1980s Indian Movies

In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.

Sisters Malini and Chitra are heirs to a huge fortune. Chitra is in for a shock when she introduces her boyfriend to Malini and the latter accuses him of raping her years ago.

The second entry in Velu Viswanadhan's series of experimental documentaries. This film traces the Ganges river upstream.

Manickam, a youngster, gets reformed by Gangadharan, a kind man, who eventually appoints him in charge of his business. Irked by his father's actions, Gangadharan's son seeks revenge against Manickam.

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A man is shattered and loses his sanity after the woman he loves dies. In the mental asylum, his doctor falls in love with him but her father is against their union.

An honest police officer gets in the bad books of corrupt businessman, Seth Dharamraj, setting off a war between the two.

Naresh and Pradeep are classmates. Naresh loves Sarada but marries Kamala due to certain circumstances. To save Sarada who is pregnant by then, Pradeep marries her. Naresh, who is unable to forget the past, cannot compromise with Kamala. What happens in this situation forms the rest of the story.

Ponnum Kudthinu Pottu is a 1986 Indian Malayalam film, directed by TS Suresh Babu and produced by M Mani. The film stars Nedumudi Venu, Shankar, Menaka and Jagathy Sreekumar in lead roles. The film had musical score by Shyam.

Street singer Anil is humiliated and—with his mother—driven out of Bombay. He soon becomes an acclaimed performer but the enemies from his past plot to destroy his hard-earned career.

Meenu (Madhuri) kidnaps a girl child Daisy with heart problem, close to a thief Arun (Arjun) to get his help to retrieve his kidnapped husband Scientist Seethapathy.She promises to help him with money for Daisy's treatment at USA. Meenu instructs Arun to befriend four girls, each specialised in individual adventure techniques to overpower the lady gorilla soldiers gauarding the scientist. Sathya (Seetha), Shanthi(Rekha), Anitha(Shanti Priya), Saranya(Rita) are the four girls & Arun's girlfriend Rani (Pallavi)also joins the adventure.Rest of the story is romance & adventures by Arun to complete this mission & save Daisy with the help of this friend & jailmate Gnanaprakasam (Sendhil)& Climax with a twist in tale.

Tyrannical and wealthy Veer Pratap Singh, rules over a small town - ruthlessly. Whoever opposes him is crushed. He is attracted to women, and has a lengthy affair with Soundariya, and even has a secret marriage ceremony with her. When Soundariya gets pregnant, he asks her to abort the child. When she refuses, he shuns her, and denies ever having married her or even being intimate with her. Her brothers attempt to get justice, but are dealt with ruthlessly by Pratap Singh's bodyguard, Bhima. Soundariya then must garner support of herself, and must find someone who can stand up to Veer Pratap Singh and end his tyranny, in a town with men who have been subdued for eons by Veer Pratap Singh and his men for eons.

After marriage, Suresh's wife confesses that she is pregnant with another man's child. However, Suresh tells her to keep it a secret and act in front of all as a happy married couple.

Anandharaagam is a 1982 Indian Tamil film, directed by Bharani, starring Sivakumar and Radha in lead roles. The film had musical score by Ilayaraja and was released on 1982

Annie, a typist, unknowingly attracts the affections of Daniel, her employer. However, things go terribly wrong when she marries a wealthy businessman named Tony.

Sonika Gill plays an innocent virgin girl (Kachchi Kali as the title indicates) who is tricked by her lover (Ajinkya Deo) who is a blue film maker and sold off in to prostitution. Her brother (Alok Nath) tries hard to search for her in every brothel but in vain. Will he succeed in finding her?

A young man keeps seeing coffins come in and out of the new neighbors house. He sees that women who go into that house simply disappear. He contacts the police but to no avail.

Movie starring Smita Talwalkar, Savita Prabhune and is directed Shekhar Navre.

Bhupati Raja is a ruler of the kingdom. He is strictly against love marriages and backward castes. He kils his younger son as he falls in love with a girl.

India, 1825: the country lives in mortal fear of cult members known as the “Deceivers." They commit robbery and ritualistic murder. Appalled by their activities, an English military man, Captain William Savage, conceives a hazardous plot to stop them. In disguise, he plans to himself become a “Deceiver” and infiltrate their numbers. Ever present in Savage’s adventures is a sense of dread; he is in constant fear of betrayal and vengeance and also undergoes a disturbing psychological transformation as he experiences the cult’s blood lust firsthand.

A poor but big-hearted man takes orphans into his home. After discovering his scientist father's invisibility device, he rises to the occasion and fights to save his children and all of India from the clutches of a megalomaniac.

Kapil's younger brother, Buntu, dies as a result of a drug overdose. Kapil vows to put an end to drugs and drug-dealers, by joining the police. He soon attains the title of C.I.D. Inspector. He lives in Bombay with his mom. One day his friend from Goa, Albert Pinto is killed in front of him. He vows to avenge his death, but the local police will not permit to do so, and they assign this incident to another inspector. Frustrated, Kapil decides to travel to Goa.

In a typical college in a typical Indian city, the hostel boys Madan Sharma (Aamir Khan) and his friend are a rowdy lot. The teaching staff suffer from the common apathy of most teachers in similar colleges. The administration has the usual problems, with ill-paid employees periodically going on strike. On the whole, the college is a very normal place. But on this particular day, when Madan and his friends rise from their slumber, some with the customary hangover, they are not so perturbed to find no water in the taps again, as when they hear that it is not going to be a holiday after all. Instead there will be a lecture in the auditorium by the Chairman of the Board (Dr. Shriram Lagoo), on the day of the festival of fire, Holi, and the boys decide not to attend the classes. The hostel superintendent Professor Singh (Naseeruddin Shah), the only lecturer with some human links with the students...

