Mandakini

An aghoori is on a hunt for a snake couple; in the greed for a `mani` he kills one of the snakes. The love between the two snakes is eternal and therefore the `icchadhaari nagin` returns to revenge the death of her husband.

Tezaab is the violent love story of how an ideal college school student`s life turns towards the path of crime. He goes through a series of incidents which cause him deep problems and turn him into a criminal.

Lecherous Shekawat is displeased with his parents as they will all their properties and estate in the name of his sister, Sonali and her husband, Pramod. Shortly after Pramod is accused of having illicit relationship with the maid servant and is held responsible for killing her alcoholic husband; to get away from the police Pramod decides to run-away but comes just in time to overhear how Shekawat had him framed so that he can acquire the properties. Pramod then find out that Sonali has given birth to a baby boy; he then abducts the baby boy and attempts to escape but eventually Shekawat's men catches up with him and throws him over-board not before he hand over his child to a couple. Shekawat then gets marry to a wealthy woman, Shobha who gives birth to a baby boy Babla. Years later Pramod's son grows up with the couple to be doctor, Amit while Babla is in love with Amit's foster sister, Ayushi. Pramod is still alive albeit in coma - Shekawat's past re-surface when Pramod enters the house-hold just in time to shoulder the dead body of Sonali and at the same time to demand revenge with the help of his son, Amit partnered by Shekawat's very own son, Babla. —gavin (racktoo@hotmail.com) Shekawat is unhappy that his parents have willed their estate, and wealth to his sister, Sonali, and her husband, Pramod. He devises a plot which will enable him to get the wealth. His sister gives birth to a son, and Pramod overhears him instructing his men to kill the child, and runs away with him. His men run Pramod down, and believe they killed him, but Pramod survives and hands the child, Amit, over to Sudha and her husband, who already have a daughter named Ayusha. Pramod then goes into a coma. Shekhawat gets his sister to sign over the estate in his name, and marries a wealthy but devout woman named Shobha, who subsequently gives birth to a son named Babla. Years later, the children have now grown up. Ayusha and Babla are attracted to each other, and their respective families approve of their marriage. The only one who is opposed to this marriage is Pramod, who has now recovered, only to find out that he must first go through Amit, his very own son, who is not prepared to believe any story against Shekhawat. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Dance Dance is a story about a young boy whose parents were killed when he was an infant. Now both his sister and him sing and perform on streets. However, after the death of his sister in an unfortunate event, he finds himself unable to recover from the shock.

Bhargava, an efficient, yet jobless young man gets an opportunity to work as an Assistant Engineer with the government because of his good deeds. After being pressurized for signing on illegal files, Bhargava wages a war on injustice but is framed by a criminal minded Minister for corruption and is imprisoned. How Bhargava proves his innocence and takes his revenge makes the rest of the film.

Maharaja Sharminder Bhupathi of Avanti and his wife, the Rajmata, would like to see peace in the region, and would like their daughter, Alaknanda, to marry the prince of Gandharva, Aditya Vardhan. While in Gandharva, Aditya has plans of his own, for he loves a courtesan, Jaswanti, and would not dream of marrying anyone else, much to the disapproval of his brother, Ugrarao. Not to be outdone, Alaknanda loves a young warrior by the name of Vikram Singh. Acharya Abangdev of Avanti has plans of his own, which do not include Alaknanda, as he would like to take the region over and rule over it through Ugrarao. Then the unexpected happens, Aditya is reportedly killed by bandits, and Abangdev announces that Ugrarao be the next king, but at the very moment, Aditya shows up, is crowned the king, and makes sweeping changes to Avanti for the betterment of the people. His mother wants him to marry Alaknanda, but he chooses Chandana, and soon both get married. What Aditya does not know is that Chandana is really a beauty filled with venom that will kill anyone who loves her. Over at Gandharva, Alaknanda is crowned the Queen, but is not permitted to marry someone lower than her rank and status. In the background an embittered Abangdev schemes with Bhanu Pratap, and Ugrarao to escalate hostilities between the two kingdoms, which will lead to war, and thus lead him to rule both the kingdoms. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985), directed by Raj Kapoor, is a bold film that explores themes of purity, love, and social morality against the backdrop of rural India. The film marked Raj Kapoor`s return to filmmaking after a long gap and became one of his most talked-about works. The film stars Rajiv Kapoor, Raj Kapoor`s younger son, in the role of a simple and idealistic young man, Ram, who sets out to bring back his fiancee, Ganga (Mandakini), whom he had promised to marry. Ganga is symbolically portrayed as the "pure" Ganga river, but her journey is fraught with exploitation, corruption, and tragedy. The film contrasts Ganga`s purity with the dirty waters of the River Ganga, metaphorically suggesting that society often taints what it considers pure.