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Bollywood Films Of 1950
An overview of films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in 1950: 1950 The ten highest-grossing films at the Indian Box Office in 1950: A-D E-L M-P R-Z References External links Bollywood films of 1950at the Internet Movie Database {{Filmsbycountry 1950 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" (fo ... Films, Bollywood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Har Har Mahadev (1950 Film)
''Har Har Mahadev'' is a 2022 Indian Marathi-language epic historical action drama film written and directed by Abhijeet Deshpande and produced by Zee Studios along with Sunil Phadtare under the banner of Shree Ganesh Marketing And Films. It stars Subodh Bhave as Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Sharad Kelkar as Baji Prabhu Deshpande in lead while Amruta Khanvilkar, Nishigandha Wad, Sayali Sanjeev, Hardeek Joshi, Milind Shinde, Kishore Kadam, Nitish Chavan and Ashok Shinde plays important supporting roles. The film is about the inspiring story of Baji Prabhu Deshpande, a general of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj who, along with his army of 300 soldiers, fought against 12,000 Bijapuri soldiers. The film was released theatrically on 25 October 2022 and digitally in Hindi on 8 December 2022 on ZEE5. Upon release, ''Har Har Mahadev'' received positive reviews from critics and audiences for Deshpande's direction, cast performance (particularly Kelkar and Bhave), writing, cinematog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aankhen (1950 Film)
''Aankhen'' (meaning ''The Eyes'') is a 1950 Bollywood family drama film directed by Devendra Goel and starring Shekhar, Bharat Bhushan and Nalini Jaywant. A moderate box office success, the film became the tenth highest earning Indian film of 1950, earning an approximate gross of Rs. 72,00,000 and a net of Rs. 40,00,000. Mukesh was one of the playback singers. Cast * Shekhar *Bharat Bhushan *Nalini Jaywant *Cuckoo * Yakub *Yashodra Katju *Bhudo Advani *Anwari Music #"Hum Ishq Mein Barbaad" by Mohammed Rafi #"Humse Nain Milana" by Mukesh and Shamshad Begum #"Humse Na Dil Ko Lagana" by Shamshad Begum and Madan Mohan #"Rail Mein Jiya Mora" by Raj Khosla #"Preet Laga Ke Maine" by Mukesh #"Milne Ki Tamanna Jin Se Thi" by Shamshad Begum #"Mohabbat Karne Walon Ka" by Shamshad Begum #"Meri Atariya Pe Kaga" by Meena Kapoor Meena Kapoor (1930 in Kolkata (then Calcutta) – 23 November 2017) was an Indian playback singer. She was the daughter of actor Bikram Kapoor who worked with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamini Kaushal
Kamini Kaushal (born as Uma Kashyap, 24 February 1927) is an Indian actress who worked in Hindi films and television. She is noted for her roles in films such as ''Neecha Nagar'' (1946), which won the 1946 Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) at Cannes Film Festival and ''Biraj Bahu'' (1955), which won her the Filmfare Award for Best Actress in 1955. She played lead heroine in films from 1946 to 1963, wherein her roles in '' Do Bhai'' (1947), ''Shaheed'' (1948), '' Nadiya Ke Paar'' (1948), ''Ziddi'' (1948), ''Shabnam'' (1949), '' Paras'' (1949), ''Namoona'' (1949), '' Arzoo'' (1950), ''Jhanjar'' (1953), ''Aabroo'' (1956), '' Bade Sarkar'' (1957), ''Jailor'' (1958), ''Night Club'' (1958) and ''Godaan'' (1963) are considered her career's best performances. She played character roles since 1963, and was critically acclaimed for her performance in ''Shaheed'' (1965). She appeared in three films of Rajesh Khanna, namely ''Do Raaste'' (1969), ''Prem Nagar'' (1974), ''Maha Chor'' (1976), in ''A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arzoo (1950 Film)
''Arzoo'' () is a 1950 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Shaheed Latif and produced by Hiten Chaudhary. The film stars Dilip Kumar, Kamini Kaushal and Shashikala. The film's music is by Anil Biswas. Cuckoo appears as a dancer in the song "Aao Milke Jawani Ki Loote Bahaar". It is loosely based on Emily Brontë's 1847 novel ''Wuthering Heights''. Cast *Dilip Kumar as Badal (based on Heathcliff) *Kamini Kaushal as Kamini "Kammo" (based on Catherine Earnshaw) *Shashikala as Kamla * Gope as Randhir *Cuckoo Cuckoos are birds in the Cuculidae family, the sole taxon in the order Cuculiformes . The cuckoo family includes the common or European cuckoo, roadrunners, koels, malkohas, couas, coucals and anis. The coucals and anis are sometimes separ ... as Dancer Soundtrack References External links * 1950 films Films scored by Anil Biswas 1950s Hindi-language films Indian romantic drama films 1950 romantic drama films Indian black-and-white film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rehana (actress)
Rehana was a film actress in Indian and Pakistani Cinema and was known as ''The Queen of Charm'' and ''The Dancing Damsel of Bombay''. She worked in leading roles in films such as ''Sagai'', ''Tadbir'', '' Hum Ek Hain'', ''Shehnai'', ''Sajan'', '' Samrat'' and '' Sargam''. Early life Rehana was born as Musarrat Jehan in Bombay, British India. Career After doing dancing roles and small roles in films like the K. L. Saigal-Suraiya-starrer ''Tadbir'', she got her major break in '' Hum Ek Hain'' (1946), which was incidentally Dev Anand's first film. ''Sajan'' (1947) had Rehana in the female lead, and following the success of this film, as well as ''Shehnai'' (1947), she became an "overnight star". From 1948 to 1951 was the best phase of her career as she did a variety of films paired opposite most of the top heroes of that time, like Prem Adib in ''Actress'' (1948), with Raj Kapoor in ''Sunehre Din'' (1949) and '' Sargam'' (1950), with Dev Anand in ''Dilruba'' (1950), with Shyam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sargam (1950 Film)
