Manini is a 1979 Kannada film, directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan and produced by V Vergheese. The film stars Vishnuvardhan, Lokesh and Aarthi in the lead roles. The music of the film was composed by K. V. Mahadevan. more»

A film about the restrictive social conventions regarding inter-caste marriage and unwed motherhood in India. more»

Kalyana Ooruvalam is a family drama Tamil classic film directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan starring Nagesh and K. R. Vijaya in the lead roles. more»

Anand Narayan comes from a poor family, which consists of his wife, Gayatri, daughter, Kamla and two sons Madhu and Govind. Through hard work, Anand starts on his way to success. He meets with Nekiram, who becomes his business partner and also his samdhi (in-law) as his daughter is in love with Madhu. Both get married in a simple ceremony. After this marriage, both Nekiram and Anand and his family work hard at preparing food in a small sweet shop. Lord Krishna then appears to Anand who asks the Lord for material success. After this meeting Anand's Dhaba grows into a restaurant, then a larger fancier restaurant, finally a five star hotel. Now Anand and his family are all wealthy and live in a palatial home. Bhagwan Shri Krishna regularly visits him and asks about him and his family. Anand proudly takes all the credit and asks Krishna to accompany him to see his success and his hotel. Bhagwan Krishna declines, but agrees to do so later. Things don't go quite as well for Anand, when he finds out that Nekiram has been cheating him. Nekiram leaves the house, but Madhu accompanies him. Then Anand finds that Govind has been squandering money and time on women and alcohol and to top his disappointment Kamla gets pregnant. When Bhagwan Krishna comes to visit Anand again, he admits that he is a failure, his health is poor, and his family are all strangers to him. Lord Krishna advises Anand that this is his life and he must learn from the Mahabharata and that every life is a struggle, which is confused by relations and near and dear ones and also by one's ego. Once the ego is removed, then only one can see clearly. But will Anand be able to understand and carry out what Lord Krishna is asking him to? Or will end up taking the blame, like he took the credit, upon himself? more»

Dastan is a 1950 Indian Hindi film, directed and produced by Abdul Rashid Kardar. The film stars Suraiya, Raj Kapoor and Veena in lead roles. Music of the film was composed by Naushad. 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»

Shiv and Ratan want to marry Jaya, who is confused about whom she wants to make her life partner. more»

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! more»

Rishabh and Pari are both deeply in love with each other. A wealthy young man, he works in an advertising agency while she is a doctor. Both marry and soon Pari is pregnant. Pari has a dream to build a hospital for children. Tragically, Pari meets with a fatal accident, and both - the baby and she - die. In her will, Pari donates her heart to the hospital. Rishabh is devastated and opposes the plan to donate the heart. The hospital, however, goes ahead with Pari's last request. Rishabh, after a bout with depression, begins Pari's project, a hospital for sick children. Meanwhile, Pari's heart has been transplanted in a young woman named Dhani. Dhani and Rishabh's paths cross, and Dhani is instantly attracted to him, but Rishabh does not even look at her and is immersed in Pari's memories. Will Rishabh ever get over Pari and fall in love again? more»

Anju (Karishma Kapoor) has lived in the city all her life. When she comes to a hill station for a holiday she meets Kashi (Ajay Devgn), a horse trainer who helps her during her stay. Gradually, she falls in love with him. Back home her father arranges her wedding to Ajit. Unable to get over her love for Kashi, she tells her father about him, who instantly disapproves of her choice. When a defiant Anju goes back to meet Kashi she gets a shock of her life as she learns that he is deeply in love with another girl, Imli. more»