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Aghajani Kashmeri is a Scriptwriter Indian born on 16 october 1908 at Lucknow (Inde)
Syed Wajid Hussain Rizavi (Urdu: سيد واجد حسین رضوی, Hindi: सैय्यद वाजिद हुसैन रिज़वी, (16 October 1908 - 27 March 1998), better known by his Bollywood film name, Aghajani Kashmeri (Urdu: آغاجانی کشمیری, Hindi: आग़ाजानी कश्मीरी) or Kashmiri (Urdu: کشمیری, Hindi: कश्मीरी), also Agha Jani and Aga Jani, was an Indian screenwriter, former actor and Urdu poet.
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Birth name Syed Wajid Hussain Rizavi
Nationality Inde
Birth 16 october 1908 at Lucknow (Inde)
Death 27 march 1998 (at 89 years)
Nationality Inde
Birth 16 october 1908 at Lucknow (Inde)
Death 27 march 1998 (at 89 years)
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Parwana (1971)
, 1h33Genres Thriller, Romance
Actors Amitabh Bachchan, Navin Nischol, Yogeeta Bali Chakraborty, Om Prakash, Shatrughan Sinha, Lalita Pawar
Rating66%
Amitabh plays Kumar Sen, an artist by profession. He is in love with Asha (Yogeeta Bali). Asha wins a trip to Ooty in a dance competition, and falls in love with a wealthy tea plantation owner, Rajesh (Navin Nischol). When Kumar finds out, he goes to Asha's uncle, Ashok Verma (Om Prakash), and demands Asha's hand in marriage. When Ashok refuses, Kumar kills him. The manner in which Kumar plans and executes the murder is regarded as an immensely brilliant and engaging sequence. Kumar boards and exits, various modes of transportation to avoid any possibilities of suspicion and finally frames Rajesh in the case and tries to win Asha's love. Asha, still in love with Rajesh, promises Kumar to stay with him forever, if he can get Rajesh released from his death sentence. Unable to digest that, Kumar understands that Rajesh will always remain Asha's love. He writes down his confession, gives it to Rajesh, and commits suicide.
Naya Zamana (1971)
Directed by Pramod Chakravorty
Actors Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Ashok Kumar, Pran Krishan Sikand, Lalita Pawar, Mehmood Ali
Rating65%
Khilona (1970)
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about prostitution
Actors Sanjeev Kumar, Mumtaz, Shatrughan Sinha, Jeetendra, Durga Khote, Bipin Gupta
Rating70%
Vijaykamal (played by Sanjeev Kumar) is a son of a rich Thakur Suraj Singh but has lost his mind. He sees his lover Sapna marry his neighbour Bihari (played by Shatrughan Sinha) and then commit suicide on the night of the Diwali party hosted by Bihari. This incident puts Vijay in shock. Thakur believes that if Vijay gets married, his mental health would improve. He hence approaches a tawaif Chand (played by Mumtaz) to pretend to be Vijay's wife and thus help him get better. But Chand receives cold treatment by Vijay's mother and his elder brother Kishore. Once, in a fit of madness, Vijay sexually assaults Chand. But later Chand becomes very friendly with Vijay and that starts improving his condition.
Love in Tokyo (1966)
Directed by Pramod Chakravorty
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Joy Mukherjee, Asha Parekh, Mehmood Ali, Pran Krishan Sikand, Shubha Khote, Lalita Pawar
Rating63%
April Fool (1964)
Directed by Subodh Mukherjee
Actors Biswajit Chatterjee, Saira Banu, I. S. Johar, Sulochana, Madhu Shetty
Rating60%
Ashok comes from a wealthy family, which is run by his dad, and elder brother, Alok. Ashok himself is a slacker, and is only interested in slacking, and playing practical jokes, and no doubt his favorite day is fool's day, 1 April, when he outdoes himself. His jokes befriend him with Madhu, and both fall in love. Then a practical joke hits the truth, and both Ashok and Madhu become targets of an international gang, and must run for their own safety, as well as for the safety of their respective families.
