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Sujeet Kumar (actor)
Sujit Kumar (7 February 1934 – 5 February 2010) was an Indian actor and producer. He appeared in over 150 Hindi films in the 1960s through the 1990s, and in at least 20 Bhojpuri films. Sujit played the major lead actor in many films in Bhojpuri cinema whereas in Hindi films he played pivotal roles either as a villain or as a character actor. One of his most memorable screen appearances was of a friend playing the mouth organ while driving a jeep as Rajesh Khanna courted Sharmila Tagore in the 1969 film '' Aradhana'' . Beginning in the late 1980s through the 2000s, Sujit primarily worked as a film producer. Biography Hindi cinema Sujit was the leading man in suspense flicks in Hindi in the early 1960s, like in ''Lal Bangla'' (1966) and ''Ek Saal Pehle'' (1965). He was often part of films with Rajesh Khanna as the lead hero, like in '' Aradhana'', '' Ittefaq'', '' Aan Milo Sajna'', '' Haathi Mere Saathi'', '' Amar Prem'', '' Mere Jeevan Saathi'', '' Roti'', '' Mehbooba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandauli District
Chandauli district is a district of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Chandauli town is the district headquarters. Chandauli district is a part of Varanasi Division. Chandauli became a separate district for the first time on 20 May 1997. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Nagar, a city in the district has the busiest railway station in the North East of Uttar Pradesh. The district includes the Chandraprabha (nature) Sanctuary and a number of waterfalls, including at Devdari and Rajdari. The District contributes to Indian GDP by providing the various cereals from the district including paddy and wheat. Popularly known as the "Dhaan Ka Katora of Uttar Pradesh" because of fertile lands of the Gangetic Plain. Chanduali district made big contributions at the time of freedom movements. In Chanduali there is a village named Ghoswan and Khakhara which is known for the protest against the British for the freedom of India. Chandauli district has its own railway station named Chandauli Majhwar railway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haathi Mere Saathi (1971 Film)
''Haathi Mere Saathi'' () is a 1971 Indian Hindi-language drama film, directed by M. A. Thirumugam, with screenplay written by Salim–Javed and dialogues by Inder Raj Anand. The movie has a Disneyesque appeal with an Indian twist. ''Haathi Mere Saathi'' was the biggest hit of 1971 going by box office collections, and was also critically acclaimed. The film stars Rajesh Khanna and Tanuja. The film at that point in time was the biggest hit ever made by a South Indian producer in Hindi. The story was written by producer Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar who is of Tamil origin and owned Devar Films in Tamil Nadu. Thevar also played a small cameo in the film. Directed and edited by Thevar's brother M.A.Thirumugham, it had music by Laxmikant-Pyarelal and lyrics by Anand Bakshi. The film was also the first collaboration of Salim-Javed (Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar), who were officially credited as screenplay writers. The film was based on Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar's 1967 Tamil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dev Anand
Dharamdev Pishorimal Anand (26 September 1923 – 3 December 2011), better known as Dev Anand, was an Indian actor, writer, director and producer known for his work in Hindi cinema, through a career that spanned over six decades. He was one of the most successful actors of Indian cinema and a part of "Trinity- The Golden Trio" along with Raj Kapoor and Dilip Kumar. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Bhushan in 2001 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2002 for his contribution to Indian cinema. He has won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor twice and Filmfare's Lifetime Achievement Award in 1993. A fast dialogue delivery style and nodding while doing do soon became the trademarks of Anand's acting in movies. His style was copied by other actors. Most of Dev Anand's movies explored his viewpoint of the world and often highlighted many socially relevant topics. In 1946, he debuted with lead role in Prabhat Films' Hum Ek Hain, a film about Hindu-Muslim u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dharam Veer (1977 Film)
''Dharam-Veer'' is a 1977 Hindi-language period action-drama film, directed by Manmohan Desai, produced by Subhas Desai under the Mehboob Studios and R. K. Films, R.K. Studios banner, starring Dharmendra, Jeetendra, Zeenat Aman, Neetu Singh, Pran (actor), Pran. Its music was composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal. Dharmendra's younger son Bobby Deol appears briefly playing the childhood version of his father's character. It was part of Desai's four big hits of the year based on the "separated and reunited" theme (the others being ''Parvarish (1977 film), Parvarish'', ''Chacha Bhatija'' (which also starred Dharmendra) and ''Amar Akbar Anthony''). ''Dharam-Veer'' takes place in a mythical kingdom and tells the tale of twin brothers Dharam played by Dharamendra and Veer played by Jeetendra, who gets separated at birth, later who still becomes best friends in childhood, not knowing that they were real brothers, later turns against each other due to conspiracies of villains and in the en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charas (1976 Film)
