Smita Patil

A pregnant woman is abandoned by her truck-driver lover.

A film based on Maharashtra's beloved king, Raja Shiv Chhatrapati's life.

Geeta (Smita Patil) has been institionalized as she had suffered mental trauma in her childhood. She is unable to recall the incidents surrounding the trauma, and is unable to get appropriate treatment. Amit (Farooq Shaikh) meets with Geeta, and falls in love with her. She is able to relate to Amit, and the doctors observe some progress in her treatment. Amit and Geeta both fall in love with each other. However, Amit is to marry Neena (Prema Narayan), and Amit's elder brother, Ravi (Shreeram Lagoo) will not permit him to marry a girl with a mental condition. There are only two options left for Amit - run away from home and marry Geeta; or leave Geeta to a uncertain fate, and marry Neena.

Wealthy and influential Hindurao Dhonde Patil finds a homeless drunk, brings him home, looks after him, feeds him, finds a room for him, gets him employed, calls him Master, and even finds a woman to look after him. In return, this male steals from Hindurao, is apprehended by the local police, but Hindurao pays for his bail. Hindurao is forced to make a final decision about him after he finds out that Master has been inquiring about a missing army officer named Maruti Kamble.

Two young lovers are assisted by Reshma, a woman who has loved and lost, and a trio of comical eccentrics, to overcome opposition to their marriage.

Time is running out for Khushbu, Ravi Sharma(Sunil Dutt)'s daughter. Her leukemia can be cured only if someone's bone marrow matches her daughter so, he goes abroad and gets in touch with her former wife (Smita Patil).

A 1982 Indian Bollywood film directed by Sisir Mishra and produced by K. K. Arya. It stars Raj Babbar and Smita Patil in pivotal roles. It was based on a family drama of Odisha Brahmin family, uncivilized casting systems at that time and about the blame between husband and wife in family.

Chatpati is a 1983 Bollywood film directed by V. Ravindra and produced by Deven Verma, starring Smita Patil and Raj Kiran in lead role. The film also has a huge supporting cast including Reema Lagoo, Sudhir Dalvi, Shreeram Lagoo, Preeti Ganguli and Jayshree T..

Naseeb Ni Balihari is a Gujarati movie released in 1982

Asha lives in poverty with her alcoholic father in Bombay, before being sold to an impotent husband. A series of events leads her to love.

Rai Bahadur is a wealthy man who lives in a palatial home with his grand-daughter, Pinky, and grandson, Raju. One night Raju gets abducted and is sold to notorious and hideous-looking gangster Ustad, who forces crippled children to beg and steal for him. Raju also gets inducted in this gang, and is taught to steal at a very young age. Years later, Pinky recognizes Raju as her brother and takes him home to grandpa, who accepts him immediately and provides for him with joy. Then a few days later some silver items are stolen from his house, and Raju is missing. Rai Bahadur is shocked and reports this matter to the police, and continues his search for his missing grandson. Is Raju really his grandson? Did he actually steal the silver items?

From their first coincidental meeting, Anil and Arti seem made for each other. When their paths continue to cross, Arti proposes to Anil, but he humbly turns her down. Heartbroken, Arti decides to find out why. She discovers his secret obligation to care for his six siblings, which makes marriage out of the question. Smita Patil, Raj Babbar and Shoma Anand star.

Bhagwan Shri Indra must assume human form to overthrow the tyrannical Demon King Lord Raavan. VIllagers across India burn effigies in support of their chosen leader. The story becomes personal for Ganga, who loves Raavan and wishes to tame him.

The Commissioner of Police is impressed with the diligence and bravery by one of his officers named Vijay, and asks him to re-locate to a lawless town by the name of Shona Pur, which Vijay accepts. He arrives there incognito, and is faced with several challenges, including lackadaisical policemen, who have never arrested anyone. He sets out to put things right. He meets with a young woman by the name of Shanti, who is on the look-out for buried treasure. Vijay and Shanti both fall in love with each other, and both set out to locate this treasure. In order to do this they will have to go through underground caverns, snake-pits, and a gang of thieves who are known to kill anyone who get in their way.

