Ram Dass

Foreign Body (1986)

Actors: Elaine Schreyeck (miscellaneous crew), Ronald Neame (director), Roy Evans (actor), Amanda Donohoe (actress), Marc Zuber (actor), Anna Massey (actress), Roger Hammond (actor), Trevor Howard (actor), Timothy Bateson (actor), Neville Phillips (actor), Victor Banerjee (actor), Richard Wilson (actor), Warren Mitchell (actor), Stratford Johns (actor), Patrick Godfrey (actor),

Plot: Chronicles of the adventures of Ram Das in England. Ram Das moved to England after losing his job in India. He winds up pretending to be a doctor after he sees a pretty girl on the street who has been hurt. Then he takes the charade even further when he rents an office and treats many other patients including the Prime Minister. Will he win the girl and does she ever find out his secret?

Ram Tera Desh (1984)

Actors: Vijayendra Ghatge (actor), Lalita Pawar (actress), Ramesh Goyal (actor), Iftekhar (actor), Prem Chopra (actor), Ashok Kumar (actor), Roopesh Kumar (actor), Raj Mehra (actor), Raza Murad (actor), Marc Zuber (actor), Shabana Azmi (actress), Arun Govil (actor), Lalita Kumari (actress), Hema Malini (actress), Nirupa Roy (actress),

Plot: Ramdas, his wife, Savitri, son, Prakash, and daughter, Sunita, live a lower middle-class existence in Bombay. They would like to get Sunita get married, and soon receive a proposal through Champabai for her to be married to Prem Kumar Saxena. They find the proposal suitable and Sunita gets married to Prem, and moves into his house. Prem lives with his possessive mother, Kantadevi; his elder crippled brother, Surender; and a younger unmarried brother, Bittoo, who is having an affair with their maid-servant, Lily D'Souza. Sunita finds out that she has virtually no respect, is ill-treated, belittled, and slapped around, just because Ramdas was unable to pay the entire dowry sum. Her brother attempts to help, and attempts to secure some money to appease Sunita's mother-in-law, Kanta, but not only is he unsuccessful, but also gets killed in the process. Lily confides in Sunita that Kanta is quite capable of feeding her poison and killing her, as she had done to Prem's first wife. Now Sunita is at the mercy of the Saxena family, and the only way she can get rid of her problems is by killing herself.

Kala Sona (1975)

Actors: Keshto Mukherjee (actor), Polson (actor), Agha (actor), Prem Chopra (actor), Danny Denzongpa (actor), Narendra Nath (actor), Bipin Gupta (actor), Birbal (actor), Habib (actor), P. Jairaj (actor), Satyendra Kapoor (actor), Feroz Khan (actor), Master Bhagwan (actor), Krishnakant (actor), Raju Shrestha (actor),

Plot: Several years ago Rakesh's life was turned upside down when his dad was murdered. The only consolation to be drawn by his passing, was that the assailant was also killed. Years later, Rakesh finds out that his dad's killer is still alive, and the police have closed this file. He decides to avenge his father's death and travels to a far-off village, and befriends a young man named Shera. He finds out through Durga, whom he falls in love with, that his father's killer is Sardar Poppy Singh, who runs a vast underground business empire of growing and selling cocaine. Then Shera and Durga get the shocks of their lives when they find out that Rakesh has joined forces with Poppy, and has even killed a police officer to prove his loyalty. What led to Rakesh's sudden change of heart - from killing his father's assailant to becoming partners with him?

Patang (1960)

Actors: Achala Sachdev (actress), Mala Sinha (actress), Leela Mishra (actress), Ulhas (actor), Chaman Puri (actor), Randhir (actor), Manorama (actress), Mohan Choti (actor), Ravikant (actor), Keshav Rana (actor), Harbans Darshan M. Arora (actor), Rajendra Kumar (actor), Raj Mehra (actor), Rajendra Krishan (writer), Om Prakash (actor),

Plot: Rajan lives a wealthy lifestyle in Basantpur along with his mom; dad, Dindayal; a semi-senile paternal uncle, Bholey; and a widowed paternal aunt. During his childhood, while lighting Diwali fire-crackers, he accidentally set his friend's, Shanti, face afire, making her lose her vision. Full of remorse, he studies medicine, and decides to become an eye surgeon just to restore her vision. Years later he does qualify, becomes a surgeon in a Delhi hospital, while his dad is now the Municipal Chairman. Shanti, who lives a poor lifestyle, with her dad, Ramdas, the owner of a publication 'Praja Samachar', and her mom, travels to Delhi to have her eyes operated on. The operation takes place but she is still unable to see, and when they return home there is more bad news as Ramdas has been arrested for killing Dindayal's chauffeur, is found guilty, and sentenced to two years in prison. Questions that remain unanswered: Why did Ramdas commit this crime; will Shanti regain her sight; what impact will Ramdas' conviction have on Basantpur; and what will be the fate of Ramdas and his family after he completes his time in prison?

The Stranglers of Bombay (1959)

Actors: Michael Carreras (producer), Allan Cuthbertson (actor), Roger Delgado (actor), John Harvey (actor), Tutte Lemkow (actor), Marne Maitland (actor), Warren Mitchell (actor), Guy Rolfe (actor), Tilly Day (miscellaneous crew), Ewen Solon (actor), Terence Fisher (director), Anthony Hinds (producer), George Pastell (actor), Anthony Nelson Keys (producer), James Bernard (composer),

Plot: A murderous religious cult is way-laying travellers and stealing goods in nineteenth century India. As the disappearances mount and trade becomes difficult, the British East India Company is forced to act. But they give the job to an upper-class officer completely out-of-touch with the country rather than the obvious candidate who has been in India for years and well understands the people and culture.

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