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चिराग (1969)
Character: N/A
When Ajay (Sunil Dutt) meets Asha (Asha Parekh), he mistakenly believes she's wealthy. The fact that she's not, however, doesn't prevent him from becoming smitten, and the couple soon marries with the full blessings of Ajay's family. Poverty is one thing, though, and childlessness quite another -- which Asha finds out the hard way. When she fails to produce an heir for the clan posthaste, her mother-in-law begins a search for her replacement.
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Jawani (1942)
Character: N/A
A captivating social drama featuring Husn Banu and Surendra. Dive into an early glimpse of Indian cinema's exploration of societal themes.
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Jhankar (1942)
Character: N/A
A social drama that delves into the troubles faced by a young woman named Kuki, played by Pramila. Her path crosses with Chandramohan, whose presence appears to complicate her life. The film explores themes of societal challenges and perhaps redemption, as it's described as a "social picture."
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Ghar (1945)
Character: N/A
When young Jyoti is suddenly widowed, her life takes a dark turn as she faces an indecent proposal from her late husband's brother and pressure from her own sister to become a prostitute. Caught between impossible choices, Jyoti must navigate a treacherous world to find her own path.
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Bajrangbali (1976)
Character: Shabari
Bhagwan Shri Bajrangbali has had super-natural powers at a very young age which includes swallowing the sun, lifting mountains, just to name a few. Bajrangbali has always regarded the skies and universe as his playground and could leap and fly around at will. Bajrangbali makes it his duty to serve Bhagwan Shri Ram all days in his life. He will make this comes to light when Ram's wife, Devi Maa Sita, has been kidnapped by Shivbakht Ravan, and is being held captive in far off Lanka.
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Pyar Ki Pyas (1961)
Character: Affectionate mother
Geeta, a five-year old orphan of Seva-Kunj, gets adopted by wealthy Asha and Ashok Gupta, believes them to be her missing birth parents, and moves in with them in their palatial house.
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Beti (1969)
Character: Manohar Lal's wife
Sudha Verma wants to be the ideal daughter for her dad, and mom. Unfortunately, her mom passes away, and her dad re-marries, this time to Kamla, who is self-serving and not at all interested to see Sudha marry and settle down. Sudha meets with Dr. Rajesh Anand, and both fall in love. All approve of the marriage, until Rajesh sees the invitation card for Sudha's marriage, and realizes that his marriage has been arranged with Sharda, and that Sudha is to marry Rakesh. Rajesh attempts to straighten this out, but idealistic Sudha does not agree as she does not want to embarass her dad. Unfortunately, Sudha marriage does not take place, as the dowry money has been stolen. Rajesh returns and hopes to marry Sudha, but finds that Sudha and her dad are missing, and are untraceable, and then returns home to find a look-alike of Sudha, who calls herself Asha, but denies ever being or knowing anyone named Sudha Verma.
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Hamari Baat (1943)
Character: N/A
Hamari Baat is a Bollywood film. It was released in 1943.
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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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Zameen Aasmaan (1972)
Character: Ganga
When a difficult man falls blind, he alienates his family and caretakers even further.
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Ek Nazar (1972)
Character: Kalavati Kailashnath
One Glance. Romance between a poet, son of the public prosecutor, and a nautch girl accused of murdering her mother.
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जब से तुम्हें देखा है (1963)
Character: N/A
A young couple in love face obstacles in their relationship when the woman's father tries to use her to repay a debt.
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Nili (1950)
Character: N/A
A beggar girl Nili lives by singing and begging in the streets and how her life changes after meeting with Kumar.
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Samaj Ki Bhul (1934)
Character: Chandramukhi
Unusually violent film for its time advocating widow's right to remarry.
