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- Chronicling the many challenges faced by naive and upper-caste Brahman, Kali.
- Kunti-Putra Karna's struggles in life after being abandoned by his unwed mother.
- After deciding to chronicle the Holy Ramayan, the author faces life-changing challenges.
- Depicting the life and struggles of brave Karna - Kunti's sixth and eldest son.
- A Princess is tricked into marrying a naive and illiterate youth.
- A wealthy Indian jewel merchant and an American woman fall in love, only for her family to stand in their way of getting married.
- When Bhagwan Shri Narad Muni informs the inhabitants of Swarglok about Raja Harishchandra's compassion and generosity, Sage Vishwamitra decides to verify this for himself and travels to meet the Raja. Once there, he demands the Raja's kingdom, and after receiving it, asks one of his disciples to be the new Raja. Not satisfied, he asks Harishchandra, his wife, Taramati, and son, Rohidas, to take off all their ornaments and royal clothing, go into exile, as well as labor, earn a thousand gold coins in two months, and remit this to him as his Dakshina. Harishchandra agrees, and re-locates to Kashi where his entire family work to collect wood for a cemetery, and then are hired by Mahajan Ganganath. At the end of two months, all they accumulate is a mere 10 gold coins. It is then Harishchandra decides to sell himself in the slave market - a decision that will alter their lives forever.
- An adventure movie about a king (Bhosle) who is overthrown by the perfidy of his villainous Commander (Pendharkar). The young prince (Vinayak) defeats the villain, reclaims the throne and restores his father's honour.
- This classic opens with a sensational low-angle circular track movement as Chandika cult followers meet in a dungeon of flickering lights and deep shadow. As the more rationalist King Krantivarma (Varde) banned human or animal sacrifices from the increasingly fanatical festivals dedicated to the goddess, the cult's high priest (Chandramohan/Date) orders the hapless Vishwagupta (Kelkar) to kill the king. He obeys but is then betrayed by the perfidious priest and caught. His son Madhavgupta (Mane) and daughter Sumitra (Apte) together with the princess (Tarkhad) and the people finally overthrow the priest. There are several famous scenes, including the twice-told legend of the churning of the seas, once by the priest to show how evil must be exorcised, and again by a good general to show how demons often appear disguised as gods. Although invoking divine intervention when Madhavgupta is about to be sacrificed, the film's strongly political thrust has the people rise in revolt.
- After the Kurkshetra, peace and goodwill reign in the region. But this does not last very long as very soon a devastating war will brew between Kuntiputra Arjun and Vishnu-Avtaar, Bhagwan Shri Kishan - when the former will challenge the later's decision to behead Chitrasen - who had inadvertently humiliated a Rishi - with the ultimate weapon, the Sudharshan Chakra.
- The poet Prasad lives far from the city in a forest, enjoying only the company of his wife Pratibha. The court poet, Kaveeshwar, of a neighboring kingdom discovers Prasad's poetry and, more importantly, his beautiful wife, and invites them to his palace, promising fame and glory. Against Pratibha's advice, Prasad succumbs to temptation, only to see his work plagiarized and his wife harassed.
- Kavi Kalidas faces many challenges after falling in love with a low-caste woman.
- Young, modern and fluent Natwar has hope of marrying a cultured and religious girl. He does so but does not know if he has taken the right decision. His mother encouraged him during this situation. But after a few months after there marriage with his wife, he started to notice that she appears to be edgy as she does not care a bit about the household chores but is only interested in dressing and attending day-night party. How long will this go on? What will be the outcome of Natwar's behavior towards his wife?
- In 19th century India, three British soldiers and a native waterbearer must stop a secret mass revival of the murderous Thuggee cult before it can rampage across the land.
- In India, a married British aristocrat is reunited with an old flame, but she truly has her sights set on a handsome surgeon.
- A love affair and two feuding families who play out a Romeo and Juliet type drama in 17th century India, under the Emperor Jehangir.
- Kavi Kali has an affair with a low-caste woman, but ends up marrying a princess.
- The saga of Karna - born and abandoned by an unwed princess - fated to battle his step-siblings.
- Mrityunjay sends Kumargiri to try to convince Rajnartaki Chitralekha to free Samant Bijgupt from her clutches so that he can wed the latter's daughter Yashodhara. Kumargiri does meet with Chitralekha but is mocked and retreats to his ashram. Shortly thereafter he gets a shock when he finds her at his abode, requesting permission to remain there and serve him. He initially refuses, but subsequently relents and permits her to live there along with other male disciples--a decision that he will rue and regret for the rest of his life.
