Girish Karnad

Girish Karnad

Girish Karnad (19 May 1938 – 10 June 2019) was an Indian actor, film director, Kannada writer, playwright and a Jnanpith awardee, who predominantly worked in Kannada, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Marathi films. His rise as a playwright in the 1960s marked the coming of age of modern Indian playwriting in Kannada.He was a recipient of the 1998 Jnanpith Award, the highest literary honour conferred in India.

  • Title: Girish Karnad
  • Popularity: 3.92
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1938-05-19
  • Place of Birth: Maharashtra, India
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  • Also Known As: ಗಿರೀಶ್ ಕಾರ್ನಾಡ್
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Girish Karnad Movies

  • 1979
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    The Jewelled Lamp

    The Jewelled Lamp

    1 1979 HD

    Ratnadeep revolves around a person who was fed up with his job and to get out of that situation, he applied for two months leave. The story follows...

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  • 1991
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    Mysore Mallige

    Mysore Mallige

    1 1991 HD

    Padma is in love with poet Manju. After he goes missing while trying to save a friend from nationalists, a heartbroken Padma decides to get his poems...

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  • 2005
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    Iqbal

    Iqbal

    6.896 2005 HD

    This is all about chasing your dreams, no matter what the obstacles. The story involves a young deaf and dumb boy who is crazy about cricket.

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  • 1998
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    Aakrosh: Cyclone Of Anger

    Aakrosh: Cyclone Of Anger

    1 1998 HD

    An officer faces personal challenges after he is assigned to stop killers of the Prime Minister.

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  • 1992
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    Cheluvi

    Cheluvi

    1 1992 HD

    Cheluvi, a poor young woman, has a secret magical power. With the magic, she turns into a tree which produces exotic flowers. Soon, her secret is...

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  • 1980
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    Man Pasand

    Man Pasand

    1 1980 HD

    Kamli belongs to a poor family. She sells datuns for a living. She sells them in local suburban trains as well as on railway platforms. One day she...

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  • 2014
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    Samrat & Co.

    Samrat & Co.

    5 2014 HD

    A young, beautiful and rich girl, Dimpy Singh, approaches Samrat Tilakdhari, a private investigator, with a strange case. Their garden got ruined for...

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  • 2010
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    Aashayein

    Aashayein

    6.6 2010 HD

    The story revolves around Rahul Singh (John Abraham), a compulsive gambler who wins Rs. 20 million from a bet and throws a party to celebrate....

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  • 2006
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    Dor

    Dor

    7.4 2006 HD

    Shankar Singh and his wife, Meera, live in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India along with widowed paternal grandmother, Laxmibai, his mom, Gowri, and dad,...

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  • 1986
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    Naan Adimai Illai

    Naan Adimai Illai

    6.3 1986 HD

    Vijay and Priya fall in love and get married against her father's wishes. However, when they get separated after a fight, Priya's father plots to...

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  • 1987
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    Sutradhar

    Sutradhar

    1 1987 HD

    Prerna is the only daughter of the local school's headmaster. She gets to meet her childhood friend, Kumar, who is now one of the teachers at the...

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  • 2009
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    8 x 10 Tasveer

    8 x 10 Tasveer

    5 2009 HD

    8X10 Tasveer is a story about young man named Jai Puri, (Akshay Kumar), who possesses supernatural powers. Jai is of Indian origin who works as a...

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  • 2009
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    Life Goes On

    Life Goes On

    3 2009 HD

    The drama explores the relations between a grief stricken father and his three daughters. Set in London, the time is now, the family of Indian...

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  • 1990
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    Santha Shishunala Sharif

    Santha Shishunala Sharif

    1 1990 HD

    The story is based on the life of acclaimed saint poet Shishunala Sharif who wrote several moral poems striving towards social reformation. A...

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  • 1980
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    Apne Paraye

    Apne Paraye

    1 1980 HD

    Film about the trials facing a family whose patriarch has squandered money into a series of unwise ventures.

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  • 2004
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    Chellamae

    Chellamae

    5.7 2004 HD

    A young man follows his newlywed neighbour from Chennai to Goa when she moves there with her husband. He ends up kidnapping her when his obsession...

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  • 1974
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    Jadu Ka Shankh

    Jadu Ka Shankh

    1 1974 HD

    Shyam and Soni live with their mother in a village. They are very poor. The children give away the only bread piece to a hungry saint, who in turn...

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  • 1998
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    China Gate

    China Gate

    6.8 1998 HD

    After witnessing the brutal slaying of her Forest Officer father, Sunder Rajan, at the hands of dreaded dacoit Jageera, Sandhya goes to Colonel...

