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Ganga Jamuna Saraswati
Ganga Jamuna Saraswati is 1988 Hindi film directed by Manmohan Desai, financed by Harakh Chand Nahata, produced by S. Ramanathan and starring Amitabh Bachchan as Ganga, Meenakshi Sheshadri as Jamuna, and Jaya Prada as Saraswati. Supporting cast includes Mithun Chakraborty, Amrish Puri, Nirupa Roy and Aruna Irani. The movie was released on 23 December 1988 to excellent collections which dropped following the negative reviews it received. ''India Today'' in January 1989 reported that by the second week collections in Mumbai area were ranging between 28 - 40% resulting in the film being declared a box office flop. but performed financially well in 90s Re runs Plot Thakur Hansraj (Amrish Puri) is a greedy man who kills his brother-in-law Trilok Kapoor takes the signature of his sister Bharati Devi (Nirupa Roy) on property papers under a false pretext and takes control of her property. Bharati Devi's son, Ganga (Amitabh Bachchan) having taken a pledge to avenge the wrong done to ...
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Manmohan Desai
Manmohan Desai (26 February 1937 – 1 March 1994) was an Indian film producer and director. He was one of the most successful filmmaker of the 70s and 80s. Desai is now considered one of most influential film director of Bollywood and a pioneer of making masala film. Family background Manmohan Desai was of Gujarati ancestry. His father, Kikubhai Desai, was an Indian film producer and owner of Paramount Studios (later Filmalaya) from 1931 to 1941. His productions, mainly stunt films, included ''Circus Queen'', ''Golden Gang'', and ''Sheikh Challi''. Manmohan Desai's elder brother, Subhash Desai, became a producer in the 1950s and gave Manmohan his first break in the Hindi film ''Chhalia'' (1960). Subhash later went on to produce '' Bluff Master'', '' Dharam Veer'', and '' Desh Premee'' with Manmohan as the director. His wife was Jeevanprabha Desai. She died in April 1979. He was engaged to actress Nanda from 1992 until the time of his death in 1994. He had one son Ketan Desai ...
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Jack Gaud
Jack Gaud (1958 8 June 2000) was an Indian actor, film producer & military personnel known mostly for portrayal of negative roles in Hindi cinema. He died of a heart attack at the age of 42 in 2000. He entered cinema after leaving the Indian Navy. Gaud did bit roles, especially as a criminal or the main villain's henchman in several Hindi films. He is remembered for his roles as Shamsher Singh in the film Karan Arjun and as Fracture Bandya in the film Vaastav. His last film appearance was ''One 2 Ka 4''. Personal life Jack Gaud was born in a Small Village, Khetri in Rajasthan in 1958. He joined Indian Navy The Indian Navy is the maritime branch of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Navy. The Chief of Naval Staff, a four-star admiral, commands the navy. As a blue-water navy, it operates sig .... He always wanted to become an actor. He joined film industry in the year 1984 after he left Indian Navy. Filmography ...
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Mohammad Aziz
Mohammed Aziz (born as Sayeed Mohammed Aziz-Un-Nabi; 2 July 1954 – 27 November 2018), also known as Munna (Name Given By Legendary Music Composer Akshaya Mohanty, was an Indian multilingual playback singer who primarily sang for the Bollywood, Cinema of Odisha, Odia films., Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali and He sang about twenty thousand songs, including Bhajans,Sufi music, Sufi devotional songs and other genres in more than ten different Languages of India, Indian languages. He made his first appearance in films Odia film titled ''Jaga Hatare Pagha'' directed by Mohammad Mohsin, with the song ''Rupa Sagadi re Suna Kaniya''. This is one of the most popular songs in Odisha and is sung in almost all the marriages. Later He Sung Most Numbers of songs in Odia language, Odia and for Ollywood Actor Siddhanta Mahapatra. Later he appeared with a Hindi film titled ''Ambar'' (1984) and His two prominent songs, including "Mard Tangewala" composed by Anu Malik were introduced in ''Mard ( ...
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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 ...
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Kishore Kumar
Kishore Kumar (born as Abhas Kumar Ganguly (); 4 August 1929 – 13 October 1987) was an Indian playback singer and actor. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest, most influential and dynamic singers in the history of Indian music. He was one of the most popular singers in the Indian subcontinent, notable for his yodeling and ability to sing songs in different voices. He used to sing in different genres but some of his rare compositions, considered classics, were lost in time. According to his brother and legendary actor Ashok Kumar, Kishore Kumar was successful as a singer because his "voice hits the mike, straight, at its most sensitive point". Besides Hindi, he sang in many other Indian languages, including Bengali, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Malayalam, Odia and Urdu. He also released a few non-film albums in multiple languages, especially in Bengali, which are noted as all-time classics. He won 8 Filmfare Awards for Best Male Playback Singer ...
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YouTube
YouTube is a global online video platform, online video sharing and social media, social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google, and is the List of most visited websites, second most visited website, after Google Search. YouTube has more than 2.5 billion monthly users who collectively watch more than one billion hours of videos each day. , videos were being uploaded at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute. In October 2006, YouTube was bought by Google for $1.65 billion. Google's ownership of YouTube expanded the site's business model, expanding from generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subscription option for watching content without ads. YouTube also approved creators to participate in Google's Google AdSens ...
