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Ujala (film)
''Ujala'' (Light/Luminosity) is a Bollywood romantic crime film released in 1959, starring Shammi Kapoor, Mala Sinha, Raaj Kumar, Leela Chitnis and Tun Tun. Naresh Saigal was the story writer as well as the director. ''Ujala'' features one of the popular Bollywood songs "Jhoomta Masoom, Mast Mahina" played by Shammi Kapoor and Mala Sinha, sung by Manna Dey and Lata Mangeshkar. The film came with a message; "Honesty always triumphs". The film's music was by Shankar–Jaikishan, with lyrics by Shailendra and Hasrat Jaipuri. Plot Ramu (Shammi Kapoor), his family consisting of his mother (Leela Chitnis) and three siblings, and his sweetheart Chhabili (Mala Sinha) are poor, but they dream of a better life and keep trying to achieve it. In the process his childhood friend and villain in the movie Kalu (Raaj Kumar) creates obstacles for his ambitions. Ramu is dragged into an evil world, where Kalu makes him realize that it is easy money to rob someone; honesty apparently has no valu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qamar Jalalabadi
Om Prakash Bhandari (9 March 1917 – 9 January 2003), better known as Qamar Jalalabadi, was an Indian poet and lyricist of songs for Hindi movies. He composed the title track of the popular television serial Vikram Aur Betaal. Early life He was born as Om Prakash Bhandari in a Punjabi family on 9 March 1917Profile of Qamar Jalalabadi on indiasamvad website , Published 10 March 2017, Retrieved 24 June 2017 in Jalalabad, a village near in , |
Lata Mangeshkar
Lata Mangeshkar () (born as Hema Mangeshkar; 28 September 1929 – 06 February 2022) was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. She is widely considered to have been the greatest and most influential singers in India. Her contribution to the Indian music industry in a career spanning eight decades gained her honorific titles such as the "Queen of Melody", "Nightingale of India", and "Voice of the Millennium". Lata recorded songs in over thirty-six Indian languages and a few foreign languages, though primarily in Marathi, Hindi, and Bengali. Her foreign languages included English, Indonesian, Russian, Dutch, Nepali, and Swahili. She received several accolades and honors throughout her career. In 1989, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award was bestowed on her by the Government of India. In 2001, in recognition of her contributions to the nation, she was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour; she is only the second female singer, after M. S. Subbulakshmi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950s Hindi-language Films
Year 195 ( CXCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scrapula and Clemens (or, less frequently, year 948 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 195 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 * Emperor Septimius Severus has the Roman Senate deify the previous emperor Commodus, in an attempt to gain favor with the family of Marcus Aurelius. * King Vologases V and other eastern princes support the claims of Pescennius Niger. The Roman province of Mesopotamia rises in revolt with Parthian support. Severus marches to Mesopotamia to battle the Parthians. * The Roman province of Syria is divided and the role of Antioch is diminished. The Romans annexed the Syrian cities of Edessa and Nisibis. Severus re-establish his head ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammed Rafi
Mohammed Rafi (24 December 1924 – 31 July 1980) was an Indian playback singer and musician. He is considered to have been one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent. Rafi was notable for his versatility and range of voice; his songs varied from fast peppy numbers to patriotic songs, sad numbers to highly romantic songs, qawwalis to ghazals and bhajans to classical songs. He was known for his ability to mould his voice to the persona and style of the actor lip-syncing the song on screen in the movie. He received six Filmfare Awards and one National Film Award. In 1967, he was honored with the Padma Shri award by the Government of India. In 2001, Rafi was honoured with the "Best Singer of the Millennium" title by Hero Honda and Stardust magazine. In 2013, Rafi was voted for the Greatest Voice in Hindi Cinema in the CNN-IBN's poll. He recorded songs for over a thousand Hindi films and in many Indian languages as well as some foreign languages, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mukesh (singer)
