Acting

Shahu Modak

Acting credits

Mera Ladka poster
7.0

Radical journalist Diwakar clashes with his traditional father and a scheming politician, Vithalrao, who seizes his newspaper. Disgusted, Diwakar leaves home. His wealthy girlfriend, Nalini, initially supports Vithalrao but later campaigns for Diwakar, who represents slum-dwellers in an election. Despite her father's support, Nalini urges voters for Diwakar. Nalini wins, but Diwakar's loss is depicted as a moral victory, critiquing middle-class materialism.

Mera Ladka

1938

Rangalya Ratri Asha poster
NR

A talented Tabla player is unable to handle his meteoric rise and squanders away his talent and happiness when he finds himself falling for a danseuse even as he beats himself up for ignoring his loving wife. A tragic drama that is also a showcase for Natya Sangeet, Hindustani Classical and folksy Laavani.

Rangalya Ratri Asha

1962

No artwork available
4.8

A love tragedy featuring a policeman, Ganpat (Modak) and a prostitute, Mainal (Hublikar). Ganpat saves Maina from a police raid on a brothel and they fall in love. Her reputation and sense of guilt resist his attempts to rehabilitate her. Ganpat's respectable middle-class mother (Sundarabai) symbolizes all that Maina would like to be, but she is arrested for murdering her evil uncle and refuses Ganpat's offer to release her from prison.

Manoos

1939

Bharat Milap poster
9.0

Queen 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

Bhalu poster
6.5

Sajjala, an orphan, is raised by Appakaka, her father's friend. When Appakaka is falsely charged with killing Jayantrao, Sajjala's betrothed, she vows to prove his innocence.

Bhalu

1980

Veer Ghatotkach poster
8.0

The epic starts with the mighty illusionist Ghatotkach, son of Bhim, accidentally clashing with and reviving his cousin Abhimanyu. As newfound allies, the two launch a daring abduction to rescue Surekha from a forced marriage by the Kauravas, triggering a monumental crisis that demands the direct intervention of Lord Krishna himself.

Veer Ghatotkach

1949

Shyam Sundar poster
8.0

Children's mythological drawn from the Vishnu Purana telling of the child Krishna (Modak). The film intercuts Krishna's rural escapades with Pendya and other childhood friends with palace intrigues in Mathura, where Kans receives a divine warning that the boy Krishna shall be the cause of his death.

Shyam Sundar

1932

Saint Dnyaneshwar poster
8.3

It's the story of a boy who finds enlightenment by experiencing religious hipocrisy and dogmatism. Dnyaneshwar liberated the "divine knowledge" locked in the Sanskrit language to bring that knowledge into Prakrit (Marathi) and made it available to the common man.

Saint Dnyaneshwar

1940

No artwork available
9.0

A love tragedy featuring a policeman, Moti (Modak) and a prostitute, Kesar (Hublikar).

Life's for Living: Aadmi

1939

Subhadra Haran poster
7.0

Arjuna abducts Subhadra, the half-sister of Krishna, on the instructions of Krishna when she is about to marry Duryodhana.

Subhadra Haran

1963

Fairy of Punjab poster
8.0

A musical romance drama centered on a character known for their beautiful singing from the Punjab region

Fairy of Punjab

1933

No artwork available
8.0

1954 film by Vijay Bhatt

Ramayan

1954

Meera poster
7.0

Meera, a devotee of Lord Krishna, believes she is married to the lord and rejects her marriage to a Rajput prince. However, her spirituality leads her to face many hardships.

Meera

1979

Talash poster
8.0

A business man must choose between keeping his promise to marry a poor village belle, or making it big by wedding his boss's daughter: a wealthy Westernized girl who bares a striking resemblance to his first love.

Talash

1969

Shobha poster
NR

A social drama directed by Kumarsen Samarth and starring Shobhana Samarth and Shahu Modak.

Shobha

1942

Bajrangbali poster
5.5

Bhagwan Shri Bajrangbali has had super-natural powers at a very young age which includes swallowing the sun, lifting mountains, just to name a few. Bajrangbali has always regarded the skies and universe as his playground and could leap and fly around at will. Bajrangbali makes it his duty to serve Bhagwan Shri Ram all days in his life. He will make this comes to light when Ram's wife, Devi Maa Sita, has been kidnapped by Shivbakht Ravan, and is being held captive in far off Lanka.

Bajrangbali

1976

Shri Krishnarjun Yudh poster
9.0

Chitrasen inadvertently humiliates Gabal Rishi, who approaches Bhagwan Shri Kishan and prays that the former be punished. Kishanji readily agrees to punish Chitrasen by beheading him with the Sudarshan Chakra. When no amount of pleas for mercy are adhered to, a compassionate Subhadra, moved by Chitrangini's plight, asks her spouse, Arjun, to intervene. The later, at first, refuses to take up arms against Kishanji, his friend, but subsequently relents - resulting in war - that will not only end their friendship - but may well also destroy the universe and annihilate Arjun, his brothers and their entire army.

Shri Krishnarjun Yudh

1945

Meghdoot poster
10.0

A mythological or fantasy drama inspired by Kalidasa's classic Sanskrit poem, featuring a lonely lover sending a cloud as a messenger to his beloved, exploring themes of separation, longing, and nature's role in conveying emotions

Meghdoot

1945