Deven Verma

Deven Verma

Deven Varma is an Indian film and television actor, particularly known for his comic roles, with directors like Basu Chatterji, Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Gulzar. He has also produced and directed some films including Besharam. He has won Filmfare Best Comedian Award three times for Chori Mera Kaam, Chor Ke Ghar Chor and Angoor, the last being directed by Gulzar and still considered one of Bollywood's best comedies.

Born on 23 October (Unknown Year), and brought up in Pune, where he studied at of the Nowrosjee Wadia College for Arts and Science (University of Pune), (1953–57), graduating with Honours in Politics and Sociology. He is married to Rupa Gangly, daughter of late veteran Bollywood actor, Ashok Kumar and sister of Preeti Ganguly

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Salaakhen
Title: Salaakhen
Character: Giri Rao
Released: April 24, 1998
Type: Movie
When an honest school teacher testifies in a rape case against a prominent businessman's son, he is psychologically tortured and forced to commit suicide. His young son then takes the law into his own hands in order to avenge his father.
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2001: Do Hazaar Ek
Title: 2001: Do Hazaar Ek
Character: Billu's uncle
Released: February 20, 1998
Type: Movie
Following the brutal slaying of a call-girl named Julie in Bombay city, two police inspectors, namely Anil Sharma and Rajat Bedi, are assigned to investigate and bring the culprit(s) to book.
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Ishq
Title: Ishq
Character: Behram
Released: November 28, 1997
Type: Movie
Harbans Rai and Ranjit Rai are two wealthy businessmen who absolutely *loathe* poverty and poor people . As fate would have it , Harbans Rai's daughter Madhu falls for a poor mechanic Raja while Ranjit Rai's son Ajay romances a poor girl Kajal . When Harbans and Ranjit come to know of it they try various ways to separate the lovers.
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Dil To Pagal Hai
Title: Dil To Pagal Hai
Character: Ajay's father
Released: October 30, 1997
Type: Movie
Rahul, the director of a successful dance troupe, considers Nisha his best friend, though secretly, she is madly in love with him. He then falls for Pooja, who is engaged to Ajay.
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Udaan
Title: Udaan
Character: Madhu's Uncle (Mama)
Released: October 3, 1997
Type: Movie
A wealthy industrialist who refuses to doctor his product is killed by his corrupt business partners (the great trio of Danny Denzongpa, Dilip Tahil, and Prem Chopra), and his share of the company goes to his daughter Versha (Rekha). When she begins to figure out the truth, the nefarious partners conspire to have her locked in a mental institute--but that's not enough to stop our heroine, who makes some new, insane friends and returns with revenge on her mind.
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Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi
Title: Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi
Released: June 15, 1996
Type: Movie
Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi (English: Player of Players) is a 1996 Bollywood wrestling action thriller starring Rekha in her first villain role, Akshay Kumar, Raveena Tandon and former World Wrestling Federation wrestlers "Crush" and Brian Lee as "The Undertaker". It was one of the highest grossing movie of the year. It was the fourth installment in the Khiladi (film series).
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Tu Chor Main Sipahi
Title: Tu Chor Main Sipahi
Character: ACP Verma, Amar's dad
Released: May 10, 1996
Type: Movie
Thakur Gajendra Singh runs a criminal empire from a small town. The Thakur rules this town, including the police, who only cater to his interests. His town has been known to be the grave-yard of police officers who have dared to oppose him. Inspector Amar Varma accepts the assignment to serve in this town, not knowing that he is not only putting his own life, but the lives of his loved ones also, in the hands of the merciless Thakur.
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Akele Hum Akele Tum
Title: Akele Hum Akele Tum
Character: Kanhaiya
Released: November 30, 1995
Type: Movie
Rohit and wealthy Kiran Dayal meet each other and fall in love. They intend to marry, but Kiran's parents will not permit her to marry beneath her class. Kiran is adamant, and the marriage goes through without the blessings of the Dayals. They live in harmony for months, even after Kiran gives birth to Sunil. Then they start to have differences, which are minor at present, and then snowball...
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Ram Jaane
Title: Ram Jaane
Character: Daddu Uncle
Released: November 29, 1995
Type: Movie
A street hustler, who has spent several years in and out of prison, decides to reform his life, as he teaches street kids to stay away from crime, but has trouble maintaining these ideals in his own life.
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Gundaraj
Title: Gundaraj
Released: September 6, 1995
Type: Movie
Ajay is framed and sentenced to seven years in prison for the rape of three women. After four years he's out for good behaviour, and seeks revenge.
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Saajan Ki Baahon Mein
Title: Saajan Ki Baahon Mein
Character: Dr. Rastogi
Released: July 28, 1995
Type: Movie
Sagar is a popular singer, and since he is a bachelor, he is always mobbed by young women wherever he stages his shows. On one such show in Srinagar, he meets with beautiful Sapna Narang, and after a few misunderstandings, both fall in love with each other. But Sapna's dad, Pran, has other plans for her, and wants her to marry someone of his choice. In this way both lovers are separated.
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Professor Ki Padosan
Title: Professor Ki Padosan
Character: Pyarelal
Released: July 22, 1994
Type: Movie
Professor Vidyadhar teaches Hindi in a college and resides in a flat with his wife, Shobha, and school-going son, Pappu. He leads a fairly routine and mundane life, until a new resident in the flat upstairs moves in - an attractive young actress by the name of Menaka Khanna, the daughter of a wealthy man, Dinanath.
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Yeh Dillagi
Title: Yeh Dillagi
Character: Gurdas Bannerjee
Released: May 5, 1994
Type: Movie
Sapna, the daughter of the Saigal family's driver is a simple fun-loving girl, but her dreams are not as simple. She dreams about riches and day-dreams about her dream man. Vijay Saigal and Vicky Saigal, both heirs to Saigal Industries have almost all the qualities of a dream man. Almost. Because "All work and no play" makes Vijay a dull boy and "All play and no work" makes Vicky and outrageous flirt, as he does not believe in the affairs of the hearts, but only in affairs. But then even Sapna is not made of the stuff, dream girls are made of. Not until she becomes a successful model and transforms into a beautiful girl. That's when she become Vicky's dream girl. But Sapna's success hasn't changed her status. She is still the driver's daughter and Mrs. Shanti Devi may overlook her son's affairs with rich girls but not with a driver's daughter...
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Andaz Apna Apna
Title: Andaz Apna Apna
Character: Amar's Father
Released: April 11, 1994
Type: Movie
Two slackers competing for the affections of an heiress inadvertently become her protectors from an evil criminal.
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Elaan
Title: Elaan
Character: Head Const. Devkinandan Sharma
Released: January 21, 1994
Type: Movie
Vishal Chaudhry is the second son of Assistant Police Commissioner of Police, Ramakant Chaudhry. His eldest son, Vikas, was killed by unknown elements, who are still at large. Ramakant is honest and dedicated, and in a corrupt city, is considered a major liability. Vishal is hot-tempered, and this often leads him into fist fights. When Vishal witnesses a murder, and is able to identify the killer, the son of a prominent and well-known person, his father disbelieves his son, and is reluctant to arrest the culprit. He does reconsider, and goes ahead with the arrest, only to have his wife, Parvati, abducted and released - with a time-bomb tied to her waist. Vishal and Ramakant must now decide whether to save their mother and wife respectively, or to compromise with the killer, his father, and corrupt elements within the police force itself.
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Bedardi
Title: Bedardi
Character: Mamaji
Released: November 12, 1993
Type: Movie
Mumbai-based Saxena family consists of Professor Nirbhay, his wife Preeti, their school-going daughter Ritu and Nirbhay's college-going brother and sister, Vijay and Suman respectively. Vijay meets with fellow collegian Honey, and after a few altercations, they fall in love with each other. Vijay is introduced to Honey's maternal uncle, Bhagwandas, and he approves instantly. Honey's long-estranged brother, Kanhaiya, re-enters her life and asks her not to see Vijay anymore. Then the lives of the entire Saxena family change drastically when money allotted for Suman's marriage is stolen, and Vijay accepts a contract to kill a man named Gulla - not knowing that he is being set up to kill none other than Nirbhay himself.
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Ek Hi Raasta
Title: Ek Hi Raasta
Character: Mehra
Released: October 22, 1993
Type: Movie
Can Karan Singh stop Kubla, the vile terrorist from ruling over all of India and save Col. Choudry and his daughter Priya?
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King Uncle
Title: King Uncle
Character: Karim
Released: February 5, 1993
Type: Movie
Ashok Bansal has a traumatic childhood which teaches him that money matters most to people, even more than their kids. Ashok starts hating poor people & starts working hard to get out of poverty, at the expense of his own family. However, Ashok’s life changes forever when Munna enters his life.
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Chamatkar
Title: Chamatkar
Character: Inspector P.K. Santh
Released: July 8, 1992
Type: Movie
When Sunder loses everything, he seeks refuge in a graveyard, where he befriends a ghost.
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Jhoothi Shaan
Title: Jhoothi Shaan
Character: Krishna's to-be groom
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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Dil
Title: Dil
Character: Inspector Ghalib
Released: June 22, 1990
Type: Movie
Raja lives a poor lifestyle along with his dad, Hazariprasad and mom. He attends college where he has several run-ins with wealthy fellow-collegian, Madhu Mehra. Matters escalate to such an extent that she accuses him of sexually molesting her. When his dad comes to know, he decides to seize this chance to get rich quickly, masquerades as a wealthy businessman, approaches Mr. Mehra, and arranges for their children to get married. Murphy's law prevails at the time of the engagement - changing everyone's lives forever.
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Bahurani
Title: Bahurani
Character: Kumar Chatterjee
Released: December 18, 1989
Type: Movie
Amit wants to marry a modern woman but his parents get him married to a village girl, Madhuri. When Amit refuses to accept her as his wife, Madhuri reinvents herself as Malathi and re-enters his life.
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Mera Yaar Mera Dushman
Title: Mera Yaar Mera Dushman
Character: Jamshedji Mukkawala
Released: May 15, 1987
Type: Movie
Frame By Frame of a Murder Plot , unraveled by a boxing champion , played by Mithun , who is the brother of Ramesh Deo ,the Union Leader killed.
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Sadak Chhap
Title: Sadak Chhap
Character: Shankar's friend
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
Born on the street, without any knowledge of his parents, Shankar (Jackie Shroff) lives his life as an urchin, on petty thievery and con games. He is o known to the police because of his petty crimes. Rich and beautiful Natasha (Richa Sharma), niece of a well-known Member of Parliament, Dharamdas (Amrish Puri)falls for him, but Shankar heart is with another (Padmini Kolhapure). Shankar comes to know that his father is alive, he soon meets up with him, and with the help of Natasha, comes across a closely guarded conspiracy involving people he has known for a long time.
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Dekha Pyar Tumhara
Title: Dekha Pyar Tumhara
Character: Lalu Lalwani
Released: December 20, 1985
Type: Movie
Anu, a rich girl, falls in love with Vishal, a photographer, and marries him. However, soon after the wedding, Anu begins suspecting her husband of having an extra-marital affair.
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Bhavani Junction
Title: Bhavani Junction
Character: Joseph
Released: November 22, 1985
Type: Movie
In search of his wife's killers a man arrives at Bhavani Junction
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Jhoothi
Title: Jhoothi
Character: Rasik Lal Sharma
Released: September 23, 1985
Type: Movie
This movie proves that speaking truth is not always the right thing to do!!! As the title suggests that the movie is about a female (Rekha) who is a liar, and it is this female who shows how much lying can be a worthy quality. Nice movie with some good comedy. As in all Hrishikesh Mukherjee, the setting is a simple middle class family with ordinary existence. It is totally wonderful to see how Hrishikesh Mukherjee finds stories amongst all of us. Truly a mastermind.
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Sur Sangam
Title: Sur Sangam
Released: September 11, 1985
Type: Movie
The last thread of the Great tradition of Indian Classical Music, Pandit Shivshankar Shastri (Girish Karnad), is worried about whom to shoulder the responsibility - It's the quest of a great musical mind to find his true prodigy! Through his riyaz of a life time, he has come to the very core of the musical God - Param shiva. He's the embodiment of music. The notes & rhythm talks to him. (naad chhipa tan mein, laya man mein). Due to the ignorance of the masses - Classical music is becoming mis-interpreted & being ignored. He had his share of great respect & great concerts, but it's slowly dying, and not for himself but to keep the tradition live - he's ready to teach the art to a select few, but no one comes his way. When Tulsi (Jayaprada) who knows his greatness, but drifted away in life due to circumstances, sends her son to learn from shastriji.
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Pyari Behna
Title: Pyari Behna
Character: Makhan Singh
Released: July 12, 1985
Type: Movie
Kaali and his sister Seeta live in a shanty house. He assists the Engineer Vinay. Mangla, Seeta's friend falls in love with Kali and they gets married, much to the delight of his sister. Now Kali meets with an accident and loses his left hand. He blames Vinay for the accident. Now Vinay falls in love with Kaali's sister Seeta, but Kaali is against their relationship.
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Bhago Bhoot Aayaa
Title: Bhago Bhoot Aayaa
Character: Munna
Released: June 21, 1985
Type: Movie
A young girl has returned to India from London to see her old dying uncle. But she is unaware of presence of some goons planning to find hidden treasures of that house.
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Bond 303
Title: Bond 303
Released: June 19, 1985
Type: Movie
Terrorist attacks take place all over the world by unknown rockets so an Indian agent, Bond 303, is called to solve the mystery behind it.
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Yudh
Title: Yudh
Character: Police Inspector Sawant
Released: May 3, 1985
Type: Movie
Kidnapped at a very young age, two twin brothers are separated from there respective mother.
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Ulta Seedha
Title: Ulta Seedha
Character: Sapan Kumar
Released: April 26, 1985
Type: Movie
Justice M.K. Roy is a traditional and orthodox gentleman, who is unable to understand nor appreciate the carelessness of today's youth. He has brought up his daughter, Shobha, with these same traditions, and he hopes to get her married in a good household. To his shock and dismay, Shobha is in love with Ramesh Saxena, an unemployed youth, who has no respect for tradition. Justice Roy is opposed to any alliance with Ramesh in any way whatsoever, until and unless Ramesh gets a suitable and respectable job, and learns to respect tradition. Ramesh does get a job with a textile mill, and gets a bonus payment, which is to be presented to him in an open ceremony, presided over by Justice Roy. When the bonus payment is being handed over to Ramesh, a woman comes forward and claims that Ramesh is her husband, who had abandoned her soon after their marriage.
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Pighalta Aasman
Title: Pighalta Aasman
Character: Badal
Released: March 1, 1985
Type: Movie
A wealthy businesswoman falls in love in Kashmir. But as the couple reunites in Delhi jealousy rears its head.
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Saaheb
Title: Saaheb
Character: Pareshan
Released: January 31, 1985
Type: Movie
Saaheb is the youngest of the four brothers and son of Badri Prasad Sharma. The film shows the problems faced by a middle-class Sharma family and how Saaheb (Sunil Sharma), although unemployed, gives the biggest sacrifice for his family and donates his kidneys to raise money for his sister's wedding.
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Jaag Utha Insan
Title: Jaag Utha Insan
Character: Devandra Chaturvedi
Released: July 6, 1984
Type: Movie
Sandhya is a renowned Brahmin dancer and is in love with Hari, who belongs to the Dalit community. She gets married to a man of her grandfather's choice, but can't forget her previous lover.
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Kissi Se Na Kehna
Title: Kissi Se Na Kehna
Character: Mansukhlal
Released: December 30, 1983
Type: Movie
Kailashpati is a widower, and father of an only son, Ramesh. He feels that his son has come of age, and must get married. He goes to see a number of young ladies for him, but is disappointed with them, as he feels they are too modern, speak English, and listen to foreign music. He feels that Ramesh will be better off marrying a non-English speaking lady, preferably from a small village. But the predicament of Ramesh is that he is already in love with Ramola, a very well qualified, English speaking Doctor, and he knows fully well that she will not be approved by his dad. So Ramesh, Ramola and Lalaji concocts a plot, making Ramola masquerade as a naive, non-English speaking village belle, with hilarious and unpredictable results.
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Kaun? Kaisey?
Title: Kaun? Kaisey?
Character: Photographer Nand Dukaan Bandh
Released: May 13, 1983
Type: Movie
A suspense thriller film featuring Mithun Chakraborty, Deepak Parashar and Anita Raaj in stellar roles.
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Rang Birangi
Title: Rang Birangi
Released: April 23, 1983
Type: Movie
Sparkling comedy about a meddling friend whose attempt to rekindle the spark in his friend's relationship with his wife of seven years leads to complications to their lives, and to the lives of his secretary and her boyfriend he has not 'scripted' ... Splendid performances by Amol Palekar, Deepti Naval, Parveen Babi and Farooq Shaikh, a perfectly pitched script, witty dialogue and a plethora of aptly placed film references make this a film one can watch over and over and never fail to laugh out loud.
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Nastik
Title: Nastik
Character: Gayaprasad
Released: February 18, 1983
Type: Movie
Nastik is a story about an atheist named Shankar. His childhood incident and memories have turned him into a non-believer and a thief, by profession, who is out to seek revenge for his father's death by a man with one glass eye.
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Bandhan Kuchchey Dhaagon Ka
Title: Bandhan Kuchchey Dhaagon Ka
Character: Ratanpal Singh
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
Prem Kapoor is a businessman who lives in a small town with his wife, Bhavna, who is a Judge, and two children, Sunil and Babli. One Sunday, he gets a visitor by the name of Prakash Dutt, who has brought a letter from a woman named Sneh who lives in Bombay, has known Prem for the last seven years, and wants to urgently meet with him. Prem departs for Bombay, meets with Sneh and finds out that he is the father of a seven year old boy, Bittu, who is Sneh's son, as a result of intimacy shared between them over seven years ago. Sneh has been diagnosed with cancer and is not expected to live long, she wants Bittu to be taken care of, and Prem agrees to do so. He takes Bittu home with him, while Sneh goes to America for treatment. It is here that Prem will be confronted by Bhavna on one hand, his children on the other, and a blackmailer who wants a huge sum of money to keep the truth about Sneh and Prem's affair from Bhavna and the children.
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Deedar-E-Yaar
Title: Deedar-E-Yaar
Character: Sikander Alam Changezi
Released: October 22, 1982
Type: Movie
Childhood pals Javed (Rishi Kapoor) and Akhtar (Jeetendra) will do anything for each other, but their loyalties are tested when they fall in love with the same woman. For Javed, it's love at first sight when he meets the beautiful Firdaus. But when her father insists she marry the wealthy Akhtar instead, the loyal young man agrees -- but only to help out Javed by quickly divorcing her. Now that he's seen her, though, that may prove difficult.
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Angoor
Title: Angoor
Character: Bahadur
Released: March 5, 1982
Type: Movie
A story of identical twins and mistaken identities based on Shakespeare's play A comedy of errors.
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Bemisal
Title: Bemisal
Character: Hiralal Tandon
Released: February 24, 1982
Type: Movie
When two twin brothers Sudhir and Adhir get orphaned upon the death of their father, Magistrate Chaturvedi adopts them and brings them up like his own children. Though Adhir goes insane after the death of his father, Sudhir picks up the opportunity, studies hard and becomes a doctor like Magistrate Chaturvedi's son Prashant. When Prashant gets caught for performing an illegal operation, Sudhir takes up the blame to repay the debt of the Chaturvedi family on him and his brother.
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Sumbandh
Title: Sumbandh
Released: January 1, 1982
Type: Movie
A wealthy female student has a conflict with professor, which does get resolved, but a scandal ensues when she posts intimate photographs on the college noticeboard, prompting principal to dismiss professor, while her marriage gets canceled.
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Daulat
Title: Daulat
Released: January 1, 1982
Type: Movie
Honest mint employee, Ghanshyam (Shreeram Lagoo) gets framed for murder by Joseph D'Souza (Amjad Khan), and has to flee from the police. He is separated from his wife, Radhika (Seema Deo), two sons, and a blind daughter. Years later, Ghanshyam, after being forced to work for Joseph to print fake rupee notes, is rich and known as Vikram Singh; his daughter and wife are homeless and destitute; his elder son, Ravi (Vinod Khanna) is a burglar at night, and a rich and respectable man named Kunwar Dilip Singh during the day; his other son, Sushil (Raj Babbar) is a police inspector, adopted by the Police Commissioner (Om Shivpuri). Joseph, now known as Tripathi, comes to know that Ravi is Ghanshyam's son, and devices a scheme that will bring certain death to Ghanshyam and his family.
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Silsila
Title: Silsila
Character: Vidyarthi
Released: July 29, 1981
Type: Movie
When his brother's tragic death leaves his pregnant fiancée devastated, playwright Amit selflessly marries her to protect her from societal contempt. An encounter with his former lover, now married to someone else, takes an unexpected turn when their love proves to be stronger than marital vows.
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Biwi O Biwi
Title: Biwi O Biwi
Character: Gafoor
Released: May 15, 1981
Type: Movie
Overcome with his love for Asha, singer Chandermohan is forced to masquerade as an army officer when her father, a retired military officer, refuses to let her marry a civilian.
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Jyoti
Title: Jyoti
Character: Siyaram
Released: May 6, 1981
Type: Movie
Sunanda will not hear of her son marrying a poor villager's daughter, and she convinces him that Gauri should get married to Govind. Although her father is opposed to his daughter marrying a senile man, Gauri accepts Govind and marries him. She finds out that she and Govind have no status in the household, which is run on the whims and fancies of Sunanda, her maid, Chintamani, and Niranjan. Niranjan is misguided by a dancer, Mallika, and Amirchand who are after his wealth. Gauri must now decide to have her own life or be chained down.
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Kudrat
Title: Kudrat
Released: April 3, 1981
Type: Movie
The setting is in scenic Simla, summer capital of the British Raj in the 1970's. Chandramukhi from Bombay is on holiday with her parents and so is Naresh, a US educated medical professional with his parents. Chandramukhi and Naresh show interest in each other, encouraged by their parents. Choudhary Janak Singh, an important and wealthy man lives with his lawyer daughter Karuna in a lovely colonial period mansion. Their house-guest Mohan, a lawyer from Chandigarh is a protege of Janak Singh. Karuna and Mohan develop a romantic interest. The story of Paro and Madho, who lived in pre-independence India comes to affect the present.
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Chhuppa Chhuppi
Title: Chhuppa Chhuppi
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
Chhuppa Chhuppi is the hilarious, fun ? filled love story of a blundering detective William Bose and a mod runaway girl Rani. To escape being married to a ridiculous young man, Rani, daughter of rich parents in the city of Delhi, runs away form home and comes to Bombay, finally securing a job as secretary to an out of work, blundering private detective William Bose. Rani?s parents, as chance would have it, employ the same detective to search for their missing daughter,. Rani is too clever to be caught by her innocent and blundering employer, and she easily manages to change the photograph of the runaway girl which her parents have posted to the detective, thus putting him off on a wrong trail and not letting him suspect that the very girl who works with him throughout the day is the object of his search. But his simplicity golden- heartedness and good nature make Rani fall desperately in love with him.
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Do Premee
Title: Do Premee
Character: Murari Bhonsle
Released: November 7, 1980
Type: Movie
Young Chetan Prakash and beautiful Payal are in love and would like to marry each other. Their respective fathers, Daulatram and Retired Col. Bhagwant Singh, have other plans and want them to marry the spouses of their choice. So Chetan and Payal decide to elope, and marry on the run. Bhagwant Singh advertises in the newspapers for his missing daughter, and offers a handsome reward for her return. Chetan finds a job as a chauffeur, and Payal works as a maid in a house, and they become absorbed in their daily chores, not realizing that their employer, Geeta, is under the power and influence of a gangster named Shivlal, who operates a religious sect under the name of Mahayogi, and who has a gas chamber that he uses to kill people who disagree with him.
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Judaai
Title: Judaai
Character: Ram 'R.N.' Narayan
Released: September 26, 1980
Type: Movie
The wealthy doctor Shashikant marries a servant girl, the much-loved Gauri. When an old flame makes makes contact with Shashikant, pride jeopardizes their marriage and the lives of their children.
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Neeyat
Title: Neeyat
Released: September 5, 1980
Type: Movie
The friendship between three young men is tested when they fall in love with the same girl
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Jal Mahal
Title: Jal Mahal
Character: Shankar
Released: July 4, 1980
Type: Movie
Ravi (Jeetendra) overhears a beautiful woman, Namrita (Rekha), singing a sad song. He falls in love, and tries to pull her away from the abyss of suicide. As time goes by, he proposes and introduces her to his family, only to find out that she is already married to Rajesh. He leaves home destroyed, attempting to understand life after she completes suicide...only to run into her at an ashram, where she claims she is not the same person, but a look-alike.
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Bombay 405 Miles
Title: Bombay 405 Miles
Character: Girdharilal Pawa
Released: May 2, 1980
Type: Movie
Two outlaws get in over their heads when they're suddenly entrusted with the care of a wealthy child. Beseeched by a dying man to look after the young Munni, the pair uncovers a puzzle when they try to locate her kin and collect a reward. Who is the man who answers their newspaper ad? And why do some think Munni is already dead? Is the girl actually in danger from her real father? Now, the two crooks must unravel the truth before it's too late.
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Thodisi Bewafaii
Title: Thodisi Bewafaii
Released: April 29, 1980
Type: Movie
Arvind Kumar Choudhary is widowed, respectable and wealthy businessman, who lives with his only son, Arun, in a palatial house. He re-marries another woman, Sujata, who is a widow, with two daughters, Veena and Seema. Arun does not respect her and refuses to even speak with her. Arun meets Neema Deshmukh and both of fall in love. With approval of their respective families they get married. Then things start to slide financially for the Choudharys when Arun accidentally breaks a valuable diamond while daydreaming about Neema; the Choudharys lose all their savings, building, vehicles and property, move to a shanty apartment, and Arvind passes away.
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Aap Ke Deewane
Title: Aap Ke Deewane
Character: Butler
Released: March 19, 1980
Type: Movie
Two students are framed for molesting a girl and must leave college. To make ends meet, they pose as tutors to a young lady who they both fall for.
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Sau Din Saas Ke
Title: Sau Din Saas Ke
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
Widowed Bhavanidevi rules her palatial home with an iron hand. Nothing is permitted to be touched or moved without her permission and approval. She has two sons, and one daughter. She dotes on her daughter, Shobha, and son-in-law, Khubchand. When her eldest son marries a young woman, Sheela, Bhavani is enraged because Sheela did not bring in enough dowry. To teach Sheela a lesson, she burns her foot, leaving a petrified Sheela submissive and open to even more abuse. When Bhavani's second son gets married without her permission, she is angered even more, and will not have anything to do with her new daughter-in-law, Durga. When Durga insists on living there, she is permitted to do so, not knowing that she has now entered a household where she will be another abused and submissive slave to her dominating mother-in-law.
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Gol Maal
Title: Gol Maal
Character: Deven Verma
Released: April 19, 1979
Type: Movie
A man's simple lie to secure his job escalates into more complex lies when his orthodox boss becomes suspicious.
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Amar Deep
Title: Amar Deep
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
Raja was adopted by a criminal don (Ashok Kumar) at a very young age. After the death of the don, Raja inherits the property, and refrains from crime. However, the wealth and the power associated with it, make him arrogant. He desires Radha, the daughter of his servant, Ramu, and Raja asks his permission to marry her, Ramu accepts, but Radha refuses as she loves Kishan. Raja finds out that Radha is meeting with Kishan on the sly, and complains to Ramu, who forbids her from meeting with Kishan. Then Raja finds out a secret from Kishan's past, meets with him, hires him, and even arranges a lavish marriage for Kishan with Radha, resulting in Kishan being indebted to Raja. Raja entrusts him with more important and responsible work, which must get Kishan to travel a lot. Kishan eventually finds out the real reason for Raja's kindness. Was it that Raja wants Kishan out of the way so he can be near Radha, or is there another reason?
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Anpadh
Title: Anpadh
Character: Banke Lal Banarasi
Released: August 3, 1978
Type: Movie
Kindly Dr. Gupta (Ashok Kumar) is preparing to retire, and hopes to marry his daughter Jyoti (Zarina Wahab) to his associate Dr. Anand (Parikshit Sahani). Anand does not have time to romance, or assist Dr. Gupta on his large egg farm, so he hires a college friend as property manager, Mukesh (Vijayendra). Jyoti is entranced by Mukesh, and against her fathers wishes decides to marry him. Mukesh has his eyes set on the good life, but unknown to Jyoti he is already married to Geeta (Sarika), whom he abandoned with a child when he found out she was Anpadh (illiterate). Dr. Gupta has an accident one night, injuring a woman named Geeta and brings her home to recuperate. He teaches her how to mingle with high society, dress and eat properly, and ensures the education of her son. In return for his decency and compassion, Jyoti prepares to marry Dr. Gupta. When her father arrives for the festivities, he recognizes Mukesh.
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Atithee
Title: Atithee
Character: Station Master
Released: July 22, 1978
Type: Movie
Navendhu Kumar lives a poor lifestyle with his handicapped father, Mohan, housewife mom, two unmarried sisters, Leela and Rajni, a younger brother, Kundan, and a sweetheart in Meena. He works for Avinash Gupta, however, when differences occur, he is framed by Gupta for breaking and entering, arrested by the police, tried in Court, and exiled from the town for a period of 12 months. After he leaves, the family is almost destitute and are exploited by Gupta. Then some months later, a young man, Anand, comes to visit them, informing them that Navendhu has sent him. He gives them some money for day to day expenses, gets some clothes for everyone, and a wheelchair for Mohan. He arranges the marriage of Rajni with her boyfriend, Ajay, despite strong opposition from Gupta, and falls in love with Leela. What the Kumar family do not know is that Anand is a fugitive on the run from the police in Bombay, and he harbors a dark secret that will change their lives forever.
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Naukri
Title: Naukri
Character: Loco
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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Bhola Bhala
Title: Bhola Bhala
Character: Babu
Released: April 25, 1978
Type: Movie
When the honest, unsuccessful Insurance Agent is transferred to Madhya Pradesh a lot of events are set in motiion.
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Khatta Meetha
Title: Khatta Meetha
Character: Dara
Released: January 6, 1978
Type: Movie
Homi Mistry (Ashok Kumar) has been a widower for several years now, and looks after his four sons, their small house, and a job at the factory. Nargis Sethna has been widowed; is a housewife, has two sons and a daughter, and a large house. Then Soli (David), Nargis' and Homi's friend, suggests that the two get married, then at least the children will have a mother and father, as well as a larger house. They do get married, and hilarious chaos results, as the family and the children try to accomodate each other and fit in with their new family and surroundings.
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Priyatama
Title: Priyatama
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
Jeetu and Dolly are in love and would like to get married. After seeking Dolly's dad's blessings, they do get married and move in together. They live harmoniously for quite some time, until misunderstandings occur, minor molehills soon become mountains, and they threaten to separate from each other. That done, each goes to their respective lawyers to negotiate a divorce. When Dolly's dad finds out about this, he decides to pay them a visit. Alarmed that he will disapprove of their move to separate, both pretend to live together and show him that they are still in love. But truth has the nasty habit of showing up uninvited, and it will not be long before acrimony breaks out in his presence
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Safed Jhooth
Title: Safed Jhooth
Character: Suleiman
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
Kamla does his best to protect a young woman who reminds him of his slain sister, but it turns out that she has several surprises in store for him.
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Dillagi
Title: Dillagi
Character: Gopal Krishan Choudhry
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
A new Sanskrit teacher (Dharmendra) comes to teach at a girls' school. The chemistry teacher (Hema Malini) becomes annoyed at his style of teaching. He falls in love with her and tries to win her over.
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Doosara Aadmi
Title: Doosara Aadmi
Character: Timsi's Uncle
Released: September 14, 1977
Type: Movie
Nisha, an accomplished architect is a reclusive after the tragic death of her boyfriend, Shashi Saigal. This is when Karan Saxena offers her employment with his advertising agency, she accepts. Though only she knows that Karan, newly married with Timsi resembles Shashi a lot, and she will do anything in her power to get him.
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Mukti
Title: Mukti
Character: Tony
Released: August 14, 1977
Type: Movie
Kailash Sharma is found guilty of sexually molesting Shanno and killing Dheeraj Kumar Verma, and sentenced to be hanged by the Jammu & Kashmir Sessions Court. After his appeals at both High and Supreme Courts fail, he asks his wife, Seema, to take their daughter, Pinky, and re-locate elsewhere. Seema and Pinky re-locate to Bombay where she takes up sewing to make a living. She befriends their neighbor, Ratan, and both get married. 14 years later Pinky has grown up and has a boyfriend, Vikram, who she wants to marry. Meanwhile, Kailash, who is still alive as his sentence was changed to life imprisonment, arrives in Bombay to look for his family. After sometime he does find them but decides not to interfere in their lives as they appear to be happy. But when Seema finds out she goes to meet him secretly - a visit that will set off a chain of events that will end up drastically changing their lives forever.
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Aadmi Sadak Ka
Title: Aadmi Sadak Ka
Character: Suren
Released: January 1, 1977
Type: Movie
Film starring Shatrughan Sinha, Vikram and Zaheera
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Ek Se Badhkar Ek
Title: Ek Se Badhkar Ek
Released: September 18, 1976
Type: Movie
A crime leads to the long separation of two brothers whose life end up very different
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Arjun Pandit
Title: Arjun Pandit
Released: April 16, 1976
Type: Movie
Arjun Pandit is a 1976 Hindi movie starring Sanjeev Kumar, Ashok Kumar, and Vinod Mehra, and directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. Bindu, Deven Verma, Sachin, and Keshto Mukherjee play other roles in the movie. The film's music is by Sachin Dev Burman.
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Kabhi Kabhie
Title: Kabhi Kabhie
Character: Rambhajan
Released: January 27, 1976
Type: Movie
A story spanning two generations, where two lovers are forced to marry against their will, but hold onto memories of their romance. Years later circumstances force them to confront their spouses, their children and each other.
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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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Chori Mera Kaam
Title: Chori Mera Kaam
Character: Parveen Chandra Shah
Released: April 30, 1975
Type: Movie
Bhola Nath is a young petty criminal/robber/pickpocket whom works with a female acomplice and his former lover, Sharmii. Bhola unknowlingly is the illigetimate son of a police officer, named Kumar, whom has been tracking a shadowy gangster, named Amanarchard Rathore, whom Kumar imprisoned 20 years before and has now been paroled and resumed his life of crime. Bhola was abducted by Amanarchard's henchmen as a little boy, but escaped and was raised by a veteran thief named 'Mr. John,' while his Lt. Kumar and his wife and other son have long belived that their other son was dead. Bhola and Sharmii stumble upon a manuscript for a book titled 'Chori Mera Kaam' during one of their robbery excursions belonging to Mr. John's former partner in crime which they sell to a shady publisher, named Parvin Bhai, which becomes a nationwide best seller. But it attracts unwanted attention from the police, the local mob, and the original writer himself.
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Imtihan
Title: Imtihan
Released: May 31, 1974
Type: Movie
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Kora Kagaz
Title: Kora Kagaz
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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Phir Kab Milogi
Title: Phir Kab Milogi
Character: Devi Das
Released: April 20, 1974
Type: Movie
Sapna, the daughter of a wealthy businessman likes Rajesh, a simple man. Her father wants her to marry Randhir, a notorious womanizer and drunkard. Will Sapna ever accept Randhir?
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Bada Kabutar
Title: Bada Kabutar
Character: Bhola
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
In order to extract a huge sum of money from underworld don, Dharamdas, Mama Rampuri and his nephew, Bhola and others kidnap Dharamdas' child, not knowing that Dharamdas' love for money is far greater than his love for his child, and that Dharamdas himself is quite capable of kidnappings and murder himself.
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Mere Apne
Title: Mere Apne
Character: Niranjan
Released: September 10, 1971
Type: Movie
Old woman Anandi moves to the city with her relatives and finds out their material side. She develops fondness for two rival street gangs of unemployed youth. These gangs are headed by two former friends turned foes in a time when society, politics and education are all losing their bearings in 1970s India.
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Buddha Mil Gaya
Title: Buddha Mil Gaya
Character: Bhola
Released: March 4, 1971
Type: Movie
Two unemployed slackers, Bhola and Ajay come across a newspaper advertisement about a missing elderly gentleman, whose estate is worth millions. They come across this male in the Hanging Garden Park in Bombay, and decide to make him their paternal uncle and take him to live with them in a rented apartment, which they cannot afford. This elderly man, Girdharilal takes an unusual interest in Ajay's girlfriend, Deepa. While Bhola and Ajay try to find ways and means of getting rich by turning Girdharilal in, a number of horrific homicides are committed, all against former business associates of Girdharilal, and the clues all point toward the hapless duo.
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Sunghursh
Title: Sunghursh
Character: Nisar
Released: July 27, 1968
Type: Movie
Bhavani Prasad is a powerful thug, who masquerades as a priest. His son Shankar refused to follow his path so he wants his grandson Kundan to carry on the legacy. When his son protests, in a fit of rage, Bhavani gets Shankar killed and passes the buck to his cousin Naubat Lal. When Naubat Lal spills the beans he gets him killed as well, which deepens the family feud.
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Aaja Sanam
Title: Aaja Sanam
Character: Dr. Kaushal Verma
Released: January 10, 1968
Type: Movie
Dr. Satish travels from the big city to a small village, where he can serve the poor who cannot afford to go to the city for medical treatment. Once in the village, he meets with Shanti, who lives with her dad, Radhekiran, a watchman. Both Shanti and Satish fall in love, and exchange vows to be married. Radhekiran has an accident, and dies, leaving Shanti to re-locate, without notifying Satish. Satish is devastated at losing Shanti, and tries to locate her, to no avail. His parents want him to marry Kamini, and he agrees to do so. It is then he comes across Shanti, and he is shocked to see that Shanti has given birth to baby-boy, but will not disclose who the father is.
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Milan
Title: Milan
Character: Radha's husband
Released: March 17, 1967
Type: Movie
On the banks of the holy River Ganga, Gopi, a ferryman conducts an unconsummated romance with Radha, a girl from the upper classes.
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Devar
Title: Devar
Character: Suresh
Released: March 4, 1966
Type: Movie
Wealthy Shankar and well-educated Suresh are cousins and the best of friends. A marriage is arranged for each of them (Shankar's with Madhumati, Suresh' with Shanta), but Shankar's father is against the couples meeting in person and instead each cousin meets with the other's intended. During the meeting Suresh falls in love with Madhumati and scheme switch brides. But his innocent scheme has unforeseen circumstances as Shankar's marriage quickly turns sour because Shanta despises him for being uneducated and blames him for tricking her into marriage.
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Anupama
Title: Anupama
Character: Arun
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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Mohabbat Zindagi Hai
Title: Mohabbat Zindagi Hai
Released: January 1, 1966
Type: Movie
A woman marries a convicted killer in order to inherit her late father's estate,
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Baharen Phir Bhi Aayengi
Title: Baharen Phir Bhi Aayengi
Character: Vikram Varma
Released: January 1, 1966
Type: Movie
Amita falls in love with a reporter who works for her publishing house. Complications arise when she discovers that her younger sister also loves him. An adaptation of President/Didi (1937)
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Oonche Log
Title: Oonche Log
Released: August 16, 1965
Type: Movie
Oonche Log (Hindi: ऊँचे लोग, lit. High Society People) was a 1965 Hindi film directed by Phani Majumdar. It was based on play Major Chandrakant by noted Tamil film director-screenwriter, K. Balachander. The main character roles of this film were played by Ashok Kumar, Raaj Kumar and Feroz Khan. Its lyrics were composed by Majrooh Sultanpuri and the music was given by Chitragupta. The film was shot at Vauhini Studios, Chennai, was also noted as first big hit of newcomer Feroz Khan, who was noted for his sensitive performance against veterans like Raaj Kumar and Ashok Kumar. At the 13th National Film Awards it won the award for Second Best Feature Film in Hindi. It was later remade by K. Balachander himself as Major Chandrakanth (1966), starring J. Jayalalitha and Muthuraman.
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Rishte Naate
Title: Rishte Naate
Released: January 1, 1965
Type: Movie
Thakur Narendrapal Singh is a generous and kind-hearted landlord and zamindar. He has a daughter Kalpana and a son Raja. Distrusting his son and his new wife, Roopa, he asks a village laborer, Sunder who is honest, loyal and hardworking, to marry his daughter. In this manner, Sunder and Kalpana get married, and soon Kalpana gives birth to a daughter. Tragically Kalpana passes away, and the Thakur, Sunder, and the child are devastated. The Thakur asks Sunder to get married to Savitri, who is the daughter of his childhood friend, the local Collector. He hopes that in this manner the child will get the love of a mother. Sunder reluctantly agrees, and soon Savitri and he get married. Savitri is unable to win the love of the child nor does she get any affection from Sunder, as he is unable to get Kalpana out of his mind and thoughts. In the meantime, Roopa's dad is plotting the death of Sunder, so that his daughter can take over the wealth of the Thakur after his death.
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Suhagan
Title: Suhagan
Character: Sukhiram (Dukhiram's son)
Released: February 26, 1964
Type: Movie
Sharda, a college student and the daughter of a wealthy educationist, marries Vijay, a college professor, against her father's wishes. Things take a turn when Vijay meets with an accident.
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Gumrah
Title: Gumrah
Character: Pyarelal
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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Dharmputra
Title: Dharmputra
Character: Sudesh Rai
Released: January 1, 1961
Type: Movie
The story of two families — one Muslim and one Hindu — living together in India under British rule.