Nana Palsikar
Also Known As: नाना पळशीकर, Нана Палсикар, Nana Palshikar
Biography: Nana Palshikar was an Indian actor who appeared in over 80 Hindi films. He made his film debut in 1935 with Dhuwandhar, and went on to play character roles in both Hindi mainstream and arthouse films. He was also cast in small parts in a few international productions such as Maya, The Guru and Gandhi.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
Birthday: May 20, 1908
Deathday: June 01, 1984
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Ganga Ki Saugand
Overview: Jeeva, the son of a elderly washer woman, is tired of the abuses at the hands of his village's leader Thakur Jaswant Singh, and vows to bring about his downfall.
Genres: Action Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1978-02-10
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Ab Dilli Dur Nahin
Overview: A young boy travels to Delhi, wanting to meet Prime Minister to seek justice for his father who has been wrongly sentenced to death.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1957-01-01
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Two Acres of Land
Overview: An impoverished man and his young son travel to Calcutta and look for work, in order to make money that'll save their ancestral land from being seized by a corporation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1953-01-02
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Anupama
Overview: Mohan Sharma (Tarun Bose) is a workaholic, whose life changes dramatically after his wife dies upon giving birth to their daughter Uma (Sharmila Tagore).
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1966-01-06
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Charandas
Overview: The entire plot is woven around Indian family values, enterprise and meteoric rise in business.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1977-10-21
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Karm
Overview: Retired Judge Shyamlal Kumar lives in a palatial home with his wife and only son, Arvind, who is now studying law and is on his way to become a lawyer, and after that a judge just like his dad. Arvind meets with beautiful Asha Shastri, both fall in love and would like to get married. Asha introduces Arvind to her astrologer dad, Chintamani, who instantly approves of Arvind; while both Shyamlal and his wife give their blessings and approval to Asha. But when Chintamani, whose predictions always prove to be accurate, sees a dark future for the young couple, withdraws his blessings and asks them not to marry each other. Spooked by this, Shyamlal and his wife also ask Arvind to marry someone else. But both Arvind and Asha believe that nothing bad will befall them, and they start living together without getting married. This raises ire in their conservative community and both are blacklisted.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1977-04-27
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Aashiq
Overview: When Pratap learns that his fiancee is in love with his younger brother, Gopal, he steps aside and arranges for them to get married. However, he soon learns Gopal is in love with someone else.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1962-01-01
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Duniya
Overview: An advocate faces heavy odds defending the brother of his sweetheart.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1968-03-06
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Phir Subha Hogi
Overview: Ram is a bright but destitute law student. Out of love for an even poorer girl, he commits a crime that starts chasing him like a ghost. He is torn between 'wanting a punishment' and 'getting away with it.' But, is it really in his own hands?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1958-11-06
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Paapi
Overview: Long lost siblings grow up on opposite sides of the law; the girl becomes a thief and the boy becomes a police officer.
Genres: Action Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1977-02-02
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Biradari
Overview: Seema lives a wealthy lifestyle with her widowed mom in Bombay, India. Her mother is a compassionate soul who rents out several rooms in a self-owned building, which is occupied by very poor and nearly destitute people. Seema's mom often ends up looking after her tenants financially and also gives them ample time to find money to pay the rent. Seema, who wants a luxurious lifestyle, has sold the building to Bihari, and is all set to evict the tenants forcibly. Watch what happens when Seema's mother and Rajan decide to confront her to try and stop this sale.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1966-01-04
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Yaar Mere
Overview: A series of unfortunate events cause a recent migrant into Bombay to turn to a life of crime.
Genres: Romance Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-20
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Arzoo
Overview: After completing his medical studies, Gopal (Rajendra Kumar) takes a break and goes on holiday in Kashmir. There he meets with Usha (Sadhana) and both fall in love with each other. Back home, Gopal has a close friend, Ramesh (Feroze Khan), whose dad (Brahm Bhardwaj) wants him to marry Usha as an arranged marriage. Ramesh likes Usha and is willing to marry her. In the meantime, Gopal finds out that Ramesh is going to be married to Usha and decides not to pursue his romance with Usha. When Ramesh and Gopal's sister, Sarla (Nazima) convince Gopal that Usha only loves him, he reveals a dark secret to them, which may convince them that he is not right for Usha.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1965-01-15
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Sky palace
Overview: The story revolves around a Nawab, who having lost his money, still continues to live in the old traditional style, maintaining a grandeur facade. His son opposes the unrealistic life-style.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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College Girl
Overview: In India, girls from their very birth are taken for a liability upon their parents; thus the mothers of the nation are looked down on in their own homes. Kamala represents such afflicted Indian girlhood. She is the daughter of Judge Ram Pershad who is illiterate and has orthodox views about girls. She stands first in the Matriculation Examination and has an ardent desire for studying in college in order to become a doctor. Judge Ram Pershad is totally against college education for girls. It is his faith that any money spent on the sons alone is money well-spent merely because they are sons and will stand by him in his old age. Kamala is determined not to bow before injustice, but to secure her rightful place in society. She makes an all-out bid to join college with the contrivance of Dr. Ratanlal, a close friend of her father. In college, she comes across Shyam, who helps her in many difficult situations.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1960-01-01
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Shagoon
Overview: Geeta (Waheeda Rehman) and Madan (Kamaljit) are in love with each other and want to marry. They meet each other's parents and subject to the matching of their astrological charts, their engagement is finalized. However, the pandit reports to Madan's mom that the marriage will be ill-fated, and bad things will result for Madan and his family. Madan's mom is opposed to the marriage, however, Madan and Geeta are not superstitious and are determine to marry each other. They do get married, and then one disaster after another befalls Madan's family, his dad, his sister, and his younger brother; which leaves both Geeta and Madan wondering if more disasters are to follow them, and if the Pandit's prophecy is indeed true.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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Gandhi
Overview: In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-01
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Shehar Aur Sapna
Overview: The film was based on Abbas's own story, One Thousand Nights on a Bed of Stones, which describes the struggle in the life of pavement dwellers in the backdrop of rapid industrialization.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-12-31
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Baharon Ke Sapne
Overview: In a small industrial town near Bombay lives Bholanath, who works at the local mill, and is the proud husband of Gauri, a daughter, Champa, and above all his son, Ramaiya, who is a graduate in the arts faculty, - the only one in this town who has attained this degree. But times are hard, and jobs are difficult to come by. When Bholanath loses his job, Ramaiya decides to find employment, and does so as a menial worker in the same mill his dad used to work. Ramaiya is very popular with his co-workers and they soon elect him as their new union leader. This puts Ramaiya in conflict with the Management of the Mill, headed by the owner, Kapoor, who has ordered that Ramaiya be eliminated post haste. But Ramaiya is determined to address the workers' grievances, and he gets himself framed for theft; has the police on the lookout for him, and so Ramaiya goes into hiding.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1967-06-23
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Kangan
Overview: Classic Bollywood film starring Leela Chitnis and Ashok Kumar.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1939-01-01
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Kanoon
Overview: A lawyer holds the eyewitness evidence to catch a killer, but the identified criminal is the lawyer's own mentor, prospective father-in-law, and also the judge who presides over the case.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1960-01-08
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Jagte Raho
Overview: Entering an apartment block in search of a drink of water, a naive peasant finds himself mistaken for a thief and is chased by the residents. Whilst evading capture, he inadvertently exposes the venality and dishonesty of the building's middle class occupants.
Genres: Thriller Comedy
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1956-12-12
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Swayamvar
Overview: Durgadevi rules her household with her brother, Makhanlan, and treats daughter Shanti worse than she treats servants; her other daughter is Roopa. When the younger women are approached for marriage, Durgadevi refuses.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1980-04-28
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Sangam
Overview: Sunder Khanna is an orphan and lives a poor lifestyle in India. He is friendly with wealthy Gopal Verma, the only child of Judge Verma; and a wealthy girl named Radha, who is the daughter of an army Captain. The trio grow up, and Sunder falls head-over-heels in love with Radha, but she as well as her parents reject him.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1964-06-18
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The Guru
Overview: Britain's top pop artiste, Tom Pickle, travels to Bombay, India, circa 1960s to learn to play the sitar from renowned maestro Ustad Zafar Khan.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-02-10
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Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai
Overview: Raju informs the police about a group of bandits, even though he is in love with the chief's daughter. The police set out to kill the clan and it is upto him to save the bandits and his love.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1960-01-01
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Prem Parbat
Overview: Tells a heart-rending saga of an orphan girl, whose body and soul are divided between her aged husband and a young forest officer she had fallen in love with. Being the wife of the old Choudhari has she any right to expect love from another man forms the crux of the story.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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Maya
Overview: A big-game hunter's son and a Hindu boy brave the jungle in order to deliver a baby white elephant to an Indian temple.
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-05-26
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Anari
Overview: Raj Kumar is an honest, handsome and intelligent young man. Working as a painter, he is unable to earn a living. One day Raj finds a wallet containing money and returns it to the man it belongs to. Impressed by his honesty, the man employs him to work in his office as a clerk.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1959-01-16
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New Delhi
Overview: Complications, impersonations and moral dilemmas arise when a Punjabi pretends to be a Tamil in order to obtain accommodation in New Delhi. An eloquent and entertaining plea for national unity that manages to showcase several cultural traditions whilst encouraging people to laugh both with and at each other.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1956-01-01
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Dushman
Overview: Surjit Singh is forced to take care of Ram Din's family after he accidentally kills him while driving under the influence of alcohol. However, he is treated with hostility by Ram Din's family members.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1972-01-07
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Aakhri Khat
Overview: An estranged husband refuses to take up his son's responsibility after parting ways with his wife. But when he receives the news of his wife's death, he sets out in search of his son.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Nartakee
Overview: A modern reformist professor helps a courtesan in her endeavour to achieve high academic level and respectability. They face open opposition and hostility by society but do not relent.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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Daaera
Overview: The narrative deals with the dreams and aspiration of a 16-old-girl, Sheetal (Meena Kumari) caught in the vortex of uncertainty and morality. Desperate for engagement with her neighbour, Shravan (Nasir Khan) who is equally drawn towards her but she is forced into meaningless wedlock with a sick old man.
Genres: Drama Romance Music
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1953-01-01
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Baarish
Overview: City-bred Ramu is involved in petty crime. When his close friend Gopal asks him to go to the village and look after his mother and sister Chanda, Ramu does so. After coming to know both mother and daughter, they decide to re-locate to the big city to be together with Gopal. In the process, Ramu and Chanda fall in love with each other. Chanda wants Ramu to give up his life of crime, but will his crime partners allow Ramu to lead a normal life?
Genres: Drama Crime Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1957-03-08
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Doli
Overview: Amar and Prem, college friends, and Asha and Shobana form friendships. Marriages are arranged, but dowry demands a US ticket. Prem returns, becomes office predator, and Asha endures harassment to pay off debts.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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Prem Nagar
Overview: Karan hires Lata as his secretary and asks her to move to one of his cottages with her family. However, things take a turn when she is accused of stealing a valuable necklace.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1974-05-24
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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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Gumrah
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Romance Family
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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Uphaar
Overview: Anoop studies law in Calcutta, while his widowed mom in a small town in West Bengal. He has a sister, Sudha, who is married to Anil and lives in Calcutta. Since Anoop is of marriageable age, his mom has seen a girl for him, whose name is Vidya, and is the daughter of Shankarlal. When Anoop returns home, she asks him for his approval, but he says he wants to see the girl first. He goes to see Vidya, and also gets to meet another belle by the name of Minoo. He returns home, tells his mom that he cannot marry Vidya, but will marry only Minoo.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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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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Jailor
Overview: A jailor is abandoned by his wife which leads to great changes in his life
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-01-01
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The Burning Train
Overview: The plot revolves around a train named Super Express that catches fire on its inaugural run from New Delhi to Mumbai.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1980-03-20
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Aakrosh
Overview: In the 1980s, a lawyer defends a tribal man who is under arrest for killing his own wife. As he proceeds with the case, he learns about the harsh life of scheduled tribes in India.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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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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Kanoon Kya Karega
Overview: Advocate Gautam Mehra lives in Bombay with his wife, Anju, and a daughter, Rakhsa. One day while returning from court he sees a woman being molested. He stops, phones the police, and then tries to stop the molester, in vain, though as he gets attacked and loses consciousness. But the police do arrive and arrest the molester. Raghuvir's attempts to convince Gautam to change his testimony are in vain. Gautam goes on to testify against Raghuvir Singh, and gets him sentenced to seven years rigorous prison.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1984-07-19
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Cha Cha Cha
Overview: After her return from abroad, Lali adjusts to life in India along with her devout Hindu mother, Laxmi; an easy-going father, Dinanath; two sisters, Kalpana and Geeta, and spends most of her time dancing along with her sisters and friends. On her way to the Mandir, she assumes a singer, Puranchan, is teasing her and she slaps him, but ends up apologizing when she is told that he is blind. Guilt-ridden, she makes arrangements for him to be taken to Bombay, has his vision restored, and both fall in love with each other. Dinanath takes a liking to Puranchan and not only gets him a job but also wants him to wed Lali. About to inform his parents, Purchan does not know that Dinanath has actually instructed Lali not to see him anymore as he is a Harijan (Lower-Caste).
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1964-11-17
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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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Aurat
Overview: A woman responsible for her mother and 7 siblings faces challenges after marrying a widower with 6 children.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1967-08-18
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Karigar
Overview: A wealthy man is thrilled about becoming a parent and is pleased when his wife gives birth to a son. However, the son’s identification gets misplaced.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1958-01-01
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Pati Patni Aur Woh
Overview: Adam and Eve are banished to Earth to live as Ranjeet and Sharda. They live in harmony until Ranjeet carries out an affair with his beautiful secretary, and has to repent when his wife finds out.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1978-07-07
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Main Chup Rahungi
Overview: When Kamal Kumar meets the young, beautiful Gayatri on a train he instantly falls in love, and despite the fact that he is the son of a wealthy landowner, Rattan Kumar, and she the daughter of a farmer, Narayan, he convinces her to marry him. But when Kamal has to go to Singapore for business, his father finds out about the wedding and makes Gayatri swear she will never reveal her relationship with Kamal to anyone. When Gayatri discovers she is pregnant with Kamal's child, she and her father are forced to leave the village.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1962-01-01
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