"Actor: Mehmood"

• Padosan | DVD | (02/12/2002) from £10.96   |  Saving you £-4.97 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A rollicking slapstick musical comedy directed by Jyoti Swaroop in which the innocent Bhola (Sunil Dutt) gives up his commitment to celibacy when he falls for a sexy neighbour Bindu (Saira Banu). His rivals in love are his own uncle (Om Prakash) and Bindu's traditionalist Carnatic music teacher (Mehmood). He however wins his girl with the assistance of the crooked drama-troupe guru (Kishore Kumar) when he serenades her using the guru for a musical playback. R D Burman's great soundtrack climaxes in the high point of the film in a zany take-off on the Jugalbandi (musical contest) between the guru and the Carnatic musician `Ek Chatur Naar Karke Singaar' sung by Manna De and Kishore Kumar. The original Bengali story had previously been filmed by Sudhir Mukherjee Pasher Bari in 1952 in Telugu by C Pullaiah Pakkinti Ammayi in 1953 and in Tamil - Raghavaiah's Adutha Veetu Penn in 1960.

• Andaz Apna Apna | DVD | (17/11/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  It is a story of two boys Amar and Prem who want to get rich quickly by taking all the short-cuts in the book. Amar is the son of an honest barber Murli Manohar in Mumbai while Prem is the son of Bankeylal Bhopali a hardworking tailor in Bhopal. Both Amar and Prem sell their father's shop and house respectively and zero in on a hill station where a beautiful wealthy heiress Raveena has come from London accompanied by her friend cum secretary Karishma with the intention of getting married to a virtuous Indian. The lucky man to wed Raveena will inherit her father Ram Gopal Bajaj's entire wealth. Amar and Prem see their get rich quick chance and woo Raveena each trying to out do the other. Enter Teja whos sole ambition in life has been to grab his twin brother Ram Gopal Bajaj's millions. So Teja plants Bhalla and Robert in Raveena's house to help him in fulfill his ambition. As the story progresses it turns out to be a mad chase from Ram Gopal Bajaj's wealth full of humour romance thrills and chills. Will Raveena & Karishma see through Amar and Prem's mischievous intentions? Will Teja succeed in his motives? See it all in ANDAZ APNA APNA.

• Judaai | DVD | (30/01/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Judaai is a story of a young lady Kajal (Sreedevi) and her husband Raj (Anil Kapoor) who are happily married with two children. Kajal constantly dreams of being rich and yearns for the luxuries of life.In fact her greed for money is so immense that it starts to threaten the very foundation of her marriage. Raj's income is unable to support the luxuries demands of his wife. Jahnvi (Urmila Matondkar) is a rich young beautiful girl and believes money can buy anything and everything.Jahnvi finds herself attracted to Raj and as time passes she decides that marriage is what she really wants. Jahnvi strikes a deal with Kajal 2 crore in exchange for Raj's hand in marriage once Kajal has signed the divorce documents.Slowly Kajal finds herself being alienated from Raj and her children and it isn't long before Kajal demands to get Raj back.Will Kajal get Raj and the children back? or will Jahnvi remain Raj's wife?

• Woh Kaun Thi? | DVD | (20/10/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £25.99

  On a dark stormy night a compulsive smoker Dr. Anand (Manoj Kumar) is on his way back home when he meets a white sari clad girl (Sadhana) in distress. He offers assistance to her giving her a lift in his car. She accepts his assistance and introduces herself as Sandhya. As soon as she steps in the car the wipers eerily stop working. He's even more spooked when the lady tells him she knows the way and guides him outside a cemeteryShortly thereafter Sandhya disappears. A while later a distraught father stops his car begging him to save his daughter's life. He follows the man and comes to an old manor-like house but unfortunately the girl in question is already dead. He is surprised to see her she being the same woman he just dropped off at the cemetery a while ago. When he goes back he encounters some policemen who tell him that the place is deserted and no-one has been living there for a while now. Shaken by this incident Anand decides to investigate further and gets drawn into a web of lies deceit and an apparition who continues to appear and disappear at will. Is she a ghost? Why is she after him?

