Rohini Hattangadi

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.

A young, unemployed graduate Mahadev's struggles to land a job through any means possible and crosses paths with a businessman and petty thief.

A retired school teacher and his wife come to terms with life after the death of their only son in a mugging incident on the streets of New York.

When a tribal girl, Payal, is suspended from college for protesting discrimination by her classmates, Santya and Tanuja team up to fight college politics, political pressure, and social ignorance in order to restore her dignity and secure her return.

Katya, a ruthless mobster, rules over the town with an iron fist. When newcomer Kashi dares to challenge his reign of terror, he faces brutal consequences.

A gangster sets out to fulfill his father's dream of becoming a doctor.

Nandu, a happy-go-lucky college student falls head over heels in love with Akarsha and goes all out to woo her. But only after Akarsha falls for him does she realize that he has revenge on his mind.

Madhu Roy, a Bangladeshi medical student in India, falls in love with classmate Vijay Chatterjee. Their marriage faces crisis when Vijay's mother finds a photograph suggesting a shocking connection between their families.

Premachi Goshta (Marathi: प्रेमाची गोष्ट , meaning: Story of Love) is a 2013 Marathi language film directed by Satish Rajwade. The story is all about LOVE and discovering that correct person in life who can become the life partner. It's a story of believing on the person in front, its like a leap of faith.

Soon after Vaidehi marries Raghuvir, she becomes pregnant. Desperate to escape her unhappy marriage, she runs away with her unborn child, but she's pursued by her chauvinistic husband and must enlist the help of strangers.

Bhaijaan, a self-defense trainer lives happily as a bachelor with his three brothers Moh, Ishq and Luv and uses violence to settle disputes. When his brothers, who’ve already found partners, come together to fix a match for him, Bhagya Lakshmi, Bhaijaan decides to mend his ways for his lover's sake. All hell breaks loose when he learns about Bhagya's family facing threats from their haunting past.

A goon, Rajaraman, enrols himself in a medical college to fulfil his father's dream. He defies the college rules and creates problems for Dr Vishwanathan.

An illiterate man and his wife live life on the road after their village was destroyed by a flood. When the man's wife gives birth to a deformed baby, proclaimed to be a 'child of the devil' by the local pundit (Hindu priest), he forces them to abandon the infant and exiles them from the community. The couple's journey then takes them on a series of bizarre and heart-breaking revelations.

A Bollywood obsessed auto-rickshaw meets and falls in love with an actress. When the film crew packs up and leaves, he too sets off to Bombay to be close to her.

Arjun Rai lives a poor lifestyle in Bombay, and works as an auto mechanic for a living. He and wealthy Sapna are in love with each other, much to the chagrin of Sapna's dad, who wants her to get married to someone wealthy. Arjun decides to buy his own garage and borrows money from a client, Jagdish Chopra. He works hard and is able to save some money. When he goes to propose for Sapna's hand, her dad asks his watchmen to throw him out, while doing so they find out he was armed, as a result police are summoned and he is arrested. Sapna re-locates to the U.S. to stay with her aunt, who subsequently convinces her to get married to Gautam Saigal.

The story is about three Davids living in different parts of India whose lives eventually come together in a twist of events, and who are about to take a step that is going to change their lives forever.

Shiva, a fresher at VAC College, is forced to stand up against the students' union president and a group of gangsters who have made the college environment increasingly violent.

When a charming NRI girl falls in love with a wealthy businessman, she unwittingly sparks conflict within his large joint family. How will her lover find a way to marry her, while still ensuring that his large family remains happy and harmonious?

Satyadev Singh lives with his wife, Ganga, and two sons, Sham and Ghansham, and their family leads a fairly comfortable life. Things turn for the worse for them when a new corrupt Collector named Bhim Singh enters their region. Satyadev is killed, and Ganga has to flee with her children away from this region, and from Bhim Singh. Years later, Sham and Ghansham have grown up and would like to avenge their father's death. Their quest takes them to Collector Bhim Singh and his men, who are ready to let history repeat itself, by killing the sons of Satyadev Singh.

