Santosh Sivan

The superstar Rajinikanth plays the role of Aditya Arunachalam, an unconventional cop who likes to do things his way. Darbar is an action thriller that follows this `bad cop` as he solves a group of murders.

Two Schools - one for the rich and one for the poor. Two rival gangs. Two rebel leaders and their epic tale of romance, rivalry and friendship. And a genius mentor, Professor John Abraham Palackal (Mammootty), who guides these youngsters as they step from adolescence to adulthood. 18am Padi (the eighteenth step) is the story of these characters and their journey through the vicissitudes of life.

Senapathi`s sons have always desired the power and success their father has enjoyed. So, when a coveted spot in the family business - that of city`s most influential gangster - is up for grabs, the three brothers are lured into a collision course. Blood ties will unravel as a bloody battle for power begins.

Bhupathi Reddy's sons have always desired the power and success their father has enjoyed. So, when a coveted spot in the family business - that of city's most influential gangster - is up for grabs, the three brothers are lured into a collision course. Blood ties will unravel as a bloody battle for power begins.

Jagadish, a captain in the Indian Army, goes on a self-mission to track down and destroy an Islamic terrorist organization and deactivate the sleeper cells under its command.

Raavan is not a story, it is a world. Dev (Vikram) falls in love with Ragini (Aishwarya Rai), a spunky classical dancer who is as unconventional as him. They get married and he takes up his new post in Lal Maati, a small town in northern India. A town where the word of law is not the police but Beera (Abhishek Bachchan), a tribal who has, over the years, shifted the power equation of the place from the ruling to the have-nots of the area. Dev knows that the key to bringing order to any place is to vanquish the big fish; in this case - Beera. In one stroke Dev manages to rip open Beera`s word, and set in motion a chain of events which will claim lives, change fortunes.

Dev (Prithviraj Sukumaran) falls in love with Ragini (Aishwarya Rai), a spunky classical dancer who is as unconventional as him. They get married and he takes up his new post in Lal Maati, a small town where the word of law is not the police but Veeraiya (Vikram), a tribal who has shifted the power equation of the place.

A English spice baron settles in South India during the waning years of the Raj. Malayalam-speaking T.K. Neelan (Rahul Bose), Rajat (Lal), Manas (Indrajith Sukumaran), and his sister, Sajani (Nandita Das), live in Kalpetta Township in Kerala, India, during the British Raj. As children, they used to play in the woods where Manas and T.K. used to play Bhagwan Shri Ram and Shri Lakshman, respectively, and rescue Sita (Sajani) from Lord Ravan's (Rajat's) clutches. Now the year is 1937, all are grown up, while Manas is a laborer, Sajani is married to Rajat, and T.K. works for his British employer, Henry Moores (Linus Roache), who lives there with his wife, Laura (Jennifer Ehle), and their son, Peter (Leopold Benedict). Sajani is also employed as a maidservant in the Moores household. T.K.'s headmaster asks him to join the freedom movement and ask the British to quit India, but T.K. feels that India has made a lot of progress under the British rule and they should continue with this partnership. His headmaster cautions him that partnership is only between equals, but T.K. disregards this, and it is this attitude that will compel him to re-examine his way of thinking when he finds out that Henry is having a steamy affair with Sajani. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

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Iruvar depicts the real-life rivalry between the yesteryear, iconic actor and politician, M.G.R and the veteran politician Karunanidhi.

The story revolves around a seven-year-old girl, Sasha (Benaf Dadachandji), who looses her puppy. It is about her search and the variety of people she meets.

Badal and Tina, college-going youngsters, fall in love but Tina`s wealthy father disapproves. When all else fails, he gets Badal arrested under false charges to sabotage his life.

Surya is abandoned by his mother and is brought up by a kind lady. Surya grows up to be an aggressive man, as a result of which a local don Devarajan invites him to join his gang. Surya works with Deva as his ``Thalapathi`` (commander). But events turn around, and he ends up losing all he values and gaining things he din`t really valued.

Enroute Madras via train, when three friends get falsely accused of a mysterious homicide, they escape and desperately search for the real killer. Abroad the No. 20 Madras Mail to try and meet Mammootty, Tony Kurushingal (Mohanlal), Hitchcock Kanjikuzhyi (Manian Pillai Raju) and Kumbalam Hari (Jagadish), consume alcohol, and Tony flirts with an attractive female passenger, Devi Nair (Suchitra). He wants to sit next to her, but the passenger occupying that seat, as well as her father, R.K. Nair, objects, leading to a physical altercation, which results in Tony being asked to return to his seat. After a scheduled stop, the train resumes, and Mr. Nair finds his daughter's dead body in the toilet. The Police are summoned, begin an investigation, and conclude that one of three people may have have responsible for this homicide, namely: The passenger seated next Devi - a male who is not who he claims to be; Tony; and a third unknown male/female suspect. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Vinod impresses Menon in order to marry his daughter but he has ulterior motives in mind.