• Gumnaam | DVD | (21/02/2005) from £17.53   |  Saving you £2.46 (12.30%)   |  RRP £19.99

  After a crash land the pilot Manoj Kumar and the other passengers Nanda Helen Madan Puri Pran Satyan Bose find themselves on a marooned island. After waiting for help they find a very deserted haveli but are surprised to meet a servant Mehmood who says that he was waiting for them. How did he know they were going to come? What follows after staying there is a nightmare. Each night there is a murder. The killer chooses his victim each night leaving others in groping fear. They wan

• Kaagaz Ke Phool | DVD | (20/08/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

• Pyaasa | DVD | (02/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

• Kanoon | DVD | (14/08/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  A young lawyer accidentally witnesses his prospective father-in-law a respected judge murdering a moneylender. A burglar who stumbles across the body is then arrested for the murder and is put on trial before the judge's court leaving the lawyer with a moral dilemma.

• Beti Bete | DVD | (01/07/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  Raghu is a widower with 3 children - Laxmi Ramu and Munna. He can't makes ends meet on his meagre income. To add to his woes his landlord is a heartless man who confiscates Raghu's cycle in lieu of the rent Raghu owes him. Without the cycle Raghu reaches late for work and is fired. When he defies the dismissal order and starts welding he is blinded by the welding sparks. Unable to take his misfortunes he runs away. The children are thrown out of the house. Laxmi and Munna lan

• Ek Saal | DVD | (03/03/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Ek Saal

• Man Pasand | DVD | (02/09/2002) from £14.99   |  Saving you £-4.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  Two friends Pratap (Dev Anand) and Kashinath (Girish Karnad) are bound by their passion of music. Pratap who has a doctorate in music has created a machine which can perfect a human voice. As music and their friendship leave room for little else both Pratap & Kashinath are confirmed bachelors till one day Pratap has a bet with Kashinath that if he in 6 month's time can polish and perfect any girl's voice Kashinath will marry her. One day having to travel by train they come

• Chotte Nawab | DVD | (03/12/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Chotte Nawab

• C.I.D. | DVD | (20/08/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Noir, Indian style: that in a nutshell is Raj Khosla's classic crime thriller C.I.D. (1956). Dev Anand plays the intrepid C.I.D Inspector Shekhar who is trying to solve the murder of a newspaper editor. On the way to achieving this he comes across a variety of stock film noir characters including a do-gooder with a dark side, a vamp with a heart of gold and a bumbling sidekick. All the elements of the genre are present, from the enigmatic woman to the cigarette-puffing hero to the tough police commissioner. And of course our hero finds true love as well. Produced by cult actor/director Guru Dutt, C.I.D. is a worthy companion piece to the Dutt-directed hit Baazi (1951) which explored similar territory. Cinematographer VK Murthy, who is now revered as one of the best ever, creates a shadowy, smoky world that perfectly frames the on-screen happenings. What makes it uniquely Indian is the introduction of several popular songs that enhance rather than disrupt the narrative. The suave Dev Anand is more of a soft-boiled detective than a hard-boiled one. But what makes the film memorable is Waheeda Rehman's vamp who is as coy, sexy and mysterious as they come. On the DVD: C.I.D. on DVD comes with a note that says "reproduced from vintage source for the sake of nostalgic appeal, hence possibly compromising on quality". Happily, the quality is quite good barring a couple of dropouts near the beginning. The black and white transfer is not as crisp as it could be, but given the state of film preservation in India it is quite acceptable. The subtitles are accurate. The best feature on the DVD is Nasreen Munni Kabir's three-part Channel 4 documentary "In Search of Guru Dutt" which is a comprehensive and fascinating look into the life and work of C.I.D.'s producer. --Nanan Ramachandran

