Raja Bhai Lagey Raho... (2005)

Actors: Ravi Kishan (actor), Upasna Singh (actress), Razak Khan (actor), Shakti Kapoor (actor), Bhupendra Singh (miscellaneous crew), Chittaranjan Giri (actor), Pooja (actress), Suresh Desai (miscellaneous crew), Arun Kumar (actor), Arun V. Narvekar (editor), Siddique Durrani (writer), Siddique Durrani (actor), Allan Amin (miscellaneous crew), Janardhan Mishra (actor), Raja Awasthi (actor),

Genres: Comedy,

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!

Nirnayam (1991)

Actors: Nagarjuna Akkineni (actor), Giribabu (actor), Murali Mohan (actor), Allu Ramalingaiah (actor), Sharat Saxena (actor), Annapoorna (actress), Murali Mohan (producer), Priyadarshan (writer), Ilayaraja (composer), Priyadarshan (director), Subhalekha Sudhakar (actor), N. Gopalakrishnan (editor), Amala Akkineni (actress), Tara (miscellaneous crew), Ganesh Patro (writer),

Genres: Action, Comedy, Drama,

Panchavadi Palam (1984)

Actors: Sukumari (actress), Gopi (actor), Innocent (actor), K.P. Ummer (actor), Nedumudi Venu (actor), Kalpana (actress), Srividya (actress), Jagathi Sreekumar (actor), Sreenivasan (actor), Thilakan (actor), K.G. George (director), K.G. George (writer), Shubha (actress), Mohan Jose (actor), Alummoodan (actor),

Genres: Comedy,

Akbar Saleem Anarkali (1978)

Actors: Balakrishna (actor), Gummadi (actor), Taraka Rama Rao Nandamuri (actor), Taraka Rama Rao Nandamuri (director), Deepa (actress),

Genres: Drama, History, Musical,

Ab Kya Hoga (1977)

Actors: Neetu Singh (actress), Indrani Mukherjee (actress), Mahavir Shah (actor), Ranjeet (actor), Moushumi Chatterjee (actress), Jankidas (actor), Asrani (actor), Pinchoo Kapoor (actor), Moolchand (actor), Mac Mohan (actor), Bindu (actress), Shatrughan Sinha (actor), Manmohan Krishna (actor), Vinod Mehra (actor), Chand Usmani (actress),

Plot: Ram Sinha comes from a wealthy family. His mother would like him to get married so that their family can have a heir. Ram entrust's this job to his mother, and let's her decide who he should marry. Ram's marriage is arranged with a beautiful young woman named Chitralekha. After the marriage, Ram accuses Chitralekha of being inhuman, a ghost, who is out to kill him. But Chitralekha denies this, and pledges her lifelong love for him. Ram, his friend, Rajesh, and his wife decide to travel elsewhere, but no matter where they go, they see a ghostly apparition of Chitralekha following them everywhere. Ram subsequently finds out that Chitralekha had lost her lover in a previous life, and has taken form in this life to kill him so that they can be together forever. Shortly thereafter Ram is killed in an car accident. The police are unable to identify his body as it is burnt beyond recognition. It is after Ram's death that the truth surfaces. But will this truth benefit Ram and Chitralekha?

Keywords: fog, ghost, marriage, mountain, party, psychiatrist, rebirth, soul, television
Genres: Mystery, Thriller,

Mughal-E-Azam (1960)

Actors: Durga Khote (actress), Gopi Krishna (actor), Johnny Walker (actor), Tabassum (actress), Dilip Kumar (actor), Madhubala (actress), Naushad (composer), Prithviraj Kapoor (actor), Murad (actor), Ajit (actor), Jalal Agha (actor), Nigar Sultana (actress), Surendra (actor), Vijayalaxmi (actress), S. Nazir (actor),

Plot: Set in the 16th century AD, the movie brings to life the tale of the doomed love affair between the Mughal Crown Prince Saleem and the beautiful, ill-fated court dancer, whose fervor and intensity perpetrates a war between the prince and his father the great Mughal Emperor Akbar, and threatens to bring an empire to its knees.

