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Lakshmi Narayan (born Lakshmi Yaragudipati on 13 December 1952) is an Indian National Film Award winning actress known for her works in South Indian Cinema. Lakshmi has acted in more than 300 films in all south Indian languages apart from few in Bollywood. She has won a Filmfare Best Actress Award and eight Filmfare Awards South.
Lakshmi was born to Yaragudipati Varada Rao, originally from Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, who was a Telugu filmmaker and actor whose films dealt with important social issues. Her mother Kumari Rukhmani was a Tamil actress, whose mother Nungambakkam Janaki was also an actress. They eased her into films, making her a third-generation film actress.
Lakshmi was fifteen when she started acting in films. Her first film was Jeevanamsam, a Tamil film released in 1968. The same year she entered Telugu cinema through Bandhavyalu. She became well-known among the North-Indian audience through the film Julie (1975) in which she played the title role. Her performance in the film earned her a Filmfare Best Actress Award.
Actors: Sam Cardon (composer), Jaswant Dev Shrestha (producer), Shaun Lucas (actor), Mike Parish (actor), Vinzenz Kiefer (actor), Santi Scinelli (actor), Jon Wennington (actor), June Smith (actress), Rachel Hurd-Wood (actress), Gunner Wright (actor), Craig Izzard (actor), Rick McFarland (writer), Rick McFarland (director), Sophie McShera (actress), Raj Ballav Koirala (actor),
Plot: When Laxmi, headmistress of a small orphanage in Nepal, is visited by a rich socialite attempting to fix her image through charitable acts, a chain of events is set in motion that affects everyone involved. Ajit, the western-savvy bush pilot, Colt, the American photojournalist and chaperone, and even Elizabeth, the spoiled British heiress, all discover their own reasons to ultimately change for the better.
Keywords: place-name-in-title, three-word-title, village-name-in-titleActors: Ram Gopal Varma (producer), Zakir Hussain (actor), Jeeva (actor), Sudeep (actor), Ram Gopal Varma (producer), Ganesh Yadav (actor), Ashwini Khalsekar (actress), Sachin Suresh Gurav (miscellaneous crew), Neeru Bajwa (actress), Nitin Narendra Sethi Jain (miscellaneous crew), Vijay Vinayak Joshi (producer), Amruta Khanvilkar (actress), Vinoo Choliparambil (editor), Dharam Bhatt (composer), Ahsaas Channa (actress),
Plot: Phoonk 1 ends with the killing of Madhu, the woman who casts a black magic spell on Rajiv's daughter Raksha. Phoonk 2 begins with Madhu's ghost returning from the grave to seek revenge on the family. On bagging a new construction project, Rajiv moves with his family to a new place. Raksha and Rohan begin exploring the new place and the surroundings- the lonely beach and then the woods behind the house. The terror begins with Raksha and Rohan finding a doll in the woods and then it progresses to a series of highly traumatising experiences for the whole family. Manja, the only man whom Rajiv could turn to, meets a gruesome death at the hands of the black magic woman Madhu's ghost, who has risen from the grave to avenge her own death... to seek vengeance on Rajiv, by torturing his loved ones- his wife Arati and their children, Raksha and Rohan in unimaginably cruel ways. Phoonk 2 captures the fear of a family caught hostage to a murderous, animalistic spirit seeking revenge by brutally terrorizing them. We experience a fear far larger than that of a live evil than when the dead returns to haunt you. It is the fear where every escape route of yours becomes dangerously anticipated and cunningly laid out in front of you. It is the fear that extends to letting go of one loved one to save another. Where every situation takes a sinister turn for the worse, methodically murdering everyone's hope to live. Terrorized by the demonic force, will Rajiv give in to the ghost or will he betray his family and give up? Will the family survive as the gruesome and repulsing murders are committed, or do the disfigured bodies, visions, ghostly voices, and unsettling, disturbing incidents drive them to death? Will the ghost live with them till they become ghosts themselves? The choice that Rajiv has to make in the final moments of the film forms a very unsettling and a highly disturbing climax.
