Jalal Agha

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Sholay (1975)

IntenseEpicViolentAction-packed

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ramesh Sippy
CAST:  Amitabh Bachchan  •  Dharmendra  •  Sanjeev Kumar  •  Hema Malini

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ramesh Sippy
CAST:  Amitabh Bachchan  •  Dharmendra  •  Sanjeev Kumar  •  Hema Malini

Bombay Talkie (1970)

An English novelist travels to Bombay to watch one of her novels translated to film. She chases after the movie's leading man while the screenwriter chases after her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Ivory
CAST:  Shashi Kapoor  •  Jennifer Kendal  •  Zia Mohyeddin  •  Aparna Sen

An English novelist travels to Bombay to watch one of her novels translated to film. She chases after the movie's leading man while the screenwriter chases after her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Ivory
CAST:  Shashi Kapoor  •  Jennifer Kendal  •  Zia Mohyeddin  •  Aparna Sen

Gandhi (1982)

EpicGrippingEmotionalEnjoyable

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

Mughal-e-Azam (1960)

A 16th century prince falls in love with a court dancer and battles with his emperor father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  K. Asif
CAST:  Dilip Kumar  •  Prithviraj Kapoor  •  Madhubala  •  Durga Khote

A 16th century prince falls in love with a court dancer and battles with his emperor father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  K. Asif
CAST:  Dilip Kumar  •  Prithviraj Kapoor  •  Madhubala  •  Durga Khote

Nauker (1979)

Widower Amar is well-off financially and lives in a house with his daughter and servant Dayal. His sister and brother-in-law want him to marry again so that his daughter can have the love and care of a woman. Amar reluctantly agrees. Together they set out to check ...  (more)

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CAST:  Sanjeev Kumar  •  Jaya Bachchan  •  Mehmood  •  Lalita Pawar

Widower Amar is well-off financially and lives in a house with his daughter and servant Dayal. His sister and brother-in-law want him to marry again so that his daughter can have the love and care of a woman. Amar reluctantly agrees. Together they set out to check ...  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Sanjeev Kumar  •  Jaya Bachchan  •  Mehmood  •  Lalita Pawar

Tarang (1984)

Rahul, the son-in-law of an old industrialist and one of the heirs to his fortune, clashes with Dinesh, the industrialist’s nephew who is openly unscrupulous. Rahul, on his part, conceals his personal ambition under a cloak of liberalism and encourages indigenous ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kumar Shahani
CAST:  Smita Patil  •  Girish Karnad  •  Amol Palekar  •  Shreeram Lagoo

Rahul, the son-in-law of an old industrialist and one of the heirs to his fortune, clashes with Dinesh, the industrialist’s nephew who is openly unscrupulous. Rahul, on his part, conceals his personal ambition under a cloak of liberalism and encourages indigenous ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kumar Shahani
CAST:  Smita Patil  •  Girish Karnad  •  Amol Palekar  •  Shreeram Lagoo

The Deceivers (1988)

India, 1825: the country lives in mortal fear of cult members known as the “Deceivers." They commit robbery and ritualistic murder. Appalled by their activities, an English military man, Captain William Savage, conceives a hazardous plot to stop them. In disguise, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicholas Meyer
CAST:  Pierce Brosnan  •  Shashi Kapoor  •  Saeed Jaffrey  •  Helena Michell

India, 1825: the country lives in mortal fear of cult members known as the “Deceivers." They commit robbery and ritualistic murder. Appalled by their activities, an English military man, Captain William Savage, conceives a hazardous plot to stop them. In disguise, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicholas Meyer
CAST:  Pierce Brosnan  •  Shashi Kapoor  •  Saeed Jaffrey  •  Helena Michell

Yeh Ishq Nahin Aasaan (1984)

Architect and Poet Salim Ahmed Salim lives in Nizamuddin, India, along with his widowed mother. He re-locates to Lucknow where he is employed with Shirazi & Company. He instructs her not to leave the house, and when she persists, he sells the house and decides to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tinnu Anand
CAST:  Rishi Kapoor  •  Padmini Kolhapure  •  Govardhan Asrani  •  Iftekhar

Architect and Poet Salim Ahmed Salim lives in Nizamuddin, India, along with his widowed mother. He re-locates to Lucknow where he is employed with Shirazi & Company. He instructs her not to leave the house, and when she persists, he sells the house and decides to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tinnu Anand
CAST:  Rishi Kapoor  •  Padmini Kolhapure  •  Govardhan Asrani  •  Iftekhar

Dil... Akhir Dil Hai (1982)

