Durga Khote
Actor · 1905 – 1991 · Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
Durga Khote (born Vita Lad; January 14, 1905 − September 22, 1991) was an Indian actress often referred as one of the pioneers of Indian cinema due to her being the first woman to enter the film industry and breaking societal taboo surrounding it. Beginning as one of the foremost leading ladies of her time, she starred in around 200 films and numerous theatre productions during a 50-year-long career.
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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
Movie7.0History1940 Hindi film
Narsi Bhagat
1940 · 1 votes
Movie9.0HistoryDramaQueen Kaikeyi exiles Rama and demands Bharat be king. Bharat, devoted to Rama, refuses the throne and goes to the forest, urging Rama to return. Rama insists on upholding his father's vow. Bharat then rules Ayodhya as Rama's regent, placing Rama's sandals on the throne until his return.
Bharat Milap
1942 · 1 votes
Movie10.0HistoryDramaAyodhyecha Raja, literally "The King of Ayodhya", was the first Marathi talkie. It is based on the mythological story of Raja Harishchandra of Ayodhya and his test by sage Vishwamitra, as recounted in Valmiki's epic, Ramayana. The film was also made as a double-version, Ayodhya Ka Raja (1932) in Hindi, making it the first double version talkie of Indian cinema.
Movie7.5ActionDramaPreeti, a wealthy woman, is in an intimate relationship with Prem, but her father disapproves and devises a plan that leads to their breakup. Years later, Preeti is reunited with Prem in a completely different situation.
Aa Gale Lag Jaa
1973 · 6 votes
- Movie10.0Comedy
Raja's frequent brush with crime forces his sister Rani to disown him, and she decides to work in Dr. Mohan's house. However, Dr. Mohan finds out the truth about Rani and her brother.
Man-Mauji
1962 · 1 votes
Movie7.1ComedyDramaDesperate for a cook, the disgruntled Sharmas are relieved when a multi-talented man, Raghu, takes up the job. However, when all seems well, the family jewels disappear and so does Raghu.
Movie6.3DramaActionSomu and Vicky decide to exact revenge on the union leader, Bipinlal Pandey. However, when Somu understands the plight of the workers, it creates a rift between the two friends.
Namak Haraam
1973 · 18 votes
Movie7.0DramaDr. Bhaskar Bannerjee struggles with his patients' suffering and the darkness and poverty he confronts daily. He treats cancer patient Anand who upon learning of his impending death determines to use the time he has left to the absolute fullest.
Movie6.1DramaRomanceRaja is the 18-year-old son of a wealthy Bombay businessman who suffers from his parents coldness and neglect. Shortly after finishing school he meets Bobby, the 16-year-old daughter of a poor Christian fisherman. They fall head over heels for each other, but they'll need everything they have to defend their love as their families won't accept them marrying each other...
Bobby
1973 · 26 votes
Movie9.0DramaA social drama set in a Bombay chawl, where a kind landlady, her ambitious daughter, and their tenants face struggles between community bonds and the lure of wealth.
Malkin
1953 · 1 votes
Movie5.2ComedyDramaRaisaheb Surajbhan Chaudhary has two sons - Rajkumar who has not produced an heir to his family and other is Mohan, a devout worshiper of Lord Bajrangbali and refuses to get married. Things change dramatically when a young woman named Neena, along with her son, enters the Chaudhary household claiming that Mohan had married and abandoned her.
Ek Nari Ek Brahmachari
1971 · 4 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
Movie10.0Gangaram, a farmer, has two younger step-brothers, Moti and Shivram. Supported by Gangaram, Moti has gone to Calcutta to be a lawyer, while Shivram is an illiterate farmer like Gangaram. A series of unfortunate events leads to an estrangement between the three brothers while they face the threat of losing their land to a local greedy moneylender.
Dharti Kahe Pukar Ke
1969 · 1 votes
Movie10.0DramaShri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is a 1954 Hindi devotional biopic film produced and directed by Vijay Bhatt. The film is about the 15th century "medieval Vaishnav poet saint" and social reformer of Bengal, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, whom many considered an Avatar of Krishna.
Movie6.2DramaPrem, a young school teacher, is arranged married and begins the journey of learning the roles and responsibilities required of him.
The Householder
1963 · 6 votes
Movie7.0ComedyDramaA joint family consisting of four brothers, their wives, and their respective children, living under one roof. Some of the brothers are professionls, one a lawyer, a doctor, and others businessmen. They are a happy family, living and sharing each other's joys and sorrows. Then one day, an arguement breaks out over a glass of milk, and the entire family is thrown into chaos, and the only resolution seems to be nothing but dividing the entire property amongst the brothers and their respective families.
Parivar
1956 · 1 votes
Movie8.0RomanceWarNandu lives in a small town with his widowed mom, Paro. He is friendly with two young girls, Farida and Kamli. He is depressed when Kamli's dad becomes ill and she and her mom re-locate to Ambala. Years later, Farida and Nandu have grown up and continue to be friends. Then they get the news that Kamli's dad has passed away, and they are to return back. Initially they do not recognize each other, but when they do, both fall in love and want to marry. When Paro goes to meet with Kamli's maternal uncle, she is shunned, humiliated because they are poor and Nandu is unemployed, & considered a trouble-maker.
Usne Kaha Tha
1960 · 1 votes
Movie7.4ActionThrillerRavi Verma is killed by his wife Kamini in a plot to steal his family's wealth and property. He is reborn as Monty, a popular singer exploited by a crude businessman. When Monty hears Ravi's favorite tune, memories of his previous life and violent death resurface. With the help of his fiancee Tina, Monty seeks revenge against his murderer and restoration of the Verma family.
Movie7.0Unorthodox, 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.
Movie7.3ActionDramaLong lost siblings grow up on opposite sides of the law; the girl becomes a thief and the boy becomes a police officer.
Paapi
1977 · 3 votes
Movie8.0RomanceFilm starring Raj Kapoor, Hema Malini and Jayant
Sapnon Ka Saudagar
1968 · 1 votes
- Movie8.0Romance
Bollywood film
Mera Salaam
1957 · 1 votes
Movie5.2DramaThakur Suraj Singh lives a wealthy lifestyle with his wife; three sons - Kishore, his wife Laxmi & two children Pappu and Laali; Vijaykamal, & Mohan; and an unmarried daughter, Radha. Kishore looks after the family business, while Vijaykamal is a renowned poet, and Mohan is studying law in the city. Vijaykamal is in love with lovely Sapna, but she is forced to marry Bihari, and kills herself on the night of the marriage. Vijaykamal witnesses her death and loses his mind. The family decide to keep him under lock and key on the terrace of their house. Unable to admit Vijaykamal to a mental asylum, Suraj brings home a young courtesan, Chand, who he hopes will cure Vijaykamal, and she does succeed considerably, but is traumatized, sexually assaulted by Vijaykamal, and abused by the rest of the family.