Charas is a cannabis concentrate made from the resin of a live cannabis plant (''Cannabis sativa'' either '' ''Indica'''' subspecies or ''Sativa'' subspecies) and is handmade in the Indian subcontinent and Jamaica. The plant grows wild throughout Northern India along the stretch of the Himalayas (its putative origin) and is an important cash crop for the local people. The difference between charas and hashish is that hashish is made from a dead cannabis plant and charas is made from a live one. History Indian subcontinent Charas has been used across the Indian subcontinent The Indian subcontinent is a list of the physiographic regions of the world, physiographical region in United Nations geoscheme for Asia#Southern Asia, Southern Asia. It is situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian O ... for medicinal and religious purposes for thousands of years, and was sold in government shops (along with opium) during the times of the British India''Ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamrahi (1974 Film)
''Hamrahi'' is a 1974 Bollywood drama film directed by Anand Sagar and produced by Subhash Sagar. Cast *Randhir Kapoor as Ramesh *Tanuja as Shalini 'Shalu' *Gajanan Jagirdar * K. N. Singh *Sujit Kumar *Lalita Pawar *Keshto Mukherjee *Gurcharan Pohli *Rajendra Nath *Pinchoo Kapoor *Tun Tun *Shakeela Bano Bhopali as Qawaal Singer *Hiralal Hiralal is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Hiralal (actor), Indian film actor *Shirish Hiralal Chaudhari, member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly *Hiralal Datta (born 1959), Indian cricketer *Hiralal Gaekwad (1923 ... Music External links * References 1974 films 1970s Hindi-language films 1974 drama films Films scored by Kalyanji Anandji {{1970s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jugnu (1973 Film)
''Jugnu'' () is a 1973 Indian Hindi-language action film produced and directed by Pramod Chakravorty. The story is about an extremely intelligent crook with a "Golden" heart (Dharmendra), who has the remarkable ability to steal from the most protected setups. The movie also stars Hema Malini, Lalita Pawar, Mehmood, Prem Chopra, Nazir Hussain, Ajit and Pran. The music is by S. D. Burman and the lyrics by Anand Bakshi. The film features a popular dialogue written by Sachin Bhowmick, "Baap ke naam kaa sahara kamzor log lete hai", Meaning: "The weak seek to be known by their father's reputation", which was said on two occasions by Dharmendra and Pran. It went on to become one of the most loved and famous dialogues of all time in Hindi cinema. ''Jugnu'' Remains a cult classic of Hindi cinema and represents one of Dharmendra's finest performances. This film was remade into Tamil and Telugu in 1980 as ''Guru''. Cast Soundtrack The music of the film was composed by S. D. Burman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naya Raasta
''Naya Raasta'' ( ''New Path''; Hindi: ''नया रास्ता'') is a 1970 Hindi-language drama film, produced by I.A.Nadiadwala on Pushpa Pictures banner and directed by Khalid Akhtar. The film stars Jeetendra, Asha Parekh, and music composed by N. Datta. Plot Chander (Jeetendra) is a very successful criminal lawyer decides to settle down in a village and look after his land after his father's death. He practices the new ideas that and tries to educate the workers by mixing up with them. In the process, he falls in love with a beautiful girl Shallo (Asha Parekh). Now everyone tries to pressurize Chander not to marry Shallo, but he was firm, which Panchayat couldn't accomplish by force, Chander's mother manages it with ease by describing the consequences of such marriage, and she persuades Shallo to get married to the boy of her community and she has to do so. Chander is aghast and heartbroken. However, this disappointment in love, instead of breaking him, Chander works w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amrit (film)
''Amrit'' is a 1986 Indian Hindi drama film starring Rajesh Khanna in the title role playing the character of Amritlal Sharma. The film was directed by Mohan Kumar immediately after directing Avtaar with Khanna in the title role and lyrics written by Anand Bakshi. This movie gave Rajesh Khanna his fourth BJFA Best Actor award in 1987.http://www.gomolo.in/Awards/Awards.aspx?AwardCode=7&YearCode=1987 The film was critically acclaimed and received five stars in Bollywood Guide Collections. The film was remade in Telugu as '' Aatma Bandhuvulu''. Synopsis Amrit (Rajesh Khanna) stays with his only son and meanwhile Kamla (Smita Patil) a widow stays with her only son at Kamal Niwas. But Kamla is treated as servant in her own house and the only person who loves her in the house is her granddaughter Sunita. Amrit has the habit of taking his grandson to the nearby garden when his grandson is free from studies. Amrit learns about Kamla's problems due to him meeting her coincidentally qui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aakhir Kyon?
