Nana Palsikar

Nana Palshikar was an Indian actor who appeared in over 80 Hindi films. He made his film debut in 1935 with Dhuwandhar, and went on to play character roles in both Hindi mainstream and arthouse films. He was also cast in small parts in a few international productions such as Maya, The Guru and Gandhi.

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Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai (1960)

Raju informs the police about a group of bandits, even though he is in love with the chief's daughter. The police set out to kill the clan and it is upto him to save the bandits and his love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Radhu Karmakar
CAST:  Aylin Prandi  •  Lalita Pawar  •  Raj Kapoor  •  Padmini

Raju informs the police about a group of bandits, even though he is in love with the chief's daughter. The police set out to kill the clan and it is upto him to save the bandits and his love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Radhu Karmakar
CAST:  Aylin Prandi  •  Lalita Pawar  •  Raj Kapoor  •  Padmini

Devdas (1955)

Childhood sweethearts grow up in a small village with a love-hate relationship which changes to love when they mature.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bimal Roy
CAST:  Dilip Kumar  •  Vyjayanthimala  •  Suchitra Sen  •  Motilal

Childhood sweethearts grow up in a small village with a love-hate relationship which changes to love when they mature.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bimal Roy
CAST:  Dilip Kumar  •  Vyjayanthimala  •  Suchitra Sen  •  Motilal

Two Acres of Land (1953)

An impoverished man and his young son travel to Calcutta and look for work, in order to make money that'll save their ancestral land from being seized by a corporation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bimal Roy
CAST:  Balraj Sahni  •  Nirupa Roy  •  Nana Palsikar  •  Rattan Kumar

An impoverished man and his young son travel to Calcutta and look for work, in order to make money that'll save their ancestral land from being seized by a corporation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bimal Roy
CAST:  Balraj Sahni  •  Nirupa Roy  •  Nana Palsikar  •  Rattan Kumar

Gandhi (1982)

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In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Attenborough
CAST:  Ben Kingsley  •  Rohini Hattangadi  •  Candice Bergen  •  Roshan Seth

In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Attenborough
CAST:  Ben Kingsley  •  Rohini Hattangadi  •  Candice Bergen  •  Roshan Seth

Kanoon (1960)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  B.R. Chopra
CAST:  Rajendra Kumar  •  Ashok Kumar  •  Nana Palsikar  •  Manmohan Krishna

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  B.R. Chopra
CAST:  Rajendra Kumar  •  Ashok Kumar  •  Nana Palsikar  •  Manmohan Krishna

The Guru (1969)

Britain's top pop artiste, Tom Pickle, travels to Bombay, India, circa 1960s to learn to play the sitar from renowned maestro Ustad Zafar Khan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Ivory
CAST:  Rita Tushingham  •  Michael York  •  Utpal Dutt  •  Madhur Jaffrey

Britain's top pop artiste, Tom Pickle, travels to Bombay, India, circa 1960s to learn to play the sitar from renowned maestro Ustad Zafar Khan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Ivory
CAST:  Rita Tushingham  •  Michael York  •  Utpal Dutt  •  Madhur Jaffrey

Maya (1966)

A big-game hunter's son and a Hindu boy brave the jungle in order to deliver a baby white elephant to an Indian temple.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Berry
CAST:  Clint Walker  •  Jay North  •  I.S. Johar  •  Sajid Khan

A big-game hunter's son and a Hindu boy brave the jungle in order to deliver a baby white elephant to an Indian temple.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Berry
CAST:  Clint Walker  •  Jay North  •  I.S. Johar  •  Sajid Khan

Cha Cha Cha (1964)

After her return from abroad, Lali adjusts to life in India along with her devout Hindu mother, Laxmi; an easy-going father, Dinanath; two sisters, Kalpana and Geeta, and spends most of her time dancing along with her sisters and friends. On her way to the Mandir, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chandrashekhar Vaidya
CAST:  Aruna Irani  •  Chandrashekhar Vaidya  •  Helen  •  Om Prakash

