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Rudaali
Shanichari is a beautiful girl born in lower cast and her life is full of sufferings because of lower cast, poor finances, lost parents, drunken husband, mischievous son. The title refers to a custom in some parts of Rajasthan—where aristocratic women were long kept secluded and veiled—of hiring professional women mourners on the death of a male relative, a rudaali (pronounced “roo-dah-lee”—literally, a female “weeper”) to publicly express the grief that family members, constrained by their high social status, were not permitted to display—or at times, perhaps did not feel. Underwritten by the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) and Doordarshan (Indian national television) and based on a short story by famed Bengali author Mahasweta Devi—whose tales often focus on the travails of low-caste women.
Heer Ranjha
A newer version of the popular love story of Heer (Sridevi) and Deedho (Anil Kapoor), who calls himself Ranjha after leaving his house and living incognito in Heer's village as a labourer in her father's (Shammi Kapoor) house. Heer and Deedho were childhood sweethearts, separated because of family animosities, which have grown over the years and kept on the boil by Kaheda (Anupam Kher), whose leg was irreparably fractured by Deedho's family and friends.
Kallan Kappalil Thanne
Appukuttan receives a letter, for a job offer for his brother who is a good kalari fighter, to do some rogue work for a swami in another town. Appukuttan goes to the town with the letter and pretends to be his brother, in order to get the job and provide money for his poor family. There he falls in love with the swami's daughter which leads to trouble later.
Aayushkalam
Balakrishnan who is sick and has a heart disease, gets a heart transplant from a man who died in a recent car accident. The operation is a success but, Balakrishnan starts seeing the ghost of Aby, who lingers around for Balakrishnan to help him find his murderer so that his soul can rest in peace.
Kamaladalam
Nandagopan (Mohanlal) is a respected dance teacher at the Kerala Kala Mandiram (alluding to the famed Kerala Kalamandalam repertory which performs Kerala's temple arts). However, his wife Sumangala (Parvathi) commits suicide, causing him to turn into an alcoholic and a compulsive rule breaker. He is suspected of having killed his wife and is suspended from his job for drunken misbehaviour. The new secretary of the institute Velayudhan (Nedumudi Venu) wants him to be sacked but his former reputation gives him a reprieve. He trains the talented student Malavika (Monisha) to perform in his ambitious composition of the Sita Kalyanam, but her jealous young lover Soman (Vineeth) poisons him.
Love in the Time of Malaria
Having moved to the city of Khojpuri to pursue his scientific investigations into the uses of onions, Hunsilal soon discovers a novel way to tackle mosquitoes, and is celebrated by Raja Bhadrabhoop. However, he soon learns that things may not be as they seem, that the mosquitoes may not be the pests (or even the insects) he once assumed them to be, as he gets drawn into an undercurrent of revolution and discovery, precipitated by his burgeoning love for his colleague Parveen. Inspired by the traditional Gujarati Bhavai, 'Hun Hunsi Hunsilal' is interwoven with an absurdist, innovative soundtrack and presents a satirical, modern day tragic fable about fascism, revolution and the power of stories, all shot beautifully, in what is one of India's most powerful and relevant films to date.
Jhoothi Shaan
Ranimaa, a one-time empress, refuses to believe that her home is no longer a palace, even though she and her four children have turned it into a hotel. So when the police inform her that four bank robbers have checked in and they need to search every nook and cranny, she haughtily stands in the way of justice.
Kshana Kshanam
Chandu is a petty thief who comes across Satya, an innocent girl who unwittingly comes across a way to a huge amount of money stolen from a bank. While the gang that robbed the bank go after her for the clue, one member dies in her apartment and she believes she's the one that killed him. Every one including the original gang that robbed the bank, the police and now Chandu and Satya go after the money.
Saathi
Suraj and Aman are best friends who would die for each other. Suraj's father is brutally killed by a cop for stealing a bread to feed him. Suraj and Aman then take the life of crime to con people when they grow up they come across Pasha a drug lord and Suraj gets fascinated by his lifestyle. Aman meets Asha a club singer and both fall in love. Suraj and Aman get a contract from Pasha to kill Vicky whose testifying against him But Aman finds he is brother of Asha and decides to give away the life of crime and turn a police informer. While Suraj has become a big name in drug world and wants Pasha's throne. Suraj and Aman then part ways and Suraj blames Asha for everything and wants her dead.
Saudagar
Two childhood friends have become bitter enemies. So much so, in fact, that they have divided their territories and sworn to kill anyone who crosses the boundary. Against this backdrop, their grandchildren fall in love and when their romance surfaces, the rivalry between is rekindled. The two young lovers are told never to see each other again, on pain of death ... when they get together, it's too late for their grand family ..
Aanaval Mothiram
James (Sreenivasan) is an average police officer, apathetic towards his job and only in it for his monthly salary. Due to a misunderstanding during a blood test at a laboratory, he believes that he has a fatal disease and is about to die soon. He eyes the insurance payout his family would get if he dies in action and embarks on impossible missions to get himself killed in action.
Ennum Nanmakal
Radha Devi (Santhi Krishna) is an office assistant working in the city of Kozhikode. She is in love with the unemployed Sivan (Jayaram). Radha Devi moves to Satyavathiyamma's (KPAC Lalitha) home as a paying guest along with two friends, Indu (Saranya) and Rama (Sari). They meet the irascible Dr. Anirudhan (Sreenivasan), a widower with a baby girl.
