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Marutirao Parab
Marutirao Parab, popularly known simply as Maruti, was an Indian actor and director best known for playing comic roles in Hindi films. Personal life Parab was married to Kamal - a small time star in Hindi films who appeared in movies like ''Dashera'' (1956), ''Tatar Ka Chor'' (1955), ''Garma Garam'' (1957), ''Darbar'' (1955), ''Riyasat'' (1955) etc. Career Parab was best known for ''Kahin Aar Kahin Paar'' (1971), ''Hum Sab Ustad Hain'' (1965) and ''Khaan Dost'' (1976). He directed films like ''Hum Sab Ustad Hain'', ''Hum Sab Chor Hain'', ''Baaghi Shehzaada'' and the Joy Mukherjee starrer - ''Kahin Aar Kahin Paar''. Legacy One of his daughters, Guddi Maruti, is an Indian actress best known for her comedy roles on TV and Bollywood movies. Partial filmography As actor * 1948 Gajre * 1948 Satyavan Savitri * 1950 Dilruba * 1951 Albela * 1951 Pyar Ki Baten * 1953 Chacha Chowdhury * 1953 Foot Path * 1953 Papi * 1954 Alibaba and 40 Thieves * 1954 Laadla * 1954 Lal Pari * 1954 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guddi Maruti
Guddi Maruti is an Indian actress best known for her comedy roles on TV and in Bollywood movies. Early life Maruti was born to an actor-director father Marutirao Parab. Her real name is Tahira Parab and she was nicknamed Guddi. Manmohan Desai gave her the screen name which is what she is known by today. Career Maruti started her career at the age of 10 years as a child artist in the film ''Jaan Haazir Hain''. After her father's death, she continued acting to support the family. Due to her physical appearance, she bagged comedy roles in films and kept on going with her career. Maruti has acted in over 97 movies since the 1980s. Over the years, she acted in TV shows and is well known for her role as Bua in the TV show ''Doli Armano Ki''. Her popular movies include '' Khiladi'', '' Shola Aur Shabnam'', '' Aashik Aawara'', ''Dulhe Raja'' and '' Biwi No. 1''. She did not take chances to get to mainstream acting to avoid risks of being unsuccessful. In 1995, Maruti and Vrajesh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parasmani
''Parasmani'' ("Philosopher's stone" that converts iron into gold) is a 1963 Indian Hindi-language film. The film is a musical fantasy drama shot partly in Black and White and partly in colour. It was directed by Babubhai Mistri, who is known as the pioneer of cinematic effects. The film was financially successful. The film's music was given by Laxmikant Pyarelal and was their first official release movie. Classic songs like "Woh Jab Yaad Aaye", "Mere Dil mein halki si", "Hansta hua", "Roshan Tumhi se".The film was dubbed into Tamil with the title ''Maayamani'' and was released in 1964. Plot Paras (played by Mahipal) is the son of the Senapati and is lost when his ship meets storms at sea. Paras is then found by a poor villager, who brings him up as his own. Paras grows up and becomes an accomplished swordsman and singer. One day, he encounters the princess (played by Gitanjali) and falls in love with her. His fame soon reaches the palace, and the Emperor summons him to sing for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mera Desh Mera Dharam
''Mera Desh Mera Dharam'' is a 1973 Bollywood drama film directed by Dara Singh. The film stars Dara Singh and Raj Kapoor. Soundtrack Prem Dhawan composed and wrote all the songs. #"Luta Di Hasino Pe Jawani Luta Di" - ''Shaminder'', Manna Dey #"Bhula Raha Tera Vatan Lut Raha Tera Chaman" - Manna Dey #"Bhula Raha Tera Vatan Lut Raha Tera Chaman" (version 2) - Manna Dey #"Lakho Ussey Salaam" - Asha Bhosle #"Matwali Raftar Qayamat Payal Ki Jhankar" - Usha Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle #"Ruk Jaao O Jaani Ruk Jaao" - Asha Bhosle References External links * 1973 films 1970s Hindi-language films 1973 drama films Films directed by Dara Singh Films scored by Prem Dhawan {{1970s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keemat (1973 Film)
