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Gupt
''Gupt: The Hidden Truth'' () is a 1997 Indian Hindi-language thriller film directed by Rajiv Rai and featuring Bobby Deol in the lead role along with Manisha Koirala, Kajol, and Om Puri, with Raj Babbar and Kulbhushan Kharbanda in an extended cameo. Distributed under the banner Trimurti Films, it also stars Paresh Rawal, Dalip Tahil, Prem Chopra, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Sharat Saxena, Mukesh Rishi, and Priya Tendulkar in supporting roles. The soundtrack of the film was composed by Viju Shah It is considered as one of the best thriller movies from Hindi Cinema. At the 43rd Filmfare Awards, ''Gupt: The Hidden Truth'' received 8 nominations, including Best Film and Best Director (Rai), and won 3 awards, including Best Villain (Kajol). Plot Governor Jaisingh Sinha, a prominent political figure, presides over a meeting taken by influential industrialist Meghnad Chaudhry, socialist Union leader Vilas Rao, minister Mantriji and others. Jaisingh's stepson Sahil is an unattached and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kajol
Kajol Devgan (née Mukherjee; born 5 August 1974), known mononymously as Kajol, is an Indian actress. Described in the media as one of the most successful actresses of Hindi cinema, she is the recipient of numerous accolades, including six Filmfare Awards, among which she shares the record for most Best Actress wins with her late aunt Nutan. In 2011, she was honoured with the Padma Shri by the Government of India. The daughter of Tanuja and Shomu Mukherjee, Kajol made her acting debut with ''Bekhudi'' (1992) while still in school. She subsequently quit her studies, and had commercial successes in ''Baazigar'' (1993), opposite Shah Rukh Khan, and ''Yeh Dillagi'' (1994). Starring roles with Khan in the top-grossing romances ''Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge'' (1995) and ''Kuch Kuch Hota Hai'' (1998) established her as a leading star in the 1990s and earned her two Filmfare Awards for Best Actress. She also gained critical appreciation for playing a psychopathic killer in '' Gupt: T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
43rd Filmfare Awards
The 43rd Filmfare Awards were held on 31 January 1998, in Mumbai, India. '' Virasat'' led the ceremony with 16 nominations, followed by '' Pardes'' and ''Border'' with 12 nominations each and ''Dil To Pagal Hai'' with 11 nominations. Yash Chopra's ''Dil To Pagal Hai'' won 8 awards, including Best Film, Best Actor (for Shah Rukh Khan), Best Actress (for Madhuri Dixit) and Best Supporting Actress (for Karisma Kapoor), thus becoming the most–awarded film at the ceremony. Shah Rukh Khan received dual nominations for Best Actor for his performances in ''Dil To Pagal Hai'' and ''Yes Boss'', winning for the former. Kajol became the first actress to win Best Villain, winning the award for Rajiv Rai's ''Gupt''. Awards Popular Awards Technical Awards Special Awards Critics' Awards File:Anil Kapoor IIFA-2014-GreenCarpet2.jpg, Anil Kapoor — Best Actor Critics winner for Virasat File:Tabu LFW 2017.jpg, Tabu — Best Actress Critics winner for Virasat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare Award For Best Director
The Filmfare Best Director Award is one of the main awards presented given by the annual Filmfare Awards to recognise directors working in Hindi cinema. It was first presented in 1954 in the inaugural year. Superlatives Bimal Roy has the record of winning most awards (7) and the distinction of winning the award thrice in a row, on 2 separate occasions (1954–1956 and 1959–1961). He also won the award whenever he was nominated (7/7). Yash Chopra, Raj Kapoor and Sanjay Leela Bhansali have received the award 4 times each. Yash Chopra received 12 nominations, while Raj Kapoor and Sanjay Leela Bhansali have received 6 nominations each. Mahesh Bhatt was nominated thrice in a row (1984–1986). However, he hasn't received any award even after having been nominated 6 times. Also, no director has ever won if one has been nominated twice in the same year – Gulzar in 1974 (for ''Achanak'' and ''Koshish''), Basu Chatterjee in 1977 (for ''Chhoti Si Baat'' and ''Chitchor'') and Hri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Deol
Vijay Singh Deol (born 27 January 1967) popularly known as Bobby Deol, is an Indian actor who works in Hindi cinema and web series. A member of the List of Hindi film families#Deol family, Deol family, he is the younger son of veteran actor Dharmendra (actor), Dharmendra. His accolades include a Filmfare Award. After appearing as a child artist in ''Dharam Veer (1977 film), Dharam Veer'' (1977), Deol made his acting debut with the highly successful romance ''Barsaat (1995 film), Barsaat'' (1995) that won him the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut. He established himself as a lead in successful films like ''Gupt'' (1997), ''Soldier (1998 Indian film), Soldier'' (1998), ''Badal'' (2000), ''Bichhoo'' (2000), ''Ajnabee (2001 film), Ajnabee'' (2001) and ''Humraaz (2002 film), Humraaz'' (2002). Since then, a major setback caused in his career during which his only rarely successful films were those where he did parallel roles like ''Apne'' (2007), ''Yamla Pagla Deewana'' (2011), ''Race ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare Award For Best Performance In A Negative Role
The Filmfare Best Villain Award was given by ''Filmfare'' as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise an actor who had delivered an outstanding performance in a negative role. Although the awards started in 1954, this category was first introduced in 1992 and has not been awarded since 2007. Superlatives As the award was instituted in 1991, it could not be given to some of the famous Bollywood villains of the preceding decades: * Amjad Khan for his role of Gabbar Singh in ''Sholay'' (1975), although he was nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category. * Amrish Puri for his role of Mogambo in '' Mr. India'' (1987), although he was nominated 7 times once the category was instituted. Unfortunately, he never won. * Actors like Pran, Prem Chopra, Jeevan, Ajit, Ranjeet and Kulbhushan, who were known for their portrayal of negative roles in the '70s and '80s. Ashutosh Rana is the only actor to have won the award twice in a row, in 1998 and 1999. Amri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajiv Rai
