Nadira

Nadira

Born: December 5, 1932
Died: February 9, 2006
in Baghdad, Iraq
Florence Ezekiel (5 December 1932 – 9 February 2006), known professionally as Nadira, was an Indian actress who worked in the Hindi film industry. She appeared in films from the 1950s and 1960s, including Aan (1952), Shree 420 (1955), Pakeezah (1972), and Julie (1975), which won her the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award.

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Josh
Title: Josh
Character: Mrs. Louise
Released: June 9, 2000
Type: Movie
Two gangs fight for control of the streets: the Scorpions, led by Prakash and the Eagles, fronted by Max. When Prakash's brother Rahul comes to visit, he meets and quickly falls in love with Shirley, not realizing she's the sister of his brother's rival, Max. Though Rahul tries to keep their relationship secret, it's only a matter of time before it brings the gang rivalry to a head.
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Cotton Mary
Title: Cotton Mary
Character: Mattie
Released: December 17, 1999
Type: Movie
A British family is trapped between culture, tradition, and the colonial sins of the past.
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Jhoothi Shaan
Title: Jhoothi Shaan
Character: Ranimaa
Released: December 13, 1991
Type: Movie
Ranimaa, a one-time empress, refuses to believe that her home is no longer a palace, even though she and her four children have turned it into a hotel. So when the police inform her that four bank robbers have checked in and they need to search every nook and cranny, she haughtily stands in the way of justice.
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Saagar
Title: Saagar
Character: Miss Joseph
Released: August 9, 1985
Type: Movie
Raja, a fisherman is secretly in love with Mona. When wealthy Ravi comes to live with his grandmother, Kamladevi, he sees Mona and falls in love with her. Mona also reciprocates his love. Raja is devastated by this turn of events. But when Kamladevi gets to know that Ravi is seeing Mona, she puts pressure on Mona to give up Ravi and marry someone else.
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Kim
Title: Kim
Character: Widow of Kulu
Released: May 16, 1984
Type: Movie
A friendly street kid in India, during the last years of the nineteenth century, looks and considers himself Indian, but is in fact a Brit. The Brits discover his true origin, and train him as a spy.
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Taqdeer
Title: Taqdeer
Character: Heerabai
Released: February 4, 1983
Type: Movie
When industrialist Deewan Saheb entrusts his son Randhir with the secret location to the family treasure, excluding his son Ranveer, he inadvertently creates a deadly rivalry resulting in conspiracy, betrayal and murder. Written and directed by the filmmaker Brij, this thriller explores the depths of jealousy and greed and how they can tear a family apart. Shatrughan Sinha, Hema Malini, Zeenat Aman and Mithun Chakraborty star.
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Raaste Pyar Ke
Title: Raaste Pyar Ke
Character: Saraswati
Released: December 19, 1982
Type: Movie
A love triangle, the film is a remake of the Telugu blockbuster movie Dasara Bullodu (1971), made by the same company and director. Mohan Lal Srivatsav loves Gauri and so does Shyama. The rivals in love are close friends, their friendship proves to be stronger than their love. When Gauri learns that Shyama loves Mohan, she decides to sacrifice her love, her dream, her life for her friend's happiness.
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Ashanti
Title: Ashanti
Character: Ashram Principal
Released: May 7, 1982
Type: Movie
During the process of a police investigation Police Inspector Kumar Chandra Singh himself becomes a suspect.
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Lakshmi
Title: Lakshmi
Released: January 1, 1982
Type: Movie
Widowed early in life, Lakshmi is forced to turn into a courtesan. However, she strives hard to raise her children under difficult circumstances.
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Swayamvar
Title: Swayamvar
Character: Durgadevi Bhargav
Released: April 28, 1980
Type: Movie
Durgadevi rules her household with her brother, Makhanlan, and treats daughter Shanti worse than she treats servants; her other daughter is Roopa. When the younger women are approached for marriage, Durgadevi refuses.
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Duniya Meri Jeb Mein
Title: Duniya Meri Jeb Mein
Character: Mrs. Robins
Released: July 26, 1979
Type: Movie
A student in a prestigious college, Vishal Khanna believes he lives a wealthy lifestyle along with his businessman brother, Karan. Vishal meets with and falls in love with Neeta, the only daughter of wealthy widower, Gulabchand. Gulabchand meets with Karan and both finalize Vishal and Neeta's marriage. Then things spiral out of control when Gulabchand is killed while Karan is run over by a lorry, and ends up losing both his legs. Vishal undertakes to look after the now crippled Karan, but has more surprises to face when Police Inspector Yadav informs him that Karan was never a businessman, but a trapeze artiste in Amar Circus, and is also a suspect of a daring robbery and the murder of Gulabchand.
