Raj Kapoor

Raju lives as a derelict as a result of being estranged from his bitter father, a district judge, whom threw Raju's mother out of the household years before. Raju shacks up with a dacoit (pickpocket bandit) as his surrogate father only to realize that the man is actually responsible for the original misunderstanding for having his mother thrown out... (imdb)

Preteen brother and sister, abandoned by their father to care of an abusive prostitute aunt, survive life in an Indian squatters' camp, aided by a friendly cripple, by learning to shine shoes instead of begging. (imdb)

Shri 420 is the tale of a country boy, Raj (Raj Kapoor), who travels to the big city to earn a living. He falls in love with the poor but virtuous Vidya (Nargis), but is soon seduced by the riches of a freewheeling and unethical lifestyle presented to him by an unscrupulous businessman Seth (Nemo) and the sultry temptress Maya (Nadira). He eventually becomes a swindler, or "420." Ultimately, Raj forsakes his greedy and dishonest ways.

A kindly minstrel named Raju aids an injured man only to be captured by bandits. Brought to the bandit community, Raju tries to reform their cycle of killing whilst constantly under the threat of death from the tyrannic Raka. The bandit chief's alluring daughter, Kammo, sees that the man poses no real threat and falls in love with his innocence. But did the community underestimate Raju's influence?

Sunder Khanna is an orphan and lives a poor lifestyle in India. He is friendly with wealthy Gopal Verma, the only child of Judge Verma; and a wealthy girl named Radha, who is the daughter of an army Captain. The trio grow up, and Sunder falls head-over-heels in love with Radha, but she as well as her parents reject him.

Nina is the rich and spoiled daughter of a rich businessman. One day while horse-riding she loses control of her horse and is rescued by a young man named Dilip. Dilip instantly takes a liking to her and starts to frequently visit her house where he entertains her with his singing along with Nina's friend Sheela. (imdb)

Two friends from the city with contrasting beliefs about love take their annual holiday in the country. One is a "love 'em and leave 'em" philanderer, the other is waiting for Miss Right. Whilst Gopal (Premnath) callously uses and then discards Neela (Nimmi), the sensitive Pran (Raj Kapoor) finds the love of his life when he meets Reshma (Nargis). But for neither man will the the consequences of these meetings be without anguish. (KG)

The brooding, noir-ish Aag is an ideal entrance point for audiences unfamiliar with Hindi cinema: it often feels like a 1930s Hollywood melodrama with an expressionistic twist. (Elliott Stein attributes this to the plethora of Germans at Kapoor's first studio apprenticeship; Kapoor himself cited Citizen Kane as his chief inspiration, especially in the film's complex flashback structure. (TIFF Lightbell)

The year is 1942 and Advocate M.L. Gupta lives a wealthy lifestyle along with his wife, Maya, in Churchgate, Bombay. One day he travels to Calcutta, and during an air raid by Japanese fighter aircraft, takes shelter with a prostitute, Panna, who drugs and then seduces him. The next day Gupta returns home and decides to forget about this affair. Shortly thereafter he and Maya become parents of a male child and name him Johar. (imdb)

The basic idea of this film is based on the 1955 Tamil Film "Mudhal Thedi" starring Sivaji Ganeshan and Anjali Devi. The other inspiration for this films was It's a Wonderful Life produced and directed by Frank Capra. The story features a person getting help of an angel after his death. But story and treatment in this film is completely different form both of these films. (Wiki)

The protagonist from Kerala who goes to Pondicherry and becomes very successful in life by gambling. However, he also makes enemies because of this. (letterboxd.com)

An orphaned girl is brought into a rich household. As a young woman, she draws the animosity of the despotic oldest sister but the love of the two younger brothers.

On the run from the police, an atheist masquerades as a religious icon. (imdb)

Naive, simple-minded Ramdin Pandey lives a poor lifestyle in Nasik, India, along with his sister, Shanti, and works as a Havaldar in the Nasik Central Jail. He arranges Shanti's marriage but the prospective groom's family want Rs.5000/- which he is unable to afford. To make matters due to his simplistic job performance he has not been promoted. Then their jail gets a new inmate, the dreaded Rehmat Khan, who has been found guilty of killing Ranga for allegedly attempting... (imdb)

An engineer who works in the countryside begins writing letters to the young woman in the city arranged to be his wife but who he has never met. The woman isn't interested, however, and has her younger sister respond to the letters. Soon the younger sister is putting her own feelings in her replies, and the pen pals start to fall in love. Meeting each other, however, proves difficult and leads to joy, confusion, and a seemingly unavoidable tragedy....

An impoverished advocate faces challenges after he falls in love with a wealthy woman who has a look-alike courtesan sister.

A vengeful princess waits for the right moment to kill her foster-father - the emperor.

Roopa lives in a chawl in a slum with her alcoholic paternal uncle, who sits at home and forces her to go out to work, earn and buy alcohol for him. Her outlook on life is close to despair, and when she finds no work, earns no money, she is severely beaten by him and thrown out of the room. On one such occasion, a neighbor named Raj comes to her aid and even loans her some money.