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- DirectorVishal BhardwajStarsPriyanka Chopra JonasVivaan ShahNeil Nitin MukeshSusanna is hungry for love and will go to any extent to find it in its purest form. In her quest for the perfect man, she gets married a number of times as each of her husband's die mysteriously.
- DirectorAashiq AbuStarsVijay BabuRima KallingalFahadh FaasilA 22 year old nurse who was betrayed and raped exerts some extreme revenge on her tormentors.
- DirectorRosshan AndrrewsStarsJyotikaRahmanAbhiramiA 36 years old woman rediscovers her lost charisma while overcoming profound odds from a patriarchal society.
- DirectorAdurthi Subba RaoStarsAnjali DeviKannambaAkkineni Nageswara RaoWatch the full movie, Aadapettanam, only on Eros Now. Aadapettanam is a 1958 Indian Telugu film, directed by Adurthi Subba Rao and produced by M. Narayana Swamy, M. Venkata Ramadasu. The film stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Anjali Devi in lead roles. The film had musical score by Saluri Rajeswara Rao, Master Venu.
- DirectorE.V.V. SatyanarayanaStarsOohaV.K. NareshMeka Srikanth
- DirectorGulzarStarsSuchitra SenSanjeev KumarOm ShivpuriHotel manager J.K. (Sanjeev Kumar) works there. One day, he bravely steps in to save Aarti, the drunken daughter of a politician (Suchitra Sen). Aarti and J.K. have a small ceremony to celebrate their marriage after falling in love. The married pair decides to separate after a few years because of several issues. Aarti and J.K. eventually cross paths again when she has achieved political success. Both of them sense a connection despite their distance, but Aarti is reluctant to speak up for fear of having her reputation ruined and endangering her profession. However, when the opposing party conducts a rally to disparage and humiliate Aarti Devi, When she gets there, she informs the populace and voters of her decision to leave her husband and family in order to serve this nation's citizens. The public respects her and is deeply moved by her voice and selflessness. J.K. arrives there as well and offers her support; she is overjoyed and moves on. She is elected and goes on to have a fulfilling life.
- DirectorK.G. GeorgeStarsSrividyaSuhasiniSooryaAadaminte vaariyellu depicts parellel stories of three women who are subjected to various forms of patriarchy and exploitation by the men around them and the society at large, and how they try to literally break free from it.
- DirectorLekh TandonStarsVyjayanthimalaSunil DuttPremnath MalhotraA victory over neighboring state Vaishai has always eluded Magadh Samrat Ajaatshatru despite being winning and taking control over all neighboring states. He attacks Vaishali only get defeated again. Wounded, lost and on the run, Ajaatshatru dons the guise of a Vaishali soldier and takes shelter with a woman named Amrapali and they fall in love with each other. Ajaatshatru finds an ally in Senapati Balbadhra Singh and both start a plot to gain control of Vaishali. Vaishali Samrat comes to know about Ajaatshatru and Amrapali's liaison with him, he sentences her with a death penalty. Ajaatshatru is enraged at this, he gathers together his armies and storms the unsuspecting Vaishali and virtually burns the city down, killing almost everyone in it. This accomplished, he rushes to free his beloved from the dungeons. He does set her free but it is not the same Amrapali; this Amrapali is quite different. She is not at all thrilled to be in the presence of her conqueror lover. She teaches him what he won in the battle ground but what he lost in reality.
- DirectorPan NalinStarsAmy MagheraRajshri DeshpandePavleen GujralA photographer invites her closest friends to vacation at her family's home in Goa in celebration of her upcoming marriage.
- DirectorRahul RawailStarsMadhuri DixitShah Rukh KhanTinnu AnandVijay falls in love Shivani and proposes her only to be rejected every time. However his love turns into an obsession and turns her life into a hell.
- DirectorShyam BenegalStarsShabana AzmiSadhu MeherAnant NagBelonging to a lower caste, Lakshmi and her deaf-mute husband Kishtayya serve the landlord's son, Surya. When Surya's young wife finds out about his affair with Lakshmi, they all find themselves at crossroads.
- DirectorK. BalachanderStarsJaya PradaJayalakshmiRajinikanthThe story of an elder sister trying to run a family devoid of father and a useless brother.
- DirectorK. BalachanderStarsPramilaSivakumarKamal HaasanWhen a Brahmin family finds diminishing monetary opportunities in traditional priestly functions, the daughter must go out and work.
