Jayamalini
Also Known As: Jaya Malini, Alamelu Manga
Biography: She acted in more than 500 Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi movies. Jayamalini was born in Chennai on 22 December 1958 into a Tamil family. She was the youngest of 8 siblings. She was introduced to Tollywood in 1974 by Vittalacharya in the movie he produced, Aadadani Adrustam. She acted in several Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam movies. She learned dancing from Heeralal master. She acted in Hindi movies too. She had a dance number in Shalimar (1978), starring Rex Harrison, Dharmendra and Zeenat Aman, which were in both English and Hindi versions. She also had a raunchy dance number, which was provocatively titled "Maamalu Maamalu Baavalu Baavulu", in the movie Maha Shaktimaan. Her sister Jyothi Lakshmi was also a cabaret dancer in films.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Birthday: December 22, 1958
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Annai Oru Alayam
Overview: Rajinikanth catches forest animals through traps and sells them. Rajni's mother will tell him to stop his business, but he will not listen. Later he traps a elephant calf and the mother elephant comes in search of its calf.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1979-10-19
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Thai Meethu Sathiyam
Overview: Babu vows to take revenge on Balu and Johnny, who killed his family members, and trains himself for the fight. Unknown to him, the culprit is someone very close to him.
Genres: Action Romance
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1978-10-30
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Daana Veera Soora Karna
Overview: A retelling of Mahabharata through the perspectives of KARNA and DURYODHANA. The film uses dialogue and poetry written in Classical Telugu/ Grandhika Basha.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1977-11-02
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Krodham
Overview: Revolves around a man who becomes a ruthless vigilante after his wife is murdered by street punks.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1982-01-14
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Indradhanusu
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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Bahudoorapu Batasari
Overview: Prasad, an honest police officer, brings up his sons with a lot of love and care. However, when he falls on hard times, his sons abandon him and he is forced to rebuild his life from scratch.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1983-05-16
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Kudumbam
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Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-11-22
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Idhu Enga Boomi
Overview: Vijay lands in jail while avenging his sister's death. However, when he escapes prison and starts working at Nagalingam's home, he learns that he is planning to steal the villager's money.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1984-09-28
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Veettukku Oru Kannagai
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-07-01
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Valibamey Vaa Vaa
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Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-10-01
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Vichitra Jeevitham
Overview: Chandra Shekar "Chandram" loves and marries Gowri. Soon, Chandram gets a job in an estate owned by Surendra Nath a decadent person who behaves like a gentleman and provides good hospitality. Later, once Gowri is alone, tries to molest her but Chandram arrives in time, and the quarrel ensues into the death of Surendra Nath. Chandram is sentenced to death but, on the way to prison, the police van meets with an accident and all occupants are dead.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1978-04-14
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Superman
Overview: An orphaned boy is granted superpowers after praying to the god Hanuman.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Music
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1980-07-10
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Chambalkadu
Overview: The second-in-command of a gang of robbers in the Chambal valley is forced to interact with Kumar, a police officer, after he learns that Kumar impregnated one of the girls in their community.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1982-06-02
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Kudumbam Oru Koyil
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1987-01-25
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Yamanukku Yaman
Overview: Sathya reaches the court of Yama after he is killed for exposing the crimes of the village head. When he starts a protest to get his life back, Yama goes on a vacation and grants him his wish.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1980-05-16
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Sarithira Nayagan
Overview: Story about two siblings who get separated by villains to get property. Their kids fall in love and solve the murder of the hero's father and clear his uncle of all wrong doings.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1984-05-26
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Naam Iruvar
Overview: Naam Iruvar is a 1985 Indian Tamil film, directed by R. Krishnamoorthy and produced by A. V. M. Kumaran.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1985-03-07
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Driver Ramudu
Overview: Ramu, an honest truck driver, gets falsely implicated in a smuggling scam. However, he goes to great lengths to prove his innocence.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1979-02-02
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Ramudu Kadu Rakshasudu
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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Iddaru Dongalu
Overview: Ranga brings two thieves, Raja and Krishna, on the right path and teams up with them to fight a mobster, Raraju.
Genres: Drama Action Comedy
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Gopurangal Saivathillai
Overview: Murli, a stylish and handsome young man, is forced by his father to get married to Arukani, a village girl. To escape from his wife and father, he takes a job transfer to Bangalore, where he falls in love with Julie and gets married. Murli does not reveal his past to Julie, however, Arukani ends up at his house in Bangalore.
