Dulari

Dulari

Born: April 18, 1928
Died: January 18, 2013
Forced to look for work after her father's illness, Dulari made her film debut with Hamari Baat (1943), produced by Bombay Talkies, and went to appear as a character actor in over 135 films in the following six decades. Her last screen appearance was in Ziddi (1997) directed by Guddu Dhanoa.

She married sound recordist J. B. Jagtap in 1952, and took a break from acting for nine years.

She died in an old age home in Pune, Maharashtra at the age of 86. She had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease, and was bedridden for over two years. Through the last years of her life Cine & TV Artistes Association (CINTAA) had started providing her financial assistance after veteran actress Waheeda Rehman brought up her case. She was survived by her daughter Charulata Jagtap and grandsons who have settled in Australia.

Movies for Dulari...

Amba
Title: Amba
Character: Naanima
Released: August 10, 1990
Type: Movie
When Amba gets her son Rajendra arrested for sexually assaulting their servant's daughter, Rajendra's wife wreaks havoc into their lives as she vows to avenge him.
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Suryaa: An Awakening
Title: Suryaa: An Awakening
Character: Ramu's Mother
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
Thakur Gangadhar Choudhary rules a small community in rural India with an iron hand, and will never permit anyone to speak up against him. He owns most of the land surrounding his palatial home - save for the small patch of land owned by Veer Singh. He summons Veer to his house, and offers him substantial compensation for his land, but Veer refuses, and the Thakur has him killed. Veer's widow dies of shock, leaving behind a young Suraj to be brought up by a kindly widow Mrs. Salma Khan, who is also the mother of Iqbal. Years go by, Suraj grows up joins the Indian Armed Forces, and after a meritorious career, he resigns and returns home to avenge his father's death. What he does not know that he must first come to terms with the local Police Inspector Iqbal Khan, and then the wealthy Collector of the District, Rajpal Chauhan, before he can even think of touching a single hair of Gangadhar Choudhary.
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Woh Phir Aayegi
Title: Woh Phir Aayegi
Character: Aarti's Mother
Released: September 23, 1988
Type: Movie
Aarti is possessed by the evil spirit of Asha who wants revenge on her killers. Aarti's husband tries everything possible to free her from the evil spirit.
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Saveray Wali Gaadi
Title: Saveray Wali Gaadi
Character: Mausi
Released: March 7, 1986
Type: Movie
Ravidas lives in a village in rural India. He is the son of Chediram who is of highly respected in the village. Ravidas falls in love with Jyoti. Their love becomes known in the village. Because of differences of caste, the villagers are opposed to Ravidas marrying Jyoti. Chediram commits suicide due to the shame his son has brought upon him. Ravidas is a gifted poet, but he cannot fulfill his dream of being recognized as a great poet, his poems being published and shown to the world, because he lives in a village.
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Dilwaala
Title: Dilwaala
Character: Chachi
Released: February 7, 1986
Type: Movie
Ravi Kumar is the younger brother of Judge Soumitra Devi and Mohan Kumar. He and his sister have different views and ideas. They lack understanding and that is why he decides to be apart from his sister. Raghu is the son of MLA Raj Shekhar. He marries Kamla, daughter of a poor man Ganesh on the wish of his father who wants to take political advantage of the marriage. But things go wrong and Kamla is killed by Raghu. Now, he makes different attempts to save his son from law. Now all the movie tells his attempts to save his son and Ravi's attempts to give his son the punishment. There are also other small things happening in life of other characters.
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Haqeeqat
Title: Haqeeqat
Character: Amar's mom
Released: April 6, 1985
Type: Movie
Arjun, an honest cop, makes influential enemies in his department and amongst corrupt politicians when he brings law and order to his region. Can he and his community get justice or remain oppressed?
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Gangvaa
Title: Gangvaa
Released: September 14, 1984
Type: Movie
Gangvaa embarks on a quest for revenge against a crooked landlord after he orders the death of his father for reporting his crimes to the police and getting him arrested.
