Swaroop: Bovine Bliss (2001)

Actors: Quinton Flynn (actor), Brian George (actor), Brian George (actor), Nick Jaine (actor), Atul N. Rao (actor), Frank Welker (actor), Veena Bidasha (actress), Aashna Patel (actress), Mike Milo (producer), Atul N. Rao (producer), Mike Milo (writer), Atul N. Rao (writer), Paul Z. Livingstone (composer), Mike Milo (director), Quinton Flynn (actor),

Plot: A comedy pilot for the first series starring Indian immigrants in America. Swaroop is a 10 year old kid, smart, resourceful and a good heart. In this episode, next door neighbor "Steve" wins a live cow in a poker game, and Swaroop rescues the animal from becoming food.

Genres: Animation,

Mississippi Masala (1991)

Actors: J.D. Barrett (actor), Mahlon Bouldin (actor), Dewey Buffington (actor), Ben Burford (actor), Ranjit Chowdhry (actor), Willy Cobbs (actor), E.W. Colvin (actor), Richard Crick (actor), Jimmy Din (actor), Charles S. Dutton (actor), Mohan Gokhale (actor), Dillon Rozell Gross (actor), Jim Haffey (actor), Larry Haggard (actor), Mohan Agashe (actor),

Plot: An Indian family is expelled from Uganda when Idi Amin takes power. They move to Mississippi and time passes. The Indian daughter falls in love with a black man, and the respective families have to come to terms with it.

Keywords: africa, african-american, asian-american, bicultural, community, cultural-assimilation, cultural-difference, cultural-misunderstanding, culture-clash, culture-shock
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance,
Taglines: Passion. Tradition. Mix It Up. Romeo and Juliet had it easy.

Quotes:

Jammubhai: I'm ashamed of you! I am so ashamed of you!::Anil: [referring to Meena's family] Why do you always take their side? I worked hard for this motel and I am *not* running a charity!::Jammubhai: Anil, you have become American.::Anil: So what? I'm living in America! You don't like it? Then go back to India!

Okelo: You gave an interview on BBC saying that Amin was evil. Are you mad? What about Kinnu? What about Meena? Do you ever think of them?::Jay: What should I have done? Remain silent? That is the coward's way!::Okelo: Don't talk to me about cowards! That's what you are. You're not leaving because you're scared to leave. You are scared of leaving Uganda.::Jay: Why should I go? Why should I go? Okelo, this is my home.::Okelo: Not anymore, Jay. Africa is for Africans. *Black* Africans.

Meena: [after Jay and Kinnu discover her and Demetrius's relationship] What about me? What about me? I've never asked you for anything! Never expected anything! I'm 24 years old, and I'm still here! Stuck *here!* You think I'm happy? I love him. That's not a crime, is it?::Kinnu: You call this love? When all you have done is bring such shame upon our heads?::Meena: I didn't do anything! *They* barged in!::Jay: Don't answer back! At least have the decency to be sorry!::Meena: I am sorry about this mess, but I'm not sorry I'm in love with him.

Williben Williams: What's wrong with you, boy? Don't you know the rules?::Demetrius Williams: Daddy, I didn't do nothing wrong.::Williben Williams: Mr. Morgan helped you get that loan to start up this business. Now, how am I going to be able to show my face around them after this?::Aunt Rose: That Mr. Morgan, he didn't give his own money. All he did was recommend Demetrius to the bank! See, all you and the rest of them want is for him to know his place and stay in it! But the days of slavery, they're over, Williben!::Dexter Williams: Yeah, boy!::Aunt Rose: *Hush!*::Dexter Williams: [falls silent]

Mahabharat (1988)

Actors: Arjun (actor), Raj Babbar (actor), Nitish Bharadwaj (actor), Harish Bhimani (actor), Gajendra Chouhan (actor), Pankaj Dheer (actor), Puneet Issar (actor), Mukesh Khanna (actor), Praveen Kumar (actor), Krish Mallik (actor), Paintal (actor), Gufi Paintal (actor), Surendra Pal (actor), Girja Shankar (actor), Vishnu Sharma (actor),

Genres: Drama, War,

Quotes:

[Krishna has told Karna the truth about his birth and begs him to join the Pandavas in the upcoming Kurukshetra war. Karna turns down the offer, but later that day, he approaches at a temple alone]::Karna: O, Creator! Why have I been tormented like this, to learn the truth about my birth? The Sun is still the source of light to the world! My mother is still a respected queen! Yet I, the result of their union, am a wanderer... But I will never give up Duryodhana! [shouts] Do you hear me? I will never betray him! He has given me far too much in friendship! I will never betray Duryodhana!

Karna: Do you know that I have two sweethearts?::Duryodhana: Really? Who are they? If necessary, I will kidnap them to get them for you!::Karna: They are not girls, my friend - besides, I can only get one of them and not the other!::Duryodhana: What do you mean?::Karna: It is simple - one is the death of Arjuna, the other is my own death.

