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Ambikapathy
Requarded as one of the best films in pre-independence Tamil cinema, it is about Ambikapathy, a poet, who falls in love with the princess of the Chola Empire. King disapproves of their love challenges him to write and sing 100 poems about war and politics and none must contain any form of reference of love. He begins the test and sings 99 poems, but the counter mistakes the number to be one hundred. Victory was declared and the poet sings for the princess, counting 100. leading to his death. -
Sikandar
Sikander, also known as Alexander the Great, defeats Porus, the Indian King. Porus is asked how he would like to be treated, and replies by death. Sinkander, knowing that execultion is how a fallen king is given when defeated by a winner, is impressed and lets Prus free. Reguarded as an epic it the film's time, roused patriotic feelings during the tense political atmosphere of World War II. -
Mughal-e-Azam
An epic flm the became the highest grossing Bollywood film of all time, the first black-and-white Hindi film to be digitally colored, and the first in any language to be given a theatrical re-release. The film follows the life of Mughal Prince Salim and his affair with court dancer Anarkali, which his father, Emporer Akbar, highly disapproves of and leads to a war betwee father and son. -
Dharmputra
Awarded the Best Film Feature in Hindi at the 9th National Film Awards, it is about two Delhi families the live so close to another, they virtually in the same house. The daugther of one of the families is revealed to be pregnant with the son of the other. The son will be seeked for marriage, but he is nowhere to be found. She marries another, but moves away from home for a long time, leaving her baby behind. When they return, they find that their son has became a fascist, leading to distrust. -
Amrapali
The film is about Amrapali, the royal courtesan of Vaishali, and Haryanka Dynasty King Ajatashatru of the Magadha. The latter falls in love with the former and is willing to destroy Vaishali in order to get her. Meanwhile, however, she becomes a disciple of an Arahant after an encounter with Gautama Buddha. -
Siddhartha
Based on the novel of the same name, young Siddhartha, son of a wealthy family, seeks for a meaningful way of life and explores various pleasures to eventually discover the harmony he searches for. -
Mayura
Commonly known as a symbol of Kannada Pride, a Brahmin youth challenges a wrestler, known for arrogance, to a duel and wins. The youth was intersted in wrestling and only learned from observation and was delighted when he became a student to Ranga Jetti, a premir wrestler. Mayura, the youth, becomes a proficient fighter, but accidentally gets in a fight with Prince Vishnugopa, thereby becoming a wanted enemy of the state. -
Junoon
An award-winning film, the film follows reckless feudal cheftain Javed Khan, whose brother-in-law attacks visiting British administrators, leading to Javed falling in lov with woman ruth, who he then kidnaps to live with him from her group of refugees. -
Gandhi
An epic biological film that follows Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and his non-violent independance movement against the dominating United Kingdom, starring Ben Kingsley. -
Border
A war epic the stars Sunny Deol, Sunil Shetty, Akshaye Khanna, Jackie Shroff, Tabu, Phooja Bhatt, Puneet Issar, and Sharbani Mukherjee. The movie is an adaption from real life events during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, following a band of 150 soldiers of the Punjab regiment of the Indian Army successfully defends their post against a whole Tank of the Pakistani Army.
