Prayag Raj

Cotton Mary (1999)

, 2h4
Réalisé par Ismail Merchant, Madhur Jaffrey
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame
Acteurs Greta Scacchi, Madhur Jaffrey, James Wilby, Sakina Jaffrey, Gemma Jones, Sarah Badel
Rôle Abraham
Note52%

This film follows the story of a British woman living in India (Scacchi). She struggles during her birth and is in desperate need of a nanny. An Indian nurse known as Cotton Mary jumps to the opportunity. She seems kind at first, but her true nature gradually reveals itself as she manipulates everyone around her to get what she wants.

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In Custody (1994)

, 2h6
Réalisé par Ismail Merchant
Genres Drame, Comédie
Acteurs Shashi Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Om Puri, Sushma Seth, Amjad Khan, Tinnu Anand
Note70%

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Bombay Talkie (1970)

, 1h52
Réalisé par James Ivory
Genres Drame, Romance
Acteurs Shashi Kapoor, Jennifer Kendal, Aparna Sen, Zia Mohyeddin, Utpal Dutt, Florence Ezekiel Nadira
Rôle Director
Note56%

Lucia Lane (Jennifer Kendal) is a British author who is researching the Bollywood film industry. She falls in love and has an affair with Vikram (Shashi Kapoor), a famous Bollywood actor. The plot is complicated by the fact that Vikram is married, and his friend, Hari, is in love with Lucia.

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My Love (1970)

Genres Drame, Romance
Acteurs Shashi Kapoor, Sharmila Tagore, Nirupa Roy, Rajendra Nath, Madan Puri, Laxmi Chhaya
Note66%

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Sachaa Jhutha (1970)

, 2h24
Genres Drame, Comédie, Action, Musical, Policier
Acteurs Rajesh Khanna, Mumtaz, Vinod Khanna, Farida Jalal, Dina Pathak, Jagdish Raj
Note64%

Bhola (Rajesh Khanna) is an innocent band musician who lives with his physically challenged sister Belu in a village. He needs more money for his sister's marriage and he sets off to Bombay to earn. To make his sister not to feel for his departure he sings a song on the way towards railway station. On the other hand Bombay city Police department is shocked by series of diamond thefts which lead no clue. But Inspector Pradhan(Vinod Khanna) suspects the thief to be Ranjith (Rajesh Khanna) who is actually a wealthy diamond businessman on the accounts that whenever a theft occurs he is present there. But he has no evidence and searches for that. He creates a plan with Rita (Mumtaz) to attract Ranjith to know his secret plans. Bhola arrives the city and he is called as Ranjith in a party. Ranjith who arrives the party surprised to see Bhola as he looks identical as him. He immediately plots for a plan. He takes Bhola to his place and reveals himself. He convinces Bhola to act like Ranjith in front of the society as he is suffering from cancer and requires a treatment. Until his return from treatment Bhola has to make believe everybody that he is Ranjith. Actually he makes him as Ranjith so that he can continue with his diamond smuggling meanwhile there will not be any evidence as Bhola is going to be Ranjith everywhere. But he did not reveal the reason to him. He also promises that he would give money for his sister's marriage. Innocent Bhola believes him and agrees to the plan .

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राजा साब (1969)

Genres Romance
Acteurs Shashi Kapoor, Nanda, Rajendra Nath, Kamal Kapoor, Agha, Shammi
Note62%

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Shakespeare Wallah (1965)

, 1h57
Réalisé par James Ivory
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Romance
Thèmes Théâtre
Acteurs Shashi Kapoor, Felicity Ann Kendal, Madhur Jaffrey, Geoffrey Kendal, Partap Sharma, Utpal Dutt
Rôle Sharmaji
Note67%

Tom Buckingham et sa femme Carla sont les directeurs et acteurs d'une troupe d'acteurs shakespeariens dans l'Inde post-coloniale. Ils doivent compter avec la baisse d'intérêt pour leur art, à mesure que le théâtre anglais est supplanté par le cinéma indien en pleine émergence. Lizzie Buckingham, la fille du couple, tombe amoureuse de Sanju, un jeune et riche Indien oisif qui a aussi une amourette avec Manjula, une star de cinéma de Bombay.

