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Papadopoulos & Sons (2012)

Actors: Elizabeth West (miscellaneous crew), Stephen Dillane (actor), Stephen Warbeck (composer), Georges Corraface (actor), Richard Durden (actor), Selina Cadell (actress), Ed Stoppard (actor), Nuala Alen-Buckley (miscellaneous crew), Jack Murphy (miscellaneous crew), Cosima Shaw (actress), Paul Herzberg (actor), Georgia Groome (actress), Jimmy Roussounis (actor), George Potts (actor), Darin McLeod (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: Self-made businessman Harry Papadopoulos has got it all; a mansion house; awards and a super rich lifestyle. However, on the eve of a property deal of a lifetime, a financial crisis hits and the banks call in their huge loans. Harry and his family lose everything in an instant. Everything, except the dormant and forgotten Three Brothers Fish & Chip Shop half owned by Harry's larger than life brother Spiros who's been estranged from the family for years. With no alternative, Harry and his family, plant enthusiast James; fashion victim Katie; nerdy Theo and their loyal nanny Mrs. Parrington, are forced to pack their bags, leave their millionaire lifestyle and join 'Uncle Spiros' to live above the neglected Three Brothers chippie. Together they set about bringing the chip shop back to life under the suspicious gaze of the their old rival, Hassan, from the neighbouring Turkish kebab shop whose son has his own eyes on Katie. Each family member must come to terms with their new life in their own way and make the most of their reduced circumstances. Harry struggles with the banks to regain his lost business empire, but as the chip shop comes to life and old memories are stirred Harry and his family gradually discover that only when you lose everything are you free to discover it all.

Genres: Comedy, Drama,
Taglines: Success is the joy you feel! Only when you lose everything, do you find it all.

Little Lotto (2010)

Actors: Mark Tapio Kines (writer), Brian McLaughlin (editor), Brian McLaughlin (producer), Brian McLaughlin (writer), Brian McLaughlin (director), Martin Shannon (actor), Conor Holness (editor), Prashanth Venkataramanujam (actor), John Shave (actor), John Shave (producer), John Shave (writer), Doris Wenzel (actress), Tyler Szatek (actor), Sully Shave (actor), Dana Kuhman (producer),

Genres: Drama, Family, Short,

The Rising: Ballad of Mangal Pandey (2005)

Actors: A. Sreekar Prasad (editor), Laurens C. Postma (producer), Murli Sharma (actor), A.R. Rahman (composer), Rani Mukerji (actress), Varsha Usgaonkar (actress), Anupam Shyam (actor), Shahbaaz Khan (actor), Aamir Khan (actor), Mukesh Tiwari (actor), Kenneth Cranham (actor), Om Puri (actor), Tom Alter (actor), Raju Khan (miscellaneous crew), Nabeel Abbas (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: 1857 AD. The entire Indian sub continent is ruled by a company. The British East India Company. The most successful business enterprise in history. The company has its own laws, its own administration, its own army. It controls the destiny of one fifth of humanity. Mangal Pandey - The Rising is an epic tale of friendship, betrayal, love and sacrifice set against the backdrop of what the British called the sepoy mutiny but which for the Indians was the First War of Independence. 'Company Raj' as it was known, had been plundering the country, treating the locals unjustly and causing widespread resentment. After a hundred years of subjugation, the Indian consciousness is rising through the revolutionary prospect of change and self-rule. During a fierce battle in one of the Afgan wars that the Company fought in the mid-century, Mangal Pandey, the heroic sepoy, saves the life of his British commanding officer William Gordon. Gordon is indebted to Mangal and a strong friendship develops between them, transcending consideration of rank and race. The friendship is soon challenged by the introduction of a new rifle called the Enfield . The new rifle has come with a new cartridge which is rumored to be coated with the grease of cow and pig fat. The new cartridge has to be bitten before it is loaded, which ignites anger and resentment among the Indian sepoys. The cow is sacred to the Hindus, the pig forbidden to the Muslims. They will not touch such a kartoos (gun cartridge), it would defile them. Set in one of the most beautiful countries on earth, told across the divides of time, Mangal Pandey - The Rising tells the tale of friends, lovers and enemies, exploiters and exploited, and the growth and awareness of a man and a nation. It is a story of one man and his dream of freedom. This sweeping epic is based on real historical events, seen as a trigger for Indian independence

Keywords: 1800s, 1850s, bare-chested-male, bare-chested-male-bondage, beating, bengal, betrayal, bhang, blood, breast-feeding
Genres: Biography, Drama, History, War,
Taglines: Legend of Mangal Pandey You can kill a man, but not his dreams An epic tale of friendship, love, loss and betrayal India, 1857. One man rises against the Empire... This August discover the birth of India's independence

Quotes:

Hewson: Say you are a black dog!::Mangal Pandey: You are a Black Dog!

[Pandey marches in front of a cannon. The soldiers loading it look at him in shock]::Mangal Pandey: Fire!

Mangal Pandey: I am Hindustan.

Jwala: My name is Jwala...

Captain William Gordon: If you kill this man, Mangal Pandey, it will lead to the fall of this company!

