Search a film or person :
FacebookConnectionRegistration
Waqt is a film of genre Drama directed by Yash Chopra with Balraj Sahni

Waqt (1965)

Waqt
If you like this film, let us know!
Length 3h26
Directed by
Genres Drama,    Crime,    Romance
Rating75% 3.790433.790433.790433.790433.79043

Waqt (Hindi: वक्त, English: Time) is a 1965 Indian film directed by Yash Chopra. It made it onto the BFI's long list of films in consideration for their top ten of Indian films award. It was produced by B. R. Chopra and starred an ensemble cast including Sunil Dutt, Raaj Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Sadhana, Balraj Sahni, Madan Puri, Sharmila Tagore, Achala Sachdev and Rehman.

It pioneered the concept of films with multiple stars, starting a trend followed by other films. The film took the top spot at the box office in 1965. The plot of this movie re-introduced the lost and reunite formula in Bollywood, originally featured in the 1943 Ashok Kumar, Mumtaz Shanti starrer Kismat (fate). A happy family separated by Waqt (time) goes through a series of trials trying to reunite. The film was later remade into the Telugu as Bhale Abbayilu (1969) and in Malayalam as Kolilakkam (1981).

The film contains the popular Hindi song Aage Bhi Jaane Na Tu sung by Asha Bhosle, and Ae Meri Zohra Jabeen, sung by Manna Dey, composed by Ravi and picturised on Balraj Sahni and Achala Sachdev.

Synopsis

Lala Kedarnath Prasanta (Balraj Sahni) has three sons whose birthdays are on the same day. On the occasion of their birthday celebration, they are visited by a well-known astrologer, who advises Lala Kedarnath not to be proud for his past achievements and to not be too optimistic about the future as fate (kismat) plays a key role in life. Lala Kedarnath ignores the prediction and is busy making plans for an even wealthier future. Later that night as he is proclaiming his grand plans for the future to his wife, Laxmi (Achala Sachdev), there is a sudden earthquake and the whole town crumbles. When Lala Kedarnath regains consciousness, his house has been destroyed and his family is gone.

Actors

Trailer of Waqt

Bluray, DVD

Streaming / VOD

Source : Wikidata

Comments


Leave comment :

Suggestions of similar film to Waqt

There are 355 films with the same actors, 23 films with the same director, 71559 with the same cinematographic genres (including 1081 with exactly the same 3 genres than Waqt), to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.

If you liked Waqt, you will probably like those similar films :
Kabhi Kabhie, 2h58
Directed by Yash Chopra
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about families, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Waheeda Rehman, Rakhee Gulzar, Neetu Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor
Rating70% 3.54483.54483.54483.54483.5448
Amitabh est un jeune étudiant dont la poésie commence à être reconnue. À l'université il rencontre Pooja ; les deux jeunes gens tombent amoureux et décident de se marier. Mais leur projet est contrarié par les parents de la jeune fille qui lui ont choisi un autre mari. Ils acceptent ce choix à regret : Pooja épouse Vijay, jeune architecte dynamique et talentueux tandis qu'Amitabh renonce à la poésie, prend la succession de son père à la tête de l'entreprise familiale et se marie avec Anjali.
Deewaar
Deewaar (1975)
, 2h56
Directed by Yash Chopra
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Shashi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Parveen Babi, Neetu Kapoor, Nirupa Roy, Satyen Kappu
Rating79% 3.996533.996533.996533.996533.99653
The film opens with a depiction of the strong leadership of trade unionist Anand Verma (Satyen Kappu), who works hard to enhance the lives of struggling laborers. He lives in a modest home with his wife, Sumitra Devi (Nirupa Roy), and their two young sons, Vijay (Amitabh Bachchan) loosely based on Haji Mastan, and Ravi (Shashi Kapoor). Anand, however, is blackmailed by a corrupt businessman who threatens to kill his family if Anand does not cease his protest activities. Forced into compliance, Anand is thus attacked by the very same laborers who then jeer him for his betrayal, unaware that he was blackmailed. His family is also persecuted by the angry workers. Out of shame, Anand leaves town, leaving Sumitra to care for their sons alone in poverty. Several of the angry workers kidnap Vijay and tattoo his arm with the Hindi words "मेरा बाप चोर है" (translated into "My Father Is A Thief"). Not knowing what else to do, Sumitra brings her children to Mumbai and struggles as a day laborer to care for her now homeless sons.
Silsila
Silsila (1981)
, 3h2
Directed by Yash Chopra
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Aviation films, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Jaya Bachchan, Rekha, Sanjeev Kumar, Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Rating71% 3.5962153.5962153.5962153.5962153.596215
Orphaned at very young age, brothers Shekhar Malhotra (Shashi Kapoor) and Amit Malhotra (Amitabh Bachchan) lead independent lives. Shekhar is a Squadron Leader with the Indian Air Force, and Amit is an emerging writer. Shekhar has fallen in love with the lovely Shobha (Jaya Bachchan), while Amit seeks to woo the attractive Chandni (Rekha). Amit finds professional success as a playwright in Delhi, enjoying a successful launch into the circles of Delhi's intellectual elite. Amit's passion and dedication to his craft wins Chandni's affections for Amit, and they share a brief, blissful period of courtship.
Dharmputra
Dharmputra (1961)

Directed by Yash Chopra
Genres Drama
Actors Mala Sinha, Shashi Kapoor, Rehman, Manmohan Krishna Chadha, Tabassum, Deven Varma
Rating69% 3.4613053.4613053.4613053.4613053.461305
The film opens in 1925, during the British rule in India & at the height of Indian independence movement is the tale of two Delhi families, that of Nawab Badruddin and Gulshan Rai. The two families are so close that they virtually share the same house. The Nawab's daughter, Husn Bano, has an affair with a young man named javed & gets pregnant. When the Nawab attempts to arrange her marriage with javed, he finds that javed has disappeared. Amrit Rai and his wife Savitri assist Husn with the birth of a baby boy, Dilip, and even adopt him and give him their family name. Young Dilip is the apple of the Badruddin and the Rai households. Husn then gets married to another young man, Javed and moves to another location. In the meantime, while participating in a protest to force the British to leave India the Nawab is killed. Years later, Husn Bano and Javed return to a warm welcome by the Rai family. Then she meets Dilip - not the Dilip she had left behind - this Dilip is fascist, a Muslim-hater, who has joined forces with other extremists, in order to force Muslims to leave India and even go to the extent of burning buildings and killing them.
Kaala Patthar, 2h51
Directed by Yash Chopra
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Disaster films
Actors Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Rakhee Gulzar, Shatrughan Sinha, Neetu Kapoor, Parveen Babi
Rating75% 3.79573.79573.79573.79573.7957
Vijay Pal Singh (Amitabh Bachchan) is a disgraced Merchant Navy captain who is branded a coward, humiliated by society and disowned by his parents for abandoning his ship risking the lives of over 300 passengers (perhaps inspired by Joseph Conrad's Lord Jim). Feeling guilty over his cowardice and with low self-esteem, he starts working as a coal miner to forget his past. He meets and becomes friends with Ravi (Shashi Kapoor), an engineer in charge of the mine. He also makes an enemy in another co-worker named Mangal (Shatrughan Sinha) who is an escaped criminal working in the mine to avoid the police. Vijay's past comes to haunt him as he sees Mangal causing trouble for the coal miners and angry over his cowardice over what happened when he was in the navy, Vijay tries to defend the miners against Mangal. Ravi eventually gets Vijay and Mangal to be friends after circumstances surrounding the mine force Mangal to change himself. The one person who supports Vijay him in his life is Dr Sudha Sen (Raakhee Gulzar) who tries to make Vijay face up to his past and move on. Ravi and Mangal also get involved in their own romances with Anita (Parveen Babi) and Channo (Neetu Singh), respectively.
Trishul
Trishul (1978)
, 2h48
Directed by Yash Chopra
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Action
Actors Sanjeev Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Hema Malini, Rakhee Gulzar, Waheeda Rehman
Rating75% 3.791323.791323.791323.791323.79132
Raj Kumar Gupta (Sanjeev Kumar) gives up his first love Shanti (Waheeda Rehman) to marry a wealthy heiress Kamini (Gita Siddharth) who is the daughter of Seth Dindayal. Shanti comes by to wish him success on his marriage with the news that she is carrying his child and moving away. She gives birth to a boy and names him Vijay. She raises him to adulthood. After she dies, Vijay (Amitabh Bachchan) comes to Delhi to take revenge by destroying his father's business and family connections. Shekhar (Shashi Kapoor) and Kusum (Poonam Dhillon) are Vijay's half-siblings who are caught in the crossfire of Vijay's revenge. Vijay also crosses paths with Geeta (Raakhee), the devoted secretary of Gupta and another company's general manager Sheetal (Hema Malini) who is also the daughter of the owner of the company. When Geeta is fired Vijay hires her. He tries to create differences between Shekhar and Sheetal. Vijay also takes all the good deals which resulted in losses for Raj. He even encourages Kusum to marry Ravi (Sachin) against her father's wishes which enrages Shekhar and he ends up fighting with Vijay. But Geeta comes and tells the truth. Shekhar and Kusum leave Raj. Raj in anger tells Balwant (Prem Chopra) to kill Vijay. Later Vijay comes down and tells him that he is Raj's son and leaves. Raj tries to stop Balwant but he had already left and kidnapped Ravi in order to get to Vijay. Vijay, with the assistance of Shekhar and Raj, rescues Ravi. Balwant aims at Vijay but Raj comes in between and thus Raj is shot in the process by Balwant. Before dying Raj asks for forgiveness. Vijay forgives him and unites with the family. In addition, Vijay changes the name of his company from Shanti Constructions to Shanti-Raj Constructions.
Faasle
Faasle (1985)

