M. Sadiq

Based on the historical legend, this commercially successful film delves into the context of why Mughal emperor Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal in fond remembrance of his wife, Mumtaz Mahal.

Manohar Das is an only son who frequents nautch girls with his friend Badri. Manohar's father wants his son to mend his ways before it is too late. But Manohar is incorrigible. Finally, his father sends him to Ramgarh with his Guruji so that he is totally cut off from city life and where he can be reformed.

A sweeping tale of an idealistic, struggling writer whose passion for his craft and his love for a devoted woman must withstand the harsh tests of poverty, betrayal, and society's indifference to prove that character is the true Anmol Ratan.

A. R. Kardar’s Pooja tells a disturbing story of two estranged sisters whose lives are fractured by a violent act of revenge and years of buried truths.

They are in love - have grown up together. Circumstances lead her to get married to a older man with a small child who does not accept her physically after having seen her face for the first time - he feels guilty that she has been cheated upon and her youth has been snatched away. One day she returns home to meet her childhood friend.

The evil Chand (Motilal) and his rich father Mangaldas (Date) persecute the nice Sunder (Ishwarlal): he kidnaps Sunder's sister Kokila (Khursheed) and frames him for theft. Sunder is jailed. The abducted Kokila succumbs to the villain's charms and her love reforms him. When released, Sunder, unaware of the fact that his enemy has reformed, seeks revenge on the very day that Chand and Kokila are to marry.

The intense events of a single, fateful four-day period forever change the destiny of two lovers, proving that a lifetime of happiness or sorrow can be decided in just a few, fleeting moments.

After one brother assaults a mountain woman, the other falls in love with her. As she struggles between love and trauma, she must protect her illegitimate child from a harsh and judgmental society.

Nawab sees Jameela in a market and instantly falls in love with her. The situation gets complicated when Aslam, his childhood friend, also ends up liking her.

Noor Jahan, the empress of the Mughal empire, becomes the favourite wife of Emperor Jahangir and steadily begins to exert more influence on the throne through her love for him.

Bollywood 1954

M. Sadiq’s drama about a professional hunter who aims to locate a beautiful young girl. Starring Johnny Walker, Shyama, Jeevan, Veena and Dhumal. In Hindi with English subtitles.

On the day of her marriage, the bride goes missing. She ends up in a brothel, compelling her wealthy husband to pretend that all is well to keep the family's honor intact.

A renowned but solitary singer discovers the true treasure of life when a forbidden romance with a wealthy patron's daughter forces her to choose between the glittering promise of fame and the genuine wealth of love.

An adaptation of the American film "It Happened on Fifth Avenue." Seth Kalludas, a wealthy man whose life is controlled by his daughter. His manager and friends exploit him financially. When Kalludas discovers the betrayal, he involves his manager in his own schemes to recover money. The film also explores a love triangle involving Kalludas's younger daughter.

A teacher falls in love with a wealthy girl but decides to go away from her to earn money.

Comedy move with Balraj Sahni and Johny Walker

A love triangle, the story revolves around two brothers (Ajit and Sajjan), both in love with an orphan girl (Madhubala), who is given shelter by their family.

A cautionary tale about wealth not bringing happiness. The blind Mohan (Kumar) lives in a village with his ward Radha (Madhuri). He wins a fortune with a sweepstake ticket sold to him by the tramp Ramesh (Charlie), who claims his due and begins to take over Mohan’s life, making him move to the city and getting him married to Chinta, a prostitute. When Mohan’s eyesight is restored, he finds that his wife is having an affair with Ramesh. Mohan takes revenge and eventually lands up in his old village, a poor man, but with Radha still unchanged, waiting for him.

Nawab Parvez Akhter spends a lot of money on his wedding and his newly wedded wife, plunging himself into huge debt, also his rival Nawab Fakhru plots against him.

Roshan, a young man who can't see, falls for a blind beggar girl named Rani. He tries to get the money for an operation that could restore her sight, but his plan goes horribly wrong, landing him in jail. In his absence, a doctor enters Rani's life and gives her the gift of vision. After years apart, their paths cross again, but will they find their way back to each other, or has fate set them on separate courses forever?