Mangal Pandey: You have tasted a black man's loyalty - now taste his *fury*!

Mangal Pandey: What is "company"?::Captain William Gordon: In your Ramayana there was one villain "Ravana" who had ten heads, company has a hundred heads and they're all joined by the glue of greed.

Mangal Pandey: Halla Bol!

Mehndi (2003)

Actors: Humayun Saeed (actor), Abid Ali (actor), Javed Fazil (director), Adnan Siddiqui (actor), Aijaz Aslam (actor), Qazi Wajid (actor), Jahanara Hai (actress), Fiza Ali (actress), Seema Ghazal (writer), Ayesha Khan (actress), Aminah Haq (actress), Kamran Jillani (actor), Amna Hussain (actress),

Plot: Abid Ali and Jahanara Hai have four daughters, Malaika (Amna Hussain), Sajjal (Ayesha Khan), Alishba (Aminah Haq) and Laiba (Fiza Ali), who are all getting married on the same day. Three of them, Malaika, Sajjal and Laiba have chosen their own partners while Alishba's wedding is an arranged one, to her father's friend (Qazi Wajid's) son Rameez (Aijaz Aslam). They get married and then each has to face their own difficulties, in marriage. Malaika's husband, Adnan Siddiqui, is a financially weak person and wants Malaika's father to set him up financially. His demands start from the very beginning, creating problems for Malaika. Rameez was in love with another girl Ramsha and was forced by his parents, Qazi Wajid and Ayesha Khan, to marry Alishba. He marries her and then leaves the house on his wedding night. Both Laiba and her husband Ayaad (Kamran Jillani) are very childish in their attitude and start fighting from the first day. Sajjal, who gets married to her cousin Shahzaib (Humayun Saeed) is the only one without any difficulties in marriage, or will she have some problems too.

Keywords: tv-mini-series
Genres: Drama,
Taglines: the color of emotions

Loha (1987)

Actors: Amrish Puri (actor), Yunus Parvez (actor), Dharmendra (actor), Vikas Anand (actor), Goga Kapoor (actor), Ramesh Goyal (actor), Kader Khan (actor), Shashi Kiran (actor), Praveen Kumar (actor), Roopesh Kumar (actor), Mac Mohan (actor), Ram Mohan (actor), Moolchand (actor), Raza Murad (actor), Jagdish Raj (actor),

Plot: Honest and diligent Police Inspector Amar lives a middle-classed lifestyle in Bombay. In his attempt to arrest bandit Sher Singh, he and Inspector Dayal are attacked, Amar survives, but Dayal gets his legs crushed under a truck and becomes wheelchair-bound. Subsequently, Amar arrests local politician, Jagannath Prasad, who not only gets released without getting charged but Amar gets reprimanded, and decides to resign. Shortly thereafter, Sher Singh hijacks a bus and holds the passengers in exchange for 25 of his jailed associates. Dayal's granddaughter, Seema, is amongst them, and Dayal asks Amar for assistance. Amar, along with ex-convict, Qasim Ali, and Karan, a drug-dealer, does manage to rescue them but differences crop up between the trio and they part ways. Then Amar finds out that Qasim and Karan have masterminded a plan to facilitate the escape of the 25 convicts, and decides to confront them.

Genres: Action, Crime, Drama,

Harem Girl (1952)

Actors: Wallace MacDonald (producer), Joan Davis (actress), Minerva Urecal (actress), Guy Teague (actor), John George (actor), Harry Wilson (actor), Nick Thompson (actor), Henry Brandon (actor), Peter Mamakos (actor), Paul Marion (actor), John Dehner (actor), Emil Sitka (actor), Peter Brocco (actor), Edward Bernds (writer), Ric Roman (actor),

Plot: A wise-cracking, uninhibited American girl, Susie Perkins ('Joan Davis (I)' (qv)), is hired as a secretary/companion to Princess Shareen ('Peggie Castle' (qv)), a middle-east ruler of a small desert kingdom. Soon after their arrival, Susie learns that Shareen is in great danger, as a wicked sheik desires to get a hold of her oil-rich lands, and the Princess, also. After some wild adventures, aided by Majeed ('Paul Marion' (qv)), sweetheart of Shareen, Susie cleans up the situation, and is last seen joining the French Foreign Legion, which is 'for men only,' which suits Susie just fine. So is she.

Keywords: 1950s, american, archive-footage, army-captain, b-movie, cabaret, cafe, cigarette-smoking, companion, damsel-in-distress
Genres: Comedy, Romance,
Taglines: SEE THAT HOURI FROM MISSOURI shaking down those sheiks! (original lobby card)

Quotes:

[last lines]::Susie Perkins: You take foreigners in your legion?::Captain LeBlanc: [with heavy French accent] Certainly! That is why we are so called the Foreign Legion, the great legion of adventure. The finest men fight beneath our flag.::Susie Perkins: Good. I'll join. Where do I sign?::Captain LeBlanc: But mademoiselle, the Foreign Legion is for *men*!::Susie Perkins: So am I, brother! *So an I*! Fall in, boys, you've got yourselves a new yard bird.