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Dhiraj Regmi
''Dhiraj'' (Patience) is a Bollywood social film. It was released in 1942. The film was directed by Chaturbhuj Doshi for Ranjit Movietone. Gyan Dutt was the music director, with lyrics by Pandit Indra. The cast included Sitara Devi, Ishwarlal, Kesari, Nurjehan. ''Dhiraj'' was doing successful business at the box-office when it was banned by the British government on the request of the Advisors to the governors. "They had grown intolerant of introduction of symbols like pictures of national leaders in films". Cast * Sitara Devi * Ishwarlal * Kesari * Nurjehan * Khatoon * dhiraj Rajkumari Soundtrack The music was composed by Gyan Dutt Gyan Dutt was one of the most prominent music directors in Bollywood in the 1940s. He was music director for films such as ''Thokar'' (1939), ''Achhut'' (1940), ''Bhakta Surdas'' (1942), ''Sunehre Din'' (1949) and '' Ghayal'' (1951). Many of his ... and the lyricist was Pandit Indra. The singers were Ishwar Lal, Gyan Dutt, Nur Jehan, Kesari. So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaturbhuj Doshi
Chaturbhuj Doshi (1894–1969) was a Hindi and Gujarati writer-director of Indian cinema. He was one of the top Gujarati screenplay writers, who helped script stories for the Punatar productions. He is stated to be one of the leading figures who launched the Gujarati film industry with work on notable films like ''Gunsundari'' (1948) and ''Nanand Bhojai'' (1948). Doshi, was “well known” for his family socials and had become “a celebrity in his own right”. He made a name for himself as a journalist initially and was referred to as the "famous journalist" and publicist by Baburao Patel, editor of ''Filmindia''. His debut film as a director was ''Gorakh Aya'' (1938), produced by Ranjit Movietone, though he joined Ranjit in 1929, as a scriptwriter. In 1938, he directed another film for Ranjit, a social comedy, ''The Secretary'', and both films were box-office successes for Doshi. His forte was socials, regularly adapting stories and novels for films. He worked initially on co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandulal Shah
Chandulal Jesangbhai Shah (13 April 1898 – 25 November 1975) was a famous director, producer and screenwriter of Indian films, who founded Ranjit Studios in 1929. Early life Shah was born in 1898 in Jamnagar, Gujarat, British India. He studied at Sydenham College in Bombay (now Mumbai) and got a job at the Bombay Stock Exchange in 1924. While waiting to get a job he helped his brother, J. D. Shah, who was a writer for mythological films. He was called by the "Laxmi Film Company" to direct a film ''Vimla'' in 1925 as its director Manilal Joshi was bedridden. Chandulal Shah not only directed the film but also went on to do two more films for the company, ''Panch Danda'' (1925) and ''Madhav Kam Kundala'' (1926) before returning to the Stock Exchange. Film career Amarchand Shroff, a friend of Shah, who was with the Laxmi Film Company, brought him to Kohinoor Film Company where he first came into contact with Gohar, a contact that eventually developed into both a personal and pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sitara Devi
Sitara Devi (named Dhanlakshm; 8 November 1920 – 25 November 2014) was an Indian dancer of the classical Kathak style of dancing, a singer, and an actress. She was the recipient of several awards and accolades, and performed at several prestigious venues in India and abroad; including the Royal Albert Hall, London (1967) and at the Carnegie Hall, New York (1976). At a young age Devi met Rabindranath Tagore, who encouraged her to revive the lost Indian performing arts such as Kathak. Rabindranath Tagore described her as ''Nritya Samragni ( नृत्य सम्राज्ञी )'', meaning the empress of dance, after watching her performance when she was just sixteen years old. Some people consider her as the ''Kathak queen''. Early life and background Sitara Devi was born in Kolkata (then Calcutta) on 8 November 1920, that coincided in that year with the festival of Dhanteras, the eve of the Indian festival of Deepavali. She was named Dhanlakshmi, in honour of the god ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gyan Dutt
Gyan Dutt was one of the most prominent music directors in Bollywood in the 1940s. He was music director for films such as ''Thokar'' (1939), ''Achhut'' (1940), ''Bhakta Surdas'' (1942), ''Sunehre Din'' (1949) and '' Ghayal'' (1951). Many of his songs were sung by K. L. Saigal. In 1948 he composed seven songs for a young Geeta Dutt in the films '' Chanda Ki Chandani'' and '' Hua Savera'', although their most notable collaboration was ''Dilruba'' (1950) in which Dutt wrote eight songs, six of which were solos for Geeta Dutt. Notable songs Notable songs written by Gyan Dutt include: *"Chandanee Rat Aur Tare Khile Ho" (''Bhakt Surdas'') Sung by: Khursheed, K L Saigal *"Din Se Dugunee Ho Jaye Ratiya Hay" (''Bhakt Surdas'') Sung by: K L Saigal *"Jholee Bhar Tare La De Re" (''Bhakt Surdas'') Sung by: Khursheed *"Kadam Chale Aage Mann Pichhe Bhage" (''Bhakt Surdas'') Sung by: K L Saigal *"Madhur Madhur Ga Re Manawa" (''Bhakt Surdas'') Sung by: Khursheed *"Meraa Kaha Hai Man Meraa" (''Gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations average to between 73–55 ka.", "Modern human beings—''Homo sapiens''—originated in Africa. Then, int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindi Language
