Mappillai (2011)

Actors: Manisha Koirala (actress), Manobala (actor), Ashish Vidyarthi (actor), Vivek (actor), Madan Bob (actor), Hansika Motwani (actress), Dhanush (actor), Sathyan (actor), Chitti Babu (actor), Sriranjani (actress), Kadhal Thandapani (actor), Thyagu (actor), Balaji (actor), Pattimandram Raja (actor), Cell Murugan (actor),

Genres: Action,

Santhosh Subramaniyam (2008)

Actors: Sayaji Shinde (actor), Devi Sri Prasad (composer), Vijayakumar (actor), Manobala (actor), Prakash Raj (actor), Geetha (actress), Santhanam (actor), M.S. Bhaskar (actor), Genelia D'Souza (actress), Sathyan (actor), Satya Krishnan (actress), Jeyam Ravi (actor), Premgi Amaren (actor), L. Srinath (actor), Nandini (actress),

Genres: Comedy, Family, Romance,
Taglines: Love Makes Life Beautiful

Eklavya (2007)

Actors: Raviranjan Maitra (editor), Boman Irani (actor), Vidhu Vinod Chopra (writer), Vidhu Vinod Chopra (director), Sanjay Dutt (actor), Parikshat Sahni (actor), Jimmy Shergill (actor), Jackie Shroff (actor), Saif Ali Khan (actor), Amitabh Bachchan (actor), Raima Sen (actress), Sharmila Tagore (actress), Mita Vasisht (actress), Vidhu Vinod Chopra (producer), Vidya Balan (actress),

Plot: It has been chronicled in the Geeta that Eklavya wanted to be Sage Dronacharya's disciple in order to excel at bow and arrow shooting, but was refused because of his low caste. He decided to teach himself, and did excel to such an extent that Dronacharya felt threatened that he would beat his ace disciple, Arjun, so he asked Eklavya for his fee - his right thumb, which Eklavya dutifully cut off and presented it to his Guru. Now in modern India, Nishab, whose father was Eklavya, who gave his life trying to protect his master, has now been re-named Eklavya himself, and has been entrusted to guard the lives of Rana Jaywardhan, Ranimaa Suhasinidevi, and their children, Harsh and Nandini, will be called upon to pay the ultimate price, after he learns that his master, the Rana, has been killed. Eklavya, who also carries a dark family secret, slays the two assailants of the Rana, but then in the process also finds out that th! e one who hired them is his very own son. What will prevail - duty or the love of his son?

Keywords: blindfold, bodyguard, camel, character-name-in-title, dharma, duty, fort, gun, helicopter, jump-cut
Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller,
Taglines: The Royal Guard

Quotes:

[Eklavya escapes the King's attack on his life]::Rana Jaywardhan: [screaming in rage] EKLAVYA!

[the Prince walks in on Eklavya holding the Inspector at gunpoint]::Harshwardhan: Give me the gun.

Eklavya: [narrating the epic of Eklavya] Eklavya was a low caste warrior of unsurpassable skills. When Eklavya outclassed the royal princes in the art of archery, the man he had idolized as his mentor, the great guru Dronacharya, asked of him a terrible gift in return for his tutelage: his right thumb. The reason behind this macabre act was simple: Dronacharya did not wish to have his royal pupils be surpassed in archery by a person from the lower caste. Eklavya, confronted by this manifestly unjust demand, did not cringe. Believing that his mentor's command was his dharma and sacred duty, he severed his right thumb and offered it at the feet of his guru.

Eklavya: Then I, the Royal Guard of this fort... and your father... must perform my sacred duty. Prepare to die.::Harshwardhan: My own father here to kill me... what better preparation for death. I'm ready.

Godavari (2006)

Actors: Tanikella Bharani (actor), Martand K. Venkatesh (editor), Lakshmi Venugopal (miscellaneous crew), Sunitha (miscellaneous crew), Gangadhar Panday (actor), Swarna Babu (miscellaneous crew), Neetu Chandra (actress), Sekhar Kammula (director), Sekhar Kammula (writer), Sumanth (actor), Kamalinee Mukherjee (actress), Radhakrishnan K.M. (composer), Raju G.V.G. (producer), Kamal Kamaraju (actor), Anish Kuruvilla (producer),

Plot: Sreeram is a principled chap with an inclination towards politics. With an altruistic attitude he goes out of the way to help others. Seeta is a girl who does not want to confine to home and wants to live independently as an entrepreneur. Sreeram is seriously fascinated by Raji and wants to marry her. But she feels that he is not her kind of guy. Raji's parents settle her marriage with an IPS officer. Seeta meets Sreeram and his relatives on their boat journey from Rajahmundry to Bhadrachalam. The rest of the story is all about how Sreeram and Seeta realize how perfect they are to each other.

Keywords: animated-dog, boat, godavari-river, over-budget, treasure-hunt
Genres: Drama, Romance,

Parineeta (2005)

Actors: Vidhu Vinod Chopra (producer), Vidhu Vinod Chopra (writer), Diya Mirza (actress), Rekha (actress), Amitabh Bachchan (actor), Saratchandra Chatterjee (writer), Gita Dey (actress), Sanjay Dutt (actor), Achyut Potdar (actor), Saif Ali Khan (actor), Haradhan Bannerjee (actor), Biplab Chatterjee (actor), Raima Sen (actress), Rahul Nanda (miscellaneous crew), Rajesh Sharma (actor),

Plot: Circa 1962 in Calcutta, India, live three neighboring families in a upper middle-class area. Gurcharan lives in a palatial home (Haveli) with his wife, and two beautiful daughters, Lolita and Koyal. He is retired,unable to find suitable work and must live off of his savings, ends up mortgaging his house with his neighbor, Navinchandra Roy, and hopes to get his daughters married within his means; there is Charu Sharma, who lives with her brother and sister-in-law, who has a wealthy brother, Girish, who lives in Britain. And finally there are the Roys - Navinchandra, a hard-nosed businessman, who will never undertake anything unless there is a high level of profit for him, his son, Shekhar, who he hopes to groom after himself, and his quiet, devout wife. Navin realizes Gurcharan's plight and offers Lolita a job at his office in order to enable the family to survive. Shekhar and Lolita are attracted to each other, but Navin does not approve of this, as he wants Shekhar to get married to Gayetri Tatya, the daughter of his wealthy business associate. Then chaos descends on these families when Girish returns home, is attracted to Lolita and would like to marry her; Lolita finds out that Navin is bent on recovering his loan by evicting her family to a filthy go-down until they can find other means, and intends to build a five star hotel. Lolita must now act quickly to get her father to return the loan amount to Navin. But how will Gurcharan get 1.50 lakhs in so short a time? It does look like his family is destined to be evicted and face a life of destitution.

Keywords: 1960s, based-on-novel, brick-wall, calcutta-india, childhood-love, critically-acclaimed, india, love, modernized-version, remake
Genres: Drama, Musical, Romance,

Quotes:

Shekhar Rai: Quite a weak business man you are, Dad. Entered into such a loss inducing bargain.::Nabin Roy: [shocked] What?! How much did the bargain settle for?::Shekhar Rai: For free! And still you paid such a heavy price. Becasue you gained the land, yes. But you lost your son in the process.::Nabin Roy: Have you lost your mind! In a few minutes Mr. Lala will be here and-::Shekhar Rai: First will you aks Mr. Lala whether he is willing to give his daughter to a married man?!::Nabin Roy: [Mother and father are both shocked] What!::Shekhar Rai: That's right! I'm already married!::Nabin Roy: To whom?!::Shekhar Rai: Lolita::Rajeshwari: [overjoyed] Really son? When did this happen??::Nabin Roy: Stop it! i don't believe this garbage! Just hand a few bucks to that girl and send her packing from --::Shekhar Rai: [turns around, enraged] Enough, Dad!!! You're talking about my wife and she is not for sale! Everything you say starts and ends with money, doesn't it, Dad?! And the sad thing is that you've turned me into a clone of you! Money, position, fame, I couldn't see past it! And worst of all, because of you I slapped Lolita! I raised a hand on my own wife! [slams his hand down hard on the desk]

Daas (2005)

Actors: Saurabh Shukla (actor), Anthony (editor), Krishna Ghattamaneni (actor), Yuvan Shankar Raja (composer), Vadivelu (actor), Salim Ghouse (actor), Monica Arnold (actress), Nirosha (actress), Jeyam Ravi (actor), Adithya (actor), V. Swaminathan (actor), V. Swaminathan (producer), Shanmugha Rajan (actor), Renuka Menon (actress), K. Muralitharan (producer),

Genres: Romance,

Ammaye Navvithe (2001)

Actors: Jayasudha (actress), Brahmanandam (actor), Sriram L.B. (actor), M.S. Narayana (actor), Ranganath (actor), Ramaprabha (actress), Aahuthi Prasad (actor), Rajendraprasad (actor), Prasad Babu (actor), M.M. Srilekha (composer), Balaji (actor), Murali (editor), Ramaiah (editor), Bhavana (actress), Anand Prasad V. (producer),

Genres: Comedy,

Devi Durga Shakti (2001)

Actors: Meena (actress), Meena (actress), Nizhalgal Ravi (actor), Meena (actress), Senthil (actor), Vinu Chakravarthy (actor), Devayani (actress), S.A. Rajkumar (composer), Ravali (actress), Ramki (actor), Varalakshmi P.R. (actress), Munna Khan (miscellaneous crew), K.R. Vatsala (actress), Pratik Shah (producer), Pughalmani (director),

Plot: Young and beautiful Rajeshwari is the priestess of Devi Maa Durga's temple in a small village in Southern India. She is well-known and respected by everyone in the region, including Mohan Dholakia, who plays the drum, and is treated as her brother. She is blessed by Devi Maa and can walk n bed of nails without coming to any harm while the villagers all take turns to feed Rajeshwari and Mohan. Every night she journeys with a fire-lit torch to light up a small temple of Nagraj. During one of her journeys, she meets with the new Forest Officer Shankar and both fall in love. Mohan wants them to get married and accordingly a date on the 15th of the month is fixed for the marriage. Unfortunately, the 15th is the day that Devi Maa Durga assumes the form of Devi Maa Kali to slay demons and sinners. Shortly thereafter, Rajeshwari's body is found, torn apart by a tiger. When Mohan goes to light her funeral pyre, the body appears to come alive, and Mohan is told that Rajeshwari's soul is unhappy and not at peace. The villagers fear going near the temple, as word spreads that the Devi Maa has killed one of her closest devotees. Fearing they will suffer the same fate, residents start to move out of the village, and the temple is shut down. Amidst this fear and chaos, a warlock named Kalicharan is ready to assume the shape of a fearsome demon to locate the gold and jewelery that are buried near the temple. The question does remain, did Devi Maa Durga, the Protector, really kill her devotee?

Genres: Fantasy,

Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii (2000)

Actors: Jeetendra (actor), Ekta Kapoor (producer), Mohnish Bahl (actor), Aruna Irani (actress), Mita Vasisht (actress), Roopali Ganguly (actress), Rocky Verma (actor), Neelam Mehra (actress), Tusshar Kapoor (actor), Shobha Kapoor (producer), Ali Asghar (actor), Sampurn Anand (writer), Rajeshwari Sachdev (actress), Tisca Chopra (actress), Anup Soni (actor),

Genres: ,

Rajeshwari Kalyanam (1993)

Actors: Brahmanandam (actor), Gummadi (actor), Meena (actress), Vanisri (actress), M.M. Keeravani (composer), Akkineni Nageshwara Rao (actor), Jayachitra (actress), Suresh (actor), Kranthi Kumar (director), Atluri Pundarikakshaiah (actor),

Genres: Drama,