Achala Sachdev

Achala Sachdev

Born: May 3, 1920
Died: April 30, 2012
in Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, British India
Achala Sachdev was an Indian actress who appeared in classic films of Hindi language film industry. She later became known for mother and grandmother roles in Hindi films.

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Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
Title: Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
Character: Lajwanti “Daadi” Raichand
Released: December 14, 2001
Type: Movie
Years after his father disowns his adopted brother for marrying a woman of lower social standing, a young man goes on a mission to reunite his family.
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Dahek A Burning Passion
Title: Dahek A Burning Passion
Character: Mrs. Bahkshi
Released: July 31, 1999
Type: Movie
Bengali-speaking Monalisa lives a middle-class lifestyle in Mumbai along with her mom and wheelchair-bound dad. She and her mom had to endure considerable hardships since she was six years ...
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Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
Title: Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
Released: September 11, 1996
Type: Movie
Tara and Maya are two inseparable friends in India. Their tastes, habits, and hobbies are the same. Years later, the two have matured, but have maintained their friendship. Tara gets married to the local prince, Raj Singh, who soon succeeds the throne as the sole heir. After the marriage, Raj gets bored of Tara and starts seeking another female to satisfy his sexual needs. He notices Maya and is instantly attracted to her. He has her included as one of his courtesans, and is intimate with her. Watch what happens when Tara finds out and the extent she will go to keep her marriage intact.
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Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
Title: Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
Character: Simran's Grandmother
Released: October 20, 1995
Type: Movie
Raj is a rich, carefree, happy-go-lucky second generation NRI. Simran is the daughter of Chaudhary Baldev Singh, who in spite of being an NRI is very strict about adherence to Indian values. Simran has left for India to be married to her childhood fiancé. Raj leaves for India with a mission at his hands, to claim his lady love under the noses of her whole family. Thus begins a saga.
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Chandni
Title: Chandni
Released: September 14, 1989
Type: Movie
Fate leaves Chandni shattered as her love Rohit disappears from her life. She meets Lalit and they befriend each other until Rohit knocks on her door.
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Ganga Ki Saugand
Title: Ganga Ki Saugand
Released: February 7, 1978
Type: Movie
Jeeva, the son of a elderly washer woman, is tired of the abuses at the hands of his village's leader Thakur Jaswant Singh, and vows to bring about his downfall.
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Tumhari Kasam
Title: Tumhari Kasam
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
Vidya (Moushumi Chatterjee) and Raja (Raju Shrestha) live in poverty. They get separated due to certain circumstances. Vidya starts working at Anand's (Jeetendra) house as a maid. Raja is forced to beg for a local gang. While Vidya is attending to her chores, the alcoholic, Anand, tries to molest her. She escapes but is unfortunately hit by a speeding vehicle driven by Sunil Verma (Navin Nischol). This accident makes her visually impaired. The guilt-ridden Anand wants to apologize to Vidya. Will she accept the apology? Will Vidya reunite with her brother?
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Karm
Title: Karm
Character: Mrs. Shyamlal Kumar
Released: April 27, 1977
Type: Movie
Retired Judge Shyamlal Kumar lives in a palatial home with his wife and only son, Arvind, who is now studying law and is on his way to become a lawyer, and after that a judge just like his dad. Arvind meets with beautiful Asha Shastri, both fall in love and would like to get married. Asha introduces Arvind to her astrologer dad, Chintamani, who instantly approves of Arvind; while both Shyamlal and his wife give their blessings and approval to Asha. But when Chintamani, whose predictions always prove to be accurate, sees a dark future for the young couple, withdraws his blessings and asks them not to marry each other. Spooked by this, Shyamlal and his wife also ask Arvind to marry someone else. But both Arvind and Asha believe that nothing bad will befall them, and they start living together without getting married. This raises ire in their conservative community and both are blacklisted.
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Chandi Sona
Title: Chandi Sona
Character: Mrs. Jojo
Released: March 25, 1977
Type: Movie
A group of people of Indian origin live on an Island which contains a tomb of Shahenshah Chandi Sona which is believed to contain jewelry, diamonds, and gold. Mayur and Rita, stage actor love-birds, plot with Amar to steal this wealth and better their lives. They decide to buy a house from a woman named Mayadevi, and after doing so they decide to make a swimming pool and through that dig a tunnel right underneath the tomb and help themselves to the riches that they find there. They also decide to enlist the help of four jailbirds by dramatically helping them to escape from prison. After the completion of the tunnel, they run into an underground pool of water and enlist the help of undersea divers Bikram and Sharma.
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Chhailla Babu
Title: Chhailla Babu
Character: Mrs. Ramesh Verma
Released: January 1, 1977
Type: Movie
When a ski instructor saves her life and wins her heart, Rita (Zeenat Aman), a beautiful heiress, can't help but wonder whether he's really there for the romance or merely to find her late father's hidden fortune. Meanwhile, police are on the trail of an elusive underworld thug named Scorpion, who's nowhere to be found. But could it be that Scorpion is a lot closer than Rita realizes. Rajesh Khanna co-stars.
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Amaanat
Title: Amaanat
Character: Shanti
Released: January 1, 1977
Type: Movie
Balraj Sahani plays a professional Artist with wife Achala Sachdev and son Manoj Kumar caught in the trap of Rehman and Shashikala who for the payment of a large Life insurance policy frame him in the murder of Rehman - who escapes to a world of crime after becoming a dead man for the world.
