Dilip Kumar
Also Known As: दिलीप कुमार, Дилип Кумар
Biography: The Laurence Olivier of Bollywood. Mohammed Yusuf Khan, known professionally as Dilip Kumar, was an Indian film actor and philanthropist, best known for his work in Hindi cinema. Referred as "The Tragedy King" and "The First Khan," he has been credited for bringing the method acting technique to Indian cinema.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Peshawar
Adult: No
Birthday: December 11, 1922
Age: 102 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: July 07, 2021
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Mughal-e-Azam
Overview: In the 16th century, when Prince Salim falls in love with a beautiful courtesan named Anarkali, Emperor Akbar's disapproval leads to a battle between father and son.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1960-08-05
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Kranti
Overview: The film takes place in 19th Century British India and is the story of the fight for independence from the British in the years spanning from 1825 to 1875. It tells the story of two men who led the war against British Rule, Sanga and Bharat both of whom call themselves Kranti.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama History
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1981-02-03
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Gunga Jumna
Overview: Widowed Govindi lives a poor lifestyle in Haripur along with two sons, Gungaram and Jumna. While Jumna is studious, Gungaram is the opposite, but has a good heart and decides to use his earnings to ensure his brother gets a decent education. After her employer, Hariram, accuses Govindi of theft, the shock kills her. After her passing, Gungaram works for Hariram while Jumna goes to the city to study and becomes a police officer. His first assignment is in Haripur, where he will be forced to confront Gungaram, who is now is the leader of a dreaded band of killer bandits.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1961-11-10
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Andaz
Overview: Nina is a rich and spoiled girl. Dilip accidentally meets her and starts liking her, not knowing that she is already engaged.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1949-05-19
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Izzatdaar
Overview: Brahm Dutt (Dilip Kumar) is set up and framed for a murder for which he is jailed, because of his scheming son-in-law, Raghuvaran (Indrajeet Sabharwal). His Daughter Sonu (Swapna) is also killed at the hands of Raghuvaran, when Raghuvaran slaps and tries to molest Mohini (Madhuri Dixit), when she confronts him about his evil deeds. Brahm Dutt avenges the death of his daughter and the years spent in prison. Against this backdrop, Vijay (Govinda) is a man who works for the underworld after he is shot as a child. After finding love with Mohini, he changes his ways and joins up with Brahm Dutt to take revenge as he too has been wronged by the same group of villains.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1990-03-16
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Shakti
Overview: A policeman's son becomes a criminal after a childhood incident creates a rift between them.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1982-09-22
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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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Devdas
Overview: Childhood sweethearts grow up in a small village with a love-hate relationship which changes to love when they mature.
Genres: Music Drama Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1955-12-30
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Sagina Mahato
Overview: After instigating a strike over the improper dismissal of a fellow worker, Sagina Mahato unwittingly finds himself lauded as a champion of worker's rights.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1971-07-01
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Sagina
Overview: Sagina a factory laborer,an aggressive, honest and lovable character who was the first to fight against the tyranny of the British bosses in the Tea gardens of North-Eastern India.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1974-07-15
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Saudagar
Overview: Two childhood friends have become bitter enemies. So much so, in fact, that they have divided their territories and sworn to kill anyone who crosses the boundary. Against this backdrop, their grandchildren fall in love and when their romance surfaces, the rivalry between is rekindled. The two young lovers are told never to see each other again, on pain of death ... when they get together, it's too late for their grand family ..
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1991-08-09
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Madhumati
Overview: Two men take shelter in a derelict mansion situated in the countryside during a storm. One of the men suddenly becomes aware that he once visited this mansion in a past life; he recounts a story about when he was Anand, a painter, who fell in love with a tribal girl named Madhumati.
