Nostalgic pre-90s Indian Cinema
by Spectacula | created - 02 May 2015 | updated - 08 Dec 2018 | PublicLight-Hearted Art Films 1970-1990
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1. Chashme Buddoor (1981)
Not Rated | 145 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
Two womanizing slackers, Omi and Jai (Rakesh Bedi and Ravi Baswani respectively) attempt to woo the new girl in the neighbourhood, and fail - miserably. Their third room-mate, shy, and a ... See full summary »
Director: Sai Paranjpye | Stars: Farooq Shaikh, Deepti Naval, Saeed Jaffrey, Rakesh Bedi
Votes: 2,645
2. Katha (1983)
141 min | Comedy, Drama
Secretly in love with his neighbor, a mild-mannered clerk is heartbroken when his much bolder, more charming friend wins her heart instead.
Director: Sai Paranjpye | Stars: Naseeruddin Shah, Farooq Shaikh, Deepti Naval, Hemu Adhikari
Votes: 1,328
3. Woh 7 Din (1983)
139 min | Drama, Romance
Maya, coming from poor family, is married to the affluent Dr. Anand; but she tries to commit suicide on the nuptial night. She tells Anand that she was in love with Prem whose ambition was ... See full summary »
Director: Bapu | Stars: Anil Kapoor, Padmini Kolhapure, Naseeruddin Shah, Raju Shrestha
Votes: 1,262
4. Kissise Na Kehna (1983)
140 min | Comedy, Romance
Kailashnath is a widower, and father of an only son, Ramesh. He feels that his son has come of age, and must get married. He goes to see a number of young ladies for him, but is ... See full summary »
Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee | Stars: Farooq Shaikh, Deepti Naval, Utpal Dutt, Saeed Jaffrey
Votes: 727
5. Utsav (1984)
145 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Based on the circa 2nd century BCE to 2nd Century CE, Sanskrit play "Daridra-Charudatta" by the famous Indian playwright Bhasa, "Utsav" faithfully follows Bhasa's story-line. Vasantasena, a... See full summary »
Director: Girish Karnad | Stars: Rekha, Amjad Khan, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Shankar Nag
Votes: 423
6. Umrao Jaan (1981)
145 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
In Faizabad, British India, Dilawar is sentenced to several years in prison after Amiran's Daroga dad testifies against him. After his discharge around 1840, he extracts his vengeance by ... See full summary »
Director: Muzaffar Ali | Stars: Rekha, Farooq Shaikh, Naseeruddin Shah, Raj Babbar
Votes: 1,127
7. Tere Bina Kya Jeena (1989)
127 min | Comedy, Family, Thriller
A newly married couple, Amar and Meena, are going through a rough patch due to Amar's work pressure.
Directors: P.P. Ghosh, Partho Ghosh | Stars: Shekhar Suman, Moon Moon Sen, Raj Kiran, Satish Shah
Votes: 16
8. Peechha Karro (1986)
114 min | Comedy, Thriller
Hari and Giri are 2 detectives who suspect Brigadier of leaking defence secrets to outsiders who in turn is on an undercover mission to expose Boss number 1 who is a terrorist.
Director: Pankaj Parashar | Stars: Ravi Baswani, Birbal, Iftekhar, Kalpana Iyer
Votes: 174
9. Rajnigandha (1974)
110 min | Drama, Romance
A Delhi-based woman in a steady relationship with her boyfriend is forced to come to terms with her true feelings when a job interview in Mumbai brings an old flame back in her life.
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Vidya Sinha, Amol Palekar, Dinesh Thakur, Rajeeta Kochhar
Votes: 835
10. Pakeezah (1972)
147 min | Musical, Romance, Drama
In Lucknow at the turn of the century, a dancer and courtesan believes that her pure soul and body will enable her to find true love and honor.
Director: Kamal Amrohi | Stars: Ashok Kumar, Meena Kumari, Raaj Kumar, Veena
Votes: 1,808
11. Shaukeen (1982)
127 min | Comedy
Three friends, in their 60s, try to do everything that they couldn't do in their younger days - before death arrives.
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Ashok Kumar, A.K. Hangal, Utpal Dutt, Rati Agnihotri
Votes: 541
12. Kissise Na Kehna (1983)
140 min | Comedy, Romance
Kailashnath is a widower, and father of an only son, Ramesh. He feels that his son has come of age, and must get married. He goes to see a number of young ladies for him, but is ... See full summary »
Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee | Stars: Farooq Shaikh, Deepti Naval, Utpal Dutt, Saeed Jaffrey
Votes: 727
13. Manoranjan (1974)
158 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
After getting fired, a police officer connects with a prostitute he met on the job in a red-light district and sets out to keep her off the streets.
