Sardar Akhtar
Actor
Sardar Akhtar (1915–1986) was a prominent actress in pre-independence Hindi cinema, known for her powerful screen presence and emotionally grounded performances. Beginning her career in stunt and social films during the silent and early talkie era, she transitioned into more serious roles by the late 1930s. Her breakthrough came with Pukar (1939), directed by Sohrab Modi, where she played Queen Noor Jehan with striking dignity and restraint. She earned acclaim for her role in Mehboob Khan’s Aurat (1940), a performance considered a precursor to Nargis’s iconic turn in Mother India (1957). In Aurat, Sardar Akhtar portrayed a rural mother battling poverty and injustice—a role that cemented her as one of the era’s most respected actresses. Off screen, she married Mehboob Khan and eventually stepped away from acting, but her legacy endured as part of a generation that helped define socially conscious Hindi cinema. Though her filmography isn’t vast, Sardar Akhtar’s work left a deep impact, especially in films that explored themes of gender, sacrifice, and rural life with nuance and emotional depth.
Movies17
Movie7.5DramaMusicAn aging, decadent landlord’s passion for music becomes the undoing of his legacy as he sacrifices his wealth in order to compete with the opulent music room of his younger, richer neighbour.
Movie7.0Yusuf moves to Bombay with his wife to prove himself but gets entangled with a glamorous woman, putting his marriage and values to the test.
Fashion
1943 · 1 votes
Movie6.6HistoryA love affair and two feuding families who play out a Romeo and Juliet type drama in 17th century India, under the Emperor Jehangir.
Pukar
1939 · 5 votes
Movie10.0DramaAn elder brother's sacrifice to educate his sibling leads to family strife when the younger brother marries into a rival family, sparking betrayal and tragedy that tests their bonds.
Ghar Sansar
1943 · 1 votes
Movie10.0Successful stunt movie featuring a vivacious prince (Jayant), his evil uncle, and a masked girl (Akhtar). Its major attractions, apart from Akhtar who also sings all the songs, is a performing gorilla. Together with e.g. Leatherface (1939), this is the best known of mythological specialist Bhatt’s early stunt work.
State Express
1938 · 1 votes
Movie10.0A social drama starred Sardar Akhtar, Mazhar Khan, Anjali Devi and Krishnakant
Uljhan
1942 · 1 votes
Movie7.0Queen Gulab is enraged when the throne bypasses her son for young Prince Kirit. Kirit is kidnapped during an outing with his bodyguard, Captain Dilip. Though Dilip is arrested, Ram and Rahim rescue the prince. The Queen persists in her schemes, even as a mysterious masked man repeatedly intervenes. She plots against the Minister, unaware that Princess Asha, Kala, Tiger, Bahadur, and Tommy are dedicated to protecting Kirit.
His Highness
1937 · 1 votes
Movie6.8AdventureComedyPeter (O. P. Ralhan) and Kitty (Helen) love each other, but due to Peter's poverty, they are unable to marry each other. One day, during a secret rendezvous, Peter accidentally overhear a conversation between one Mahesh Jetley and his paramour, where Mahesh tells her that he is soon going to bump off his wife on a certain date. Peter and Kitty decide to foil this man's plans. However, there are 2 problems: 1 - They have not seen Mahesh or his paramour's face. 2 - Even if they had, no one would believe their story. Hence, the lovers decide to do a little investigation on their own. They find three Mahesh Jetleys. On some snooping, they find that each man is married and each of them has a miserable married life. To find their suspect, they devise a plan whereby they will stage an attack on each man's wife. Whoever the culprit is, will freak out and his identity will be revealed.
Hulchul
1971 · 4 votes
Movie8.0In a world of challenges, some promises remain. A social drama about finding one's way back.
Phir Milenge
1942 · 1 votes
Movie7.0Gyan leaves his wife Shobha in the care of his friend Rasik while he travels abroad. In his absence, Shobha and Rasik fall in love and have a child, Indira. Years later, unaware of the truth, Gyan returns and unknowingly arranges Indira’s marriage to Rasik’s son—her half-brother—setting the stage for a dramatic and morally complex revelation.
Bharosa
1940 · 1 votes
Movie9.0A. R. Kardar’s Pooja tells a disturbing story of two estranged sisters whose lives are fractured by a violent act of revenge and years of buried truths.
Pooja
1940 · 1 votes
Movie9.5CrimeRomanceShyamu is an orphan, living with his mentor, and has lived a life of crime. While his partner is recuperating in hospital from a injury incurred on the job, Shyamu decides to go straight. In a case of mistaken identity, he ends up in showbiz and gets a gig as a playwright for a beautiful starlet when he shows up instead of popular writer Deepak, whom he looks just like, and is met with considerable respect. One day Shyamu goes to Deepak's house for something and discovers just how identical they are. Unfortunately, Deepak is on his death bed and Shyamu, reverting to his evil nature, "helps" Deepak along on the way to his demise and takes on his identity, even down to learning to copy his handwriting. But not everyone believes the goings on are all above board, especially Deepak's girlfriend and a certain police inspector.
Movie7.0An early fantasy film produced and directed by Vijay Bhatt for Prakash Pictures
Movie6.0DramaRadha is a resolute mother, who strives hard against poverty and a lecherous money lender to feed her two sons who grew up with contrasting temperament.
Movie8.0FantasyAlibaba and his son live with his rich brother Cassim. Marjina and Zabba are two slave girls who work in Cassim's house. Marjina and Alibaba's son are in love with each other. Zabba is in league with Abu Hassan, who is the leader of a gang of thieves. Alibaba finds the thieves' cave and becomes rich. Cassim's wife insists on knowing the secret of his wealth. Alibaba tells his brother who goes to the cave but can't get out as he's forgotten the magic words. The thieves find him and kill him. Alibaba and his son find Cassim and bring his body back for burial. Abu Hassan finds out about Alibaba, and the story then follows Marjina outsmarting Abu Hassan, who comes visiting as a merchant.
Alibaba
1940 · 1 votes
Movie9.0Aasra revolves around the life of Chanda (Sardar Akhtar), a sweet girl, who runs away from her house after her forcefully arrangement of marriage and meets with Chandan (Amar), a kind man in train and pretends to be married and worked in a Hotel. However, she meets with him again to save her life from an evil man and he pretends to be her husband. But they fell in love after an accident and this causes chaos and complications leading to consequences.
Aasra
1941 · 1 votes
Movie7.0A neglected wife, Indira, schemes to win back her philandering bank manager husband, Bihari. She uses an unwitting musician, Madan, as a pawn, making him fall for her until her husband's jealousy is ignited. Once Bihari returns, Madan is quickly married off to the daughter of a poor clerk, Mohan, to neatly tie up the loose ends.
Nai Roshni
1941 · 1 votes