Srikant
Miss Leelavathi|
1965
Miss Leelavathi
1965 | 162 min
This socially relevant movie explores the darkness of female sexuality on the screen. The lead protagonist Leelavathi (Jayanthi) is shown as a bold girl to a doting father (K. S. Ashwath) who is completely outright in wearing revealing attires and expressing her views about the pre-marital sexual acts. She also comes under many experimental circumstances in her life which makes the rest of the world highly critical about her. She is shown to finally succumb to the moral trappings of the time and her father is also ridiculed for being bringing her up more liberally.
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Subtitles:English, ArabicChinnodu|
2006
Chinnodu
2006 | 150 min
Chinna (Sumanth) is born in jail to a mother who dies during childbirth. The Jailer (Chandra Mohan) feels sorry for Chinna and adopts him. He brings up Chinna along with his son, Sanjay (Rajiv Kanakala) and daughter. However the jailer's father hates Chinna since he was born to a prisoner. In a dramatic situation, Chinna kills the Jailer s brother and is put in jail. Upon release, the jailer and his family tell Chinna to stay away from them. So Chinna moves into a rough neighborhood that happens to be under the control of the local mafia there. He overpowers the mafia there eventually and becomes a protector for the people there. A clerk in the commissioner s office (Charmy) enters as a co-tenant in Chinna's house. Love sprouts between them. However, she mistakenly assumes that Chinna is a soft natured guy. She's unaware of his reputation in that locality nor of his murderous past. Their relationship breaks when she finally discovers the truth about Chinna. How do they get back together? Why did Chinna kill the jailer s brother? Will Chinna become a part of the jailer s family again? All these questions are answered towards the end when the shocking truth is revealed by the Jailer's wife because she accidentally killed her brother-in-law in self-defense.
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Subtitles:English, ArabicKasturi Vijaya|
1975
Srimanthudu - Telugu|
2015
Srimanthudu - Telugu
2015 | 159 min
Mahesh Babu plays Harsha Vardhana, a scion of a huge business empire. His lady love, Charusheela is played by Shruti Haasan, an idealistic country girl who wants to change the face of her village. Initially, Charu does not know that Harsha is a rich man leading to heartbreak and mistrust when the truth finally comes out. Transformed by the ideals of Charu, Harsha travels to her village to bring about change. Unknowingly, Harsha completes a circle of life by embracing the village and adopting it, as it is the same village that his industrialist father started out from but never returned. Harsha's journey of change and development is made almost impossible with greedy politicians, henchmen and his own father's terrible tragedy. Would Harsha be able to change things for the better, bridge the gap with his father and find love with Charu again?
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Subtitles:English, Chinese, ArabicTilak|
2006