''Keemat'' () is a 1973 Indian Hindi-language spy thriller film directed by Ravikant Nagaich. It has music by Laxmikant-Pyarelal and lyrics by Anand Bakshi. The film stars Dharmendra, Rekha in lead roles, along with Prem Chopra, Ranjeet, Agha, Satyendra Kapoor and Murad. The character of Gopal Kishan Pandey (Agent 116) was also used for movie Farz and Raksha. The film was remade in Telugu as '' Andadu Aagadu'' (1979). Cast * Dharmendra as Gopal Kishan Pandey / Agent 116 * Rekha as Sudha * Prem Chopra as Shaktimaan * Ranjeet as Pedro * Padma Khanna as Nanda / Maria * Jayshree T. as Nagina * Agha as Constable Pandurang * Satyendra Kapoor as Inspector Deshpande * Murad Murad or Mourad ( ar, مراد) is an Arabic name. It is also common in Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Turkish, Persian, and Berber as a male given name or surname and is commonly used throughout the Muslim world and Middle East. Etymology It ... as Police Commissioner * K. N. Singh as Secret Service ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heera Panna
''Heera Panna'' is a 1973 Hindi romance film. Written, produced and directed by Dev Anand for Navketan films, the film stars Dev Anand, Zeenat Aman, Raakhee, Rehman, Jeevan, A.K. Hangal, Paintal and Dheeraj Kumar. The film's music was composed by R. D. Burman. Plot Heera (Dev Anand) has two passions in his life, namely photography and his love for Reema (Raakhee), an air-hostess. When Reema passes away during an airplane accident, Heera is left with his only passion in life – photography. During one of his photographic sessions with Raja Sahab (Rehman), a priceless diamond is stolen by Panna (Zeenat Aman) and is hidden in Heera's car. When Heera learns about this theft and that he is in possession of the stolen property, he decides to turn Panna to the police but discovers to his shock that Panna is Reema's younger sister. Feeling pity for her, Heera decides not to. While Heera describes her how he met Reema in a plane, how they fell in love and the tragic accident resulti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ek Nari Do Roop
''Ek Nari Do Roop'' is a 1973 Bollywood crime drama film directed by Madhusudan. The film stars Roopesh Kumar, Nadira and Shatrughan Sinha. The movie has two famous songs; "Tum Samjho To Achha Hai" sung by Kishore Kumar & Asha Bhosle and "Dil Ka Soona Saaz Tarana Dhundega", sung by Mohammed Rafi. The movie is loosely based on the 1959 novel ''Shock Treatment'' by James Hadley Chase. Cast *Shatrughan Sinha as Vishal * Rashmi Dhawan as Lalita *Asha Sachdev as Sujata *Madan Puri as Belani *Iftekhar as Dinesh * Malika as Sameena *Roopesh Kumar as Ali Ahmed "Pocketmaar" *Mehmood Junior as Ramu *Chaman Puri Chaman Puri was an Indian actor of Hindi and Punjabi films. His younger brothers were Bollywood actors Madan Puri and Amrish Puri. Early life Chaman Lal Puri was the first of five children, with younger brothers Madan Puri, Amrish Puri and Haris ... as Petrol Pump Owner Songs External links * References 1973 films 1970s Hindi-language films 1973 drama films Indian cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Door Nahin Manzil
''Dur Naheen Manzil'' is a 1973 Bollywood drama film. The film stars Pradeep Kumar and Sanjeev Kumar. Songs #"Ajeeb Zindagi Hai Ye" - Mohammed Rafi #"Bezubaan Dil Shor Na Macha" (Happy) - Suman Kalyanpur #"Aise Lagi Jaise Koi Mithi Agan" - Mahendra Kapoor #"No No Aisa Na Karo" - Sharda #"Liye Chal Gaddiya" - Suman Kalyanpur Suman Kalyanpur (born as Suman Hemmadi;January 28th 1937) is an Indian playback singer, one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India. Her voice was often mistaken to be that of Lata Mangeshkar. Suman Kalyanpur's career st ... External links * 1973 films 1970s Hindi-language films 1973 drama films Films scored by Shankar–Jaikishan {{1970s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banarasi Babu (1973 Film)
Banarasi Babu is a 1973 Hindi film directed by Shankar Mukherjee. The film stars Dev Anand, Raakhee, Yogeeta Bali, I. S. Johar, Jeevan. The movie was a hit on its release. Plot Orphaned Sohan Lal is a wealthy businessman based in Bombay. While on vacation in Kashmir, he meets with beautiful Neela, and after a few misunderstandings both fall in love, and get married. When they return to Bombay, his Manager, V. K. Saxena asks him to travel to London for some business, which he does. Three months later when he returns home, he finds that Neela has not come to receive him at the airport, then on the way home, he is attacked, abducted, and placed in a cell, where a woman, Gulabiya, tells him that she is his sweetheart. With her help he manages to escape, has an accident, ends up in hospital, where he gets to meet a woman who calls him her son. Baffled and exasperated at these turn of events, he returns home to get a very cold response from Neela, who is about to inherit Rs.70 Lakhs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shor (film)
