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Mere Apne
''Mere Apne'' is a 1971 Indian Hindi-language film written and directed by Gulzar and produced by Romu, Raj and N. C. Sippy. It was Gulzar's first directorial venture and was almost a frame by frame remake of the National Award-winning Bengali film ''Apanjan'', which was directed by Tapan Sinha. This was the first movie of Vinod Khanna as Hero. This was also debut movie of Danny. The film stars Meena Kumari, Vinod Khanna and Shatrughan Sinha in lead roles along with Deven Verma, Paintal, Asit Sen, Asrani, Danny Denzongpa, Keshto Mukherjee, A. K. Hangal, Dinesh Thakur, Mehmood and Yogeeta Bali. The music of the film is composed by Salil Choudhury. ''Mere Apne'' was declared " Hit " at the box office. Plot Anandi Devi (Meena Kumari) is an old widow who lives in a village. One day, she is visited by a distant relative, Arun Gupta (Ramesh Deo), who persuades her to live in town with him, his wife Lata ( Sumita Sanyal), and a small child. She later realizes that they were looking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulzar
Sampooran Singh Kalra (born 18 August 1934), known professionally as Gulzar, is an Indian Urdu poet, lyricist, author, screenwriter, and film director known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of greatest Urdu poets of this era. He started his career with music director S.D. Burman as a lyricist in the 1963 film ''Bandini'' and worked with many music directors including R. D. Burman, Salil Chowdhury, Vishal Bhardwaj and A. R. Rahman. Gulzar also writes poetry, dialogues and scripts. He directed films such as ''Aandhi'' and '' Mausam'' during the 1970s and the TV series ''Mirza Ghalib'' in the 1980s. He also directed ''Kirdaar'' in 1993. He has won 5 Indian National Film Awards; including 2 Best Lyrics, one Best Screenplay, one Second Best Feature Film (director), and one Best Popular Film (director); 22 Filmfare Awards; one Academy Award; and one Grammy Award. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award - Hindi in 2002, the Padma Bhushan in 2004, the th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mehmood Ali
Mehmood Ali (29 September 1932 – 23 July 2004), popularly known simply as Mehmood, was an Indian actor, singer, director and producer best known for playing comic roles in Hindi films.Indian comedy actor Mehmood dies on BBC news website Published 23 July 2004, Retrieved 5 November 2019 During his career of more than four decades, he worked in over 300 Hindi films. He is known as India's national comedian.Indian film comedian Mehmood dies at 72 Dawn (newspaper), Published 24 July 2004, Retrieved 7 November 2019 Mehmood received 25 Nominations for filmfare awards, 19 for 'Best Performance in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nimmi
Nawab Bano (18 February 1933 – 25 March 2020), better known by her stage name Nimmi, was an Indian screen actress who achieved stardom in the 1950s and early 1960s in Hindi films. She was one of the leading actresses of the "golden era" of Hindi cinema. She gained popularity by playing spirited village belle characters, but has appeared in diverse genres such as fantasy and social films. Her best performances are considered to be in the films ''Sazaa'' (1951), India's first technicolor film ''Aan'' (1952), ''Uran Khatola'' (1955), ''Bhai-Bhai'' (1956), ''Kundan'' (1955), ''Mere Mehboob'' (1963), ''Pooja Ke Phool'' (1964), ''Akashdeep'' (1965), and '' Basant Bahar'' (1956). Raj Kapoor changed her name from Nawab Bano to "Nimmi". Early life Nawab Bano was born in Agra to a Muslim family. Her mother was a singer and an actress, known as Wahidan. She was well connected within the film industry. Nimmi's father, Abdul Hakim, worked as a military contractor. Nimmi's birth forename o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anand (1971 Film)
