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Rama Paduka Pattabhishekam
Rama Paduka Pattabhishekam (1931)

Themes Films based on mythology, Films about religion
Actors Yadavalli Suryanarayana, Surabhi Kamalabai

Lord Rama with Sita and Lakshman leave the palace at Ayodhya as directed by their father Dasharatha. Kaikeyi, Bharat's mother and Dashrath's second wife has asked that as a boon of her husband in order to place Bharat, Rama’s step brother on the throne. Bharata refuses to sit on the throne and goes to the forest to get Rama back. Rama reminds Bharat of his duty and declines to go back as he intends fulfilling his fourteen years of banishment in the forest. Bharat then insists on taking Rama’s Padukas (slippers) and returns to Ayodhya. He places Rama's Padukas on the throne, suggesting the rightful king and waits for Rama’s eventual return.
Shri Ganesh Mahima
Shri Ganesh Mahima (1949)

Themes Films based on mythology, Films about religion
Actors Meena Kumari, Mahipal Singh

Ganesha curses Chandra (Moon) for his vanity when he laughs at him. On asking forgiveness the curse is changed so that the effect occurs only on the auspicious day of Ganesh Chaturthi. Anyone looking at the moon will fall prey to false charges. Lord Krishna (Mahipal) looks at the moon and is accused of having stolen the Syamantaka Mani by Satrajit whose daughter Satyabhama (Meena Kumari) is keen on marrying Krishna. The film follows the fight between Lord Krishna and Jambavan for twenty-one days, with the recovery of the jewel and his marriage to Satyabhama.
Just Another Margin
Just Another Margin (2014)
, 1h31
Directed by Jeffrey Lau
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on mythology
Actors Betty Sun, Ekin Cheng, Lin Gengxin, Lam Suet, Ada Choi, Ivy Chen

This movie takes place in an unspecified time period of China, but it is one where the famous heroes of Liangshan Marsh, the 108 Bandits, are currently active. A strange girl named Xu Jin Ling (Betty Sun) possessing a powerful yueqin, which doubles as a weapon for self-defense, offends the prominent businessman, Mr. Zhao (Guo Degang), by humiliating his niece using said musical instrument. As punishment for this act of insolence, Mr. Zhao arranges the marriage between Jin Ling and their home village's ugliest resident, Mao Dai Long (Suet Lam). However, Mr. Zhao's lecherous and conniving cousin, Shi Wen Sheng (Ronald Cheng), takes notice of the beautiful girl, and plots with Mr. Zhao to be rid of Mao Dai Long so that Jin Ling will become Wen Sheng's wife. An unexpected turn of events occur, however, because when Dai Long introduces Jin Ling to his little stepbrother, Mao Song (Cheng Yee Kin), they immediately recognize each other, as they have met each other a long time ago when they were but children. Another series of unexpected events start happening in this seemingly uneventful village, as when Mao Song is helpless to save Dai Long from the crime he was framed by Wen Sheng for and is unable to save Jin Ling from becoming Wen Sheng's wife, he runs into two oddly dressed men, to whom the audience is introduced to as two space aliens named Tranzor and Shakespeare of Planet B16, but introduce themselves to the destitute and somewhat suicidal man as two immortal fairies who will help him address his grievances. For the moment, it seemed as if everything was going the way Mao Song wanted, but things then take a turn for the worse when Jin Ling runs away from home since she refuses adamantly to acknowledge the hideous-looking Dai Long as her husband, though Dai Long didn't really care about that, Mr. Zhao and Wen Sheng hire the 108 Bandits, who are portrayed in this movie not as valiant heroes, but as money-grubbing mercenaries, to kill Jin Ling, and an alien martial artist (Hu Ge) who has been living undercover among humanity for decades and serves a powerful warlord of Planet B16 named the Black Emperor, is finally activated and deployed to assassinate Mao Song, for Mao Song is, in reality, a B16 Alien who's the legitimate heir to the leadership of B16, but was abandoned on Earth by his family under the guise of a human child so that the Black Emperor won't be able to find him.
Sati Savitri
Sati Savitri (1978)

Themes Films based on mythology, Films about religion
Actors Krishnam Raju, Vanisri, Tadepalli Lakshmi Kanta Rao, Jamuna, K. R. Vijaya, Gummadi Venkateswara Rao

One evening, Savitri (Vanisri) notices a refined young man Satyavanta (Krishnam Raju) and falls in love with him. Satyavanta is a prince from another kingdom. Savitri and Satyavanta want to marry, but Narada (Kanta Rao) warns Savitri that Satyavantha will die within a year after their wedding. He suggests that they do not marry. She ignores his advice. Satyavanta loses his kingdom and he, his wife and his parents are forced to live in a forest. On their first anniversary, Satyavanta goes deep into the forest to collect material, unaware of Narada's prediction. Worried about what might happen, Savitri accompanies him, but her husband is accidentally killed. Devastated by his death, Savitri fights Yama (N. T. Rama Rao). After a long struggle, Satyavanta is revealed to be alive.
Arasuri Maa Ambe
Arasuri Maa Ambe (2014)
, 40minutes
Themes Films based on mythology
Actors Amitabh Bachchan, Tarun Khanna

