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Gadar (film)
(transl. Rebellion: A Love Story) is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language romantic period action drama film directed by Anil Sharma from a story written by Shaktimaan Talwar and was set during the Partition of India in 1947. Loosely based on the life of Boota Singh, the film stars Sunny Deol, Ameesha Patel and Utkarsh Sharma in lead roles, alongside Amrish Puri, Lillete Dubey and Vivek Shauq in supporting roles. Budgeted at approximately , had a global cinema release on 15 June 2001, opposite Ashutosh Gowariker's sports drama ''Lagaan''. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, the film grossed over net in India and worldwide with a distributor share of , and went on to emerge as the highest-grossing Hindi film since '' Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!'' (1994). is the second most-watched Hindi film in India since the 1990s, recording more than 50 million footfalls in India. According to ''Box Office India'', its adjusted gross in India is as per 2017 ticket sales. The sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anil Sharma (director)
Anil Sharma is an Indian film director and producer. Biography Anil Sharma is a filmmaker of the Indian Cinema. He has worked with various established artists like Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra, Rajnikanth, Sunny Deol, Salman Khan, Zeenat Aman, Shashi Kapoor, Sridevi, Akshay Kumar, Govinda, Manisha Koirala, Katrina Kaif, Amrish Puri, Preity Zinta, Priyanka Chopra, Ameesha Patel, Naseeruddin Shah, Jeetendra, Bobby Deol, Jaya Prada and Priyanka Chopra. He was brought up in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India. His grandfather, Pt. Dalchand was astrologer there. He later moved to Mumbai and did his B.Sc. degree at Khalsa College. There he did theater, poetry and wrote for radio, when he finally got his first break in the Hindi film industry at the age of 18 as an Assistant director. He assisted Baldev Raj Chopra on films such as '' Pati Patni Aur Woh'', ''The Burning Train'' and ''Insaf Ka Tarazu''. In 1980, at the age of 21 he debuted as a director with film ''Shradhanjali'' starrin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boota Singh
Boota Singh sometimes spelled as Buta Singh, was a Sikh ex-soldier of the British Army who served at the Burma front under the command of Lord Mountbatten during World War II. He is popularly known in India and Pakistan for his tragic love story with Zainab, a Muslim girl he rescued during the communal riots in the time of partition of India in 1947. They both fell in love and got married. Later, being a Muslim, Zainab was deported by Indian authorities and sent to the newly created Pakistan. Singh illegally entered Pakistan to reinstate contact with Zainab, but she ended the marriage under pressure from her family. In 1957, after the failure of the marriage, he committed suicide by jumping before an upcoming train near Shahdara station in Pakistan along with his daughter, but she survived. The love story of Singh's life is widely adapted in films and books on both sides of the border. A Punjabi film Shaheed-e-Mohabbat Boota Singh (1999) is entirely based on the story. Ishrat R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gadar 2
''Gadar 2: The Katha Continues'' () is an upcoming Indian Hindi-language romantic period action drama film directed by Anil Sharma. It is a direct sequel to the 2001 film, '' Gadar''. The original cast, consisting of Sunny Deol, Ameesha Patel and Utkarsh Sharma, will be returning. Cast * Sunny Deol as Tara Singh, Sakeena's Husband and Jeete's Father * Ameesha Patel as Sakeena "Sakku" Ali Singh, Tara Singh's wife and Jeete's Mother * Utkarsh Sharma as Charanjeet "Jeete" Singh, Tara and Sakeena's son * Simrat Kaur * Luv Sinha * Manish Wadhwa as Pakistani Army General Viren Khan * Rohit Choudhary * Gaurav Chopra * Arjun Dwivedi as Pakistani Jailor Production Development Zee Studio, Sunny Deol, Ameesha Patel and Utkarsh Sharma officially announced ''Gadar 2: The Katha Continues'' on 15 October 2021 (Dusshera) on their social media accounts, revealing the release date 2022 with motion poster. The first poster of the sequel titled 'Gadar 2' was unveiled on 26 January 2023 (Rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare Award For Best Actress
The Filmfare Award for Best Actress is given by ''Filmfare'' as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Bollywood, Hindi films, to recognise the female actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role. The award was first given in 1954 for the films released in the preceding year 1953. Winners and nominees 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Multiple wins and nominations The following individuals have received two or more Best Actress awards: The following individuals have received nine or more Best Actress nominations: Superlatives * Nutan and her niece Kajol, with five wins each, have maximum awards. Meena Kumari, Madhuri Dixit and Vidya Balan have four wins each. Vyjayanthimala, Jaya Bachchan, Shabana Azmi, and Alia Bhatt have three wins each. Eight actresses have won the award twice; in chronological order, they are Waheeda Rehman, Dimple Kapadia, Rekha, Sridevi, Karisma Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai, Rani Mukerji an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare Special Award
The Filmfare Special Award or Special Performance Award or Special Mention or Special Jury Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films. It acknowledges a special and unique performance and encourages artistes, filmmakers and musicians to break new ground in drama, direction, music and acting. It is only given if someone has done something really different. However, it is also given occasionally to film personalities for their contribution to the film industry. Winners 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also * Filmfare Awards * Bollywood * Cinema of India References External links Filmfare Nominees and Winners {{Filmfare Awards |
47th Filmfare Awards
