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Mohan Gokhale
Mohan Gokhale (7 November 1953 – 29 April 1999) was an Indian film, television and theater actor who has worked in art films such as '' Sparsh'', ''Bhavni Bhavai'' and ''Mirch Masala''. His father was a senior journalist and Editor of the weekly ''Swarajya'' and Assistant Editor of ''Sakal'' in Pune. Career Mohan Gokhale was passionate about theatre since his childhood and had won many awards for the same during his college days and even at the state level. He founded the Theatre Academy at Pune and directed Nana Patekar's first Marathi play, ''Bhau Murarrao'', which was written by Vijay Tendulkar. Gokhale's career in theatre began with ''Farari'', which was directed by Ravindra Mankani. His work in ''Mahapur'' by Vijaya Mehta won him a state level award. His first play was ''Kasturimrug''. Gokhale debuted on television in the Marathi TV series, ''Shwetambara''. Gokhale is best remembered for the popular comedy TV series, '' Mr. Yogi'' (1989), where he played the lead role of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgaum
Belgaum (ISO 15919, ISO: ''Bēḷagāma''; also Belgaon and officially known as Belagavi) is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka located in its northern part along the Western Ghats. It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous Belagavi division and Belagavi district. The Government of Karnataka has proposed making Belagavi the second capital of Karnataka alongside Bangalore, Bengaluru, hence a second state administrative building Suvarna Vidhana Soudha was inaugurated on 11 October 2012. Belagavi has been selected in first phase out of 20 cities, as one of the hundred Indian cities to be developed as a smart city under Narendra Modi, PM Narendra Modi's flagship Smart Cities Mission. History Belgaum was founded in late 12th century AD by the Ratta dynasty, who shifted from nearby Saundatti. A Ratta official named Bichiraja built Kamal Basadi, a Jain temple, dedicated to Neminatha in 1204, which came to be called Kamalabasti. Pillars found inside Belgaum fort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (; ; 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948), popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist Quote: "... marks Gandhi as a hybrid cosmopolitan figure who transformed ... anti-colonial nationalist politics in the twentieth-century in ways that neither indigenous nor westernized Indian nationalists could." and political ethicist Quote: "Gandhi staked his reputation as an original political thinker on this specific issue. Hitherto, violence had been used in the name of political rights, such as in street riots, regicide, or armed revolutions. Gandhi believes there is a better way of securing political rights, that of nonviolence, and that this new way marks an advance in political ethics." who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule, and to later inspire movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific ''Mahātmā'' (Sanskrit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aranyaka (film)
Aranyaka (A Trip Into the Jungle) is a 1994 Indian Hindi drama film directed by Apurba Kishore Bir. The film stars Sarat Pujari, Navni Parihar, Sanjana Kapoor and Mohan Gokhale in lead roles. Based on a short story ''Aranyaka'' by eminent writer Padma Bhushan Manoj Das, the film is set in rural Odisha, where a formal local ruler organizes a hunt for his invited guests, which goes wrong. The film highlights the clash between ruling class and indigenous people of the region. Cast * Sarat Pujari as Raja Saheb * Mohan Gokhale as Mr. Mitty * Lalatendu Rath as Major * Sanjana Kapoor as Elina * Navni Parihar Navni Parihar is an Indian film and television actress. She made her debut with the TV serial '' Mujrim Haazir'' as the main lead alongside Nutan and Utpal Dutt''.'' In the 90s, she was one of the most sought after top lead actresses of televisi ... as Mrs. Mitty * Sunil Sing as Shyamal * Subrata Mahapatra as Chowkidar * Jangyaseni Jena as Tribal girl * Ajay Nath as Tribal boy * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hero Hiralal
''Hero Hiralal'' is a 1988 Indian film directed by Ketan Mehta, starring Naseeruddin Shah and Sanjana Kapoor in leading roles. It is a movie about an auto rickshaw driver who falls in love with a film actress. The movie showcased performances by the lead actors and by Saeed Jaffrey and Satish Shah in their supporting roles. This marked Sanjana Kapoor's first leading role in a Bollywood film. Synopsis Naseeruddin Shah is Hero Hiralal, a Hyderabadi auto-rickshaw driver who meets an upcoming Bollywood starlet, Roopa (Sanjana Kapoor) and becomes her tour guide. Soon, the two fall in love. Work takes Roopa back to Bombay. Hero, pining for his lover, follows her and has an encounter with her family members, who clearly disapprove of him. Rupa's family tells her to reject Hero's love and move on with her career. Buckling under family pressure, Roopa is compelled to abandon her love, which causes Hero to fall into depression and attempt suicide. He is saved in time by Rani Sitara Devi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holi (1984 Film)
''Holi'' is a 1984 Indian coming-of-age drama film directed by Ketan Mehta, whose socially conscious work has been compared to American director Spike Lee. It is based on eponymous play by Marathi writer, Mahesh Elkunchwar.Holi (1984)- Movie Review '''', 8 April 1985. The film starred , , |
Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho!
''Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho!'' () is a 1984 Hindi art film, made by Saeed Akhtar Mirza, based on his own story, during the Parallel Cinema period of Indian cinema. The film is a comic satire on a judicial system, where cases drag on for decades, where plaintiffs either die or lose hope and money, while the corrupt run scot free, thanks to their nexus with corrupt lawyers. It won the 1984 National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare. Plot An elderly couple, Mohan Joshi (Bhisham Sahni) and his wife (Dina Pathak), sues their landlord ( Amjad Khan) for not maintaining their 'collapsing' apartment building. For this, they hire two cunning lawyers (Naseeruddin Shah and Satish Shah), while Rohini Hattangadi is the opposition lawyer. The court case drags on for years and the lawyers milk the old couple dry, while they become rich. Back home in the society, the old couple is ridiculed for fighting the landlord, but they fight on nevertheless. In the end, when the judge comes to chec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aadat Se Majboor (film)
''Adat Se Majboor'' () is a 1982 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Ambrish Sangal, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Mohan Gokhale, Neena Gupta, Gloria Mahanty, Bijainee Misra and Lalatendu Rath. Cast *Mithun Chakraborty - Shankar Shastri *Ranjeeta - Neetu Verma * Rameshwari - Salma / Shanti * Madan Puri - Dinanath Shastri *Amrish Puri - Joginder Singh / Agnihotri *Om Shivpuri - Dr. Verma * Sudha Shivpuri - Mrs. Verma *Mohan Choti - Ramu * Padmini Kapila - Madam Zorro * C.S. Dubey - Dheeru Bhai *Moolchand - Bachchu Bhai *Master Fareed - Young Shankar *Baby Priya - Young Neetu *Pappu - Young Ramu *Dulari - Nadira Shaikh *Ranvir Raj - Agnihotri's Manager Soundtrack The film has 6 songs, written by Indivar & Nida Fazli and composed by Usha Khanna. #"Ram Kare Ke Umar Qaid (Female)" – Lata Mangeshkar #"Ya Rehmat-E-Alam" – Lata Mangeshkar #"Ram Kare Ke Umar Qaid Hame (Male)" – Shailendra Singh #"Aankh Dil Ki Zubaan Hoti Hai" – Usha Mangeshkar, Mah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hun Hunshi Hunshilal
''Hun Hunshi Hunshilal'' (; English Title: ''Love in the Time of Malaria'') is a 1992 Indian Gujarati-language musical political satire film directed by Sanjiv Shah. Plot In the kingdom of Khojpuri, King Bhadrabhoop II (Mohan Gokhale), is annoyed by mosquitoes (representative of middle and lower class). In a small village, Doongri, Hunshi is born to a doctor. After growing up, he adopts more respectable moniker, Hunshilal (Dilip Joshi). Hunshilal moves to Khojpuri to work at Queen's Lab, a laboratory which aims to eradicate mosquitoes problem once and for all. At the lab, Hunshilal falls in love with the fellow scientist, Parveen (Renuka Shahane). Cast * Dilip Joshi as Hunshilal * Renuka Shahane as Parveen * Manoj Joshi * Mohan Gokhale as King Bhadrabhoop II of Khojpuri * Arvind Vaidya as King's assistant Soundtrack The film had 45 songs. The composer Rajat Dholakia Rajat Dholakia a.k.a. Juku is an Indian composer [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moksha (2001 Film)
''Moksha'', also known as ''Moksha: Salvation'', is a 2001 Indian crime drama film produced and directed by Ashok Mehta in his directorial debut. The film stars Arjun Rampal and Manisha Koirala. The film won Best Cinematography and Best Audiography at 48th National Film Awards. Plot The story is about law graduate Vikram Saigal who is not happy with his lot at all. He is very idealistic and wants to battle corruption and society and change the world. A young girl, Hritika takes a fancy to him and goes all out to woo him, at first he rejects her advances and eventually he gives in after she presents him with an expensive painting and they become a couple. His idealism includes him wanting to set up a "free for the poor" law service, but he finds it impossible to find any other like-minded lawyers. His boss and his father think he's too young and naïve to fully understand the implications of giving free legal services and he becomes more and more disillusioned and plans how ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hey Ram
