Sulabha Deshpande

Acting

Sulabha Deshpande

Born — Died

1937-01-01 — 2016-06-04

Place of birth

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Known for

Acting

Credits

57 titles

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.

Known for

The Discovery of India poster
9.4

Bharat Ek Khoj is a 53-episode Indian historical drama based on the book The Discovery of India by Jawaharlal Nehru, that dramatically unfolds the 5000 year history of India from its beginnings to the coming of independence in 1947. The drama was directed, written and produced by Shyam Benegal with cinematographer V. K. Murthy in 1988 for state-owned Doordarshan. Benegal's regular script collaborator Shama Zaidi also co-wrote the script.

The Discovery of India

1988

Woh poster
3.5

Seven teenagers Ashutosh, Raja, Julie, Shiva, Ronnie, Sanjeev and Rahul who battle an evil force that takes the form of a clown called Woh that kidnaps children.

Woh

1998

English Vinglish poster
7.3

In 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

No artwork available
2.0

Ek Packet Umeed is a weekly show that airs on NDTV Imagine every Tuesday.

Ek Packet Umeed

2008

Dil Aashna Hai poster
7.0

A cabaret dancer who was raised in a brothel sets out to find her biological mother.

Dil Aashna Hai

1992

Ghulam-E-Musthafa poster
6.0

The 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

Film credits

2010s · 7 titles

English Vinglish poster
7.3

In 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

A Little For You And A Little For Me poster
NR

Samir, 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

Bumm Bumm Bole poster
7.0

Two 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

Aaji Ani Naat poster
NR

An orphaned child Akshata's life transforms after she forms a beautiful bond with an elderly lady through an accidental phone call.

Aaji Ani Naat

2010

No artwork available
NR

When the Raja of Jhansi dies, the British place harsh conditions before letting the Raja's son, Gangadhar, take over the throne. Jhansi's Rajguru plans ahead by getting a young girl, Manu, from a neighbouring kingdom to marry Gangadhar, despite their age difference. Manu is anointed the Rani of Jhansi and her name is changed to Laxmibai (Kashish). She soon gets pregnant but the newborn child dies a few months later. Bereft, Gangadhar's health begins to fail. With no hope of a natural heir to the kingdom, Gangadhar and Laxmibai adopt a young boy, Diwakar. When Gangadhar dies, Laxmibai attempts to have Diwakar anointed the Raja. However, the British object and soon declare war on Jhansi. How Laxmibai joins forces with Tatya Tope and fights the British to death iforms the rest of the film.

Jhansi Ki Rani Laxmibai

2012

No artwork available
NR

INVESTMENT tells us the story a typical ‘upwardly mobile’ couple, Aashish, an ambitious young man, about to change his job for joining an American firm and his wife, Prachi, who is encouraging and eager to move into a higher class of society. (This couple is indicative of the young people in urban areas thriving to achieve more, albeit at cost of social values).

Investment

2013

I Want To Be A Mother! poster
7.0

Mary visits India looking for a surrogate mother. She finds Yashoda to bear her child, but gets disappointed on learning about the child's deformity. Will Mary accept the child?

I Want To Be A Mother!

2011

2000s · 6 titles

No artwork available
9.0

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

The Film poster
9.0

Seven strugglers who wanted to make it big in Bollywood, turns to crime to achieve this end. However their plans goes horribly awry when they are entangled with a gangster.

The Film

2005

Daughters of This Century poster
9.0

This film is based on five shot stories of Rabindranath Tagore's Jibito O Mrito, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's Abhagir Swarga, Gour Kishore Ghosh's Aei Daha, Prafulla Roy's Satgharia and Dibyendu Palit's Kaanch.

Daughters of This Century

2001

Migration poster
5.7

One 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

Chalu Navra Bholi Bayko poster
NR

Chalu Navra Bholi Bayko is a comedy film released on 2008. The film is directed by Anil Mohile.

