Amol Palekar
Also Known As: अमोल पालेकर
Biography: Amol Palekar (born 24 November 1944) is an Indian actor, director and producer of Hindi and Marathi cinema.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
Birthday: November 24, 1944
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Gol Maal
Overview: A man's simple lie to secure his job escalates into more complex lies when his orthodox boss becomes suspicious.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1979-04-19
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Damaad
Overview: Sharad is head over the heels in love with Renu, his neighbour's daughter. However, problems arise when two of his employers want him to get married to either of their daughters.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1978-06-17
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Baton Baton Mein
Overview: Rosie Perreira is an overly anxious widow, living with her guitar-obsessed son, Sabhi, and a lovely daughter, Nancy, who she would like to get married to a wealthy young man. Her helpful neighbor, Tom, introduces a young eligible Tony Braganza to Nancy in the 9:10 AM Western Railway local train from Bandra to Churchgate. Tom also asks Nancy to introduce Tony to Rosie, which she does. Rosie is initially apprehensive about him as he only drawing a mere Rs.300/ compared to Nancy's Rs.700/-, but soon changes her mind when she finds out that after his probationary period he will draw a monthly pay of Rs.1000/-. Nancy and Tom are permitted to meet and both eventually fall in love. While Nancy wants to follow her mother's directions and get married, Tony is hesitant, and this is what costs him Nancy's love, as she starts to feel that he will not come through with the marriage. And soon Rosie starts looking elsewhere for a son-in-law, while Tony is still reluctant to make any commitments.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1979-04-13
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Chhoti Si Baat
Overview: Arun is a timid accountant in Bombay who dreams of romancing Prabha, but is too shy to share his feelings. While Arun twiddles his thumbs, the suave Nagesh steps into the picture and turns on the heat, prompting Arun to take "love coaching" from "romance specialist" Julius Nagendranath to win Prabha back.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1976-01-09
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Rang Birangi
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1983-04-23
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Jeevana Jyothi
Overview: A woman is attached to her brother-in-law's son and is unable to cope with his death. She becomes mentally unstable and is kept in a medical facility, while her own child is raised by her relatives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1975-05-16
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Apne Paraye
Overview: Film about the trials facing a family whose patriarch has squandered money into a series of unwise ventures.
Genres: Drama Family Comedy
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1980-08-08
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Naram Garam
Overview: Ramprasad, a young man, lets his lover, Kusum, and her father stay at his boss's house. However, they find themselves in trouble when Kusum is pursued by many suitors, including his boss.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1981-02-28
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Chitchor
Overview: Geeta ends up with two suitors after her father goes to bring home a prospective groom and mistakenly picks up the wrong man.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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The Unspoken
Overview: Renowned Indian astrologer Jyotibhaskar Pandit Satyanarayan Chaturvedi, wishes a doctor, who is about to perform surgery on a woman, good luck, but also tells him that his patient is going to die. The doctor scoffs at this, and proceeds to the operation theatre. The patient dies, and the doctor is humbled before the astrologer. The astrologer lives with his wife, Devki, and an only son, Nandu. Nandu is of marriageable age, and he would like to see him get married to a woman named Indu Agnihotri. But Nandu loves another woman by the name of Sushma Chatopadhya and is determined to marry her. And then his father tells him that he is fated to have two wives in this lifetime - the first will die within eleven months of the marriage - and that's when he will re-marry. Modern-day educated Nandu must now decide to believe his father and let go of Sushma, or defy his astrological beliefs and marry her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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Bhumika
Overview: A girl learns music from her courtesan grandmother and breaks into the burgeoning show business industry of 1930s Bombay, which eventually leads to decades of superstardom as well as romantic entanglements.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1977-11-11
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Rajnigandha
Overview: A Delhi-based woman in a steady relationship with her boyfriend is forced to come to terms with her true feelings when a job interview in Mumbai brings an old flame back in her life.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1974-09-13
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Safed Jhooth
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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Parallel Folds
