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Anang Desai
Anang Desai (born 4 May 1953) is an Indian film and television actor. Desai has appeared in more than 80 television shows and is popularly known for his portrayal of the character Babuji in the television series Khichdi and its eponymous film. He is an alumnus of the National School of Drama, New Delhi and was a part of the institute's professional repertory, performing Hindi theatre extensively before starting his career in the television and film domains. Film career Anang Desai started his film career in 1982 with Gandhi, in which he played Indian politician J. B. Kripalani. Filmography Television shows * Pratishodh as Raghunath Verma *1988: Bharat Ek Khoj as Rajan (in Episode 3 - The Arrival of the Vedic People) Ram Mohan Roy (in Episode 41 - The Bengal Renaissance) *1990: Tenali Rama as King Krishnadevaraya *1991–92: Humrahi *1994: Byomkesh Bakshi (Episode: Ret ka Daldal/Quicksand) as Himangshu RoyArchived aGhostarchiveand thWayback Machine *1995–1996: Akbar Bir ...
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Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad ( ; Gujarati: Amdavad ) is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujarat High Court. Ahmedabad's population of 5,570,585 (per the 2011 population census) makes it the fifth-most populous city in India, and the encompassing urban agglomeration population estimated at 6,357,693 is the seventh-most populous in India. Ahmedabad is located near the banks of the Sabarmati River, from the capital of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, also known as its twin city. Ahmedabad has emerged as an important economic and industrial hub in India. It is the second-largest producer of cotton in India, due to which it was known as the 'Manchester of India' along with Kanpur. Ahmedabad's stock exchange (before it was shut down in 2018) was the country's second oldest. Cricket is a popular sport in Ahmedabad; a newly built stadium, called Narendra Modi Stadium, at Motera can accommodate 132,0 ...
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Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda
''Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda'' () is a 1992 Indian Hindi film directed by Shyam Benegal and based on the novel The Sun's Seventh Horse by Dharmavir Bharati. It won the 1993 National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. The self-reflexive film is also known for its subversive take on the "Devdas" syndrome. The film was produced by the National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC). It stars Rajit Kapur, Rajeshwari Sachdev, Pallavi Joshi, Neena Gupta and Amrish Puri, among others. Overview The storyteller Manek Mulla (played by Rajit Kapur) tells his friends three stories of three women he had known at different points of time in his life: Rajeshwari Sachdev (a metaphor for the middle class), Pallavi Joshi (the intellectual and affluent), and Neena Gupta (the poor). The three stories are revealed to be three different strands of a single tale as seen from the points of view of the different lead characters in the film. The lowest, slowest or the weakest in a group or ...
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Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai
''Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai'' () is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film written and directed by Goldie Behl. The film stars Abhishek Bachchan, Rani Mukerji, Sushmita Sen and Jackie Shroff. It was a disaster at the box office. Synopsis Suraj (Abhishek Bachchan) is a simple village man who comes to Mumbai from Benaras to earn a degree in college. He gets smitten by a light-eyed beauty Pooja (Rani Mukerji). After some dilly-dallying, the duo expresses their love for each other. Suraj has big dreams. He wants to emulate his mentor Naved Ali (Jackie Shroff) a shrewd media baron. Then, one day, in a heroic deed in which Suraj saves the life of a fatally wounded man, Suraj impresses Naved Ali. A flattered Naved sends his raunchy colleague Lara (Sushmita Sen) to rope in Suraj to start a new channel. Slowly the callow youth becomes a clever businessman and Lara begins to take Pooja’s place. Pooja tries to convince Suraj of the futility of it all but only in vain. Suraj is ...
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Yaadein (2001 Film)
''Yaadein'' () is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language musical drama film written, directed, edited and produced by Subhash Ghai. The ensemble cast cross over film starring Jackie Shroff, Hrithik Roshan, and Kareena Kapoor.It was inspired by Jane Austen's ''Pride and Prejudice''. The film was released worldwide on 27 July 2001 to negative reviews and was a box office disappointment. Jackie Shroff received a nomination for Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 47th Filmfare Awards. Despite its box office failure, the film was profitable due to ancillary revenues of , including from selling music rights to Tips. The filming took place in locations such as the Cliveden House, which was used as Ronit's family mansion, the Apex Bar and Restaurant, Radisson Hampshire, the Leicester Square, the Ascot, the King's Arms Pub, the Thames Embankment, the Thorpe Park, the Tower Bridge, the Windsor Great Park, the Windsor and Eton Central railway station, the Windsor Castle, the Piccadi ...
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The Bond Of Love
''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 pron ...
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Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai
''Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai'' (''My Heart is with You'') is a 2000 Indian Hindi language, Hindi-language Romance film, romantic Action film, action drama film directed by Satish Kaushik, produced by Boney Kapoor, released on 24 August 2000. The film stars Anil Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai and Sonali Bendre in the lead roles. It is a remake of the Telugu film ''Pellichesukundam''. Plot Preeti Vyas (Aishwarya Rai) is a young woman who bravely comes forward as a witness to a heinous assault carried by Bhavani Choudhry (Mukesh Rishi) and his men on a poor teacher whose land they wanted. The injured man is helped to the hospital by Preeti and a courteous and brave man called Avinash (Anil Kapoor), who holds strong morals and values. Preeti's testimony angers the Choudhry family and, as a result, Choudhry's younger brother, Babloo Choudhry (Puru Raaj Kumar), rapes her. Subsequently, she is disowned by her family and ostracised by society. She finds shelter with Avinash, who welcomes her to ...