''Aakhir Kyon?'' () is a 1985 Indian Hindi-language film produced and directed by J. Om Prakash. It stars Rajesh Khanna, Smita Patil, Rakesh Roshan and Tina Munim. The movie was declared a hit on its release. Plot Nisha (Smita Patil) is an orphaned child who has been adopted by her relatives and raised alongside her cousin, Indu (Tina Munim). As both cousins enter their 20s, Indu falls in love with the rich and good-looking Kabir (Rakesh Roshan). However, Kabir takes a liking to Nisha and to the dismay of Indu, marries Nisha, wanting an obedient and socially conservative wife moulding to the traditional norms as Nisha constrained to, compared to Indu, who was liberal and progressive in her views and behaviour. After marriage, all seems well in the life of Nisha and Kabir and soon, Nisha becomes pregnant. Meanwhile, a happy Nisha is oblivious to Kabir's affairs and dalliances with several women, on the pretext of business trips. Nisha's pregnancy is deemed as a complication by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avtaar
''Avtaar'' is a 1983 drama film starring Rajesh Khanna and Shabana Azmi. It was directed by Mohan Kumar, and the music was by Laxmikant Pyarelal, and lyrics by Anand Bakshi. ''Avtaar'' was a commercial hit, and was critically acclaimed. The film earned several Filmfare award nominations. Rajesh Khanna achieved success with '' Amardeep'' and '' Prem Bandhan'' onwards, but this was Rajesh Khanna's biggest film in terms of box office collections since 1973. However, Rajesh Khanna lost the Best Actor award to Naseeruddin Shah for '' Masoom''. In 1986, Mohan Kumar made ''Amrit'' with Rajesh Khanna in the lead as an old man, but with a different story line. Rajesh Khanna received an All-India Critics Association (AICA) Best Actor Award for his performance in this film in 1983. The film was later remade into the Telugu film ''O Thandri Theerpu'' (1985), starring Murali Mohan and Jayasudha; in Kannada as ''Kaliyuga'', starring Rajesh and Aarthi; in Malayalam as ''Jeevitham'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mehbooba (1976 Film)
''Mehbooba'' is a 1976 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film produced by Mushir-Riaz and directed by Shakti Samanta. The film stars Rajesh Khanna, Hema Malini and Prem Chopra. The story is based on the reincarnation theme. The music is composed by Rahul Dev Burman. The film is noted for an impressive performance by the lead pair and for its haunting melodies such as the solo song "Mere Naina Sawan Bhadon", sung by both Kishore Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar, "Chalo Ri" by Lata and the duet song "Parbat Ke Peeche". The plot is based on Gulshan Nanda's novel ''Sisakate Saaz'', and Nanda also wrote the screenplay himself. Upon its release, the movie was a silver jubilee in many territories and did not do well in Mumbai. This film has gained a cult following over the years. Plot Singer Suraj (Rajesh Khanna) was presented with a tanpura by his fiancée's father. Thereafter, he often listens to a haunting song at nights and observes that its name was "Ratna". One day, while going for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
