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Beti No.1
''Beti No.1'' () is a 2000 Hindi-language comedy drama film, written by Santosh Saroj and directed by T. Rama Rao. The film was released on 10 November 2000. It is a remake of the Malayalam film '' Aadyathe Kanmani''. The film stars Govinda, Rambha, Aruna Irani and Johnny Lever, while Prem Chopra, Ashok Saraf, Laxmikant Berde and Rakesh Bedi appear in supporting roles. Well known villain Prem Chopra played a rare positive role in this film. The film opened to highly negative reviews and flopped. Plot The story of ''Beti No.1'' deals with how our society has given women a very inferior position. It is the story of Durga Devi (Aruna Irani) whose hen-pecked husband Dashrath Bhatnagar is a gharjamai. The couple has three sons, Ram (Ashok Saraf), Laxman (Laxmikant Berde) and Bharat (Govinda). Durga Devi has said that she will bequeath all her wealth to her first grandson however her first two sons, Ram and Laxman who are both married have so far only produced daughters, due to this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nilesh Dadhich
Nilesh (sometimes also spelled as Neelesh) is an Indian name based on one of two deities, Vishnu or Shiva, in Hinduism, depending on which of its two Hindi pronunciations are used. 'Nilesh' means 'the Blue God', and is one of the alternate names for Vishnu, "The Preserver." Later, the name was also used to refer to Shiva, "The Destroyer of Evil", "The King." The name is a combination (''sandhi'') of two words: Neel ("blue") and Ish ("Lord" or "God"). Ish or Esh is also a Sanskrit word for head. Hence, the name can also be interpreted as 'Blue Head,' which refers to Lord Shiva. Nilesh also refers to a third deity: Krishna. Krishna is also referred to as the Blue God because of the darker skin which is always displayed in pictures and statues in the colour blue. Notable persons with this name include: *Nilesh Cabral, Indian politician *Nilesh Chaudhary (born 1983), Indian cricketer *Nilesh Girkar, Indian scriptwriter *Nilesh Gupta (born 1973/74), Indian businessman, managing directo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laxmikant Berde
Laxmikant Berde (26 October 1954 – 16 December 2004) was an Indian Marathi language film actor who appeared in several Marathi and Hindi movies. He was known for his highly energetic slapstick performances. Berde started his career as an employee in the production company Marathi Sahitya Sangh and then played supporting roles in a few Marathi stage plays. In 1983–84, he first became famous with the Marathi play ''Tur Tur''. Apart from Marathi movies, his comedy stage plays like ''Shantecha Karta Chalu Aahe'' and ''Bighadale Swargache Dwaar'' were also successful. Berde acted in many Bollywood films and received four Nominations for Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role. He acted in around 185 Hindi and Marathi films. Early life Berde was born on 26 October 1954 in Bombay (Mumbai). He had five older siblings and would sell lottery tickets as a child to append to the family income. His participation in stage dramas during the cultural activities for Ganesh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maya Govind
Maya Govind (17 January 1940 – 6 April 2022) was an Indian lyricist who wrote songs for many Bollywood films. She has written popular songs such as "Mera Piya Ghar Aaya", " Gale Mein Laal Tai", "Maine Paayal Hai Chhankayi", " Main Khiladi Tu Anari", "Aankhon Mein Base Ho Tum" etc. She wrote lyrics in films like '' Aarop'' (1974), ''Main Khiladi Tu Anari'' (1994), '' Takkar'' (1995), '' Yaarana'' (1995), '' Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam'' (2001) etc. She has written over 800 songs. Career Maya was married to late director Ram Govind. She started her career after marriage, with a song in '' Aarop'' (1974), starring Vinod Khanna. The music was composed by Bhupen Hazarika and was rendered by Kishore Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar. At a time of Urdu-poets' prominence and male domination in the songwriting industry, she established herself with her songs. She has written songs for such composers as Kalyanji-Anandji, Bappi Lahiri, Khayyam, Dilip Sen–Sameer Sen and Anu Malik. Anu Malik was he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
T-Series (company)
Super Cassettes Industries Private Limited, doing business as T-Series, is an Indian music record label and film production company founded by Gulshan Kumar on 11 July 1983. It is primarily known for Bollywood music soundtracks and Indi-pop music. As of 2014, T-Series is India's largest music record label, with up to a 35% share of the Indian music market, followed by Sony Music India and Zee Music. T-Series also owns and operates the most-viewed and the most-subscribed YouTube channel, with over 225 million subscribers and 201billion total views While best known as a music label, T-Series has also had some moderate success as a film production company. Kumar, initially a fruit juice seller in Delhi, founded T-Series to sell pirated Bollywood songs before the company eventually began producing new music. Their breakthrough came with the soundtrack for the 1988 Bollywood blockbuster '' Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak'', composed by Anand–Milind, written by Majrooh Sultanpuri, and ... [...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 th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guddi Maruti