Kusam Desai moves from Pune to Bombay with her new husband and family friend Vimal, who does not live up to her expectations. After discovering Vimal's love with Sapna, they must use the Hindu Marriage Act of 1955 in order to obtain a divorce, which is culturally ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Esmayeel Shroff
CAST:  Rakhee Gulzar  •  Parveen Babi  •  Naseeruddin Shah  •  Jalal Agha

Kusam Desai moves from Pune to Bombay with her new husband and family friend Vimal, who does not live up to her expectations. After discovering Vimal's love with Sapna, they must use the Hindu Marriage Act of 1955 in order to obtain a divorce, which is culturally ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Esmayeel Shroff
CAST:  Rakhee Gulzar  •  Parveen Babi  •  Naseeruddin Shah  •  Jalal Agha

Chorni (1982)

Young Deepa, who works as a housemaid in the house of a wealthy family, is molested by the drunken son and a friend, but Deepa manages to escape. The son informs the police to discredit her, she is arrested, found guilty and sentenced to prison. When she is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jyoti Swaroop
CAST:  Jeetendra  •  Neetu Singh  •  Shreeram Lagoo  •  Indrani Mukherjee

Young Deepa, who works as a housemaid in the house of a wealthy family, is molested by the drunken son and a friend, but Deepa manages to escape. The son informs the police to discredit her, she is arrested, found guilty and sentenced to prison. When she is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jyoti Swaroop
CAST:  Jeetendra  •  Neetu Singh  •  Shreeram Lagoo  •  Indrani Mukherjee

Anjaan Raahen (1974)

Anand (Feroz Khan) is a London returned teacher who has sought employment in a local school in India. His co-teachers are Geeta (Asha Parekh), Girdharilal (Jankidas), Pandey (Asit Sen), Lalita (Lalita Kumari), and Principal (Brahm Bhardwaj). Anand's students, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mohan J. Bijlani
CAST:  Feroz Khan  •  Asha Parekh  •  Akbar Khan  •  Zaheera

Anand (Feroz Khan) is a London returned teacher who has sought employment in a local school in India. His co-teachers are Geeta (Asha Parekh), Girdharilal (Jankidas), Pandey (Asit Sen), Lalita (Lalita Kumari), and Principal (Brahm Bhardwaj). Anand's students, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mohan J. Bijlani
CAST:  Feroz Khan  •  Asha Parekh  •  Akbar Khan  •  Zaheera

Baat Ban Jaye (1986)

Wealthy Mr. Singh would like to see his daughter get married but she hates wealthy men. So he finds several poor men: Ajay Srivastav, who is already married and also has 3 daughters; Yeshwant Bhosle, a TV repairman who ends up being a multi-millionaire after his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bharat Rangachary
CAST:  Zeenat Aman  •  Utpal Dutt  •  Sanjeev Kumar  •  Mithun Chakraborty

Wealthy Mr. Singh would like to see his daughter get married but she hates wealthy men. So he finds several poor men: Ajay Srivastav, who is already married and also has 3 daughters; Yeshwant Bhosle, a TV repairman who ends up being a multi-millionaire after his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bharat Rangachary
CAST:  Zeenat Aman  •  Utpal Dutt  •  Sanjeev Kumar  •  Mithun Chakraborty

Be-Shaque (1981)

Prakash meets and falls in love with Roopa, who lives a middle-class lifestyle with her widowed mother, Radha, and servant, Gopal. Prakash will soon find out that all is not well when he comes across a framed photograph of Roopa in the company of a young man, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kashinath
CAST:  Mithun Chakraborty  •  Yogeeta Bali  •  Jalal Agha  •  Shakti Kapoor

Prakash meets and falls in love with Roopa, who lives a middle-class lifestyle with her widowed mother, Radha, and servant, Gopal. Prakash will soon find out that all is not well when he comes across a framed photograph of Roopa in the company of a young man, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kashinath
CAST:  Mithun Chakraborty  •  Yogeeta Bali  •  Jalal Agha  •  Shakti Kapoor

Majhli Didi (1967)

Bipinchandra breaks family tradition by marrying a city girl, Hemangini, much to the chagrin of his sister-in-law, Kadambini, and her husband, Navinchandra. Things are delicate even after both women give birth to two children each. Then Hemangini testifies against ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hrishikesh Mukherjee
CAST:  Meena Kumari  •  Dharmendra  •  Leela Chitnis  •  Sachin Pilgaonkar

Bipinchandra breaks family tradition by marrying a city girl, Hemangini, much to the chagrin of his sister-in-law, Kadambini, and her husband, Navinchandra. Things are delicate even after both women give birth to two children each. Then Hemangini testifies against ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hrishikesh Mukherjee
CAST:  Meena Kumari  •  Dharmendra  •  Leela Chitnis  •  Sachin Pilgaonkar