Subhash Nagre or Sarkar, the patriarch of the most powerful family of Maharashtra, continues to hold centre-stage because of his immense clout with the masses. In this outing, the Godfather is joined by his grandson Shivaji Nagre who loves and hates his grandfather with equal intensity. Will Shivaji betray Subhash? Or will he become a prey to his grandfather’s machinations?

The Sharma family re-locate to a semi-urban locality in a house that has a "reputation". The Sharma family consists of Mr. Sharma, his wife Shalini Sharma, only daughter Manisha Sharma or "Mini" as they affectionately call her; and their grandchild Bunty, as his parents had been killed in an accident. Strange things start happening, with a return of a dead kitten, and the brutal murder of Manisha's friend, Reshmi; an attempt to kill Mr. Sharma and Manisha's boyfriend, Deepak. What is the force behind these brutalities? Is it natural or supernatural?

An exuberant and evocative family drama, that primarily revolves around the close bond between two brothers with radically different personalities, highlighting the complex process of choosing an ideal life partner for each of them.

Govardhan, a devoted architect from Hyderabad, juggles supporting his extended family while seeking a partner who understands his commitments. When he discovers Indu thesis on his family, he challenges her, leading to unexpected twists as they navigate misunderstandings and eventually find love amidst sacrifice and understanding

Major Jaidev saves a politician from the clutches of a dreaded terrorist. However, the terrorist joins hands with his childhood friend Anjali to ruin his life.

A hit and run of an 18-year-old girl becomes the hub of a wheel that sets into motion many a spoke - a journalist, a raging mother, a cop and a system all caught in an ethical dilemma. Questions are raised only to realize that the truth is rarely pure and never simple.

A young boy's father is lynched before his eyes; fifteen years later he returns home for revenge.

A 50-year-old corporate executive battling depression finds healing and redemption through reconnecting with her 80-year-old mother, discovering that parental love can restore what ambition has broken.

Remake of the Telugu film Pratighatana (1986). The film deals with politics-criminal nexus and a college lecturer who takes them on, even after she faces public disrobing.

The theme revolves around the character Damini who represents truth and innocence. After her marriage in renowned wealthy family, Damini happens to see a cruel act done by her brother-in-law. She wants the victim to get justice, but the family including her husband oppose her, which leads her to leave the house. Soon she is helped by a drunkard, an ex-advocate, who helps her in all respect to reach to her aim and therefore justice

A young man with dreams of making it big in the USA falls in love with an NRI woman residing there. She breaks up with him for reasons unknown to him but serendipity plays cupid.

Celebrities arrive at an extravagant party in Bombay to honour Divakar for his contributions to arts and cinema. However, gossip, uninvited guests and a dead body show up to mar the celebrations.

Twin girls Anju and Manju are separated in infancy and brought up differently. One weak, one strong. One day, they end up at each other's houses. Their lives will never be the same.

Inspector Srivastav is framed by a wily and cunning gangster, J.K., and unable to prove his innocence, hangs himself, leaving behind his wife, and son, Vijay. Years later, Vijay has grown up and has joined the police force as an Inspector. Unlike his dad, he is corrupt and does accept bribes to turn a nelson's eye to crime. The City Police are assigned the task of apprehending a customed man called "Shahenshah", who operates at night and targets, tries and kills gangsters in a "Judge and Executioner "style. No one knows the real identity of Shahenshah, as he is feared by the police department, and respected by the poor and middle-class.

A woman, depressed that she is unable to bear children, abducts a child, and wants to keep him for her own. The child belongs to a large family consisting of 11 other children.

Rohit and wealthy Kiran Dayal meet each other and fall in love. They intend to marry, but Kiran's parents will not permit her to marry beneath her class. Kiran is adamant, and the marriage goes through without the blessings of the Dayals. They live in harmony for months, even after Kiran gives birth to Sunil. Then they start to have differences, which are minor at present, and then snowball...

