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M. B. Shetty
Muddu Babu Shetty (1 January 1931 – 23 January 1982) simply known as, M. B. Shetty, or Shetty was an Indian film stuntman and action choreographer and actor in Hindi cinema in 1970. He had a towering personality with a bald head, often cast as the villain brought down by heroes half his size. He was the father of director Rohit Shetty. Early life He was born in 1931 in Mangalore, India. He arrived to Bombay from Udupi. His mother tongue was Tulu. He started as a waiter in Cotton Green after which he got into boxing and bodybuilding. Film career He started off as a Fight Instructor in the 1956 movie ''Heer''. He was cast as villain and composed stunts for numerous Hindi and Kannada cinema in the 1970s. He was an action director, doing over 700 films, including cult films like ''Don'', ''The Great Gambler'', '' Trishul'' and ''Deewaar''. Shetty also starred with MGR, in Navarathinam (1977) Tamil movie. Personal life His first wife was Vinodini, with whom he had two daugh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mangalore
Mangalore (), officially known as Mangaluru, is a major port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghats about west of Bangalore, the state capital, 20 km north of Karnataka–Kerala border, 297 km south of Goa. Mangalore is the state's only city to have all four modes of transport—air, road, rail and sea. The population of the urban agglomeration was 619,664 national census of India. It is known for being one of the locations of the Indian strategic petroleum reserves. The city developed as a port in the Arabian Sea during ancient times, and has since become a major port of India that handles 75 percent of India's coffee and cashew exports. It is also the country's seventh largest container port. Mangalore has been ruled by several major powers, including the Kadambas, Alupas, Vijayanagar Empire, Keladi Nayaks, and the Portuguese. The city was a source of contention between the British a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jail Yatra (1981 Film)
''Jail Yatra'' is a 1981 Indian Bollywood film directed by Bhappi Sonie. It stars Ashok Kumar, Vinod Khanna and Reena Roy in pivotal roles. Cast * Ashok Kumar as Ramnath Verma * Vinod Khanna as Raju Verma * Reena Roy as Shanu * Nirupa Roy as Radha Verma * Amjad Khan as Kuldeep * Anwar Hussain as Police Inspector * Heena Kausar as Roopa * Dhumal as Constable at the beach Soundtrack Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri Asrar ul Hassan Khan (1 October 1919 − 24 May 2000), better known as Majrooh Sultanpuri, was an Indian Urdu poet and lyricist in India's Hindi language film industry. He wrote Hindustani lyrics for numerous Hindi film soundtracks. He was ... External links * 1980s Hindi-language films 1981 films Films scored by R. D. Burman Indian crime films Indian prison films Films directed by Bhappi Sonie 1980s prison films {{1980s-Hindi-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaj Ka Mahaatma
''Aaj Ka Mahaatma'' is a 1976 Bollywood romantic action film directed by Kundan Kumar. The film stars Randhir Kapoor and Rekha. Cast *Randhir Kapoor as Randhir / Ranveer (Double Role) *Rekha as Mala *Ranjeet as Tony * Bindu as Julie *Manmohan as Shankar *Manmohan Krishna as Khanna * Jeevan as Head Clerk *Purnima as Ganga *M. B. Shetty as Shetty *Keshto Mukherjee as Pedro * Dilip Dutt as William *Sanjana as Ruby * Manorama as Ruby's Mother *Ramesh Deo Soundtrack Alls songs were penned by Majrooh Sultanpuri Asrar ul Hassan Khan (1 October 1919 − 24 May 2000), better known as Majrooh Sultanpuri, was an Indian Urdu poet and lyricist in India's Hindi language film industry. He wrote Hindustani lyrics for numerous Hindi film soundtracks. He was ... External links * 1976 films 1970s Hindi-language films 1976 action films Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal Indian action films Hindi-language action films {{1970s-action-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kabhie Kabhie (1976 Film)