Ziddi (1964)
Directed by Pramod Chakravorty
Actors Joy Mukherjee, Asha Parekh, Mehmood Ali, Anant Balwant Dhumal, Shubha Khote, Asit Sen
Rating69%
On the lookout for employment, Ashok (Joy Mukherjee) sees the photographs of beautiful Asha (Asha Parekh), and decides to accept employment as the estate's Manager. His expectations are short-lived as Asha turns out to be a rich, spoiled, conceited bratty young lady. To complicate matters further, Seema (Nazima), Asha's sister is attracted to Ashok. Ashok and Asha do like and eventually end up in love with each other, but Ashok's dad (Ulhas) does not approve to their marriage as he knows of Asha's parentage, a father who is an escaped convict, in jail for murder, and a mother whose profession was: prostitution. Ashok himself sees Asha in her true colors when she sings and dances at a party, overly intoxicated.
Gazal (1964)
, 2h9Genres Musical, Romance
Actors Meena Kumari, Sunil Dutt, Rehman, Prithviraj Kapoor, Rajendra Nath, Raj Mehra
Rating71%
Set in Agra, the film is the story of Ejaz (Sunil Dutt), who is editor of Inquilab. When listens Naaz Ara Begum (Meena Kumari) sing, he falls deeply in love with her. However soon he loses her job. Though Ejaz and Naaz manage to meet secretly, with help of Naaz's sister Kausar. This relationship has many people going against, first Akhtar Nawab (Rehman), Naaz's paternal cousin, who wishes to marry her and Nawab Bakar Ali Khan (Prithviraj Kapoor) her father.
Cry for Life (1963)
, 3hDirected by Moni Bhattacharjee
Genres Crime
Actors Sunil Dutt, Waheeda Rehman, Nirupa Roy, Durga Khote, Mumtaz, Rajendra Nath
Rating67%
Mujhe Jeene Do, is a classic dacoit drama, from the western films genre, a story about how love can lead to the redemption of even a hardened criminal like, Thakhur Jernail Singh (Sunil Dutt) who is a noted dacoit in Chambal Valley.
Junglee (1961)
, 2h30Directed by Subodh Mukherjee
Origin Inde
Genres Drama
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Shammi Kapoor, Saira Banu, Shashikala, Anoop Kumar, Lalita Pawar, Asit Sen
Rating69%
Chandrashekhar (Shammi Kapoor), or Shekhar as he is called now, belongs to an aristocratic family, who believe laughter is a sign of belonging to the lower class, and as a result laughter is not encouraged in the household, run by Shekhar's domineering mother (Lalita Pawar). In this household the only one who dares to laugh and enjoy life is Shekhar's sister Mala (Shashikala), who also dares to love Jeevan (Anoop Kumar). Things change when their mother finds out about Mala's indiscretions, and asks Shekhar to take her away from their home, to distant and scenic Kashmir, for a while. She instructs Shekhar to get married to a girl from a princely family. When Shekhar and Mala go to Kashmir, they meet with beautiful Rajkumari (Saira Banu). And after being stranded with her for a few nights during a snowstorm, he realizes what he has been missing, and becomes a care-free man in love. This change is welcomed by Mala, but not by their mother. To make matters worse, Rajkumari does not belong to a princely family, and Shekhar knows that his mother will never approve of his marrying her.
Love in Simla (1960)
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Joy Mukherjee, Sadhana Shivdasani, Sadhana, Kishore Sahu, Kiran Kumar, Durga Khote
Rating71%
After the untimely death of her father and step-mother, Sonia is orphaned and lives with her aunt and paternal uncle (Mrs. and General Rajpal Singh). Sonia is plain-looking as her real mother, and often invites unappreciative, taunts, and critical remarks from her aunt and cousin-sister, Sheela. Sheela has a boyfriend, Dev Kumar Mehra, and she plans to marry him. Fed-up of hearing frequent taunts and adverse remarks about her plain-looks, Sonia challenges Sheela that she will make Dev fall in love with her.
