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Half Ticket (हाफ़ टिकट)
Half Ticket (हाफ़ टिकट) is a 1962 Hindi romantic comedy directed by Kalidas, starring Kishore Kumar as Vijay/Munna, Madhubala, and Pran, with music by Salil Chowdhury; Kishore sang both parts of Aake Seedhi Lagi Dil Pe, and it was Madhubala's last film with husband Kishore Kumar.
Hamraaz
Hamraaz (हमराज़, 1967) is a Hindi mystery thriller directed and produced by B.R. Chopra, starring Sunil Dutt, Raaj Kumar, Vimi, and Mumtaz, with music by Ravi and lyrics by Sahir Ludhianvi; it won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. Distinct from Khurshid Anwar's 1967 Pakistani Urdu film of the same name.
Haqeeqat (हकीकत)
Haqeeqat (हकीकत, Reality) is a 1964 Hindi war film by Chetan Anand on the 1962 Sino-Indian War in Ladakh, starring Balraj Sahni and Dharmendra, with Madan Mohan music and Kaifi Azmi lyrics; it won the 1965 National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film.
Ittefaq (इत्तेफ़ाक़) (1969 film)
Ittefaq (इत्तेफ़ाक़) is a 1969 Hindi murder-mystery thriller directed by Yash Chopra, produced by B.R. Chopra, starring Rajesh Khanna and Nanda; notable as a songless, interval-free hit adapted from Signpost to Murder (1964), remade in 2017.
Jagte Raho (जागते रहो)
Jagte Raho (जागते रहो, "Stay Awake") is a 1956 Hindi-Bengali satirical film directed by Amit Maitra and Sombhu Mitra, produced by and starring Raj Kapoor, written by K.A. Abbas, with music by Salil Chowdhury; it won the 1957 Karlovy Vary Crystal Globe Grand Prix.
Jewel Thief (ज्वैलथीफ) (1967 film)
Jewel Thief (ज्वैलथीफ), 1967 Hindi suspense thriller directed by Vijay Anand for Navketan, starring Dev Anand, Vyjayanthimala, Ashok Kumar, Tanuja; music S.D. Burman; mistaken-identity jewel-heist plot partly shot in Sikkim; Filmfare Best Sound Design 1968.
Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai (जिस देश में गंगा बहती है)
Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai (जिस देश में गंगा बहती है), "The Land Where the Ganges Flows," is a 1960 Hindi black-and-white dacoit-rehabilitation drama directed by Radhu Karmakar, produced by and starring Raj Kapoor with Padmini and Pran; it won the National Award for Best Hindi Feature Film and four Filmfare Awards.
Johny Walker
Johny Walker (जॉनी वॉकर), born Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi, was a Hindi film comedian (1951-1997, about 300 films) discovered as a bus conductor, renamed after the whisky brand by Guru Dutt, star of Pyaasa and C.I.D.
Junglee (जंगली) (1961 film)
Junglee (जंगली), 1961 Subodh Mukherji Hindi romantic musical starring Shammi Kapoor and debutante Saira Banu, with Shankar-Jaikishan's hit score and the famous "Yahoo!" song, set in Kashmir.
Kaagaz Ke Phool (कागज़ के फूल)
Kaagaz Ke Phool (कागज़ के फूल, Paper Flowers), 1959 Hindi romantic drama, Guru Dutt's last film as director and India's first CinemaScope film; a box-office failure later re-evaluated as a self-reflexive classic starring Waheeda Rehman.
Kabuliwala (काबुलीवाला) (1961 film)
Kabuliwala (काबुलीवाला) is a 1961 Hindi drama directed by Hemen Gupta, produced by Bimal Roy, adapted from Tagore's 1892 story, starring Balraj Sahni as Afghan dry-fruit seller Abdul Rehman Khan, with music by Salil Choudhury including Manna Dey's "Aye mere pyare watan".
Kanoon (कानून)
Kanoon (कानून) is a 1960 Hindi courtroom drama directed and produced by B.R. Chopra, starring Rajendra Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Nanda, and Nana Palsikar. A songless thriller about a lawyer who witnesses his judge father-in-law commit murder, it won Filmfare Awards for Best Director and Best Supporting Actor.
Kashmir Ki Kali (कश्मीर की कली)
Kashmir Ki Kali (कश्मीर की कली), 1964 Hindi romantic musical by Shakti Samanta starring Shammi Kapoor and Sharmila Tagore, music O. P. Nayyar, famous for Taarif Karoon Kya Uski on Dal Lake.
Kismet (1943 film)
Kismet (किस्मत, 1943) is a Hindi crime drama directed by Gyan Mukherjee for Bombay Talkies, starring Ashok Kumar and Mumtaz Shanti; a record-breaking blockbuster famous for the coded nationalist song 'Door Hato Ae Duniya Walon'.
Madhumati (मधुमती)
Madhumati (मधुमती) is Bimal Roy's 1958 Hindi black-and-white reincarnation romance starring Dilip Kumar and Vyjayanthimala, with a story by Ritwik Ghatak; it was 1958's highest-grossing Indian film and won nine Filmfare Awards.
Mahal (महल)
Mahal (महल) is a 1949 Hindi supernatural film by Bombay Talkies, Kamal Amrohi's directorial debut, starring Ashok Kumar and Madhubala; regarded as Hindi cinema's first horror film and Lata Mangeshkar's breakthrough via "Aayega Aanewala".
Mother India (मदर इंडिया)
Mother India (मदर इंडिया, Bharat Mata), 1957 Hindi epic by Mehboob Khan, a Technicolor remake of Aurat starring Nargis as Radha; India's first Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film and a record-breaking Bombay hit.
Mr. India (1961 film)
Mr. India (1961) is a Hindi comedy-crime-drama directed and produced by G. P. Sippy for Sippy Films, released 1 January 1961, starring Geeta Bali, I. S. Johar, Kamal Jeet, and Helen, about an unemployed youth mistaken for a look-alike gangster; distinct from the 1987 Shekhar Kapur film.
Mughal-e-Azam (مغلِ اعظم)
Mughal-e-Azam is a 1960 Indian epic historical drama film directed by K. Asif, starring Dilip Kumar, Madhubala, and Prithviraj Kapoor; it remained the highest-grossing Indian film for 15 years.
Naya Daur (नया दौर) (1957 film)
Naya Daur (नया दौर, The New Era) is a 1957 Hindi social drama directed and produced by B.R. Chopra, starring Dilip Kumar and Vyjayanthimala, about tonga drivers resisting a bus service, with O.P. Nayyar music and three Filmfare Awards.
Neecha Nagar (नीचा नगर)
Neecha Nagar (नीचा नगर), 1946 Hindi drama, Chetan Anand's debut based on Gorky's The Lower Depths; shared the Grand Prix (Palme d'Or) at the first Cannes festival, the only Indian film to do so, but was never properly released in India.
Padosan (पड़ोसन)
Padosan (पड़ोसन), 1968 Hindi musical comedy directed by Jyoti Swaroop, starring Sunil Dutt, Saira Banu, Mehmood, and Kishore Kumar; a remake of Bengali Pasher Bari with R.D. Burman music, released 29 November 1968.
Pyaasa (प्यासा)
Pyaasa (प्यासा, "The Thirsty One"), 1957 Hindi romantic drama directed, produced by, and starring Guru Dutt with Waheeda Rehman and Mala Sinha; a poet celebrated only after his mistaken death, a landmark of 1950s Hindi cinema.
Ram Aur Shyam (राम और श्याम)
Ram Aur Shyam (राम और श्याम) is a 1967 Hindi comedy-drama directed by Tapi Chanakya, with Dilip Kumar in his first double role as separated twins Ram and Shyam; a remake of Ramudu Bheemudu, it won him the Filmfare Best Actor Award.
Roti (रोटी) (1942 film)
Roti (रोटी, Bread) is a 1942 Hindi-Urdu social film directed by Mehboob Khan at National Studios, Bombay, starring Chandra Mohan, Sheikh Mukhtar, Sitara Devi, and Begum Akhtar; a capitalist critique contrasting a tribal couple with an imposter millionaire, with music by Anil Biswas.
Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (साहिब बीबी और ग़ुलाम)
Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (साहिब बीबी और ग़ुलाम) is a 1962 Hindi drama produced by Guru Dutt, directed by Abrar Alvi, from Bimal Mitra's Bengali novel Saheb Bibi Golam, starring Meena Kumari as Chhoti Bahu; it won four Filmfare Awards and India's President's Silver Medal.
Salaam Bombay! (सलाम बॉम्बे!)
Salaam Bombay! (सलाम बॉम्बे!) is Mira Nair's 1988 Hindi drama debut about Bombay street children, starring real street kids including Shafiq Syed; it won the 1988 Cannes Caméra d'Or and was the second Indian film nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar.
Sangam (1964 Hindi film)
Sangam (1964 Hindi film) is a Hindi romantic drama about two friends, and it marked Kapoor's color debut and was the first Hindi picture shot largely abroad.
Sara Akash (सारा आकाश)
Sara Akash (सारा आकाश), The Whole Sky, is Basu Chatterjee's 1969 black-and-white Hindi debut film, adapted from Rajendra Yadav's novel, a foundational work of Indian parallel cinema with K.K. Mahajan's National Award cinematography.
Saraswatichandra (सरस्वतीचन्द्र) (1968 film)
Saraswatichandra (सरस्वतीचन्द्र) is a 1968 black-and-white Hindi romantic drama directed by Govind Saraiya, adapted from Govardhanram Tripathi's Gujarati novel, starring Nutan and Manish, with music by Kalyanji-Anandji and two National Film Awards.