I.S. Johar

I.S. Johar

Born: February 16, 1920
Died: March 10, 1984
in Tollagannj, British India [now Pakistan]
I.S. Johar was born on 16 February 1920 in Talagang (now Pakistan), British India. He completed MA degree in Economics and Politics before completing his LLB. In 1947, during the Partition crisis, Johar was visiting Patiala with his family for a wedding, when riots broke out back home in Lahore. He could never go back, and thereafter he worked in Jalandhar for a while, and his family remained in Delhi, before he eventually moved to Bombay, where he made his acting debut with Roop K Shorey's, Ek Thi Ladki (1949).

Movies for I.S. Johar...

Bad Aur Badnaam
Title: Bad Aur Badnaam
Character: Malpani (uncredited)
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
James and Ashwinikumar are secret agents from Ringania and India fighting to stop the villains hell bent on world domination.
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Gopichand Jasoos
Title: Gopichand Jasoos
Character: Ram Rokada / No. 256
Released: February 19, 1982
Type: Movie
A middle-aged private detective faces challenges when he accepts an assignment to trace stolen diamonds.
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Do Posti
Title: Do Posti
Character: Makhan
Released: August 24, 1981
Type: Movie
Do Posti is a film released in 1981, it is an Indian Punjabi film
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Be-Reham
Title: Be-Reham
Character: Police Inspector Malpani
Released: August 15, 1980
Type: Movie
Kumar Anand, an honest police officer, gets into trouble after he accidentally kills a gangster at his ex-lover Mala's house.
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Death on the Nile
Title: Death on the Nile
Character: Mr. Choudhury
Released: September 29, 1978
Type: Movie
As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board and every elegant passenger becomes a prime suspect.
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Ganga Ki Saugand
Title: Ganga Ki Saugand
Character: Birju Master
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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Saheb Bahadur
Title: Saheb Bahadur
Character: Prof. Rampyare
Released: January 1, 1977
Type: Movie
In a small town, situated in a picturesque Indian valley, lives a corrupt Deputy collector, Hare Murari, an equally corrupt Police Superintendent, Pasupathi; a doctor; a Judge; and Professor Rampyare. These officials always ensure that no one gets anything done without their permission, thus ensuring that their palms are adequately greased. When a young man named Prem Pratap seeks a license for conducting a song and dance sequence, he too is asked to bribe them, which he does. Subsequently, Hare Murari finds out that Prem Pratap may be a Government Official who has come incognito to investigate and expose them. Hare Murari's and the others worst fears are realized when they find out that Prem has been speaking long distance with none other than the President of India. What follows is hilarious chaos as the officials come together to try and portray themselves as honest and law-abiding citizens.
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5 Rifles
Title: 5 Rifles
Character: Harfan Mama
Released: August 9, 1974
Type: Movie
An Indian ruler struggles to rescue her family and liberate her land from the British.
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Trimurti
Title: Trimurti
Character: Shadilal
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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Badhti Ka Naam Dadhi
Title: Badhti Ka Naam Dadhi
Character: Seth Sohrabji Bandookwala
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
A multimillionaire, who has no heir, decides to leave his wealth to the person who has the longest beard.
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Prem Shastra
Title: Prem Shastra
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
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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Joshila
Title: Joshila
Character: Raunaq Singh
Released: October 19, 1973
Type: Movie
Jailor Manmohan Krishan is responsible for looking after convicts undergoing sentences of rigorous imprisonment. He has a young, beautiful and captive daughter named Shalini. Shalini is a poet, one day while reciting her poetry, she meets with a young man, who introduces himself as Amar, who also happens to be a poet himself in the jail. Shalini tries to
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Gomti Ke Kinare
Title: Gomti Ke Kinare
Character: Seth Chellamal
Released: November 22, 1972
Type: Movie
After his father's death, young Sameer runs away to search for his mother and is adopted by the tawaif Ganga.