''Shor'' (''Translation: Noise'') is a 1972 Indian Hindi movie written, produced and directed by Manoj Kumar, who also plays the lead role in the film. The film was remade in Tamil as ''Osai''. Plot Shankar (Manoj Kumar) loses his wife (Nanda) in an accident. She dies while saving her son (Deepak). Due to the accident, Deepak loses his voice. Shankar is keen to hear his son's voice again; however, doctors suggest that Deepak has to undergo a surgery to get his voice back. Shankar tries hard to collect money for the surgery and finally is able to collect enough money for the surgery after a few hardships. Deepak undergoes the surgery successfully. Shankar is keen to meet Deepak; however, the doctor advises to him to meet Deepak the next day so as to not overexert the patient. Shankar goes to work; however, is unable to focus properly while working with machines and eventually gets injured. The injury causes him to lose his hearing. The father is now unable to hear his son's voice w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mera Naam Joker
''Mera Naam Joker'' () is a 1970 Indian Hindi romance drama film, directed, edited and produced by Raj Kapoor under his banner R. K. Films, and written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas. The film stars Raj Kapoor as the eponymous character, with his son Rishi Kapoor making his screen debut playing his younger version, along with Simi Garewal, Kseniya Ryabinkina, Padmini, Manoj Kumar and Dharmendra in supporting roles. The plot focuses on a clown who must make his audience laugh at the cost of his own sorrows; three women who shaped his life view his final performance. The film is one of the lengthiest films of Indian cinema. ''Mera Naam Joker'' is the second and to date last Hindi film to have two intervals, the first being '' Sangam'' (1964). After '' Sangam'' became a blockbuster, ''Mera Naam Joker'' was highly anticipated as it was under production for six years and heavily publicized, loosely based on Kapoor's own life. The film was partly made with the participation of Soviet actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thief Of Baghdad (1969 Film)
The Thief of Bagdad may refer to: A number of films and the novelisation of the 1924 film by one of the screenwriters: * ''The Thief of Bagdad'' (1924 film), starring Douglas Fairbanks * ''The Thief of Bagdad'' (novel), a 1924 novelisation by Achmed Abdullah of the film starring Douglas Fairbanks, derived from elements of ''One Thousand and One Nights'' fables, and his own screenplay. * ''The Thief of Bagdad'' (1940 film), featuring Sabu and Conrad Veidt * ''The Thief of Bagdad'' (1952 film), a German remake of the 1940 film * ''The Thief of Bagdad'' (1961 film), a film starring Steve Reeves * ''Thief of Baghdad'' (1969 film), a Shriram Bohra 1969 Hindi film, starring Dara Singh, Nishi, Helen * ''Thief of Baghdad'' (1977 film), a Ravikant Nagaich 1977 Indian film, starring Shatrughan Sinha, Kabir Bedi, Bindu, Prem Chopra, Prem Nath and Mehmood Ali * ''The Thief of Baghdad'' (1978 film), a motion picture starring Kabir Bedi and Roddy McDowall Other uses: *''Baghdad Ka Chor' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raja Aur Runk
''Raja Aur Runk'' () is a 1968 Bollywood film, directed by Kotayya Pratyagatma and starring Sanjeev Kumar and Kumkum. It is an Indian adaptation of Mark Twain's 1881 novel, The Prince and the Pauper. Synopsis ''Raja Aur Runk'' is the story of a prince and a pauper. Two children, born on the same day at the same time: one to the king, Raja Sahib, and one to a poor man, Hariya (Ajit). The king is thrilled at the birth of Yuvraj, the heir to the throne, while Hariya is cynical about the birth of his son, Raja. The children grow up looking identical, but there is a constant contrast in their lives and upbringing. One day, Raja runs away from home and somehow ends up in the palace, where he meets Yuvraj. The boys discover how different their lives are. Being tempted to see the world outside, Yuvraj changes identities with Raja and leaves the palace. They now struggle in vain to adjust to their new identities. Raja's mother (Nirupa Roy) and sister Sujjo (Nazima) are miserable with hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |