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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 »
    1.5 stars out of 5 33% 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.
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 12 members
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  • Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani on DVD (1970)
    Starring: Jagdeep,  OM Prakash,  Rakesh Roshan
    Director: T. Prakash Rao
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Bollywood drama. Ravi's domineering father works him hard, but Ravi cannot understand why he and his brother and sister can't have the same luxuries in life enjoyed by his friends. But it gradually becomes clear that the hard life of honest work is preferable to a life of crime and dishonesty.
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 25 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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  • 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 60% 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 102 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 »
    3 stars out of 5 54% from 37 members
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  • Kabuliwala on DVD (1961)
    Starring: Sonu,  Balraj Sahni
    Director: Hemen Gupta
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Unable to find the money to pay his many debts, Kabuliwala takes to the road and goes looking for his fortune. Travelling with a young girl named Binnie who he treats as his daughter, and who herself looks to him as if he were her father, Kabuliwala eventually earns enough money to make his return ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 114 members
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  • Chhoti Bahen on DVD (1959)
    Starring: Balraj Sahni,  Mehmood
    Director: L.V. Prasad
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Brothers Rajendra and Shekhar are orphaned after the tragic death of their parents, and are only left with each other, and their younger sister Meena, for comfort. Though in love, Rajendra swears he will not marry till his younger brother and sister are settled. Shekhar falls in love with a rich ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 45% from 52 members
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  • Do Bhiga Zamin on DVD (1953)
    Starring: Nirupa Roy,  Balraj Sahni,  Ratan Kumar
    Director: Bimal Roy
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    The coming of the rains after a long drought are a source of great joy for farmer Shambu (Balraj Sahni) and his wife Parvati (Nirupa Roy). But things quickly turn sour when the landlord threatens to reclaim his land and build a factory on the site of Shambu's farm. In order to save his livelihood ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 123 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 68 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 62% from 24 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 42% from 15 members
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Balraj Sahni facts

5 most recent films

Garm Hava - 1.5 stars
Pavitra Papi - 2.5 stars
Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani - 2.5 stars
Dharti - 1.0 stars
Do Raaste - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

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

5 lowest-rated films

Dharti - 1.0 stars
Garm Hava - 1.5 stars
Paraya Dhan - 2.0 stars
Lajwanti - 2.0 stars
Pavitra Papi - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Nirupa Roy - 3 times - show films
OM Prakash - 2 times - show films
Achla Sachdev - 2 times - show films
Rakesh Roshan - 2 times - show films
Jay Shree T - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Rajendra Bhatia - 2 times - show films
Raj Khosla - 1 times - show films
Devendra Goel - 1 times - show films
Mohan Kumar - 1 times - show films
Hemen Gupta - 1 times - show films