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Ek Duuje Ke Liye
''Ek Duuje Ke Liye'' () is a 1981 Indian Hindi romantic tragedy film directed by K. Balachander. A remake of Balachander's Telugu film '' Maro Charitra'', it stars Kamal Haasan and Rati Agnihotri as a pair of lovers from different families who oppose their relationship, and go to dire lengths in an attempt to break them apart. It features Madhavi and Rakesh Bedi in supporting roles. ''Ek Duuje Ke Liye'' was released on 5 June 1981, and grossed over at the box office, making it one of the highest-grossing Indian films of its year. It received positive reviews from critics, who praised the film's score—particularly the single "Tere Mere Beech Mein" sung by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and penned by Anand Bakshi—and the performances of the cast. At the 28th National Film Awards, it won Best Male Playback Singer (S. P. Balasubrahmanyam). At the 29th Filmfare Awards, it was nominated for thirteen awards—including Best Film—of which it won three: Best Lyricist (Bakshi), Best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inder Raj Anand
Inder Raj Anand (died 6 March 1987) was an Indian film dialogue and screenwriter in Hindi cinema, who worked on many Raj Kapoor films, starting with '' Aag'' (1948), '' Aah'' (1953), '' Anari'' (1959) and '' Sangam'' (1963). While formally referred to as a writer for Hindi films, he was actually an Urdu writer, writing his scripts and dialogues in Urdu. He was father to actor-director Tinnu Anand and producer Bittu Anand. Inder's grandson is noted film director Siddharth Anand (''Salaam Namaste'' (2005) and '' Anjaana Anjaani'' (2010)). Famous director Mukul Anand was Inder's nephew. Shahenshah, starring Amitabh Bachchan, was Inder's last film as a writer. It was produced by his son, Bittu, and was directed by Tinnu. Shahenshah was released after Inder's death and it became one of the biggest hits of that year. Career Anand started off as a writer for Prithviraj Kapoor's Prithvi Theatres and also People's Theatre in Mumbai, and was a close friend of writer-director K.A. Abbas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Film Award For Best Male Playback Singer
The following is a list of winners of the National Film Award (Silver Lotus Award) for Best Male Playback singer. The award was first granted to Mahendra Kapoor in the year 1967. The singers whose performances have won awards have worked in nine major languages: Hindi (19 awards), Malayalam (9 awards), Bengali (7 awards), Tamil, Telugu, Marathi and Kannada (4 each), Punjabi (1 award). The singer with the most awards in this category is K. J. Yesudas with eight wins for three languages (Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi), followed by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam who won six times for four languages; Telugu, Hindi, Kannada and Tamil. Udit Narayan and Shankar Mahadevan follow next winning three awards each. The singers Manna Dey, Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay, M. G. Sreekumar, Hariharan have bagged this award twice. Multiple winners Recipients See also * National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer The National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer is an honour pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raza Murad
Raza Murad (born 23 November 1950) is an Indian actor who appears primarily in Hindi films. He has over 250 Bollywood film credits. Murad has also appeared in Bhojpuri and other regional-language films and on Hindi television. Early life He is the son of the Bollywood character actor Hamid Ali Murad. Murad is the first cousin of Zeenat Aman and nephew of Amanullah Khan, writer of '' Mughal-e-Azam'' and '' Pakeezah''. His nieces, Sonam and Sanober Kabir, are also performers. Career Murad began his career in film Ek Nazar (1972 film), and played sympathetic brothers (and brother figures) in the 1970s. Since the 1980s, he has primarily appeared in supporting roles as a father, uncle, or villain. Murad studied at the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune from 1969 to 1971, and received a diploma in film acting. With a distinctive baritone voice, one of his memorable roles as a character actor was the despondent poet in 1973's '' Namak Haraam'' with Amitabh Bachcha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mangalore
Mangalore (), officially known as Mangaluru, is a major port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghats about west of Bangalore, the state capital, 20 km north of Karnataka– Kerala border, 297 km south of Goa. Mangalore is the state's only city to have all four modes of transport—air, road, rail and sea. The population of the urban agglomeration was 619,664 national census of India. It is known for being one of the locations of the Indian strategic petroleum reserves. The city developed as a port in the Arabian Sea during ancient times, and has since become a major port of India that handles 75 percent of India's coffee and cashew exports. It is also the country's seventh largest container port. Mangalore has been ruled by several major powers, including the Kadambas, Alupas, Vijayanagar Empire, Keladi Nayaks, and the Portuguese. The city was a source of contention between the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyderabad
Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India. With an average altitude of , much of Hyderabad is situated on hilly terrain around artificial lakes, including the Hussain Sagar lake, predating the city's founding, in the north of the city centre. According to the 2011 Census of India, Hyderabad is the fourth-most populous city in India with a population of residents within the city limits, and has a population of residents in the metropolitan region, making it the sixth-most populous metropolitan area in India. With an output of 74 billion, Hyderabad has the fifth-largest urban economy in India. Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah established Hyderabad in 1591 to extend the capital beyond the fortified Golconda. In 1687, the city was annexed by the Mughals. In 1724, Asaf Jah I, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamils
The Tamil people, also known as Tamilar ( ta, தமிழர், Tamiḻar, translit-std=ISO, in the singular or ta, தமிழர்கள், Tamiḻarkaḷ, translit-std=ISO, label=none, in the plural), or simply Tamils (), are a Dravidian ethno-linguistic group who trace their ancestry mainly to India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu, union territory of Puducherry and to Sri Lanka. Tamils who speak the Tamil Language and are born in Tamil clans are considered Tamilians. Tamils constitute 5.9% of the population in India (concentrated mainly in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry), 15% in Sri Lanka (excluding Sri Lankan Moors), 7% in Malaysia, 6% in Mauritius, and 5% in Singapore. From the 4th century BCE, urbanisation and mercantile activity along the western and eastern coasts of what is today Kerala and Tamil Nadu led to the development of four large Tamil empires, the Cheras, Cholas, Pandyas, and Pallavas and a number of smaller states, all of whom were warring amongst t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toxic (song)
"Toxic" is a song recorded by American singer Britney Spears for her fourth studio album, ''In the Zone'' (2003). It was written and produced by Bloodshy & Avant, with additional writing from Cathy Dennis and Henrik Jonback. Released as the second single from ''In the Zone'', the song was initially offered to Kylie Minogue for her album ''Body Language'', but she turned it down. After trying to choose between "(I Got That) Boom Boom" and " Outrageous" to be the second single, Spears selected "Toxic" instead. A dance-pop and techno-pop song with elements of bhangra music, "Toxic" features varied instrumentation, such as drums, synthesizers and surf guitar. It is accompanied by breathy vocals and high-pitched Bollywood strings, sampled from Laxmikant–Pyarelal's "Tere Mere Beech Mein" (1981). Its lyrics draw an extended metaphor of a lover as a dangerous and addictive drug. "Toxic" received widespread acclaim from music critics, who praised its hook and chorus with many de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Britney Spears
Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American singer. Often referred to as the " Princess of Pop", she is credited with influencing the revival of teen pop during the late 1990s and early 2000s. After appearing in stage productions and television series, Spears signed with Jive Records in 1997 at age fifteen. Her first two studio albums, '' ...Baby One More Time'' (1999) and '' Oops!... I Did It Again'' (2000), are among the best-selling albums of all time and made Spears the best-selling teenage artist of all time. With first-week sales of over 1.3 million copies, ''Oops!... I Did It Again'' held the record for the fastest-selling album by a female artist in the United States for fifteen years. Spears adopted a more mature and provocative style for her albums '' Britney'' (2001) and '' In the Zone'' (2003), and starred in the 2002 film ''Crossroads''. Spears was executive producer of her fifth studio album '' Blackout'' (2007), often referred to as her b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindi Cinema
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 fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classic
A classic is an outstanding example of a particular style; something of lasting worth or with a timeless quality; of the first or highest quality, class, or rank – something that exemplifies its class. The word can be an adjective (a ''classic'' car) or a noun (a ''classic'' of English literature). It denotes a particular quality in art, architecture, literature, design, technology, or other cultural artifacts. In commerce, products are named 'classic' to denote a long-standing popular version or model, to distinguish it from a newer variety. ''Classic'' is used to describe many major, long-standing sporting events. Colloquially, an everyday occurrence (e.g. a joke or mishap) may be described in some dialects of English as 'an absolute classic'. "Classic" should not be confused with ''classical'', which refers specifically to certain cultural styles, especially in music and architecture: styles generally taking inspiration from the Classical tradition, hence classicism. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare Award For Best Editing
The Filmfare Best Editing Award is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films. Superlatives Most Awards * Sreekar Prasad – 4 * Hrishikesh Mukherjee – 3 * Raj Kapoor – 3 * Sanjay Verma – 3 * Kamlakar Karkhanis – 2 * Renu Saluja – 2 * V. N. Mayekar – 2 * M. S. Shinde – 2 * B. S. Glaad – 2 * Keshav Naidu – 2 * G. G. Mayekar – 2 * Namrata Rao – 2 List See also * Filmfare Award's * Bollywood * Cinema of India References External links Filmfare Nominees and Winners {{FilmfareAwardBestEditing Editing
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Filmfare Award For Best Screenplay
The Filmfare Best Screenplay Award is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films. Superlatives ;Most Awards *Salim–Javed – 3 * Basu Chatterjee – 3 * Rajkumar Hirani – 3 *Mani Ratnam – 2 *Vijay Tendulkar – 2 *Vidhu Vinod Chopra – 2 * Abhijat Joshi – 2 Note: Both Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Rajkumar Hirani won the award twice jointly. List of winners 1960s * 1969 Nabendu Ghosh – '' Majhli Didi'' 1970s * 1970 Hrishikesh Mukherjee – '' Anokhi Raat'' * 1971 Vijay Anand – '' Johny Mera Naam'' * 1972 Basu Chatterjee – '' Sara Akash'' * 1973 Arvind Mukherjee – '' Amar Prem'' * 1974 Salim–Javed – '' Zanjeer'' * 1975 Shama Zaidi, Kaifi Azmi – '' Garm Hava'' * 1976 Salim–Javed – '' Deewaar'' * 1977 Basu Chatterjee – '' Chhoti Si Baat'' * 1978 Lekh Tandon, Vrajendra Kaur, Madhusudan Kalekar – '' Dulhan Wahi Jo Piya Man Bhaye'' * 1979 Kamleshwar – '' Pati Patni Aur Woh'' 1980s * 1980 Girish Karnad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