Genres: Drama Comedy Family
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1982-10-15
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State Rowdy
Overview: An aspiring police officer changes the course of his life when he is unable to achieve his dream due to dirty politics. Then, he turns into an outlaw and decides to eliminate crime on his own.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1989-03-22
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Mahanagaramlo Mayagadu
Overview: Mahanagaramlo Mayagadu is fully comedy based movie in which, Chiranjeevi played a role of Raja, whose main aim is to make money by hook or crook and get his sister married. His father commits suicide after being accused of theft and his mother dies of disease.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-06-28
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Hero
Overview: Hero is action oriented movie in which Chiranjeevi played a role of archeologist in thish movie, who comes to a village in search of a plan for the hidden treasure. His friend vikram was killed in the same village trying for that plan.One day during his work, he saves kanakaraju (rao gopal rao), his wives (jayamalini, jyoti lakshmi) and Allu from dying. They become his friend and also treat him as their philosopher and guide.Meanwhile radhika, a village belle who cheats people with her mother nirmalamma meets Chiranjeevi and falls for him. She forces him to marry her.When krishna refuses, she successfully enerts the role of a rape victim in front of the villagers. Krishna later learns that Kanakraju was in fact Kondababu, who killed vikram, who was seacring a plan for the hidden treasure. How krishna plans and exposes kanakaraju’s reality forms the rest of the story.
Genres: Action
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1984-03-22
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Salem Vishnu
Overview: Vishnu, a clever student but intolerant to cheating, is detained from college. He then becomes a car mechanic, but his life starts to change when his brother is transferred to the same city.
Genres: Action Romance
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1990-02-15
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Nakili Manishi
Overview: Prasad (Chiranjeevi) a middle class man loses his job due to his honesty. Unable to get the job and he has to feed this family he agrees to die for the money. Rama (Suneeta) who hires him to die pays money for it. But in the last minutes Prasad wants to live and with the help of Gangaraju (Satyanarayana) he hides in a safe place. nakili manishiShyam (Chiranjeevi) a look a like of Prasad is a crook who murders Gangadhar Rao with the help of Rama for the property and hides the money. Susheela (kavitha) who is in love with Shyam sees the murder and loses her sanity. Susheela is sister of Gangaraju.Rama wants to plan the murder of Prasad in accident, so that Shyam can be roam freely in the name of Prasad. But plan backfires and how Syam and Rama ends up and how Gangaraju and Prasad take the revenge is the rest of the story.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-08-01
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Annadammula Anubandham
Overview: Annadammula Anubandham (transl. Sibling's Relationship) is 1975 Indian Telugu-language action drama film, produced by the makeup artist M. Peethambaram and directed by S. D. Lal.
Genres: Family
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1975-07-04
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Shalimar
Overview: Kumar, a thief by profession poses as the son of Raja Bahadur Singh to accept an invitation to the island of Sir John Locksley. The guests include K.P.W. Iyengar aka Romeo, Dr. Dubari, Colonel Columbus, and Countess Sylvia Rasmussen. A stunned Kumar finds out that all of these invitees are master criminals. Kumar's guise does not fool anyone, nevertheless Sir John permits him to stay on. The reason why John has invited them is to find a successor to take his place as he is dying of cancer. He feels that one of his invitees can be trusted to take his place and for this he has arranged for them to steal a ruby (Shalimar) worth 135 crores of rupees. This gem is placed in a secure room within his palace, which is alarmed, and guarded. He challenges one of them to steal the Shalimar - but if anyone fails then they are killed by the security system. Pitted against such veterans, it looks like Kumar has got himself into a bind that he may not come out of alive.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1978-12-08
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Rani Kasula Rangamma
Overview: Sukumar, the son of a rich industrialist, is a spoilt man who takes advantage of innocent village girls. However, when Roja complains to his father, the two conspire to teach Sukumar a lesson.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1981-08-01
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Guru
Overview: A young man Raghu sets up an explosive in a railway track to blow up a train. Raghu is a freedom fighter who wants to destroy the train in which British officers are travelling. He returns home after his successful attempt and is slammed by his rich father who is an ardent supporter of the British. Raghu insists that his country and its freedom are more important than anything. When police comes to arrest Raghu, his father hands him to them but Raghu's pregnant wife Parvati diverts the police and lets her husband escape. Raghu escapes in his bike and meets with an accident and is declared dead. Parvati gives birth to a son named Ashok and ten years pass by. She is away from her father-in-law and still in a belief that her husband is alive and shall come to them one day.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1980-07-18
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Gaja Donga
Overview:
Genres: Crime Mystery Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1981-01-30
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Chanakya Chandragupta
Overview: The film is a historical story, based on the 3rd century BC Maurya Emperor Chandragupta Maurya and his mentor Chanakya. It begins with the Greek invader Alexander intruding on our borders, Magadha as his last step of sovereignty. Discerning it, fear-defying scholar Chanakya is under trace of the dynamic King to hinder it.