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Agar Tum Na Hote
Title: Agar Tum Na Hote
Character: Matron at the Orphanage
Released: November 4, 1983
Type: Movie
Photographer Raj Bedi meets with attractive Radha, both fall in love, and get married. Shortly after the marriage, Raj has an accident and is hospitalized. He does recover, but has no sensation in his legs and must be confined to a wheelchair. The cost of his treatment, in addition to the loss of his job, leads Radha to take up employment as a Governess to a small child, the only daughter of wealthy industrialist, Ashok Mehra. Raj is quite happy at this arrangement and looks forward to his treatment locally, and subsequently abroad. What he does not know that Ashok's deceased wife resembles Radha, that his daughter, Mini, thinks that Mom has finally returned home; and that this was prime reason that Radha was ever hired by Mehra and his associates. Will Radha take to the comfortable life as the wealthy Mrs. Mehra, in addition to getting a cute little daughter for her own self?
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Prem Rog
Title: Prem Rog
Character: Premvati
Released: July 30, 1982
Type: Movie
Manorama, the daughter of a rich, orthodox family is married off, leaving her childhood friend Deodhar and his secret love for her, in despair. When tragedy befalls her, and traditions seem unfair, Deodhar must fight for what's right.
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Aadat Se Majboor
Title: Aadat Se Majboor
Character: Nadira
Released: July 2, 1982
Type: Movie
Dinanath Shastri (Madanpuri) is a devout Hindu firefighter. One day his son, Shankar (Mithun Chakraborty) brings home a young girl, Salma (Rameshwari) as he felt sorry for her. Dinanath thinks she is Hindu and calls her Shanti, and thinks of making her his daughter-in-law, as she nurses him and looks after the entire household after he has an accident. One day Dinanath meets with a blind man who he recognizes as Dr. Varma (Om Shivpuri), who he has known for many years. Dr. Varma's daughter, Neetu (Ranjeeta Kaur) and Shankar were childhood sweethearts. This news breaks Salma's heart but she does not let anyone know. Dr. Varma's arch enemy the wealthy, powerful, and seemingly generous Agnihotri (Amrishpuri) finds out he is alive and sets his goons out to kill him. Why would a rich and generous man want to kill a harmless blind man? What will be the reaction of the devout Dinanath when he finds out that Shanti is Muslim?
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Naseeb
Title: Naseeb
Character: Malti
Released: May 1, 1981
Type: Movie
Naseeb, a story of destiny and fate, begins with a lottery ticket. A drunk who cannot pay his restaurant bill trades his recently purchased ticket with a waiter. Naseeb becomes a poignant story about love, friendship, sacrifice, deceit, revenge and above all, destiny.
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Hum Se Badkar Kaun
Title: Hum Se Badkar Kaun
Released: March 6, 1981
Type: Movie
Four young boys tragically separated from their parents and each other grow up to become four different men with divergent values and conflicting methods. Fate eventually sets their paths for a head on collision.
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Aap To Aise Na The
Title: Aap To Aise Na The
Character: Vijay's Mother
Released: December 5, 1980
Type: Movie
Orphaned at a very young age, Varsha Oberoi, lives a wealthy lifestyle with her paternal uncle, Jain Oberoi, in Bombay, and has traveled world-wide. She is in love with Vijay, a middle-classed young man, who runs a small furniture store, badly in debt, and lives with his widowed mom, a younger brother, Deepu, and sister, Nanhi, who are very friendly with Varsha. Then Vijay is reunited with his childhood friend, Vikram Chawla, who is welcomed with open arms by the entire family. It is then Vijay's life turns around, he starts getting a lot of orders, gets out of debt, is able to buy a jeep to replace his motorbike, and moves to a comfortable bungalow.
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Hum Paanch
Title: Hum Paanch
Released: November 27, 1980
Type: Movie
Tyrannical and wealthy Veer Pratap Singh, rules over a small town - ruthlessly. Whoever opposes him is crushed. He is attracted to women, and has a lengthy affair with Soundariya, and even has a secret marriage ceremony with her. When Soundariya gets pregnant, he asks her to abort the child. When she refuses, he shuns her, and denies ever having married her or even being intimate with her. Her brothers attempt to get justice, but are dealt with ruthlessly by Pratap Singh's bodyguard, Bhima. Soundariya then must garner support of herself, and must find someone who can stand up to Veer Pratap Singh and end his tyranny, in a town with men who have been subdued for eons by Veer Pratap Singh and his men for eons.
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Bin Maa Ke Bachche
Title: Bin Maa Ke Bachche
Released: June 4, 1980
Type: Movie
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Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan
Title: Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan
Character: Shanti's mom
Released: July 28, 1978
Type: Movie
Film starring Rishi Kapoor, Moushumi Chatterjee and Ashok Kumar
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Do Musafir
Title: Do Musafir
Character: Bholi - Shambhu's wife
Released: June 25, 1978
Type: Movie
Bijli's life crashes when her lover Raju dies tragically in an accident. She is in for a bigger shock when she meets Vicky.