Sampoorna Ramayan (1973)

Actors: Janardhana Rao Arja (actor), Shobhan Babu (actor), Shobhan Babu (actor), Chandramohan (actor), Dhulipala (actor), Gummadi (actor), Satyanarayana Kaikala (actor), Mikkilineni (actor), Mukkamala (actor), Chittor V. Nagaiah (actor), Nagraja (actor), S.V. Ranga Rao (actor), Madhavapeddi Satyam (actor), Chandrakala (actress), Chandrakala (actress),

Genres: Drama, Family, Fantasy, History,

Gomti Ke Kinare (1972)

Actors: Agha (actor), Jalal Agha (actor), Harbans Darshan M. Arora (actor), Bharat Bhushan (actor), Rajan Haksar (actor), I.S. Johar (actor), Alankar Joshi (actor), Sameer Khan (actor), Mukri (actor), Paintal (actor), Randhir (actor), Rehman (actor), Asit Sen (actor), Chandrima Bhaduri (actress), Helen (actress),

Plot: Sameer lives a poor lifestyle in Bombay along with his mother, Ganga, and maternal uncle, Nekiram. While Nekiram works at a Petrol Pump, his mother paints pictures and statuettes of Hindu deities. Sameer grows up, becomes an Engineer, and lands a job with Khosla Enterprises, which is run by Chairman Gopaldas Khosla, where he proves his abilities and is soon promoted as Chief Engineer, gets bungalow to live in as well as a fancy car. He meets with Roshni, the daughter of Gopaldas, both fall in love, and soon get engaged. His idyllic lifestyle is shattered when a rival businessman, Chaganmal, alleges that Sameer's mother was actually Gangabai, a Lucknow-based Courtesan, who was never married, and that Nekiram is not his maternal uncle.

Genres: Drama, Family,

Rut Rangeeli Ayee (1972)

Actors: Bari (actor), Bharat Bhushan (actor), Brahmachari (actor), Ramesh Deo (actor), Nana Palsikar (actor), Madan Puri (actor), Master Ratan (actor), Rehman (actor), Vijay Sharma (actor), Kanan Kaushal (actress), Kanan Kaushal (actress), Shyama (actress), Jayshree T. (actress), V.D. Kalra (producer), B.C. Bekal (writer),

Plot: Wealthy Santosh falls in love with poor Shanti, who lives with her alcoholic Compounder dad, much to the chagrin of his mother, Brijbala, who wants a wealthy daughter-in-law. The marriage does take place, and Shanti endures considerable abuse, which ends after her mother-in-law makes a secret deal with Kundanlal, and she becomes pregnant.. Abuse resumes, after her dad fails to live-up to his deal, as well as Santosh finds out that the child is not his. Shortly thereafter, Kundanlal will be told that his daughter has been run-over by a truck and killed instantly. Several months later, Santosh's pretty sister, Raksha, will be shocked to find out that Shanti is still alive, pregnant, calls herself Sharda, and lives with a truck-driver goon named Mangudada.

Genres: Action, Crime, Drama,

Sampoorna Ramayanam (1971)

Actors: Shobhan Babu (actor), Chalapathi Rao (actor), Chandramohan (actor), Dhulipala (actor), Gummadi (actor), Satyanarayana Kaikala (actor), Mikkilineni (actor), Ananda Mohan (actor), Mukkamala (actor), Chittor V. Nagaiah (actor), Nagraja (actor), Sarma P.J. (actor), Ramakrishna (actor), S.V. Ranga Rao (actor), Janardhana Rao Arja (actor),

Genres: Drama, Family, Fantasy, History,

Kal Hamara Hai (1959)

Actors: Bharat Bhushan (actor), Deepak (actor), Jayant (actor), W.M. Khan (actor), Amrit Rana (actor), Hari Shivdasani (actor), Leela Chitnis (actress), Jeevan Kala (actress), Madhubala (actress), Madhubala (actress), K. Amarnath (producer), Chitra Gupta (composer), S.K. Prabhakar (director),

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Shakuntala (1947)

Actors: Kumar Ganesh (actor), Chandra Mohan (actor), Jayashree (actress), Dewan Sharar (writer), Vasant Desai (composer), Rajaram Vankudre Shantaram (director),

Genres: Drama,

Seeta (1933)

Actors: Ayashkanta Bakshi (actor), Biswanath Bhaduri (actor), Sisir Kumar Bhaduri (actor), Tarakumar Bhaduri (actor), Manoranjan Bhattacharya (actor), Ahindra Choudhury (actor), Sailen Choudhury (actor), Khirodegopal Mukherjee (actor), Kankabati (actress), Manorama (actress), Prabhadevi (actress), Sisir Kumar Bhaduri (director),

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