Rajesh Bakshi

Ek Adbhut Dakshina - Guru Dakshina|
2015
Ek Adbhut Dakshina - Guru Dakshina
2015 | 121 min
An orphaned boy Dev is adopted by Guruji and brought to his dance academy in Kolkata, owing to his dancing skills. Impressed by his talent, Guruji takes him under his wings. However, Dev's one-sided love for Guruji's daughter Sanjukta changes their lives forever. Sanjukta finds herself seduced by Chhau dancer Gambhira instead, who seems like a man of dubious intent. Turns out he is a Naxalite, on a secret mission. Dev suspects Gambhira's motives and warns Sanjukta but she doesn't pay heed. Dev is heartbroken and Guruji devastated, when Sanjukta secretly marries Gambhira. Post marriage, Gambhira shows his true colours, thus ruining the life of his wife and Guruji. Meanwhile, an accident takes Dev to Himachal. Will he come back to avenge the torture Gamhira inflicted on his Guruji?
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Yeh Hai Pyar Ka Mausam|
2001
Yeh Hai Pyar Ka Mausam
2001 | 108 min
A young Sikh boy of sixteen is eluded into the underworld gang. He is compelled to plant radio bombs in public places. One day when he left the radio his teacher thinks he had forgotten it and she delivers it to his mother. There is a blast and his family dies. He then takes an oath to destroy those who put him on the wrong path. He hides in the house of a captain. When he runs from the house, captain doubts his wife. His daughter insults the son of the villain in the college. The villain sets the jobless hero to trap that girl in his love and hand over her to him. But on doing this the hero feels his sin and what happens next is worth seeing on the screen.
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Yeh Raat Phir Na Aayegi|
1992
Yeh Raat Phir Na Aayegi
1992 | 117 min
A riveting film about a woman's 2 centuries' old skeleton, mysteriously coming to life as Kiran, after it was excavated by Reeta and her assistant Rakesh from an archaeological site. Amid the passage of surreal events, Reeta and her widower father find out that Kiran has resurfaced to claim Suraj, her lover from the past life who is currently engaged to Reeta. Will Kiran be successful?
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Yehi Hai Zindagi|
1977
Yehi Hai Zindagi
1977 | 130 min
Anand Narayan comes from a poor family, which consists of his wife, Gayatri, daughter, Kamla and two sons Madhu and Govind. Through hard work, Anand starts on his way to success. He meets with Nekiram, who becomes his business partner and also his samdhi (in-law) as his daughter is in love with Madhu. Both get married in a simple ceremony. After this marriage, both Nekiram and Anand and his family work hard at preparing food in a small sweet shop. Lord Krishna then appears to Anand who asks the Lord for material success. After this meeting Anand's Dhaba grows into a restaurant, then a larger fancier restaurant, finally a five star hotel. Now Anand and his family are all wealthy and live in a palatial home. Bhagwan Shri Krishna regularly visits him and asks about him and his family. Anand proudly takes all the credit and asks Krishna to accompany him to see his success and his hotel. Bhagwan Krishna declines, but agrees to do so later. Things don't go quite as well for Anand, when he finds out that Nekiram has been cheating him. Nekiram leaves the house, but Madhu accompanies him. Then Anand finds that Govind has been squandering money and time on women and alcohol and to top his disappointment Kamla gets pregnant. When Bhagwan Krishna comes to visit Anand again, he admits that he is a failure, his health is poor, and his family are all strangers to him. Lord Krishna advises Anand that this is his life and he must learn from the Mahabharata and that every life is a struggle, which is confused by relations and near and dear ones and also by one's ego. Once the ego is removed, then only one can see clearly. But will Anand be able to understand and carry out what Lord Krishna is asking him to? Or will end up taking the blame, like he took the credit, upon himself?
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Swarag Narak|
1978
Swarag Narak
1978 | 158 min
One couple, who are happily married, are Tripathi (Sanjeev Kumar) and his wife Mary; the second couple is Geeta (Shabana Azmi) and Vinod (Vinod Mehra), who live in Vinod's mom's house. Theirs is an unhappy marriage with Vinod spending a lot of time with Leena (Prema Narayan), and frequenting late and all-night parties. His wife patiently awaits his return every night; And the third couple is that of Shobha (Moushumi Chatterjee) and Vicky Kapoor (Jeetendra), their's is a seemingly "happy" marriage, with Shobha being a very jealous and possessive woman. One day when she sees her husband and Radha (Tanuja) together, she thinks they are having an affair, and starts to ask questions. Suddenly their lives are turned upside down when Vinod decides to leave the house; Shobha leaves her husband, and Tripathi tries to make amends but it looks like these two couples are unable to compromise and adjust to married life.
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Julie|
1975
Julie
1975 | 144 min
Julie is an Anglo-Indian girl with a loving, but alcoholic father and a domineering mother, a younger brother and sister. She falls in love with her best friend's brother Shashi Bhattacharya, a Hindu boy, and she has a passionate encounter with him, which leaves her pregnant. He goes away to college, not knowing about her condition. Her mother is distraught when Julie tells her about the pregnancy. They don't tell the rest of the family. Her mother thinks about getting Julie an abortion, but a devout Christian talks her out of it. Julie is sent away to have her baby in secret. The rest of the family is told that Julie got a job. When she comes back home, she runs into her Hindu boyfriend and tells him everything. He agrees to marry her, but his mother objects to the mixed marriage, not knowing about the baby born in secret. Julie's mother doesn't want the marriage either, as she and the rest of the family want to go to England.
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Aradhana|
1969
Aradhana
1969 | 158 min
Vandana and Arun fall in love with the instant they meet. On a trip to a Shiv temple, they get married in an impromptu ceremony in front of God. A chance rainshower strands them at a remote hotel where Vandana gets pregnant. With their legal marriage just around the corner, they don't worry about the consequences of their actions, but unfortunately, Arun dies in a plane crash. Vandana chooses to have the child, Suraj, and as she promised to Arun, she wants to raise him to be an Air Force pilot. Fate is cruel to Vandana, however, and the child is adopted by a wealthy family. Vandana becomes a nursemaid to stay close to Suraj. A family member tries to molest her, and in the ensuing fight, Suraj comes to protect her and kills the perpetrator. Vandana chooses a jail sentence to save Suraj, but in the course of her sentence, loses the family--and with it: Suraj. Now what will Vandana do?
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Kati Patang|
1971
Kati Patang
1971 | 148 min
Madhvi (Asha Parekh) is an orphan living under the roof of her uncle, but when he arranges a marriage for her, she flees to the man she truly loves (Prem Chopra), discovering his infidelity in the process. She decides to leave town with her friend Poonam (also Parekh), a widow with a young son, but when their train gets into an accident, Poonam dies, leaving Madhvi to care for the child. Madhvi assumes Poonam's identity, vowing to raise her child as the rightful heir to his family name.
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