Navin Nischol

Acting

Navin Nischol

Born — Died

1946-03-18 — 2011-03-19

Place of birth

Lahore, Punjab, British India

Known for

Acting

Credits

61 titles

Navin Nischol was an Indian actor. Navin's first marriage was to Dev Anand's niece Neelu Kapur, sister of Shekhar Kapur. Navin later married divorcee Geetanjali. On 24 April 2006, Geetanjali killed herself at her residence. She blamed Navin and his brother Pravin for her suicide. Nischol died of a heart attack on 19 March 2011 en route from Mumbai to Pune. He was 64 years old.

Known for

Dekh Bhai Dekh poster
7.2

Dekh Bhai Dekh was one of the most popular comedy Hindi sitcom created, developed, edited, directed and line produced by Aanand Mahendroo, produced by Jaya Bachchan, starring, Shekhar Suman, Navin Nischol, Farida Jalal, Bhavana Balsavar, Deven Bhojani, Sushma Seth, Vishal Singh, Nattasha Singh lead roles. It premiered on Doordarshan's metro channel, on 6 May 1993 until 1997. Subsequently, there have been several re-runs on DD National, Sony TV, and SAB TV till 2005. It is considered as a classic, among Indian television shows.The story revolves around three generations of the Diwan family, who live as an extended family in an ancestral bungalow in the suburbs of Mumbai. The serial takes the viewer through their various ups and downs. Their never-say-die attitude helps them overcome sibling rivalry, relationship troubles, business problems, irksome parents and in-laws. A distinctive feature of this show were its fast speaking characters.

Dekh Bhai Dekh

1993

Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin poster
5.6

When Munna Bhai, a notorious gangster, meets Komal, he is immediately smitten. However, he must first confront her protective brother, Dr. Rastogi and her current boyfriend, Raja.

Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin

2002

Yeh Hai Jalwa poster
5.6

Raju, a businessman who had been orphaned as a child finds out that he is the illegitimate son of a wealthy business owner; he goes to London to connect with his father, and there meets Sonia, whom he believes may be the love of his life.

Yeh Hai Jalwa

2002

Aalavandhan poster
6.8

Nandu and Vijay are brothers who were abused by their stepmother during their younger days. Nandhu, who is mentally ill, decides to kill Vijay's fiancee as he visualizes her as his stepmother.

Aalavandhan

2001

The Burning Train poster
6.6

An engineer's dream of making the perfect train for Indian Railways is given hope when the company commissions his prototype. After years dedicating himself to his dream, his family has suffered, but now he hopes to make it all up to them with the train's triumphant inaugural journey. However, an embittered fellow employee has other ideas.

The Burning Train

1980

Sone Pe Suhaaga poster
6.5

A businessman's wallet is stolen by a pickpocket, which inadvertently reunites him with his long-lost family. However, this incident also puts all their lives at risk from a powerful gangster.

Sone Pe Suhaaga

1988

Film credits

2000s · 14 titles

Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin poster
5.6

When Munna Bhai, a notorious gangster, meets Komal, he is immediately smitten. However, he must first confront her protective brother, Dr. Rastogi and her current boyfriend, Raja.

Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin

2002

Yeh Hai Jalwa poster
5.6

Raju, a businessman who had been orphaned as a child finds out that he is the illegitimate son of a wealthy business owner; he goes to London to connect with his father, and there meets Sonia, whom he believes may be the love of his life.

Yeh Hai Jalwa

2002

Aalavandhan poster
6.8

Nandu and Vijay are brothers who were abused by their stepmother during their younger days. Nandhu, who is mentally ill, decides to kill Vijay's fiancee as he visualizes her as his stepmother.

Aalavandhan

2001

Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein poster
6.5

Maddy impersonates Rajeev, the person his love interest, Reena, is about to marry and attempts to woo her. However, he is unprepared for the moment when the truth will be revealed.

Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein

2001

Khosla Ka Ghosla! poster
7.3

Kamal Khosla's (Anupam Kher) peaceful retirement plan doesn't go as planned when his land is grabbed by a land shark, Khurana (Boman Irani). In a bid to retrieve their land, the dysfunctional family hatches a clever plan to con Khurana with the help of their friends.

Khosla Ka Ghosla!

