Movies: Ismat Chughtai

Set during the 1857 War of Independence, an obsessed Indian Nawab desires to wed a young Anglo-Indian woman, but the girl's obstinate mother stands between them....

In post-Partition India, a Muslim businessman and his family struggle for their rights in a country which was once their own....

Hindi film from 1948...

Badal is mistakenly presumed to be dead. Kamini, his love, is heartbroken and is married off to Thakur. Badal returns and not knowing the truth, is filled with vengeance for Kamini....

An impoverished orphan is first abused by her extended family, and then exploited after she becomes popular and wealthy....