Filmfare Nominees for Best Film
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1. Do Bigha Zamin (1953)
131 min | Drama
In the hope of earning enough money to pay off his debts and save his land, a poor farmer becomes a rickshaw puller in Calcutta and faces many difficulties.
Director: Bimal Roy | Stars: Balraj Sahni, Nirupa Roy, Ratan Kumar, Murad
Votes: 2,243
2. Boot Polish (1954)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Preteen brother and sister, abandoned by their father, to be taken care of, by an abusive prostitute aunt, survive life in an Indian squatters' camp, aided by a friendly cripple, by learning to shine shoes instead of begging.
Director: Prakash Arora | Stars: Kumari Naaz, Ratan Kumar, David Abraham, Chand Burke
Votes: 883
3. Jagriti (1955)
138 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Sent to a hostel as a punishment, a rebellious lad leads a revolt and creates havoc in the institution.
Director: Satyen Bose | Stars: Abhi Bhattacharya, Pranoti Ghosh, Bipin Gupta, Mumtaz Begum
Votes: 167
4. Azaad (1955)
163 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
After her widower dad, Kedarnath, passes away, Shobha goes to live with his friend, Charandas, and his wife, Shanta, who had their son go missing as a child. Years later Shobha is now ... See full summary »
Director: Sriramulu Naidu S.M. | Stars: Dilip Kumar, Meena Kumari, Pran Sikand, Raj Mehra
Votes: 175
5. Biraj Bahu (1954)
145 min | Drama
Nilambhar Chakravorty belongs to a poor family, and lives in a joint family with his married brother, Pitambar, unmarried sister, Punnu, and wife, Biraj. Since his sister is of marriageable... See full summary »
Director: Bimal Roy | Stars: Kamini Kaushal, Abhi Bhattacharya, Shakuntala, Pran Sikand
Votes: 63
6. Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje (1955)
143 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Dancer maestro Mangal Maharaj wants his son, Girdhar, who is a dancer par excellence, to enter the once-in-ten-years Nateshwar Utsav dance competition, win it, and be crowned the Bharat ... See full summary »
Director: Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre | Stars: Gopi Krishna, Sandhya, Keshavrao Date, Bhagwan Palav
Votes: 128
7. Mother India (1957)
Not Rated | 172 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
In this melodrama, a poverty-stricken woman raises her sons through many trials and tribulations. But no matter the struggles, she always sticks to her own moral code.
Director: Mehboob Khan | Stars: Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar Tuli, Raaj Kumar
Votes: 9,853
8. Madhumati (1958)
110 min | Fantasy, Musical, Mystery
A young man takes shelter in a mansion when a landslide blocks his route to the railway station. Then, he finds the mansion familiar and soon learns about the story of his previous birth.
Director: Bimal Roy | Stars: Dilip Kumar, Vyjayanthimala, Johnny Walker, Pran Sikand
Votes: 1,581
9. Sadhna (1958)
137 min | Drama
Mohan (Sunil Dutt) is the only bachelor son of his widowed mother and works as a professor. He is against prostitution and considers prostitutes a black spot on society. But due to some ... See full summary »
Director: B.R. Chopra | Stars: Vyjayanthimala, Sunil Dutt, Radhakrishan, Leela Chitnis
Votes: 87
10. Talaaq (1958)
182 min | Drama
School-teacher Indu lives a middle-class lifestyle along with her widower and unemployed dad, Moolchand Chabbe. They rent the upper floor of the building and her dad makes it his duty to ... See full summary »
Director: Mahesh Kaul | Stars: Rajendra Kumar Tuli, Kamini Kadam, Sajjan, Kusum Thakur
Votes: 25
11. Sujata (1960)
161 min | Drama, Romance
A high caste Brahmin household adopts an orphaned lower caste girl, but when a young man from their caste wishes to marry her without knowing her lineage, caste differences flare up again.
Director: Bimal Roy | Stars: Nutan, Sunil Dutt, Shashikala Jawalkar, Lalita Pawar
Votes: 421
12. Anari (1959)
166 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A poor young man gets employed by a rich man admiring his honesty. But when he gets suspected in a lady's murder case, he need to prove his innocence.
Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee | Stars: Raj Kapoor, Nutan, Lalita Pawar, Shobha Khote
Votes: 906
13. Chhoti Bahen (1959)
155 min | Drama
Chhoti Bahen is the story about the delicate but powerful bond of love. Rajendra and Shekhar lose their parents, and the all they have is each other, and their younger sister Meena. Though ... See full summary »
Director: L.V. Prasad | Stars: Balraj Sahni, Shyama, Rehman Khan, Nanda Karnataki
Votes: 47
14. Mughal-E-Azam (1960)
Not Rated | 197 min | Drama, Romance, War
A 16th century prince falls in love with a court dancer and battles with his emperor father.
Director: K. Asif | Stars: Prithviraj Kapoor, Madhubala, Dilip Kumar, Durga Khote
Votes: 8,821 | Gross: $0.16M
15. Masoom (1960)
Drama
Director: Satyen Bose | Stars: Sarosh Irani, Aziz, Honey Irani, Ashok Kumar
Votes: 29
16. Parakh (1960)
139 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Niravan (Nazir Hussain), the village postmaster receives an envelope with a cheque for a very large amount, with the instructions that he is to turn this cheque over to the most honest man ... See full summary »
Director: Bimal Roy | Stars: Motilal, Vasant Choudhury, Sadhana Shivdasani, Nasir Hussain
Votes: 148
17. Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai (1960)
167 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A simple-minded small-time singer joins a group of bandits and becomes the cause for their moral transformation and turnaround.
Director: Radhu Karmakar | Stars: Raj Kapoor, Padmini, Pran Sikand, Chanchal
Votes: 500
18. Gunga Jumna (1961)
178 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Gungaram, a poor, indebted farmer, works hard to educate his younger brother Jumna and make him a police officer. Years later, circumstances force Gungaram to become an outlaw and now the brothers confront each other as enemies.
Director: Nitin Bose | Stars: Dilip Kumar, Vyjayanthimala, Nasir Khan, Azra
Votes: 668
19. Kanoon (1960)
150 min | Drama, Crime, Mystery
A 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.
Director: B.R. Chopra | Stars: Rajendra Kumar Tuli, Ashok Kumar, Nanda Karnataki, Nana Palsikar
Votes: 513
20. Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962)
Not Rated | 152 min | Drama, Musical
A lowly servant, Bhootnath gets close to the wife of his employer and narrates her story through his eyes and perspective.
Director: Abrar Alvi | Stars: Meena Kumari, Guru Dutt, Rehman Khan, Waheeda Rehman
Votes: 1,850
21. Bees Saal Baad (1962)
Not Rated | 158 min | Thriller, Musical, Mystery
When a young man's family gets haunted by a spirit, he is warned not to return to his hometown, but he decides to investigate the issue.
Director: Biren Nag | Stars: Biswajeet Chatterjee, Waheeda Rehman, Manmohan Krishna, Madan Puri
Votes: 420
22. Rakhi (1962)
Not Rated | 133 min | Drama, Family
Orphaned at a very young age, Raju and Radha are very close to each other. Radha takes care of the house, sells milk, paints dolls, etc. while Raju works in a mill. When the mill workers' ... See full summary »
Director: A. Bhimsingh | Stars: Ashok Kumar, Waheeda Rehman, Pradeep Kumar, Raj Mehra
Votes: 52
23. Bandini (1963)
157 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
During the British Raj of the 1930s, a prison-doctor falls in love with a convict who eventually reveals the story of her past and her connection to a freedom fighter.
Director: Bimal Roy | Stars: Ashok Kumar, Nutan, Dharmendra, Raja Paranjpe
Votes: 886
24. Dil Ek Mandir (1963)
148 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Dr. Dharmesh (Rajendra Kumar) and Sita (Meena Kumari) are in love, and hope to marry on Dharmesh's return from abroad. When Dharmesh returns, he is devastated to find that Sita has married ... See full summary »
Director: C.V. Sridhar | Stars: Meena Kumari, Rajendra Kumar Tuli, Raaj Kumar, Mehmood
Votes: 160
25. Gumrah (1963)
155 min | Drama, Romance
Meena is in love with a singer, Rajendra, but when her sister, Kamla, dies in an accident, she is forced to marry her late sister's husband for the sake of her sister's children.
