Nadira

Acting

Nadira

Born 1932-12-05 · Baghdad, Iraq

Florence Ezekiel (5 December 1932 – 9 February 2006), known professionally as Nadira, was an Indian actress who worked in the Hindi film industry. She appeared in films from the 1950s and 1960s, including Aan (1952), Shree 420 (1955), Pakeezah (1972), and Julie (1975), which won her the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award.

Acting credits

Cobra poster
NR

Inspector Khan (Abid Ali) is in pursuit of crime boss Cobra (Sultan Rahi) and his gang. When Cobra gets killed in a police encounter, Inspector Khan trains his lookalike to pose as gang boss and help nab his gang.

Cobra

1991

Shree 420 poster
7.5

The story of a small-town man who comes to make it big in the city, where he is almost instantly relieved of all his possessions. Homeless and penniless, he is taken in by a woman who looks after him.

Shree 420

1955

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

Ishk Ishk Ishk poster
7.0

Dhun comes from a wealthy and talented family and desires to see the world on his own. He sets upon this travel and on his journey comes upon an inn called Five Daughters, run by Pahar. Deciding to stay there for a while, he meets Pahar's daughters and falls in love with Pooja. Pooja reciprocates his love and both hope to get married. Just when their marriage is being planned, Pooja's family comes to learn that Dhun and Pooja are related.

Ishk Ishk Ishk

1974

Josh poster
6.0

Two gangs fight for control of the streets: the Scorpions, led by Prakash and the Eagles, fronted by Max. When Prakash's brother Rahul comes to visit, he meets and quickly falls in love with Shirley, not realizing she's the sister of his brother's rival, Max. Though Rahul tries to keep their relationship secret, it's only a matter of time before it brings the gang rivalry to a head.

Josh

2000

Bombay Talkie poster
5.6

An English novelist travels to Bombay to watch one of her novels translated to film. She chases after the movie's leading man while the screenwriter chases after her.

Bombay Talkie

1970

Sapnon Ka Saudagar poster
8.0

Film starring Raj Kapoor, Hema Malini and Jayant

Sapnon Ka Saudagar

1968

Cotton Mary poster
5.0

A British family is trapped between culture, tradition, and the colonial sins of the past.

Cotton Mary

1999

Julie poster
6.5

Julie is an anglo-Indian girl with a loving, but alcoholic father and a domineering mother, a younger brother and sister. She falls in love with her best friend's brother Shashi Bhattacharya, a Hindu boy, and she has a passionate encounter with him, which leaves her pregnant. He goes away to college, not knowing about her condition. Her mother is distraught when Julie tells her about the pregnancy. They don't tell the rest of the family. Her mother thinks about getting Julie an abortion, but a devout Christian talks her out of it. Julie is sent away to have her baby in secret. The rest of the family is told that Julie got a job. When she comes back home, she runs into her Hindu boyfriend and tells him everything. He agrees to marry her, but his mother objects to the mixed marriage, not knowing about the baby born in secret. Julie's mother doesn't want the marriage either, as she and the rest of the family want to go to England

Julie

1975

Ashanti poster
8.4

A police officer is framed for a bank robbery and arrested and sent to prison. His mother hears this and dies of shock. When released he sets out to take revenge from the people who ruined his life.

Ashanti

1982

The Guru poster
6.0

Britain's top pop artiste, Tom Pickle, travels to Bombay, India, circa 1960s to learn to play the sitar from renowned maestro Ustad Zafar Khan.

The Guru

1969

Jhoothi Shaan poster
10.0

Ranimaa, a one-time empress, refuses to believe that her home is no longer a palace, even though she and her four children have turned it into a hotel. So when the police inform her that four bank robbers have checked in and they need to search every nook and cranny, she haughtily stands in the way of justice.

Jhoothi Shaan

1991

Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai poster
6.0

A rich girl marries a doctor. Differences crop up between the two and starts to snowball wherein she returns to her father's house. Months later she returns only to find he is in love with a nurse.

Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai

1960

Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai poster
6.0

A rich girl marries a doctor. Differences crop up between the two and starts to snowball wherein she returns to her father's house. Months later she returns only to find he is in love with a nurse.

Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai

1960

Pocket Maar poster
7.0

Roshan is a pickpocket whose life changes after a man he steals money from commits suicide. Driven by guilt, he sets out to repay the money to the deceased man's family.

Pocket Maar

1956

Saagar poster
6.6

Raja, a fisherman is secretly in love with Mona. When wealthy Ravi comes to live with his grandmother, Kamladevi, he sees Mona and falls in love with her. Mona also reciprocates his love. Raja is devastated by this turn of events. But when Kamladevi gets to know that Ravi is seeing Mona, she puts pressure on Mona to give up Ravi and marry someone else.

Saagar

1985

Lakshmi poster
NR

Widowed early in life, Lakshmi is forced to turn into a courtesan. However, she strives hard to raise her children under difficult circumstances.

Lakshmi

1982

Raaste Pyar Ke poster
5.0

A love triangle, the film is a remake of the Telugu blockbuster movie Dasara Bullodu (1971), made by the same company and director. Mohan Lal Srivatsav loves Gauri and so does Shyama. The rivals in love are close friends, their friendship proves to be stronger than their love. When Gauri learns that Shyama loves Mohan, she decides to sacrifice her love, her dream, her life for her friend's happiness.

Raaste Pyar Ke

1982

Pakeezah poster
6.5

A beautiful courtesan is unable to break away from the cycle of prostitution until a forest ranger falls in love with her. Unfortunately, his wealthy parents oppose the union.

Pakeezah

1972

Kim poster
8.0

A friendly street kid in India, during the last years of the nineteenth century, looks and considers himself Indian, but is in fact a Brit. The Brits discover his true origin, and train him as a spy.

Kim

1984

Amar Akbar Anthony poster
6.9

Three brothers, each raised in different religious households, reunite after many years in a chance encounter. They set out to take revenge on those responsible for separating them.

Amar Akbar Anthony

1977

Nai Duniya Naye Log poster
7.0

Sophistication is the dominant factor in the present day life of the people belonging to upper strata of Society. Parents belonging to upper strata of Society have their own lives to lead. They hardly have time to attend to their children. Children are left to the care of the servants. Bonds of relationship between parents and children, when they grow up, do not exist at all.

Nai Duniya Naye Log

1973

Ek Nazar poster
4.2

One Glance. Romance between a poet, son of the public prosecutor, and a nautch girl accused of murdering her mother.

Ek Nazar

1972

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