Nana Palsikar

Nana Palsikar

Born: May 20, 1908
Died: June 1, 1984
in Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
Nana Palshikar was an Indian actor who appeared in over 80 Hindi films. He made his film debut in 1935 with Dhuwandhar, and went on to play character roles in both Hindi mainstream and arthouse films. He was also cast in small parts in a few international productions such as Maya, The Guru and Gandhi.

Movies for Nana Palsikar...

Kanoon Kya Karega
Title: Kanoon Kya Karega
Character: Parent of accused youth
Released: July 19, 1984
Type: Movie
Advocate Gautam Mehra lives in Bombay with his wife, Anju, and a daughter, Rakhsa. One day while returning from court he sees a woman being molested. He stops, phones the police, and then tries to stop the molester, in vain, though as he gets attacked and loses consciousness. But the police do arrive and arrest the molester. Raghuvir's attempts to convince Gautam to change his testimony are in vain. Gautam goes on to testify against Raghuvir Singh, and gets him sentenced to seven years rigorous prison.
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Gandhi
Title: Gandhi
Character: Villager
Released: December 1, 1982
Type: Movie
In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.
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Swayamvar
Title: Swayamvar
Character: Purohit Shankarprasad
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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The Burning Train
Title: The Burning Train
Character: Seema's Mother
Released: March 20, 1980
Type: Movie
The plot revolves around a train named Super Express that catches fire on its inaugural run from New Delhi to Mumbai.
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Aakrosh
Title: Aakrosh
Character: Bhiku's father
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
Allegedly based on a true incident reported on page 7 of a local newspaper, the film was a scathing satire on the corruption in the judicial system and the victimization of the underprivileged by the able and the powerful.
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Pati Patni Aur Woh
Title: Pati Patni Aur Woh
Character: Nirmala's Nanaji
Released: July 7, 1978
Type: Movie
Adam and Eve are banished to Earth to live as Ranjeet and Sharda. They live in harmony until Ranjeet carries out an affair with his beautiful secretary, and has to repent when his wife finds out.
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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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Charandas
Title: Charandas
Character: Judge
Released: October 21, 1977
Type: Movie
The entire plot is woven around Indian family values, enterprise and meteoric rise in business.
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Karm
Title: Karm
Character: Shivlal / Premnath's father-in-law
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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Paapi
Title: Paapi
Character: Seth. Ghanshyamdas
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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Prem Nagar
Title: Prem Nagar
Released: May 24, 1974
Type: Movie
Karan hires Lata as his secretary and asks her to move to one of his cottages with her family. However, things take a turn when she is accused of stealing a valuable necklace.
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Prem Parbat
Title: Prem Parbat
Character: Choudhari
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
Tells a heart-rending saga of an orphan girl, whose body and soul are divided between her aged husband and a young forest officer she had fallen in love with. Being the wife of the old Choudhari has she any right to expect love from another man forms the crux of the story.
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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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Yaar Mere
Title: Yaar Mere
Character: Deenanath
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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Dushman
Title: Dushman
Character: Ganga Din
Released: January 7, 1972
Type: Movie
Surjit Singh is forced to take care of Ram Din's family after he accidentally kills him while driving under the influence of alcohol. However, he is treated with hostility by Ram Din's family members.
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Uphaar
Title: Uphaar
Character: Ramchandra
Released: January 1, 1971
Type: Movie
Anoop studies law in Calcutta, while his widowed mom in a small town in West Bengal. He has a sister, Sudha, who is married to Anil and lives in Calcutta. Since Anoop is of marriageable age, his mom has seen a girl for him, whose name is Vidya, and is the daughter of Shankarlal. When Anoop returns home, she asks him for his approval, but he says he wants to see the girl first. He goes to see Vidya, and also gets to meet another belle by the name of Minoo. He returns home, tells his mom that he cannot marry Vidya, but will marry only Minoo.
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The Guru
Title: The Guru
Character: The Guru's Guru
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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Doli
Title: Doli
Character: Ganpat Lala
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
Amar and Prem, college friends, and Asha and Shobana form friendships. Marriages are arranged, but dowry demands a US ticket. Prem returns, becomes office predator, and Asha endures harassment to pay off debts.
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Duniya
Title: Duniya
Character: Girdharilal
Released: March 6, 1968
Type: Movie
An advocate faces heavy odds defending the brother of his sweetheart.