Director: B.R. Chopra | Stars: Ashok Kumar, Mala Sinha, Sunil Dutt, Nirupa Roy
Votes: 179
26. Dosti (1964)
Not Rated | 163 min | Drama, Family, Musical
Mr. Gupta passes away after an accident while on duty, leaving behind his ailing wife and school-going son, Ramnath. Both await for some compensation, and when they are informed that the ... See full summary »
Director: Satyen Bose | Stars: Sudhir Kumar, Sushil Kumar, Sanjay Khan, Farida Dadi
Votes: 1,867
27. Sangam (I) (1964)
238 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Returning home from war after being assumed dead, a pilot weds the woman he has long loved, unaware that she had been planning to marry his best friend.
Director: Raj Kapoor | Stars: Raj Kapoor, Rajendra Kumar Tuli, Vyjayanthimala, Iftekhar
Votes: 1,900
28. Shehar Aur Sapna (1964)
120 min | Drama
It was based on Abbas's own story One Thousand Nightson a Bed of Stones, which describes the struggle in the life of pavement dwellers in the backdrop of rapid industrialization.
Director: Khwaja Ahmad Abbas | Stars: Dilip Raj, Surekha, David Abraham, Anwar Hussain
Votes: 18
29. Himalay Ki Godmein (1965)
120 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Sunil, son of D.I.G. Shyamlal Mehra, is back in India after successful completion of his medical studies. He gets an offer to work with his fiancée Dr. Neeta Verma, in a private hospital ... See full summary »
Director: Vijay Bhatt | Stars: Mala Sinha, Manoj Kumar, Shashikala Jawalkar, Jayant
Votes: 127
30. Haqeeqat (1964)
184 min | Action, Musical, War
A platoon of Indian soldiers encounters harsh realities while fighting in the Sino-Indian War of 1962.
Director: Chetan Anand | Stars: Balraj Sahni, Dharmendra, Vijay Anand, Indrani Mukherjee
Votes: 552
31. Waqt (1965)
178 min | Drama, Romance
Members of a family are separated in a natural disaster. Several years down the line, they aren't united but their lives are strangely interconnected.
Director: Yash Chopra | Stars: Sunil Dutt, Sadhana Shivdasani, Raaj Kumar, Shashi Kapoor
Votes: 1,529
32. Guide (1965)
Not Rated | 183 min | Drama, Romance
When mistaken to be a sage by some villagers, an ex-tour guide reflects on his past and lost love to search for spiritual wisdom to guide the villagers.
Director: Vijay Anand | Stars: Dev Anand, Waheeda Rehman, Leela Chitnis, Anwar Hussain
Votes: 8,591
33. Anupama (1966)
Not Rated | 148 min | Drama, Romance
Mohan Sharma (Tarun Bose) is a workaholic whose life changes dramatically after his wife dies giving birth to their daughter Uma (Sharmila Tagore). He despises the daughter by day, and ... See full summary »
Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee | Stars: Dharmendra, Sharmila Tagore, Shashikala Jawalkar, Deven Verma
Votes: 537
34. Mamta (1966)
150 min | Drama, Romance
Monish Rai comes from a wealthy family, and is in love with Deviyani, who is poor. Monish has to travel abroad to further his education in law, but promises to stay in touch with Deviyani. ... See full summary »
Director: Asit Sen | Stars: Ashok Kumar, Dharmendra, Suchitra Sen, Kalipada Chakraborty
Votes: 142
35. Upkar (1967)
175 min | Drama, Romance, War
Cult classic highlighting the contrast between Indian and Western values in the newly independent state.
Director: Manoj Kumar | Stars: Asha Parekh, Manoj Kumar, Prem Chopra, Kanhaiyalal Chaturvedi
Votes: 621
36. Mehrban (1967)
Not Rated | 162 min | Drama
Shanti Swarup is a businessman and lives a wealthy lifestyle with his three sons, Ram, Shyam, and Sunder; his wife, Parvati; widowed sister, Devki; an unmarried daughter, Geeta; and a ... See full summary »
Director: A. Bhimsingh | Stars: Ashok Kumar, Sulochana Latkar, Sunil Dutt, Ramesh Deo
Votes: 67
37. Milan (1967)
Not Rated | 170 min | Drama, Romance
On the banks of the holy River Ganga, Gopi, a ferryman conducts an unconsummated romance with Radha, a girl from the upper classes. At the same time, he rejects the advances of Gauri, a ... See full summary »
Director: Adurthi Subba Rao | Stars: Sunil Dutt, Nutan, Jamuna, Pran Sikand
Votes: 202
38. Brahmachari (I) (1968)
157 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Abandoned as a child, Brahmachari lives in a mortgaged house with twelve young orphans. He saves a woman from dying and she changes his life forever. But first she has to deal with her own affairs.
