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N. Dutta
Datta Naik (12 December 1927 – 30 December 1987), also credited as N. Datta, was an Indian film music director in Hindi films. Born in the then Portuguese colony of Goa, Naik, started his career as an assistant to the legendary music director S. D. Burman in films like '' Bahar, Sazaa, Ek Nazar'' (1951), '' Jaal'' (1952), '' Jeewan Jyoti'' (1953) and ''Angarey'' (1954). His partnership with songwriter Sahir Ludhianvi was popular and successful. He died on 30 December 1987. Early life Datta Naik was born in 1927 in Aroba (near Colvale), a small village in Goa. At the age of 12, he ran away from his family and came to Mumbai. There he learnt classical music and later worked as an assistant to Ghulam Haider. He was a close friend of Chandrakant Bhosle who was playing rhythm with Shankar Jaikishan's orchestra. He also used to participate in street music programs, where Sachin Dev Burman spotted his talent. The maestro employed him as his assistant and while working there, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese India
The State of India ( pt, Estado da Índia), also referred as the Portuguese State of India (''Estado Português da Índia'', EPI) or simply Portuguese India (), was a state of the Portuguese Empire founded six years after the discovery of a sea route to the Indian subcontinent by Vasco da Gama, a subject of the Kingdom of Portugal. The capital of Portuguese India served as the governing centre of a string of military forts and trade posts scattered all over the Indian Ocean. The first viceroy, Francisco de Almeida established his base of operations at Fort Manuel, after the Kingdom of Cochin negotiated to become a protectorate of Portugal in 1505. With the Portuguese conquest of Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate in 1510, Goa became the major anchorage for the Portuguese Armadas arriving in India. The capital of the viceroyalty was transferred from Cochin in the Malabar region to Goa in 1530. From 1535, Mumbai (Bombay) was a harbour of Portuguese India as '' Bom Bahia'', unt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Nisar Akhtar
Jan Nisar Akhtar (18 February 1914 – 19 August 1976) was an Indian poet of Urdu ghazals and nazms, and a part of the Progressive Writers' Movement, who was also a lyricist for Bollywood. He was son of Muztar Khairabadi and great grandson of Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi his career spanned four decades during which he worked with music composers including C. Ramchandra, O.P. Nayyar, Datta Naik also credited as N. Datta and Khayyam and wrote 151 songs. Notable among them were songs from his breakthrough film, AR Kardar's ''Yasmin'' (1955), ''Aankhon hi Aankhon Mein'' in Guru Dutt's ''CID'' (1956), ''Yeh dil aur unki nigahon ke saaye'' in Prem Parbat (1974) and ''Aaja re'' in ''Noorie'' (1979) and his last song, ''Ae Dil-e-naadaan'', in Kamal Amrohi's '' Razia Sultan'' (1983). His poetry works include ''Nazr-e-Butaan'', ''Salaasil'', ''Javidaan'', ''Pichali Pehar'', ''Ghar Angan'' and ''Khaak-e-dil''. The latter ("The Ashes of Heart") was a poetry collection for which he was awarde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marine Drive (film)
''Marine Drive'' is a 1955 Indian Hindi-language film, starring Ajit, Bina Rai in lead roles. The film deals with the smuggling business and underworld crime. It was the first film that G. P. Sippy released under his production house Sippy Films. Sahir Ludhianvi composed lyrics for the film and told Sippy that because Sippy did not drink, he would never understand the lyrics "Mujhko na koi hosh na gham, main nashe main hoon" (English: "Neither me nor any conscious sorrow, I'm drunk, I am") from the film. Cast * Ajit as Ajit Prasad * Bina Rai as Beena Khanna * K. N. Singh as Mr. Khanna * Johnny Walker as Johny Soundtrack References External links ''Marine Drive''at the Internet Movie Database IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ... 1955 films 1950s Hindi-l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milap