''Sargam'' is a 1950 Bollywood family drama film directed by P. L. Santoshi. It stars Raj Kapoor, Rehana in lead roles, with Om Prakash, David, Radhakrishan in supporting roles. A moderate box office success, the film became the eighth highest-earning Indian film of 1950, earning an approximate gross of Rs. 85,00,000 and a net of Rs. 48,00,000. Cast * Raj Kapoor as Vinod * Rehana as Bhairavi * Om Prakash as Seth Roopchand * David as Pandit Shiv Shankar * Radhakrishan as Babulal Music The lyrics were written by P. L. Santoshi, the director himself and the music was composed by C. Ramchandra Ramchandra Narhar Chitalkar (12 January 1918 – 5 January 1982), also known as C. Ramchandra or Chitalkar or Anna Sahib, was an Indian music director and playback singer. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yakub (actor)
Yakub Khan (3 April 1903 – 24 August 1958), known as Yakub, was an Indian actor born into a Pathan family in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India. He is best known for his comic and comic villainous roles. He began his career with roles as an extra, but eventually was cast in more important roles, frequently playing the parts of heroes and villains. He became one of the most renowned screen villains, while achieving equal success in comedy and character roles. Yakub appeared in over 100 films. Early life Yakub ran away from home at an early age, and performed odd jobs, such as a motor mechanic and table waiter, before joining the crew of the ship S.S. Madura as a kitchen worker. He left the ship after travelling to various places, like London, Brussels and Paris, then returned to Calcutta, where he worked as a tourist guide, among other jobs. Around 1924, he moved to Bombay (now Mumbai) and joined the Sharda Film Company. Career During his travels, Yakub watched american film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajit Khan
Hamid Ali Khan (27 January 1922 – 22 October 1998), better known by his stage name Ajit, was an Indian actor active in Hindi films. He acted in over two hundred movies over almost four decades. Ajit is also credited for starring as a lead actor in popular Bollywood movies such as ''Beqasoor'', '' Nastik'', ''Bada Bhai'', ''Milan'', ''Bara Dari'', and later as a second lead in ''Mughal-e-Azam'' and ''Naya Daur''. Biography Early life Ajit was born as Hamid Ali Khan into a Deccani Muslim family of Hyderabad state near the historic fort of Golconda outside Hyderabad city. The family belonged to the Barozai clan of Pashtuns, Ajit's ancestors having moved from Kandahar in Afghanistan to Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh before settling in Hyderabad. Career He struggled to meet people and be accepted in any project, and in order to feed himself, he worked as an "extra" in several films. Finally, he managed to land a leading role, and in the first couple of films, he is credite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madhubala
Madhubala (born Mumtaz Jehan Begum Dehlavi; 14 February 1933 – 23 February 1969) was an Indian actress and producer who worked in Hindi-language films. She ranked as one of the highest-paid entertainers in India in the post-independence era, that coincided with the rise of Indian cinema on global levels. In a career spanning more than 20 years, Madhubala was predominantly active for only a decade but had appeared in over 60 films by the time of her death in 1969. Born and raised in Delhi, Madhubala relocated to Bombay with her family when she was 8 years old and shortly after appeared in minor roles in a number of films. She soon progressed to leading roles in the late 1940s, and earned success with the dramas '' Neel Kamal'' (1947) and ''Amar'' (1954), the horror film '' Mahal'' (1949), and the romantic films ''Badal'' (1951) and ''Tarana'' (1951). Following a brief setback, Madhubala rose to international prominence with her roles in the comedies '' Mr. & Mrs. '55'' (1955) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beqasoor
''Beqasoor'' () is a 1950 social drama film, directed by K. Amarnath, produced by M. R. Navalkar and starring Madhubala, Ajit and Durga Khote in lead roles. The film is a family drama and revolves around an inspector who is framed for doing black marketing and his wife who is forced to dance for money. ''Beqasoor'' was theatrically released on 2 June 1950, and emerged as a box office success. The success of the film cemented Madhubala's position as one of the most bankable stars of those times, as well as having declared Ajit as a prominent newcomer. Plot Brij, a jobless young man is thrown out of the house with his blind mother by his nasty brother Ghanshayam and sister-in-law. To get a job, he travels to Bombay, and leaves his mother at his sister's house. In the train to Bombay, he encounters a mysterious girl, who introduces herself to be Usha Devi, a naive girl who ran away from her cruel brother's house to avoid forced prostitution. Meanwhile, Usha's purse is stolen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sangram (1950 Film)
''Sangram'' is a 1950 Bollywood film about a spoilt child in adulthood, directed by Gyan Mukherjee and starring Ashok Kumar, Nalini Jaywant in lead roles. A box office success, the film became the sixth highest earning Indian film of 1950, earning an approximate gross of Rs. 1,00,00,000 and a net of Rs. 55,00,000. "Sangram" is a precursor to the cop-father – criminal-son theme that later came to be a favourite in Bollywood, though it was made in film noir style that had begun to inspire filmmakers, and Gyan Mukherjee was no exception. An intense, bold 139-minute violent crime drama, with Ashok Kumar daring to essay a negative character, at a time that he was in great demand as a hero. And he excelled in it. The first of the many such films he went on to star in during the early '50s. Plot A cop brings up his motherless son, spoiling him by succumbing to even his unnecessary demands, resulting in his getting familiar with ruffians and even gambling. The boy Kumar ( Shashi Kapoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