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दिल दिया दर्द लिया (1966)
Character: Basanti
A kind-hearted, widowed landlord, Thakur, lives a wealthy lifestyle with his son, Ramesh; daughter, Roopa; and an adopted child, Shankar. Ramesh hates Shankar and often abuses him. Years pass by, Thakur has passed away, and all three children have grown up. While Ramesh visits a stunningly attractive Courtesan, Tara, drinks alcohol, and continues to abuse and mercilessly beat Shankar, who bears this in silence as he and Roopa are in love with each other. When Ramesh finds out that Roopa wants to wed Shankar, he has him severely beaten and thrown off a cliff. He then arranges Roopa's marriage with another wealthy man, Satish, while he continues to romance Tara and even signs over his entire estate and home to her name.
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Chor Chor (1974)
Character: Saritadevi
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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जब प्यार किसी से होता है (1961)
Character: N/A
About to be married, Nisha learns that Sunder had already been married to another woman, whom he is accused of murdering. And Sunder scrambles to come up with an explanation and absolve himself.
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Intaquam (1969)
Character: N/A
Reeta Mehra gets a job at a department store to support her ailing mother. After she refuses sexual favours to an important business partner, her boss Sohanlal has her framed for shoplifting. When Reeta gets out of prison, her mother has died. She meets Heeralal, who has also been cheated by Sohanlal, and together they work out a plot for revenge. Reeta is to marry Sohanlal's son and then reveal her history, disgracing Sohanlal's name. Things quickly become more complicated than anticipated.
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Prem Shastra (1974)
Character: N/A
Writer Sagar Sharma is in love with a much younger woman named Barkha. When Sagar meets his ex-wife, Neelima, she tells him that Barkha is her daughter. Perturbed that he is dating his ex-step-daughter, Sagar disbelieves her and continues to have his affair with Barkha. And then Neelima tells him that she had an affair with his elder brother and that Barkha is his daughter. Sagar will now decide to end this affair, as neither the community nor his very own brother will permit him to have an affair with his own niece.
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Tulsidas (1954)
Character: N/A
Sage Tulsidas faces challenges when he attempts to translate the Holy Ramayan.
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वह फिर आएगी (1988)
Character: Aarti's Mother
Aarti is possessed by the evil spirit of Asha who wants revenge on her killers. Aarti's husband tries everything possible to free her from the evil spirit.
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गंगवा (1984)
Character: N/A
Gangvaa embarks on a quest for revenge against a crooked landlord after he orders the death of his father for reporting his crimes to the police and getting him arrested.
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पेइंग गेस्ट (1957)
Character: N/A
An incompetent lawyer gets evicted, dons the guise of an old man to gain accommodation, falls for the owner's daughter, then faces numerous life-changing challenges.
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Hum Se Badkar Kaun (1981)
Character: N/A
Four young boys tragically separated from their parents and each other grow up to become four different men with divergent values and conflicting methods. Fate eventually sets their paths for a head on collision.
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तीसरी क़सम (1966)
Character: N/A
A naive bullock-cart driver falls for a traveling dancer.
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Raja Rani (1973)
Character: Suresh's Mother
As a young boy Raja turns to a life of crime after the death of his mother. Years later Raja, now a hardened thief, uses a marriage as an escape ploy but shortly after he is caught.
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Anupama (1966)
Character: Sarla
A grieving widower has a complex relationship with his daughter, blaming her for his wife's death. As she grows up, a kind poet helps her heal and find happiness despite her father's conflicted behavior.
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पापी (1953)
Character: Chameli
On the run from the police, an atheist masquerades as a religious icon.
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Mujhe Jeene Do (1963)
Character: N/A
Though from India, this tale rings of Western familiarity -- especially of the Old West. When a beautiful courtesan is kidnapped by a burly bandit, the baddie gets far more than he had anticipated; he finds himself falling for her. Unfortunately for the couple, the authorities catch up with him and their short-lived romance ends in tragedy.
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जब अन्धेरा होता है (1974)
Character: Vikram's Mother
The city is rocked by a serial killer who only kills young women at night, so women don't want to step outside the house when it turns dark.
