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Ravindra Jain
Ravindra Jain (28 February 1944 – 9 October 2015) was an Indian music composer, lyricist and playback singer. He started his career in the early 1970s by composing for several hit movies. His notable works include '' Chor Machaye Shor'' (1974), ''Geet Gaata Chal'' (1975), ''Chitchor'' (1976) and ''Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se'' (1978), '' Nadiya Ke Paar'' (1982), ''Ram Teri Ganga Maili'' (1985) and ''Vivah'' (2006). He composed music for many films and TV shows including Ramanand Sagar's epic '' Ramayan'' (1987), which became iconic. He was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian award of the Republic of India in 2015 for his contribution to arts. Early life and education Ravindra Jain was born blind on 28 February 1944 to Pandit Indramani Jain and Kiran Jain as the third child of seven brothers and one sister. He belongs to the Jain community. His father was a Sanskrit pandit and his mother was a homemaker. His father recognised his talent and sent him to stalwar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aligarh
Aligarh (; formerly known as Allygarh, and Kol) is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. It is the administrative headquarters of Aligarh district, and lies northwest of state capital Lucknow and approximately southeast of the capital, New Delhi. The districts which adjoin Aligarh are Gautam Buddha Nagar, Bulandshahr, Sambhal, Badaun, Kasganj, Hathras, Etah and Mathura. As of 2011, Aligarh is the 53rd most populous city in India. The recorded history of Aligarh begins with the establishment of the Aligarh Fort in the 16th century. It is a university town, notable as the seat of Aligarh Muslim University, which was founded here as Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College in 1875, initiating the Aligarh Movement. History Written references to the city commence only from 12th century onward; however, archeological records suggest that the town used to be inhabited by Jains. The area of Aligarh before the Ghurid conquest of the region, was under the sway of Dor Rajputs in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vivah
''Vivah'' () is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film, written and directed by Sooraj R. Barjatya and starring Shahid Kapoor and Amrita Rao in the lead roles. The movie was produced and distributed by Rajshri Productions. ''Vivah'' tells the story of two individuals, and relates their journey from engagement to marriage and aftermath. ''Vivah'' is the fourth film to feature Shahid Kapoor opposite Amrita Rao. The film was released on 10 November 2006, and became one of the biggest commercial successes of the year, grossing more than worldwide. Critical reception was mixed; some reviewers found it dramatically lacking and bloated, but it also has been credited for triggering changes to the way marriage is depicted on film. It became an unexpected success, as well as Kapoor and Rao's biggest commercial success at that point. Kapoor and Rao's performance in the film earned them a nomination for Best Actor and Best Actress respectively at the Screen Awards. ''Vivah'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yesudas
Kattassery Joseph Yesudas (born 10 January 1940) is an Indian playback singer and musician who sings Indian classical, devotional and film songs. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest singers in the history of Indian Music and also as a cultural icon of Kerala. Yesudas is estimated to have recorded more than 50,000 songs in various Indian languages, including Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Hindi, Odia, Bengali, Marathi as well as Arabic, English, Latin, and Russian, in a career spanning six decades. He is often referred to as ''Gaanagandharvan'' ( The Celestial Singer). He is one of the highly acclaimed singers in India. Yesudas holds the record for singing 11 songs in different languages in a single day. He has also composed a number of Malayalam film songs during the 1970s and 1980s. Yesudas won the National Award for the Best Male Playback Singer record eight times, the Filmfare Awards South five times, and the State Award for the Best Playback Singer forty-three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henna (film)
