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23rd Filmfare Awards
The 23rd Filmfare Awards were held on March 30, 1976. ''Sholay'' led the ceremony with 10 nominations, followed by '' Amanush'' and ''Deewaar'' with 9 nominations each, along with ''Aandhi'' and ''Sanyasi'' with 7 nominations each. ''Deewaar'' won 7 awards, including Best Film, Best Director (for Yash Chopra) and Best Supporting Actor (for Shashi Kapoor). thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony. ''Sholay'', considered one of the most successful films of Bollywood, was expected to steam-roll the competition, controversially went home with just 1 win out of its 10 nominations, winning Best Editing (for M. S. Shinde). Sanjeev Kumar received dual nominations for Best Actor for his performances in ''Aandhi'' and ''Sholay'', winning for the former. Hema Malini received dual nominations for Best Actress for her performances in ''Khushboo'' and ''Sanyasi'', but lost to Lakshmi who won the award for ''Julie'', her first and only win in the category. Pran received d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deewaar (1975 Film)
''Deewaar'' () is a 1975 Indian Hindi-language action crime film directed by Yash Chopra and written by Salim–Javed (Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar). It stars Shashi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Neetu Singh, Nirupa Roy and Parveen Babi. The film tells the story of a pair of impoverished brothers who, after their family is betrayed by the misplaced idealism of their father, struggle to survive in the slums of Bombay, and eventually find themselves on opposing sides of the law. The ''Deewaar'' ("wall") of the title is the wall that has sprung up between the two brothers, drawn apart by fate and circumstances in a time of socio-political turmoil.Virdi, Jyotika.Deewaar: the fiction of film and the fact of politics. ''Jump Cut'', No. 38, June 1993:26–32. Upon release, ''Deewaar'' was both critically and commercially successful, with praise going towards the film's screenplay, story, and music, as well as the performances of the acting ensemble, particularly Bachchan, Kapoor and R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khushboo (1975 Film)
''Khushboo'' () is a 1975 Hindi-language drama film, produced by Prasan Kapoor under the Tirupati Pictures banner, presented by Jeetendra and directed by Gulzar. It stars Jeetendra, Hema Malini and music composed by R. D. Burman. The film is based on the Bengali novel ''Panditmashai'', by Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay, which was earlier filmed in Bengali in 1951 by Naresh Mitra. It was prolific year for Gulzar, with two more releases in the same year, '' Mausam'' and ''Aandhi''. The haunting song "O Majhi Re" sung by Kishore Kumar, was famous both for lyrics and melody. A couple of other songs like "Do Naino Mein Aansoo Bhare Hain" and "Bechara Dil Kya Kare" were also very popular. It was praised as a beautiful film with good acting by Sharmila Tagore, Hema Malini, Asrani and Jeetendra. Plot The film begins in a village where Dr. Vrindavan toils to safeguard the public against the plague. Once, he visits a patient where he is acquainted with a maid Kusum who is his childhood bride ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shakti Samanta
Shakti Samanta (13 January 1926 – 9 April 2009) was an Indian film director and producer, who founded Shakti Films in 1957, which is most known for films such as ''Anand Ashram'' (1977), Anusandhan /'' Barsaat Ki Ek Raat'' (1981), ''anay abhichar'' ( 1982) '', ''Howrah Bridge'' (1958), ''Insan Jaag Utha'' (1959), ''China Town'' (1962), ''Kashmir Ki Kali'' (1964), ''An Evening in Paris'' (1967), '' Aradhana'' (1969), ''Kati Patang'' (1971), and ''Amar Prem'' (1972), '' Amanush''. . He received Filmfare Awards for Best Film for '' Aradhana'' (1969), '' Anuraag'' (1973) and '' Amanush'', which was also made in Bengali, a language in which he made six films, including an Indo-Bangladesh joint production in 1984. Early life and education He was born in the village of Bokra (post office: Raina), in the district of Purba Bardhaman, in the Bengal Presidency of British India. He received his education at Dehradun, staying with his uncle. He graduated in 1944 from Calcutta University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramesh Sippy
