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Ravindra Kapoor
Ravindra Kapoor was an Indian character actor in Hindi and Punjabi language films. He was the brother of Nandkishore Kapoor and veteran actor Kamal Kapoor. Career Some of his popular films are “ Caravan” in 1971 where he played veteran actor Jeetendra's friend along with Hum Kisise Kum Naheen (1977), Kankan De Ohle (1970) and Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar ''Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar'' () also abbreviated as ''JJWS'' is a 1992 Indian Hindi-language Coming-of-age story, coming-of-age sports film, directed and co-written by Mansoor Khan, and produced and co-written by Nasir Hussain. The film stars Aam ... (1992). Filmography Television '' Junoon'' as Thakur Diwan (From Episode no 1 to 7) References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kapoor Ravindra 20th-century Indian male actors Male actors from Mumbai Male actors in Hindi cinema Kapoor family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kapoor Family
The Kapoor family The New York Times. 30 April 2020. is a prominent Indian show business family with at least 4 generations of the family over years in the Hindi film industry. Numerous members of the family, both biological including those who married into the family, have had prolific careers as actors, film directors and producers. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manzil Manzil
Manzil Manzil is a 1984 Indian romantic drama film, directed by Nasir Hussain, with his nephew Aamir Khan as his assistant director. The film stars Sunny Deol and Dimple Kapadia along with Danny Denzongpa, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Prem Chopra and Asha Parekh. Cast * Sunny Deol as Vijay / Sonu * Dimple Kapadia as Seema Malhotra * Arjun as Roopesh * Prem Chopra as Niranjan Das * Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Mr. Malhotra (Seema's Father) * Danny Denzongpa as Gautam / Pahadi Baba (Vijay's Father) * Asha Parekh as Vijay's Mother * Tariq Tariq ( ar, طارق) is an Arabic word and given name. Etymology The word is derived from the Arabic verb , ('), meaning "to strike", and into the agentive conjugated doer form , ('), meaning "striker". It became popular as a name after Tariq ... as Deepak Soundtrack References External links * 1984 films 1980s Hindi-language films Films directed by Nasir Hussain Films scored by R. D. Burman {{1980s-Hindi-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaadon Ki Baaraat
''Yaadon Ki Baaraat'' () is a 1973 Indian Hindi-language masala film, directed by Nasir Hussain and written by Salim–Javed (Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar). It featured an ensemble cast, starring Dharmendra, Vijay Arora, Tariq, Zeenat Aman, Neetu Singh and Ajit. The film was influential in the history of Indian cinema. It has been widely identified as the first masala film, combining elements of the action, drama, romance, musical, crime and thriller genres.Kaushik Bhaumik"An Insightful Reading of Our Many Indian Identities" ''The Wire'', 12/03/2016 The masala went on to become the most popular genre of Indian cinema, and ''Yaadon Ki Baaraat'' has thus been identified as "the first" quintessentially "Bollywood film." It also launched the careers of several actors, as the commercial breakthrough Hindi film for Zeenat Aman and Neetu Singh, who became leading actresses of the 1970s, and as the debut film for Nasir Hussain's nephews Tariq Khan and Aamir Khan, the latter a child a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dost (1974 Film)
: ''For other films, see Dost (other)'' ''Dost'' () is a 1974 Hindi film. Produced by Premji, it was directed by Dulal Guha. The film stars Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Shatrughan Sinha, Asit Sen and Rehman. Amitabh Bachchan makes a guest appearance. The film's music is by Laxmikant Pyarelal. Plot Maanav is an orphan who was brought up by a Catholic Priest, Father Francis. After completing his M.A. he returns home to Taran Devi and finds out that his mentor is dead. He re-locates to Bombay by train, and a man named Gopichand Sharma attempts to steal his luggage, but Maanav chases him and retrieves it. The men become friends, despite of their differences - Maanav wants to lead an honest life, and Gopichand, who is estranged from his wife, a nurse, Kalyani, and son, Munna, is an alcoholic and thief. Gopichand eventually changes his lifestyle, decides to be honest, patches up with his family, but ends up antagonizing his crime boss, Monto Sardar, who chops off his right ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Majboor (1974 Film)