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Dastaan
Title: Dastaan
Released: March 3, 1972
Type: Movie
Dastaan is a 1972 film produced and directed by B. R. Chopra. The film stars Dilip Kumar, Sharmila Tagore, Prem Chopra, Bindu, Sachin, Iftekhar, I. S. Johar and Madan Puri. The film's music is by Laxmikant Pyarelal.
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Chhoti Bahu
Title: Chhoti Bahu
Character: Premnath (Niku's dad)
Released: May 22, 1971
Type: Movie
Radha lives with her widowed dad and is of marriageable age. Accordingly her details her provided to a marriage-broker, Avtar, who also doubles as a Ved (Village Doctor). He brings the proposal before Shriram and his wife, Sita. They approve of Radha and show her photograph to Shriram's brother, Dr. Madhu, who agrees to marry her. The marriage is celebrated with great pomp and ceremony in the entire village. It is then that the Shriram, Sita, and Madhu find out that Radha has a serious illness - a fact that was known to Avtar - but not communicated to them. This illness prevents her from being intimate with Madhu, and the only cure is when she has a child of her own. Will this marriage be annulled?
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Johar Mehmood in Hong Kong
Title: Johar Mehmood in Hong Kong
Released: January 1, 1971
Type: Movie
Two swindlers keep trying to one up each other and get rich but finally learn there are more important things when they are enlisted in a scheme to marry an innocent girl in order to retrieve secret plans from a bank vault.
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Johny Mera Naam
Title: Johny Mera Naam
Character: Pehla Ram/Dooja Ram/Teeja Ram
Released: November 11, 1970
Type: Movie
Monu (Mohan) and Sonu (Sohan) are the two sons of a police inspector. The kids excel in boxing. Their father gets killed by a goon following orders from Ranjit (Premnath). Mohan kills the goon and takes refuge in a car boot. Years later Sohan goes on to become a CID officer called Sohan Kumar, who solves his cases taking up different guises. He takes the identity of Johny a petty thief and gets himself in Jail, befriends Heera (Jeevan) and goes to solve a case wooing Rekha (Hema) and finding the criminal.
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Safar
Title: Safar
Character: Kalidas (Neela's brother)
Released: October 1, 1970
Type: Movie
Neela and Avinash are medical students, and are attracted to each other. But Avinash is poor and wants Neela to live a comfortable life. When Neela, who tutors Monto Kappor, meets his elder businessman brother, Shekhar, he instantly falls in love with her. He goes to propose marriage with her and meets her brother.
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Pavitra Papi
Title: Pavitra Papi
Character: Adarshan Lala
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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Nanak Naam Jahaz Hai
Title: Nanak Naam Jahaz Hai
Character: Sukha
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
In this classic drama, bachelor Prem (Suresh) enjoys a good life, with a successful business and a loving family. But when he marries the manipulative Ratan (Nishi), his once-blissful existence becomes fraught with tension. Ratan drives a wedge between Prem and his brother, Gurmukh (Prithviraj Kapoor), and tries to destroy Gurmukh's relationship with his wife, Channi (Vimi). Will Channi's strong Sikh faith be enough to restore peace to the family?
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Haye Mera Dil
Title: Haye Mera Dil
Character: Sokhanlal
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
Banwari steals Rs.10000 from his employer Manoharlal. Manohar files a police complaint, Banwari is caught and sent to jail. He breaks jail, kills Manohar and abducts his daughter Geeta as a revenge. Banwari brings up Geeta as Sangeeta, a famous stage dancer, as his daughter and makes money through her stage shows but he still wants Manohar's wealth and intend to blackmail Sangeeta's mother Kamla once she is found. Deepak, an educated but unemployed young man, is madly in love with Sangeeta but cannot approach her as she is a celebrity. He gets a chance one day and soon they fall in love.
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Shrimanji
Title: Shrimanji
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
The year is 1942 and Advocate M.L. Gupta lives a wealthy lifestyle along with his wife, Maya, in Churchgate, Bombay. One day he travels to Calcutta, and during an air raid by Japanese fighter aircraft, takes shelter with a prostitute, Panna, who drugs and then seduces him. The next day Gupta returns home and decides to forget about this affair. Shortly thereafter he and Maya become parents of a male child and name him Johar.
