Critically acclaimed movies of before 2000 on zee5

Actors : I.S. Johar, Manoj Kumar, Vijaya Choudhury, Radhakrishan,
Directors : Lekhraj Bhakri,

Shyam (Manoj Kumar) lives in the city with this mother (Lalita Pawar). He has come of age, so his mother wants him to get married. She even selects a girl for him, and asks him to go and ...

Actors : Helen, Jeevan, Bela Bose, Murad,
Directors : B.J. Patel,

Neelampari and Champakali are sisters, and live in Patal Lok (underwater), and have been assigned the task of gathering together 100 souls. But Champakali takes a liking to one of them, ...

Actors : Uttam Kumar, Ratan Banerjee, Tanuja, Sudhir Basu,
Directors : Sunil Bannerjee,

The son of a wealthy industrialist aspires to be a singer against the wishes of his father.

Actors : Feroz Khan, Guru Dutt, Nasir Hussain, Agha,
Directors : T. Prakash Rao,

An assertive village-belle weds a semi-senile male and is abused by her in-laws.

Actors : Balraj Sahni, Vijay Anand, Indrani Mukherjee, Dharmendra,
Directors : Chetan Anand,

A platoon of Indian soldiers encounters harsh realities while fighting in the Sino-Indian War of 1962.

Actors : Shashikala, Manoj Kumar, Agha, Mala Sinha,
Directors : Ajit Chakraborty,

Rekha lives a middle-class lifestyle with her widowed mom. When she is five, her mom's friend, Nalini, passes away, compelling 5 year old Lata and her maid, Rampyari, to move in with them. ...

Actors : Shashikala, Supriya Choudhury, Vijayalaxmi, Dharmendra,
Directors : Mohan Kumar,

A family drama with a special focus on two generations of the Chopra family. Dinanath Chopra lives in a small tenement with his wife, and two sons Baldev, and Chandramohan. Dinanath ...

Actors : Asha Parekh, Shubha Khote, Joy Mukherjee, Mehmood,
Directors : Pramod Chakravorty,

On the lookout for employment, Ashok (Joy Mukherji) sees the photographs of beautiful Asha (Asha Parekh), and decides to accept employment as the estate's Manager. His expectations are ...

Actors : Jayant, Saira Banu, Sajjan, Biswajeet,
Directors : Subodh Mukherji,

Ashok comes from a wealthy family, which is run by his dad, and elder brother, Alok. Ashok himself is a slacker, and is only interested in slacking, and playing practical jokes, and no ...

Actors : Haradhan Bannerjee, Madhabi Mukherjee, Soumitra Chatterjee, Santi Chatterjee,
Directors : Satyajit Ray,

Calcutta based screenwriter Amitabha Roy is traveling to Hashimara in north Bengal partly to visit his brother-in-law and partly to do research for what will be his third film. En route ...

Actors : Prasad Mukherjee, Gitali Roy, Charuprakash Ghosh, Rabi Ghosh,
Directors : Satyajit Ray,

A devout Hindu family falls victim to a charlatan posing as a holy man.

Actors : Kamini Kaushal, Nirupa Roy, Prem Chopra, Anand Kumar,
Directors : S. Ram Sharma,

Shaheed (1965) presents the inspirational biography of one of India's greatest patriots Sardar Bhagat Singh.

Actors : Mumtaz, Master Bhagwan, Dara Singh, Siddhu,
Directors : Kedar Kapoor,

Shekar, a guide, leads Rekha and her professor father into the jungle only to steal a valuable necklace from a giant tribal idol. The tribesmen blame the theft on the interlopers and ...

Actors : Asha Parekh, Shammi Kapoor, Prem Chopra, Raj Mehra,
Directors : Vijay Anand,

A woman blames a nightclub drummer for the suspicious death of her sister, and seeks revenge. However, the pair work together to solve the mystery and become romantically involved, after he introduces himself under another name.

Actors : Sadhana, Jagdish Sethi, Sunil Dutt, K.N. Singh,
Directors : Raj Khosla,

A lawyer's wife dies in his arms. Yet, another woman - identical in appearance and accused of aiding a gang of bandits - claims to be the lawyer's wife. A courtroom drama ensues.

Actors : Jeevan, Rehman, Dharmendra, Nutan,
Directors : C.L. Rawal,

A man faces a problem when his very own brother decides to marry the woman he loves.

Actors : Shashikala, Prem Nath, Saira Banu, Dev Anand,
Directors : Shankar Mukherjee,

After running away from home, Prince Naresh Kumar Singh (Dev Anand) now calls himself Dilip Singh, returns home after a period of 18 years. He travels by ship, and meets Reeta Singh (Saira ...

Actors : Master Mahesh Kumar, Lalita Pawar, Rehman, Nutan,
Directors : Kolli Pratyagatma,

A mother faces challenges when she is asked to look after her husband's very young step-brother.

Actors : R. Muthuraman, Shivaji Ganesan, R.S. Manohar, Showkar Janaki,
Directors : R.R. Chandran,

Sanskrit Kavi Kali faces many challenges after falling in love with a low-caste woman.

Actors : Shalini Abhyankar, Vatsala Deshmukh, Kumar Dighe, Manjiri Godkar,
Directors : Rajaram Vankudre Shantaram,

Rani (Sandhya) comes from a very poor, who have to struggle to make ends meet. She wants a career where she can work, but her parents will not hear of it. But when their temple collapses in...