Keywords: archery, based-on-legend, battle, castle, courage, courtesan, empire, epic, honor, india
Genres: Drama, Romance, War,

Quotes:

Emperor Akbar: [seeing his son misbehaving] By God, I'll not see that day when our empire will become the toy of a rake prince! Mann Singh, remove the veil of his mother's love on his head and put an iron cover on his head. Take him, raise and teach him in the hot deserts of war. Today, I hand over to you the future of the Mughals.

Raja Maansingh: the surgeon is waiting for permission - Prince! Won't your wounds be washed?::Prince Saleem: [flourishing his sword] They are not wounds, they are flowers, and the withering of flowers is shameful for spring. Look at my sword - it's not only a killer, it is a sweetheart; as well as a sword it is the branch of a flower.::Raja Maansingh: The humour that has bathed in blood for 14 years is filled with poetry - how strange!::Prince Saleem: Nothing strange about it - if the poetry of Khayyam is written on stone, will it change its meaning?

Anarkali: Pyar kiya to darna kya... what is fear when there is love...

Anarkali: In return for your Majesty's magnanimous gifts, this slave forgives Jalaluddin Mohammed Akbar for her murder.

Sangtaraash: Ae mohabbat zindabad... long live love...

Emperor Akbar: This plan must work, for if the Prince finds out you are still alive, I will not let you live and he will not let you die!

[Anarkali has been sent to prison]::Prince Saleem: Treat me as a father and not as a king and give me my Anarkali!::Emperor Akbar: Though I am a beloved father to a kind son, I can't ignore the duties of an emperor. I cannot change the destiny of India for my son's love.::Prince Saleem: Times change, emperors change, destinies change... but when love grips a person, that person does not change!::Emperor Akbar: Salim, you must change, you must!

[Salim is on his way to be sealed in a brick wall]::Prince Saleem: Do you see any fear in your son's face?::Empress Jodha Bai: Absolutely not, I have trust in my blood. I came to congratulate you - a true Rajput prince may even have death as his bride. [she places a garland Bahar gives her on his neck. Bahar's face is tear-stained]

[Durjan Singh is having his wounds bandaged when word comes of the Prince's imminent execution]::Durjan Singh: Death shall not come to the Prince while my hands have power to hold a sword! Leave me! My body may be injured, but not my courage! [he rushes out and sees the statue of the Goddess]::Durjan Singh: Jai Maa Kali! [he dies]

Prince Saleem: Are you here to forgive a traitor's fault?::Emperor Akbar: No, I am here as an unfortunate father, whom people called king, comes to see a displeased son and seek his love.::Prince Saleem: Your love woke up after ruining your son's love?::Emperor Akbar: [pleading with his son] I swear by God, I am not an enemy of love but a slave of my own principles!::Prince Saleem: And so Salim himself is a slave of his love!

Anarkali (1958)

Actors: Shamim Ara (actress), Noor Jehan (actress), Zubeida (actress), Rashid Attre (composer), Inayat Hussain (composer), Ragni (actress), Anwar Kamal Pasha (director), Mohammad Afzal (actor), Fazal Haq (actor), Sudhi (actor),

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Anarkali (1955)

Actors: Vedantam Raghavaiah (director), Kannamba (actress), Anjali Devi (producer), Chittor V. Nagaiah (actor), S.V. Ranga Rao (actor), Akkineni Nageshwara Rao (actor), Anjali Devi (actress), Adinarayana Rao P. (composer), Sivaram Peketi (actor), Surabhi Balasaraswati (actress),

Genres: Drama, Romance,

Loves of a Moghul Prince (1928)

Actors: Rajkumari (actress), Maya Devi (actress), Prafulla Roy (director), Charu Roy (director), Charu Roy (actor), Dewan Sharar (actor), Seeta Devi (actress), Imtiaz Ali Taj (writer), Imtiaz Ali Taj (actor), Hakim Ahmed Shuja (writer), Shakuntala Tembe (actress), Sawan Singh (actor),

Genres: ,