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been described as a standardised and Sanskritised register of the Hindustani language, which itself is based primarily on the Khariboli dialect of Delhi and neighbouring areas of North India. Hindi, written in the Devanagari script, is one of the two official languages of the Government of India, along with English. It is an official language in nine states and three union territories and an additional official language in three other states. Hindi is also one of the 22 scheduled languages of the Republic of India. Hindi is the '' lingua franca'' of the Hindi Belt. It is also spoken, to a lesser extent, in other parts of India (usually in a simplified or pidginised variety such as Bazaar Hindustani or Haflong Hindi). Outside India, several ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bollywood
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" (former name of Mumbai) and " Hollywood". The industry is a part of the larger Indian cinema, which also includes South Cinema and other smaller film industries. In 2017, Indian cinema produced 1,986 feature films, of which the largest number, 364 have been from Hindi. , Hindi cinema represented 43 percent of Indian net box-office revenue; Tamil and Telugu cinema represented 36 percent, and the remaining regional cinema constituted 21 percent. Hindi cinema has overtaken the U.S. film industry to become the largest centre for film production in the world. In 2001 ticket sales, Indian cinema (including Hindi films) reportedly sold an estimated 3.6 billion tickets worldwide, compared to Hollywood's 2.6 billion tickets sold. Earlier Hindi film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photography, photographing actual scenes with a movie camera, motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of computer-generated imagery, CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still imag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bollywood Films Of 1942
A list of films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in 1942: Highest-grossing films The five highest-grossing films at the Indian Box Office in 1942: A-C D-J K-M N-R S T-Z References External links Bollywood films of 1942at the Internet Movie DatabaseListen to songs from Bollywood films of 1942 {{Filmsbycountry 1942 Bollywood 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 ... Films, Bollywood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranjit Studios
Ranjit Studios, also known as Ranjit Movietone, was an Indian film production company with studio facilities located in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It produced films between 1929 and mid-1970s. The studio was founded by Chandulal Shah along with Gohar Kayoum Mamajiwala. It was one of the three largest studios in Bollywood of its time, besides Kohinoor Film Company and Imperial Film Company. The company began production of silent films in 1929 under the banner Ranjit Film Company and by 1932 had made 39 pictures, most of them social dramas. The company changed its name to Ranjit Movietone in 1932 and during the 1930s produced numerous successful talkies at the rate of about six a year. At this time, the studio employed around 300 actors, technicians and other employees. Ranjit productions were mostly filmed in the Hindi, Punjabi and Gujarati Gujarati may refer to: * something of, from, or related to Gujarat, a state of India * Gujarati people, the major ethnic group of Guj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ishwarlal (actor)
Ishwarlal was a Bollywood Hindi actor, director and producer, active from 1930 to 1966. He was born 9 October 1911 at Waghania, Bombay Presidency, British India as Hariprashad Joshi. He died on 22 January 1969 in Bombay (Mumbai), India aged 57. He acted in 86 films, directed 11 and sang in 14. As Actor *1973 ''Kahani Kismat Ki'' *1963 '' Meri Surat Teri Ankhen'' *1963 ''Jevi Chhun Tevi'' *1963 ''Lakho Vanzaro'' ** ''Satyawan Savitri'' *1962 ''Aalha Udal'' ** ''Baghdad Ki Raaten'' ** ''Bezubaan'' ** ''Janam Janamna Sathi'' *1961 ''Chundali Chokha'' ** ''Hiro Salat'' *1959 '' Paigham'' *1958 '' Gopichand'' *1953 ''Shuk Rambha'' ** ''Naulakha haar'' *1952 ''Indrasen'' ** ''Mr. Sampat'' *1951 ''Jai Shankar'' ** '' Samsaram'' *1950 ''Sati Narmada'' ** ''Bhagwan Shri Krishna'' *1949 ''Matribhoomi'' ** ''Nar Narayan'' *1947 ''Rivaj'' *1946 ''Sohni Mahiwal'' ** ''Subhadra'' ** ''Maharana Pratap'' *1945 '' Badi Maa'' ** ''Sharbati Aankhen'' ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1942 Films
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus The Battle of Issus (also Issos) occurred in southern Anatolia, on November 5, 333 BC between the Hellenic League led by Alexander the Great and the Achaemenid Empire, led by Darius III. It was the second great battle of Alexander's conquest of ...: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 Roman legion, legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
