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K. Ravi Shankar
K. Ravi Shankar is an Indian film director born as Krishnamoorthy Ravi Shankar, best known for his Bollywood films of the late 1980s and early 1990s. He is the son of noted Bollywood producer A. Krishnamoorthy.He has mostly directed films for his home banner Tina Films International. He has worked with many top Bollywood actors when their respective careers were in their infancy such as Govinda in '' Dariya Dil'' in 1988 and Shilpa Shetty in '' Aag'' in 1994. Shankar has also produced several films including '' Swarag Se Sunder '' in 1986 and ''Gharana'' in 1989. Filmography *''Sindoor'' (1987) *'' Dariya Dil'' (1988) *''Gharana'' (1989) *''Benaam Badsha'' (1991) *''Meera Ka Mohan'' (1992) *'' Apradhi'' (1992) *''Sadhna'' (1993) *''Meherbaan'' (1993) *'' Aag'' (1994) *''Mere Do Anmol Ratan ''Mere Do Anmol Ratan'' is a 1998 Hindi romantic drama film starring Arshad Warsi, Mukul Dev and Namrata Shirodkar. Plot Suman (Reema Lagoo) and Mahesh (Sadashiv Amrapurkar) have been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, production design and all the creative aspects of filmmaking. The film director gives direction to the cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized or noticed. Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within the budget. There are many pathways to becoming a film director. Some film directors started as screenwriters, cinematographers, producers, film editors or actors. Other film directors have attended a film school. Directors use different approaches. Some outline a general plotline and let the actors improvise dialogue, while others control every aspect and demand that the actors and crew follow instructions precisely. Some directors also write thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benaam Badsha
''Benaam Badsha'' () is a 1991 Indian Hindi-language crime drama film directed by K. Ravi Shankar and produced by K. Ramji. It stars Anil Kapoor, Juhi Chawla and Shilpa Shirodkar in pivotal roles. The film was a moderate critical and commercial success, and the fourteenth highest grossing Indian film of 1991. This was a remake of the Tamil film ''Pudhea Paadhai''. Synopsis Found in a garbage bin, abandoned by his biological parents, a young man grows up to be a paid assassin, kidnapper, and rapist (Anil Kapoor). One of his rape victims is Jyoti (Juhi Chawla), who is raped on the day of her marriage to a doctor groom. Her life ruined, unwed, she decides to convince her rapist to marry her, and goes to live in his neighborhood. But her rapist will not marry her, however, she continues to pursue her goal, and after feigning a pregnancy, she does convince him to allow her to move in with him – amongst ruins, without a roof. She soon starts to transform him, with considerable suc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindi-language Film Directors
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of North India, northern, Central India, central, East India, eastern, and Western India, western India. Hindi has been described as a standard language, standardised and Sanskrit#Influence on other languages, Sanskritised Register (sociolinguistics), register of the Hindustani language, which itself is based primarily on the Old Hindi, 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 Indian English, English. It is an languages with official status in India, official language in nine states and three union territory, union territories and an additional official language in three other states. Hindi is also one of the 22 languages with official status in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuch Tum Kaho Kuch Hum Kahein
''Kuch Tum Kaho Kuch Hum Kahein'' () is a 2002 Indian Hindi romance drama film directed by Ravi Shankar. The film stars Fardeen Khan opposite Richa Pallod, who makes her Bollywood debut. It released worldwide on 28 June 2002, and opened to a mixed response from critics and public. The story is based on two lovers who are unable to start a relationship because of their family's feud and ancient grudge. The storyline is a remake of the Telugu movie ''Kalisundam Raa'', and features similarities with William Shakespeare's classical story, ''Romeo and Juliet''. Plot Vishnu Pratap Singh is celebrating his 60th anniversary in his village with his wife. At the behest of his wife, Vishnu Pratap calls his estranged son's family from Bombay for the event. Their grandson, Abhay, arrives with his mother and sister to the village, and is initially greeted with animosity. However, he shows a kind and caring side that wins the affections of his family members. He also starts to become friendly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mere Do Anmol Ratan
''Mere Do Anmol Ratan'' is a 1998 Hindi romantic drama film starring Arshad Warsi, Mukul Dev and Namrata Shirodkar. Plot Suman (Reema Lagoo) and Mahesh (Sadashiv Amrapurkar) have been married for several years, but have not been blessed with any children. Suman prays in the temple frequently and hopes that her prayers will be answered. When she delivers a boy in hospital, a fire breaks out and the baby is switched with another whose mother died after delivery. Mahesh gets furious at this and for the worse, Major Bhagawat Singh (Kader Khan) enters asking for his son. Unable to identify his son by any means, Mahesh allows Major Bhagawat to stay and raise both kids his way while Suman nurtures both as her own. Surendra (Mukul Dev) and Narendra (Arshad Warsi) grow up, behave alike and make matters worse for Mahesh. The latter then takes the help of his friend Sudhakar(Pramod Moutho) who sends his daughter Kiran (Namrata Shirodkar) to stay at his house with a secret mission of studyin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meherbaan
