Nalini Jaywant

Acting

Nalini Jaywant

Born 1926-02-18 · Solapur, Bombay Presidency, British India

Acting credits

Durgesh Nandini poster
7.0

Akbar deputes Raja Mansingh to conquer Orissa, where Pathan King Katlu Khan reigns. Mansingh, despite enmity, asks for cooperation. He sends Jagat Singh to Burdwan to spy on Pathan military activities, meeting Durgesh Nandini.

Durgesh Nandini

1956

Anokha Pyar poster
8.0

Love triangle has a flowerseller and a doctor's daughter both in love with a struggling writer.

Anokha Pyar

1948

Jadoo poster
9.0

Sundari is a stage dancer and singer, a flirt, quarrelsome, and generally up to no good. She meets with Havaldar Pritam, and both are attracted to each other. Circumstances force Pritam to arrest Sundari for viciously assaulting another woman, but he lets her escape, and is severely reprimanded by the Kotwal. Sundari feels sorry for him. She meets with the Kotwal and pleads with him to forgive Pritam, which he does. Pritam is grateful to Sundari for saving his career, and both continue to romance each other. What Pritam does not know that Sundari belongs to a gang of thieves, the leader of which is her long-time boyfriend, currently in prison, a notorious gangster by the name of Rahu.

Jadoo

1951

No artwork available
7.0

A 1955 Hindi film directed by O.P. Dutta.

Lagan

1955

Hum Sab Chor Hain poster
10.0

The story of two carefree men who use every trick in the book to make a comfortable living.

Hum Sab Chor Hain

1956

Naujawan poster
7.0

Rich girl falls in love with a poor man, with many complications along the way.

Naujawan

1951

Nastik poster
4.2

At a young age Shankar, the son of a Hindu priest, witnesses his father's murder and gets separated from his mother and sister. Projecting his anger towards God he grows up as an atheist and vows to avenge his father's death.

Nastik

1983

No artwork available
8.0

Aankh Micholi is a 1942 hindi movie directed by R. S. Choudhary, Starring Nalini Jaywant and Satish.

Blind Man's Bluff

1942

Kala Pani poster
4.9

Based on A.J.Cronin's 'Beyond This Place', this movie narrates the story of an untiring crusade for justice. A young man, learning about his father's wrongful implication in a fifteen-year-old murder, vows to bring the true criminals to justice and release his innocent father from 'kaala paani' (life imprisonment), for which he enlists the help of a press reporter, a retired police inspector and an unwitting prostitute who happens to possess some key evidence.

Kala Pani

1958

No artwork available
7.0

Though times have changed, Ram still uses old ways of farming due to a drought in the village. His brother, Bala, goes to Bombay to earn his living. Mahadev, a Zamindar in the village, eyes Usha, the lover of Bala. Due to the drought, the crops fail in the village, and Shikh Sahib, a social worker, comes to help the farmers, and shows them new ways of farming. Ramu goes to Bombay to take a loan for cooperative farming and asks Bala to turn back to the village, but he refuses. [The film is a socio-economic study of post-independence India, blending documentary elements with narrative storytelling. The film is often described as a "simple story woven into the documentary design" and features actors like Prithviraj Kapoor and Dev Anand.]

India Is Ours

1950

Bahen poster
9.0

Having saved his little sister Bina (Baby Meena Kumari) from the floods, Amar (Sheikh Mukhtar) becomes increasingly possessive about her over the years. Amar falls in love twice but forgoes marriage so he can look after the growing Bina. Bina (Nalini Jaywant), now a grown up young girl falls in love with the social activist Rajendra (Harish). However, Amar can not bear to lose Bina and so he plans her marriage to the thief Moti Kanhaiyalal, with the idea that he'll get her divorced after some time and then Bina would stay with him always. After several incidents that end up uniting Rajendra and Bina, Amar gets some happiness when a daughter is born to Bina.

Bahen

1941

Shikast poster
6.0

After a seven year absence, Dr. Ram Singh returns to his village intending to sell his land and go back to the city. He finds that the peasants are being mistreated by the local landlord and the landlord's sister, Sushma.

Shikast

1953

Sangram poster
6.0

After the death of his wife, a policeman fails to up-bring his only son in a good way and spoils him. This creates serious repercussions once the child becomes an adult.

Sangram

1950

Do Raha poster
7.0

A young girl, impressed by the crystal clear ideals of a writer, falls in love with him, but ends up losing everything she hoped for as a wife.

Do Raha

1952

No artwork available
9.0

Aankhen (meaning The Eyes) is a 1950 Bollywood family drama film directed by Devendra Goel

The Eyes

1950

Mr. X poster
8.0

The film tells the story of Professor Dinanath who invents a potion that can make anyone who takes it invisible.

Mr. X

1957

Munimji poster
4.0

Roopa lives a wealthy lifestyle with her widowed dad, Captain Suresh, and brother, Shekhar. After she returns from abroad, she is told that she must now prepare to get married to her betrothed, Ratan, who is the son of a close friend of Suresh. Everything changes suddenly when Roopa meets with a handsome young man, Raj, and both fall in love with each other.

Munimji

1955

Railway Platform poster
8.0

Railway Platform is about a love triangle between a princess, a poor man and his lover at a train station. Passengers from all backgrounds get stranded on an isolated railway platform when a natural disaster delays their train for 24 hours.

Railway Platform

1955

No artwork available
10.0

After her husband passes away, a woman adopts an abandoned baby, but the mother shows up years later to claim her child.

Amar Rahe Yeh Pyar

1961

Mehbooba poster
8.5

Mehbooba, directed by K. Amarnath, is a Hindi-language costume drama set in a historical or mythological backdrop. The film stars Shammi Kapoor, Nalini Jaywant, Gope, Achala Sachdev, and Hiralal. The music for the film was composed by Roshan, with lyrics penned by Majrooh Sultanpuri.

Mehbooba

1954

Samadhi poster
7.0

Shekhar falls in love with Lilly D'Souza, a performer, only to discover she is a British spy. He hands over Lilly and her sister, Dolly, to the INA, which sentences both to death.

Samadhi

1950

Nau Bahar poster
8.0

A rich blind man who falls for a poor girl, regains his sight and is forced to marry a wealthy girl whom his father has chosen.

Nau Bahar

1952

Rahi poster
10.0

After leaving British Army Ramesh joins a tea plantation as a supervisor, where he is required to harass Indians. Gradually his heart changes and falls in love with local girl and revolts against his British employer.

Rahi

1953

Radhika poster
7.0

Radha is deeply devoted to Lord Gopal and spends her days in worship and spiritual pursuit. Her beauty and piety attract the attention of the Jagirdar, a powerful and wealthy man, who desires to marry her. However, Rasha is uninterested in worldly attachments and seeks only spiritual fulfillment.

Radhika

1941