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Sonu Walia
Sonu Walia (born 19 February 1964) is a Bollywood actress, winner of Miss India pageant and model. Her birth name is Sanjeet Kaur Walia. In 1989, she earned a Filmfare Best Supporting Actress award for her performance in film ''Khoon Bhari Maang'' (1988). A psychology graduate and a student of journalism, Walia took up modelling before she entered the Miss India contest. Career Walia won the Miss India contest in 1985 and went to compete in Miss Universe 1985. She took over from Juhi Chawla, Miss India 1984 and, after completing her responsibilities, relinquished her crown to Mehr Jesia in 1986. In 1988, she acted in the film '' Akarshan''. That year, she appeared in and won the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for ''Khoon Bhari Maang'', which also starred Rekha and Kabir Bedi. From 1988, she played the role of Maharani Chitrangadhaa, mother of Babruvahana, in Mahabharat Katha TV show. She acted in a TV serial called '' Betaal Pachisi'' with Tom Alter Thomas Beach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Delhi
New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament House, and the Supreme Court of India. New Delhi is a municipality within the NCT, administered by the NDMC, which covers mostly Lutyens' Delhi and a few adjacent areas. The municipal area is part of a larger administrative district, the New Delhi district. Although colloquially ''Delhi'' and ''New Delhi'' are used interchangeably to refer to the National Capital Territory of Delhi, both are distinct entities, with both the municipality and the New Delhi district forming a relatively small part of the megacity of Delhi. The National Capital Region is a much larger entity comprising the entire NCT along with adjoining districts in neighbouring states, including Ghaziabad, Noida, Gurgaon and Faridabad. The foundation stone of New Delhi was l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Alter
Thomas Beach Alter (22 June 1950 – 29 September 2017) was an Indian actor. He was best known for his works in Hindi cinema, and Indian theatre. In 2008, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India. Early life Born in Mussoorie in present-day Uttarakhand, Alter was the son of American Presbyterian missionaries of English, Scottish and Swiss German ancestry and lived for years in Mumbai and the Himalayan hill station of Landour. His grandparents migrated to Madras, India from Ohio, U.S., in November 1916. From there, they moved to and settled in Lahore, in present-day Pakistan. His father was born in Sialkot. After the Partition of India, Alter's family too split into two; his grandparents chose to stay in Pakistan while his parents moved to India. After living in Allahabad (now Prayagraj), Jabalpur and Saharanpur, in 1954 they finally settled in Rajpur, Uttarakhand, then a small town located between Dehradun and Mussoorie; Rajpur is now considered a suburb of Deh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haque (film)
''Haque '' is a 1991 Bollywood political film directed by Harish Bhosle and produced by Mahesh Bhatt. It stars Dimple Kapadia, Aasif Sheikh, Sonu Walia, Anupam Kher in pivotal roles, with Paresh Rawal, Girija Shankar in supporting roles. ''India Today'' criticised the film. Plot Varsha has been brought up in an orthodox Hindu family, and has been taught to treat her husband as her God. When she marries influential politician, Bittu Singh, she decides to be the ideal Hindu wife and becomes his shadow, bowing down to his every command. When the time for election comes, Bittu prepares himself for an election in which he may become the Chief Minister of the State, while a pregnant Varsha prepares herself for mother-hood. When Bittu asks Varsha to accompany him to one of his speeches, she agrees to do so. On the way there they are attacked, their driver is killed, Bittu and Varsha are assaulted, and as a result loses her child. Bittu wins the elections and becomes the State's new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khel (1992 Film)
''Khel'' ( ''Game'') is a 1992 Indian Hindi language romantic comedy film directed by Rakesh Roshan. It stars Mala Sinha, Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Sonu Walia, Anupam Kher as main cast. ''Khel'' is one of the almost dozen films that Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit have done together. The script was heavily inspired from 1988 Hollywood comedy Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Khel was filmed in the beautiful locales of Nairobi, in Kenya. Kenya [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Numbri Aadmi