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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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Baharon Ke Sapne
Title: Baharon Ke Sapne
Released: June 23, 1967
Type: Movie
In a small industrial town near Bombay lives Bholanath, who works at the local mill, and is the proud husband of Gauri, a daughter, Champa, and above all his son, Ramaiya, who is a graduate in the arts faculty, - the only one in this town who has attained this degree. But times are hard, and jobs are difficult to come by. When Bholanath loses his job, Ramaiya decides to find employment, and does so as a menial worker in the same mill his dad used to work. Ramaiya is very popular with his co-workers and they soon elect him as their new union leader. This puts Ramaiya in conflict with the Management of the Mill, headed by the owner, Kapoor, who has ordered that Ramaiya be eliminated post haste. But Ramaiya is determined to address the workers' grievances, and he gets himself framed for theft; has the police on the lookout for him, and so Ramaiya goes into hiding.
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Maya
Title: Maya
Character: Raji's Father
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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Anupama
Title: Anupama
Released: January 6, 1966
Type: Movie
Mohan Sharma (Tarun Bose) is a workaholic, whose life changes dramatically after his wife dies upon giving birth to their daughter Uma (Sharmila Tagore).
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Biradari
Title: Biradari
Character: Deepu
Released: January 4, 1966
Type: Movie
Seema lives a wealthy lifestyle with her widowed mom in Bombay, India. Her mother is a compassionate soul who rents out several rooms in a self-owned building, which is occupied by very poor and nearly destitute people. Seema's mom often ends up looking after her tenants financially and also gives them ample time to find money to pay the rent. Seema, who wants a luxurious lifestyle, has sold the building to Bihari, and is all set to evict the tenants forcibly. Watch what happens when Seema's mother and Rajan decide to confront her to try and stop this sale.
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Aakhri Khat
Title: Aakhri Khat
Released: January 1, 1966
Type: Movie
An estranged husband refuses to take up his son's responsibility after parting ways with his wife. But when he receives the news of his wife's death, he sets out in search of his son.
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Arzoo
Title: Arzoo
Character: Doctor
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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Sky palace
Title: Sky palace
Released: January 1, 1965
Type: Movie
The story revolves around a Nawab, who having lost his money, still continues to live in the old traditional style, maintaining a grandeur facade. His son opposes the unrealistic life-style.
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Cha Cha Cha
Title: Cha Cha Cha
Released: November 17, 1964
Type: Movie
After her return from abroad, Lali adjusts to life in India along with her devout Hindu mother, Laxmi; an easy-going father, Dinanath; two sisters, Kalpana and Geeta, and spends most of her time dancing along with her sisters and friends. On her way to the Mandir, she assumes a singer, Puranchan, is teasing her and she slaps him, but ends up apologizing when she is told that he is blind. Guilt-ridden, she makes arrangements for him to be taken to Bombay, has his vision restored, and both fall in love with each other. Dinanath takes a liking to Puranchan and not only gets him a job but also wants him to wed Lali. About to inform his parents, Purchan does not know that Dinanath has actually instructed Lali not to see him anymore as he is a Harijan (Lower-Caste).
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Sangam
Title: Sangam
Character: Nathu
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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Pooja Ke Phool
Title: Pooja Ke Phool
Character: Hansraj
Released: April 3, 1964
Type: Movie
Balraj (Dharmendra), affectionately called Raj, by his elder brother (Nana Palsikar) and sister Vija (Madhumati), is a student in college in the arts semester. As the family is not very rich, Raj decides to move from the hostel to the residence of a family. He finds one such family in Gandhinagar, which consists of Choudhury Hukumat Rai (Ashok Kumar), a lawyer by profession, his wife (Nimmi), and only daughter Shanti (Mala Sinha). Hukumat takes an instant liking to Raj, and tells him that his wife will only allow him to take up residence if he tells her that he is already married. Raj reluctantly does so, and thus acquires residence with the Rai family. Eventually Mrs. Rai takes a liking to Raj, so does Shanti. Shanti finds out Raj and her dad had lied to the family about Raj's marital status, she confronts Raj, and he readily admits that he lied.
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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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Nartakee
Title: Nartakee
Character: Prof. Verma
Released: January 1, 1963
Type: Movie
A modern reformist professor helps a courtesan in her endeavour to achieve high academic level and respectability. They face open opposition and hostility by society but do not relent.
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Gumrah
Title: Gumrah
Released: January 1, 1963
Type: Movie
Gumrah is a 1963 Hindi film produced and directed by B. R. Chopra. The film stars Sunil Dutt, Ashok Kumar, Mala Sinha, Nirupa Roy, Deven Verma and Shashikala. The film's music was composed by Ravi while were by Sahir Ludhianvi. The film was remade to Malayalam as Vivahita (1970) done by super actress Padmini, Prem Nazir and Satyan. Malayalam version was also a superhit.