Shakti and Shaitan Singh are two brothers who belong to a gang of bandits, headed by the their dad, Bahadur Singh. One day while on a looting rampage in Jamalpur Village, Shakti is wounded and takes shelter with Harkishen and his daughter, Lali. He loses consciousness for several days, while the rest of the bandits think he is dead. When Shakti regains his senses he and Lali fall in love with each other, but Lali wants him to lead a honest life, and it is only then that he can marry her.

Film from K. Prasad

After businessman Ram Pratap Singh (Raj Babbar) gives police information pertaining to a journalist's murder, gangster Jagmohan (Danny Denzongpa) goes to prison for the crime. Soon, Singh's life turns upside down when Jagmohan's cohorts begin peppering him with threats. Helped by Inspector Sharma (Suresh Oberoi), he goes into the witness protection program with his wife and child, but the cover may not be enough to keep them safe.

Bhoop Singh is a honest man who works for Lakhsmi Singh, and lives with his wife, Devi, and sister, Sundari. He saves his hard-earned money with Lakhsmi, and when the time comes for Sundari's marriage & dowry, he goes to take his money, only to be humiliated by Lakhsmi. Sundari's marriage gets canceled, she kills herself, and Bhoop in turn kills Lakhsmi, subsequently takes to a life of crime, amasses a huge fortune, gives birth to a daughter, Nisha, and ends up in jail after double-crossing his partner-in-crime, Vikram Singh. He instructs his wife to bring up Nisha, as a widow. In prison, Bhoop meets with a honest man, Jaswant Singh, who has come to the city to look for his estranged brother. Bhoop asks Jaswant to look after his wife and daughter - not realizing that he may have made another mistake as Jaswant has an alias - that of bandit Dhurjan Singh, and is also the brother of Vikram Singh.

A poet leaves his family for success and popularity while his wife learns to become an independent woman.

When Sanjay learns that his sister, Aarti, has been raped by her employer, Jolly, he furiously attempts to kill him. However, when Sanjay gets killed in the process, Aarti exacts revenge on Jolly.

Jagmohan, a prominent businessman with underworld dealings, approaches renowned advocate Kailash Nath, to represent his son who has been charged with murder and may face the death penalty. Kailash refuses to do so, and Jagmohan's son is hanged. Angered, Jagmohan kills Kailash's wife, Laxmi and child in front of him, and escapes. He is eventually arrested and brought to trial, but is found not guilty. Kailash decides to avenge this on his own, but Jagmohan has left the country. On his arrival back, Kailash carries out his vendetta against him, and Jagmohan is charged with killing a man, arrested, found guilty, and sentenced to die. Thus Kailash carries out his vengeance against Jagmohan. Now Kailash is faced with advocate Ajay Verma, who has molested his sister, Shilpa. Watch how Kailash's anger spotlights Ajay, and wreck havoc and chaos in his life. And there is no one on Earth who can possibly save Ajay from Kailash's wrath.

The movie is about a man who is trying to find his missing sister.

Prerna is the only daughter of the local school's headmaster. She gets to meet her childhood friend, Kumar, who is now one of the teachers at the same school. Prerna is attracted to Kumar, and admires his courage and determination to stand-up against the local and cruel zamindar, who had severely beaten-up Kumar's father several years ago. Soon both get married. Kumar is ambitious, and wants to become the head of this town. He organizes his campaign and successfully gets himself elected, not without creating some enemies. After this election, Kumar keeps busy with his new-found duties, but Prerna notices a change in him - as he is fast becoming the man he hated the most - the former zamindar.

The film is based on an incredible true story about a village woman who gets lost at a railway station and waits fourteen years for her husband to come.

A police inspector and a London returned crime journalist, amongst others, are baffled by a modern day Robin Hood, who robs the rich and distributes the wealth amongst the poor and needy.