''Numbri Aadmi'' (Man with Number) is a 1991 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Swaroop Kumar, produced by Dimppy Ramdayal, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Kimi Katkar, Sangeeta Bijlani and Amrish Puri. Plot The plot revolves with an unknown Robinhood character who helps the poor and honest when they are threatened and harassed by powerful, ruthless and corrupt people. People call him as ''Numbri Aadmi'', but they are unable to trace him, even though he lives among them. Cast *Mithun Chakraborty as Shankar / Dildaar Khan *Sangeeta Bijlani as Sangeeta *Kimi Katkar as Bijli *Sonu Walia as Paro * Kunal Goswami as Raj Pratap Singh *Suresh Oberoi as A.C.P. Vijay Pratap Singh *Navin Nischol as I.G.P. *Aruna Irani as Champabai *Amrish Puri as Shamsher Singh / Rana *Ishrat Ali as Inspector Kashigar *Rakesh Bedi as Rakesh *Jagdeep as Police Inspector *Arun Bakshi as Inspector Anand Srivastav *Bob Christo as Don *Guddi Maruti as Sindhi wife *Shiva Rindani as Shiva, Henchman of Ran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agneekaal
''Agneekaal'' is a 1990 Indian Hindi-language political film, produced by Ranjit Herma under the Siddharth Pictures banner, directed by Abbas–Mustan. It stars Jeetendra, Raj Babbar, Madhavi, Aasif Sheikh, Sonu Walia, Tinu Anand, Kiran Kumar, Sadashiv Amrapurkar in the pivotal roles with music composed by Pankaj Bhatt. It is the debut Hindi movie for director duo Abbas–Mustan. They had made Gujarathi movies previously. The movie has the famous song "Pankhida O Pankhida" Plot The film begins in a city where monocracy prevails under the venomous politician Gulabchand Jhakotia along with the crudeness of his son Inspector Bhushan, DSP Anand Saxena, and a diabolic goon Bhika. Bharti a social reformer lives along with her younger brother Aadesh. Besides, Mr. D’Souza a patriot and the owner of a small-time newspaper ''Bharat Nagar Times'' explores the evil acts of Jhakotia. Aadesh loves his daughter Mary. Vijay a multimillionaire who always stands for the welfare of society ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hatim Tai (1990 Film)
''Haatim Tai'' is a 1990 Indian Hindustani-language fantasy film, produced by Ratan Mohan under the R.M. Art Productions banner and directed by Babubhai Mistri. It stars Jeetendra, Sangeeta Bijlani and has music composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal, and lyrics by Hasan Kamal. The film's plot is based on the real life story of ''Hatim al-Tai'', who was a famous Arabian poet from the Ta'i Arabian tribe. He is an icon to Arabs up till the present day for being extremely generous and brave. Plot The film begins with a baby boy being born into the household of a rich Arab King. The Prince is named Hatim al-Tai and is a very generous and humble Prince when he reaches adulthood. As the Prince begins distributing gold to poor citizens in his city, a Princess named Mariam comes to his doorstep to ask him for help. She tells him that she is in love with a Prince named Munir and they want to get married, but her father will not let her marry anyone as long as she lives. Hatim is shocked a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tejaa
''Tejaa'' is an Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Ramesh Puri and produced by Mahendra Bohra. It stars Sanjay Dutt and Kimi Katkar in main roles. film was an above average at the box office. Plot Lal Singh, Heeralal Ghosh, and Zoravar rob the gold vault of a bank, take off with all the gold bars they can carry, and bury it deep in the countryside. Several weeks later, they return to share the bars between them but find them gone. Suspecting a nearby family of having stolen them, they kill the husband; wife, Shanti; hang the young son, and abscond upon hearing people coming to investigate this commotion. Twenty years later, a man named Tejaa meets with Lal Singh, and kills him. Then Tejaa meets with Heeralal, befriends him, and then subsequently kills him. When Zoravar finds out that he could be Tejaa's next victim, he starts to take all possible precautions from this assailant, as well as lay an elaborate trap and ensure that they avenge their former partners and fat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maha-Sangram
