
Acting
Sulabha Deshpande
Born 1937-01-01 · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Sulabha Deshpande (January 1, 1937 - June 4, 2016) was an Indian actress and theatre director. Apart from Marathi/Hindi theatre in Mumbai, she acted in over 73 mainstream Bollywood films.
Acting credits
7.2In the United States for the first time, an Indian housewife with a limited command of English turns Manhattan into her personal language school.
English Vinglish
2012
6.0The film revolves around a gangster named Mustafa (Patekar) who is a contract killer and can go any limit to please his superiors and offers 5 times Namaz. He was adopted by a powerful don Shanta Prasad (Rawal) when he was a child. He calls Shanta as Abba (an Urdu term for father). Abba taught him the crime tactics and made Mustafa his weapon for his illicit crimes. Mustafa's only aide is Sudama, his childhood best friend. Abba shares enmity with the Verma brothers Mahesh, Rohan and Bipin (Pradhan, Joshi and Bahl) which the trio wants to kill Abba. Meanwhile, a dancer Kavita (Tandon) who works in Verma's dance club.
Ghulam-E-Musthafa
1997
7.3When a revengeful Krishna destroys his brother's motorbike, his mother asks him to return home only when he earns INR 500 to repair it. In a turn of events, he finds himself in a Bombay slum.
Salaam Bombay!
1988
5.5Janki lives a poor lifestyle in a small village consisting of her dad, Bhervi Prasad and her mom. She meets and falls in love with her school-teacher, Ramcharan, and both want to get married. Ramcharan's brother is opposed to this marriage as Bhervi is unable to pay any dowry, nevertheless the marriage does take place, but the couple are turned out of Kalicharan's house, and instead go to live with Ramcharan's friend, Ashok Mishra.
Ab Insaf Hoga
1995
5.9A young woman falls in love with a handsome playboy, while aboard a Singapore to India cruise. They make plans to meet again, but fate may have other plans...
Mann
1999
6.9Two siblings decide to share a pair of shoes till their father can afford to buy another. But things look bleak when their father is unable to find a job and is also suspected of criminal offences.
Bumm Bumm Bole
2010
7.9The year is 1975, the place is Mahim, Bombay, and this is the story of Tikku, a eunuch, the only child of yesteryear Bollywood actress Nazneen Begum, who has fallen upon hard times, is virtually destitute and is dependent on Tikku, who does make-up/hair-dressing of Bollywood actresses. When she passes away, Tikku is beside himself with grief. After the funeral, he witnesses a woman leaving a child in a garbage bin.
Tamanna
1998
7.0A cabaret dancer who was raised in a brothel sets out to find her biological mother.
Dil Aashna Hai
1992
7.4Najma cannot marry Akhtar until he is financially stable. An elderly Shakir promises to help Akhtar set up his business in exchange for Najma finding a suitable bride for him
Bazaar
1982
5.3'Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyun Ata Hai' revolves around the Pintos and the people connected to them. There's Albert who's pretty much angry at everybody. His brother Dominic who thinks it's better to be jobless than to work an underpaid job, his patient sister Joan who works at a sari shop, his independent girlfriend Stella who feels under-appreciated by her boyfriend, his father and his colleagues, client and Stella's family. The film is very much a social commentary about Middle-class life in Bombay during the late ’70s and the conflicts arising in the labour force because workers were getting severely underpaid.
Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai
1981
7.3Framed for a crime he didn't commit, Mohan Kumar loses his wife, son and freedom, then he emerges from prison, vowing revenge.
Duniya
1984
An Indian has no faith in the existence of God. His friend recounts numerous tales depicting the miracles of Sai Baba. Unconvinced, he visits Shirdi himself and begins his journey towards discovery and faith. The movie is focused on the story of Sai Baba - his birth, teachings, miracles and his physical death. For the first time, a film has been shot in Shirdi, the holy temple of Sai Baba.
Shirdi Sai Baba
2001
7.0A woman, depressed that she is unable to bear children, abducts a child, and wants to keep him for her own. The child belongs to a large family consisting of 11 other children.
Lorie
1984
In order to manipulate the wealth and estate of his brother, Kunver Pratap Singh, and his mother is killed by Thakur Vikram Singh leaving behind Kunver's daughter, Lavina and her governess Anita as witness. The duo does manages to escape only to find life threatened by Vikram goons where-by their rescuer, Lambu Dada turns out to be Vikram's hit-man secretly wanting to turn them over to him for a hefty sum.
Lambu Dada
1992
9.0Ishwar and Shanti are childhood friends who come from different social backgrounds. They live, study and travel together and fall in love with each other as adults. When Ishwar's sister-in-law chooses a bride for him, he refuses and announces that he wants to marry Shanti.
Bheegi Palkein
1982
6.2An estranged couple accidentally meet in a railway station's waiting room and revisit their past.
Ijaazat
1987
NRAvinash loves Anuradha and works in Mumbai, with a family to support. Avinash's mother wants him to get married but due to responsibility of his family he backs out. Avinash gets married to Anuradha as her family plans her to marry someone else. But Avinash soon passes away and his family blame Anuradha for his death. But without any hesitation she takes care of his family.
Anuradha
1992
NRSamir, a college student, has never struggled for anything in his life while his parents want him to be more responsible. Things take a turn when he gets caught in a drug raid.
A Little For You And A Little For Me
2013
5.7One of a four-film series on the AIDS epidemic in India, this film examines the virus as Indian society's great class leveler, following its transmission through interweaving stories that link urban and rural India.
Migration
2008
10.0An ambitious journalist buys a girl from a village in rural India to expose the existence of flesh trade and embarrass the political elite.
Kamla
1984
9.2A political and social satire on middle-class society's hypocrisy. A group of teachers plan to stage a play in a village. When a cast-member does not show up, a local stagehand is asked to replace him. An improvised, free-flowing 'rehearsal' is arranged and a mock trial is staged to help the novice understand court procedures. A (mock) charge of infanticide is levelled against Miss Benare, another cast-member. Suddenly the pretend-play turns into an accusatory game when it emerges from the trial that Miss Benare is carrying an out-of-wedlock child from her failed illicit relationship with Professor Damle, the missing cast-member.
Silence! The Court Is in Session
1971
No synopsis available yet.
Mahananda
1987
9.2Vijeta (The Victor) is the coming of age story of Angad (Kunal Kapoor). Confused like any other teenager trying to find himself and caught in between the marital problems of his mother Neelima (Rekha) and father Nihal (Shashi Kapoor). It is time for him to decide what he wants to do with his life. To select a profession and be someone, Angad chooses to become a fighter pilot with the Indian Air Force. What follows is his struggle to become a victor both with his self and the outer world.
Vijeta
1982
6.6In a world that both glamorizes and patronizes her, a successful film star begins to unravel under the weight of the roles imposed upon her, drifting between studios and her personal life as she spirals into an identity crisis.
Bhumika
1977