The film is a light-hearted comic love story, wherein Sunil Dutt falls in love with a 'phool' (flower) Waheeda Rehman but has to impress her four uncles, the 'kante' (thorns) of the title. Each uncle has a different idiosyncrasy and Sunil Dutt pretends to be an expert in that field in order to impress that particular uncle. The four uncles select their prot g for their niece, not knowing that each is selecting the same boy. When the boy whom they have approved disappears, they agree to marry their niece off to her choice, who is Sunil Dutt again. more»

Yahudi is a dramatic film directed by Bimal Roy starring Dilip Kumar, Meena Kumari, Sohrab Modi and Nigar Sultana in the lead roles. Hated as a community, Jewish trader Ezra and his people are always at the receiving end of the wrath of their Roman rulers. But as fate would have it, Ezra ends up raising a Roman aristocrat s young child as his Jewish daughter. Matters take a turn for the tragic, when a visiting Roman prince falls in love with her. more»

Dr. Shankar Chaudhry is a wealthy doctor residing in Bombay with his younger sister, Manju and his widowed mother, Rukmini. He agrees to an arranged marriage with advocate Madhusudan's daughter, Maya, a girl neither he nor his mother have ever met. While their marriage was pretty normal, things took an unexpected turn when Maya gets pregnant and leaves with Prakash. more»

After losing her husband unexpectedly who was in all sorts of vices, Renuka decides to bring up her son Ram in the most religious way possible to give him a different life. This lands him to become a sanyasi post and Renuka finds it difficult to get him married to Aarti. To top it all off everyone seems to be out to swindle her for their own selfish interests! more»

Pratap, a fugitive, meets Anokhi and her friends who can resort to any means to sustain their livelihood. He then helps them change their ways. more»

Kali Ghata is a 1959 Indian Hindi film, directed by Kishore Sahu and produced by Hindhustan Chitra. The film stars Kishore Sahu, Bina Rai and Asha Mathur in lead roles. The film had musical score by Shankar-Jaikishan. more»

Raisaheb Surajbhan Chaudhary lives a wealthy lifestyle in a palatial mansion with his wife of 30 years, Rajlaxmi, and two sons, Rajkumar, who has been married to Shyama for several years; and Mohankumar who is studying in an out f town college. Surajbhan is disappointed with Rajkumar as he has as yet not produced an heir to his family. To make matters worse Mohan, a devout worshiper of Lord Bajrangbali, has taken a vow of celibacy and refuses to get married. Things change dramatically when a young woman named Neena, along with her son, enters the Chaudhary household claiming that Mohan had married and abandoned her. She goes through a number of medical tests which determine that the child is actually an heir of the Chaudhary family. Now Surajbhan and Rajlaxmi want Mohan and Neena to get officially married, much to Mohan's chagrin. Things get complicated when Surajbhan finds out that the child is actually Rajkumar's, and that Neena may have been pulling wool over all their eyes. more»

The king of Jagmer, Maharaja Daljeet (Sohrab Modi), sends a marriage proposal to the king of a neighboring city, Sultanpur. In the proposal, Maharaja Daljeet asks to marry his daughter, Raja Beti (Madhubala), to Kumar (Pradeep Kumar), the son of the king of Sultanpur (Ulhas). The king of Sultanpur strongly rejects the proposal and states that the long term rivalry between the two empires is the reason for his refusal; he is injuriously disrespected by the messenger, Sabgram Singh (Murad). Later, the king of Sultanpur also says that Daljeet has conspired against his empire and by proposing the marriage he wants to take revenge. The disrespectful behavior of the king of Sultanpur makes Daljeet angry, and he orders preparations for a war against Sultanpur. Daljeet also provokes his daughter to take vengeance against the king of Sultanpur for the insult. The fortress of the king of Sultanpur is well known for a trap in which troops flounder. Daljeet learns of a map of the fortress, which will help troops navigate across the trap. While retrieving the map from the enemy camp, one of the Daljeet's important soldiers is caught and killed. Daljeet realizes the task is full of risk so he invites the bravest soldiers in the kingdom to try, but they all refuse. After the denial of the brave soldiers, Juhi (Kammo) and Raja Beti accept the task and dress up as men to infiltrate the enemy camp.[5] After much hardship they, at last, get the map. While returning in disguise as a shepherdess, Raja Beti meets Kumar. Kumar on his first meeting begins to fall in love with her, but he is unaware that the shepherdess is actually the princess of Jagmer.[5] Raja Beti gives the map to Daljeet. When everything is planned and the army is ready for the war, Daljeet orders an attack on Sultanpur. Raja Beti decides to take revenge for the insult by killing the king of Sultanpur's son, Kumar. But in the combat zone, she finds herself in love with Kumar and unable to kill him. Although Kumar knows that the shepherdess is really Raja Beti, he doesn't stop loving her. Kumar asks his father for permission to marry Raja Beti, and after a long disagreement, Kumar's father agrees. But now, Daljeet refuses the proposal and shows disrespect. However, Daljeet soon realizes that Raja Beti is in love with Kumar and promises to allow the marriage. Daljeet overlooks past rivalries and asks the king of Sultanpur that the marriage go ahead. At last, they marry.[5] Later, Daljeet regrets his action as he broke a royal promise and bowed down to fulfill Raja Beti's wishes. Out of extreme repentance, he commits suicide. more»

