1970s Indian Movies

Muthu, a villager, loves Lakshmi but she falls in love with his educated brother, Kannan. Kannan is forced to eke out a living in the big city after he loses money gambling, but is soon estranged from Lakshmi by her plotting sister Leela. Does Lakshmi unite with Kannan?

After Gandugali, a mercenary, rescues a band of soldiers, their chieftain asks him to train them in order to fight the chieftain's rival brother.

Aarupushpangal is a Tamil film is directed by K.M.Balakrishnan.

Malaikottai ostracises his wife and blames her for not being chaste. After she gets thrown out of the village, she takes her son and decides to give him a good education.

After his family is slain by notorious bandit Gabbar Singh, former Inspector Thakur Baldev Singh enlists low-level outlaws Jai and Veeru to capture Gabbar and seek revenge.

Film starring Randhawa, Saroja Devi B. and Satyajeet

Gangasati's spiritual odyssey leads her onto a path of becoming a saint-poet. She composes bhajans to inculcate devotion in her daughter-in-law Panbai.

Durga and Vikram Singh have been married for years. Vikram has taken to crime in a big way, and as a result has antagonized a rival gangster, Jaggi. Durga gives birth to twins, and Jaggi steals one of them, and sells him to a bootlegger, Pascal. Durga is upset when she finds her son missing, but is devastated when Vikram abandons her. With a lot of difficulty, Durga brings up her son, Kishan, and has given up on finding her other son. Kishan has grown up and is now a dedicated police officer. On the other hand, Pascal has exploited Amit, kept him illiterate, doing petty crime, and alcoholic. This gets him in confrontation with Kishan, but ironically the two settle their differences and become fast friends. Vikram is still alive, and is not aware of his two sons and wife being alive.

Tragedy strikes a family of four when the train they are travelling in meets with an accident and separates them from each other.

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Selvam, a taxi driver, is on a mission to seek revenge on a person. Little does he know that his budding friendship with Raja is the person he dislikes.

A veterinarian, Dr. Rao, makes a visit to a village, where he intends to commence a co-operative society dairy for the betterment of the rural people. The film is set against the backdrop of the White Revolution of India (Operation Flood) which started in 1970. It was entirely crowdfunded by 500,000 farmers who donated Rs. 2 each.

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When Bharati's associate, Malli, gets pregnant before marriage, she suspects Ravi to be responsible for it. On the other hand, a man who loves Malli supports her in her difficult time.

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Manickam, whose father works for the landlord, is always at loggerheads with the landlord's son due to his cruel ways. Manickam also forcibly marries the landlord's daughter after winning a challenge.

Mr. Rai is a wealthy businessman in Jammu, India, and lives in a palatial house with his wife, Shobha, a wheelchair-bound daughter, Ashu, a grown son, Rakesh, and a school-going son, Raju. His son despises him and is waiting him for to die, so that he can inherit all the wealth and spend it on dancing girls, alcohol, and gamblers. One day while Rai was returning from the Jammu & Kashmir Bank with a suitcase full of cash, he is attacked by bandits, but is rescued by a young man named Anand. Anand is injured in this attack and is nursed by Shobha and the rest of the Rai family. Rai himself trusts Anand and initially appoints him as a Chief Supervisor, very much to the chagrin of Rakesh, who attempts, in vain, to implicate Anand in the theft of 2 Lakh Rupees. Anand uses fisticuffs to convince a hoodlum named Girdhari to let go of Rai's property.

Shraddha is a music enthusiast. She is determined to pursue a career in classical music but faces several obstacles.

An epic musical drama depicting the preface to Seetha and Rama's wedding.

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The local god prophesies that Balappa can solve the problem of a lack of rain in the village when a demon possesses the head-man.

Long-suffering heiress Seeta is treated worse than a servant by her abusive money-grubbing aunt. Meanwhile, her long-lost twin sister Geeta grows up to be a gutsy street performer. One day, the girls unintentionally swap places.

