Daisy Irani

Acting

Daisy Irani

Born

1950-01-01 (76)

Known for

Acting

Credits

39 titles

Daisy Irani (born 1950) was a noted Bollywood and Kollywood child actor in the 1950s and 1960s. She is most known for films such as Bandish (1955), Ek Hi Raasta (1956), Naya Daur (1957), Hum Panchhi Ek Dal Ke (1957), Jailor (1958), Qaidi No 911 (1959) and Do Ustad (1959). As a supporting actress, she acted in Kati Patang in 1971.

Known for

Happy New Year poster
6.1

Six would-be thieves enter a prestigious dance competition as a cover for their larger goal of pulling off a major heist.

Happy New Year

2014

Housefull poster
5.7

Believing himself to be a jinx and bringing bad luck upon himself and others, a man attempts to find true love, but ends up in very complicated relationships.

Housefull

2010

No artwork available
NR

Waqt Batayega Kaun Apna Kaun Paraya is a Hindi television saga that aired on Sony TV based on the story of a girl name Rudra who faces many hurdles by her adoptive family members. The series premiered on April 14, 2008 and is produced by Dheeraj Kumar's production house Creative Eye Limited.

Waqt Batayega Kaun Apna Kaun Paraya

2008

Shararat poster
7.6

A miscreant who commits a misdemeanor is sentenced to do community service in an old-folks home.

Shararat

2002

Musafir poster
7.0

The stories of three sets of people, linked by their connection to an old suburban house in Calcutta- An orphaned young woman who desperately wants her husband to make up with his estranged parents so that she may belong to a family once more, a wayward young man desperate to find a job to support his aged father and his widowed sister-in-law, and a shadowy neighbourhood ‘madman’

Musafir

1957

Aastha: In the Prison of Spring poster
4.2

Aastha: In the Prison of Spring is a story of a lower middle class happy nuclear family. The lady of the family gets involved in prostitution, owing to the not-so-good financial condition of the family. It is the story of the guilt that comes with the money and the cobweb that such a route entails that its quite an effort to come out of the profession once one enters it.

Aastha: In the Prison of Spring

1997

Film credits

2010s · 5 titles

2000s · 3 titles

1970s · 4 titles

Gomti Ke Kinare poster
9.0

After his father's death, young Sameer runs away to search for his mother and is adopted by the tawaif Ganga.

Gomti Ke Kinare

1972

Kati Patang poster
7.1

A runaway bride promises her dying widowed friend that she will assume her identity and look after her infant child.

Kati Patang

1971

Geet poster
5.8

Delhi-based Kamla lives a wealthy lifestyle along with her widower dad, Dindayal, and is a popular stage singer and dancer. She goes for a holiday in scenic Kulu, meets with flute-player and singer Sarju, and both fall in love with each other and both decide to get married. Kamla returns home and convinces her employer, Kunver Shamsher Singh, to let Sarju also sing on stage. Shortly thereafter Sarju and his sister, Janki, move in with them. Sarju is given a new look and name, Suraj Kumar, and soon Kamla and Suraj become a popular stage and singing pair. Kamla arranges for Janki's marriage with Agra-based Ashok, while her dad also finalizes her very own marriage with Suraj on the same day. On the way back from Agra, Suraj's has an accident, he does survive but is grievously injured. After he recuperates he finds he cannot speak due to a brain blood clot. Janki's marriage takes place and she re-locates to Agra.

Geet

1970

Pehchan poster
7.0

An impossibly innocent villager named Ganga comes to the big city to find a girl who would agree to become his wife. The first girl he meets is actually a troubled prostitute named Champa whom he manages to rescue from the brothel she has been in for some time. He takes her home and in a most typical Hindi film style, announces her as his sister. Along with them lives a crippled middle-aged man. Ganga falls for a beautiful girl named Barkha, and her parents agree to have them married, but alas, Barkha's brother Rakesh identifies Champa and the marriage is cancelled as a result.

