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“Ashok Kumar”

Longest Running Bollywood Movies

India is a Bollywood crazy nation. Anything remotely associated with Hindi films becomes a huge success. But it never happened that all films that get released become box-office churners. There are only a few who had the privilege of enthralling the audiences from the time it released till date. And here’s a list of such [...]

Top 10 Successful Bollywood Siblings

In bollywood it is trend that son and daughter of a film actor or actress enters in bollywood some of them get fame. Today i am giving you the list of top ten successful bollywood siblings. Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle: Lata Mangeskar is considered as the Nightingale of India for her sweet and tender [...]

Mili

Cast : Ashok Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Asrani, Aruna Irani, Parikshat Sahni Director : Hrishikesh Mukherjee Music : Sachin Dev Burman Lyrics : Yogesh Year : 1975 Shekhar Dayal has moved into a new neighborhood, and is just not pleased with the new surroundings. He resents the noise children make while playing, as he [...]

Pakeezah

Cast : Meena Kumari, Raaj Kumar, Ashok Kumar Director : Kamal Amrohi Music : Ghulam Mohammed Lyrics : Kaifi Azmi Year : 1971 This movie is about the pure of heart (Pakeezah) Nargis (Meena Kumari) who was brought up by brothel madame Nawabjaan (Veena). Unable to break away from the vicious circle, Nargis grows up [...]

Purab Aur Paschim

Cast : Ashok Kumar, Saira Banu, Manoj Kumar, Pran, Nirupa Roy, Prem Chopra Director : Manoj Kumar Music : Kalyanji Anandji Lyrics : Indivar Year : 1970 Thakur Suraj Singh lives a wealthy lifestyle with his wife; three sons – Kishore, his wife Laxmi & two children Pappu and Laali; Vijaykamal, & Mohan; and an [...]

Satyakam

Cast : Dharmendra, Ashok Kumar, Sharmila Tagore Director : Hrishikesh Mukherjee Music : Laxmikant Pyarelal Lyrics : Kaifi Azmi Year : 1969 Circa British Rule in India, Satyapriya Archarya lives a modest yet noble lifestyle with his grandfather, Satyasharan. His mother passed away while he was very young, and his dad became a celibate and [...]

Mamta

Cast : Suchitra Sen, Ashok Kumar, Dharmendra Director : Asit Sen Music : Roshan Lyrics : Majrooh Sultanpuri Year : 1966 Monish Rai comes from a wealthy family, and is in love with Deviyani, who is poor. Monish has to travel abroad to further his education in law, but promises to stay in touch with [...]

Mere Mehboob

Cast : Rajendra Kumar, Sadhana, Nimmi, Ashok Kumar, Pran, Ameeta Director : Harnam Singh Rawail Music : Naushad Lyrics : Shakeel Badayuni Year : 1963 After bumping into a college girl one day, a young man suddenly finds himself falling hopelessly in love with her. The only problem is that, clad as she is in [...]

Bandini

Cast : Nutan, Ashok Kumar, Dharmendra Director : Bimal Roy Music : Sachin Dev Burman Lyrics : Shailendra, Gulzar Year : 1963 Kalyani is in a prison in pre-Independence India for committing a murder, and we learn the circumstances of her crime in flashback as she divulges it to the jailor. The film is set [...]

Jewel Thief

Cast : Ashok Kumar, Dev Anand, Vyjayanthimala, Tanuja Director : Vijay Anand Music : S. D. Burman Lyrics : Majrooh Sultanpuri Year : 1967 Vinay, an ordinary young man who finds himself constantly mistaken for a look-alike jewel thief named Amar. Vinay works with the police to impersonate Amar and crack his crime ring–but it [...]