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Aashiq
Title: Aashiq
Character: Thakur / Renuka's Father
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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Main Chup Rahungi
Title: Main Chup Rahungi
Character: Narayan
Released: January 1, 1962
Type: Movie
When Kamal Kumar meets the young, beautiful Gayatri on a train he instantly falls in love, and despite the fact that he is the son of a wealthy landowner, Rattan Kumar, and she the daughter of a farmer, Narayan, he convinces her to marry him. But when Kamal has to go to Singapore for business, his father finds out about the wedding and makes Gayatri swear she will never reveal her relationship with Kamal to anyone. When Gayatri discovers she is pregnant with Kamal's child, she and her father are forced to leave the village.
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Shehar Aur Sapna
Title: Shehar Aur Sapna
Character: uncle Johnny, the violinist
Released: December 31, 1961
Type: Movie
The film was based on Abbas's own story, One Thousand Nights on a Bed of Stones, which describes the struggle in the life of pavement dwellers in the backdrop of rapid industrialization.
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Kanoon
Title: Kanoon
Released: January 8, 1960
Type: Movie
A lawyer holds the eyewitness evidence to catch a killer, but the identified criminal is the lawyer's own mentor, prospective father-in-law, and also the judge who presides over the case.
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Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai
Title: Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai
Character: Tau
Released: January 1, 1960
Type: Movie
Raju informs the police about a group of bandits, even though he is in love with the chief's daughter. The police set out to kill the clan and it is upto him to save the bandits and his love.
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College Girl
Title: College Girl
Character: Biharilal
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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Char Dil Char Rahen
Title: Char Dil Char Rahen
Character: Pujariji
Released: September 18, 1959
Type: Movie
1959 film starring Raj Kapoor, Ajit and Shammi Kapoor
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Anari
Title: Anari
Character: Evil Priest
Released: January 16, 1959
Type: Movie
Raj Kumar is an honest, handsome and intelligent young man. Working as a painter, he is unable to earn a living. One day Raj finds a wallet containing money and returns it to the man it belongs to. Impressed by his honesty, the man employs him to work in his office as a clerk.
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Phir Subha Hogi
Title: Phir Subha Hogi
Character: Gopal, Sohni's father
Released: November 6, 1958
Type: Movie
Ram is a bright but destitute law student. Out of love for an even poorer girl, he commits a crime that starts chasing him like a ghost. He is torn between 'wanting a punishment' and 'getting away with it.' But, is it really in his own hands?
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Jailor
Title: Jailor
Released: January 1, 1958
Type: Movie
A jailor is abandoned by his wife which leads to great changes in his life
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Karigar
Title: Karigar
Character: Astrologer
Released: January 1, 1958
Type: Movie
A wealthy man is thrilled about becoming a parent and is pleased when his wife gives birth to a son. However, the son’s identification gets misplaced.
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Baarish
Title: Baarish
Character: Gopal Dada
Released: March 8, 1957
Type: Movie
City-bred Ramu is involved in petty crime. When his close friend Gopal asks him to go to the village and look after his mother and sister Chanda, Ramu does so. After coming to know both mother and daughter, they decide to re-locate to the big city to be together with Gopal. In the process, Ramu and Chanda fall in love with each other. Chanda wants Ramu to give up his life of crime, but will his crime partners allow Ramu to lead a normal life?
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Ab Dilli Dur Nahin
Title: Ab Dilli Dur Nahin
Character: Defending Lawyer
Released: January 1, 1957
Type: Movie
A young boy travels to Delhi, wanting to meet Prime Minister to seek justice for his father who has been wrongly sentenced to death.
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New Delhi
Title: New Delhi
Character: Subramaniam
Released: January 1, 1956
Type: Movie
Complications, impersonations and moral dilemmas arise when a Punjabi pretends to be a Tamil in order to obtain accommodation in New Delhi. An eloquent and entertaining plea for national unity that manages to showcase several cultural traditions whilst encouraging people to laugh both with and at each other.
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Devdas
Title: Devdas
Released: December 30, 1955
Type: Movie
Childhood sweethearts grow up in a small village with a love-hate relationship which changes to love when they mature.
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Two Acres of Land
Title: Two Acres of Land
Character: Dhangu Maheto
Released: January 2, 1953
Type: Movie
An impoverished man and his young son travel to Calcutta and look for work, in order to make money that'll save their ancestral land from being seized by a corporation.
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Daaera
Title: Daaera
Character: Sheetal's Husband
Released: January 1, 1953
Type: Movie
The narrative deals with the dreams and aspiration of a 16-old-girl, Sheetal (Meena Kumari) caught in the vortex of uncertainty and morality. Desperate for engagement with her neighbour, Shravan (Nasir Khan) who is equally drawn towards her but she is forced into meaningless wedlock with a sick old man.
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Kangan
Title: Kangan
Released: January 1, 1939
Type: Movie
Classic Bollywood film starring Leela Chitnis and Ashok Kumar.