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  • Sholay
  • Sholay review by A customer from London
    Rated - 5 stars Are you missing the point? 7 November 2008
    ...ece. Performances from Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Dharmendra, Jaya Bhaduri, Sanjeev Kumar and of course, the never-forgotten Amjad Khan, were all just incredible, and sh...  
  • Khilona
  • Khilona review by A customer from Kilmarnock, Scotland
    Rated - 4 stars Drama 22 February 2006
    ...Good movie,nice plot and a happy ending. Excellent perfomances by Sanjeev Kumar and Mumtaj. ...  
  • Shatranj Ke Khilari aka The Chess Players
  • Shatranj Ke Khilari aka The Chess Players review by A customer from Manchester, England
    Rated - 5 stars A must see... 15 June 2007
    ... invader. It symbolically uses two indians (played so well by Saeed Jaffery and Sanjeev Kumar) who have no other interest in their life except for passion for playing chess...  

Sanjeev Kumar - filmography


  • Angoor (1982)
    Starring: Sanjeev Kumar,  Deven Verma,  Utpal Dutt
    Director: Gulzar
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Gulzar’s ANGOOR, based upon William Shakespeare’s “Comedy of Erros” is a laugh-a -minute riot that does full justice to the bard’s tale. Raj Tilak and his wife are on a trip with their twins sons whom they call Ashok. Since they look the same they should be called the same is Mr Tilak’s reasoning. ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 77% from 10 members
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  • Khuddaar (1982)
    Starring: Vinod Mehra,  Amitabh Bachchan,  Sanjeev Kumar
    Director: Ravi Tandon
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    From the ashes of shattered dreams rises a powerful drama of hope and convictions that has Chhotu Ustad (Amitabh Bachchan) and Raja (Vinod Mehra) battling against the ironic twists of Fate. During their younger days, unable to suffer the taunts of their sister-in-law (Tanuja), they walk out of the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 3 members
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  • Ayaash on DVD (1982)
    Starring: Arun Govil,  Rati Agnihotri,  Sanjeev Kumar
    Director: Shakti Samanta
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Circa 1930 during the British Rule in India, while most Indians were busy agitating against the British to quit India, Thakur Jaswant Singh lives a carefree wealthy lifestyle, surrounded by his friends, who are only there to have a good time drinking alcohol and watching dancing courtesans everyday...read more »
    Rate this: 1.5 stars out of 5 30% from 3 members
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  • Biwi-O-Biwi on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Sanjeev Kumar,  Randhir Kapoor,  Poonam Dhillon
    Director: Rahul Rawail
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Chandra's (Randhir Kapoor) mission in life is to get married but the dominating influence of Mars in his horoscope has made this task a difficult one. Through his friend, Gafoor (Deven Verma), Chandra gets a job in a theatre where his stage performance attracts the attention of Asha (Poonam Dhillon)..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 51 members
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  • Ram Tere Kitne Nam on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Sanjeev Kumar,  Rekha,  Prem Chopra
    Director: P.Madhvan B.A
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Peturam is an overweight, albeit sensitive young man, who is head over heels in love with beautiful Radha, the sister of Tej Singh, and would like to marry her. When he proposes to marry her, Tej makes fun of him, asks him to gather together at least 10 lakh rupees before he can even be considered ..read more »
    Rate this: 1.5 stars out of 5 40% from 2 members
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  • Nauker (1979)
    Starring: Sanjeev Kumar,  Jaya Bachchan,  Jalal Agha
    Director: Ismail Menon
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    When Amar Babu's wife dies, leaving him and their small daughter alone, he is pressurised into marrying again. But reluctant to marry a woman who would not make a good mother, he swaps clothes with his servant, to observe the woman his family are trying to attach him to, with comedic results.
