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Dil Tera Diwana (1996 Film)
''Dil Tera Diwana'' is a 1996 Indian Hindi-language romantic thriller film directed by Lawrence D'Souza, produced by Pahlaj Nihalani and written by Nawab Arzoo, Raj Baldev Raj and S.Khan. It stars Saif Ali Khan and Twinkle Khanna. The film and the lead actors' names had been announced as early as September, 1994. Nihalani cast the lead actors hoping that their pairing will have the same result as their actor parents Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore's pair. ''India Today'' labelled the film "racy musical love story" and a "B grade flick". Despite high expectations, the film turned out to be a commercial failure. Plot Kumar is the proud widowed businessman, the father of Ravi (Saif Ali Khan), his only son, his pride and joy. When Ravi grows up, he meets Komal in college and instantly falls in love with her. Ravi mentions this to his dad, who approves the alliance. But due to Ravi's bad habit of bothering many female schoolmates, Komal instantly dislikes him. So along with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence D'Souza
Lawrence D'Souza is an Indian film director (earlier worked as cinematographer) known for his Hindi film 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 ...s of the 1990s. Filmography References External links * Hindi-language film directors Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 20th-century Indian film directors 21st-century Indian film directors {{India-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reema Lagoo
Reema Lagoo (born Nayan Bhadbhade; 21 June 1958 – 18 May 2017) was an Indian theatre and screen actress known for her work in Hindi and Marathi cinema. She began her acting career in the Marathi theatre, after which she became a household name for playing motherly roles in the 1990s and early 2000s. She became a household name after her roles in the 90s classic TV sitcoms '' Shriman Shrimati'' (as Kokila Kulkarni) and as Devaki Verma starring opposite Supriya Pilgaonkar in ''Tu Tu Main Main''. Career Lagoo's career as an actor began as a child, influenced by her mother, who was a Marathi stage and film actress. She appeared in five films including ''Masterji'', directed by Durga Khote. Her senior career continued in Marathi stage after a long gap following work as a child artiste. It began with her coming to Mumbai and appearing in P. L. Deshpande's play, an adaptation of ''My Fair Lady''. However, she received wider recognition with roles in television serials, Hindi and M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aditya Narayan
Aditya Narayan (born 6 August 1987) is an Indian people, Indian singer, host and actor. He is the son of singer Udit Narayan. He is known for hosting Indian Idol and participating in Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 9. Personal life Narayan was born to singer Udit Narayan and Deepa Narayan. In November 2020, he announced his marriage with Shweta Agarwal to be held in December the same year. They married on 1 December 2020, in a close-knit ceremony in Mumbai attended by a small number of people. They had a child, a girl, in March 2022. Career Narayan's first playback song was for the Nepalese film ''Mohini'' in 1992 and then a Hindi film ''Rangeela (1995 film), Rangeela'' with Asha Bhosle. Later in 1995 he performed a song for ''Akele Hum Akele Tum'' along with his father, Udit Narayan. His acting career as a child began when Narayan was spotted by producer and director Subhash Ghai at the 1995 Filmfare Award function, as the final performer for the "Little Wonders" troupe. Gh ... [...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] |
Abhijeet Bhattacharya
Abhijeet Bhattacharya (born 30 October 1958), better known as Abhijeet, is a Bollywood playback singer. Abhijeet has sung 6034 songs in over 1000 films. Personal life Abhijeet was born to a Kanpur-based Bengali businessman turned editor Dhirendranath Bhattacharya, and his wife Kamladevi Bhattacharya in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Career Abhijeet left home after graduation from the Christ Church College in Kanpur for Mumbai in 1981 to pursue a career in singing in Bollywood. He has been influenced by the singer Kishore Kumar. He has sung many Hindi songs. His songs include work from the film '' Baaghi'', composed by Anand–Milind. The songs ''Ek Chanchal Shokh Hasina'', ''Chandni Raat Hai'' and ''Har Kasam Se Badi Hai'' were featured in this movie. This was followed by several chartbusters from movies such as Khiladi and Shola Aur Shabnam, both of which were also box office hits. Then in 1994, he performed for movies such as Yeh Dillagi, Phool Aur Angaar, Anjaam, Raja Babu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kavita Krishnamurthy
Sharada Krishnamurthy, popularly known as Kavita Krishnamurthy or Kavita Subramaniam, is an Indian playback and classical singer. She has recorded 50,000 songs in 45 various Indian languages including Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, Rajasthani, Bhojpuri, Telugu, Odia, Marathi, English, Urdu, Tamil, Malayalam, Gujarati, Nepali, Assamese, Konkani, Punjabi and other languages. She is the recipient of four Filmfare Best Female Playback Singer Awards (winning consecutively during 1995–1997), and the Padmashri which she received in 2005. She was awarded a Doctorate (Honoris Causa) for her contributions to Indian music by Bangalore-based Jain University in 2015. In 1999, she married noted violinist L. Subramaniam and resides in Bengaluru. Early life Born as Sharada into a Tamil Iyer family in New Delhi to T.S. Krishnamurthy, an employee of the Education Ministry. She began her musical training at the insistence of her aunt, Protima Bhattacharya who enrolled her to train under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alka Yagnik
