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Caravan is a 1971 movie under Nasir Hussain films banner. Nasir Hussain and Sachin Bhowmick wrote the screenplay. Hussain’s brother Tahir Hussain is credited as producer. It starred Jeetendra and the Nasir Husain fixture- Asha Parekh. It also had Aruna Irani , Helen and Madan Puri. Two more Husain fixtures were involved in the songs: lyricist Majrooh Sultanpuri and music composer R.D. Burman. The film was a hit at the box office.The story is thriller about a young woman played by Asha Parekh who ends up married to the wrong man (Kishan Mehta). Thinking that he has conspired with his girlfriend (Helen) to murder her, she runs away to find an old friend of her father’s in Bangalore who may be able to help. Having no money, the only way she can get there is to join a traveling caravan.

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Prem Rog is 1982 romantic Bollywood film directed by Raj Kapoor. Prem Rog literally means “love sick”. The film tells the story of a man’s love towards a woman who is a widow and of a higher status.Orphaned at a very young age and adopted by his uncle, a Poojari, and aunt, Premvati, Devdhar lives a poor lifestyle with them and their daughter, Radha. Poojari works for Bade Thakur and his family and prepares astrological charts and organizes prayers, and asks him for financial assistance so that Devdhar can go to Bombay and study, which is approved.

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Kalabaaz is a 1977 Bollywood film directed by Ashok Roy.Daredevil Circus trapeze artistes, Vijay and Radha, who also goes by the name of Lisa, are in love with each other. The circus is run by Radha’s dad, G.D. Sapru. One day they decide to do another daredevil act without any safety net support to break their fall. As a result, Radha misses Vijay and falls down to the ground, is seriously wounded, and hospitalized.

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Dil To Pagal Hai is a Bollywood comedy/drama, released October 31, 1997, depicting the love lives of dancers in a musical dance troupe. The tag line is “Someone somewhere is made for you…” It was directed by Yash Chopra. It stars Shahrukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit and Karisma Kapoor, with a supporting role by Akshay Kumar. It was the first Bollywood movie to be shot in Baden-Baden, Germany, and in the German theme park Europa Park. The movie was the second highest grosser for the year 1997 in Bollywood.It won many awards, including sweeping most of the major categories at that year’s Filmfare Awards.

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Mausam is a 1975 Indian film directed by Gulzar and loosely based story “Weather”, from the novel, The Judas Tree, by A.J. Cronin.While studying for his medical exams in Darjeeling, India, Amarnath Gill sprains his leg and seeks treatment from the local healer, Harihar Thapa. Amarnath is attracted to his daughter, Chanda, and both get intimate. Amarnath promises to return, but never does.

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Izzatdaar is a 1990 Bollywood film and starring Dilip Kumar, Govinda, Madhuri Dixit, Anupam Kher, Shafi Inamdar and South Indian actor Raghuvaran in his Bollywood film debut. | Released = 16 March 1990The orderly lives of Braham Dutt (Dilip Kumar) and his wife, Sujata, are shattered when their daughter, Sonu (Swapna) informs them of her love with Inderjit. Braham Dutt agrees to meet this young man, but not does not approve of his ideas and is very suspicious of his character.

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Yadvinder Singh and his brother Tinku are career criminals in Bombay, India. They have always managed to elude the police, and continued with their way of life. Then one day, they receive a letter from a blackmailer, who claims that there is evidence that can send them to jail for a long time unless and until they go to a village named Kashipur and protect a boy named Rahul and other villagers from being killed by a gang of bandits led by Raja Sunder Singh. Fearful of being apprehended by the police, the duo decide to follow the blackmailer’s instructions.

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