Purshotama always stayed away from women at his mother's behest. However, with time, he turns into a womaniser and has multiple affairs.

When a Police inspector is killed by a band of thugs, his grieving father Samsher Singh seeks justice. Pratap Singh has left behind a pregnant widow, who dies in chidbirth, leaving Samsher to bring up the child Kunal. The transformation of Samsher Singh (a locomotive engine driver) into Sobhraj, multi millionaire and owner of a vast network of business. Kunal is brought up by Abu Baba, a servant of Sobhraj to be honest, upright, and very independent minded. Durga, the daughter of a former employee of Sobhraj, who is serving time and Kunal fall in love. This not acceptable to his grandfather, though Abu Baba approves of the relationship. Disaster strikes when an attempt is made to separate the lovers. The life of Samsher Singh alias Sobhraj begins to unravel from here. How Kunal's ethical upbringing by his foster-father, and his financial and business circumstances of his grandfather meet in a titanic conscience clash and how he resolves matters is at the nexus of the plot.

Ithu Engal Neethi is a 1988 Indian Tamil film, directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar and produced by S. S. Neelakandan and Shoba Chandrasekhar. The film stars Ramki, Radhika, Ramki and Vani Viswanath in lead roles. The film had musical score by Ilayaraja.

Three educated but unemployed youth who have come to live in a bustling, harsh metropolis struggle to earn a living.

Poikkal Kudhirai is a 1983 Tamil-language Indian comedy feature film directed by K. Balachander and produced by Kalaivani. Starring Viji and Raveendran, the film had Ramakrishna and lyricist Vaali making their acting debuts. Kamal Haasan appeared in a guest role. Poikkal Kudhirai was based on Crazy Mohan's play Marriage Made in Saloon. Poikkal Kuthirai is an hilarious depiction of how Sambandam (Vaali) — who bets on each and every small thing and wins — and Indu (Ramakrishnan) enter into a bet at a saloon owned by Muthu (Ravindar). The bet is that Indu will win Sambadam's daughter Janaki's (Viji) heart and marry her. If Muthu is successful in his mission, Sambandam will shave half of his moustache for their marriage. If he fails, Muthu will shave his head. Who wins the bet is the film's narrative.

Prabhu and Sathyaraj are brothers who fall in love with their uncle's daughter Nadia. Nadiya is initially arranged to marry a wealthy man but due to dire circumstances the wedding is called off.She then goes back to the village and starts to live with her uncles and grandmother.Eventually she falls in love with Prabhu,meanwhile, Sathyaraj happens to rescue a widow Sudha Chandran from dire straits, and falls for her.The story ends with both the brothers happily married.

Sajjala, an orphan, is raised by Appakaka, her father's friend. When Appakaka is falsely charged with killing Jayantrao, Sajjala's betrothed, she vows to prove his innocence.

A mafia leader tries to kill policeman Sivagiri, who took down his illegal businesses, with the help of a lookalike. Later, Sivagiri discovers that the leader is responsible for his father's death.

A schoolteacher falls in love with an uneducated rowdy villager in order to prove that love can change the heart of even the most despicable person alive.

When an actress is murdered, it is up to her brother to find her killer and bring him/her to justice

Womanizing slackers Omi and Jai attempt to woo the new girl in the neighborhood, and fail - miserably. Their third roommate - shy, and a bookworm - succeeds, much to their chagrin. The two scheme up comical ideas to split the two lovebirds, so that their secrets and humiliation are not revealed.

The story revolves around a mystical indigenous goblin called "Kuttichathan" who is under the spell of an evil sorcerer; however, it gets released by three children and then befriends them.

Mazha Peyyunnu Maddalam Kottunnu is a 1986 Malayalam comedy film directed by Priyadarshan. Starring Mohanlal, Mukesh, Lizy, Sreenivasan, Jagathi Sreekumar, Maniyanpilla Raju, and Kuthiravattam Pappu in the main roles. This film was a huge hit in theaters and is considered as one of the best comedy films in Malayalam cinema.

Ishwar is a simple-minded and honest young man, devout and religious, he cares for everybody. He meets with a young widow with a son and marries her. This story is about him and his trials and triumphs.

A young woman has a strange premonition one night of her sister being murdered. Her sister soon goes missing. Five years later, she has another vision of an unknown woman being murdered and seeks the help of her brother-in-law to help her save the possible victim.

Ravi, a young man from a small village goes to the Bombay University and finds himself unable to relate to life in the city.

Bahusaheb Salunkhe a wealthy and kind hearten person lives with his wife they are childless and hope God will bless them soon with a child.Landge manager of Bahusaheb tries to rape their maid Savitri in absence of Bahusaheb's wife.Bahusaheb gets killed while trying to save her , Bhimi daughter of Savitri sees the whole thing.Mrs Salunkhe then adopts Savitri's son Sada while Bhimi is adopted by a Dacoit and his wife.Years later Bhimi known as Bhatak Bhavani makes living by pick pocketing and is always in eyes of Hawaldar Kondiba.Sada finds from his mother how Landge took over their business and framed Savitri for murder of her husband Bahusaheb.Bhatak Bhavani falls in love with Kondiba but her only motive in life is to find Landge and revenge on him.