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Laila-Majnu
Title: Laila-Majnu
Character: Laila's Mother
Released: November 11, 1976
Type: Movie
Kaish Amari comes from a wealthy arab family. At the tender age of six he is sent to school and gets friendly with a young girl named Laila.
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Fakira
Title: Fakira
Character: Neeta's Mother
Released: September 6, 1976
Type: Movie
Vijay helps the poor and robs the rich, while Ajay is assigned the job to bring Vijay to justice. Thirsty for each other's blood, both men are unaware that they are brothers separated at a young age.
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Ek Mahal Ho Sapno Ka
Title: Ek Mahal Ho Sapno Ka
Released: July 9, 1975
Type: Movie
Vishal is a poet and lives a middle-class lifestyle with his widowed and wheelchair-bound mom. He is in love with Aruna, who works with a publishing company. Due to his forthrightness, Vishal is unable to keep a job, and Aruna attempts in vain to get him to work at her firm. Then she stops meeting him altogether, and a few days later he gets an invitation to attend her marriage with her boss, Anand Kumar Sahegal. This turn of events devastates Vishal to such an extent that he takes to alcohol, visits prostitutes, gambles, and hates all women especially Aruna. Vishal gains fame selling his poems to Ramu Makhichandani, but does not improve his lifestyle. Then one day a young woman named Sonia enters his life and both of them fall in love with each other.
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Julie
Title: Julie
Character: Mrs. Devki Bhattacharya (Usha's mother)
Released: March 18, 1975
Type: Movie
Julie is an anglo-Indian girl with a loving, but alcoholic father and a domineering mother, a younger brother and sister. She falls in love with her best friend's brother Shashi Bhattacharya, a Hindu boy, and she has a passionate encounter with him, which leaves her pregnant. He goes away to college, not knowing about her condition. Her mother is distraught when Julie tells her about the pregnancy. They don't tell the rest of the family. Her mother thinks about getting Julie an abortion, but a devout Christian talks her out of it. Julie is sent away to have her baby in secret. The rest of the family is told that Julie got a job. When she comes back home, she runs into her Hindu boyfriend and tells him everything. He agrees to marry her, but his mother objects to the mixed marriage, not knowing about the baby born in secret. Julie's mother doesn't want the marriage either, as she and the rest of the family want to go to England
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Himalay Se Ooncha
Title: Himalay Se Ooncha
Character: Vijay's mother
Released: January 1, 1975
Type: Movie
After losing his two younger brothers on a mountain climbing expedition, Vijay swears to his sorrowing mother that he will never undertake any expedition again. When he hears of a plane crash deep in the mountains of the Himalays, he initially refuses to even consider going there to look for the survivors, but the tears of a mother, Geeta, whose two children were abroad that plane, moves him and his mother, and he agrees to look for the children, little knowing that others are on the way to the crash site, with different motives.
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Trimurti
Title: Trimurti
Character: Kalyani
Released: August 1, 1974
Type: Movie
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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Anjaan Raahen
Title: Anjaan Raahen
Character: Rajan's mom
Released: July 26, 1974
Type: Movie
Anand (Feroz Khan) is a London returned teacher who has sought employment in a local school in India. His co-teachers are Geeta (Asha Parekh), Girdharilal (Jankidas), Pandey (Asit Sen), Lalita (Lalita Kumari), and Principal (Brahm Bhardwaj). Anand's students, though fairly mature, lack sex education, and he discusses this at length with the other teachers and the Principal, and he is met with opposition. Anand is attracted to Geeta, but Geeta shows no interest in him. Several female students are attracted to Anand. Anand naively is openly friendly with all his students, however, Anand faces trouble when one of his female students becomes pregnant, and he is accused of raping her.
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Pap Aur Punya
Title: Pap Aur Punya
Character: Ganga's mom
Released: June 1, 1974
Type: Movie
A just king is overthrown by his brother in a coup, but little does the brother know, that his newborn son was replaced with one of the just king's.
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Kora Kagaz
Title: Kora Kagaz
Character: Mrs. Gupta
Released: May 4, 1974
Type: Movie
A chance encounter while traveling by BEST bus service in Bombay gets two young people to meet. One of which is Professor Sukesh Dutt, and the other is Archana Gupta. They meet again, and are formally introduced to each other. Both are attracted to each other, and get married. But Archana's mother does not approve of Sukesh, due to his modest income. She makes up stories about their affluence, which offend Sukesh when he finds out. As a result, there is acrimony between Archana and Sukesh, and both separate. Archana goes to live with her parents, while Sukesh relocates. Archana's family would like her to forget Sukesh, and re-marry. But Archana finds that she still has feelings for Sukesh. But does Sukesh have the same feelings for Archana?
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Geetaa Mera Naam
Title: Geetaa Mera Naam
Released: March 24, 1974
Type: Movie
The film tells the story of four children who are separated at a fair and unknowingly reunite years later when Geeta (Sadhana) meets Nita (also Sadhana) in prison. Nita has been wrongly accused of murder. Geeta is then caught up in a scheme to find the true killer which leads her to her brother Johnny's (Sunil Dutt) gang.