Alka, AlkA or ALKA may refer to: People * Alka Ajith (born c. 1997), Indian multilingual playback singer * Alka Amin (active from 2011), Indian television actress * Alka Balram Kshatriya, Indian politician, Member of the Parliament of India representing Gujarat * Alka Kaushal (born 1969), Indian film actress in Marathi cinema * Alka Kriplani (active from before 1995), Indian gynecologist, medical writer and academic * Alka Kubal (active from born 1965), Indian film actress in Marathi cinema * Alka Lamba (born 1975), Indian politician * Alka Matewa (born 1987), Belgian mixed martial artist from Democratic Republic of the Congo * Alka Nath (born 1950), Indian social worker and politician * Alka Nupur (active from 1981), Indian film actress in Hindi cinema * Alka Pande (born 1956), Indian art curator * Alka Rai, Indian politician * Alka Sadat (born 1981), Afghan documentary and feature film producer, director and cameraman * Alka Saraogi (born 1960), Indian novelist and short st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Udit Narayan
Udit is an Indian masculine given name that may refer to: *Udit Narayan, Bollywood playback singer *Udit Narayan (politician) (born 1960), Fijian politician of Indian descent *Udit Narayan Singh (1770–1835), Indian monarch *Udit Patel (born 1984), Indian cricketer *Udit Raj, Indian politician *Udit Birla (born 1989), Indian cricketer *Kunwar Udit Swaraj, Bollywood playback singer {{given name Indian masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinesh Hingoo
Dinesh Hingoo (born 13 April 1940) is an Indian actor who plays comic & supporting roles in Hindi films. He had appeared in over 300 films, from ''Taqdeer (1967)'' to ''Be Careful (2011)'', and is known for his laughter and impersonations including that of a Parsi businessman. He was a stand-up comedian in many orchestras, famous comedian Johny Lever in an interview stated that it was Dinesh Hingoo, who gave him a break to perform on stage as a comedian. He had played supporting roles and bit parts in movies such as '' Qurbani'', ''Saajan'', ''Baazigar'', ''Humraaz'', '' Daraar'', ''No Entry'', '' Judaai'', '' Khoobsurat'', Hera Pheri (2000 film), Phir Hera Pheri and '' Anubhav''. He had acted in television serials on Indian public broadcaster, Doordarshan Doordarshan (abbreviated as DD; Hindi: , ) is an Indian public service broadcaster founded by the Government of India, owned by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and one of Prasar Bharati's two divisions. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arun Bakshi
Arun Bakshi is an Indian film and television actor and also a singer. He has acted as a character actor in over 100 Hindi films, and as a playback singer has also sung 298 songs. He has also worked in Punjabi and Bhojpuri cinema. He also played the role of Mahant Dashrath Tripathi in Colors TV's ''Ishq Ka Rang Safed''. Biography He was born and brought up in Ludhiana, Punjab, where he graduated from Arya College, Ludhiana. He worked with the Punjab Agricultural University for a while, before moving to Mumbai, to start his acting career in 1981, first in television and later films. Bakshi is well known for his performances in B. R. Chopra's Mahabharat as Dhristadyumna, Guru, Kuch To Gadbad Hai and Masoom. Filmography Music 2011 Tum Hi To Ho... (playback singer) 2010 Ashok Chakra: Tribute to Real Heroes (playback singer – as Aroon Bakshi) 2002 Aankhen (playback singer) 2000 alaal No.1(playback singer) 1998 Chhota Chetan (playback singer – as Aroon Bakshi) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiku Talsania
Tiku Talsania (born 7 June 1954) is an Indian actor, who works in the Bollywood industry. Apart from acting in films and television serials, he also performs as a freelance theatre artist, working for Gujarati theatre. Career Television Tiku has acted in a number of television serials starting with ''Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi'' in 1984, followed by hit TV serials in 1990s like '' Ye Duniya Ghazab Ki'', Zamana Badal Gaya and Ek Se Badh Kar Ek. He acted in many successful serials until the very recent ''Uttaran''. He was last seen on the SAB TV's Sitcom ''Sajan Re Phir Jhooth Mat Bolo''. Films Tiku started his Bollywood career with Rajeev Mehra's '' Pyaar Ke Do Pal'' in 1986. He continued to play his role as comedian in movies such as ''Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin'', '' Umar 55 Ki Dil Bachpan Ka'', ''Bol Radha Bol'', ''Andaz Apna Apna'' and ''Mr. Bechara'' from 1991 to 1996. Breaking from his comedian roles, he donned the cap of a serious character in the movie ''Waqt Hamara Hai'' in 1993. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vishwajeet Pradhan
Vishwajeet Pradhan (born 11 September 1965) is an Indian and television actor who has worked in Hindi films and television. Incidents on sets A major fire broke out on the sets of ''No Problem'' while the unit was shooting in the middle of the sea for a vital action sequence. Pradhan was in a scene where he is supposed to raise panic over the fire and try to save himself. While he caught fire, hurting his leg, everyone thought it was a part of his act and complimented his acting skills! But as soon as everyone realized what was happening, Pradhan was saved from any further injury by prompt action. Sunil Shetty also suffered burns on his hands. The fire extinguishers on the sets proved to be very handy. Suniel Shetty and Vishwajeet Pradhan almost became victims of severe burns. A hurt Pradhan said, "These things happen and despite all the precautions, the fire was just uncontrollable because of the sea breeze. My trousers were very thin. I guess it’s part of the game, but I am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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