Director: Bhappi Sonie | Stars: Shammi Kapoor, Rajshree, Pran Sikand, Mumtaz Askari
Votes: 449
39. Ankhen (1968)
172 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Shortly after independence India faces terrorists attacks in Assam, resulting in many deaths and casualties. A group of concerned citizens then decide to do something to stop this carnage.
Director: Ramanand Sagar | Stars: Mala Sinha, Dharmendra, Kumkum, Sujit Kumar
Votes: 417
40. Neel Kamal (1968)
160 min | Drama, Fantasy, Musical
Sleepwalker Sita Raichand (Waheeda Rehman) is rescued by Ram (Manoj Kumar) while walking on a railway track. Shortly thereafter Guruji (David) and Mr. Raichand (Balraj Sahni), approach ... See full summary »
Director: Ram Maheshwari | Stars: Waheeda Rehman, Raaj Kumar, Manoj Kumar, Lalita Pawar
Votes: 350
41. Aradhana (1969)
Not Rated | 169 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Arun meets Vandana during a vacation and very soon they secretly get married. Arun is an Air Force pilot and dies in a crash, leaving pregnant Vandana heartbroken--and unable to prove that ... See full summary »
Director: Shakti Samanta | Stars: Rajesh Khanna, Sharmila Tagore, Sujit Kumar, Farida Jalal
Votes: 2,006
42. Aashirwad (1968)
146 min | Drama
Shivnath Choudhary lives a wealthy lifestyle in Chandanpur, India, along with his wife, Leela, and 8 year old daughter, Neena. He likes to mingle with poor folk much, especially Baiju, to ... See full summary »
Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee | Stars: Ashok Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar, Sumita Sanyal, Veena
Votes: 260
43. Jeene Ki Raah (1969)
Not Rated | 152 min | Drama, Romance
Desperate to earn money to support his extended family, Mohan becomes entangled in a web of deceit when he tells a lie in order to obtain a secretarial job in the city with the wealthy Mr ... See full summary »
Director: L.V. Prasad | Stars: Jeetendra, Tanuja Samarth, Anjali Kadam, Manmohan Krishna
Votes: 105
44. Khilona (1970)
Not Rated | 160 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
At the request of a wealthy man, a courtesan agrees to help heal his mentally disturbed son by pretending to be his wife. Her efforts only earn her abuse and wrath at the hands of most family members.
Director: Chander Vohra | Stars: Sanjeev Kumar, Mumtaz Askari, Durga Khote, Bipin Gupta
Votes: 393
45. Do Raaste (1969)
150 min | Drama, Romance
Navendu toils hard to support his joint family and keep it together. However, their familial bond gets threatened when his younger brother marries a woman who insists on living separately.
Director: Raj Khosla | Stars: Rajesh Khanna, Mumtaz Askari, Balraj Sahni, Prem Chopra
Votes: 367
46. Pehchan (1970)
155 min | Drama, Family, Musical
Bombay-based Barkha lives a wealthy lifestyle with her widowed mom and brother, Rakesh, who is to marry a wealthy woman by the name of Maya. Barkha meets with a naive man from Vishnupur by ... See full summary »
Director: Sohanlal Kanwar | Stars: Manoj Kumar, Babita Kapoor, Balraj Sahni, Sailesh Kumar
Votes: 43
47. Anand (1971)
Not Rated | 122 min | Drama, Musical
The story of a terminally ill man who wishes to live life to the fullest before the inevitable occurs, as told by his best friend.
Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee | Stars: Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan, Sumita Sanyal, Ramesh Deo
Votes: 35,306
48. Mera Naam Joker (1970)
224 min | Comedy, Drama
Raju is a joker, a clown. It is what he is and what he always shall be. As his life story unfolds in three chapters, from his school days to the circus to the streets, he must always make ... See full summary »
Director: Raj Kapoor | Stars: Raj Kapoor, Manoj Kumar, Simi Garewal, Rishi Kapoor
Votes: 5,324
49. Naya Zamana (1971)
Not Rated | 151 min | Drama, Romance
An idealistic young man fights against the exploitation of the poor by the rich. He had been at the receiving end of their exploitation when a book actually written by him was credited to a rich man.
