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ChaalBaaz
''ChaalBaaz'' (, ) is a 1989 Indian Hindi-language slapstick film directed by Pankaj Parashar and written by Rajesh Mazumdar and Kamlesh Pandey. It stars Sridevi in dual roles, with Sunny Deol and Rajinikanth. The film revolves around twin sisters Anju and Manju, who get separated at birth. Anju lives with her malicious uncle who plans to seize her property and traumatizes her by beating. On the other hand, Manju grows up amidst a slum environment and acquires tomboy characters. The film was loosely an adaptation of the film ''Seeta Aur Geeta'' and had its story written by Rajesh Mazumdar. It was produced by A. Poorna Chandra Rao under the Lakshmi Productions banner. The duo Laxmikant–Pyarelal composed the soundtrack with lyrics penned by Anand Bakshi. Manmohan Singh handled the cinematography while Afaque Hussain served as the editor. Upon its release, ''ChaalBaaz'' was well-received by critics and audiences alike, and emerged a commercial success, eventually becoming the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
35th Filmfare Awards
The 35th Filmfare Awards were held in 1990. ''Maine Pyaar Kiya'' led the ceremony with 12 nominations, followed by ''Chandni (film), Chandni'' with 10 nominations, and ''Ram Lakhan'' with 9 nominations. Sooraj Barjatya's ''Maine Pyaar Kiya'' won 6 awards, including Filmfare Award for Best Film, Best Film, thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony. Vidhu Vinod Chopra's ''Parinda'' was the other big winner on the night with 5 awards, including Filmfare Award for Best Director, Best Director (for Vidhu Vinod Chopra), Filmfare Award for Best Actor, Best Actor (for Jackie Shroff) and Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actor (for Nana Patekar). This rivalry between Sooraj Barjatya and Vidhu Vinod Chopra resurfaced at the 40th Filmfare Awards, where once again Sooraj Barjatya's ''Hum Aapke Hain Kaun'' beat out Vidhu Vinod Chopra's ''1942 A Love Story, 1942: A Love Story'' for Best Film. Sridevi received dual nominations for Filmfare Award for Best Ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sridevi
Shree Amma Yanger Ayyappan (13 August 1963 – 24 February 2018), professionally credited with her stage name Sridevi, was an Indian actress who worked in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada language films. Cited as the "First Female Superstar" of Indian cinema, she was the recipient of various accolades, including the National Film Award, the Nandi Award, the Tamil Nadu State Film Award, the Kerala State Film Award, four Filmfare Awards, including a Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award and three Filmfare Awards South. Sridevi's career in Indian cinema spanned over 50 years in a range of genres from slapstick comedy to epic dramas. She was known for her reticent and introverted personality, but headstrong and outspoken screen persona, regularly playing strong-willed, sophisticated women. In 2013, Sridevi was honoured with the Padma Shri, the country's fourth highest civilian honour. She was also voted 'India's Greatest Actress in 100 Years' in a CNN-IBN national pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pankaj Parashar
Pankuj Parashar is an Indian film and television director. Among his most-known are police-thriller ''Jalwa'' (1987) starring Naseeruddin Shah, the Sridevi hit, ''ChaalBaaz'' (1989), and television detective series ''Karamchand'' (1985). He also makes television commercials, corporate films and documentaries. Career Parashar debuted with the Hindi comedy ''Ab Ayega Mazaa'' (1984). This was followed the next year with the television series ''Karamchand'' (1985), starring Pankaj Kapoor as lead detective Karamchand with Sushmita Mukherjee as assistant Kitti and Sanjay Gupta as the assistant director. It was broadcast on India's national television channel DD National, and it was one of India's first detective series. Sony Entertainment Television revived this serial in February 2007. He became the first director to cast a then-art film actor Naseeruddin Shah in a commercial Bollywood film, ''Jalwa'' (1987) (a remake of ''Beverly Hills Cop'') and in his 1989 film, ''ChaalBaaz'' (a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aftab Shivdasani
