Hindu Devotional Movies and TV Series
Unfortunately, a lot of movies that I would like to put on this list are not on IMDB, and I found difficulty in getting the information needed to put them onto IMDB. This list is not remotely completed yet.
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- DirectorVijay SharmaStarsBharat BhushanAshish KumarKanan KaushalSathyavati is a great devotee of Santoshi Maa. But when Narada decides to test her devotion, she faces several challenges in her life.This movie is actually credited with starting an important cult of devotion to a deity who had been little known.
- DirectorAhmed SiddiquiStarsNushrratt BharucchaLalit TiwariSanjay SwarajMahima lives a middle-class lifestyle with her parents, Pooja and music teacher,Gautam. She is in love with a young man, Anuraag, whose foster father, Pratap, is very friendly with Gautam. Both Gautam and Pratap arrange to get the youngsters married, however, when they arrive at Pratap's house, they are met with open hostility by Pratap's wife, Shanti, her sons, Sukhpal, Shripal, and their respective wives Shobha and Suman, and do not approve of her as she did not bring in any dowry. Nevertheless, Mahima, a devotee of Devi Maa Santoshi, decides to win them over with her love and hard work. Then Anuraag is accused of stealing one Lakh rupees from the family's electronic showroom, he vehemently denies this, and even offers to leave for Bombay, earn the money and then return. After his departure, Mahima is abused, belittled, and treated like a servant. Things come to climax when Pratap becomes paralyzed due to an accident, which is blamed on Mahima; then two gold bangles go missing and Mahima is accused of stealing them; and finally Mahima is caught in a compromising position with Randhir, Suman's brother.This movie is one telling a story of a doubter converted to devotion to Santoshi Maa.
- DirectorsHarsukh Jagneshwar BhattBhalchandra ShuklaStarsMahipalShyamaRaj KumarSage Tulsidas faces challenges when he attempts to translate the Holy Ramayan.I'm pretty sure that this is the black and white movie that I've watched. Tulsidas translated the Ramayana from Sanskrit to the vernacular (Hindi, I think, maybe an early version of Hindi).
- CreatorRamanand SagarStarsArun GovilDeepika ChikhaliaSunil LahriAn adaptation of the ancient epic in which the exiled Prince Rama and his brother Laxman set out to save Rama's wife, Sita, who has been kidnapped by the demon king of Lanka Ravana.This is the famous one that so many in India watched.
- StarsSamar Jai SinghGayatri ShastriManjeet KularThe Hindu Mythological saga of Lord Shiva.A mythological. The production values are not great, but it goes through a wide variety of the legends associated with Shiva and dramatizes them.
- DirectorBabubhai MistryStarsMahipalUmaTrilok KapoorNarad goes to the three Goddesses, Brahmani, Laxmi, and Parvati and tells them that they are nothing compared to Mahasati Ansuya, whose allegiance to her husband is greater than theirs. The Goddesses send their husbands to Anasuya to test her loyalty and end up repenting for this miscalculation when they find their respective partners to have been reduced to crying babies in their cribs. They beg for the return of their spouses, which Anasuya agrees to, but she insists on keeping the babies, the avatars of the three Gods, which mix together to become the deity Dattatreya. King Aayu of Kanchanpuri is a great devotee of Dattatreya, and with the God's blessing the king gets a son, named Nahush. Elsewhere, Hund, the King of Danavas, is led to believe that Nahush (Master Rajesh) will grow up to kill him, so he attacks Kanchanpuri and has the child thrown into the sea. Nahush is saved by Narad Muni (Jeevan) and is raised by the sage Visishtha who brings him up in an ashram. Nahush grows into a young man and meets Ashok Sundari, the daughter of Shiva and Parvati, and they fall in love. But Hund kidnaps Sundari and plans to make her his bride.Not sure if this is the TV serial by a name similar to that. It's the TV serial that goes through stories of the three gods, primarily from a Vaishnavite perspective.
- StarsHarish BhimaniNitish BharadwajMukesh KhannaWhen a dynastic struggle between the collateral branches of the Kuru clan, the Kauravas and Pandavas lead them to the threshold of war, Lord Krishna decides to step in and take control of the situation.Pretty amazing. Currently available on Youtube.
- DirectorK. Raghavendra RaoStarsArjun SarjaChiranjeeviSoundaryaThe story of the famous Saint-Poet Manjunatha.Manjunatha is devoted to Shiva, and this is the story of an atheist who becomes a devout believer, thanks in part to the intercession of his wife. It's a powerful enough story that I enjoyed it without English subtitles (which I think do not exist). I'd love to watch it with subtitles.