Nimmi
Also Known As: निम्मी, نیممی, Nawab Banoo
Biography: Nimmi (born Nawab Banoo) was born to a Muslim family, her mother was a famous singer and actress by the name of Wahidan who was well connected within the film industry. Her father, Abdul Hakim, worked as a military contractor. Her name 'Nawab' was given by her grandfather while her grandmother added 'Banoo' to make it as Nawab Banoo. As a young child, Nimmi had memories of visiting Bombay, and her mother being on good terms with Mehboob Khan and his family, who were prominent and influential within the movie making business.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
Adult: No
Birthday: February 18, 1933
Age: 92 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: March 25, 2020
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Angulimala
Overview: The tyrannical Angulimal (Bhushan), a bandit wearing a garland of severed human fingers and who engages in bloody mystical rituals to achieve divine power, eventually succumbs to the Buddha’s teachings. Nimmi played Angulimal’s lover.
Genres: History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-01-01
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Aan
Overview: A poor farmer conquers the love of an Indian princess, whose brother wants to kill their father to become king.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1952-07-04
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Hamdard
Overview: A hero and a heroine, a villain and a Vamp and a few comic sequences are there mainly for your entertainment.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1953-01-01
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Banwra
Overview: Banwra is a movie directed by G. Rakesh featuring Raj Kapoor, Nimmi.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1950-12-31
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Buzdil
Overview: Two brothers fall in love with the same girl, but the girl loves younger brother creating an intriguing love triangle.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1951-01-01
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A Tribute To Ismail Merchant
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-30
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Sohni Mahiwal
Overview: Ijjat Beg comes to India with his caravan and settles in a town in Gujrat. Here, he falls in love with Sohni, who owns a shop of metal pots.
Genres: Romance Music
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1958-01-01
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Amar
Overview: A delicately nuanced psychological drama, exploring a 3-way relationship between the main characters and the crisis of conscience that rocks it. A prosperous, well-respected lawyer, in love with and engaged to an educated, socially-conscious young woman, rapes a poor local village milkmaid. The rest of the story deals with the aftermath of this tragic event, with all the inevitable undercurrents of guilt, penitence and pervasive heartbreak that stem from it.
Genres: Romance Music
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1954-10-07
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Barsaat
Overview: Two friends with opposite personalities, the rich but sensitive Pran and the womanizing Gopal both have affairs with two mountain girls while holidaying in the valley of Kashmir. While Pran and Reshma's love is true and reciprocated, Gopal is a womanizing villain, who disregards the faithful Neela and condemns her to wait faithfully for his return with the barsaat (rainy season).
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1949-04-22
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Mere Mehboob
Overview: While studying in Aligarh Muslim University, Anwar Hussain Anwar falls in love with a veiled woman and is unable to get her out of his mind. En route to Lucknow, they meet with Nawab Buland Akhtar Changezi, and subsequently meet with him a few days later so that he can use his influence to secure an editor's job for Anwar with a magazine. Nawab then asks Anwar to teach his sister, Husna, some poetry, to which he agrees, and eventually finds that she is the very same veiled woman. Both fall in love with each other and the Nawab approves of this alliance, even though Anwar lives a poor lifestyle. The formal engagement ceremony takes place and arrangements are made for the wedding to take place soon. The heavily indebted Nawab does not realize that soon he will find Anwar in the company of a lowly courtesan, Najma; and pressure will be brought on him to get Husna to marry wealthy Munne Raja - who is all set to auction the former's mansion as well as belongings.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1963-01-02
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Kundan
Overview: Classic Bollywood film about a young man whose poverty leads him to commit crimes which, in turn, lead him to harsher and harsher punishments.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1955-01-01
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Bhai-Bhai
Overview: A rich businessman, Dayashankar Kumar (Shivraj), who is a widow, lives with his two young sons Ashok and Raj. When he catches the younger boy Raj stealing money, he punishes him and threatens to cut off his fingers. A frightened Raj runs away from home. Years pass and the older brother Ashok (Ashok Kumar), becomes the owner of his father's business and property, running Superior Motors, which also extends to Bombay. Ashok is married to Lakshmi (Nirupa Roy) and is a caring and loving husband. They have a young son, Munna (Daisy Irani).
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1956-04-20
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Pooja Ke Phool
Overview: Balraj (Dharmendra), affectionately called Raj, by his elder brother (Nana Palsikar) and sister Vija (Madhumati), is a student in college in the arts semester. As the family is not very rich, Raj decides to move from the hostel to the residence of a family. He finds one such family in Gandhinagar, which consists of Choudhury Hukumat Rai (Ashok Kumar), a lawyer by profession, his wife (Nimmi), and only daughter Shanti (Mala Sinha). Hukumat takes an instant liking to Raj, and tells him that his wife will only allow him to take up residence if he tells her that he is already married. Raj reluctantly does so, and thus acquires residence with the Rai family. Eventually Mrs. Rai takes a liking to Raj, so does Shanti. Shanti finds out Raj and her dad had lied to the family about Raj's marital status, she confronts Raj, and he readily admits that he lied.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1964-04-03
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Aandhiyan
Overview: Ram Mohan (Dev Anand) an honest lawyer is in love with Janaki (Kalpana Kartik) the beautiful daughter of Din Dayal. Din Dayal accepts the marriage proposal. Kuber Das (K N Singh), a rich businessman has a lustful eye over Janaki. In order to marry Janaki he devises a wicked plan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1952-01-15
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Deedar
Overview: A traumatized and blind young man makes a living singing, and searching for his childhood sweetheart.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1951-01-02
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Daag
Overview: Shankar and Paro love each other, but their relationship is strained by his drinking problem and Paro's sudden wealth.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1952-07-04
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Uran Khatola
Overview: When a plane crashes the pilot is saved by the beautiful Soni and the two fall in love, unfortunately, however, the local queen also falls in love with him.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1955-01-01
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Char Dil Char Rahen
Overview: 1959 film starring Raj Kapoor, Ajit and Shammi Kapoor
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1959-09-18
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Basant Bahar
Overview: The only son of the Royal Astrologer, Narsin (Om Prakash) namely Gopal (Bharat Bhushan) is not interested in astrology but in music and songs, much to the dismay of Narsin. Based on the novel Hamsageethe by T. R. Subba Rao.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1956-01-01
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Love and God
Overview: Based on the ill-fated love story of Laila and Majnu, this version shows them as inseparable childhood sweethearts, and subsequently as each others lovers. They want to get married, but as their fathers' (Emir E Basra, and Emir E Yemen respectively) are sworn enemies of each other, they are not permitted to see other, let alone get married. Separated from each other, they long and pine for each other.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1986-05-27
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Sazaa
Overview: Kamini (Shyama) runs over a young man (Dev Anand), who is seriously injured. Kamini visits him daily even while he is unconscious. When he recovers, she is attracted to him, and sets him up with employment with her dad Seth Mothumal's (Gope) business as a manager. He dines at Mothumal's house by Kamini, where he comes across a mute maid-servant named Asha (Nimmi). Asha is attracted to him, and he also feels attracted towards her, little knowing that his past has come to re-visit him in her form, and not knowing the changes it will bring to his life.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1951-01-01
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Aakash Deep
Overview: Shankar, who saw his poor father die a disappointed death, works very hard and goes on to become a mill owner. His brother Madhu, however, prefers to run their father's old tea stall.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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