Director: Pramod Chakravorty | Stars: Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Ashok Kumar, Mehmood
Votes: 125
50. Be-Imaan (1972)
Not Rated | 133 min | Drama, Family
Mohan has abandoned his love, on the eve of his engagement. On the run, he turns into a safe-breaker and thief. Beimaan means untrustworthy. Mohan lives up to the moniker through his ... See full summary »
Director: Sohanlal Kanwar | Stars: Manoj Kumar, Rakhee Gulzar, Nazima, Snehlata
Votes: 90
51. Anubhav (1971)
139 min | Drama
Meeta Sen (Tanuja) and Amar Sen (Sanjeev Kumar) have been married for several years. Due to Amar's hectic work schedule, the couple have not had children, as there was no time for intimacy.... See full summary »
Director: Basu Bhattacharya | Stars: Sanjeev Kumar, Tanuja Samarth, Dinesh Thakur, A.K. Hangal
Votes: 192
52. Pakeezah (1972)
147 min | Musical, Romance, Drama
In 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.
Director: Kamal Amrohi | Stars: Ashok Kumar, Meena Kumari, Raaj Kumar, Veena
Votes: 1,808
53. Anuraag (1972)
Not Rated | 125 min | Drama
A noble & philanthropic grandfather is confronted with his worst fears at the fag end of his life! Barely coming to terms with loss of his son, he's shattered to learn that his grandson has blood cancer! Bereavement again? Why me?
Director: Shakti Samanta | Stars: Ashok Kumar, Nutan, Vinod Mehra, Moushumi Chatterjee
Votes: 155
54. Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar (1973)
Comedy
Sunil Mehta gets stuck in a giant ferris wheel with an attractive young woman all night due to power failure. He arrives home the next day, and meets a very suspicious wife, Geeta, who ... See full summary »
Director: Rajendra Bhatia | Stars: Radha Saluja, Kiran Kumar, I.S. Johar, Govardhan Asrani
Votes: 122
55. Bobby (1973)
168 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Raj, the son of strict, wealthy parents, falls in love with Bobby, the daughter of a poor Christian fisherman -- a romance his parents oppose.
Director: Raj Kapoor | Stars: Dimple Kapadia, Rishi Kapoor, Pran Sikand, Premnath Malhotra
Votes: 2,006
56. Koshish (1972)
125 min | Drama
A speech and hearing-impaired couple persists through unforgiving obstacles to be accepted by society and live a life of dignity.
Director: Gulzar | Stars: Sanjeev Kumar, Jaya Bachchan, Govardhan Asrani, Seema Deo
Votes: 1,749
57. Zanjeer (1973)
Not Rated | 145 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A tough and honest police officer clashes with a crime boss who, unbeknownst to him, happens to be his parents' murderer.
Director: Prakash Mehra | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Pran Sikand, Om Prakash
Votes: 4,191
58. Rajnigandha (1974)
110 min | Drama, Romance
A 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.
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Vidya Sinha, Amol Palekar, Dinesh Thakur, Rajeeta Kochhar
Votes: 835
59. Ankur: The Seedling (1974)
131 min | Drama
Belonging to a lower caste, Lakshmi and her deaf-mute husband Kishtayya serve the landlord's son, Surya. When Surya's young wife finds out about his affair with Lakshmi, they all find themselves at crossroads.
Director: Shyam Benegal | Stars: Shabana Azmi, Sadhu Meher, Anant Nag, Priya Tendulkar
Votes: 1,668
60. Garm Hava (1974)
146 min | Drama
In post-partition India, a Muslim businessman and his family struggle for their rights in a country which was once their own.
Director: M.S. Sathyu | Stars: Balraj Sahni, A.K. Hangal, Geeta Kak, Jamal Hashmi
Votes: 829
61. Kora Kagaz (1974)
125 min | Drama, Musical, Family
By the time we learn to live, life is gone.
Director: Anil Ganguly | Stars: Vijay Anand, Jaya Bachchan, Achala Sachdev, A.K. Hangal
Votes: 277
62. Roti Kapada Aur Makaan (1974)
159 min | Action, Drama, Musical
Bharat faces challenges in leading his family after taking the responsibilities following his father's death.