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  • 1982
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    Umbartha

    Umbartha

    7.2 1982 HD

    After the passing of her husband, Mrs. Mahajan takes care of four institutions, and lives a comfortable lifestyle with her two sons - Dr. Mohan and...

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  • 1975
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    Night's End

    Night's End

    7 1975 HD

    A man whose wife is abducted seeks to have the culprits prosecuted for their crime, but no one will help him. Meanwhile, the wife—abused and...

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  • 1976
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    The Churning

    The Churning

    6.9 1976 HD

    A veterinarian, Dr. Rao, makes a visit to a village, where he intends to commence a co-operative society dairy for the betterment of the rural...

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  • 2011
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    Kempe Gowda

    Kempe Gowda

    5.8 2011 HD

    An enraged and influential gangster plans the ultimate vengeance against an honest police officer.

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  • 1999
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    Prathyartha

    Prathyartha

    5.2 1999 HD

    Akshay, a family man, finds himself compromising with his conscience when he is blackmailed to murder the home minister of the nation for the safety...

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  • 1989
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    Mil Gayee Manzil Mujhe

    Mil Gayee Manzil Mujhe

    9.5 1989 HD

    Vijay falls in love with a woman, who rejects him for a wealthy man, which drives him to work for a gangster in order to get rich but soon lands him...

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  • 1985
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    Zamana

    Zamana

    1 1985 HD

    Poona-based Satish is a professional photographer and lives with his pregnant wife, Sudha, and son named Vinod. While developing some photographs...

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  • 1984
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    Tarang

    Tarang

    5 1984 HD

    Rahul, the son-in-law of an old industrialist and one of the heirs to his fortune, clashes with Dinesh, the industrialist’s nephew who is...

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  • 2012
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    Mugamoodi

    Mugamoodi

    4.6 2012 HD

    A man can no longer tolerate injustice and corruption and he becomes a vigilante to fight for a better society.

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  • 2014
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    Chandra

    Chandra

    2.2 2014 HD

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Chandra is a 2013 and 2014 Indian fantasy film, simultaneously made in Kannada and Tamil languages. Directed...

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  • 1998
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    Kadhal Mannan

    Kadhal Mannan

    6.1 1998 HD

    A young girl's wedding is arranged by her father, yet she falls in love with the local mechanic. Her father is a strict person who despises love; the...

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  • 1996
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    Aatank

    Aatank

    3 1996 HD

    Jesu and Peter are childhood friends who live in a coastal village in India and depend on fishing as their livelihood. The community is oppressed by...

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  • 1996
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    Dharma Chakram

    Dharma Chakram

    6.5 1996 HD

    The story is about a family in which mother and son together fight against father for the principles and human values. Srividhya, as a ditched wife,...

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  • 1996
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    The Prince

    The Prince

    3.5 1996 HD

    The Prince is the story of the other side of a Mafia family. Jeeva (Mohanlal), son of a Don (Girish Karnad), falls in love with Swarna, daughter of a...

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  • 2007
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    Lava Kusha

    Lava Kusha

    1 2007 HD

    Lava Kusha is a 2007 Kannada film directed by Om Saiprakash. The film stars Upendra, Shivaraj Kumar, Charmi Kaur and Jennifer Kotwal in lead roles....

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  • 1991
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    Gunaa

    Gunaa

    7.2 1991 HD

    Guna, a mentally-disturbed man, imagines a fictitious character of a woman to be his future wife. One day, he sees a girl in a temple and assumes...

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  • 2006
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    Tananam Tananam

    Tananam Tananam

    1 2006 HD

    Tananam Tananam (Kannada: ತನನಂ ತನನಂ) is a 2006 Indian Kannada romantic musical drama film directed and written by Kavitha Lankesh....

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  • 1970
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    Samskara

    Samskara

    6.8 1970 HD

    Narayanappa, a Madhwa Brahmin man, dies in the Agrahara of the village Durvasapura. As per Madhwa customs, his last rites must be performed at the...

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  • 1997
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    Ratchagan

    Ratchagan

    7.4 1997 HD

    A girl falls for a violent man, who keeps taking law in his hands and beats people up. She wants to marry to him and eventually even he says yes, but...

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  • 1996
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    Sivasakthi

    Sivasakthi

    1 1996 HD

    Marc Zuber Antony alias Tony (Mahesh Anand), an international smuggler, ended up in an isolated island after killing some navy officers. He decided...

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  • 2007
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    Aa Dinagalu

    Aa Dinagalu

    7 2007 HD

    Chetan loves Mallika but his father hires an underworld don, Kotwal, to break their relationship. Irked by his father's actions, Chetan approaches...

