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Kadambari (1976 Film)
''Kadambari'' is a 1976 Bollywood drama film directed by H. K. Verma. The film stars Vijay Arora and Shabana Azmi in lead roles. It was the debut film of playback singer Kavita Krishnamurthy's career. Cast *Vijay Arora *Shabana Azmi *Aparna Choudhury Plot The Story revolves around the life of the protagonist- a woman ( played by Shabana Azmi)- kind-hearted and mature- fells in love with a Shy man (Played by Vijay Arora)- always afraid of her mother. She convinces him to fight against his mother for the decision of his controlled life with sheer self-confidence and determination. Songs The music was composed by Vilayat Khan. *"Kyon Hum Tum Rahe Akele" - Ajit Singh *"Aayega Aanewala" - Kavita Krishnamurthy *"Ambar Ki Ek Paak Suhani" - Asha Bhosle Reception Author Bibekanada Ray described the film as one of the low-budgeted films starring Azmi with "strong storylines and literary flavour". ''The Illustrated Weekly of India ''The Illustrated Weekly of India'' was an E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amrita Pritam
Amrita Pritam (; 31 August 1919 – 31 October 2005) was an Indian novelist, essayist and poet, who wrote in Punjabi and Hindi. A prominent figure in Punjabi literature, she is the recipient of the 1956 Sahitya Akademi Award. Her body of work comprised over 100 books of poetry, fiction, biographies, essays, a collection of Punjabi folk songs and an autobiography that were all translated into several Indian and foreign languages. Pritam is best remembered for her poignant poem, ''Ajj aakhaan Waris Shah nu'' (Today I invoke Waris Shah – "Ode to Waris Shah"), an elegy to the 18th-century Punjabi poet, an expression of her anguish over massacres during the partition of India. As a novelist, her most noted work was '' Pinjar'' ("The Skeleton", 1950), in which she created her memorable character, ''Puro'', an epitome of violence against women, loss of humanity and ultimate surrender to existential fate; the novel was made into an award-winning film, '' Pinjar'' (2003). When In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vijay Arora
Vijay Arora (27 December 1944 – 2 February 2007) was an Indian actor in Hindi films and television serials who was known for ''Yaadon Ki Baaraat'' and as Indrajit in the television serial '' Ramayan''. Career He also appeared in the series ''Bharat Ek Khoj'', directed by Shyam Benegal as Prince Salim/Emperor Jahangir. He also played various characters in Ramanand Sagar's successful serial ''Vikram Aur Betal''. In 2001, he was seen in two serials, ''Lakeerein'' and ''Talaash'', and Ketan Mehta's ''Pradhan Mantri''. He acted in ''Jaana Na Dil Se Door'', directed by Vijay Anand. Arora appeared in Gujarati cinema in films like ''Raja Harish Chandra'', with Madhuri Dixit. He had acted in several Hindi and Gujarati plays. He did over 110 films and over 500 broadcast television serial episodes. Personal life Arora was married to ex-model and Miss India Miss India may refer to: * Femina Miss India, the most prestigious and oldest surviving national beauty pageant in India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shabana Azmi
Shabana Azmi (born 18 September 1950) is an Indian actress of Hindi film, television and theatre. One of India's most acclaimed actresses, Azmi is known for her portrayals of distinctive, often unconventional female characters across several genres. She has won a record five National Film Awards for National Film Award for Best Actress, Best Actress, in addition to five Filmfare Awards and several international honours among other accolades. In 1998, she was honoured by the Government of India with the Padma Shri, the Indian honours system, fourth-highest civilian honour of the country, and in 2012, she was awarded Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian honour. The daughter of poet Kaifi Azmi and stage actress Shaukat Azmi, she is an alumna of Film and Television Institute of India of Pune. Azmi made her film debut in 1974 and soon became one of the leading actresses of parallel cinema, a new-wave movement known for its serious content and neorealism and received government p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aparna Chowdhury
Aparna may refer to: *One of the names of the Hindu goddess Parvati People * Aparna Bajpai, Indian actress * Aparna Balamurali, Indian actress and singer *Aparna Balan (born 1986), Indian badminton player *Aparna Brielle (born 1994), American actress *Aparna Chandra (born 1971), Indian fashion designer * Aparna Dixit (born 1991), Indian television actress *Aparna Ghosh, Bangladeshi actress *Aparna Gopinath, Malayalam film actress *Aparna Dutta Gupta, Indian biologist *Aparna Higgins, Indian-American mathematician *Aparna V. Huzurbazar, American statistician *Aparna Jain (born 1970), Indian marketing consultant and author *Aparna Karthikeyan, Indian journalist and author * Aparna Kumar, Indian mountain climber *Aparna B. Marar, Indian classical dancer *Aparna Nagesh, Indian dancer and activist * Aparna Nair (born 1989), Malayalam film actress * Aparna Nancherla (born 1982), American comedian and actress *Aparna Panshikar Aparna Panshikar is an Indian classical ( Hindustani) voca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilayat Khan
Ustad Vilayat Khan (28 August 1928 – 13 March 2004) was an Indian classical sitar player.Profile of Vilayat Khan on Encyclopædia Britannica Retrieved 12 October 2020 Along with , , and , he is credited with the creation and development of ''gayaki ang'' (an attempt to mimic the sound of the human voice) on the sitar. He recorded his first 78-RPM disc at the ag ... [...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] |