Pehchan

1970

1960s · 8 titles

Waris poster
6.3

Due to disagreements in the King's household, his wife and son decide to move away from his kingdom. Years later, the King passes away and the palace decides to locate the Prince, so that he can claim his rightful place on the throne. They locate three young men, all claiming to be the prince. The Palace officials put them to the test, and one by one, all of them pass various tests imposed on them, leaving the officials in a quandary, as to who the real prince is between these three young men.

Waris

1969

Kaithi Kannayiram poster
NR

Kannayiram loses his son to kidnappers and is jailed on false charges. Later, he finds a new direction in life and decides to save the life of the jailer's son who is kidnapped by other inmates.

Kaithi Kannayiram

1960

Sharabi poster
9.0

Keshav, an alcoholic, swears off alcohol after his father's death. He loves Kamala, whose father gets him a job and fixes a marriage date. But, the marriage is cancelled when he starts drinking again.

Sharabi

1964

Ankhen poster
9.0

Shortly after independence India faces terrorists attacks in Assam. A group of concerned citizens, who are not connected with the government, decide to do something to stop this carnage. Spy Sunil Mehra (Dharmendra) must travel to Beirut and foil the terror group.

Ankhen

1968

Ankhen poster
9.0

Shortly after independence India faces terrorists attacks in Assam. A group of concerned citizens, who are not connected with the government, decide to do something to stop this carnage. Spy Sunil Mehra (Dharmendra) must travel to Beirut and foil the terror group.

Ankhen

1968

Piya Milan ki Aas poster
NR

The story of Piya Milan Ki Aas revolves around a woman who gets separated from her mother while attempting to escape from their cruel landlord. She is saved by a boatman and eventually they fall in love. Their relationship gets in trouble when the same landlord returns in their lives and plans to separate them to exact his revenge.

Piya Milan ki Aas

1961

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

Zameen Ke Tare poster
7.0

A rich child and a poor one are both unhappy and search for God in the Himalayas.

Zameen Ke Tare

1960

1950s · 17 titles

Musafir poster
7.0

The stories of three sets of people, linked by their connection to an old suburban house in Calcutta- An orphaned young woman who desperately wants her husband to make up with his estranged parents so that she may belong to a family once more, a wayward young man desperate to find a job to support his aged father and his widowed sister-in-law, and a shadowy neighbourhood ‘madman’

Musafir

1957

Dashera poster
NR

When Kali Dev challenges Dharma Dev that every human can be corrupted by wealth in the age of Kaliyug, an innocent mortal becomes the ultimate battlefield. Enter Seth Shriyal—a deeply pious and honest man loved by his entire town. Determined to win the divine wager, Kali Dev teams up with Shriyal’s jealous neighbor to orchestrate a public disgrace. Starring golden-age legends Nirupa Roy, Shahu Modak, and a stellar ensemble cast, this rare 1956 classic is a sweeping mythological tale of integrity, temptation, and the ultimate test of human righteousness.

Dashera

1956

Hum Panchhi Ek Dal Ke poster
9.0

Rajendra Mehra is the only child of Rai Bahadur Kailalshnath, and studies in a school along with Nandu, Mehmood, Chatpat, Guru, and others. He decides to go on an outing with them, incurring the anger of his dad, who at first sends his servant, Dhamu, to bring him back. When Dhamu fails, he sends Mirza Usman, and when Mirza too fails to bring Rajendra home, Kailashnath himself sets out himself, but when he reaches them, he finds that the children have already left for home. Angered at his son for mixing with poor students, he decides to remove him from the school and have him taught at home - and the person he has recruited is none other than Shaktimaan Singh - a Circus Ringmaster. The question remains will Shaktimaan be able to appropriately discipline Rajendra?

Hum Panchhi Ek Dal Ke

1957

Jagte Raho poster
6.3

Entering an apartment block in search of a drink of water, a naive peasant finds himself mistaken for a thief and is chased by the residents. Whilst evading capture, he inadvertently exposes the venality and dishonesty of the building's middle class occupants.

