Shilpa Shirodkar

In ancient times, nobles hid their treasures underground and sealed them with rituals called bandanas. One such ritual, the Pisachi Bandana, created a powerful guardian named Dhanapisachi. In 1995, when one such bandana was disturbed, it created havoc in the lives of people involved in it.

Remake of the 2007 Tamil film Polladhavan, this is a contemporary Action Drama that revolves around a young man's love affair with his bike, and the trials and travails he is forced to undergo when it is lost.

Three women in a Bihar village are sentenced to death by their menfolk. Their crime is that they dared to protest. Ketki (Madhuri Dixit), an educated young girl with dreams in her eyes, gets married into a family of upper class landlords, whose fortunes have been consumed by lethargy and extravagance. Her husband Vinay Singh (Ayub Khan) has no agricultural land left, does not have the capital to start a business, and fails to secure a job due to the governments policy of reservation for the backward castes. Ketki makes sacrifices to support him in his entrepreneurial endeavours. But fails to restrain him when, in desperation to get rich quick, he aligns with the wrong people. Contractor and power broker Tirpat (Mohan Joshi) and local politician Pandey (Harish Patel) make use of Vinay's innocence for their own profit. Vinay's degeneration is complete when he thrashes Ketki for objection to his misdeeds. Her upbringing, self-respect and righteousness make it difficult for her to bear this humiliation. She suffers. Chandravati (Shabana Azmi) is the wife of Vinay's elder brother Abhay Singh (Mohan Agashe). Greedy for the wealth and political clout of the local temple, Abhay Singh masterminds the murder of the temple head and gets himself ordained as his successor. This entails renouncing the world and deserting his wife, which he cruelly does, citing her childlessness. The truth is that Chandravati has shielded her husband's impotence for seventeen years and now suddenly finds herself in the ignominious position of an abandoned woman. The solace offered by a lower caste well wisher of the family Rambaran (Om Puri) causes unexpected problems for her. She suffers. Kanti (Shilpa Shirodkar), a low-caste labourer is exploited by the contractor to whom her husband owed money Burdened with looking after an ailing mother, while her husband is away to earn money to repay the debt, she lives in the hope that he will return, She suffers. Suffering comes naturally to women here. Regardless of caste and class, their role in the family and society is predetermined and they must never cross these limits. Several social, moral and mythological images have been created to indoctrinate women with the virtue of sacrifice and submissiveness. They must conform to these role models. However, circumstances force the women in Mrityudand to break these rules and make their own. This cannot be tolerated as the Society finds its maleness threatened, and the men, putting aside their own bloodthirsty conflicts, unite to teach the women a lesson. The three women are branded evil and sentenced to death. But when the men come to carry out the Death Sentence, there is a silent but massive rebellion which they are not prepared for.

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About the movie Badshah Khan falls in love with Benazir, who demands he take revenge on her father`s murderer. Khan does so but gets caught by the Jailor.

Bhaktawar is a criminal mastermind who bosses a dockyard and makes all the workers work there without receiving any wages. He is however, troubled by Tiger who is the dockyard`s union leader, but does not harm him because Tiger`s father is his bodyguard. In a meeting between the two, Tiger kills him and runs for his life. Years later, Tiger is shown as a sober man (Shekhar), who has two younger brothers and one of them is a police officer. But past soon catches up with him and now he must run from his brother to not get arrested.

Amar comes from the village to the city in order to seek medical treatment for his mother; as soon as he reaches the city he is robbed of his money. Fortunately for him Ajay manages to come to his rescue securing his belonging. Then one day Amar attempt to prevent Ajay from committing a robbery only to get Ajay arrested by the police; he then swears to avenge this. Shortly after Amar is forced to take to crime in order to acquire huge sums of money for his mother's operation. Time passes and Ajay gets released from jail; it is here he thinks about closing in on Amar only to learn that Amar is in love with his sister, Dr. Pooja. Ajay not only objects to their marriage but openly threatens Amar forcing the couple to elope and get marry. Unfortunately after the marriage Pooja gets raped and killed - while the police hold Amar responsible for this carnage, Ajay wants to utilize this opportunity to kill him.

Anju dies a mysterious death while on a college camp. Her boyfriend discovers the truth behind her death and seeks revenge. Sumeet a bright and simple student in love with Anju.His relation is approved by his brother Ravi a judge and wife Rama a lawyer.Sumeet's college has a gang of of spoil brats who harass fellow students.Anju becomes their victim during a college trip leading to her death When Sumeet finds the truth he kills them one by one.Where destiny brings him in the court of law where the judge is Ravi and defense lawyer is Rama. —alex.mjacko@gmail.com Ravi Khanna has worked hard to be where he is now - a Judge in Bombay High Court. He had fallen in love with beautiful lawyer Rama, and had married her. His brother, Sumit, is a college student, who has always excelled in sports and studies. Sumit is in love with Anshu, the only daughter of Diwan Pratap Singh, an alliance that is suitable both for the Khannas and the Diwan, and preparations are on for their marriage. Then one day Anshu goes missing. A lengthy search leads to the discovery of her battered and bruised body. Diwan and Sumit are devastated by her death. Anshu's death is followed by the brutal death of five more college students. Police Inspector Khan's investigation leads him to conclude that Sumit Khanna has committed these murders, and he arrests Sumit. But Sumit is quite nonchalant about his arrest, as he knows that the matter is to be tried in his brother's court, and that the lawyer defending him is none other than his bhabhi (sister-in-law) Rama. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Bhavani is a journalist who tries to fight for the prostitutes, including Janki and her daughter, Gopi. But she is met with resentment of the local don, Phatte Dada. She gets help from a politician, Purshottam who allows her to run a newspaper publication and calls for criminal proceedings against Phatte. But her trust is soon shattered when she is implicated for defaming Purshottam`s name and operating a brothel and her mother, who identifies Purshottam as her husband`s killer, is accused of killing her father and is subsequently confined to a mental institute. Whether other characters in the story meet the same fate owing to the influence of the corrupted politicians and officials, forms the rest of the story.