''Kabhi Kabhie'' (English: ''Sometimes'') is a 1976 Indian musical romantic drama film produced and directed by Yash Chopra and written by Pamela Chopra starring an ensemble cast of Amitabh Bachchan, Raakhee, Shashi Kapoor, Waheeda Rehman, Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh. This was Yash Chopra's second directorial film with Amitabh Bachchan and Shashi Kapoor in the lead roles after ''Deewaar'' (1975) and was particularly noted for its soundtrack compositions by Khayyam, who won Best Music Director, while Sahir Ludhianvi won Best Lyricist for "Kabhi Kabhie Mere Dil Mein" at the 24th Filmfare Awards. The song also earned Mukesh the Best Male Playback Singer. ''Kabhi Kabhie'' received highly positive reviews from critics upon release and earned an estimated 40 million at the box office. Plot Amit Malhotra (Amitabh Bachchan), an upcoming poet, recites one of his poems at his college, where he meets fellow student Pooja (Raakhee), and they fall in love. After Pooja's parents arrang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khaan Dost
''Khaan Dost'' is a 1976 Bollywood action film directed by Dulal Guha. The film was remade in Telugu as ''Mosagadu''. Plot Naive, simple-minded Ramdin Pandey lives a poor lifestyle in Nasik, India, along with his sister, Shanti, and works as a Havaldar in the Nasik Central Jail. He arranges Shanti's marriage, but the prospective groom's family want Rs.5000/- which he is unable to afford. To make matters worse, due to his simplistic job performance he has not been promoted. Then their jail gets a new inmate, the dreaded Rehmat Khan, who has been found guilty of killing Ranga for allegedly attempting to molest his prostitute mistress, Zareena. Rehmat finds out about Ramdin's weakness, befriends him and then uses him to escape on the pretext of visiting his ailing mother in Bombay, and never returns. A furious Jailor, Sharma, asks Ramdin to travel to Bombay, locate Rehmat, and then return or else he will not only lose his job, but also be prosecuted. A hapless Ramdin agrees to do s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mehbooba (1976 Film)
''Mehbooba'' is a 1976 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film produced by Mushir-Riaz and directed by Shakti Samanta. The film stars Rajesh Khanna, Hema Malini and Prem Chopra. The story is based on the reincarnation theme. The music is composed by Rahul Dev Burman. The film is noted for an impressive performance by the lead pair and for its haunting melodies such as the solo song "Mere Naina Sawan Bhadon", sung by both Kishore Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar, "Chalo Ri" by Lata and the duet song "Parbat Ke Peeche". The plot is based on Gulshan Nanda's novel ''Sisakate Saaz'', and Nanda also wrote the screenplay himself. Upon its release, the movie was a silver jubilee in many territories and did not do well in Mumbai. This film has gained a cult following over the years. Plot Singer Suraj (Rajesh Khanna) was presented with a tanpura by his fiancée's father. Thereafter, he often listens to a haunting song at nights and observes that its name was "Ratna". One day, while going for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shankar Dada
''Shankar Dada'' is a 1976 Bollywood film directed by Shibu Mitra Shibu Mitra is an Indian film director and producer. His career spans more than 40 feature films in Bollywood, and his movies were particularly popular in the late 1970s and through out 1980s, the most successful among them being Shankar Dada, .... It stars Ashok Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Neetu Singh, Pran (actor), Pran in pivotal roles and music was composed by Sonik Omi. Cast *Ashok Kumar as Police Superintendent *Shashi Kapoor as Inspector Ram Singh / Shankar Singh "Shankar Dada" (Double Role) *Neetu Singh as Roopa Verma *Bindu (actress), Bindu as Bindiya *Pran (actor), Pran as Inspector Amar Singh *Anjali Kadam as Mrs. Shanta Singh *Mohan Choti as Porter *Roopesh Kumar as Moti *Anwar Hussain (actor), Anwar Hussain as Babu Dada "Babubhai" *Rajan Haksar as Lakhan Singh Songs External links * 1976 films 1970s Hindi-language films Films scored by Sonik-Omi Films directed by Shibu Mitra Cultural de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ek Se Badhkar Ek (1976 Film)
''Ek Se Badhkar Ek'' is a 1976 Hindi movie, with action, comedy and drama. The story is about two brothers who were separated and both became thieves. There was big competition between the police and thugs to steal a diamond worth a million. There are suspenses one after another. Finally, the diamond was stolen and it had gone missing from hand to hand, until discovered with much effort by the heroes. Directed by Brij, The film stars Ashok Kumar, Raaj Kumar, Navin Nischol and Sharmila Tagore. The film's music is by Kalyanji-Anandji. The film was a big hit with it story line. Navin Nischol was at his peak when the movie was made. The role of Raaj Kumar as hero was without a heroine. Sharmila Tagore has proven that she is a multi-talented actress in the movie with her role. Anwar Hussain is the head of thugs with Helen being his lead lady. Ashok Kumar's role in the movie was considered one of his best. The bhangra song of the movie by Kishore Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar, became ver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ram Bharose