Director: Manoj Kumar | Stars: Manoj Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Zeenat Aman, Moushumi Chatterjee
Votes: 887
63. Deewaar (1975)
Not Rated | 174 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Vijay struggles as a dockworker and eventually becomes a leading figure of the underworld, while his younger brother Ravi is an educated, upright policeman. This divide causes problems in their relationship.
Director: Yash Chopra | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Nirupa Roy, Parveen Babi
Votes: 11,712
64. Aandhi (1975)
133 min | Drama, Romance
Hotel manager J.K. (Sanjeev Kumar) works there. One day, he bravely steps in to save Aarti, the drunken daughter of a politician (Suchitra Sen). Aarti and J.K. have a small ceremony to ... See full summary »
Director: Gulzar | Stars: Suchitra Sen, Sanjeev Kumar, Om Shivpuri, Manmohan
Votes: 1,646
65. Amanush (1975)
Not Rated | 153 min | Drama, Family
A village youth falsely implicated in a conspiracy is imprisoned and can't prove his innocence to his beloved. Devastated, he takes to alcohol.
Director: Shakti Samanta | Stars: Uttam Kumar, Sharmila Tagore, Prema Narayan, Anil Chatterjee
Votes: 284
66. Sanyasi (1975)
Not Rated | 155 min | Comedy, Drama
Renukadevi is widowed and the mother of a son named Ram. Her husband had indulged in all possible vices, and passed away unexpectedly. Her father-in-law, Rai, does not want Ram to repeat ... See full summary »
Director: Sohanlal Kanwar | Stars: Manoj Kumar, Hema Malini, Premnath Malhotra, Prem Chopra
Votes: 77
67. Sholay (1975)
Not Rated | 162 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
After his family is murdered by a notorious and ruthless bandit, a former police officer enlists the services of two outlaws to capture the bandit.
Director: Ramesh Sippy | Stars: Sanjeev Kumar, Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Amjad Khan
Votes: 58,705
68. The Season (1975)
156 min | Musical, Romance
A medical student, Amarnath meets and falls in love with the daughter of a herbal medicine healer, Chanda while preparing for his exams in Darjeeling. He returns to Calcutta to sit his ... See full summary »
Director: Gulzar | Stars: Sanjeev Kumar, Sharmila Tagore, Om Shivpuri, Agha
Votes: 1,008
69. Chhoti Si Baat (1976)
123 min | Comedy, Romance
A 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.
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Ashok Kumar, Vidya Sinha, Amol Palekar, Govardhan Asrani
Votes: 4,498
70. Chitchor (1976)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Romance
Geeta ends up with two suitors after her father goes to bring home a prospective groom and mistakenly picks up the wrong man.
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Amol Palekar, Zarina Wahab, Vijayendra Ghatge, A.K. Hangal
Votes: 759
71. Kabhi Kabhie (1976)
Not Rated | 177 min | Drama, Romance
Kabhi Kabhie is a movie about the love story of generations and how a chain of events brings together old lovers as friends.
Director: Yash Chopra | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Rakhee Gulzar, Waheeda Rehman
Votes: 2,451
72. Tapasya (1976)
Not Rated | 133 min | Drama, Family
The oldest daughter of an old and ailing man falls in love with the doctor treating her father, but the mother of the doctor insists that the girl must leave everything she does and stay with them.
Director: Anil Ganguly | Stars: Rakhee Gulzar, Parikshit Sahni, Govardhan Asrani, A.K. Hangal
Votes: 73
73. Bhumika (1977)
142 min | Drama
A girl learns music from her courtesan grandmother and breaks into the burgeoning show business industry of 1930s Bombay, which eventually leads to decades of superstardom as well as romantic entanglements.
Director: Shyam Benegal | Stars: Smita Patil, Anant Nag, Naseeruddin Shah, Amrish Puri
Votes: 710
74. Amar Akbar Anthony (1977)
Not Rated | 184 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Three brothers are separated and united after many years - one is brought up a Hindu, another a Muslim and the last (and most memorable) a Christian. Hilarity and adventure ensues.
Director: Manmohan Desai | Stars: Vinod Khanna, Rishi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Shabana Azmi
Votes: 8,215
75. Gharaonda (1977)
Not Rated | 141 min | Drama, Romance
A story young, middle-class urban working couple wanting to get married and their tribulations in finding a house in the city of Mumbai.
