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Hari Shivdasani
Hari Shivdasani (1909–1994) was an Indian character actor in Hindi cinema from 1930s to 1980s. Personal life Hari Shivdasani was a Sindhi Hindu from Karachi and had moved with his family to Mumbai at the time of the partition of the British Raj in 1947. He was married to Barbara Shivdasani, a British Christian. The couple had two daughters. The eldest, Babita became a top actress, and is married to actor Randhir Kapoor, and the youngest, Meena Advani, is the owner of Powermaster Engineers Private Limited and Power-master tools Private Limited. The late actress Sadhana Shivdasani was his niece. His granddaughters, and daughters of Babita, are film actresses Karishma Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor. Kareena is married to actor Saif Ali Khan. Shivdasani's acting career spanned over 50 years during which he appeared in more than 70 movies. Filmography #Dadagiri (1987) # Achha Bura (1983) as Lala # Sun Meri Laila (1983) as Mr. Shivdasani (Ad Film Producer) #Sun Sajna (1982) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karachi
Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former capital of Pakistan and capital of the province of Sindh. Ranked as a beta-global city, it is Pakistan's premier industrial and financial centre, with an estimated GDP of over $200 billion ( PPP) . Karachi paid $9billion (25% of whole country) as tax during fiscal year July 2021 to May 2022 according to FBR report. Karachi is Pakistan's most cosmopolitan city, linguistically, ethnically, and religiously diverse, as well as one of Pakistan's most secular and socially liberal cities. Karachi serves as a transport hub, and contains Pakistan’s two largest seaports, the Port of Karachi and Port Qasim, as well as Pakistan's busiest airport, Jinnah International Airport. Karachi is also a media center, home to news channels, film and fashi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dadagiri
''Dadagiri'' is an Indian reality show that premiered on Bindass in 2008. History In its first season, called ''Dadagiri: Beat the Bullies'', contestants were selected every week and would compete for a prize money of Rs. 50,000. It was hosted by Akash Beri and had 4 "bullies": Vishal as "The Beast", Shraman Jain as "The Mindstein", Esha Bhaskar as "The Goddess" and Quaiser Jamal as Juicy The Chef. Contestants were required to complete physical and mental challenges, as well as endure abuse by the show's "bullies". According to a former contestant, the show was about 70% scripted and 30% improvised. The second season premiered in 2009 and featured 12 contenders competing for a prize of Rs. 1,000,000. It had 2 bullies; Vishal returned as "The Beast" for the second season, and Sonnalli Seygall replaced Esha as "The Goddess". The third season premiered in 2010, ''D3 Commando Force: Dadagiri Against Terrorism'', and it also had cash prize. The fourth and final season premie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhanwar (film)
''Bhanwar'' (translation: Cyclone) is a 1976 Bollywood film directed by Bhappi Sonie. The film stars Ashok Kumar, Randhir Kapoor and Parveen Babi. Cast * Ashok Kumar as Dr. Verma * Randhir Kapoor as Anup * Parveen Babi as Roopa * Aruna Irani as Anju Verma * Ranjeet as Ravi *Madan Puri Madan Puri (30 September 1915 – 13 January 1985) was an Indian actor of Hindi and Punjabi films. His brothers were actors Chaman Puri and Amrish Puri. As a character actor mainly in negative roles (villain), he acted in about 430 films in a ca ... as John D'Souza "Johny" * Kamini Kaushal as Rosy D'Souza, Roopa's Mother * Asrani as Prabhu Singh *Arpana Choudhary as Leela * Nadira as Sharda, Anup's sister * Dhumal as Chaudhary Phuliaram *Brahm Bhardwaj as Dr. Gupta * Sulochana Chatterjee as Sister Soundtrack External links * References 1976 films 1970s Hindi-language films 1970s Indian films Films scored by R. D. Burman Films directed by Bhappi Sonie {{1970s-Hindi-f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chacha Bhatija