• Sasural | DVD | (25/03/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

• Daadi Maa | DVD | (02/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  Raja Pratap Rai (Ashok Kumar) and his stepmother Rani Maa (Durga Khote) are bitter enemies who live separately. Rani Maa's daughter-in-law and Pratap Rai's wife Parvati (Bina Rai) are pregnant at the same time. Pratap Rai is at loggerheads with Parvati's brother Dr.Bharti (Rehman) due to an old feud and throws him and Parvati out from his house. Parvati gives birth to a son Somu while Rani Maa's daughter-in-law dies during the birth of her son Shankar. In an effort to reconcile di

• Ziddi | DVD | (20/08/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  This is the story of Asha (Asha Parekh) a rich beautifull strong-willed girl completely spoilt by her doting father rich owner of a tea plantation pitted against Ashok (Joy Mukherji) a budding author who suddenly finds himself installed as the manager of the tea plantation. Their every encounter is stormy tempestuous and Asha irked by the handsome young man with whom for once she can't have her own way enlists the assistance of Manju a friendly elephant and her slave and so b

• Love In Tokyo | DVD | (15/08/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  Love in Tokyo is a charming frothy comedy of chance meetings and happy coincidenses. Chi Ku is a little boy in Tokyo who becomes an orphan when his Indian father and Japanese mother die. On hearing the news his indian grandmother Gayatri Devi (Lalita Pawar) sends his uncle Ashok (Joy Mukherjee) to get him back to India. However Chi Ku does not want to leave his beautifull Japan and tries to escape from his uncle by hiding below a truck where he meets Asha (Ashah Parekh). He recognises her as the girl he saw on TV because she has run away to escape from her uncle (Madan Puri) who wants to get her married to Pran. Will Chi Ku find a home Ashok his lost nephew and will Asha lose the wicked Pran and find true love? Will their paths cross and toguether take them to a happily-ever-after? Shot in beautifull locales in Japan full of some of the best hits of Shanker Jakishen Love in Tokyo is one of the evergreen hits of Hindi cinema.

• Naya Zamana | DVD | (20/08/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  From the earliest days of Indian cinema, the issue of class struggle has cropped up regularly. Pramod Chakravorty's Naya Zamana (1971) is one of the better films in the genre. The never-ending struggle of the poorer classes in India is exemplified by Anoop, an educated young man whose honesty and refusal to bow to corrupt practices results in a lack of opportunities for him. His life changes when the rich Seema falls in love with him and Anoop falls into the ambit of her conniving brother Rajan. Matters come to a head when Rajan steals Anoop's manuscript--a treatise on the ambitions of poverty--and passes it off as his own. Usually known for his tough guy roles, Dharmendra is excellent in the central role of Anoop. Here he carries on the image change process that he began with the similarly themed Satyakam (1969). His hit pairing with real-life partner Hema Malini (in the role of Seema) gets another outing with this film. For director Chakravorty, Naya Zamana marks one of his last successful forays into social cinema. He moved on to the more lucrative action genre with some success, including some with Dharmendra as the leading man, returning to his tough guy routine. On the DVD: Naya Zamana is presented in a crisp new transfer, though inexplicably the opening credits are a bit faded. There are no extras. --Naman Ramachandran

• Choti Behen | DVD | (25/03/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  Chhoti Bahen is the poignant story about the delicate but powerful bond of filial love. Rajendra ) and Shekhar lose both their parents and the only family left is each other and their younger sister Meena. Though in love with Yashoda Rajendra swears that he will not marry till his younger brother and sister are settled. Shekhar falls in love with a rich girl Shobha. Meanwhile Meena's marriage is fixed with Dr. Ramesh. Misfortune strikes when Meena meets with an accident and is blind

• Kaagaz Ke Phool | DVD | (22/11/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  The movie begins in the dying moments in the life of a famous film director played by Guru Dutt. The movie then moves to the beginning of his career where he meets Shanti only a debutante and unsure of everything she does. His growing fascination for her prompts him to cast her in his movies. Her growing independence and stature and his subsequent decay into mediocrity the tension between their personal feelings and their professional goals sets the stage for the rest of the movie. The movie has several generally acclaimed songs by Geeta Dutt which are inextricable from the movie plot itself.