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- An American journalist travels to India to cover Bollywood weddings, only to uncover a mosaic of cultural clashes, transgender tangles and lost loves with her travels culminating at a destination where the only journey is the one within.
- A young lawyer is involved with a ghostly woman in his new house, where the builder and his fiancée died shortly after it was built.
- Prem Shankar lives a wealthy life-style circa after the British Rule in India, with his businessman father, Girija, and housewife mother, Kamini. He is now of marriageable age, and his parents would like him to marry Seth Heerachand's daughter, but Prem wants to marry someone of his own choice, without any pressure from his parents. He befriends a young woman named Kasturi, who falls in love with him. Prem also meets with a gypsy woman named Dulari, and falls head over heels in love with her. When his father finds out, he is enraged, forbids Prem to ever see Dulari again, and warns him that he can only marry a woman from a good and wealthy family background. It is now up to Prem to decide to follow his father's instructions or do as his heart tells him.
- A vengeful Jew adopts an abducted Roman child, who grows up and unknowingly falls in love with a Roman.
- Two movie actors are confronted by startling and hilarious obstacles.
- The story is set in 326 B.C. The film begins after Alexander the Great (Sikander in Hindi/Urdu) conquers Persia and the Kabul valley and approaches the Indian border at Jhelum. He respects Aristotle and loves Persian Rukhsana (known in the west as Roxana).
- Rich guy Puran is not allowed to marry poor girl Asha. Will his Zid (stubbornness) win over the family forms the plot of this film
- The son of a priest falls in love with a Harijan girl and elopes with her. The film was a social drama that deals with untouchability prevalent in pre-independent India.
- Based on Bankimchandra's novel Rajani (1877), this romance addresses property rights. Samar (Kumar) and Tarangini (Sumitra Devi) are childhood lovers. Samar feels betrayed when she obeys her father's decision and marries a wealthy zamindar. When Samar becomes a successful lawyer, he tries to take revenge on Tarangini and marries a blind flower-girl who, he discovers, owns the property on which the zamindar has built his fortune. The plot is complicated by the fact that the blind girl loves Jatin, the zamindar's son.
- When Shekhar comes to know that Rani became disabled because of him, he decides to help her by hiding his real identity.
- A wealthy mill owner, Durgadas Prasad, hires a secretary to handle his office work. She falls in love with Billoo, who incidentally happens to be Durgadas' estranged grandson.
- Radha earns a living begging in order to support herself and her crippled and ailing father. They live in a small tenament, under the constant threat of eviction by their landlord for unpaid rent for several months. One day, while begging, Radha meets a young man, Nirmal Chander, who would like to see her improve her status by getting employment, he even goes to the extent of assisting her find work in a mill. He subsequently invites her over to meet his mother, and asks her to marry him, to which she agrees. Nirmal also seeks the permission of her dad. When he goes to get her to make arrangements for their marriage, he finds her and her dad gone. His attempts to locate her are in vain. Then after several months he finds her living in a small dilapidated hut with a young man named Mastram and a child - she calls her own - but claims that she is unmarried. Who is the biological father of this child? Where is he located?
- Mohan, Pradeep and Ranjeet are struggling artistes who share the same house. When they decide to help each other find love by using their talents, their lives get entangled and chaos ensues.
- The only son of the Royal Astrologer, Narsin (Om Prakash) namely Gopal (Bharat Bhushan) is not interested in astrology but in music and songs, much to the dismay of Narsin. Gopal's talents are well-known and he could become the Emperor's Chief Musician if he wins in the contest. His rivals live next door, and in order to win the approval of the emperor (Chandrashekhar), they poison Gopal's drink, and Gopal loses his voice completely. His mom (Leela Chitnis) is sorry at the loss of his voice. A young dancing girl, Gopi (Nimmi) takes interest in Gopal, and through her help and a hard knock on the head, he recovers his voice. But Gopal's challenges are far from over, and he will be called upon to prove his worth, as well as his association with Gopi.
- Living a poor lifestyle with his widowed mother, Shankar sells toys for a living, but is addicted to alcohol. He is attracted to Parvati, who also lives a poor lifestyle along with her step-brother, Jagat Narayan, his wife, and their daughter, Pushpa. After an argument with his mother, Shankar departs to the city, gives up drinking, earns a lot of money, and returns home just to time to pay off his mortgage. But his world will soon be shattered after he goes to ask for the hand of a now wealthy Parvati. This is where he will be forced to face his past, and ultimately be told that Parvati's marriage has been arranged elsewhere. Unable to live without Parvati, he takes up drinking again and heads on to a path of self-destruction.
- A boy is raised by a wealthy family and grows up to become a doctor. He visits a small village for a medical camp and falls in love with Hamida. Meanwhile, the rich man's daughter pines away for him.
- Two lovers are separated by the girl's conniving uncle, who marries her off to another man. Heartbroken, the man wanders around aimlessly until a common friend decides to reunite the two lovers.