Keywords: black-magic, child-in-peril, possession, sequel, supernaturalActors: Ram Gopal Varma (director), Zakir Hussain (actor), Sudeep (actor), Ganesh Yadav (actor), Lillete Dubey (actress), K.K. Raina (actor), Kishore Kadam (actor), Ashwini Khalsekar (actress), Sachin Suresh Gurav (miscellaneous crew), Nipun Gupta (editor), Shankar Sachdev (actor), Amit Parmar (editor), Bharat Kaul (actor), Tutul (composer), Amruta Khanvilkar (actress),
Plot: Wealthy Mumbai-based Rajiv while carrying out excavation comes across an ancient statute of Bhagwan Shri Ganpati. His workers request him to build a small temple, but he refuses although his family, including his mother and wife, Arati, & maid, Laxmi, worship a variety of Hindu Deities including Satyanarayan Devji and Bhagwan Shri Hanuman. When Rajiv finds that two of his associates, Anshuman and Madhu, have embezzled money, he humiliates and fires them on the spot. Madhu decides to avenge this humiliation by putting Rajiv's daughter, Raksha, under a black magic spell. The family calls in Dr. Pandey - who does not find anything physically wrong with her but hastily changes his mind after re-examining her at their residence, and calls in Psychiatrist Seema Walke. Arati and her mother-in-law are convinced that Raksha is possessed and call in a Tantri, but Rajiv decides to admit her in a hospital under the care of the aforementioned doctors. He will soon regret this decision after a series of accidents at his building site, and be compelled to seek the assistance of an exorcist when he finds Raksha's life threatened by inexplicable forces.
Keywords: black-magic, child-in-peril, levitation, one-word-title, possession, supernaturalActors: Steven C. Beer (miscellaneous crew), Murli Sharma (actor), Larry Meistrich (producer), Parvin Dabas (actor), Parvin Dabas (actor), Glenn Fitzgerald (actor), Dana Offenbach (producer), Emily Hamilton (actress), Emily Hamilton (actress), Denzil Smith (actor), Rajeev Acharya (miscellaneous crew), Rajesh Balwani (actor), Bakul Thakker (actor), Imtiaz Amir (miscellaneous crew), S.M. Ferozeuddin Alameer (producer),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Telangana Sakuntala (actress), Jagapathi Babu (actor), Brahmanandam (actor), Srinivasa Rao Kota (actor), Rajendraprasad (actor), Kovai Sarala (actress), Ali (actor), Urvashi (actor), Koti (composer), Sivaji (actor), Surya (actor), Raasi (actress), Ramana Chintapally (writer), Sanghavi (actress), Muppalaneni Siva (director),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Anil Nagrath (actor), Reema Lagoo (actress), Vikas Anand (actor), Saif Ali Khan (actor), Akshay Kumar (actor), Aruna Irani (actress), Laxmikant Berde (actor), Yunus Parvez (actor), Amrish Puri (actor), Paresh Rawal (actor), Mukesh Rishi (actor), Tej Sapru (actor), Madhuri Dixit (actress), Mohan Joshi (actor), Anu Malik (composer),
Plot: Dayashankar (Amrish Puri) is a wealthy NRI living in London. His daughter Pooja (Madhuri Dixit) is the apple of his eye and his life revolves around her and his wife Parvati (Reema Lagoo). Dayashankar also takes care of his deceased friends son Aman (Saif Ali Khan). Amar and Pooja have grown with each other and he has developed a love for her. Studying in Edinburgh, he is overjoyed when he is called to come stay with the family in London. He eagerly prepares for his meeting with Pooja and plans to ask her father for her hand in marriage. However Pooja has fallen in love with Vijay Khanna (Akshay Kumar) who is a pilot. Her father is bitterly opposed with their intention of marriage as he has already promised Aman that he will marry Pooja. After some convincing from Aman and Parvati, Dayashankar succumbs to his daughter's wishes. Aman is heartbroken but puts on a brave face at the engagement. However tragedy strikes when Vijay is killed while piloting a plane. Pooja goes into depression and finds out she is pregnant with Vijay's child. Her father convinces her to marry Aman who accepts her. She begins to love Aman and soon forgets about Vijay. Meanwhile it turns out Vijay is still alive and has come to London to find Pooja. It also turns out that the accident was planned by her father.In the end, Aman dies and it is then understood Vijay and Pooja live happily with their son.
Genres: Action, Drama, Musical, Romance,Actors: Shravan Rathod (composer), Madhuri Dixit (actress), Anjana Mumtaz (actress), Sanjay Dutt (actor), Sanjay Dutt (actor), Vikas Anand (actor), Laxmikant Berde (actor), Reema Lagoo (actress), Kader Khan (actor), Salman Khan (actor), Yunus Parvez (actor), Tej Sapru (actor), Raju Shrestha (actor), Dinesh Hingoo (actor), Nadeem Saifi (composer),
Plot: Aman (Sanjay Dutt) is a poor, handicapped orphan who is befriended by wealthy Akash Verma (Salman Khan) during his childhood. Akash's parents adopt him and give him their family name, and Akash and Aman grow up as brothers. While Akash is a womanizer, Aman takes to writing poems under the pen name Sagar. The poems get published, and Aman becomes very popular. One of his fans is a young woman by the name of Pooja Saxena (Madhuri Dixit), who corresponds with Sagar. Akash meets Pooja and falls head over heels in love with her. When Aman comes to know this, he asks Akash to pose as Sagar, which he does, and Pooja and Akash fall in love with each other. A heartbroken Aman looks on, as he knows that although women may like his poetry, they will never come out openly and love him when they see his handicap. At the end, Akash discovers that Aman is actually Sagar and loves Pooja, so he decides to sacrifice his love for Aman.
