87% (2) Mughal-E-Azam 197 min, [Drama, Romance, War] [K. Asif] [05 Aug 1960]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 83%, Rotten Tomatoes: 91%, External Reviews
Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations.
Actors: Dilip Kumar, Durga Khote, Madhubala, Prithviraj Kapoor
Writer: K. Asif (screenplay), Aman (screenplay), Aman (dialogue), Kamal Amrohi (dialogue), Ehsan Rizvi (dialogue), Wajahat Mirza (dialogue)
External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: Urdu Country: India
Plot: Set in the 16th century AD, the movie brings to life the tale of the doomed love affair between the Mughal Crown Prince Saleem and the beautiful, ill-fated court dancer, whose fervor and intensity perpetrates a war between the prince and his father the great Mughal Emperor Akbar, and threatens to bring an empire to its knees.
Rotten Tomatoes: Jalaluddin Akbar was a lover of Hindustan and his son Salim loved a frightened little palace main, Anarkali. In this tussle, the destiny of Hindustan trembled and the future of the country was imperiled.
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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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78% (1) Sangdil N/A, [Drama, Mystery, Romance] [R.C. Talwar] [01 Jan 1952]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 78%, External Reviews
Actors: Dara Singh, Dilip Kumar, Madhubala, Shammi
Writer: Charlotte Brontë (novel), Ramanand Sagar
External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Hindi Country: India
Plot: A loose adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's classic, Jane Eyre. In this version childhood sweethearts are separated and grow up in different worlds. The girl is brought up to be a 'pujaaran' (priestess) while the boy grows up to be a dejected 'thakur', turned vindictive by life's injustices. Fate inevitably brings them together at a later juncture, and all seems happy and perfect for the young couple, until she discovers his deep, dark secret.
Rotten Tomatoes: Circumstances conspire to separate two childhood sweethearts in director R.C. Talwar's vintage tale of romance starring Dilip Kumar, Madhubala, Leela Chitnis, Dara Singh and Pratima Devi. Though the passage of time and their vastly different upbringings create a seemingly insurmountable gulf between the couple, destiny takes a hand and reunites the lovers. But a disturbing secret soon threatens to rip them apart yet again.
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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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72% (1) Mr. & Mrs. '55 157 min, [Comedy, Musical, Romance] [Guru Dutt] [01 Jan 1955]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 72%, External Reviews
Actors: Guru Dutt, Johnny Walker, Lalita Pawar, Madhubala
Writer: Abrar Alvi (dialogues)
External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Hindi Country: India
Plot: A young, naive heiress, in custody of a martinet and flamingly feminist aunt is forced into a 'marriage of convenience' with an unemployed cartoonist in an attempt to save her millions - a ...
Rotten Tomatoes: A young, naive heiress, in custody of a martinet and flamingly feminist aunt is forced into a 'marriage of convenience' with an unemployed cartoonist in an attempt to save her millions - a move orchestrated by the scheming aunt. However, in the course of her ostensibly married life, she learns the true meaning of marriage and the deep significance of being an Indian wife, much to the dismay of her aunt, who, in adherence to her wayward beliefs, has been trying to instill every kind of anti-male sentiment in her niece's ingenuous mind.
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71% (1) Mahal 165 min, [Drama, Horror, Mystery] [Kamal Amrohi] [01 Jan 1949]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 71%, External Reviews
Actors: Ashok Kumar, M. Kumar, Madhubala, Vijayalaxmi
Writer: Kamal Amrohi (by)
External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Hindi, Urdu Country: India
Plot: Hari Shankar (Ashok Kumar) comes to claim his inheritance - a palatial building known as Shabnam Mahal. He does not see anything out of the normal, until he sees his portrait on the wall. The housekeeper tells him the background of the portrait and the tragic ending of two lovers. Later, Hari Shankar sees a woman singing and swinging in the garden swing, when he approaches, she disappears. Both the housekeeper and his lawyer friend, Shrinath, warn Hari Shankar, and ask him to stay away from this house, he does so, only to be drawn back. No one can help Hari Shankar now as he continues to be drawn deeper and deeper into the dark world of the ghostly apparition. "Ayega.. ayega... aanewala, aayega...." is still popular on radio and tapes/cd.
Rotten Tomatoes: When successful lawyer Hari Shankar (Ashok Kumar) inherits an abandoned mansion, he's apparently become heir to the tragic history of the house, too. On a tour of the creepy estate, the housekeeper tells him a tale involving two doomed lovers, and soon after, Shankar is haunted by visions of a ghostly woman. Obsessed with the apparition, he ignores his friends' warnings to leave the manor and finds himself drawn deeper into the house's dark past.
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70% (1) Kala Pani 164 min, [Crime, Musical, Romance, Thriller] [Raj Khosla] [01 Jan 1958]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 70%, External Reviews
Awards: 2 wins.
Actors: Agha, Dev Anand, Madhubala, Nalini Jaywant
Writer: A.J. Cronin (source material), G.R. Kamath (screenplay), Anand Pal (idea), Bhappi Sonie (dialogue)
External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Hindi Country: India
Plot: Based on A.J.Cronin's 'Beyond This Place', this movie narrates the story of an untiring crusade for justice. A young man, learning about his father's wrongful implication in a fifteen-year-old murder, vows to bring the true criminals to justice and release his innocent father from 'kaala paani' (life imprisonment), for which he enlists the help of a press reporter, a retired police inspector and an unwitting prostitute who happens to possess some key evidence.
Rotten Tomatoes: Dev Anand turns in a Filmfare Award-winning performance as a son in pursuit of justice. Karan (Anand) was told long ago that his father was dead -- but he's actually behind bars, serving a life sentence for the murder of a courtesan. Upon further investigation, the truth comes out, and Karan learns his father has been framed. But is the help of a beautiful reporter (Madhubala) and a key witness (Nalini Jaywant) enough to prove his innocence?
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