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Bela Bose
Bela Bose is an Indian dancer and actress who was active in Hindi films during the 1960s and 70s. Early life Bela Bose was born in Calcutta in a well-to-do family. Her father was a cloth merchant and her mother was a homemaker. Following a bank crash that wiped out their fortune, the family relocated to Bombay in 1951. She started her career as a schoolgirl as a group dancer in films to help support her family after her father's death in a road accident. She picked up more films after she finished her schooling. Career Bela Bose began to receive independent credit from the late 1950s. Her big break came when she was asked to do a dance number with Raj Kapoor in ''Main Nashe Mein Hoon'', released in 1959. Her first leading role was in ''Sautela Bhai'' (1962) opposite Guru Dutt at age 21. She honed her acting skills performing in Bengali plays. Her career consisted of more than 150 films. In ''Hawa Mahal'' (1962), she played the role of Helen's sister. She was often calle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calcutta
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, the official name until 2001) is the Capital city, capital of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, commercial, and financial hub of East India, Eastern India and the main port of communication for North-East India. According to the 2011 Indian census, Kolkata is the List of cities in India by population, seventh-most populous city in India, with a population of 45 lakh (4.5 million) residents within the city limits, and a population of over 1.41 crore (14.1 million) residents in the Kolkata metropolitan area, Kolkata Metropolitan Area. It is the List of metropolitan areas in India, third-most populous metropolitan area in India. In 2021, the Kolkata metropolitan area crossed 1.5 crore (15 million) registered voters. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaudhary Karnail Singh
''Chaudhary Karnail Singh'' is a 1960 Indian Punjabi movie based in the pre-partition times of India. The film was one of the earliest works of Prem Chopra. The film won a National Award. Cast *Jagdish Sethi as Chaudhary Karnail Singh *Prem Chopra as Shera *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 ... as Boota Singh References External links * 1960 films Punjabi-language Indian films 1960s Punjabi-language films {{Punjabi-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya (1966 Film)
''Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya'' is a 1966 Bollywood film. It stars Dharmendra, Nutan, Rehman and Jeevan. The music is by Sonik Omi. It has double role of both Dharmendra and Nutan. Theme The story of the eternal friendship between two men, 'Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya' is a musical classic. Ashok (Dharmendra) and Amjad (Rehman) are thick friends. This movie showcases their immense loyalty and selfless friendship. Plot City-based Ashok, who works as a Salesman in a toy store, has always dreamt of marrying village-based Ashoo. He is a close friend of his co-worker, Amjad, whose marriage is being finalized with Shabnam. Ashok goes to the village to meet and gets Ashoo to marry him but finds she has been abducted by his brother, Bhagat, who had earlier killed her brother, Bhagwan. Ashok manages to rescue her and they flee from Bhagat and his goons in order to try and reach Amjad's wedding ceremony. Amjad is ready to even postpone the wedding in order to give Ashok enough time to make it but n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neend Hamari Khwab Tumhare (1966 Film)
''Neend Hamari Khwab Tumhare'' is a 1966 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Shiv Sahni and produced by Hans Choudhary. It stars Shashi Kapoor and Nanda in pivotal roles. Synopsis Nishad (Nanda) lives a wealthy and noble lifestyle with her Delhi-based father, Khan Bahadur Balraj Sahni and mom. She has three suitors who would do anything to marry her. The first is Shaukat Khan Manmohan, the son of Nawab Hamid Khan, who also comes from a noble family and meets with the approval of her dad; the second is Shibbu Rajendra Nath, who is distantly related to her mom, and also meets their approval; the third is Anwar Shashi Kapoor, the only son of Nawab Ajmutullah Khan Farooqui Om Prakash who was initially rejected by her parents, but is now on their approval list, as they think he, too, comes from a noble background. After a few dates, Nishad falls in love with Anwar, much to the chagrin of Shaukat and Shibbu. What Nishad does not know is that Anwar's dad was a Hajam (Barbar) by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boxer (boxing)
Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined amount of time in a boxing ring. Although the term "boxing" is commonly attributed to "western boxing", in which only the fists are involved, boxing has developed in various ways in different geographical areas and cultures. In global terms, boxing is a set of combat sports focused on striking, in which two opponents face each other in a fight using at least their fists, and possibly involving other actions such as kicks, elbow strikes, knee strikes, and headbutts, depending on the rules. Some of the forms of the modern sport are western boxing, bare knuckle boxing, kickboxing, muay-thai, lethwei, savate, and sanda. Boxing techniques have been incorporated into many martial arts, military systems, and other combat sports. While huma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarzan Comes To Delhi
Tarzan (John Clayton II, Viscount Greystoke) is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungle by the Mangani great apes; he later experiences civilization, only to reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer. Created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan first appeared in the novel ''Tarzan of the Apes'' (magazine publication 1912, book publication 1914), and subsequently in 23 sequels, several books by Burroughs and other authors, and innumerable works in other media, both authorized and unauthorized. Character biography Tarzan is the son of a British lord and lady who were marooned on the coast of Africa by mutineers. When Tarzan was an infant, his mother died, and his father was killed by Kerchak, leader of the ape tribe by whom Tarzan was adopted. Soon after his parents' death, Tarzan became a feral child, and his tribe of apes is known as the Mangani, great apes of a species unknown to science. Kala is his ape mother. Burroughs a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poonam Ki Raat
