Best Bollywood movies of the 70s (1970-1979)
An unranked list of 70s Bollywood movies which I love.
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- DirectorChandra BarotStarsAmitabh BachchanZeenat AmanPran SikandDon, a wanted criminal, dies in a police chase. DSP D'Silva is the only one who knows about his death, and to get hold of the gang he trains Don-lookalike Vijay. But Vijay faces danger from the police and from within the gang.
- DirectorPrakash MehraStarsAmitabh BachchanVinod KhannaRakhee GulzarWhen a homeless and orphaned young man finds work in the house of a wealthy man, he falls in love with the daughter of that wealthy man. But things start to change a lot thereafter.
- DirectorRamesh SippyStarsSanjeev KumarDharmendraAmitabh BachchanAfter his family is murdered by a notorious and ruthless bandit, a former police officer enlists the services of two outlaws to capture the bandit.
- DirectorPrakash MehraStarsAmitabh BachchanVinod KhannaSaira BanuTwo friends Ajay and Vijay gets separated from each other when they discover secrets about their past in their own ways.
- DirectorManmohan DesaiStarsVinod KhannaRishi KapoorAmitabh BachchanThree brothers are separated and united after many years - one is brought up a Hindu, another a Muslim and the last (and most memorable) a Christian. Hilarity and adventure ensues.
- DirectorManmohan DesaiStarsShashi KapoorAmitabh BachchanRekhaTwo brothers gets separated at the time of their birth. But when they reunite as adults, challenges welcome them.
- DirectorManmohan DesaiStarsShammi KapoorAmitabh BachchanVinod KhannaA policeman adopts the son of a bandit. A misunderstanding leads the officer's own biological son to believe he is the bandit's son and he takes up a secret life of crime; meanwhile, the adopted son becomes an officer of the law.
- DirectorYash ChopraStarsAmitabh BachchanShashi KapoorNirupa RoyVijay struggles as a dockworker and eventually becomes a leading figure of the underworld, while his younger brother Ravi is an educated, upright policeman. This divide causes problems in their relationship.
- DirectorYash ChopraStarsAmitabh BachchanShashi KapoorRakhee GulzarKabhi Kabhie is a movie about the love story of generations and how a chain of events brings together old lovers as friends.
- DirectorPrakash MehraStarsAmitabh BachchanJaya BachchanPran SikandA tough and honest police officer clashes with a crime boss who, unbeknownst to him, happens to be his parents' murderer.
- DirectorHrishikesh MukherjeeStarsAmitabh BachchanJaya BachchanGovardhan AsraniA popular singer convinces his new wife to enter show-business, but his pride is wounded when she outshines him.
- DirectorRavi TandonStarsAmitabh BachchanParveen BabiPran SikandA terminally ill man frames himself for murder to allow his family to collect the reward money. After a successful operation, he escapes police custody and searches for the real killer.
- DirectorHrishikesh MukherjeeStarsRajesh KhannaAmitabh BachchanSumita SanyalThe story of a terminally ill man who wishes to live life to the fullest before the inevitable occurs, as told by his best friend.
- DirectorHrishikesh MukherjeeStarsRajesh KhannaAmitabh BachchanSimi GarewalSomnath (Somu) lives in a shanty house in a Delhi slum with his widowed mom, and unmarried sister, Sarla. He is friendly with Calcutta-based wealthy Vikram (Vicky) Maharaj. When Vicky's dad, Damodar, has a heart attack and is advised to take bed-rest for two months, Vicky fills in his father's shoes, has a confrontation with a senior employee and union leader, Bipinlal Pandey, which results in a strike. His father intervenes, asks Vicky to apologize to Bipinlal, which Vicky does, and everything returns to normal. Vicky confides about his humiliation with Somu, and both conspire to teach Bipinlal a lesson. As a result, Somu accompanies Vicky to Calcutta, gets a job as a laborer in his mill, befriends his fellow-workers, gets some monetary relief to injured workers, amongst other benefits, is elected as the union leader replacing Bipinlal. With Somu as the union leader and Vicky as the boss there is no stopping these two - until Damodar finds out and decides to put a stop to Vicky being influenced by Somu's middle-class ideas and ideals. Damodar starts a chain of events that get out of control, events that may well see the death of one of the friends at the hands of the other. Will Vicky's and Somu's friendship see them through or will it also be a casualty?