Keywords: architect, beating, church, cripple, disco, engagement, girlfriend, locket, love, officeActors: Jagdish Raj (actor), Om Prakash (actor), Amitabh Bachchan (actor), Vikas Anand (actor), Bhola (actor), Yunus Parvez (actor), T.P. Jain (actor), Goga Kapoor (actor), Shashi Kapoor (actor), Shashi Kapoor (actor), Kader Khan (actor), Kirti Kumar (actor), Shreeram Lagoo (actor), Jagdeep (actor), Sajjan (actor),
Plot: Vijay and Sunil are tough but kind-hearted burglars who end up at the same place same time on every nightly venture. As a result they get caught and imprisoned. They hate each other for it. On release Vijay finds out about a plot to kidnap a millionaire's (Seth Mathur) son (Bittu) by a underworld boss popularly known as 'Uncle' who calls all his henchmen 'Bhatijas' (nephew). Vijay decides to try it himself. Uncle has a old enemity with the Seth. Due to repeated attempts to kidnap his son, Seth provides elaborate security for Bittu all the time. On advice of a school teacher, he gets his son admitted at a nearby boarding school. Vijay procures fake certificates and joins the boarding school as P.T. Instructor Ram. Meanwhile Sunil gets released from Jail and gets adviced by Uncle to join the boarding school as Music Teacher Lakshman. The rest of the movie is about how Ram and Lakshman try to out-do each other to kidnap the little boy. Ram gets involved with Principal's daughter Anju and Lakshman gets involved with a fellow-teacher Shalu. All hell breaks loose when Anju and Shalu discover their true identity. Now they want them to set the right the wrong. How will Uncle take this? Will the ex-burglar turn into nice guys? How do they stop Uncle from executing his dirty scheme?
Keywords: ambulance, animated-title-sequence, boarding-school, boy, burglar, cave, child-kidnapping, children, crisis-of-conscience, drunkennessActors: Tun Tun (actress), Hema Malini (actress), Shabnam (actress), Padmini (actress), David Abraham (actor), Maruti Rao (actor), Bindu (actress), Kishore Kumar (actor), Birbal (actor), Parikshat Sahni (actor), Manmohan (actor), Babu (actor), Om Prakash (actor), Jagdeep (actor), Inder Raj Anand (writer),
Plot: Beautiful Radha lives in a small hill-station in India. One day, Mahesh comes for sight-seeing, both meet, fall in love with each other, get intimate, and Mahesh promises to return, marry her and take her with him to live in Bombay. He does not return, Radha continues to search for him in every train that stops at Shampur, in vain. She eventually gives birth to a baby girl, Laxmi, and both are looked after by Shampur's kind-hearted Station Master. Radha does come across Mahesh, but he refuses to recognize her, and she kills herself. The Station Master takes Laxmi to her next of kin, in all two families, but all reject Laxmi, consider her inauspicious, and will have nothing to do with her. He leaves Laxmi with her maternal grand-parent, Bhagwanti and her husband, but Laxmi is abused and she runs away to Bombay, where she is befriended and looked after by a blind beggar, Anwar. One day Laxmi and Anwar find that they have won a lottery worth 2.5 lakh rupees, are delighted, and look forward to the positive change in their lives. Laxmi is happy as she feels that she will be able to find her parents with her new-found wealth. Then all of Laxmi's relatives descend on them, their neighbors show their greed by severely beating up Anwar, and Laxmi runs away, followed closely by people with only one motive - steal the lottery ticket from her. Laxmi seeks the help of the police, and Inspector James is asked to look after her. Then a man claiming to be her father comes to take possession of her, but Laxmi remembers him as the man who had refused to recognize Radha and refuses to go with him. Subsequently, Mahesh returns with Radha, much to Laxmi's delight - which only turns to sorrow and heartbreak when she finds out that it is not Radha but a prostitute by the name of Girja - who is assisting Mahesh to get the lottery ticket. Looks like Laxmi is headed for heartbreak upon heartbreak, and may not find the happiness that she is looking for.
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Family,Actors: Trilok Kapoor (actor), D.K. Sapru (actor), Nirupa Roy (actress), Bipin Gupta (actor), Jankidas (actor), Jagdish Kanwal (actor), Yashodra Katju (actress), Moni Chatterjee (actor), Avinash Vyas (composer), Kanchanamala (actress), Babu Raje (actor), Roopmala (actress), Bhim (actor), Raman B. Desai (director), Maya Dass (actress),
Genres: Musical,