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1940s Hindi-language Movies

Public list by WPS with 113 movies or TV shows/series

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New Blood(1999)

R
| 1h 38min | Action
2.6/5 (with 5 votes)

Alan White is a desperate man; his daughter must have a heart transplant to live. He gets an unexpected visit from his adult son, Danny, a criminal who hasn't spoken to his family in years. Danny lost track of a man marked for death and is afraid to face his merciless crime boss. In Danny's plight, Alan sees a way to save both of his children, already prepared to die in order to donate his heart to his daughter, he will stand in for Danny's escaped hostage.

Barsaat(1949)

3.4/5 (with 4 votes)

Two friends with opposite personalities, the rich but sensitive Pran and the womanizing Gopal both have affairs with two mountain girls while holidaying in the valley of Kashmir. While Pran and Reshma's love is true and reciprocated, Gopal is a womanizing villain, who disregards the faithful Neela and condemns her to wait faithfully for his return with the barsaat (rainy season).

Aag(1948)

2h 18min | Romance / Love, Drama

A man obsessed over two things, the theater and a childhood friend, recounts his life story to his new bride.

Andaz(1949)

2h 23min | Drama, Crime
3.0/5 (with 4 votes)

Nina is a rich and spoiled girl. Dilip accidentally meets her and starts liking her, not knowing that she is already engaged.

Mahal(1949)

2.5/5 (with 3 votes)

A young lawyer is involved with a ghostly woman in his new house, where the builder and his fiancée died shortly after it was built.

Directed by Kamal Amrohi - With Ashok Kumar, Madhubala

President(1937)

2h 33min | Drama
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Badi Bahen aka President is a 1937 Hindi social romantic drama film (the Bengali version was called Didi and starred several different actors). The story according to the credit roll of the film is "A tale of love and greater love" developed on an idea by M. M. Begg. It was a love triangle with a social content that highlighted the conditions of the mill workers. It was also the first film to show a liberated educated woman managing her own factory.

Directed by D.D. Kashyap - With Suraiya

Chandralekha(1948)

3h 30min
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

The film follows two brothers (Veerasimhan and Sasankan) who fight over ruling their father's kingdom and marrying the village dancer, Chandralekha.

Directed by S. S. Vasan - With M. K. Radha, Ranjan, T. R. Rajakumari, N. S. Krishnan, T. A. Madhuram

Patanga(1949)

Two movie actors are confronted by startling and hilarious obstacles.

Directed by H. S. Rawail - With Nigar Sultana

Sikandar(1941)

2h 26min | War, Drama, History

The film begins after Alexander the Great (Sikander in Hindi/Urdu) conquers Persia and the Kabul valley and approaches the Indian border at Jhelum. Sohrab Modi plays the Indian king Puru (Porus to the Greeks). The story goes that when Sikander defeated Porus and imprisoned him, he asked Porus how would he like to be treated. Porus replied the same way a defeated king is treated by the winner (meaning killed).

Directed by Sohrab Modi - With Prithviraj Kapoor, Sohrab Modi, Meena Shorey, Sheela

Mela(1948)

2h 32min | Drama, Romance / Love

A convicted murderer is released from prison. His only possession is a broken figurine - the last token of his love. The tragic story of how he came to be incarcerated and the significance of the figurine is the subject of this tale of star-crossed lovers whose destiny is moulded by society's rigid rules and the villainy of a scoundrel.

Directed by S.U. Sunny - With Dilip Kumar, Nargis, Rehman

Roti(1942)

2h 8min | Drama

Roti made in the early 1940s inspired by the German Expressionism, is a real critique of Indian society with prophetic insight. It deals with two models - one of a millionaire, possessed by money and power in an industrial civilisation, the other of a tribal couple living in a primeval state of nature. The millionaire is saved by the couple after an air crash, the tribal couple emigrate to the city, do not find happiness and return. The millionaire is ruined in the city, tries futilely to find salvation among the tribal.

Directed by Mehboob Khan - With Chandra Mohan, Sheikh Mukhtar

Neecha Nagar(1946)

2h 2min
3.2/5 (with 4 votes)

Wealthy landlord Sarkar decides to direct all waste into the village to make space for his real estate project. However, the poor villagers agitate against his plan and the protest is led by Balraj.

Directed by Chetan Anand - With Kamini Kaushal, Uma Anand
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My Sister(1944)

Set against the backdrop of WW II in Calcutta, "Meri Bahen" is the story of a schoolteacher and his young sister. The film followed his rise to fame as a singer and the changes in his relationships following a bomb-raid.