2006

Karobaar poster
7.8

Wealthy Rajiv Sinha and middle-classed Amar Saxena are two childhood friends, with similar likes, and tastes. Their similar habits lead them to being in love with the same woman - Seema, who loves Amar, and is willing to marry him no matter what. Rajiv attempts to offer money to Sapna's guardian so that he can marry her, in vain though. When Rajiv attempts to convince Amar that Sapna is being brought up by a prostitute by the name of Ratnabai, Amar is adamant, and marries Sapna, and takes her home to his brother and his family, where they are not welcomed, and asked to leave. Rajiv and Amar stop seeing each other, and regard each other as bitter enemies. Amar and Seema manage to exist, with Amar going on to become a successful prosecution attorney. Then they get the news that Rajiv has been charged with killing a young woman named Neelam Mehta. Amar is delighted for he will be given a chance to teach Rajiv a lesson, and possibly sentence him to death.

Karobaar

2000

Bollywood Calling poster
5.1

An alcoholic, cancer-ridden American film-maker decides to produce a Bollywood movie.

Bollywood Calling

2001

Khushi poster
5.3

While playing matchmaker to a pair of their friends, two young university students begin developing feelings for each other.

Khushi

2003

Hatya: The Murder poster
8.5

A man is resurrected from the dead as a shape-shifting snake and exacts vengeance on those who killed him and his father.

Hatya: The Murder

2004

Out of Control poster
7.5

A man named Jaswinder (Ritesh Deshmukh) goes to the United States of America promising his parents that he will return soon and his sister marriage will be set. In America in a night club he meets an American girl named Sally (Brande Roderick) and marries her for his visa. He obviously forgets to remember the promise he made that he would go back to India. Meanwhile in India his parents have found him a new bride, typical Punjabi kudi, Richa (Hrishitaa Bhatt). His sister calls him to America by telling him that his father had a heart-attack, but that is the way they could bring him back to India.

Out of Control

2003

Aashiq Banaya Aapne poster
4.5

An introvert is unable to express his feelings to the girl he loves. His friend proposes to her and she accepts, but leaves him when she discovers he is a flirt; however, destiny has other plans.

Aashiq Banaya Aapne

2005

Khauff poster
4.2

While returning home from the marriage of her friend, Ritu Pereira, Neha Verma, an air hostess, witnesses the brutal death of Superintendent of Police Jaidev Singh,...

Khauff

2000

No artwork available
NR

Ranjyot, Amar and their widowed mother flee from Rampur after their friend, Karim, informs them that their village is about to be attacked by Muslim shortly after the 1948 partition of India and Pakistan. The threesome manage to survive and end up in Dharampur in Punjab. They are re-united with Karim when both brothers get married to Jeeto and Satwant.

Mitter Pyare Nu Haal Mureedan Da Kehna

2004

Glamour Girl poster
2.0

Sapna Aggarwal lives a middle-class life in Delhi with her parents. She leaves home to re-locate to Bombay to purse a career as a Bollywood actress.

Glamour Girl

2000

1990s · 18 titles

Dil Ki Baazi poster
7.0

An unemployed youth faces challenges after he secures employment.

Dil Ki Baazi

1993

Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman poster
7.0

A young engineer, from a small town, moves to Mumbai, with big dreams. As he hugely advances in his career, he gets caught up in the rich and glamorous lifestyle and starts getting changed. After becoming a victim of a conspiracy, he realizes his mistake and tries to redeem himself.

Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman

1992

Major Saab poster
5.6

Virendra is a spoiled young man newly enrolled in the Indian army. Major Jasbir Singh Rana, a tough disciplinarian, is in charge of transforming him into a brave soldier and a noble man.

Major Saab

1998

Aastha: In the Prison of Spring poster
4.2

Aastha: In the Prison of Spring is a story of a lower middle class happy nuclear family. The lady of the family gets involved in prostitution, owing to the not-so-good financial condition of the family. It is the story of the guilt that comes with the money and the cobweb that such a route entails that its quite an effort to come out of the profession once one enters it.

Aastha: In the Prison of Spring

1997

Aa ab Laut Chalen poster
5.6

An ambitious, unemployed youth goes to the US to find a job and gets caught in a love triangle between Pooja and Loveleen. However, he soon realises that he loves Pooja and reconciles with her.

Aa ab Laut Chalen

1999

Aashik Aawara poster
6.0

Raised by a kindly thief, orphaned Jimmy goes on the run from goons and falls in love with Jyoti, whose father indirectly caused his parents' deaths.

Aashik Aawara

1993

Hindustan Ki Kasam poster
5.3

A pair of twins are separated at birth, where one grows up as a Hindu in India, the other is raised a Muslim in Pakistan. However, due to the issues between the countries, they are forced to be against each other.

Hindustan Ki Kasam

1999

Prithvi poster
6.8

A newly-married couple go on their honeymoon to a foreign country, when the wife suddenly disappears.

