Durga Khote
Birthday: 1905-01-13
Place of Birth: Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
Biography: Durga Khote (born Vita Lad; January 14, 1905 − September 22, 1991) was an Indian actress often referred as one of the pioneers of Indian cinema due to her being the first woman to enter the film industry and breaking societal taboo surrounding it. Beginning as one of the foremost leading ladies of her time, she starred in around 200 films and numerous theatre productions during a 50-year-long career.
Movies
Dharti Kahe Pukar Ke
Gangaram, a farmer, has two younger step-brothers, Moti and Shivram. Supported by Gangaram, Moti has...
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Bobby
Raja is the 18-year-old son of a wealthy Bombay businessman who suffers from his parents coldness an...
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Aa Gale Lag Jaa
Preeti, a wealthy woman, is in an intimate relationship with Prem, but her father disapproves and de...
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Love in Simla
After the untimely death of her father and step-mother, Sonia is orphaned and lives with her aunt an...
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Bawarchi
Desperate for a cook, the disgruntled Sharmas are relieved when a multi-talented man, Raghu, takes u...
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Shararat
Percocious Meeta is always upto tricks and practical jokes. She devises a prank whereby she asks her...
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Purnima
A woman named Purnima (Meena Kumari) is forced to marry a wealthy man, leaving her true love Prakash...
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Khushboo
Kusum and Brindavan are two small children living in a small village in India. Both love each other,...
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Abhimaan
A popular singer encourages his wife to sing, but tensions mount between the pair when his career be...
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Seeta
Seeta was a 1933 Indian talkie Bengali film, directed by Debaki Bose and produced by the East India ...
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Surajmukhi
Surajmukhi is a 1950 Bollywood film directed by O.P. Dutta, starring Rehana, Shyam, and Gope. Produc...
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Gopi
Unorthodox, honest, simple-minded, and unemployed Gopi is blamed for a theft he did not commit, and ...
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Khilona
Thakur Suraj Singh lives a wealthy lifestyle with his wife; three sons - Kishore, his wife Laxmi & t...
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Pyar Ka Sapna
In order to study abroad in Great Britain, Ramesh agrees to marry a village girl named Sudha, but re...
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Inquilab
A drama set amid an earthquake in Bihar. Miss Renee (Khote) looks after the victims while her lover,...
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Amar Jyoti
Faced with extreme patriarchal laws in an ancient seaport kingdom and denied the legal custody of he...
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Patrani
The story is about King Karma Dev who gives a lot of importance to physical beauty. His mother, the ...
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Hum Ek Hain
Zamindari Ma, the old landlady of a village supports its people during a famine and raises three orp...
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Singaar
A couple's marriage begins troubling after the doctor carries an extramarital affair with a dancing ...
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Paapi
Long lost siblings grow up on opposite sides of the law; the girl becomes a thief and the boy become...
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Ardhangini
At the very moment of her birth, ill-fated Chhaya's mother passes away, her dad loses his job, and t...
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Raj Tilak
A young man goes on a quest to find his mother and to restore justice in a kingdom that has fallen i...
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Sunghursh
Bhavani Prasad is a powerful thug, who masquerades as a priest. His son Shankar refused to follow hi...
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Anupama
Mohan Sharma (Tarun Bose) is a workaholic, whose life changes dramatically after his wife dies upon ...
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Jhuk Gaya Aasman
Sanjay and Priya are in love and are planning to marry. When Priya learns that her father has been a...
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Bidaai
After his business partner embezzles money and leaves him penniless, Parvati's husband passes away, ...
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Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is a 1954 Hindi devotional biopic film produced and directed by Vijay Bhat...
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Mirza Ghalib
A fictionalized account of the life of poet and nobleman Mirza Ghalib during the reign of the last M...
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The Test
The postmaster of a village receives a check for 500,000 rupees, for the purpose of bequeathing it t...
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Phool
A drama set in a Muslim family. Safhar's inheritance is lost, thanks to his sister-in-law, but he is...
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Anand
Dr. Bhaskar Bannerjee struggles with his patients' suffering and the darkness and poverty he confron...
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Mughal-e-Azam
In the 16th century, when Prince Salim falls in love with a beautiful courtesan named Anarkali, Empe...
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Usne Kaha Tha
Nandu lives in a small town with his widowed mom, Paro. He is friendly with two young girls, Farida ...
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Shagoon
Geeta (Waheeda Rehman) and Madan (Kamaljit) are in love with each other and want to marry. They meet...
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Devar
A wealthy male starts to self-destruct after he finds that his childhood sweetheart is now his siste...
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Nursemaid Panna
Set four hundred years ago, Pannadai is an epic tale from Rajasthan centered on the loyal nurse Pann...
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Chandan Ka Palna
Ajit lives with his mother, and comes from a very wealthy family. He meets with beautiful Shobha and...
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Banphool
Haria lives with his widowed and elderly grandmother at a tea estate and works as Elephant Driver. H...
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Musafir
The stories of three sets of people, linked by their connection to an old suburban house in Calcutta...
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Kaala Sona
Several years ago Rakesh's life was turned upside down when his dad was murdered. The only consolati...
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Ek Nari Ek Brahmachari
Raisaheb Surajbhan Chaudhary has two sons - Rajkumar who has not produced an heir to his family and ...
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Pyar Mohabbat
After disappearing without a trace 18 years ago, Prince Naresh (Dev Anand) returns to his village as...
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The Householder
Prem, a young school teacher, is arranged married and begins the journey of learning the roles and r...
