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चन्दन का पालना (1967)
Character: Gurudev
Ajit lives with his mother, and comes from a very wealthy family. He meets with beautiful Shobha and both fall in love with each other. Ajit's mom is delighted and agrees to meet with Harikishan Rai, Shobha's father, to finalize their marriage. The marriage takes place with great pomp and ceremony. A few years later, Ajit notices a change in Shobha's behavior. She changes her lifestyle, adopts a more liberal outlook, takes to drinking alcohol, and has an hair-cut. Ajit and his mom are perplexed and appalled at this change, and want to find out, but Shobha refuses to tell them anything. One day, Shobha and Ajit's mom have an argument, and Shobha angrily lifts up her hand to slap her, only to be stopped by Ajit, who asks Shobha to leave immediately. Shobha leaves and returns to her father's house, leaving Ajit and his mother behind wondering what had changed Shobha so much, and whether to get Ajit married a second time or not.
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Kahin Din Kahin Raat (1968)
Character: N/A
When a CID inspector infiltrates a smuggling ring he discovers that his ex-girlfriend is involved.
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Bandish (1955)
Character: Mr. Roy
Mahender has been responsible for the upbringing of Tomato, a young child at a very early age. Now Mahender's health is getting worse, and he is afraid his ill-health may be contagious and may endanger Tomato. So Mahender decides to leave Tomato in the park near Kamal Roy, and instructs Tomato to call Kamal his dad. Tomato does so, and this results in utter chaos in the life of Kamal. He is unable to convince his lady love Usha Sen that the child is not his; and additionally Kamal is under pressure from his dad and mom to get married. Kamal begs Tomato to leave him, but Tomato refuses to do so. How will this impact on Kamal's life and relationships?
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Devta (1956)
Character: Maharaja Sangram Singh
Black-and-white fantasy film centred around a king who loses his sight and uses the forces of the ‘serpent world’ to get his sight back. He orders a young man working in the palace to descend into the world, and in the process, the young man falls in love with the serpent princess.
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Sasural (1961)
Character: N/A
While Shekhar (Rajendra Kumar) falls in love with and weds Bela (Saroja Devi), the daughter of a wealthy businessman, Shekhar's sister elopes with a common thief whose family is planning to discredit her sibling. When an expensive necklace disappears, Bela's suspicions about her spouse put their union in jeopardy in this affecting film directed by T. Prakash Rao. The supporting cast includes Jayshree Gadkar and Shubha Khote.
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Prabhu Ka Ghar (1946)
Character: Rudrasen
A story centered on a village girl named Alka, whose character exhibits contradictory traits and possibly a violent nature. Her life intersects with other village inhabitants, including Nanda, and a figure described as a "ruthless dacoit" who undergoes a transformation into a "dacoit-devotee" and is involved in an unusual burial ritual. The narrative attempts to weave in themes related to divinity and spiritual protest through these characters and events.
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Balak (1969)
Character: Kedarnath
Ever since his birth, Deepak has been led to believe that he has brought nothing but bad luck to everyone around him. His dad passes away on the day of his birth, shortly thereafter his mom...
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Nausherwan-E-Adil (1957)
Character: N/A
A fair-minded emperor improves and introduces new laws, but ends up facing challenges when his son violates them.
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গোরা (1938)
Character: Krishna Dayal
Gora and Mahim were two sons of Krishna Dayal Babu. From childhood, Bijay and Gora were friends. Through an accident, Bijay was introduced to Paresh Babu's family. Paresh was a Bramhin. So Gora did not like Bijay's visit to that house. Gora's mother was very anxious about Gora's Hindusim. Krishna Dayal was also very annoyed being an orthodox Hindu. As per his father's request, Gora went to Paresh Babu's house. Paresh babu's wife Bhadra Sundari was not happy seeing Gora there. But Gora had a real conflict with Haran Babu. The marriage of Haran Babu and Suchitra was almost fixed. The reason of the conflict was that, Haran Babu always thought of himself to be a social reformer and saviour of Brahma religion.
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ग्रहस्ती (1963)
Character: Principal / Mohan's Father
Drama about a large Indian family coping with revelations about the fathers past.
