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Surinder Kapoor
Surinder Kapoor (23 December 1925 – 24 September 2011) was an Indian film producer. He produced Bollywood films and also served as President of the Film & Television Producers Guild of India from 1995 to 2001. He was born in Peshawar, British India (in present-day Pakistan). Surinder Kapoor belonged to a Punjabi Hindu family from Peshawar. He is a distant relative of the Kapoor family. Prithviraj Kapoor, his cousin, is the one who invited him to Bombay to join the Hindi Film Industry. He started his film career as a secretary to Hindi film star of the 1950s Geeta Bali. The Dada Saheb Phalke Academy honoured him with the Shri L V Prasad Phalke award in 2009. When asked in an interview, how he established S.K.International Films, he quoted in an interview "Rajesh Khanna who played the title-role in Shehzada was truly of a princely disposition. He started shooting for me without ever discussing the price, saying that we could settle that once the film is made, he said and made b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peshawar
Peshawar (; ps, پېښور ; hnd, ; ; ur, ) is the sixth most populous city in Pakistan, with a population of over 2.3 million. It is situated in the north-west of the country, close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is the capital of the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where it is the largest city. Peshawar is primarily populated by Pashtuns, who comprise the second-largest ethnic group in the country. Situated in the Valley of Peshawar, a broad area situated east of the historic Khyber Pass, Peshawar's recorded history dates back to at least 539 BCE, making it one of the oldest cities in South Asia. Peshawer is among the oldest continuously inhabited cities of the country. The area encompassing modern-day Peshawar is mentioned in Vedic scriptures; it served as the capital of the Kushan Empire during the rule of Kanishka and was home to the Kanishka Stupa, which was among the tallest buildings in the ancient world. Peshawar was then ruled by the Hephtha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prithviraj Kapoor
Prithviraj Kapoor (born Prithvinath Kapoor; 3 November 1906 – 29 May 1972) was an Indian actor who is also considered to be one of the founding figures of Hindi cinema. He was associated with IPTA as one of its founding members and established the Prithvi Theatres in 1944 as a travelling theatre company based in Bombay. He was the patriarch of the Kapoor family of Hindi films, four generations of which, beginning with him, have played active roles in the Hindi film industry, with the youngest generation still active in Bollywood. His father, Basheshwar Nath Kapoor, also played a short role in his movie Awara. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Bhushan in 1969 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1971 for his contributions towards Indian cinema. Early life and education Prithviraj Kapoor was born on 3 November 1906 in Samundri, Punjab Province, British India, into a Punjabi Hindu Khatri family of the Kapoor '' gotra''. His father, Basheshwarnath Kapoor, ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pukar (2000 Film)
Pukar means a "cry for help or attention" or "to call out" in Hindi and Urdu and may refer to: * ''Pukar'' (1939 film), a Hindi film by Sohrab Modi * ''Pukar'' (1983 film), a Hindi film by Ramesh Behl * ''Pukar'' (1984 film), a Pakistan film by Aizaz Syed and starring Sultan Rahi * ''Pukar'' (2000 film), a Hindi film by Rajkumar Santoshi See also * Pukaar (other) ''Pukaar'' may refer to one of the following television series: * ''Pukaar'' (Indian TV series), a 2014 Indian TV series * ''Pukaar'' (Pakistan TV series), a 2018 Pakistan TV series See also * Pukar (other) * Pukara (other) ... * Pukara (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai
''Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai'' (''My Heart is with You'') is a 2000 Indian Hindi language, Hindi-language Romance film, romantic Action film, action drama film directed by Satish Kaushik, produced by Boney Kapoor, released on 24 August 2000. The film stars Anil Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai and Sonali Bendre in the lead roles. It is a remake of the Telugu film ''Pellichesukundam''. Plot Preeti Vyas (Aishwarya Rai) is a young woman who bravely comes forward as a witness to a heinous assault carried by Bhavani Choudhry (Mukesh Rishi) and his men on a poor teacher whose land they wanted. The injured man is helped to the hospital by Preeti and a courteous and brave man called Avinash (Anil Kapoor), who holds strong morals and values. Preeti's testimony angers the Choudhry family and, as a result, Choudhry's younger brother, Babloo Choudhry (Puru Raaj Kumar), rapes her. Subsequently, she is disowned by her family and ostracised by society. She finds shelter with Avinash, who welcomes her to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sirf Tum
