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Awam (film)
''Awam'' () is a 1987 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed and produced by B. R. Chopra. The film stars Ashok Kumar, Rajesh Khanna, Raj Babbar, Smita Patil, Poonam Dhillon, Nana Patekar, Shafi Inamdar in pivotal roles. Plot Captain Amar Kumar of the Indian army lives with his father, Ram, and mother, Saraswati. Ram has been associated with top freedom fighters during India's struggle for independence from the British. Almost all of these freedom fighters had taken advantage of their involvement and have taken up important positions in India's administration, and these include Jagrathan and Mohanlal, while others like Vaisakh Ansari and Ram have chosen not to. Amar goes to Delhi and meets Mohanlal, who offers him the position of personal secretary with Jagrathan. Then a chain of events leads to the death of Jagrathan's pilot son, Surender, resulting in Jagrathan threatening to expose the powers-that-be unless they come clean and admit their involvement. Then Jagrath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashok Kumar
Kumudlal Ganguly (13 October 1911 – 10 December 2001), better known by his stage name Ashok Kumar and also by Dadamoni, was an Indian actor who attained iconic status in Indian cinema and who was a member of the cinematic Ganguly family. He was honoured in 1988 with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest national award for cinema artists, by the Government of India and also received the Padma Bhushan in 1999 for his contributions to Indian cinema. Background and personal life Ashok Kumar was born Kumudlal Ganguly to a Bengali Hindu Brahmin family in Bhagalpur, Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day Bihar, India). His father, Kunjlal Ganguly, was a lawyer while his mother, Gouri Devi, was a house wife. Kumudlal was the eldest of four children. His only sister, Sati Devi, a few years younger to him, was married at a very young age to Sashadhar Mukherjee and became the matriarch of a large "film family". Next was his brother, Kalyan, 16 years younger (b.1927), who la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Om Shivpuri
Om Shivpuri (14 July 1938 – 15 October 1990) was an Indian theatre actor-director and character actor in Hindi films. A National School of Drama, New Delhi alumnus, Shivpuri became the first chief of the National School of Drama Repertory Company (1964) and one of its actors. He later founded an important theatre group of its era in New Delhi, Dishantar. Early life Born in Patiala, Om Shivpuri started his career by working at Jalandhar Radio Station, where Sudha Shivpuri (who later became his wife) was working at the time. Later, they joined National School of Drama, New Delhi and were trained under theatre doyen Ebrahim Alkazi. After graduating in 1963, they joined the newly formed, NSD Repertory Company as actors. Om Shivpuri was also the first chief of the NSD Repertory Company and remained so till 1976, when Manohar Singh followed him. Meanwhile, Om Shivpuri and Sudha Shivpuri got married in 1968 and started their own theatre group, Dishantar, which went on to become o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahendra Kapoor
Mahendra Kapoor (9 January 1934 – 27 September 2008) was an Indian playback singer. In a long career spanning decades, his repertoire included popular songs such as ''Chalo ekbaar phir se Ajnabi ban jayen hum dono'' ( Gumrah) and ''Neele Gagan ke tale'' (Hamraaz). His name however became most closely associated with patriotic songs including Mere Desh Ki Dharti in Manoj Kumar's film Upkaar. He always considered Mohammad Rafi as his guru and cited many times that he was the best singer to be ever born. In 1972, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India. He lent his voice to actor Manoj Kumar in most of his films and had a lengthy association with director-producer Baldev Raj Chopra. Biography Mahendra Kapoor was born in Amritsar, but soon moved to Bombay. At an early age, he was inspired by legendary singer Mohammed Rafi and considered him his mentor. He started learning classical music under classical singers like Pt. Hussanlal, Pt. Jagannath Bua, Ustad Niaz A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manisha Kohli
