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- In this classic adaptation of Emile Zola's novel, a tortured train engineer falls in love with a troubled married woman who has helped her husband commit a murder.
- Radha (Sardar Akhtar) is an indomitable woman, toiling away to feed her three sons and to pay off Sukhilala (Kanhaiyalal), the village's rapacious moneylender. When she learns that she is pregnant again, her husband, Shamu (Arun Kumar Ahuja), runs far away, leaving her to fend for herself against poverty and the lecherous advances of Sukhilala. Later, the two eldest children die, leaving her with only two sons: the straight-laced Ramu (Surendra) and the wild Birju (Yakub). Ramu becomes a bandit which eventually forces Radha to take drastic actions.
- A poor man, in love with a princess, is persuaded by an evil sorcerer to help him get the blessing of a Goddess.
- In this Americanization of the 1931 German thriller, both the police and the criminal underworld stalk a mysterious serial killer who preys on little girls.
- A doctor falls in love with the granddaughter of a rich man. She helps him to pursue his dream of higher education by giving him her mother's jewellery to sell. The fate of the two lovers after the doctor's return is not a sweet one as the woman's grandfather plans a sinister move.
- A wanderer/revolutionary is a dead ringer for a monarch, and takes his place.
- A woman elopes with her boyfriend but finds that he has ditched her and made off with her family heirloom. Now she, alongwith a helpful news reporter, have to retrieve the necklace and get back to her home within the span of a single night.
- Diwakar is a poet and loves his wife Jamuna more than anything. But Jamuna feels that Diwakar lives in a fantasy world and is irresponsible in the real world. Diwakar creates a muse from his imagination, who looks exactly like his wife and whom he calls Mohini. Diwakar becomes a recognized poet and Jamuna gives birth to a boy. Unfortunately, the happiness does not last long as Diwakar loses his job because of critical songs against the British. Now he can no longer feed his sickly father nor his son. On top of all this, Diwakar's obsession with Mohini shows no sign of abating, forcing Jamuna to leave their home.
- A psychiatric nurse is tasked to pretend to love a patient in order to make him better but falls in love with him.
- Children of two life-long rivals fall in love and try to make their fathers see the error of their ways.
- An inveterate con man falls in love and realizes the error of his ways after his mother comes to know the truth about him.
- Romi (Sheikh Mukhtar) shoots a man but does not kill him. A bullet fired from somewhere else does the job but he is arrested, convicted and sentenced for the murder. His pregnant wife Radha (Lalita Kumari) throws herself in the river but is saved by a village that accepts her and her soon born son Ram (Dara Singh). After 14 long years in jail, Romi roams 8 long years being rejected by society and cannot find a job or assistance, then turns to violent crime. His gang is offered a large sum of money to smuggle national secrets out of the area, so he kidnaps a young child and forces her sister Roopa (Ameeta) to carry the goods. Roopa would rather die than become a traitor, loses control of her car and is cast into the river, washing ashore in the same village with Radha and Ram. Meanwhile, unemployed Kishore (Kishore Kumar) decides he will play detective to find the lost girl Radha and her sister, tracks her to the village and falls in love. Romi and his gang also track Roopa and they flee to the city to save her sister, where Ram is employed as a wrestler.
- Love between a danseuse and a musician brought under attack from various sources. Will their love survive amidst treachery and competition?
- Sata Bose, the receptionist of hotel Shahjahan and other crew members work hard to make the hotel first choice of the upper class for socializing in Kolkata. The movie revolves around multiple characters - hotel employees to page 3 personalities - dealing with various human emotions and problems.
- Nisha (Mumtaz) and Vishal (Jeetendra), both orphans, fall in love and get married. However, on the way to their honeymoon they end up in an accident. Vishal needs serious surgical attention. Nisha tries to raise money. Her lecherous boss has his eye on her and pays Vishal's surgical bills in order to get close to her. He rapes her on the night of Vishal's surgery. Nisha, distraught, attempts suicide but is saved by Roma (Helen), a sympathetic wealthy woman. When Nisha finds out that she is pregnant, Roma sends her to Delhi where the child is adopted by Roma's kindly old aunt. Nisha returns to Vishal and they resume their lives. But fate eventually brings them back to Delhi and Nisha's secret is not safe anymore.
- A dysfunctional middle-class family is transformed due to the influence of their new multi-talented household servant - but he might be too good to be true.
- Kalpana, the daughter of Shyamlal is brought up in the lap of wealth and luxury. As an University student she falls in love with a struggling artist, Rajesh. When news arrives back home of this improbable romance her dad arranges a marriage with a wealthy man. Unwilling, Kalpana runs away from home and moves in with Rajesh. Incensed, Shyamlal disowns and disinherits Kalpana. Living with Rajesh, in straitened circumstances Kalpana maintains a correspondence with her mother. Shyamlal maintains his position doggedly that Rajesh is only after his wealth and does not truly love his foolish daughter. Piqued, Kalpana constructs a fantasy tale of Rajesh's financial success and the wonderful and opulent lifestyle she enjoys. All is well till she announces the birth of her son. Now, eager, willing and transformed by love for his newborn grandson he announces that he will visit his daughter. Thrown into a quandary, Kalpana casts about for a solution founded on deceit. The arrival of Shyamlal and his wife sets off a pyramid of lies, where to avoid the consequences of one lie, Kalpana is enmeshed in a web of lies.
