- published: 11 Nov 2014
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Mohini (Devnagari:मोहिनी, Mohinī) is the only female avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu. She is portrayed as a femme fatale, an enchantress, who maddens lovers, sometimes leading them to their doom. Mohini is introduced into the Hindu mythology in the narrative epic of the Mahabharata. Here, she appears as a form of Vishnu, acquires the pot of Amrita (an elixir of immortality) from thieving asuras (demons), and gives it back to the devas (gods), helping them retain their immortality.
Many different legends tell of her various exploits and marriages, including union with Shiva. These tales relate, among other things, the birth of the god Shasta and the destruction of Bhasmasura, the ash-demon. Mohini's main modus operandi is to trick or beguile those she encounters. She is worshipped throughout Indian culture, but mainly in Western India, where temples are devoted to her depicted as Mahalasa, the consort of Khandoba, a regional avatar of Shiva.
The name Mohini comes from the verb root moha, meaning "to enchant, perplex, or disillusion," and literally means "delusion personified." In the Baiga culture of Central India, the word mohini means "erotic magic or spell." The name also has an implied connotation of "the essence of female beauty and allurement."
Actors: Ali (actor), Mohan Babu (actor), Brahmaji (actor), Brahmanandam (actor), Venu Madhav (actor), M.S. Narayana (actor), Aahuthi Prasad (actor), Srihari (actor), Dharmavarapu Subramanyam (actor), D. Rama Naidu (producer), Satyanand (writer), Koti (composer), B.A. Raju (miscellaneous crew), Sivaji (actor), Krishna Reddy (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Basu Chatterjee (director), Mahesh Bhatt (producer), Satish Kaushik (actor), Mushtaq Khan (actor), Shah Rukh Khan (actor), Anupam Kher (actor), Basu Chatterjee (writer), Basu Chatterjee (writer), Oscar Unger (miscellaneous crew), Bappi Lahiri (composer), Nimesh Bhatt (miscellaneous crew), Amit Khanna (producer), Deb Mukherjee (actor), Jugal Hansraj (actor), Naresh Suri (actor),
Plot: Naive and easily influenced Ajay Prasad has been married for several years, and lives in remote India with his wife and a son. The family receive an invitation to attend a wedding in Bombay. As Mrs. Prasad and their son are unable to attend, Ajay is asked to attend on his own, which he agrees to do so. Upon arrival in Bombay, he is met at the airport by Ravindranath, who welcomes him, and drives him to his apartment, located in a good upper class locality. Ajay finds out that his next door neighbor is a single woman, who acts in commercials and short advertisements. Ajay decides to indulge in an affair with her, with hilarious results.
Keywords: leg, party, teaseActors: K.P.A.C. Lalitha (actress), Dilip (actor), Indrans (actor), Janardanan (actor), Jayaram (actor), Madhupal (actor), Narayanan Nair (actor), Baburaj (actor), Vazhoor Jose (miscellaneous crew), G. Murali (editor), S.P. Venkatesh (composer), Zeenath (actress), Abraham Lincoln (miscellaneous crew), Rajasenan (director), Rajasenan (writer),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance,Actors: Augustine (actor), Baiju (actor), Innocent (actor), Janardanan (actor), Sainuddin (actor), Jagathi Sreekumar (actor), Sudheesh (actor), Kalpana (actress), K.P.A.C. Lalitha (actress), G. Murali (editor), Beena Antony (actress), Ali Akbar (director), Ali Akbar (writer), Anila (actress), Alphonsa (actress),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Pramod Moutho (actor), Anu Malik (composer), Rakesh Bedi (actor), Mohan Joshi (actor), Archana Puran Singh (actress), Ishrat Ali (actor), Shafi Inamdar (actor), Naseeruddin Shah (actor), Sunil Shetty (actor), Tiku Talsania (actor), Ajit Vachani (actor), Sudhir Dalvi (actor), Kunika (actress), Farah Khan (miscellaneous crew), Himani Shivpuri (actress),
Plot: Ravi Malhotra and Mohini are in love and are to get married. After the engagement ceremony, the marriage is scheduled to take place in 4 days time during which Ravi and Mohini must stay apart. On the day of the wedding, Mohini and her family are informed that Ravi has been hospitalized, critically injured when he was shot by Police Inspector D'Costa in an encounter. They are also informed that Ravi has been charged with possession of drugs. After Ravi recovers, he is tried in Court and sentenced to 4 years in prison. Mohini believes that Ravi is innocent, and decides to wait until he completely his sentence and then marry him. Appalled at the way he was treated by the police and law, Ravi studies law in prison, and finds out that there are several other inmates who would like to get their hands on Inspector D'Costa. In the meantime, D'Costa is attracted to Mohini and gets friendly with her. Due to his good conduct, Ravi is discharged after 2 1/2 years and is now a qualified lawyer. Shortly thereafter Mohini and Ravi get married. This does not discourage D'Costa as he still lusts after Mohini. Mohini complains about him to DCP Mishra. Shortly thereafter DCP Mishra is shot dead in an encounter with terrorists, who were holding some children as hostage. With several years of meritorious service, five medals, it is very likely that the next DCP will be D'Costa, and if that happens Ravi and Mohini can rest assured that he will turn their lives into virtual hell - and there will be no one they can turn to for help.
