Riya Sen
Humne Jeena Seekh Liya|
2007
Humne Jeena Seekh Liya
2007 | 150 min
Gathering in a secluded adda, a group of school boys, on the threshold of leaving the teenage years behind, meet and discuss about the many things that make the teenage life so exciting. Tender romance, pranks, social stigma, and parental pressures and our confused education system are all thrown up for discussion in this coming of age film.
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Subtitles:English, ArabicAriyatha Paiyan|
2001
Ariyatha Paiyan
2001 | 78 min
Mumtaz is a village girl whose family is killed in communal riots. She moves to Mumbai with her uncle, the only family member she has left. They are desperately poor and her uncle persuades her to become a bar girl at Chandni Bar. This is merely temporary, he promises, until he gets a job. Mumtaz is a shy girl who loathes the work, but she forces herself to dance and flirt. However, the uncle doesn't keep his promise; he lives on her earnings, drinking them away, and never gets a job. He adds one final, unforgivable crime to the list when he gets drunk and rapes her. By this time she has caught the eye of a gangster called Potiya Sawant. When she tells Potiya what her uncle did to her, Potiya decides to "defend her honor." Potiya shoots the uncle. Mumtaz, bereft of any male protection in the dangerous slums, marries Potiya. She is determined to make the best of things. She leaves the bar and stays home to raise her two children, whom she carefully protects from the world of prostitution and gangs. However, her world unravels again when Potiya is killed. She has to return to the bar to support her children. In the end, she cannot protect them from their sordid surroundings. Her son becomes a killer, her daughter becomes a bar dancer in her turn, and Mumtaz turns to prostitution in a tragic attempt to save her son.
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Subtitles:English, ArabicPriyamaina Sreevaru|
2003
Ariyappedatha Rahasyam|
1981
Rayalaseema Ramanna Chowdary|
2000
Thandikkappatta Niyayangal|
1983
Ziyarat|
2011
Ziyarat
2011 | 109 min
A Muslim orphan is taken in by a Panditji and he grows up , gets married to Maryam and continues to show his gratitude to his caretaker parents and friend-turned sibling Dina Nath and wife Girija. Just when the situation appears idyllic, terrorists strike at the heart of the family. The ageing parents of Dina Nath are killed and both Dina Nath and Girija have to flee the state to save their lives, leaving behind a 6 month old child Posh, whom they believe to be dead. Abdul Qadir witnesses the massacre while coming back home one night and once the terrorists move out of range , he rescues Posh and takes the child to his wife who is only too willing to care for the child with whom she had developed an attachment of sorts. Abdul Qadir, whose only ambition was to go to Haj on a pilgrimage, now abandons that plan and decides to make the search for Dina Nath and Girija his new goal.
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Subtitles:English, Arabic