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Bhagat Singh, the Immortal Martyr
Title: Bhagat Singh, the Immortal Martyr
Character: Vidyavati Kaur (Bhagat's mother)
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
Amar Shaheed Bhagat Singh is a biopic movie based on the life of Shaheed Bhagat Singh.
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Mr. Romeo
Title: Mr. Romeo
Character: Mrs. Saxena
Released: December 10, 1973
Type: Movie
When Pal's son kills a police constable, his best friend, Saxena, the only witness to this murder, comes forward and as a result Pal's son is arrested and charged with murder. Pal pleads with Saxena to change his witness statement, but Saxena refuses to do so, and as a result Pal's son gets convicted and is sentenced to death. Pal swears to avenge his son's death. Years later, Saxena's sons, Ramesh and Suresh, have grown up. While Suresh, the younger son, is serious, studious, and business-minded, Ramesh is quite the opposite. Pal's son, Prem, befriends Suresh and gets him hooked-up with a gorgeous looking girl, and drugs his drinks, thus making him an addict. He falls in love with this girl and wants to get married to her. His parents and Ramesh are opposed to this, and Ramesh goes to the extent of threatening to kill her.
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Anamika
Title: Anamika
Character: Archana's Mother
Released: May 18, 1973
Type: Movie
A self proclaimed misogynistic writer rescues an injured woman who suffers from amnesia but claims to be his wife. In the process of finding out her real identity, he falls in love with her.
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Daag
Title: Daag
Character: Mrs. Malti Khanna
Released: February 23, 1973
Type: Movie
Sunil and Sonia are attracted to each other, and both get married. On the way to celebrate their honeymoon, they spend a night at Sunil's boss's bungalow, which is occupied by his son, Dhiraj. Dhiraj welcomes the two, and allows them to spend the night. Next morning, when Sunil leaves the house, Dhiraj sexually assaults Sonia, but he is interrupted by Sunil's return. A fight ensues, and Dhiraj is killed. The police arrest Sunil, and he is sentenced to prison for life. On the way to the prison, a fight breaks out amongst the prisoners, and the driver loses control, killing all occupants of the van. Devastated at this turn of events, Sonia relocates and becomes a school-teacher and lives as a widow. Years later, she finds out that Sunil is still alive, now goes by the name ‘Sudhir’, is married to a rich and attractive woman named Chandni, and even has a child.
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Raja Rani
Title: Raja Rani
Character: Mrs. Sarita Devi Das
Released: January 15, 1973
Type: Movie
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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Naya Nasha
Title: Naya Nasha
Character: Reena's Mother
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
Story of Reena, who gets into drugs.
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Hanste Zakhm
Title: Hanste Zakhm
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
Film about the upper class in India.
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Joroo Ka Ghulam
Title: Joroo Ka Ghulam
Released: September 7, 1972
Type: Movie
The rich Kalpana marries Rajesh, a poor painter, much to her parents' disapproval. She brags about his wealth to them but gets in trouble when they come to visit.
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Yaar Mere
Title: Yaar Mere
Character: Shyam Mother
Released: January 20, 1972
Type: Movie
A series of unfortunate events cause a recent migrant into Bombay to turn to a life of crime.
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Aankhon Aankhon Mein
Title: Aankhon Aankhon Mein
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
Film from Raghunath Jhalani
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Zameen Aasmaan
Title: Zameen Aasmaan
Character: Hamida
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
When a difficult man falls blind, he alienates his family and caretakers even further.
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Haré Rama Haré Krishna
Title: Haré Rama Haré Krishna
Released: December 9, 1971
Type: Movie
A young man travels to Kathmandu to find his long-lost sister who is with a band of hippies and bring her back to the family. But doing so may be more difficult than he thought.
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Kal Aaj Aur Kal
Title: Kal Aaj Aur Kal
Character: Achala (Monica's Mother)
Released: September 17, 1971
Type: Movie
Widower Ram Kapoor lives a very wealthy lifestyle in Bombay, but is very lonely, as his only child, a son named Rajesh, lives abroad, and his aged dad, Diwan Bahadur, lives in the village. Ram frequently throws lavish parties to overcome this loneliness. This changes when Rajesh returns home, and he is able to convince Diwan also to return so that the three could live together. Shortly thereafter differences crop up between Rajesh and Diwan - initially on love and marriage; then on Caste issues; then the marriage of Rajesh, which is arranged with Diwan's friend, Thakur Janak Singh's daughter, Rukmani, while Rajesh wants to marry Monica. Things come to such a pass that Ram decides to leave, takes to women and alcohol in a big way, and becomes the subject of a big scandal.
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Andaz
Title: Andaz
Released: May 19, 1971
Type: Movie
Andaz or Andaaz is a 1971 Hindi romantic movie starring Shammi Kapoor, Rajesh Khanna, Hema Malini and Simi Garewal. The film was directed by Ramesh Sippy. The film was a considerable success and important in the career of Malini as an actress.
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Chahat
Title: Chahat
Character: Shobha
Released: January 1, 1971
Type: Movie
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Mera Naam Joker
Title: Mera Naam Joker
Released: December 18, 1970
Type: Movie
Raju faces many hurdles and disappointments in matters of the heart throughout his life. But as a clown in a circus, he tries to make his audience laugh at the cost of his own sorrows. Along the way, Raju loves and loses, but must always keep a smile on his face because, in the words of his circus manager, "The show must go on."