Maha-Sangram (also known in the UK as ''The Big Battle'') is a 1990 Bollywood action romance film directed by Mukul Anand and starring Vinod Khanna, Aditya Pancholi, Govinda and Madhuri Dixit. The film is best known for bringing Aditya Pancholi into the limelight as it was his show-stealing performance and his first commercial success in Bollywood. His performance as the angry villain Thakur was critically acclaimed and widely accepted, thus becoming the main reason of the movie's success. Plot Uttar Pradesh-based Vishal gets a telegram from Santa Cruz Police Station that his younger collegian brother, Arjun, is dead. Distraught he travels to Bombay, collects his brothers ashes, and finds out that Arjun met a violent death. With the aid of a street-smart con-woman and her mentor, Babu Kasai Hyderabadi, he then sets out to find who killed his brother - not knowing that soon he will be drawn into the dark world of Godha and Vishwaraj. The film also features Aditya Pancholi as Sura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clerk (1989 Film)
''Clerk'' is a 1989 Hindi movie. The film was written, produced, directed by and starred Manoj Kumar alongside an ensemble cast including Rekha, Anita Raj, Shashi Kapoor, Rajendra Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Prem Chopra and Sonu Walia. Pakistani actors Mohammed Ali and Zeba also appear in their first and only Hindi film appearance. The film was Manoj Kumar's last film directed by him that had him in the leading role. Plot synopsis The film is a story of an honest clerk, Bharat (Manoj Kumar), who along with his family faces immense difficulties owing to their poverty. The plot revolves around the circumstances which force him to become corrupt. In the end, he repents and becomes honest again — while also saving his nation from anti-nationals. Cast *Manoj Kumar as Bharat *Rekha as Sneh *Mohammad Ali as Ram *Zeba as Ram's wife * Anita Raj *Prem Chopra as Saadhuraam *Ashok Kumar as Bharat and Ram's father * Shashi Kapoor as Vijay Kapoor *Rajendra Kumar as Khan *Rajiv Goswami as Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toofan (1989 Film)
''Toofan'' () is a 1989 Indian Hindi-language superhero film directed by Ketan Desai, starring Amitabh Bachchan in a double role as twin brother. One is the title character Toofan, a superhero who uses his crossbow as a weapon, and the other is a magician named Shyam. Ketan Desai's father Manmohan Desai produced the film. The score and soundtrack were composed by Anu Malik. The movie was an "Average" at the box office. Plot The story revolves around two brothers, one of which has superpowers and is an avid follower of Lord Hanuman. The other character was that of a meek magician who aspires to perform an escape trick which had claimed the life of his street magician father. Cast * Amitabh Bachchan as Toofan and Shyam Jadugar (double role) * Meenakshi Seshadri as Radha * Amrita Singh as Pickpocketer * Farooq Shaikh as Gopal Sharma * Kamal Kapoor as ACP Sharma * Goga Kapoor as Daku Shaitan Singh * Zarina Wahab as Mrs. Laxmi Gopal Sharma * Sushma Seth as Devyani * Raza Murad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahaadev (1989 Film)
''Mahaadev'' is a 1989 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Raj N. Sippy. It stars Vinod Khanna, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Raj Babbar in pivotal roles. The film score and soundtrack were composed by Ilaiyaraaja. Cast *Vinod Khanna as Inspector Arjun Singh *Meenakshi Seshadri as Geeta *Raj Babbar as Kishan *Sonu Walia *Shakti Kapoor * Anupam Kher as Mahesh *Kiran Kumar as Umesh *Sharat Saxena *Mahesh Anand *Anjan Srivastav *Beena Banerjee as Radha *Ashalata Wabgaonkar *Tej Sapru *Ram Mohan as Mishra *Satish Shah as Bansilal *Gulshan Grover *Vikas Anand as Ramlal *Mohan Choti as Mohan Music The soundtrack features six songs. All songs were written by Farooq Qaisar, while "Mujhe Bahon Mein Bhar Ke" was written by Gulshan Bawra Gulshan Kumar Mehta, popularly known by his pen name Gulshan Bawra (literally: "Gulshan The Mad") (12 April 1937 – 7 August 2009), was an Indian songwriter and actor in Hindi cinema. In a career spanning 42 years, he has to his credit about 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
