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Ajay Kashyap
Ajay Kashyap is an Indian Bollywood film director. His directorial debut was ''Jaan Ki Baazi'' (1985). He followed it by directing ''Mera Haque'' (1986), ''Naam O Nishan'' (1987), ''Do Qaidi'' (1989) among others. Six of his films had Sanjay Dutt in starring roles. His last direction venture was '' The Coal Mafia'' (2012). Filmography *''Jaan Ki Baazi'' (1985) *''Mera Haque'' (1986) *''Naam O Nishan'' (1987) *''Do Qaidi'' (1989) *''Pathreela Raasta ''Pathreela Raasta'' is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed by Ajay Kashyap, starring Dimple Kapadia, Varsha Usgaonkar, Sadashiv Amrapurkar and Mukesh Khanna in pivotal roles. Plot The film revolves with underworld gang ...'' (1994) *''The Coal Mafia'' (2012) References External links * Living people Date of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Hindi-language film directors Year of birth missing (living people) {{India-film-bio-stub ...
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Cinema Of India
The Cinema of India consists of motion pictures produced in India, which had a large effect on world cinema since the late 20th century. Major centers of film production across the country include Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, Kochi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar-Cuttack and Guwahati. For a number of years the Indian film industry has ranked first in the world in terms of annual film output. In terms of box office it ranked third in 2019, with total gross of around (US$2.7 billion). Indian cinema is composed of Multilingualism, multilingual and Multiculturalism, multi-ethnic film art. In 2019, Hindi cinema represented 44% of box office revenue, followed by Telugu cinema, Telugu and Tamil cinema, Tamil film industries, each representing 13%, Malayalam cinema, Malayalam and Kannada cinema, Kannada film industries, each representing 5%.Other prominent languages in the Indian film industry include Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali, Marathi cinema, Marathi, Cinema of O ...
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Bollywood
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and " Hollywood". The industry is a part of the larger Indian cinema, which also includes South Cinema and other smaller film industries. In 2017, Indian cinema produced 1,986 feature films, of which the largest number, 364 have been from Hindi. , Hindi cinema represented 43 percent of Indian net box-office revenue; Tamil and Telugu cinema represented 36 percent, and the remaining regional cinema constituted 21 percent. Hindi cinema has overtaken the U.S. film industry to become the largest centre for film production in the world. In 2001 ticket sales, Indian cinema (including Hindi films) reportedly sold an estimated 3.6 billion tickets worldwide, compared to Hollywood's 2.6 billion tickets sold. Earlier Hindi film ...
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Jaan Ki Baazi
''Jaan Ki Baazi'' is a 1985 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Ajay Kashyap, starring Sanjay Dutt, Anita Raj, Anuradha Patel, and Gulshan Grover. The film was remade in Telugu as ''Mr. Hero'' starring Dr. Rajasekhar. Plot Summary This story is about a woman named Geeta, who has sworn to avenge the death of her late father. While searching for her father's murderers, she befriends (and later marries) Inspector Amar. He eventually sacrifices his life in the line of duty. Following Amar's death, Geeta joins the police force and continues searching for the murderers of her father. During this process she meets an auto-driver named Laxman. He helps her and endangers himself to confront the people who murdered Geeta's father. Cast *Sanjay Dutt as Inspector Amar / Laxman (Double Role) *Anita Raj as Geeta *Anuradha Patel as Sundari *Gulshan Grover as Cheetah *Goga Kapoor as Mahendra *Dan Dhanoa as Sanga *Shafi Inamdar as Inspector Ranjit Waghmare *Swaroop Sampat as Renu Wagh ...
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Mera Haque
''Mera Haque'' is a 1986 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Ajay Kashyap, produced by Bobby Raj. It was released on 28 November 1986. It starred Sanjay Dutt in a dual role after the hit ''Jaan Ki Baazi'', which had been released the previous year, with Anita Raj in pivotal roles. Cast * Sanjay Dutt as Prince Amar Singh/Ameru Dada (Dual Role) * Anita Raj as Bijli * Gulshan Grover as Diwan's son * Bindu as Ranimaa * Shakti Kapoor as Dhartiprasad * Ramesh Deo as Diwanji * Raza Murad as Police Inspector Khan/ Jaggu Dada * Jagdish Raj Jagdish Raj Khurana (1928 – 28 July 2013) was a Bollywood actor who holds a Guinness World Record for being the most type-cast actor. He played the role of a police inspector in 144 films. Early life and career He was born in 1928 in the tow ... Soundtrack External links * 1980s Hindi-language films 1986 films Films scored by Anu Malik Films directed by Ajay Kashyap {{1980s-Hindi-film-stub ...
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Naam O Nishan
''Naam O Nishan'' is a 1987 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Ajay Kashyap and produced by B.P. Verma. It stars Sanjay Dutt, Amrita Singh in the lead roles. Cast * Shashi Kapoor as Inspector Sangram Singh * Sanjay Dutt as Inspector Suraj Singh * Amrita Singh as Vanisha * Kader Khan as Thakur Jarnail Singh / Jaspal Singh * Nirupa Roy as Thakurain Champa Singh * Suresh Oberoi as Zorawar / Jabhar * Seema Deo as Mrs. Sangram Singh * Viju Khote as Inspector Sharma * Kamal Kapoor as Police Commissioner *Chandrashekhar (actor), Chandrashekhar as Judge * Praveen Kumar (Actor), Praveen Kumar as Jagira Plot Suraj lives a wealthy lifestyle with his Police Inspector dad, Sangram, mom, and sister, Chutki. He joins the Police Force, and is appointed a Police Inspector. Shortly after his appointment, his dad brings Suraj's paternal uncle, Jaspal Singh, who subsequently moves in with them. When the time comes for Chutki's marriage, her to-be father-in-law, a Police Office ...
