
Acting
Om Prakash
Born — Died
1919-12-19 — 1998-02-12
Place of birth
Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Known for
Acting
Credits
62 titles
Known for
7.3Raju faces many hurdles and disappointments in matters of the heart throughout his life. But as a clown in a circus, he tries to make his audience laugh at the cost of his own sorrows. Along the way, Raju loves and loses, but must always keep a smile on his face because, in the words of his circus manager, "The show must go on."
Mera Naam Joker
1970
7.2A petty thief is put on trial for the attempted murder of a lawyer. Through a series of flashbacks, the intertwining lives of the thief, the lawyer, and the thief's defense lawyer are illustrated.
Awaara
1951
8.5Muqaddar ka Faisla, is the story of Pandit Krishna Kant. A poor, but extremely honest, upright, God-fearing man, who refuses to compromise on his principles.
Muqaddar Ka Faisla
1987
6.3The Kumar family consists of Ramprasad, his wife, Durga; their married son, Vijay, his wife, Sharda, their daughter, Pinky; a married daughter who lives with them, Kanchan, her husband, Bajrangi, and a son; an unmarried and unemployed son, Amar. Save for Bajrangi and Amar everyone else likes to bully and abuse Sharda and make her do all the house-work, especially Kanchan and Durga who don't even need an excuse to beat, slap her, and even burn her arm in scalding hot water. Amar finds a job with Dwarkaprasad, and falls in love with his daughter, Seema. One day Amar has to be go to Delhi, and four days later when he returns home he finds that Sharda and Pinky are missing, and Sharda's mom, Devki, is dead. He frantically searches for them and comes across their dead bodies. The question remains how did Devki die, and how were Sharda and Pinky killed?
Ghar Ho To Aisa
1990
6.3Left in the care of an alcoholic Gangu Ganpat, young Heera, who named himself after a stray dog, wrestles with life in his young age. Years later, now a young man , he works for Mahendar Singh and is in love with Mohini, who will not have anything to do with him due to his lack of ancestry. Heera is now determined to find out who his parents are, and the only one who can help him is the elusive, alcohol-induced and incoherent Gangu Ganpat.
Laawaris
1981
6.0A 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
Film credits
1980s · 17 titles
8.5Muqaddar ka Faisla, is the story of Pandit Krishna Kant. A poor, but extremely honest, upright, God-fearing man, who refuses to compromise on his principles.
Muqaddar Ka Faisla
1987
6.3Left in the care of an alcoholic Gangu Ganpat, young Heera, who named himself after a stray dog, wrestles with life in his young age. Years later, now a young man , he works for Mahendar Singh and is in love with Mohini, who will not have anything to do with him due to his lack of ancestry. Heera is now determined to find out who his parents are, and the only one who can help him is the elusive, alcohol-induced and incoherent Gangu Ganpat.
Laawaris
1981
6.8Two rival burglars end up at the same school with the intent of abducting a rich man's son for a large ransom.
Do Aur Do Paanch
1980
7.2Manorama, the daughter of a rich, orthodox family is married off, leaving her childhood friend Deodhar and his secret love for her, in despair. When tragedy befalls her, and traditions seem unfair, Deodhar must fight for what's right.
Prem Rog
1982
8.1Rehmat Khan (Raaj Kumar) is the wise leader of a tribe of frontiersmen. After the malevolent leader of a neighboring tribe (Amrish Puri) kidnaps the beautiful Shama (Hema Malini), the woman escapes and seeks refuge in Khan's camp. When Khan falls for her, their love threatens to spark a bloody tribal war in this drama from Prakash Mehra. The Kalyanji-Anandji soundtrack features "Allah Kare Maula Kare" and "Bahut Kat Chuka Hai."
Mohabbat Ke Dushman
1988
9.0Jagmohan, a prominent businessman with underworld dealings, approaches renowned advocate Kailash Nath, to represent his son who has been charged with murder and may face the death penalty. Kailash refuses to do so, and Jagmohan's son is hanged. Angered, Jagmohan kills Kailash's wife, Laxmi and child in front of him, and escapes. He is eventually arrested and brought to trial, but is found not guilty. Kailash decides to avenge this on his own, but Jagmohan has left the country. On his arrival back, Kailash carries out his vendetta against him, and Jagmohan is charged with killing a man, arrested, found guilty, and sentenced to die. Thus Kailash carries out his vengeance against Jagmohan. Now Kailash is faced with advocate Ajay Verma, who has molested his sister, Shilpa. Watch how Kailash's anger spotlights Ajay, and wreck havoc and chaos in his life. And there is no one on Earth who can possibly save Ajay from Kailash's wrath.