''Chacha Bhatija'' () is a 1977 Indian Bollywood comedy drama film, written by Salim–Javed and directed by Manmohan Desai. It was the year's fourth hit for Manmohan Desai (''Amar Akbar Anthony'', '' Dharam Veer'' and '' Parvarish'' are the other three). It was his second film with Dharmendra (after ''Dharam Veer''). ''Chacha Bhatija'' stars Dharmendra, Randhir Kapoor, Rehman, Hema Malini, Yogeeta Bali, Jeevan, Master Satyajeet and Sonia Sahni. Plot Ranvir Singh Teja (Rehman) lives with his family, wife Sita, son Sunder and younger brother-Shanker (Dharmendra). The family lives happily, until Sita dies suddenly. Teja remarried, and his new wife is Sonia (Sonia Sahni), who comes to live with him at his palatial home with her wicked brother, Laxmidas ( Jeevan). They have a devious agenda of taking over Teja's property. Soon after marriage, misunderstandings arise, and Shanker is asked to leave the house. These misunderstandings involve Sunder, who also is sent away from the ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vishwanath (1978 Film)
''Vishwanath'' is a 1978 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Subhash Ghai and produced by Pawan Kumar. It stars Shatrughan Sinha and Reena Roy in pivotal roles. The film was a Hit in box office. The film was remade in Telugu as ''Lawyer Viswanath'' (1978) and in Tamil as '' Naan Mahaan Alla'' (1984). Plot An honest lawyer, Vishwanath is implicated and imprisoned at the behest of powerful underworld don, GNK and his associates. After his release from prison, Vishwanath decides to seek vengeance, but finds out that it is virtually impossible to do this through due process of law. So he decides to change his identity, hire a gang of crooks and assassins, to carry out his vendetta. Not realizing that in doing this he is alienating himself from the love of his life, Soni; and making himself a wanted man by the police, leaving his crippled sister, Munni and mom, Shanti to fend for themselves, and at the mercy of GNK and his associates. Cast * Shatrughan Sinha as Vishw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jhoota Kahin Ka
''Jhoota Kahin Ka'' is a 1979 Bollywood film directed by Ravi Tandon. It stars Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh in pivotal roles. Plot The Rai family consists of four: father, mother, Shanti, and two sons, Ajay and Vijay. While traveling on a ship, they run into a severe storm, which leads to the ship capsizing, and the family getting separated. While Ajay and his mother are together, Rai is separate, and so is Vijay. Wealthy Jagatnarayan Khanna rescues Rai, takes him home, ensures that he is treated well, and makes him a business partner. Years later, the Rai sons have grown up. Ajay is a lowly motor mechanic working in Pinto's Garage, but has big dreams, and a dual life as a Casanova, who is a liar and a conman, who dreams of making it big with a wealthy woman named Sheetal Khanna. Then there is Vijay, who is now known as Vikram, who works for Sheetal Khanna, and hopes to marry her one-day, but has an affair with a gorgeous woman named Mala. When Mala gets pregnant, Vikram refuses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raadha Aur Seeta (1979)
''Raadha Aur Seeta'' is a 1979 Bollywood drama film directed by Vijay Kapoor and produced by Tarachand Barjatya. Plot Young Shekhar Verma works in the factory of Raadha's father. Radha falls in love with Shekhar. On the other hand, Shekhar loves Seeta Mathur, who is childhood friend of Raadha. Raadha and Seeta do not divulge their love interest to each other. Cast * Rita Bhaduri as Raadha S. Saxena *Abha Dhulia as Seeta Mathur * Arun Govil as Shekhar Verma * Rajendra Nath as Dholuram *Madan Puri as Shankar Saxena * Leela Mishra as Bua (Shankar's sister) * Urmila Bhatt as Mrs. R.B. Verma * Jagdeep as Bhagwandas * Pinchoo Kapoor as Raj Bahadur Verma * Roopesh Kumar as Eve-teaser * Hari Shivdasani as Dholuram's boss *Ritu Kamal as Leela *Savita Bajaj as College Lecturer Music The music is by Ravindra Jain. Lyrics also by Ravindra Jain for all the songs. #"Man Meet Aur Preet" - Hemlata #"Kaun Hai Aisa Jise Phulo Se" - Hemlata, Yesudas #"Log Aise Bhi Zamane Me" - Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khwab
''Khwab'' () is a 1980 Indian Hindi-language romantic thriller film directed by Shakti Samanta, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Ranjeeta Kaur, Naseeruddin Shah and Yogeeta Bali . The film was loosely based on the 1951 film A Place in the Sun which itself is based on the 1925 novel ''An American Tragedy'' by Theodore Dreiser. Plot Pratap Kumar Srivastav (Mithun Chakraborty) travels from Shyamnagar to Bombay, and is hired by his father's friend, Ram Prasad ( Madan Puri). He rents a room in a Chawl in Borivali's 'Asha Manzil' where his friend, Gopal Mathur ( Naseeruddin Shah) and his attractive sister, Maya (Yogeeta Bali) also live. Pratap's main aim is to succeed in life, become rich, and buy a flat in posh Malabar Hills. He succeeds considerably, woos his boss' daughter, Indrani (Ranjeeta) and is soon promoted to the position of Deputy General Manager. On the day of his engagement to Indrani, he goes missing, and subsequently she and her father are notified that he has been arre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professor Pyarelal
