Shakti Samanta

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Shakti Samanta

Died April 9, 2009

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Known For

Naughty BoyNaughty Boy · 1962
Naughty Boy
10.01962
MovieDrama
A man is devastated when his beloved is seemingly killed in a train crash, so his colleagues suggest he goes for a picnic to cheer himself up.
BaadbaanBaadbaan · 1954
Baadbaan
7.01954
MovieDramaFamily
An orphaned boy from a fishing village, adopted and educated by a wealthy family, must choose between his sophisticated wife and a new love in his rural birthplace as he dedicates his life to uplifting his long-lost community.
AradhanaAradhana · 1969
Aradhana
7.21969
MovieDramaRomance
Vandana's husband, Arun, gets killed in an air crash after they secretly get married but no one accepts their marriage. Thereafter, she is forced to put her child up for adoption and later work as his nanny to stay by his side.
Amar PremAmar Prem · 1972
Amar Prem
6.91972
MovieDramaRomance
A village woman abandoned by her husband is forced into prostitution in Kolkata and forms nameless yet strong relations with a wealthy patron as well as an abused boy in the neighbourhood.
CharitraheenCharitraheen · 1974
Charitraheen
9.01974
MovieDrama
Inder and Rama fall in love with each other but due to a twist of fate, Inder marries someone else. However, things take an unexpected turn when Inder and Rama meet again after a few years.
Howrah BridgeHowrah Bridge · 1958
Howrah Bridge
6.41958
MovieCrimeMystery
Rakesh lives with his brother, Madan, and his dad in Rangoon. Madan has fallen into bad company and steals the family heirloom, in the shape of a dragon, some cash and runs away to India. Shortly thereafter, his dead body is found under Calcutta's Howrah Bridge. Rakesh travels to Calcutta in order to find out the mystery behind Madan's death, and also try to recover the family heirloom.
Jaali NoteJaali Note · 1960
Jaali Note
7.01960
Movie
High-minded and hardworking Inspector Dinesh Kumar (Dev Anand) is assigned to crack the case of a notorious band of counterfeiters. Risking life and limb in pursuit of the criminals, he goes undercover to infiltrate the gang and bring them to justice. Along the way, he finds romance with a beautiful journalist (Madhubala) and makes a shocking discovery that resonates with personal meaning.
The Great GamblerThe Great Gambler · 1979
The Great Gambler
4.81979
MovieActionCrime
A gambler works for a villain not knowing that he's being used to entrap a patriot and gain military secrets. The cops assign a lookalike to nab him, but not having gambling skills could give him away.

Filmography

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MehboobaMehbooba · 1976
Mehbooba
6.01976
Movie
A singer by profession, Suraj gets stranded in resthouse in the coutnryside during a rainstorm. While there he experiences ununsual feelings, as if he has been there before. He feels himself transported to another time and era, to another birth, and drawn to a woman named Ratna. He is unable to leave this experience behind him, and decides to find out what this means. He discovers that in his past life he was a Chief Singer in the emperor's court, his name was Prakash and he had fallen in love with a courtesan named Ratna, much to the chargin and anger of his family and the emperor's and his officials. They are tragically separated. He subsequently comes across a portrait of Ratna, and shortly after he meets a gypsy, Jhumri who looks exactly like Ratna. Soon Jhumri is also able to recollect her past life, and her love for Prakash.

Director

Jaane AnjaaneJaane Anjaane · 1971
Jaane Anjaane
8.01971
MovieDrama
Laxmi finds an abandoned baby at a temple and decides to keep him. When her husband, Shankar, returns from jail, they name the child Ramu. While Laxmi wants him to go to school, study and become someone important, Shankar wants him to gamble, partner him in bootlegging and smuggling. Ramu is unable to fit in school and decides to work with his dad. Thus Ramu grows up accepting crime as his career. Then a young woman named Mala enters his life, and both fall in love with each other. When Mala finds out about Ramu's career, she makes him promise that he will go straight. He does go straight, gets a job, and when he is laid off he takes to helping Dhondu catch fish. Then Ramu's world gets turned upside when Inspector Hemant, while apprehending Shankar, guns down Laxmi. An enraged Ramu decides that he must kill Hemant at any cost. Watch what impact this will have on Hemant's mom, his dad, and Mala herself as she watches Ramu descent into the very hell that she had tried to redeem him from.

Director

Don Muthu SwamiDon Muthu Swami · 2008
Don Muthu Swami
2008
MovieComedyDrama
Don Muthu Swami is one of Bombay's most fearsome gangsters. On his deathbed, his father forces him to make a promise: that from now on he will lead a decent life. From that moment onwards, the don has a new purpose in life: to become Sir Muthu Swami instead. On of his new goals is to become fluent in Urdu, for which purpose he hires the young Jaikishan as a teacher. Don Muthu Swami has a beautiful daughter, Sanjana, whom he wants to get married to Pradhan, the son of his close friend. However, the don's right hand man, Preetam, asks for her hand as well. To impress Don Muthu Swami, he claims to be very rich by stealing millions from his employer. Sanjana herself, on the other hand, is desperate to get married to Jaikishan, and to scare off Pradhan, she fakes to be pregnant. The Don believe Preetam must be the culprit, but as it turns out, the girl Preetam loves is not Sanjana, but another girl who claims to be Don Muthu Swami's daughter, Ranjana.

Producer