Chori Chori (1956)
, 2h38Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Nargis, Raj Kapoor, Bhagwan Dada, Pran Krishan Sikand, Gope, David Abraham
Rating71%
Kammo (Nargis) lives a very wealthy lifestyle with her widowed multi-millionaire dad, Girhdarilal (Gope), who would like her to get married to someone who is not after their wealth. To his dismay, she chooses to marry a pilot named Sumankumar (Pran), who is known to womanize and for his greed. When he disapproves, she runs away. He advertises for her safe return and offers to pay Rs.1.25 lakh to the finder.
Amar (1954)
Directed by Mehboob Khan
Genres Musical, Romance
Actors Dilip Kumar, Madhubala, Nimmi, Mukri
Rating68%
A delicately nuanced psychological drama, exploring a 3-way relationship between the main characters and the crisis of conscience that rocks it. A prosperous, well-respected lawyer, in love with and engaged to an educated, socially conscious young woman, succumbs to a weak moment and rapes a poor local village milkmaid. The rest of the story deals with the aftermath of this tragic event, with all the inevitable undercurrents of guilt, penitence and pervasive heartbreak that stem from it.
Aurat (1953)
Actors Prem Nath, Bina Rai, Purnima Das Verma
Rating52%
Adil (Premnath) is a dashing, brave young man, full of hope and mindful of the rights of all people, especially the downtrodden. It is this last attribute that ends up putting him in the bad books of the Emperor (Ulhas). The Emperor orders his arrest. But before the soldiers can arrest Adil, he single-handedly rescues the Emperor's bethrothed from a lion. This earns him the gratitude of beautiful Queen-to-be, Juhi (Purnima). The Emperor, pleased with Adil, gives him an important assignment in his army, and promises that Adil's fellow-villagers will not face oppression, taxes or forced labour from his army. Ruhi (Bina Rai) loves Adil, but Adil is unaware of this. Juhi is impressed by Adil and this impression turns to love, and she tells Adil about this. Adil does not think it appropriate for a bethrothed to be his lover and wife, and spurns her. Angered Juhi starts to plot against Adil, by getting the emperor to collect taxes and forced labour from Adil's village. This angers Adil, who goes to confront the emperor and the queen-to-be. Angered, the Emperor dismisses Adil, and orders his arrest. Adil flees to the hills. Numerous attempts by the emperor's armies to apprehend Adil are in vain. Finally, Juhi tells the emperor that she will bring in Adil without spilling a drop of blood.
Chandralekha (1948)
, 3h30Directed by Subramaniam Srinivasan
Genres Drama, Swashbuckler, Adventure, Historical, Musical
Themes Circus films, Films about children, Musical films, Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Ranjan, Thanjavur Ranganayaki Rajakumari, 'Kalaivanar' N. S. Krishnan, Sennalkudi Narayana Thevar Lakshmi
Rating67%
Veerasimhan (M. K. Radha) and Sasankan (Ranjan) are the sons of a king. While passing through a village on his horse, Veerasimhan meets a village dancer named Chandralekha (T. R. Rajakumari) and they fall in love. At the palace, the king decides to abdicate in favour of Veerasimhan. This enrages the younger brother Sasankan; he forms a gang of thieves who embark on a crime spree. Chandralekha's father is injured in the ensuing chaos and dies soon after. Chandralekha, now orphaned, joins a band of travelling musicians, whose caravan is raided by Sasankan's men.
Anmol Ghadi (1946)
, 2h2Directed by Mehboob Khan
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Actors Suraiya, Noor Jehan, Surendra, Leela Mishra, Ghulam Mohammed
Rating72%
Chander and Lata were good kid friends in Jahanabad, Lata being the daughter of a rich family whereas Chander was the son of a poor, widow mother. Lata's parents didn't like Renu being friends with Chander. Renu's family gets transferred to Bombay. At the time of departure Renu gifts her watch to Chander as a memento.