''Meherbaan'' is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language film directed by K. Ravishankar, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Ayesha Jhulka, Shantipriya, Anupam Kher and Sadashiv Amrapurkar. The film was a remake of Tamil film ''Naan Pudicha Mappillai''. Plot ''Meherbaan'' is the story of a family man, who has to decide between commitment, ethics and love between his two women. Cast *Mithun Chakraborty as Ravi *Ayesha Jhulka as Chanda *Shantipriya as Neha *Sadashiv Amrapurkar as Chaurangilal * Anupam Kher as Shankar *Ajinkya Dev *Kader Khan as Biku *Sulbha Deshpande as Ravi's mother *Shobha Khote as special guest *Dina Pathak *Tina Ghai *Kalpana Iyer Kalpana Iyer (born 26 July 1956) is a former Indian actress, singer, and model, who is best known for her works in Hindi cinema throughout the 1980s and 1990s. She appeared in over 100 films, and is accredited for her performances in many popula ... Soundtrack The music of the film was composed by Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen and the lyrics were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apradhi (1992 Film)
''Apradhi'' is a 1992 Indian Bollywood drama film directed by K. Ravi Shankar and produced by N.R. Pachisia. It stars Anil Kapoor, Shilpa Shirodkar, Anupam Kher and Vijayashanti in pivotal roles. Plot Satyaprakash, an honest security personnel is suddenly killed, One unknown young man Shiva comes to save the family of Satyaprakash. Cast * Anil Kapoor as Shiva * Vijayashanti as Paro * Chunky Pandey as Salim / Ravi * Shilpa Shirodkar as Kamini * Anupam Kher as Heera * Raza Murad as Balwant * Suresh Oberoi as Satyaprakash * Arun Bakshi as Police Inspector * A. K. Hangal as Bishambharnath * Urmila Bhatt as Mrs. Bishambharnath * Subbiraj as Dhanraj * Aparajita as Parvati * Aasif Sheikh as Chander * Jack Gaud as Shakura * Goga Kapoor as Damodar * Pradeep Rawat as Teju * Dan Dhanoa as Badshah * Krishan Dhawan as Badshah's Friend * Yunus Parvez as Banwari * Vijayendra Ghatge in Special Appearance Soundtrack Music was composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal and lyrics were written by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meera Ka Mohan
'' Meera Ka Mohan '' is a 1992 Bollywood musical movie produced by Gulshan Kumar and directed by K. Ravi Shankar. It was average at the box office, but the songs were hits and are still remembered. The music was composed by Arun Paudwal, husband of singer Anuradha Paudwal. ''Meera Ka Mohan'' was the debut movie of actor Deepak Saraf, who worked in a few movies in the early 1990s. Plot The film highlights the importance of friendship in the lives of Ravi (Avinash Wadhawan), Vijay ( Brando Bakshi) and Preeti (Ashwini Bhave). Ravi holds in esteem Preeti's father Prem Shankar (Alok Nath), musical maestro, and himself intervenes in a prestigious musical award function, on his behalf, in which Judge Rai Bahadur Devi Prasad (Pran (actor)) is the chief guest. Impressed by his truth about the genius of Master Prem Shankar, and crimes of the recommended awardee, Judge Rai Bahadur Devi Prasad bestows the award on Prem Shankar, much to the delight of his daughter Preeti, who is herself a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gharana (1989 Film)
''Gharana'' is a 1989 Indian Hindi-language film produced and directed by K. Ravi Shankar. It stars Rishi Kapoor, Govinda, Jaya Prada, Meenakshi Seshadri and Neelam Kothari in pivotal roles. Cast * Rishi Kapoor as Vijay Mehra * Govinda as Ravi Mehra * Meenakshi Seshadri as Radha * Jaya Prada as Naina * Neelam as Lalita * Tanuja as Laxmi Mehra * Shreeram Lagoo as Prem Mehra * Satyendra Kapoor as Rahim * Shakti Kapoor as Durlabh * Prem Chopra as Dharamdas * Asrani as Natwar * Aruna Irani as Natwar's Assistant * Sushma Seth as Shraddha * Dara Singh as Vijay Singh Pahelwan * Yunus Parvez as Sinha (potential in-laws of Mehras) * Shekhar Suman as Ajit Sinha * Bharat Bhushan as Radha's father * Ramesh Deo as Munshi of Prem Mehra * Bob Christo as Sheikh Diamond Merchant * Mac Mohan as Durlabh Henchman Plot Prem Mehra is a wealthy, kind-hearted, and generous man who lives in a palatial home with his wife, Laxmi, a daughter, and two sons, Vijay and Ravi. Dharamdas is a foe of Prem, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bollywood
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] |
Sindoor (film)
''Sindoor'' () is a 1987 Indian Hindi-language drama film, produced by A. Krishnamurthy under the Tinu International Films banner, directed by K. Ravi Shankar. It stars Shashi Kapoor, Jaya Prada, Govinda and Neelam Kothari in leading roles, Kader Khan, Shakti Kapoor, Gulshan Grover, Asrani and Aruna Irani in supporting roles and also featuring special appearances by Jeetendra and Rishi Kapoor. The music is composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal. The film was a remake of Tamil film ''Unnai Naan Santhithen'' (1984). The film was remade as ''Sumangali'' (1989) in Telugu, starring Krishnam Raju, Jaya Prada . Plot The film opens with widowed Laxmi, a loving and caring mother to Lalita, a young college-going, devoted daughter. Ravi is a fellow collegian and a brilliant student. Gulshan Grover also is a student of the same college. Vijay Choudhury joins the college as English Professor. He shares a good rapport with the students. After a few misunderstandings, Lalita and Ravi fall in love. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