Drama Film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, such as soap opera, police crime drama, political drama, legal drama, historical drama, domestic drama, teen drama, and comedy-drama (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate a particular setting or subject-matter, or else they qualify the otherwise serious tone of a drama with elements that encourage a broader range of moods. To these ends, a primary element in a drama is the occurrence of conflict—emotional, social, or otherwise—and its resolution in the course of the storyline. All forms of cinema or television that involve fictional stories are forms of drama in the broader sense if their storytelling is achieved by means of actors who represent ( mimesis) characters. In this broader sense, drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kavita Krishnamurthy
Sharada Krishnamurthy, popularly known as Kavita Krishnamurthy or Kavita Subramaniam, is an Indian playback and classical singer. She has recorded 50,000 songs in 45 various Indian languages including Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, Rajasthani, Bhojpuri, Telugu, Odia, Marathi, English, Urdu, Tamil, Malayalam, Gujarati, Nepali, Assamese, Konkani, Punjabi and other languages. She is the recipient of four Filmfare Best Female Playback Singer Awards (winning consecutively during 1995–1997), and the Padmashri which she received in 2005. She was awarded a Doctorate (Honoris Causa) for her contributions to Indian music by Bangalore-based Jain University in 2015. In 1999, she married noted violinist L. Subramaniam and resides in Bengaluru. Early life Born as Sharada into a Tamil Iyer family in New Delhi to T.S. Krishnamurthy, an employee of the Education Ministry. She began her musical training at the insistence of her aunt, Protima Bhattacharya who enrolled her to train under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aparna Choudhury
Aparna may refer to: *One of the names of the Hindu goddess Parvati People * Aparna Bajpai, Indian actress * Aparna Balamurali, Indian actress and singer *Aparna Balan (born 1986), Indian badminton player *Aparna Brielle (born 1994), American actress *Aparna Chandra (born 1971), Indian fashion designer * Aparna Dixit (born 1991), Indian television actress *Aparna Ghosh, Bangladeshi actress *Aparna Gopinath, Malayalam film actress *Aparna Dutta Gupta, Indian biologist *Aparna Higgins, Indian-American mathematician *Aparna V. Huzurbazar, American statistician *Aparna Jain (born 1970), Indian marketing consultant and author *Aparna Karthikeyan, Indian journalist and author * Aparna Kumar, Indian mountain climber *Aparna B. Marar, Indian classical dancer *Aparna Nagesh, Indian dancer and activist * Aparna Nair (born 1989), Malayalam film actress * Aparna Nancherla (born 1982), American comedian and actress *Aparna Panshikar Aparna Panshikar is an Indian classical ( Hindustani) voca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asha Bhosle
Asha Bhosle (; Mangeshkar; born 8 September 1933) is an Indian playback singer, entrepreneur and occasional actress and television personality who predominantly works in Indian Cinema. Known for her versatility, she has been described in the media as one of the most influential and successful singers in Hindi Cinema. In her career spanning over eight decades she has recorded songs for films and albums in various Indian languages and received several accolades including two National Film Awards, four BFJA Awards, eighteen Maharashtra State Film Awards, nine Filmfare Awards including a Lifetime Achievement Award and a record seven Filmfare Awards for Best Female Playback Singer, in addition to two Grammy nominations. In 2000, she was honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India's highest award in the field of cinema. In 2008, she was honoured by the Government of India with the Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian honour of the country. Additionally she holds the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Illustrated Weekly Of India
''The Illustrated Weekly of India'' was an English-language weekly newsmagazine publication in India. It started publication in 1880 (as ''Times of India'' Weekly Edition; later renamed as ''The Illustrated Weekly of India'' in 1923) and ceasing publication in 1993. Also simply known as ''Weekly'' by its readership, ''The Illustrated Weekly of India'' was considered to be an important English-language publication in India for more than a century. The magazine was edited by Sean Mandy, A. S. Raman, Khushwant Singh, M. V. Kamath, and Pritish Nandy. A. S. Raman was the first Indian editor of ''The Illustrated Weekly of India'', succeeding Sean Mandy. Khushwant Singh took over as editor nearly a year after Raman's formal departure. In between, assistant editor Subrata Banerjee edited the magazine for about 20 months. Cartoons in the latter half of the magazine were by R. K. Laxman and Mario Miranda. It is now defunct, having closed down on 13 November 1993. Many young students o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times Group
Bennett, Coleman and Company Limited, (abbreviated as B.C.C.L. and d/b/a The Times Group), is an Indian media conglomerate headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The company remains a family-owned business with Sahu Jain family owning a majority stake in The Times Group. History On 3 November 1838, the ''Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce'' was first published, a predecessor of what would become ''The Times of India''. While starting as a biweekly paper, it was converted to a daily in 1850. In 1859 the paper was merged with two other papers into the ''Bombay Times and Standard'' under editor Robert Knight. Two years later, in 1861, the paper got a more national scope with the title ''The Times of India''. Subsequently the paper saw its ownership change several times until 1892 when an English journalist named Thomas Jewell Bennett along with Frank Morris Coleman (who later drowned in the 1915 sinking of the SS ''Persia'') acquired the newspaper through their new joint stock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