Genres: History Action War
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1977-08-25
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Chandashasanudu
Overview: The film is a battle between feudalism & Communism. Trouble ensues when Raja, a medical college student, falls in love with his classmate Rani, unaware of a powerful enmity existing between their families based on class differences.
Genres: Action
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1983-05-28
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Tiger
Overview: Tiger is a remake of 1977 Hindi film Khoon Pasina.
Genres: Action
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1979-09-05
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Aatagadu
Overview: Gopi, a famous singer, falls in love with Vijaya, a petty thief. Things take a turn when he discovers that she is Dharma Rao's daughter, the man who was killed by his father.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1980-04-24
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Magaadu
Overview: Two brothers are raised amidst difficulties, but one becomes a cop while the other takes to crime and becomes a gangster. Fate puts them against each other, which leads to disastrous consequences. It is a remake of Hindi film Deewaar (1975).
Genres: Crime Action Drama
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1976-05-19
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Yugandhar
Overview: When Yugandhar, a ruthless don, gets killed in a police encounter, Jaganath, the police superintendent, trains his lookalike to pose as the don and help nab his gang. It is remake of Hindi film Don (1978).
Genres: Action Crime Thriller Comedy
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1979-11-30
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Maha Shaktimaan
Overview: No description
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1985-08-02
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Gandharvya Kanya
Overview: Abducted, presumed dead, young Pratap survives in an ashram, learns various arts of worship and weaponry, rescues and then falls in love with Kalingnagar's Rajkumari Malti, and wants to wed her. When he visits the region, he finds that many others who had attempted to wed her, had failed due to stringent conditions set forth by her dad, Bhujang Verma, and are languishing in prison. It is then he finds out his parents, who had been duped out of their palace by Bhujang and Rajguru, are alive, blind, imprisoned and tortured regularly, and sets forth to restore their kingdom to them. In order to do this, he must bring back a Mani that is located in a secret cave, guarded by snakes, protect himself from flesh-eating and shape-changing demoness', pygmies, and other challenges, while the wily Rajguru abducts Malti as well as his parents, and intends to hold them hostage until the Mani is turned over to him.
Genres: Fantasy Horror
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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Rahasya Rathri
Overview: Indian horror movie from 1980.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1980-08-03
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Jaganmohini
Overview: The story of woman betrayed by a king reappears in his next life as a ghost intent on possessing him. On the advice of a priest,the king marries a pious woman who matches her devotional prowess against the ghost’s seductions and wins
Genres: Fantasy Drama Horror
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1978-05-01
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24 Mani Neram
Overview: Raj, a reporter, is framed for the murder of his wife by the real perpetrator, a powerful billionaire who is a serial rapist and killer. Set on revenge, Raj plots a daring escape from prison and swears he will avenge his wife's death within the next 24 hours.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1984-10-17
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Andha Oru Nimidam
Overview: Rajasaker will kill anyone who stands in his way and ends up killing Kumar's beloved's grandfather. Thus, Kumar sets out to investigate and punish Rajasaker.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1985-05-31
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Maravil Thirivu Sookshikkuka
Overview: A place near a hillside where vehicles which are coming is meeting with accident.. a writer arrives and try to solve the mystery
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-04-15
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Manavoori Pandavulu
Overview: 5 youngsters come together with help of Krishnamraju to oppose their village sarpanch's cruel deeds.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1978-11-09
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Amara Deepam
Overview: An educated unemployed man falls in love with the daughter of an Industrialist. Problems crop up when he loses his memory in an accident. Watch how he struggles to win his love with the lost memory
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-09-16
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Abkari
Overview: Vasu and Chacko are working as drivers and low ranking workers for the Abkari contractor Sreekandan. Sreekandan is heavily involved in the smuggling of liquor from the neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu in order to increase the already high profits in his business. For some time the jobless youngsters try illegal brewing of hooch.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1988-04-14
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Kilikkonchel
Overview:
Genres: Action
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1984-05-24
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Oka Radha Iddaru Krishnulu
Overview: Oka Radha Iddaru Krishnulu is a 1986 Indian Telugu-language comedy film, directed and written by A. Kodandarami Reddy. It stars Kamal Haasan, Sridevi in the lead roles, with music composed by Ilaiyaraaja. It was inspired by the novel Oka Radha Iddaru Krishnulu by Yandamoori Veerendranath.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1986-10-02
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Vetagadu
Overview: A greedy accountant murders a wealthy man's wife and deceitfully manages to take over his property. However, fate has other plans in store for him.