Young Arjun is brought up by his Daddu (paternal grandfather). His Daddu decides for him to go to the city in search of a new job and life. While in the city he meets up with Bhairon who guides him into an interview in a 5-star hotel owned by Raja.

When a poor and out-caste village tanner goes to village priest to get the date of his daughter's marriage fixed, the priest in turn asks for labor without pay in exchange.

The semi-autobiographical film was written by Mahesh Bhatt about his extramarital relationship with actress Parveen Babi.

'Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyun Ata Hai' revolves around the Pintos and the people connected to them. There's Albert who's pretty much angry at everybody. His brother Dominic who thinks it's better to be jobless than to work an underpaid job, his patient sister Joan who works at a sari shop, his independent girlfriend Stella who feels under-appreciated by her boyfriend, his father and his colleagues, client and Stella's family. The film is very much a social commentary about Middle-class life in Bombay during the late ’70s and the conflicts arising in the labour force because workers were getting severely underpaid.

The film follows the life of a successful film star, revealing her increasing alienation in a role both glamorized and patronized by society. After being forced into show business by her family, she spends her time between studios and disastrous love affairs, and feels more and more dissatisfied.

A newly appointed police rookie deals with corruption, romance, and brutality.

Mary, an inmate of an orphanage run by nuns, is good at studies and is artistically talented, her education so far has been sponsored by a philanthropist. Her sponsor, a rich old man who she has never met but has only corresponded with through the nuns, passes away, laving her dreams of a college education in shambles. Mr. Robert Brown (Bob) who is now at the helm of affairs of his father's business agrees to continue her sponsorship. Bob is a confirmed bachelor and Mary is drawn to him by some mysterious force.

A girl is struggling with extreme poverty and the responsibility of taking care of her siblings. She falls in love, which would cause even more tragedy to her family and to herself.

Dahleez is a 1986 Indian Bollywood film directed by Ravi Chopra and produced by B.R. Chopra. It stars Jackie Shroff, Raj Babbar, Meenakshi Sheshadri and Smita Patil in pivotal roles.

Radha (Smita Patil) and Ramu (Mithun Chakraborty) are siblings. Their parents Shyam and Sita are singers. Once, Shyam and Sita go to perform in Jalpaiguri where Sita catches the eye of a rich and powerful man called A.M. Singh (Amrish Puri). He stops them in the mid way home, kills Shyam and rapes Sita. Radha and Ramu get the news that their parents are dead and become homeless. Years later, Radha and Ramu have achieved success and are popular singers now. Ramu falls in love with Janita (Mandakini) and Radha gets married to Resham (Shakti Kapoor). But when Janita has to perform in Jalpaiguri she catches the eye of none other than A.M. Singh. Will history repeat itself, or can Ramu rescue Janita and his mother?

Shama and Ravi are members of a Marxist party. Shama loves classical Indian music, a luxury of a few, and Ravi is in love with quotations and the philosophy of Marx - a need of the masses. Due to a strike, Ravi is compelled to work full-time for the party. Shama decides to give up music reluctantly and joins Ravi.

A policeman's son becomes a criminal after a childhood incident creates a rift between them.

In the 1980s, a lawyer defends a tribal man who is under arrest for killing his own wife. As he proceeds with the case, he learns about the harsh life of scheduled tribes in India.

The denizens of a brothel deal with internal drama, as well as pressure from greedy land developers and an anti-sex work politician to leave town.

After the passing of her husband, Mrs. Mahajan takes care of four institutions, and lives a comfortable lifestyle with her two sons - Dr. Mohan and his wife, Maya; and Advocate Subhash Mahajan, his wife, Savitri, and their daughter, Rani. Savitri is unhappy as she wants a career for herself. She finally gets a chance to prove her skills in social services when she gets a job offer as Superintendent of a Women's Reformatory Home in distant Sangamwadi. Although Rani and Subhash as well as the rest of the family oppose her going, she has made up her mind.