''Hey Ram'' is a 2000 Indian period crime drama film written, directed and produced by Kamal Haasan, who also stars. It was simultaneously made in Tamil and Hindi languages. Shah Rukh Khan plays a supporting role, making his debut in Tamil cinema. The film's soundtrack and score were composed by Ilaiyaraaja. It is an alternate history film that depicts India's Partition and the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi by Nathuram Godse. The Hindi version was distributed by Khan's Dreamz Unlimited. The film was screened at the International Film Festival of India and selected by Film Federation of India as its submission to the Oscars in the year 2000, but was not nominated. The film has garnered three National Film Awards. Internationally, the film was screened at the 25th Toronto International Film Festival and at the 2000 Locarno Festival. Plot The movie begins in 1999, with Saket Ram, an 89-year-old Hindu man, on his death bed in Madras. He is being taken care of by his gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamal Haasan
Kamal Haasan (born 7 November 1954) is an Indian actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, playback singer, television presenter and politician who works mainly in Tamil cinema and has also appeared in some Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Kannada and Bengali language, Bengali films. He has been recognised as an influence for actors and filmmakers in the Tamil film industry. He is also known for introducing many new technologies and cosmetics to the Indian film industry. He has won numerous accolades, including four National Film Awards and 20 Filmfare Awards South, Filmfare Awards. He was awarded the Kalaimamani, Kalaimamani Award in 1984, the List of Padma Shri award recipients (1990–1999), Padma Shri in 1990, the List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (2010–2019), Padma Bhushan in 2014 and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (''Chevalier'') in 2016. Haasan started his career as a child artist in the 1960 Tamil language, Tamil-language film ''Kalathur Kannamma'', for which he won the Rashtr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bharat Ek Khoj
''Bharat Ek Khoj'' () is a 53-episode Indian historical drama based on the book ''The Discovery of India'' (1946) by Jawaharlal Nehru that covers a 5,000-year history of India from its beginnings to independence from the British in 1947. The drama was directed, written and produced by Shyam Benegal with cinematographer V. K. Murthy in 1988 for state-owned Doordarshan. Shama Zaidi co-wrote the script. Its cast included Om Puri, Roshan Seth, Tom Alter and Sadashiv Amrapurkar. Jawaharlal Nehru was portrayed by Roshan Seth, the same role he portrayed in the Oscar-winning film ''Gandhi''. Production designer Nitish Roy with assistants Samir Chanda and Nitin Desai built 144 sets. Cast and episode list Broadcast The 53 episodes series was launched in November 1988 which coincide with the birth centenary of Nehru. The series was re-telecasted on DD Bharati from 27 May 2013 on the occasion of 49th death anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru. See also * Pradhanmantri * Bharatvarsh (TV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