''Milap'' is a 1972 Bollywood action film directed by B. R. Ishara. The film stars Shatrughan Sinha, Reena Roy and Danny Denzongpa in lead roles. Cast * Shatrughan Sinha as Ravi / Raju * Reena Roy as Rani Chalava / Rukmani * Danny Denzongpa as Raju * Manmohan Krishna as Judge * Fazlu as Raghunath * Sarita as Radha Soundtrack Music The film has a popular song "Kai Sadiyon Se, Kai Janmo Se" sung by Mukesh Mukesh is an epithet for the Hindu god Shiva, and literally means "conqueror of the Muka demon". It also means god of 3 worlds, heaven, hell & earth, which in turn represents Hindu god Shiva. It is commonly used as a male given name in India. Peopl .... External links * References 1972 films 1970s Hindi-language films 1970s action films Films directed by B. R. Ishara {{1970s-action-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sahir Ludhiyanvi
Abdul Hayee (8 March 1921 – 25 October 1980), popularly known by his pen name (takhallus) Sahir Ludhianvi, was an Indian poet and film song lyricist who wrote primarily in Urdu in addition to Hindi. His work influenced Indian cinema, in particular Bollywood films. Sahir won a Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist for ''Taj Mahal'' (1963). He won a second Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist for his work in ''Kabhie Kabhie'' (1976). He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1971.Sahir Ludhianvi's Padma Shri and Filmfare Awards on GoogleBooks website Acce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geeta Dutt
Geeta Dutt (born Geeta Ghosh Roy Chowdhuri; 23 November 1930 – 20 July 1972) was an Indian playback singer and a famous Hindi and Bengali classical artist, born in Faridpur before the Partition of India. She found particular prominence as a playback singer in Hindi cinema. She is considered as one of the best playback singers of all time in Hindi films. She also sang many modern Bengali songs, both in the film and non-film genre. Early life Geeta Ghosh Roy Chowdhuri was one of 10 children born to a wealthy Zamindar family in a village named Idilpur, Madaripur Subdivision (presently under Gosairhat Upzilla of Shariatpur District, Bangladesh), formerly under Faridpur district in Bengal, British India. Her family moved to Calcutta and Assam in the early 1940s, leaving behind their land and properties. In 1942, her parents moved to an apartment in Bombay. Geeta was twelve and continued her schooling at the Bengali High School. Singing career K. Hanuman Prasad took Geeta under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chehre Pe Chehra
''Chehre Pe Chehra'' () is a 1981 Indian Hindi-language science fiction film produced and directed by Raj Tilak. It stars Sanjeev Kumar, Vinod Mehra, Shatrughan Sinha, Rekha and Sulakshana Pandit. It is an adaptation of the 1886 novella ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' by Robert Louis Stevenson. Plot Wilson is a scientist who feels that every human has both angelic and devilish elements in themselves. He strongly believes that these two elements can be segregated and then a medicine can be invented to eliminate the undesirable element, while leaving only the desirable element intact. Wilson eventually invents a potion to put his theory into effect. He decides to test the invention on himself. But the result does not occur as he had theorised: although his devilish persona gets segregated from his angelic persona, it is much more powerful, and Wilson is unable to eliminate it. Cast * Sanjeev Kumar as Dr. Wilson / Blackstone * Vinod Mehra as David * Shatrughan Sinha a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bala Gau Kashi Angai
''Bala Gau Kashi Angai'' is a Marathi movie released on 4 April 1977. Alka loses her mind when her baby dies after Madhuri accidentally drops him. Feeling guilty, Madhuri marries Sridhar with the intention of giving her baby to Alka, which may help her recover. The movie has been produced by M.S.Salvi and directed by Kamlakar Torne. Cast * Asha Kale as Madhuri * Vikram Gokhale as Vasant *Nayantara as Alka * Satish Dubhashi as Shridhar * Madhukar Toradmal as Madhuri's father * Vatsala Deshmukh as Madhuri's mother * Raja Bapat * Sarswati Bodas * Datta Bhatt * Ramesh Salgaonkar * Shantaram Desai * Jaywant Pawar * Shantabai Sathe Soundtrack The music has been directed by N. Dutta and all lyrics were written by Jagdish Khebudkar. Track