From their first coincidental meeting, Anil and Arti seem made for each other. When their paths continue to cross, Arti proposes to Anil, but he humbly turns her down. Heartbroken, Arti decides to find out why. She discovers his secret obligation to care for his six siblings, which makes marriage out of the question. Smita Patil, Raj Babbar and Shoma Anand star.

Vijay is a down-on-luck mechanical engineer who’s looking for that big break in life. Both his personal and professional lives are a mess; will he ever catch a break?

Amma's husband is shot by the cops after he kills a man who tried to rape Amma. After this event, she moves to a slum where two men use her but also love her.

In order to help a friend, Ganesh pretends to love a girl. She hates him when she finds out the truth. Eventually, he truly falls in love with her and must convince her of his true feelings.

A straightforward man, who uses violence to settle disputes, decides to mend his ways for the sake of his lover, but when he learns that her family is in danger, he decides to save them at all cost.

Maya, a physiotherapist in her forties, relocates to the UK after a painful divorce and the loss of her ability to conceive. Living with her caring aunt Ammu, she withdraws emotionally and immerses herself in work. Her routine changes when she begins treating Mahesh, a stubborn sixty-year-old Marathi man recovering from a fracture. Initially hostile, Mahesh agrees to therapy after intervention from his son Siddharth, an optimistic widower and devoted father. As sessions progress, Mahesh's vulnerability emerges, and Maya saves his life twice. A quiet bond forms through shared loneliness, while Maya also feels drawn to Siddharth's warmth.

'Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyun Ata Hai' revolves around the Pintos and the people connected to them. There's Albert who's pretty much angry at everybody. His brother Dominic who thinks it's better to be jobless than to work an underpaid job, his patient sister Joan who works at a sari shop, his independent girlfriend Stella who feels under-appreciated by her boyfriend, his father and his colleagues, client and Stella's family. The film is very much a social commentary about Middle-class life in Bombay during the late ’70s and the conflicts arising in the labour force because workers were getting severely underpaid.

Society shuns a single mother, who raises three of her daughters out of wedlock. As the daughters grow up, they find their own ways to fight the social and personal challenges they face.

The couple moves into a poorly built, noisy house in a compound housing a motor-mechanic's shop, causing no sleep.

Rahul, the son-in-law of an old industrialist and one of the heirs to his fortune, clashes with Dinesh, the industrialist’s nephew who is openly unscrupulous. Rahul, on his part, conceals his personal ambition under a cloak of liberalism and encourages indigenous production.

Sitaramayya shares an estranged relationship with his son and daughter-in-law, who die in a road accident. Sitaramayya, still in anger, accepts his grand-daughter as his son's last memory.

Pannaben is the master of politics and is the CM of a state. She has been the CM for 15 years and people love her as a leader. After a sudden turn of events, everyone wants to be the stakeholder of the chair in the family. An edge of the seat thriller which keeps you guessing the game.

After the passing away of his widower and advocate dad, Vijay Srivastav takes it upon himself to raise his younger siblings, Vishal and Sudha. Years later, while Vishal is studying I.A.S., ...

The heiress of a multi-millionaire, a hearing and speech impaired young woman, has to fend off a slasher all alone in her palatial estate.

An old couple, Mohan Joshi and his wife, sues their landlord for not maintaining their 'collapsing' apartment building. For this, they hire two cunning lawyers. The court case drags on for years and the lawyers milk the old couple dry, while they become rich. Back home in the society, the old couple is ridiculed for fighting the landlord, but they fight on nevertheless.

When police officer Kapil Khanna discovers that his son was abducted at birth, and switched with a girl, he spends the next 20 years trying to track down his missing son, and finally finds him living with his enemy.

