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Raja Thakur
Raja Thakur (1923–1975) was an Indian film director predominantly working in the Marathi film industry. He is best known for his films ''Me Tulas Tujhya Angani'' (1960), ''Rangalya Ratree Ashya'' (1962), ''Ektee'' (1968), ''Mumbaicha Jawai'' (1970), ''Gharkul'' (1971) and ''Jawai Vikat Ghene Aahe'' (1972); for which he won National and State-level awards. Career Thakur was born in 1923 in Phonda near Kolhapur, Maharashtra. He started his film career as assistant to Master Vinayak and Raja Paranjape and directed various films in the 1960s based on storylines of middle-class Maharashtrian people. This genre was a repeated feature in directorial works of Thakur and Rajdutt, who dominated the industry then before the comedies of Dada Kondke became popular in the 1970s. He also produced films under his banner "Nav Chitra". The 1955 released social film ''Me Tulas Tujhya Angani'' was produced under his banner Nav Chitra and had Hindustani classical music-based songs sung by Bhimse ...
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Ranjit Desai
Ranjit loda Desai (8 April 1928 – 6 March 1992) was an Indian Marathi-language writer from Maharashtra, India. He is best known for his historical novels Swami and Shriman Yogi. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1964 and the Padma Shri in 1973. Works Desai's most prominent creations are "Swami" and "Shriman Yogi". His other works are as below. Novels * Radheya - A Story narrating the life of 'Karna' - The Eldest of all Pandav's and his tyranny. *Swami - Received Sahitya Akademi award * Shrimaan Yogi - Based on Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj * Baari * Raja Ravi Varma * Pavankhind * Lakshavedh * Maza Gaon * Shekara * Pratiksha * Abhogi * Samidha Collections of short stories * Roop Mahal * Madhumati * Jaan * Kanav * Gandhali * Aalekh * Kamodini * Morpankhi Sawalya * Katal * Babulmora * Sanket * Prapat * Megh * Vaishakh * Ashadh * Mekh Mogari * Sneha Dhara Plays * Kanchan Mrug * Dhan Apure * Pankh Zale Vairi * Sangeet Samrat Tansen * Garud Zep * Ram Shashtri * Shriman Yo ...
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Government Of Maharashtra
The Government of Maharashtra is the state governing authority for the state of Maharashtra, India. It is a democratically elected government with 288 MLAs elected to the Vidhan Sabha for a five-year term. Maharashtra has a Maharashtra Legislature which consists of two Houses, the Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) and the Vidhan Parishad (Legislative Council). As is the case in a parliamentary system, the government is formed by the party, alliance or group of assembly members who command the majority in the Lower House. The Lower House majority leader becomes the Chief Minister and selects the cabinet members from both Houses. In case an unelected person becomes the Chief Minister, they must be elected to either House within the following six months. Head Leaders Council of Ministers On 30 June 2022 Eknath Shinde was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra on 30 June 2022, on resignation of his predecessor Uddhav Thackeray. Shinde leads a government consisting of h ...
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Maharashtra State Film Awards
Maharashtra State Film Awards, one of the prestigious awards of Marathi cinema, are awarded by the Government of Maharashtra to Marathi language films and artists. They were first awarded in 1963. Winners 2000 This year's award ceremony took place at Dadaji Kondadev Stadium, Thane, with the then Chief Minister of Maharashtra (late) Vilasrao Deshmukh inaugurating the function. Actor Ashok Saraf won his eleventh award for Best Actor in the Comic Role category. The following awards were presented: * V Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award – Bhagwan Dada and Vasant Dada Painter * Best Film – ''Gabhara'' * Best Actor – Sachin Khedekar for ''Gharabaher'' * Best Actress – Aishwarya Narkar for ''Ghe Bharari'' * Best Supporting Actor – Suhas Palshikar for ''Gabhara'' * Best Supporting Actress – Jyoti Chandale for ''Gabhara'' * Best Actor in a Comic Role – Ashok Saraf * Best Actress in a Comic Role – Neena Sawant for ''Bindhaast'' * Best Actor (Critics) – Mohan Joshi for ...
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18th National Film Awards
The 18th National Film Awards were held in Chennai, India in November 1971 by the Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting for Indian films released in 1970. The awards were presented by then President of India, V. V. Giri. Juries The award winners were chosen by four juries, one each for the Bombay, Calcutta and Madras regions and a central jury for all India. For the 18th National Film Awards the central jury was headed by Justice G. D. Khosla. * Jury Members: Central ** G. D. Khosla (Chair)Shiela VatsTeji BachchanV. K. Narayana MenonAshis BurmanAli Sardar JafriAmmu SwaminathanDin DayalNasir Hussain U. Visweswar Rao Subodh Mitra * Regional Jury: Bombay ** Vijay Tendulkar (Chair)Firoze RangoonwallaBikram Singh K. K. HebbarIrene HerediaIsmat ChughtaiL. G. JogGopinath TalwalkarDevendra GoelShatrujit Paul Bhappi Sonie * Regional Jury: Calcutta ** Amala Shankar (Chair)Amina KarAnant MahapatraA. K. PramanickTarun RoyPankaj MullickRajendra Nath BaruaShibatosh MukerjeeNar ...