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 40% from 3 members
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  • Apnapan on DVD (1977)
    Starring: Jeetendra,  Sanjeev Kumar,  Reena Roy
    Director: J. Om Prakash
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Anil a divorcee with a child from his previous marriage meets a working girl, Radhika, falls in love with her and marries her. He has confided in her that he is a divorcee with a child. But their love is complete. Even Prakash, Anil's son accepts her. All is well until they meet Kamini, Anil's ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 18 members
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  • Immaan Dharam on DVD (1977)
    Starring: Shashi Kapoor,  Sanjeev Kumar,  Amitabh Bachchan
    Director: Desh Mukherjee
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This is a story about two guys who act as mock witnesses and always hang around court to give evidence as per the requirement of the case every time. They have never believed in God but eventually they have to accept the power of God.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 56 members
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  • Sholay on DVD (1975)
    Starring: Sanjeev Kumar,  Amitabh Bachchan
    Director: Ramesh Sippy
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Sholay tells the story of Jai (Amitabh Bachchan) and Veeru (Dharmendra), two small time crooks called in by Thakur Baldev Singh (Sanjeev Kumar) to fight the tyranny of Gabbar Singh (Amjad Khan). It tells of a village who realise that non-violence does not mean cowardice as they stand up to terror ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 78% from 2,172 members
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  • Aandhi (1975)
    Starring: Sanjeev Kumar,  Om Prakash,  OM Prakash
    Director: Gulzar
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Reputedly based on the life of Indira Gandhi, this is the story of Aarti (Suchitra Sen), the attractive daughter of a leading politician (Rehman) who falls in love with a businessman JK (Sanjeev Kumar). Her father requires her constant help in his profession, leading to conflict in Aarti's ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 4 members
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  • Mausam on DVD (1975)
    Starring: Sharmila Tagore,  Sanjeev Kumar
    Director: Gulzar
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A young medical student falls for the daughter of a heeler after seeking his help with an injured leg.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 14 members
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  • Aap Ki Kasam on DVD (1974)
    Starring: Rajesh Khanna,  Rajesh khanna,  Mumtaz
    Director: J. Om Prakash
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Kamal, a poor boy with high ambitions, marries Sunita, the only daughter of a rich barrister. They are deeply in love. Kamal manages to get a good job, with the help of his friend, Mohan. Everything is hunky dory. Until, suspicion creeps in. A chance sighting of a man creeping away from his ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 31 members
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  • Manoranjan (1974)
    Starring: Sanjeev Kumar,  Shammi Kapoor,  Faryal
    Director: Shammi Kapoor
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Somewhere in the city exists a small lane, known only to a select few and here is practised the oldest profession in the world. It is here, that on a lonely evening, a young man can find a little warmth and companionship and an older person gets a refreshing change from the routine of his office, ..read more »
    Rate this: 1 star out of 5 15% from 2 members
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  • Anamika on DVD (1973)
    Starring: Sanjeev Kumar,  Jaya Bhaduri,  Iftekhar
    Director: Raghunath Jhalani
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Sanjeev Kumar a woman-hating writer lands in a fix when he rescues a strange female lying injured on the road. When the girl Jaya Bhaduri regains consciousness she insists that she is his wife. The family doctor and his father ask him to humour the poor girl till they find a solution to the problem...read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 51 members
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  • Seeta aur Geeta on DVD (1972)
    Starring: Hema Malini,  Sanjeev Kumar,  Pratima Devi
    Director: Ramesh Sippy
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Born to wealthy parents, twins Seeta and Geeta (both played by Hema Malini) are separated at birth, and lead two extremely different lives. Now orphaned, mild-natured Seeta lives a slave-like existence of torment, brought up by her acquisitive aunt Kaushalya (Manorama). In contrast, Geeta's wild ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 198 members
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  • Koshish on DVD (1972)
    Starring: Sanjeev Kumar,  Jaya Bhaduri,  G. Asrani
    Director: Sampooran Singh Gulzar
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This is an inspiring film, the story of hari ( Sanjeev kumar) and Arti (Jaya Bhaduri), whose world is silent, soundless but not soulless. Though deaf and dumb they are able to communicate their feelings for each other and get married. Working as a newspaper delivery boy. Hari, by sheer dint of ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 29 members
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  • Khilona on DVD (1970)
    Starring: Sanjeev Kumar,  Mumtaz,  Jeetendra
    Director: Chander Vohra
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Khilona, is the story of a man (Sanjeev Kumar) who shattered by his disappointment in love, becomes metally imbalanced and is helped back to sanity by a prostitute (Mumtaz) who is hired to nurse him.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 53 members
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  • Bandhan on DVD (1969)
    Starring: Rajesh khanna,  Rajesh Khanna,  Mumtaz
    Director: Narendra Bedi
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The story of Bandhan springs from the soil, from green fields and pastures from the womb of mother earth herself. From a troubled childhood in which he sees his father, Jeevanlal, as a renegade and thief, waster and wife-beater, young Dharma grows into manhood, with the shadow of the evil parent ..read more »
    Rate this: 1 star out of 5 15% from 2 members
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  • Shikar on DVD (1968)
    Starring: Dharmendra,  Asha parekh,  Asha Parekh
    Director: Atma Ram
