Nostalgic pre-90s Indian Cinema
Light-Hearted Art Films 1970-1990
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- DirectorSai ParanjpyeStarsFarooq ShaikhDeepti NavalSaeed JaffreyTwo womanizing slackers, Omi and Jai (Rakesh Bedi and Ravi Baswani respectively) attempt to woo the new girl in the neighbourhood, and fail - miserably. Their third room-mate, shy, and a bookworm - succeeds, much to their chargin. The two scheme up comical ideas to split the two lovebirds, so that their secrets and humiliation are not revealed.
- DirectorSai ParanjpyeStarsNaseeruddin ShahFarooq ShaikhDeepti NavalSecretly in love with his neighbor, a mild-mannered clerk is heartbroken when his much bolder, more charming friend wins her heart instead.
- DirectorBapuStarsAnil KapoorPadmini KolhapureNaseeruddin ShahMaya, coming from poor family, is married to the affluent Dr. Anand; but she tries to commit suicide on the nuptial night. She tells Anand that she was in love with Prem whose ambition was to be a music director. He too was in love with her but thought she would not be happy as his wife. Anand tells Maya that he had married her only for his mother who was on her death bed. When the mother dies Anand wants to unite Prem and Maya but Prem says it is against Hindu culture and disappears from their life.
- DirectorHrishikesh MukherjeeStarsFarooq ShaikhDeepti NavalUtpal DuttKailashnath is a widower, and father of an only son, Ramesh. He feels that his son has come of age, and must get married. He goes to see a number of young ladies for him, but is disappointed with them, as he feels they are too modern, speak English, and listen to foreign music. He feels that Ramesh will be better off marrying a non-English speaking lady, preferably from a small village. But the predicament of Ramesh is that he is already in love with Ramola, a very well qualified, English speaking Doctor, and he knows fully well that she will not be approved by his dad. So Ramesh, Ramola and Lalaji concoct a plot, making Ramola masquerade as a naive, non-English speaking village belle, with hilarious and unpredictable results.
- DirectorGirish KarnadStarsRekhaAmjad KhanKulbhushan KharbandaBased on the circa 2nd century BCE to 2nd Century CE, Sanskrit play "Daridra-Charudatta" by the famous Indian playwright Bhasa, "Utsav" faithfully follows Bhasa's story-line. Vasantasena, a courtesan who dances at the King Palaka's court hides in Charudatta's house while running away from the amorous attentions of the king's brother-in-law. She falls in love with Charudatta, though he is married and penniless. They have an affair. Meanwhile, the rightful heir to the throne - King Palaka's brother - escapes from prison. While he is being pursued by the king's troops, Charudatta helps him. The king's brother-in-law strangles Vasantasena when she refuses to submit to him and leaves her for dead. When Charudatta tries to have her jewels pawned, he is arrested for her murder. What happens to him and the other characters constitutes the final part of the film.
- DirectorMuzaffar AliStarsRekhaFarooq ShaikhNaseeruddin ShahIn Faizabad, British India, Dilawar is sentenced to several years in prison after Amiran's Daroga dad testifies against him. After his discharge around 1840, he extracts his vengeance by abducting Amiran and selling to a brothel madam. It is here Amiran will be re-named Umrao Jaan. Years later, Umrao has grown up and is an accomplished poetess as well as dancer extraordinary. She has many patrons, chief amongst them are Nawab Sultan and his father. The young Nawab is smitten by Umrao's beauty and her poems, but is finally forced to marry a girl of his mother's choice, leaving behind a heart-broken and devastated Umrao, who seeks solace in the arms of Faiz Ali and finally elopes with him, only to find out that he is a wanted bandit, and is shot down and killed by guards. Umrao re-locates to Kanpur where she establishes herself as a Poet and dancer, but is hunted down by brothel-keepers, Gohar Mirza and Husseini and brought back, where she is told that she must marry Gohar. Watch what Umrao does to escape from being married against her will, and her attempts to try and find her way back to her parents.
- DirectorP.P. GhoshPartho GhoshStarsShekhar SumanMoon Moon SenRaj KiranA newly married couple, Amar and Meena, are going through a rough patch due to Amar's work pressure.
