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Aruna Irani (born 3 May 1946) is an Indian actress, who has acted in over 500 films throughout Hindi cinema, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi cinema, Marathi and Gujarati cinema, Gujarati cinema, playing mostly supporting and character roles. She has won two Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress, Filmfare Awards for Best Supporting Actress, for ''Pet Pyaar Aur Paap'' (1985) and ''Beta (film), Beta'' (1992), and has been nominated for most times, holding a record for the most nominations in the category. In January 2012, Irani was honoured with the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award at the 57th Filmfare Awards. Early life Aruna Irani was born in Mumbai, India to an Irani (India), Irani father and a Hindu mother. Her father Faredun Irani ran a drama troupe, and her mother Saguna was an actress. She is the eldest of eight siblings, and gave up studies after sixth standard because her family did not have enough money to educate all the children. She claims to have learnt dancing whil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bombay
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second-most populous city in India after Delhi and the eighth-most populous city in the world with a population of roughly 20 million (2 crore). As per the Indian government population census of 2011, Mumbai was the most populous city in India with an estimated city proper population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore) living under the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. Mumbai is the centre of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the sixth most populous metropolitan area in the world with a population of over 23 million (2.3 crore). Mumbai lies on the Konkan coast on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour. In 2008, Mumbai was named an alpha world city. It has the highest number of millionaires and billionaires among all cities i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award
The Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award, initially named Raj Kapoor Award for Lifetime Achievement after Raj Kapoor is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films. List of honourees † - Indicates the person also ''won'' the Dadasaheb Phalke Award Superlatives * In 58th Filmfare Awards, Yash Chopra became the first artist to become a posthumous winner. * Oldest Winner – Manna Dey in 56th Filmfare Awards (aged 91) * Youngest Winner – Amitabh Bachchan in 36th Filmfare Awards & Rekha in 48th Filmfare Awards (both aged 48) * Number of Female recipients – 21 * Number of Male recipients – 26 See also * Filmfare Awards * Bollywood * Cinema of India * Filmi music External linksFilmfare Lifetime Achievement Awards {{Filmfare Awards 01 Lifetime Achievement Lifetime achievement awards are awarded by various organizations, to recognize contributions over the whole of a career, rather than or in addition to single contributions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Story (1981 Film)
''Love Story'' is a 1981 Indian Hindi-language romantic film directed by Rahul Rawail. The film stars Rajendra Kumar alongside his son Kumar Gaurav and Vijeta Pandit, both making their film debuts. Vidya Sinha, Danny Denzongpa, Amjad Khan and Aruna Irani appear in supporting roles. Kumar Gaurav was launched in Bollywood through ''Love Story''. The film achieved "All Time Blockbuster" status, making Kumar Gaurav a "Star" overnight. The film had revenues of over 1 crore in Mumbai territory. The movie had the third-highest earnings of 1981 after ''Kranti'' and ''Naseeb''. It did over 7.2 Cr business in India with approximately 3.50 Cr distributor share. Plot Vijay Mehra (Rajendra Kumar) is a wealthy builder and loves Suman (Vidya Sinha), who also loves Vijay. Ram Dogra (Danny Denzongpa) is a civil engineer who loves Suman. Ram and Suman were friends in college. But Vijay leaves Suman because he feels jealousy of Ram and Suman's friendship and marries another girl, and Suman marr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Rose (1980 Film)