- Usha lives a poor lifestyle with her widowed father, Parmanand, who is the Station Master of Rangpur Railway Station in India. She is smart, intelligent and educated, and is expected to marry someone of equal status. A railway employee, (Pointsman), Kalicharan, would like Usha to get married to Niranjan, who is the DTS of Indian Railways, and this will ensure that Kalicharan's son will also get employed with the Railway. Both Kalicharan and Parmanand approach Manikbabu, another Railway employee, who wants his semi-senile daughter, Shyama, to marry Arun, a Guard with the Railway. Soon Niranjan's sister comes to see Usha, approves of her, and goes home to make preparations for a marriage. But Usha has fallen in love with Arun, wants to marry him, and refuses to marry Niranjan, who is twice as old as her and a widower as well. Usha's decision has an adverse effect on all the local rail employees, and as a result no one is able to avert an accident that takes place between an express and a goods train. Watch what happens when the Government orders an Inquiry into this incident, and the effect this will have on the lives of all railway employees - some or all of whom may be found guilty and may face imprisonment.
- Chronicling the life as well many challenges faced by Sanskrit poet Kalidas.
- Asha lives a wealthy lifestyle along with her widower dad, Shyamrao Dhaneshwar, studies in an arts college, and adores the college's most brilliant yet poor student, Ashok Deshmukh. Both continue to meet every week at 10 O' Clock at night, and he even introduces her to his family, which consists of his widowed mother and younger sister, Usha. Asha will soon realize that being wealthy does have it's disadvantages when she will be forbidden to see Ashok anymore and must obey her dad's wishes and get married to equally wealthy Dr. Ramesh.
- A naive Sanskrit poet, shunned for falling in love with a low-caste woman, faces challenges after entering into a competition with a princess.
- Chronicling the upheaval created by Maharani Kekaiyi, on the behest of her maid, Manthra, into coercing her husband, Maharaj Dashrath, to grant her two boons. The first, to let her son, Rajkumar Bharat, be crowned as Ayodhya's Maharaja, and the second, and more fatal and drastic, to impose a fourteen year exile for Maharani Kaushalya's son, Bhagwan Shri Ram.
- 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.
- After defeating Ravana, Rama returns to Ayodhya with his wife Sita and brother Laxmana. But when questions arise regarding Sita's character, Rama decides to leave her by sending her to the forest.
- Based on the life story of Tansen, a renowned musician in the court of the Mughal emperor Akbar.
- Durgaprasad Chaturvedi had built a community well so that people from his village as well as the nearby region could draw their water. After the passing away of Durgaprasad, his son Jamunaprasad has taken over the estate and the administration of the well, and has placed a number of restrictions on who can draw the water, mostly influenced by his devout Hindu wife. When Jamunaprasad's daughter, Radha, matures, he decides to get her married to Mohan, the son of a businessman named Trivedi. Mohan arrives, meets with Jamnunaprasad, his wife, and Radha and there is mutual approval on both sides. Things end up in chaos when Jamunaprasad finds out that Mohan is not who he claims to be, but is, in fact, a struggling actor by the name of Kiran Kumar, who has further alienated himself from him, when he discloses that he would like to share the well water with all villagers. With Jamunaprasad putting his foot down, looks like Mohan alias Kiran may not even get to marry Radha leave alone influence who is or not qualified to draw water from the well.
- Humiliated by fate, brave Karna showcases his bravery and loyalty against surmountable odds.
- The saga of renowned but simple-minded Sanskrit poet Kalidas.
- Badshah Babar arrives in India from Iran, drives out Ibrahim Lodhi, makes peace with the Hindus and rules Delhi. He also adopts Rajkumari as his daughter and treats like his very own child, even though he has two sons, Humayun and Kamran, and a daughter, Gulbadan. Babar also finds out that Rajkumari is soon to be married to Randhir, the Rajkumar of Chanderi, who is out to avenge the conquest of his native land, by killing Humayun. Before that could happen Humayun falls seriously ill, Babar prays for his survival, but himself becomes ill and passes away, leaving Humayun to recuperate and be crowned the next Badshah. Humayun meets Hamida Bano and both fall in love with each other so much so that he loses all interest in the running of the state. When Delhi is attacked by Jai Singh, Kamran and Khan Bahadur join in the attack, forcing Hamida to flee. Humayun fends off the attackers, but must re-route his armies when Rajkumari is taken hostage. He does manage to rescue her, make amends with Randhir, but loses Delhi to his opponents, and flees to his native Iran. This is where he will meet and marry Hamida, and both will become parents of Shahenshah of all Shahenshah's, Jalaludin Akbar. But before that Humayun must take back his kingdom, and in order to do this he must first take Kabul, then Lahore, and then Agra and finally, if he manages to survive, Delhi.