Rajiv Gulshan Rai (born 18 July 1955) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and film editor. He is the son of the producer Gulshan Rai. He has directed many films under his father's production company ''Trimurti Films''. He made his debut as a director with the 1985 action film '' Yudh''. He went on to write and direct several hit films in the action and thriller genres: ''Tridev'' (1989), ''Vishwatma'' (1992), ''Mohra'' (1994), and ''Gupt'' (1997). His films are also notable for their hit music composed by Kalyanji-Anandji (in ''Tridev'') and Viju Shah in all his subsequent films. He married Bollywood actress Sonam, whom he had directed in ''Tridev'' and ''Vishwatma'' in 1989 and 1992 respectively. He has one child with her. They divorced in 2016. In 1997, he had to leave India with his family for the UK after a failed attempt to kill him by hitmen believed to be working for the Mumbai underworld leader Abu Salem. After a four-year hiatus from the Bollywood industry ... [...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 film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalip Tahil
Dalip Tahil (born as Dalip Tahilramani; 30 October 1952) is an Indian film, television and theatre actor. He studied at Sherwood College in Nainital, India. After attending Aligarh Muslim University for a year, he graduated from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. Tahil is best known for his work in ''Baazigar'' (1993), ''Raja'' (1995), Hum hai rahi pyar ke (1993) and Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988). Early life Dalip Tahilramani was born on 30 October 1952 in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India into a Sindhi Hindu family which had recently migrated from Sindh during the Partition of India. His father's name is Ghanshyam Jethanand Tahilramani. Stage Dalip Tahil began to appear on stage while at Sherwood College, Nainital, at the age of 10. Dalip's participation over the years in choir, elocution competitions, Nativity plays, and formal and informal concerts gave him a platform to be cast in principal parts. So, during his senior years at school, he won the Kendall Cup for the best actor in two ... [...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 Bachchan and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare Award For Best Film
The Filmfare Award for Best Film is given by the '' Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films. The award was first given in 1954. Here is a list of the award winners and the nominees of the respective years. Each individual entry shows the title followed by the production company and the producer. Yash Raj Films has produced 18 films that have been nominated, the most for any production house. It also shares the most wins at 4 along with Bimal Roy Productions and UTV Motion Pictures. While Yash Chopra has been the producer of all of the winning films of Yash Raj Films, Bimal Roy has been the producer of all of the winning films of Bimal Roy Productions, thus making them the producers with the most wins. Bimal Roy, Yash Chopra, and Sanjay Leela Bhansali have each directed 4 winning films, the most for any director. Aamir Khan has starred in 9 winning films which is the most for any actor in a leading role. Nutan, Madhuri Dixit, Aishwarya Rai, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Om Puri
Om Prakash Puri (18 October 1950 – 6 January 2017) was an Indian actor who appeared in mainstream commercial Hindi films as well as Bengali, Kannada,English, Punjabi and one Telugu film, as well as independent and art films and also starred in several international cinema. He is widely regarded as one of the finest actors in the Indian cinema. He won two National Film Awards for Best Actor, two Filmfare Awards and India's fourth highest civilian award Padma Shri in 1990. In 2004, he was made an honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire. He is best known for his author-backed roles in films like '' Aakrosh'' (1980), '' Arohan'' (1982), ''Ardh Satya'' (1983), television films like '' Sadgati'' (1981) and '' Tamas'' (1987), light-hearted roles in ''Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro'' (1983) and ''Chachi 420'' (1997) and several mainstream commercial films throughout his career. He had various collaborations with director Shyam Benegal and Govind Nihalani. Puri also appeared in non- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tej Sapru
Tej Sapru (born 5 January 1955) is an Indian actor. He is the son of D. K. Sapru and Hemvati, both of whom were actors in the Hindi film industry. He has appeared in a number of Bollywood films of between the 1980s and 2010s, including ''Gupt'', ''Mohra'', ''Sirf Tum'' and ''Saajan''. He is also known for his roles in popular television series such as ''Qubool Hai'', '' Saat Phere'', ''Yahan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli'' and ''The Zee Horror Show''. Tej's sisters, the actress Priti Sapru and the screenwriter Reema Rakesh Nath, are well-known names in Punjabi and Hindi cinema. Filmography Television career Sapru has acted in several daily soaps like ''Qubool Hai'', '' Saat Phere'', ''Tumhari Pakhi'', ''Yahaaan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli'' and ''Palampur Express''. He is known for his portrayal of Amatya Rakshas in the Dangal TV/Imagine TV historical series '' Chandragupta Maurya'', which depicts the life of Indian emperor Chandragupta Maurya. He also played the role of Greek king Seleuc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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