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1) The power
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It has been often quoted that no change can occur without suffering and no creation without destruction. Devidas Thakur recalls his gunshot childhood as he flies back from Singapore for his mother's birthday. He intends to just be a visitor to the world he left behind and to take his beloved Pari (Shruti Haasan) away. He intends to leave his loving, loyal albeit power-hungry family behind to rule their "kingdom" in Mumbai, so he can be a chef. Fate,...
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Jayesh Patel is an educated son of a traditional Gujarati sarpanch Pruthvish and Jashoda. He lives with his pregnant wife Mudra and his daughter Siddhi. The family wants Mudra's second child to be a boy, who can take their lineage forward and be the next sarpanch after Jayesh. When Jayesh finds out that, his second child is a girl too, he decides to protect his wife from his family and village. The story follows Jayesh's journey, where he protects...
6) Dance dance
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Hindi feature film. "Shyam and Sita belong to a song and dance troupe and live a poor lifestyle in Panjim with two small children, Radha and Ramu. They go to Jalpaiguri to perform to get some money, however, Sita's beauty catches the eye of trumpet-playing A.M. Singh, who decides to keep her, and kills the rest of the troupe members in an arranged bus accident"--imdb.
8) Badhaai ho
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Hindi feature film. "In New Delhi lives the Kaushik family: father Jeetendra, his wife, Priyamvada, and two sons, Gular, and Nakul, who is dating his upper-class co-worker Renee. News breaks that Priyamvada is pregnant, which comes like a shock to the family, and is a social embarrassment"--Worldcat.org.
9) All is well
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Hindi feature film. "A road trip undertaken by Inder (Abhishek Bachchan) and Mr. Bhalla (Rishi Kapoor), is interrupted by their unwelcome mother"--Container.
11) Hotel Salvation
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Faced with his father's untimely and bizarre demand to die in the holy city of Varanasi and attain Salvation, a son is left with no choice but to embark on this journey. Winner of the Best Film Award at the **New York Indian Film Festival.** Official Selection at the **Venice International Film Festival.** *"...this highly impressive debut considers mortality with a wry compassion that's rare for such a young director." - David Parkinson, **Empire...
13) Shagoon
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Hindi feature film. "Geeta (Waheeda Rehman) and Madan (Kamaljit) are in love with each other and want to marry. They meet each other's parents and subject to the matching of their astrological charts, their engagement is finalized. However, the pandit reports to Madan's mom that the marriage will be ill-fated, and bad things will result for Madan and his family"--From IMDb.com.
14) Elan
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Hindi feature film. "After the passing away of his dad, Javed lives a poor lifestyle with his widowed mom in India. Since they cannot afford to live independently, they live with his mom's younger sister, Mrs. Haque, who lives a wealthy lifestyle with her husband and son, Sajjad"--Container.
16) Baap re baap
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Hindi feature film. "Raj Kumar Ashok belongs to a rich and aristocratic family. His parents want him to marry the best of the best girls money could find. Ashok's dad then spends a lot of money to invite proposals from all over India. But Ashok loves Kokila, who belongs to a poor family and sells flowers for a livelihood"--Container.
17) Bhai bahen
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Hindi feature film. "Soni Rai lives a wealthy lifestyle in India with her businessman dad, Kedarnath and mom, Geeta, and longs for a brother, who she can tie a Raakhi on. She meets with the lollipop seller, Ramu, a street urchin, decides to make him her brother, and invites him to her house on Raksabandhan. When a delighted Ramu arrives there with a gift for Soni, this angers Kedarnath, and he has his servant remove Ramu from the premise"--Container....
18) Ismat ki Eid
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While buying gifts for his family to wear to the mosque on Eid a shoemaker is persuaded to get new pants for himself, but the only pair available is too long and no one seems to have time to shorten them.
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