is a 2013 Malayalam thriller film directed by Shebi. The film traces a series of incidents that take place in the 10 rooms of a tourist home. The plot revolves around the following characters: two young boys who have a bad past due to their unethical lives, an old man who has come for the medical aid for his grand son in the medical college, a policeman and a whore, a woman who is forced to search unlawful means to earn money to meet the medical expenses for her ill husband, a man who fear to attend an interview and his friend, an astrologer who chants different ways to get a peaceful mind, a daughter who tries to remind the unethical ways of her father, a woman, her daughter and dance master to participate in a dance reality show, a woman who has come to abort her pregnancy from her husband's friend, and a gang who has taken a room for gambling, who are all staying in that ten rooms of the Tourist Home.

Sandhya (Kajal Aggarwal) is a student who is madly in love with Karthik (Ravi Teja), a techie based in Italy. She decides to travel with him to India, confident that the travel time would be enough for her to get Karthik to fall in love. Karthik reciprocates her gestures in a friendly way, but finally reveals that he is married to Vasudha (Richa Gangopadhyay) but is waiting to seek Divorce.

Shwetha falls in love with Seenu, whom she supposes to be speech-impaired. Seenu feels guilty and asks a doctor to cut off his tongue to win her love.

Living in a posh mansion named Swarg, this is the story of Sahabji, his wife sister Jyoti, two brothers, and a sister-in-law. Sahabji has a clash of wits with Dhanraj, who successfully schemes with Sahabji's two brothers, and takes over the prestigious mansion and vast business empire, leaving Sahabji virtually penniless, and devastated with the passing away of his wife. His brothers have now taken over the money, and his business. It is now up to a servant of the mansion, Krishna to set things right for Sahabji's household. How can a poor servant succeed against rich and powerful individuals?

Pooja lives with her doctor husband and a young son. Her son becomes seriously ill and does not respond to any medication, her husband wants him to be moved to a hospital for further .

When his girlfriend is forced to return to India, a happy-go-lucky man follows her and upon asking for their marriage is tasked with picking up a violent but timid relative while making sure the rival villagers don't get a chance to attack him.

Hailing from a traditional goldsmith family, Sanju falls in love with Athira. A series of unfortunate events lead to his unpredictable changes.

When Chandraksha releases a horde of evil spirits that soon attack various villages, Parvathamma and her son, Sharabha, try to stop them with the help of their deity, Lord Narasimha.

Explores the emotions and lifestyles of ordinary people, with a compelling hero Guna pursuing vengeance against antagonists. His actions are driven by his past life, which influences his present and future.

Inspector Amar Kaushal attempts to incarcerate wrong-doers in his society only lead to frustration when they are let off by the incompetence of the law and his superiors and seniors. Eventually Amar stands accused of killing several criminals and innocents which prompts him to take law into his own hands.

Rasappa, a reputed villager, tries to get back at Periyasamy. On the other hand, Thangam, who relocates to the village, falls in love with Rasappa's employee.

Dr. Duke Chawla, a paralytic patient awaits death as his fiancee leaves him. However, he befriends a boy who's terminally ill, helps him to live life the fullest.

We get to see many shades of bonding between a husband & wife, a father & son, a daughter-in-law & mother-in-law, but most importantly the bonding of the village people with their lands. When it came to the safety of their lands, the whole village unites and brings a never-before-seen revolution!

An unemployed alcoholic decides to get his life back together and returns to practicing law. While investigating a case, he falls in love with a dancer whose brother was murdered, and he sets out to find the killers.

Two fathers, one poor and the other rich, hope that a wealthy postmaster will wed one of their daughters.

In the heart of Fort Kochi, three brothers and their crew of unlikely misfits stumble into the wild world of WWE-style costumed wrestling. What begins as a scrappy hustle soon explodes into a riot of masks, egos, and full-blown madness, all set against the backdrop of a city that never plays by the rules. But can their brotherhood survive when the real fight begins outside the ropes?

Bharat Nagar is a city terrorized by gangsters and corrupt politicians. An honest police officer tries to restore law and order to it.

Maradonna, an irresponsible young man, joins a group of drug dealers and suffers a financial loss. When he is about to commit suicide, a divine force intervenes.

Forgetful Lucky falls in love with the demure Nandana. But she doesn’t know he has trouble remembering things and her dad does!

Two friends, Krishna and Das, run a company in a small town with their loved sister Devi. However, Devaraj, an influential man in the village, is against them and vows to destroy their growth.

Three stories with three central female characters linking the stories together. The first one concerns an orphan girl who grows attached to the postmaster she is caring for after he teaches her to read and write. The second one is a supernatural tale about a woman obsessed with the jewels her husband buys for her. The final one follows a young man who falls for an unconventional girl from his new village instead of his arranged bride, the daughter of a respectable family.

A man who loves his father dearly and protects him from all dangers is shocked to realize certain things that don't seem to be what they are.

A man (Amitabh Bachchan) is found wounded on railway tracks and when he awakens he has no memory of who he is and doesn't remember anything about his life.

The Classic Cinema on Lord Ayyapa Swamy born with Culmination of Lord Hari and Lord Hara. The childless king Rajasekhara Pandiyan finds an abandoned child in the forest and adopts him. The child grows up as a prince and is sent on a dangerous mission into the same forest.

Maya elopes with Balakrishnan only to abandon him the next day. Balakrishnan then feigns a happy marriage for which he hires a girl, Mayamohini who later turns out to be a man hunted by the cops.

As a mountain village fractures under unseen forces, a man who believes language can save the earth and another who believes spectacle can sell it drive the village toward the same, irreversible disappearance.

Jai Lalitha is a remake of Malayalam movie Maya Mohini and it is a comedy entertainer in which, Sharan will be seen in female role thought the movie. The film starts with a plane accident in which a small child narrowly escapes. He is then looked after by his maternal uncle, and all the family's wealth will be inherited to him. As per their astrologer, in the future he should marriage a girl whose star is Chothi Nakshatra, only then will he prosper in life. The boy grows up to be a young man, who is unsuccessful in anything he does. He falls in love with the daughter of a wealthy businessman, who is settled in Mumbai. When he gets to know about their relation, he objects. In the meantime a friend of Sharan tries to convince Sharan's uncle about the marriage and the uncle agrees to visit the couple. But then, on the second day of the marriage Sharan's lover leaves him and returns to Mumbai.

Shakkar Paare is a contemporary love story where the hero aspires to be successful and earn tons of money but doesn't want to work. He soon starts following a girl from a rich background. Butlife takes an unusual turn and teaches him a lesson.