Mukesh Chand Mathur (22 July 1923 – 27 August 1976), better known mononymously as Mukesh, was an Indian playback singer. Mukesh is considered to be one of the most popular and acclaimed playback singers of the Hindi film industry. Amongst the numerous nominations and awards he won, his song "Kai Baar Yuhi Dekha Hai" from the film ''Rajnigandha'' (1973) won him the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer. Mukesh was also popular as being the voice of actors Raj Kapoor, Manoj Kumar, Feroz Khan, Sunil Dutt and Dilip Kumar. Early life Mukesh was born in Delhi in a Mathur Kayastha family. His parents were Zorawar Chand Mathur, an engineer, and Chandrani Mathur. He was the sixth in a family of ten children. The music teacher who came home to teach Mukesh's sister, Sundar Pyari, found a pupil in Mukesh, who would listen from the adjoining room. Mukesh left school after the 10th grade and worked briefly for the Department of Public Works. He experimented with voice rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumkum (actress)
Kumkum, born Zaibunnisa (08 June 1934 – 28 July 2020), was an Indian actress. She acted in approximately 115 films during her career. She is best known for her roles in ''Mr. X in Bombay'' (1964), ''Mother India'' (1957), ''Son of India'' (1962), ''Kohinoor'' (1960), ''Ujala'', ''Naya Daur'', ''Shreeman Funtoosh'', ''Ek Sapera Ek Lutera'', ''Ganga Ki Laharen'', ''Raja Aur Runk'', ''Aankhen'' (1968), ''Lalkaar'', ''Geet'' and ''Ek Kuwara Ek Kuwari''. She paired with many film heroes of her era and was popular in roles alongside Kishore Kumar. Kumkum also acted in Bhojpuri films, starting with ''Ganga Maiyya Tohe Piyari Chadhaibo'' (1963), which was also the first ever Bhojpuri film. Early life Kumkum's birth name is Zaibunnisa Khan. She was born in a prestigious Muslim family to Sayed Manzoor Hassan Nawab of Hussainabad in Sheikhpura district of Bihar and Khursheed Bano. Kumkum married Sajjad Akbar Khan who hailed from Lucknow, India and worked in Saudi Arabia. Kumkum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhumal (actor)
Anant Balwant Dhumal (29 March 1914 – 13 February 1987), popularly known as Dhumal, was an actor in Bollywood films known for playing character roles. He acted in many movies and was active from the mid 1940s till the late 1980s. He started his acting career from Marathi theatre, which paved way for Marathi cinema and later he moved to Hindi cinema, where he mostly played comedy roles and later in his career, character roles. He worked in notable films such as ''Howrah Bridge'' (1958), ''Bombai Ka Babu'' (1960), ''Kashmir Ki Kali'' (1964), ''Gumnaam'' (1965), ''Do Badan'' (1966), ''Love in Tokyo'' (1966) and '' Benaam'' (1974). Career His career in acting began when he joined a drama company, where he served drinks and washed utensils. There would be occasions when artistes playing minor roles failed to turn up; this would give the spot boys an opportunity to fill in for them. This was how Dhumal landed up with bit roles in plays. During this period, he met P. K. Atre and Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hasrat Jaipuri
Hasrat Jaipuri, born Iqbal Hussain (15 April 1922 – 17 September 1999) was an Indian poet, who wrote in the Hindi and Urdu languages. He was also a renowned film lyricist in Hindi films, where he won the Filmfare Awards for Best Lyricist twice – in 1966 and then in 1972. * Josh Malihabadi Award, from Urdu Conference * B. R. Ambedkar, Dr. Ambedkar Award, for ''Jhanak Jhanak Tori Baaje Payaliya'' [''Mere Huzoor'' (1968)], a Brajbhasha song * Jaipuri was also awarded a doctorate degree from the World University Round Table. See also * Shankar Jaikishan * Shailendra * Majrooh Sultanpuri * Gulzar * Indeevar * Javed Akhtar * Sahir Ludhianvi Abdul Hayee (8 March 1921 – 25 October 1980), popularly known by his pen name (takhallus) Sahir Ludhianvi, was an Indian poet and film song lyricist who wrote primarily in Urdu in addition to Hindi. His work influenced Indian cinema, i ... References External links * Ghazals and nazms by Hasrat JaipuriComplete list ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shailendra (lyricist)