Genres: Romance Music Mystery
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1958-09-12
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Azaad
Overview: After her widower dad, Kedarnath, passes away, Shobha goes to live with his friend, Charandas, and his wife, Shanta, who had their son go missing as a child. Years later Shobha is now matured and Charandas scouts for a suitable groom. A wealthy man, Sunder, would like to marry Shobha, but the family detests him.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1955-03-01
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Gopi
Overview: Unorthodox, honest, simple-minded, and unemployed Gopi is blamed for a theft he did not commit, and gets thrown out of his home by his elder step-brother.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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Vidhaata
Overview: When a Police inspector is killed by a band of thugs, his grieving father Samsher Singh seeks justice. Pratap Singh has left behind a pregnant widow, who dies in chidbirth, leaving Samsher to bring up the child Kunal. The transformation of Samsher Singh (a locomotive engine driver) into Sobhraj, multi millionaire and owner of a vast network of business. Kunal is brought up by Abu Baba, a servant of Sobhraj to be honest, upright, and very independent minded. Durga, the daughter of a former employee of Sobhraj, who is serving time and Kunal fall in love. This not acceptable to his grandfather, though Abu Baba approves of the relationship. Disaster strikes when an attempt is made to separate the lovers. The life of Samsher Singh alias Sobhraj begins to unravel from here. How Kunal's ethical upbringing by his foster-father, and his financial and business circumstances of his grandfather meet in a titanic conscience clash and how he resolves matters is at the nexus of the plot.
Genres: Action Drama Family
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1982-09-03
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Aadmi
Overview: Rajesh, is very insecure and possessive almost to the point of an obsession. He introduces Meena to his close and best friend, Dr. Shekhar, and soon gets formally engaged to Meena. Thereafter, Rajesh and Meena have an automobile accident, in which Rajesh becomes paralyzed and must be confined in a wheelchair. It is then that Rajesh finds out that Shekhar and Meena are having an affair, and the old murderous and possessive hatred, that he had managed to conceal, surfaces again - and this time will it will be Shekhar's turn.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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Kanoon Apna Apna
Overview: A loyal government official fights to uphold his dignity when a group of goons try their best to taint his reputation. To do this, he uses his methods of justice.
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1989-10-27
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Babul
Overview: Two fathers, one poor and the other rich, hope that a wealthy postmaster will wed one of their daughters.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1950-12-15
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Sunghursh
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1968-07-27
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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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Ram Aur Shyam
Overview: Abused by an oppressive brother-in-law Gajendra (Pran), Ramchandra (Dilip Kumar) runs away from home, and ends up in a small village where he is mistaken for Shyamrao (also Dilip Kumar), and must accept Ganga (Leela Mishra) and his new name or face severe exorcism. Meanwhile, Shyamrao is mistaken for Ramchandra by Anjana (Waheeda Rehman) and her dad (Nazir Hussain). When Gajendra finds out, he is enraged and attempts to beat the stuffing out of the person he thinks is his brother-in-law, but Shyamrao refuses to be abused or beaten, and all of a sudden things start changing in the household as well as in the community. It is not long before Gajendra finds out about the truth, and plans an ugly death for Shyamrao, and all those opposed to him.
Genres: Drama Family Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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Leader
Overview: Vijay Khanna is a law graduate-cum-tabloid editor he falls in love with Princess Sunita, while general election are underway. Vijay becomes a murder accused of a political leader. Gradually the couple tries to expose a criminal-politician nexus. (From wikipedia)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1964-03-01
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Karma
Overview: When senior police inspector Vishwa Pratap Singh arrests Dr. Michael Dang, the leader of the international terrorist group PSO, the group blast the jail Dang is lodged in killing huge numbers of inmates including two of Vishwa's sons and his daughter-in-law; with Dang escaping in the process. Vishwa, who now calls himself Dada Thakur, is determined to put an end to Dang and his PSO gang. He enlists three death row inmates, Baiju Thakur, Johnny and former terrorist Khairuddin Kisti, Thakur personally trains to become disciplined fugitive hunters, and sets out to avenge his family's slaughter.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Thriller
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1986-08-08
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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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Naya Daur
Overview: Shankar lives in a remote village in rural India with his mother and sister, Manju, and drives a horse-carriage for a living. The main employer in the region is a kind-hearted businessman Maganlal. When Maganlal announces that he would like to undertake a religious pilgrimage, his son, Kundan, takes over and wants to cut back on labor and mechanize the business - thus leading to loss in jobs
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1957-02-22
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Bairaag
Overview: Dilip Kumar in Triple Role
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1976-02-01
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Jogan
Overview: An atheist falls in love with a married devout woman who has forsaken materialistic life.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1950-02-24
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Musafir
Overview: The story is about a house consisting of three families who live in it. It is three stories linked by the house.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1957-01-01
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Yahudi
Overview: In ancient Rome, a mourning Jewish man raises the kidnapped daughter of Roman royalty as his own - and she grows up without learning her true identity. Years later, she falls in love with a Roman prince.
Genres: Romance Drama Action
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1958-09-05
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Insaniyat
Overview: A once loyal soldier faces many challenges after turning into a rebel.
Genres: Action Drama Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1955-09-30
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Phir Kab Milogi
Overview: 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?
Genres: Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1974-04-20
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Mela
Overview: A convicted murderer is released from prison. His only possession is a broken figurine - the last token of his love. The tragic story of how he came to be incarcerated and the significance of the figurine is the subject of this tale of star-crossed lovers whose destiny is moulded by society's rigid rules and the villainy of a scoundrel.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1948-04-09
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Qila
Overview: When an abusive landowner is murdered, his twin brother sets out to find the killer but quickly discovers that everyone, it seems, wanted him dead.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1998-04-10
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Duniya
Overview: Framed for a crime he didn't commit, Mohan Kumar loses his wife, son and freedom, then he emerges from prison, vowing revenge.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1984-10-12
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Jwar Bhata
Overview: Film starring Ruma Guha Thakurta, Aga Jaan and Vikram Kapoor
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1944-01-02
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Kohinoor
Overview: Rajkumar Dhivendra Pratap Bahadur is the new king. Veer Singh's wife, who raised Dhivendra, wants him to marry Rajkumari Chandramukhi of Rajgarh, and her father is also for it. The trouble is, people keep falling in love with Dhivendra and with Chandramukhi, and it will take plenty of swashbuckling to untangle the mess.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1960-11-04
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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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Sunken Boat
Overview: A young law student is forced into an arranged marriage though he is in love with somebody else. Following the wedding the drama focuses on the bride's mistaken identity and the search for her husband.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1946-08-06
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Paigham
Overview: Widowed Mrs. Lal lives with her two sons, Ram and Ratan; an unmarried daughter, Sheela; Ram's wife, Parvati and her children. While Ram is employed in a mill, Ratan is studying engineering in Calcutta. When Ratan returns, he is offered a job at the same mill, falls in love with a Typist named Manju, much to chagrin of Malti, the daughter of the mill-owner, Sewakram. When Ratan finds out that Sewakram has been defrauding the employees, he decides to form a union, a move that is opposed by Ram, who is very devoted and loyal to Sewakram.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1959-01-01
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Arpan
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2016-01-01
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Guddi
Overview: A teenage girl will not accept her family's attempt to arrange a marriage for her, as her heart is currently too full of love for the movies and heartthrob actor "Dharmendra."
Genres: Family Drama Comedy
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1971-09-24
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Dastaan
Overview: Dastaan is a 1972 film produced and directed by B. R. Chopra. The film stars Dilip Kumar, Sharmila Tagore, Prem Chopra, Bindu, Sachin, Iftekhar, I. S. Johar and Madan Puri. The film's music is by Laxmikant Pyarelal.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1972-03-03
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Dil Diya Dard Liya
Overview: A kind-hearted, widowed landlord, Thakur, lives a wealthy lifestyle with his son, Ramesh; daughter, Roopa; and an adopted child, Shankar. Ramesh hates Shankar and often abuses him. Years pass by, Thakur has passed away, and all three children have grown up. While Ramesh visits a stunningly attractive Courtesan, Tara, drinks alcohol, and continues to abuse and mercilessly beat Shankar, who bears this in silence as he and Roopa are in love with each other. When Ramesh finds out that Roopa wants to wed Shankar, he has him severely beaten and thrown off a cliff. He then arranges Roopa's marriage with another wealthy man, Satish, while he continues to romance Tara and even signs over his entire estate and home to her name.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Mazdoor
Overview: A laborer-turned-businessman faces challenges after the marriage of his children.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1983-10-14
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Sangdil
Overview: In this loose adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, childhood sweethearts Kamla and Shankar are separated and grow up in different worlds. The girl is brought up to be a priestess, while the boy becomes a dejected thakur, turned vindictive by life's injustices. Fate inevitably brings them together again, but Kamla does not know about her beloved's secret.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1952-11-28
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Koshish
Overview: A romantic drama which tells the story of a 20 year relationship between Hari and Aarti - a deaf-mute couple who try to live their lives to the fullest despite their handicaps.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1972-04-01
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Tarana
Overview: After a plane crash, Dr. Motilal (Dilip Kumar) is left stranded in a small village, where he is given shelter by a blind old man called Surdas and his playful, young daughter Tarana (Madhubala). During the course of his stay, Motilal falls for the charms of the innocent Tarana.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1951-10-05
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Arzoo
Overview: Badal is mistakenly presumed to be dead. Kamini, his love, is heartbroken and is married off to Thakur. Badal returns and not knowing the truth, is filled with vengeance for Kamini.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1950-06-16
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Dharm Adhikari
Overview: The compelling story of honest and ethical Dharamraj of Nand Gaon village, whose very name instills fear amongst wrong-doers. Ironically, the very man whose family has been administering justice for four generations, must now distance himself against his very own brother, Prakash; wife, Savitri; and daughter, Aarti, while the villagers, headed by Chaudhry and Shastri, charge him of having an illicit and extra-marital affair with a widow.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1986-04-10
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Footpath
Overview: Tired of poverty, Noshu takes to black-marketing. Soon, he realises that his act has hurt everyone around him, including his brother and his sweetheart. Although he tries to make amends, it may be too late.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1953-10-09
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Jugnu
Overview: Suraj and Jugnu fall in love while studying at the same college
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1947-05-23
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Shaheed
Overview: A freedom fighter faces opposition from both his father and an ambitious police officer.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1948-01-01
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Naya Din Nai Raat
Overview: Sushma believes that she is too young to get married, but her father, Lalla Banarsilal insists, and she runs away. Her adventures take her to a lonely wealthy widower with a cute daughter named Guddi; a drunken lout in a brothel; Dr. Kruparam, a psychiatrist, who admits her in his mental hospital; a dreaded bandit who has killed his tormentor, cut him into pieces and fed them to birds, and who still on a killing spree; Pandit Gorakhnath who lives a double life - as a priest and as a smuggler; a leper Dhanraj, who once was a very wealthy man, but is now shunned by everyone; a transvestite stage actor; and a hunter who saves Sushma's life by shooting dead a man-eating lion. As things spiral out of control for Sushma, there is yet one more male she has to meet, and it is this meeting that will change her life even more.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1974-05-07
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Mashaal
Overview: Vinod Kumar, an honest man, tries to expose the malpractices of influential politician-cum-gangster, SK Vardhan through his newspaper, Mashaal. A chain of events changes Vinod's life - from an honest journalist to a gangster.
Genres: Action
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1984-01-12
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Shikast
Overview: After a seven year absence, Dr. Ram Singh returns to his village intending to sell his land and go back to the city. He finds that the peasants are being mistreated by the local landlord and the landlord's sister, Sushma.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1953-09-18
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Anokha Milan
Overview: When malicious rumours about Tara's molestation starts spreading, Ghana, her close friend, ends up killing a man and lands in prison. In a bid to rescue him, Tara marries an alcoholic policeman.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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Ghar Ki Izzat
Overview: Chandra, an upcoming lawyer, meets and falls in love with Roopa, a poor woman. After the wedding, Roopa is ill-treated by her in-laws and, unable to stand up to his family, Chandra takes to drinking.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-01-16
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Anokha Pyar
Overview: Love triangle has a flowerseller and a doctor's daughter both in love with a struggling writer.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-05-21
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Where the River Padma Flows
Overview: The film brings to the screen the determination of the common man of Bangladesh to stand up to tyranny and win his priceless liberty back.
Genres: Documentary War
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1971-04-01
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Hulchul
Overview: Kishore loves Asha, whose father raised him like a son, and sets out to earn money to wed her in great pomp. However, fate has other plans as it lands him in jail under a false charge.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1951-02-02
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Raj Kapoor - The Showman of Indian Cinema
Overview: Raj Kapoor, the film maker and actor became a legend in his lifetime. Head of one of the last great studios on the Indian sub-continent and creator of a film-making empire for nearly half a century. Woven into the texture of this 70-minute film, part personal narrative, part rare visuals, part cinema footage, is the picture of a man who straddled the Indian cinematic world for nearly half a century like a colossus.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-17
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Paari
Overview: Tara is the only daughter of a rich Zamindar in a village and spends her time in the vicinity of nature. One day her childhood friend Ghona comes back from the city. The two indulge in fights initially however once again becomes the best of friends. In the meantime Ghona starts working for Tara's father. As the parents start looking for a suitable match for their only daughter Tara falls prey in the hands of a policeman. The family tries their best to protect their child from this scandal by fixing her marriage with a suitable groom. However the cat is let out of the bag and Tara's family is humiliated. Tara decides to marry the policeman. She tries her best to bring her husband back on track but without success. In the end she is forced to stab him and as a result she is imprisoned. Her husband repents and passes away. Ghona is given the responsibility to take care of Tara by the lawyer.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-07-21
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