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Tamasha (1952)
Character: N/A
Fed up of Dilip's involvement with gold digging actress Nayantara, Dilip's uncle pretends to be gravely ill in hopes of guilting him into marrying a decent girl. Dilip convinces reluctant Kiran to pretend to be his fiancée. Dilip and Kiran soon fall in love, and Nayantara decides to intervene.
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অঞ্জনগড় (1948)
Character: N/A
When a local mining company dares to provide its workers a fair wage for a fair day's work, and lets its workers unionize, the kingdom's villainous potentate is less than pleased. After considerable pressure, the company agrees to blame unrest in the region on a blameless worker collective.
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অণুস্তুপ ছন্দ (1964)
Character: N/A
Anustup Chhanda is a Bengali movie released on 1 July 1964. The movie is directed by Pijush Bose and features Basanta Choudhury in the lead role.
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Ek Gaon Ki Kahani (1957)
Character: N/A
Jaya lives in a village called Chandangaon in India along with her widower dad, Gokul, who works for a living as a compounder, but calls himself a Homeopathic doctor and dispenses Arnica for all kinds of ailments, especially since there is no qualified doctor in the village. Since Jaya is or marriageable age, he has arranged her marriage with hard-of-hearing Shiv, the son of Dayashankar, who is the President of the Gram Panchayat. Dayashankar is anxious to get Shiv married so that he can get some dowry from Gokul. The other suitor for Jaya is Ratan, whose mother would like her to re-marry her son as his wife, Maya, is unable to conceive. Then a new doctor arrives in this village to look after the charitable dispensary. Things heat up when Dayashankar and Ratan's mom find out that he may be Jaya's new suitor. Hilarious chaos reigns when Maya assaults her cruel mother-in-law, and Ratan abducts Jaya from her marriage with Shiv.
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সোনার হরিণ (1959)
Character: Dr. Bhaskar
Jayanta Chowdhury, a ground engineer, is gravely injured and is received by his fiancé, Kuntala who takes care of him. However, Jayanta is not at peace as he suspects a conspiracy. He returns to Kolkata, much to Kuntala’s dismay, and starts following another ground engineer Sandeep Mukherjee, who he believes has betrayed his employer. Jayanta gets together with the Intelligence Officer Ranjit Mitra and traces Sandeep’s whereabouts. Sandeep is actually involved with the criminals Krishn Chand and Abdullah who force him to plant a bomb on an international flight. Sandeep, rather unwillingly, gives in as he needs money to treat his handicapped younger brother. Although he loves a girl named Ruby, he is unable to marry her for the same reason. Jayanta takes up the name of Arun Roy and befriends Sandeep to learn more about him. And the plot thickens.
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Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose (1966)
Character: N/A
A biographical film that chronicles Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's radical involvement in the Indian independence movement and his dedication to the Indian National Army (INA).
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Biwi Aur Makan (1966)
Character: Shiv Shanker Ravi
Four young men re-locate from a village in India, to a big city. While attempting to access accomodation, they are repeatedly told that rooms will only be rented to married couples, not to bachelors. Frustrated at this, two of them disguise themselves as women, and pose as wives for the other two males. They are able to secure accomodation with the Mishra family. Complications arise when the two "women" fall in love with Mishra's two lovely daughters - with results that can only be described as hilarious.
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আনন্দমঠ (1951)
Character: N/A
The lesser known 'Sannyasi Rebellion' of the 18th century forms the base of this film. Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay's 'Anandamath' is regarded as one of the most significant patriotic novels that fueled the national movement. India's national song 'Vande Mataram' was actually taken from this novel, which was once banned by the British rulers.
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Phir Kab Milogi (1974)
Character: N/A
Sapna, the daughter of a wealthy businessman likes Rajesh, a simple man. Her father wants her to marry Randhir, a notorious womanizer and drunkard. Will Sapna ever accept Randhir?
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Phir Kab Milogi (1974)
Character: Sapna's Father
Sapna, the daughter of a wealthy businessman likes Rajesh, a simple man. Her father wants her to marry Randhir, a notorious womanizer and drunkard. Will Sapna ever accept Randhir?
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Payal (1957)
Character: N/A
A remake of the director's own Tamil film Mallika (1957).
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মহাকবি কালিদাস (1942)
Character: N/A
A naive Sanskrit poet, shunned for falling in love with a low-caste Indian woman, faces challenges after entering into a competition with a princess.
