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Pratima Devi
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6.7Vinay finds himself constantly mistaken for a look-alike jewel thief. To clear his name, he joins hands with the police to impersonate the thief and catch the real culprit. When the thief decides to counter by posing as Vinay, their true identities become thoroughly muddled.
Jewel Thief
1967
7.0Long-suffering heiress Seeta is treated worse than a servant by her abusive money-grubbing aunt. Meanwhile, her long-lost twin sister Geeta grows up to be a gutsy street performer. One day, the girls unintentionally swap places.
Seeta and Geeta
1972
4.3The son of a wealthy family, Monish falls in love with Deviyani, a girl from a considerably less privileged background. When Monish leaves to study abroad, the lovers plan to reunite, but desperate financial straits force Deviyani into a marriage with a philandering drunk instead. Deeply unhappy, she flees, taking her infant daughter with her and vanishing into thin air. Does fate have more than misery in store for the unfortunate Deviyani?
Mamta
1966
7.0In this loose adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, childhood sweethearts Kamla and Shankar are separated and grow up in different worlds. The girl is brought up to be a priestess, while the boy becomes a dejected thakur, turned vindictive by life's injustices. Fate inevitably brings them together again, but Kamla does not know about her beloved's secret.
Sangdil
1952
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
7.0Kishore is a conman who has little respect for the rich. He learns that the person responsible for his friend's death is the same who led to his own father's death. He swears to bring him to justice.
Dilli Ka Thug
1958
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
7.3Shankar lives in a remote village in rural India with his mother and sister, Manju, and drives a horse-carriage for a living. The main employer in the region is a kind-hearted businessman Maganlal. When Maganlal announces that he would like to undertake a religious pilgrimage, his son, Kundan, takes over and wants to cut back on labor and mechanize the business - thus leading to loss in jobs
Naya Daur
1957
6.5A 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
6.9Three 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
5.6An atheist falls in love with a married devout woman who has forsaken materialistic life.
Jogan
1950
6.5Dr. Ravi returns from abroad and takes up position as Chief Surgeon in a hospital. He then meets with Nurse Shanti, who lives an impoverished lifestyle with her ailing mother, and decides to perform surgery, but she passes away, and a guilt-ridden Ravi marries Shanti much to the chagrin of his mentor, Kaka, who had hoped that he would marry his daughter, Rajni. The couple then travel to Kashmir for their honey-moon, and then settle down to a harmonious relationship. Hoping to travel even more, their plans are interrupted by the hospital's head doctor, who wants Ravi to focus on cancer research. The couple drop all travel plans and immerse themselves in research so much so that Shanti herself becomes ill.
Saathi
1968
10.0Gopal is constantly haunted by the tragedy that took place in his childhood. His youthful elder sister Sita and his younger brother Jagan were abducted by villainous Gulshan and his men. Gopal's mother dies with this shock, before innocent Gopal's eyes. This tragedy leaves a deep and an unerasable scar on Gopal's heart and mind. Revenge becomes his motto.
Adha Din Adhi Raat
1977
10.0A murder had taken place. The suspect ran away and jumped into the water . When he was dragged out of waters, he was unconscious. A story of mystery and of breath-taking suspense.
Meenar
1954
5.2Rakesh, a successful architect, falls in love with a girl: Sujata whose father happens to be his own father's business rival. Sujata's father unwittingly assigns Rakesh the contract for building his house. This sets the stage for an entertaining story about the love between two individuals and their efforts to reconcile their families.
Tere Ghar Ke Samne
1963
5.7Bollywood 1964
Ji Chahta Hai
1964
7.7In Calcutta at the turn of the century, two families (one wealthier than the other but both belonging to the same caste) live in adjoining properties. Their respective patriarchs fall out over the repayment of a loan and the intervention of a member of a lower caste in the families' financial arrangements. The rift causes much heartache to the younger members of the families, two of whom have secretly plighted their troth to each other.
Parineeta
1953
8.0Living a life of privilege in post-colonial India, wealthy young Prem Shankar faces a crisis when his businessman father insists on an arranged marriage to a rich family's daughter. While juggling the affections of his close friend Kasturi, Prem falls desperately in love with the free-spirited gypsy woman, Dulari. When his enraged father issues an ultimatum—never see Dulari again or forfeit his inheritance—Prem must confront the agonizing choice between his duty to his privileged family and the true, forbidden passion of his heart.
Dulari
1949
Aankh Micholi is a 1942 hindi movie directed by R. S. Choudhary, Starring Nalini Jaywant and Satish.
Blind Man's Bluff
1942
6.4Sita devi is a very strict aunt for a number of young ladies, and does not allow them to fraternize with males. Along comes Pritam disguised as an elderly Professor Khanna to break every possible rule of the aunt
Professor
1962
6.0Numerous 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
8.0Meena, a wealthy, educated girl, has been promised in marriage to Sunder, a sheltered young man who has received an extremely traditional religious education. Displeased, Meena sets out to find a more suitable candidate, but is taken in by Manohar, a gold-digging conman. Finding Sunder to be clueless about the world, Manohar is soon manipulating him as well as Meena in his schemes to gain possession of Meena's fortune.
Mem Sahib
1956
7.0Puran, a wealthy young man, falls in love with Asha, who is poor. He insists on marrying her despite his family's strong disapproval due to their class difference. The story follows his persistent efforts to overcome this opposition and marry Asha.
Ziddi
1948
8.0A dramatic case of mistaken identity when a catastrophic train wreck separates two newlywed couples. Because traditional bridal veils (ghunghat) completely hid the brides' faces, a surviving groom accidentally rescues and brings home the wrong woman.
Ghunghat
1960