Manjunath

Kitaab

December 1977 •Hindi

Director Sampooran Singh Gulzar’s insightful comic drama aims to capture the unique perspective of childhood.

Atrangi Re

December 2021 •Hindi

Runaway Rinku gets forcefully married to already engaged Vishu. Both don't want this marriage and make a deal to go on their separate ways. The equation gets weirder when Rinku's lover Sajjad shows up and Vishu starts developing feelings for her.

Aamne Samne

January 1982 •Hindi

Johny lives a dual life - as a popular starlet and an international criminal wanted by the police for a number of criminal activities. He meets his look-alike Gopi who comes from the village in search of a job; Johny offers Gopi the job; a salary and a house to live in. This job involves playing the role of Johny so that the real Johny can outsmart the police and commit his criminal activities with ease. He teaches Gopi his mannerism and etiquette with things going as planned. But Gopi eventually gets trapped - both by the police and the underworld criminal gang.

Maati Maangey Khoon

January 1984 •Hindi

As far as he can remember Harinarain Singh alias Hariya has no knowledge of his birth, parents nor of a family home. During a skirmish with some of Thakur Balram Singh's hoodlums, he lies unconscious at the entrance of a temple with the Poojary in attendance, and an elderly unhinged woman praying to God for his sake. When he wakes, the Poojary tells him that the woman, known as "Pagli" (madwoman) is his very own mother, his father was a farmer, Ram Singh, who died of shock when his land was taken away by Balram and his men. Shortly thereafter Pagli passes away, and Hariya swears to take back his land from Balram. A wily Balram transfer this land in his nephew, Balraj's name, who is known to be a close friend of Hariya's with hopes of creating a misunderstanding between the two friends. When Balraj returns home he accepts this land from his uncle and decides to oppose Hariya with all his might, especially when he finds out that the love of his life, Sharda, is living with Hariya.

Salaakhen

April 1998 •Hindi

When an honest school teacher testifies in a rape case against a prominent businessman's son, he is psychologically tortured and forced to commit suicide. His young son then takes the law into his own hands in order to avenge his father.

Jahaan Chaar Yaar

September 2022 •Hindi

Four dedicated housewives - Shivangi, Mansi, Neha, and Sakhina, whose lives revolve only around their husband and family, decide to escape the suffocating routine life by traveling to Goa for a few days to live life on their terms. They have no idea that their vacation will lead to a series of life-changing events.

Kotwal Saab

June 1977 •Hindi

Ek Tho Chance

December 2009 •Hindi

The film tells the tale of Mumbai city and the millions who get off the train at VT station at every second of the day, hoping to latch on to the magic of Mumbai.

Reshma Aur Shera

July 1971 •Hindi

Reshma and Shera love each other in spite of the feud that exists between their families. Chhotu, Shera's brother, kills Reshma's family. When Shera gets the news, he plans to kill Chhotu.

Gang

April 2000 •Hindi

After falling prey to underworld, four friends jeopardise their personal lives with point of no return.

Trishagni

April 1988 •Hindi

The film, which won the 1988 National Film Award for Best First Film of a Director for its "excellent exploration of complex philosophical theme for the first time in Indian cinema," is set in the Buddhist town of Sariput in the desert of Central Asia in the 1st century B.C. The town is struck by a devastating sand storm that leaves behind only four survivors: two monks and two children taking refuge in the monastery. Twenty years later, the monks have become old, while the boy and the girl have grown and fallen in love. The jealous monk deceitfully persuades the boy into becoming a monk, yet the girl wins him back, as a result both are expelled from the monastery, and that is when the sandstorm strikes once again..

Damul

October 1985 •Hindi

Damul (Bonded Until Death) highlights the ill effects of the Bonded Labour System while narrating the story of a bonded labor who is left with no choice but to steal by his landlord.

Billoo Baadshah

April 1989 •Hindi

An orphan makes sacrifices for the family who took him in but subsequently faces humiliation and homelessness.

Anokhi Ada

September 1948 •Hindi

A traumatized beautiful woman loses her memory in a train accident.

Gawaahi

August 1989 •Hindi

Jhanvi Kaul is on trial for the murder of her lover and employer, Ranjeet Choudhary. A series of prosecution witnesses build a damning case against her - that the two of them had embezzled large sums of money, that she had another lover who is also a local goon and that a witness even saw her throwing the body of Ranjeet over her apartment balcony.

Kamagni

January 1987 •Hindi

A young woman is married to an older man, who is unable to satisfy her sexual needs. The frustrated woman does not complain, but she starts having recurring erotically-charged dreams of a muscular young man riding a horse.

Newton

September 2017 •Hindi

A government clerk on election duty in a conflict-ridden jungle of Central India tries his best to conduct free and fair voting despite the apathy of security forces and the looming fear of guerrilla attacks by communist rebels.

Beyond the Clouds

April 2018 •Hindi

A hedonistic teenager in Mumbai is busted for dealing drugs and goes to his estranged sister for help, but complications land her in jail.

Colourrs of Love

October 2024 •Hindi

Avee, a young doctor, finds himself in a state of depression after his break-up. To help him, his mother calls in her friend, Rajat, a psychologist. Can Rajat bring a change in Avee's life?

Insaniyat

September 1955 •Hindi

A once loyal soldier faces many challenges after turning into a rebel.