Once More is a Marathi movie about Kapil, an archaeologist, who's unhappily married to Anjali. When he finds a possibly magical dagger, he visits to Avadhpuri to find out more. Anjali is also visiting her grandfather who lives in Avadhpuri. When Kapil and Anjali are reunited in the town, strange things happen which are tied to a secretive, ancient past. What happens when this secret comes to light?

'Chandu' an unemployed stage actor lies to his beloved wife to be an MBA student working in a Multinational Company. Under instructions from his mentor, he gets a job as a Sales Manager by falsely representing himself as a son from a rich family living in South Africa; now on a short visit to India. Hilarious situations arise when his boss plans to meet his parents.

A gangster and his flunkies abduct and kill a man's daughter. Soon, the man's adopted son sets out to avenge her death.

Maan Singh and Prithvi Singh's families have been locked in a property dispute in a court in India. When the Court gives a verdict in favor of Prithvi, Maan hires a bandit named Panna Singh to kill Prithvi and all of his family.

Fleeing the cops, Sachin hides in a chawl room but finds a mad old man plotting his wife's murder. Trapped, he must outsmart a killer who's been planning it for decades.

The semi-autobiographical film was written by Mahesh Bhatt about his extramarital relationship with actress Parveen Babi.

Vidya is a school-teacher in Love Dale High School, and has approximately 12 children in her classroom. One day they decide to participate in a inter-school competition and travel out of town. Their bus is stopped by a group of masked men, and all of them are taken captive, held for ransom in an isolated location.

Jageera abandons his wife and son Vikram to join a life of crime. Years later, when Vikram, now a police officer, sets out to put an end to Jageera's activities, he swears to kill him.

Young, orphaned and homeless Amar rescues young Vijay and gets adopted by his single mother, Ganga. Both children grow up in Sharifpur, a town that is oppressed by Thakur and his goons, with Amar making a lot of sacrifices so that Vijay gets a good education. He even gives up his love for Sundari after he finds out that Vijay loves her. After Vijay completes his education he becomes a police inspector, returns home not to make life easier for Amar but to arrest him - not only for theft - but also for murder.

Kachra Seth runs an empire of collecting garbage, which is merely a front to cover-up for his other business - drug trafficking. He recruits a select group of people to carry out unpleasant tasks - such as beating someone up, or even killing someone. One of his recruits is Jaggu, who will do anything for a price. Jaggu loves Tina but is afraid to tell her. When Jaggu's mom is hospitalized, he comes to Kachra for monetary assistance, he is assigned to a task instead, and unable to complete the task he is apprehended by the police with the assistance of a librarian, and is subsequently found guilty and sent to prison. Jaggu's place is taken by Rajeshwar alias Raja, who is also attracted to Tina and even rescues her from one of Kachra's goons, Chabiley, and they both fall in love. When Jaggu returns from prison, he finds his mom has passed away, and his sister is missing, believed to have committed suicide.

The D'Souza and the Chaddha families are neighbors and have been good friends for as long as they can remember, and despite their diverse religion and cultural beliefs, celebrate Diwali and...

Singer/Dancer Monty Oberoi meets and falls in love with Tina. He then starts hallucinating and having visions of an unknown place. His doctors advise him to take a break and he decides to travel to Kenya, where Tina resides with her uncle, Kabira, and guardian, Kamini. Monty experiences more incidents and feels as if he has been here before, while Tina notices that he appears to be more attracted to Kamini than herself. Neither are aware that Monty will soon be entrapped in a plot that will result in his sudden death.

Based on the life of Indian guru Shirdi Sai Baba, who taught love, forgiveness, charity and devotion.

Based on a true story, employees at the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation are concerned about potential layoffs. However, Assistant Commissioner Uday encourages them to enroll in night school to complete their education for a better future.

A Hindu doctor with dementia and a Muslim auto rickshaw driver form an unlikely friendship as they cross India in search of the doctor's childhood home.

A union leader marries his employer, but subsequently gets embroiled in labor/management disputes.