Director: Shammi Kapoor | Stars: Shammi Kapoor, Sanjeev Kumar, Zeenat Aman, Dev Kumar
Votes: 282
14. Pati Patni Aur Woh (1978)
141 min | Comedy, Romance
Adam & Eve live a worry-free life in paradise. They are instructed not to eat an apple. One day they cannot resist the temptation, and both take a bite out of it. Nature takes offense and ... See full summary »
Director: B.R. Chopra | Stars: Sanjeev Kumar, Vidya Sinha, Ranjeeta Kaur, Govardhan Asrani
Votes: 544
15. Do Ladke Dono Kadke (1979)
Comedy, Crime
Two petty thieves decide to rob a house that kidnappers had decided to kidnap a child from, what results is chaos, as the child ends up with the petty thieves, and both the thieves and the ... See full summary »
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Navin Nischol, Amol Palekar, Moushumi Chatterjee, Govardhan Asrani
Votes: 145
16. Ek Baar Phir (Once Again) (1980)
147 min | Drama
Kalpana has been married to movie actor, Mahender Kumar for years where he keeps himself occupy with his acting career as well as pleasure and has little or no time with her. When they ... See full summary »
Director: Vinod Pande | Stars: Suresh Oberoi, Deepti Naval, Pradeep Verma, Chitto Chopra
Votes: 40
17. Rang Birangi (1983)
180 min | Comedy
Sparkling comedy about a meddling friend whose attempt to rekindle the spark in his friend's relationship with his wife of seven years leads to complications to their lives, and to the ... See full summary »
Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee | Stars: Amol Palekar, Parveen Babi, Farooq Shaikh, Deepti Naval
Votes: 614
18. Saath Saath (1982)
117 min | Drama
A young woman falls for her classmate's idealistic, non-materialistic ways, but is troubled upon seeing his principles change after they marry.
Director: Raman Kumar | Stars: Deepti Naval, Farooq Shaikh, Satish Shah, Iftekhar
Votes: 382
19. Ek Baar Chale Aao (1983)
Not Rated | 137 min | Drama
Dharam Das has found an ideal groom for his sister in Din Dayal, who agrees to wed her. However, on the day of the wedding, Din demands an exorbitant amount of dowry, and when Dharam is ... See full summary »
Director: Jagdish Sidana | Stars: Govardhan Asrani, Bharat Bhushan, Jankidas, Girish Karnad
Votes: 16
20. Jaan Pechaan (1991)
Comedy, Drama
Jagmohan (Utpal Dutt) wants his daughters to get married. His best friend suggests his son Raja (Shekar Suman) could be a suitor for one of the girls. The friend asks Raja to go and find ... See full summary »
Director: Kamal Saigal | Stars: Shekhar Suman, Sudha Chandran, Satish Shah, Utpal Dutt
Votes: 13
21. Hip Hip Hurray (1984)
121 min | Drama, Sport
Sports is no for Jamnadas School in Ranchi so the boys out there pass their time by doing rebellious pastimes.Raghu is a smart looking boy on whom many girls have crush. But he is having a ... See full summary »
Director: Prakash Jha | Stars: Raj Kiran, Deepti Naval, Satish Anand, Ram Gopal Bajaj
Votes: 108
22. Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983)
Not Rated | 132 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Two photographers, who are employed by a magazine editor to expose the scandalous activities of the rich, come across corruption by a builder and accidentally photograph a murder.
Director: Kundan Shah | Stars: Naseeruddin Shah, Ravi Baswani, Bhakti Barve, Satish Shah
Votes: 14,721
23. Itni Si Baat (1981)
Not Rated | 138 min | Comedy, Family
One day while travelling on the BEST bus in Bombay, Raja produces a 100 rupee note to buy a 50 paisa bus ticket, and is made fun of by the bus conductor, and asked to leave the bus. Asha, ... See full summary »
Director: Madhu M. | Stars: Sanjeev Kumar, Moushumi Chatterjee, Arun Govil, Tamanna
Votes: 93
24. Chhoti Si Baat (1976)
123 min | Comedy, Romance
A timid suitor seeks the help of a ruthless colonel to win the woman of his dreams when a bold young man begins to pursue her in this romantic comedy.
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Ashok Kumar, Vidya Sinha, Amol Palekar, Govardhan Asrani
Votes: 4,498
25. Gol Maal (1979)
Not Rated | 120 min | Comedy, Romance
A man's simple lie to secure his job escalates into more complex lies when his orthodox boss gets suspicious.
Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee | Stars: Amol Palekar, Bindiya Goswami, Deven Verma, Shobha Khote
Votes: 20,066
26. Chitchor (1976)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Romance
Geeta ends up with two suitors after her father goes to bring home a prospective groom and mistakenly picks up the wrong man.
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Amol Palekar, Zarina Wahab, Vijayendra Ghatge, A.K. Hangal
Votes: 759
27. Bawarchi (1972)
Not Rated | 130 min | Comedy, Musical, Drama
A dysfunctional middle-class family is transformed due to the influence of their new multi-talented household servant - but he might be too good to be true.
Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee | Stars: Rajesh Khanna, Jaya Bachchan, Usha Kiran, Harindranath Chattopadhyay
Votes: 4,409
28. Anand (1971)
Not Rated | 122 min | Drama, Musical
The story of a terminally ill man who wishes to live life to the fullest before the inevitable occurs, as told by his best friend.
Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee | Stars: Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan, Sumita Sanyal, Ramesh Deo
Votes: 35,304
29. Ankahee (1985)
135 min | Drama
Renowned Indian astrologer Jyotibhaskar Pandit Satyanarayan Chaturvedi, wishes a doctor, who is about to perform surgery on a woman, good luck, but also tells him that his patient is going ... See full summary »
Director: Amol Palekar | Stars: Amol Palekar, Deepti Naval, Devika Mukherjee, Shreeram Lagoo
Votes: 129
30. Baton Baton Mein (1979)
112 min | Comedy, Romance
Nancy and Tony meet regularly on their daily commute to work and gradually fall in love. But when Tony shows reluctance toward marriage, Nancy's mother starts looking for a groom for her daughter.
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Amol Palekar, Tina Ambani, Govardhan Asrani, David Abraham
Votes: 1,338
31. Apne Paraye (1980)
123 min | Drama, Family, Comedy
This is a story of two lawyer brothers, their half brother, their wives and children. Siddheshwari, wife of the eldest brother has left the operational details of the household to Sheela, ... See full summary »
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Shabana Azmi, Amol Palekar, Girish Karnad, Utpal Dutt
Votes: 218
32. Angoor (1982)
Not Rated | 131 min | Comedy
Based on Shakespeare's 'A Comedy of Errors', this is a story of identical twins (2 pairs) and mistaken identities.
Director: Gulzar | Stars: Sanjeev Kumar, Moushumi Chatterjee, Deven Verma, Aruna Irani
Votes: 5,819
33. Mahananda (1987)
Not Rated | 130 min | Romance
Young Babul visits his uncle's village and meets Mahananda. In no time they fall in love, but their union is opposed strongly by Mahanada's mother.
Director: Mohan Kavia | Stars: Moushumi Chatterjee, Farooq Shaikh, Shreeram Lagoo, Sulabha Deshpande
Votes: 28
34. Permission (1987)
137 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Meeting accidentally five years after their divorce, a couple reflects on how their marriage collapsed despite transparency.
Director: Gulzar | Stars: Rekha, Naseeruddin Shah, Anuradha Patel, Rammohan Sharma
Votes: 1,716
35. Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi (1984– )
Comedy
A sitcom about a couple, a brother-in-law, and the trouble they get into.
Stars: Rakesh Bedi, Satish Shah, Swaroop Sampat, Shafi Inamdar
Votes: 372
36. Shrimaan Shrimati (1994– )
22 min | Comedy
In this series based on the premise "love thy neighbour's wife," the main characters are Keshav Kulkarni and his wife Kokila, and their neighbours Prema Shalini and her husband Dilruba. ... See full summary »
Stars: Jatin Kanakia, Reema Lagoo, Archana Puran Singh, Rakesh Bedi
Votes: 1,820
37. Thhoda Sa Aasman (1995– )
Drama
A realistically told story of three people in different stages of their lives, going through their own ups and downs.
Stars: Moon Moon Sen, Kalpana Iyer, Benjamin Gilani, Nimmi Kumar
Votes: 6
38. Gharaonda (1977)
Not Rated | 141 min | Drama, Romance
A story young, middle-class urban working couple wanting to get married and their tribulations in finding a house in the city of Mumbai.
Director: Bhimsain | Stars: Amol Palekar, Zarina Wahab, Sadhu Meher, Shreeram Lagoo
Votes: 253
39. Professor Ki Padosan (1993)
Not Rated | 138 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Professor Vidyadhar teaches Hindi in a college and resides in a flat with his wife, Shobha, and school-going son, Pappu. He leads a fairly routine and mundane life, until a new resident in ... See full summary »
Directors: Shantilal Soni, Ravi Tandon | Stars: Sanjeev Kumar, Padmini Kolhapure, Shekhar Suman, Dalip Tahil
Votes: 93
40. Naram Garam (1981)
Not Rated | 122 min | Comedy, Drama
An impoverished employee tries to prevent his superiors and employers from marrying his sweetheart.
Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee | Stars: Amol Palekar, Swaroop Sampat, Utpal Dutt, A.K. Hangal
Votes: 1,176
41. Taxi Taxie (1977)
Not Rated | 123 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A humble-hearted taxi driver lands in the city of Mumbai in search of true love. His search lands him in a series of adventurous events, wherein he meets a girl.
Director: Irshad | Stars: Amol Palekar, Zaheera, Reena Roy, Rama Vij
Votes: 55
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