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Savera (1958)
Character: N/A
Kundan is a medical student but just before getting the degree he got implicated in a murder charge and cannot finish his degree and takes the wrong path of crime. His neighbor and childhood friend Shanti who Kundan grew up with was married to Kundan at the behest of her mother but they got separated after Kundan took the path of crime. Eventually, Kundan took the job of a taxi driver and befriended a bunch of hoods, and continued with his criminal activities.
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Aashirwad (1968)
Character: Munim
Aashirwad is a 1968 Bollywood film. Produced by N.C. Sippy and Hrishikesh Mukherjee, it is directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. The film stars Ashok Kumar and Sanjeev Kumar.
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सौतेला भाई (1962)
Character: Baikunth Majumdar
Melodrama about an extended family in Bengal. Baikunth Majumdar, who has a son by previous marriage, remarries. His new wife Bhawani raises her stepson Gokul along with her son Vinod.
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Sawan Ke Geet (1978)
Character: N/A
Sawan Ke Geet is a movie directed by K. Bhattacharya featuring Sanjeev Kumar, Rekha.
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Baadbaan (1954)
Character: N/A
An orphaned boy from a fishing village, adopted and educated by a wealthy family, must choose between his sophisticated wife and a new love in his rural birthplace as he dedicates his life to uplifting his long-lost community.
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Parivar (1956)
Character: N/A
A joint family consisting of four brothers, their wives, and their respective children, living under one roof. Some of the brothers are professionls, one a lawyer, a doctor, and others businessmen. They are a happy family, living and sharing each other's joys and sorrows. Then one day, an arguement breaks out over a glass of milk, and the entire family is thrown into chaos, and the only resolution seems to be nothing but dividing the entire property amongst the brothers and their respective families.
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লুকোচুরি (1958)
Character: N/A
Shankar and Buddhu are identical twins. Shankar, unbeknownst to Buddhu, has found love with a painter; Buddhu meanwhile falls in love with the painter’s sister, who works at his office. As neither sister knows her lover has a twin, and Buddhu is unaware of Shankar’s romance, confusion ensues.
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Trimurti (1974)
Character: Swamiji
Kalyani lives in a small tenement with three sons, Vijay, Nandu, and Bhola, all of whom are unemployed, slackers and trouble-makers. One day Nandu gets into serious trouble with Shantilal, who summons the police, and has him arrested. Kalyani goes to the Police Station to plead with the In-Charge Officer to release Nandu, to no avail. She then goes to Shantilal to try to persuade him to withdraw the charges, also to no avail.
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Ek Paheli (1971)
Character: John
Sudhir goes to take care of his family business in Goa. He is attracted to Maria, a mysterious woman who meets him in an old graveyard.
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Durgesh Nandini (1956)
Character: Virendra Singh
Akbar deputes Raja Mansingh to conquer Orissa, where Pathan King Katlu Khan reigns. Mansingh, despite enmity, asks for cooperation. He sends Jagat Singh to Burdwan to spy on Pathan military activities, meeting Durgesh Nandini.
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Pyar Ka Sapna (1969)
Character: Jwala Prasad
In order to study abroad in Great Britain, Ramesh agrees to marry a village girl named Sudha, but refuses to love her. Heartbroken, Sudha tries to kill herself, but is rescued by Shankernath, who coaches her etiquette and teaches her English so she can go to England to win back her husband. The plan seems to work perfectly, until Shankernath discovers his own long lost granddaughter, Jenny, has fallen in love with Ramesh.
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अंबर (1952)
Character: Maharaja
A vengeful princess waits for the right moment to kill her foster father - the Emperor.
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मुसाफिर (1957)
Character: Nilambar Sharma
The stories of three sets of people, linked by their connection to an old suburban house in Calcutta- An orphaned young woman who desperately wants her husband to make up with his estranged parents so that she may belong to a family once more, a wayward young man desperate to find a job to support his aged father and his widowed sister-in-law, and a shadowy neighbourhood ‘madman’
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Jeevan Mrityu (1970)
Character: Raja Ranvir Singh
An honest bank manager is arrested for embezzlement on the eve of his marriage. After his release, he seeks out his fiancee and decides to take revenge on his colleagues, who falsely implicated him.