Overview: A prosperous but lonely businessman has suicidal thoughts as his 60th birthday approaches. Then, he runs into his college sweetheart. Her mesmerizing beauty, poise and silence suddenly personify his vacuum of last 30 years. He was oblivious to his soul mate's shocking yesteryear's. Shama had chosen to be a recluse - hidden from the light of sunrise. Her life hasn't turned out the way she'd hoped, either. Can the couple find hope and rekindle their love?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: mr
Release Date: 2009-09-04
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Chena Achena
Overview: In a village in India, Atashi, a young woman arrives as a new tribal welfare officer. Soon, a man from her past resurfaces who now goes by a different identity.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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Sameera
Overview: Sameera's husband Prashant, is a civil engineer dedicated to his job. He goes to work on the site of a dam and is often away from home. While he is away Sameera falls ill and is looked after by Nakul, and a relationship develops between them
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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Spandan
Overview: The story of a poverty-stricken family, one of the countless fringe dwellers in India's slums. A man tries to earn some money by selling aborted fetuses to medical institutes.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1982-07-21
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Ramnagri
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Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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Khamosh
Overview: A young actress is found to have committed suicide at the filming location. Things take a different turn when further investigation reveals it to be a cold-blooded murder and the killer is someone within the film crew.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-14
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Gulmohar
Overview: Batra family has just four days left to vacate their house of 34 years. Amidst the mayhem and uncertainties of the future, insecurities and secrets surface.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2023-03-03
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Kalankini
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1981-10-02
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Tarang
Overview: Rahul, the son-in-law of an old industrialist and one of the heirs to his fortune, clashes with Dinesh, the industrialist’s nephew who is openly unscrupulous. Rahul, on his part, conceals his personal ambition under a cloak of liberalism and encourages indigenous production.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Jhoothi
Overview: Kalpana, a compulsive liar, believes that lying is justified for a good cause. However, trouble comes knocking on her door when she arranges dates for her siblings by lying.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1985-09-23
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Man and Woman
Overview: A 1984 Hindi-language telefilm directed by Tapan Sinha.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-04-01
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Chehre Pe Chehra
Overview: Dr. Wilson is a humanitarian, and likes to believe that the worse part of a human can be separated and eliminated altogether, to this extent he experiments in various ways in his laboratory. One day he tries out a chemical solution on himself and lets his evil self, Blackstone, lose in bars, dark alleys, and with prostitutes. He is always able to control Blackstone, and comes home late at night to turn himself back to Dr. Wilson. Then things start to get out of control when Blackstone starts getting violent and killing people he dislikes, including Dr. Wilson; and Dr. Wilson finds Blackstone getting stronger, and out of his control, with a motive of taking over Dr. Wilson's life completely.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror Drama Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1981-03-13
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Jeena Yahan
Overview: Jeena Yahan is a 1979 Bollywood film, directed by Basu Chatterjee and produced by N.P. Ali under Jamu Pictures. The film is based on story Ekhane Aakash Neyi by Manu Bhandari. Lekha marries Shekhar, who does not belong to her caste, and lives happily with him in Mumbai. When they visit his village, she learns that his sister is in love but is forced to marry someone else.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-07-16
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Unimaginable
Overview: A remote, backward village sacrifices five women to appease the evil spirit in a tree.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: mr
Release Date: 1981-04-01
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Baat Ban Jaye
Overview: Wealthy Mr. Singh would like to see his daughter get married but she hates wealthy men. So he finds several poor men: Ajay Srivastav, who is already married and also has 3 daughters; Yeshwant Bhosle, a TV repairman who ends up being a multi-millionaire after his invention is marketed; Viju Guide, a Hyderabad-based Tourist Guide, who finds buried treasure and also ends up a multi-millionaire; and Prakash, a motor mechanic who ends up being the only son of wealthy builder. Finally Nisha meets her ideal match in Rukhtapur-based Suraj Singh, a wedding singer/dancer, and gets married to him. But is Suraj Singh who he really claims to be?
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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Taxi Taxie
Overview: A good-hearted taxi-driver (Amol Palelar) goes out of his way to help his customers, and when times turn bad for him, and he has no one to turn to, his former customers come to assistance. The other priority on his shoulders is to marry - but before that he must accomplish himself.
