The heart rending story of a man who follows his father into the world of entertainment and becomes a clown. After a string of unsuccessful relationships he is left heartbroken and unhappy. Despite his inner sorrow he must continue to make others laugh...
Mausam involves a young medical student who falls for the daughter of a heeler after seeking his help with an injured leg.
A rollicking slapstick musical comedy directed by Jyoti Swaroop in which the innocent Bhola (Sunil Dutt) gives up his commitment to celibacy when he falls for a sexy neighbour Bindu (Saira Banu). His rivals in love are his own uncle (Om Prakash) and Bindu's traditionalist Carnatic music teacher (Mehmood). He however wins his girl with the assistance of the crooked drama-troupe guru (Kishore Kumar) when he serenades her using the guru for a musical playback. R D Burman's great soundtrack climaxes in the high point of the film in a zany take-off on the Jugalbandi (musical contest) between the guru and the Carnatic musician `Ek Chatur Naar Karke Singaar' sung by Manna De and Kishore Kumar. The original Bengali story had previously been filmed by Sudhir Mukherjee Pasher Bari in 1952 in Telugu by C Pullaiah Pakkinti Ammayi in 1953 and in Tamil - Raghavaiah's Adutha Veetu Penn in 1960.
Bombay Talkie is Merchant Ivory's affectionate bemused view of bollywood - India's huge dream factory. The film is like a brightly coloured sumptuous Indian sweet covered in gold foil and cameraman Subrata Mitra's ravishing photography has never been surpassed in any other of James Ivory's films. The story set off by elaborate studio numbers is a melodrama echoing those of Bombay's mass audience movies and the sexy best sellers of the film's heroine American authoress Lucia Lane (Jennifer Kendal). Visiting India in search of 'new material' she becomes romantically involved with handsome move star Vikram (Shashi Kapoor). When that doesn't work out she flees to an ashram to take up the spiritual life. That also - hilariously - doesn't work out and the ill-fated couple get together again with explosive results.
Shekhar the eldest son of a wealthy widower with 3 younger siblings meets Sharada at a nature cure clinic. Sharada and Shekhar fall in love but Shekhar has to go abroad on business. Before going he makes Sharada promise that she will wait for him. Meanwhile unaware that it is Shekhar's house Sharada goes there occasionally to look after his younger siblings whom she dotes on. Shekhar's plane crashes and his father feeling helpless marries Sharada for the sake of his younger children unaware of the relationship between Shekhar and Sharada. Shekhar survives the crash and returns only to get devastated on seeing that his sweet heart has become his stepmother. He starts drinking in despair but ultimately reconciles accepting Sharada as his mother and marrying Chanchal (Shyama). But happiness continues to evade him as Chanchal starts suspecting the relationship between Sharada and Shekhar causing Shekhar to leave home. Will Shekhar come back? Will there be place in his life and heart for his wife and newfound mother? Sharada was L.V. Prasad's debut into Hindi films and a rare coming together of Indian cinema's two legends Raj Kapoor and L.V. Prasad. It was also one of the few films starring Meena Kumari opposite Raj Kapoor. L.V. Prasad was nominated for Best Director in the Filmfare Awards while Shyama and Raj Mehra won as Best Supporting Actors.
The story of Kamli and Mohan the young lovers and their tempestuous romance. Mohan studies in a college in the city. He belongs to a small town where he returns on vacation. On one such holiday he visits the Mela and meets Kamli a merry-go-round gypsy girl. Both are attracted towards each other and they fall in love. Kamli manages to meet Mohan whenever he is free across the river down the sprawling greens under the starry sky... Soon the time comes when the Mela has to pack up and Kamli has to go away. Mohan and Kamli decide to elope but Mohan is torn between his duty towards home and the love of Kamli. Did they finally run away?
Raghu is a widower with 3 children - Laxmi Ramu and Munna. He can't makes ends meet on his meagre income. To add to his woes his landlord is a heartless man who confiscates Raghu's cycle in lieu of the rent Raghu owes him. Without the cycle Raghu reaches late for work and is fired. When he defies the dismissal order and starts welding he is blinded by the welding sparks. Unable to take his misfortunes he runs away. The children are thrown out of the house. Laxmi and Munna lan
Two friends Pratap (Dev Anand) and Kashinath (Girish Karnad) are bound by their passion of music. Pratap who has a doctorate in music has created a machine which can perfect a human voice. As music and their friendship leave room for little else both Pratap & Kashinath are confirmed bachelors till one day Pratap has a bet with Kashinath that if he in 6 month's time can polish and perfect any girl's voice Kashinath will marry her. One day having to travel by train they come
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Kashinath and Bimla are a happy couple with two kids the eldest son Gautam and daughter Suman. One day Gautam catches Samir the spoilt brat of Lala Seth trying to molest Gita. Unable to tolerate this he beats up Samir thus making enemies of Lala Seth and his brother Munna. They swear revenge on Gautam and try to kidnap him but Gautam's friends thwart their attempts. A frustrated Samir instead targets Suman and burns her to death in front of the whole college. Kashinath goes mad with
Neelofar (Salma Agha) and Haider (Raj Babbar) a budding poet are fellow students at University. Unknown to Haider Neelofar is in love with her cousin Waseem (Deepak Parashar). When Haider Neelofar is in love with her cousin Waseem (Deepak Parashar). When Haiders advances are rejected he withdraws and decides to forget his college romance. After a grand Nikaah (marriage) Neelofar and Waseem's marital life hits a rough patch. While Neelofar awaits her husband in loneliness in search for the home of which she once dreamed Waseem is busy trying to build his career as an architect. When Waseem fails to turn up for their first wedding anniversary party Neelofar confronts Waseem - only to rebuild her life as a writer Neelofar comes across Haider who is now and Editor and publishes Neelofar's work. Haider take the role of a friend philosopher and guide-but still nurses a secret desire to have a future together-Neelofar starts reciprocating Haider's feelings. In the meantime Waseem is regretting his actions and tries to meet and convince Neelofar to re-marry him...
Truth it has been said is stranger than fiction and what is generally regarded as ""Impossible"" (Anhonee) may be only a paradoxical twist of destiny. Such was the ""Impossible"" story of Roop and Mohlni two girls who had inherited their identical looks from the same father but who were as poles apart in their upbringing outlooks and character and Raj the young lawyer whose life became the most puzzling of all cases because both Roop and Mohini loved him. Roop became Mohini and
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