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मझली दीदी (1967)
Character: Navinchandra 'Navin
Bipinchandra breaks family tradition by marrying a city girl, Hemangini, much to the chagrin of his sister-in-law, Kadambini, and her husband, Navinchandra. Things are delicate even after both women give birth to two children each. Then Hemangini testifies against Navinchandra in Court, leading to the division of the property. Things got worse by the arrival of Kadambini's orphaned school-going step-brother, Kishan, who is beaten and abused by not only by Kadambini and Navinchandra, but also by their overweight son. When Hemangini objects to Kishan's ill-treatment, Bipin takes the side of the rest of the family, and may probably force her to abandon Kishan to his fate or divorce her.
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राज तिलक (1958)
Character: N/A
A young man goes on a quest to find his mother and to restore justice in a kingdom that has fallen into the hands of traitors.
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Gharana (1961)
Character: Rai Bahadur Ramdas
A mother and daughter create bitterness, hatred, acrimony and discord in a wealthy family.
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ममता (1966)
Character: Kantilal
The son of a wealthy family, Monish falls in love with Deviyani, a girl from a considerably less privileged background. When Monish leaves to study abroad, the lovers plan to reunite, but desperate financial straits force Deviyani into a marriage with a philandering drunk instead. Deeply unhappy, she flees, taking her infant daughter with her and vanishing into thin air. Does fate have more than misery in store for the unfortunate Deviyani?
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आम्रपाली (1966)
Character: Vaishali's Samrat
After a failed conquest, Emperor Ajaatshatru pretends to be a soldier in the enemy's army to weaken them from the inside. However, he falls in love with Amrapali, a well-respected royal courtesan, and must decide what his main priority is.
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Nagina (1951)
Character: Raiji
A young man believes that an old, supposedly haunted ruin holds clues to both his father’s disappearance and a twelve year old murder mystery.
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खिलौना (1970)
Character: Thakur Suraj Singh
Thakur Suraj Singh lives a wealthy lifestyle with his wife; three sons - Kishore, his wife Laxmi & two children Pappu and Laali; Vijaykamal, & Mohan; and an unmarried daughter, Radha. Kishore looks after the family business, while Vijaykamal is a renowned poet, and Mohan is studying law in the city. Vijaykamal is in love with lovely Sapna, but she is forced to marry Bihari, and kills herself on the night of the marriage. Vijaykamal witnesses her death and loses his mind. The family decide to keep him under lock and key on the terrace of their house. Unable to admit Vijaykamal to a mental asylum, Suraj brings home a young courtesan, Chand, who he hopes will cure Vijaykamal, and she does succeed considerably, but is traumatized, sexually assaulted by Vijaykamal, and abused by the rest of the family.
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Maryada (1971)
Character: N/A
Bollywood drama in which a woman stranded falls in love with the man who assists her. However, when they meet again, she notices something completely different about him.
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Aag (1967)
Character: Daku Mangal Singh
Shanker is a young man who lives in a small village community with his mute sister, Durgi, and his mom, Shanti. Shanker's efforts to get Durgi married are all in vain. The local money-lender, Lala, in his early 60s, comes to know about this and proposes to marry Durgi, but is refused, and asked to leave. Lala plots vengeance, and gets his chance to rape Durgi, resulting in the death of Durgi. Shanker hunts him down, and kills him. Lala's death involves the police, and Shanker must run from them. He does so, and joins a gang of dacoits and pledges to be part of their gang, not knowing that in so doing, he will be spending the rest of his life, hiding in caverns and the countryside, unable to see his mother anymore, nor any normal human being, for the rest of his life.
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Baiju Bawra (1952)
Character: Shahenshah Akbar
During the reign of Akbar the Great, a young singer sets out to avenge his father's death and challenges the killer to a musical duel.
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जागृति (1955)
Character: Ramapati Mukherjee
Sent to a hostel as a punishment, a rebellious lad leads a revolt and creates havoc in the institution.
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Solva Saal (1958)
Character: Shankarlal
Classmates Laaj (Waheeda Rehman) and Shyam elope to Bombay with Laaj's necklace, which they hope to pawn to pay for their travels. On the train, a crafty journalist named Pran (Dev Anand) overhears the lovers' plan and follows them in search of a story. When Shyam snatches the necklace and runs off, it's Pran to the rescue. What follows is a song-filled caper of intrigue, adventure and romance.
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