List of the best Ashok Kumar movies: Bandini(1963), Khatta Meetha(1978), Duniya(1984), Tawaif(1985), Mamta(1966), Anuraag(1972), Aakraman(1975), Dream Girl(1977), Hifazat(1987), Aashirwad(1968), Safar(1970), Farishta(1984) ... ...
Drama, Romance, Music
India
1963
157 Minutes
Bikash Ghosh
Ashok Kumar Nutan Behl Dharmendra Raja Paranjpe Tarun Bose Asit Sen
During the British Raj of the 1930s, a prison-doctor falls in love with a convict who eventually reveals the story of her past and her connection to a freedom fighter.
Comedy
India
1978
150 Minutes
Two old people get married and their children from their previous marriages now have to live together under the same roof. Clashes and hilarity ensue.
Drama
India
1984
180 Minutes
Ashok Kumar Dilip Kumar Rishi Kapoor Amrita Singh Prem Chopra Amrish Puri
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Mohan Kumar's diligence and honesty lands him in trouble with Balwant Singh Kalra, Jugal Kishore Ahuja, and Mr. Bhandari. Together the trio frame and imprison Mohan and make him watch ... See full summary »
Drama, Comedy, Romance
India
1985
173 Minutes
Mr. Nigam
Ashok Kumar Rishi Kapoor Rati Agnihotri Poonam Dhillon Deepak Parashar Asrani Sushma Seth
A courtesan accidentally comes to the house of a humble man and lives in the civil society without revealing about her profession. She falls for the man but her past forbids a union between them.
Drama
India
1966
150 Minutes
Manish Roy
Ashok Kumar Suchitra Sen Kalipada Chakraborty Pratima Devi Dharmendra Bipin Gupta Asit Sen
Monish Rai comes from a wealthy family, and is in love with Deviyani, who is poor. Monish has to travel abroad to further his education in law, but promises to stay in touch with Deviyani. ... See full summary »
Drama
India
1972
180 Minutes
Ashok Kumar Master Satyajeet Nutan Behl Vinod Mehra Moushumi Chatterjee Nasir Hussain
Bombay-based Rajesh lives a fairly wealthy lifestyle with his parents, mom - a housewife and dad - a rather parsimonious businessman, named Amirchand. One day while walking on the beach, he... See full summary »
Drama, Romance, History, War
India
1975
150 Minutes
Ashok Kumar Sanjeev Kumar Rakesh Roshan Rekha Sulochana Latkar Farida Jalal
Ajay Verma is a major in the Indian army, and is principled, dedicated, and honest. His family has arranged his marriage with beautiful Sheetal, and both are to be married soon. Shortly ... See full summary »
Romance
India
1977
180 Minutes
Ashok Kumar Dharmendra Hema Malini Prem Chopra Lalita Pawar Dina Pathak
Sapna, who works under a number of aliases, is a modern day female Robin Hood, who steals from whoever she can, so that she can maintain a home for orphans. One day she meets with wealthy ... See full summary »
Drama, Romance
India
1987
150 Minutes
Ashok Kumar Nutan Behl Anil Kapoor Madhuri Dixit Bindu Shakti Kapoor
After Laxmi has had three still-births, her husband, Satyaprakash and his mother are afraid she will not be able to give any more births, and therefore there will be no one to carry the ... See full summary »
Drama
1968
146 Minutes
Shivnath 'Joggi Thakur' Choudhary
A landlord's estranged wife separates him from his beloved daughter. Before they can reconcile, he's jailed for killing a would-be rapist and spends his jail term dreaming of meeting his child again.
Musical, Drama, Romance
1970
150 Minutes
Dr Chandra
Ashok Kumar Sharmila Tagore Rajesh Khanna Firoz Khan Birbal Brahmachari
Drama
India
1984
130 Minutes
Rai Bahadur
Ashok Kumar Kanwaljit Singh Smita Patil Raju Shrestha Danny Denzongpa Pran
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 ... See full summary »
Musical, Drama, Romance
1962
153 Minutes
Dr. Prakash
Ashok Kumar Meena Kumari Pradeep Kumar Shashikala Peace Kanwal Rajendranath Keshto Mukherjee Gajanan Jagirdar
Aarti, an idealistic young doctor marries Deepak against her parents' wishes while her ex-fiancé makes it his mission to break up her marriage.
Drama, Romance
1965
157 Minutes
Anand
Ashok Kumar Meena Kumari Pradeep Kumar Kamini Kaushal I.S. Johar
Ajay's father fixes his marriage with Vinita, but he does not go ahead with it. Hurt by Ajay's decision, Vinita seeks revenge, but Ajay falls in love with Neelima.
Drama
1970
142 Minutes
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During British rule in India, Harnam's betrayal leaves a freedom fighter dead, and his wife and family devastated and destitute.
Mystery & Thriller
India
1967
186 Minutes
Dev Anand Ashok Kumar Tanuja Helen Nasir Hussain D.K. Sapru Faryal Anju Mahendru
A Police Commissioner's son comes under suspicion for being a jewel thief.
Crime, Drama
India
1960
150 Minutes
Rajendra Kumar Ashok Kumar Nana Palsikar Manmohan Krishna Mehmood Nanda
A lawyer holds the eyewitness evidence to catch a killer, but the identified criminal is the lawyer's own mentor, prospective father-in-law, and also the judge who presides over the case.
Drama, Biography
India
1965
148 Minutes
Shaheed (1965) presents the inspirational biography of one of India's greatest patriots Sardar Bhagat Singh.