Insaniyat Ke Dushman
1987
10.0Architect and Poet Salim Ahmed Salim lives in Nizamuddin, India, along with his widowed mother. He re-locates to Lucknow where he is employed with Shirazi & Company. He instructs her not to leave the house, and when she persists, he sells the house and decides to re-locate to Lahore, Pakistan. Salim attempts to stop them but Hamid assaults him and leaves him senseless. Salim does recover but takes to alcohol and a Courtesan named Phoolrani in a big way. His mother intervenes, and compels him to get married to their new neighbor's daughter, Sahira, which he reluctantly does. Now trapped in a marriage with a woman he does not love, Salim continues to frequent Phoolrani's brothel, with hopes of being re-united with his estranged sweetheart - only to find that the seemingly demure Sahira will not let go of him that easily.
Yeh Ishq Nahin Aasaan
1984
5.5Kishan (Rajesh Khanna), the rich and spoiled son, studying medicine in college, of a wealthy man (Om Prakash) is taught a lesson in humility by fellow student, Madhu (Hema Malini), and he undergoes a dramatic transformation, and also falls in love with her. Their dreams are shattered when Madhu is killed by Kapilkumar (Danny Denzongpa), and a devastated Kishan relocates to a small village to practice medicine. He meets with Chanchal, an exact look-alike of Madhu, and finds himself drawn towards her, and she too is attracted to him. But does fate have positive results for Kishan?
Bandish
1980
9.7Abdullah has to fight oppression and torture as he tries to bring up the boy as a hindu where the majority are muslims.
Abdullah
1980
5.7An evil spirit plots to possess a young, newly-married woman by driving nails into her legs.
Bees Saal Baad
1989
7.5No synopsis available yet.
Do Dilon Ki Dastaan
1985
6.8Charandas, a young man in a village has no aim in life except to be a pehelwaan (wrestler). He takes an oath that he will not court or marry a girl until he hits the age of forty. But things changes when Charandas meets Chameli and falls in love with her. A hilarious take on the caste system of India, as both of them come from different castes and try hard to marry each other.
Chameli Ki Shaadi
1986
5.3A businessman faces challenges when he unknowingly permits his daughter to get engaged to the son of the man who betrayed him.
Imaandaar
1987
8.0Teenage love story of a Catholic girl from Goa and a Hindu boy.
Love in Goa
1983
6.3Jagirdar Bishamber Nath a wealthy man disowns his son, police inspector Amar Nath for marrying against his wishes. In the course of his duties Amar sends a notorious criminal Pinto to jail. In due course, Pinto escapes from prison and begins a vendetta which results in several deaths, children being separated from parents and the loyalty of a family driver which saves Jyoti. As the children grow up there is a peek behind the scenes of movieland in Bombay, abductions, being loved, unrequited love, broken childhood engagement, success in stardom, suicide and failure. Does Amar's daughter Jyoti find her true love? Is wealthy Bishamber Nath destined to a lonely old age?
Naukar Biwi Ka
1983
7.8After her fiancé is killed in an accident, Seema becomes a bar dancer and is raped. When her fiancé miraculously returns, she learns that her rapist is his uncle.
Aas Paas
1981
6.4A workaholic businessman neglects his only son after his wife's death. The son grows up to be a rebellious alcoholic.
Sharaabi
1984
1970s · 17 titles
7.3Raju faces many hurdles and disappointments in matters of the heart throughout his life. But as a clown in a circus, he tries to make his audience laugh at the cost of his own sorrows. Along the way, Raju loves and loses, but must always keep a smile on his face because, in the words of his circus manager, "The show must go on."
Mera Naam Joker
1970
7.6A man's simple lie to secure his job escalates into more complex lies when his orthodox boss becomes suspicious.
Gol Maal
1979
7.2J.K. is a hotel Manager in a scenic location in India. One day he gallantly comes to the rescue of a drunk daughter, Aarti, of a politician, and chooses to be discrete about it. When she recovers, she and he fall in love; get married in a small marriage ceremony, have a daughter, and thereafter differences arise to such an extent that they decide to separate. Years pass J.K. and Aarti meet again when she is an established politician, both are still attracted to each other, but she does not want her name to be tarnished and stigmatized as a "separated" woman.
