Raj Kapoor
Actor · 1924 – 1988 · Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, British India
Raj Kapoor was an Indian film actor, producer and director of Hindi cinema widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influential actors and filmmakers in the history of Indian cinema. Often referred to as "The Greatest Showman of Indian Cinema" and the "Charlie Chaplin of Indian Cinema", his work enjoyed immense popularity and widespread acclaim not only within India but in parts of Eastern Asia, the Middle East, the Caribbean, Africa and the Soviet bloc. Among Kapoor's numerous accolades are three National Film Awards and 11 Filmfare Awards in India, the Padma Bhushan (India's third-highest civilian honor) in 1971 for his contributions to the arts, and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India's highest award in cinema, in 1987. Kapoor's acting style was inspired by Charlie Chaplin and he played characters based on The Tramp in films such as Awaara (1951) and Shree 420 (1955). His performance in Awaara was ranked as one of the "Top-Ten Greatest Performances of All Time in World Cinema" by Time magazine in 2005; Awaara (1951) and Boot Polish (1954), which he produced, competed for the Palme d'Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1951 and 1955 respectively.
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Movie7.2DramaMusicA petty thief is put on trial for the attempted murder of a lawyer. Through a series of flashbacks, the intertwining lives of the thief, the lawyer, and the thief's defense lawyer are illustrated.
MovieDocumentaryThis is a biographical on the late Nargis Dutt showing scenes from her many films; from her earlier roles as a child artiste right up to her role in the epic Mother India. During her career as an actress, Nargis won many awards in India and abroad. She was nominated to India's Upper House of Parliament to represent the film industry. This film contains interviews with her family members, friends and colleagues and brings back the fond memories of this great actress and human being.
Nargis
1991
Movie9.3MusicRomanceMeet Pyarelal, a simple-minded, naive young man, orphaned at birth, living with a Muslim landlady, Fatima, who treats him like her son. When the police arrest Pyarelal on the charge of murder, no one really believes that this harmless man could harm anyone, leave alone kill. Their belief is shattered when Pyarelal openly admits in Court that he has indeed committed this crime, and demands capital punishment for it.
Diwana
1967 · 3 votes
Movie7.3DramaRomanceRaju faces many hurdles and disappointments in matters of the heart throughout his life. But as a clown in a circus, he tries to make his audience laugh at the cost of his own sorrows. Along the way, Raju loves and loses, but must always keep a smile on his face because, in the words of his circus manager, "The show must go on."
Movie7.3DramaThe lives of friends Namdev, Raghu, Damu and Jaggi take a turn for the worse when they win a lottery. Raghu and Damu murder Jaggi and frame Namdev who later returns to seek revenge.
Movie7.5RomanceDramaThe story of a small-town man who comes to make it big in the city, where he is almost instantly relieved of all his possessions. Homeless and penniless, he is taken in by a woman who looks after him.
MovieDocumentary"Living Legend - Raj Kapoor" is a revealing portrait of Raj Kapoor, a charismatic personality who held centre-stage in the Indian film industry for more than four decades! In a highly personalized interview, Raj Kapoor talks to the film's director, Simi Garewal, about his emotional evolution.. his regrets.. his love.. his music.. his films and his philosophies. The viewers are also treated to glimpses of haunting scenes and songs from his films.
Movie8.0RomanceFilm starring Raj Kapoor, Hema Malini and Jayant
Sapnon Ka Saudagar
1968 · 1 votes
Movie8.0DramaAdventureA friendly street kid in India, during the last years of the nineteenth century, looks and considers himself Indian, but is in fact a Brit. The Brits discover his true origin, and train him as a spy.
Kim
1984 · 2 votes
Movie9.0ActionThrillerA group of people of Indian origin live on an Island which contains a tomb of Shahenshah Chandi Sona which is believed to contain jewelry, diamonds, and gold. Mayur and Rita, stage actor love-birds, plot with Amar to steal this wealth and better their lives. They decide to buy a house from a woman named Mayadevi, and after doing so they decide to make a swimming pool and through that dig a tunnel right underneath the tomb and help themselves to the riches that they find there. They also decide to enlist the help of four jailbirds by dramatically helping them to escape from prison. After the completion of the tunnel, they run into an underground pool of water and enlist the help of undersea divers Bikram and Sharma.
Chandi Sona
1977 · 1 votes
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
Movie5.4DramaComedyTwo orphans are forced by their abusive aunt to beg in the streets of Bombay. They take up shining shoes but are separated from each other.
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
Movie9.7ActionDramaAbdullah has to fight oppression and torture as he tries to bring up the boy as a hindu where the majority are muslims.
Abdullah
1980 · 3 votes
Movie6.5RomanceDramaA man obsessed over two things, the theater and a childhood friend, recounts his life story to his new bride.
Aag
1948 · 2 votes
Movie7.4RomanceDramaAn air force pilot, upon returning home from war after being assumed dead, weds the woman he had long loved, unaware that she had been planning to marry his best friend.
Movie6.6DramaCrimeNina is a rich and spoiled girl. Dilip accidentally meets her and starts liking her, not knowing that she is already engaged.
Movie6.0ComedyThrillerMiddle-aged private detective Gopichand and his temporary sidekick Bela don a series of quirky disguises amid a high-stakes theft investigation.
Gopichand Jasoos
1982 · 2 votes
Movie4.4DramaFantasyA disabled man who can't support his family contemplates committing suicide. However, a mysterious figure appears who forces him to reflect on his life.
Naukri
1978 · 5 votes
Movie6.3ThrillerComedyEntering 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.
Movie8.3DramaNot wishing his son to grow up like himself, a brutish criminal secretly swaps his baby for that of a wealthy entertainer. Is the boys' destiny written in their genes or can the change of environment make a difference ? Their lives and those of their fathers inevitably collide.
Dharam Karam
1975 · 3 votes
- Movie9.0DramaMystery
Shekar is a sculptor who is blind. He eventually falls in love with Kalpana though his insecurities make him kill her ex lover who he thinks is having an affair with her. What is Shekar's fate now?
Vakil Babu
1982 · 1 votes