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Prabhu Ka Ghar (1946)
Character: Arvind
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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Pyar Ki Baten (1951)
Character: Prince Badar
Rejected by a proud Princess Nadira, a reckless Prince Badar vows revenge, setting out on a quest disguised as a common peasant to humble her, unaware that her own perilous situation will force them both into unexpected circumstances.
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Nala Damayanti (1945)
Character: N/A
Based on an ancient Hindu epic, the film tells the timeless love story of King Nala of Nishadha and Princess Damayanti of Vidarbha. Their love is sparked by the magical swans who carry messages between them. Despite challenges from gods who also desire Damayanti, and the cunning machinations of the evil Kali who curses Nala, the couple endures separation, hardship, and transformations. The film focuses on their trials, Nala's loss of his kingdom and disguise, Damayanti's unwavering devotion and search for him, and their eventual reunion and restoration of their happiness and kingdom.
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Anuradha (1940)
Character: N/A
A rebellious young woman defies her conservative surroundings and falls in love, setting off a sequence of emotional and social complications. Along the way, she crosses paths with an idealistic doctor suffering from consumption, whose romantic ideals blur the line between healing and heartache. With hints of a "taming the shrew" arc and melodramatic entanglements, Anuradha explores love, agency, and constraint—though much of its story remains lost to time.
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गीता (1940)
Character: Kumar
Shankar abandons his religious wife Durga and takes their son Mohan into a life of crime. Years later, Durga raises her second son Kumar to be virtuous. When Mohan is arrested, he ends up being prosecuted by Kumar—his own brother—leading to a dramatic family reckoning and Mohan’s path to redemption.
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Mera Shikaar (1988)
Character: N/A
A young village girl learns martial arts to avenge her family.
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Pagal (1940)
Character: N/A
A psychiatrist spirals into madness after being tricked into marrying the wrong sister. When his obsession with her sibling grows, he uses his medical authority to turn her insane and imprison her within his own asylum.
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Aankh Ki Sharm (1943)
Character: N/A
An early social drama that delved into themes of honor, modesty, reputation, and the consequences of actions that bring shame or dishonor
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Vakil Saheb (1943)
Character: N/A
A courtroom drama or a social film centered around a legal professional
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Shahzadi (1941)
Character: N/A
A drama exploring themes of royalty, duty, and personal destiny through the eyes of its titular princess
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Tulsi (1941)
Character: N/A
A social drama centered on a character embodying strong moral or spiritual virtues, a narrative exploring themes of faith, sacrifice, and righteousness within an Indian context
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Anath Ashram (1937)
Character: Kailash
Reformist melodrama about widow-remarriage. Jai Narain, owner of a colliery, forms a happy family with his wife, his daughter Saroj, son-in-law Kailash, an engineer at the colliery, and their son Nannha. Kailash dies in a colliery accident caused by Jai Narain. Nannha is sent to an orphanage and Saroj marries Ramesh, who loves her but is unaware of her previous marriage or of being a stepfather, while Saroj misses her dead husband and longs for her absent son. A former suitor, Ranjit appears, knowing her past history. Repeated scenes show Nannha pining for his mother.
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सचिव (1938)
Character: N/A
An heiress, played by Madhuri, who falls in love with her father's secretary played by Trilok Kapoor
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जय संतोषी माँ (1975)
Character: Lord Shiva
Gauri is unable to conceive and is made fun of in the village. Everybody believes that she is cursed and stays away from her. Gauri prays to Goddess Santoshi Maa to bring back happiness into her life.
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Dhoop Chhaon (1935)
Character: Satyavan
A remake of the Bengali film Bhagya Chakra, it was the first Hindi film to use playback singing. It was director Nitin Bose who came up with the idea of playback singing.
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Seeta (1934)
Character: Luv
Seeta was a 1933 Indian talkie Bengali film, directed by Debaki Bose and produced by the East India Film Company.[1] It won an honorary diploma in the 2nd Venice International Film Festival in 1934, becoming the first Indian talkie to be shown at an international film festival.