''Sirf Tum'' () is a 1999 Indian Hindi romance film directed by Agathian. It was released on 4 June 1999. The film features Sanjay Kapoor, Priya Gill, Sushmita Sen, Jackie Shroff and Mohnish Behl. The movie was filmed in Nainital, Kerala and Houston. It is a remake of the 1996 Tamil film ''Kadhal Kottai''. Plot Deepak Rai ( Sanjay Kapoor) comes across a purse that contains educational certificates belonging to a woman named Aarti (Priya Gill). He finds out that this lady lives in Nainital and mails her stuff back to her, this starts an enduring correspondence through letters. Even though the couple has never seen each other, there is a mutual attraction. Aarti's sister and brother-in-law Nirmal (Tej Sapru) are encouraging to a certain extent. While Nirmal suggests she marry a Mr. Prem (Salman Khan), a renowned young businessman in his neighborhood and business-partner, Aarti's older sis wants Aarti to choose her own life partner. One day, Aarti starts out on her journey to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judaai (1997 Film)
''Judaai'' () is a 1997 Indian Hindi language romantic comedy drama film directed by Raj Kanwar. It stars Anil Kapoor, Sridevi and Urmila Matondkar. Kader Khan, Farida Jalal, Johnny Lever, Paresh Rawal, Upasana Singh and Saeed Jaffrey feature in supporting roles. Poonam Dhillon makes a special appearance. A remake of the 1994 Telugu film '' Subhalagnam'', the plot revolves around the travails of a greedy wife Kajal (Sridevi), who lured by wealth, convinces her husband (Kapoor) to marry a second time. Upon release, the film was a major commercial success grossing ₹28.77 crores against its ₹6.30 crores budget, becoming the Eighth highest grossing Indian film of 1997. The film was widely praised for the performances of the lead actresses. Some of the movie was filmed in Thun, Switzerland for unclear reasons. Plot Kajal Verma marries engineer Raj Verma. She and her dad Rakshwant assume that he is wealthy and corrupt. Rakshwant is happy that Kajal does not have in-laws, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loafer (1996 Film)
''Loafer'' is a 1996 Indian Bollywood masala film directed by David Dhawan and produced by Surinder Kapoor and Boney Kapoor. It stars Anil Kapoor and Juhi Chawla in pivotal roles. The film was a remake of the Tamil film ''Velai Kidaichuduchu''. Cast * Anil Kapoor as Ravi Kumar * Juhi Chawla as Kiran Mathur * Pramod Muthu as Dhandpani * Mukesh Rishi as Badshah * Gulshan Grover as Krupashankar *Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Kumar, Ravi's Father * Farida Jalal as Janki Kumar * Shakti Kapoor as Bhiku - Ravi's Mamaji *Vikas Anand as Mathur, Kiran's Father * Tiku Talsania as Hotel Client / School Principal * Viju Khote as Hotel Manager * Kunika as Flirting Woman * Yunus Parvez as Husband of Flirting women, Kunika * Vivek Vaswani as Pandey * Deep Dhillon as Tatya * Chandrashekhar as Judge * Chandrakant Gokhale as Oldster, juice seller * Dharmesh Tiwari as Son of Juice Seller * Anil Dhawan as Govt Officer *Ishrat Ali ''Sarkar'' () is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language political crime thrill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woh Saat Din
''Woh'' (English: It) is a 52-episode Indian horror thriller television series which aired on Zee TV in 1998. The series starred Indian film director Ashutosh Gowarikar, and dwarf actor Lilliput in the title role. It is a Hindi-language TV show adaptation of Stephen King's epic horror novel '' It''. Premise seven teenagers Ashutosh, Raja, Julie, Shiva, Ronnie, Sanjeev and Rahul battle an evil force that takes the form of a clown called Woh that kidnaps children, and free the town of Panchgani of his evil influence. They promise to return, if Woh ever returns. Fifteen years after they part ways, Ashutosh starts seeing balloons, at places where children are being kidnapped. He immediately recognizes that Woh has returned and calls his friends to return. All the friends return except Sanjeev who gets killed by Woh. The day they realize that the police take the friends into custody and they narrate how they battled Woh with the help of Samidha fifteen years ago. The police b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hum Paanch (1980 Film)