Chalu Navra Bholi Bayko

2008

Behind the Mirror poster
NR

The Little Painter of Rajasthan Aniket is a middle class executive living in the Indian city of Pune with his wife Malati and his son. He leaves Pune every morning at dawn and undertakes a long train journey to work in Mumbai. After riots took place, he takes his son Anirudh to his grand-mother's place in a little town of Shekhawati, in the middle of the desert, and somehow haunted by the magical and superb traditional paintings decorating the walls of houses and palaces. The old woman happily welcomes her grand-son she hardly knows. Anirudh discovers another world, a fascinating world far from what he was used to. He feels very affectionate for his grandmother. She gives him the painting box of her deceased husband, the artist who made the most beautiful paintings in town.

Behind the Mirror

2007

1990s · 14 titles

Dil Aashna Hai poster
7.0

A cabaret dancer who was raised in a brothel sets out to find her biological mother.

Dil Aashna Hai

1992

Ghulam-E-Musthafa poster
6.0

The 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

Virasat poster
7.4

After completing his studies in London, England, Shakti Thakur returns home to India in a small town where his family resides.

Virasat

1997

No artwork available
NR

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

Tamanna poster
7.9

The 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

Mann poster
6.0

A 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

Dil Hi To Hai poster
6.2

Twins Govardhan & Harshvardhan exchange their names in childhood and decide to live each others life forever without the knowledge of their parents but what will happen when their strict father will come to know about this. Loosely based on 'Coming To America' starring Eddie Murphy

Dil Hi To Hai

1992

One Full Four Half poster
NR

After death of Keshav's parents, his four spinster aunts who are his mothers sisters take care of him, but none of them know the truth that Keshav is actually the son of their late sister's driver.

One Full Four Half

1991

Anuradha poster
NR

Avinash 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

Yugpurush poster
9.0

Anirudh is a mentally ill man who falls in love with Sunita. Her guardian Mohan disapproves.

Yugpurush

1998

Prem Shakti poster
5.0

A man (Govinda) falls in love with a living mannequin (Karisma Kapoor), and each learn they were lovers in a previous life. Remake of the American movie Mannequin.

Prem Shakti

1994

Ab Insaf Hoga poster
5.5

Janki 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

Gangavva Gangamaayi poster
NR

The plot of this movie is centered on two families. The first family is Gangavva, her son Kitty and Gangavva's Raghappa. Another is Desai's family. It was a family that supported the widowed Gangavli. The story moves forward by digging up old memories. Story: Dr. Shankar Mokashi Punekar (Based on Novel of Same Name) Karnataka State Film Awards 1994-95 First Best Film Best Actor – Ananthnag Best Story Writer – Dr Shankara Mokashi Punekar Best Art Director – Ramesh Desai, Nanjundaswamy

Gangavva Gangamaayi

1994

Aadmi Khilona Hai poster
7.8

The Verma family consists of two brothers, Vijay and Sharad (Jeetendra and Govinda respectively), Vijay's wife, Ganga (Reena Roy), and their daughter. Sharad is unmarried and is studying in college, while Vijay runs the household on his income. In college, Sharad meets with Punam (Meenakshi Sheshadhri) and both are attracted to each other. Ganga and Vijay get them married, but permit them a married life only after they complete their studies, which they do so. They are devastated to learn that Punam cannot be a mother, so Ganga lets Punam mother her child. Soon Sharad gets a job, which gets him to re-locate to another city, and there are tearful good-byes. Punam decides to keep Ganga's child with her. But Ganga has been kind to Punam and Sharad for a reason, and now the time has come for payback.

Aadmi Khilona Hai

1993

1980s · 18 titles

Salaam Bombay! poster
7.3

When 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

Tarang poster
6.2

Rahul, the son-in-law of an old industrialist and one of the heirs to his fortune, clashes with Dinesh, the industrialist’s nephew who is openly unscrupulous. Rahul, on his part, conceals his personal ambition under a cloak of liberalism and encourages indigenous production.

Tarang

1984

Bheegi Palkein poster
9.0

Ishwar 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

Yeh Kaisa Insaf? poster
7.0

A woman's marriage is filled with upheaval and conflict, but she makes many compromises for the sake of her struggling family. How will she react to her husband's ultimatum, that she must choose him and his family over her own, otherwise he would take their daughter and leave forever?

Yeh Kaisa Insaf?

