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Faasle
''Faasle'' is a 1985 Bollywood film produced and directed by Yash Chopra. The film stars Sunil Dutt, Rekha, Farooq Shaikh, Deepti Naval, Rohan Kapoor, Farah, Raj Kiran, Sushma Seth and Aloknath. The film is the debut film for Rohan Kapoor, son of singer Mahendra Kapoor and also for the actress Farah, niece of Shabana Azmi. The film's music was composed by Shiv-Hari with lyrics by Shahryar. This film was panned by the critics for bad storyline and editing. Plot Vikram (Sunil Dutt) is proud and wealthy. His wife having died young, Vikram has brought up his son Sanjay (Farooq Shaikh) and daughter Chandni (Farah), sacrificing his own personal happiness, choosing a secret relationship over marriage, with Maya (Rekha). He dotes upon his children and is very protective about his daughter. When Vijay (Rohan Kapoor) comes into Chandni's life and steals her heart - they realize the course of true love never runs smooth and her father's disapproval and her impending arranged marriage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farah (actress)
Farah Naaz Hashmi, commonly credited as Farah, is a leading Bollywood actress of the mid 1980s and early 1990s. She is the elder sister of Tabu (actress), Tabu. Farah made her debut in ''Faasle'' in 1985 under the Yash Chopra films banner. She was one of the prominent actresses in Bollywood in the late eighties and early nineties. She was paired with Prosenjit Chatterjee in 1989 Bengali movie ''Aamar Tumi''. Farha's landmark films were ''Naseeb Apna Apna (1986 film), Naseeb Apna Apna'' (1986), ''Imaandaar'' (1987), ''Woh Phir Aayegi'', ''Naqab'' (1989), ''Yateem'' (1988), ''Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri'' (1990), ''Begunaah'' (1991), ''Bhai Ho To Aisa'' (1995) and ''Sautela Bhai'' (1996). She is today remembered for her three films with Rajesh Khanna. She retired from acting in 1996 after her first marriage, though she later did a few television serials. She worked with almost all of the top actors of her time, including Rajesh Khanna, Rishi Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, Sunny Deol, Anil K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farooq Shaikh
Farooq Shaikh (25 March 1948 − 28 December 2013) was an Indian actor, philanthropist and television presenter. He was best known for his work in Hindi films from 1973 to 1993 and for his work in television between 1988 and 2002. He returned to acting in films in 2008 and continued to do so until his death on 28 December 2013. His major contribution was in Parallel Cinema or the New Indian Cinema. He worked with directors like Satyajit Ray, Sai Paranjpye, Muzaffar Ali, Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Ketan Mehta. He acted in serials and shows on television and performed on stage in productions such as ''Tumhari Amrita'' (1992), alongside Shabana Azmi, directed by Feroz Abbas Khan, and presented the TV show, ''Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai'' (Season 1). He won the 2010 National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for ''Lahore''. Personal life Shaikh was born in 1948 at Amroli, a village 90 km off Vadodara, Gujarat, India to Farida and Mustafa Shaikh. His father was a lawyer who worked in Bom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deepti Naval
Deepti Naval (born 3 February 1952) is an Indian-born American actress, director, and writer, predominantly active in Hindi cinema. Her major contribution has been in the area of art cinema, winning critical acclaim for her sensitive and 'close to life' characters that emphasized the changing roles of women in India. Early life Naval was born on 3 February 1952 in Amritsar, East Punjab, India, but moved to New York City when her father got a teaching job at City University of New York. She studied fine arts at Hunter College. Acting career Naval made her debut in 1978 with Shyam Benegal's film '' Junoon''. Two years later, she played a lead role in ''Ek Baar Phir''. Alongside Smita Patil and Shabana Azmi, she became an actress in 1980s Parallel cinema, playing roles in films like '' Kamla'' (1984) or '' Ankahee'' (1985). Starting with '' Chashme Buddoor'' in 1981, she was often cast with Farooq Sheikh and they became an iconic on-screen couple of the early 1980s, with fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rohan Kapoor