''Ram Bharose'' is a 1977 Bollywood Action comedy film Produced by Subhash Sagar and directed by Anand Sagar.Music score by Ravindra Jain. Cast *Randhir Kapoor as Rampratap *Rekha as Kiran * Amjad Khan as Bhanupratap * Madan Puri as Boss *Sujit Kumar as David *Raza Murad as Shekhar (Kiran's Brother) * Dara Singh as Sardar Vikram Singh (CBI Agent No. 1007) *Kanan Kaushal as Kamal (Bhanupratap Wife) *Nazir Hussain as Ratanchand *Tom Alter as Tom * M. B. Shetty as Jaggu Music Music is composed by Ravindra Jain who also wrote the songs, along with fellow lyricists Hasrat Jaipuri, Tajdar Taj and Dev Kohli Dev Kohli (2 November 1942) is an Indian Hindustani poet and lyricist. He penned hundreds of songs in Bollywood films and churned out numerous hit songs such as ''Maaye Ni Maaye'', ''Yeh Kaali Kaali Aankhen'', ''Geet Gaata Hoon'',''O Saki Saki' .... External links * 1977 films Films scored by Nashad 1970s Hindi-language films 1977 comedy films Films scored by Ravin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Immaan Dharam
''Immaan Dharam'' () is a 1977 Bollywood action drama film, written by Salim–Javed (Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar), directed by Desh Mukherjee and produced by Premji. The film stars Shashi Kapoor, Sanjeev Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Rekha, Aparna Sen, Helen and Prem Chopra. The music is by Laxmikant–Pyarelal. The movie did not do well on its release. Plot This is a story about Ahmed and Mohan, who act as mock witnesses and always hang around court to give evidence as per the requirement of a case. This changes when they meet and are influenced by Kabir Das, and decide to go straight. But they soon feel that it's virtually impossible to earn a living as honest citizens. Meanwhile, Kabir Das is arrested for a murder he claims he did not commit, and the duo promise to help him, and find out who the real killer is, but they end up getting in trouble themselves. Cast *Shashi Kapoor as Mohan Saxena *Sanjeev Kumar as Kabir Das *Amitabh Bachchan as Ahmed Raza *Rekha as Durga *Aparna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doosra Aadmi
''Doosra Aadmi'' () is a 1977 Hindi-language romantic drama film, produced by Yash Chopra and directed by Ramesh Talwar. The film stars Raakhee, Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Singh and Shashi Kapoor. The film's music is by Rajesh Roshan. Plot summary Nisha (Raakhee), accomplished in advertising industry, becomes a recluse after the tragic death of her boyfriend, Shashi Saigal (Shashi Kapoor). Years later, Karan Saxena (Rishi Kapoor) offers her employment with his advertising agency and she accepts. She realizes that Karan, recently married to Timsy (Neetu Singh), reminds her of Shashi. Cast * Rakhee Gulzar - Nisha * Rishi Kapoor - Karan Saxena aka Kannu * Neetu Singh - Timsy Saxena * Shashi Kapoor - Shashi Sehgal * Deven Verma - Timsi's Uncle * Parikshat Sahni - Bhisham * Satyendra Kapoor - Ram Prasad Saxena (as Satye`ndra Kappu) * Gita Siddharth - Mrs. Saxena * Javed Khan Amrohi as Kannu's friend * Jagdish Raj - Police Inspector * Vikas Anand - Bank Manager * Kiran Vairale as Kann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phaansi
''Phaansi'' (ISO 15919: Phāṁsī ) is a 1978 Indian Hindi-language movie directed by Harmesh Malhotra. The film stars Shashi Kapoor, Sulakshana Pandit, Pran and Ranjeet. The film's music is by Laxmikant Pyarelal. Actor Asrani has also played a role as a Muslim guy in the movie who was a close friend to Shashi Kapoor. Actor Iftekhar Sayedna Iftekhar Ahmed Sharif (22 February 1924 – 4 March 1995), often mononymously credited as Iftekhar, was an Indian actor who mainly worked in Hindi cinema. He is known for his role as a police officer. Career Iftekhar was born in ... played the role father to Shashi Kapoor. He was hanged to death by the villain (Ranjeet). Asrani was also hanged by the villain. After this movie, Ranjeet went to Nepal to find peace. He was deeply troubled mentally as he played the most brutal Daaku ever in Hindi movies. The movie was declared a hit due to its story line, drama, songs and great action. The song was playbacked by Mohd Rafi, Lata ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