Two close friends turn enemies when one becomes a criminal and the other, an IPS officer. Wronged by his friend, the criminal swears to take revenge once he returns from prison.

Early-1940s, rural British India. When a woman decides to fight against the village's despotic subedar and is supported by the guard of the local spice factory, more women join to defy the prevailing oppression.

A veterinarian, Dr. Rao, makes a visit to a village, where he intends to commence a co-operative society dairy for the betterment of the rural people. The film is set against the backdrop of the White Revolution of India (Operation Flood) which started in 1970. It was entirely crowdfunded by 500,000 farmers who donated Rs. 2 each.

Najma is in platonic love with Salim Akhtar but cannot marry him until he is financially stable. An elderly Shakir promises to help Akhtar set up his business in exchange for Najma finding a suitable bride for him.

Rahul, the son-in-law of an old industrialist and one of the heirs to his fortune, clashes with Dinesh, the industrialist’s nephew who is openly unscrupulous. Rahul, on his part, conceals his personal ambition under a cloak of liberalism and encourages indigenous production.

Uday Singh a greedy, criminal sinister torments his nephew Satish for the property, completely making the kid grow-up to being insane. Though assuming Aarti to be his better half Satish gets married to her, but soon to his surprise the fact of her nasty game plan to steal the wealth has been revealed. Despite the fact he shows his genuine love - accepting her, parting her off with the money, on the condition that she agrees to stay life long with him. Having gauged the love she in-stores will power in Satish to fight back the goons for safety and justice, but Uday Singh sighting the danger gets him murdered. She stands up to being a sturdy feminine and decides, his son will be benevolent, yet will fight against injustice, and will disclose the fiasco which had been a nightmare when he is grown up to face the fact. Will she succeed? Will she fulfill her life long ambition?

Chidambaram is based on a short story by noted Malayalam writer C. V. Shriraman. The film is a deeply symbolic exploration of the man-woman attraction leading to betrayal and eventually to the purgatory of guilt.

This biographical film is a tribute to a pioneering actress Smita Patil through her works a tribute to the parallel cinema. Her realistic dignified portrayals of the emerging women's movement in India creating a space for women on screen and role models for them off-screen.

This powerful and realistic film is a study of poverty, illiteracy, natural calamities and the toll they take on the human soul. the story of a rural couple who're trying to survive on the road with many others like them, after their village was destroyed by a flood. the wife gives birth to a deformed baby, which is pronounced as a 'child of the devil' by the local pundit (Hindu priest), who forces them to abandon the child and exiles them from the community. the journey takes the couple towards a bizarre and heart-breaking conclusion

A Professor finds his life turned upside down after he decides to combat crime.

Documentary on director Satyajit Ray, featuring an extensive interview and clips from his films, and location shooting of his film "The Home and the World."

Indian Army Captain Amar Kumar lives with his father, Ram, and mother, Saraswati. Ram has been associated with top freedom fighters during India's struggle for independence from the British. Almost all of these freedom fighters had taken advantage of their involvement and have taken up important positions in India's administration, and these include Jagrathan, and Mohanlal. While others like Vaisakh Ansari and Ram have chosen not to.

A young, idealistic director arrives in a village to make a picture set during the Great Bengal Famine. It’s a film that he hopes will reveal the problems and privations still current in rural India.

Despite their determination and effort, two working class friends in Bombay struggle to improve their lives.

A workaholic businessman neglects his only son after his wife's death. The son grows up to be a rebellious alcoholic.

A 1987 Bollywood movie directed by Balwant Dullat.

3 escapees from jail help a simple, desperate and cheated man avenge his perpetrator- a notorious smuggler.

Love story about an actress falling in love with her costar

The film is derived from a classic folk tale, originally narrated by Vijaydan Detha, and interpreted as folk play by Habib Tanvir. The film charts the tumultuous life of a petty thief, Charandas (Lalu Ram). Curiously he is a man of principles – an honest thief with a strong sense of integrity and professional efficiency. He makes four vows to his Guru, that he would never eat in a gold plate, never lead a procession that is in his honour, never become a king and never marry a princess, thinking all of them are far out possibilities for him. Later, his guru adds a fifth one - never to tell a lie and sets him of on his life's journey which leads him to a kingdom..

In a drought-stricken city in India, the emperor Maharaja Dhiraj Chandrasen, who has two wives, and no children, orders all kinds of rituals to appease the Rain Gods

The film involves the life of a young man who comes to believe that he has been bestowed supernatural powers. As the story unfolds, this boon eventually leads to a tragedy.

Beautiful and talented Geeta, a prostitute, has three suitors. One is Lakhan Singh, a dacoit with a heart of gold, who saved her life, loves her and will do anything for her. The second is Police Inspector Amar Verma, who loves her with all his heart, and will do anything for her. And the third is Sher Singh, a dacoit, who loots, plunders, and has his way with women. When he sees Geeta he falls head over heels in love with her, and wants her - by hook or by crook. And he will make sure that no one will get in his way. Watch how the three battle each other, leaving the final decision to Geeta to chose who she will spend the rest of her life with.

In feudal Rajasthan, a bunch of peasants rise up against the exploitative landowners and the age-old system of caste-based oppression.

Rajat is happily married to Mukta until Sheetal, an upcoming model, destroys their relationship to achieve success. Rajat then launches his housemaid, Tulsi, as his advertising agency's new model.

Alcoholic lawyer Ravi Goel does not get cases because he refuses to lie. He lives with his mother and sister Shashi ,who also happens to be the breadwinner for the family. MP Rane rapes a girl and is videotaped by a cameraman . Rane has both of them killed. Meanwhile, Shashi becomes pregnant from Ranbir Singh. She refuses to marry him because she feels that when she would leave her family, they would be in trouble. Ranbir convinces Ravi to take on cases to fight in the court. Tea shop owner tells Ravi that dancer Shaila's brother has been missing for some time. Ravi begins searching for her brother and, discovering his death, tries to find the killers.

Ravi Kumar is the younger brother of Judge Soumitra Devi and Mohan Kumar. He and his sister have different views and ideas. They lack understanding and that is why he decides to be apart from his sister. Raghu is the son of MLA Raj Shekhar. He marries Kamla, daughter of a poor man Ganesh on the wish of his father who wants to take political advantage of the marriage. But things go wrong and Kamla is killed by Raghu. Now, he makes different attempts to save his son from law. Now all the movie tells his attempts to save his son and Ravi's attempts to give his son the punishment. There are also other small things happening in life of other characters.

Dil-E-Nadaan (The Innocent Heart) is an Indian Hindi film directed by C.V. Sridhar, released in 1982. The film stars Rajesh Khanna in the main lead role as Anand and Shatrughan Sinha as his friend, as the second lead character of the film.[1] This film was remake of the 1978 Tamil film Ilamai Oonjal Aadukirathu, directed by C.V. Sridhar, where Kamal Hassan and Rajnikanth played the lead male roles. After the success of the Tamil version, C.V. Sridhar decided to remake it in Hindi and directed it himself.

Nisha believes she is happily married until she discovers that her successful businessman husband, Kabir, has been having an affair with her cousin, Indu. Distraught, Nisha abandons her husband and newborn daughter and leaves for the city, where she finds love in the arms of a sensitive writer, Alok. But Nisha's past soon catches up to her and forces her into a soul-searching decision over whether or not to return to her family and old life.

Well-acted family drama has Khanna's retired elderly widower connecting with Patil's elderly widow after realizing that both of them are suffering abuse from their families.

Amma's husband is shot by the cops after he kills a man who tried to rape Amma. After this event, she moves to a slum where two men use her but also love her.

A story centered on a Nagya who is a drummer having a passion for being a "pure one" (punyavant). He meets Chindhi, who has abandoned her husband as she considers him useless.

Story is Based on Maharashtra's beloved king Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.

While on his deathbed, the Emperor promises that his Senapati, Vikram Singh, will be treated like his son, and he will get married to a woman from a royal family. He also asks Vikram to obey every wish and whim of his wife, Ranimaa, to which Vikram agrees to. A few moments later the emperor passes away. After the formal mourning period is over, Ranimaa announces that she would like Vikram to marry Princess Priya. Vikram agrees to this, and soon Priya and he are married with great pomp and ceremony. After this marriage, Priya learns that Vikram really loves a prostitute named Kesarbai, and has only married her as he had promised to obey every wish and whim of Ranimaa. She also finds out that Kesar and Vikram had a baby girl as a result of this relationship.

A man whose wife is abducted seeks to have the culprits prosecuted for their crime, but no one will help him. Meanwhile, the wife—abused and berated by her abductors—cannot bring herself to face her husband.

Multi-millionaire's unequal division of property causes family feud. One son kills father, goes to jail. Years later, grandson murdered by other son's offspring over land dispute. Widow seeks heir through remarriage to secure inheritance.

Ravi, a progressive schoolteacher in a small village helps fight an epidemic by getting his students inoculated. He incurs the wrath of local witchdoctor in the process.

In the mid-1980s, Shaam (Anant Nag) and Revati (Smita Patil) live in a Vatara (housing complex) with a host of other families and two little girls.

A dramatized account of the Naxalite movement, focusing on the average Indians who join the movement from various walks of life and from various regions, backgrounds, faiths, etc.

In Dr. Gindes Hospital for the mentally insane is a patient named Inder, who is in a catatonic state, which occurred after a traumatic childhood incident. While Inder has shown signs of recovering, he has also started taking an interest in a young woman by the name of Meenakshi. But will Meenakshi be able to reciprocate the affections of an unstable and mentally ill admirer, if not, will this result in Inder return to his original state?

A tough and honest police officer wages a one-man war against terrorists and a corrupt politician who have planned to assassinate the chief minister of the state. Teen lovers are separated by parental snobbery; their efforts to reunite drive the plot.

Kanpur-based, pregnant Geeta Bhargav lives a wealthy lifestyle with her husband, Balwant, and three children: Shrikant, Arun and Usha. Her alcoholic and womanizing husband is arrested for killing a bodyguard of a Courtesan and is sentenced to 20 years in prison. She is then accused of luring men into her house and is asked to move on. Homeless, on the verge of starvation, she is unable to feed her family, and Usha passes away. She decides to become a widow, gets shelter, a job, and has Shrikant enrolled in a hostel. Then her luck changes when she is adopted by wealthy J.S. Archarya, and gives birth to Kirti. She explains her situation to Archarya, who wills her his entire estate and subsequently passes away.

In a remote village at Karnataka-Maharashtra border in India, the poor residents follow Devdasi tradition according to which young girls are given up in the service of Goddess Yellamma.

Arun and his wife have been married for several years, but struggle to conceive. Then Arun has an extramarital affair and his lover gets pregnant.

Ashok and Vimal are two grandsons of K.k. Vimal is womanizer. Ashok and Ganga are in love but when Ashok was about to propose Ganga for marriage, he finds that Ganga has complained against him in police station for sexual molestation. Ashok pays some money to Ganga and hope never to see her. K K bring home a girl named Deepa as K K want Deepa and Ashok to marry. But Deepa falls in love with Vimal. Vimal frequently visit a courtesan. When Ashok goes to courtesan to bring home Vimal, Ashok finds that courtesan is none other than Ganga.

Bhagwan Shri Indra must assume human form to overthrow the tyrannical Demon King Lord Raavan. VIllagers across India burn effigies in support of their chosen leader. The story becomes personal for Ganga, who loves Raavan and wishes to tame him.

The film involves the life of a young man who comes to believe that he has been bestowed supernatural powers. As the story unfolds, this boon eventually leads to a tragedy.