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Pankaj Udhas
Pankaj Udhas (born 17 May 1951) is an Indian ghazal and playback singer. He started his career with a release of a ghazal album titled ''Aahat'' in 1980 and subsequently recorded many hits like ''Mukarar'' in 1981, ''Tarrannum'' in 1982, ''Mehfil'' in 1983, ''Pankaj Udhas Live at Royal Albert Hall'' in 1984, ''Nayaab'' in 1985 and ''Aafreen'' in 1986. After his success as a ghazal singer, he was invited to appear and sing for a film by Mahesh Bhatt, ''Naam''. Udhas rose to further fame for singing in the 1986 film '' Naam'', in which his song "Chitthi Aayee Hai" (the letter has arrived) became an instant hit. He did playback singing for many Hindi films after that. Albums and live concerts around the globe brought him fame as a singer. In 2006, Pankaj Udhas was awarded Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award. His brothers Nirmal Udhas and Manhar Udhas are also singers. Early life Pankaj Udhas was born in Jetpur in Gujarat. He is the youngest of the three brothers. Hi ...
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Maqbool Ahmed Sabri
Maqbool Ahmed Sabri (12 October 1945 – 21 September 2011) was a Pakistani qawwali singer and a prominent member of the Sabri Brothers, one of the greatest qawwali groups of all times which belonged to Pakistan. The Sabri Brothers were honoured with the Pride of Performance Award in 1978. Early life Born in Kalyana in eastern Punjab, Maqbool Ahmed Sabri was initially educated in the Hindustani classical music tradition by his father Ustad Inayat Hussain Sabri and his beloved elder brother Ghulam Farid Sabri. Their family came from a musical background, and claimed direct descent from Mian Tansen, who had played at the court of the 16th-century Mughal emperor Akbar. Mehboob Baksh Ranji Ali Rang, his paternal grandfather, was a master musician of his time; Baqar Hussein Khan, his maternal grandfather, was a unique sitarist. His family belongs to the Sabriyya order of Sufism, hence the surname Sabri. The family made the perilous journey to Karachi during the partition of India ...
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Indeevar
Shyamalal Babu Rai, known professionally as Indeevar, (also credited as Indiwar and Indeewar) (1 January 1924 – 27 February 1997) was one of the leading Hindi film lyricists in the 1960s. Early life He was born in Barua Sagar of Jhansi district of Uttar Pradesh and grew up in Barua Sagar in Jhansi District. He moved to Mumbai to pursue a professional career as a lyricist. Career He got recognition in ''Malhar'' in 1951, where he penned "Bade Armano Se Rakkha Hai Balam Teri Kasam" which was set to music by Roshan. He wrote over a thousand songs in over 300 films in a career spanning over four decades . Indivar also wrote songs for famous pop duo Nazia Hassan and Zohaib Hassan. Nazia Hassan's famous songs "Aap Jaisa Koi", "Boom Boom", "Meherbani", "Dil ki Lagi" & Zohaib Hassan's "Star" was written by Indeeva Major Hits Tum se Badkar Duniya mei (kaamchor) Nile Nile Ambar Par (Kalakaar) Bade aarmano se rakhha hai (Malhar) Roshan tumhi se duniya (Parasmani) Paas baith ...
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Joginder
Joginder (real name Joginder Shelly) was an Indian actor, director, producer, writer, singer, songwriter and distributor. Two Hindi films produced, directed, written, acted and distributed by him were "Super Hits" – ''Bindiya Aur Bandook'' and ''Ranga Khush''. (In Indian cinema any film which runs for over 50 weeks continuously is classified as a "Super Hit.") He successfully instituted a plagiarism suit against the producers of one of India's greatest films, ''Sholay'', for substantially copying his work. The character Ranga Khush was a household name in India in the 1970s, especially among little children who copied his maniacal laugh and rolling eyeballs, and favourably compares with Gabbar Singh who copied him. The film ''Ranga Khush'' was a spinoff from Chuchindet two-word dialogue in ''Bindiya aur Bandook'' (known internationally as "The girl with the gun"). He died from kidney and liver problems on June 15, 2009 in Mumbai at age 59. Career Joginder was often placed ...
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Dev Kumar
Dev Kumar (born 4 February 1972) is a Dalit writer and dramatist from India. A member of the Bhangi community, he established the Apna Theatre in April 1992. This has performed in Kanpur Kanpur or Cawnpore ( /kɑːnˈpʊər/ pronunciation (help·info)) is an industrial city in the central-western part of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Founded in 1207, Kanpur became one of the most important commercial and military stations o ... and surrounding areas with the aim of arousing Dalit consciousness. Works Kumar's plays include: *Daastan *Bhadra Angulimaal *Chakradhari *Sudarshan *Kapat *Agayat Etihaas References {{DEFAULTSORT:Kumar, Dev Living people 1972 births Dramatists and playwrights from Uttar Pradesh Hindi-language writers People from Kanpur ...
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Bhushan Tiwari
Bhushan Tiwari or Chandrabhushan Tiwari (12 February 1935 - 3 October 1994) was an Indian character actor in Hindi films, who largely played negative roles in many Bollywood movies. e.g. of a villain's henchman in films, like '' Zanjeer'' (1973) and '' Parvarish'' (1977). His father was Ramayan Tiwari who also played mainly villains. He also played the role of Manilal in the TV mini-series, ''The Far Pavilions'' (1984) Filmography Television References Bhushan Tiwari8mm Bhushan Tiwari, FilmographyBollywood Hungama Bollywood Hungama (lit. "Bollywood Madness" in Hindi), previously known as IndiaFM (or IndiaFM.com), is a Bollywood entertainment website, owned by Hungama Digital Media Entertainment, which acquired the website in 2000. The website provides ... # www.cuppax.in%2Fartist%2FBhushan-Tiwari%2F41371%2F&name=Bhushan+Tiwari&cat=filter&showads=1 # ww.apunkachoice.com%2Fnames%2Fbhu%2Fbhushan_tiwari%2Fcid_3745%2Ffilmography%2F&name=Bhushan+Tiwari&cat=filter&showad ...
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