Aandhi
1975
7.5Preeti, a wealthy woman, is in an intimate relationship with Prem, but her father disapproves and devises a plan that leads to their breakup. Years later, Preeti is reunited with Prem in a completely different situation.
Aa Gale Lag Jaa
1973
NRPushpanjali (An Offering of Flowers) is a 1970 Hindi, romantic drama film, produced and directed by Kishore Sahu. The film was made under the "Kishore Sahu Productions" banner. Dinesh Khanna, his wife, Lata, and their son, Pappu, lead a harmonious and happy upper-middle class life in Bombay, India. Despite of their happiness, they know that Lata's heart is weak, and unable to withstand shock or over-excitement. While on a outing, Pappu starts having health problems, and must be admitted in hospital, so that various tests can be carried out to isolate and treat the problem. A few days later, Dinesh is at work, and the phone rings in the Khanna household. Lata answers the phone, and what she is told the shocking truth - a truth so devastating that it may take her life, and change the lives of her husband and child forever.
Pushpanjali
1970
10.0After being thrown out of his house by his father, the smuggler Sunder is forced to live a simple life and in doing so manages to reform himself and become the good son that his father always dreamed of. -SR
Vardaan
1975
7.0A village woman abandoned by her husband is forced into prostitution in Kolkata and forms nameless yet strong relations with a wealthy patron as well as an abused boy in the neighbourhood.
Amar Prem
1972
6.3Sushma believes that she is too young to get married, but her father, Lalla Banarsilal insists, and she runs away. Her adventures take her to a lonely wealthy widower with a cute daughter named Guddi; a drunken lout in a brothel; Dr. Kruparam, a psychiatrist, who admits her in his mental hospital; a dreaded bandit who has killed his tormentor, cut him into pieces and fed them to birds, and who still on a killing spree; Pandit Gorakhnath who lives a double life - as a priest and as a smuggler; a leper Dhanraj, who once was a very wealthy man, but is now shunned by everyone; a transvestite stage actor; and a hunter who saves Sushma's life by shooting dead a man-eating lion. As things spiral out of control for Sushma, there is yet one more male she has to meet, and it is this meeting that will change her life even more.
Naya Din Nai Raat
1974
10.0Beautiful Radha lives in a small hill-station in India. One day, Mahesh comes for sight-seeing, both meet, fall in love with each other, get intimate, and Mahesh promises to return, marry her and take her with him to live in Bombay. He does not return, Radha continues to search for him in every train that stops at Shampur, in vain. She eventually gives birth to a baby girl, Laxmi, and both are looked after by Shampur's kind-hearted Station Master. Radha does come across Mahesh, but he refuses to recognize her, and she kills herself. The Station Master takes Laxmi to her next of kin, in all two families, but all reject Laxmi, consider her inauspicious, and will have nothing to do with her. He leaves Laxmi with her maternal grand-parent, Bhagwanti and her husband, but Laxmi is abused and she runs away to Bombay, where she is befriended and looked after by a blind beggar, Anwar.
Aansoo Aur Muskan
1970
6.0A kingpin smuggler kills a police officer and succeeds in separating his teen-aged sons. The elder son who had vowed to take revenge, accidentally meets his younger brother. The two join forces to bust the smugglers gang.
Nehle Pe Dehla
1976
7.0Unorthodox, honest, simple-minded, and unemployed Gopi is blamed for a theft he did not commit, and gets thrown out of his home by his elder step-brother.
Gopi
1970
10.0The entire plot is woven around Indian family values, enterprise and meteoric rise in business.
Charandas
1977
Ravi is the son of a wealthy businessman, Ramlal. One day he learns about his father's extramarital affair and concocts a plan to teach him a lesson.
Aankh Micholi
1972
6.9A tough and honest police officer clashes with a crime boss who, unbeknownst to him, happens to be his parents' murderer.
Zanjeer
1973
6.3An escaped criminal finds refuge with the family of a man he killed accidentally.
Roti
1974
8.0A wealthy and educated wife gets physically abused by her husband, but must agree to live with him for 15 days in order to get a divorce.