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Pavitra Papi
Title: Pavitra Papi
Character: Maya
Released: April 17, 1970
Type: Movie
Kedarnath is employed with a local clock/watch repair shop, owned by a parsimonious Adarshan Lala. Kedarnath goes out of his way to help a destitute woman, Maya, who husband is missing, with two daughters, Veena and Vidya. Kedarnath rents a room with them, writes letters to her on behalf of her husband, Pannalal, and even arranges the marriage of Veena with the son of Daulatram. When Maya tells him that she has no money to pay for the marriage expenses, he steals cash from his employer, and tells Maya that the money is from Pannalal. And all along telling Maya that he is a close friend of Pannalal, even though he has never met Pannalal, leave alone know him, making one think as to what devious secret Kedarnath is hiding, and what is the reason behind Pannalal's disappearance.
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Aadmi Aur Insaan
Title: Aadmi Aur Insaan
Character: Mrs. Mehra (Munish's mom)
Released: August 8, 1969
Type: Movie
Munish and JK were friends, bound together in many ways. JK has helped Munish in his education, a trip to England for higher education and has now made him Engineer-in-charge for his prestigious dam project. JK's brother Ravi is engaged to Munish's sister. But these bonds of friendship are severely tested when Munish finds out that JK's vast empire is not built on totally honest business practices and refuses to support him. JK interprets Munish's behavior as avenging the fact that JK loves his girl, Meena, and expects Munish to give way for him in return for his favours. But Munish knows otherwise. He knows that though he loves JK dearly and would sacrifice his life, his love for him, he will not compromise on his principles. How will the conflict between emotion and principle be resolved? Will Munish have to choose between his heart and his conscience?
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Shatranj
Title: Shatranj
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
Jai is hired to locate the daughter and wife of a wealthy man after they vanish under mysterious circumstances
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Bandhan
Title: Bandhan
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
Jeevanlal lives in a small village in India with his wife, Sita, a son, Dharmchand and daughter, Meena, and makes a living by stealing which causes great distress to his family.
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Darpan
Title: Darpan
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
A Teacher from Siddharth College, Balraj Dutt (Sunil Dutt) from a well-known, wealthy, and reputed family falls in love with a former prostitute, Madhvi (Waheeda Rehman) and despite of opposition from his family, marries her, complications arise. The elder brother (Rehman), now married, recognizes Madhvi, as he had spent romantic nights with her. Then arrives Vinod (Ramesh Deo), a family friend, from the United States of America, with full approval for the marriage until he actually meets and then he too recognizes Madhvi, as he had spent some romantic nights with her. How will Madhvi continue to live her married life with the mirror reflecting her past?
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Aulad
Title: Aulad
Character: Sharda K. Gupta
Released: September 15, 1968
Type: Movie
Mamta lives a poor lifestyle with her husband, Dinu, and two sons, Mohan, and Sohan. When Ram Lal, the wealthy Zamindar, Kanta Prasad Gupta's Munim, comes to them to take Sohan to Mrs. Sharda Gupta for ten days, they reluctantly permit him to do so. After 10 days, Gupta himself approaches them and begs them to let his wife keep Sohan for life. They tearfully agree. Then Mohan gets into trouble, and Dinu scolds him, only to find out that Mohan has run away from home. A search proves futile, and the couple continue to live a childless life. Now 17 years later, Mamta is seriously ill, and asks Dinu to bring Sohan back. Dinu goes to the Zamindar's house where he meets a young man who identifies himself as the real son, Suraj, and informs him that Sohan has been asked to leave. A devastated Dinu loses his memory and roams listlessly on the streets of Calcutta, unable to remember anything.
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Kanyadaan
Title: Kanyadaan
Character: Rekha's Mom
Released: March 29, 1968
Type: Movie
Amar and Rekha fall in love, but their happiness is endangered when Rekha discovers that she was already married as a child.
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Duniya
Title: Duniya
Character: Shobha R. Sharma
Released: March 6, 1968
Type: Movie
An advocate faces heavy odds defending the brother of his sweetheart.
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Sapnon Ka Saudagar
Title: Sapnon Ka Saudagar
Character: Sharda (Thakur's sister)
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
Film starring Raj Kapoor, Hema Malini and Jayant
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Mere Hamdam Mere Dost
Title: Mere Hamdam Mere Dost
Character: Sunil's Mother
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
Sunil lives with his mom and sister in a middle-class dwelling in Delhi, India. He works for Chopra & Co., Chartered Accountants. He comes across a beautiful woman posing for a painting and instantly falls in love. The only problem, Sunil hates rich girls and this girl is very wealthy.
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Juari
Title: Juari
Character: Rakesh's Mother
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
Rakesh is an unemployed youngster who turns to a master gambler for existence. But even after getting rich he values morals than money. But slowly he feels that he is being used by a rich woman. Rakesh is now forced to question whether he chose the right way to get rich.
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Hamraaz
Title: Hamraaz
Character: Matron
Released: October 16, 1967
Type: Movie
A stage actor from Bombay becomes entangled in a murder mystery after he falls in love with a mysterious woman in Darjeeling and marries her.
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Aurat
Title: Aurat
Released: August 18, 1967
Type: Movie
A woman responsible for her mother and 7 siblings faces challenges after marrying a widower with 6 children.
