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Faredoon Irani
Faredoon A. Irani was an Indian cinematographer who worked in Hindi films. He shot Mehboob Khan's films '' Andaz'' (1949), ''Aan'' (1952) and ''Mother India '' (1958). During his career, he won the Filmfare Award for Best Cinematographer record two times, for ''Mother India '' (1958) and '' Duniya'' (1970). Career In 1935, he shot Mehboob Khan's directorial debut film, ''Judgement of Allah'' (1935), which in turn was inspired by '' The Sign of the Cross'' (1932) by Cecil B. DeMille. Subsequently he shot all Mehboob Khan films, including ''Anmol Ghadi'' (1946), '' Andaz'' (1949), ''Aan'' (1952) - India's first technicolor film, ''Amar'' (1954) and ''Mother India '' (1958), which not only got him critical acclaim, but also his first Filmfare Award. A leading cinematographer of his time, he also presided over the meeting which led to the formation of Western India Cinematographers' Association (WICA) on 2 August 1953 in Mumbai. Filmography * ''Narsinh Mehta'' (1932, Gujarati) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindi Films
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] |
Kokila (1937 Film)
''Kokila'' () is a 1937 Hindi social family drama film directed by Sarvottam Badami. The music was composed by Anil Biswas with lyrics written by Siddiqui and Zia Sarhadi. The story was adapted from the well-known novel ''Kokila'', written by Gujarati writer Ramanlal Vasantlal Desai. The film starred Motilal, Sabita Devi, Shobhna Samarth, Maya Bannerjee, Sitara Devi, Pesi Patel, Siddiqui and Kayam Ali. Cast * Motilal * Sabita Devi * Shobhna Samarth * Sitara Devi * Sankata Prasad * Maya Bannerjee * Pesi Patel * Kayam Ali * Siddiqui Review and Box Office The film was not a success with Baburao Patel of ''Filmindia ''filmindia'' is an Indian monthly magazine covering Indian cinema and published in English language. Started by Baburao Patel in 1935, ''filmindia'' was the first English film periodical to be published from Bombay. The magazine was reportedl ...'' in his December 1937 editorial claiming it had "failed rather badly". However, it had a large audience attendanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indiatimes
Times Internet is an Indian internet technology company, based in Gurgaon, which owns, operates and invests in various internet-led products, services and technology. It is the digital arm of the Times Group, the largest media conglomerate in India. Times Internet currently owns and operates 39+ digital products across news, sports, music, video, trivia, spirituality and a suite of transaction-led market-places across real estate, personal finance, education, jobs, table reservation, etc. Through its venture capital arm TVentures, Times Internet has invested in over 50 start-ups in the technology space such as logistics provider Delhivery, bus aggregating platform Shuttl, ed-tech platform Byju's, gaming platform MPL among others. Times Internet reaches over 450 million monthly visitors who collectively spend over 13 billion minutes across all its products and services. History 1999–2012: Initial years In its initial years, Times Internet primarily focused on digi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare Award
The Filmfare Awards are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Hindi-language film industry of India.Al The Filmfare ceremony is one of the most famous film events in India. The awards were first introduced by the Filmfare magazine of The Times Group in 1954, the same year as the National Film Awards. They were initially referred to as the "Clare Awards" or "The Clares" after Clare Mendonca, the editor of ''The Times of India''. A dual voting system was developed in 1956. Under this system, in contrast to the National Film Awards, which are decided by a panel appointed by the Indian Government, the Filmfare Awards are voted on by both the public and a committee of experts. The ceremony has been sponsored by various private organisations in the past as well as in present provisions. During several years in the 1990s, a live ceremony was broadcast to television audiences but was later discontinued due to unknown reasons. Since 2001, a recorded an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gambler (film)
''Gambler'' is a 1971 Indian Hindi-language crime thriller film directed by Amarjeet. The film stars Dev Anand, Zaheeda, Shatrughan Sinha. Plot Raja (Dev Anand) has been abandoned by his biological mother at a very young age, and grows up with Master ( Jeevan), a criminal don and card-sharp, who would like Raja to continue working with him on a commission basis. Raja learns all that could be learned about playing cards, quits work with Master, and starts work on his own. He succeeds considerably, and soon gets rich and wealthy. He falls in love with beautiful Chandra Gangaram (Zaheeda), and would like to marry her. But her father would like her to marry U.K. settled Ram Mehta ( Sudhir), before Raja could do or say anything against this alliance, he is charged with the cold-blooded murder of Master. The climax in Raja's life is in the Court Room where he will find out about his past, and about his parents – while he awaits the outcome of the trial. Cast * Dev Anand ... Raja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aadmi (1968 Film)
