After years of drought, the region finally gets rain, leading to the farmers to rejoice. The region's wealthy Zamindar, Thakur Harnam Singh, would like to build a mill, create employment, running water, and electricity for the townspeople, and all he has to do is sign a document signing away the farmers' lands. The only problem is that two acres of land belong to an independent farmer named Shambu Maheto. The Thakur summons Shambu and instructs him to sign a blank document, but Shambu
V. Shantaram as Dr. Kotnis in this true story of early WW 2 era of a self sacrificing young and idealistic doctor.
The last film by Balraj Sahani. Great communal story in partition era of India. A muslim shoemaker's struggle in increasingly partisan climate.
India's Film Noir Guru Dutt style. Director Raj Khosla's debut movie. Dev Anand, Shakeela & Wahida Rehman with Johny Walker. Beautiful songs.
Dilip Kumar Waheeda Rehman
Barsaat Ki Raat Part1................................. Director: P.L. Santoshi............................... Music: Roshan Lal..................................... Lyrics: Sahir Ludhiyanvi............................. Film: Barsaat Ki Raat, 1960....................... Starring: Bharat Bhushan, Madhubala, Shyama, Ratna
Guru Dutt & Wahida Rehman. This was India's first widescreen film; it used the CinemaScope process
Balraj Sahani in his famous role. Based on a beautyful novel by the Nobel Prize winner Ravindranath Tagore.
Shamsher Raj Kapoor's Debut Movie as Shammi Kapoor.
Bimal Roy's haunting movie with Dilip Kumar's most celebrated acting in Sharat Babu's epic story of unrequited love, class struggle and despair. Dilip Kumar, Vyyajantimala, Suchitra Sen, Motilal, Pran, Nazir Hussain. A history unto itself as it plunged Dilp Kumar into real depression and was advised to act in light comedies after this movie. Also one of those few movies that youth of those days followed and coined a new term "Devdas" for the depressed lover.
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