1. Do Bigha Zamin(1953)
Drama
A small Bengali landowner and his young son are in danger when their two-acre farmland where they live is in danger of being taken over by a local zamindar (feudal lord) for failure to pay for mounting debits. They move to Calcutta where the father tries making a living as a rickshaw puller while his wife joins him but falls ill which threatens everything they have going to try to save their ancestorial home.
Cast
Balraj Sahni ... Shambu Maheto
Nirupa Roy ... Parvati (Paro) Maheto
Rattan Kumar ... Kanhaiya Maheto
Murad ... Thakur Harnam Singh
Rajyalakshmi ... Nayabji (as Rajlakshmi)
Nana Palsikar ... Dhangu Maheto (Shambu's dad)
Noor Jehan
Nasir Hussain ... Rickshaw puller (as Nazir Hussain)
Rekha Mallick
Misra
Chitra
Jagdeep ... Laloo Ustad, shoeshine boy
Sarita Devi
Dilip Kumar Jr.
Ramayan Tiwari ... Paro's molester (as Tiwari)
2. Madhumati(1958)
Romance/Mystery
While driving his car on a rainy night, Anand's car breaks down, and he goes to seek shelter in a nearby house. He is let into the house by the servant, and he is permitted to stay until the rains stop, and he is able to get his car fixed. It is here that Anand will find out about his previous birth, his true love, Madhumati, their ill-fated, star-crossed and tragic romance, and how this the events in his previous birth are going to effect him in this life-time.
Cast
Dilip Kumar ... Anand / Deven
Vyjayanthimala ... Madhumati / Madhavi / Radha (as Vyjayantimala)
Johnny Walker ... Charandas (as Johny Walker)
Pran ... Raja Ugra Narayan
Jayant ... Pawan Raja (Madhumati's Father)
Ramayan Tiwari ... Bir Singh (as Tiwari)
Misra
Baij Sharma
Bhudo Advani
Jagdish
Sagar
Ranjit Sood
Shivji Bhai
Tarun Bose ... Doctor (Deven's Colleague)
3. Sujata(1959)
Sujata (B&W)
Romance
Sujata gets adopted by the Chowdhury family, which consists of dad Upendranath; mom Charu; and a daughter, Rama, and is treated just like a daughter. Sujata grows up in this caring and nuturing household and leads a very comfortable life. Both Sujata and Rama are now of marriageable age. A young man, Adhir, comes to the Chowdhury household with a view to marry. He meets Sujata and falls in love with her. When he informs his aunt of this decision, she is aghast, as she knows that Sujata is not only of a lower caste but also an untouchable, and she wants Adhir to marry Rama, or will not permit him to live with her. While at the Chowdhury household, Charu wants Sujata to leave the house immediately, as she will have nothing to do with her anymore. Will Adhir and Sujata be ever married or will they be two more victims to the caste system?
Cast
Nutan ... Sujata
Sunil Dutt ... Adhir
Shashikala ... Rama Chowdhury
Lalita Pawar ... Giribala (Buaji / aunt)
Tarun Bose ... Upendranath Chowdhury
Sulochana Latkar ... Charu Chowdhury (as Sulochana)
Asit Sen ... Pandit Bhawani Shankar Sharma
Ashim Kumar
Paul Mahendra ... Actor in theatrical production
Baij Sharma
Brahm Bhardwaj ... Masterji (as Brahm Dutt)
Moni Chatterjee ... Father of the supposed Sujata's groom
Sabitri Devi
Shivji Bhai
Sailen Bose
4. Bandini(1963)
Drama/Romance
Dr. Devendra is an eligible young man, employed with the local prison for women. He meets with an attractive female inmate named Kalyani, and both become friends. Devendra finds Kalyani very attractive, and would like to marry her, and refuses to know or judge her from her past. What Devendra does not know is Kalyani is a killer, who has confessed to killing the wife of a freedom-fighter, Bikas Ghosh.
Cast
Ashok Kumar ... Bikash Ghosh
Nutan ... Kalyani
Dharmendra ... Devendra (as Dharminder)
Raja Paranjpe ... Kalyani's Father (as Raja Paranjape)
Tarun Bose ... Mahesh Chandra
Asit Sen ... Shambu
Chandrima Bhaduri
Moni Chatterjee ... Inspector
Rajan Verma
Satyendra Kapoor
Bhola
Benjamin
Lalit Rai
Abhimanyu Sharma
Sharma
5. Parineeta (1953)
Drama
In Calcutta at the turn of the century, two families (one wealthier than the other but both belonging to the same caste) live in adjoining properties. Their respective patriarchs fall out over the repayment of a loan and the intervention of a member of a lower caste in the families' financial arrangements. The rift causes much heartache to the younger members of the families, two of whom have secretly plighted their troth to each other.
Cast
Ashok Kumar ... Shekhar Rai
Meena Kumari ... Lalita
Asitbaran ... Girin Babu (as Asit Baran)
Sheetal
Nasir Hussain ... Gurcharan Babu (as Nazir Husein)
Badri Prasad ... Nabin Rai (as Badriprasad)
Pratima Devi ... Shekhar's aunt
Rekha Mallick
Manju
Manorama
Shelley Bannerjee
Naina
Sarita
G. Vaid
Bhupendra Kapoor
Drama
A small Bengali landowner and his young son are in danger when their two-acre farmland where they live is in danger of being taken over by a local zamindar (feudal lord) for failure to pay for mounting debits. They move to Calcutta where the father tries making a living as a rickshaw puller while his wife joins him but falls ill which threatens everything they have going to try to save their ancestorial home.
