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- Retelling of the 'Ramayana' tale of Ansuya, who, with her husband Atri, shelters Rama, Seeta and Lakshmana during their banishment from Ayodhya. Notorious for a nude shot of Sakina (Ansuya).
- One of the most successful silent films tells the folk-fantasy legend of the fairy Bakavali (Zubeida), her deivi pushp (or divine flower) Gul known for its healing powers, and the Eastern prince Taj-ul-Mulk (Khalil), who wants the flower to cure his blind father. Taj-ul-Mulk has to face his villainous brothers who steal the flower as Bakavali is turned to stone and installed in a temple, where she undergoes her human re-birth.
- This legend drawn from the Asokavadana stories is set at the time of the Maurya empire (3rd C. B.C.). Kunal (Sandow), son of Emperor Ashoka (Athanavale) amd Queen Padmavati, has beautiful eyes but a prediction says he will go blind. The villainous Tishyaraksha (Yakbal) gains Ashoka's confidence and plots to have Kunal blinded and killed. The official executioners spare Kunal and he becomes a wandering singer accompanied by his favourite wife Kanchanmala (Moti). In Pataliputra, Ashoka hears Kunal's song, realizes that Kunal's misfortune may have been a punishment for some past sin of the emperor himself and condemns Tishyaraksha to death, restoring Kunal to the court.
- This message-oriented social tale was advertised as an excellent warning to the younger generation to beware of venereal diseases and take necessary precautions. It is a film about a man who gets venereal disease that not only brings ruin to himself but also to the innocent members of his family.
- This film is about a poor painter named Chandrakant (Khalil) who is about to commit suicide when he meets the film star Manjiri (Sulochana). He is creatively rejuvenated by the fantasies she inspires. Manjiri's modeling sessions are used to narrate her biography: her mother was a prostitute with a heart of gold who made sure her daughter was well educated. Chandrakant and Manjiri fall in love, but he is already married and his vampish, ill-tempered wife will not set him free.
- Based on a popular novel, the story can be summarized as: 'A charming heiress, a good-looking but villainous doctor, a timid lover, a crafty detective, a singing girl, a Nawab in his dotage and a dancing woman from the gutter. A photodrama that rings of love, hate, villainy, and fidelity'.
- This fantasy with overtones of Greek legends grossed more than any other Indian film in 1925. The story is set in Lanka. The king is told that he will be killed by his grandson and that his daughter will marry a brave shepherd. When bandits come to steal cows from the royal park, the princess (Gohar) gives chase and is helped by a passing shepherd (Khalil). They fall in love and the shepherd claims her hand in marriage. The king then sends the shepherd on a series of dangerous adventures around the globe, hoping that he will die. However, the shepherd cures the ailing king of neighbouring Ghoga and is declared the heir to the kingdom, an event that enables the union of the couple and the realization of the two predictions. The highlight is a scene where the wounded shepherd is fed milk by a lioness.
- Gohar plays a dutiful wife whose husband refuses to take his share of the domestic responsibilities, claiming that he has enough problems at the office. Frustrated with his housewifely spouse, he takes up with a dancing-girl. The wife is spurred into an active social life, discovering a world beyond the confines of the home. The tale sought to tell modern women that they owed it to their husbands to be more than domestic drudges.