Marathi movie from the 1940s starring Sulochana, Chandrakant and Lalita Pawar.

A film by Dharmadhikari Datta.

Sant Namdev is directed by K Talpade, and stars Lalita Pawar and Shahu Modak.

A loyal Sakharam moves in with Kakasaheb Deshmukh after his father passes away. When he grows up, he falls in love with Chandra Deshmukh and also faces opposition from a rebel peasant, Peera Dhaigude.

A film by Shantaram Athavale.

A film by P. K. Atre.

A Marathi film by Raja Paranjpe.

A Marathi film by Vishram Bedekar.

A Marathi film by Jaishankar Danve.

A Marathi film by Pendharkar.

A Marathi film by Keshavrao Date.

Allegory about the South Asian economy during WW2. Bapuji is an agent for the Rangoon Oil Co. Although he has made his money mainly through the black market, his daughter Vidya believes in his honesty. She meets a young man whom she scorns as he does not seem to be from her own social class, but then he turns out to be Lalnath, a director of Rangoon Oil.

A film by K. Narayan Kale.

A Marathi film by Pendharkar.

It was released in 1942 directed by Gajanan Jagirdar.

A Marathi film by Pendharkar.

When the handsome doctor Sadashiv sets up a new clinic in Pune, he finds himself with no patients but is beseiged with marriage offers. Chintu, son of the crusty patriarch, tricks him into coming home to examine his supposedly ill sister Sarala. One of the major scenes in the film is a cross-talk as Sadashiv asks medical questions while her father examines him as a prospective son-in- law. Sarala and Sadashiv get married, when suddenly Lily, Sadashiv’s old girlfriend who is related to the local village gossip, surfaces.

A Marathi film by Joglekar.

A film by K. Narayan Kale.

A Marathi film by Master Vinayak.

A Marathi film by K. P. Bhave.

A Marathi film by Narayan and Gajanan.

Rohini, the princess of Suvarnadesh and her closest friend Mangala is on their way to Prayag, for Rohini is going to be betrothed to Trivikram, the king of Prayag. Nevertheless, tragedy strikes when on the way the chariot they are traveling on skids over a precipice. But the girls are saved by the timely intervention of Gorakhnath, the great saint who has the power of performing miracles.

Directed by Keshavrao Dhaiber.

A major Maratha historical focusing on Shivaji. The villainous Subedar of Kalyan, in his effort to defeat 17th C. Maratha emperor Shivaji, abducts a Maratha damsel. However, Shivaji and his trusted lieutenant, the equally legendary Netaji Palkar, overcome this threat.

The naively innocent bachelor Bagaram, a clerk in a municipal office, has to find some brandy to restore the ill son of his boss, who is also the brother of Malati, whom he secretly loves. Not knowing what brandy is, Bagaram gets embroiled in adventures, including a famous scene in a crowded bar. He eventually procures a bottle but his beloved persists in regarding him merely as a 'brother'.

This period fantasy is a tale about a good general Angar who is corrupted by ambition. Echoing 'Macbeth', the loyal Angar is told by the witch Kuntala that his king shall die and that he shall be king instead. Angar then kills that king and seizes power. Departing from 'Macbeth', Angar's wife Mangala and his friend Tarang do not approve and they eventually join forces with the people against Angar.

A film by Pendharkar.

Radical journalist Diwakar runs a printing press and edits a newspaper, much to the disapproval of his authoritarian middle-class father who believes that all respectable youths should get a job and settle down. Diwakar's scheming politician friend Vithalrao incites a strike and acquires the press and the paper with the help of Diwakar's father, causing Diwakar to leave home in disgust.

A Marathi film by Devare and Sarpotdar.

A film directed by Bedekar and Bhat.

A film about Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.

A film about the great devotee King Shriyal.

Director: A. Narayanan

A S. Soundararajan movie

Director: P.V. Rao

Shree Pundalik, which is recognised as the first feature-length Indian film. Shree Pundalik was about the Hindu saint Pudalik is based on a Marathi play by Ramrao Kirtikar. The entire 'film' is 'played' out on Grant Road, Bombay.

Ram Joshi, a Brahmin poet, discovers the arts, falls in love, descends into alcoholism, and eventually finds salvation through his poetry.

Janardhanarao Panthulu has his 6-year-old daughter Lalitha married to an old man who dies shortly after. Lalitha is brought up by her father under the strictures of widowhood.