Prithvi

1997

Aakrosh: Cyclone Of Anger poster
4.7

An officer faces personal challenges after he is assigned to stop killers of the Prime Minister.

Aakrosh: Cyclone Of Anger

1998

Lahoo Ke Do Rang poster
4.7

Lahoo Ke Do Rang is about customs officer Bharat Srivastav who lives a middle-class life with his sister Rajni, wife Sangita and a small son. Rajni is soon to get married to Inspector Gautam. He is known for his unorthodox methods of apprehending smugglers, and it is these methods that land him in trouble with the Shikari brothers. Bharat decides to oppose them, and as a result the Shikari brothers recruit false eye-witnesses, pay them to give false testimonies and get the complaint dismissed. When Bharat persists, his family is abducted and subsequently killed. Bharat manages to kill some of the culprits, however, is arrested, found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment. On the way to prison, the vehicle meets with an accident, killing everyone on board. Relieved at the death of their nemesis, the Shikari brothers celebrate only to find out that they now have a new unknown enemy, an enemy who will kill them one by one for an unknown reason.

Lahoo Ke Do Rang

1997

Bahaar Aane Tak poster
7.0

The lives of two friends are turned upside-down when someone from their past returns.

Bahaar Aane Tak

1990

Sar Ankhon Par poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sar Ankhon Par

1999

Yuhi Kabhi poster
NR

Rajoo lives alone and works in a decent company. He also has a girlfriend, who he intends to marry, that being Pooja. God suddenly appears to Rajoo one day and asks him to spread His word. Naive Rajoo does so, and this results in chaos, misunderstandings, and confusion. And as a result poor Rajoo is hauled up in Court, and the only one witness that can save Rajoo is God, but will God make an earthly appearance?

Yuhi Kabhi

1994

Himmat poster
4.3

Two Indian secret agents, Ajay and Abdul, share a brotherly bond. However, when Abdul is killed in the line of duty, the mission is handed over to Ajay, who decides to avenge his friend's death.

Himmat

1996

Teri Payal Mere Geet poster
9.0

Premi loved Lailajaan and one day he finds out that she works at a brothel. Later Premi finds out that Lailajaan was an ordinary dancer and he tries to win her back.

Teri Payal Mere Geet

1993

Numbri Aadmi poster
7.5

Rana (Amrish Puri) kills Inspector Anand Srivastav, and the only witness is Anand's son, Shankar. Years later, Shankar has grown up and has become a modern Robin Hood of sorts, robs the rich and distributes the wealth amongst the poor, especially a charitable hospital. Shankar comes to know that Rana is still alive, and attempts to avenge his father's death, only to find out that Rana has powerful friends, such as Assistant Commissioner of Police Vijay Pratap (Suresh Oberoi), who not only disbelief Shankar, but will prevent him from doing any harm to Rana.

Numbri Aadmi

1991

Udhaar Ki Zindagi poster
8.0

The film is a remake of the Telugu movie Seetharamaiah Gari Manavaralu (1991). This was Kajol's first author-backed role, which was critically acclaimed

Udhaar Ki Zindagi

1994

Zulm Ki Hukumat poster
10.0

Pitamber Kohli lives an upper middle class existence with his wife, & two brothers, Yeshwant and Pratap. The trio get in the bad books of an underworld don named Swami, who soon they launches a vendetta against them. As a result, Pitamber is killed, and both Yeshwant and Pratap swear to avenge his death. Pratap joins the police force, and steps up his efforts to nab Swami at any cost, to no avail, and he ends up getting suspended from his duties. Then Swami makes his move – Pratap’s sister and brother-in-law are abducted and held at gunpoint. When Yeshwant goes to rescue them, he is gunned down. Now Pratap, the only remaining Kohli brother, is the only target of Swami. How Swami entraps Pratap, who will be quite helpless especially with his sister still a captive with Swami forms the crux of the story

Zulm Ki Hukumat

1992

1980s · 14 titles

The Burning Train poster
6.6

An engineer's dream of making the perfect train for Indian Railways is given hope when the company commissions his prototype. After years dedicating himself to his dream, his family has suffered, but now he hopes to make it all up to them with the train's triumphant inaugural journey. However, an embittered fellow employee has other ideas.

The Burning Train

1980

Sone Pe Suhaaga poster
6.5

A businessman's wallet is stolen by a pickpocket, which inadvertently reunites him with his long-lost family. However, this incident also puts all their lives at risk from a powerful gangster.