Aftab Shivdasani (born 25 June 1978) is an Indian actor, producer and model known for his works in Bollywood and also working for Tamil and Kannada film industry. Shivdasani was selected as the Farex baby at the age of 14 months and eventually appeared in many TV commercials. He started his career as a child artist in films like '' Mr. India'' (1987), '' Shahenshah'' (1988), ''ChaalBaaz'' (1989), '' Awwal Number'' (1990), '' C.I.D.'' (1990) and '' Insaniyat'' (1994).Aftab Shivdasani to get married – Bollywood Movie News . Indiaglitz.com (5 November 2012). Retrieved on 2016-02-14. In 1999, he made his adult debut in [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Lever
Johnny Lever (born John Prakash Rao Janumala; 14 August 1957) is an Indian actor and popular comedian who is known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is one of the first stand-up comedians in India. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including thirteen Filmfare Awards nominations in Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role, and has won the award twice, for his work in ''Deewana Mastana'' (1997) and ''Dulhe Raja'' (1998). He began his career in 1984, and has acted in more than three hundred Hindi films. Early life Lever was born on 14 August 1957 in a Telugu Christian family in Prakasam, Andhra Pradesh. His father worked as an operator in Hindustan Unilever plant where he also worked as a labourer for six years. Lever was brought up in King's Circle area of Dharavi in Mumbai. His mother tongue is Telugu and is fluent in Hindi, Marathi, English and Tulu. He is the eldest in the family consisting of three sisters and two brothers (including his younger brother Ji ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manmohan Singh (film Director)
Manmohan Singh is an Indian film director and cinematographer. He is a director of Punjabi films and cinematographer of Bollywood films. In the past he had frequently collaborated with Yash Chopra and his son Aditya Chopra, for whom he shot '' Chandni'' (1989), ''Lamhe'' (1991), ''Darr'' (1993), ''Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge'' (1995), ''Dil To Pagal Hai'' (1997), and ''Mohabbatein'' (2000). Besides his Bollywood career as a cinematographer, he is also known as a pioneering director in Punjabi cinema. He directed his first Hindi film, '' Pehla Pehla Pyar'' in 1994 and first Punjabi film ''Jee Ayan Nu'' in 2003. He received "Lifetime Achievement Award" in PTC Punjabi Film Awards 2019. Early life and career Singh's first big project was the debut film for Sunny Deol's ''Betaab''. After that, he worked on many films like ''Lekin'', ''Lamhe'', ''Chaalbaaz'' in the early 1990s. He won two Filmfare Awards for Yash Chopra's ''Darr'' and '' Chandni''. Manmohan Singh also sang many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rohini Hattangadi
Rohini Hattangadi (''née'' Oak; born 11 April 1955) is an Indian actress, known for her work in Hindi, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada, and Gujarati films, and Marathi soap operas and theatre. She has won two Filmfare Awards, one National Film Award, and is the only Indian actress to win the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance as Kasturba Gandhi in ''Gandhi'' (1982). An alumna of the National School of Drama of New Delhi, Hattangadi had worked mainly in theatre when she made her movie debut with ''Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan'' in 1978. Some of her noted cinematic roles were in such art films as ''Arth'' (1982), ''Party'' and ''Saaransh'' (1984). Hattangadi was mostly offered character roles in mainstream Hindi cinema after her portrayal in ''Gandhi'', often typecast in mother roles much ahead of her years. Respected for her acting prowess, she has appeared in over 80 feature films, and is active in theatre and television. Early and personal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunny Deol
Ajay Singh Deol (born 19 October 1956), better known by his stage name Sunny Deol, is an Indian actor, film director, producer, politician and current Member of Parliament from Gurdaspur (Lok Sabha constituency) of Punjab, India. As an actor, he has worked in more than 100 Hindi films and earned the image of an angry action hero. He went on to star in numerous successful films in the 1980s and 1990s and is considered as one of the top stars of that time. He starred in several blockbuster movies such as '' Ghayal'', ''Darr'', ''Damini'', '' Jeet'', '' Ghatak'', '' ''Ziddi'', ''Border'' and '' Gadar: Ek Prem Katha''. Deol has won two National Film Award for Best Actor and two Filmfare Awards. Deol made his debut opposite fellow debutante Amrita Singh in ''Betaab'' (1983), for which he received a Filmfare Best Actor Award nomination. With his portrayal of an amateur boxer wrongly accused of his brother's murder in Rajkumar Santoshi's '' Ghayal'' in 1990, Deol gained wide recogni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajay Wadhavkar
Ajay Wadhavkar was a Hindi and Marathi film and television actor. Career Wadhavkar's notable TV serial roles include the one of the bumbling cop Ganpat Hawaldar, from the yesteryear milestone TV serial ''Nukkad'' in 1986, directed by Kundan Shah and Saeed Akhtar Mirza, and in the TV serial ''Pavitra Rishta'', where he played Sushant Singh Rajput (Manav)s' father. He was also a part of movies like '' Yes Boss'' (1997) and ''English Babu Desi Mem'' (1996). Filmography Television * 1986–1987 ''Nukkad'' (TV Series) – Ganpat Hawaldaar * 1989 ''Circus'' (TV series) * 1993 ''Byomkesh Bakshi (TV Series) (Episode: Chiriya Ghar (Part 1 & 2))'' as Dr. Nagendra Pal (credited as Ajay Vadhavkar)Archived aGhostarchiveand thWayback Machine Films * 1983 ''Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro'' (as Ajay Vadhaokar) * 1984 ''Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho!'' – Court Messenger * 1987 ''Gammat Jammat''-Ruffian/Goon Marathi Film * 1988 '' Shahenshah'' – Shalu's friend (as Ajay Wadhavarkar) * 1988 ''Ek Gadi Baaki Ana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunny Deol
Ajay Singh Deol (born 19 October 1956), better known by his stage name Sunny Deol, is an Indian actor, film director, producer, politician and current Member of Parliament from Gurdaspur (Lok Sabha constituency) of Punjab, India. As an actor, he has worked in more than 100 Hindi films and earned the image of an angry action hero. He went on to star in numerous successful films in the 1980s and 1990s and is considered as one of the top stars of that time. He starred in several blockbuster movies such as '' Ghayal'', ''Darr'', ''Damini'', '' Jeet'', '' Ghatak'', '' ''Ziddi'', ''Border'' and '' Gadar: Ek Prem Katha''. Deol has won two National Film Award for Best Actor and two Filmfare Awards. Deol made his debut opposite fellow debutante Amrita Singh in ''Betaab'' (1983), for which he received a Filmfare Best Actor Award nomination. With his portrayal of an amateur boxer wrongly accused of his brother's murder in Rajkumar Santoshi's '' Ghayal'' in 1990, Deol gained wide recognit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shakti Kapoor
Shakti Kapoor (born Sunil Kapoor; 3 September 1952) is an Indian actor and comedian who appears in Bollywood films. Known for his villainous and comic roles in Hindi films, he has featured in over 600 films. In the 1980s and 1990s, Kapoor teamed up with actor Asrani and Kader Khan as the comical or evil team in over 100 films. He was a contestant in the Indian reality show ''Bigg Boss'' in 2011. Early life Kapoor was born in Delhi to a Punjabi family. His father ran a clothes shop in Connaught Place, New Delhi. After a long struggle in Bollywood, Kapoor was spotted by Sunil Dutt while he was making ''Rocky'' to launch his son Sanjay Dutt. He was then cast as the antagonist in the movie. But Dutt felt that his name "Sunil Kapoor" wouldn't do justice to his villainous stint and hence, "Shakti Kapoor" was born. Personal life Kapoor is married to Shivangi Kolhapure (elder sister of actresses Padmini Kolhapure and Tejaswini Kolhapure) and has two children, a son Siddhanth Kapoor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annu Kapoor
Annu Kapoor (born Anil Kapoor; 20 February 1956) is an Indian actor, singer, director, radio disc jockey, and television presenter who has appeared in over a hundred films, as well as television series. His career has spanned over 40 years as an actor, producer, director and singer. Besides acting, he also does a Radio show, named ''Suhaana Safar With Annu Kapoor'' which airs on 92.7 big FM. He has won numerous awards in his career, including two National Film Awards, one Filmfare Awards and two Indian Television Academy Awards in varied categories. Early life Annu Kapoor was born in Itwara, Bhopal, Bhopal State, on 20 February 1956, to Madanlal, a Punjabi father with roots in Peshawar and Kamal, a Bengali Brahmin mother. His father owned a travelling Parsi theatre company which performed in cities and towns, and his mother was a Urdu teacher and a trained classical singer. His grandfather Kripa Ram Kapoor was a doctor in the British Army and his great grandfather Lala Ganga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