After her return from abroad, Lali adjusts to life in India along with her devout Hindu mother, Laxmi; an easy-going father, Dinanath; two sisters, Kalpana and Geeta, and spends most of her time dancing along with her sisters and friends. On her way to the Mandir, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chandrashekhar Vaidya
CAST:  Aruna Irani  •  Chandrashekhar Vaidya  •  Helen  •  Om Prakash

Nartakee (1963)

A modern reformist professor helps a courtesan in her endeavour to achieve high academic level and respectability. They face open opposition and hostility by society but do not relent.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nitin Bose
CAST:  Sunil Dutt  •  Nanda  •  Om Prakash  •  Aruna Irani

A modern reformist professor helps a courtesan in her endeavour to achieve high academic level and respectability. They face open opposition and hostility by society but do not relent.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nitin Bose
CAST:  Sunil Dutt  •  Nanda  •  Om Prakash  •  Aruna Irani

Kangan (1939)

Classic Bollywood film starring Leela Chitnis and Ashok Kumar.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franz Osten
CAST:  Leela Chitnis  •  Ashok Kumar  •  V.H. Desai  •  P.F. Pithawala

Classic Bollywood film starring Leela Chitnis and Ashok Kumar.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franz Osten
CAST:  Leela Chitnis  •  Ashok Kumar  •  V.H. Desai  •  P.F. Pithawala

Duniya (1968)

An advocate faces heavy odds defending the brother of his sweetheart.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tatineni Prakash Rao
CAST:  Dev Anand  •  Vyjayanthimala  •  Balraj Sahni  •  Johnny Walker

An advocate faces heavy odds defending the brother of his sweetheart.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tatineni Prakash Rao
CAST:  Dev Anand  •  Vyjayanthimala  •  Balraj Sahni  •  Johnny Walker

Biradari (1966)

Seema lives a wealthy lifestyle with her widowed mom in Bombay, India. Her mother is a compassionate soul who rents out several rooms in a self-owned building, which is occupied by very poor and nearly destitute people. Seema's mom often ends up looking after her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ram Kamlani
CAST:  Shashi Kapoor  •  Faryal  •  Pran Sikand  •  Lalita Pawar

Seema lives a wealthy lifestyle with her widowed mom in Bombay, India. Her mother is a compassionate soul who rents out several rooms in a self-owned building, which is occupied by very poor and nearly destitute people. Seema's mom often ends up looking after her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ram Kamlani
CAST:  Shashi Kapoor  •  Faryal  •  Pran Sikand  •  Lalita Pawar

Main Chup Rahungi (1962)

Narayan works as a laborer on the farmland owned by businessman, Ratan Kumar, in Ramnagar, who also has a rubber estate in Singapore. Although Narayan was an ex-convict, Ratan had assisted him getting a job, some land, and a small house where he now lives with his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  A. Bhimsingh
CAST:  Sunil Dutt  •  Meena Kumari  •  Raj Mehra  •  Nana Palsikar

Narayan works as a laborer on the farmland owned by businessman, Ratan Kumar, in Ramnagar, who also has a rubber estate in Singapore. Although Narayan was an ex-convict, Ratan had assisted him getting a job, some land, and a small house where he now lives with his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  A. Bhimsingh
CAST:  Sunil Dutt  •  Meena Kumari  •  Raj Mehra  •  Nana Palsikar

Charandas (1977)

The entire plot is woven around Indian family values, enterprise and meteoric rise in business.  (more)

DIRECTION:  B.S. Thapa
CAST:  Vikram Makandar  •  Om Prakash  •  Lakshmi  •  Urmila Bhatt

The entire plot is woven around Indian family values, enterprise and meteoric rise in business.  (more)

DIRECTION:  B.S. Thapa
CAST:  Vikram Makandar  •  Om Prakash  •  Lakshmi  •  Urmila Bhatt