Sone Pe Suhaaga

1988

Param Dharam poster
9.0

Savitri (Moushumi Chatterjee) falls in love with Vijay (Mithun Chakraborty), who saves her sister from a dacait named Shamshera (Amrish Puri). Both get very intimate, and then decide to marry. Before the marriage could take place, Shamshera kills Vijay, and Savitri gives birth to a baby boy, but is told that the child was born dead. She then marries Thakur Prem Singh (Navin Nischal), who is responsible for blinding Shamshera in one eye, and sending him to prison. Subsequently Savitri gives birth to another baby boy, Rajesh (Sumit Saigal). Years later, she comes across a young man named Ravi (also Mithun Chakraborty)

Param Dharam

1987

Desh Premee poster
4.8

Dinanath is a freedom fighter married to Bharati. During the freedom struggle, though freedom is won but, he looses Bharati - who leaves as she is affected by leprosy. He is given shelter in Bharat Nagar - as four underworld dons of Bharat Nagar.

Desh Premee

1982

Ek Baar Kaho poster
8.0

Ravi is a single eligible bachelor. He meets with Aarti, and both are attracted to each other. The problem is that Ravi is unable to express his love for her.

Ek Baar Kaho

1980

7 Saal Baad poster
7.0

A married couple Nisha Mathur and her husband Dilip Mathur, purchase a hotel in a scenic locale. In the beginning, no one comes to stay there, however, the hotel soon attracts several young couples; an ex-convict, who possesses some dark secrets out of Nisha's past; a police inspector who warns people against staying in this hotel; and a journalist Lisa. And then one by one people start turning up dead, brutally killed, by person(s) unknown. What is the secret behind this hotel?

7 Saal Baad

1987

Samundar poster
6.6

Honest police officer Surajbhan would like Rajeshwar Nath to provide all the material documents that can prove Raiszada Narsingh is a hardcore criminal. When Raiszada learns of this through his henchman Hansukh he kills Surajbhan and frames Rajeshwar Nath for this killing. Years later Surajbhan's son Ajit grows up with Raiszada and is willing to locate Rajeshwar Nath who now calls himself Girija Shankar so that he can avenge the murder of his dad.

Samundar

1986

Saboot poster
5.3

Seth Dharamdas(Trilok Kapoor) is a wealthy businessman. Dharamdas decides to sell one of his factories to Dhanraj(Prem Chopra). Dhanraj tells this to Ajit Roy(Om Shivpuri), his partner, who has plans of his own. However, circumstances make Dharamdas change his mind and he decides to cancel this deal. Dhanraj doesn't want this deal be cancelled and hence bribes Dharamdas's trusted employees into killing him. The quartet corner Dharamdas in a train and kill him after they get his sign over some crucial papers. They dispose off the dead body, making people think that Dharamdas has gone missing. But when the matter cools down, the villains start dying under mysterious circumstances. The investigation is handed over to the police. But is the killer a human, or has Dharamdas returned to exact his revenge?

Saboot

1980

Babu poster
7.3

Babu is a naive young man who likes to go out of his way to help people. He has fallen in love with Kammo, but in the process of helping another, he lands himself in jail for two years. After his discharge, he finds that a lady who had once helped him is now a destitute widow with a small child, Pinky.

Babu

1985

Hotel poster
6.1

Suraj is a bachelor and a leading industrialist, who is still recovering from being separated from his love, Sushma. He would like to build a hotel in the same region where he met Sushma for the first time, and asks his secretary, Lalwani, to make arrangements. Lalwani meets with real estate agent, Chhaganlal Patel, and they procure a plot on a scenic lot and start the construction. They are assisted by Chhagan's gorgeous secretary, Shabho; a lawyer, Kapoor; Judas a local resident; Mahendraprasad Gupta, a government official; and Gadhucha, a labor contractor.

Hotel

1981

Jawaani poster
7.0

When Sanam's family opposes to her relationship with Karan, they elope together. Karan's friend, Uncle Joe, saves them from the goons who hunt them down and suggests them to take a holiday.

Jawaani

1984

Dahshat poster
10.0

Dr. Vishal, a mad scientist, turns into a bloodthirsty monster at night as result of an experiment that goes wrong when his wife injects him with a fatal chemical…

Dahshat

1981

No artwork available
10.0

A young village girl learns martial arts to avenge her family.

Mera Shikaar

1988

Anokha Bandhan poster
8.0

Anu raises her young brother-in-law like a son after the death of her mother-in-law. But with her own son in the picture and interference from her own mother, the equation begins to change.

Anokha Bandhan

1982

1970s · 13 titles

One Better Than the Other poster
9.0

A crime leads to the long separation of two brothers whose life end up very different

One Better Than the Other

1976

Do Ladke Dono Kadke poster
8.3

Two hapless petty thieves find themselves embroiled in a kidnapping when they decide to break into a house on the very same night that two dim-witted kidnappers plan to abduct the child who lives there.

