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Satyamev Jayate (1987 Film)
''Satyamev Jayate'' () is a 1987 Indian Hindi-language action film, directed by Raj N. Sippy. It stars Vinod Khanna, Meenakshi Sheshadri and Madhavi, with Anita Raj, A. K. Hangal, Renu Joshi, Alankar, Neeta Puri, Saahil Chadha, Satyen Kappu, Sudhir Dalvi, Vinod Mehra, Shakti Kapoor and Anupam Kher. The film is a remake of the Malayalam film ''Aavanazhi''. The film was a comeback film for Vinod Khanna and emerged a box office success. Vinod Khanna’s performance as a police officer was critically acclaimed and is regarded as one of his best. Meenakshi Sheshadri’s performance as a prostitute; was also acclaimed. The chemistry between Khanna and Sheshadri was appreciated. The song "Dil Mein Ho Tum” gained popularity. Plot Inspector Arjun Singh (Vinod Khanna) of Mumbai Police has attained the sordid reputation of being one of the most ruthless policemen in India. He is known for his torture and brutality. When a young man is killed in custody, Arjun is spoken to and warned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raj N
Raj or RAJ may refer to: History * British Raj, the 1858–1947 rule of the British Crown over India * Company Raj, the 1757–1858 rule of the East India Company in South Asia * Licence Raj, the Indian system of elaborate licences, regulations and accompanying red tape * Mafia Raj, slang term for a criminalized nexus of government officials Places * Raj, Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland * Raj, Pomeranian Voivodeship, north Poland * Raj, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, north Poland * Ráj, a village in the Czech Republic * Raj, the Hungarian name for Brazii Commune, Arad County, Romania People * Raj (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Raj (caste), Muslim ethnic group in northern India Other * Raj Comics, Indian comic book publisher * Raj TV or RAJ, Tamil channel, Chennai, India * Raj–Koti, a pair of composers and musicians in the Telugu film industry * Raj Engineering College, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India * raj, the ISO 639-2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Om Shivpuri
Om Shivpuri (14 July 1938 – 15 October 1990) was an Indian theatre actor-director and character actor in Hindi films. A National School of Drama, New Delhi alumnus, Shivpuri became the first chief of the National School of Drama Repertory Company (1964) and one of its actors. He later founded an important theatre group of its era in New Delhi, Dishantar. Early life Born in Patiala, Om Shivpuri started his career by working at Jalandhar Radio Station, where Sudha Shivpuri (who later became his wife) was working at the time. Later, they joined National School of Drama, New Delhi and were trained under theatre doyen Ebrahim Alkazi. After graduating in 1963, they joined the newly formed, NSD Repertory Company as actors. Om Shivpuri was also the first chief of the NSD Repertory Company and remained so till 1976, when Manohar Singh followed him. Meanwhile, Om Shivpuri and Sudha Shivpuri got married in 1968 and started their own theatre group, Dishantar, which went on to become o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fictional Portrayals Of The Maharashtra Police
Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying individuals, events, or places that are imaginary, or in ways that are imaginary. Fictional portrayals are thus inconsistent with history, fact, or plausibility. In a traditional narrow sense, "fiction" refers to written narratives in prose often referring specifically to novels, novellas, and short stories. More broadly, however, fiction encompasses imaginary narratives expressed in any medium, including not just writings but also live theatrical performances, films, television programs, radio dramas, comics, role-playing games, and video games. Definition Typically, the fictionality of a work is publicly marketed and so the audience expects the work to deviate in some ways from the real world rather than presenting, for instance, only factually accurate portrayals or characters who are actual people. Because fiction is generally understood to not fully adhere to the real world, the themes and context of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 Films
The following is an overview of events in 1987 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Paramount Pictures celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1987. Highest-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1987 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 31 - ''The Cure for Insomnia'' premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois, to officially become the world's longest film according to Guinness World Records. * May 23 - ''Starlog Salutes Star Wars'' is held in Los Angeles, California, the first officially sponsored Star Wars convention to commemorate the franchise's 10th anniversary. * June 29 - The ''James Bond'' franchise celebrates its 25th anniversary and premieres its 15th film, ''The Living Daylights'' * July 17 - Walt Disney's classic masterpiece ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' is re-released worldwide for its 50th anniversary. * 1987 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 Action Films
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1980s Hindi-language Films
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire *January 28 **Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai (or Jingfeng), Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor (d. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitali Mukherjee