- A disgraced widow is forced to work as a maid for her fatherless child.
- Chitrasen inadvertently humiliates Gabal Rishi, who approaches Bhagwan Shri Kishan and prays that the former be punished. Kishanji readily agrees to punish Chitrasen by beheading him with the Sudarshan Chakra. When no amount of pleas for mercy are adhered to, a compassionate Subhadra, moved by Chitrangini's plight, asks her spouse, Arjun, to intervene. The later, at first, refuses to take up arms against Kishanji, his friend, but subsequently relents - resulting in war - that will not only end their friendship - but may well also destroy the universe and annihilate Arjun, his brothers and their entire army.
- Childhood lovers Chander and Lata gets separated when Lata moves to Mumbai with her family. So, will they get united again ?
- Circa the Mugal rule in Hindustan, Shahjahan, the present emperor is approached by one of his subjects, whose daughter, Ruhi, is so beautiful, that her suitors have killed her to-be grooms, as well as two of her brothers, who came to her aid. He now seeks the Emperor's assistance. Appalled at this, the Emperor confers with his Queen, Mumtaz, and upon her advise asks the father to bring his daughter to be a guest of the palace, and it is from here that a suitor will be chosen by none other than his royal majesty himself. The father does as asked, but one of the Queen's aide is troubled by Ruhi's august presence, that she fears that the Emperor may take a liking to her, and make her his begum. She plots a devious scheme so that Ruhi is promised to get married to Shiraz. The matter gets quite complicated as Ruhi has already been promised to Sohail. The Emperor and his Queen are so perturbed by this situation, that both become ill. The situation is resolved when Sohail decides to give Ruhi up so that she can marry Shiraz - but not until Mumtaz tragically passes away. Devastated and heart-broken by her death, Shah Jahan feels that she can be made immortal by the building of a royal tomb, and asks Shiraz to come up with such a Mahal. Watch as events begin to unfold, that will finally give rise to one of the seven wonders of the world - The Taj Mahal.
- After the passing away of his dad, Javed lives a poor lifestyle with his widowed mom in India. Since they cannot afford to live independently, they live with his mom's younger sister, Mrs. Haque, who lives a wealthy lifestyle with her husband and son, Sajjad. Mrs. Haque is very cruel toward her sister, compelling her to leave and bring Javed up on her own. Years later Javed has grown up, has acquired a sound education, returns home, to find that his mom is learning to read and write with the help of a beautiful young woman, Nazparvar, and soon both the youngsters fall in love with each other. Javed's mom approaches Nazparvar's dad to get them married, but at the same time her sister, who is now widowed, convinces Nazparvar's dad that Sajjad would be a better choice for his daughter, as a result the marriage takes place leaving both Javed and Nazparvar heartbroken, and they go separate ways. Years later they will meet again - this time Javed will be a lawyer - while Nazparvar, who is now a mother of a young son, Riaz, will be accused of killing her husband!
- Maharaj Uttanpath decides to re-marry Suruchi after he finds that his first wife, Sunita, is unable to bear any children. Shortly after the marriage, first Sunita and then Suruchi both give birth to sons, Dhruva and Uttam. Suruchi and her maid then concoct a scheme that will ensure the death of Dhruva. This is so that Uttam can be the only heir to ascend the throne.
- When Lajjo is at her deathbed, she summons her stepson, Rahu, so that he can look after her son, Beli. Rahu does attend her residence, just before her death, assists with the funeral and offers to take Beli with him and look after him. Rahu hires a hit-man named Jaggu and instructs him to kill Beli. Jaggu is unable to kill Beli, angering Rahu to no end. Rahu then pushes Jaggu and Beli from a cliff and hopes that they have met their respective ends. Rahu then sets about to claim Lajjo's property, by hiring a man to pose as Beli. Months later, Rahu approaches a wealthy woman for her only daughter's (Parvati) hand in marriage. While Paro's mother approves of Rahu, Paro is in love with someone else. While her mother finds out that she is in love with a mere employee, she dismisses him, and make arrangements for her marriage with Rahu. Watch the suspense and the climax unfold as Rahu prepares to get married to Paro, with the assurance that no one can ever get in his way.