- Anup writes for a newspaper, and his sister is invited to a girl's birthday party by her rich friend Gopa. After she leaves the party, accused of being a thief, Gopa comes to the house to apologize and meets Anup. He refuses her personal apology, saying it's a societal problem. Anup's boss sends him to a rich official's office who needs a speech written. This man is Rajendra, brother of Gopa and husband of the birthday girl. The speech Anup writes goes well, so Rajendra steals Anup's manuscript for a novel and publishes it under his own name. Rajendra is praised for his insight into the issue of poverty, but the workers at his company go on strike. Anup and Rajendra's sister Gopa, support the striking workers, but his paid goons squelch the strike. Disillusioned by the hypocrisy, Gopa leaves her comfortable wealth behind to be with Anup.
- After the death of his wife, a policeman fails to up-bring his only son in a good way and spoils him. This creates serious repercussions once the child becomes an adult.
- Radha (Sardar Akhtar) is an indomitable woman, toiling away to feed her three sons and to pay off Sukhilala (Kanhaiyalal), the village's rapacious moneylender. When she learns that she is pregnant again, her husband, Shamu (Arun Kumar Ahuja), runs far away, leaving her to fend for herself against poverty and the lecherous advances of Sukhilala. Later, the two eldest children die, leaving her with only two sons: the straight-laced Ramu (Surendra) and the wild Birju (Yakub). Ramu becomes a bandit which eventually forces Radha to take drastic actions.
- Dilip, spoilt and careless grandson of wealthy Rai Bahadur, is in love with film actress Nayantara and wants to marry her. However, Nayantara wants to marry him only for his wealth. Rai Bahadur totally disapproves this. However, film actor Ashok Kumar knows the truth as he also loves Nayantara. Dilip, unaware of Nayantara's ulterior motives, deceives Rai Bahadur time & again. On a day, Rai Bahadur with the help of his doctor friend, plays a trick. He pretends to be on his death bed and asks Dilip to change his ways. Dilip tries to assure him that he is out of the alliance with Nayantara and is in love with a nice girl who he plans to marry with. Rai Bahadur asks him to bring that girl in. Helpless Dilip ropes in Kiran. Rai Bahadur likes Kiran and hires her to take care of his house and himself until Dilip marries her. Unwillingly, Dilip co-op with the situation but falls in love with Kiran as he is now aware of what Nayantara wants. But he cannot marry Kiran as Nayantara starts blackmailing him at the pretext of some photographs she has in her possession. She threatens to sue Dilip but Ashok Kumar comes in and saves Dilip.
- Humiliated by fate, brave Karna showcases his bravery and loyalty against surmountable odds.
- A heartwarming tale of good-samaritanism: A poor but large-hearted young man gives shelter to three helpless, forlorn people in his home--an abandoned railway coach. However, tensions arise in the group when he marries one of the inmates, a destitute young girl, since one of the other inmates loves her too.The group breaks up and the coach is abandoned. Time passes, fortunes turn, and penitence brings the group back together.
- A love affair and two feuding families who play out a Romeo and Juliet type drama in 17th century India, under the Emperor Jehangir.
- A romantic crime thriller. Kamala elopes on her wedding day with her childhood friend Ratanlal. Her father Manganlal chases the couple and catches them on a train. His furious exchanges with Ratanlal are interrupted by gunfire and in the mysterious gloom of the evening a body is thrown off the train. The suspects are Ratanlal, who cannot furnish an alibi, Kamala, who insists on being the murderess, ex-convict Sukhdev, who confesses to the murder claiming robbery to be the motive, and the lunatic Tarachand, who also admits his guilt.
- A seminal reformist melodrama critiquing the zamindari system from the viewpoint of the Kisan Sabha agitations in A.P. Small-time landowner Narsi Reddy (Raghawan) borrows money from a shavukar [money-lender (Raghavan)] who represents the major zamindar (Sitapathy) of the village. When Narsi Reddy votes for a peasant candidate (Kosaraju) rather than for the political party supported by the landlord, his son is attacked and he is publicly humiliated.
- The lawyer Bholanath Roy adopts Anita (Kanan Devi) who grows up into a beautiful and fashionable teenager. She meets Dilip, the lawyer's estranged son, working on a flood-relief programme and they fall in love. Their lineage problems (she does not know hers, he keeps his a guilty secret) are solved when Bholanath dies, leaving his estate to Dilip and thus rehabilitating him as well as their relationship.
- The love story between between the beautiful village belle Radha and Kamal, the son of the village zamindar who wants to be a great poet. The zamindar sends his son to the city where Kamal becomes a noted novelist and playwright while Radha is persecuted by the zamindar and his henchmen Banwari. She feigns suicide but in fact goes to join her beloved in the city (on the same train as the now repentant father). When she eventually reaches Kamal's house, she hears him declaring his love to a woman. Unaware that he is merely reading lines from his latest play.
- Yusuf, a promising medical student and the son of a prominent doctor, falls in love with Najma but is forced to marry Raziya after his father fixes his marriage without his consent.