Cast
Balraj Sahni ... Shambu Maheto
Nirupa Roy ... Parvati (Paro) Maheto
Rattan Kumar ... Kanhaiya Maheto
Murad ... Thakur Harnam Singh
Rajyalakshmi ... Nayabji (as Rajlakshmi)
Nana Palsikar ... Dhangu Maheto (Shambu's dad)
Noor Jehan
Nasir Hussain ... Rickshaw puller (as Nazir Hussain)
Rekha Mallick
Misra
Chitra
Jagdeep ... Laloo Ustad, shoeshine boy
Sarita Devi
Dilip Kumar Jr.
Ramayan Tiwari ... Paro's molester (as Tiwari)
2. Madhumati(1958)
Romance/Mystery
While driving his car on a rainy night, Anand's car breaks down, and he goes to seek shelter in a nearby house. He is let into the house by the servant, and he is permitted to stay until the rains stop, and he is able to get his car fixed. It is here that Anand will find out about his previous birth, his true love, Madhumati, their ill-fated, star-crossed and tragic romance, and how this the events in his previous birth are going to effect him in this life-time.
Cast
Dilip Kumar ... Anand / Deven
Vyjayanthimala ... Madhumati / Madhavi / Radha (as Vyjayantimala)
Johnny Walker ... Charandas (as Johny Walker)
Pran ... Raja Ugra Narayan
Jayant ... Pawan Raja (Madhumati's Father)
Ramayan Tiwari ... Bir Singh (as Tiwari)
Misra
Baij Sharma
Bhudo Advani
Jagdish
Sagar
Ranjit Sood
Shivji Bhai
Tarun Bose ... Doctor (Deven's Colleague)
3. Sujata(1959)
Sujata (B&W)
Romance
Sujata gets adopted by the Chowdhury family, which consists of dad Upendranath; mom Charu; and a daughter, Rama, and is treated just like a daughter. Sujata grows up in this caring and nuturing household and leads a very comfortable life. Both Sujata and Rama are now of marriageable age. A young man, Adhir, comes to the Chowdhury household with a view to marry. He meets Sujata and falls in love with her. When he informs his aunt of this decision, she is aghast, as she knows that Sujata is not only of a lower caste but also an untouchable, and she wants Adhir to marry Rama, or will not permit him to live with her. While at the Chowdhury household, Charu wants Sujata to leave the house immediately, as she will have nothing to do with her anymore. Will Adhir and Sujata be ever married or will they be two more victims to the caste system?
Cast
Nutan ... Sujata
Sunil Dutt ... Adhir
Shashikala ... Rama Chowdhury
Lalita Pawar ... Giribala (Buaji / aunt)
Tarun Bose ... Upendranath Chowdhury
Sulochana Latkar ... Charu Chowdhury (as Sulochana)
Asit Sen ... Pandit Bhawani Shankar Sharma
Ashim Kumar
Paul Mahendra ... Actor in theatrical production
Baij Sharma
Brahm Bhardwaj ... Masterji (as Brahm Dutt)
Moni Chatterjee ... Father of the supposed Sujata's groom
Sabitri Devi
Shivji Bhai
Sailen Bose
4. Bandini(1963)
Drama/Romance
Dr. Devendra is an eligible young man, employed with the local prison for women. He meets with an attractive female inmate named Kalyani, and both become friends. Devendra finds Kalyani very attractive, and would like to marry her, and refuses to know or judge her from her past. What Devendra does not know is Kalyani is a killer, who has confessed to killing the wife of a freedom-fighter, Bikas Ghosh.
Cast
Ashok Kumar ... Bikash Ghosh
Nutan ... Kalyani
Dharmendra ... Devendra (as Dharminder)
Raja Paranjpe ... Kalyani's Father (as Raja Paranjape)
Tarun Bose ... Mahesh Chandra
Asit Sen ... Shambu
Chandrima Bhaduri
Moni Chatterjee ... Inspector
Rajan Verma
Satyendra Kapoor
Bhola
Benjamin
Lalit Rai
Abhimanyu Sharma
Sharma
5. Parineeta (1953)
Drama
In Calcutta at the turn of the century, two families (one wealthier than the other but both belonging to the same caste) live in adjoining properties. Their respective patriarchs fall out over the repayment of a loan and the intervention of a member of a lower caste in the families' financial arrangements. The rift causes much heartache to the younger members of the families, two of whom have secretly plighted their troth to each other.
Cast
Ashok Kumar ... Shekhar Rai
Meena Kumari ... Lalita
Asitbaran ... Girin Babu (as Asit Baran)
Sheetal
Nasir Hussain ... Gurcharan Babu (as Nazir Husein)
Badri Prasad ... Nabin Rai (as Badriprasad)
Pratima Devi ... Shekhar's aunt
Rekha Mallick
Manju
Manorama
Shelley Bannerjee
Naina
Sarita
G. Vaid
Bhupendra Kapoor
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