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Anita
Title: Anita
Released: October 10, 1967
Type: Movie
Anita is a weird girl, who either looses her memory or pretends to not remember.
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Raaz
Title: Raaz
Character: Rakharam Singh 'Rocky'
Released: January 1, 1967
Type: Movie
Kumar, though of Indian origin, lives in Africa. He has recurring dreams of a Railway Station in India called "Viran Nagar". He decides to find for himself and travels to India along with his friend, Rocky. They are able to find Viran Nagar railway station, which is exactly as Kumar had dreamed of. When they go to find a ride, the locals shy away from them as behave as though they have seen a ghost. They find temporary accommodations and set out to discover the mystery behind Kumar's dreams. Then a young woman, Sapna, meets with Kumar, tells him that she has been awaiting his return, and now they can be together again. But Kumar has never been to this place before, and ends up even more confused. Then another local villager named Bansi tells them he had himself seen Kumar getting killed and buried in the nearby forest. Kumar and Rocky must now find out who was killed, and why the villagers believe that Kumar has returned from the grave.
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Maya
Title: Maya
Character: One-Eye
Released: May 26, 1966
Type: Movie
A big-game hunter's son and a Hindu boy brave the jungle in order to deliver a baby white elephant to an Indian temple.
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Akalmand
Title: Akalmand
Released: January 1, 1966
Type: Movie
This is the story of two Akalmands, whose aim is one but the paths they go are different. These two keep on clashing with each other, but when these two get together, they are ready to clash with the whole world
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Johar in Kashmir
Title: Johar in Kashmir
Released: January 1, 1966
Type: Movie
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Johar-Mehmood in Goa
Title: Johar-Mehmood in Goa
Character: Ram
Released: April 1, 1965
Type: Movie
Mary and Peter fall in love with each other and are about to get married, when Peter is asked to re-join his regiment to go to war. Shortly thereafter, he is missing, believed to be dead, leaving behind a devastated Mary who subsequently gives birth to twins, and leaves them on the doorsteps of two Goan households, and becomes a nun. Twenty four years later, India is a free country, while Goa is under the rule of the Portugese, Mary is the Mother Superior; Peter, who is still alive, is the Deputy Superintendent of Police in Goa, who has been entrusted the task of apprehending two revolutionaries by the name of Ram and Rahim - none other than his very own sons. Watch what happens when duo unleash a series of attacks against the oppressive Portugese regime, including robbing the Bank of Portugal, disrobing an arrogant Superindent of Police, Alburqueue, then setting his house on fire, joining hands with dreaded bandit Daler Singh, and abducting the daughter of the Goa's Hakim, Rita.
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April Fool
Title: April Fool
Released: January 1, 1964
Type: Movie
Ashok, a slacker by nature, loves to play practical jokes and finds his life partner in Madhu, another joker. However, one particular joke hits a nerve and they end up being targeted by a gang of criminals.
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The Mystery of the Indian Temple
Title: The Mystery of the Indian Temple
Character: Gopal
Released: November 20, 1963
Type: Movie
Doctor Palmer, wrongly accused of the murder of a British officer, is a prisoner of the Maharajah of Hasnabad. Doctor Palmer and Gopal, his devoted assistant, escape with the complicity of Amrita
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Kali-Yug, Goddess of Vengeance
Title: Kali-Yug, Goddess of Vengeance
Character: Gopal
Released: November 6, 1963
Type: Movie
At the end of the 19th century, during the British rule of India, the goddess Kali commits a number of murders, among which the man who was conducting a cargo of serum to a village infected with disease. Worried with the vast number of fatalities that will result from stopping this shipment, Dr. Palmer asks for help from Major Talbot. The Major suspects about the murderer turn onto the doctor, and he must take refuge in the jungle, after faking his own death by a tiger. Help does come in the shapely form of Amrita, a native dancer, who will give him shelter, and will even free him from a gang of robbers. Dr. Palmer still has a number of real and fantastic adventures until he sees an end to his tribulations...
