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Shaheed (शहीद) (1965 film)
Shaheed (शहीद), 1965 Hindi biographical film by S. Ram Sharma on Bhagat Singh, starring Manoj Kumar; released 1 January 1965, 11th highest-grosser of the year, won three 13th National Film Awards.
Shree 420 (श्री ४२०)
Shree 420 (श्री ४२०), also Shri 420 or Mr. 420, is Raj Kapoor's 1955 Hindi comedy-drama starring Kapoor, Nargis, and Nadira; its title invokes IPC Section 420 on cheating, and it became the biggest Indian box-office hit of its time.
Sujata (सुजाता) (1959 film)
Sujata (सुजाता) is Bimal Roy's 1959 Hindi drama starring Nutan and Sunil Dutt, adapted from Subodh Ghosh's Bengali story about an orphaned Dalit girl raised by a Brahmin couple; it won four Filmfare Awards and competed at Cannes 1960.
Teesri Kasam (तीसरी कसम)
Teesri Kasam (तीसरी कसम, The Third Vow), 1966 Hindi black-and-white drama directed by Basu Bhattacharya, produced by Shailendra, based on Renu's Maare Gaye Gulfam, starring Raj Kapoor and Waheeda Rehman; box-office flop that won the 1967 National Film Award for Best Feature Film.
Teesri Manzil (तीसरी मंज़िल) (1966 film)
Teesri Manzil (तीसरी मंज़िल, The Third Floor), 1966 Hindi musical murder-mystery by Vijay Anand, produced and written by Nasir Hussain, starring Shammi Kapoor and Asha Parekh, with R.D. Burman's breakthrough score.
Upkar (उपकार)
Upkar (उपकार) is a 1967 Hindi patriotic drama directed, written, and starring Manoj Kumar as farmer Bharat, inspired by Shastri's 'Jai Jawan Jai Kisan' slogan; it was 1967's biggest hit, winning seven Filmfare Awards and National Awards, with the anthem 'Mere Desh Ki Dharti'.
Uski Roti (उसकी रोटी)
Uski Roti (उसकी रोटी, A Day's Bread) is Mani Kaul's 1969 Hindi debut feature, adapted from a Mohan Rakesh short story about Balo, a village wife who waits at a bus stop to feed her bus-driver husband; one of the three 1969 films that inaugurated Indian Parallel Cinema.
Waqt (वक़्त) (1965 film)
Waqt (वक़्त, 1965) is a Yash Chopra-directed Hindi drama produced by B.R. Chopra, the pioneering lost-and-found multi-starrer in which an earthquake separates a family reunited in a courtroom; it won five Filmfare Awards.
Woh Kaun Thi? (वो कौन थी?)
Woh Kaun Thi? (वो कौन थी?), also known as Who Was She?, is Raj Khosla's 1964 Hindi black-and-white mystery thriller starring Sadhana and Manoj Kumar, with Madan Mohan's score including Lag Ja Gale, remade in Tamil and Telugu in 1966.