- A thief vows to go straight after one short prison term but severe monetary need forces him to commit a robbery on behalf of his employer, which leads to him being framed for a murder.
- A genius scientist is abducted and his twin brother attempts to rescue him.
- identical twins are separated at birth. One grows up as a farmer in tough surroundings and hard work; while the other grows up with a wealthy family. The wealthy one is abused, beaten, drugged and tormented in order to keep him subdued and controlled by the rest of the family and certain employees, so that they can continue to live an easy life at his cost. Things change dramatically when the twins are switched, with the hardworking one ending up with the wealthy family and the other ending up with his mother and a hard life.
- Sapna lives in poverty with her factory worker mother and her alcoholic step-father. Sapna's friend Neeta's husband is crippled from an accident and goes blind. Neeta goes to work to support her family as a prostitute. Neeta introduces Sapna to her pimp, Heera and hopes that Sapna will earn enough money to pull herself out of the clutches of poverty and the misbehaviour of her step-father. Amit, an educated young man, an owner-driver of his taxi comes to Sapna's rescue when she is under threat and gratitude turns into love. The alcoholic step-father has designs on Sapna, and tries to exert his authority on her, resulting in Sapna assaulting him. As a result, she serves a jail term. Amit wants to marry Sapna but his family won't allow him to marry an ex-convict. How many more barriers will Sapna and Amit have to break in order to fulfill their love? How does a Gurkha named Pyarelal figure in all this?
- Ravi (Rajesh Khanna) accidentally lands a job as postman in a remote village after being an unemployed college graduate for some Time. He meets a variety of people as he fits into rural life, including Mohini (Hema Malini). He mistakes her affection for love and falls for her, while she is still waiting for an Army officer with whom she had a fling with when his battalion was training near her village. Ravi withdraws into himself when he finds out about her fling and tries to help her locate her lover when war breaks out. However, he comes to know that Mohini's lover has been killed in action and has the unenviable job of giving her this news.
- Don, a wanted criminal, dies in a police chase. DSP D'Silva is the only one who knows about his death, and to get hold of the gang he trains Don-lookalike Vijay. But Vijay faces danger from the police and from within the gang.
- Based on Narayan Gangopadhyay’s creation, Potoldangar Charmurti is the story of Tenida and his three followers, who go on a holiday and end up solving a mystery case.
- Two petty thieves decide to rob a house that kidnappers had decided to kidnap a child from, what results is chaos, as the child ends up with the petty thieves, and both the thieves and the kidnappers claiming the ransom; and assorted characters showing up to claim the reward offered by the child's parents.
- The crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin.
- A spurned woman concocts an elaborate plan of revenge against a pilot who made love to her and then betrayed her trust.
- The official music video for the single "Souvenir" performed by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark taken from their 1981 album Architecture and Morality.
- The official music for "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" performed by Journey. The band performs the song in front of and around a warehouse. A young woman whom the song is addressed to (apparently) is also present, entirely oblivious to the presence of the band. It ends with the woman asleep in bed with headphones on.
- Veerabhadraiah is a feudal lord who presides over a village. Veerabhadraiah lends money to Venkateswarlu, a local farmer living with his widowed daughter. Venkateswarlu's son Suryam is a student living in the nearby city and he falls in love with Veerabhadraiah's daughter Madhulatha. When Veerabhadraiah realizes this, he asks Venkateswarlu to put a stop to this relation. When Venkateswarlu disagrees, Veerabhadraiah has him killed and asks Suryam to repay the loan that his father had taken. Suryam plans to repay the loan after the next harvest but Veerabhadraiah's men destroy the crop and attempt to rape Suryam's sister during which she commits suicide. Veerabhadraiah implicates Suryam in his sister's murder, saying that he was forcing her into prostitution. Suryam is arrested by the Police. But he escapes from jail and is helped in avenging the decimation of his family by a kindhearted lady doctor Sujatha.
- After his friend is imprisoned, a hitman kidnaps the daughter of the police commissioner by telling her that he is a police officer.
- Dilip (Chiranjeevi) returns from America to find his father (Satyanarayana Kaikala), an industrialist, indulging in illegal activities. He and his manager (Rao Gopal Rao) are also trying to quell a workers' uprising by brutal means. When the workers' leader and Dilip's best friend Shivam (Sivakrishna) is murdered, Dilip swears to bring the murderers to justice.
