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Aadmi (आदमी)
Aadmi (आदमी), also released as Life's for Living, is V. Shantaram's 1939 Hindi social drama from Prabhat Film Company, made simultaneously in Marathi as Manoos; a love tragedy of a policeman and a prostitute, named Best Indian Film for 1939–40.
Aakhri Khat (आखरी ख़त)
Aakhri Khat (आखरी ख़त, The Last Letter) is a 1966 Hindi drama directed by Chetan Anand, Rajesh Khanna's first release, about a toddler lost in Bombay; India's entry for the 40th Academy Awards.
Aashirwad (आशीर्वाद)
Aashirwad (आशीर्वाद), aka The Blessing, is a 1968 Hindi drama directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, starring Ashok Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar, and Sumita Sanyal, with music by Vasant Desai; it won the National Award for Best Hindi Feature Film and Best Actor for Ashok Kumar, and its song Rail Gaadi is considered Hindi cinema's first rap number.
Achhut Kanya
Achhut Kanya (अछूत कन्या), also called The Untouchable Girl, is a 1936 Bombay Talkies Hindi film directed by Franz Osten, starring Devika Rani and Ashok Kumar, about a Dalit-Brahmin love story sundered by caste.
Amar Prem
Amar Prem (अमर प्रेम) is a 1972 Hindi musical drama directed and produced by Shakti Samanta, starring Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore, with music by R. D. Burman, about a woman forced into prostitution in Kolkata.
An Evening in Paris (एन ईवनिंग इन पेरिस)
An Evening in Paris (एन ईवनिंग इन पेरिस, Paris Ki Ek Shyam) is a 1967 Hindi musical romantic thriller by Shakti Samanta starring Shammi Kapoor, Sharmila Tagore in a dual role, and Pran, filmed in Paris, Beirut, Switzerland, and Niagara Falls with Shankar-Jaikishan music.
Anand Math
Anand Math (आनंद मठ, Anandamath) is Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's 1882 Bengali novel set in the Sannyasi Rebellion, source of the hymn Vande Mataram, India's National Song, and of the 1952 Hindi film by Hemen Gupta.
Anari (अनाड़ी) (1959 film)
Anari (अनाड़ी, 1959) is a Hindi comedy-drama directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, starring Raj Kapoor, Nutan, Motilal, and Lalita Pawar, with Shankar-Jaikishan music; it topped the 1959 Indian box office and won Kapoor the Filmfare Best Actor award.
Andaz (अंदाज़) (1949 film)
Andaz (अंदाज़, "Style"), also A Matter of Style, is a 1949 Hindi black-and-white melodrama directed and produced by Mehboob Khan, starring Dilip Kumar, Nargis, and Raj Kapoor in the only film pairing of Kumar and Kapoor, with Naushad's music and a love-triangle plot ending in Neena's jailing for murder.
Anupama (अनुपमा)
Anupama (अनुपमा) is a 1966 Hindi drama directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, starring Dharmendra, Sharmila Tagore, Shashikala, and Tarun Bose, about a daughter blamed for her mother's death; it won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi.
Aradhana (आराधना) (1969 film)
Aradhana (आराधना), 1969 Hindi romantic drama by Shakti Samanta starring Rajesh Khanna in a double role and Sharmila Tagore, based on To Each His Own; golden jubilee hit that made Khanna India's first superstar.
Asli-Naqli (असली नकली)
Asli-Naqli (असली नकली), also written Asli Naqli, is a 1962 black-and-white Hindi film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, starring Dev Anand and Sadhana, with Shankar-Jaikishan music and the hit song Tujhe Jeevan Ki Dor Se.
Aurat
Aurat (औरत, "Woman") is a 1940 Hindi drama directed by Mehboob Khan, starring Sardar Akhtar as Radha, a peasant mother fighting a moneylender; it inspired Pearl Buck's The Mother and was remade by Khan as Mother India (1957).
Awaara (आवारा)
Awaara (आवारा, The Vagabond) is Raj Kapoor's 1951 Hindi romantic drama with Nargis and Prithviraj Kapoor, music by Shankar-Jaikishan, screenplay by K.A. Abbas; a top-1951 hit that became a phenomenon in the USSR and China.
Baiju Bawra (बैजू बावरा)
Baiju Bawra (बैजू बावरा) is Vijay Bhatt's 1952 Hindi musical drama for Prakash Pictures, starring Bharat Bhushan, Meena Kumari, and Surendra, with Naushad's raga-based score, a 100-week Bombay run, and the first Filmfare Best Actress Award.