Ramesh Sippy (born 23 January 1947) is an Indian film director and producer in Hindi cinema. He is particularly known for directing ''Sholay'' (1975), which is regarded as one of the most influential Indian film ever made. The Government of India honoured him with Padma Shri in 2013. In the year 2017, he founded Ramesh Sippy Academy of Cinema & Entertainment in Mumbai. Personal life Sippy's father was producer G. P. Sippy. Ramesh Sippy has been married twice; his current wife is actress Kiran Juneja. With his first wife, Geeta, he has 3 children. His son Rohan Sippy is a film director. His daughter Sheena was once married to Shashi Kapoor's son, Kunal Kapoor until they divorced in 2004. Career Ramesh Sippy visited the sets of the film '' Sazaa'', his father's first film, when he was 6 years old. His first film job came at age nine, when he played Achala Sachdev's son in the 1953 film '' Shahenshah''. He worked in both the production and direction departments in films like ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulzar
Sampooran Singh Kalra (born 18 August 1934), known professionally as Gulzar, is an Indian Urdu poet, lyricist, author, screenwriter, and film director known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of greatest Urdu poets of this era. He started his career with music director S.D. Burman as a lyricist in the 1963 film ''Bandini'' and worked with many music directors including R. D. Burman, Salil Chowdhury, Vishal Bhardwaj and A. R. Rahman. Gulzar also writes poetry, dialogues and scripts. He directed films such as ''Aandhi'' and '' Mausam'' during the 1970s and the TV series ''Mirza Ghalib'' in the 1980s. He also directed ''Kirdaar'' in 1993. He has won 5 Indian National Film Awards; including 2 Best Lyrics, one Best Screenplay, one Second Best Feature Film (director), and one Best Popular Film (director); 22 Filmfare Awards; one Academy Award; and one Grammy Award. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award - Hindi in 2002, the Padma Bhushan in 2004, the th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kishore Kumar 2016 Stamp Of India
Kishore ( raːm kɪʃoːr may refer to: * Kishore (name), an Indian given name and surname * ''Captain Kishore'', a 1940 Bollywood film * '' K for Kishore'', a 2007–2008 Indian television singing contest * ''Kishore Bangla'', Bengali-language juvenile weekly newspaper * Amdanga Jugal Kishore Mahavidyalaya, a college in West Bengal, India * Gour Kishore Ghosh metro station of the Kolkata Metro * Dum Dum Kishore Bharati High School in Kolkata, India * Kishore Bharati Krirangan, a multipurpose stadium in Kolkata, India * Kishore Bharati Bhagini Nivedita (Co-ed) College in Behala, West Bengal, India * Kishore Kala Mandir, a private building in Beohari city, India * Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (English: Young Scientist Incentive Plan), an Indian government scholarship program * Maharaja Harendra Kishore Public Library in Bettiah, Bihar, India * Nand Kishore Singh Degree College Nand Kishore Singh Degree College is a self-financed college situated 7 km to the banks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadira In Shree 420 (1955)
Nadira is a given name common in Asian countries. It may refer to Given name * Nadira (actress), an Indian actress of the 1950s and 1960s, best known for her roles as a temptress * Nadira (Pakistani actress), Pakistani actress in Punjabi and Urdu films * Nadira Ait Oumghar (born 1994), Algerian volleyball player * Nadira Babbar (born 1948), Indian actress and producer * Nadira Banu Begum (died 1659), Mughal princess * Nadira Begg, Canadian television journalist * Nadira Isayeva, Russian journalist * Nadira Naipaul (born 1953), Pakistani journalist * Nina Nadira Naharuddin (born 1992), Malaysian singer, actress and TV host Fictional characters * One of the villains in ''Power Rangers: Time Force'' * Nadira, a character in the 2005 novel ''Skybreaker'' by Kenneth Oppel * Al-Nadirah, character of the Hatra legend See also * Nadir (name) Nadir is both a surname and a given name that is a variation of Nader. In the Arabic language, it is a boy's name meaning "dear", "scarce" or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakshmi At Naan Suvasikkum Sivaji Book Launch