''Anand'' is a 1971 Indian Hindi-language Drama (film and television), drama film co-written and directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, with dialogues written by Gulzar. It stars Rajesh Khanna in the lead role, with a supporting cast including Amitabh Bachchan, Sumita Sanyal, Ramesh Deo and Seema Deo. The film won several awards, including the Filmfare Award for Best Film in 1972. In 2013, it was listed in Anupama Chopra's book ''100 Films To See before You Die''. ''Anand'' is counted among the 17 consecutive box office successes of Rajesh Khanna between 1969 and 1971, adding the multistarrers ''Maryada (1971 film), Maryada'' (1971) and ''Andaz (1971 film), Andaz'' (1971). The film was a modest success at box office. But it has since gained a cult following and is hailed as one of the greatest Hindi films ever made. ''Indiatimes'' listed it among the "''25 must watch films Bollywood movies''". ''Anand'' is one of the only two films that Khanna and Bachchan have starred together– the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khamoshi (1970 Film)
''Khamoshi'' (Hindi: ख़ामोशी, ur, , translation: ''Silence'') is a 1969 black-and-white Hindi drama film directed by Asit Sen, starring Waheeda Rehman and Rajesh Khanna. It is especially remembered for its memorable music by Hemant Kumar and lyrics by Gulzar in songs such as "Tum Pukaar Lo... Tumhara Intezaar Hai" sung by Hemant Kumar, "Woh Shaam Kuch Ajeeb Thi" by Kishore Kumar and "Humne Dekhi Hai In Aankhon Ki Mehekti Khushboo" sung by Lata Mangeshkar. Though what really made this film stand out was the B&W cinematography by Kamal Bose, who won Best Cinematographer at the 18th Filmfare Awards for his work in the film and received high critical acclaim for Rehman and Khanna's performances. Rehman's performance earned her a Best Actress nomination at the same ceremony. The film was a moderate success at the box-office. ''Khamoshi'' was shot in Calcutta and was based on the Bengali short story titled ''Nurse Mitra'' by noted Bengali writer, Ashutosh Mukherjee a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Hrishikesh Mukherjee (30 September 1922 – 27 August 2006) was an Indian film director, editor and writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of Indian cinema. Popularly known as ''Hrishi-da'', he directed 42 films during his career spanning over four decades, and is named the pioneer of the 'middle cinema' of India. Renowned for his social films that reflected the changing middle-class ethos, Mukherjee "carved a middle path between the extravagance of mainstream cinema and the stark realism of art film, art cinema". He is known for a number of films, including ''Anari (1959 film), Anari'', ''Satyakam'', ''Chupke Chupke (film), Chupke Chupke'', ''Anupama (1966 film), Anupama'', ''Anand (1971 film), Anand'', ''Abhimaan (1973 film), Abhimaan'', ''Guddi (1971 film), Guddi'', ''Gol Maal'', ''Majhli Didi'', ''Chaitali (film), Chaitali'', ''Aashirwad (film), Aashirwad'', ''Bawarchi'', ''Khubsoorat'', ''Kissi Se Na Kehna'', and ''Namak Haraam.'' He also remained the cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bimal Roy
Bimal Roy (12 July 1909 – 8 January 1966) was an Indian film director. He is particularly noted for his realistic and socialistic films such as ''Do Bigha Zamin'', ''Parineeta (1953 film), Parineeta'', ''Biraj Bahu'', ''Devdas (1955 film), Devdas'', ''Madhumati'', ''Sujata (1959 film), Sujata'', ''Parakh (1960 film), Parakh'' and ''Bandini (1963 film), Bandini'', making him an important director of Bollywood, Hindi cinema. Inspired by Italian neorealism, Italian neo-realistic cinema, he made ''Do Bigha Zamin'' after watching Vittorio De Sica's'' Bicycle Thieves'' (1948). His work is particularly known for his mise en scène which he employed to portray Realism (arts), realism. He won a number of awards throughout his career, including eleven Filmfare Awards, two National Film Awards, and the International Prize of the Cannes Film Festival. ''Madhumati'' won 9 6th Filmfare Awards, Filmfare Awards in 1958, a record held for 37 years. Biography Bimal Roy was born on 12 July 1909 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shashi Kiran
Shashi may refer to: Places and jurisdictions China *Shashi City (), Hubei from 1949 to 1994 *Shashi District (), Jingzhou, Hubei (historically, Shashi City) since 1994 ** Apostolic Prefecture of Shashi ** Jingmen–Shashi railway, single-track railway in Hubei province, China *Shashi, Liuyang (沙市镇), town in Hunan province * Shashi, Shaodong (砂石镇), town of Shaodong County, Hunan province Africa *Shashi River or Shashe River, major left-bank tributary of the Limpopo River in Zimbabwe People Shashi is an Indian and Nepali male and female name, abstracted from ancient Sanskrit language, meaning "Moon". Politics * Shashi Kumar (born 1965), actor and politician from Karnataka, India * Shashi Shrestha, Nepalese politician, Central Committee member of Janamorcha Nepal * Shashi Tharoor (born 1956), Indian Minister of State for Human Resource Development Culture, science and entertainment * Shashi Caan, American architect, designer, advocacy icon, founder of The Shashi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leela Mishra
