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28th Filmfare Awards
The 28th Filmfare Awards were held in 1981. ''Insaaf Ka Tarazu'' and '' Thodisi Bewafaii'' led the ceremony with 9 nominations each, followed by ''Aakrosh'' and ''Aasha'' with 7 nominations each. ''Aakrosh'' won 6 awards, including Best Director (for Govind Nihalani), Best Actor (for Naseeruddin Shah) and Best Supporting Actor (for Om Puri), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony. Rekha received dual nominations for Best Actress for her performances in ''Judaai'' and ''Khubsoorat'', winning for the latter. Main awards Best Film ''Khubsoorat'' *'' Aakrosh'' *'' Aasha'' *''Insaaf Ka Tarazu'' *''Thodisi Bewafaii'' Best Director '' Govind Nihalani – Aakrosh'' *'' B. R. Chopra – Insaaf Ka Tarazu'' *''Esmayeel Shroff – Thodisi Bewafaii'' *''Hrishikesh Mukherjee – Khubsoorat'' *''J. Om Prakash – Aasha'' Best Actor '' Naseeruddin Shah – Aakrosh'' *'' Amitabh Bachchan – Dostana'' *''Raj Babbar – Insaaf Ka Tarazu'' *'' Rajesh Khanna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khubsoorat
''Khubsoorat'' (transl. Beautiful) is a 1980 Indian Hindi, Hindi-language comedy-drama film, directed and produced by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, co-produced by N. C. Sippy with dialogues written by Gulzar. The movie stars Ashok Kumar, Rekha, Rakesh Roshan, Dina Pathak in lead roles. The movie received critical acclaim and was a box-office success. The movie was remade in Telugu language, Telugu as Swargam in 1981 and Tamil language, Tamil as Lakshmi Vandhachu and in Malayalam as Vannu Kandu Keezhadakki. The Khoobsurat (2014 film), 2014 film of the same name was loosely based on it and was Disney's first live-action Bollywood movie. Hrishikesh Mukherjee won the 1981 Filmfare Award for Best Film for his direction. Rekha won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her role as Manju Dayal. Dina Pathak received a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Nirmala Gupta. Plot In Pune, middle-aged Nirmala Gupta (Dina Pathak), wife of Dwaraka Prasad Gupt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shabana Azmi
Shabana Azmi (born 18 September 1950) is an Indian actress of Hindi film, television and theatre. One of India's most acclaimed actresses, Azmi is known for her portrayals of distinctive, often unconventional female characters across several genres. She has won a record five National Film Awards for National Film Award for Best Actress, Best Actress, in addition to five Filmfare Awards and several international honours among other accolades. In 1998, she was honoured by the Government of India with the Padma Shri, the Indian honours system, fourth-highest civilian honour of the country, and in 2012, she was awarded Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian honour. The daughter of poet Kaifi Azmi and stage actress Shaukat Azmi, she is an alumna of Film and Television Institute of India of Pune. Azmi made her film debut in 1974 and soon became one of the leading actresses of parallel cinema, a new-wave movement known for its serious content and neorealism and received government p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reena Roy
Reena Roy (born Saira Ali; 7 January 1957), is an Indian actress. At the age of 15, she made her film debut with the drama ''Zaroorat'' (1972), but gained wider public recognition with her roles in the romantic comedy ''Jaise Ko Taisa'' (1973) and the romance-action film '' Zakhmee'' (1975). By 1976, Roy became one of the highest-paid actresses of Bollywood after starring in two of the year's biggest box-office successes, the action thriller ''Kalicharan'' and the horror film '' Nagin''. Roy went on to earn a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in the drama ''Apnapan'' (1977), but declined it due to categorical issues. Her success nevertheless continued throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s when she featured in several notable films including the horror film ''Jaani Dushman'' (1979), the dramas '' Aasha'' (1980), ''Arpan'' (1983) and '' Asha Jyoti'' (1984), the multi genre '' Naseeb'' (1981) and the romantic comedy '' Sanam Teri Kasam'' (1982). In 1983, Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qurbani (1980 Film)
''Qurbani'' () is a 1980 Indian Hindustani action thriller film produced, directed by and starring Feroz Khan (under the banner of FK International). The film co-stars Vinod Khanna, Zeenat Aman, Amjad Khan, Shakti Kapoor, Aruna Irani, Amrish Puri and Kadar Khan. ''Qurbani'' was famous for its music, especially the Music of Bollywood#Disco, Bollywood disco song "Aap Jaisa Koi" sung by Pakistani popstar Nazia Hassan and produced by Biddu, as well as the song "Laila O Laila". The film is based on the 1972 Italian action crime movie The Master Touch. It was later remade into Tamil as Viduthalai (1986 film), Viduthalai starring Rajinikanth, Vishnuvardhan (actor), Vishnuvardhan and Madhavi (actress), Madhavi with Sivaji Ganesan, which was a moderate success at the box office, however, over the years the film has achieved a cult following. Plot Rajesh ( Feroz Khan) was a motorcycle stuntman in a circus and is now a thief, expert in breaking open treasuries. In one such robbery, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinod Khanna
Vinod Khanna (6 October 1946 – 27 April 2017) was an Indian actor, film producer and politician who is best known for his work in Hindi films; while also being a notable spiritual seeker. In Bollywood, he was the recipient of two Filmfare awards. Khanna was one of the highest-paid stars of his times, along with Amitabh Bachchan and Rajesh Khanna. He gave competition to Amitabh Bachchan's box office run in late 1970s to early 1980s before taking break from films. After joining politics, he became the MP from the Gurdaspur constituency between 1998–2009 and 2014–2017. In July 2002, Khanna became the minister for Culture and Tourism in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee cabinet. Six months later, he became the Minister of State for External Affairs. Khanna made his film debut in 1968, and initially acted in supporting and antagonistic roles; as an angry young man in the movie ''Mere Apne'', as the main villain in the highly successful crime drama ''Mera Gaon Mera Desh,'' and as the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shatrughan Sinha
