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Prayag Raj est un acteur, scénariste, réalisateur, assistant réalisateur, et compositeur indien

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Mohammed Rafi
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Filmography of Prayag Raj (41 films)

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Actor

Cotton Mary
Cotton Mary (1999)
, 2h4
Directed by Ismail Merchant, Madhur Jaffrey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Greta Scacchi, Madhur Jaffrey, James Wilby, Sakina Jaffrey, Gemma Jones, Sarah Badel
Roles Abraham
Rating52% 2.6096652.6096652.6096652.6096652.609665
This film follows the story of a British woman living in India (Scacchi). She struggles during her birth and is in desperate need of a nanny. An Indian nurse known as Cotton Mary jumps to the opportunity. She seems kind at first, but her true nature gradually reveals itself as she manipulates everyone around her to get what she wants.
Bombay Talkie
Bombay Talkie (1970)
, 1h52
Directed by James Ivory
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Shashi Kapoor, Jennifer Kendal, Aparna Sen, Zia Mohyeddin, Utpal Dutt, Florence Ezekiel Nadira
Roles Director
Rating56% 2.805062.805062.805062.805062.80506
Lucia Lane (Jennifer Kendal) is a British author who is researching the Bollywood film industry. She falls in love and has an affair with Vikram (Shashi Kapoor), a famous Bollywood actor. The plot is complicated by the fact that Vikram is married, and his friend, Hari, is in love with Lucia.
Sachaa Jhutha
Sachaa Jhutha (1970)
, 2h24
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Musical, Crime
Actors Rajesh Khanna, Mumtaz, Vinod Khanna, Farida Jalal, Dina Pathak, Jagdish Raj
Rating64% 3.241033.241033.241033.241033.24103
Bhola (Rajesh Khanna) is an innocent band musician who lives with his physically challenged sister Belu in a village. He needs more money for his sister's marriage and he sets off to Bombay to earn. To make his sister not to feel for his departure he sings a song on the way towards railway station. On the other hand Bombay city Police department is shocked by series of diamond thefts which lead no clue. But Inspector Pradhan(Vinod Khanna) suspects the thief to be Ranjith (Rajesh Khanna) who is actually a wealthy diamond businessman on the accounts that whenever a theft occurs he is present there. But he has no evidence and searches for that. He creates a plan with Rita (Mumtaz) to attract Ranjith to know his secret plans. Bhola arrives the city and he is called as Ranjith in a party. Ranjith who arrives the party surprised to see Bhola as he looks identical as him. He immediately plots for a plan. He takes Bhola to his place and reveals himself. He convinces Bhola to act like Ranjith in front of the society as he is suffering from cancer and requires a treatment. Until his return from treatment Bhola has to make believe everybody that he is Ranjith. Actually he makes him as Ranjith so that he can continue with his diamond smuggling meanwhile there will not be any evidence as Bhola is going to be Ranjith everywhere. But he did not reveal the reason to him. He also promises that he would give money for his sister's marriage. Innocent Bhola believes him and agrees to the plan .
Shakespeare-Wallah
Shakespeare-Wallah (1965)
, 1h57
Directed by James Ivory
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre
Actors Shashi Kapoor, Felicity Ann Kendal, Madhur Jaffrey, Geoffrey Kendal, Partap Sharma, Utpal Dutt
Roles Sharmaji
Rating67% 3.3927753.3927753.3927753.3927753.392775
Loosely based on the real-life actor-manager Geoffrey Kendal family and his "Shakespeareana Company" of travelling theatre, which earned him the Indian sobriquet, "Shakespearewallah". The film follows the story of nomadic British actors as they perform Shakespeare plays in towns in post-colonial India. In this story, Tony Buckingham (Geoffrey Kendal) and his wife Carla (Laura Liddell) oversee the troupe. Their daughter, Lizzie Buckingham (Felicity Kendal), falls in love with Sanju (Shashi Kapoor), who is also romancing Manjula (Madhur Jaffrey), a Bollywood film star.
Jab Jab Phool Khile
Jab Jab Phool Khile (1965)

Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Nanda, Shashi Kapoor, Shammi, Agha, Kamal Kapoor, Prayag Raj
Rating64% 3.2398953.2398953.2398953.2398953.239895
Rita Khanna (Nanda), only daughter and an heiress of Raj Bahadur Chunnilal goes to Kashmir for a holiday along with her maid Stella (Shammi). There she rents a houseboat and becomes friendly with owner of that houseboat Raja (Shashi Kapoor). Raja was an innocent and romantic village guy who lives along with his younger sister Munni. After some misunderstandings, they grow friendly and Raja falls in love with Rita. Before starting back Rita promises Raja that she would come back the following year.
The Householder
The Householder (1963)
, 1h41
Directed by James Ivory
Genres Drama
Actors Shashi Kapoor, Leela Naidu, Durga Khote, Achala Sachdev, Walter Woolf King, Pahari Sanyal
Roles Raj
Rating67% 3.385973.385973.385973.385973.38597
Prem Sagar (Shashi Kapoor), a teacher at a private college in Delhi, is married to Indu (Leela Naidu) in an arranged marriage recently and is still learning ropes of relationships, when the arrival of Prem's mother (Durga Khote) spells doom to their budding relationship. Indu, unable to handle her interference in the marriage, leaves Prem to return to her family. Prem searches for answers from a variety of people, including a Swami (Pahari Sanyal), who reveals the secret of a successful marriage, as a result, he finally gains the maturity to love his wife.
Awaara
Awaara (1951)
, 3h13
Directed by Raj Kapoor
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Actors Prithviraj Kapoor, Nargis, Raj Kapoor, Leela Chitnis, Shashi Kapoor, K. N. Singh (Krishan Niranjan Singh)
Roles (as Paryag)
Rating77% 3.8932653.8932653.8932653.8932653.893265
Judge Raghunath is a wealthy district judge who convicts Jagga, a man whose father was a criminal, of rape on little evidence. The judge believes that "good people are born to good people, and criminals are born to criminals." Jagga later escapes and kidnaps the judge's wife Leela for revenge. When he finds out that she has just become pregnant, he releases her after four days and plans a different kind of revenge. The judge suspects that Leela was unfaithful to him with Jagga, and throws her out of the house.
Awaara
Awaara (1951)

Directed by Raj Kapoor
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Actors Nargis, Prithviraj Kapoor, Leela Chitnis, Raj Kapoor, K. N. Singh (Krishan Niranjan Singh), Helen Khan
Roles (as Paryag)
Rating77% 3.8932653.8932653.8932653.8932653.893265
Le juge Raghunath est un juge riche de district qui juge Jagga, un homme dont le père était un criminel, de viol sur peu de preuves. Le juge estime que "les bonnes personnes sont nées de bonnes personnes, et les criminels sont nés de criminels." Jagga plus tard, s'échappe et prend en otage Leela, la femme du juge, pour se venger. Quand il découvre qu'elle vient tout juste de tomber enceinte, il la relâche au bout de quatre jours, et fait d'autres plans pour sa vengeance. Le juge soupçonne qu'elle a été infidèle avec Jagga, et la jette hors de la maison.

Director

Ghair Khanooni
Ghair Khanooni (1989)
, 2h15
Directed by Prayag Raj
Actors Sridevi, Rajinikanth, Kimi Katkar, Govinda, Aruna Irani, Ranjeet

This movie begins in a hospital in India where Sridevi and Govinda are switched at birth. Kader Khan, Sridevi's dad, steals Govinda from the nursery after finding out that his wife gave birth to a girl. He leaves the girl in the arms of the bewildered mother who passes away from a heart attack after discovering that someone stole her baby. As the tragedy unfolds throughout the movie, Govinda and Sridevi eventually find who out their biological parents really are.
Gair Kanooni
Gair Kanooni (1989)

Directed by Prayag Raj
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action
Actors Govinda, Sridevi, Rajinikanth, Kimi Katkar, Shashi Kapoor, Aruna Irani
Rating53% 2.678322.678322.678322.678322.67832
Officer Kapil Khanna was a strict enforcer of the law. In order to gain evidence against the local mafia Don D'Costa he seek a favour from his underworld friend Aazam Khan a man with a golden heart. Aazam Khan was successful in securing evidence against D'Costa but the mafia got wise to it and before Aazam Khan could reach the law, D'Costa with the help of his friend Dalpat Dalal liquidated him. The blame of Aazam Khan's death was owned by a petty driver Nathulal for a price paid by Dalpat Dala. Aazam Khan's little son Akbar swore vengeance against Police Officer Kapil Khanna as he felt him responsible. Kapil Khanna's wife delivered a baby boy in the hospital of D'Costa, so did Dalpat Dalal's wife to a baby girl. D'Costa returned Dalpat's favour by interchanging the two on Dalpat's insistence. Kapil Khanna was enraged at this and he took to a legal battle against the hospital authorities.