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Madhu Malti
Title: Madhu Malti
Released: August 25, 1978
Type: Movie
Madhu (Sachin) and Malti (Sarika) are college students, who are assigned by their professor, Anil Sharma, to play the title parts in a college play based on Romeo and Juliet. The two fall in love along the way but are forced to move to a big city to realise their love, as their traditional families oppose to their relationship. The later move to Goa, where a Goan couple looks after them, but soon decide to go back home and confront the situation.
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Naukri
Title: Naukri
Character: Lily
Released: June 2, 1978
Type: Movie
A disabled man who can't support his family contemplates committing suicide. However, a mysterious figure appears who forces him to reflect on his life.
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Aashiq Hoon Baharon Ka
Title: Aashiq Hoon Baharon Ka
Released: December 16, 1977
Type: Movie
Indian romance from director J. Om Prakash. Ashok moves from India to Switzerland to work in a uranium enrichment plan, before falling in love with the boss' daughter.
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For Your Sake
Title: For Your Sake
Character: Shanti Devi
Released: June 7, 1977
Type: Movie
A young couple strapped for cash get in over their heads trying to repay a loan.
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Amar Akbar Anthony
Title: Amar Akbar Anthony
Character: Stepmother
Released: May 27, 1977
Type: Movie
Bollywood action comedy film with a lost and found theme, about three brothers separated during their childhood who grew up in three homes, adopting three religions. They meet in their youth to fight a common villain. It was the biggest blockbuster of 1977, and won several awards at 25th Filmfare Awards including Best Actor, Best Music Director and Best Editing.
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Paapi
Title: Paapi
Character: Old lady hit by Vikram's car (uncredited)
Released: February 2, 1977
Type: Movie
Long lost siblings grow up on opposite sides of the law; the girl becomes a thief and the boy becomes a police officer.
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Kahtey Hain Mujhko Raja
Title: Kahtey Hain Mujhko Raja
Released: November 28, 1975
Type: Movie
Synopsis: A costume spectacle, it tells of how the rich heir to fabulous wealth is saved from being treacherously murdered by his step-mother and her brother, by a good-intentioned brvae youth and his own sister.A costume spectacle, it tells of how the rich heir to fabulous wealth is saved from being treacherously murdered by his step-mother and her brother, by a good-intentioned brvae youth and his own sister.
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Julie
Title: Julie
Character: Margaret 'Maggie' (Julie'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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Ishk Ishk Ishk
Title: Ishk Ishk Ishk
Released: November 8, 1974
Type: Movie
Dhun comes from a wealthy and talented family and desires to see the world on his own. He sets upon this travel and on his journey comes upon an inn called Five Daughters, run by Pahar. Deciding to stay there for a while, he meets Pahar's daughters and falls in love with Pooja. Pooja reciprocates his love and both hope to get married. Just when their marriage is being planned, Pooja's family comes to learn that Dhun and Pooja are related.
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Woh Main Nahin
Title: Woh Main Nahin
Character: Gangu Tai Ghotale
Released: January 4, 1974
Type: Movie
A forest conservator works with a tribal clan during the British rule over India. He consciously does several marriages to expose the sly men who are playing with the sacred institution of marriage.
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Faslah
Title: Faslah
Character: Mrs. Sonachand
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
Gautam is a man who loves a woman but is crushed when he sees her with someone else. In his fit of rage, he accidentally kills a child. Will this turn of events change his life completely?
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Nai Duniya Naye Log
Title: Nai Duniya Naye Log
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
Sophistication is the dominant factor in the present day life of the people belonging to upper strata of Society. Parents belonging to upper strata of Society have their own lives to lead. They hardly have time to attend to their children. Children are left to the care of the servants. Bonds of relationship between parents and children, when they grow up, do not exist at all.
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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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Ek Nazar
Title: Ek Nazar
Character: Aminabai
Released: July 28, 1972
Type: Movie
One Glance. Romance between a poet, son of the public prosecutor, and a nautch girl accused of murdering her mother.
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Raja Jani
Title: Raja Jani
Released: March 7, 1972
Type: Movie
Two men make a plan to present a street dancer as the long lost granddaughter of a wealthy queen
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Pakeezah
Title: Pakeezah
Character: Madame Gauhar Jaan
Released: February 4, 1972
Type: Movie
A beautiful courtesan is unable to break away from the cycle of prostitution until a forest ranger falls in love with her. Unfortunately, his wealthy parents oppose the union.
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Bombay Talkie
Title: Bombay Talkie
Character: Anjana Devi
Released: November 18, 1970
Type: Movie
An English novelist travels to Bombay to watch one of her novels translated to film. She chases after the movie's leading man while the screenwriter chases after her.