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Ajay ingh (Dharmendra) manages a private forest for his wealthy friend Naresh Mathur (Ramesh Deo). Ajay rescues an attractive young woman following an accident... but then later finds his friend has been brutally murdered in his own house. Investigations suspect thast the killer was a woman. Is ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 9 members
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  • Gauri (1968)
    Starring: Nutan,  Sunil Dutt,  Sanjeev Kumar
    Director: A. Bhim Singh
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Orphaned Sanjeev lives with his comically parsimonious paternal uncle, Maniram, who offers to look after him on the condition that a contested Last Will and Testament, will benefit him. When the Court rules otherwise, Maniram stops all support for Sanjeev, who then borrows money from his close ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 33% from 6 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 »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 31 members
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  • Pati Patni Aur Woh on DVD
    Starring: Sanjeev Kumar,  Vidya Sinha,  Ranjeeta
    Director: B.R. Chopra
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    It should have been paradise. A doting husband (Sanjeev Kumar) is happily married to a loving wife (Vidya Sinha) and they have one little son who is the naughty little apple of their eye. Except that when the husband is at work, paradise becomes hell as he conveniently becomes an unhappy husband ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 21 members
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  • Vishwasghaat on DVD
    Starring: Sanjeev Kumar,  Shabana Azmi,  Kabir Bedi
    Director: Mahesh Bhatt
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Mahesh (Sanjeev Kumar) returns to India after a long time abroad, and makes the disillusioning discovery that his father (also played by Sanjeev Kumar) makes his fortune in illegal goods. Righteously disavowing his family wealth, Mahesh marries Seema (Shabana Azmi) and begins a life of simplicity, ..read more »
    Rate this: 1 star out of 5 20% from 3 members
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  • Lakhon Ki Baat on DVD
    Starring: Utpal Dutt,  Dinesh Hingoo,  Pinchoo Kapoor
    Director: Basu Chatterjee
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Freelance photographer, Alok Prakash, is hit by the puck whilst taking shots of a women's hockey match. He loses his senses and is hospitalised. His brother-in-law, a lawyer by the name of Prem Sagar, decides to capitalise on this accident, and to sue Alok's employer for a large sum of money, so ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 42 members
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  • Anubhav on DVD
    Starring: Sanjeev Kumar,  O P Kohli,  A. K. Hangal
    Director: Basu Bhattacharya
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Basu Bhattacharya's most famous film about a couple Amar (Sanjeev Kumar) and Meeta (Tanuja) who find their marriage threatening to break apart when her former lover Shashi (Dinesh Thakur) comes into their life as Amar's new assistant. Amar, unable to believe that his wife is no longer interested in ..read more »
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  • Devata on DVD
    Starring: Asit Sen,  Danny Denzongpa,  Dhumal
    Director: S. Ramanathan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Tony, a village orphan marries his sweetheart but loses her in childbirth. He showers all his love and devotion on his child Mary. Mary falls in love with a playboy and when he refuses to marry her Tony goes to see him but is found dead. Tony is arrested and sentenced for life but he flees from ..read more »
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  • Aao Pyar Karen on DVD
    Starring: Joy Mukherjee,  Rajendranath,  Saira Banu
    Director: R.K. Nayyar
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Rakesh a middle-class boy is head over heels in love with Shalini a girl from an upper class family. In pursuit of his love, Rakesh has to raise money every now and then, first to impress the girl, then to pay her debt and finally to save her life from a life-threatening heart disease. For this he ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 6 members
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  • Mukti
    Starring: Shashi Kapoor,  Sanjeev Kumar,  Vidya Sinha
    Director: Raj Tilak
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Love has many faces.and its most beautiful is 'Mukti'. Happiness is the God given gift of a small family of three, Kailash, his wife Seema and their daughter Pinky. But one fine day misfortune strikes their little world of happiness when Kailash is separated from his family. Seema can never forget ..read more »
    Rate this: 1 star out of 5 20% from 1 member
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  • Vidhaata on DVD
    Starring: Amrish Puri,  Dilip Kumar,  Jagdeep
    Director: Subhash Ghai
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Shamsher Singh is a very wealthy, poweful, and influential man. His son Pratap Singh was tragically killed at a young age, leaving behind a son, Kunal Singh, who now lives with his grandfather. Also living with Shamsher are a faithful old employee Abu Baba, and his brother Gurbaksh Singh. Kunal ..read more »
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  • Trishna on DVD
    Starring: Bindu,  Dinesh Hingoo,  Preeti Ganguly
    Director: Anil Ganguly
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Dr. Sunil Gupta lives a wealthy lifestyle with his wife, Aarti. Although they have been married for several years, they do not have any children. Aarti did get pregnant once, but failed to conceive. Aarti decides to travel to take a break in their Khandala bungalow, which is also in the ..read more »
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Sanjeev Kumar facts

5 most recent films

Angoor - 4.0 stars
Khuddaar - 3.0 stars
Shriman Shrimati - 2.5 stars
Ayaash - 1.5 stars
Biwi-O-Biwi - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Sholay - 4.0 stars
Seeta aur Geeta - 3.5 stars
Trishul - 3.5 stars
Shatranj Ke Khilari aka The Chess Players - 3.5 stars
Anamika - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Bandhan - 1.0 stars
Manoranjan - 1.0 stars
Vishwasghaat - 1.0 stars
Mukti - 1.0 stars
Trishna - 1.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Shashi Kapoor - 6 times - show films
Amitabh Bachchan - 5 times - show films
Prem Chopra - 4 times - show films
Mumtaz - 3 times - show films
Rehman - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Gulzar - 3 times - show films
Ramesh Sippy - 2 times - show films
J. Om Prakash - 2 times - show films
Anil Ganguly - 1 times - show films
P.Madhvan B.A - 1 times - show films