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Brahmdutt, a rich Steel Baron is falsely convicted in the murder of his best friend and business partner Premchand. When in prison, Brahmdutt finds out from sources that his son in law Indrajeet has conspired to get him caught so he can take over his empire. Brahmdutt avenges that once he is free he will take full revenge from Indrajeet. To take revenge Brahmdutt is helped by Vijay, Indrajeet's own deserted son. —gavin@sunny_deol2009@yahoo.com Businessman, Brahmdutt lives with his wife, Sujata and is not in favor of the love interest his only daughter, Sonu shows towards a young man named Indrajeet Sabharwal, whose character seems very suspicious. This objection then forces Sonu to consume an overdose of sleeping pills thus forcing her parents to accept the match. After the wedding; nothing is the same for the family anymore as Brahmdutt's fear started to come through when Indrajeet first created a rift between him and his business partners, Premchand and Mushtaque Ali. Then Brahmdutt is eventually sentenced to 12 years imprisonment for the murder of Premchand making the way clear for Indrajeet to destroy the last of the Dutt's family's happiness. —gavin (racktoo@hotmail.com) The orderly lives of Braham Dutt (Dilip Kumar) and his wife, Sujata, are shattered when their daughter, Sonu (Swapna) informs them of her love with Inderjit. Braham Dutt agrees to meet this young man, but not does not approve of his ideas and is very suspicious of his character. This opposition to her love prompts Sonu to take an overdoes of sleeping pills, and as a result forcing her parents to accept Inderjit as their son-in-law. The marriage takes place, and evetually Inderjit starts showing his true colours. First he creates a rift between Brahm Dutt and his business partners (Anupam Kher and Shafi Inamdar), and then sets about systematically destroying the Dutt family and his wife. Govinda and Madhuri Dixit are the other romantic interest in this absorbing movie. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Raja (Khanna) discovers that his face is similar to that of Dr. Shekhar, one of the top earning doctors of Bombay. He somehow manages to take his place, but discovers that even Dr. Shekhar has problems of his own.

A poor rickshaw-puller adopts an abandoned child and brings him up as his son but tragedy strikes when the boy becomes crippled as a result of polio infection. Mahesh is a poor rickshaw puller. One day, he goes to temple and sees a child lying on the stairs. He takes him inside the temple to give him to his parents but the priest assuming that the child is his sin, asks him to get out of the temple. Police constable also helps the priest and asks Mahesh to take his child along-with him. Mahesh tells them that it is not his child but they do not listen. Then Mahesh tries to leave the child but fate lets him take the child home. There also, he faces opposition from the neighborhood due to the child but irrespective of their behavior, Mahesh starts bringing up the child and names him 'Hindustan'. On the other hand, Radha, the child's mother attempts suicide because the child's father, Vinod, refuses to marry her. So, unable to bear the burden of sin, she tries to commit suicide but is saved by the local people. When she comes into conscious, she starts searching her child. She goes to police and also requests Vinod but Vinod rejects her cruelly. Vinod gets injured in an accident and is ashamed of his behavior. He apologizes to Radha and both of them get married. They along-with Inspector Ramesh start finding their child. In bringing up the child, Sheela, helps Mahesh. One day Mahesh comes to know that Hindustan has got infected with polio. He, feeling responsible for Hindustan's disease because of his uncleanliness, works hard to give the child a good education. Will he succeed in achieving his goal and will Radha be able to find her child? —Mohsin Ali Khan

Loafer is a Hindi movie starring Dharmendra, Prem Nath, Mumtaz and Mukri in prominent roles. It is directed by A Bheem Singh.

Mala witnesses a murder and escapes on a bus from Bombay to Goa. She ends up on a road trip with people from all over India, including Ravikumar, a man who vows to protect her.

Malti marries Ram and moves to the city to live with him and his family, but the one-room apartment doesn`t give them any privacy. Will the couple find love in the crowded house?