''Majboor'' () is a 1974 Indian suspense thriller film directed by Ravi Tandon and written by Salim-Javed. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Parveen Babi, Pran and Satyen Kappu with Farida Jalal, Sulochana Latkar, Iftekhar, Jagdish Raj and Rehman in supporting roles. The story revolves around Ravi Khanna (Bachchan), a terminally ill man who frames himself for a murder which he did not commit in order to help his family collect the reward money. After a successful operation, he escapes the police custody and sets out to search for the real killer. The movie is loosely inspired by two English movies of 1970 – ''Zig zag'' and ''Cold Sweat''. The film was later remade in Telugu by director K. Raghavendra Rao as ''Raja'' (1976) starring Shobhan Babu and Jayasudha. It was also remade in Tamil as Naan Vazhavaippen (1979) with Sivaji Ganeshan and K. R. Vijaya , in Gujarati as ''Naseeb No Khel'' (1982) and in Malayalam as '' Ee Kaikalil'' (1986). The movie was also an inspiration for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madhosh (1974 Film)
''Madhosh'' is a 1974 Bollywood drama film directed by Desh Gautam. It stars Mahendra Sandhu and Aamir Khan as young Raj Kumar. Cast * Mahendra Sandhu as Raj Kumar * Reena Roy as Meenal * Rakesh Roshan as Goldie * Helen as Mona * Johnny Walker as Gor * Jayshree T. as Munni Bai * Aamir Khan as younger Raj Music R. D. Burman Rahul Dev Burman (27 June 1939 – 4 January 1994) was an Indian music director who is considered one of the most influential composers of India. From the 1960s to the 1990s, Burman composed musical scores for 331 films. Burman did major work w ... composed the music. The lyrics were by Majrooh Sultanpuri. References External links * Films scored by R. D. Burman 1974 drama films Indian drama films 1970s Hindi-language films 1970s Indian films {{1970s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aakraman
''Aakraman'' () is a 1975 Hindi war film, produced by Jagdish Kumar and directed by J. Om Prakash. The war film stars Ashok Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar, Rekha, Rakesh Roshan, Farida Jalal, Sujit Kumar, Asrani, Keshto Mukherjee, Mumtaz Shanti and Rajesh Khanna. The music is by Laxmikant Pyarelal. The ''Hindustan Times'' noted that Rajesh Khanna in his extended guest appearance as the disabled Punjabi soldier with two emotional songs picturised on him was inspiring. Plot This film portrays a love triangle where two army officers (Sanjeev Kumar and Rakesh Roshan) fall in love with Sheetal (Rekha). When the Indo-Pak war breaks out, all hell breaks loose and the junior officer (Rakesh Roshan) vows to take revenge on the senior officer (Sanjeev Kumar) for proposing marriage to Sheetal. But when they are posted on the frontline during the war, when the opportunity presents itself, he realises his mistake and refrains. In the end, the senior officer however gets killed by a Pakistani sent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chhailla Babu
''Chhailla Babu'' (Alternate name: Chhaila Babu) (English language: Cool Guy) is a 1977 Bollywood suspense thriller film. It was written and produced by Shomu Mukherjee and directed by Joy Mukherjee. Rajesh Khanna plays the title role of ''Chhailla Babu''. It stars Zeenat Aman, Asrani, Om Shivpuri and Ranjeet. The film's music is by Laxmikant Pyarelal. It had a collection of 4 crores in 1977. The film became a superhit. This was the only film directed by Joy to be successful at the box office. and the success of ''Chhailla Babu'' gave a boost to the career of Khanna, who went through a bad phase between 1976 and 1978 at the box office. This film seems to be very heavily inspired by the Cary Grant/ Audrey Hepburn super hit film Charade. The cinematographer in this film, Nariman Irani, while working on this film decided to borrow most of the plot of ''Chhailla Babu'' and shared a modified story idea to Chandra Barot, who made the new modified story as the film ''Don'' (1978). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agent Vinod (1977 Film)