Genres: Comedy Adventure Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1977-08-09
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Gharaonda
Overview: A story of a young, middle-class urban working couple wanting to get married and their tribulations in finding a house in the city of Mumbai.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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History Of Marathi Cinema
Overview: An anthology of Marathi Cinema from 1885 to 1980.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-02-19
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Kanneshwara Rama
Overview: Kanneshwara Rama (Kannada: ಕನ್ನೇಶ್ವರ ರಾಮ; English: The Legendary Outlaw) is a 1977 Kannada political drama film directed by M. S. Sathyu and produced by the Sharadha Movie Productions banner. The film is based on the novel Kannayya Rama written by the acclaimed writer S. K. Nadig. The story is set in the 1920s during which a young rebellious youth named Kanneshwara Rama opposes to the unjust orders given by the village head and becomes outlawed from the village.[1] The film stars Ananth Nag as the protagonist along with Shabana Azmi, Amol Palekar, Dheerendra Gopal, Venkatesh in the key supporting roles. The film's score and songs were composed by B. V. Karanth who's also enacted as the dacoit cheiftan. The film, upon release, was critically acclaimed and was screened at various film festivals across India and abroad.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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Meri Biwi Ki Shaadi
Overview: When he experiences chest pains, hopeless hypochondriac Bhagwant checks into the hospital for a checkup and overhears his doctor discussing the diagnosis of a terminally ill patient with an associate. Assuming he is the one scheduled to die, he asks his friend to help him find a new husband for his wife Priya so he'll know she won't be alone once he's gone. He locates Priya's old college beau Fernandes. Meanwhile, Priya mistakes her husband's machinations for an attempt to cover up an extramarital affair and throws him out of the house.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1979-02-27
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Shriman Shrimati
Overview: A rich and wealthy couple, Shankarlal and Parvati are appalled at the problems of the world, especially in households, so they decide to try and make things right.
Genres: Family Comedy Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1982-03-05
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Silence! The Court Is in Session
Overview: A political and social satire on middle-class society's hypocrisy. A group of teachers plan to stage a play in a village. When a cast-member does not show up, a local stagehand is asked to replace him. An improvised, free-flowing 'rehearsal' is arranged and a mock trial is staged to help the novice understand court procedures. A (mock) charge of infanticide is levelled against Miss Benare, another cast-member. Suddenly the pretend-play turns into an accusatory game when it emerges from the trial that Miss Benare is carrying an out-of-wedlock child from her failed illicit relationship with Professor Damle, the missing cast-member.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: mr
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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Do Ladke Dono Kadke
Overview: Two hapless petty thieves find themselves embroiled in a kidnapping when they decide to break into a house on the very same night that two dim-witted kidnappers plan to abduct the child who lives there.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1979-01-05
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Aks
Overview: On the trail of an underworld contract killer, a dedicated police officer is thrust into a battle between good vs evil.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2001-07-13
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Teesra Kaun?
Overview: On a train bound for Bombay, three friends become prime suspects in a murder. On the run, they have to prove their innocence and catch the real killer.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1994-12-23
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Aanchal
Overview: Hearts collide when the conniving Jaggan (Prem Chopra) convinces Kishan (Amol Palekar) that his wife, Shanti (Rakhee Gulzar), is having an affair with his brother Shambhu (Rajesh Khanna). Of course, all this is done so that Kishan will marry Jaggan's cousin Tulsi (Rekha) according to Jaggan's master plan … even though Tulsi would much rather marry Shambhu. Confused? Don't worry. So are these weary lovers!
Genres: Action Drama Family
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1980-09-18
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Olangal
Overview: Olangal is a 1982 Indian film in Malayalam, directed by Balu Mahendra.[2] The film's plot is inspired from novel Man, Woman and Child by Erich Segal.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1982-01-25
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Jeevan Dhaara
Overview: Mr. Shrivastav abandons his family for a life of hermitage. His family struggles to carry on financially in his absence, with two daughters: Sangeeta and Geeta forced to carry the burden of employment, while their brother Ashok gambles their earnings away.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1982-02-06
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Solva Sawan
Overview: Sixteen-year-old Mehna falls in love with a doctor from the city who plans on taking advantage of her. When he leaves her after she refuses his advances, Mehna's cousin steps in to care for her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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Agar... If
Overview: Bombay-based Anil Agarwal lives a very wealthy lifestyle, mostly from wealth, estate, and business inherited from his grandfather, along with his wife, Anju, and a school-going son named Jimmy. One day while at the beach a stranger named Vijay Sohni, rescues Jimmy from drowning, refuses to accept any compensation, but is invited to live in the palatial house of the Agarwals indefinitely, which he accepts. Anil's garage owner friend, Daver, cautions him against Vijay, as he has been seen making advances to Daver's wife, Suman. Anil decides to pay close attention to Vijay, and does find him getting closer and closer to Anju. He decides to ask Vijay to leave, and even gives him some money, when Daver bursts in accusing Vijay of having an affair with Suman, an argument ensues, which regresses into fisticuffs, Anil hits Vijay on his head which leads to his death. Daver disposes of the body, and both decide not to tell anyone about Vijay's disappearance...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1977-07-28
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200: Halla Ho
Overview: Inspired by true events, the film narrates the story of women terrorised by a mobster who gang-raped, robbed, terrorised and murdered 300 families for 15 years until he met his nemesis in a young Dalit girl.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2021-08-20
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