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Daava
''Daava'' is a 1997 Indian Hindi action drama movie directed by Sunil Agnihotri and starring Naseeruddin Shah, Akshay Kumar, Raveena Tandon and Akshay Anand in lead roles. Plot Inspector Arjun is an honest and diligent police officer. He has an older stepbrother named Bhishma, and a younger brother named Suraj. While Bhishma, the former army officer lives with their mother in the village, Arjun and Suraj live in the city. In the city, he meets Seema, a pickpocket, and falls in love with her. Suraj gets employed at a poultry farm, but finds out that this is just a front for drugs like cocaine. His attempts to get this information to the police and his brother are in vain, as he is captured by the owners of the poultry farm, who owe their allegiance to notorious gangster Dhaman Chamunda. When Dhaman learns about Suraj, he decides to teach Arjun and Bhishma a lesson – first by splitting them up over the property they own in the village, then by framing Bhishma for the death of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Divya Dutta
Divya Dutta (born 25 September 1977) is an Indian actress and model. She has appeared in Hindi and Punjabi cinema, in addition to Malayalam and English-language films. She has received many awards including a National Film Award, a Filmfare Award and 2 IIFA Awards. Dutta debuted in Hindi cinema in 1994 with the film '' Ishq Mein Jeena Ishq Mein Marna'', which she followed up with a lead role in the 1995 drama ''Veergati'' and a string of supporting roles. She then garnered attention for playing the lead role of Zainab, a Muslim wife separated from her Sikh husband, in the 1999 Punjabi film ''Shaheed-e-Mohabbat Boota Singh'', set against the backdrop of the 1947 Partition of India. The movie was a surprise hit, and Dutta subsequently continued to act in supporting roles. In 2004, Dutta garnered widespread critical acclaim for her role as Shabbo in the romantic drama ''Veer-Zaara'' and earned best supporting actress nominations at several awards ceremonies, including Filmfare. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunil Agnihotri
Sunil Agnihotri is a Bollywood film and TV producer and director. He has been described as the "king of television costume dramas". Work Sunil Agnihotri started as an assistant director and did many films. His last as an assistant was with Late Mukul Anand's Agneepath, then in between the making of Agneepath, he decided to be independent and started working on Video Magazines Lehren and Chalte Chalte. He also made a very popular video film Don 11 in 1988 with the famous song Hawa Hawa. The video film was a rage and the most popular video film in those days. His first feature film was Danga Fasaad in 1990 with newcomers. The film was well appreciated with critics and masses. Then in 1992 he directed '' Laat Saab'' a picture which starred Jackie Shroff, Neelam and Mohsin Khan. He started a film in 1993 called Singer with Ajay Devgan, Shilpa Shirodkar, Nagma and Kader Khan, which is complete but was not released due to some dispute of the Producers. Then came Jai Kishen(1994) star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sushma Shrestha
Poornima Shrestha (born 6 September 1960 as Sushma Shrestha), is an Indian playback singer. Starting as a child singer, she later reinvented into a leading playback singer in Hindi Film Industry, Bollywood during the 1990s. She started her career as a child singer in ''Andaz (1971 film), Andaz'' (1971) under music director duo Shankar Jaikishan for the hit song "Hai Na Bolo Bolo" alongside Mohammed Rafi and Suman Kalyanpur. Throughout her childhood, she then worked with music composers of the golden era including Naushad, Madan Mohan, C. Ramchandra, Salil Choudhury, Anil Biswas (composer), Anil Biswas, S.D. Burman, Kalyanji-Anandji and Laxmikant–Pyarelal. Poornima formed a successful collaboration with R.D. Burman with such popular numbers, "Tera Mujhse Hai Pehle" from ''Aa Gale Lag Jaa (1973 film), Aa Gale Lag Jaa'' (1973) and "Kya Hua Tera Vada" from ''Hum Kisise Kum Naheen'' (1977); both earned her nominations for the Filmfare Best Female Playbac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anupam Shyam
Anupam Shyam Ojha (20 September 1957 – 8 August 2021) was an Indian film and television actor, who usually played villainous roles. He appeared as ''Thakur Sajjan Singh'' in the STAR Plus TV series ''Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya'' (2009 and 2021). Apart from that, he worked in films like ''Lajja'', ''Nayak'', ''Dubai Return'', ''Parzania'', ''Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi'' (2005), ''Shakti: The Power'', '' Bandit Queen'', in the internationally acclaimed movie ''Slumdog Millionaire'' (2008) and acted in numerous international films set in India. He last appeared in Star Bharat' s popular series Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya 2. Personal life Anupam Shyam Ojha was a native of Pratapgarh in Uttar Pradesh, and an alumnus of Bhartendu Academy of Dramatic Arts, Lucknow, where he studied from 1983 to 1985. He also supported Anna Hazare's movement held on 27 December 2011. Death He died aged 63 on 8 August 2021, at Life Line Hospital due to kidney failure, approximately 45 days before his 64th bi ... [...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] |
Asha Lata
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 career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajendra Gupta
Rajendra Gupta (born 17 October 1947) is an Indian film, television and theatre actor and director who is known for his television roles of Adina Beg Khan Sahib e Azam in 2010 series of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Pandit Jagannath in the 1990s Doordarshan fantasy television series '' Chandrakanta'' and Sudha's father – Jagat Narayan – in the 1998–2001 Sony TV drama '' Saaya''. An alumnus of the National School of Drama (1972 batch), Gupta had worked in numerous television serials and films. He played the role of the ''Mukhiya'' (village headman) of Champaner in the Oscar-nominated 2001 film ''Lagaan''. He also played the role of Kesri Narayan in the TV serial ''Chidiya Ghar'', that aired on Sab TV. Currently, he is portraying the role of Pandit Jagannath Mishra in Jagannath Aur Purvi Ki Dosti Anokhi at Sony TV. Life Gupta was born in a business family in Panipat and did his graduation from the Kurukshetra University. His father known as Master Ji ran a woolen textiles busin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deepak Shirke