Keywords: arrest, attack, ball, challenge, child-hostage, corrupt-police, getting-even, gun, handcuffs, jailActors: Amitabh Bachchan (actor), Vikas Anand (actor), Jeevan (actor), Goga Kapoor (actor), Satyendra Kapoor (actor), Amjad Khan (actor), Viju Khote (actor), Shreeram Lagoo (actor), Mukri (actor), Suresh Oberoi (actor), Yunus Parvez (actor), Om Prakash (actor), Ranjeet (actor), Ram P. Sethi (actor), Hari Shivdasani (actor),
Plot: Left in the care of an alcoholic Gangu Ganpat (Shreeram Lagoo), young Heera, who named himself after a stray dog, wrestles with life in his young age. Years later, now a young man (Amitabh Bachchan), he works for Mahendar Singh (Ranjeet) and is in love with Mohini (Zeenat Aman), who will not have anything to do with him due to his lack of ancestry. Heera is now determined to find out who his parents are, and the only one who can help him is the elusive, alcohol-induced and incoherent Gangu Ganpat.
Keywords: playing-footsieActors: Agha (actor), Mohan Choti (actor), Shammi Kapoor (actor), Shashi Kapoor (actor), Nazir Kashmiri (actor), Pradeep Kumar (actor), Sunder (actor), Geeta Bali (actress), Dulari (actress), Tun Tun (actress), Vijayalaxmi (actress), Kedar Kapoor (director), Dattaram Wadkar (composer), Amar Chhaya (producer),
Plot: Mohan and Mohini are in love with each other, and would like to get married. Mohini's dad owes considerable money to Saigal, and is unable to repay this amount, even in instalments. Saigal proposes to Mohini to marry him, and he will forgive this loan, and the subsequent humiliation. Mohini asks Mohan to try and make arrangements for this amount, and Mohan agrees to do so. He sells all his possessions, and is able to accumulate enough to meet this loan amount. However, when he takes the money to Mohini, he finds out that she is in the process of getting married to Saigal, and will have nothing to do with him.
Genres: Romance,Actors: Atif Yilmaz (director), Selahattin Içsel (actor), Cevat Kurtulus (actor), Asim Nipton (actor), Baki Tamer (actor), Erol Tas (actor), Vahi Öz (actor), Turgut Özatay (actor), Mahmure Handan (actress), Hürrem Erman (producer), Halit Refig (writer), Atif Yilmaz (writer), Osman Alyanak (actor), Orhan Kemal (writer), Atilla Engin (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Madhubala (actress), Sachin Dev Burman (composer), Raj Kapoor (actor), Badri Prasad (actor), Mohan Sinha (writer), Mohan Sinha (director), Altaf (actor), Shyam Sunder (actor), Munshi Khanjar (writer), Munshi Khanjar (actor), Munshi Khanjar (writer), Y.N. Joshi (writer), Y.N. Joshi (writer), Manohar Prabhu (editor), S.J. Kumar (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Romance,Actors: Nanubhai B. Desai (writer), Nanubhai B. Desai (director), Fatma Begum (actress), Mohanlala (actor), Nirbhayshankar Thakkar (writer),
Plot: Millionarie Ratanlal (Mohanlala) is an old man without an heir. He marries the rich, Western-educated Mohini. He has two managers, the sincere and faithful Dhairyadhar and the Anglicised crook Manhar. Mohini, bored with her marriage, falls in love with Manhar who embezzles Rs. 50,000 from Ratanlal's office and frames Dhairyadhar for the crime, who is imprisoned. Mohini's affair with Manhar develops and they decide to eliminate old man Ratanlal...
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