- DirectorShakti SamantaStarsRajesh KhannaSharmila TagoreSujit KumarA village woman abandoned by her husband is forced into prostitution in Kolkata and forms nameless yet strong relations with a wealthy patron as well as an abused boy in the neighbourhood.
- DirectorHarnam Singh RawailStarsRajesh KhannaLeena ChandavarkarPradeep KumarYusuf lives a wealthy lifestyle with his businessman dad, Safdarjang, who is confined to a wheel-chair. When Yusuf's precocious nephew, Khalid alias Phirangi's tutor, Mrs. Albert complains about him and quits, Yusuf hires Shabana, who along with her granny, have come to live with them for a short period of time. He also hires a man named Khairudin as a servant to look after his dad. Yusuf and Shabana are attracted to each other and intend to marry, much to the joy of Safdarjang and the granny. The wedding preparations are on, but there are a couple things Yusuf and his family do not know. One is that Shabana is the daughter of a Courtesan named Najma; and that Khairudin has secured employment in order to kill Yusuf.
- DirectorAsit SenStarsRajesh KhannaSharmila TagoreFeroz KhanDr Neela is asked to assist in a a surgery by her senior Dr Chandra but the patient passes away and Dr Chandra tells her that patient had zero chances of survival and he asked her to perform surgery so that she comes out of her past trauma.The patient sons comes to Neela's cabin and starts accusing her for killing his mother,where Neela recollects her past.She belonged to a poor family and was studying medical were she met a fellow student Avinash who was also financially weak and a good artist but suffering from terminal illness.Neela and Avinash met with a bad note but turned out to be good friends in order to overcome her financial crisis Dr Chandra asks Neela to give tut-ions to Monto whose son of a businessmen Shekar. During this period Shekar starts developing liking for Neela but she is attracted to Avinash,Shekar meets Avinash as he is the only one who can convince Neela for marriage.Avinash convinces Neela by reveling the truth that he is suffering from blood cancer and has very less time to live.A broken heart ed Neela marries Shekar but still has soft corner for Avinash as a friend leaving Shekar suspicious.
- DirectorGulzarStarsVinod KhannaOm ShivpuriLily ChakravartyA doctor must operate on a convicted murderer who is destined for the gallows. Running parallel to the medical drama are flashbacks to the events that led the highly-respected army officer to commit murder.
- DirectorSudhendu RoyStarsAmitabh BachchanNutanTrilok KapoorA calculative man schemes to deceit a poor but young widow for his personal monetary gains.
- DirectorVikas DesaiAruna RajeStarsVinod KhannaShabana AzmiUtpal DuttVinod Joshi lives a middle-class existence with his wife, Meena, and a young son. He would like to improve upon his living conditions and ensure that his child enjoys life thoroughly. One day Vinod returns home in a bloodied state, and tells Meena that there has been a homicide at his place of work, and a large amount of money has been stolen. The police are called in to to investigate, and as a result a fellow-employee by the name of Subramaniam is arrested and sentenced to jail. Then the Joshi family gets wealthy all of a sudden, and move to a different and more spacious location, and start enjoying their lives to the fullest. Meena finds out that another co-worker of Vinod's, Maan Singh, has been telling people that Vinod was the one who stole the money, and also killed the employee in the process. Meena goes to meet Maan Singh to confirm this, and he does so, and even writes a letter to her to that effect, and threatens to inform the police. When Meena confronts Vinod, he vehemently denies ever stealing nor killing anyone, but has no explanation to offer for their new-found wealth. As Meena attempts to trace the origin of this wealth, and gets more and more convinced about his guilt, she and Vinod finds themselves growing further apart from each other, and Meena coming to the shocking conclusion that she has been sleeping with someone who may have killed another human being. Then Maan Singh's girlfriend, Rosita, is killed. The police find Vinod's fingerprints on the knife. Upon seeing the police, Vinod asks Meena to get ready to run, which they do, with the police in hot chase after them. How long will Vinod continue to elude the police, and did he really commit those murders?
- DirectorShakti SamantaStarsRajesh KhannaAsha ParekhPrem ChopraA runaway bride promises her dying widowed friend that she will assume her identity and look after her infant child.
- DirectorShakti SamantaStarsAshok KumarNutanVinod MehraA noble & philanthropic grandfather is confronted with his worst fears at the fag end of his life! Barely coming to terms with loss of his son, he's shattered to learn that his grandson has blood cancer! Bereavement again? Why me?