Shailendra (30 August 1923 – 14 December 1966) was a popular Indian Hindi-Urdu Poet, lyricist and film producer. Noted for his association with the filmmaker Raj Kapoor, singer Mukesh, and the composers Shankar–Jaikishan, he wrote lyrics for several successful Hindi film songs in the 1950s and the 1960s. Biography Shankardas Kesarilal - Shailendra was born in Rawalpindi, Punjab - now in Pakistan. His ancestors belonged to Ara district of Bihar. He was born into a Chamar family, and lost his mother and sister at a young age. His village in bihar mostly comprised agricultural laborers and Shailendra’s father had shifted to Rawalpindi to find work at a military hospital. Shailendra came in contact with Indra Bahadur Khare at the Kishori Raman Vidyalay (Now Kishori Raman Inter College) Mathura. Both started composing poems, sitting on the rock located on the bank of a pond in between railway 27 quarters and railway line near to Mathura station. Afterwards Shailendra mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shankar–Jaikishan
Shankar–Jaikishan (also known as S-J), were an Indian composer duo of the Hindi film industry, working together from 1949 to 1971. They are widely considered to be one of the greatest ever music composers of the Hindi film industry. After Jaikishan’s death in 1971, Shankar continued as a music director alone until his own death in 1987. During this solo career, he was still credited as 'Shankar–Jaikishan'. Shankar–Jaikishan, along with other artists, composed "everlasting" and "immortal melodies" in the 1950s, 1960s, and early 1970s. Their best work was noted for being "raga-based and having both lilt and sonority". Early years Shankar ''Shankar Singh Ram Singh Raghuvanshi'' (15 October 1922 – 26 April 1987) was from Hyderabad. During his formative years, Shankar played the tabla and learned the art formally from Baba Nasir Khansahib. For many years, Shankar studied as a disciple of the legendary composer Khawaja Khurshid Anwar, in whose orchestra he performed. Shan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manna Dey
Prabodh Chandra Dey (May 1, 1919 − October 24, 2013), known by his stage name Manna Dey, was an internationally acclaimed and celebrated Indian playback singer, music director, and a musician. As a classical vocalist, he belonged to the Bhendibazaar Gharana and was trained under Ustad Aman Ali Khan. He is considered one of the most versatile and celebrated vocalists of the Hindi film industry, often credited with the success of Indian classical music in Hindi commercial movies. As a musician, Dey is best known for infusing Indian classical music in a pop framework that ushered the golden period in Hindi cinema. In a career spanning over five decades, Dey recorded total 3,047 songs, though most primarily in Bengali and Hindi; Dey also sang in 14 other Indian languages, including Bhojpuri, Punjabi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, and Chhattisgarhi. The mid-50s to 70s were considered the peak of his musical career. The Government of India honored him with the Padma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shammi Kapoor
Shammi Kapoor (born Shamsher Raj Kapoor; (pronounced ʌmːi kʌpuːɾ 21 October 1931 – 14 August 2011) was an Indian actor who worked in Hindi cinema. He is the recipient of two Filmfare Awards, winning in the categories of Best Actor for ''Brahmachari'' (1967) and Best Supporting Actor for ''Vidhata'' (1982). In 1995, he was honored with the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award. A member of the Kapoor family, he made his film debut with the commercially unsuccessful '' Jeewan Jyoti'' (1953). Following roles in continued box-office flops, he had his breakthrough with ''Tumsa Nahi Dekha'' (1957), which attained him the image of a stylish playboy and dancer, and subsequently gained further recognition with ''Dil Deke Dekho'' (1959). He rose to widespread recognition with the blockbuster hit ''Junglee'' (1961), and went on to become one of the most marketable Bollywood stars throughout the 1960s, appearing in a number of highly successful and popular films, which include ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
