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Upkaar
''Upkar'' () is a 1967 Indian Hindi film directed by Manoj Kumar. The film held the top spot at the box office in 1967. It was Manoj Kumar's directorial debut film. Then India's prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri suggested Kumar to make a film based on our farmers and soldiers. It was the highest grossing movie of the year. It is considered as a classic film. The film is based on the backdrop of war of 1965, it praised the village life, farmer's and soldier's contribution for the nation. It was praised for story, photography, songs, lyrics, acting. The movie also stars Asha Parekh as a doctor promoting family planning, Kamini Kaushal and Pran in his first positive character role. Madan Puri played the main villain with ease, full ability, and command. The film won several major awards. Plot Manoj Kumar plays a village man 'Bharat', who sacrifices everything to get his brother educated. His brother, Puran, goes to study in city and gets attracted to the high society life styl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manoj Kumar
Harikrishan Goswami (born 24 July 1937), better known by his screen name Manoj Kumar, is an Indian actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, lyricist and editor who worked in Hindi cinema. He is known for acting and making films with patriotic themes, and has been given the nickname Bharat Kumar. He is the recipient of a National Film Award and seven Filmfare Awards, in varied categories. Early life Kumar was born into a Hindu Brahmin family Abbottabad, a town in the North-West Frontier Province, British India (present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan). His original birth name was Harikrishan Giri Goswami. When he was 10, his family had to migrate from Jandiala Sher Khan to Delhi due to the Partition Career When he was young, he admired actors Dilip Kumar, Ashok Kumar and Kamini Kaushal and decided to name himself Manoj Kumar, after Dilip Kumar's character in ''Shabnam''. After making a little-noticed début in ''Fashion'' in 1957, Kumar landed his first leading role in ''Kaanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prem Chopra
Prem Chopra (born 23 September 1935) is an Indian actor in Hindi and Punjabi films. He has acted in 380 films over a span of over 60 years. He has a soft-spoken diction despite being a villain in most films. His 19 films, with him as antagonist and Rajesh Khanna in the lead role remain popular with audiences and critics. Life and education Chopra, the third of six children of Ranbir Lal and Rooprani Chopra, a Punjabi Hindu family, was born on 23 September 1935, in Lahore. , fridaymoviez.com. Retrieved 6 April 2014. After the , his family moved to |
Indeevar
Shyamalal Babu Rai, known professionally as Indeevar, (also credited as Indiwar and Indeewar) (1 January 1924 – 27 February 1997) was one of the leading Hindi film lyricists in the 1960s. Early life He was born in Barua Sagar of Jhansi district of Uttar Pradesh and grew up in Barua Sagar in Jhansi District. He moved to Mumbai to pursue a professional career as a lyricist. Career He got recognition in ''Malhar'' in 1951, where he penned "Bade Armano Se Rakkha Hai Balam Teri Kasam" which was set to music by Roshan. He wrote over a thousand songs in over 300 films in a career spanning over four decades . Indivar also wrote songs for famous pop duo Nazia Hassan and Zohaib Hassan. Nazia Hassan's famous songs "Aap Jaisa Koi", "Boom Boom", "Meherbani", "Dil ki Lagi" & Zohaib Hassan's "Star" was written by Indeeva Major Hits Tum se Badkar Duniya mei (kaamchor) Nile Nile Ambar Par (Kalakaar) Bade aarmano se rakhha hai (Malhar) Roshan tumhi se duniya (Parasmani) Paas baith ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunder (actor)
Sunder Singh as some of his earlier movies he's screen name given Sundar Lall he was a noted Indian film actor between the 1930s and 1980s. He acted in many Hindi and Punjabi language films in his career as hero or supporting roles as a comedian. Filmography He acted in more than 436 films. He has also sung some songs in Hindi film like 'Mastaana-1954', 'Lal quilla' & 'Upkaar' and in some Punjabi films. Some of his noted films are: Hindi * Imperial Mail (1938) * Sipahi (1941) * Dorangia Daku (1940) * Khamoshi (1942) * Shadi Ke Baad (1948) * Albela (1951) * Johari (1951) * Dekh Kabira Roya (1957) * Chandu (1958) * Solva Saal (1958) * Insan Jaag Utha (1959) * Pilpili Saheb (1954) * Shravan Kumar (1960) as Champak * Khiladi (1961) * Ayee Milan Ki Bela (1964) * Accident (1965) * Phool Aur Patthar (1966) * Upkar (1967) *''Badrinath Yatra'' (1967) as Gangu * Sadhu Aur Shaitaan (1968) as Pandit * Padosan (1968) as Pandit * Aabroo (1968) as Whisky Rani's (Tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamini Kaushal
Kamini Kaushal (born as Uma Kashyap, 24 February 1927) is an Indian actress who worked in Hindi films and television. She is noted for her roles in films such as ''Neecha Nagar'' (1946), which won the 1946 Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) at Cannes Film Festival and ''Biraj Bahu'' (1955), which won her the Filmfare Award for Best Actress in 1955. She played lead heroine in films from 1946 to 1963, wherein her roles in '' Do Bhai'' (1947), ''Shaheed'' (1948), '' Nadiya Ke Paar'' (1948), ''Ziddi'' (1948), ''Shabnam'' (1949), '' Paras'' (1949), ''Namoona'' (1949), '' Arzoo'' (1950), ''Jhanjar'' (1953), ''Aabroo'' (1956), '' Bade Sarkar'' (1957), ''Jailor'' (1958), ''Night Club'' (1958) and ''Godaan'' (1963) are considered her career's best performances. She played character roles since 1963, and was critically acclaimed for her performance in ''Shaheed'' (1965). She appeared in three films of Rajesh Khanna, namely ''Do Raaste'' (1969), ''Prem Nagar'' (1974), ''Maha Chor'' (1976), in ''A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanhaiyalal (actor)