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प्रेम कहानी (1975)
Character: Mrs. Shrikant Sinha
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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Aankh Ka Tara (1978)
Character: N/A
Geeta falls in love with a blind radio singer named Mohan, but his disability hampers their happily-ever-after.
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आन मिलो सजना (1970)
Character: Kaushalya
A wealthy widow refuses to leave anything to her selfish son. In order to win her affection, he introduces her to his fiancee, Deepali, who is a girl he hires to play the part.
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शहनाई (1947)
Character: N/A
A struggling entertainer trying to keep his dance company afloat with the help of his four daughters. However, his wife is worried about the disrepute the profession is bringing the girls and diminishing their chances of marriage.
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हीर राँझा (1970)
Character: N/A
Heer Raanjha is a 1970 Indian Hindi-language romantic musical film directed by Chetan Anand. It stars Raaj Kumar and Priya Rajvansh and tells the tragic love story of Heer, a wealthy girl, and Ranjha, who has been banished by his family. The film is often referred to as a Punjabi version of "Romeo and Juliet.
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Haqeeqat (1985)
Character: Amar's mom
Arjun, an honest cop, makes influential enemies in his department and amongst corrupt politicians when he brings law and order to his region. Can he and his community get justice or remain oppressed?
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Padosan (1968)
Character: Bhola's Aunt
A simple man from a village falls in love with his new neighbor. He enlists the help of his musical-theater friends to woo the lovely girl-next-door away from her music teacher.
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Zehreela Insaan (1974)
Character: Arjun's Mother
Arjun, a hot headed but soft hearted man, always finds himself in situations that others take him as a bad person. His childhood teacher Masterji is the only person understands him & appreciates his good quality and Arjun follows his instruction/wishes completely. Arjun loves Aarti and wants to marry her but Aarti's father does not endorse this alliance and decides to get her marry to someone else. Arjun is agitated but Masterji calms him down and asks him to not disrupt this marriage, instead convince Aarti to marry the boy her father has chosen for her. Arjun follows what Masterji has asked him. Devastated Arjun finds love in Margret who he has been fighting with since she came to town. Now Margret's uncle and mother are against their marriage. This time Arjun is not lenient and does not even listen to Masterji. Arjun and Margret run away and commit suicide jumping down a mountain.
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अन्नदाता (1972)
Character: Arun's Mother
A rich man who is disillusioned with his greedy relatives leaves his house and wanders off. He finds true happiness when he meets Aarti, who lives in a small town among simple folks.
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लाल पत्थर (1971)
Character: N/A
A vain, self-righteous nobleman falls in love with a village girl and tries to transform her into his version of the ideal woman.
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Agar Tum Na Hote (1983)
Character: Matron at the Orphanage
Photographer Raj Bedi meets with attractive Radha, both fall in love, and get married. Shortly after the marriage, Raj has an accident and is hospitalized. He does recover, but has no sensation in his legs and must be confined to a wheelchair. The cost of his treatment, in addition to the loss of his job, leads Radha to take up employment as a Governess to a small child, the only daughter of wealthy industrialist, Ashok Mehra. Raj is quite happy at this arrangement and looks forward to his treatment locally, and subsequently abroad. What he does not know that Ashok's deceased wife resembles Radha, that his daughter, Mini, thinks that Mom has finally returned home; and that this was prime reason that Radha was ever hired by Mehra and his associates. Will Radha take to the comfortable life as the wealthy Mrs. Mehra, in addition to getting a cute little daughter for her own self?
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तेरे मेरे सपने (1971)
Character: N/A
Dr. Anand Kumar joins a village clinic, works hard despite difficulties. He marries Nisha but later neglects her after becoming a successful doctor. Nisha leaves him when she realizes his changed priorities.