- DirectorPankaj ParasharStarsRavi BaswaniBirbalIftekharHari and Giri are 2 detectives who suspect Brigadier of leaking defence secrets to outsiders who in turn is on an undercover mission to expose Boss number 1 who is a terrorist.
- DirectorBasu ChatterjeeStarsVidya SinhaAmol PalekarDinesh ThakurA Delhi-based woman in a steady relationship with her boyfriend is forced to come to terms with her true feelings when a job interview in Mumbai brings an old flame back in her life.
- DirectorKamal AmrohiStarsAshok KumarMeena KumariRaaj KumarIn Lucknow at the turn of the century, a dancer and courtesan believes that her pure soul and body will enable her to find true love and honor.
- DirectorBasu ChatterjeeStarsAshok KumarA.K. HangalUtpal DuttThree friends, in their 60s, try to do everything that they couldn't do in their younger days - before death arrives.
- DirectorHrishikesh MukherjeeStarsFarooq ShaikhDeepti NavalUtpal DuttKailashnath is a widower, and father of an only son, Ramesh. He feels that his son has come of age, and must get married. He goes to see a number of young ladies for him, but is disappointed with them, as he feels they are too modern, speak English, and listen to foreign music. He feels that Ramesh will be better off marrying a non-English speaking lady, preferably from a small village. But the predicament of Ramesh is that he is already in love with Ramola, a very well qualified, English speaking Doctor, and he knows fully well that she will not be approved by his dad. So Ramesh, Ramola and Lalaji concoct a plot, making Ramola masquerade as a naive, non-English speaking village belle, with hilarious and unpredictable results.
- DirectorShammi KapoorStarsShammi KapoorSanjeev KumarZeenat AmanAfter getting fired, a police officer connects with a prostitute he met on the job in a red-light district and sets out to keep her off the streets.
- DirectorB.R. ChopraStarsSanjeev KumarVidya SinhaRanjeeta KaurAdam & Eve live a worry-free life in paradise. They are instructed not to eat an apple. One day they cannot resist the temptation, and both take a bite out of it. Nature takes offense and expels them from heaven. They are forced to live on Earth as ordinary human beings - together with the apple that has followed them. Now Adam is called Ranjeet Chaddha, a Sales Manager, and Eve is called Sharda. Both meet, fall in love, and get married. Both live in perfect harmony and soon become parents of a baby boy. Then one day Sharda sees signs of a lipstick on her husband's kerchief, when she questions, he clarifies and Sharda is satisfied with his explanation. What Sharda does not know that Ranjeet is carrying on with his pretty Secretary, Nirmala Deshpande, who he has convinced that his wife is seriously ill, is dying, and will marry her after her passing. Watch how hilarious events unfold and prove that Ranjeet is a liar and a two-timer, watch him repent... but hold it! Not for long!
- DirectorBasu ChatterjeeStarsNavin NischolAmol PalekarMoushumi ChatterjeeTwo petty thieves decide to rob a house that kidnappers had decided to kidnap a child from, what results is chaos, as the child ends up with the petty thieves, and both the thieves and the kidnappers claiming the ransom; and assorted characters showing up to claim the reward offered by the child's parents.
- DirectorVinod PandeStarsSuresh OberoiDeepti NavalPradeep VermaKalpana has been married to movie actor, Mahender Kumar for years where he keeps himself occupy with his acting career as well as pleasure and has little or no time with her. When they moves to Britain for a movie shoot; Kalpana finds her self getting attracted to a struggling student, Vimal, who also doubles as an artist. This behavior not only seriously impacts her marriage life but crumbles it as time progresses.
- DirectorHrishikesh MukherjeeStarsAmol PalekarParveen BabiFarooq ShaikhSparkling comedy about a meddling friend whose attempt to rekindle the spark in his friend's relationship with his wife of seven years leads to complications to their lives, and to the lives of his secretary and her boyfriend he has not 'scripted' ... Splendid performances by Amol Palekar, Deepti Naval, Parveen Babi and Farooq Shaikh, a perfectly pitched script, witty dialogue and a plethora of aptly placed film references make this a film one can watch over and over and never fail to laugh out loud.