Ajit and Rajoo become orphans. Ajit, as the older brother takes care of his younger sister, at great personal sacrifice. When he tries to save his sister from sexual assault, death occurs. Is Ajit responsible? He emerges as Vinod from jail. In English the loose translation of the title would be "a silken thread" a compact translation would be a "silken skein". Ajit, and his little sister are separated by powers that neither he or she understand. Resham ki dori - is the thread that brings them back together. This is a story of three generations of arrogance of wealth. It is also a story of great wealth, dishonest managers, anger, arrogance in semi- feudal India. In a social context, it is a story of the death of the textile industry in Parel, Lower Parel in Bombay. It is a story of the exploitation of labour. Some scenes of labour poverty is gut wrenching. It is a vision of a person who could reverse the process of attrition in the textile industry, if only till the textile mill was set on fire for insurance. It is a great movie to watch, if you are looking out for the social context. Dialogues are predictable, mostly studio shot, editing is a bit loose but overall, a slightly differently managed film than the usual movies of the time. 1980's. Excellent storyline, and some superb acting. more»

The film is with Gopal Joshi (Bharat Bhushan) singing a raga. His father Narsin Joshi (Om Prakash), the royal astrologer comes and scolds him for singing and says he should become an astrologer. On the other hand, in his neighborhood, his neighbor Malaya, the son of the royal musician is scolded by his father for being lesser than Gopal in singing. He is preparing him for a music competition the winner of which will become the royal musician. At the same time, Gopal enters and says that he will not participate in which Malaya's father refuses. more»

Anne (Madhavi) works as a typist in Daniel's (Mohanlal) office and he has an eye on her. She is often followed by Tony (Mammootty), a wealthy businessman and he confesses his love for her. Finally Tony marries Anne which irks Daniel. Soon life starts disturbing Anne as she finds out that Tony was actually cheating her as he is a conman. Tony explain her why he became a conman and his past struggling life. In between Daniel gets killed by Tony as he tries to rape Anne. A Police officer Prem (Captain Raju) is appointed to investigate this case. Meantime Anne understand Tony and his good intention and finally starts supporting her husband in all his activities as a partner. Climax reveals whether they get caught for all the wrong deeds. more»

Tiger Gangu is a 1990 Indian Kannada film, directed by K Sundarnatha Suvarna and produced by M S Kemparaj and M Ramalingam. The film stars Tiger Prabhakar, Pavithra, Leelavathi, Mamatha Rao, Vajramuni, Sudarshan, Jai Jagadish and Sudheer in lead roles. The film had musical score Shankar-Ganesh. more»

Maha Tapasvi is a 1977 Indian Kannada film, directed by C V Shivashankar and Produced by C V Shivashankar. The film stars J B Yadav, Vijayakala, Jayashree, K D Bhoothi and M S Yogish in lead roles. The music of the film was composed by Nadapriya. more»

Huli Hebbuli is a 1987 Indian Kannada film, directed by Vijay and produced by B. Nagi Reddy. The film stars Tiger Prabhakar, Shankar Nag, Sumalatha, Bhavya and Leelavathi in lead roles. Music of the film was composed by Vijay Bhaskar. more»