Deepak Shirke (born 29 April 1957) is an Indian actor who is known for his work in Hindi and Marathi films. He has been involved with more than 100 Hindi films, usually playing the role of the villain. Shirke has also worked in the Hindi television industry in the crime series C.I.D. as ACP Digvijay which aired on Sony TV. Filmography His career extends from late 1980s to 2014 of which the best known films are Daag: The Fire, Anth, Tirangaa, Ishq, Judwaa, Bhai and Sarkar (film). He played the character of Constable Gaikwad in the Bharatiya Digital Party Bharatiya Digital Party is a Marathi YouTube Channel, popularly known as BhaDiPa. They are known for their comedy and music videos. As of October 2018, it had 150 Million views across their Facebook page and Youtube Channel and more than 1 Mil ... made web-series Pandu. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Shirke, Deepak 20th-century Indian male actors 21st-century Indian male actors Indian male film actors Male act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akshay Anand
John Gardner (born 30 January 1969), known professionally as Akshay Anand is an Indian actor who appears mainly in Hindi films and television. Early life and career Anand was born as John Gardner and he assumed the name Akshay inspired by his character in his television debut '' Indradhanush''. The name Anand had been given to him by his mentor, actor and director Dev Anand, during his association with Dev Anand while filming ''Hum Naujawan''. He studied economics at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai St. Xavier's College is a private, Catholic, autonomous higher education institution run by the Bombay Province of the Society of Jesus in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It was founded by the Jesuits on January 2, 1869. The college is aff ... before getting into acting. His television debut was made in 1989 with the 13-episode TV series '' Indradhanush'' which was based on time travel. He also mentors at his acting academy, Akshay Anand Acting Academy. He is also active as p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jatin–Lalit
Jatin–Lalit are an Indian film music director duo consisting of Jatin Pandit and his brother Lalit Pandit. They have written the widely popular scores for films such as ''Yaara Dildara'', ''Khiladi (1992 film), Khiladi'', ''Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar'', ''Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa'', ''Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman'', ''Khamoshi: The Musical'', ''Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge'', ''Fareb (1996 film), Fareb'', ''Yes Boss (film), Yes Boss'', ''Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai'', ''Kuch Kuch Hota Hai'', ''Sarfarosh'', ''Ghulam (film), Ghulam'', ''Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya (1998 film), Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya'', ''Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha'', ''Khoobsurat (1999 film), Khoobsurat'', ''Mohabbatein'', ''Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...'', ''Chalte Chalte (2003 film), Chalte Chalte'', ''Hum Tum (film), Hum Tum'' and ''Fanaa (2006 film), Fanaa''. Jatin–Lalit is their professional name and appears on the covers of their music albums, CDs and DVDs. Early life Jatin and Lalit come from a musical family originating from Pil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Box Office India
Box Office India is an Indian film website. Its traffic ranking in India is 83,665 . A new Box Office India website went live on 20 January 2014. About Box Office India was launched on 10 June 2003. Its uses Whois privacy to anonymize its owner. Other than India, it is frequently visited in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and other countries where Bollywood, the Indian Hindi-language films are popular. It receives average 83,854-page views per day and earns around $7,547 monthly from ad revenues. Box Office India's estimated net worth is around $183,641 . It has website backlinks from around 350 websites. It has been used by some leading newspapers as reference. Box Office reports Box office India provides information of box office results for domestic and overseas collections of Hindi films. This website updates box office reports on regular basis with territorial breakdown of domestic figures and top earners by decade and all time records. It also creates an overall week chart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumar Sanu
Kedarnath Bhattacharya (born 20 October 1957), better known as Kumar Sanu, is an Indian playback singer. He is known as the King of Melody in Bollywood. He is famous for singing thousands of Bollywood Hindi songs. Apart from Hindi, he has also sang in other languages including Marathi, Nepali, Assamese, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Manipuri, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Punjabi, Odia, Chhattisgarhi, Urdu, Pali, English and his native language Bengali, both in West Bengal and Bangladesh. He holds the record for winning five consecutive Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer from 1990 to 1994. For his contribution to Indian cinema and music, he was awarded the Padma Shri in 2009 by the Government of India. Many of his tracks feature in BBC's "Top 40 Bollywood Soundtracks of all time". Early life Kumar Sanu's father, Pashupati Bhattacharya, was a vocalist and composer. The two and Sanu's elder sister lived in the Sinthee area of Calcutta (now Kolkata) near Biswanath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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