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Anuraag (1972 Film)
''Anuraag'' is a 1972 Indian Hindi-language drama film, directed by Shakti Samanta. The film stars Moushumi Chatterjee in her debut as a heroine and Vinod Mehra in lead roles. The Shakti Samanta fixture Rajesh Khanna, having earlier made '' Aradhana'' (1969) and ''Kati Patang'' with Samanta, makes a special appearance. The music is by S. D. Burman. Initially, Shakti Samanta was thinking whether to make this film or not as he was not sure if the distributors would buy a film with such a story line and had shared the idea with Rajesh Khanna, who encouraged Samanta and volunteered to make an extended appearance for the film, and also distributed the film under the banner "Shakti-Raj" (indicating Shakti Samanta and Rajesh Khanna). The film became a semi-hit, while doing extremely well in big cities. and won the Filmfare Best Movie Award for the year. It was later remade into the Telugu film "Anuraagaalu" (1975) with Sridevi in her first leading role. A. Bhimsingh also remade it i ... [...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] |
Satyajeet Puri
Satyajeet Puri (Hindi: सत्यजीत पूरी; born 25 September 1960) is an Indian actor working in the Hindi film industry. He started his career as a child artist with Satyen Bose-directed ''Mere Lal'', released in 1966. Personal life Satyajeet Puri, son of actor-director Daljeet Puri graduated from Mithibai College. He is married to a Sindhi lady, Rita, and the couple has two children. His younger sister is married to actor-director Puneet Issar. Career Satyajeet, a popular child star in the 70s, has been a part of some wonderful films. His debut film is ''Mere Lal'' released in 1966. Some of his earlier films are ''Wapas'' (1969) and ''Khilona'' (1970). Some of his famous works include ''Anuraag'' (1972), ''Hari Darshan'' (1972), ''Bidaai'' (1974), ''Paheli'' (1977), etc. As an adult he worked in ''Arjun (1985), ''Khoon Bhari Maang'' (1988), ''Shola Aur Shabnam'' (1992), ''Dulaara'' (1994), ''Zameer'' (1997), etc. He is credited as Master Satyajeet, Master S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phagun
Phaggaṇ ( pa, ਫੱਗਣ, ) is the twelfth and last month of the Nanakshahi calendar, which governs activities within Sikhism. This month coincides with Phalguna in the Hindu calendar and the Indian National calendar, and February and March of the Gregorian and Julian calendars and is 30 or 31 days long. Important events during this month February *February 12 (1 Phaggaṇ) - The start of the month Phaggaṇ *February 21 (10 Phaggaṇ) - Saka Nankana Sahib *February 21 (10 Phaggaṇ) - Jaito Morcha March *March 14 (1 Chet) - The end of the month Phaggaṇ and the start of Chet See also *Punjabi calendar The Punjabi calendar ( Punjabi: , ) is a luni-solar calendar used by the Punjabi people in Punjab and around the world, but varies by religions. Historically, the Punjabi Sikhs and Punjabi Hindus have used the Nanakshahi calendar and ancient Bikra ... External linkswww.srigranth.org SGGS Page 133 {{SikhCalendar Months of the Nanakshahi calendar Sikh terminology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tere Mere Sapne (1971 Film)
''Tere Mere Sapne'' (English: ''Our Dreams'') is a 1971 film produced by Dev Anand, and written and directed by his brother Vijay Anand for Navketan Films. The movie stars Dev Anand, Mumtaz, Hema Malini and Vijay Anand in key roles. The film's music is by S. D. Burman and the story is based on ''The Citadel'', a novel by A.J. Cronin. In 1972, it was made as Bengali film ''Jiban Saikate'', with Soumitra Chatterjee and Aparna Sen and in 1982, it was remade into the Telugu language, Telugu film ''Madhura Swapnam''. Cast *Dev Anand as Dr. Anand Kumar *Mumtaz as Nisha Patel / Nisha Kumar *Hema Malini Hema Malini (born 16 October 1948) is an Indian actress, director, producer, and politician. She is primarily known for her work in Hindi films. Known for starring in both comic and dramatic roles, she is one of the most popular and successful ... as Maltimala (Sp. App.) *Mahesh Kaul as Dr. Prasad * Vijay Anand as Dr. Jagannath Kothari *Tabassum as Maltimala's Hairdresser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sa Re Ga Ma
Saregama India Ltd. (Saregama refers to the first four notes of the Indian musical scale); formerly known as The Gramophone Company Of India Ltd. is India's oldest music label owned by the RP- Sanjiv Goenka Group of companies. The company is listed on the NSE and the BSE with its head office located in Kolkata and other offices in Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi. Apart from music, Saregama also produces films under the brand name Yoodlee Films and multi-language television content. Saregama also retails a music-based hardware platform called Carvaan. Saregama owns music repertoire across film music, non-film music, Carnatic, Hindustani classical, devotional music, etc. in over 25 Indian languages. The first song recorded in India by Gauhar Jaan in 1902 and the first film made in Bollywood ‘Alam Ara' in 1931 were under the music label. Saregama purveyor of Carnatic, Hindustani classical, devotional music also promotes dance music likMadhuban mein Radhika Nache. Saregama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Soundtrack
A soundtrack is recorded music accompanying and synchronised to the images of a motion picture, drama, book, television program, radio program, or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film, video, or television presentation; or the physical area of a film that contains the synchronised recorded sound. In movie industry terminology usage, a sound track is an audio recording created or used in film production or post-production. Initially, the dialogue, sound effects, and music in a film each has its own separate track (''dialogue track'', ''sound effects track'', and '' music track''), and these are mixed together to make what is called the ''composite track,'' which is heard in the film. A ''dubbing track'' is often later created when films are dubbed into another language. This is also known as an M&E (music and effects) track. M&E tracks contain all sound elements minus dialogue, which is then supplied by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual Phonograph record#78 rpm disc developments, 78 rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a photograph album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP record, long-playing (LP) records played at revolutions per minute, rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the album era. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983 and was gradually supplanted by the cassette tape during the 1970s and early 1980s; the populari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satyen Kappu
