6 Best Nargis Movies

By Vlad Zakh · February 7, 2026

Nargis became one of Hindi cinema’s most iconic leading ladies and delivered a landmark, internationally celebrated performance as an archetypal struggling Indian mother in Mother India. Awaara, Andaz, Shree 420 and Chori Chori are other classics, with a corrupted honest man and a runaway heiress. Raat Aur Din struggles with a woman’s dual personality disorder.

Raat Aur Din (1967)

TMDB ★ 6.8

Nargis stars in this Hindi drama about a woman with a dual personality disorder who struggles to reconcile her two conflicting identities.

Directed by Satyen Bose · 2h 15m

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Mother India (1957)

TMDB ★ 8.0

Nargis stars in this Hindi epic about a poor widow who endures decades of hardship raising her sons alone in rural India.

Directed by Mehboob Khan · 2h 55m

Where to watch

Stream: Eros Now Select Apple TV channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Chori Chori (1956)

TMDB ★ 7.2

Nargis is in this Hindi romantic comedy where a runaway heiress and a struggling journalist fall in love while travelling incognito together.

Directed by Anant Thakur · 2h 38m

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video

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Shree 420 (1955)

TMDB ★ 7.6

Nargis stars in this Raj Kapoor classic about an honest, penniless man who is corrupted by Bombay's glittering high society and a scheming con artist.

Directed by Raj Kapoor · 2h 48m

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video

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Awaara (1951)

TMDB ★ 8.1

Nargis features in this Hindi classic about a young man raised in poverty and crime who confronts the judge who unknowingly abandoned him as a child.

Directed by Raj Kapoor · 2h 48m

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video

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Andaz (1949)

TMDB ★ 7.0

Dilip Kumar features in this Hindi drama about a wealthy woman's close friendship with a man that is misread by her own husband, leading to tragedy.

Directed by Mehboob Khan · 2h 23m

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best Nargis Movies

Raat Aur Din (1967)

Mother India (1957)

Chori Chori (1956)

Shree 420 (1955)

Awaara (1951)

Andaz (1949)

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