According to Hindu mythology, Manisha is the Hindu goddess of the enterity. When used in this context, it symbolizes intelligence and desire. In Sanskrit, the word 'Manisha' means decisive wisdom or determinate knowledge. Such knowledge is resolute and completely free of any doubt. Uses Manisha is a feminine noun, used as a girls name in India. It is mainly used in Hindu religion. Rashi or Zodiac sign of name Manisha is Simha or Leo. Origin The Sanskrit term ''Manīṣā'' can be transliterated into English as Manisa or Manisha. The noun Manisha appears as early as the Rigveda Samhita and also in the Aitareya Upanishad, which is a part of the second book of Aitareya Aranyaka of Rigveda. And in the Rigveda Samhita, Manisha in most of the places is used to mean, ‘''praise''’. However, both Adi Shankaracharya and Sayanacharya have stated that Manisha means "the independence of intellect (mati)’. Therefore, Manisha can be deciphered as "the intelligence which is capabl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huma Khan
Huma or HUMA may refer to: Geography * Huma, a village in Samuil Municipality, Razgrad Province, Bulgaria * Huma, Iran, a village in Lorestan Province, Iran * Huma County, a county of Daxing'anling Prefecture in Heilongjiang, China * Huma River (Heilongjiang), a tributary of the Amur River in Heilongjiang, China * Huma River (Romania), a tributary of the Nemţişor River in Romania Other uses * Huma (company), British health technology company * Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities (HUMA) * Heterogenous Unified Memory Access (hUMA), a cache-coherent shared memory design * Mbarara Airport (ICAO code), Uganda * Huma bird, a mythical bird of Iranian legend * Huma Dragonbane, a character in the Dragonlance world * Leaning Temple of Huma, a shrine near Sambalpur, India People with the name * Huma Abedin, aide to Hillary Clinton * Meher Baba or Huma, Indian mystic and spiritual mas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gufi Paintal
Sarabjeet "Gufi" Paintal (born 4 October 1944) is an Indian actor and director. His most famous role was that of Shakuni in the TV serial Mahabharat. He is the elder brother of the noted comedian and character actor Paintal. Career Gufi Paintal is an Indian actor who appeared in some notable Bollywood movies in 1980s, as well as television serials and plays. He was born in a Sikh Family. Initially trained as an engineer, he would go on to follow his younger brother (who had been trained at the Film and Television Institute of India) into acting. Arriving in Bombay in 1969 and Gufi took up modeling, worked as an assistant director for movies and acted in various movies and serials. He has also directed his brother. His most well-known role is that of Mama (Maternal Uncle) Shakuni in the Mahabharat adaptation by B.R. Chopra and his son Ravi Chopra which Paintal himself recognizes as his best role. Indeed, he is so associated with his Shakuni character in India that Paintal pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arun Bakshi
Arun Bakshi is an Indian film and television actor and also a singer. He has acted as a character actor in over 100 Hindi films, and as a playback singer has also sung 298 songs. He has also worked in Punjabi and Bhojpuri cinema. He also played the role of Mahant Dashrath Tripathi in Colors TV's ''Ishq Ka Rang Safed''. Biography He was born and brought up in Ludhiana, Punjab, where he graduated from Arya College, Ludhiana. He worked with the Punjab Agricultural University for a while, before moving to Mumbai, to start his acting career in 1981, first in television and later films. Bakshi is well known for his performances in B. R. Chopra's Mahabharat as Dhristadyumna, Guru, Kuch To Gadbad Hai and Masoom. Filmography Music 2011 Tum Hi To Ho... (playback singer) 2010 Ashok Chakra: Tribute to Real Heroes (playback singer – as Aroon Bakshi) 2002 Aankhen (playback singer) 2000 alaal No.1(playback singer) 1998 Chhota Chetan (playback singer – as Aroon Bakshi) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puneet Issar
Puneet Issar (born 6 November 1959) is an Indian actor, writer, director, producer and dialect coach best known for his works in Hindi films and television shows. Issar started his acting career as a villain in the Manmohan Desai's 1983 film ''Coolie'', but gained recognition with the portrayal of Duryodhana in B. R. Chopra's television series ''Mahabharat'' (1988–1990). Following ''Mahabharat'', Issar acted in notable films including '' Chandra Mukhi'' (1993), ''Prem Shakti'' (1994), ''Ram Jaane'' (1995), ''Border'' (1997), ''Refugee'' (2000), ''Krrish'' (2006), ''Bachna Ae Haseeno'' (2008), ''Ready'' (2011), ''Son of Sardaar'' (2012) and ''The Kashmir Files'' (2022). His first directorial was Salman Khan starrer cop film '' Garv'' (2004), in which he also co-wrote the screenplay with wife Deepali. Besides ''Mahabharat'', Issar also went on to be part of television shows like ''Param Vir Chakra'' (1987), ''Bharat Ek Khoj'' (1988), '' Junoon'' (1993-1998), '' Noorjahan'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Dhanoa