''Poonam Ki Raat'' (Full moon Night) is a 1965 horror thriller film starring Manoj Kumar, Nandini, Shiv Kumar, and Kumud Chhugani. It was produced and directed by Kishore Sahu. The music was given by Salil Chowdhury, with lyrics by Shailendra (lyricist), Shailendra. Plot Chandan (Shiv Kumar), Prakash (Manoj Kumar) and their college mates are enjoying themselves while on an education tour at a site along with their Professor-in-charge when Sumer Singh (Rajendra Nath) rushes there by jeep to inform Chandan that his father Lala Baijnath (D.K. Sapru) is not keeping well as his illness has relapsed and that Chandan's mother has asked him to come home immediately. Chandan requests Prakash to accompany him to give moral support. Prakash agrees, as it will give him a chance to give Rekha (Bela Bose), a flirty classmate, the slip. They rush to Chandan's home-town along with Sumer Singh. Reaching the outskirts of the town, Prakash is shocked to learn while buying cigarettes at a stall tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hum Sab Ustad Hain
''Hum Sab Ustad Hain'' is a 1965 Hindi film starring Kishore Kumar, Dara Singh and Ameeta. Plot As the film begins, Romi (Sheikh Mukhtar) shoots a man but does not kill him. However, he is arrested, convicted, and sentenced to jail for the murder. His pregnant wife Radha (Lalita Kumari) throws herself into the river, but is later saved by a villager who accepts her and her son Ram (Dara Singh). After 14 years in jail, Romi wanders for eight more years. Being rejected by the society and unable to find a job, Romi turns to crime. When his gang is offered a large sum of money to smuggle national secrets, he kidnaps a young child and forces her sister Roopa (Ameeta) to carry the smuggled goods. Roopa, who would rather die than betray her country, loses control of her car and drives straight into a river. She survives and is washed ashore in the village where Radha and Ram live. Meanwhile, an unemployed Kishore (Kishore Kumar) decides to play detective and find the lost girl Radha and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mama Ji
''Mama Ji'' ( pa, ਮਾਮਾ ਜੀ), also spelled incorrectly as ''Mamaji'', is a 1964 Punjabi film directed by Roshan Bhardwaj, produced by Gopal Saigal and S. P. Malhotra, starring Gopal Saigal, Indira Billi in lead roles. Synopsis ''Mama Ji'' is a drama with comedy and romance. Bansi Lal is an idle and not very intelligent man living in his (married) sister's home. His maternal grandfather is a businessman in Africa. His sister, Lajwanti, and her husband, Kirpa Ram, are very unhappy with him as he does not use his brain at work. They want him to leave. One day, he buy a magic stick from a magician thinking that the stick really has magic. This makes his sister and her husband very angry again. As he realized that the stick does not actually have any magic, he feels robbed and one day, he snatches money from the magician and runs and hides himself in a Tonga. A beautiful girl, Laali, is searching for his father, lost in the Visakhi ''mela'' (English: fair). A Tonga drive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chitralekha (1964 Film)
Chitralekha is a 1964 Indian Hindi-language historical drama film directed by Kidar Sharma and starring Ashok Kumar, Pradeep Kumar and Meena Kumari. It was based on the 1934 Hindi novel of the same name by Bhagwati Charan Verma about Bijgupta serving under the Maurya Empire and the king Chandragupta Maurya (340 BCE – 298 BCE) and his love for the courtesan Chitralekha. The film's music and lyrics were by Roshan and Sahir Ludhianvi, respectively. The film was noted for songs such as "Sansaar Se Bhaage Phirte Ho" and "Man Re Tu Kaahe na dheer dhare" which is a pensive song which conveys the quintessence of life about letting go of the good and bad. In 2010, Outlook India magazine asked 30 Indian leading composers, lyricists and singers to name their all-time favorite Hindi songs. A list of top 20 songs was published and the top of the chart was ‘Man Re Tu kahe na dheer dhare.’" It was a remake of '' Chitralekha'' (1941), also directed by Kidar Sharma, which was the secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ziddi (1964 Film)
''Ziddi'' (English: ''Stubborn'') is a 1964 Hindi film directed by Pramod Chakravorty, starring Joy Mukherjee and Asha Parekh. The film has music by S. D. Burman and lyrics by Hasrat Jaipuri, creating hits like "Raat Ka Samaa". It went on to become the fourth highest-grossing film at the Indian Box Office of the year. Plot On the lookout for employment, Ashok (Joy Mukherjee) sees the photographs of beautiful Asha (Asha Parekh), and decides to accept employment as the estate's Manager. His expectations are short-lived as Asha turns out to be a rich, spoiled, conceited bratty young lady. To complicate matters further, Seema (Nazima), Asha's sister is attracted to Ashok. Ashok and Asha do like and eventually end up in love with each other, but Ashok's dad (Ulhas) does not approve to their marriage as he knows of Asha's parentage, a father who is an escaped convict, in jail for murder, and a mother whose profession was: prostitution. Ashok himself sees Asha in her true colors when s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anpadh
Anpadh (Hindi: अनपढ़, Urdu: اَنپڑھ, translation: ''illiterate'') is a 1962 Hindi film. It stars Balraj Sahni, Dharmendra, Mala Sinha, Shashikala. Actress Bindu made her first prominent appearance in this film with the song Jiya Le Gayo Ji Mora Sanwariya. The music is by Madan Mohan and the lyrics by Raja Mehdi Ali Khan. The film focuses on the importance of education for girls. This movie has the evergreen song "Aapki Nazron Ne Samjha", sung by Lata Mangeshkar. Plot Shambunath "Shambu" is a rich man who lives with his younger sister Lajwanti "Lajjo". Shambu feels that accumulation of wealth is much more important than education because of which Lajjo becomes illiterate. Lajjo is a naive young girl, who doesn't know to do household chores. Many days later, Shambu gets Lajjo married to Deepak, another young man who comes from a rich family. Lajjo is devastated to know that Deepak is a bibliophile and is highly educated. She confesses to the family about her illi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