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Aankh Ka Tara
Title: Aankh Ka Tara
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
Geeta falls in love with a blind radio singer named Mohan, but his disability hampers their happily-ever-after.
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Minoo
Title: Minoo
Released: August 12, 1977
Type: Movie
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Aap Beati
Title: Aap Beati
Character: Mayadas's maidservant
Released: October 28, 1976
Type: Movie
The Kapoor family consists of Kishorilal, his wife Lajjo, son, Prakash, and daughter, Geeta. Kishorilal and Geeta toil hard to ensure that Prakash gets a good education so that he can study in America, return home, and repay the loans that the family has taken. Prakash does get to complete his studies, he also travels to America, upgrades, and returns home to be employed as Kishorilal's boss. Then Prakash gets married to Reena, who comes from a wealthy family, and moves in with them. Geeta confides in Reena that she has met a young man by the name of Ranjit, both are in love and want to get married. The entire family is overjoyed, but their joys are short-lived when Ranjit's dad, Mayadas, asks him to get married to the daughter of a wealthy man, when he refuses, he is asked to leave.
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Prem Kahani
Title: Prem Kahani
Character: Mrs. Shrikant Sinha
Released: February 7, 1975
Type: Movie
Rajesh lives a delightful life as an apolitical poet in his college days, with his love Kamini and his best friend Dheeraj, a policeman. But when his brother is killed by the British Colonial Army, he abandons everything and becomes a revolutionary freedom fighter. Time passes and he becomes a symbol of the resistance with a bounty on his head. When unfortunate circumstances force an injured Rajesh into hiding, he finds himself taking refuge at Dheeraj's quarters and encounters his past when he meets Kamini again, as the wife of his best friend, while the British become more and more eager to crush all anti-colonial sentiments in India.
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Deewaar
Title: Deewaar
Character: Chander's Mother
Released: January 14, 1975
Type: Movie
Reflecting the tumultuous politics of the early ’70s in India, Deewar tells the story of a pair of impoverished brothers who, after their family is betrayed by the misplaced idealism of their father, struggle to survive on the streets of Mumbai. They head for a showdown when one becomes a policeman, and the other becomes a criminal.
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Chor Chor
Title: Chor Chor
Character: Saritadevi
Released: July 11, 1974
Type: Movie
A retired policeman sees a killer he thought had been dead for twenty years, and the next night he is killed. The killer is blackmailing the head of a bank, and forcing him to participate in a robbery of his own bank. He is replaced by the son of the policeman, who is hunting for his fathers killer. A rarity in 70's Bollywood since it does not contain any musical interludes.
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Jab Andhera Hota Hai
Title: Jab Andhera Hota Hai
Character: Vikram's Mother
Released: June 3, 1974
Type: Movie
The city is rocked by a serial killer who only kills young women at night, so women don't want to step outside the house when it turns dark.
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Zehreela Insaan
Title: Zehreela Insaan
Character: Arjun's Mother
Released: April 3, 1974
Type: Movie
Arjun, a hot headed but soft hearted man, always finds himself in situations that others take him as a bad person. His childhood teacher Masterji is the only person understands him & appreciates his good quality and Arjun follows his instruction/wishes completely. Arjun loves Aarti and wants to marry her but Aarti's father does not endorse this alliance and decides to get her marry to someone else. Arjun is agitated but Masterji calms him down and asks him to not disrupt this marriage, instead convince Aarti to marry the boy her father has chosen for her. Arjun follows what Masterji has asked him. Devastated Arjun finds love in Margret who he has been fighting with since she came to town. Now Margret's uncle and mother are against their marriage. This time Arjun is not lenient and does not even listen to Masterji. Arjun and Margret run away and commit suicide jumping down a mountain.
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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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Raja Rani
Title: Raja Rani
Character: Suresh's Mother
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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Ek Nazar
Title: Ek Nazar
Character: Kalavati Kailashnath
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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Bombay to Goa
Title: Bombay to Goa
Character: Atmaram's wife
Released: March 3, 1972
Type: Movie
The lives of Atmaram and his wife are turned upside down when they see their daughter, Mala's pictures in a magazine. They arrange for Mala's marriage with the son of Ramlal. Mala is opposed to marrying anyone who she has not met, and is at the same time thrilled that the two persons she trusted, one Sharma, and the other Verma had actually submitted her pictures to a magazine, and were now willing to sign her up for a Bollywood movie. Mala is not able to understand her parents' opposition on her way to fame, and runs away from home with a lot of money to Goa.