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Do Chor (1972)
Character: N/A
The Bombay police is baffled at a series of robberies being committed in homes of prominent people, with the thief leaving a swastika and stealing only one set of jewellery instead of everything in the safe. Their investigation takes them to bring in a notorious burglar, Tony, who denies having anything to do with these robberies.
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Saaya (1989)
Character: The Judge
After his wife dies, a doctor keeps seeing her image and refuses to believe she is dead.
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Shri Krishnarjun Yudh (1945)
Character: Chitrasen
Chitrasen inadvertently humiliates Gabal Rishi, who approaches Bhagwan Shri Kishan and prays that the former be punished. Kishanji readily agrees to punish Chitrasen by beheading him with the Sudarshan Chakra. When no amount of pleas for mercy are adhered to, a compassionate Subhadra, moved by Chitrangini's plight, asks her spouse, Arjun, to intervene. The later, at first, refuses to take up arms against Kishanji, his friend, but subsequently relents - resulting in war - that will not only end their friendship - but may well also destroy the universe and annihilate Arjun, his brothers and their entire army.
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Acchut (1940)
Character: Madhukar
Laxmi, an "untouchable" woman fights for her community's rights against societal discrimination. She faces personal hardship and resistance from authorities, ultimately leading a movement for equality and temple access, while advocating for deeper societal change.
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Saudagar (1973)
Character: N/A
Moti is a merchant who sells jaggery in the market, with the help of an older woman, Mahjubhi, who makes exemplary jaggery. He is in love with a village girl, but cannot afford to pay the dowry/marriage expenses to her father. So he decides to marry Mahjubhi, while secretly harbouring the dream of saving enough money for dowry and marrying the village girl. After marrying Majubhi, Moti extracts a lot of work from her to this end. He eventually does collect the amount and divorces her, accusing her of infidelity. Shortly after that he marries the village girl, and goes back to his business of selling jaggery, but faces the consequence of losing Mahjubhi's jaggery.
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Chor Chor (1974)
Character: Dharamveer'chandan'
A retired policeman sees a killer he thought had been dead for twenty years, and the next night he is killed. The killer is blackmailing the head of a bank, and forcing him to participate in a robbery of his own bank. He is replaced by the son of the policeman, who is hunting for his fathers killer. A rarity in 70's Bollywood since it does not contain any musical interludes.
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Nehle Pe Dehla (1976)
Character: N/A
A kingpin smuggler kills a police officer and succeeds in separating his teen-aged sons. The elder son who had vowed to take revenge, accidentally meets his younger brother. The two join forces to bust the smugglers gang.
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Mirza Sahiban (1947)
Character: Mirza
The movie revolves around a young mischievous boy named Mirza who is sent away to his uncle's home for further studies. Mirza is passionate about archery and is an expert at it. He starts living with his uncle where he meets his uncle's daughter Sahiban.
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Bhagwan Parshuram (1970)
Character: N/A
Lord Parshuram, a reincarnation of Lord Vishnu, beheads his mother to prove that duty comes before anything else. Later, he takes upon himself the task of restoring peace on earth.
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Ram Bhakta Hanuman (1948)
Character: N/A
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. (Wikipedia)
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Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki (1978)
Character: N/A
A woman raises the illegitimate son of her husband along with her own, treating them both equally. But her decision to hand over the property matters to the illegitimate son is met with hostility by her own revenge-minded son.
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Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985)
Character: Professor
Ganga Singh lives near Gangotri with her brother, Karam. One day she comes to the assistance of a young man, Narendra Sahay, who has come with a group of Calcutta-based college students to study the source of the holy river Ganga, and to get some holy water for his wheelchair-bound paternal grandma. Both are attracted to each other, and on the next Puran Mashi get married, and spend the night in close intimacy. Narendra leaves, but promises Ganga that he will be back soon. Months go by, but he does not return. She gives birth to a son, and as soon she is able to, she starts her journey to Alipor, Calcutta, to confront Narendra and ensure a better future for their son.
