Living a poor life with his widowed mother, Shankar sells toys for a living, but is addicted to alcohol. He is attracted to Parvati, who also lives a similar life along with her step-brother, Jagat Narayan, his wife, and their daughter, Pushpa. After an argument with his mother, Shankar departs to the city, gives up drinking, earns a lot of money, and returns home just to time to pay off his mortgage. But his world will soon be shattered after he goes to ask for the hand of a now wealthy Parvati. This is where he will be forced to face his past, and ultimately be told that Parvati's marriage has been arranged elsewhere. Unable to live without Parvati, he takes up drinking again and heads on to a path of self-destruction more»

Ajit and Rajoo become orphans. Ajit, as the older brother takes care of his younger sister, at great personal sacrifice. When he tries to save his sister from sexual assault, death occurs. Is Ajit responsible? He emerges as Vinod from jail. In English the loose translation of the title would be "a silken thread" a compact translation would be a "silken skein". Ajit, and his little sister are separated by powers that neither he or she understand. Resham ki dori - is the thread that brings them back together. This is a story of three generations of arrogance of wealth. It is also a story of great wealth, dishonest managers, anger, arrogance in semi- feudal India. In a social context, it is a story of the death of the textile industry in Parel, Lower Parel in Bombay. It is a story of the exploitation of labour. Some scenes of labour poverty is gut wrenching. It is a vision of a person who could reverse the process of attrition in the textile industry, if only till the textile mill was set on fire for insurance. It is a great movie to watch, if you are looking out for the social context. Dialogues are predictable, mostly studio shot, editing is a bit loose but overall, a slightly differently managed film than the usual movies of the time. 1980's. Excellent storyline, and some superb acting. more»

After losing her husband unexpectedly who was in all sorts of vices, Renuka decides to bring up her son Ram in the most religious way possible to give him a different life. This lands him to become a sanyasi post and Renuka finds it difficult to get him married to Aarti. To top it all off everyone seems to be out to swindle her for their own selfish interests! more»

Raisaheb Surajbhan Chaudhary lives a wealthy lifestyle in a palatial mansion with his wife of 30 years, Rajlaxmi, and two sons, Rajkumar, who has been married to Shyama for several years; and Mohankumar who is studying in an out f town college. Surajbhan is disappointed with Rajkumar as he has as yet not produced an heir to his family. To make matters worse Mohan, a devout worshiper of Lord Bajrangbali, has taken a vow of celibacy and refuses to get married. Things change dramatically when a young woman named Neena, along with her son, enters the Chaudhary household claiming that Mohan had married and abandoned her. She goes through a number of medical tests which determine that the child is actually an heir of the Chaudhary family. Now Surajbhan and Rajlaxmi want Mohan and Neena to get officially married, much to Mohan's chagrin. Things get complicated when Surajbhan finds out that the child is actually Rajkumar's, and that Neena may have been pulling wool over all their eyes. more»

Dr. Shankar Chaudhry is a wealthy doctor residing in Bombay with his younger sister, Manju and his widowed mother, Rukmini. He agrees to an arranged marriage with advocate Madhusudan's daughter, Maya, a girl neither he nor his mother have ever met. While their marriage was pretty normal, things took an unexpected turn when Maya gets pregnant and leaves with Prakash. more»

Pratap, a fugitive, meets Anokhi and her friends who can resort to any means to sustain their livelihood. He then helps them change their ways. more»

Kali Ghata is a 1959 Indian Hindi film, directed by Kishore Sahu and produced by Hindhustan Chitra. The film stars Kishore Sahu, Bina Rai and Asha Mathur in lead roles. The film had musical score by Shankar-Jaikishan. more»

The film is with Gopal Joshi (Bharat Bhushan) singing a raga. His father Narsin Joshi (Om Prakash), the royal astrologer comes and scolds him for singing and says he should become an astrologer. On the other hand, in his neighborhood, his neighbor Malaya, the son of the royal musician is scolded by his father for being lesser than Gopal in singing. He is preparing him for a music competition the winner of which will become the royal musician. At the same time, Gopal enters and says that he will not participate in which Malaya's father refuses. more»

Yahudi is a dramatic film directed by Bimal Roy starring Dilip Kumar, Meena Kumari, Sohrab Modi and Nigar Sultana in the lead roles. Hated as a community, Jewish trader Ezra and his people are always at the receiving end of the wrath of their Roman rulers. But as fate would have it, Ezra ends up raising a Roman aristocrat s young child as his Jewish daughter. Matters take a turn for the tragic, when a visiting Roman prince falls in love with her. more»

The film is a light-hearted comic love story, wherein Sunil Dutt falls in love with a 'phool' (flower) Waheeda Rehman but has to impress her four uncles, the 'kante' (thorns) of the title. Each uncle has a different idiosyncrasy and Sunil Dutt pretends to be an expert in that field in order to impress that particular uncle. The four uncles select their prot g for their niece, not knowing that each is selecting the same boy. When the boy whom they have approved disappears, they agree to marry their niece off to her choice, who is Sunil Dutt again. more»