Katha (1983)

A modern retelling of the classic folktale about the hare and the tortoise. Rajaram P. Joshi is a middle-class Clerk living in a chawl in Bombay. He is secretly in love with his neighbor, Sandhya Karnik but is unable to disclose his love for her. Rajaram's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sai Paranjape
CAST:  Naseeruddin Shah  •  Farooq Shaikh  •  Deepti Naval  •  Leela Mishra

A modern retelling of the classic folktale about the hare and the tortoise. Rajaram P. Joshi is a middle-class Clerk living in a chawl in Bombay. He is secretly in love with his neighbor, Sandhya Karnik but is unable to disclose his love for her. Rajaram's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sai Paranjape
CAST:  Naseeruddin Shah  •  Farooq Shaikh  •  Deepti Naval  •  Leela Mishra

Saheb Bahadur (1977)

In a small town, situated in a picturesque Indian valley, lives a corrupt Deputy collector, Hare Murari, an equally corrupt Police Superintendent, Pasupathi; a doctor; a Judge; and Professor Rampyare. These officials always ensure that no one gets anything done ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chetan Anand
CAST:  Jalal Agha  •  Ajit Khan  •  Dev Anand  •  Govardhan Asrani

In a small town, situated in a picturesque Indian valley, lives a corrupt Deputy collector, Hare Murari, an equally corrupt Police Superintendent, Pasupathi; a doctor; a Judge; and Professor Rampyare. These officials always ensure that no one gets anything done ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chetan Anand
CAST:  Jalal Agha  •  Ajit Khan  •  Dev Anand  •  Govardhan Asrani

Shankar Hussain (1977)

Dr. Uday Shankar is a kind-hearted Hindu gentleman who has chosen to practise medicine in a village rather than make money by working in a large city. Once, a devastating flood hits a nearby village and he goes there to minister to the affected people. At this time ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yusuf Naqvi
CAST:  Kanwaljit Singh  •  Pradeep Kumar  •  Madhu Chanda  •  Shreeram Lagoo

Dr. Uday Shankar is a kind-hearted Hindu gentleman who has chosen to practise medicine in a village rather than make money by working in a large city. Once, a devastating flood hits a nearby village and he goes there to minister to the affected people. At this time ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yusuf Naqvi
CAST:  Kanwaljit Singh  •  Pradeep Kumar  •  Madhu Chanda  •  Shreeram Lagoo

Two Drops of Water (1971)

Ganga Singh (Jalal Agha), newly married to Gauri (Simi Garewal), brings his wife to his village where he lives with his father Hari Singh (Sajjan), and sister Sonki (Madhu Chanda). The village is suffering from drought and villagers have to travel a long distance ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
CAST:  Jalal Agha  •  Madhu Chanda  •  Simi Garewal  •  Kiran Kumar

Ganga Singh (Jalal Agha), newly married to Gauri (Simi Garewal), brings his wife to his village where he lives with his father Hari Singh (Sajjan), and sister Sonki (Madhu Chanda). The village is suffering from drought and villagers have to travel a long distance ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
CAST:  Jalal Agha  •  Madhu Chanda  •  Simi Garewal  •  Kiran Kumar

Zindagi Zindagi (1972)

This movie revolves around a village hospital that was built by a generous hearted man, Choudhury Ramprasad (Ashok Kumar) who is also a patient in the hospital. The other patients include Isamil (Iftekhar), Dayaram (Anwar Hussain), Ratan (Jalal Agha), and the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tapan Sinha
CAST:  Ashok Kumar  •  Sunil Dutt  •  Waheeda Rehman  •  Farida Jalal

This movie revolves around a village hospital that was built by a generous hearted man, Choudhury Ramprasad (Ashok Kumar) who is also a patient in the hospital. The other patients include Isamil (Iftekhar), Dayaram (Anwar Hussain), Ratan (Jalal Agha), and the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tapan Sinha
CAST:  Ashok Kumar  •  Sunil Dutt  •  Waheeda Rehman  •  Farida Jalal

Jab Andhera Hota Hai (1974)

A suspense movie  (more)

DIRECTION:  Deepak Bahry
CAST:  Vikram Makandar  •  Prema Narayan  •  Madan Puri  •  Jalal Agha

A suspense movie  (more)

DIRECTION:  Deepak Bahry
CAST:  Vikram Makandar  •  Prema Narayan  •  Madan Puri  •  Jalal Agha
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