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Piya Ka Ghar
''Piya Ka Ghar'' ( My beloved's house) is a 1972 Indian Hindi-language comedy set in Mumbai in the 1970s. It is a remake of Raja Thakur's Marathi film ''Mumbaicha Jawai''. It portrays the difficulties of life in India's biggest city during the 1970s in the form of a comic family drama. Its song ''"Ye Jeevan Hai"'' sung by Kishore Kumar was frequently used in 2022 movie Uunchai in background as a part of the story plot. Plot The two main characters are Ram and Malti (Jaya Bhaduri). Ram lives in a chawl (tenement) in Mumbai. Malti initially lives in a relatively comfortable home in an unidentified village. Ram and Malti are hooked up through a matchmaker that their parents have hired. We first see the matchmaker visiting Malti's house; he then visits Ram and his family (parents, two brothers, one sister-in-law, three uncles, and two aunts), who live together in a one-room apartment. Ram and Malti fall in love, and Ram's family visits her in her village. Soon, they are married, ...
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Basu Chatterjee
Basu Chatterjee ( bn, বাসু চ্যাটার্জ্জী; 10 January 1927 – 4 June 2020) was an Indian film director and screenwriter. Through the 1970s and 1980s, Chatterjee became associated with what came to be known as middle cinema or middle-of-the-road cinema filmmakers, such as Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Basu Bhattacharya, whom he assisted on ''Teesri Kasam'' (1966). Like their films, his films dealt with light-hearted stories of middle-class families often in urban settings, focusing on marital and love relationships, with exceptions such as ''Ek Ruka Hua Faisla'' (1986) and ''Kamla Ki Maut'' (1989), which delved into social and moral issues. He is best known for his films '' Us Paar'', ''Chhoti Si Baat'' (1975), ''Chitchor'' (1976), ''Rajnigandha'' (1974), ''Piya Ka Ghar'' (1972), ''Khatta Meetha'', ''Swami (1977 film)'', ''Baton Baton Mein'' (1979), ''Priyatama'' (1977), '' Man Pasand'', ''Hamari Bahu Alka'', ''Shaukeen'' (1982), and ''Chameli Ki Shaadi ...
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Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national republics; in practice, both its government and its economy were highly centralized until its final years. It was a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, with the city of Moscow serving as its capital as well as that of its largest and most populous republic: the Russian SFSR. Other major cities included Leningrad (Russian SFSR), Kiev (Ukrainian SSR), Minsk ( Byelorussian SSR), Tashkent (Uzbek SSR), Alma-Ata (Kazakh SSR), and Novosibirsk (Russian SFSR). It was the largest country in the world, covering over and spanning eleven time zones. The country's roots lay in the October Revolution of 1917, when the Bolsheviks, under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the Russian Provisional Government ...
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Mumbai Mirror
The ''Mumbai Mirror'' is an Indian English-language newspaper published in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Launched in 2005 as a compact daily newspaper, its coverage focuses on city specific local news and civic issues concerning education, healthcare and municipal administration. The founding editor of the paper was Meenal Baghel who is credited for developing an aggressive public service oriented editorial outlook for the paper. In 2017, it had a readership of over 1.8 million which made it the fifth most widely read English language newspaper in the country. The newspaper is owned by The Times Group, the publisher of ''The Times of India.'' It was launched as part of a ringfencing tactic against competitors in the city of Mumbai. The paper's growth in circulation and positive editorial reception inspired the creation of other city specific newspapers such as the '' Bangalore Mirror'', '' Pune Mirror'' and ''Ahmedabad Mirror''. In 2020, it was bundled with the other ''Mirror'' newspap ...
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Chawl
A chawl is a type of residential building found in western India, similar to a tenement. Typically low quality housing, chawls are generally associated with poverty. The first chawls were constructed in the early 1700s, as housing for industrial workers. History Chawls are rooted in the history of Bombay's (now Mumbai) colonial past. Workers migrated to Bombay from far and wide, as Bombay was the center of trade for the East India Company. However, due to the land being unequally divided, British merchants and officials lived in sprawling bungalows, leaving little space for the working class. To accommodate this workforce, Chawls sprung up. These were tiny one room apartments shared by up to five people. Being highly congested, unsanitary, and unsafe, these were also more expensive than comparable accommodation in other Indian cities. Town planning in Bombay finally came about due to fears of a plague epidemic, due to which The City Of Bombay Improvement Trust was established ...
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16th National Film Awards
The 16th National Film Awards, presented by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in 1968. Ceremony took place at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi on 13 February 1970. With 16th National Film Awards, three new awards were introduced, mainly for Best Film on Family Welfare, Best Child Artist and Best Film Lyric Writer. Moreover, for male and female singers, awards were differentiated with Best Male Playback Singer and Best Female Playback Singer respectively. Juries Six different committees were formed based on the film making sectors in India, mainly based in Bombay, Calcutta and Madras along with the award categories. Another committee for all India level was also formed which included some of the members from regional committee. For 16th National Film Awards, central committee was headed by Justice G. D. Khosla. * Jury Members: Central ** G. D. Khosla (Chairperson)Sitaram KesriSheila BhatiaA. C. JalanEzra Mir B. K. ...
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Sakal
''Sakal'' (Marathi: सकाळ, meaning "Morning") is a Marathi-language daily newspaper by Sakal Media Group, its headquarters established in Pune, Maharashtra, India. Sakal is the flagship newspaper of the foundation publication, Sakal Media Group. It ranks among the top 10 language dailies of India and it is the largest circulated Marathi newspaper. Pratap Govindrao Pawar has been in the board of Sakal since 1985 and is currently the chairman of the Group. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulation's (ABC) latest report, Sakal is the highest circulated and the most sold newspaper in Maharashtra with a daily circulation of approximately 1.3 million. Dr. N. P. a.k.a. Nanasaheb Parulekar was the founder of ''Sakal''. It is published in the cities of Pune, Mumbai, Kolhapur, Sangli, Nashik, Aurangabad, Nanded, Parbhani, Solapur, Nagpur, Satara, Akola and Jalgaon. The group's other operations consist of regional newspapers, magazines and Internet publishing, together e ...
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