Portrait of Motilal

Acting

Motilal

Career

Active from 1935 to 1969, busiest in 1936 and 1940 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
27
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score72/100
Highest rated
Poster for Anari
Anari
GoodWatch score75/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 3 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Motilal Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Violence
    1.7, average 4.1
  • Pop Culture
    0.0, average 2.2
  • Adrenaline
    2.7, average 4.8
  • Scare
    0.7, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Bollywood 4
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Indian Cinema 3
  • Emotional Journey 2
  • Character-Driven 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

34
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1960s

5 titles ยท average score 71
Chhoti Chhoti Baatein
Chhoti Chhoti Baatein (1969)

Writer, Director

Waqt
Waqt (1965)
GoodWatch score 71

as Public Prosecutor

Yeh Rastey Hain Pyar Ke
Yeh Rastey Hain Pyar Ke (1963)

as Prosecutor Ali Khan

The Test
The Test (1960)

as Haradhan / Sir Jagdish Chandra Roy

Zameen Ke Tare
Zameen Ke Tare (1960)

as Dhannu

1950s

8 titles ยท average score 72
Anari
Anari (1959)
GoodWatch score 75

as Seth. Ramnath Sohanlal

Paigham
Paigham (1959)

as Seth Sewakram

Ab Dilli Dur Nahin
Ab Dilli Dur Nahin (1957)

as Hariram

Jagte Raho
Jagte Raho (1956)
GoodWatch score 72

as Singing Drunk

Devdas
Devdas (1955)
GoodWatch score 68

as Chunni Babu

Ek Do Teen
Ek Do Teen (1953)

as Motilal

Mr. Sampat
Mr. Sampat (1952)

as Mr. Sampat

Hamari Beti
Hamari Beti (1950)

as Husband

1940s

14 titles
Ek Thi Larki
Ek Thi Larki (1949)

as Ranjit

Moorti
Moorti (1946)

as Shree Babu

Phoolwari
Phoolwari (1946)

as Rajiv

Dost
Dost (1944)

as Dr. Mohan

Taqdeer
Taqdeer (1943)

as Babu

Prarthana
Prarthana (1943)

as Kedar

Armaan
Armaan (1942)

as Kanwal

Pardesi
Pardesi (1941)

as Premnath

Shadi
Shadi (1941)

as Bihari

Holi
Holi (1940)

as Chand

Divali
Divali (1940)

as D. Kailas

The Untouchable
The Untouchable (1940)

as Ramu

1930s

7 titles
As You Please
As You Please (1939)

as Sumant

We Three
We Three (1938)

as Moti

Jagirdar
Jagirdar (1937)

as Ramesh

Manmohan
Manmohan (1936)

as Ashok

Two Rogues
Two Rogues (1936)

as Dr. Mohanlal

Lagna Bandhan
Lagna Bandhan (1936)

as Indrajit / Prince Shatrajit

Dr. Madhurika
Dr. Madhurika (1935)

as Narendra