- DirectorRaman KumarStarsDeepti NavalFarooq ShaikhSatish ShahA young woman falls for her classmate's idealistic, non-materialistic ways, but is troubled upon seeing his principles change after they marry.
- DirectorJagdish SidanaStarsGovardhan AsraniBharat BhushanJankidasDharam Das has found an ideal groom for his sister in Din Dayal, who agrees to wed her. However, on the day of the wedding, Din demands an exorbitant amount of dowry, and when Dharam is unable to come up with it, breaks off all ties, returns home, and gets married to another woman. This leaves the Das family completely devastated, the to-be bride kills herself, and the shock of her death kills her father, and Dharam swears to avenge this humiliation at all and any costs. Years later Din has a daughter by the name of Gulab, who is in love with Kamal, the son of Dharam. When Dharam finds out, he is enraged and refuses to permit Kamal to get married to her, but when Kamal insists, Dharam reconsiders and permits the marriage to take place. After the marriage, Gulab is found in the bridal chamber with another man, Ravi; while Kamal is nowhere to be found. The next day Dharam takes Gulab back to Din's house and demands that he be paid 25 Lakhs as dowry. A bewildered Din, who had put all this in the past, is unable to come up with the money, but agrees to keep Gulab with him, get her divorced and re-married to Madan Lal. The question remains where was Kamal on the night of his marriage, and was he also involved in this plot to humiliate Din?
- DirectorKamal SaigalStarsShekhar SumanSudha ChandranSatish ShahJagmohan (Utpal Dutt) wants his daughters to get married. His best friend suggests his son Raja (Shekar Suman) could be a suitor for one of the girls. The friend asks Raja to go and find out which one of the two girls he would like to get married with. But Raja asks his servant and confidante, Abdul Malik (Satish Shah), to switch places with him, and both visit Jagmohan's home to see the girls, not knowing that their prank will result in a grave accusation leveled at Abdul Malik.
- DirectorPrakash JhaStarsRaj KiranDeepti NavalSatish AnandSports is no for Jamnadas School in Ranchi so the boys out there pass their time by doing rebellious pastimes.Raghu is a smart looking boy on whom many girls have crush. But he is having a crush on a dusky school teacher.Sandeep Chaudhary an computer electronic engineer is waiting for a appointment letter from a big firm and mean while takes a job as a sports coach in the school he manages to make a good team with Raghu an others they being bad boys.Sandeep gets more closer to the dusky teacher where Raghu takes him as a rival in his love.
- DirectorKundan ShahStarsNaseeruddin ShahRavi BaswaniBhakti BarveTwo photographers, who are employed by a magazine editor to expose the scandalous activities of the rich, come across corruption by a builder and accidentally photograph a murder.
- DirectorMadhu M.StarsSanjeev KumarMoushumi ChatterjeeArun GovilOne day while travelling on the BEST bus in Bombay, Raja produces a 100 rupee note to buy a 50 paisa bus ticket, and is made fun of by the bus conductor, and asked to leave the bus. Asha, who is travelling on the same bus, pays for his fare, and he tells her that he will re-pay this loan after he gets some change. He does not get the change, and instead loses the 100 rupee note, but makes his way into Asha's heart. Both fall in love, and get married. They live in harmony for several years, and become proud parents of two children. With their growing family, Raja's income is just not enough to make ends, and Asha decides to get a job. Raja decides to stay at home and look after the household chores, and the kids. What happens is that there is chaos at work for Asha, and at home for Raja, with alround hilarious results.
- DirectorBasu ChatterjeeStarsAshok KumarVidya SinhaAmol PalekarA timid suitor seeks the help of a ruthless colonel to win the woman of his dreams when a bold young man begins to pursue her in this romantic comedy.
- DirectorHrishikesh MukherjeeStarsAmol PalekarBindiya GoswamiDeven VermaA man's simple lie to secure his job escalates into more complex lies when his orthodox boss gets suspicious.