- DirectorAsit SenStarsRajesh KhannaWaheeda RehmanNasir HussainTale of a female nurse trying to maintain a balance between her professional life and her emotions who falls victim to the natural feeling of love and compassion when a person takes care of another person.
- DirectorGulzarStarsJeetendraJaya BachchanPran SikandIn desperate need of a job, unemployed Ravi (Jeetendra) goes to his maternal uncle (A.K. Hangal) and aunt (Leela Mishra) in their village for a few days. His uncle decides that he can be a suitable teacher for five obstinate and spoiled grand-children of the wealthy Rai Saheb (Pran). Ravi accepts this offer, and goes to work as a tutor with them. He soon realizes that it is not upto him to keep his employment there, but rather to the children themselves, who have never tolerated any tutor beyond a few days.
- DirectorGulzarStarsSanjeev KumarJaya BachchanGovardhan AsraniA speech and hearing-impaired couple persists through unforgiving obstacles to be accepted by society and live a life of dignity.
- DirectorManmohan DesaiStarsRajesh KhannaMumtaz AskariNirupa RoyMangal Singh (Rajesh Khanna) has been a career criminal, whose criminal career began to steal food and to keep from starving, and thence got him in deeper and deeper in the criminal world. His crimes have caught up with him and he is sentenced to be hanged. He dramatically escapes with the help of underworld don, Suraj (Pinchoo Kapoor), and is on the run from the police. He lands up in a small village in Northern India, and becomes a school-teacher with the help of local restauranteur, Bijli (Mumtaz). He takes on the identity of Ramu, a friend of Shravan, and goes to live with Shravan's parents, Lalaji (Om Prakash) and Malti (Nirupa Roy), little knowing that they are the parents of a man he killed while escaping from the police.
- DirectorManoj KumarStarsManoj KumarShashi KapoorZeenat AmanBharat faces challenges in leading his family after taking the responsibilities following his father's death.
- DirectorRamesh SippyStarsShammi KapoorRajesh KhannaHema MaliniRajoo (Rajesh Khanna) and Sheetal (Hema Malini) are in love, and expecting some opposition from Rajoo's dad (Ajit), they marry in a simple temple ceremony. But Rajoo's dad vehemently opposes this marriage, and refuses to accept Sheetal. Then Rajoo is accidentally killed in a vehicle accident, leaving Sheetal pregnant and totally devastated. She eventually gives birth a baby boy Deepu (Master Alankar). Sheetal than seeks employment, and gets a job as a teacher. One of her students is a child named Muni, whose dad is a widower, Ravi (Shammi Kapoor). Since their circumstances are similiar, they become very close, and eventually decide to marry. But Ravi's mom )Achla Sachdev) objects to this marriage, and accuses Sheetal of being a woman of questionable means. In the meantime, a villager, Mahuva (Aruna Irani) commits suicide, and the villagers point the finger at Ravi, on whom Mahuva had a crush. Was Ravi two-timing Sheetal?
- DirectorHrishikesh MukherjeeStarsDharmendraSharmila TagoreAmitabh BachchanA newly wedded husband plays a practical joke on his wife's family with full support from his wife and friends.
- DirectorDulal GuhaStarsAmitabh BachchanRekhaPrem ChopraA man (Amitabh Bachchan) is found wounded on railway tracks and when he awakens he has no memory of who he is and doesn't remember anything about his life. Six years later he is living with a wealthy couple and is now named Naresh Dutt. One day he begins to regain his memory when he watches a film and realizes that the actress in the film is related to him somehow. It is then that he discovers the actress in the film is none other than his wife Rekha Roy (Rekha). He finds out that she is now a very successful film actress changing her name to Sunita Devi and her manager is none other than Ranjeet Malik (Prem Chopra) who used to be his best friend. In flashbacks he remembers that his real name is Amit Roy and Ranjit was the one who attempted to kill him six years earlier by throwing him off the train he was traveling on with Rekha. Amit also discovers that his young son who is now 10 years old has been sent to a boarding school and sets out a plan to regain custody of his son. First however he plans on taking revenge against Ranjit. Amit comes up with a plan to re-enter Rekha and Ranjit's lives by disguising himself as a film producer. He meets with Rekha and Ranjit and offers Rekha the opportunity to act in his new film titled Do Anjaane. Rekha and Ranjit grow suspicious of Naresh Dutt as they start to realize that he bears a striking resemblance to Rekha's supposedly deceased husband Amit Roy and the storyline of his film eerily mirrors Rekha's past life. Will she discover the true identity of Naresh Dutt? and what revenge has Amit/Naresh got planned for Ranjit?