Sundar, a waiter, is in love with Radha but does not have the courage to tell her. When he becomes a successful comedian, he confesses his feelings to her, only to find that she loves someone else. Plain-looking, buck-toothed Sundar works as a waiter in the Rasraj Hotel. One day he meets with Radha, the daughter of the hotel owner and falls in love with her. She indicates that she likes him, and he builds a palace of dreams, but lacks the confidence to approach her. When his friend, Amar, returns from abroad he assists him in making a career as a Bollywood comedian and singer, and improving his self-worth. Sundar gets popularity virtually overnight, and musters up enough courage to propose to Radha, only to find out that she loves someone else, and that person is none other than - Amar. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

An abused homeless male and a mentally-challenged woman become friends. Impoverished residents of a Chawl ill-treat a homeless collegian orphan, Bhola, make him do a lot of work, run errands, do not pay him, make him beg for food, and often refuse to feed him. After Gauri's marriage is canceled due to her being institutionalized for 10 years in a mental hospital in Agra, her mother, Leela, secretly decides to marry her off to Bhola. As both are shunned by everyone they become friends but then Bhola is blamed for stealing valuables, accused and beaten for writing a love-letter to Renu, and is beaten even more before his exams. Then things dramatically change after Bhola graduates, and a wealthy businessman from Singapore arrives and announces that he is Bhola's father. Watch what impact this news has on the residents. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Navendu toils hard to support his joint family and keep it together. However, their bond gets threatened when his younger brother marries a woman who insists on living separately.

Ajay Singh meets with pretty Asha Chibber, and is led to believe that she is wealthy. After a few misunderstandings, he does find out that she is from a poor family. Both do fall in love, and Ajay goes to meet with Asha's brother, Dr.O.P. Chibber, and his wife, Shanti. They are pleased with this alliance, and arrangements are made for Ajay's mom, Gayetridevi to visit them and approve of Asha, which is done. Subsequently, Ajay and Asha are married, and settle down. Asha is expected to give birth to a baby boy as a heir to the Singh family. Unfortunately, she is unable to do so, and even worse -loses her eye-sight and becomes dependent on Ajay. Frustrated at this, Gayetridevi decides to ask Asha to leave the house, and arranges a second marriage for Ajay, with results that will change the lives of everyone around them. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Govind, Nazir and Joseph decide to give up the world of crime when a little girl enters their life. After killing her father, four hardened killer-bandits, Govind, Joseph and Nazir, take young Gita to their hideout. They take a liking to her, look after her, and even daringly and dramatically abduct her governess, Gauri, just to pacify her. The question remains how long will these killers continue to hold Gita and Gauri? —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

A simpleton Bhola falls in love with his fashionable neighbor Bindu and seeks help from his friend Vidyapati, who comes up with hilarious tricks to woo Bindu.

Mark Twain's story "The Prince and the Pauper" is transplanted to an Indian setting with all of the essential elements intact.

Dr. Satish travels from the big city to a small village, where he can serve the poor who cannot afford to go to the city for medical treatment. Once in the village, he meets with Shanti, who lives with her dad, Radhekiran, a watchman. Both Shanti and Satish fall in love, and exchange vows to be married. Radhekiran has an accident, and dies, leaving Shanti to re-locate, without notifying Satish. Satish is devastated at losing Shanti, and tries to locate her, to no avail. His parents want him to marry Kamini, and he agrees to do so. It is then he comes across Shanti, and he is shocked to see that Shanti has given birth to baby-boy, but will not disclose who the father is. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Gopal, a secret agent, investigates the death of his colleague who possessed evidence against a known terrorist. Gopal and Kamla embark on a journey to find the traitor. When Criminal Investigating Officer, Amarnath is murdered during the line of duty; Intelligence suspect it is the handiwork of foreign criminals who wants to destroy India with the help of some Indian traitors thus secret agent, Gopal is sent down to investigate. Gopal does manages to find a lead in this case and work together with the help of Amarnath's sister, Kamla in locating some incriminating photographs that clearly shows a car registration number. He meets and fall in love with Sunita who then introduces him to her dad, Damodar. Gopal also find out that Damodar is a mere pawn in the hands of the same criminals he is looking for and must continue his investigation to reach the mastermind. —gavin (racktoo@hotmail.com) Gopli, Agent 116 of India's Secret Service, is called in to investigate the death of another agent whom had some incriminating photographic evidence revealing the inner workings of a foreign terrorist leader and his strike team and Gopli sets out to find the evidence before the terrosist does. —Anonymous Secret Agent Gopal has been assigned to solve the homicide of a fellow secret agent. During this investigation, Gopal meets with lovely Sunita, and both end up falling in love with each other. When Sunita introduces him to her dad, Gopal gets suspicious about him, and commences a background check, which reveal that her father is a gangster. The question is will Sunita believe him when he tells her about her dad; will she continue to have a relationship with him even if she does believe him; and most of all how will she accept the fact that Gopal was not using her to solve his case. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

