Inspired by the recent posts of @FHF_Official, a thread (with video links) on some of the early sci-fi and fantasy/adventure Indian films..
Captain Anand and his assistant set out on a journey to the moon. However, when they reach there, its inhabitants capture and arrest them.

#TripToMoon / #ChandParChadayee (1967) by #TPSundaram, ft. #DaraSingh #AnwarHussain #Bhagwan #PadmaKhanna.

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Mr.Superman lives a dual life, uses his superpowers to assist the police, but becomes a suspect himself when impostors implicate him in a crime wave.

#ReturnOfMrSuperman (1960) by #ManmohanSabir, ft. #PaidiJairaj
#SheilaRamani #Shammi #Helen
#David.
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Kishore stumbles into his girlfriend's father's lab and is zapped by some rays created by him. First he grows into a huge hulk, and then starts shrinking rapidly.

#ShreemanFuntoosh (1965) by #ShantilalSoni, ft. #KishoreKumar #Kumkum #AnoopKumar

Link:
A prince fascinated with the mysteries of outer space falls in love with a maiden from the moon and travels in a rocket to moon to get her back on earth.

#ChandKiDuniya (1959) by #MohanSinha, ft. #SohanKapila #NaliniChonkar #BMVyas & #PKailash.

Link:
Armed with laser guns, three-fingered Martians invade the Earth and form an alliance with the gangsters to destroy the planet.

#WahanKeLog (1967) by #NisarAhmadAnsari, ft. #PradeepKumar #Tanuja #JohnnyWalker #ShobhnaSamarth.

Streaming on @ErosNow.
Tarzan aids a scientist and his daughter in their attempt to build a rocket that will reach the moon.

#RocketTarzan (1963) by #BJPatel, ft. #ShreeBhagwan #ShakeelaBanoBhopali #Dalpat and #RanjanKapoor.

Link:
Vani is kidnapped by aliens to teach music and dance to their inhabitants. Mohan, her lover, chances upon the alien left behind on Earth,and manages to make his way to the alien planet.

#KalaiArasi (1963,Tamil) by #AKasilingam, ft. #MGR #Bhanumathi.

Link
Shobha's father, who is a scientist, gets into a difficult situation after his experiment goes wrong and kills his employee Manohar.

#MrXInBombay (1964) by #ShantilalSoni, ft. #KishoreKumar #Kumkum and #MadanPuri.

Streaming on @ErosNow @mubiindia and @Hungama_Play.
Suspected for killing the wealthy father of his lover, a man, formerly known as Mr.X, goes on the run from the Police.

#AadhiRaatKeBaad (1965) by #NanabhaiBhatt, ft. #AshokKumar #Ragini #Agha #Jankidas and #Sajjan.

Link:
The owners of a circus set out to capture King Kong. They arrive by boat at Kong Island, only to discover that there is another monster living there - a scientist Dr Cyclops.

#Shikari (1963) by #MohammedHussain, ft. #Ajit #Ragini #Helen #KNSingh.

Link:
A doctor invents a drug which transforms a person to a monstrous creature and uses it to take revenge of his uncle's death.

#KaruthaRathrikal (1967, Malayalam) by #PSubramaniam, ft. #Madhu #KVShanthi #TKBalachandran & #Rajasree.

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Prof. Chakravarty discovers an anti-ageing formula but soon dies when his family is attacked by lions. Years later, his brother arrives with his daughter to search for the professor's lost son.

#Zimbo (1958) by #HomiWadia, ft. #Azad #KrishnaKumari

Link:
A scientist takes children to an unknown planet, where they establish a democratic republic.

#KuzhandhaigalKandaKudiyarasu (1960, Tamil) by #BRPanthulu, ft. #BRPanthulu #MVRajamma #KSarangapani with #SivajiGanesan as the scientist.

Link:
Satyam becomes invisible after drinking a test drug and must find a way to become visible again to win his lady love.

#SabashSatyam (1969, Telugu) by #GViswanatham, ft. #Krishna #Rajasree #Kaikala and #Satyanarayana.

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OST from:
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