Satyendra Kappu (born Satyendra Sharma; also credited as Satyen Kappu; 7 February 1931 – 27 October 2007), was an Indian character actor in Bollywood films. He has acted in 390 films. His most remembered role is Ramlal in the movie ''Sholay'' (1975) and as Amitabh Bachchan's father in Yash Chopra's ''Deewaar''. His other notable films are ''Kati Patang'', '' Anuraag'', ''Amar Prem'', ''Yaadon Ki Baraat'', ''Khote Sikkay'', ''Don'', ''Chhoti Bahu'', '' Benaam'', '' Zanjeer'', ''Avishkaar'', '' Majboor'', ''Namak Halaal'', ''Kaala Patthar'', '' Angaaray'', '' Mr. Natwarlal'', '' Red Rose'', ''Naya Kadam'' and '' Aaj Ka M.L.A. Ram Avtar''. Career Satyen Kappu started his career as a stage actor in 1952 with the Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA) in Bombay (present-day Mumbai). His career spanned from the early 1960s to the early 2000s with over 390 films to his credit. He mostly played supporting roles of a father, relative, uncle, police officer, doctor and villainous r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abhi Bhattacharya
Abhi Bhattacharya (20 November 1921 – 11 August 1993) was an Indian actor of Hindi and Bengali cinema, who is most remembered for his roles in films of the 1950s and the 1960s, such as ''Yatrik'' (1952), ''Jagriti'' (1954), '' Anuradha'' (1960) and '' Subarnarekha'' (1965). In his four decade long acting career he performed in more than 150 films in Hindi and 21 in Bengali. Abhi Bhattacharya worked with eminent film directors of India such as Ritwik Ghatak, Guru Dutt, Bimal Roy and Satyen Bose. Early life Abhi was born in a village close to ''Rajshahi'' town of undivided Bengal (now in Bangladesh). He lost his mother at the age of seven. After his father remarried, young Abhi was sent to ''Gaya (India)'' to live with his maternal uncle and spent his formative years. He did well in school and sports. His aunt inculcated in him the love for drama, music and poetry, particularly those of Rabindranath Tagore. Gradually he developed a passion for films. After graduation, he st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anita Guha
Anita Guha (17 January 1932 – 20 June 2007) was an Indian actress who usually played mythological characters in films. She became known for playing the title role in ''Jai Santoshi Maa'' (1975). Previously, she had played Sita in other mythological films; ''Sampoorna Ramayana'' (1961), ''Shree Ram Bharat Milap'' (1965) and ''Tulsi Vivah'' (1971). Besides this, she also played notable roles in films such as ''Goonj Uthi Shehnai'' (1959), ''Purnima'' (1965), ''Pyar Ki Rahen ''(1959), ''Gateway of India'' (1957), ''Dekh Kabira Roya'' (1957), ''Lukochuri'' (1958) and ''Sanjog'' (1961). Career She came to Mumbai in the 1950s as a beauty pageant contestant when she was 15 years old. She became an actress there and made her film debut in '' Tonga-wali'' (1955). She moved on to hit films such as '' Dekh Kabira Roya'' (1957), '' Sharada'' (1957), and ''Goonj Uthi Shehnai'', for which she earned nomination in Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress category, the only nomination of he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madan Puri
Madan Puri (30 September 1915 – 13 January 1985) was an Indian actor of Hindi and Punjabi films. His brothers were actors Chaman Puri and Amrish Puri. As a character actor mainly in negative roles (villain), he acted in about 430 films in a career spanning above fifty years. Early life Madan Lal Puri was born in Nawanshahr, Punjab, in a Punjabi Hindu family, to Nihal Chand Puri and Ved Kaur. He studied in Rahon. He was the second of five children, with elder brother Chaman Puri, younger brothers Amrish Puri and Harish Lal Puri and younger sister Chandrakanta Mehra. He was an cousin of singing sensation Kundan Lal Sehgal. Career Puri was one of the doyens of the Indian film industry in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He was the first cousin of the singer K. L. Saigal, with whose help he started to make a mark in Bollywood. Once Puri was an established star he did the same for his brother, Amrish Puri, by helping him in establishing himself in the movie world. Puri had an act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asit Sen (actor)
Asit Sen (13 May 1917 – 18 September 1993) was an Indian film director turned famous comedian in the Hindi film industry. He directed 2 films and starred in over 200 films between 1953 and 1993 until his death. As an actor/comedian, he often portrayed a character with authority, such as a police inspector or landlord, but with comic effect, mostly as a slow-speaking person. His acting career was particularly prolific in the 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s. He had a very thin voice, in striking contrast to his huge physical frame and spoke his dialogues at a slow pace. Sen started his career, assisting director-producer Bimal Roy in Kolkata, however, the Kolkata-based film industry was now on the decline, thus Roy shifted base to Bombay (now Mumbai) along with Roy's team in 1950, which included Sen, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Nabendu Ghosh, Kamal Bose and later Salil Chaudhury. Along with doing small roles in films he directed two films for his mentor's production house, Parivar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