Dan Dhanoa (born ''Inderpreet Singh Dhanoa''; 28 February 1959) is a former Indian film actor and a sailor (master mariner) in the Merchant Navy. He is known mostly for portraying cult villainous roles in Hindi cinema in the 1980s and 1990s, in about 100 films, such as '' Mard'' (1984), ''Karma'' (1986), ''Tridev'' (1989) and ''Sanam Bewafa'' (1991). He was brought into the film industry by actor/director Feroz Khan, but made his debut in the Manmohan Desai film ''Mard'' as the main villain, opposite Amitabh Bachchan. Personal life In 1986, he was first married to Nikii Waalia. Their son Gobind Singh Dhanoa (a.k.a. Tarzan) was born in 1987. Tarzan is a Cinematographer by profession. Later in 2007, he married an actor and classical dancer (Kathak from Jaipur Gharana), Nandita Puri. |
Dalip Tahil
Dalip Tahil (born as Dalip Tahilramani; 30 October 1952) is an Indian film, television and theatre actor. He studied at Sherwood College in Nainital, India. After attending Aligarh Muslim University for a year, he graduated from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. Tahil is best known for his work in ''Baazigar'' (1993), ''Raja'' (1995), Hum hai rahi pyar ke (1993) and Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988). Early life Dalip Tahilramani was born on 30 October 1952 in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India into a Sindhi Hindu family which had recently migrated from Sindh during the Partition of India. His father's name is Ghanshyam Jethanand Tahilramani. Stage Dalip Tahil began to appear on stage while at Sherwood College, Nainital, at the age of 10. Dalip's participation over the years in choir, elocution competitions, Nativity plays, and formal and informal concerts gave him a platform to be cast in principal parts. So, during his senior years at school, he won the Kendall Cup for the best actor in two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saeed Jaffrey
Saeed Jaffrey (8 January 1929 – 15 November 2015) was a British-Indian actor. His career covered film, radio, stage and television roles over six decades and more than 150 British, American, and Indian movies. During the 1980s and 1990s he was considered to be Britain's highest-profile Asian actor, thanks to his leading roles in the movie ''My Beautiful Laundrette'' (1985) and television series '' The Jewel in the Crown'' (1984), ''Tandoori Nights'' (1985–1987) and ''Little Napoleons'' (1994). He played an instrumental part in bringing together film makers James Ivory and Ismail Merchant and acted in several of their Merchant Ivory Productions films such as ''The Guru'' (1969), ''Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures'' (1978), ''The Courtesans of Bombay'' (1983) and '' The Deceivers'' (1988). He broke into Indian films with Satyajit Ray's ''Shatranj Ke Khilari'' (1977) for which he won the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award in 1978. His cameo role as the ''paanwala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajesh Puri
Rajesh Puri is an Indian television actor. He acted in comedy serials like '' Yeh Duniya Gazab Ki''. Rajesh also acted in a DD1 serial Aamrapali (TV serial) in 2002. He is also identified as Lalit Prasad (a.k.a. Lalloo) of Hum Log, the Television series of the 1980s. He is seen in mostly comedy shows like ''Hi Zindagi Bye Zindagi'' ( Zee TV), ''One Two Ka Four'' (Zee TV), '' Ek Se Badh Kar Ek'' (DD National) and ''Fantush'' (DD Metro). In 2019, he played Sunil Bansal in '' Shakti - Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki'' on Colors TV and movie Zindagi Tumse (2019) Life He graduated from National School of Drama. Advertisement He played the role of "Cherry Chaplin" in the tv advertisements for "Cherry Blossom" brand of shoe polish. Television His most famous roles have been: # Lalit Prasad (Lalloo) in Hum Log, the first Indian TV soap serial # Munimji (accountant) in Buniyaad Selected filmography References External links Rajesh Purion IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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