Ek Hasina Do Diwane
1972
7.3Sulekha is in awe of her brother-in-law Raghavendra for his intelligence. Parimal, her husband, decides to take up the challenge of fooling Raghavendra and goes to work for him as a driver.
Chupke Chupke
1975
1960s · 19 titles
6.0A 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
Gauri (Nanda) belongs to a woman's group, but does not welcome certain changes being imposed on the group by Lali (Shashikala). Lali has already influenced Sundari (Leela Mishra) and Kala (Mumtaz), much to the unhappiness of thier hapless husband and dad, Dhanprasad (Om Prakash). Gauri meets with Dhanprasad's nephew, Amar (Sanjeev Kumar), both fall in love, and get married. Amar gets involved in an accident and gets crippled. Gauri now gets to be the bread-winner when she gets with Gupta (Sujit Kumar), and both start getting friendsly. Meanwhile, Lali leads Sundari and Kala to more reckless independence. Amar starts suspecting Gauri and Gupta of having an intimate relationship, and their marriage bond is at breaking point.
Pati Patni
1966
9.0Mera Qasoor Kya Hai is a 1964 Hindi film starring Dharmendra, Nanda and Om Prakash. The film's music is by Chitragupta.
Mera Qasoor Kya Hai
1964
7.1A simple man from a village falls in love with his new neighbor. He enlists the help of his musical-theater friends to woo the lovely girl-next-door away from her music teacher.
Padosan
1968
8.6Sunil lives with his mom and sister in a middle-class dwelling in Delhi, India. He works for Chopra & Co., Chartered Accountants. He comes across a beautiful woman posing for a painting and instantly falls in love. The only problem, Sunil hates rich girls and this girl is very wealthy.
Mere Hamdam Mere Dost
1968
7.5Deepali is the only daughter of a wealthy but deceased industrialist, Lakhanpal. While on a holiday in Northern India, she meets with and gets friendly with Pritam. Unknown to her, Pritam has fallen head over heels in love with her, and wants to marry her. After Deepali returns home, Pritam follows her, meets with her maternal uncle, Choudhary, and creates a very good impression of himself. As a result, Choudhary is convinced that Pritam will make a good husband for Deepali. When Deepali finds out, she is enraged, as she has seen Pritam only as a friend, and her true love is another eligible young man by the name of Ajit, who Deepali has decided to make her life-partner, regardless of any and all consequences.
Ek Shriman Ek Shrimati
1969
8.0An ancestral property is distributed between two brothers, then a couple of years later, bitterness divides their families. An outsider in the younger brother's family tries to kill the others, which is resisted in time, and they reunite.
Khandan
1965
7.0Life changes drastically for Lala Gokulchand (Om Prakash), a lowly shopkeeper, when a rich relative dies and he becomes an overnight millionaire. But his lucky break has a flip side in that it makes him a target for a scheming con artist (Pran) with plans to ruin him. Devendra Goel directs this classic Bollywood family drama with a supporting cast that includes Sanjay Khan, Babita Kapoor, Helen, Manorama and Baby Sonia.
Dus Lakh
1966
NRIn India, girls from their very birth are taken for a liability upon their parents; thus the mothers of the nation are looked down on in their own homes. Kamala represents such afflicted Indian girlhood. She is the daughter of Judge Ram Pershad who is illiterate and has orthodox views about girls. She stands first in the Matriculation Examination and has an ardent desire for studying in college in order to become a doctor. Judge Ram Pershad is totally against college education for girls. It is his faith that any money spent on the sons alone is money well-spent merely because they are sons and will stand by him in his old age. Kamala is determined not to bow before injustice, but to secure her rightful place in society. She makes an all-out bid to join college with the contrivance of Dr. Ratanlal, a close friend of her father. In college, she comes across Shyam, who helps her in many difficult situations.
College Girl
1960
10.0A tale of two hearts, a story of young love. One heart belonged to the educated, rich man's daughter from City, "Chanchal." The other was simple good hearted "Chaila" from village.
Do Dilon Ki Dastaan
1966
10.0A man is devastated when his beloved is seemingly killed in a train crash, so his colleagues suggest he goes for a picnic to cheer himself up.