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  • 2016
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    24

    24

    7.2 2016 HD

    A scientist invents a time machine but his evil twin brother is after it and will go to any lengths to get the device in his hands.

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  • 2004
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    Shankar Dada MBBS

    Shankar Dada MBBS

    6 2004 HD

    Shankar Dada (Chiranjeevi) is a local goon with a good heart who defends his extortion and settlement business as social service to maintain peace in...

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  • 2016
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    Chalk N Duster

    Chalk N Duster

    7.2 2016 HD

    Chalk n Duster is an emotional journey of two teachers Vidya ( Shabana Azmi) & Jyoti ( Juhi Chawla) , serving at a Mumbai - based High School....

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  • 1999
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    Kaanooru Heggadithi

    Kaanooru Heggadithi

    1 1999 HD

    Subbamma (Tara), third wife of Chandre Gowda (Girish Karnad), is a rebellious mistress of the household and encourages sporadic acts of defiance...

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  • 1990
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    Nehru: The Jewel of India

    Nehru: The Jewel of India

    1 1990 HD

    Based on the life of Jawaharlal Nehru (played by Pratap Sharma) -- who succeeded Mahatma Gandhi and became independent India's first prime minister...

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  • 1977
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    Swami

    Swami

    4 1977 HD

    Saudamini is a pampered girl until she is forced to marry the widower Ghanshyam and move into his large household. Saudamini cannot cope with her...

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  • 1995
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    Sangeetha Sagara Ganayogi Panchakshara Gavai

    Sangeetha Sagara Ganayogi Panchakshara Gavai

    1 1995 HD

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  • 1994
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    Kadhalan

    Kadhalan

    6.6 1994 HD

    Prabhu, a college student, falls in love with Shruthi, a governor's daughter. On knowing about their love affair, her father imprisons Prabhu and...

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  • 2000
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    Hey Ram

    Hey Ram

    6.9 2000 HD

    Saketh Ram's wife is raped and killed during direct action day riots in Calcutta. He is convinced that Mahatma Gandhi is responsible for all the...

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  • 1988
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    Akarshan

    Akarshan

    2 1988 HD

    Love story about an actress falling in love with her costar

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  • 1992
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    Pranadaata

    Pranadaata

    1 1992 HD

    A doctor with amnesia starts treating patients when he remembers how to use surgical instruments. Meanwhile, his wife and daughter, who get banished...

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  • 1985
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    Sur Sangam

    Sur Sangam

    6.5 1985 HD

    The last thread of the Great tradition of Indian Classical Music, Pandit Shivshankar Shastri (Girish Karnad), is worried about whom to shoulder the...

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  • 2017
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    Tiger Zinda Hai

    Tiger Zinda Hai

    6.1 2017 HD

    When a group of Indian and Pakistani nurses are held hostage in Iraq by a terrorist organization, a secret agent is drawn out of hiding to rescue...

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  • 2000
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    Pukar

    Pukar

    6.6 2000 HD

    Major Jaidev saves a politician from the clutches of a dreaded terrorist. However, the terrorist joins hands with his childhood friend Anjali to ruin...

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  • 1985
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    Meri Jung

    Meri Jung

    7.4 1985 HD

    When evil lawyer Thakral prosecutes innocent family man Deepak and sends him to his death, his family is shattered--and when his son Arun grows up,...

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  • 2010
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    Komaram Puli

    Komaram Puli

    3.7 2010 HD

    Puli joins the police force since he wants to avenge his father's murder at the hands of Al Saleem. He gets an opportunity to bring Al Saleem to...

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  • 2012
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    Ek Tha Tiger

    Ek Tha Tiger

    6.1 2012 HD

    An Indian agent is sent to observe the actions of a scientist but the mission becomes complicated when he falls in love with the scientist's...

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  • 2015
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    Rudra Tandava

    Rudra Tandava

    4.5 2015 HD

    Rudra Tandava follows a timid young man who has a loving family. When his brother, a government official, is murdered, the protagonist and his father...

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  • 1987
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    Neela Kurinji Poothappol....

    Neela Kurinji Poothappol....

    1 1987 HD

    Sivaramakrishnan Nair meets his retired defence friend Mennon after a long time and invites him to stay with his family. During his stay, his elder...

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  • 1991
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    Chaitanya

    Chaitanya

    7 1991 HD

    A Garage Mechanic, Chaitanya, who wants to participate in a car race, finds himself beaten and left for dead after he comes to the assistance of a...

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  • 1987
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    Sankeertana

    Sankeertana

    7 1987 HD

    Sankeertana is a 1987 Telugu-language classical film produced by M. Gangaiah under the Konark Movie Creations banner, directed by Geetha Krishna. It...