''Henna'' is a 1991 Indian romance drama film, written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, produced and directed by Randhir Kapoor. It stars Rishi Kapoor, along with Pakistani actress Zeba Bakhtiyar in the title role and Ashwini Bhave. This film was planned and started by director Raj Kapoor, but due to his death during the filming, the remaining portions were directed by his eldest son Randhir. It is considered as the last film of Raj Kapoor. The dialogues of the film were written by the Pakistani writer Haseena Moin. The film was a critical and a commercial success and was also India's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. Plot Chandar Prakash (Rishi Kapoor), who lives in Srinagar, is about to get engaged to Chandni Kaul (Ashwini Bhave), whom he calls Chand. On the day of his engagement, he meets with an accident and mistakenly strays into the Pakistani side of Kashmir. A native girl, Henna (Zeba Bakhtiar), falls in love with him, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Insaf Ka Tarazu
''Insaf Ka Tarazu'' () is a 1980 Hindi revenge drama film produced and directed by B. R. Chopra, based on the 1976 drama film ''Lipstick''. The film stars Zeenat Aman, Raj Babbar, Deepak Parashar, Padmini Kolhapure, Iftekhar, Simi Garewal, Shreeram Lagoo and Dharmendra in a guest appearance. The music of the film was composed by Ravindra Jain. The film was remade later in Telugu as '' Edi Dharmam Edi Nyayam?'' (1982), and in Tamil as Neethi Devan Mayakkam, with Madhavi in Zeenat Aman's role. The film became a box office Big hit. Even today the movie is considered Cult Classic in India. Cast * Zeenat Aman as Bharti Saxena * Raj Babbar as Ramesh Gupta * Deepak Parashar as Ashok Sharma *Padmini Kolhapure as Neeta Saxena *Shreeram Lagoo as Mr Chandra *Iftekhar as Judge *Simi Garewal as Lawyer *Jagdish Raj as Police Officer *Om Shivpuri as Mr Sharma *Dharmendra as Soldier (guest appearance) Soundtrack ''Insaf Ka Tarazu'' is known for not featuring as many songs as the average Bol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pati Patni Aur Woh (1978 Film)
''Pati Patni Aur Woh'' () is a 1978 Hindi movie produced and directed by B. R. Chopra. The film stars Sanjeev Kumar, Vidya Sinha, Ranjeeta Kaur, and in guest appearances Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Singh, Tina Munim and Parveen Babi. The film was remade under the same name in 2019 starring Kartik Aaryan, Bhumi Pednekar and Ananya Pandey. The film was directed by Mudassar Aziz and produced by Bhushan Kumar. Plot The film starts off indicating the parallels of the story with that of Adam & Eve. Here, Adam is Ranjeet ( Sanjeev Kumar), Eve is Sharda ( Vidya Sinha) while the apple is Nirmala ( Ranjeeta Kaur). Ranjeet is newly employed in a company, whose pay scales can be gauged from the fact that he goes to work on a bicycle. However, this bicycle itself brings him face-to-face with Sharda, when he bumps into her by accident. Sharda's bicycle gets badly damaged & Ranjeet drops her off. The same evening, Ranjeet goes to the wedding of his friend Abdul Karim Durrani ( Asrani), a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Do Jasoos
Do Jasoos () is a 1975 Hindi comedy drama film. Produced and directed by Naresh Kumar, the film stars Raj Kapoor, Rajendra Kumar, Aruna Irani, Prem Chopra, Kamal Kapoor, Farida Jalal and Asit Sen. The music is by Ravindra Jain. Plot Dharamchand and Karamchand, are two detectives who are on the trail of a millionaire's missing daughter. In their efforts to save the girl, who is an eyewitness to a murder, they fall into a series of comic situations because the photograph they have is that of the friend of Bhavana. Eventually, they also succeed in busting a smugglers' gang. Cast *Shailendra Singh (singer) as Ashok Sinha *Bhavna Bhatt as Pinky Verma *Raj Kapoor as Dharamchand Jasoos *Rajendra Kumar as Karamchand Jasoos *Prem Chopra as Prem Chopra *Kamal Kapoor as Motilal Sippy *Sujit Kumar as G.L.Sippy *Manmohan Krishna as V.N. Sinha *Dulari (actress) as Sarita Devi Verma * Asit Sen as Nihalchand Khushalchand *Farida Jalal as Hema Nihalchand *Ram Avtar as Mr.Johnson *Sunder (a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paheli (1977 Film)
''Paheli'' (Hindi: पहेली; translation: riddle) is a 1977 Indian Hindi-language film produced by Tarachand Barjatya for Rajshri Productions. This family drama was directed by Prashant Nanda with Satyajeet and Nameeta Chandra playing the lead characters. Arun Govil, Nameeta Chandra, Poornima Jayaram, Neena Mahapatra and Anita Singh were debutants to Bollywood screen in this film and Suresh Wadkar as playback singer. Plot source: Brij Mohan (Nitin Sethi) leaves his home in a village to live in Bombay. His mother (Durga Khote) prefers to stay alone in their palatial home. Brij gets married. His wife gives birth and passes away soon after. After few years, Brij is an established businessman and his son Montu (Satyajeet) is studying in his final year in school. He asks Montu to visit his grandmother, which he agrees to reluctantly, provided his friends accompany him. The group face many problems on the way as well as when they reach the village. Hence his friends return ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dulhan Wahi Jo Piya Man Bhaye (1977 Film)