Drama, Romance
India
1964
158 Minutes
Anwar lives with his brother, Nawab, the Nawab's wife, and their child, in a wealthy upper class neighborhood. Anwar is in love with Shahida, and would like to marry her. The Nawab has a ... See full summary »
Drama
India
1991
165 Minutes
Devkishan Sharma is a school-teacher in a small town in India, where he lives with his wife, and two sons, Bhawaniprasad and Shivprasad. When he finds out that Bhawani has fallen into bad ... See full summary »
Drama
1977
160 Minutes
Mr. Mathur
Rajesh Khanna Ashok Kumar Vinod Mehra Nirupa Roy Utpal Dutt Dina Pathak Rita Bhaduri Asrani Abhi Bhattacharya Asit Sen Jankidas
A rich businessman disapproves of his son's passion for singing. This leads to friction between them and causes the boy to leave home; he adopts a new identity when he becomes a popular singer.
Drama
India
1971
125 Minutes
Meena Kumari Raaj Kumar Ashok Kumar Veena Kashif Rasheed Siddiqui Altaf Chandabai Pratima Devi Lotan Nadira Praveen Paul
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The story of a prostitute, with a pure heart (PAKEEZAH), and grand dreams...
Musical, Drama
India
1971
151 Minutes
Sachin Choudhury
Dharmendra Hema Malini Ashok Kumar Mehmood Pran Aruna Irani Dhumal Manmohan Indrani Mukerji Jankidas
Anoop (Dharmendra) is a struggling writer. One day he meets with wealthy and beautiful Seema (Hema Malini) and both fall in love. When Seema's brother Rajan Choudhury (Pran) finds out, he ... See full summary »
Drama
India
1976
Minutes
Shashi Kapoor Neetu Singh Ashok Kumar Anwar Hussain Roopesh Kumar Bindu
Dreaded gangster Babubhai is involved in all possible criminal activities. Of late his activities are being sabotaged by a fellow criminal named Shankar Dada. Babubhai entraps him with the ... See full summary »
Drama, Romance
1975
160 Minutes
Mr. Khanna
Amitabh Bachchan Jaya Bhaduri Ashok Kumar Usha Kiran Shubha Khote Suresh Chatwal
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A terminally ill woman (Jaya Bhaduri) teaches a bitter alcoholic (Amitabh Bachchan) the meaning of love.
Drama
1972
150 Minutes
Ganesh Duttji
Sharmila Tagore Rajesh Khanna Ashok Kumar Deven Verma Sonia Sahni Bipin Gupta Shivraj Prem Kumar
A couple marry and soon realize they have differences, the main one being with respect to God, for the husband is a devout Hindu, while the wife is agnostic. Unfortunately, when their child is born without limbs, the man questions his faith.
Drama
1981
144 Minutes
Niranjan's dad
Hema Malini Vijayendra Ghatge Jeetendra Ashok Kumar Shashikala Om Shivpuri Sulochana Latkar Deven Verma Padma Aruna Irani
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Forced to marry an opium addict (Jeetendra), a woman (Hema Malini) resolves to nurse her new husband back to health.
Adventure, Comedy, Action
India
1987
179 Minutes
Prof. Sinha
Anil Kapoor Boney Kapoor Sridevi Amrish Puri Satish Kaushik Ashok Kumar Harish Patel Venus Pujari Tapan Shah Ahmed Khan Annu Kapoor
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A poor but big-hearted man takes orphans into his home. After discovering his scientist father's invisibility device, he rises to the occasion and fights to save his children and all of India from the clutches of a megalomaniac.
Drama
India
1977
127 Minutes
Uttam Kumar Sharmila Tagore Rakesh Roshan Moushumi Chatterjee Ashok Kumar Asit Sen
Dr. Deepak lives with his wealthy father, a Thakur, in a small town in India. While the Thakur would like to get Deepak to marry a woman from an equally wealthy family, he has fallen in ... See full summary »
Drama
India
1959
153 Minutes
Defense Lawyer
Mala Sinha Rajendra Kumar Manmohan Krishna Nanda Ashok Kumar
Meena Khosla has an bicycle accident with fellow collegian Mahesh Kapoor, and after a few misunderstandings both fall in love with each other. They would like to get married, plan ... See full summary »
Drama, Romance
India
1963
144 Minutes
Maharaja Balbirsingh
Sunil Dutt Nanda Raaj Kumar Tanuja Ashok Kumar Agha Sudesh Kumar Dhumal Deven Verma Kusum Deshpande
An over-bearing oppressive emperor continues to preside over a region in post-independent India along with his subdued children.
Drama, Romance
India
1997
151 Minutes
Sharad S. Kapoor Suman Ranganathan Rohit Roy Rakhee Ashok Kumar
Prem Kapoor lives a wealthy life-style with his grandfather, as his parents had passed away in a plane crash when he was a child. Since that day his grandfather had nothing but regret as he... See full summary »
Musical, Drama, Romance
1986
180 Minutes
Anil Kapoor Ramesh Deo Anita Raj Padmini Kolhapure Ashok Kumar Sushma Seth
Anand is a Hindu orphan living with a Muslim guardian, Abdul Rehman, in the Northern-most part of India. Anand is a champion skier, and one day Usha watches him ski.
Drama, Romance
India
1980
180 Minutes
Inshallah Khan
Jeetendra Rishi Kapoor Tina Munim Rakesh Roshan Shoma Anand Ashok Kumar
After completing their schooling; childhood inseparable friends, Ram and Rahim gets enrolled in a college for further education where they excel in studies. This does not anger well with ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
1987
155 Minutes
Professor Peter Fernandes
Sunil Dutt Dharmendra Sridevi Shakti Kapoor Prem Chopra Ashok Kumar Lalita Pawar