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तहखाना (1986)
Character: Raghuvir Singh
A dying Thakur Surjeet Singh bequeaths the entire estate to his son, Raghuvir, disowning the other, Dhurjan, the family's black sheep, who also indulges in black magic. The latter swears to use magical powers to usurp the estate, and even arranges the abduction of Raghuvir's daughters, Sapna and Aarti. Mangal and his men manage to apprehend Dhurjan, imprison him in a dungeon, and rescue Aarti. However, they are unable to locate Sapna, and Raghuvir gets killed. Before dying, he informs Mangal that Sapna has one of two pieces of a locket around her neck, while the other is on Aarti's, and when joined together will reveal the location of a treasure buried in a dungeon. 20 years later, Aarti and her boyfriend, Vijay, along with several others, will attempt to unearth this treasure - not realizing that they not only face betrayal from one of their own, but will also release and fall prey to an ageless and indestructible entity.
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प्रेम कहानी (1975)
Character: Brijesh K. Narain
An apolitical poet abandons his love to become a freedom fighter — only for fate to bring them face-to-face again years later.
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पुराना मन्दिर (1984)
Character: Raja Hariman Singh
After a rich young girl learns about a demon and it's terrible curse brought by her family for generations, she decides to go to her paternal village with her lover, and his friend, to find out the truth.
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गंगा जमुना सरस्वती (1988)
Character: Thakur Chicha Prasad 'Chichaji' - Gangaa's dad
In a small town, Gangaa and Jamunaa's budding romance faces obstacles from Hansraj, who harbors dark intentions. Meanwhile, Saraswathi silently pines for Gangaa, as another suitor, Shanker, hopes to win Jamunaa's heart.
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दोस्ताना (1980)
Character: Police Commissioner
Two close friends decide to enter law enforcement – one a police officer, the other a lawyer – but their friendship begins to unravel when they both fall in love with the same woman.
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Hanuman the Immortal 2 (2011)
Character: Guruji
Thousands of years after the war of Lanka, a mutant demon warrior is back with a vengeance. Resurrected after the apocalyptic war, this dark force Raaka, has set his eyes on what all human eyes have failed to see, the hidden land of the Vaanars and his nemesis, Hanuman! He is the only hurdle en-route the evil enterprise of reawakening the Asura race. Watch this thrilling story unfold.
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Ustadi Ustad Se (1982)
Character: N/A
Young Seema lives a middle-classed lifestyle along with her grandmother and maternal uncle, Kamdev. She is friendly with Rajesh, and another young boy, Sanjay, also wants to be her friend, but she rejects him. Then the region is devastated by floods and she is separated from Rajesh. Years later, Seema has grown up and much to her delight gets re-united with Rajesh. Her grandmother happily arranges their marriage. On the day of the marriage, a beautiful young woman, Prema, along with a young child in her arms, stops the marriage, claiming that Rajesh is already married to her and is the father of her child. Watch what impact this has on Seema and on her grandmother.
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Ishk Ishk Ishk (1974)
Character: N/A
Dhun comes from a wealthy and talented family and desires to see the world on his own. He sets upon this travel and on his journey comes upon an inn called Five Daughters, run by Pahar. Deciding to stay there for a while, he meets Pahar's daughters and falls in love with Pooja. Pooja reciprocates his love and both hope to get married. Just when their marriage is being planned, Pooja's family comes to learn that Dhun and Pooja are related.
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Kuchhe Dhaage (1973)
Character: N/A
In the state of Madhya Pradesh, India, particularly in the Chambal Ravine there are abundance of bandit gangs, chiefly consisting of Brahmans and Thakurs, both carrying on their age-old rivalry and hatred for each other from generation to generation. Our story revolves around Brahman Pandit Tulsiram who betrays Thakur Bahadur Singh to the police, and as a result Bahadur is sentenced to be hanged.
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Ek Teri Nishani (1949)
Character: N/A
While detailed information about this film is limited due to its age and the scarcity of archival material from early post-independence Indian cinema, here’s what is generally known or can be inferred:
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फरिश्ता या कातिल (1977)
Character: N/A
A convicted murderer saves the lives of the passengers who meet with a train accident in a desert and protects them from a gang of criminals.
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