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Balraj Sahni



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Balraj Sahni - what members say


  • Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani
  • Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani review by A customer from London
    Rated - 3.0 stars Solid family drama 13 July 2006
    ...o see the 1988 movie with Rishi Kapoor but received the 1970's version starring Balraj Sahni. It is nethertheless a good family movie with an interesting take on family lif...   Read customer review

Balraj Sahni - filmography


  • Garm Hava (1975)
    Starring: Balraj Sahni,  A.K. Hangal,  Gita Siddharth
    Director: M.S. Sathyu
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    When scorching winds blow, those that are not uprooted, wither away. Salim Mirza discovers this the hard way when he refuses to go to the newly formed Pakistan even as his family and friends leave. Slowly, and devastatingly, his life is reduced to shambles as he suffers familial, social and ..read more »
    0.5 stars out of 5 10% from 2 members
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  • Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani on DVD (1970)
    Starring: Rakesh Roshan,  Bharti,  Balraj Sahni
    Director: T. Prakash Rao
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Two families live parallel lives, one depending on hard work and honesty and the other living on bribes and dishonesty. Ravi is the son of a respectful office manager, and cannot understand why he and his brother and sister cannot have the luxuries that their friends have. In response Ravi's father ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 45% from 23 members
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  • Dharti (1970)
    Starring: Rajendra Kumar,  Waheeda Rehman,  Balraj Sahni
    Director: C.V. Sridhar
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Bharat (Rajendra Kumar) is a patriotic young man for whom patritism does not stop anywhere. He comes to know of the tyranny of the present ruler's Diwan (Ajit) and he and his colleagues (Soodesh Kumar, Rajendra Nath) rebel. They kidnap Princess Chitralekha (Waheeda Rehman) unknowingly, and call her ..read more »
    1 star out of 5 16% from 3 members
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  • Pavitra Papi on DVD (1970)
    Starring: Achla Sachdev,  Balraj Sahni,  I.S. Johar
    Director: Rajendra Bhatia
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This emotional 1970 melodrama from director Rajendra Bhatia deals with sweeping issues--love, crime, sacrifice, and duty--and stars Balraj Sahni, Tanuja, and Ajay Sahni, with music by Prem Dhawan.
    2 stars out of 5 42% from 10 members
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  • Do Raaste on DVD (1969)
    Starring: Rajesh Khanna,  Rajesh khanna,  Prem Chopra
    Director: Raj Khosla
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Navendu was a young motherless boy, when his father married again his step-mother saw the fear in his eyes and promised to love him like her own. Many years later when his father dies Navendu finds himself having to care for his step-mother and her children as if they were from the same blood.
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 60 members
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  • Laadla on DVD (1966)
    Starring: Balraj Sahni,  Nirupa Roy
    Director: Krishnan-Panju
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Savitra loved her son Darshan very much. She did not want her son to love anybody else, may it be Darshan's younger real sister Sita. Savitra insisted Darshan not to love anybody else but she could not control the feelings of Darshan. With the fear of loosing her son, Savitri tried to keep Darshan ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 101 members
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  • Sunghursh on DVD (1963)
    Starring: Dilip Kumar,  Vyjayanthimala,  Balraj Sahni
    Director: Harnam Singh Rawail
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Bhawani Prasad (Jayant) is a don whose dark deeds cast a shadow over his family and two generations of his close relatives. Against the wishes of his wife (Durga Khote), his son (Iftekhar) and daughter-in-law (Sulochana) Bhawani Prasad takes away his only grandson Kundan (Dilip Kumar) and tries to ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 35 members
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  • Kabuliwala on DVD (1961)
    Starring: Balraj Sahni,  Sonu
    Director: Hemen Gupta
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    A man and his young adopted daughter, Binnie, set out to try and seek their fortune. An unfortunate incident ends with Kabuliwalah killing a man who insults him. He ends up in prison for 10 years. When he is released he decides to try and find her...
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 111 members
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  • Chhoti Bahen on DVD (1959)
    Starring: Balraj Sahni,  Mehmood
    Director: L.V. Prasad
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    After their parent's death Rajendra swears he will not marry until his brother and sister are settled. But when his brother Shekhar marries and his sister is blinded, he struggles to look after his family...
    2.5 stars out of 5 44% from 51 members
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  • Do Bhiga Zamin on DVD (1953)
    Starring: Balraj Sahni,  Nirupa Roy,  Ratan Kumar
    Director: Bimal Roy
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    The story of a family who finally begin to prosper on their farm when the landowner demands back the land. In order to save their farm they must raise enough money to cover their debt with him. They leave for Calcutta to try and make some money, but things don't quite go to plan...
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 116 members
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  • Hulchul on DVD (1951)
    Starring: Cuckoo,  Jeevan,  Balraj Sahni
    Director: S.K. Ojha
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    On the day of his wedding, the life of a jailer is saved by an inmate during a prison break.
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 67 members
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  • Ek Phool Do Mali on DVD
    Starring: Sanjay Khan,  Balraj Sahni,  Sadhana Shivdasani
    Director: Devendra Goel
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    After Somna's beloved fiancee is killed in an avalanche she is attacked by Shamsher Singh, and is then saved by her fiancee's teacher Kailash Nath Kaushal. When he discovers that she is pregnant, Kailash offers to marry her. Despite their troubles they both find happiness with the other and the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 22 members
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  • Paraya Dhan on DVD
    Starring: Abhi Bhattacharya,  Achla Sachdev,  Ajit
    Director: Rajendra Bhatia
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A dacoit (Balraj Sahni) ruthlessly guns down people to satisfy his need for money. When he mows down an entire family, a baby is left alive. The dacoit takes the baby with him and brings it up as his own. The love and affection that now comes into his life transforms him and he is inspired to turn ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 41% from 14 members
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Balraj Sahni facts

5 most recent films

Garm Hava - 0.5 stars
Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani - 2.5 stars
Dharti - 1.0 stars
Pavitra Papi - 2.0 stars
Do Raaste - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Do Bhiga Zamin - 3.0 stars
Kabuliwala - 3.0 stars
Do Raaste - 3.0 stars
Laadla - 3.0 stars
Anpadh - 2.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Garm Hava - 0.5 stars
Dharti - 1.0 stars
Paraya Dhan - 2.0 stars
Pavitra Papi - 2.0 stars
Lajwanti - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Nirupa Roy - 3 times - show films
Achla Sachdev - 2 times - show films
Rakesh Roshan - 2 times - show films
Dilip Kumar - 2 times - show films
Jay Shree T - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Rajendra Bhatia - 2 times - show films
Hemen Gupta - 1 times - show films
Mohan Kumar - 1 times - show films
T. Prakash Rao - 1 times - show films
Bimal Roy - 1 times - show films