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Lawrence of Arabia
Title: Lawrence of Arabia
Character: Gasim
Released: December 11, 1962
Type: Movie
The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in the cause of Arab unity but his psychological instability threatens to undermine his achievements.
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Maa Beta
Title: Maa Beta
Character: Bishan Sahay
Released: January 1, 1962
Type: Movie
Dependent on his elder brother, Bishan, Ganga and his wife, Rameshwari, are abused and asked to leave. They work hard, set up their own business, and soon become wealthy enough to even support Bishan and his wife. A pregnant Rameshwari gets the news that her husband has been killed. She subsequently gives birth to a boy, who goes missing. Will Rameshwari be ever reunited with her son?
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Mr. India
Title: Mr. India
Character: Gullu Lala / Jung Bahadur
Released: January 1, 1961
Type: Movie
Mr. India is a 1961 film about a naive unemployed youth who is mistaken for a look-alike gangster.
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North West Frontier
Title: North West Frontier
Character: Gupta
Released: October 13, 1959
Type: Movie
In the rebellious northern frontier province of colonial India, British Army Captain Scott, a young prince and the boy's governess escape by an obsolete train as they are relentlessly pursued by Muslim rebels intent on assassinating the prince.
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Goonj Uthi Shehnai
Title: Goonj Uthi Shehnai
Character: Kanhaiya
Released: January 1, 1959
Type: Movie
Childhood sweethearts Gopi and Kishen hope to get married when they are grown up. Gopi dances to the magical tunes of Kishen's clarinet (shenai), and both are virtually inseparable. Years pass by, both have grown up and Gopi's mom, Jamuna, would like Gopi to get married to a young man from Lucknow, by the name of Shekhar, who works for All India Radio. Shekhar visits them, meets Gopi, and approves of this marriage, and asks Jamuna to finalize a day for the marriage. When this news reaches Gopi and Kishen both are heartbroken, as much as Kishen would like to marry Gopi he knows that he is unemployed and poor, and hence not considered a good suitor. Additionally, his mentor and guardian, Raghunath, would like him to marry his daughter, Ramkali, and may ask him to make the ultimate sacrifice by demanding this as his guru-dakshina (teacher's fee). Then the villagers ask Kishen to leave the town as he has brought shame on them all by continuing to meet with Gopi...
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Harry Black and the Tiger
Title: Harry Black and the Tiger
Character: Bapu
Released: July 22, 1958
Type: Movie
In the mysterious jungle of India, Harry Black, a skilled hunter, hunts a dangerous tiger which attacked. This tiger has already claimed hundreds of victims. While recovering from his wounds will review the most important moments of his life.
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Kitna Badal Gaya Insaan
Title: Kitna Badal Gaya Insaan
Released: January 1, 1957
Type: Movie
Shanti, a city-based girl marries an uncivilised man who reforms himself for her love. But little does she knows that life is all set to take her on a roller-coaster ride.
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Ek Gaon Ki Kahani
Title: Ek Gaon Ki Kahani
Released: January 1, 1957
Type: Movie
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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Durgesh Nandini
Title: Durgesh Nandini
Released: January 1, 1956
Type: Movie
Akbar deputes Raja Mansingh to conquer Orissa, where Pathan King Katlu Khan reigns. Mansingh, despite enmity, asks for cooperation. He sends Jagat Singh to Burdwan to spy on Pathan military activities, meeting Durgesh Nandini.
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Nastik
Title: Nastik
Character: Joker
Released: January 1, 1954
Type: Movie
A hardened and traumatized non-believer travels to all holy places to seek vengeance from the persons who had wronged him.
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Ek Thi Larki
Title: Ek Thi Larki
Character: Sohan
Released: January 1, 1949
Type: Movie
Meena is running away from two blackmailers Sohan and Mohan (IS Johar and Manju); who are blackmailing her for a a crime that she did not commit.