''Red Rose'' is a 1980 Indian Hindi-language psychological thriller film, starring Rajesh Khanna and Poonam Dhillon. It is a remake of the Tamil film ''Sigappu Rojakkal'', made by the same director Bharathiraja and the same cinematographer P. S. Nivas. Plot Anand is a successful businessman with a dark side. He preys on nubile girls, seduces and kills them. These proceedings are video-recorded and watched by his adoptive father and mentor, another deranged woman-hater who, as with Anand, had a disillusioning experience with the female sex in his past. The old man stays holed up in a far corner of Anand's mansion watching his son carry out what he is too infirm to do. The murdered girls are buried in Anand's garden and a rosebush is grown above them. Anand chances upon an undergarments salesgirl, Sharda and develops an attraction for her. Sharda, a conservative woman, insists that Anand must marry her if he wants to have his way with her. The romance proceeds and appears to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sargam (1979 Film)
''Sargam'' is a 1979 Hindi-language drama film written and directed by K. Viswanath. It was a remake of his earlier Telugu film ''Siri Siri Muvva'' (1976), which also starred Jaya Prada and made her a star in South India. She made her Hindi film debut with this film, repeating her role of a mute dancer. The film stars Rishi Kapoor as her partner, Shashikala as her stepmother, Shreeram Lagoo as her father, with Shakti Kapoor, Aruna Irani, Asrani, Vijay Arora and Om Shivpuri. Laxmikant-Pyarelal composed the memorable songs, which won the only Filmfare Award for the film. Anand Bakshi wrote the lyrics. Mohammed Rafi has sung all seven songs, three of them were duets with Lata Mangeshkar, including the famous song, "Dafliwale Dafli Baja", "Koyal Boli, Duniya Doli" and "Parbat Ke Us Paar". The song "Koyal Boli" was shot on the banks of the Godavari River in Rajahmundry, "Parbat Ke Us Par" in Ooty and "Dafliwale" in Kashmir. The film became a huge success at the box office and to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fakira
''Fakira'' is a 1976 Indian Hindi-language crime action film produced by N.N. Sippy and directed by C.P. Dixit. The film stars Shashi Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Asrani, Aruna Irani, Danny Denzongpa, Asit Sen (actor), Asit Sen, Ramesh Deo and Madan Puri. The music is by Ravindra Jain. The film became a box office hit. The film's team of producer (N.N. Sippy), cast (Shashi Kapoor, Asrani, Danny Denzongpa, Madan Puri) and music composer (Ravindra Jain) had teamed together before for the box office hit ''Chor Machaye Shor'' (1974). ''Fakira'' was later remade into the Cinema of Andhra Pradesh, Telugu film ''Dongalaku Donga'' (1978). Plot Two small children, who are brothers, lose their parents in a fire. They are harassed by bad men and get separated. They grow up and become criminals. One is played by Shashi Kapoor, while the other is played Danny Denzongpa. They become enemies, not knowing that they are brothers. A policewoman, played by Shabana Azmi, goes undercover in Shashi Kapo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby (1973 Film)
''Bobby'' is a 1973 Indian Hindi-language musical romance film, produced and directed by Raj Kapoor, and written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas. The film stars Raj Kapoor's son, Rishi Kapoor, in his first leading role, opposite Dimple Kapadia in her debut role. The film became a blockbuster, the top-grossing Indian hit of 1973, the second-top-grossing hit of the 1970s at the Indian box office, and one of the top 20 highest-grossing Indian films of all time (when adjusted for inflation). It also became an overseas blockbuster in the Soviet Union, where it drew an audience of 62.6 million viewers, making it one of the top 20 biggest box office hits of all time in the Soviet Union. The film became a trend-setter. It was wildly popular and widely imitated. It introduced to Bollywood the genre of teenage romance with a rich-versus-poor clash as a backdrop. Numerous films in the following years and decades were inspired by this plot. ''Indiatimes Movies'' ranks ''Bobby'' amongst the 'Top 30 M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farz (1967 Film)