Directed by Yash Chopra
Genres Drama
Actors Sunil Dutt, Rekha, Farah Naaz, Farooq Sheikh, Rohan Kapoor/Ruhan Kapoor, Deepti Naval
Rating48% 2.4329852.4329852.4329852.4329852.432985
Vikram (Sunil Dutt) is a proud and wealthy man and adores his motherless daughter Chandni (Farah). Widowed early, he brought up his daughter Chandni (Farah) and son Sanjay (Farooq Shaikh) sacrificing his own personal happiness, choosing a secret relationship over marriage, with Maya (Rekha).
Parampara
Parampara (1993)

Directed by Yash Chopra
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Aamir Khan, Sunil Dutt, Vinod Khanna, Ashwini Bhave, Ramya Krishnan, Saif Ali Khan
Rating51% 2.558122.558122.558122.558122.55812
The wealthy Thakur Bhavani Singh (Sunil Dutt) lives in a remote region of India where he shares an intense rivalry with a local gypsy clan led by Gora Shankar (Anupam Kher). Parampara (tradition) dictates that differences are resolved with a single bullet pistol duel at the top of a hill. Years earlier, Bhavani Singh fought a duel against Gora Shankar's father and killed him.
Aaina
Aaina (1993)

Directed by Yash Chopra
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Jackie Shroff, Amrita Singh, Juhi Chawla, Saeed Jaffrey, Deepak Tijori, Dina Pathak
Rating61% 3.099473.099473.099473.099473.09947
Roma (Amrita Singh) and Reema Mathur (Juhi Chawla) are the daughters of Mr. Mathur (Saeed Jaffery), a wealthy businessman. Roma, the older one, has always been spoiled, gets everything she desires, and is very competitive. Reema is quite reserved and usually lets her sister take the spotlight. Both grow up to be entirely different. The only similarity is that the sisters fall in love with the same man, Ravi Saxena (Jackie Shroff).