Shekhar is new to the block and it doesn't take long before the street noise and the children playing nearby push his tolerance to the limit. To the rescue comes Mili, who has the exact opposite disposition. While Shekhar may be at a loss over what to do with her at first, he eventually falls in love.

Choma is an untouchable bonded-labourer in a village who is working along with his family for a landlord, as he belongs to a backward class. Due to his social status, he is not allowed to till his own land, something that he desires most. Though he managed to rear a pair of bullocks that he found straying in the forest, he cannot use them to till the land. He comes in contact of Christian missionaries who try to convert him giving him the lure of the land, but Choma does not want to let go of his faith. He releases the fury that fate has beset on him, by beating his drum.

Set during the time of the Chola invasion, the film tells the story of a courageous Pandiyan king. The king filled the hearts of his people with courage, patriotism and faith to help fight the Cholas.

Madhu, a schoolteacher, goes on a trip to Nagarhole National Park with her son Chandru. But things go awry when Chandru and his friends decide to sneak out and visit the forest.

Nine idealistic youngsters plan to create "Maro Prapancham", an egalitarian utopian. But when they start kidnapping children to bring them into their world, the government appoints Special CBI Officer Ravindra Nath (Akkineni Nageshwar Rao) to investigate the kidnappings.

Murli (Rajnikanth) and Prabhu (Kamal) are owner and manager respectively, of an advertising agency in Madras. Prabhu has been raised by Murli's family, and feels greatly indebted to them. Prabhu is in love with Padma (Sripriya), but a misunderstanding leads them apart. In the meantime, Murli meets and falls in love with Padma.

A patient suffering from brain tumor lives with his old mother and sister with special needs. He accepts blame for a murder he did not commit in exchange for money to provide for his family.

The film is based on the life of the protagonist Unni, who is moved by Naxal ideas. It was banned by the censor board because of the portrayal of naxal ideas. The film was screened only twice and its print is now lost.

Lalitha, a rich woman, marries a professor against her mother Meenakshi's wishes. She separates from her husband after Meenakshi creates misunderstandings between them.

A series of unfortunate events cause a recent migrant into Bombay to turn to a life of crime.

During a hunt, Munirshah meets with Sabeena and both fall in love with each other. He approaches her father for her hand, but is refused as she is cursed to turn into stone after her marriage, as her father was cursed by Gulnar, a Pari (Fairy), who had turned to stone on his touch. Munirshah seeks the help of generous Shahenshah-e-Yemen Haatim Bin Tai. They visit Sabeena's father's palace, view the stone bust of Gulnar. Haatim is told that he must solve seven puzzles and only after doing so will Gulnar return back to her normal self and take back her curse. Haatim agrees to do so and sets forth not realizing that he will be pitted against a half-bear half-woman; a cannibalistic giant named Irfan; merciless bandits; giant man-eating birds; be captured by Gulnar's father; and he will eventually end up as a captive to an invincible sorcerer, Kamlakh.

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Paramathathan is an atheist who marries Punithavathi, an ardent devotee of Lord Shiva. Their conflicting beliefs in God create problems in their married life.

Preeti, a wealthy woman, is in an intimate relationship with Prem, but her father disapproves and devises a plan that leads to their breakup. Years later, Preeti is reunited with Prem in a completely different situation.

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After a break-up with her boyfriend and a troubled marriage with Ramanathan, Anu is devastated. She finds solace when she meets Janardhan however, her troubled past soon catches up with her.

Thayagu is a teacher who comes to serve in a village. He struggles to attain his desires as he has an unmarried sister and mother to support.

Raja is the 18-year-old son of a wealthy Bombay businessman who suffers from his parents coldness and neglect. Shortly after finishing school he meets Bobby, the 16-year-old daughter of a poor Christian fisherman. They fall head over heels for each other, but they'll need everything they have to defend their love as their families won't accept them marrying each other...