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Aag
Title: Aag
Character: Shanti
Released: May 12, 1967
Type: Movie
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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Around The World
Title: Around The World
Character: Raj's mom
Released: January 1, 1967
Type: Movie
A man accompanies his uncle to Tokyo but finds himself in a dilemma when he must travel to Europe immediately, with only $8 at his disposal.
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Dil Ne Pukara
Title: Dil Ne Pukara
Character: Rajan's Mom
Released: January 1, 1967
Type: Movie
Asha lives a wealthy lifestyle in Bombay with her widowed dad, who would like her to get married to Dr. Prakash. While vacationing in Kashmir, she meets with a young man, Rajan, and both fall in love with each other. When she returns home and attends Dr. Prakash's birthday party, she gets a pleasant surprise when she finds out that Rajan is Prakash's friend. Rajan introduces Asha to his mom, while Asha introduces Rajan to her dad, and both parents approve of their match. Before they can get engaged, Rajan had promised his late father that he would obtain a degree from Oxford University, and be back after one year. He decides to travel by boat, which meets with an accident and there are no survivors. A shocked and devastated Asha finds out that Rajan's death has killed her dad, and she throws herself in her work as a doctor, working side by side with Prakash.
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Jab Yaad Kisi Ki Aati Hai
Title: Jab Yaad Kisi Ki Aati Hai
Released: January 1, 1967
Type: Movie
Ravi, a fireman, falls in love with Roopa, a simple village girl. The couple is happy in their new relationship until Jagirdar, who also loves Roopa, tries to separate them.
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Mere Sanam
Title: Mere Sanam
Character: Savitri Mehra (as Achla Sachdev)
Released: November 13, 1965
Type: Movie
Neena and her mother stop by at a motel where she falls in love with Kumar, another occupant. When the two decide to get married, Neena learns of Kumar's dark past.
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Bahu Beti
Title: Bahu Beti
Character: Mrs. Kaushalya
Released: September 27, 1965
Type: Movie
Shanta, a widow who wants to question the orthodox society, falls in love with Shekhar, a poet. In her quest to fight the system, Shanta's father-in-law, a retired judge, supports her.
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Waqt
Title: Waqt
Character: Laxmi Kedarnath
Released: July 28, 1965
Type: Movie
A businessman's family is torn apart by an earthquake and reunited years later in a courtroom where father and sons stand opposed in the roles of accused, lawyer, and witness.
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Arzoo
Title: Arzoo
Character: Gopal's Mom
Released: January 15, 1965
Type: Movie
After completing his medical studies, Gopal (Rajendra Kumar) takes a break and goes on holiday in Kashmir. There he meets with Usha (Sadhana) and both fall in love with each other. Back home, Gopal has a close friend, Ramesh (Feroze Khan), whose dad (Brahm Bhardwaj) wants him to marry Usha as an arranged marriage. Ramesh likes Usha and is willing to marry her. In the meantime, Gopal finds out that Ramesh is going to be married to Usha and decides not to pursue his romance with Usha. When Ramesh and Gopal's sister, Sarla (Nazima) convince Gopal that Usha only loves him, he reveals a dark secret to them, which may convince them that he is not right for Usha.
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Aakash Deep
Title: Aakash Deep
Released: January 1, 1965
Type: Movie
Shankar, who saw his poor father die a disappointed death, works very hard and goes on to become a mill owner. His brother Madhu, however, prefers to run their father's old tea stall.
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Mahabharat
Title: Mahabharat
Character: Kunti
Released: January 1, 1965
Type: Movie
A version of the epic Indian poem "The Mahabharata", telling the story of the war between the families of the Pandavas and the Kauravas, descending from the same ancestor.
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Janwar
Title: Janwar
Character: Mrs. Srivastava (as Achla Sachdev)
Released: January 1, 1965
Type: Movie
The wealthy patriarch of a Mumbai family learns more than he wants to about his own origins after his refusal to accept his sons' chosen spouses drives them and his own wife away.
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Himalay Ki Godmein
Title: Himalay Ki Godmein
Released: January 1, 1965
Type: Movie
Sunil Mehra has successfully completed his medical studies and is now a qualified doctor, who can now practice medicine anywhere in India. He chooses to do so in a small and remote Himalayan village without any doctor or any medical facilities. His doctor fiancee, Neeta, decides to accompany him, but is appalled at the lack of facilities, and leaves. Dr. Mehra must now decide to continue his work there or re-locate.
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Sangam
Title: Sangam
Character: Captain's wife
Released: June 18, 1964
Type: Movie
Sunder Khanna is an orphan and lives a poor lifestyle in India. He is friendly with wealthy Gopal Verma, the only child of Judge Verma; and a wealthy girl named Radha, who is the daughter of an army Captain. The trio grow up, and Sunder falls head-over-heels in love with Radha, but she as well as her parents reject him.
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Shagoon
Title: Shagoon
Released: January 1, 1964
Type: Movie
Geeta (Waheeda Rehman) and Madan (Kamaljit) are in love with each other and want to marry. They meet each other's parents and subject to the matching of their astrological charts, their engagement is finalized. However, the pandit reports to Madan's mom that the marriage will be ill-fated, and bad things will result for Madan and his family. Madan's mom is opposed to the marriage, however, Madan and Geeta are not superstitious and are determine to marry each other. They do get married, and then one disaster after another befalls Madan's family, his dad, his sister, and his younger brother; which leaves both Geeta and Madan wondering if more disasters are to follow them, and if the Pandit's prophecy is indeed true.