- International brand ambassador of Sanskrit, Megastar Aazaad created a mega movie titled Aham Brahmasmi to project, promote and protect the oldest ancient Language of the world, Sanskrit which is the first mainstream feature film in world history. 6th September 2019, went as a remarkable day for Indian Cinema, as Capital of India New Delhi and spiritual capital of India Kashi ( Varanasi ) witnessed a historic moment with the first screening of timeless creation Aham Brahmasmi and Sanatani Nationalist Filmmaker Megastar Aazaad marked his great presence among the Sanskrit lovers. The cine lovers had welcome Megastar Aazaad's movie of creating cinematic extravaganza in Dev Bhasha Sanskrit. Viewers of all ages witnessed the mega show with the Writer, Editor, Music Director, Director and lead actor Megastar Aazaad with chanting "Har Har Mahadev", " Bum-Bum Bol Raha Hai Kashi " and "Jayatu Jayatu Sanskritam" as if Aham Brahmasmi is not merely a movie but a cultural maha-yagna. The great purpose of movie is to rejuvenate the ancient language of the world and to create meaningful relevant and thought-provoking cinema. So that the world of today, acquaint with the forgotten languages and traditions. The ambition behind making this cinematic extravaganza is to rejuvenate Sanskrit among common people and unite the global audience by means of cinema. The historical Mega Movie Aham Brahmasmi is produced by Cinematic Giant Rajnarayan Dube's Legendary Film Company The Bombay Talkies Studios along with Kamini Dube, Vishwa Sahitya Parishad, Bombay Talkies Foundation, Aazaad Federation and World Literature Organization. Sanatani Filmmaker Kamini Dube is one of the most eminent female personality of India. After the grand success of first mainstream Sanskrit film in the history of world cinema Aham Brahmasmi, following the mission to promote, protect and strengthen the art, cultural languages and literature through cinematic creations, Megastar Aazaad is coming up with his Tamil venture namely Mahanayakan in one of the world's oldest language to unite the northern and southern part of India. To fill up any gap or remove any barrier of language, Aazaad is here to create a cinematic and rashtradharma for all and is ready with his timeless creation Mahanayakan in Tamil. Filmmaker and Megastar Aazaad has created his cinematic extravaganza Mahanayakan in Tamil to salute and pay respect to the enthusiastic and enlightened cine lovers of south India and has devoted his whole life to the mission of rejuvenating the ancient and forgotten languages worldwide and to unite the lingual division throughout the world by the means of art, literature, and cinematic creations.
- Two poor homeless siblings have singing talent but are unable to find a job. When they meet the brother of a theatre owner, things start to change a lot.
- A group of freedom-fighters face betrayal and go on the run from police in British-occupied Hindustan.
- A drama set amid an earthquake in Bihar. Miss Renee (Khote) looks after the victims while her lover, the businessman Sardar (Mohanned), wants to make money from the disaster. She comes under the spell of the blind itinerant Musafir (Dey in his usual persona) whose low opinion of the depravity of the wealthy provides the film's moral backbone. She eventually discovers that as a child she had been promised to Musafir but had been rejected by his family for being of a lower caste.
- Beena, a young village girl and Nirmal love each other. When Suresh decides to create rift between them, things begin to challenge both Beena and Nirmal.
- The story centers on three college friends: the liberal Vijay, the conservative Loknath and Jagdish.
- Nirmala (Devika Rani) is a modern girl - young, beautiful, dressed in the latest fashions, attends college, and is even the only female in an all-male class. She doesn't take second place to the men, besting all but one in the annual exams. She tied with Ramdas (Ashok Kumar). But, at the same time she is tied to the age-old culture, traditions and religion. She yearns for a husband and for motherhood. And this conflict forms the crux of the story.
- Naive Saroop romantically renounces earthly pleasures under the influence of a sadhu. He is arrested at a fairground; in jail, fellow convicts change his view of the world. Working in the prison's garden, he meets Superintendent Sohanlal's daughter Durga, who was married as a child to a boy now believed dead. Nasty Ranjit covets her, and on their wedding day, it is discovered that Saroop was her child-husband.
- Preceded by a legend describing its heroine as a 'Brave Indian girl who sacrificed royal luxuries to the cause of her people and her country', the story opens with a prologue showing Krishnavati and her infant son being thrown out of the house in a thunderstorm by the wicked Prime Minister Ranamal who also killed her brother. 20 years later the now adult son, Jaswant, is hit by a royal motor car and given a bag of gold in compensation. His refusal of the gift attracts the admiration of Princess Madhuri. When the nasty Ranamal, who wants to marry her, imprisons her father the king, she becomes the masked Hunterwali, 'protector of the poor and punisher of evildoers', and performer of stunts like jumping over a moving cartand fighting 20 soldiers at once. She steals Jaswant's prize horse, Punjab, but returns it later. Jaswant chances upon a nude Hunterwali bathing in the river and after a long duel captures her and takes her to Ranamal to claim his reward.
- Talip and his sister, Mrinalvati, of a neighboring kingdom imprison Prithvi Vallabh, the kind king of Avantipur.