''Agent Vinod'' is a 1977 Indian Hindi-language action spy film directed by Deepak Bahry. The film stars Mahendra Sandhu as a dashing Indian secret agent and Jagdeep as a comic side-kick. This movie turned out to be a surprise hit. Its title was reused in the 2012 Hindi film of the same name, however, it isn't a remake. Story The kidnapping of a prominent scientist, Ajay Saxena (Nazir Hussain) prompts the Chief of Secret Services (K.N. Singh) to assign flamboyant Agent Vinod (Mahendra Sandhu) to this case. While on this assignment, Vinod meets with Ajay's daughter, Anju (Asha Sachdev), who insists on assisting him. The duo are then further assisted by Chandu "James Bond" (Jagdeep) and his gypsy girlfriend (Jayshree T.). The two couples will soon have numerous challenges thrust on them, and will realize that their task is not only very difficult, but also life-threatening. Cast *Mahendra Sandhu as Agent Vinod *Asha Sachdev as Anju Saxena *Rehana Sultan as Zarina *Jagdeep as Chan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Burning Train
''The Burning Train'' is a 1980 Indian action thriller disaster film, produced by B. R. Chopra under the B. R. Films banner and directed by Ravi Chopra. The film featured a huge all-star cast, featuring Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Vinod Khanna, Parveen Babi, Jeetendra, Neetu Kapoor, Vinod Mehra, Navin Nischol and Danny Denzogpa in the pivotal roles and music composed by R. D. Burman. The plot revolves around a train named the Super Express, that catches fire on its inaugural run from New Delhi to Mumbai. This movie was inspired by an earlier Japanese disaster movie, ''The Bullet Train'' (1975). ''The Burning Train'' grossed , becoming the seventh highest-grossing Indian film of 1980. Plot Ashok Singh / Ashok (Dharmendra), Vinod Verma (Vinod Khanna), and Randhir (Danny Denzongpa) are childhood Best - friends. Ashok is the son of multi-millionaire Seth Dharmdas (Madan Puri) and likes fast cars, whereas Vinod and Randhir are engineers at the ''Indian Railway Board'' along with Rak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khud-Daar
''Khud-Daar'' () is a 1982 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Ravi Tandon. The music is by Rajesh Roshan and the lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjeev Kumar, Parveen Babi, Vinod Mehra, Prem Chopra, Mehmood, Bindiya Goswami and Tanuja in pivotal roles. It was remade in Tamil as '' Padikkadhavan'' and in Telugu as ''Driver Babu''. It was released during the week when Amitabh Bachchan was critically injured while shooting for the film ''Coolie'' in Bangalore. The movie become the fourth highest-grossing film office 1982. Plot Govind ( Amitabh Bachchan) and Rajesh (Vinod Mehra) are two brothers who are happy being brought up by their considerably older stepbrother Hari (Sanjeev Kumar). However, when Hari has to leave home for two months to complete his law degree, his newly married wife Seema (Tanuja), jealous of her husband's excessive affection for the two, illtreats them, forcing them to leave home and escape to Bombay. After days ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star (1982 Film)
Star is a 1982 Indian Bollywood movie, directed by Vinod Pande, starring Kumar Gaurav, Rati Agnihotri, Raj Kiran, Saeed Jaffrey, A.K. Hangal, Dina Pathak and Padmini Kolhapure. It had a very successful soundtrack released as '' Star/Boom Boom'', produced by Biddu and sung by Nazia Hassan and Zoheb Hassan. Despite popular soundtracks, the movie flopped at the box office. Nazia and Zoheb were offered the chance to act in this movie by Biddu, but they refused to act and chose singing. Plot Dev Kumar Verma comes from a middle-class family and must find employment to support his parents. Dev, however, has set his mind upon becoming a music sensation like Elvis Presley. He loses his job because of this and refuses to work until he gets a job to his liking, much to his parents' dismay and his brother, Shiv Kumar Verma. Dev gets employment at Charlie's Disco, where he meets Maya and falls in love with her. When Charlie's Disco's competitor, Rana, finds out about Dev, he wants to hire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |