David Abraham Cheulkar
Actor · 1909 – 1981 · Thane, Bombay Presidency, British India
David Abraham Cheulkar (1909–December 28, 1981), popularly known as David, was a Jewish-Indian, Hindi film actor. In a career spanning four decades, he played mostly character roles, starting with 1941 film Naya Sansar , and went on to act in over 110 films, including memorable films like, Gol Maal (1979), Baton Baton Mein (1979) and Boot Polish (1954) for which he was awarded the won the 1955 Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Abraham Cheulkar, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movie5.9RomanceComedyThieves Bholanath and Sharmili run away with a manuscript containing stealing tips and sell it to Parvin, an unscrupulous publisher. However, when the book becomes a huge hit, they fall into trouble.
Movie7.6RomanceDramaShekhar is new to the block and it doesn't take long before the street noise and the children playing nearby push his tolerance to the limit. To the rescue comes Mili, who has the exact opposite disposition. While Shekhar may be at a loss over what to do with her at first, he eventually falls in love.
Mili
1975 · 10 votes
Movie9.0The story is of a family consisting of a mother and her five sons. A relative causes discord. The mother argues they need to stay united like the walls of a room to avoid collapse.
Hamara Ghar
1950 · 1 votes
Movie7.5Radha is a kind, compassionate, and a simple minded village belle whose life has been shattered due to the sudden death of her groom on her wedding night. She is in denial and awaits his return. One day a look-alike enters the village and her life. The look-alike is already married with a young daughter.
Dulhan
1974 · 2 votes
Movie7.0DramaIn the year 1856, Nawab Wajid Ali Shah is the King of Awadh, one of the last independent kingdoms of India. The British intend to control this rich land and send General Outram to clear way for an annexation. Pressure is mounting amidst intrigue and political maneuvers, but the Nawab whiles away his time in pursuit of pleasure and religious practice. The court is of no help either — noblemen Mir and Mirza ignore all duties and spend their days playing endless games of chess.
Movie7.6ComedyA man's simple lie to secure his job escalates into more complex lies when his orthodox boss becomes suspicious.
Movie9.0A social drama centered on the life and struggles of an orphaned child. The film explore themes of vulnerability, resilience, the search for belonging, or the challenges faced by someone without familial support in society. It aim to evoke empathy and highlight societal responsibilities towards orphans.
Yateem
1945 · 1 votes
Movie7.2RomanceComedySulekha is in awe of her brother-in-law Raghavendra for his intelligence. Parimal, her husband, decides to take up the challenge of fooling Raghavendra and goes to work for him as a driver.
Chupke Chupke
1975 · 67 votes
Movie7.0DramaGanwaar
1970 · 1 votes
Movie8.3FamilyDramaWidower Ram Kapoor frequently throws lavish parties to overcome his loneliness. That changes when his son, Rajesh, returns home with a proposition. Ram's life soon spirals out of control.
Kal Aaj Aur Kal
1971 · 3 votes
Movie7.5Vishal is a poet and lives a middle-class lifestyle with his widowed and wheelchair-bound mom. He is in love with Aruna, who works with a publishing company. Due to his forthrightness, Vishal is unable to keep a job, and Aruna attempts in vain to get him to work at her firm. Then she stops meeting him altogether, and a few days later he gets an invitation to attend her marriage with her boss, Anand Kumar Sahegal. This turn of events devastates Vishal to such an extent that he takes to alcohol, visits prostitutes, gambles, and hates all women especially Aruna. Vishal gains fame selling his poems to Ramu Makhichandani, but does not improve his lifestyle. Then one day a young woman named Sonia enters his life and both of them fall in love with each other.
Ek Mahal Ho Sapno Ka
1975 · 2 votes
Movie5.8AdventureFamilyAli Baba finds a cave of treasures belonging to a gang of bandits. When the bandits realize there have been intruders, they seek revenge. Ali Baba must try to outwit his pursuers before he gets killed.
Alibaba and 40 Thieves
1966 · 4 votes
Movie6.2AdventureHistoryThis first co-production of the Soviet and Indian cinematographers is dedicated to the Tver merchant Afanasy Nikitin who in 1466-1472 blazed the trade way from Europe to India. The film is based on Nikitin’s travel notes. Starring in the film are popular Russian actor Oleg Strizhenov and India’s 1950s movie star Nargis.
Movie8.0DramaThree love stories that take place simultaneously but do not intersect, because the characters do not interact with each other, even though they all live in the same neighborhood. Govinda, a gloomy Airai boy who was cruelly separated from his beloved girlfriend, Chalvi, who was expelled from the village. Johnny Braganza, a waiter who has just been released from prison after being unjustly accused of falsifying the accounts of the hotel owner, Ferrara, who successfully seduces Johnny's girlfriend, Stella. Now he is setting up a car garage at the same intersection.
Char Dil Char Rahen
1959 · 2 votes
Movie6.0MusicRomanceA wealthy widow refuses to leave anything to her selfish son. In order to win her affection, he introduces her to his fiancee, Deepali, who is a girl he hires to play the part.
Movie6.5DramaFamilyNirmala Gupta rules her household with an iron fist. While most of her family resents it, they do comply and try to appease to her. When her daughter-in-law's free-spirited sister comes over to stay for a few days, things in the Gupta family start to change, agitating Nirmala.
Movie6.0FamilyAdventureSunil Mehra has successfully completed his medical studies and is now a qualified doctor, who can now practice medicine anywhere in India. He chooses to do so in a small and remote Himalayan village without any doctor or any medical facilities. His doctor fiancee, Neeta, decides to accompany him, but is appalled at the lack of facilities, and leaves. Dr. Mehra must now decide to continue his work there or re-locate.
Himalay Ki Godmein
1965 · 3 votes
Movie7.4DramaRomanceA popular singer encourages his wife to sing, but tensions mount between the pair when his career begins to falter and her own musical career and popularity surpasses his own.
Abhimaan
1973 · 21 votes
Movie6.3ComedyDramaRosie 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.
Baton Baton Mein
1979 · 10 votes
Movie6.6DramaRomanceRajeev falls in love with Roopa, a beautiful singer who hides the fact that half her face is disfigured. However, he soon discovers her secret after marriage and begins to ignore her.
Movie7.1DramaFamilyRaju becomes very attached to his four elephants after they save his life. His wife, however, fears for her child and tells him that he must choose between the animals and his family.
Movie6.0MusicDramaA newly married woman begins to sleepwalk, and her husband suspects she is inadvertently connecting with a lover from a past life.
Neel Kamal
1968 · 4 votes
Movie6.3DramaSushma 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.
Naya Din Nai Raat
1974 · 3 votes