Lakshmi (; , sometimes spelled Laxmi, ), also known as Shri (, ), is one of the principal goddesses in Hinduism. She is the goddess of wealth, fortune, power, beauty, fertility and prosperity, and associated with ''Maya'' ("Illusion"). Along with Parvati and Saraswati, she forms the Tridevi of Hindu goddesses. Within the goddess-oriented Shaktism, Lakshmi is venerated as the prosperity aspect of the Mother goddess. Lakshmi is both the consort and the divine energy (''shakti'') of the Hindu god Vishnu, the Supreme Being of Vaishnavism; she is also the Supreme Goddess in the sect and assists Vishnu to create, protect, and transform the universe. She is an especially prominent figure in Sri Vaishnavism, in which devotion to Lakshmi is deemed to be crucial to reach Vishnu. Whenever Vishnu descended on the earth as an avatar, Lakshmi accompanied him as consort, for example, as Sita and Radha or Rukmini as consorts of Vishnu's avatars Rama and Krishna, respectively. The eight pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanjeev Kumar 2013 Stamp Of India , Indian actor
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Yash Chopra 2012
Yash may refer to: People * Yash (name), including a list of people with that name * Yash (Kannada actor), Indian Kannada-language actor * Yash Dasgupta, Indian Hindi and Bengali film actor * Yash Birla, chairman of the Indian conglomerate Yash Birla Group * Yash Chopra, indian hindi Film director and producer * Yash Gera, Indian actor * Yash Ghai, Kenyan academic in constitutional law * Yash Gupta, Indian cricketer * Yash Johar, Hindi film producer * Yash Kumar, Nepali musical artist * Yash Kumarr, Bhojpuri actor * Yash Mistry, Indian child actor * Yash Pal, Indian scientist and educator * Yash Pandit, Indian actor * Yash A Patnaik, Indian producer * Yash Sinha, Indian actor * Yash Soni, Indian actor * Yash Tandon, Ugandan policymaker and political activist * Yash Tonk, Indian actor Business * Yash Raj Films, Hindi film production house Film * Yash (film), ''Yash'' (film), a 1996 Indian Bollywood musical film See also * * Yashaswi, also Yashasvi or Yeshaswi, a name {{disamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Majboor (1974 Film)
''Majboor'' () is a 1974 Indian suspense thriller film directed by Ravi Tandon and written by Salim-Javed. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Parveen Babi, Pran and Satyen Kappu with Farida Jalal, Sulochana Latkar, Iftekhar, Jagdish Raj and Rehman in supporting roles. The story revolves around Ravi Khanna (Bachchan), a terminally ill man who frames himself for a murder which he did not commit in order to help his family collect the reward money. After a successful operation, he escapes the police custody and sets out to search for the real killer. The movie is loosely inspired by two English movies of 1970 – ''Zig zag'' and ''Cold Sweat''. The film was later remade in Telugu by director K. Raghavendra Rao as ''Raja'' (1976) starring Shobhan Babu and Jayasudha. It was also remade in Tamil as Naan Vazhavaippen (1979) with Sivaji Ganeshan and K. R. Vijaya , in Gujarati as ''Naseeb No Khel'' (1982) and in Malayalam as '' Ee Kaikalil'' (1986). The movie was also an inspiration for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Do Jhoot
''Do Jhoot'' is a 1975 Bollywood romance film directed by Jitu Thakar. The film stars Vinod Mehra, Ajit and Moushumi Chatterjee in lead roles. Cast *Vinod Mehra as Sanjay *Moushumi Chatterjee as Lajwanti / Vandana *Aruna Irani as Rekha * Ajit as Nathulal *Kamini Kaushal as Lalita / Usha * Pran as Chaudhary Pratap Rai *Prem Chopra as Shailesh Awards ; 23rd Filmfare Awards: Won * Best Art Direction – Bansi Chandragupta Nominated * Best Supporting Actor – Pran * Best Supporting Actress – Aruna Irani Aruna Irani (born 3 May 1946) is an Indian actress, who has acted in over 500 films throughout Hindi, Kannada, Marathi and Gujarati cinema, playing mostly supporting and character roles. She has won two Filmfare Awards for Best Supporting Act ... Soundtrack External links * References 1975 films 1970s Hindi-language films Films scored by Shankar–Jaikishan Indian romance films {{1970s-Hindi-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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