Rohan Kapoor (or ''Ruhan'', born 1965) is a Hindi actor and singer, son of Mahendra Kapoor. He started his film career at the age of 16 as an assistant director with Manoj Kumar for the film ''Kranti''. After that, he became active on the stage with Shafi Inamdar and even acted for two of his most popular plays - '' Neela Kamra'' and '' Adaa''. Yash Chopra gave a break to Rohan as a hero in his film ''Faasle'' with Farha in the year 1985, then he had a role in ''Love 86'', in which Govinda co-starred with Rohan. After that, Prakash Mehra got Rohan to play in '' Imaandaar'' in deference to his earlier role with Shafi Inamdar and Sanjay Dutt, which earned Rohan much critical acclaim from the media as well as moviegoers. Then, many other roles came, including '' Masti'', ''Mera Naseeb'', '' Maha Kali'', and ''Sur Asur Sur or SUR or El Sur (Spanish "the South") may refer to: Geography * Sur or Shur (Bible), the wilderness of Sur/Shur from the Book of Exodus * Sur (river), a river ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yash Chopra
Yash Raj Chopra (27 September 1932 21 October 2012) was an Indian people, Indian film director and film producer who worked in Bollywood, Hindi cinema. The founding chairman of the film production and distribution company Yash Raj Films, Chopra was the recipient of several awards, including 6 National Film Awards and 8 Filmfare Awards. He is considered among the best Indian filmmakers. For his contributions to film, the Government of India honoured him with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2001, and the Padma Bhushan in 2005. In 2006, British Academy of Film and Television Arts presented him with a lifetime membership, making him the first Indian to receive the honour. Chopra began his career as an assistant director to I. S. Johar and his elder brother, B.R. Chopra. He made his directorial debut with ''Dhool Ka Phool'' in 1959, a melodrama about illegitimacy, and followed it with the social drama ''Dharmputra'' (1961). Chopra rose to prominence after directing the critically and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunil Dutt
Sunil Dutt (born Balraj Dutt; 6 June 1929 — 25 May 2005) was an Indian actor, film producer, director and politician. Dutt was one of the major stars of Hindi cinema in the late 1950s and 1960s and continued to star in many successful films which included ''Mother India'' (1957) '' Sadhna'' (1958), ''Insan Jaag Utha'' (1959), '' Sujata'' (1959), ''Mujhe Jeene Do'' (1963), '' Gumraah'' (1963), '' Waqt'' (1965), ''Khandan'' (1965), ''Mera Saaya'' (1966) and ''Padosan'' (1967), and ''Hamraaz'' (1967), '' Heera'' (1973), ''Pran Jaye Par Vachan Na Jaye'' (1974), '' Nagin'' (1976), ''Jaani Dushman'' (1979), '' Muqabla'' (1979), and '' Shaan'' (1980). In 1968, he was honoured by the Padma Shri by the Government of India. He is the father of popular actor Sanjay Dutt. In 1984 he joined the Indian National Congress party and was elected to the Parliament of India for five terms from the constituency of Mumbai North West. He was the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pamela Chopra
Pamela Chopra (born 1938) is an Indian playback singer. She is the wife of veteran Bollywood film director Yash Chopra. She has also written and produced several films. Early life Chopra was born as Pamela Singh, the daughter of Mohinder Singh, an officer in the Indian Army. The eldest of three children, she has two younger brothers. Since her father was posted in several remote locations all over India, Chopra was educated at several army schools. She is a cousin of the actress Simi Garewal. Chopra's father Mohinder Singh and Garewal's mother Darshi Garewal were siblings. Marriage Pamela married the film-maker Yash Chopra in 1970. The marriage was arranged by their families in the traditional Indian manner. The two families had a common friend, the mother of film-maker Romesh Sharma (producer of the blockbuster ''Hum (film), Hum''). Sharma contacted the wife of BR Chopra and suggested that Pamela Singh would be 'the ideal bride' for BR's younger brother Yash Chopra. "She was n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lata Mangeshkar
Lata Mangeshkar () (born as Hema Mangeshkar; 28 September 1929 – 06 February 2022) was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. She is widely considered to have been the greatest and most influential singers in India. Her contribution to the Indian music industry in a career spanning eight decades gained her honorific titles such as the "Queen of Melody", "Nightingale of India", and "Voice of the Millennium". Lata recorded songs in over thirty-six Indian languages and a few foreign languages, though primarily in Marathi, Hindi, and Bengali. Her foreign languages included English, Indonesian, Russian, Dutch, Nepali, and Swahili. She received several accolades and honors throughout her career. In 1989, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award was bestowed on her by the Government of India. In 2001, in recognition of her contributions to the nation, she was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour; she is only the second female singer, after M. S. Subbulakshmi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akhlaq Mohammed Khan