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Annadata
Title: Annadata
Character: Arun's Mother
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
After the passing away of her father, a local physician, Aarti takes it upon herself to dispense medicine, as well as sew clothes, and looks after a child named Kundan who has lost his legs to paralysis. She has a admirer in Arun, who secretly loves her, would like to marry her, but knows that he is poor and will be unable to afford a family, as he is a mere painter. Then an elderly man enters Aarti's life, he is ill, she offers to look after him until he gets better and leaves, but he does not leave, as he has nowhere to go, and she allows him to stay. Then good luck smiles on them as Arun sells one of his paintings, and he is able to get artificial legs for the child. What Arun and Aarti do not know is that the elderly male is really a very wealthy man named Ambarprasad, who had run away from his home when he was accused of having sex with his protégé, a young woman, who he had brought up. The question is what is Ambarprasad up to now?
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Zameen Aasmaan
Title: Zameen Aasmaan
Character: Ganga
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
When a difficult man falls blind, he alienates his family and caretakers even further.
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Lal Patthar
Title: Lal Patthar
Released: December 31, 1971
Type: Movie
Raja Kumar Bahadur alias Gyan Shankar Rai has been a total abstainer all his life, never touching a drop of alcohol, and keeping away from women and all known vices all his life. Then one day he sees a young woman named Saudamani, and instantly falls in love with her. He finds out about her background, and virtually buys her, and brings her to his palatial home. This is when he takes to drinking, and wooing her, and renaming her Madhuri, but refrains from marrying her. Years later, he sees another beautiful woman, about half his age, named Sumita, meets with her parents, pays off their debts, and marries her in the bargain.
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Reshma Aur Shera
Title: Reshma Aur Shera
Character: Farida
Released: July 23, 1971
Type: Movie
Reshma and Shera love each other in spite of the feud that exists between their families. Chhotu, Shera's brother, kills Reshma's family. When Shera gets the news, he plans to kill Chhotu.
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Conduct
Title: Conduct
Released: July 16, 1971
Type: Movie
Bollywood drama in which a woman stranded falls in love with the man who assists her. However, when they meet again, she notices something completely different about him.
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Tere Mere Sapne
Title: Tere Mere Sapne
Released: May 13, 1971
Type: Movie
Upon completing medical school, young, idealistic Dr. Anand Kumar (Dev Anand) moves to a small village intent on making a difference. Unfortunately, he finds that life sometimes gets in the way of principles. After tragedy strikes the doctor and his new bride (Mumtaz), his bitterness drives him to pursue wealth and power, transforming him into the type of man he once despised. But in winning a fortune, has Anand lost the love of his devoted wife?
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Johny Mera Naam
Title: Johny Mera Naam
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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Aan Milo Sajna
Title: Aan Milo Sajna
Character: Kaushalya
Released: July 24, 1970
Type: Movie
A wealthy widow refuses to leave anything to her selfish son. In order to win her affection, he introduces her to his fiancee, Deepali, who is a girl he hires to play the part.
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Chirag
Title: Chirag
Released: January 31, 1969
Type: Movie
When Ajay (Sunil Dutt) meets Asha (Asha Parekh), he mistakenly believes she's wealthy. The fact that she's not, however, doesn't prevent him from becoming smitten, and the couple soon marries with the full blessings of Ajay's family. Poverty is one thing, though, and childlessness quite another -- which Asha finds out the hard way. When she fails to produce an heir for the clan posthaste, her mother-in-law begins a search for her replacement.
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Intaquam
Title: Intaquam
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
Reeta Mehra gets a job at a department store to support her ailing mother. After she refuses sexual favours to an important business partner, her boss Sohanlal has her framed for shoplifting. When Reeta gets out of prison, her mother has died. She meets Heeralal, who has also been cheated by Sohanlal, and together they work out a plot for revenge. Reeta is to marry Sohanlal's son and then reveal her history, disgracing Sohanlal's name. Things quickly become more complicated than anticipated.