Professor Pyarelal is a 1981 Hindi film produced by T.M. Bihari, directed by Brij Sadanah, featuring Dharmendra, Zeenat Aman, Simi Garewal, Shreeram Lagoo, Amjad Khan and Nirupa Roy in the lead roles. Kalyanji-Anandji have composed the music, while Rajendra Krishan has written the lyrics for the film. Hrishikesh Mukherjee has done the editing for the film. Some of the scenes were filmed in the United Kingdom, notably in the West London area of Uxbridge and Hillingdon, Middlesex. The film became popular as it was seen to carry forward the legacy of the Manmohan Desai genre of films. Among the movie's songs, the title song became very popular at the time. Cast * Dharmendra as Ram Shinde / Professor Pyarelal * Zeenat Aman as Sonia B. Singh / Asha Rai * Simi Garewal as Rita * Shriram Lagoo as Kishanchand / King * Amjad Khan as Ronnie / Ranjit Singh / Gomes * Jeevan as Shyamlal / Sammy * Vinod Mehra as Professor Pyarelal * Satyen Kappu as Police Commissioner Albert D'Souza * S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laawaris (1981 Film)
''Laawaris'' () is a 1981 Indian masala film directed by Prakash Mehra. The film became known for its song "Mere Angene Mein Tumhara Kya Kaam Hai" (roughly translated as: "In my courtyard, what is your purpose?") rendered twice: the first time by a young Alka Yagnik, who earned her first Filmfare nomination as best female playback singer, and the second time by Amitabh Bachchan. The second version became very popular due to Bachchan's comedic performance in drag. The lyrics pay tribute to every type of wife, be they fat, tall, short, dark, or fair skinned. Even today, the song is popular among audiences. ''Laawaris'' starred Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman, Amjad Khan in lead roles. In Hindi, "Laawaris" loosely means bastard or orphan. Although the word still has negative connotations, they are not as extreme as in English. The story revolves around an orphan who stumbles over reality in search for his parents. The film was declared "super-hit" at box-office according to Box O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biwi-O-Biwi
''Biwi-O-Biwi'' ( Hindi: बीवी-ओ-बीवी) is a 1981 romantic-comedy Hindi movie. Produced by Raj Kapoor and directed by Rahul Rawail. The film stars Sanjeev Kumar, Randhir Kapoor, Poonam Dhillon and Yogeeta Bali. The film's music is by R. D. Burman. The movie was commercially successful. Cast * Sanjeev Kumar as Colonel Mangal Singh / Shankar / Commander Chatur Singh * Randhir Kapoor as Chandermohan "Chander" * Poonam Dhillon as Asha Singh * Yogeeta Bali as Reena * Simi Garewal as Nisha * Deven Verma as Gafoor * Shashikala as Nirmala * Prema Narayan as Rita * Rajendra Nath as Veer Singh * Hari Shivdasani as Colonel Hari Singh * Dina Pathak as Mrs. Singh *Sunder Sunder may refer to: *Sunder (actor) Sunder Singh as some of his earlier movies he's screen name given Sundar Lall he was a noted Indian film actor between the 1930s and 1980s. He acted in many Hindi and Punjabi language films in his career ... as Girdhari * Dulari as Chander's Mother Uncre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harjaee
''Harjaee'' (meaning disloyal, unfaithful) is a 1981 Indian Bollywood film directed by Ramesh Behl. It stars Shammi Kapoor, Mala Sinha, Randhir Kapoor and Tina Munim in pivotal roles. Ajay Nath comes from a wealthy family, and is prone to playing practical jokes and pranks in order to get his way with this mother and father. In one case he asked one of their family doctors, Dr. Panjabi, to lie to his dad that he has cancer, so that he can accompany his college friends to an outing to Kashmir. He falls in love with fellow collegian Geeta Chopra, who is in love with Shyam. But Ajay's dad, fooled by his illness convinces her to be kind to him, and she becomes friendly with Ajay, both eventually fall in love with each other and want to get married. Then their family gets the news that Ajay really has cancer and has only a few more months to live. Under the changed circumstances, both the Nath and Chopra families are against the marriage of Ajay and Geeta. Will Ajay and Geeta get ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
