Manorama
Acting
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Known For
Do Musafir
Bijli's life crashes when her lover Raju dies tragically in an accident. She is in for a bigger shock when she meets Vicky.
Shaadi
The life of an impoverished male undergoes drastic changes after he gets his siblings married.
Ek Phool Do Mali
Tale of one child with two fathers, one who gave birth to him and another who raised him.
Half Ticket
A diamond thief hides his loot on an innocent child, but the child turns out to be an adult posing as a youngster to purchase a half-priced train ticket. Now, the thief will have to outwit the eccentric in a series of wacky misadventures.
Devi
A poor woman feels unwelcome in her husband's family
Seeta and Geeta
The story is about identical twins who are separated at birth and grow up with different temperaments. The twins then swap places.
Water
The year is 1938, and Mahatma Gandhi's groundbreaking philosophies are sweeping across India, but 8-year-old Chuyia, newly widowed, must go to live with other outcast widows on an ashram. Her presence transforms the ashram as she befriends two of her compatriots.
Adalat
Village bred farmer, brave, and honest, Dharamchand alias Dharma is thrilled when his wife, Radha, gives birth to a baby boy, who they decide to call Raju. Dharma comes to the rescue of Ajit, Suresh, and Sujit, when they are being attacked by a tiger, and they graciously offer him a job in Bombay whenever he needs it. When the region experiences drought, Dharma, Radha, Raju and Dharma's sister, Laxmi, re-locate to Bombay, where Ajit makes Dharma the Manager of his warehouse. Dharma does his job diligently, but one day is arrested by the police for carrying on illegal activities. When in court, he tries to prove his innocence, but is disbelieved and is sentenced to 18 months in jail plus an additional six months for contempt of court. When he returns home, everything has changed. His wife and Raju are near destitution; Laxmi has been raped by Sujit and has killed herself.
Parineeta
In Calcutta at the turn of the century, two families (one wealthier than the other but both belonging to the same caste) live in adjoining properties. Their respective patriarchs fall out over the repayment of a loan and the intervention of a member of a lower caste in the families' financial arrangements. The rift causes much heartache to the younger members of the families, two of whom have secretly plighted their troth to each other.
Lajwanti
Having been unjustly accused of having an affair, a dutiful and loving wife is thrown out of the house by her husband and forced to abandon her baby. When mother and child are eventually reunited, the mother faces an uphill struggle to regain the love of her daughter.
Filmography
as Madhumati
as Mrs. James
as Maya
as Rehana Begum
as Flora Smith
as Mrs. Hare Murari
as Aunty
as Mary
as Manoramabai
as Kaushalya
as Ram's aunt
as Mrs. Rosa Daniels
as Tom's Mother
as Champa
as Thakurain
as Maharani Kalavanti
as Mrs. Vilayti Ram
as Damru's wife
as Shaikhu's Mother
as Asha's Aunt
as Mrs. Motilal
as Krishnadevi B. Sahay
as Mrs. Kashi Nath
as Asha's mother
as Chameli Bai
as Sitadevi Ramchandra Agnihotri
as Mrs. Godabri Mohan
as Laajo
as Bindya
as Sundari (Maidservant)
as Taji
as Tara
as Asha