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Pyaasa
Pyaasa (1957)
, 2h26
Directed by Guru Dutt
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about suicide, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Guru Dutt, Mala Sinha, Waheeda Rehman, Johnny Walker, Rehman, Leela Mishra

Vijay (Guru Dutt) is an unsuccessful poet whose works are not taken seriously by publishers or his brothers (who sell his poems as waste paper). Unable to bear their taunting that he is a good-for-nothing, he stays away from home and is often out on the streets. He encounters a good-hearted prostitute named Gulabo (Waheeda Rehman), who is enamoured with his poetry and falls in love with him. He also encounters his ex-girlfriend Meena (Mala Sinha) from college and finds out that she has married a big publisher Mr. Ghosh (Rehman) for financial security. Ghosh hires him as a servant to find out more about him and Meena. A dead beggar to whom Vijay gave his coat and whom he tries to save unsuccessfully from the path of a running train is mistaken for Vijay. Gulabo goes to Ghosh and gets his poems published. Ghosh does so feeling he can exploit the poems and make a killing. The poems are very successful. However, Vijay is alive and in the hospital after the train mishap.
Devdas
Devdas (1955)
, 2h39
Directed by Bimal Roy
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Dilip Kumar, Vyjayanthimala, Suchitra Sen, Motilal, Nazir Hussain, Iftekhar

Set against the backdrop of rural Bengal during feudal times, Devdas is a young man from a wealthy Bengali Brahmin family in India in the early 1900s. Paro alias Parvati is a young woman from a middle class Bengali Brahmin family, but belonging to a slightly lower status in terms of caste, affluence and status. The two families lived in a village, and Devdas and Paro were childhood friends.
Aan
Aan (1952)
, 2h41
Directed by Mehboob Khan
Genres Drama, Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Political films, Bollywood, Films about royalty
Actors Dilip Kumar, Nimmi, Prem Nath, Florence Ezekiel Nadira, Mukri

A royal Indian family consists of the Emperor Maharaj (Murad), his brother Shamsher Singh (Premnath) and sister Rajshree (Nadira). A local village leader named Jai Tilak (Dilip Kumar) enters a contest to tame Princess Rajshree's horse and after he is successful Shamsher challenges him to a game of fencing. Jai is declared the winner of the fight after much dispute and Shamsher is enraged at losing to a poor villager. Jai then falls in love with Rajshree and tries numerous times to woo her but the princess's arrogance prevents her from revealing her true feelings.
Sangdil
Sangdil (1952)

Genres Drama
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Dilip Kumar, Madhubala, Leela Chitnis, Dara Singh, Shammi, Kuldip Kaur

Une adaptation de Jane Eyre de Charlotte Bronte: deux enfants, un garçon et une fille, amis d'enfance, sont séparés et grandissent dans des mondes différents. La fille est amenée à être une «pujaaran» (prêtresse) tandis que le garçon devient un «thakur» (propriétaire terrien) abattu, rendu vindicatif par les injustices de la vie. Le sort, inévitablement, finit par les réunir à nouveau. Au début tout semble heureux pour le jeune couple, jusqu'à ce que la femme découvre un sombre secret de son mari...
Kismet
Kismet (1943)
, 2h23
Directed by Gyan Mukherjee
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Ashok Kumar, Mumtaz Shanti, David Abraham, Kanu Roy, Mehmood Ali

Shekhar (Ashok Kumar) is a pickpocket and con man, who is released from jail after serving his third sentence. It is at once evident that he has no intention of mending his ways, as he relieves a pickpocket of his catch, which happens to be an old, priceless watch.
Basant
Basant (1942)
, 2h26
Directed by Amiya Chakravarty
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Madhubala, Mumtaz Shanti, Pramila

Le jeune Babul (Suresh) a repéré une annonce sur un mur du Roop Mahal, le théâtre local dont Meena (Pramila) est la vedette. Ils sont à la recherche de nouveaux talents et Babul vient se présenter plein d'espoir au directeur (Dixit). Mais loin de l'encourager, il le renvoie méchamment. Dalip (Mumtaz Ali) qui a assisté à la scène, prend le garçon en pitié et lui propose de tenter sa chance auprès du propriétaire du théâtre, Janki Prasad (P.F. Pithawala), en emmenant avec lui sa grande sœur Uma (Mumtaz Shanti) si elle chante aussi bien qu'il le dit.
Kunku
Kunku (1937)
, 2h46
Directed by V. Shantaram
Origin Inde
Genres Drama
Themes Feminist films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Political films, Bollywood
Actors Shanta Apte

The basic storyline revolves around a young woman, Nirmala (Shanta Apte) rebelling against her marriage to a much older widower, Kaka Saheb (Keshavrao Date), as was the practice in thosehe story is based on a novel by Shri. Narayan Hari Apte. It reminds us instinctively of the story of Sharada, a play by Deval which had long been a classic of Marathi theatre.
Untouchable Girl
Untouchable Girl (1936)
, 2h22
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Ashok Kumar, Devika Rani, Pramila, Mumtaz Ali

Pratap (Ashok Kumar) and Kasturi (Devika Rani) are childhood friends, deeply in love with each other. Unfortunately, Pratap is a Brahmin and Kasturi an untouchable (achhut). Social mores of the time (the movies is set in the distant past, probably before 1900) preclude any possibility of the two ever uniting.
Devdas
Devdas (1936)
, 2h19
Directed by P.C. Barua
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Kundan Lal Saigal, Jamuna Barua, P.C. Barua, Thanjavur Ranganayaki Rajakumari, Rajkumari, Phani Sarma

Devdas (K. L. Saigal) falls in love with Parvati (Jamuna) with whom he has played since childhood and who is the daughter of a poor neighboring family. Devdas goes away to Calcutta for University studies. Meanwhile, Parvati's father arranges her marriage to a much older man. Though she loves Devdas, she obeys her father to suffer in silence like a dutiful Hindi wife. Devdas as a result takes to drink. Chandramukhi (Rajkumari), a dancing girl or 'prostitute' he has befriended in Calcutta, falls for him and gives up her profession to try to save him. Parvati, hearing of his decline, comes to see him to steer him away from a life of drinking. Devdas sends her back saying in his hour of final need he will come to her. She returns to her life of duty. Realising his end is near, Devdas decides to keep his promise and meet Parvati. He journeys all night, reaches her house and is found dead outside the high walls of her house. Inside Parvati hears that Devdas is dead.
Karma
Karma (1933)
, 1h8
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Devika Rani, Himanshu Rai, Abraham Sofaer

The story is about a princess (played by Devika Rani) who falls in love with a neighbouring prince much to the disapproval of the latter's father.