Police Inspector Dayashanker Pandey is a slacker, a man who does not want to put his life under any risk, and is quite comfortable sharing tall tales, and a desk job. Fate has other plans for him, for whenever he goes on duty outside, he somehow apprehends some criminals or some smuggled goods or drugs. He thus becomes the pride of his division, much to his discomfort. For Dayashanker knows that if he is publicly felicitated, this will put in the black books of many underworld gangsters, which will rip his comfortable and easy-going life apart.

Love story about an actress falling in love with her costar

Janki lives a poor lifestyle in a small village consisting of her dad, Bhervi Prasad and her mom. She meets and falls in love with her school-teacher, Ramcharan, and both want to get married. Ramcharan's brother is opposed to this marriage as Bhervi is unable to pay any dowry, nevertheless the marriage does take place, but the couple are turned out of Kalicharan's house, and instead go to live with Ramcharan's friend, Ashok Mishra.

The story revolves around an evil politician - a junior minister who plots the murder of the chief minister through a hired killer. After the assassination of the chief minister, the killer is pursued by an idealistic dedicated police chief. The killer takes shelter in a house where a physically challenged girl is residing...

Arvind, a rich businessman's son, dates the office secretary but is engaged to marry someone else. With a complicated family background, he struggles to find meaning in his life.

Shivalik Engineering Works is divided by two rival labor unions, one led by Madhav Verma (Om Puri) and the other by Krishnan Raju (Gopi), whose methods are completely opposite to Madhav’s ideals. The tension boils over when a factory worker is severely injured on the job. The two unions fiercely clash over the compensation issue, challenging Madhav’s position and his effectiveness as a leader.

The compelling story of honest and ethical Dharamraj of Nand Gaon village, whose very name instills fear amongst wrong-doers. Ironically, the very man whose family has been administering justice for four generations, must now distance himself against his very own brother, Prakash; wife, Savitri; and daughter, Aarti, while the villagers, headed by Chaudhry and Shastri, charge him of having an illicit and extra-marital affair with a widow.

Rajanna and Geeta arrive in the city with the hope of building a cozy little home. When they find their dream house, their happiness knows no bounds. Things are fine till, one day, a loud workshop opens up next door.

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

A rich young man falls in love with a poor girl but his mother disapproves of their relationship. Meanwhile, a local goon also falls in love with the same girl.

Achuvettante Veedu (Malayalam : അച്ചുവേട്ടന്റെ വീട്) is a film released in Malayalam in 1987, directed by Balachandra Menon and starring Nedumudi Venu, Balachandra Menon and Rohini Hattangadi in the leading roles. The lyrics is by S. Ramesan Nair with music by Vidyadharan. The background score is done by Mohan Sithara.

When an army general's grand children are orphaned, he is forced to adopt them. The movie follows the story of the children as they learn the reason for their parents' death and warm up to their grand father.

A new world of relationships

A true story of existential crisis in the life of an elderly couple who feel that they are leading unproductive and obsolete lives, and hence seek active euthanasia as an unusual  remedy.

Bhavna is a story of a less privileged women. A lady who was living all alone in the city met a man named Ajay Kapoor in a garden, sketching. They became friends and later on friendship turned into love. Eventually they got married, however, Kapor's dad had not granted permission for this marriage. After bearing a financial crises, Ajay went to see his dad who was residing in another city. Ajay never came back to Bhavna. Bhavna went to that city and was astonished to see that Ajay married another women. Dejected Bhanva came back and started a new job. But this was not the end of the story.

Six estranged sisters decide to take part in a Mangalgauri competition, and reunite at their childhood home to practice. They must overcome their past and face their struggles head-on.

A young woman leads impoverished chikan embroidery workers in Lucknow in a strike against the greedy wholesalers who exploit them.

A young widower's grief eases at a joyful Diwali reunion — until his sister's surprise marriage throws the family into chaos.