Movies: Leela Desai

  • 1937
    President

    President (1937)

    President

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    Badi Bahen aka President is a 1937 Hindi social romantic drama film (the Bengali version was called Didi and starred several different actors). The story according to the credit roll of the film is "A tale of love and greater love" developed on an id...

    President
  • 1961
    Kabuliwala

    Kabuliwala (1961)

    Kabuliwala

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    A poor Afghani leaves his family behind to earn a living as a dried fruit vendor in India. Profoundly homesick, he befriends a young girl who reminds him of his own daughter. Meanwhile, the locals are distrustful of all foreigners....

    Kabuliwala
  • 1940
    Nartaki

    Nartaki (1940)

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    Roop Kumari (Leela Desai) a famous court dancer is forbidden entry into a temple monastery run by a strict disciplinarian Priest. The cast listed here is for the Hindi version, there is also a Bengali version with a different cast, but same director ...

    Nartaki
  • 1937
    Didi

    Didi (1937)

    Didi

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    A famous Saigal musical narrating a strange love story set against 1930s industrialization and worker-management relations. The 16-year-old Prabhavati inherits a mill and turns it into an extremely profitable enterprise. Prakash is a worker who desig...

    Didi
  • 1938
    Jiban Maran

    Jiban Maran (1938)

    Jiban Maran

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    A famous radio singer Mohan (Saigal) is in love with Geeta (Leela Desai). When he goes to his friend a doctor, TB Specialist, Bijoy (Bhanu) for a check-up, he is found to be in an advance stage of TB. Meanwhile Leela's dominant mother and aunt (Nibha...

    Jiban Maran