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Jab Jab Phool Khile (1965)

Genres Drame, Romance
Acteurs Nanda, Shashi Kapoor, Shammi, Agha, Kamal Kapoor, Prayag Raj
Note64%

Rita Khanna (Nanda), only daughter and an heiress of Raj Bahadur Chunnilal goes to Kashmir for a holiday along with her maid Stella (Shammi). There she rents a houseboat and becomes friendly with owner of that houseboat Raja (Shashi Kapoor). Raja was an innocent and romantic village guy who lives along with his younger sister Munni. After some misunderstandings, they grow friendly and Raja falls in love with Rita. Before starting back Rita promises Raja that she would come back the following year.

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The Householder (1963)

, 1h41
Réalisé par James Ivory
Genres Drame
Acteurs Shashi Kapoor, Leela Naidu, Durga Khote, Achala Sachdev, Walter Woolf King, Pahari Sanyal
Rôle Raj
Note67%

Prem Sagar (Shashi Kapoor), a teacher at a private college in Delhi, is married to Indu (Leela Naidu) in an arranged marriage recently and is still learning ropes of relationships, when the arrival of Prem's mother (Durga Khote) spells doom to their budding relationship. Indu, unable to handle her interference in the marriage, leaves Prem to return to her family. Prem searches for answers from a variety of people, including a Swami (Pahari Sanyal), who reveals the secret of a successful marriage, as a result, he finally gains the maturity to love his wife.

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Le vagabond (1951)

, 3h13
Réalisé par Raj Kapoor
Genres Drame, Musical, Romance
Acteurs Prithviraj Kapoor, Nargis, Raj Kapoor, Leela Chitnis, Shashi Kapoor, K. N. Singh (Krishan Niranjan Singh)
Rôle (as Paryag)
Note77%

Judge Raghunath is a wealthy district judge who convicts Jagga, a man whose father was a criminal, of rape on little evidence. The judge believes that "good people are born to good people, and criminals are born to criminals." Jagga later escapes and kidnaps the judge's wife Leela for revenge. When he finds out that she has just become pregnant, he releases her after four days and plans a different kind of revenge. The judge suspects that Leela was unfaithful to him with Jagga, and throws her out of the house.

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Le vagabond (1951)

Réalisé par Raj Kapoor
Origine Inde
Genres Drame, Musical, Romance
Acteurs Nargis, Prithviraj Kapoor, Leela Chitnis, Raj Kapoor, K. N. Singh (Krishan Niranjan Singh), Helen Khan
Rôle (as Paryag)
Note77%

Le juge Raghunath est un juge riche de district qui juge Jagga, un homme dont le père était un criminel, de viol sur peu de preuves. Le juge estime que "les bonnes personnes sont nées de bonnes personnes, et les criminels sont nés de criminels." Jagga plus tard, s'échappe et prend en otage Leela, la femme du juge, pour se venger. Quand il découvre qu'elle vient tout juste de tomber enceinte, il la relâche au bout de quatre jours, et fait d'autres plans pour sa vengeance. Le juge soupçonne qu'elle a été infidèle avec Jagga, et la jette hors de la maison.

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Ghair Khanooni (1989)

, 2h15
Réalisé par Prayag Raj
Acteurs Sridevi, Rajinikanth, Kimi Katkar, Govinda, Aruna Irani, Ranjeet

This movie begins in a hospital in India where Sridevi and Govinda are switched at birth. Kader Khan, Sridevi's dad, steals Govinda from the nursery after finding out that his wife gave birth to a girl. He leaves the girl in the arms of the bewildered mother who passes away from a heart attack after discovering that someone stole her baby. As the tragedy unfolds throughout the movie, Govinda and Sridevi eventually find who out their biological parents really are.

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