Genres: Mystery Music
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1979-11-19
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Anbukku Naan Adimai
Overview: This is the story of a street dancer, a policeman, and a thief - and the latter two are brothers
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1980-06-04
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Malaiyoor Mambattiyan
Overview: Malaiyoor Mambattiyan is the story of a group of youngsters in the village headed by Mambattiyan, who lead the life in a forest by robbing the rich and distributing the wealth to the poor; thus Mambattiyan becomes the local Robin Hood.
Genres: Action Romance Thriller
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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Yamagola
Overview: Satyam (N.T. Rama Rao) is a youth leader and Panchayati Board President. He interferes with the ex-President of the board, Rudrayya (Rao Gopala Rao) from executing his corrupt practices. Satyam and Rudrayya's daughter, Savithri (Jayapradha) are in love and plan to get married. So Rudrayya gets Satyam killed with the help of a professional killer (Prabhakar Reddy). Satyam immediately goes to heaven. He angers the King of Heaven, Indra (Kanta Rao) while he enjoys the dance by Rambha, Urvasi and Menaka. He sends him straight to hell headed by Yama (Satyanarayana) and ably assisted by Chitragupta (Allu Ramalingaiah). In hell, he influences the soldiers of death, Yama's army using communist theories and rights of labor, and turns them against their leader-Yama, and Hell shuts down. Yama sends him back to Earth. Yama and Chitragupta visits Earth on a holiday trip and experiences the funny aspects of Humans. Satyam changes his name and teaches Rudrayya a lesson.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Romance
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1977-10-21
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Lok Parlok
Overview: Amar lives a poor lifestyle along with his widowed mom in a village, and has a sweetheart in Savitri. He is a trouble-maker and makes life difficult for the Panchayat Chair, Kalicharan, who also happens to be Savitri's father, so much so that Kalicharan hires Ram Shastri to kill Amar. After his passing, Amar enters Swarg Lok where he gets to meet with Devraj Indra and then Yamraj. Amar incites Yam Dhooths to go on a strike, as well as has Yamraj himself consider going on a vacation along with his assistant, Chitragupt Sharma. As a result, Yamraj and Chitragupt end up in modern day Bombay as ordinary human beings, and people stop dying, while Amar himself is given back his life. But not for long for soon he will be called upon to provide bail for a jailed Yamraj and Chitragupt, who will soon return to Swarg Lok and take him along too!!
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1979-11-23
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Sainthadamma Sainthadu
Overview: Jaga, who is unemployed, marries Gowri, a rich girl who has an intellectual disability. However, things take a turn when he starts liking Ragini, unaware that she is Gowri's sister.
Genres: Family
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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Aattukara Alamelu
Overview: Alamelu, a young woman, leads a happy life with her pet goat in a village. Her life changes for the worse when an evil landlord talks ill of her character and claims to have had an affair with her.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1977-11-10
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Maria, My Darling
Overview: A minor thug, Raghu, and a pickpocket, Maria, fall in love. To find proof, Raghu joins a gang that killed Maria's father but soon realises that they are planning to kill Maria to bury any evidence.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1980-12-19
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Natchathiram
Overview: A movie buff befriends a popular actress as he believes that she is leading a happy life. However, one day he sees an unknown man making an attempt on her life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1980-04-11
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Dr. Siva
Overview: Dr. Siva treats leprosy patients and gives great importance to his patients' care. When Geetha falls in love with him, he marries her expecting that she would understand the hassles of his profession.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1975-11-02
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Sahodarara Savaal
Overview: Two brothers get separated when they are young but dislike each other after reuniting as adults. Though they are initially unaware of their parentage, their interests align once they learn the truth.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1977-09-16
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Kudure Mukha
Overview: Professor Nataraj, a historian, unearths some invaluable secrets of the past. Rekha, his daughter, seeks the help of Mohan, to save his findings from notorious criminals.
Genres: Thriller Drama Family
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1978-01-06
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Muyyige Muyyi
Overview: Muyyige Muyyi is a 1978 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by Y. R. Swamy and produced by P. Krishna Raj. The multi-starrer is led by Srinath, Vishnuvardhan, Aarathi, Manjula, Roja Ramani and Chandrashekhar.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1978-04-21
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Vasantha Lakshmi
Overview: Vasantha Lakshmi is a 1978 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by A. V. Seshagiri Rao and produced by K. Vittala Kumar, K. V. Honnappa and K. V. Gurunath. The film stars Srinath, Vishnuvardhan, Aarathi, and Manjula. The film has musical score by Vijaya Bhaskar. The movie is a remake of the 1974 Tamil movie Engamma Sapatham.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1978-10-06
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Kiladi Jodi
Overview: Jaggu and George, two petty thieves, mend their ways to make George's lover, Jenny, and her father happy. However, they come across Jenny's lookalike who is in trouble and decide to help her.
Genres: Action Drama Family
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1978-09-15
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