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Suryaa: An Awakening (1989)
Character: Ramu's Mother
Thakur Gangadhar Choudhary rules a small community in rural India with an iron hand, and will never permit anyone to speak up against him. He owns most of the land surrounding his palatial home - save for the small patch of land owned by Veer Singh. He summons Veer to his house, and offers him substantial compensation for his land, but Veer refuses, and the Thakur has him killed. Veer's widow dies of shock, leaving behind a young Suraj to be brought up by a kindly widow Mrs. Salma Khan, who is also the mother of Iqbal. Years go by, Suraj grows up joins the Indian Armed Forces, and after a meritorious career, he resigns and returns home to avenge his father's death. What he does not know that he must first come to terms with the local Police Inspector Iqbal Khan, and then the wealthy Collector of the District, Rajpal Chauhan, before he can even think of touching a single hair of Gangadhar Choudhary.
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रेशमा और शेरा (1971)
Character: Farida
Reshma and Shera love each other in spite of the feud that exists between their families. Chhotu, Shera's brother, kills Reshma's family. When Shera gets the news, he plans to kill Chhotu.
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Saveray Wali Gaadi (1986)
Character: Mausi
Ravidas lives in a village in rural India. He is the son of Chediram who is of highly respected in the village. Ravidas falls in love with Jyoti. Their love becomes known in the village. Because of differences of caste, the villagers are opposed to Ravidas marrying Jyoti. Chediram commits suicide due to the shame his son has brought upon him. Ravidas is a gifted poet, but he cannot fulfill his dream of being recognized as a great poet, his poems being published and shown to the world, because he lives in a village.
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अम्बा (1990)
Character: Naanima
When Amba gets her son Rajendra arrested for sexually assaulting their servant's daughter, Rajendra's wife wreaks havoc into their lives as she vows to avenge him.
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जॉनी मेरा नाम (1970)
Character: N/A
When a gangster named Heeralal gets arrested, he befriends Johny, a petty thief, in prison. He seeks Jony's help in executing his mission of smuggling a few diamonds. Johny, however, is an undercover CID officer named Sohan.
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Aap Beati (1976)
Character: Mayadas's maidservant
The Kapoor family consists of Kishorilal, his wife Lajjo, son, Prakash, and daughter, Geeta. Kishorilal and Geeta toil hard to ensure that Prakash gets a good education so that he can study in America, return home, and repay the loans that the family has taken. Prakash does get to complete his studies, he also travels to America, upgrades, and returns home to be employed as Kishorilal's boss. Then Prakash gets married to Reena, who comes from a wealthy family, and moves in with them. Geeta confides in Reena that she has met a young man by the name of Ranjit, both are in love and want to get married. The entire family is overjoyed, but their joys are short-lived when Ranjit's dad, Mayadas, asks him to get married to the daughter of a wealthy man, when he refuses, he is asked to leave.
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Aadat Se Majboor (1982)
Character: Nadira
Dinanath Shastri (Madanpuri) is a devout Hindu firefighter. One day his son, Shankar (Mithun Chakraborty) brings home a young girl, Salma (Rameshwari) as he felt sorry for her. Dinanath thinks she is Hindu and calls her Shanti, and thinks of making her his daughter-in-law, as she nurses him and looks after the entire household after he has an accident. One day Dinanath meets with a blind man who he recognizes as Dr. Varma (Om Shivpuri), who he has known for many years. Dr. Varma's daughter, Neetu (Ranjeeta Kaur) and Shankar were childhood sweethearts. This news breaks Salma's heart but she does not let anyone know. Dr. Varma's arch enemy the wealthy, powerful, and seemingly generous Agnihotri (Amrishpuri) finds out he is alive and sets his goons out to kill him. Why would a rich and generous man want to kill a harmless blind man? What will be the reaction of the devout Dinanath when he finds out that Shanti is Muslim?
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Prem Rog (1982)
Character: Premvati
Manorama, the daughter of a rich, orthodox family is married off, leaving her childhood friend Deodhar and his secret love for her, in despair. When tragedy befalls her, and traditions seem unfair, Deodhar must fight for what's right.
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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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बॉम्बे टू गोआ (1972)
Character: Atmaram's wife
Mala, an aspiring Bollywood actress, witnesses a murder and boards a Goa-bound bus to escape the killer. On the journey, she meets exciting people from different cultures and a young man who will not leave her side.