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Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
''Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam'' () is a 1999 Indian Hindi-language romantic musical film directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. It was released internationally as ''Straight From the Heart''. The film stars Aishwarya Rai, Salman Khan and Ajay Devgn. Based on Rashtriyashayar Jhaverchand Meghani's play ''Shetal ne Kathe'', the film narrates the story of a newlywed man who discovers that his wife is in love with another man, and decides to unite them. The film has also been described as a loose adaptation of Maitreyi Devi's Bengali novel '' Na Hanyate'', although the film itself does not credit it as a source. It was filmed throughout the Gujarat-Rajasthan border region, in addition to Budapest, Hungary, which was used to represent Italy. The film premiered in the Indian Panorama section at the 1999 International Film Festival of India. The Bengali film ''Neel Akasher Chandni'' was inspired by this movie. The film was a commercial success and emerged as one of the highest-grossing Indian ...
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Trimurti (1995 Film)
''Trimurti'' () is a 1995 Indian Hindi-language action drama film starring Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor, Shah Rukh Khan, Anjali Jathar and Priya Tendulkar. It was the last completed film for director Mukul S. Anand, who died while filming ''Dus'' in 1997. It earned a record opening weekend of around net, and becoming the "first film to record a net opening day." Plot The notorious Kooka Singh entraps dedicated police inspector Satyadevi Singh (Priya Tendulkar). She has three extraordinary, powerful children Shakti ( Jackie Shroff), Anand (Anil Kapoor) and Romi ( Shah Rukh Khan), the last of whom was born while she was in jail. They are her Trimurti, who she hopes will assist her in avenging her humiliation. What she doesn't know is that Anand and Shakti had a fight when they were kids. Anand left the house, started working for Peter (One of the Kooka's Blackmarket businessman) and is assumed dead. After 18 years, Shakti and Romi live together and think their mother is dead ...
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Dilwale (1994 Film)
''Dilwale'' ( The big-hearted) is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language romantic action film starring Ajay Devgn, Sunil Shetty, Raveena Tandon and Paresh Rawal. Originally Divya Bharti signed for the lead, but due to her sudden demise, she was replaced by Tandon. It was released on 4 February 1994 and had a runtime of 180 minutes. ''Dilwale'' was declared a superhit at the box office and went on to become one of the highest grossing films of 1994. Suniel Shetty got nominated for the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award. Plot At a mental asylum, doctors discuss the strange case of Arun Saxena whose behaviour is very different from other patients. He tries to escape but is stopped just in nick of time by doctors. Arun's mother Jamuna sits in front of a temple everyday with her back turned to God, only vowing to face God when hope comes. Inspector Vikram Singh, a tough, young honest cop is assigned Arun's case. At first, he refuses but at a visit to Arun, he is touched by seeing his behaviou ...
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Gunaah (1993 Film)
''Gunaah'' () is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Mahesh Bhatt and produced by Paresh Bagbahara. It stars Sunny Deol and Dimple Kapadia in pivotal roles. Cast * Sunny Deol as Ravi Sohni *Dimple Kapadia as Kavita Sharma / Kavita Singh / Kavita A. Khanna *Sumeet Saigal as Dr. Ashok Khanna *Soni Razdan as Gloriya * Sujata Mehta as Rita *Raza Murad as Rama Patil * Anang Desai as Rai * Akash Khurana as Mahender Singh *Avtar Gill as Rama's assistant *Mushtaq Khan as Hotel Manager *Anjana Mumtaz Anjana Mumtaz (born 4 January 1941) is an Indian actress, who is known for her supporting roles in over a hundred Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati-language films. Born as Anjana Manjrekar, she married Sajid Mumtaz, an Air India official. Filmogra ... as Mrs. Khanna * Kamaldeep as Judge Soundtrack References External links * 1990s Hindi-language films 1993 films Films directed by Mahesh Bhatt Films scored by Rajesh Roshan {{1990s-Hindi-film-stub ...
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Gumrah (1993 Film)
''Gumrah'' (, ) is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language action crime drama film directed by Mahesh Bhatt and written jointly by Sujit Sen and Robin Bhatt. It stars Sridevi, Sanjay Dutt, Anupam Kher, and Rahul Roy. In the film, Roshni (Sridevi), an aspiring singer, is assisted by Rahul Malhotra (Roy) in flourishing her career and they fall in love. However, on a trip to Hong Kong, she is abandoned by him and later arrested by the police for supposed involvement in trafficking cocaine. Gumrah was loosely based on the Australian miniseries ''Bangkok Hilton'', and was produced by Yash Johar under the Dharma Productions banner. Pravin Bhatt acted as the film's cinematographer, while Sanjay Sankla handled the editing. The duo Laxmikant–Pyarelal composed the film's music, with lyrics penned by Anand Bakshi. Upon release, the film was critically well received, with major appreciation drawn towards Sridevi's performance, which is considered one of her career best and subsequently earned ...
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Sir (1993 Film)
''Sir'' is a 1993 Cinema of India, Indian Bollywood, Hindi-Hindi, language romantic drama film directed by Mahesh Bhatt starring debutant Atul Agnihotri and Pooja Bhatt in the lead roles, with Naseeruddin Shah playing the title role. Paresh Rawal and Gulshan Grover play the main villains. The film was remade in Telugu as ''Gangmaster (film), Gangmaster'', with Rajasekhar (actor), Rajasekhar. Plot Mumbai-based college lecturer Amar Verma (Naseeruddin Shah) lives with his wife, Shobha (Soni Razdan), and 6-year-old son, Kunal. When a war breaks out between gang lords Veljibhai (Paresh Rawal) and Chhapan Tikli (Gulshan Grover) alias Jimmy, a number of innocent bystanders fall victim, one of whom is Kunal. This devastates the Verma family. Shobha walks out on Amar, who then devotes his life to his students. Many years later, when he finds out that a student, Pooja (Pooja Bhatt), has a problem of stammering, he decides to help her. He finds out that she is the only child of gangster V ...
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