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Do Qaidi
Do Qaidi () is a 1989 Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Ajay Kashyap starring Govinda, Sanjay Dutt, Farah and Neelam Kothari. Plot Manu (Sanjay Dutt) and Kanu (Govinda) are two thieves. They work for criminal K.K. (Amrish Puri). But, Bichoo (Gulshan Grover) who is K.K.'s son, dislikes them because of past disputes. Bichoo out of enmity gets them arrested. However they escape while going to court. It is then revealed that they are responsible for killing a Police Inspector named Amar Sinha (Suresh Oberoi), and that the police have issued shoot-at-sight orders for both of them. The question remains, why would two small thieves kill a Police Officer. Is this a conspiracy against them or truth. Cast *Sanjay Dutt as Manu *Govinda as Kanu * Farah as Meenu (Neelu's Sister) *Neelam Kothari as Neelu (Meenu's Sister) *Amrish Puri as K.K. *Gulshan Grover as Bichoo *Ranjeeta Kaur as Mrs. Amar Sinha *Suresh Oberoi as Inspector Amar Sinha *Jalal Agha *Vikas Anand as ...
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Sanjay Dutt
Sanjay Balraj Dutt (born 29 July 1959) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Hindi cinema. In a career spanning over four decades, Dutt has won several accolades and acted in over 100 films, ranging from romance to comedy genres, though usually in action genres, thus proving himself one of the most popular Hindi film actors of the since 1980s. Part of the Dutt family, he is the son of actors Sunil Dutt and Nargis. Dutt made his acting debut with ''Rocky'' (1981). A career downturn followed, with the exception of the crime thriller '' Naam'' (1986), a milestone in his career. He later established himself as a prolific star with films like ''Saajan'' (1991), ''Sadak'' (1991), ''Khalnayak'' (1993), '' Gumrah'' (1993), '' Aatish'' (1994), '' Andolan'' (1995), '' Daag'' (1999), ''Haseena Maan Jaayegi'' (1999) and '' Mission Kashmir'' (2000). His critically acclaimed performance in ''Vaastav'' (1999) won him the Filmfare Award for Best Actor. Dutt gained widespread acclaim fo ...
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British Film Institute
The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery to encourage film production, distribution, and education. It is sponsored by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and partially funded under the British Film Institute Act 1949. Purpose It was established in 1933 to encourage the development of the arts of film, television and the moving image throughout the United Kingdom, to promote their use as a record of contemporary life and manners, to promote education about film, television and the moving image generally, and their impact on society, to promote access to and appreciation of the widest possible range of British and world cinema and to establish, care for and develop collections reflecting the moving image history and heritage of the United Kingdom. BFI activities Archive The BFI maint ...
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Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee, and Stephen Wang. Although the name "Rotten Tomatoes" connects to the practice of audiences throwing rotten tomatoes in disapproval of a poor stage performance, the original inspiration comes from a scene featuring tomatoes in the Canadian film ''Léolo'' (1992). Since January 2010, Rotten Tomatoes has been owned by Flixster, which was in turn acquired by Warner Bros in 2011. In February 2016, Rotten Tomatoes and its parent site Flixster were sold to Comcast's Fandango. Warner Bros. retained a minority stake in the merged entities, including Fandango. History Rotten Tomatoes was launched on August 12, 1998, as a spare-time project by Senh Duong. His objective in creating Rotten Tomatoes was "to create a site where people can get access to reviews from ...
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The Coal Mafia
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pr ...
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Bangalore Mirror
''Bangalore Mirror'' is a daily English-language newspaper published in Bangalore, India. It is a deputed newspaper and is the second-largest circulating English newspaper in the city ''Vijay Times'' ''Vijay Times'' was an English newspaper started by Vijayananda printers in December 2002. The newspaper along with other sister publications was bought by the Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. in 2006, publishers of India's leading newspaper, ''The Times of India ''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest ...''. It ceased publication on 7 June 2007, and was replaced by the ''Bangalore Mirror''. References External links ''Bangalore Mirror'' English-language newspapers published in India Publications of The Times Group 2003 establishments in Karnataka 2007 disestablishments i ...
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Pathreela Raasta
''Pathreela Raasta'' is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed by Ajay Kashyap, starring Dimple Kapadia, Varsha Usgaonkar, Sadashiv Amrapurkar and Mukesh Khanna in pivotal roles. Plot The film revolves with underworld gang war between Gayatri and Tao. Cast * Dimple Kapadia as Gayatri Sanyal * Varsha Usgaonkar as Mona * Sadashiv Amrapurkar as Ramakant Waghmare * Mahesh Anand as Munna * Mukesh Khanna as Inspector Arjun * Divya Kumar as Inspector Pratap * Raza Murad as Commissioner Saxena * Reema Lagoo * Shagufta Ali * Poonam Dasgupta * Deep Dhillon as Jagraal * Satyen Kappu * Jack Gaud as Amarkant * Bob Christo as Juda * Mac Mohan as Hariprasad Srivastava * Chandrashekhar as Judge * Gajendra Chauhan * Kishore Bhanushali Music #"Kangna Pehna De Sajan Tere Naam Ka" - Alka Yagnik, Kumar Sanu #"Aag Laga Ke Chale Ho Kaha" - Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik #"Choli Aur Ghaghra Rang Daalo Na" - Kavita Krishnamurthy, Udit Narayan #"Mai Hu Tera Tu Hai Meri Jaanam" - Kuma ...
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