Director: Bhimsain | Stars: Amol Palekar, Zarina Wahab, Sadhu Meher, Shreeram Lagoo
Votes: 253
76. Manthan (1976)
134 min | Drama
Dr.Rao (Girih Karnad) is a Vetinary doc, who comes to this village with the aim of starting a Milk Co-operative society for the welfare of the villagers. But the wealthy businessman ... See full summary »
Director: Shyam Benegal | Stars: Girish Karnad, Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah, Anant Nag
Votes: 697
77. Swami (1977)
129 min | Drama
After she enters into an arranged marriage, a spirited and intellectual young woman tries to adjust to life with a man who was not her choice.
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Shabana Azmi, Girish Karnad, Utpal Dutt, Dheeraj Kumar
Votes: 252
78. Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki (1978)
151 min | Drama, Family
A woman raises the illegitimate son of her husband along with her own, treating them both equally. But her decision to hand over the property matters to the illegitimate son is met with hostility by her own revenge-minded son.
Director: Raj Khosla | Stars: Nutan, Asha Parekh, Vijay Anand, Vinod Khanna
Votes: 167
79. Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se (1978)
Not Rated | 135 min | Drama, Family, Romance
A young man must deal with a broken engagement ceremony, while his to-be fiancée waits to be treated for blood cancer.
Director: Hiren Nag | Stars: Sachin Pilgaonkar, Ranjeeta Kaur, Madan Puri, Iftekhar
Votes: 455
80. Muqaddar Ka Sikandar (1978)
189 min | Drama, Romance
When a homeless and orphaned young man finds work in the house of a wealthy man, he falls in love with the daughter of that wealthy man. But things start to change a lot thereafter.
Director: Prakash Mehra | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna, Rakhee Gulzar, Rekha
Votes: 3,053
81. The Chess Players (1977)
Not Rated | 129 min | Comedy, Drama, History
In 1856, two obsessed noblemen ignore everything while playing chess and fail to notice British rule extending into their Indian province.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Sanjeev Kumar, Saeed Jaffrey, Shabana Azmi, Farida Jalal
Votes: 4,064
82. Trishul (1978)
167 min | Action, Drama, Musical
An engineer visiting a town, has a brief affair with a local girl and walks off, leaving her with a child. The son grows up to avenge his deserted mother. Vijay is the angry young man playing the son.
Director: Yash Chopra | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjeev Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Hema Malini
Votes: 2,460
83. Junoon (1979)
141 min | Drama
Set during the 1857 War of Independence, an obsessed Indian Nawab desires to wed a young Anglo-Indian woman, but the girl's obstinate mother stands between them.
Director: Shyam Benegal | Stars: Shashi Kapoor, Nafisa Ali, Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah
Votes: 572
84. Amar Deep (1979)
Drama, Romance
Raja was adopted by a criminal don (Ashok Kumar) at a very young age. After the death of the don, Raja inherits the property, and refrains from crime. However, the wealth and the power ... See full summary »
Directors: R. Krishnamurthy, K. Vijayan | Stars: Rajesh Khanna, Vinod Mehra, Shabana Azmi, Deven Verma
Votes: 87
85. Kaala Patthar (1979)
Not Rated | 176 min | Action, Drama, History
Inspired by a true mining tragedy the film is about people from all walks of life showing courage and character to fight the forces of nature.
Director: Yash Chopra | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Shatrughan Sinha, Rakhee Gulzar
Votes: 2,760
86. Noorie (1979)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama, Family, Romance
NOORIE tells a simple and touching story of Noorie and Yusuf's fearless love and dream at all cost.
Director: Manmohan Krishna | Stars: Farooq Shaikh, Poonam Dhillon, Madan Puri, Iftekhar
Votes: 341
87. Sargam (1979)
Not Rated | 145 min | Musical, Romance
A musician helps a woman who’s unable to speak or hear achieve her dream to become a classical dancer.
Director: K. Viswanath | Stars: Rishi Kapoor, Jaya Prada, Shashikala Jawalkar, Dheeraj Kumar
Votes: 201
88. Khubsoorat (1980)
Not Rated | 126 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A strict matriarch's regimented household is upended by the arrival of a spunky relative who challenges the rules.
Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee | Stars: Ashok Kumar, Rekha, Rakesh Roshan, Shashikala Jawalkar
Votes: 1,891
89. Aakrosh (1980)
144 min | Crime, Drama, Music
A public prosecutor discovers the harsh realities about life of the scheduled tribes in India during 1980s while defending a case of a tribesman charged of murdering his wife.
Director: Govind Nihalani | Stars: Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Smita Patil, Amrish Puri
Votes: 1,181
90. Aasha (1980)
123 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Deepak (Jeetendra) is a truck driver. One day he meets with haughty, snobbish, and popular singer, Asha. He assists her with her travel and the two become friends. Deepak loves Mala, ... See full summary »
Director: J. Om Prakash | Stars: Jeetendra, Reena Roy, Rameshwari, Girish Karnad
Votes: 230
91. Insaf Ka Tarazu (1980)
146 min | Crime, Drama
Ramesh, a businessman, is arrested for molesting Bharati, a beauty queen. She is later accused of murdering him and arrested. The events that unfold show what compelled her to do so.
Director: B.R. Chopra | Stars: Zeenat Aman, Raj Babbar, Deepak Parashar, Padmini Kolhapure
Votes: 289
92. Thodisi Bewafaii (1980)
Not Rated | 150 min | Drama
Arun takes on the responsibility for the care of his step-mother (Sujatha) and step-sisters on the death of his father. Losses in business result in the sale of their palatial home, and ... See full summary »
Director: Esmayeel Shroff | Stars: Rajesh Khanna, Shabana Azmi, Siddharth, Padmini Kolhapure
Votes: 128
93. Kalyug (1981)
152 min | Drama
This movie tells story of fierce and total competition of two related business families in the days of license raaj India. The overall plot is based on Mahabharat. This movie shows that how... See full summary »
Director: Shyam Benegal | Stars: Shashi Kapoor, Rekha, Raj Babbar, Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Votes: 584
94. Baseraa (1981)
139 min | Drama, Family
Sharda and her sister Poornima alias Nima live with their widowed father. Since both have come of age, he first arranges Sharda's marriage with a businessman named Balraj Kohli. ... See full summary »
Director: Ramesh Talwar | Stars: Shashi Kapoor, Rakhee Gulzar, Rekha, Poonam Dhillon
Votes: 169
95. Chakra (1981)
140 min | Drama
Amma lives in Bijapur with her husband and son, Benwa. When a man attempts to sexually molest her, he is killed by her husband, the trio flee, but the husband is shot dead by the police. ... See full summary »
Director: Rabindra Dharmaraj | Stars: Savita Bajaj, Arun Bakshi, Suresh Bhagwat, Suhas Bhalekar
Votes: 193
96. Chashme Buddoor (1981)
Not Rated | 145 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
Two 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Sai Paranjpye | Stars: Farooq Shaikh, Deepti Naval, Saeed Jaffrey, Rakesh Bedi
Votes: 2,645
97. Ek Duuje Ke Liye (1981)
Not Rated | 167 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
The cross-cultural romance between Vaasu and Sapna meets heavy opposition from their family, who vow to stop their union at any cost. As the star-crossed lovers forbidden love ensues, nothing will prepare them for their tragic destiny.
Director: K. Balachander | Stars: Kamal Haasan, Rati Agnihotri, Madhavi, Sunil Thapa
Votes: 1,295
98. Shakti (1982)
166 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A scrupulously honest cop refuses kidnappers' demands at grave risk to the life of his son. The son is rescued but lives forever scarred by his father's willingness to sacrifice his own son... See full summary »
Director: Ramesh Sippy | Stars: Dilip Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Rakhee Gulzar, Smita Patil
Votes: 2,368
99. Bazaar (1982)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama, Family
A young man challenges traditional customs by standing up to the father of the woman he loves, who has promised her to a wealthy expatriate.
Director: Sagar Sarhadi | Stars: Farooq Shaikh, Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah, Supriya Pathak
Votes: 615
100. Nikaah (1982)
152 min | Drama, Romance
After an unsuccessful marriage, Niloufer gets married to Haider, an editor, and eventually falls in love with him. However, soon her marriage bliss ends when her ex-husband Wasim returns in her life.
Director: B.R. Chopra | Stars: Raj Babbar, Deepak Parashar, Govardhan Asrani, Heena Kausar
Votes: 304
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