The 47th Filmfare Awards were held on 16 February 2002 in Mumbai, India. '' Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...'' led the ceremony with 16 nominations, followed by ''Dil Chahta Hai'' with 13 nominations, and ''Lagaan'' and '' Gadar: Ek Prem Katha'' with 9 nominations each. ''Lagaan'' won 8 awards, including Best Film, Best Director (for Ashutosh Gowariker) and Best Actor (for Aamir Khan), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony. Aamir Khan received dual nominations for Best Actor for his performances in ''Dil Chahta Hai'' and ''Lagaan'', winning for the latter. Awards Main Awards Technical Awards Special awards Critics' awards Best Film ''Dil Chahta Hai'' Best Actor ''Amitabh Bachchan – Aks'' Best Actress ''Karisma Kapoor – Zubeidaa'' Big winners and nominees The following film received multiple nominations. * ''16 nominations:'' '' Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...'' * ''13 nominations:'' ''Dil Chahta Hai'' * ''9 nominations: Gadar: Ek Prem K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare Award For Best Actor
The Filmfare Award for Best Actor is an award, begun in 1954, presented annually at the Filmfare Awards to an actor via a jury. This is given by '' Filmfare'' as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi (Bollywood) films. The award was first given in 1954. The most recent winner of the award is Ranveer Singh. As of 2020, Dilip Kumar and Shah Rukh Khan lead the list, with 8 wins each. Superlatives *Dilip Kumar also holds the record for most consecutive wins, having won the award for three years in a row from 1956 to 1958. Six other actors have won the award in consecutive years; in chronological order, they are Rajesh Khanna (1971–72), Sanjeev Kumar (1976–77), Amitabh Bachchan (1978–79), Naseeruddin Shah (1981–82), Shah Rukh Khan (1998–99), and Ranbir Kapoor (2012–13). *Actors who have won both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor awards include Ashok Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Shammi Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Sunny Deol, Jackie Shro ... [...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] |
Box Office India
Box Office India is an Indian film website. Its traffic ranking in India is 83,665 . A new Box Office India website went live on 20 January 2014. About Box Office India was launched on 10 June 2003. Its uses Whois privacy to anonymize its owner. Other than India, it is frequently visited in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and other countries where Bollywood, the Indian Hindi-language films are popular. It receives average 83,854-page views per day and earns around $7,547 monthly from ad revenues. Box Office India's estimated net worth is around $183,641 . It has website backlinks from around 350 websites. It has been used by some leading newspapers as reference. Box Office reports Box office India provides information of box office results for domestic and overseas collections of Hindi films. This website updates box office reports on regular basis with territorial breakdown of domestic figures and top earners by decade and all time records. It also creates an overall week chart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hum Aapke Hain Koun
''Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!'' () also known by the initialism ''HAHK'', is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language musical romantic drama film written and directed by Sooraj Barjatya and produced by Rajshri Productions. The film stars Madhuri Dixit and Salman Khan and celebrates Indian wedding traditions by means of a story of a married couple and the relationship between their families; a story about sacrificing one's love for one's family. The basic plot is based on studio's earlier film '' Nadiya Ke Paar'' (1982), which was based on Keshav Prasad Mishra's Hindi novel ''Kohbar Ki Shart''. The film features music by Raamlaxman who also composed a 14-song soundtrack, an unusually large number of songs for that period. ''Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!'' released on 5 August 1994, and became the highest-grossing film of the year, having grossed between () and () worldwide, It also became the highest-grossing Indian film at the time of its release. It contributed to a change in the Indian film industr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Highest-grossing Hindi Films
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood, consisting primarily of films in the Hindi language. Global gross figures The following table lists the top 15 highest-grossing Hindi films. The figures are not adjusted for inflation. The following list of films is sorted in terms of Indian rupees. Currency conversions to US dollars are also given as reference points, as many of these films had international releases. However, the currency conversions may not be consistent, as the dollar-rupee exchange rate has varied over time, from 48 rupees per dollar in 2009 to over 65 rupees per dollar in 2017. The exchange rate varied even more greatly prior to 2009, so a number of older films which grossed highly in terms of US dollars are under-represented on this list. Highest-grossing Hindi films in India The following is a list of highest-grossing Hindi films in India. This is an official tracking of figures, as reliable sources that publish data are frequently pressured to increas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Highest Domestic Net Collection Of Hindi Films
This is a ranking of Indian Hindi films by highest domestic net collection, which includes films in the Hindi language, based on the conservative global box office estimates as reported by industry sources. However, there is no official tracking of figures, and sources publishing data are frequently pressured to increase their estimates. Indian films have been screened in markets around the world since the early 20th century.Burra, Rani Day & Rao, Maithili (2006), "Cinema", ''Encyclopedia of India (vol. 1)'', Thomson Gale, . , there are markets in over 90 countries where films from India are screened.Khanna, Amit (2003), "The Future of Hindi Film Business", ''Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema: historical record, the business and its future, narrative forms, analysis of the medium, milestones, biographies'', Encyclopædia Britannica (India) Private Limited, . p 158 During the first decade of the 21st century, there was a steady rise in the ticket price, a tripling in the number of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