Mitali Singh (née Mukherjee) is an Indian-Bangladeshi Classical music, classical and playback singer, she hails from Mymensingh, Bangladesh. She received the National Film Awards (Bangladesh), National Film Award of Bangladesh in 1982 for the song ''Ei Dunia Ekhon To Ar'' for the film ''Dui Poishar Alta''. Early life and education Mukherjee was born in 1962 in Mymensingh to her parents Amulya Kumar Mukherjee and Kalyani Mukherjee. She began her formal training in classical music under Pt. Mithun Dey. She studied music at Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. Career Mukherjee's first album ''"Saahil"'' was released by HMV. She collaborated with lyricist Gulzar for her album ''"Chand Parosa Hai"''. She has sung in several languages, including Punjabi, Gujarati and Tamil. Mukherjee served as the judge of the television shows ''Sa Re Ga Ma Pa'' and ''Shera Kontho''. Awards *''"Gaan-e Gaan-e Gunijon Shongbordhona"'' by Citi Bank (2015) Songs List Tamil Songs # Yamunai Aa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kavita Krishnamurthy
Sharada Krishnamurthy, popularly known as Kavita Krishnamurthy or Kavita Subramaniam, is an Indian playback and classical singer. She has recorded 50,000 songs in 45 various Indian languages including Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, Rajasthani, Bhojpuri, Telugu, Odia, Marathi, English, Urdu, Tamil, Malayalam, Gujarati, Nepali, Assamese, Konkani, Punjabi and other languages. She is the recipient of four Filmfare Best Female Playback Singer Awards (winning consecutively during 1995–1997), and the Padmashri which she received in 2005. She was awarded a Doctorate (Honoris Causa) for her contributions to Indian music by Bangalore-based Jain University in 2015. In 1999, she married noted violinist L. Subramaniam and resides in Bengaluru. Early life Born as Sharada into a Tamil Iyer family in New Delhi to T.S. Krishnamurthy, an employee of the Education Ministry. She began her musical training at the insistence of her aunt, Protima Bhattacharya who enrolled her to train under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shailendra Singh (singer)
Shailendra Singh is an Indian playback singer and actor. He sang several Hindi and a few Marathi songs during the late 1970s and early 1980s. He was very close to Mehmood Ali. Early life Shailendra Singh was born on 4 October 1952 in Mumbai, India to a Punjabi family. He studied at Hill Grange High School at Peddar Road, and did his graduation from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. He then joined the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune to train as an actor. He also learnt classical Hindustani music from a Guru. He first break as a playback singer in the film, Bobby, during his second year at the FTII. Career Shailendra Singh had many hit songs to his credit. Raj Kapoor gave Singh a break when he signed him for ''Bobby''. The song "Main Shayar To Nahin" became a big hit. His song "Humne Tumko Dekha" from the film '' Khel Khel Mein'' rocked the entire nation. His rendition of "Jaane Do Na" from '' Saagar'' along with Asha Bhosle added to the sensuality of the entire song. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sudhir Dalvi
Sudhir Dalvi is an Indian actor. He first came to prominence for portraying Guru Vashishta in Ramanand Sagar's TV series '' Ramayan'' and is well known for his role as Sai Baba. He also acted as Sai Baba in Manoj Kumar's feature film ''Shirdi Ke Sai Baba'' which is a milestone role in Bollywood. He also became famous for his role in TV series Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi. He played Nana Nagarkar in a famous tele show of the 1990s, ''Junoon''. He also appeared in Shyam Benegal's TV Series Bharat Ek Khoj as elderly Shah Jahan in the Aurangzeb Muhi al-Din Muhammad (; – 3 March 1707), commonly known as ( fa, , lit=Ornament of the Throne) and by his regnal title Alamgir ( fa, , translit=ʿĀlamgīr, lit=Conqueror of the World), was the sixth emperor of the Mughal Empire, ruling ... episodes. Filmography Television External linksFilmography* [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ram Mohan
Ram Mohan (26 August 1931 – 11 October 2019) was an Indian animator, title designer and design educator, who was also known as father of Indian Animation and was a veteran in the Indian animation industry, who started his career at the Cartoon Films Unit, Films Division of India, Government of India in 1956. He was chairman and chief creative officer at Graphiti Multimedia, a Mumbai-based animation company which was established in 1995, and later he also established the Graphiti School of Animation in 2006. He had won the National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Animation Film twice, ''You Said It'' (1972) and ''Fire Games'' ( 1983). He was awarded a lifetime achievement award at the 2006 Mumbai International Film Festival and was awarded the Padma Shri the fourth-highest civilian award given by Government of India in 2014. Early life and education Graduated in Chemistry from the University of Madras and later moved to Mumbai for his post-graduate studies but gave it up to j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subbiraj
Subbiraj Kakkar popularly known as Subbiraj was an Indian character actor in Hindi-language films and television. He was the son of the sister of veteran actor Prithviraj Kapoor named Kailash and thus a cousin of Raj Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor and Shashi Kapoor. Career His debut film was "Do Gunde". At that time he was working as the Studio Manager of famous R.K.Studio of the Kapoor family. Subbiraj was well known for his acting in Hindi cinema mainly as a character artist. He was best known for his acting performance in the film “Ek Ruka Hua Faisla” released in 1986 in which he has acted in the role of “Juror no Ten” as an arrogant, hypocrite, foul-mouthed, and aggressive businessman. This film was the remake of Sidney Lumet movie “Twelve Angry Men.” He got the acclamation of both the critics and the audience for his acting in this movie. In 1991 he featured in another movie named as “Maa Ki Mamta” which was also a big hit. His other popular films include "Khiladi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