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  • 1997
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    Minsara Kanavu

    Minsara Kanavu

    6.7 1997 HD

    Priya decides that she wants to be a nun, much to the horror of her father and Thomas, the boy who is in love with her. Thomas decides to enlist the...

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  • 1980
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    Aasha

    Aasha

    4.5 1980 HD

    A famous singer, Aasha, falls in love with a truck driver, who believes his wife is dead, but when Aasha discovers that his wife is alive, she...

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  • 1982
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    Aparoopa

    Aparoopa

    1 1982 HD

    Set in the tea plantations of Assam in northeast India, where a young woman quits her studies to marry a wealthy man whom her father owes money. The...

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  • 2008
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    Dhanam

    Dhanam

    1 2008 HD

    Ananthakrishnan, coming from a conservative and rich Brahmin family, falls in love at first sight with Dhanam, a beautiful prostitute. Soon Ananthu...

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  • 1983
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    Anveshane

    Anveshane

    1 1983 HD

    In the mid-1980s, Shaam (Anant Nag) and Revati (Smita Patil) live in a Vatara (housing complex) with a host of other families and two little girls.

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  • 1983
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    Ananda Bhairavi

    Ananda Bhairavi

    1 1983 HD

    Steeped in tradition, a village elder defies social scorn to preserve the dying art of Kuchipudi dance. Ostracized for training a young woman, he...

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  • 2015
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    Rana Vikrama

    Rana Vikrama

    5 2015 HD

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  • 2015
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    Gurudakshina

    Gurudakshina

    4 2015 HD

    An orphaned boy Dev is adopted by Guruji and brought to his dance academy in Kolkata, owing to his dancing skills. Impressed by his talent, guruji...

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  • 2018
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    Revisiting Samskara

    Revisiting Samskara

    1 2018 HD

    Samskara, the film by Pattabhi Rama Reddy, created a revolution in Indian cinema 50 years ago. Winning National and International awards. It broke...

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  • 1981
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    Paanch Qaidi

    Paanch Qaidi

    1 1981 HD

    Once upon a time in a village a dacoit named Daku Mangal Singh (Ranjeet) harasses the villagers for lagaan, When Inspector-in-charge Vijay (Girish...

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  • 2012
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    Yaare Koogadali

    Yaare Koogadali

    1 2012 HD

    Kumara and Natesa escape from their village and settle in the city. Later they start to work at a gas station. Soon they are chased by a gang of...

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  • 2010
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    Peepli Live

    Peepli Live

    7.319 2010 HD

    Natha decides to commit suicide to get the farmers' compensation. However, the media and politicians learn about his intentions and descend on their...

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  • 1990
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    Prathama Ushakirana

    Prathama Ushakirana

    1 1990 HD

    Filmfare South Award-winning Kannada film dealing with child psychiatry.

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  • 1984
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    Divorce

    Divorce

    1 1984 HD

    Mr. Oswal is a very rich, influential, domineering man who lives with his wife and two sons, Jayant and Ajay. Mr. Oswal convinces his elder son...

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  • 1977
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    The Role

    The Role

    6.4 1977 HD

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  • 2002
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    Agni Varsha

    Agni Varsha

    3.3 2002 HD

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  • 1981
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    Kalyug

    Kalyug

    7.2 1981 HD

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  • 2007
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    Aa Dinagalu

    Aa Dinagalu

    7 2007 HD

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  • 1977
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    Kakana Kote

    Kakana Kote

    1 1977 HD

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  • 1971
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    Vamsha Vriksha

    Vamsha Vriksha

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1988
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    Kanaka Purandara

    Kanaka Purandara

    1 1988 HD

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  • 1984
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    Utsav

    Utsav

    5 1984 HD

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  • 1978
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    The Sage from the Sea

    The Sage from the Sea

    9.8 1978 HD

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  • 1999
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    Kaanooru Heggadithi

    Kaanooru Heggadithi

    1 1999 HD

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  • 1973
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    Kaadu

    Kaadu

    9.5 1973 HD

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  • 1973
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    Kaadu

    Kaadu

    9.5 1973 HD

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  • 1970
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    Samskara

    Samskara

    6.8 1970 HD

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  • 1984
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    Utsav

    Utsav

    5 1984 HD

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  • 1979
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    Ondanondu Kaladalli

    Ondanondu Kaladalli

    1 1979 HD

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  • 1977
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    Tabbaliyu Neenade Magane

    Tabbaliyu Neenade Magane

    1 1977 HD

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  • 1997
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    Nagamandala

    Nagamandala

    7 1997 HD

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  • 1992
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    Cheluvi

    Cheluvi

    1 1992 HD

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