- DirectorMahesh ManjrekarStarsTabuSachin KhedekarMohnish BehlHappiness of Shrikant and Aditi's twenty seven year old marriage is over. After it's reveled that Aditi is beneficiary to the property of late Malhar Kamat. Which opens many streets from the past.
- DirectorMehboob KhanStarsSurendraSardar AkhtarLala YaqoobRadha (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.
- DirectorC. RudraiyaaStarsSripriyaKamal HaasanRajinikanthThe film revolves around a solitary women, her plight and ordeal against evil society.
- DirectorK. BalachanderStarsKamal HaasanSujathaJai GaneshKavitha, a young woman, is the sole bread winner for her family. In order to fulfill their dreams and ambitions, she puts herself through the daily grind of working in an office maintaining a tough exterior at home and at office. The delays in her marriage with her lover Tilak, frustrates him but he decides to wait for her. Eventually when Kavitha consents to marriage, Tilak springs up an unpleasant surprise.
- DirectorDuraiStarsPandari BaiAachi ManoramaR. Muthuraman
- DirectorK. BalachanderStarsSujathaKamal HaasanRajinikanthThe movie revolves around the trials and tribulations of Anu (Sujatha). Anu is a happy-go-lucky girl who is in love with her boyfriend. Her life changes when her father gets transferred to Mumbai (then Bombay). Her love life falls apart as she gets no response to any of her letters from her love. In addition, her father becomes seriously ill. Her father's office colleague, Ramanathan (Rajnikanth), becomes the new pillar of support for her in these tough times. Soon, he asks for her hand in marriage. She accepts gratefully, and confesses that she had a boyfriend, who has seemingly forgotten her. However, she soon realizes that Ramanathan is a sadistic and jealous husband, who tortures her no end so she opts for a divorce. As a divorced woman, with an infant in her hands, she lands in Chennai (Madras) to take up a new job and start a new life. Her life takes a turn for the better in Chennai with a very supportive friend-group in her office, particularly a widower, Janardhan a.k.a Johnnie (Kamal Hassan)who is a talented ventriloquist talking through his puppet, Junior. He falls in love with Anu, but is unable to muster up the courage to tell her about it. In an interesting cinematic twist, her ex-husband's mother discovers her presence in the city and takes up a job as a maid in her house. Anu also stumbles upon her old lover in Chennai and discovers that her letters to him never reached as they were intercepted by his mentally-challenged sister. Soon, Anu renews her relationship with her old love and life seems to be looking up for her. But the ghosts of the past continue to haunt her. Ramanathan comes to Chennai in the role of her boss - a contrite and repentant Ramanathan, who now wants to re-marry Anu and redress the wrongs he had done. The situation becomes piquant with 3 men vying for Anu - her ex-love, her ex-husband and a silent lover lurking on the sidelines.
- DirectorShekhar KapurStarsSeema BiswasNirmal PandeyRajesh VivekThe story of the bandit queen Phoolan Devi who was sent to prison in 1983 and got free in 1994.
- DirectorSagar SarhadiStarsFarooq ShaikhSmita PatilNaseeruddin ShahA young man challenges traditional customs by standing up to the father of the woman he loves, who has promised her to a wealthy expatriate.
- DirectorK. BalachanderStarsSuhasiniKamal HaasanRamakrishnaA story of an estranged woman who wanders when she will have time to live her own life, as she is too busy taking care of her mother, siblings, and her alcoholic brother's family.
- DirectorPravin BhattStarsShabana AzmiMarc ZuberSaeed JaffreyBhavna is a story of a less privileged women. A lady who was living all alone in the city met a man named Ajay Kapoor in a garden, sketching. They became friends and later on friendship turned into love. Eventually they got married, however, Kapor's dad had not granted permission for this marriage. After bearing a financial crises, Ajay went to see his dad who was residing in another city. Ajay never came back to Bhavna. Bhavna went to that city and was astonished to see that Ajay married another women. Dejected Bhanva came back and started a new job. But this was not the end of the story.
- DirectorShyam BenegalStarsSmita PatilAnant NagNaseeruddin ShahA girl learns music from her courtesan grandmother and breaks into the burgeoning show business industry of 1930s Bombay, which eventually leads to decades of superstardom as well as romantic entanglements.
- DirectorRajaputra RanjithStarsMithun MuraliMalvika NairNiranjanBenny, who works at a fuel station secretly falls in love with Reena who often crosses his path. On the other side, Deepak acts like a gentleman to get close to Arathy with bad intentions. A horrendous crime will bring them all together.