1980

Bazaar poster
7.4

Najma 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

Duniya poster
7.3

Framed for a crime he didn't commit, Mohan Kumar loses his wife, son and freedom, then he emerges from prison, vowing revenge.

Duniya

1984

Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai poster
5.5

'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

Ijaazat poster
6.3

An estranged couple accidentally meet in a railway station's waiting room and revisit their past.

Ijaazat

1987

Situm poster
9.0

In Dr. Gindes Hospital for the mentally insane is a patient named Inder, who is in a catatonic state, which occurred after a traumatic childhood incident. While Inder has shown signs of recovering, he has also started taking an interest in a young woman by the name of Meenakshi. But will Meenakshi be able to reciprocate the affections of an unstable and mentally ill admirer, if not, will this result in Inder return to his original state?

Situm

1982

Ramnagri poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ramnagri

1982

Jaanoo poster
10.0

A young woman angers her wealthy father by falling in love with a television repairman.

Jaanoo

1985

Lorie poster
7.0

A 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

Vijeta poster
9.2

Vijeta (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

Chirutha poster
NR

A poor young man sells himself as a bonded labourer to a local landlord in order to marry the love of his life, after his fiancé's father demands a dowry for marrying his daughter.

Chirutha

1981

Rajlakshmi poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Rajlakshmi

1987

Kamla poster
10.0

An 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

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Mahananda

1987

Bahu Ki Awaaz poster
NR

Kavita lives a poor lifestyle with her widower dad, Rai Bahadur, and her brother. They had once been wealthy but now live in a heavily mortgaged mansion. She is in love with Advocate Sunil much to her family's displeasure as he is unsuccessful and an alcoholic. They discuss her situation with Murli, who arranges a matrimonial alliance with the Srivastav family. The Srivastavs consist of Mr. Srivastav, his wife, Shobha; a widower Advocate son, Jaswant and his daughter, Binny; and second son, Vimal, who is studying Medicine and is in love with wealthy Madhu. The Srivastav's mistakenly believe that Rai Bahadur is wealthy and force Vimal to marry Kavita. Shortly thereafter Madhu's marriage is arranged elsewhere...

Bahu Ki Awaaz

1985

1970s · 8 titles

Bhumika poster
6.6

In 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

Silence! The Court Is in Session poster
9.2

A 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

Jait Re Jait poster
6.0

A story centered on a Nagya who is a drummer having a passion for being a "pure one" (punyavant). He meets Chindhi, who has abandoned her husband as she considers him useless.

Jait Re Jait

1977

Gaman poster
7.2

Despite their determination and effort, two working class friends in Bombay struggle to improve their lives.

Gaman

1978

Madhu Malti poster
8.0

Madhu (Sachin) and Malti (Sarika) are college students, who are assigned by their professor, Anil Sharma, to play the title parts in a college play based on Romeo and Juliet. The two fall in love along the way but are forced to move to a big city to realise their love, as their traditional families oppose to their relationship. The later move to Goa, where a Goan couple looks after them, but soon decide to go back home and confront the situation.

Madhu Malti

1978

Jadu Ka Shankh poster
10.0

Shyam and Soni live with their mother in a village. They are very poor. The children give away the only bread piece to a hungry saint, who in turn gives them a magical conch. The children somehow discover that the conch reveals something foul concerning the listener. While patrolling, the disguised king reaches the kids and the children give the conch to him, requesting to pass it to the king, saying that this is magical. The king, using the conch, finds that his cousin wants to poison him. The king reaches his palace and confirms the plot against him and punishes the culprits. The king sends jewelery, garments, sweets, fruits etc for the kids and punishes the moneylender, and comes to take them along. The message "Good deeds do not go unrewarded".

Jadu Ka Shankh

1974

The Sage from the Sea poster
9.1

The film involves the life of a young man who comes to believe that he has been bestowed supernatural powers. As the story unfolds, this boon eventually leads to a tragedy.

The Sage from the Sea

1978

Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan poster
5.1

Arvind, a rich businessman's son, dates the office secretary but is engaged to marry someone else. With a complicated family background, he struggles to find meaning in his life.

Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan

1978

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