- DirectorGulzarStarsSuchitra SenSanjeev KumarOm ShivpuriHotel manager J.K. (Sanjeev Kumar) works there. One day, he bravely steps in to save Aarti, the drunken daughter of a politician (Suchitra Sen). Aarti and J.K. have a small ceremony to celebrate their marriage after falling in love. The married pair decides to separate after a few years because of several issues. Aarti and J.K. eventually cross paths again when she has achieved political success. Both of them sense a connection despite their distance, but Aarti is reluctant to speak up for fear of having her reputation ruined and endangering her profession. However, when the opposing party conducts a rally to disparage and humiliate Aarti Devi, When she gets there, she informs the populace and voters of her decision to leave her husband and family in order to serve this nation's citizens. The public respects her and is deeply moved by her voice and selflessness. J.K. arrives there as well and offers her support; she is overjoyed and moves on. She is elected and goes on to have a fulfilling life.
- DirectorShankar MukherjeeStarsSanjeev KumarSharmila TagoreAmitabh BachchanWhen two lovers separated due to financial circumstance are reunited several years later under one roof, sparks fly and emotions run high. How will they resolve this relationship?
- DirectorBasu ChatterjeeStarsAshok KumarVidya SinhaAmol PalekarA 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.
- DirectorK.B. TilakStarsRajesh KhannaSharmila TagoreNirupa RoyRadha lives with her widowed dad and is of marriageable age. Accordingly her details her provided to a marriage-broker, Avtar, who also doubles as a Ved (Village Doctor). He brings the proposal before Shriram and his wife, Sita. They approve of Radha and show her photograph to Shriram's brother, Dr. Madhu, who agrees to marry her. The marriage is celebrated with great pomp and ceremony in the entire village. It is then that the Shriram, Sita, and Madhu find out that Radha has a serious illness - a fact that was known to Avtar - but not communicated to them. This illness prevents her from being intimate with Madhu, and the only cure is when she has a child of her own. Will this marriage be annulled?
- DirectorHrishikesh MukherjeeStarsJaya BachchanAmitabh BachchanUsha KiranA reclusive, depressed man and a bubbly young woman fall in love but then find out that she has cancer.
- DirectorYash ChopraStarsAmitabh BachchanSanjeev KumarShashi KapoorAn engineer visiting a town, has a brief affair with a local girl and walks off, leaving her with a child. The son grows up to avenge his deserted mother. Vijay is the angry young man playing the son.
- DirectorM.A. ThirumughamStarsRajesh KhannaTanuja SamarthDavid AbrahamOrphaned Raju, in the company of four elephants, has to perform with them at street corners, in order to keep alive. Slowly he amasses a fortune, and is able to build his own private zoo, housing tigers, lions, bears, and of course the four elephants. He treats all the animals as his friends. He meets with Tanu, and both fall in love. Tanu's dad, Ratanlal, is opposed to this alliance, but subsequently relents, and permits the young couple to get married. Tanu is unhappy with the amount of time Raju spends with his animal friends, and this causes some bitterness between them. Things do not improve when a child is born, as Tanu fears that one day the child will be harmed by one of the animals, and hence Raju is told to make a choice between his animal friends or his wife and son.
- DirectorHrishikesh MukherjeeStarsAmol PalekarBindiya GoswamiDeven VermaA man's simple lie to secure his job escalates into more complex lies when his orthodox boss gets suspicious.
- DirectorGulzarStarsMeena KumariVinod KhannaShatrughan SinhaAnandi Devi is an old widow living in her village she is bought to the city by her distant relative Arun. Anandi Devi realizes that Arun and his wife wanted to keep her as a maid following which she leaves the house and befriends a child beggar and start living in a dilapidated house. Due to her kind and good nature she is then called as Naani Maa by youth groups which are led by Shyam and Chhenu. Shyam and Chhenu are rivals of each other and can't see eye to eye, Anandi Devi tries to be peacemaker between them.
- DirectorRaj N. SippyStarsVinod KhannaVidya SinhaShreeram LagooA police detective helps a wealthy shoe company owner search for the young son of the owner's chaufeur whom was kidnapped by a disgruntled ex-employee and his gang for a large ransom.
- DirectorYash ChopraStarsAmitabh BachchanShashi KapoorShatrughan SinhaInspired by a true mining tragedy the film is about people from all walks of life showing courage and character to fight the forces of nature.