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Main Jatti Punjab Di
Title: Main Jatti Punjab Di
Released: January 1, 1964
Type: Movie
Preetop (Nishi)is a beautiful girl of handicapped father, her mother is dead. She loves her father and takes responsibility of farming in their fields.
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Ji Chahta Hai
Title: Ji Chahta Hai
Released: January 1, 1964
Type: Movie
Bollywood 1964
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The Householder
Title: The Householder
Released: October 20, 1963
Type: Movie
Follows the fortunes of a young teacher, Prem, who isn't ready to take on the responsibilities of his arranged marriage.
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Dil Ek Mandir
Title: Dil Ek Mandir
Character: Dharmesh's Mother
Released: January 18, 1963
Type: Movie
Dr. Dharmesh (Rajendra Kumar) and Sita (Meena Kumari) are in love, and hope to marry on Dharmesh's return from abroad. When Dharmesh returns, he is devastated to find that Sita has married someone else. He then decides to devote the rest of his life at a cancer clinic. One of his patients is Ram (Raaj Kumar), who is critically ill, and has to be operated upon. Things progress well, until Dharmesh meets Ram's wife - none other than Sita. Dharmesh now has to battle with his conscience, and his medical ethics to save Ram or to let him pass away, so that he can marry Sita.
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Grahasti
Title: Grahasti
Character: Gopal's Mother
Released: January 1, 1963
Type: Movie
Drama about a large Indian family coping with revelations about the fathers past.
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Meri Surat Teri Ankhen
Title: Meri Surat Teri Ankhen
Character: Mrs. Kamla Kumar
Released: January 1, 1963
Type: Movie
Raj Kumar is a wealthy businessman and dislikes everything ugly. When his wife, Kamla, becomes pregnant and gives birth to an ugly son, he asks the attending Dr. Mathur to inform his wife that their child was still-born. Dr. Mathur places the child in the hands of Rahmat and his wife, Naseeban, who welcome him with open arms. But misfortune follows them, as the child, who is named Pyare, accidentally burns their dwelling down, killing Naseeban. Rahmat then re-locates to his village when he teaches Pyare the skills required to play musical instruments and sing. Years later, Rahmat passes away, and informs Pyare that he is really a Hindu. Dr. Mathur fills the rest of the blanks for Pyare, and arranges a song and dance play and hopes that Raj will overcome his dislike for his now-grown son.
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Shaheed Bhagat Singh
Title: Shaheed Bhagat Singh
Character: Mother of Bhagat Singh
Released: January 1, 1963
Type: Movie
It is based on the life of Bhagat Singh. The music was composed by Prem Dhawan, with several songs being penned by freedom fighter Ram Prasad Bismil.
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Mehndi Lagi Mere Haath
Title: Mehndi Lagi Mere Haath
Character: Deepak's Mother
Released: January 1, 1962
Type: Movie
After meeting the love of his life at his sister's wedding, Deepak decides to take Rajini to meet his own mother. However, the problem is not with her but with Rajini's mother, who does not approve.
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Aashiq
Title: Aashiq
Character: Renuka's mother
Released: January 1, 1962
Type: Movie
When Pratap learns that his fiancee is in love with his younger brother, Gopal, he steps aside and arranges for them to get married. However, he soon learns Gopal is in love with someone else.
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Jhoola
Title: Jhoola
Released: January 1, 1962
Type: Movie
Dr. Arun lives with his brother, Madhu; dad Judge Ramkrishan; and mom Kamla in a palatial house. He decides to help the poor and the needy and in order to do this he re-locates to a small town, where he meets with a young nurse named Sumati and both fall in love with each other. Sumati lives with her mom, Laxmi, and has no father. When Kamla starts looking for a prospective bride for Arun, he informs her that he has given his heart to Sumati. Ramkrishan sends for Laxmi, who gladly accepts the invitation. After her meeting, Arun inquires about the results with his mom and dad, and is told to forget about Sumati and marry someone else. When Arun asks for a reason behind their refusal, they refuse to divulge any information. The question remains, why did his parents turn down Sumati's mom, and what exactly happened during that meeting with her?
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Zabak
Title: Zabak
Released: January 1, 1961
Type: Movie
A 1961 Hindi movie.
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Chhaya
Title: Chhaya
Character: Arun's Older Sister
Released: January 1, 1961
Type: Movie
Young and attractive Sarita Choudhary lives a wealthy lifestyle with her widowed dad, Jagatnarayan in a palatial house with her aunt, Rukmani; cousin, Lalli, and a maid-servant, Manorama Lal. Her dad recruits a tutor, Arun, to teach her essay-writing, and both Arun and Sarita end up falling in love with each other, especially when Sarita finds out that he is really a famous poet by the name of 'Rahee'. But her aunt would like to see her married to her nephew, Ramu alias Romeo, and she has Jagatnarayan recruit him to teach Sarita music. Jagatnarayan himself would like Sarita to get married to the son of a wealthy man, Moti Lal, and openly rejects any alliance with Arun, who comes from a poor family. Watch what happens when Moti Lal gets an anonymous letter informing him that Sarita is not the real daughter of Jagatnarayan, and that her parentage. religion, and caste are unknown.
