Acting
Arun
Born 1917-01-17 · Gujranwala, Punjab, British India
Acting credits
NRWhen a missing news reporter's camera resurfaces, it reveals fragments of a deadly political conspiracy, murder, and corruption hidden from the public. As the footage falls into the hands of a disturbed stranger who continues recording his own descent into chaos, the camera becomes a chilling witness to an escalating nightmare where truth is as dangerous as the people trying to bury it.
Rotten Society
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NRTwo devoted sisters find themselves in love with the same man, and in an act of sacrifice, one lets the other marry him. Life seems settled until a newcomer—a man with progressive, socialist ideals—arrives, challenging their traditional outlook and stirring emotions long buried. His presence forces both women to confront their feelings, question the choices they’ve made, and navigate the tension between duty, personal happiness, and changing social values, culminating in a quiet yet emotionally charged resolution.
Civil Marriage
1940
7.0A dance-based mythological featuring Shankar (Arun), the triad in the Hindu pantheon (sometimes equated with Dionysus), who dances the Tandava, the dance of destruction, when his wife Sati kills herself after she is humiliated by her father. He then retires into meditation from which he has to be awoken to rid the world of the demon Tarakasura. The seductive powers of Sati, reborn as Parvati (Bose), liven up Shankar but she has to pay for this by doing extensive penance, after which she can be accepted again by her husband as a real wife, partly through the divine intervention of Vishnu.
Shankar Parvati
1943
8.0Considered a curse by her cruel in-laws, a desperate woman attempts to take her own life until a priest intervenes, revealing that her continuous, unwavering devotion to the Goddess Mahalakshmi is the only key to changing her fate and restoring her prosperity.
Jai Mahalakshmi
1951
1939 Mehboob Khan film
Ek Hi Raasta
1939
8.0An allegory of contemporary political attitudes presented in terms of differing approaches to the institutionalisation of sexuality: marriage. There are three college friends: the liberal Vijay the conservative Loknath and Jagdish, a careerist. Vijay rescues a damsel in distress and marries her. Later, his son Anand repeats his father's history by rescuing Jagdish's daughter from a bandit and marrying her, resolving the differences between the three friends.
The Rebel
1940
9.0Two friends, a singer and a wrestler-in-training, fall for two sisters while navigating job hunts and comical living arrangements in the city.
Bhanwara
1944
1947 film by Vijay Bhatt
Samaj Ko Badal Dalo
1947
6.0Radha is a resolute mother, who strives hard against poverty and a lecherous money lender to feed her two sons who grew up with contrasting temperament.
Aurat
1940
9.0A mythological and devotional drama based on the life of Bhartrhari, a legendary king who renounced his throne and worldly life to become an ascetic and poet, known for his philosophical and moral verses. The film explored themes of renunciation, spiritual enlightenment, and the transient nature of worldly pleasures.
Bhartrahari
1944