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Motilal Rajvansh (1910–1965) was an Indian film actor and the winner of Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for Devdas (1955) and Parakh (1960). He is credited with being among Hindi cinema’s first natural actors.
He also directed a film Chhoti Chhoti Baatein (1965) but died before its release. At the 13th National Film Awards, it won the award for Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film and he posthumously won Certificate of Merit for the Best Story Writer.
Born in Shimla on 4 December 1910, Motilal came from a distinguished family from Delhi. His father was a renowned educationist, who died when Motilal was one year old. He was brought up by his uncle who was a well-known civil surgeon in Uttar Pradesh. At first, Moti was sent to an English school at Shimla and later, in Uttar Pradesh (UP). Thereafter he shifted to Delhi where he continued with school and college.
Motilal Rajvansh said of his screen career with characteristic humour:
Actors: Diya Mirza (actress), Boman Irani (actor), Mahesh Manjrekar (actor), Rajit Kapoor (actor), Surya (actor), Vijay Patkar (actor), Rajeev Soorti (miscellaneous crew), Kishore Nandlaskar (actor), Surendra Rajan (actor), Suhaas Khandke (actor), Sharat Katariya (writer), Tapas Relia (composer), Shaiju Nambiadath (producer), Kunal Vijaykar (writer), Kunal Vijaykar (director),
Plot: Eccentric, badly in debt, Mumbai Municipal employee, Jolly Maker, is infatuated with Monica Gokhale, a member of the Mumbai Heritage Society. He gets his chance to prove his worth when he hears that she has been abducted mysteriously through a flush of the Municipality's toilet. He does rescue her inadvertently, becomes a hero overnight. But the tables get turned when both of them, along with her dad, Madhav, get abducted and are fated to die in a diabolical game of 'Kaun Banega Swargwasi'.
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama,Actors: Raj Babbar (actor), Feroz Khan (editor), Feroz Khan (director), Anu Malik (composer), Feroz Khan (actor), Smita Jaykar (actress), Feroz Khan (producer), Anupam Kher (actor), Feroz Khan (writer), Rakesh Bedi (actor), Satish Shah (actor), Dinesh Hingoo (actor), Beena Banerjee (actress), Gopal Pandey (miscellaneous crew), Anupam Sharma (producer),
Plot: Jai Kumar is a wealthy industrialist, and lives in a palatial house with his wife: Sheena, son: Vishal, and daughter: Sapna. He has made arrangements for Sapna to get married to Vishal, who is the son of his partner in a business venture. But Sapna is in love with Suraj Singh, who plays in an orchestra, and is the son of an army captain, Veer Bahadur Singh. When Sapna introduces her dad to Suraj, he is rude to Suraj, and upset that Sapna has spoiled his plans for him. Jai does not speak out openly against Suraj when he is with Sapna, for fear of antagonizing her, but discusses this issue with Vishal, and together they concoct a scheme that will separate Sapna and Suraj forever.
Keywords: attempted-rape, bare-chested-male, beating, college, critically-bashed, debut, engagement, fiancé, hammock, loveActors: Ram Gopal Varma (writer), Shammi (actress), Suman (actor), Neeraj Vora (actor), Saroj Khan (actress), Urmila Matondkar (actress), Ram Gopal Varma (producer), Aamir Khan (actor), Gulshan Grover (actor), Ram Mohan (actor), Avtar Gill (actor), Achyut Potdar (actor), Jackie Shroff (actor), Reema Lagoo (actress), Neeraj Vora (writer),
Plot: Mili Joshi (Urmilla Matondkar) comes from a poor family, but has dreams of making it big on the silver screen. Encouraged by her childhood buddy, Munna (Aamir Khan), she works on this big dream, and gets a break when movie star Kamal (Jackie Shroff) watches her perform. He decides to be her mentor, and recommends her to Movie Director, Steven Kapoor (Gulshan Grover) for the lead role in the movie titled "Rangeela". In the process, Kamal and Mili get really close, and Kamal plans to ask her to marry him. Munna is left in the cold, away from the colorful and glamorous world of movies and actors, and how can he possibly compete with an established movie star as Kamal.
Keywords: aspiring-actress, beach, behind-the-scenes, bollywood, comic-drunk, director, drunkenness, film-industry, film-premiere, film-shootActors: Harbans Darshan M. Arora (actor), Vikas Anand (actor), Bhola (actor), Bharat Bhushan (actor), Raj Babbar (actor), Brahmachari (actor), Vijayendra Ghatge (actor), Rajan Haksar (actor), Dinesh Hingoo (actor), Satyendra Kapoor (actor), Birbal (actor), Raaj Kumar (actor), Bappi Lahiri (actor), Om Prakash (actor), Pran (actor),
Plot: An honest Hindu pandit (priest) is framed for embezzlement and rape, and not only dismissed from employment, but also arrested and imprisoned, leaving behind his family in destitution. On his return from prison, he is unable to locate his family, and plans to avenge his humiliation. But the challenge is that how can a former pandit, ex-convict, penniless, homeless, and without any resources, avenge himself against the cunning and manipulative people who framed him?
Genres: Drama, Family,Actors: Dev Anand (actor), Abhi Bhattacharya (actor), Farida Jalal (actress), Sudhir (actor), David Abraham (actor), Sunder (actor), Pratima Devi (actress), Murad (actor), Uma Dutt (actor), D.K. Sapru (actor), D.K. Sapru (actor), Rajan Haksar (actor), Dev Anand (actor), Sudhir (actor), Asha Parekh (actress),
Plot: Calcutta-based Rajesh Dixit lives a poor lifestyle along with his widowed mother, and sister, Chanda; is employed with a male named Shyam, and spends a lot of time gambling. He is upset when he finds Chanda has been seeing a male named Ramu, however, when he goes to confront the latter, he finds him to be his childhood friend, and ends up arranging their marriage. Unable to finance the wedding reception, he enters into a criminal conspiracy with Motilal to impersonate the nephew, Ravinath Sharma, of Darjeeling's Raja Dinanath. Rajesh re-locates there, convinces Dinanath that he is indeed his estranged nephew, then woos wealthy Roopa and hopes to wed her soon. But things do not exactly turn out as he had planned - for soon the police will be not only be made aware of his real id. but they will also have evidence that he has killed Dinanath.
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller,Actors: Madhabi Mukherjee (actress), Rabindranath Tagore (writer), Satyajit Ray (writer), Dulal Dutta (editor), Satyajit Ray (writer), R.B. Mehta (miscellaneous crew), Satyajit Ray (composer), Satyajit Ray (director), Soumitra Chatterjee (actor), Bankim Ghosh (actor), Abani Roy (miscellaneous crew), Shailen Mukherjee (actor), Tarapada Chowdhury (miscellaneous crew), Subrata Sensharma (actor), Dilip Bose (actor),
Plot: Charu lives a lonely and idle life in 1870s India. Although her husband Bhupati devotes more time to his newspaper than to their marriage, he sees her loneliness and asks his brother-in-law,Umapada to keep her company. At the same time Bhupati's own brother, Amal, a would-be writer comes home finishing his college education. However, after several months, Charu and Amal's feelings for each other move beyond literary friendship.
Keywords: adultery, betrayal, golden-cage, husband-wife-relationship, independence, india, loneliness, poetry, romantic-love, social-reform