A lawyer's wife dies in his arms. Yet, another woman - identical in appearance and accused of aiding a gang of bandits - claims to be the lawyer's wife. A courtroom drama ensues. Rakesh gets married to Geeta and goes to London for further studies for 3 years after a year he comes to know about Geeta's illness and returns back and Geeta dies in his arms,Rakesh goes in depression and lives with her memories.One day inspector Daljit comes to meet Rakesh and tells him about a bandit Raina they caught on other day who claims to be his wife,Rakesh meets her and is shocked that she totally resembles Geeta. Rakesh doesn't agree to this as Geeta died in his arms,but Raina tells such things about Rakesh that only a wife would know but it is impossible for Geeta to be alive as she was Cremenated in front of whole village. —alex.mjacko@gmail.com Lawyer Rakesh Singh is devastated when his wife, Geeta, passes away after a brief illness. After the funeral Rakesh can think of nothing but her, and this leads him to depression. To confound this, Inspector Daljit informs him that a thug named Sunaina, who has been recently apprehended by the police alongwith members of her gang, claims that she is Geeta, Rakesh is astounded at this and goes to meet this woman, who does indeed resemble his wife. Rakesh, however, does not believe that she is his wife, as he himself had cremated her with his own hands. But this woman is adamant, the matter goes to court, which must find out whether this woman is really Geeta or an imposter, before trying her for her crimes. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Maharaja Vikram decides to marry his daughter Anuradha to his commander's son, Pratap. However, years later, Anuradha is abducted by bandit Suraj while on her way to Pratap's coronation. Vikram Singh is the Maharaja of Pratap Nagar and is very impressed with his Senapati Sangram Singh for years of loyal service. He decides to make him a Maharaja and agrees to marry his daughter, Anuradha, with his son, Pratap. Years later, Vikram sends his now grown-up Anuradha to visit the coronation of Rajkumar Pratap Singh and approve of him as her husband, and she sets off without any escort with just her maid-servant, Kalavati, for company. Shortly thereafter, Vikram is informed that Kalavati has been abducted by a bandit named Suraj Singh, he accordingly rushes over to Sangram's and this is where he discovers to his shock that Kalavati is posing as Anuradha, and it is his daughter that has been abducted by Suraj. Watch what happens when Suraj is arrested and lodged in a dungeon, and preparations are set forth for the coronation of Pratap and his subsequently marriage with Anuradha. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Watch the full movie, Bahu Beti, only on Eros Now. Bahu Beti is a 1965 Indian Hindi film, directed by T. Prakash Rao and produced by Rajkamal Kalamandir (PVT) Ltd. The film stars Ashok Kumar, Mala Sinha, Joy Mukherjee and Mehmood in lead roles. The film had musical score by Ravi.

Mary and Peter fall in love with each other and are about to get married, when Peter is asked to re-join his regiment to go to war. Shortly thereafter, he is missing, believed to be dead, leaving behind a devastated Mary who subsequently gives birth to twins, and leaves them on the doorsteps of two Goan households, and becomes a nun. Twenty four years later, India is a free country, while Goa is under the rule of the Portugese, Mary is the Mother Superior; Peter, who is still alive, is the Deputy Superintendent of Police in Goa, who has been entrusted the task of apprehending two revolutionaries by the name of Ram and Rahim - none other than his very own sons. Watch what happens when duo unleash a series of attacks against the oppressive Portugese regime, including robbing the Bank of Portugal, disrobing an arrogant Superindent of Police, Alburqueue, then setting his house on fire, joining hands with dreaded bandit Daler Singh, and abducting the daughter of the Goa's Hakim, Rita. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Anand, the grandson of a rich man, leaves home to avoid an arranged marriage. He ends up falling for a girl in Mumbai, but his grandfather will do anything to bring him back home.