''Aadmi'' is a 1968 Indian Hindi drama film produced by P. S. Veerappa and directed by A. Bhimsingh. The film stars Dilip Kumar, Waheeda Rehman, Manoj Kumar, Simi Garewal and Pran. The film's music is by Naushad. The film is a remake of the Tamil film ''Aalayamani''. Besides being noted for Dilip Kumar's acting as a man in a wheelchair, the film is also known for its dialogues by Akhtar ul Iman and trick cinematography work by Faredoon A. Irani. It was a moderate success at the box office. Cast * Dilip Kumar as Rajesh / Raja Sahib * Waheeda Rehman as Meena * Manoj Kumar as Dr. Shekhar * Simi Garewal as Dr. Aarti * Pran as Mayadas * Agha as Prem * Mohan Choti as Hari * Shivraj as Girdharilal * Ulhas as Govind * Padma Chavan as Parvati * Sulochana Latkar as Shekhar's Mother Music Lyrics : Shakeel Badayuni Composer : Naushad Naushad Ali (25 December 1919 – 5 May 2006) was an Indian music director for Hindi films. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anokhi Ada (1948 Film)
''Anokhi Ada'' (Hindi: अनोखी अदा, ''Unique Style'') is a 1948 romantic Hindi film directed by Mehboob Khan. The story was by Zia Sarhadi, with screenplay and dialogue by Agha Jani Kashmiri. The music composer was Naushad, assisted by Ghulam Mohammed and the lyricists were Shakeel Badayuni and Anjum Pilibhiti. The director of photography was Faredoon Irani. It was produced under the Mehboob Productions banner and starred Naseem Banu, Surendra, Prem Adib, Zeb Qureshi, Reehan, Pratima Devi and Cuckoo. The story was a romantic triangle involving Surendra and Prem Adib as the two men in love with Naseem Banu, who played the role of a woman suffering from amnesia. Plot Prakash and his older sister (Naseem Banu) live a poor life, and are unable to pay their rent. Laat saheb (Prem Adib) is from a rich family, but having left home, lives as a poor homeless man. He tries to help the brother and sister get something to eat. He ventures out during curfew time and is caug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humayun (film)
''Humayun '' (Hindi: हुमायूँ) is a 1945 Indian Bollywood historical epic film directed by Mehboob Khan. It was the seventh highest grossing Indian film of 1945. Cast *Ashok Kumar as Badshah Naseerudin Humayun *Veena as Rajkumari *Nargis as Hamida Bano * Chandra Mohan as Rajkumar Randhir *Shah Nawaz as Badshah Babar Babar ( ur, ), also variously spelled as Baber, Babur, and Babor is a male given name of Pashto, and Persian origin, and a popular male given name in Pakistan. It is generally taken in reference to the Persian ''babr'' (Persian: ببر), meaning ... * K.N.Singh as Jai Singh *Himalayawala *Majid *Yusuf Effendi *Abdul Rashid *Abdul Kader *Khurshed Ahmed *Afghan Sandow *Wasker *Mahesher Shirazi *T. M. Mathur References External links * Humayun (1945)on indiancine.ma 1945 films 1940s Hindi-language films Films set in the Mughal Empire Films directed by Mehboob Khan Indian historical films 1940s historical films Indian black-and-white f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Najma (1943 Film)
''Najma'' (Hindi: नजमा) is a 1943 Indian film directed by Mehboob Khan and starring Ashok Kumar and Veena. The film's music is by Rafiq Ghaznavi with lyrics by Anjum Pilibhiti. ''Najma'' was the first film under Mehboob Khan's Mehboob Productions banner. Mehboob Khan paid Ashok Kumar Rs. 1 lakh for his role in the film, a record at the time. Due to its financial success upon release, the film became a blueprint for Muslim socials that followed. Plot Lucknow medical student Yusuf has fallen in love with Najma, the daughter of his wealthy neighbor, after seeing her only once. Encouraged by his friend Bedil, he decides to pursue her. Najma thinks he is too forward and tries to punish him by putting salt in his food at her family's Eid celebration, but accidentally serves it to his father Dr. Khan instead. Najma then falls in love with Yusuf, meeting him secretly in the garden. Their romance is interrupted when Dr. Khan announces that he has betrothed his son to his cousi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roti (1942 Film)
''Roti '' () is a Bollywood films of 1942, 1942 Indian Hindi film directed by Mehboob Khan. The movie was anti-capitalist. This was Mehboob Khan's last movie before he set up his own production house. Cast * Chandra Mohan (Hindi actor), Chandramohan as Seth Laxmidas impostor * Sheikh Mukhtar as Balam * Sitara Devi, Sitara as Kinari * Begum Akhtar, Akhtaribai Faizabadi as Darling * Ashraf Khan as Commentator * Qaimali * Wasker * Jamshedji * Misra * Chobeji * Nawab * Aga Jani Soundtrack The film's soundtrack was composed by Anil Biswas (composer), Anil Biswas with lyrics penned by Dr. Safdar Aah. Anil Biswas introduced Begum Akhtar as singer in this movie. References External links * Roti (1942) on YouTube 1942 films 1940s Hindi-language films Films directed by Mehboob Khan Indian black-and-white films Indian drama films 1942 drama films Hindi-language drama films {{1940s-Hindi-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bahen (1941 Film)
''Bahen'' (Hindi बहन, ''Sister'') is a 1941 Hindi film directed by Mehboob Khan. Sagar Movietone had closed down during the start of WW II and reformed as National Studios. It was under the new banner that Mehboob Khan produced his three important films of that time, '' Aurat'' (1940), ''Bahen'' (1941) and ''Roti'' (1942). Written by Babubhai Mehta and Zia Sarhadi, it had dialogues and screenplay by Wajahat Mirza. The cinematography was by Faredoon Irani. Anil Biswas was the music director with lyrics by Safdar Aah. The cast included Sheikh Mukhtar, Nalini Jaywant, Harish, Kanhaiyalal, Husn Bano, Swaroop Rani, Baby Meena (Meena Kumari) and Bhudo Advani. It was the first film of Nalini Jaywant; she played the younger sister to Sheikh Mukhtar, who takes her responsibility after their parents perish in an earthquake. He lives for her and does everything required to keep her safe and happy even to the extent of moving and changing his job many times. So much so that he doesn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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