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- DirectorVikas DesaiAruna RajeStarsShreeram LagooAnant NagIndrani MukherjeeWhen a successful manager decides to sell his plantation in his ancestral village to another company, his young daughter begins acting very strangely.
- DirectorKalpana LajmiStarsRakhee GulzarDimple KapadiaRaj BabbarIn a small village in Rajasthan, India, a woman named Shanichari was born - so named, as shortly after her birth her father died; & her mother, Peewli, ran away with a rich lover, the owner of a drama company, abandoning her. When Shanichari grew up she was married to a male named Ganju who lived with his ailing mother. Shanichari gave birth to a boy and named him Budhwa. The local Landlord, Ram Avtar's son, Lakhsman Singh, would like Shanichari to live with him as his mistress, but she must first abandon her husband and son, which she is unable to do. Her ailing mother-in-law passes away - Shanicharni is unable to weep; Years later, Ganju gets killed after consuming holy water from a temple - Shanichari is unable to weep; When Budhwa get's married to a local prostitute, Mungri, who becomes pregnant, and then subsequently aborts the child - Shanichari is unable to weep; When Budhwa runs away from home, never to be seen again - Shanichari is unable to weep. Then a woman named Bhikni enters her life - she is called Rudaali - one who accepts money in turn for loud laments, weeping, & beating of the chest when a rich man passes away for a small fee, some milk, oil, and flour. Bhikni would like Shanichari to also be a Rudaali, but Shanichari eyes are always dry. When Bhikni is called for a day in another town, it is then Shanichari receives word that Ram Avtar is no more and she is called to be a Rudaali. Knowing fully well that she cannot shed tears, Shanichari does attend the funeral - and it is here that she will receive the news that may bring real tears to her eyes.
- DirectorAruna RajeStarsVinod KhannaHema MaliniNaseeruddin ShahThe men in this town are away to work, leaving the women to fend for themselves and their respective children, until they return. While the men patronize various courtesans and prostitutes while away from their wives, their wives have also figured out a way of satisfying their sexual pleasure. And then one day, one of the wives, Shaku, declares that she is pregnant, and that the child is not that of her husband, Amarji. There is furore all over the small town, and there are demands that Shaku be expelled, and the matter is left to the town panchayat to decide her fate. It is then the women, who have been silent, speak up. But will their voices be heard and taken note of?
- DirectorSumitra BhaveSunil SukthankarStarsMohan AgasheRadhika ApteOmkar GovardhanFarmer's daughter Savitra rebels when her father consents to her marriage to foolish mill worker, Bopya. She wants the freedom to choose her own husband and has her heart set on fisherman, Madhu, but she has no desire to cause a scandal or dishonor her family. Determined to be rid of her ridiculous would-be husband, the crafty girl seeks a way to change her fate as she manipulates superstitions and the traditions that would make her a man's property.
- DirectorParvati BalagopalanStarsTanuja SamarthMilind SomanMeera VasudevanRadha is employed with an advertising agency, and has a chance to see and meet prominent models. She meets her dreamboat, Vikram Verma, on one such day. Needless to state, she is madly in love with him, but he has eyes for his girlfriend, the gorgeous model, Maggie, only. Radha's attempts to make him notice her are in vain, and in desperation she confides in her grandma, for a solution. Her grandma instructs her to follow a number of simple rules, which will make Vikram notice her. Radha agrees to do so, but will the meek and timid young lady, be able to make an established young man like Vikram notice her?
- DirectorRajduttStarsAjinkya DeoRamesh DeoSeema DeoA Mughals Emperor orders his soldiers to March towards kingdom of Shivaji and destroy all his property and harass people in his kingdom in treaty Shivaji handovers many forts to Mughals as treaty.Gauri Dombarin lives with her daughter Kastura in Dombari fort and earns by performing stunts on streets the mother -daughter take shelter in Shivaji's kingdom after a Mugal Sardar at Dombari fort eyes Kastura with help of Rustom.Kastura meets Sarja whom she was married to in childhood but Rustom finds about their hideout and kidnaps Kastura ,Sarja frees Kastura and they both win Shivaji's heart and join his kingdom to fight against the Moguls.
- DirectorIrene LangemannStarsBernhard KönigAlfred AdamczakWilli GüntherWith admiration for the beauty of the old 'wrinkled' voices, the composer Bernhard Koenig imparts to seniors the meditative, mournful, affectionate, enlightening, protesting, marvelous and joyful experience of music. In Cologne, he founded the choir of 'Old Voices' over 70. In Stuttgart Koenig conducts biographical interviews with the elderly so as to uncover their buried dreams and aspirations. 'Favorite and life songs' are the integral aspect here: songs that are anchored within the individual biography and represent a very special story or memory.
- DirectorPia SukanyaStarsRadhika ApteAkshay OberoiSiddhant KapoorA PR agent trying to find her stolen phone, a politician in trouble and a fading celebrity find their lives intertwined in unexpected, messy ways.
- DirectorMrinal KulkarniStarsPrarthana BeherePushkar JogIshaan KhopkarA man gets another shot at wooing the girl he had a huge crush on in school.
- DirectorAruna RajeStarsUsha JadhavGirish KulkarniSachin KhedekarThe ups and downs of modern-day relationship take the spotlight in this contemporary, slice-of-life story.