Acting

Nargis

Born June 1, 1929 · Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]

Died May 3, 1981 · aged 51

Nirmala Dutt (born Fatima Rashid; June 1, 1929 – May 3, 1981), known by her screen name Nargis, was an Indian film actress, and later politician, regarded as one of the greatest actresses in the history of Hindi cinema. During a career that spanned from the 1940s to the 1960s, Nargis appeared in numerous commercially successful as well as critically appreciated films that ranged in genres, from sc…

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Mother India

Mother India · 1957

A poverty-stricken woman raises her sons through many trials and tribulations. But no matter the struggles, always sticks to her own moral code.

Madam Fashion

Madam Fashion · 1936

MovieDramaMusic

About the modern girl of India. Fashion, fast cars, luxury and sexual freedom.

Awaara

MovieDramaMusic

A petty thief is put on trial for the attempted murder of a lawyer. Through a series of flashbacks, the intertwining lives of the thief, the lawyer, and the thief's defense lawyer are illustrated.

Shree 420

Shree 420 · 1955

MovieRomanceDrama

The story of a small-town man who comes to make it big in the city, where he is almost instantly relieved of all his possessions. Homeless and penniless, he is taken in by a woman who looks after him.

Nargis

MovieDocumentary

This is a biographical on the late Nargis Dutt showing scenes from her many films; from her earlier roles as a child artiste right up to her role in the epic Mother India. During her career as an actress, Nargis won many awards in India and abroad. She was nominated to India's Upper House of Parliament to represent the film industry. This film contains interviews with her family members, friends and colleagues and brings back the fond memories of this great actress and human being.

Bisvi Sadi

Bisvi Sadi · 1945

A 1945 Bollywood film starring Motilal and Nargis

Deedar

MovieMusicRomance

A traumatized and blind young man makes a living singing, and searching for his childhood sweetheart.

Anban

An ego clash between two friends, Madhav Pandit and Pande, over cultural differences shatters their families' happiness, leading to broken engagements, forced marriages, and a daughter's disappearance, all designed to teach Pandit a crucial lesson.

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Mother India

Mother India · 1957

A poverty-stricken woman raises her sons through many trials and tribulations. But no matter the struggles, always sticks to her own moral code.

Radha

Madam Fashion

Madam Fashion · 1936

MovieDramaMusic

About the modern girl of India. Fashion, fast cars, luxury and sexual freedom.

Awaara

MovieDramaMusic

A petty thief is put on trial for the attempted murder of a lawyer. Through a series of flashbacks, the intertwining lives of the thief, the lawyer, and the thief's defense lawyer are illustrated.

Rita

Shree 420

Shree 420 · 1955

MovieRomanceDrama

The story of a small-town man who comes to make it big in the city, where he is almost instantly relieved of all his possessions. Homeless and penniless, he is taken in by a woman who looks after him.

Vidya

Nargis

MovieDocumentary

This is a biographical on the late Nargis Dutt showing scenes from her many films; from her earlier roles as a child artiste right up to her role in the epic Mother India. During her career as an actress, Nargis won many awards in India and abroad. She was nominated to India's Upper House of Parliament to represent the film industry. This film contains interviews with her family members, friends and colleagues and brings back the fond memories of this great actress and human being.

Bisvi Sadi

Bisvi Sadi · 1945

A 1945 Bollywood film starring Motilal and Nargis

Deedar

MovieMusicRomance

A traumatized and blind young man makes a living singing, and searching for his childhood sweetheart.

Mala

Anban

An ego clash between two friends, Madhav Pandit and Pande, over cultural differences shatters their families' happiness, leading to broken engagements, forced marriages, and a daughter's disappearance, all designed to teach Pandit a crucial lesson.

Malati

Pardesi

Pardesi · 1957

MovieAdventureHistory

This first co-production of the Soviet and Indian cinematographers is dedicated to the Tver merchant Afanasy Nikitin who in 1466-1472 blazed the trade way from Europe to India. The film is based on Nikitin’s travel notes. Starring in the film are popular Russian actor Oleg Strizhenov and India’s 1950s movie star Nargis.

Champa

Yaadein

Yaadein · 1964

MovieDramaMystery

The film is soliloquy of a man who comes home to find that his wife and son are not at home, he assumes that they have left him and reminiscences his life with them, and scared of his life without them, he regrets his past indiscretions. The suspense is only revealed in the end.

Story

Barsaat

Barsaat · 1949

MovieDramaMusic

Two friends with opposite personalities, the rich but sensitive Pran and the womanizing Gopal both have affairs with two mountain girls while holidaying in the valley of Kashmir. While Pran and Reshma's love is true and reciprocated, Gopal is a womanizing villain, who disregards the faithful Neela and condemns her to wait faithfully for his return with the barsaat (rainy season).

Reshma

Where the River Padma Flows

Where the River Padma Flows · 1971

Where the River Padma Flows

MovieDocumentaryWar

The film brings to the screen the determination of the common man of Bangladesh to stand up to tyranny and win his priceless liberty back.

So Many Dreams on the Streets

So Many Dreams on the Streets · 1968

So Many Dreams on the Streets

Two ambitious young employees land a job at the small store of an avaricious man, intending to stay there no more than a few months. But, fate has other plans in store for them. How many dreams must one sacrifice to find happiness?

Anokha Pyar

Anokha Pyar · 1948

Love triangle has a flowerseller and a doctor's daughter both in love with a struggling writer.

Geeta

Talash

Film starring Shabnam and Rehman

Saagar

Amidst the vastness of the sea, two souls from radically different worlds find their fates intertwined like the unpredictable tides, only to discover that the ocean of life demands a sacrifice deeper than any love.

Taqdeer

Taqdeer · 1943

MovieComedyDrama

In between his more ambitious Najma (1943) and Humayun (1945), Mehboob made this lightweight comedy about Justice Gangaprasad (Chandramohan) and theatre-owner Seth Badriprasad (Charlie) who lose their daughter and son respectively in the Kumbh Mela.

Salma

Aag

MovieRomanceDrama

A man obsessed over two things, the theater and a childhood friend, recounts his life story to his new bride.

Nimmi

Andaz

MovieDramaCrime

Nina is a rich and spoiled girl. Dilip accidentally meets her and starts liking her, not knowing that she is already engaged.

Nina

Birha Ki Raat

Birha Ki Raat · 1950

A dramatic countdown begins for a famous poet facing the gallows for a crime he may not have committed, as a doctor attempts to unravel the dark truth behind a beautiful, complex woman and a mysterious book, hoping to find the salvation in his final Night of Separation (Birha Ki Raat).

Lahore

Film starring Karan Dewan and Nargis.

Lilo

Babul

Two fathers, one poor and the other rich, hope that a wealthy postmaster will wed one of their daughters.

Bela

Jagte Raho

Jagte Raho · 1956

MovieThrillerComedy

Entering an apartment block in search of a drink of water, a naive peasant finds himself mistaken for a thief and is chased by the residents. Whilst evading capture, he inadvertently exposes the venality and dishonesty of the building's middle class occupants.

Temple Singer

Pearl Necklace

Pearl Necklace · 1937

"Moti Ka Haar" (1937), also known as "Pearl Necklace," is an early Hindi film directed by Jaddanbai, a pioneering woman in Indian cinema. Classified as both a fantasy and a social film, its plot likely explores the significance of a pearl necklace within a narrative that touches upon societal themes of the era. Featuring actors like Mehtab and a young Nargis, this film is a notable example from the nascent stages of Indian talkies.