Bandini (बन्दिनी) (1963 film)
Bandini (बन्दिनी) is Bimal Roy's 1963 Hindi black-and-white drama starring Nutan, Ashok Kumar, and Dharmendra, adapted from Jarasandha's novel Tamasi; it won six Filmfare Awards and the President's Silver Medal and was Roy's last film.
Barsaat (बरसात) (1949 film)
Barsaat (बरसात, "Rain") is Raj Kapoor's 1949 Hindi blockbuster starring Kapoor, Nargis, Prem Nath, and Nimmi, with Shankar-Jaikishan's hit score, Lata Mangeshkar's breakthrough, and the violin scene that became the RK Films logo.
Bawarchi (बावर्ची)
Bawarchi (बावर्ची), also known as The Cook, is a 1972 Hindi comedy-drama directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, starring Rajesh Khanna as cook Raghu and Jaya Bhaduri, a remake of Tapan Sinha's Bengali Golpo Holeo Sotti with music by Madan Mohan.
Bhuvan Shome (भुवन सोम)
Bhuvan Shome (भुवन सोम) is Mrinal Sen's 1969 Hindi black-and-white satire, his first Hindi film, starring Utpal Dutt and Suhasini Mulay. FFC-funded for Rs 2 lakh, with Amitabh Bachchan's first paid voiceover, it won three National Film Awards and launched Indian Parallel Cinema.
Brahmachari
Brahmachari (ब्रह्मचारी) is a 1968 Hindi comedy-drama-musical directed by Bhappi Sonie, starring Shammi Kapoor as a bachelor raising twelve orphans, with Rajshree, Pran, Mumtaz, and Shankar-Jaikishan music.
C.I.D. (1956 film)
C.I.D. (1956) is a Hindi black-and-white crime thriller directed by Raj Khosla, produced by Guru Dutt, starring Dev Anand, Shakila, Johnny Walker, and debuting Waheeda Rehman; the year's highest-grossing Hindi film with O. P. Nayyar's "Yeh Hai Bombay Meri Jaan."
Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi (चलती का नाम गाड़ी)
Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi (चलती का नाम गाड़ी) is Satyen Bose's 1958 Hindi comedy starring Ashok, Kishore, and Anoop Kumar with Madhubala; a garage-owning trio, an inherited 1928 Chrysler, S.D. Burman songs, and the second highest 1958 grosser.
Chandan Ka Palna (चन्दन का पालना)
Chandan Ka Palna (चन्दन का पालना) is a 1967 Hindi drama directed by Ismail Memon, starring Meena Kumari, Dharmendra, Mehmood, and Mumtaz, with R.D. Burman music; it won the 1968 Filmfare for Best Art Director, Colour.
Chaudhvin Ka Chand (चौदहवीं का चाँद)
Chaudhvin Ka Chand (चौदहवीं का चाँद), 1960 Hindi-Urdu Muslim social directed by M. Sadiq, produced by Guru Dutt; Lucknow love triangle of Aslam, Nawab, and Jameela, with the Rafi Raga Pahadi title song and Filmfare wins.
Devdas (1935 film)
Devdas (देवदास, 1935) is P.C. Barua's New Theatres bilingual talkie adapting Sarat Chandra's 1917 novella; Barua starred in Bengali, K.L. Saigal in Hindi, with Bimal Roy as cinematographer.
Do Bigha Zamin (दो बीघा ज़मीन)
Do Bigha Zamin (दो बीघा ज़मीन, Two Acres of Land) is Bimal Roy's 1953 Hindi classic about a peasant who pulls a rickshaw in Calcutta to save his land; it won Cannes' Prix International and the first Filmfare Best Film award.
Fire (आग) (1996 film)
Fire (आग), 1996 Deepa Mehta Canadian-Indian drama, first Indian film depicting female same-sex desire; stars Shabana Azmi and Nandita Das; sparked 1998 Shiv Sena protests in India.
Guide (गाइड) (film)
Guide (गाइड), also known as The Guide or Survival in its English version, is a 1965 Hindi drama directed by Vijay Anand, starring Dev Anand and Waheeda Rehman, adapted from R.K. Narayan's novel, a Filmfare and National Award-winning classic.
Gumnaam (गुमनाम)
Gumnaam (गुमनाम, 1965) is a Hindi mystery thriller directed by Raja Nawathe, produced by N.N. Sippy, starring Manoj Kumar, Nanda, Pran, Helen, and Mehmood; an uncredited adaptation of Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None with Shankar-Jaikishan music.
Gunga Jumna (गंगा जमुना)
Gunga Jumna (गंगा जमुना), also Ganga Jamuna, is a 1961 Indian Technicolor dacoit drama written and produced by Dilip Kumar, directed by Nitin Bose, starring Kumar, Vyjayanthimala, and Nasir Khan as brothers on opposite sides of the law.