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Beti
Title: Beti
Character: Manohar Lal's wife
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
Sudha Verma wants to be the ideal daughter for her dad, and mom. Unfortunately, her mom passes away, and her dad re-marries, this time to Kamla, who is self-serving and not at all interested to see Sudha marry and settle down. Sudha meets with Dr. Rajesh Anand, and both fall in love. All approve of the marriage, until Rajesh sees the invitation card for Sudha's marriage, and realizes that his marriage has been arranged with Sharda, and that Sudha is to marry Rakesh. Rajesh attempts to straighten this out, but idealistic Sudha does not agree as she does not want to embarass her dad. Unfortunately, Sudha marriage does not take place, as the dowry money has been stolen. Rajesh returns and hopes to marry Sudha, but finds that Sudha and her dad are missing, and are untraceable, and then returns home to find a look-alike of Sudha, who calls herself Asha, but denies ever being or knowing anyone named Sudha Verma.
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Padosan
Title: Padosan
Character: Bhola's Aunt
Released: November 29, 1968
Type: Movie
A simple man from a village falls in love with his new neighbor. He enlists the help of his musical-theater friends to woo the lovely girl-next-door away from her music teacher.
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Teesri Kasam
Title: Teesri Kasam
Released: July 1, 1966
Type: Movie
A naive bullock-cart driver falls for a traveling dancer.
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Anupama
Title: Anupama
Character: Sarla
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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Mujhe Jeene Do
Title: Mujhe Jeene Do
Released: June 8, 1963
Type: Movie
Though from India, this tale rings of Western familiarity -- especially of the Old West. When a beautiful courtesan is kidnapped by a burly bandit, the baddie gets far more than he had anticipated; he finds himself falling for her. Unfortunately for the couple, the authorities catch up with him and their short-lived romance ends in tragedy.
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Jab Se Tumhe Dekha Hai
Title: Jab Se Tumhe Dekha Hai
Released: January 1, 1963
Type: Movie
A young couple in love face obstacles in their relationship when the woman's father tries to use her to repay a debt.
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Pyar Ki Pyas
Title: Pyar Ki Pyas
Character: Affectionate mother
Released: May 19, 1961
Type: Movie
Geeta, a five-year old orphan of Seva-Kunj, gets adopted by wealthy Asha and Ashok Gupta, believes them to be her missing birth parents, and moves in with them in their palatial house.
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Johnny Walker
Title: Johnny Walker
Character: Shobha
Released: January 1, 1957
Type: Movie
Chronicling the comedic escapades of Bombay-based alcoholic Murli Manohar as he uses a forged document to secure employment; falls in love with, Chandra Kripalani, the Manager's Secretary; then fools her into believing that he is an abstainer, and the real alcoholic is his elder brother.
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Paying Guest
Title: Paying Guest
Released: January 1, 1957
Type: Movie
An incompetent lawyer gets evicted, dons the guise of an old man to gain accommodation, falls for the owner's daughter, then faces numerous life-changing challenges.
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Tulsidas
Title: Tulsidas
Released: July 15, 1954
Type: Movie
Sage Tulsidas faces challenges when he attempts to translate the Holy Ramayan.
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Jeevan Jyoti
Title: Jeevan Jyoti
Character: Jamna
Released: June 10, 1953
Type: Movie
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Paapi
Title: Paapi
Character: Chameli
Released: June 8, 1953
Type: Movie
On the run from the police, an atheist masquerades as a religious icon.
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Albela
Title: Albela
Character: Malti
Released: February 15, 1951
Type: Movie
Artist Pyarelal lives a poor lifestyle in Bombay with his parents, sister, brother and sister-in-law. After a family argument, Pyarelal is asked to leave, and he swears only to return when he becomes a famous, wealthy man. He meets actress Asha and they fall in love. After Pyarelal starts acting in the theater, he sends money and gifts to his family, hoping that they will be pleased. Then one day he feels that he has achieved success and goes home...
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Nili
Title: Nili
Released: December 31, 1950
Type: Movie
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Shair
Title: Shair
Released: January 1, 1949
Type: Movie
A poet who has spent life in the village with his childhood sweetheart goes to Bombay to meet a fan of his who is also a popular radio singer.
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Shehnai
Title: Shehnai
Released: August 15, 1947
Type: Movie
A struggling entertainer trying to keep his dance company afloat with the help of his four daughters. However, his wife is worried about the disrepute the profession is bringing the girls and diminishing their chances of marriage.
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Hamari Baat
Title: Hamari Baat
Released: January 1, 1943
Type: Movie
Hamari Baat is a Bollywood film. It was released in 1943.