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Chor Sipahee
A police officer doesn't believe in strict punishment and attempts a new way to deal with crime...
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Saheb Bahadur
In a small town, situated in a picturesque Indian valley, lives a corrupt Deputy collector, Hare Mur...
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Adl-e-Jehangir
A 1955 black and white Urdu language historical drama film directed by G.P. Sippy....
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Parivar
A joint family consisting of four brothers, their wives, and their respective children, living under...
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Aandhiyan
Ram Mohan (Dev Anand) an honest lawyer is in love with Janaki (Kalpana Kartik) the beautiful daughte...
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Namak Haraam
Somu and Vicky decide to exact revenge on the union leader, Bipinlal Pandey. However, when Somu unde...
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Mujhe Jeene Do
Though from India, this tale rings of Western familiarity -- especially of the Old West. When a beau...
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King of Ayodhya
Ayodhyecha Raja, literally "The King of Ayodhya", was the first Marathi talkie. It is based on the m...
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Insaaniyat
Raghuvir is a career criminal, and one day he is arrested by the Police, tried in Court, and sentenc...
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Benazir
Sibling rivalry abounds in this film about two privileged brothers, Anwar and Nawab, and the women w...
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Prithvi Vallabh
The story revolves around two kings, Prithvi Vallabh (Munj) of Avantipur who is kind and just, and T...
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Karz
Ravi is killed by his wife after his marriage. He is reborn as Monty and is now a singer he goes to ...
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Shaque
Shaque is a 1976 Bollywood drama film directed by Vikas Desai and Aruna Raje. The film stars Vinod K...
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Kaajal
Raised by a kind matriarch, Madhavi (Meena Kumari) shares a close bond with her foster brother Rajes...
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Village Girl
A village girl's life is complicated by a love triangle or conflict, exploring themes of innocence, ...
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Agni Rekha
Suresh's (Sanjeev Kumar) wife dies due to some illness leaving behind her mother (Durga Khote) and t...
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Beqasoor
When Brijmohan moves out with his ailing mother due to a family dispute, he comes across a runaway w...
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Bade Sarkar
Encountering a young couple on the road, an elderly lady tells them her story...
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Ek Phool Do Mali
Tale of one child with two fathers, one who gave birth to him and another who raised him....
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Aaram
Leela is a beautiful young lady who wishes to marry her sweetheart and poor artist Shyam. By chance,...
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Raja Jani
Two men make a plan to present a street dancer as the long lost granddaughter of a wealthy queen...
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Sazaa
Kamini (Shyama) runs over a young man (Dev Anand), who is seriously injured. Kamini visits him daily...
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Bharat Milap
Queen Kaikeyi exiles Rama and demands Bharat be king. Bharat, devoted to Rama, refuses the throne an...
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Umaj Padel Tar
A young woman begins her married life with preconceived notions about harassment at the hands of her...
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Jaaneman
When Shanto comes to Bombay in search of her sister she meets and falls in love with the taxi driver...
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Hum Log
An impoverished family faces illness and financial challenges after one of them is sent to prison....
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Shikast
After a seven year absence, Dr. Ram Singh returns to his village intending to sell his land and go b...
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Bhabhi Ki Chudiyan
Geeta (Meena Kumari) is married to Shyam (Balraj Sahni) but is unable to bear children. Orphaned as ...
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Lal Kunwar
At midnight, a village magistrate (Jairaj) turns into a fanged killer in this cross between The Wolf...
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Door Ki Awaz
Two siblings, Mala and Prakash, meet a woman who has lost her memory and decide to have her come and...
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Do Thug
Ravi and Bijli, two small-time thugs, work for a dominant ruffian, Ajit. But when Ajit starts hatchi...
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Do Bhai
DO BHAI-1961 was a totally family drama of the routine type where there is a sacrificing soul and a ...
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India is Ours
Though times have changed, Ram still uses old ways of farming due to a drought in the village. His b...
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Bajrangbali
Bhagwan Shri Bajrangbali has had super-natural powers at a very young age which includes swallowing ...
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Geeta
Shankar abandons his religious wife Durga and takes their son Mohan into a life of crime. Years late...
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Rajrani Meera
Meera is immersed in her love and devotion to Lord Krishna since a young age. When she grows older, ...
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Vijay
A rich, fatherless young man named Vijay faces betrayal when his greedy brother-in-law, Kampta Prasa...
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Dil Ki Baat
A romantic drama or a social film exploring themes of love, emotional expression, hidden feelings, o...
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Life Is a Stage
Set in two historical epochs, 1735 and 1735. The spirited Miss Queen (Khote), performing in a period...
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Adhuri Kahani
The educated Harbala battles the oppressive traditionalism of her husband, Seth Gopaldas. Desperate ...
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Pratibha
The poet Prasad (K. Date) lives far from the city in a forest, enjoying only the company of his wife...
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Malkin
A social drama set in a Bombay chawl, where a kind landlady, her ambitious daughter, and their tenan...
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Charnon Ki Dasi
Evil mother-in-law (Khote) cruelly exploits the young bride Vidya (Vanamala). Husband Murari (Avinas...
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Lakhrani
Bichwa (Khote) is the queen of a devout Untouchable community not permitted to enter the temple. Her...
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Hamara Ghar
The story is of a family consisting of a mother and her five sons. A relative causes discord. The mo...
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Hamari Shaan
After the patriarch's selfless death, his joint family shatters as his greedy sons refuse to provide...
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Saagar
Amidst the vastness of the sea, two souls from radically different worlds find their fates intertwin...
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