Guddi Maruti is an Indian actress best known for her comedy roles on TV and in Bollywood movies. Early life Maruti was born to an actor-director father Marutirao Parab. Her real name is Tahira Parab and she was nicknamed Guddi. Manmohan Desai gave her the screen name which is what she is known by today. Career Maruti started her career at the age of 10 years as a child artist in the film ''Jaan Haazir Hain''. After her father's death, she continued acting to support the family. Due to her physical appearance, she bagged comedy roles in films and kept on going with her career. Maruti has acted in over 97 movies since the 1980s. Over the years, she acted in TV shows and is well known for her role as Bua in the TV show ''Doli Armano Ki''. Her popular movies include '' Khiladi'', '' Shola Aur Shabnam'', '' Aashik Aawara'', '' Dulhe Raja'' and '' Biwi No. 1''. She did not take chances to get to mainstream acting to avoid risks of being unsuccessful. In 1995, Maruti and Vrajes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashalata Wabgaonkar
Ashalata Wabgaonkar (2 July 1941 – 22 September 2020) commonly known as Ashalata, was an Indian actress. Originally tracing her roots to Goa's Palolem village in Canacona ''taluka'' (or 'sub-district'), she was associated with the Mumbai-based Goa Hindu Association. She acted in over a hundred Hindi and Marathi movies. She also sang some Konkani songs broadcast over the Mumbai station of the All India Radio. Konkani, Marathi, Hindi Goa-born Ashalata was also famous as a Marathi singer, playwright besides being a film actress. She studied at the prominent St. Columba's Girls High School at Gramdevi, and was a post-graduate in Psychology from the SNDT Women's University. She first started performing in Konkani and Marathi plays. Roles in movies She acted in more than a hundred Hindi and Marathi movies. Some of her Marathi plays are ''Guntata Hridhya He'', ''Varyavarchi Varaat'', ''Chinna'' (with Smita Patil and Sadashiv Amrapurkar) and ''Mahananda''. Her Marathi stage c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ram Mohan
Ram Mohan (26 August 1931 – 11 October 2019) was an Indian animator, title designer and design educator, who was also known as father of Indian Animation and was a veteran in the Indian animation industry, who started his career at the Cartoon Films Unit, Films Division of India, Government of India in 1956. He was chairman and chief creative officer at Graphiti Multimedia, a Mumbai-based animation company which was established in 1995, and later he also established the Graphiti School of Animation in 2006. He had won the National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Animation Film twice, ''You Said It'' (1972) and ''Fire Games'' (1983). He was awarded a lifetime achievement award at the 2006 Mumbai International Film Festival and was awarded the Padma Shri the fourth-highest civilian award given by Government of India in 2014. Early life and education Graduated in Chemistry from the University of Madras and later moved to Mumbai for his post-graduate studies but gave it up to jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Razak Khan
Abdur Razzak Khan (28 March 1951 – 1 June 2016) was an Indian actor who has worked in Bollywood films. Khan was noted for supporting and comic roles. He was known for his comic role of Manikchand in the 1999 Abbas–Mustan directed film '' Baadshah'', as Ninja Chacha in the 1999 film '' Hello Brother'', and as Takkar Pehelwan in ''Akhiyon Se Goli Maare''. His noted last film, '' Welcome M1LL10NS'' was released in 2018. Personal life He was born in Buyculla, Mumbai in the state of Maharashtra. Acting career Khan began his onscreen journey with a small role in the television show, ''Nukkad'' (1986–87) as 'Ullasbhai', and made his Hindi film debut with '' Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja'' (1993), ohse Pyar Ba(2008) He acted in more than 100 films during his 23-year-long career. He was last seen in ''Kyaa Kool Hain Hum 3'' (2016). His other noteworthy performances were in ''Raja Hindustani'' (1996), '' Hello Brother'' (1999), ''Hera Pheri'' (2000), ''Partner'' (2007) and '' A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satyendra Kapoor
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 villain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohan Joshi
Mohan Joshi is an Indian film, television and theater actor. He has worked in Hindi, Marathi and Bhojpuri films. Early life Joshi was born in Bangalore, Karnataka. He made his acting debut in Pune, Maharashtra. For better career prospects, he later moved to Mumbai. Career Joshi started his career as a theatre artist in Pune. He was noticed through the play ''Kuryat Sada Tingalam''. Along with Anand Abhyankar and Suhasini Deshpande, the show was performed more than 1000 times. Joshi later on got various roles in Hindi and Marathi films. His 1993 comedy film '' Savat Mazi Ladki'' directed by Smita Talwalkar was quite successful. Joshi played the lead role of a doctor husband of actress Neena Kulkarni and who is engaged in an extra-marital affair with his junior doctor played by Varsha Usgaonkar. For his work in '' Tu Tithe Mee'' (1998), Joshi's work was appreciated. Produced by Smita Talwalkar and directed by Sanjay Surkar, the film was adjudged as the Best Feature Film in Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avtar Gill
Avtar Gill is an Indian actor who appears predominantly in Hindi and Punjabi language films and television serials. He has done many plays with Indian People's Theatre Association Mumbai. Selected filmography Films * ''Noorie'' (1979) * ''Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai'' (1980) *''Dhan Daulat'' (1980) * '' Saath Saath'' (1982) * '' Ashanti'' as Raghu * '' Sawaal'' (1982) *''Ek Jaan Hain Hum'' (1983) * ''Mashaal'' (1984) as Mohan *'' Zamana'' (1985) as Police Inspector. * ''Ghulami'' (1985) * ''Khamosh'' (1986) * ''Avinash'' (1986) as CID Inspector * ''Thikana'' (1987) as MP Rane *'' Khoon Bahaa Ganga Mein'' (1988) * '' Shahenshah'' (1988) as Police Commissioner * '' Waaris'' (1988) * ''Zakhmi Aurat'' (1988) as Rapist * '' Daddy'' (1989) * ''Ilaaka'' (1989) as MLA Becharam * ''Main Azaad Hoon'' (1989) * ''Awaargi'' (1990) * '' Agneepath'' (1990) * ''Aashiqui'' (1990) * '' Baaghi'' (1990) *'' Nachnewale Gaanewale'' (1991) * '' Fateh'' (1991) * ''Jaan Ki Kasam'' (1991) *' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