Shatrughan Prasad Sinha (born 9 December 1945) is an Indian actor and politician. He is a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency), Asansol constituency as a member of All India Trinamool Congress (TMC). Earlier he was elected as Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha (2009–2014, 2014–2019) from Patna Sahib (Lok Sabha constituency), Patna Sahib. He was also a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha during 1996–2002 and 2002–2008. He was a Union Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Shipping in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government. He was a member of standing committee on transport, tourism and culture and member of consultative committee in ministry of external affairs and overseas Indian affairs from 2014 to 2019. In 2016, his biography, ''Anything but Khamosh'', was released. Early life Sinha was born in Patna, Bihar, to Bhubaneswari Prasad Sinha and Shyama Devi Sinha on 9 December 1945. He is the youngest of four brothers – Ram, Lakshman, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajesh Khanna
Rajesh Khanna () (; born Jatin Khanna; 29 December 1942 – 18 July 2012) was an Indian actor, film producer and politician who worked in Hindi films. He is called as the "First Superstar of Hindi cinema", he consecutively starred in a record 15 solo hero successful films between 1969 and 1971. He was the highest-paid actor in Hindi cinema throughout the 1970s and 1980s. His accolades include four BFJA Awards and five Filmfare Awards, and in 2013, he was posthumously awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honour. Khanna made his debut in 1966 with ''Aakhri Khat'' which was India's first official Oscar Entry in 1967. In 2005, he was honoured with the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award on the 50th anniversary of the Filmfare Awards. He was a Member of Parliament in the 10th Lok Sabha from New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency between 1992 and 1996, elected in the 1992 New Delhi by-election as an Indian National Congress candidate. He was married to Dimple Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raj Babbar
Raj Babbar (born 23 June 1952) is an Indian Hindi and Punjabi film actor and politician belonging to Indian National Congress. three-time member of the Lok Sabha and a two-time member of the Upper House of the Indian Parliament. He was the President of Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee. Early life Babbar was born in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, in a Punjabi family on 23 June 1952, but he hails from Tundla, Firozabad. He did his initial schooling from Mufid-E-Aam Inter college, Agra.He is an alumnus of the 1975 class of the National School of Drama and graduate from Agra College. Career He trained in the Method school of acting at NSD, which is involved in Street Theatre. After his training in New Delhi, he moved to Mumbai and started his film career with Reena Roy, one of the well-known actresses of that time. He gained notoriety for his horrific portrayal of a rapist in the movie ''Insaaf Ka Taraazu'', in which he assaulted the heroine Zeenat Aman, and later her sister, and in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dostana (1980 Film)
''Dostana'' () is a 1980 Cinema of India, Indian Bollywood, Hindi action drama film, written by Salim–Javed, produced by Yash Johar, and directed by Raj Khosla. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Shatrughan Sinha, Zeenat Aman in lead roles and Prem Chopra, Amrish Puri, Helen (actress), Helen, Pran (actor), Pran in supporting roles. The film was a huge hit at the box-office and became the fourth highest-grosser of 1980, behind ''Qurbani (1980 film), Qurbani'', ''Asha'' and ''Ram Balram''. ''Dostana'' was one of the last successful films directed by Raj Khosla. The film was remade in Tamil as ''Sattam'' with Kamal Haasan. Plot Vijay (Amitabh Bachchan) and Ravi (Shatrughan Sinha) are best friends who do not question each other about their careers. Vijay is a police officer and Ravi is a lawyer. While Vijay catches criminals (with the help of an informant named Tony (Pran (actor))), Ravi bails those criminals out and is employed by Daaga (Prem Chopra). One day both Vijay and Ravi m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan (; born as Amitabh Shrivastav; 11 October 1942) is an Indian actor, film producer, television host, occasional playback singer and former politician known for his work in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of the most successful and influential actors in the history of Indian cinema.* * * * * Referred to as the '' Shahenshah of Bollywood'' (in reference to his 1988 film '' Shahenshah''), ''Sadi ka Mahanayak'' (Hindi for, "Greatest actor of the century"), ''Star of the Millennium'', or ''Big B''.* * * During the 1970s1980s, he was the most dominant actor in the Indian movie scene; the French director François Truffaut called him a "one-man industry." Bachchan was born in 1942 in Allahabad to the Hindi poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan and his wife, the social activist Teji Bachchan. He was educated at Sherwood College, Nainital, and Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi. His film career started in 1969 as a voice narrator in Mrinal Sen's film ''Bhuvan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Hrishikesh Mukherjee (30 September 1922 – 27 August 2006) was an Indian film director, editor and writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of Indian cinema. Popularly known as ''Hrishi-da'', he directed 42 films during his career spanning over four decades, and is named the pioneer of the 'middle cinema' of India. Renowned for his social films that reflected the changing middle-class ethos, Mukherjee "carved a middle path between the extravagance of mainstream cinema and the stark realism of art film, art cinema". He is known for a number of films, including ''Anari (1959 film), Anari'', ''Satyakam'', ''Chupke Chupke (film), Chupke Chupke'', ''Anupama (1966 film), Anupama'', ''Anand (1971 film), Anand'', ''Abhimaan (1973 film), Abhimaan'', ''Guddi (1971 film), Guddi'', ''Gol Maal'', ''Majhli Didi'', ''Chaitali (film), Chaitali'', ''Aashirwad (film), Aashirwad'', ''Bawarchi'', ''Khubsoorat'', ''Kissi Se Na Kehna'', and ''Namak Haraam.'' He also remained the cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