Do Ladke Dono Kadke

1979

Zorro poster
7.6

After fathering a child, Maharaj Bahadur Singh marries and starts a family. One of his sons grows up to usurp him, the other becomes Zorro.

Zorro

1975

Buddha Mil Gaya poster
6.4

A couple of unemployed slackers find a millionaire, who according to several newspaper advertisements has gone missing. They decide to use him in a grand scheme to get hold of his fortune, but things go horribly wrong.

Buddha Mil Gaya

1971

Aafat poster
9.0

Plainclothes Police Inspector Amar has been assigned the task of apprehending an elusive criminal don who goes under the name of Hardayal. During his investigation, he meets with fellow Inspector Chhaya, and both fall in love. During this investigation, Chhaya finds out that Amar has been two-timing her, and there is confrontation between the two. Amar also goes beyond the call of duty, and is subsequently suspended. Stripped of his powers, Amar is caught by Hardayal and imprisoned, leaving Chhaya alone to figure out the whereabouts of this criminal.

Aafat

1977

No artwork available
6.7

A forest conservator works with a tribal clan during the British rule over India. He consciously does several marriages to expose the sly men who are playing with the sacred institution of marriage.

Woh Main Nahin

1974

Tumhari Kasam poster
7.5

Vidya (Moushumi Chatterjee) and Raja (Raju Shrestha) live in poverty. They get separated due to certain circumstances. Vidya starts working at Anand's (Jeetendra) house as a maid. Raja is forced to beg for a local gang. While Vidya is attending to her chores, the alcoholic, Anand, tries to molest her. She escapes but is unfortunately hit by a speeding vehicle driven by Sunil Verma (Navin Nischol). This accident makes her visually impaired. The guilt-ridden Anand wants to apologize to Vidya. Will she accept the apology? Will Vidya reunite with her brother?

Tumhari Kasam

1978

Victoria No. 203 poster
6.0

Numerous plot lines intersect in this comedic romp about a female Victoria-carriage driver who disguises herself as a boy, and the hunt for the stash of diamonds hidden in her Victoria.

Victoria No. 203

1972

Dhund poster
7.2

Dhund is the story of a young woman Rani Ranjit Singh (Zeenat Aman), whose invalid husband Thakur Ranjit Singh (Danny Denzongpa) is murdered. The finger of suspicion points at the young widow and her lover Suresh Saxena (Sanjay Khan), but the killer is someone else.

Dhund

1973

Hanste Zakhm poster
3.0

Film about the upper class in India.

Hanste Zakhm

1973

Sawan Bhadon poster
6.3

Young Vikram (Navin Nischol) stands to inherit a fortune. After living in England for the past five years, he returns home to find his family out of control. His stepmother squanders their wealth, and his stepsister loves a hoodlum. Meanwhile, Vikram falls in love with Chanda (Rekha), a sassy village girl. He soon realizes that his family only wants his money and will stop at nothing to get it. Bollywood star Rekha makes her Hindi screen debut.

Sawan Bhadon

1970

Parwana poster
5.4

Kumar Sen is an artist of eminence, a talented painter, and a renowned sculptor; and like the majority of his clan, he has a sensitive introvert. But no artist can achieve any degree of brilliance in his work. Miss Asha Varma is the only niece of a retired, jovial old pensioner, Ashok Varma, and she is truly the light of Kumar's life. One stormy night, Kumar tries to hold Ashok Varma to his unsaid promise of giving him asha's hand in marriage. But the interview ends in unpleasantness for both of them, as angrily the old man ordered Kumar never to darken his doorstep again. Soon after Ashok Varma is strangled to death. Asha's beau Rajesh is arrested for Ashok's murder. The whole drama unfolds in court and truth prevails, who really murdered Ashok Varma and whether Rajesh is innocent or guilty.

Parwana

1971

Nadaan poster
10.0

Rivalry has existed between Ranimaa and a small and hostile community. The passage of time has only widened the gap between the two. When Ranimaa's heir apparent, Seema, attempts to make peace, she is severely reprimanded by Ranimaa. Then Seema meets with Ajay Jain and both fall in love. When Ranimaa finds out about this, she indicates her disapproval of Ajay. Seema, however, is adamant about this, and will only marry Ajay, and wants peace between the two communities. Finally, Ranimaa agrees to make peace with the tribe, only to be blackmailed by Manghu, who knows that Ranimaa's had a questionable past, a past so terrible that she will kill anyone who will dare to reveal it.

Nadaan

1971

Series credits