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Shakespeare Wallah
1965 film by James Ivory
Kabuliwala
1957 film by Tapan Sinha
Mahapurush
Mahapurush () is a 1965 Indian film directed by Satyajit Ray, based on a short story Birinchibaba by Rajshekhar Basu.
Baazi
1951 Indian film by Guru Dutt
Baiju Bawra
1952 Hindi film directed by Vijay Bhatt
Keechaka Vadham
1918 silent film by R. Nataraja Mudaliar
Jwar Bhata
1944 film by Amiya Chakravarty
Aurat
1940 film by Mehboob Khan
Seema
1955 film by Amiya Chakravarty
Mr. & Mrs. '55
1955 film by Guru Dutt
Andaz
1949 film by Mehboob Khan
Manoos
thumb|Manoos thumb|x220px|Aadmi Manoos, also called ''Life's for Living, is a 1939 Indian Marathi social melodrama film directed by V. Shantaram. The movie was simultaneously made in Hindi as Aadmi''. The film was based on a short story called "The Police Constable". The story was by A. Bhaskarrao, with screenplay and dialogue by Anant Kanekar. The cinematographer was V. Avadhoot and the music was composed by Master Krishna Rao, with lyrics by Kanekar. The cast included Shahu Modak, Shanta Hublikar, Sundara Bai, Ram Marathe, Narmada, Ganpatrao and Raja Paranjpe.
Parasakthi
1952 Tamil film directed by Krishnan-Panju
Subarnarekha
1965 film by Ritwik Ghatak
Kanoon
Kanoon () is a 1960 Indian Hindi-language courtroom drama film directed by B. R. Chopra. The film presents a case against capital punishment, arguing that witnesses may be genuinely deceived, and their consequent inadvertently tendered false testimony may lead someone wrongly to be convicted and hanged. Kanoon stars Rajendra Kumar, Nanda, Ashok Kumar, Mehmood, Shashikala, Jeevan and Om Prakash.
Prapancha Pash
1929 film by Franz Osten
Lajwanti
Lajwanti is a 1958 Indian drama film directed by Narendra Suri. It was entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d'Or for Best Film. The film was remade in Tamil as Engal Selvi (1960).
Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi
1958 film by Satyen Bose
Bandhan
1940 film by N. R. Acharya
Andha Naal
1954 Tamil film directed by S. Balachander
Humayun
1945 Indian film by Mehboob Khan
Haqeeqat
1964 Hindi war-film directed by Chetan Anand
Shaheed
1948 film
Azaad
1955 film by S. M. Sriramulu Naidu
Shehar Aur Sapna
1963 film by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
Gumrah
1963 film directed by Baldev Raj Chopra
Hunterwali
Hunterwali () is a 1935 Indian Hindi-language action film by the Wadia Movietone company of Bombay (now Mumbai), featuring Fearless Nadia as the heroine. A story of a princess who fights injustice as the masked crusader Hunterwali (lit. "lady with the whip"), the film propelled Nadia and the Wadia brothers of Wadia Movietone to fame.
Gaban
1966 film by Hrishikesh Mukherjee
27 Down
1974 film by Awtar Krishna Kaul
Aashiq
1962 film by Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Chori Chori
1956 Indian film
Yahudi
Yahudi () is a 1958 Hindi-language epic romantic historical drama film directed by Bimal Roy. It stars Dilip Kumar, Meena Kumari, Sohrab Modi, Nazir Hussain, Nigar Sultana among others. It is based on the play Yahudi Ki Ladki by Agha Hashar Kashmiri, a classic in Parsi-Urdu theatre, about persecution of Jews in the Roman Empire in the empire's centre — Rome. The film was a big hit despite its alien theme, and was the third-highest grossing Indian film of 1958, owing to the box office draw of Dilip Kumar and Meena Kumari.
Amar
1954 film by Mehboob Khan
Jaal
1952 Indian film by Guru Dutt
Sharada
1957 film by L. V. Prasad
Mohini Bhasmasur
1913 Indian mythological film directed by Dhundiraj Govind Phalke
Howrah Bridge
1958 film by Shakti Samanta
Woh Kaun Thi?
1964 film by Raj Khosla
Parvarish
1958 Bollywood film
Mahal
1949 Indian Hindi film directed by Kamal Amrohi
Paying Guest
1957 Hindi film directed by Subodh Mukherjee
Maro Charithra
1978 film by K. Balachander
Bidyapati
1937 film by Debaki Bose
Basant
1942 film by Amiya Chakravarty
Moondru Mudichu
1976 Tamil film directed by K. Balachander
Parakh
1960 film by Bimal Roy
Anupama
1966 film by Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Dil Ek Mandir
1963 film by C. V. Sridhar
Kala Pani
1958 film by Raj Khosla
Main Chup Rahungi
1962 film by A. Bhimsingh
Shree Pundalik
1912 film by Dadasaheb Torne
Lanka Dahan
1917 film by Dadasaheb Phalke
Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
1954 film by Vijay Bhatt
Parivartan
1949 film
Anthuleni Katha
1976 Telugu film directed by K. Balachander
Manthiri Kumari
1950 Tamil film directed by Ellis R. Dungan
Ek Hi Raasta
1956 Indian film by Baldev Raj Chopra
Bhakta Prahlada
1932 film by H. M. Reddy, Chilakalapudi Seeta Rama Anjaneyulu
Apoorva Raagangal
1975 Tamil film directed by K. Balachander
Nazrana
1961 Hindi film directed by C. V. Sridhar