Devika Rani
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Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Devika Rani Chaudhuri Roerich ( March 1908 – 9 March 1994) was an early Indian movie star. Description above from the Wikipedia article Devika Rani, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Visakhapatnam, British India
Birthday: March 30, 1908
Deathday: March 09, 1994
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Lottery Ticket
Overview: This film directed by CV Rajendran.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1982-08-10
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Izzat
Overview: Based in Central India, a story about struggle of a young man belonging to Bheel (an adivasi) tribe against the exploitation of his people by stronger Maratha tribe.
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Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1937-01-29
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Jawani Ki Hawa
Overview: Kamala elopes on her wedding day with her childhood friend Ratanlal. Her father Manganlal chases the couple and catches them on a train. His furious exchanges with Ratanlal are interrupted by gunfire and in the mysterious gloom of the evening a body is thrown off the train. The suspects are Ratanlal, who cannot furnish an alibi, Kamala, who insists on being the murderess, ex-convict Sukhdev, who confesses to the murder claiming robbery to be the motive, and the lunatic Tarachand, who also admits his guilt.
Genres: Romance Crime Thriller
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1935-01-01
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Janmabhoomi
Overview: A nationalist rural drama. The plot has Ajau and his girl friend Protima working on behalf of Indian villagers, incurring the enmity of the local zamindar and the villainous Sanatan. Ajay's relentless goodness eventually persuades the zamindar to bequeath his property to the hero, and general well-being reigns as class conflict is transmuted into class collaboration. The film includes the nationalist song 'Jai jai janani janmabhoomi' and other choruses with a similar thrust.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1936-04-03
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Hamari Baat
Overview: Hamari Baat is a Bollywood film. It was released in 1943.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1943-01-01
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Untouchable Girl
Overview: An "untouchable" girl and a Brahmin boy fall in love, but the strict caste system and the gossip of the villagers threaten to keep them apart.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1936-08-15
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Karma
Overview: The simple plot has the maharani (Devika Rani) fall in love with the neighbouring prince (Rai) despite her father's disapproval. It is presented as an Orientalist fantasy with a, by Indian standards, scandalously prolonged kiss. It was described as 'a sort of American romance done against an Indian background'.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-05-14
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Durga
Overview: Rural melodrama about Durga, an adolescent child of nature, living with her aged mother Heera. Unable to get the medicine required to prevent her mother's death, one misfortune after another befalls the heroine in spite of the sympathies of the newly arrived village doctor, Jawahar.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1939-01-06
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Nirmala
Overview: Nirmala (Devika Rani) is a modern girl - young, beautiful, dressed in the latest fashions, attends college, and is even the only female in an all-male class. She doesn't take second place to the men, besting all but one in the annual exams. She tied with Ramdas (Ashok Kumar). But, at the same time she is tied to the age-old culture, traditions and religion. She yearns for a husband and for motherhood. And this conflict forms the crux of the story.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1938-10-14
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Jeevan Naiya
Overview: Lata, daughter of a dancing girl, is brought up by social worker Mathuradas and is engaged to marry the rich Ranjit when the villain Chand arrives to blackmail her with her undisclosed ancestry. Lata is forced to disclose the truth to Ranjit and the assembled wedding guests. Ranjit disowns her but they are reunited when Ranjit, blinded by an explosion, is nursed back to health by a devoted woman who turns out to be his wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1936-05-02
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