''Hum Paanch'' ( ''Us Five'') is a 1980 Hindi language action film directed by Bapu and produced by Boney Kapoor. The film features a huge all-star cast including Sanjeev Kumar, Shabana Azmi, Mithun Chakraborty, Nasiruddin Shah, Raj Babbar, Gulshan Grover (in his film debut) and Amrish Puri. The movie was Boney Kapoor's maiden venture as a producer. A young Anil Kapoor, who is producer Boney Kapoor's brother has a cameo appearance. This film is a remake of 1978 Kannada film ''Paduvaaralli Pandavaru'', directed by Puttanna Kanagal which was also remade by Bapu earlier in Telugu as ''Mana Voori Pandavulu'' (1978). The film was distributed by noted distributor R. N. Mandre. The movie was an adaptation of the Mahabharata, fit to a rural scenario with some hints to the various clashes between the Pandavas and the Kauravas and to the characters in the epic. Cast *Sanjeev Kumar as Krishna *Shabana Azmi as Sundariya *Mithun Chakraborty as Bhima *Deepti Naval as Lajiya *Naseeruddin Sha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan (film)
''Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan'' is a 1978 Indian Hindi-language film produced by Surinder Kapoor and directed by Sikandar Khanna. The film stars Ashok Kumar, Rishi Kapoor, Moushumi Chatterjee, Mithun Chakraborty, Asrani, Paintal, Ranjeet, Amjad Khan and Helen. The soundtrack is directed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal. Cast *Ashok Kumar as Lala Ganpat Rai *Rishi Kapoor as Vishal Rai *Moushumi Chatterjee as Shanti *Mithun Chakraborty as Vishal's Friend *Asrani as Vishal's Friend * Paintal as Vishal's Friend *Ranjeet as Bhiku Prasad * Amjad Khan as Kalandar * Helen Crew *''Director'' : Sikandar Khanna *''Producer'' : Surinder Kapoor *''Story'' : Kaushal Bharti *''Dialogue'' : Rajendra Krishan *''Cinematographer'' : D. S. Pathak, Sharad Kadve *''Editor'' : Kamlakar Soundtrack All songs were penned by Rajendra Krishan Rajinder Krishan Duggal (6 June 1919 – 23 September 1987) also credited as Rajendra Krishan, was an Indian poet, lyricist and screenwriter. Biography Rajinder K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shehzada
''Shehzada'' () is a 1972 Bollywood drama film produced by Surinder Kapoor and directed by K. Shankar, set during the British Raj. The film stars Rajesh Khanna and Raakhee as the lead pair and the supporting cast included Veena, Pandari Bai and Karan Dawan. The music was composed by R. D. Burman. This was remake of Tamil film ''Idhu Sathiyam'' (1963). The producer Surinder Kapoor quoted in an interview "Rajesh Khanna who played the title-role in ''Shehzada'' was truly of a princely disposition. He started shooting for me without ever discussing the price, saying that we could settle that once the film is made, he said and made banner S. K. International Films became an acknowledged company." Cast *Rajesh Khanna as Rajesh *Raakhee as Chanda * Madan Puri as Chanda's Maternal Uncle *Veena as Rajlaxmi *Karan Dewan as Ratan *Pandari Bai as Janki * Sunder as Nekiram *Mohan Choti as Nandu Plot Circa British rule in India, wealthy DIG of Police is approached by Devdutt, a poor freedom f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajesh Khanna
Rajesh Khanna () (; born Jatin Khanna; 29 December 1942 – 18 July 2012) was an Indian actor, film producer and politician who worked in Hindi films. He is called as the "First Superstar of Hindi cinema", he consecutively starred in a record 15 solo hero successful films between 1969 and 1971. He was the highest-paid actor in Hindi cinema throughout the 1970s and 1980s. His accolades include four BFJA Awards and five Filmfare Awards, and in 2013, he was posthumously awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honour. Khanna made his debut in 1966 with ''Aakhri Khat'' which was India's first official Oscar Entry in 1967. In 2005, he was honoured with the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award on the 50th anniversary of the Filmfare Awards. He was a Member of Parliament in the 10th Lok Sabha from New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency between 1992 and 1996, elected in the 1992 New Delhi by-election as an Indian National Congress candidate. He was married to Dimple Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