listing *"Dhundit Gau Mastit Rahu" (Lyricist(s): Madhusudan Kelkar, Jagdish Khebudkar) - Mahendra Kapoor, Asha Bhosle *"Nimbonichya Jhadamage" - Suman Kalyanpur *"Halke Halke Jojawa" - Usha Mangeshkar Usha Mangeshkar (born 15 December 1935) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 started in 1954 and was very popular singer in the 1960s and 1970s. She recorded songs for movies in several languages besides Hindi, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Maithili, Bhojpuri, Rajasthani, Bengali, Odia and Punjabi. She is considered among the popular singers of her prime time. Personal life ;Early life Suman Kalyanpur was born as Suman Hemmadi on 28 January 1937 in Dhaka (now in Bangladesh). Suman Kalyanpur's father Shankar Rao Hemadi hailed from a Saraswat Brahmin family belonging to Mangalore. Hemmadi is a village in Kundapur Taluk of Udupi District, Karnataka. He served on a top post in the Central Bank of India and was posted to Dhaka for a very long period. Apart from father and mother Seeta Hemmadi, there were 5 d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aag Aur Daag
''Aag Dur Daag'' is a 1970 Hindi-language action drama film directed by A. Salaam. The film stars Joy Mukherjee and Madan Puri. The film's music is by Datta Naik. Plot Bombay-based Young Raja witnesses his parents commit suicide after being cheated and defeated in a game of cards by an unknown male. He grows up under the mentor-ship of Madanlal, who witnessed the cheating incident, with only one motive - to avenge his parents' death, and becomes an expert at cards. En route to Mahabuleshwar, He meets with wealthy Renu, both fall in love, and gets married. Her widowed father gives him full control of his business as well as much money. Raja opens up a gambling den and hopes to attract the unknown gambler. It is this move that will result in bitterness and turn his life upside down. Cast * Joy Mukherjee as Raja * Poonam Sinha as Renu * I. S. Johar as Murli (Taxi Driver) * Madan Puri as Madanlal 'Baba' * Jayant as Shyam * Helen Helen may refer to: People * Helen of Troy, in G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naya Raasta
''Naya Raasta'' ( ''New Path''; Hindi: ''नया रास्ता'') is a 1970 Hindi-language drama film, produced by I.A.Nadiadwala on Pushpa Pictures banner and directed by Khalid Akhtar. The film stars Jeetendra, Asha Parekh, and music composed by N. Datta. Plot Chander (Jeetendra) is a very successful criminal lawyer decides to settle down in a village and look after his land after his father's death. He practices the new ideas that and tries to educate the workers by mixing up with them. In the process, he falls in love with a beautiful girl Shallo (Asha Parekh). Now everyone tries to pressurize Chander not to marry Shallo, but he was firm, which Panchayat couldn't accomplish by force, Chander's mother manages it with ease by describing the consequences of such marriage, and she persuades Shallo to get married to the boy of her community and she has to do so. Chander is aghast and heartbroken. However, this disappointment in love, instead of breaking him, Chander works w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dharamputra
''Dharmputra'' is a 1961 Hindi film directed by Yash Chopra based on a novel of the same name by Acharya Chatursen. This is Yash's second directorial venture. It was the first Hindi film to depict the partition of India, and Hindu fundamentalism. Produced by his elder brother B.R. Chopra, who was himself uprooted from Lahore, during the partition of India and established B.R. Films in Mumbai in 1956. The film dealt with issues of religious bigotry, fanaticism and communalism amidst the backdrop of the partition. Two years earlier, Yash Chopra had made his debut with ''Dhool Ka Phool'' (1959), steeped in Nehruvian secularism, wherein a Muslim brings up an "illegitimate" Hindu child and featured the classic song "Tu Hindu Banega Na Musalman Banega, Insaan Ki Aulaad Hai, Insaan Banega". The theme was reversed in this film as herein a Hindu family brings up an illegitimate Muslim child. This was Shashi Kapoor's first film as an adult actor playing the pivotal role of a Hindu fundament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