Akhlaq Mohammad Khan (16 June 1936 – 13 February 2012), better known by his ''takhallus'' Shahryar'','' was an Indian academician, and a doyen of Urdu poetry in India. As a Bollywood, Hindi film lyricist, he is best known for his lyrics in ''Gaman'' (1978) and '' Umrao Jaan (1981 film), Umrao Jaan'' (1981) directed by Muzaffar Ali. He retired as the head of the Urdu Department at the Aligarh Muslim University, and thereafter he remained sought after name in ''mushairas'' or poetic gatherings, and also co-edited the literary magazine ''Sher-o-Hikmat''. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu for ''Khwab Ka Dar Band Hai'' (1987), and in 2008 he won the Jnanpith Award, the highest literary award and only the fourth Urdu poet to win the award. He has been widely acknowledged as the finest exponent of modern Urdu poetry. Early life and education Shahryar was born at Aonla, Uttar Pradesh, Aonla, Bareilly to a Muslim Rajput family. His father Abu Mohammad Khan was posted as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javed Khan Amrohi
Javed Khan Amrohi is an Indian film and television actor who has acted in various films, amounting to approx. 150 Hindi films. He is best known for his role in Academy Award-nominated '' Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India'' (2001), ''Andaz Apna Apna'' (1994) and the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer ''Chak De! India'' (2007). He has also worked in TV series like ''Mirza Ghalib'', directed by Gulzar and as Karim (the barber) in ''Nukkad'', directed by Saeed Akhtar Mirza in the 1980s. He is also a member of the Acting faculty at ZIMA, Zee Institute of Media Arts in Mumbai of Zee TV. Selected filmography *''Jalte Badan (1973) as College Student * ''Ram Bharose'' (1977) * '' Alibaba Marjinaa'' (1977) * '' Doosara Aadmi'' (1977) * '' Satyam Shivam Sundaram: Love Sublime'' (1978) as Shastry's Son * '' Prem Bandhan'' (1979) as Eve teaser * ''Jhoota Kahin Ka'' (1979) as Jagjit * ''Noorie'' (1979) as Faulad Khan * '' Patthar Se Takkar'' (1980) as Havaldar * ''Nakhuda'' (1981) as Nawab (Waiter) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raj Kiran (actor)
Raj Kiran Mahtani (born 19 June 1949) is a former Indian actor who is recognised for his work in Bollywood. Born in a Sindhi family in Bombay, he made his debut opposite Sarika in B. R. Ishara's '' Kaagaz Ki Nao'' (1975) and achieved the crest of his career in the 1980s, having appeared in more than 100 films. Throughout his career, he accepted leading as well as supporting roles. He was loved for his leading roles in films such as '' Kaagaz Ki Nao'' (1975), '' Shikshaa'' (1979), ''Maan Abhiman'' (1980) and ''Ek Naya Rishta'' (1988) as well as being appreciated for his supporting roles in films such as '' Karz'' (1980), ''Baseraa'' (1981), ''Arth'' (1982), ''Raaj Tilak'' (1984), and '' Waaris'' (1988) to name a few. He was often typecasted as a romantic as well as kind-hearted hero. He disappeared from the industry and was thought to be living as a recluse in the United States for many years. Rishi Kapoor was reportedly told by Gobind Mahtani, the brother of Raj Kiran that th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shahryar (poet)
Akhlaq Mohammad Khan (16 June 1936 – 13 February 2012), better known by his ''takhallus'' Shahryar'','' was an Indian academician, and a doyen of Urdu poetry in India. As a Hindi film lyricist, he is best known for his lyrics in ''Gaman'' (1978) and '' Umrao Jaan'' (1981) directed by Muzaffar Ali. He retired as the head of the Urdu Department at the Aligarh Muslim University, and thereafter he remained sought after name in ''mushairas'' or poetic gatherings, and also co-edited the literary magazine ''Sher-o-Hikmat''. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu for ''Khwab Ka Dar Band Hai'' (1987), and in 2008 he won the Jnanpith Award, the highest literary award and only the fourth Urdu poet to win the award. He has been widely acknowledged as the finest exponent of modern Urdu poetry. Early life and education Shahryar was born at Aonla, Bareilly to a Muslim Rajput family. His father Abu Mohammad Khan was posted as a Police Officer, though the family hailed from village ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