- Failing to move on from his loss of childhood love, a man turns to his passion for theater.
- Born in a low-caste family of chamars (cobblers), Chandu alias Chandrashekhar (Dev Anand) helps his father repair shoes and other footware for a small pittance. One day a girl from a rich and wealthy family, Vidya (Suraiya) stops by to get her shoe repaired. She wants Chandu to stop doing this menial job, and go to school, study and become someone important. She offers help financially, and gets Chandu to school. Both grow up and are attracted to each other. Both intent to marry, but obstacles open up in the form of Harry alias Harilal (Madan Puri), and Vidya's alcoholic dad, who will not permit his daughter to mingle with a boy from a lower caste.
- Lankeshwar Ravan abducts Devi Maa Sita from Panchvati during their 14-year exile, defeating Jatayu, who lives long enough to inform Sita's husband, Bhagwan Shri Ram, and his brother, Lakshman, that Sitaji has been forcibly taken in the Southern direction in Ravanji's flying chariot. Shri Ramji enlists the help of Bhagwan Shri Hanuman initially by slaying his brother, Bali, who had dethroned Sugreev and abducted his wife. The search then commences for Sitaji with Hanumanji leaping across the seas to Lanka, killing Ravan's son, Akshaye, and passing on Ramji's message to Sitaji, who is being held in the Ashok Vatica and refuses to give in to Ravan's demands as she is fully aware that he is cursed and will be torn in seven pieces if he dares to molest any woman against her wish. After being captured by Ravan's son, Meghnath, Hanuman does escape, but not before setting Lanka afire with his tail. Ramji, along with an army of apes and bears, descends upon Lanka, kills Ravan's brother, Khumbakaran; while Hanumanji resurrects Lakshman, who was fatally wounded by Meghnath. Lakshman eventually kills Meghnath, while Ramji, with the help of Ravan's brother, Vibhishan, kills 10-headed Ravan. After letting Sitaji sit on a fire-lit pyre to ensure her purification, they return triumphantly to Ayodhaya where Ramji is crowned king. Watch what happens when Hanumanji knowingly insults Sitaji and the impact this has on Ramji and his Darbar.
- A traumatized beautiful woman loses her memory in a train accident.
- The value of being loyal to his master, Kakasaheb Deshmukh, was ingrained in Sakharam by his father, Jeeva, at a very young age. After Jeeva passes away, his sister, Hansa, allegedly kills herself, and the shock kills his mother, Sakharam moves in to live with the Deshmukhs, whose wife, Sharda and daughter, Chandra, treat him as a family member. Years later, Sakharam has grown up, still loyal to Kakasaheb, and very much in love with Chandra. But his loyalty will soon be tested when he comes in contact with a rebel farmer, Peera Dhaigude; the marriage of Chandra, which is being arranged with Bapurao Shetye; and the news that Hansa is still alive.
- Pran and Gopal fall in love with village girls while on a holiday. After returning home, Gopal continues to flirt with other girls. But Pran realizes that he has truly fallen in love.
- 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.
- Dilip loves Neena, but she treats him only as a friend. Later she gets married to Rajan. When he comes to know that Dilip once loved Neena, he misunderstands them and things change a lot then.
- Two movie actors are confronted by startling and hilarious obstacles.
- 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 woman falls in love with a police officer but faces heartbreak when he marries another.
- India has finally won independence from British rule, and there are signs of progress among the population. One such sign of progress is in the village where two childhood sweethearts, namely Jeet and Vijay live. Vijay lives with his mom and brother Ratan. Ratan, who lives abroad, returns home to India, with all new ideas of progress and advancement. This is not met well with some of the villagers, including Jeet and Vijay themselves. Ratan overhears a conversation that Vijay is not his real brother, and asks Vijay to leave the house, despite of his mother's protests. Self-respecting Vijay leaves the house, and Ratan plans to marry Jeet, and schemes with some villagers that will revolutionize his plans for progress, and make Vijay the culprit.