The story of Arasuri Maa Ambe is based on the mythical history of the Ambaji Temple, which is located close to the border of Rajasthan and Gujarat. The temple is one of the 51 Shakti peethas in India. It is believed that the Shakti Peethas were formed in the regions where the body parts of goddess Shakti or Sati fell, when Lord Shiva was carrying her corpse and performing the Tāṇḍava nṛtya, the dance of destruction, after the death of his beloved, Sati. The film tells the story of Shiva and Sati, the daughter of Daksha. The son of Lord Brahma, Daksh, was against his daughter’s wish to marry Shiva. However, Sati disobeyed her father and married Shiva. The story of the film goes on to follow the myths surrounding the rivalry between Daksha and Shiva. It explores how Daksha insulted Shiva, Sati immolated herself, and Shiva performed the dance of destruction.
Hanuman, The Worshipper of Lord Rama
Hanuman, The Worshipper of Lord Rama (1948)

Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films based on mythology, Films about religion

Ravana (Niranjan Sharma) orders Maricha to turn into a deer to entice Sita (Sona Chatterjee) with the notion of kidnapping her. Rama (Trilok Kapoor), Lakshman (Prabhash Joshi) and Sita are in the Panchavati forest for their fourteen year exile. Espying the golden deer sent by Ravana to lure Rama away, Sita asks Rama to get it. On hearing a cry of pain she sends Lakshman after his brother thinking he’s hurt. Ravan comes in the guise of a hermit begging alms and makes Sita step over the Lakshman Rekha (line), Lakshman had drawn around their cottage for her safety, asking her not to step beyond it. In their search for Sita, Ram and Lakshman meet Hanuman (S. N. Tripathi) whom they help in the fight between Sugriva and Bali. Hanuman then helps in finding Sita. He goes through several challenges in his devotion to Ram. Hanuman becomes a major factor in the battle between Rama and Ravana resulting in the victory of Rama and Shri Ram’s subsequent return to Ayodhya.
Hanuman Patal Vijay
Hanuman Patal Vijay (1949)
, 2h19
Themes Films based on mythology, Films about religion
Actors Meena Kumari, Mahipal Singh

The story is about Hanuman and his confrontations with The King of Patal, Ahiravan and his brother Mahiravan who have been asked by Ravan to kill Ram and Lakshman. The film follows Hanuman’s encounter with Makari the daughter of the sea who wants to marry him, but instead through the swallowing of a bead of his sweat she gives birth to Makardhwaj who guards the gates of Patal (Hell) where Ram and Lakshman are taken when kidnapped. Hanuman gets the better of Makardhwaj and rescues Ram and Lakshman. A major battle ensues and Ahiravan and Mahiravan are killed, but somehow they keep regenerating. Hanuman manages to find out the secret of their regeneration and puts a stop to it with the help of Ahiravan’s wife Chandrasena.
Tarzan and the Amazons
Tarzan and the Amazons (1945)
, 1h16
Directed by Kurt Neumann
Genres Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Le thème de l'enfant sauvage, Films based on mythology, Films about apes, L'enfance marginalisée, Tarzan films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology
Actors Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce, Johnny Sheffield, Henry Stephenson, Maria Ouspenskaïa, Barton MacLane

Tarzan sauve une jeune Amazone des griffes d'un tigre, sous les yeux de Boy et de Cheeta. Il la ramène dans la cité perdue de son peuple, endroit qu'il est le seul à connaître. Mais Boy l'a suivi et découvre ce site merveilleux. Jane revient d'Angleterre, accompagnée d'un groupe de savants dirigé par Sir Guy Henderson. Un bracelet en or pur, perdu par l'Amazone, tombe entre leurs mains. Si Henderson n'est là que pour observer des civilisations disparues, d'autres membres de l'expédition se montrent plus cupides. Jane est chargée de convaincre Tarzan de leur montrer le chemin de la cité.
Euridice BA 2037
Euridice BA 2037 (1975)
, 1h40
Genres Drama, Fantasy
Themes Films based on mythology, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology
Actors Vera Tschechowa

Euridice dans l'Hadès, numéro de code ΒΑ 2037, attend qu'Orphée la libère et la conduise dans le monde supérieur. Elle attend les ordres qui lui permettront de sortir de sa prison/domicile. Sa destination n'est pas mentionnée. Une voix provenant d'un ordinateur lui ordonne de partir.
Savitri
Savitri (1937)
, 2h16
Themes Films based on mythology, Films about religion
Actors Devika Rani, Ashok Kumar, Mumtaz Ali

Savitri is born as a boon from the Sun God, to Ashwapati, the King of Madra and his wife Malawi. Savitri meets and falls in love with Satyavan, the son of the blind King Dumatasena. Dumtasena's Minister has taken over his kingdom and exiled the king, who now lives in the forest. When Savitri decides to marry Satyavan, the sage Narada advices against it, as according to the planetary charts, Satyavan will die a year following their marriage. However, Savitri insists on going ahead, ready to take on Yama the God of death. A year later when Savitri sees Yama carrying Satyavan's soul she follows and discourses with him, while cotinuing her pursuit. Finally, Yama tells her she can ask three boons of him except for Satyavan's life. The boons Savitri asks for are: sight for her father-in-law and restoration of his kingdom, her father should be granted a hundred sons, and last, she be granted a hundred sons. Yama gives in to her request, thereby restoring Satyavan's life. Her father-in-law's sight is restored and he learns of the death of his usurper.