In his quest for a heir, Rai Bahadur has an affair with a prostitute Meher. When Meher becomes pregnant he promises to take the child and educate him. But fate has other plans, for his wife Meena also becomes pregnant at the same time, and shortly thereafter both women give birth to two boys. Meher threatens to expose him if he does not take her son, and leave Meena's son in an orphanage. However, both children end up in his palatial home. He belittles Meher's son and finally accuses him of stealing. Fed up of these accusations, Meena leaves the house with Kishore, and ironically ends up with Meher. In the meantime, Rai's son has grown up to be an arrogant, and a champion boxer. And it is in the boxing ring that both half-brothers will meet again -- for a match of their lives -- as the trophy is none other than the beautiful Mala -- who both love and hope to marry. —gavin@sunny_deol2009@yahoo.com Rai Bahadur is a well-known and kind-hearted wealthy individual, who practices law. He lives with his wife, Meena, but both have no children. In his quest for a heir to his estate, he has an affair with a prostitute named Meher on the sly. When Meher becomes pregnant he promises to take the child, let him take his name, and educate him. But fate has other plans, for Meena also becomes pregnant at the same, and shortly thereafter both women give birth to two boys. Meher threatens to expose him if he does not take her son, and leave Meena's son in an orphanage. Rai Bahadur instructs a nurse to carry out this task - in vain though as both children end up in his palatial home. He knows that Kishore (Meher's son) is the child of a prostitute, belittles him, humiliates him, and finally accuses him of stealing. Fed up of these accusations, Meena leaves the house with Kishore, and ironically ends up with Meher, who looks after them. In the meantime, Rai's son, Pran, has grown up to be educated and arrogant, and a champion boxer. And it is in the boxing ring that both half-brothers will meet again - for a match of their lives - as the trophy is none other than the beautiful Mala - who both Pran and Kishore love and hope to marry. Watch as events unfold that will prove that it is not necessarily one's birth that fosters one's character. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Aruna lives a wealthy lifestyle with her paternal grandfather. She has come of marriageable age and he wants her to get married to a young man named Pran. But Aruna finds him possessive, controlling, and hot-tempered, and will not have anything to do with him, so she decides to run away. Her grandfather asks Pran to search everywhere for her, and Pran takes a oath that he will not return home until he finds her. He does find her and brings her back home. Shortly thereafter, her grandpa develops complications and passes away, leaving her in the care of Pran and a servant named Harriya. When Pran offers to marry her, she refuses and tells him that she loves another man, Ashok, she met when she ran away, the one who lives in an abandoned bus in the country. When they locate Ashok, he is unable to recognize her, and is in the company of a beautiful street dancer, Roopa, who he hopes to get married to soon. Was her romance with Ashok all a dream for Aruna, or is there some other reason why Ashok is refusing to recognize her? —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Ijjat Beg comes to India with his caravan and settles in a town in Gujrat. Here, he falls in love with Sohni, who owns a shop of metal pots.

A single mother, Radha, struggles to make ends meet and raises her two kids amidst poverty and the blatant evils of the Indian society.

A spoiled rich girl on the run travels with a reporter looking for a news scoop.

This movie depicts the life of once wealthy poet and nobleman Mirza Ghalib. This story portrays his trials, tribulations, triumphs, and utlimate descent to poverty, and then to prison; and his tragic and ill-fated love with a beautiful courtesan named Chaudvin. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Anju Rai lives a wealthy lifestyle with her widowed dad in a palatial house. She is now of marriageable age, and her dad has arranged her marriage with Advocate Amarnath. Both Anju and Amarnath meet and fall in love with each other. Shortly before their formal engagement, Anju notices a change in Amarnath - as he appears to be drifting further from her. Then he decides to demolish his house and re-built it, and also refuses to go near any Mandir - either alone or in Anju's company. When part of the house collapses, he is injured, but recuperates quickly. It is then the town is set afire with rumors that Amarnath may have sexually molested a village belle named Sonia, who sells milk, lives a poor lifestyle with her widowed dad, cruel step-mother, and is to be married to the village goon, Shankar. Watch what happens when Shankar gets killed, and Sonia is arrested for killing him. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com) A delicately nuanced psychological drama, exploring a 3-way relationship between the main characters and the crisis of conscience that rocks it. A prosperous, well-respected lawyer, in love with and engaged to an educated, socially-conscious young woman, succumbs to a weak moment and rapes a poor local village milkmaid. The rest of the story deals with the aftermath of this tragic event, with all the inevitable undercurrents of guilt, penitence and pervasive heartbreak that stem from it. —Hrishi Dixit <hud1@cornell.edu>