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Nazrana
Title: Nazrana
Character: Getha's and Vasanthi's mother.
Released: January 1, 1961
Type: Movie
Raj (Raj Kapoor) and Vasanti (Vyjayanthimala) are college mates who clash when she complains to the college principal about a love letter he sent her. Later on, realizing her mistake, Vasanti apologizes to him and the two fall in love. Vasanti's elder sister, Geeta (Usha Kiron), supports the family by stitching clothes. Raj rents the room upstairs in their house. He falls ill and in nursing him, Geeta falls in love with him. She confides her love to Vasanti, who decides to sacrifice her love for the sake of her sister and convinces Raj to marry Geeta. Raj initially neglects Geeta. On finding out, Vasanti writes to him that their sacrifice, made for Geeta's happiness, would mean nothing unless he is a good husband to Geeta. Raj relents and marries Geeta and they have a son. Vasanti joins them and Geeta suspects that there is something on between Raj and Vasanti and makes Vasanti leave the house.
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Chhote Nawab
Title: Chhote Nawab
Character: Nazir Hussain's wife
Released: January 1, 1961
Type: Movie
Romantic comedy about a wealthy milk-drinking Peter Pan-type
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Bindya
Title: Bindya
Character: Bindya's Mother
Released: December 29, 1960
Type: Movie
A government contractor desires a criminal brother-in-low to marry a girl, but she has fallen in love with contractor's sobriety-conscious brother.
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Man from Bombay
Title: Man from Bombay
Released: January 1, 1960
Type: Movie
Story of two friends, end up as a law breaker and another as law enforcer Babu and Malik are two inseparable friends who live in a small town in India. One day they decide to play a prank and steal something. They get caught, while Malik's dad come to bail out and stand surety for him, Babu has no one to do so and ends up in the juvenile center. When the two grow up, Malik becomes a Police Inspector, while Babu takes to crime and ends up being sentenced in jail. When he gets discharged, he goes to meet with his partner-in-crime, Bali, and together they start planning the next heist
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College Girl
Title: College Girl
Character: Shyam's mother
Released: January 1, 1960
Type: Movie
In India, girls from their very birth are taken for a liability upon their parents; thus the mothers of the nation are looked down on in their own homes. Kamala represents such afflicted Indian girlhood. She is the daughter of Judge Ram Pershad who is illiterate and has orthodox views about girls. She stands first in the Matriculation Examination and has an ardent desire for studying in college in order to become a doctor. Judge Ram Pershad is totally against college education for girls. It is his faith that any money spent on the sons alone is money well-spent merely because they are sons and will stand by him in his old age. Kamala is determined not to bow before injustice, but to secure her rightful place in society. She makes an all-out bid to join college with the contrivance of Dr. Ratanlal, a close friend of her father. In college, she comes across Shyam, who helps her in many difficult situations.
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Manzil
Title: Manzil
Released: January 1, 1960
Type: Movie
Learning that his beloved has married someone else a composer self-destructs
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Zameen Ke Tare
Title: Zameen Ke Tare
Character: Ganga
Released: January 1, 1960
Type: Movie
A rich child and a poor one are both unhappy and search for God in the Himalayas.
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Patang
Title: Patang
Character: Mrs. Ram Das
Released: January 1, 1960
Type: Movie
Rajan, a wealthy Basantpur man, accidentally causes Shanti's vision loss with face afire. He becomes an eye surgeon, but his friend Ramdas is arrested and sentenced to prison.
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Angulimala
Title: Angulimala
Released: January 1, 1960
Type: Movie
The tyrannical Angulimal (Bhushan), a bandit wearing a garland of severed human fingers and who engages in bloody mystical rituals to achieve divine power, eventually succumbs to the Buddha’s teachings. Nimmi played Angulimal’s lover.
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Char Dil Char Rahen
Title: Char Dil Char Rahen
Released: September 18, 1959
Type: Movie
1959 film starring Raj Kapoor, Ajit and Shammi Kapoor
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Zimbo
Title: Zimbo
Character: Uma Chakravarty
Released: August 22, 1958
Type: Movie
Not-Toofami Tarzan! Chakravarty's son Zimbo has been brought up by the apes and the story takes a turn when they try to relocate him with Dada (Pedro the Chimpanzee) to the city.
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Sohni Mahiwal
Title: Sohni Mahiwal
Released: January 1, 1958
Type: Movie
Ijjat Beg comes to India with his caravan and settles in a town in Gujrat. Here, he falls in love with Sohni, who owns a shop of metal pots.
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Raagini
Title: Raagini
Released: January 1, 1958
Type: Movie
Binda, an old musician in a village near Bombay, has brought up his son Rajan, in the hope that one day Rajan will become a great musician.
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Adalat
Title: Adalat
Released: January 1, 1958
Type: Movie
Nirmala (Nargis) is in love with Barrister Rajindra Singh (Pradeep Kumar) and they have plans to get married soon. But Nirmala's aunt is jealous to see her happiness and hence wants to marry her off to an uneducated villagers. The dispute turns big and Nirmala leaves her home. She takes a job in a dancing school, which turns out to be a front for a brothel.
