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Pyaasa aka Thirst (1957) FR #210 | Movie | Drama, Musical | India | Hindi
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Director Guru Dutt
Writer Abrar Alvi
Cast Guru Dutt, Waheeda Rehman, Mala Sinha
Plot Vijay, a talented but indigent poet, struggles for love and recognition in this selfish world.
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Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962) FR #487 | Movie | Drama, Musical | India | Hindi
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Director Abrar Alvi
Writer Abrar Alvi, Bimal Mitra
Cast Meena Kumari, Guru Dutt, Rehman Khan
Plot A lowly servant, Bhootnath gets close to the wife of his employer and narrates her story through his eyes and perspective.
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Kaagaz Ke Phool aka Paper Flowers (1959) FR #731 | Movie | Drama, Musical | India | Hindi
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Director Guru Dutt
Writer Abrar Alvi
Cast Waheeda Rehman, Guru Dutt, Kumari Naaz
Plot Suresh Sinha, a famous director, discovers star potential in Shanti, a woman he stumbled into one rainy evening, and casts her as the lead in a film. In a twist of fate, Shanti becomes a superstar and Suresh faces a decline in his...
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Mr. & Mrs. '55 (1955) FR #2486 | Movie | Comedy, Musical | India | Hindi
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Director Guru Dutt
Writer Abrar Alvi
Cast Madhubala, Guru Dutt, Lalita Pawar
Plot A young woman must be married to claim her inheritance; her misandrist aunt uses the newly-passed 1955 divorce bill to find her a temporary husband.
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Professor (1962) FR #3987 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | India | Hindi
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Director Lekh Tandon
Writer Abrar Alvi, Shashi Bhushan
Cast Shammi Kapoor, Lalita Pawar, Parveen Choudhary
Plot A college grad in need of money must disguise himself as an old man to tutor two young women who are under the watchful eye of their strict aunt.
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Aar-Paar (1954) FR #4988 | Movie | Romance, Musical | India | Hindi
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Director Guru Dutt
Writer Abrar Alvi, Nabendu Ghosh
Cast Shyama, Guru Dutt, Jagdish Sethi
Plot An ex-convict gets a job as a taxi driver to change his girlfriend's prejudiced father's view of him, and becomes embroiled with a criminal gang in the process.
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Editorial Best Movies/TV Shows Written by (or adapted from) Abrar Alvi collects the writer’s most important, popular and top regarded work. This list is built from the cataogue of 25000 core titles provided on FlickRatings, and showcases most important movies and TV shows as ordered by our score generated using public metadata. Combine this with our weekly updated OTT information to shortlist your next watch.
