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  • Footpath review by A customer from London
    Rated - 2.0 stars Avoid 27 June 2006
    ...This movie was for my mum who loves watching both Meena Kumari and Dilip Kumar and even she gave up on the movie as it dragged on so much. The quality of the movie was pret...   Read customer review

Meena Kumari - filmography


  • Phool Aur Patthar on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Dharmendra,  Meena Kumari,  O.P. Ralhan
    Director: O.P. Ralhan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A cold hearted criminal out to rob a house in a deserted village, hears a woman gasping for water. He finds a young widow left to die by her in-laws. Taking pity on her, he tends to her and brings her to the city. While she is grateful for his help and support, she isn't too pleased with his ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 75 members
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  • Pakeezah on DVD (1971)
    Starring: Raaj Kumar,  Meena Kumari
    Director: Kamal Amrohi
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    For her to fall in love was forbidden - It was a sin she was told - "A nautch-girl is born to delight others; such is her destiny" - She preferred to die a thousand deaths than to live as a body without soul.
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 388 members
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  • Phool Aur Patthar on DVD (1966)
    Starring: Dharmendra,  Meena Kumari,  O.P Ralhan
    Director: O.P Ralhan
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Circumstances have made Shaka a career criminal. When plague empties a town of its inhabitants, he takes the opportunity to burgle a house. He finds nothing except Shanti, a widowed daughter-in-law who has been left to die by her cruel relatives. Shaka nurses her back to health. When her relatives ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 38% from 6 members
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  • Kaajal on DVD (1965)
    Starring: Raj Kumar,  Dharmendra Deol,  Meena Kumari
    Director: Ram Maheshwari
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A story of two women, Madhavi (Meena Kumari), self-effacing, spiritual and totally steeped in her culture. Bhanu (Padmini), sensuous, independent, possessive and passionate. They both love Kumar Rajesh (Dharmendra). Kumar reciprocates Madhavi's feeling for him, but in a platonic way. When Kumar ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 93 members
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  • Gazal on DVD (1964)
    Starring: Meena Kumari,  Sunil Dutt,  Rehman
    Director: Ved Mohan
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    gra-based atheist and revolutionary poet/editor of Inquilab, Ejaz, falls head-over-heels in love with Naaz Ara Begum after he hears her sing, and then ends up losing his job. With the assistance of his lovely sister, Kausar Ara Begum, Ejaz and Naaz meet secretly. This does not auger well with ..read more »
    1 star out of 5 16% from 3 members
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  • Sharada on DVD (1957)
    Starring: Raj Kapoor,  Meena Kumari
    Director: L.V. Prasad
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Shekhar, the son of a rich widower meets and falls in love with Sharada, but has to go away on business. While he is away she dotes on Shekhar's siblings unaware of their relationship. When Shekhar is thought to have died in a plane crash, his father marries Sharada. When Shekhar returns he tries ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 41% from 56 members
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  • Ek Hi Rasta on DVD (1956)
    Starring: Sunil Dutt,  Meena Kumari,  Ashok Kumar
    Director: B R Chopra
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Ek Hi Rasta was the first movie independently produced by B.R.Chopra, under his own banner B.R.Films. It covered the bold subject of widow remarriage, which won it wide accolades. Malti (Meena Kumari) and Amar (Sunil Dutt) are happily married to each other, with a loving child Raja. Amar works for ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 16 members
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  • Footpath on DVD (1953)
    Starring: Dilip Kumar,  Meena Kumari,  Kuldip Kaur
    Director: Zia Sarhadi
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Tired of being poor, Noshu, a newspaperman abandons his scruples and starts to make money as a black marketeer. He gains his fortune but ruins his brother's life causing him to lose his job, his home and his wife whilst simultaneously losing his own self-respect and that of his former neighbours ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 25 members
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  • Parineeta on DVD (1953)
    Starring: Ashok Kumar,  Meena Kumari,  Nasir Hussain
    Director: Bimal Roy
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A young girl, Lolita. Orphaned at an early age, she is sent to live with her uncle's family where destiny introduces her to a young boy: Shekhar, a budding musician, a son of an affluent businessman. Together, through childhood and adolescence, Shekhar and Lolita share joys and sorrows, fond ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 78 members
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  • Baiju Bawra on DVD (1952)
    Starring: Manmohan Krishna,  Meena Kumari,  B.M. Vyas
    Director: Vijay Bhatt
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    When Baiju Bawra goes to Delhi to prove his genius, one of the Nine Gems of Emperor Akbar's sixteenth century court, Tansen, feels his position is threatened. So Tansen challenges him to a musical duel. The rivalry between the pair is fuelled further, as Baiju knows his father was killed by Tansens ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 54% from 109 members
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  • Yahudi on DVD
    Starring: Sohrab Modi,  Dilip Kumar,  Meena Kumari
    Director: Bimal Roy
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    When Ezra's son is fed to the lions by Brutus, he has his slave kidnap Brutus' daughter who he renames Hannah. Later the Roman prince, Marcus, falls in love with Hannah, but he refuses to convert to Judaism to marry her.
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 79 members
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  • Bahu Begum on DVD
    Starring: Ashok Kumar,  Helen,  Lalita Pawar
    Director: M Sadiq
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Zeenat (Meena Kumari) is the lovely daughter of a minor dignitary in Lucknow. She is secretly in love with a neighbour, Nawab Yusuf (Pradeep Kumar). Due to a series of tragic mistakes, Zeenat is married off to Nawab Sikandar Mirza (Ashok Kumar), who has fallen passionately in love with her. Zeenat ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 21 members
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  • Ardhangini on DVD
    Starring: Agha,  Durga Khote,  Meena Kumari
    Director: Ajit Chakrabarty
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    The Bollywood classic ARDHANGINI is a vintage tearjerker of epic proportions. Meena Kumari stars as the luckless heroine Chhaya, whose unhappy life is further complicated by the death of her father and the rejection of her prospective mother-in-law (Durga Khote). Fleeing to Bombay, Chhaya finds ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 42% from 8 members
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Meena Kumari facts

5 most recent films

Phool Aur Patthar - 2.5 stars
Pakeezah - 3.5 stars
Phool Aur Patthar - 2.0 stars
Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam - 3.0 stars
Kaajal - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Pakeezah - 3.5 stars
Parineeta - 3.5 stars
Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam - 3.0 stars
Baiju Bawra - 3.0 stars
Yahudi - 2.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Naya Andaz - 0.5 stars
Gazal - 1.0 stars
Pyaar Ka Saagar - 2.0 stars
Phool Aur Patthar - 2.0 stars
Ardhangini - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Dilip Kumar - 3 times - show films
Ashok Kumar - 3 times - show films
Dharmendra - 2 times - show films
Rajendra Kumar - 2 times - show films
Madan Puri - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Devendra Goel - 2 times - show films
Bimal Roy - 2 times - show films
O.P. Ralhan - 1 times - show films
Zia Sarhadi - 1 times - show films
M Sadiq - 1 times - show films