Kanhaiyalal (1910 14 August 1982) was an Indian actor who acted in 105 films in his career, primarily in Hindi films produced in Bollywood, the Mumbai-based film industry. Early life Kanhaiyalal was born in 1910 in Varanasi. His father Pandit Bhairodutt Choube, popularly known as Choubeji, was the proprietor of the Sanatan Dharm Natak Samaj in Varanasi. With his father not in agreement with him taking up any form of stage work, he eventually wore out his father's opposition and did odd jobs in the troupe. At 16, he started writing and then moved on to small roles. When his father died, the brothers tried for some time to run the drama company. Proving to be unsuccessful, they downed shutters and Kanhaiyalal decided to seek a film career in Bombay. His elder brother Sankata Prasad Chaturvedi had already set a precedent and established himself as an actor in silent films, but Kanhaiyalal came to films without the intention of acting, wanting to write and direct instead. Eventual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulshan Kumar Mehta
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 240 songs, he collaborated with noted music directors like Kalyanji Anandji, Shankar Jaikishan, and R. D. Burman. He composed almost half of the songs in films like '' Khel Khel Mein'' (1975), ''Kasme Vaade'' (1978) and ''Satte Pe Satta'' (1982). Apart from R. D. Burman hits, he is most remembered for his songs like 'Mere Desh Ki Dharti" in '' Upkaar'' (1968) and "Yaari Hai Imaan Mera" in '' Zanjeer'' (1974), both of which got him the Filmfare Best Lyricist Award. The latter also topped the Binaca Geetmala annual list of 1973. As a character actor, he also appeared in a small number of Hindi films. Early life and education Gulshan Kumar Mehta, popularly known as Gulshan Bawra was born 30 km from Lahore in a place called Sheikhupura. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manmohan Krishan
Manmohan Krishna (26 February 1922 – 3 November 1990) was a popular Indian film actor and director, who worked in Hindi films for four decades, mostly as a character actor. He started his career as a professor in Physics and held master's degree in physics. He anchored the radio show ''Cadbury's Phulwari'', a singing contest. Many people don't know that Manmohan Krishna sang his first song, 'Jhat khol de' in Afsar (1950), a Dev Anand film with music by S.D. Burman. He was a favourite with the Chopra brothers and played small or large roles in movies directed and/or produced by them. '' Deewar'', '' Trishul'', '' Daag'', ''Hamraaz'', ''Joshila'', ''Kanoon'', '' Sadhna'', ''Kaala Patthar'', ''Dhool Ka Phool'', '' Waqt'' and ''Naya Daur'' are some examples. He worked in nearly 250 films, notably ''Naya Daur'' (1957), ''Khandan'' (1965), '' Sadhana'' (1958), '' Waqt'' (1965) and ''Hamraaz'' (1967). He won acclaim for his work in '' Bees Saal Baad'' (1962) and won the Filmfare A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalyanji Anandji
Kalyanji Virji Shah (30 June 1928 – 24 August 2000) was the ''Kalyanji'' of the Kalyanji-Anandji duo. He and his brother Anandji Virji Shah have been famous Indian film musicians, and won the 1975 Filmfare Award for Best Music Director, for ''Kora Kagaz''. He is a recipient of the civilian honour of Padma Shri (1992). Birth and early life Kalyanji was born to Virji Shah, a Kutchi businessman in Kundrodi, Kutch, Gujarat, who migrated from Kutch to Mumbai to start a ''Kirana'' (provision store). His younger brother and his wife are the husband and wife duo Babla & Kanchan. He and his brothers began to learn music from a music teacher, who actually knew no music but taught them in lieu of paying his bills to their father. One of their four grand parents was a folk musician of some eminence. They spent most of their formative years in the hamlet of Girgaum (a district in Mumbai) amidst Marathi and Gujarati environs — some eminent musical talent resided in the vicinity. ... [...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 , |
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] |
Principal Photography
Principal photography is the phase of producing a film or television show in which the bulk of shooting takes place, as distinct from the phases of pre-production and post-production. Personnel Besides the main film personnel, such as actors, director, cinematographer or sound engineer and their respective assistants ( assistant director, camera assistant, boom operator), the unit production manager plays a decisive role in principal photography. They are responsible for the daily implementation of the shoot, managing the daily call sheet, the location barriers, transportation, and catering. In addition, there are numerous roles that serve the organization and the orderly sequence of the production, such as grips or gaffers. Other roles are related with the preparation of a daily production report, which shows the progress of the production compared to the schedule and contains further reports. This includes the storyboard with instructions for the copier and the editing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