Jagte Raho

1956

Didi poster
9.0

Gopal's sister believes that she knows what is best for him. But a series of events causes turbulence in the family.

Didi

1959

Naya Daur poster
7.3

Shankar 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

Bhai-Bhai poster
10.0

A rich businessman, Dayashankar Kumar (Shivraj), who is a widow, lives with his two young sons Ashok and Raj. When he catches the younger boy Raj stealing money, he punishes him and threatens to cut off his fingers. A frightened Raj runs away from home. Years pass and the older brother Ashok (Ashok Kumar), becomes the owner of his father's business and property, running Superior Motors, which also extends to Bombay. Ashok is married to Lakshmi (Nirupa Roy) and is a caring and loving husband. They have a young son, Munna (Daisy Irani).

Bhai-Bhai

1956

Sahara poster
8.5

Sahara is a 1958 Indian Bollywood film directed by Lekhraj Bhakri. The film stars Meena Kumari in the lead role of Leela and relates her life story.

Sahara

1958

Bandish poster
4.8

Mahender has been responsible for the upbringing of Tomato, a young child at a very early age. Now Mahender's health is getting worse, and he is afraid his ill-health may be contagious and may endanger Tomato. So Mahender decides to leave Tomato in the park near Kamal Roy, and instructs Tomato to call Kamal his dad. Tomato does so, and this results in utter chaos in the life of Kamal. He is unable to convince his lady love Usha Sen that the child is not his; and additionally Kamal is under pressure from his dad and mom to get married. Kamal begs Tomato to leave him, but Tomato refuses to do so. How will this impact on Kamal's life and relationships?

Bandish

1955

Do Ustad poster
6.0

Two rival career-criminal brothers recollect their lives in a Courtroom in which one is about to be convicted for murder.

Do Ustad

1959

Dhool Ka Phool poster
5.8

After Mahesh abandons Meena and their baby, she is compelled to desert the child to fend for himself. However, he gets adopted by a kind Muslim man and grows up to soon cross paths with his past.

Dhool Ka Phool

1959

Talaq poster
NR

When teacher Indu (Kamini Kadam) marries engineer Ravi Shankar Chaube (Rajendra Kumar) after years of living with her unemployed, widower father, Moolchand Chabbe (Radhakrishan), it's a readjustment -- especially when Moolchand begins gambling after Indu quits working and has a child. Now Ravi puts them all on a budget, and to make ends meet, Indu goes back to work. But Ravi insists she must quit or face a divorce in this Indian drama.

Talaq

1958

Ek-Hi-Rasta poster
7.0

Amar and Malti live an idyllic, loving life with their son Raja. However, Amar makes enemies in his job and is killed, forcing Malti to remarry.

Ek-Hi-Rasta

1956

Duniya Na Mane poster
7.0

Geeta and Raja falls in love and everything seems to be going well until the day of their wedding, when Geeta's father breaks off their ceremony

Duniya Na Mane

1959

Kangan poster
8.0

While helping her friend evade a blackmailer, a woman fears she might have committed manslaughter.

Kangan

1959

Jailor poster
8.0

A jailor is abandoned by his wife which leads to great changes in his life

Jailor

1958

Yaar Paiyyan poster
NR

Poori (Daisy Irani) does not know who his parents are, and has been looking high and low to get back to them. Seated in a park bench beside Sundararajan (Gemini Ganesan), Poori asks his name and as soon as he replies, he proclaims that Sundararajan is his father. This creates complications in Sundararajan’s life and ruins his plans of marrying his lover Latha (Savithri). The president of a hospital for the mentally ill with a not-so-mentally-strong daughter creates more problems for the hero. After many interesting twists and turns, the truth emerges — Poori is the illegitimate child of a soldier (Mustafa) and the abandoned mother commits suicide, leaving the child behind. Sundararajan ro and Latha are so attracted to Poori that they decide to adopt him.

Yaar Paiyyan

1957

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