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Chetna
Title: Chetna
Character: Nirmala
Released: November 17, 1970
Type: Movie
A shy and reclusive young man, Anil Dhawan, gets to meet a prostitute, Seema, through his friends, Ramesh. Anil is very shy at the very first meeting with Seema, and then starts to cultivate a friendship with her. She responds also, and both fall in love. Anil proposes marriage, and Seema is delighted to accept. Anil has to go out of town for a four or five days. When he returns, he finds Seema has taken up drinking alcohol and smoking in a big way, and appears despondent, and non-chalant, making him wonder what had happened during his absence to make her regress in this manner.
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Safar
Title: Safar
Character: Mrs. Kapoor (Shekhar's mom)
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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Ishq Par Zor Nahin
Title: Ishq Par Zor Nahin
Released: January 1, 1970
Type: Movie
Amar Doraiswamy is the only child of multi-millionaire shipping company owner who lives in a palatial house in Goa, India. Amar introduces a close, but poor friend, Ram, to his father, who employs him conditionally. Amar falls in love with a woman named Sushma Rai, and asks Ram to pen a love letter and poem for her. Sushma gets to read the letter and the poem, and thinking that Ram is Amar, falls in love with him. She meets him, and he is also unknowingly attracted to her, both feel that they are inseparable soul-mates. Then Ram gets a shock when he finds out that Sushma is Amar's intended and decides to stay away from her. But Sushma has other plans, for she intends to marry Ram at any cost, not realizing that by doing this, she is placing not only Ram's life, but also the lives of two other individuals, namely Uma Devi and Lalit, in jeopardy.
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Talash
Title: Talash
Released: August 9, 1969
Type: Movie
A business man must choose between keeping his promise to marry a poor village belle, or making it big by wedding his boss's daughter: a wealthy Westernized girl who bares a striking resemblance to his first love.
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The Guru
Title: The Guru
Character: Courtesan
Released: February 10, 1969
Type: Movie
Britain's top pop artiste, Tom Pickle, travels to Bombay, India, circa 1960s to learn to play the sitar from renowned maestro Ustad Zafar Khan.
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Chhoti Chhoti Baatein
Title: Chhoti Chhoti Baatein
Released: January 2, 1969
Type: Movie
A Hindi family drama.
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Jahan Pyar Miley
Title: Jahan Pyar Miley
Character: Mrs. Diwan Bahadur
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
Hindi film from director Lekh Tandon.
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Sapnon Ka Saudagar
Title: Sapnon Ka Saudagar
Character: Ranjana's mother
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
Film starring Raj Kapoor, Hema Malini and Jayant
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Kahin Din Kahin Raat
Title: Kahin Din Kahin Raat
Character: Madam Indrani
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
When a CID inspector infiltrates a smuggling ring he discovers that his ex-girlfriend is involved.
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C.I.D. 909
Title: C.I.D. 909
Character: Lobo 404
Released: January 1, 1967
Type: Movie
Professor, an Indian scientist, develops a nuclear project to bring world peace. When Wong and Wasco want to get their hands on the project, it is up to CID Agent Raju to save the day.
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Eleven Thousand Girls
Title: Eleven Thousand Girls
Character: Mohana
Released: January 25, 1962
Type: Movie
Gyara Hazar Ladkian is a 1962 Indian Hindi-language romantic social drama film directed by K. A. Abbas. The film was co-produced by the poet Ali Sardar Jafri, who also helped co-write the story with Abbas. Produced under the Film Friends banner, it had music by N. Datta. The director of photography was Ramchandra
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Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai
Title: Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai
Character: Kusum
Released: January 1, 1960
Type: Movie
A rich girl marries a doctor. Differences crop up between the two and starts to snowball wherein she returns to her father's house. Months later she returns only to find he is in love with a nurse.
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Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai
Title: Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai
Character: Kusum Rai
Released: January 1, 1960
Type: Movie
A rich girl marries a doctor. Differences crop up between the two and starts to snowball wherein she returns to her father's house. Months later she returns only to find he is in love with a nurse.
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Pocket Maar
Title: Pocket Maar
Character: Rita
Released: January 1, 1956
Type: Movie
Roshan is a pickpocket whose life changes after a man he steals money from commits suicide. Driven by guilt, he sets out to repay the money to the deceased man's family.
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Shree 420
Title: Shree 420
Character: Maya
Released: September 6, 1955
Type: Movie
The story of a small-town man who comes to make it big in the city, where he is almost instantly relieved of all his possessions. Homeless and penniless, he is taken in by a woman who looks after him.
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Waris
Title: Waris
Character: Kanta
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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Nagma
Title: Nagma
Released: September 26, 1953
Type: Movie
The Maharaja of Roop Nagar offered in marriage his niece to the arrogant Rajkumar of Prem Nagar, but she refused, preferring an ordinary man with a painter's eye, poet's heart, or Ragi's voice.
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Aan
Title: Aan
Character: Princess Rajshree
Released: July 4, 1952
Type: Movie
A poor farmer conquers the love of an Indian princess, whose brother wants to kill their father to become king.