Anthima Ghatta is a 1987 Indian Kannada film, directed by K Janakiram and produced by K Janakiram. The film stars Shankar Nag, Urvashi, Tara, Ananth Nag, Dinesh in lead roles. The film had musical score by Vijaya Bhaskar. more»

Keralida Hennu is a 1983 Indian Kannada Flim, directed by A.V. Seshagiri Rao and produced by GRK Raju. The flim star Shankar Nag, Jayanthi & Manjula in lead roles.The music of the film was composed by Chakravarthi. more»

Janani Janmabhoomi is a 1997 Indian Kannada film, directed by H R Bhargava and produced by S Shankar. The film stars Harsha Vardhan, Aruna Pandyan and B Saroja Devi in lead roles. Music of the film was composed by Rajan Nagendran. more»

The hidden secrets of an attempted murder are revealed through portrayal of circumstances that three different girls pass through in their life. Aswathy, a textiles shop employee, is staying with her bedridden and sick mother. She looks after the family with her meager salary. Kartika is a girl who is bestowed upon lots of love and affection by her parents. Her life zooms into a crisis when she comes to know of the secrets of her father s profession. The third girl, Rohini, lives in luxury and has tremendously rich parents. But the uneasiness and unhappiness in the family atmosphere makes her very very sad. She elopes with her very poor lover. Her father engages hired hoodlums to get her back after beating up the lover. She decides to commit suicide. Aswathy s mother comes in search of Indusekharan, Rohini s father. Aswathy is actually an illegitimate daughter of Indusekharan. But Indusekharan decides to get Aswathy murdered. The person whom he engages to do this murder is Kartika s father. He comes towards Aswathy as the messenger of death. This is an essay on how three different girls from three different social and economic backdrops try to cope with their life against all odds. Their crisis gets deepened and dangerous due to the attitudes of their parents. The experiences they go through prove that lack of love and affection is the prime reason that made the hell out of their lives. Lack of love and affection leads one to violence and to destruction as well. Dalamarmarangal establishes that love is the one and only antidote to violence. more»

The story takes place in a hillside village, terrorised by the frequent attacks of a man-eating leopard. Tired of waiting for help from the authorities, the villagers under Reverend Father Panangodan (Thilakan) and Philipose Muthalali (Jagannatha Varma) decide to hire a hunter. The hunter whom they wanted had recently died, so his son Varunni (Mammootty) is summoned to the village. The uncultured life of Varunni soon became a headache for the village. The villagers try to avoid the drunkard hunter from their lives. However, a women named Bhagyalakshmi (Sunitha) (whose mother was killed by the leopard) befriends Varunni. This relation makes Thomaskutty (Mahesh), who is in love with Bhagyalakshmi, jealous. Seeing Varunni talking to Bhagyalakshmi, Thomaskutty gets angry and starts fighting with the hunter. In the fight Thomaskutty accidentally slips and falls from the top of the cliff. Varunni feels responsible for the death of Thomaskutty and confesses secretly to Reverend Father Panangodan. Father Panangodan realises the big heart inside the hunter. He decides to protect Varunni despite the objections from the villagers and arranges a livelihood for him. Varunni gradually starts to help the villagers and the family of Thomaskutty. The villagers also develop a soft corner for the hunter. Meanwhile, the leopard again comes to the village and Varunni fails to kill it. The leopard escapes with a wound. The preparations of the betrothal of Thomaskutty's sister Annamma (Urvashi) is going on. But the groom fails to show up at the function. At the directions of Father Panangodan, Varunni decides to marry Annamma. This makes Bhagyalakshmi, who was in love with Varunni, jealous. On the eve of the wedding, she informs Annamma that Varunni had killed her brother Thomaskutty. Varunni gets exposed on the wedding day and flees to his hut. On reaching the hut, Varunni finds his dog barking alarmingly. He concludes that the dog has rabies and kills it. Soon he spots the leopard at the top of his hut and realizes that his dog was actually signalling about the leopard. He manages to kill the leopard with an axe. The villagers celebrate the death of the leopard. However, the police soon arrives and arrests Varunni for murdering Thomaskutty. more»

Preethi Maadu Thamashe Nodu is a 1979 Indian Kannada movie directed by C. V. Rajendran and produced by Dwarakish. The film stas Srinath, Shankar Nag, Dwarakish and Manjula in lead roles. Music of the film was composed by Rajan - Nagendra. more»