Leela Mishra (1 January 1908 – 17 January 1988) was an Indian actress. She worked as a character actor in over 200 Hindi films for five decades, and is best remembered for playing stock characters such as aunts (''Chachi'' or ''Mausi''). She is best known for her role of "mausi" in the blockbuster ''Sholay'' (1975), ''Dil Se Mile Dil'' (1978), ''Baton Baton Mein'' (1979), Rajesh Khanna films such as ''Palkon Ki Chhaon Mein'', ''Aanchal'', '' Mehbooba'', ''Amar Prem'' and Rajshri Productions hits such as ''Geet Gaata Chal'' (1975), '' Nadiya Ke Paar'' (1982) and ''Abodh'' (1984). Her career's best performance was in ''Naani Maa'' in 1981, for which she received Best Actress award at the age of 73. Personal life Leela Mishra was married to Ram Prasad Mishra, who was a character artist, then working in silent films. She got married at the very young age of 12. By the time she was 17, she had two daughters. She hailed from Jais, Raebareli, and she and her husband were from ''zami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abhi Bhattacharya
Abhi Bhattacharya (20 November 1921 – 11 August 1993) was an Indian actor of Hindi and Bengali cinema, who is most remembered for his roles in films of the 1950s and the 1960s, such as ''Yatrik'' (1952), ''Jagriti'' (1954), '' Anuradha'' (1960) and '' Subarnarekha'' (1965). In his four decade long acting career he performed in more than 150 films in Hindi and 21 in Bengali. Abhi Bhattacharya worked with eminent film directors of India such as Ritwik Ghatak, Guru Dutt, Bimal Roy and Satyen Bose. Early life Abhi was born in a village close to ''Rajshahi'' town of undivided Bengal (now in Bangladesh). He lost his mother at the age of seven. After his father remarried, young Abhi was sent to ''Gaya (India)'' to live with his maternal uncle and spent his formative years. He did well in school and sports. His aunt inculcated in him the love for drama, music and poetry, particularly those of Rabindranath Tagore. Gradually he developed a passion for films. After graduation, he st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asit Sen (actor)
Asit Sen (13 May 1917 – 18 September 1993) was an Indian film director turned famous comedian in the Hindi film industry. He directed 2 films and starred in over 200 films between 1953 and 1993 until his death. As an actor/comedian, he often portrayed a character with authority, such as a police inspector or landlord, but with comic effect, mostly as a slow-speaking person. His acting career was particularly prolific in the 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s. He had a very thin voice, in striking contrast to his huge physical frame and spoke his dialogues at a slow pace. Sen started his career, assisting director-producer Bimal Roy in Kolkata, however, the Kolkata-based film industry was now on the decline, thus Roy shifted base to Bombay (now Mumbai) along with Roy's team in 1950, which included Sen, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Nabendu Ghosh, Kamal Bose and later Salil Chaudhury. Along with doing small roles in films he directed two films for his mentor's production house, Parivar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mehmood (actor)
Mehmood Ali (29 September 1932 – 23 July 2004), popularly known simply as Mehmood, was an Indian actor, singer, director and producer best known for playing comic roles in Hindi films.Indian comedy actor Mehmood dies on BBC news website Published 23 July 2004, Retrieved 5 November 2019 During his career of more than four decades, he worked in over 300 Hindi films. He is known as India's national comedian.Indian film comedian Mehmood dies at 72 Dawn (newspaper), Published 24 July 2004, Retrieved 7 November 2019 Mehmood received 25 Nominations for filmfare awards, 19 for 'Best Performance in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
