Acting
1956 bollywood film
After Partition, Dhaniram and his family moves to Dehradoon. He has three sons: Pran, Kundan, and Madan. Dhaniram runs a chemist shop, when he refuses to co-operate with profiteers, Dhaniram is stabbed and disabled. Pran runs the shop while Kundan moves on to work as a stone contractor. Instigated by his wife, Pran resorts to illegal business to make more money. Family discords create the batwara and house is separated into two sections seperated by a brick wall.
Prem, a young school teacher, is arranged married and begins the journey of learning the roles and responsibilities required of him.
Chaudhary Karnail Singh is a 1960 Indian Punjabi movie based in the pre-partition times of India. The film was one of the earliest works of Prem Chopra. The film won a National Award. In a village circa post British rule in India, a noble Sarpanch, Karnail Singh, is forced to chose sides between his son, Buta, and a Muslim couple, Shera and Naji, who want to get married amidst violent clashes between Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims before the formation of Pakistan; as well as deal with suspicious Indian Government officials.
Based on the historical legend, this commercially successful film delves into the context of why Mughal emperor Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal in fond remembrance of his wife, Mumtaz Mahal.
Complications, impersonations and moral dilemmas arise when a Punjabi pretends to be a Tamil in order to obtain accommodation in New Delhi. An eloquent and entertaining plea for national unity that manages to showcase several cultural traditions whilst encouraging people to laugh both with and at each other.
Film from 1974 with Shashi Kapoor
A ruffian with a bad reputation assists the police against his brother but ends up getting arrested himself.
Binda, an old musician in a village near Bombay, has brought up his son Rajan, in the hope that one day Rajan will become a great musician.