Naughty Boy
1962
10.0The relationship between two childhood friends is tested as they grow up and discoveries are made. Mirza Yusuf Changezi has known Jahan Ara since childhood, and both have been good friends. After they grow up, things are not quite the same, as Jahan Ara's dad is none other than Emperor Shah Jahan, and men are not permitted to meet with the princess under any circumstance. But Jahan and Mirza do meet secretly and promise to marry each other.
Jahan Ara
1964
7.0Bollywood family drama from director Narendra Suri and featuring music from Ravi.
Badi Didi
1969
Raja's frequent brush with crime forces his sister Rani to disown him, and she decides to work in Dr. Mohan's house. However, Dr. Mohan finds out the truth about Rani and her brother.
Man-Mauji
1962
6.7A lawyer holds the eyewitness evidence to catch a killer, but the identified criminal is the lawyer's own mentor, prospective father-in-law, and also the judge who presides over the case.
Kanoon
1960
7.5Amar and Rekha fall in love, but their happiness is endangered when Rekha discovers that she was already married as a child.
Kanyadaan
1968
NRWhen soldier Deepak learns that his uncle Thakur has snatched his property, he threatens him to return his ancestral estate. However, things change when the former is accused of the latter's murder.
Soldier as Thakur Daler Singh
1969
4.8Widower Ramlal lives a wealthy lifestyle near Poona, India along with two daughters and a son. His daughter, Malti, is a Science Graduate; Nirmala, a matriculate, and the son, Atma, who wants his dad to finance a Hindi film which he himself will produce under the banner of 'Wah Wah Productions'
Pyar Kiye Jaa
1966
7.0A family drama with a special focus on two generations of the Chopra family. Dinanath Chopra lives in a small tenement with his wife, and two sons Baldev, and Chandramohan. Dinanath re-finances his house in order to get Baldev to study further and be a doctor, and also gets him married with Rekha who comes from a very wealthy family. Chandramohan studies in college, and has a sweetheart in the form of the gorgeous Asha. Asha lives with her mom, and dad, a sort of quack. Differences in the Baldev emerge and multiply. Baldev and Rekha move to their palatial house. The birth of a baby boy to Rekha does lighten things up a bit, but not for long. Dinanath loses his eyesight in an accident and becomes blind.
Aap Ki Parchhaiyan
1964
1950s · 6 titles
7.2A petty thief is put on trial for the attempted murder of a lawyer. Through a series of flashbacks, the intertwining lives of the thief, the lawyer, and the thief's defense lawyer are illustrated.
Awaara
1951
6.4Rakesh lives with his brother, Madan, and his dad in Rangoon. Madan has fallen into bad company and steals the family heirloom, in the shape of a dragon, some cash and runs away to India. Shortly thereafter, his dead body is found under Calcutta's Howrah Bridge. Rakesh travels to Calcutta in order to find out the mystery behind Madan's death, and also try to recover the family heirloom.
Howrah Bridge
1958
6.4After Shekhar (Raj Kapoor) falls for beautiful Sharada (Meena Kumari), he makes her promise that she'll wait for him while he goes abroad on a business trip. But when Shekhar's plane goes down in flames, Sharada finds comfort in the arms of another man, not knowing that he's Shekhar's widowed father (Raj Mehra). Trouble is, Shekhar survived the crash and soon returns home, only to discover that Sharada has become … his mother!
Sharada
1957
9.0The film is a social drama that explores themes of friendship, sacrifice, and the moral complexities of the time. While detailed plot synopses of 1950s "B-movies" can sometimes be elusive, Dost is characterized by the typical emotional storytelling of the era, often centering on family dynamics or star-crossed relationships.
Dost
1954
8.0To escape an arranged marriage, a dreamer flees to Bombay, only to become obsessed with a lifelike statue of a beautiful woman that magically comes alive, leading everyone—including the law—to believe he has gone completely mad.
Nazneen
1951
NRA Hindi social drama directed by Kalidas, starring Pradeep Kumar, Rajendra Kumar, and Vyjayanthimala.
Ek Jhalak
1957
Behind the camera
Shanno falls for the flautist Kanhaiya, believing him to be Lord Krishna, and decides to marry him. However, she is shocked after realising that he is, in fact, the village drunkard.
Kanhaiya
1959
Shanno falls for the flautist Kanhaiya, believing him to be Lord Krishna, and decides to marry him. However, she is shocked after realising that he is, in fact, the village drunkard.
Kanhaiya
1959