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Hum Paanch (1980)
Character: N/A
Tyrannical and wealthy Veer Pratap Singh, rules over a small town - ruthlessly. Whoever opposes him is crushed. He is attracted to women, and has a lengthy affair with Soundariya, and even has a secret marriage ceremony with her. When Soundariya gets pregnant, he asks her to abort the child. When she refuses, he shuns her, and denies ever having married her or even being intimate with her. Her brothers attempt to get justice, but are dealt with ruthlessly by Pratap Singh's bodyguard, Bhima. Soundariya then must garner support of herself, and must find someone who can stand up to Veer Pratap Singh and end his tyranny, in a town with men who have been subdued for eons by Veer Pratap Singh and his men for eons.
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नसीब (1981)
Character: Malti
The lives of friends Namdev, Raghu, Damu and Jaggi take a turn for the worse when they win a lottery. Raghu and Damu murder Jaggi and frame Namdev who later returns to seek revenge.
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Aap To Aise Na The (1980)
Character: Vijay's Mother
Orphaned at a very young age, Varsha Oberoi, lives a wealthy lifestyle with her paternal uncle, Jain Oberoi, in Bombay, and has traveled world-wide. She is in love with Vijay, a middle-classed young man, who runs a small furniture store, badly in debt, and lives with his widowed mom, a younger brother, Deepu, and sister, Nanhi, who are very friendly with Varsha. Then Vijay is reunited with his childhood friend, Vikram Chawla, who is welcomed with open arms by the entire family. It is then Vijay's life turns around, he starts getting a lot of orders, gets out of debt, is able to buy a jeep to replace his motorbike, and moves to a comfortable bungalow.
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Albela (1951)
Character: Malti
Artist Pyarelal lives a poor lifestyle in Bombay with his parents, sister, brother and sister-in-law. After a family argument, Pyarelal is asked to leave, and he swears only to return when he becomes a famous, wealthy man. He meets actress Asha and they fall in love. After Pyarelal starts acting in the theater, he sends money and gifts to his family, hoping that they will be pleased. Then one day he feels that he has achieved success and goes home...
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दीवार (1975)
Character: Chander's Mother
Haunted by the past, Vijay turns to crime, while Ravi, his brother, becomes an honest police officer. Fate pits them against each other when Ravi is sent to nab Vijay.
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दो मुसाफिर (1978)
Character: Bholi - Shambhu's wife
Bijli's life crashes when her lover Raju dies tragically in an accident. She is in for a bigger shock when she meets Vicky.
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Shair (1949)
Character: N/A
A poet who has spent life in the village with his childhood sweetheart goes to Bombay to meet a fan of his who is also a popular radio singer.
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Jeewan Jyoti (1953)
Character: Jamna
A young couple’s romance blossoms into marriage, only to collide with family tensions and societal expectations. Jeewan Jyoti introduces Shammi Kapoor and Chand Usmani in a heartfelt story of love, duty, and resilience.
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Dilwaala (1986)
Character: Chachi
Ravi Kumar is the younger brother of Judge Soumitra Devi and Mohan Kumar. He and his sister have different views and ideas. They lack understanding and that is why he decides to be apart from his sister. Raghu is the son of MLA Raj Shekhar. He marries Kamla, daughter of a poor man Ganesh on the wish of his father who wants to take political advantage of the marriage. But things go wrong and Kamla is killed by Raghu. Now, he makes different attempts to save his son from law. Now all the movie tells his attempts to save his son and Ravi's attempts to give his son the punishment. There are also other small things happening in life of other characters.
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Johnny Walker (1957)
Character: Shobha
Chronicling the comedic escapades of Bombay-based alcoholic Murli Manohar as he uses a forged document to secure employment; falls in love with, Chandra Kripalani, the Manager's Secretary; then fools her into believing that he is an abstainer, and the real alcoholic is his elder brother.
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