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Journey Beyond Three Seas
Title: Journey Beyond Three Seas
Character: Champa's Mother
Released: December 13, 1957
Type: Movie
This first co-production of the Soviet and Indian cinematographers is dedicated to the Tver merchant Afanasy Nikitin who in 1466-1472 blazed the trade way from Europe to India. The film is based on Nikitin’s travel notes. Starring in the film are popular Russian actor Oleg Strizhenov and India’s 1950s movie star Nargis.
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Miss Mary
Title: Miss Mary
Released: February 15, 1957
Type: Movie
R.K. Raju, a private investigator is assigned the task of locating the missing daughter of a wealthy Hindu couple. His investigation take him to different locales, and he comes across Miss Mary, the girl closely resembling the one he is looking for.
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Payal
Title: Payal
Released: January 1, 1957
Type: Movie
A remake of the director's own Tamil film Mallika (1957).
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Dhola Maru
Title: Dhola Maru
Released: April 10, 1956
Type: Movie
1956 bollywood film
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Bond
Title: Bond
Released: January 6, 1956
Type: Movie
A Hindi family drama.
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Inspector
Title: Inspector
Released: January 1, 1956
Type: Movie
Inspector is a 1956 Bollywood thriller film directed by Shakti Samanta. It starred Ashok Kumar, Geeta Bali and Pran.
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Entrustment
Title: Entrustment
Released: October 4, 1955
Type: Movie
A dying man entrusts his lives earnings to Purshotam, a stranger he just met, and asks him to promise to take this money to his wife, and son, Pradeep, in a remote village in India, to which Purshotam agrees. The man passes away, and Purshotam goes to fulfill his promise, in vain though, as he is unable to trace the woman and her son. After sometime he experiences financial difficluties, and decides to use the money for his personal gain. Years later he comes to know of the rightful heir to these monies, but will he able to assert his honesty, or will he carry on as though nothing has happened
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Azaad
Title: Azaad
Released: March 1, 1955
Type: Movie
After her widower dad, Kedarnath, passes away, Shobha goes to live with his friend, Charandas, and his wife, Shanta, who had their son go missing as a child. Years later Shobha is now matured and Charandas scouts for a suitable groom. A wealthy man, Sunder, would like to marry Shobha, but the family detests him.
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Naukari
Title: Naukari
Character: Rattan and Uma's mother
Released: October 12, 1954
Type: Movie
The comic, tragic and heartrending saga of Ratan Kumar Chaudhary, who leaves his village, aging mom and seriously ill sister, to obtain employment in Calcutta, only to end up in a tiny tenement apartment full of other unemployed youths.
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Munna
Title: Munna
Released: July 8, 1954
Type: Movie
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Waris
Title: Waris
Character: Mishrani
Released: January 1, 1954
Type: Movie
An inheritance melodrama about Kunwar (Mahmood), the son of zamindar Himmat Singh (Sethi). Kunmar marries Shobha (Suraiya) and is disinherited, forcing him to join the army during WW2. When he is reported missing and presumed dead, a repentant Rana invites Shobha to stay with him. However, it is Kanta (Nadira), a young woman betrayed by Rana's villainous secretary Kailash (Yakub), who arrives at the house and his mistaken for Shobha. Masquerading as Shobha, who lives nearby in absolute poverty, Kanta moves in, causing a moral dilemma and generating suspense since she could be caught at any moment.
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Shahenshah
Title: Shahenshah
Released: December 12, 1953
Type: Movie
Prince Rashid fights to regain his kingdom
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Footpath
Title: Footpath
Character: Mina
Released: October 9, 1953
Type: Movie
Tired of poverty, Noshu takes to black-marketing. Soon, he realises that his act has hurt everyone around him, including his brother and his sweetheart. Although he tries to make amends, it may be too late.
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Rahi
Title: Rahi
Character: Chanda
Released: August 14, 1953
Type: Movie
After leaving British Army Ramesh joins a tea plantation as a supervisor, where he is required to harass Indians. Gradually his heart changes and falls in love with local girl and revolts against his British employer.
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Anhonee
Title: Anhonee
Character: Champa
Released: October 10, 1952
Type: Movie
An impoverished advocate faces challenges after he falls in love with a wealthy woman who has a look-alike courtesan sister.
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Maa
Title: Maa
Released: May 9, 1952
Type: Movie
Chanderbabu (Nazir Hussain), a retired postmaster, lives in the village with his wife and two sons, Rajan (Paul Mahendra) and Bhanu (Bharat Bhushan). He continues to live there and work for the Zamindar, while his children are getting their education. Rajan is studying for his law exam. He is married to a girl (Padma) from a wealthy family whose haughty ways alarm and frightens him. Bhanu, the younger brother is fun-loving but studious. He gets influenced by the Nationalist Movement in the campus and stops his education in the last year of college. His father is disappointed and feels that Rajan is the one they can depend upon in their old age. Bhanu meets Meena (Shyama), and the two fall in love. Meera's father, Ramnarayan, is the school Principal and is impressed by Bhanu. He decides to get Meera married to Bhanu.
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Mehbooba
Title: Mehbooba
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Mehbooba is a Costume Drama, starring Nalini Jaywant, Shammi Kapoor, Hiralal, Achala Sachdev, and Gope.