Directed by Hemchandra Chunder - With Kundan Lal Saigal, Sumitra Devi

Shair(1949)

2h 18min | Romance / Love

A poet who has spent life in the village with his childhood sweetheart goes to Bombay to meet a fan of his who is also a popular radio singer.

Neel Kamal(1947)

A military coup leads to two outcast princesses falling for the same rakish artist.

Directed by Kidar Sharma - With Raj Kapoor, Madhubala, Begum Para

Village Girl(1945)

3.3/5 (with 1 vote)

Jani, a village boy, is sent on the warfront. He comes back victorious and becomes the Sunedar Major.

Directed by K. Amarnath

Jail Yatra(1947)

Jail Yatra is an Indian Hindi-language drama film released in 1947. It was directed by Gajanan Jagirdar.

Anokhi Ada(1948)

2h 21min | Drama, Romance / Love

A traumatized beautiful woman loses her memory in a train accident.

Directed by Mehboob Khan - With Surendra

Khandaan(1942)

2h 51min

A man gets imprisoned for killing a woman who seduces him.

Directed by Shaukat Hussain Rizvi - With Pran

Kalpana(1948)

2h 35min | Music
2.7/5 (with 3 votes)

A writer goes to a film producer with a story in the hope of selling the idea for a film. As he explains it to the producer, scenes from his dance movie come to life.

Directed by Uday Shankar - With Uday Shankar, Amala Shankar, Devi Lal Samar

Mirza Sahiban(1947)

The movie revolves around a young mischievous boy named Mirza who is sent away to his uncle's home for further studies. Mirza is passionate about archery and is an expert at it. He starts living with his uncle where he meets his uncle's daughter Sahiban.

Directed by K. Amarnath

Dillagi(1949)

2h

Two lovers are separated by the girl's conniving uncle, who marries her off to another man. Heartbroken, the man wanders around aimlessly until a common friend decides to reunite the two lovers.

Directed by Abdur Rashid Kardar - With Shyam Kumar, Shyam, Suraiya

Jugnu(1947)

2h 27min

Suraj and Jugnu fall in love while studying at the same college.

Directed by Shaukat Hussain Rizvi - With Noor Jehan, Dilip Kumar

Ziddi(1948)

Hindi film from 1948.

Directed by Shaheed Latif - With Dev Anand, Kamini Kaushal, Pran, Kuldip Kaur

Bandhan(1940)

2h 34min

Bandhan is a 1940 Indian Bollywood film directed by N.R. Acharya. It stars Leela Chitnis, Ashok Kumar and Suresh. It was the second highest grossing Indian film of 1940. It was produced by Bombay Talkies.

Directed by N. R. Acharya - With Leela Chitnis

Kismet(1943)

2h 23min | Drama
2.8/5 (with 2 votes)

A former theater owner and his crippled daughter live in poverty until a chance encounter with a young pickpocket brings romance for the petty criminal and daughter as well as a chance by the father to get back at the villainous new theater owner who ousted him from the business years before.

Directed by Gyan Mukherjee - With Ashok Kumar, Harun, Mubarak, David Abraham

Aurat(1940)

2h 34min | Drama
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Radha is a resolute mother, who strives hard against poverty and a lecherous money lender to feed her two sons who grew up with contrasting temperament.

Directed by Mehboob Khan - With Sardar Akhtar

Naukar(1943)

2h 1min

Naukar is a 1943 Indian Bollywood film directed by Shaukat Hussain Rizvi and starring Chandra Mohan, Noor Jehan and Shobhna Samarth. It was the fifth-highest-grossing Indian film of 1943.

Directed by Shaukat Hussain Rizvi - With Chandra Mohan

Prithvi Vallabh(1943)

2h 1min

The story revolves around two kings, Prithvi Vallabh (Munj) of Avantipur who is kind and just, and Tailap, a neighboring king who is cruel. With the help of his sister Mrinalvati (Durga Khote) and another neighbouring king Bhillam (K. N. Singh), Tailap manages to capture Prithvi Vallabh. The rest of the film follows incidents following his captivity.

Directed by Sohrab Modi

Anjangarh(1948)

2h 6min | Drama

When a local mining company has the audacity to provide its workers a fair wage for a fair day's work, and lets its workers unionize, the kingdom's villainous potentate is less than pleased. After considerable pressure, the company agrees to blame unrest in the region on a blameless worker collective. (Synopsis by Jonathon Crow at AllMovie)

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