- Anne (Madhavi) works as a typist in Daniel's (Mohanlal) office and he has an eye on her. She is often followed by Tony (Mammootty), a wealthy businessman and he confesses his love for her. Finally Tony marries Anne which irks Daniel. Soon Anne finds out that Tony was actually cheating her as he is a conman. Tony explains to her why he became a conman and his past struggling life. In between Daniel gets killed by Tony as he tries to rape Anne. A Police officer Prem (Captain Raju) is appointed to investigate this case. Meantime Anne understands Tony's good intentions and finally starts supporting her husband in all his activities as a partner.
- An arrogant spoiled brat learns the value of hard work and discipline after spending a year in his father's friend's village.
- A workaholic businessman neglects his only son after his wife's death. The son grows up to be a rebellious alcoholic.
- "Fright Night" sees a teenager believing that the newcomer in his neighborhood is a vampire. He turns to an actor in a television hosted horror movie show for help to deal with the undead.
- Decades after surviving the Nostromo incident, Ellen Ripley is sent out to re-establish contact with a terraforming colony but finds herself battling the Alien Queen and her offspring.
- Suhaagan is a story about two sisters Janaki and Jyoti who live with their parents. Ramu lives in the same village and makes a living by farming. Ramu loves Janaki but Janaki is not interested in Ramu as she is more attracted to Murli who is wealthier than Ramu. Jamnadas prefers Ramu to become Janaki's husband as he thinks he is a good person and will not ask for big dowry. Janaki gets married to Ramu and that is when all the trouble starts. Janaki is not at all comfortable at Ramu's household because he cannot provide the comforts she is looking for. Things get even worse after the birth of their first child. Janaki leaves Ramu to live with Murli. Ramu eventually marries her younger sister Jyoti and Jyoti takes care of Janaki's daughter. But soon Janaki's repents her actions and wants to be with her husband and child again.
- The story is based on Indian historical events during the 16th century. It narrates the victory of Viswanatha Nayak on his father to express his devotion towards Srikrishnadevaraya. Viswanatha Nayak (Krishna) is the son of Nagama Nayak (Sivaji Ganesan), a successful General of Srikrishnadevaraya (Krishnam Raju) of the Vijayanagara Empire. Chola King Veerasekhara Chola invades the Madurai Kingdom and deposes the Pandya King Chandrasekhara Pandyan who was under the protection of Srikrishnadevaraya. Due to this, an enraged Srikrishnadevaraya sends Nagama Nayak to aid Chandrasekhara Pandyan. Nagama Nayak suppresses Veerasekhara Chola and takes Madurai, but then suddenly he calls off his allegiance and declining to help Chandrasekhara Pandyan usurps the throne. So, Viswanatha Nayak volunteers to face his father in the battlefield.
- Honest truck driver Balwant watch helplessly as the owners of the trucking company he works for mauled his brother, Jaswant to death. When he lodges a complaint with the police the inspector instead arrest him for this crime; the trucking company owners then burn his house killing his pregnant wife Sumati. Years later Balwant who now calls himself Karamvir operates a court called 'Teesri Adalat' by sentencing wrong-doers to death in a judge and executor style. However he is unaware that Sumati is still alive and has given birth to twins Rajesh and Mahesh; while Mahesh was separated at birth and grows up with Inspector Ram Avtar and his wife - Rajesh is taking care of his mother as she loses her mental balance in the trauma. Rajesh and Mahesh do get to unite as the girls they are in love with are link to each other. After a few misjudgments of situations at hand Rajesh and Mahesh decides that they will bring Teesri Adalat to the court of law - at any cost.
- The music video for "Make Me Lose Control" by Eric Carmen.
- Four friends are searching for rented accommodation. The landlady insists only on married couples, so two of the friends are forced to dress as women and pretend to be wives of the other two.
- A young man wants to join the police force. When he fails, in frustration he joins a smuggling gang instead.
- After a poor man marries a rich woman, he has to contend with his rich, arrogant mother-in-law.
- Ajay Mehra, an amateur boxer, takes revenge against Balwant Rai, a crooked businessman, after his elder brother is killed.
- Warrant performs in the music video "I Saw Red" from the album "Cherry Pie" recorded for Columbia Records. The video begins in black and white with red candles colorized pink. Jani Lane playing a white piano and sings while the band plays behind him.
- Maya, who is from a rich family, leads a very happy life. However, her life turns upside down when she learns that she is an adopted child and she decides to look for her biological mother.
- Chiranjeevi plays the dual roles of a Mumbai-based auto driver, Johnny and an industrialist, Kalyan. Because Kalyan was interfering with the plans of the villains, led by Kota Srinivasa Rao, he is first temporarily replaced by Johnny and then framed for the murder of Kalyan's trusted employee (J. V. Somayajulu). Johnny realizes that he ruined the life of a good man and joins forces with Kalyan. They pretend to be each other in order to save Kalyan.
- A secret agent uses his professional skills for tracking his family, and faces the unexpected consequences.
- A daily-wage welder from Bombay's red light district gets involved in the underworld.