''Dulhan Wahi Jo Piya Man Bhaye'' () is a 1977 Hindi musical drama film. Produced by Tarachand Barjatya for Rajshri, the film is directed by Lekh Tandon. The film stars Prem Krishen, Rameshwari, Madan Puri, Jagdeep and Iftekhar. It was a surprise hit of the year and gave Madan Puri his most satisfactory film role. The music is by Ravindra Jain who also marked his singing debut with Achra Mein Phoolwa Leke song. The film has the same storyline as Tamasha (1952 film) and 1941 Hollywood film It Started with Eve. The movie was remade in Tamil as '' Marumagal''. Cast * Rameshwari as Kammo/ fake Rita *Prem Krishen as Prem *Madan Puri as Seth Harikrishan, Prem's grandfather * Shyamlee as Rita *Iftekhar as Dr. Farid *Leela Mishra as housekeeper *Shashikala as Mrs. Saxena, Rita's mother *Viju Khote as traffic Iminspector *Jagdeep as Jagdish, company PRO * Savita Bajaj as Sethji's nurse * Sunder as Sethji's domestic help Plot Seth Harikrishan, the industrialist had as his heir, his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fakira (film)
''Fakira'' is a 1976 Indian Hindi-language crime action film produced by N.N. Sippy and directed by C.P. Dixit. The film stars Shashi Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Asrani, Aruna Irani, Danny Denzongpa, Asit Sen, Ramesh Deo and Madan Puri. The music is by Ravindra Jain. The film became a box office hit. The film's team of producer (N.N. Sippy), cast (Shashi Kapoor, Asrani, Danny Denzongpa, Madan Puri) and music composer (Ravindra Jain) had teamed together before for the box office hit ''Chor Machaye Shor'' (1974). ''Fakira'' was later remade into the Telugu film '' Dongalaku Donga'' (1978). Plot Two small children, who are brothers, lose their parents in a fire. They are harassed by bad men and get separated. They grow up and become criminals. One is played by Shashi Kapoor, while the other is played Danny Denzongpa. They become enemies, not knowing that they are brothers. A policewoman, played by Shabana Azmi, goes undercover in Shashi Kapoor's criminal group, which includes Asr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saudagar (1973 Film)
''Saudagar'' is a 1973 Bollywood drama film, directed by Sudhendu Roy and based on the Bengali story, ''Ras'', by Narendranath Mitra. It stars Nutan as Mahzubeen and Amitabh Bachchan as Moti, in the leading roles. It also featured Trilok Kapoor and Padma Khanna as Phoolbanu. Murad, Leela Mishra as (Badi Bhi), Dev Kishan, Jugnu and V. Gopal are also featured in the film. Though the film didn't do well commercially, it was selected as the Indian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 46th Academy Awards, but didn't receive a nomination. Plot Moti (Amitabh Bachchan) is a " gur" (unrefined concentrated cane sugar) trader who trades in the seasonal gur made of "Khajur" (date-nectar). During the offseason, he meets a girl, Phoolbanu, and falls in love with her. Moti approaches Phoolbanu's father, who asks for mehar (bride price), which he does not have. Majubee (Nutan), a widow who is Moti's business associate, prepares the gur for him to sell. Her gur (and consequently Mot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jain Community
The Jains in India are the last direct representatives of the ancient Shramana tradition. People who practice Jainism, an ancient religion of the Indian subcontinent, are collectively referred to as Jains. Sangha Jainism has a fourfold order of ''muni'' (male monastics), ''aryika'' (female monastics), ''Śrāvaka'' (layman) and ''sravika'' (laywoman). This order is known as a ''sangha''.. Many Jains are in general caste. Cultural influence The Jain have the highest literacy rate in India, 94.1.% compared with the national average of 65.38%. They have the highest female literacy rate, 90.6.% compared with the national average of 54.16%. As per national survey NFHS-4 conducted in 2018 Jains were declared wealthiest of any community with 70% of their population living in top quintiles of wealth. The sex ratio in the 0-6 age group is the second lowest for Jain (870 females per 1,000 males). Communities Jains are found in almost every part of the country. There are basically a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
