Greatest Indian Movies of 1972
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- DirectorSiddalingaiahStarsRajkumarBharathiLoknathRajeeva comes to the village to visit his sister only to find that she's in financial trouble and has lost her husband. He decides to stay and help her out.The Best Masterpiece I have ever seen.
Ranks among the Greatest Movies ever made. - DirectorY.R. SwamyStarsArathiRajkumarAdvani Lakshmi DeviAn intelligent, educated man is suffering from lunacy and is ridiculed by everyone. Is his condition for real or some hidden agenda?
- DirectorY.R. SwamyStarsT.N. BalakrishnaRajkumarK.S. AshwathNanda Gokula is a 1972 Indian Kannnada film, directed by Y R Swamy and produced by Vikram Srinivas. The film stars Dr Rajkumar, Jayanthi, Ramesh, K S Ashwath and Balakrishna in lead roles. The film had musical score by Vijaya Bhaskar. Watch the full movie, Nanda Gokula, only on Eros Now.
- DirectorS.P.N. KrishnanStarsPandari BaiRajkumarK.S. Ashwath
- DirectorRashi SahodararuStarsPandari BaiRajkumarK.S. Ashwath
- DirectorHunsur KrishnamurthyStarsK.S. AshwathBharathiB. HanumanthacharJagamechida Maga is a 1972 Indian Kannnada film, directed by Hunsur Krishnamurthy and produced by S Bhavanarayan. The film stars Dr Rajkumar, K S Ashwath, M P Shankar, Narasimharaju and Shakthi Prasad in lead roles. The film had musical score by Sathyam. Watch the full movie, Jagamechida Maga, only on Eros Now.
- DirectorY.R. SwamyStarsArathiLeelavathiRajkumarThough IMDB Page mentions this as 1971 movie. Sipayi Ramu was released in 1972.
- DirectorJambulingamStarsRajesh KhannaMumtaz AskariOm PrakashAkash is a honest and educated young man, employed by the Bombay Municipal Corporation as a clerk. He lives with his equally honest brother, his sister-in-law, a niece, Sharda, and a nephew. Due to Akash's honesty he becomes a liability to his corrupt superiors. One day they find fault with his work, and dismiss him. When Akash attempts to assert himself legally, he finds that there is corruption everywhere. In retaliation, even his brother is implicated in a crime, and arrested. Now Akash must come up with a way to clear his brother, as well as expose the wrong-doers, but will he able to do so in this lifetime?
- DirectorHrishikesh MukherjeeStarsRajesh KhannaJaya BachchanUsha KiranA 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.
- DirectorP. Chandrasekhara ReddyStarsN.T. Rama RaoAnjali DeviKongara JaggaiahThe story of a school teacher who lives with a commitment to basic values of life.
- DirectorM.A. ThirumughamStarsM.G. RamachandranK.R. VijayaNageshThis is the story about the friendship and loyalty of animals with man. Raju owns elephants and earns a livelihood by making them perform tricks. He falls in love with Vijaya and they get married. But soon, a problem arises. Vijaya hates elephants because of a personal tragedy in her life. She also feels that Raju spends too much time with his elephant friends. Will the elephants succeed in winning over her heart or will Raju be forced to make a choice between his wife and his animal friends?
- DirectorP. NeelakantanStarsM.G. RamachandranS.A. AshokanO.A.K. DevarRaman, one of the world's richest men, is looking for a bride.
- DirectorS.R. Puttana KanagalStarsAmbarishArathiK.S. AshwathThis is the tale of an angry young man with flavours of Teacher-student relationship, the stubbornness of Ramachari(protagonist) and his attempts at having a romantic relationship.
- DirectorB.V. KaranthGirish KarnadStarsVenkata Rao TalegiriL.V. Sharada RaoB.V. KaranthKathyayani, a widow, pursues her BA degree with her father-in-law's support. However, when she falls in love with a drama professor, Raja Rao, she struggles with her emotions.Though IMDB mentions this as 1971 movie. Vamsha Vriksha was released in 1972.
- DirectorC.V. RajendranStarsShivaji GanesanSowcar JanakiMukkamalaSivaji Ganesan earns a living driving a truck. He is a rash driver and more than usually also driving while drunk. One night he stops at a prostitute's, spends the night with her, and gets up late the next morning. He rushes out and drives at breakneck speed in thick fog to make up for lost time while again drinking. He inevitably ends up running over and killing a farmer. But despite the opportunity to hit and run, he decides to stay and face the consequences. He is arrested by the police, charged, and brought before the ourts. W Sivaji Ganesan acknowledges his guilt to the Judge (Chittor V. Nagaiah) who in-turn knows that he should send him to prison for two years. But moved by the plight of the farmer's family (which include his widow (Sowcar Janaki), his sister, two young sons; a crippled father (S. V. Subbaiah), and his blind mother (Ganthimathi), and his inherent belief that imprisonment does not serve the good of the victim or the perpetrator, the Judge resolves to try a novel experiment of forcing Sivaji Ganesan to live with the farmer's family and looking after their financial needs. A horrified Ganesan attempts in vain to convince the Judge to change his ruling. He is transported to his new prison under police protection (J. P. Chandrababu), where he is met by hostile villagers. The farmer's family detest his presence, and call him enemy. Sivaji Ganesan attempts to escape on the first night, but is apprehended and brought back to serve his time. He gradually comes to terms with the twist of fate that has forced him to become a subsistence farmer and live under the ever unforgiving eyes of the farmer's family. Over time he starts sincerely working for the family and its interests. He meets Jayalalithaa, a happy-go-lucky girl who operates a small bi-scope machine to entertain the village kids. They take an instant liking to each other, which blossoms into love. He also finds friends amongst the previously hostile villagers (Manorama). He works hard on the f
- DirectorRamesh SippyStarsDharmendraSanjeev KumarHema MaliniLong-suffering heiress Seeta is treated worse than a servant by her abusive money-grubbing aunt. Meanwhile, her long-lost twin sister Geeta grows up to be a gutsy street performer. One day, the girls unintentionally swap places.
- DirectorB.R. ChopraStarsDilip KumarSharmila TagorePrem ChopraWhen Vishnu, a reputed judge, is mistakenly assumed as Anil, who is the murderer of Dhanraj, he decides to travel to Anil's home town and unravel the mystery behind it.
- DirectorMehmoodS. RamanathanStarsMehmoodAruna IraniAmitabh BachchanCollege student Mala has dreams of becoming a Bollywood movie actress; her dreams began materializing into reality when she is approached by Mr. Sharma and his assistant Mr. Verma who promises to take her to the way of stardom. Unfortunately when her parents learn about this they oppose to this and decide to arrange her marriage so that she will be restricted to go above her limits forcing her to approach Sharma for advice who asks her to run-away with huge sums of cash. Greed over comes the duo resulting in Sharma killing Verma; Mala who witness this is on the run for her life; she then board a bus that run between Bombay to Goa without realizing where this journey will end. But her life remains threaten as Sharma has not given up his searches for her.
- 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.