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Awaara (1951) FR #488 | Movie | Drama, Musical | India | Hindi
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Director Raj Kapoor
Writer Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, V.P. Sathe
Cast Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Prithviraj Kapoor
Plot A poor young man named Raj joins a criminal gang to feed his mother. But when he falls in love with Rita, he decides to reform himself for her.
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Mera Naam Joker (1970) FR #698 | Movie | Drama, Musical | India | Hindi
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Director Raj Kapoor
Writer Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, Manoj Kumar
Cast Raj Kapoor, Manoj Kumar, Simi Garewal
Plot Raju is a joker, a clown. It is what he is and what he always shall be. As his life story unfolds in three chapters, from his school days to the circus to the streets, he must always make people laugh and be happy, no matter how u...
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Shree 420 (1955) FR #728 | Movie | Drama, Musical | India | Hindi
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Director Raj Kapoor
Writer Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, V.P. Sathe
Cast Nargis, Raj Kapoor, Nadira
Plot When a young man from a small town decides to make it big in a city, he faces several challenges.
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Jagte Raho aka Stay Alert (1956) FR #1226 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | India | Hindi
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Director Amit Mitra, Sombhu Mitra
Writer Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, Amit Mitra, Sombhu Mitra
Cast Pradeep Kumar, Sumitra Devi, Smriti Biswas
Plot An innocent guy who has arrived from a village to Kolkata gets himself involved into trouble in search of water after he gets thirsty in the middle of the night.
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Bobby (1973) FR #3179 | Movie | Drama, Musical | India | Hindi
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Director Raj Kapoor
Writer Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, Jainendra Jain, V.P. Sathe
Cast Dimple Kapadia, Rishi Kapoor, Pran Sikand
Plot Raj, the son of strict, wealthy parents, falls in love with Bobby, the daughter of a poor Christian fisherman -- a romance his parents oppose.
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Editorial Best Movies/TV Shows Written by (or adapted from) Khwaja Ahmad Abbas 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.
