Shilpa

Anadha Shilpangal|
1971

Mrityudand|
1997
Mrityudand
1997 | 154 min
It is set in the fictional village of Bilaspur, Bihar in 1996. The movie starts with the grisly portrayal of a mob killing of two defenceless women, orchestrated by vested interests, and how village power players later evade administrative inquiries into this atrocity. This incident sets the tone for much of the rest of the movie. The central characters are a young couple, Vinay (Ayub Khan) and Ketki (Madhuri Dixit). They are quickly plunged into the midst of machinations by several powerful and unscrupulous villagers. Foremost among them is contractor Tirpat Singh (Mohan Joshi), a powerful, corrupt and ruthless man who oppresses poor people and especially women with impunity. Vinay too becomes influenced by Tirpat, and under this influence spirals down a dark road of domestic abuse, alcoholism, and selfishness that alienates his loving wife and tears apart the whole family, despite her best efforts to fight this. The rest of the movie deals with their efforts to break out of this morass, both within their relationship as well as outside of it, and Vinay's and especially Ketki's long, hard, and bloody struggle to confront and defeat the forces of oppression and male domination in the village.
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Aanavakkari|
2013

Sarvabhouma|
2004

Jeet Hamaari|
1983

Nyay Anyay|
1990
Nyay Anyay
1990 | 155 min
Ravi Khanna has worked hard to be where he is now - a Judge in Bombay High Court. He falls in love with beautiful lawyer Rama, and marries her. His brother, Sumit, is a college student, who has always excelled in sports and studies. Sumit is in love with Anshu, the only daughter of Diwan Pratap Singh, an alliance that is suitable both for the Khannas and the Diwan, and preparations are on for their marriage. Then one day Anshu goes missing. A lengthy search leads to the discovery of her battered and bruised body. Diwan and Sumit are devastated by her death. Anshu's death is followed by the brutal death of five more college students. Police Inspector Khan's investigation leads him to conclude that Sumit Khanna has committed these murders, and he arrests Sumit. But Sumit is quite nonchalant about his arrest, as he knows that the matter is to be tried in his brother's court, and that the lawyer defending him is none other than his bhabhi (sister-in-law) Rama.
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Rajdhani Express|
2013
Rajdhani Express
2013 | 125 min
Rajdhani Express is the story of Keshav, an errand boy for an arms trafficker. On one such errand, Keshav steals the weapons and books a ticket on the Rajdhani Express from Delhi to Mumbai in order to escape. However, his fate follows him through his escape onto the train in the form of Yadav, the DY Commissioner of ATS. While trying to apprehend Keshav, Yadav manages to extract political mileage from the situation by weaving a web, endangering not only Keshav's, but also his co-passengers' lives. However, the Commissioner has an ulterior motive to get even with his boss, the Minister of Home, whose parents also happen to be on the train. Distanced, ridiculed and humiliated, he reacts by pointing his gun at them. All hell breaks loose. Can Keshav escape this trap? If so, how?
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Shilalipi|
1984
Shilalipi
1984 | 110 min
Shilalipi is the story of human relationships, human values and the meaning of human life. A poor widow from a decent family comes to Naren s house to take care of his house and father. Her son Raju becomes close to Naren s blind father Kamal Sen. Naren rapes the widow in an inebriated state and she is forced to commit suicide because of this disgrace. She leaves behind a letter with Kamal for Raju. Kamal gives the letter to Raju when he grows up. He is enraged to read about his mother s disgrace and when he questions Naren he dies of heart attack. Raju is shattered and holds himself responsible for Naren s death. Kamal tells him to start his life afresh. He marries and settles down. After living for few years peacefully he gets involved in a political tiff with Madhu Gupta and elderly man who had given him shelter and introduced him into politics. Madhu hires a young prostitute to trap Raju so that he withdraws his name from the election. Raju s young son falls for the girl and wants to settle down with her. Raju is shattered but then he realizes that nothing can be above human values. So, he leaves his political aspirations behind to live happily with his family.
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