81% (1) Padosan 157 min, Not Rated, [Comedy, Musical, Romance] [Jyoti Swaroop] [29 Nov 1968]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 81%, External Reviews
Actors: Kishore Kumar, Mehmood, Saira Banu, Sunil Dutt
Writer: Rajendra Krishan (dialogue), Rajendra Krishan (screenplay)
External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Hindi Country: India
Plot: Bhola (Sunil Dutt) is a simple minded young man who has taken a vow to act according to the book of shashtras, which dictate that a man must marry when he is of the right age. He meets with lovely Bindu (Saira Banu) and falls head in love with her. Coincidentally, Bindu moves in next to his house. Bhola is thrilled, but soon despairs when he learns that Bindu has given her heart to Master Pillai (Mehmood). Bhola's friends Vidyapathi (Kishore Kumar), Banarasi (Mukri), and others belonging to an acting troupe, assist in hoodwinking Bindu to get attracted to Bhola, and thereby getting his love life back, but there are unexpected twists and turns, and Bhola's lies are exposed, making Bindu return to her plans to marry Master Pillai. Songs include: "Me chali me chali dekho pyar ki gali mujhe rokhe na koi..."; "Bhai bathur ab jaienge kitni door, najook najook meri jawani chalne se majboor..."; "Ik chatur naar karke singhar mere man ke duar ye goosath jaat..."; "Sarm ahti hai magar aaj yeh kahena hoga ab hamey aap ke kadmon main rahena hoga..."; "Kahena hai kahena hai akhir aaj ye tumse pehli baar, tum hi to lai ho jeevan me mere pyar pyar pyar....".
Rotten Tomatoes: 'Padosan' is the hilarious story of how destiny brings two opposites together, a village bumpkin and a rich educated girl. A laugh-riot that will have you roll off your seats with mirth.
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81% (1) Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi 173 min, [Comedy, Musical, Romance] [Satyen Bose] [01 Jan 1958]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 81%, External Reviews
Actors: Anoop Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Kishore Kumar, Madhubala
Writer: Govind Moonis (dialogue), Ramesh Pant (dialogue)
External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Hindi, English Country: India
Plot: The Sharma brothers consist of former boxer, Brijmohan; Jagmohan, an Electrical Engineer; and Manmohan, a Mechanic. The brothers operate a garage under the name of 'Mohan Brothers' in Bombay. Brijmohan hates all women and does not permit even a poster to be hung on the walls of either the garage or their residence as well as instructs his brothers not to get involved with them. While working the late shift, Manmohan assists a customer, Renu, and both rather dramatically fall in love. Subsequently, Jagmohan meets with Renu's friend, Sheila, and both are attracted to each other. Unable to face the wrath of their brother, both conceal this information from him. Then the duo find out that their brother hides a woman's photograph under his pillow, but when confronted, refuses to divulge any information to them. Things will change rapidly when Manmohan finds out Renu's father, Kishinchand, has made arrangements for his daughter's to wed Prakashchand, the son of Raja Hardayal Singh.
Rotten Tomatoes: This frothy 1950s Bollywood comedy casts three Kumars (Ashok, Kishore and Anup) as car-mechanic brothers running from amorous attachments. Plans for permanent bachelorhood are foiled when the lovely and stranded Renu (Madhubala) putters into one brother's life. The siblings come to blows over the affair until another brother's lost love is recovered after being held by the mob.
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79% (1) New Delhi 176 min, [Comedy, Drama, Musical] [Mohan Segal] [01 Jan 1956]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 79%, External Reviews
Actors: Jabeen Jalil, Kishore Kumar, Prabhu Dayal, Vyjayanthimala
Writer: Inder Raj Anand (screenplay), Radhakrishan (screenplay), Mohan Segal (screenplay), Mohan Segal (story)
External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Hindi Country: India
Plot: 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 people to laugh both with and at each other.
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75% (1) Half Ticket 168 min, Not Rated, [Musical, Comedy, Romance] [Kalidas] [01 Jan 1962]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 75%, External Reviews
Actors: Kishore Kumar, Madhubala, Pran, Shammi
Writer: Suhrid Kar (story), Ramesh Pant (dialogue), Ramesh Pant (screenplay)
External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Hindi Country: India
Plot: It is the story of a kind-hearted playful young man (Vijay). Unable to withstand his pranks his father drives him out of his home. He goes about his life doing odd jobs but never lasts longer than few days in one place. He meets a girl with dreamy eyes (Rajini) but pretends to a half-witted boy (Munna) to win her heart. Meanwhile some cops are chasing a diamond thief (Raja Babu) who hides the diamond in Munna's hip pocket. Rest of the plot revolves around how Raja Babu tries to retrieve his diamond, how successful Munna and Rajini are in getting rid of the bad guys.
Rotten Tomatoes: Half Ticket, a film about desires and the yearning for the unattainable, is the story of two slum kids who are fascinated with the arrival of a new pizza shop in their locality. Expensive beyond their means, they long to try one, but fate has a different game in store for them. Weaving a story of myriad relationships in the world of the Have Nots, Half Ticket interlaces the story of the kids' desires for a Pizza with a mother's desire to bring her husband back home and a low-rent thug's desire for easy money. The film also metaphorically accounts the world of the 'Haves' and their desire for the little things in lives that eludes them and the desires invoked by television, which teaches us to salivate over things we never knew, otherwise existed. In a world divided, the desires explored through the film showcase a world filled with expectations and aspirations - an entry ticket to an Exclusive Club.
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66% (1) Aasha 171 min, [Comedy, Romance] [M.V. Raman] [01 Jan 1957]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 66%, External Reviews
Actors: Kishore Kumar, Om Prakash, Pran, Vyjayanthimala
External Links: IMDb Language: Hindi Country: India
Plot: N/A
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