''Farz'' () is a 1967 Hindi-language spy thriller film, produced by Sunderlal Nahata Dundi under the Vijaya Lakhshmi Pictures banner and directed by Ravikant Nagaich. Starring Jeetendra, Babita and music composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal. The film is a remake of the Telugu film ''Gudachari 116'' (1966) and is hugely inspired by James Bond Movies. The movie had two sequels, '' Keemat'' starring Dharmendra and '' Raksha'' starring Jeetendra again. Plot Secret Agent 116 named Gopal has been assigned the case of the homicide of a fellow secret agent (303) by the head of CID, who (303) found evidence that can help identify the perpetrators. During this investigation, Gopal meets lovely Sunita, and both end up falling in love with each other. The traitor responsible for the killing of Agent 303 has gone to meet 303's sister Kamla and tells her that he is a CID inspector and investigating his brother's case, warning that her brother's killer may attempt on her pretending as his collea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mehmood Ali
Mehmood Ali (29 September 1932 – 23 July 2004), popularly known simply as Mehmood, was an Indian actor, singer, director and producer best known for playing comic roles in Hindi films.Indian comedy actor Mehmood dies on BBC news website Published 23 July 2004, Retrieved 5 November 2019 During his career of more than four decades, he worked in over 300 Hindi films. He is known as India's national comedian.Indian film comedian Mehmood dies at 72 Dawn (newspaper), Published 24 July 2004, Retrieved 7 November 2019 Mehmood received 25 Nominations for filmfare awards, 19 for 'Best Performance in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upkar
''Upkar'' () is a 1967 Indian Hindi film directed by Manoj Kumar. The film held the top spot at the box office in 1967. It was Manoj Kumar's directorial debut film. Then India's prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri suggested Kumar to make a film based on our farmers and soldiers. It was the highest grossing movie of the year. It is considered as a classic film. The film is based on the backdrop of war of 1965, it praised the village life, farmer's and soldier's contribution for the nation. It was praised for story, photography, songs, lyrics, acting. The movie also stars Asha Parekh as a doctor promoting family planning, Kamini Kaushal and Pran in his first positive character role. Madan Puri played the main villain with ease, full ability, and command. The film won several major awards. Plot Manoj Kumar plays a village man 'Bharat', who sacrifices everything to get his brother educated. His brother, Puran, goes to study in city and gets attracted to the high society life styl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mala Sinha
Alda Sinha (born 11 November 1936), better known by her stage name Mala Sinha is a former Indian actress who has worked in Hindi, Bengali and Nepali films. Initially starting her career with regional cinema, she went on to become a top leading actress in Hindi Cinema in the late 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s. In a career spanning four decades, Mala Sinha rose to prominence with films like Guru Dutt's ''Pyaasa'' (1957) and Yash Chopra's ''Dhool Ka Phool'' (1959). Later, she starred in over hundred film productions including ''Phir Subah Hogi'' (1958), ''Hariyali Aur Rasta'', ''Anpadh'' (both 1962), '' Dil Tera Deewana'' (1962), '' Gumrah'', '' Bahurani'' (both 1963), '' Jahan Ara'' (1964), ''Himalay Ki God Mein'' (1965), ''Aasra'' (1966), '' Ankhen'', '' Do Kaliyan'' (both 1968) and '' Maryada'' (1971) . She was known as the "daring diva" and "torch bearer of women's cinema" for essaying strong female centric and unconventional roles in a range of movies considered ahead of her ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunga Jumna
''Ganga Jamna'' (ISO 15919: ''Gaṅgā Jamunā''), also transliterated as ''Ganga Jamuna'' or ''Gunga Jumna'', is a 1961 Indian crime drama film, written and produced by Dilip Kumar, and directed by Nitin Bose, with dialogues written by Wajahat Mirza; Kumar later said that he also ghost-directed and edited the film. It stars Dilip Kumar with Vyjayanthimala and his real-life brother Nasir Khan in the leading roles. Set in the rural Awadh region of Northern India, the film tells the story of two impoverished brothers, Ganga and Jamna (Kumar and Khan), and their poignancy and sibling rivalry on opposing sides of the law, one a dacoit criminal and the other a police officer. The film was also notable for its Technicolor production, use of the Awadhi dialect, and its rustic setting, being a defining example of the dacoit film genre. It was ranked 11th in Outlook Magazine's poll considering 25 leading Indian directors' vote for '' Bollywood's greatest films'' in 2003. After six mont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