Anupama (1966)

Mohan Sharma (Tarun Bose) is a workaholic, whose life changes dramatically after his wife dies upon giving birth to their daughter Uma (Sharmila Tagore).  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hrishikesh Mukherjee
CAST:  Dharmendra  •  Sharmila Tagore  •  Shashikala  •  Deven Verma

Mohan Sharma (Tarun Bose) is a workaholic, whose life changes dramatically after his wife dies upon giving birth to their daughter Uma (Sharmila Tagore).  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hrishikesh Mukherjee
CAST:  Dharmendra  •  Sharmila Tagore  •  Shashikala  •  Deven Verma

New Delhi (1956)

Complications, impersonations and moral dilemmas arise when a Punjabi pretends to be a Tamil in order to obtain accommodation in New Delhi. An eloquent and entertaining plea for national unity that manages to showcase several cultural traditions whilst encouraging ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mohan Segal
CAST:  Kishore Kumar  •  Vyjayanthimala  •  Jabeen Jalil  •  Prabhu Dayal

Complications, impersonations and moral dilemmas arise when a Punjabi pretends to be a Tamil in order to obtain accommodation in New Delhi. An eloquent and entertaining plea for national unity that manages to showcase several cultural traditions whilst encouraging ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mohan Segal
CAST:  Kishore Kumar  •  Vyjayanthimala  •  Jabeen Jalil  •  Prabhu Dayal

Shagoon (1964)

Geeta (Waheeda Rehman) and Madan (Kamaljit) are in love with each other and want to marry. They meet each other's parents and subject to the matching of their astrological charts, their engagement is finalized. However, the pandit reports to Madan's mom that the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nazir
CAST:  Waheeda Rehman  •  Kamaljit Singh  •  Nazir Hussain  •  Nana Palsikar

Geeta (Waheeda Rehman) and Madan (Kamaljit) are in love with each other and want to marry. They meet each other's parents and subject to the matching of their astrological charts, their engagement is finalized. However, the pandit reports to Madan's mom that the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nazir
CAST:  Waheeda Rehman  •  Kamaljit Singh  •  Nazir Hussain  •  Nana Palsikar

Aakrosh (1980)

Allegedly based on a true incident reported on page 7 of a local newspaper, the film was a scathing satire on the corruption in the judicial system and the victimization of the underprivileged by the able and the powerful.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Govind Nihalani
CAST:  Naseeruddin Shah  •  Om Puri  •  Smita Patil  •  Amrish Puri

Allegedly based on a true incident reported on page 7 of a local newspaper, the film was a scathing satire on the corruption in the judicial system and the victimization of the underprivileged by the able and the powerful.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Govind Nihalani
CAST:  Naseeruddin Shah  •  Om Puri  •  Smita Patil  •  Amrish Puri

Shehar Aur Sapna (1961)

The film was based on Abbas's own story, One Thousand Nights on a Bed of Stones, which describes the struggle in the life of pavement dwellers in the backdrop of rapid industrialization.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
CAST:  Dilip Raj  •  Surekha  •  Nana Palsikar  •  Manmohan Krishna

The film was based on Abbas's own story, One Thousand Nights on a Bed of Stones, which describes the struggle in the life of pavement dwellers in the backdrop of rapid industrialization.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
CAST:  Dilip Raj  •  Surekha  •  Nana Palsikar  •  Manmohan Krishna

The Burning Train (1980)

The plot revolves around a train named Super Express that catches fire on its inaugural run from New Delhi to Mumbai.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ravi Chopra
CAST:  Dharmendra  •  Jeetendra  •  Hema Malini  •  Parveen Babi

The plot revolves around a train named Super Express that catches fire on its inaugural run from New Delhi to Mumbai.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ravi Chopra
CAST:  Dharmendra  •  Jeetendra  •  Hema Malini  •  Parveen Babi
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