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Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi
''Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi'' (literal meaning: 'Such is Life') is a sitcom that aired on DD National in 1984. It was written by comedy writer Sharad Joshi and directed by Kundan Shah, S. S. Oberoi and ''Raman Kumar''. Plot The episodes revolved around funny happenings in the lives of Ranjit Verma and Renu Verma, who play a married couple along with Renu's unmarried and unemployed younger brother Raja and then Chachi's daughter who plays the character of Rashmi. Other characters were Ranjit's boss, his Bengali neighbours etc. Cast Main * Shafi Inamdar as Ranjit Verma, the husband * Swaroop Sampat as Renu Verma, Ranjit's wife * Rakesh Bedi as Raja, Renu's brother * Satish Shah as different character in each episode. * Sulbha Arya as Mandira Bhattacharya, Bengali neighbour * Vijay Kashyap as Tarun Bhattacharya, Bengali neighbour (season1–2); Recurring * Aanjjan Srivastav as Various characters * Jatin Kanakia as Rekha's Uncle * Pavan Malhotra as Various characters * Kishori Ballal as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sitcom
A sitcom, a portmanteau of situation comedy, or situational comedy, is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode. Sitcoms can be contrasted with sketch comedy, where a troupe may use new characters in each sketch, and stand-up comedy, where a comedian tells jokes and stories to an audience. Sitcoms originated in radio, but today are found mostly on television as one of its dominant narrative forms. A situation comedy television program may be recorded in front of a studio audience, depending on the program's production format. The effect of a live studio audience can be imitated or enhanced by the use of a laugh track. Critics disagree over the utility of the term "sitcom" in classifying shows that have come into existence since the turn of the century. Many contemporary American sitcoms use the single-camera setup and do not feature a laugh track, thus often resembling the dramedy shows of the 1980s and 1990s rather t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jatin Kanakia
Jatin Kanakia (28 June 1952 –18 July 1999), was an Indian actor. Best known for comedy roles, his career ranged from working in Gujarati plays, Hindi television shows and Hindi Bollywood movies. His skill and success earned him the informal title of being the "Prince of Comedy." Career Kanakia's career began with roles in Gujarati and Hindi theatre, after which his first major television role was in the comedy series, ''Shrimaan Shrimati'', where he played the lead role of Keshav Kulkarni, a married, middle-class house-holder who develops a crush on his movie star neighbour, played by Archana Puran Singh, and a rivalry with her husband, played by Rakesh Bedi, who in turn is drawn to Kulkarni's housewife Reema Lagoo. Broadcast on the national television network, Doordarshan, the series became one of India's most popular television shows. Kanakia also starred in shorter comedy series produced on Doordarshan and played cameos in other comedy series. He worked in many shows pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Vidhu Vinod Chopra (born 5 September 1952) is an Indian film director, producer, editor, screenwriter, lyricist and actor. His well-known films as director are ''Parinda'' (1988), '' 1942: A Love Story'' (1994). He is also known for producing '' Munna Bhai film series'', ''3 Idiots'' (2009), '' PK'' (2014), ''Sanju'' (2018) under his banner Vinod Chopra Films. Early life Chopra was born and grew up in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. His father was D. N. Chopra and veteran filmmaker Ramanand Sagar was his half-brother. His father's family originally came from Peshawar, British India. His mother was Shanti Devi Mahalakshmi who left Kashmir with him and family after the exodus and mass killings of Kashmiri Pandits due to the Kashmir conflict in 1990. He dedicated his movie ''Shikara'' to his mother which is based on the same theme. He studied film direction at the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune. Career Chopra's first student short film, ''Murder at Monkey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sameer Khakhar
Sameer Khakhar is a Bollywood film and television actor. Career Khakhar's notable TV serial roles include the one of the drunken character Khopdi from yesteryears milestone TV serial ''Nukkad'' in 1986, directed by Kundan Shah and Saeed Akhtar Mirza. His most memorable film role was in the dialogue-free ''Pushpaka Vimana'' (1987) of the alcoholic businessman who gets kidnapped by the hero – Kamal Haasan. Filmography Films * 1985 ''Chhun Chhun Karti Aayee Chidiya'' (Video) * 1987 ''Jawab Hum Denge'' – Kulkarni * 1987 ''Pushpak'' – Rich man (as Samir Khakhar) * 1988 ''Mere Baad'' * 1988 '' Mera Shikar'' * 1988 '' Shahenshah'' * 1989 ''Guru'' - Sameer * 1989 '' Nafrat Ki Aandhi'' * 1989 ''Parinda'' – Iqbal * 1989 '' Rakhwaala'' – Drunk * 1989 ''Shehzaade'' – Suraj's friend * 1989 '' Vardi'' – Havaldar * 1989 ''Jurrat'' – Makkhan Singh * 1990 '' Awwal Number'' – Rao – Terrorist * 1991 ''Baarish'' * 1992 '' Pyar Deewana Hota Hain'' * 1993 ''Dhartiputra'' – Orp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satish Kaushik
Satish Chandra Kaushik (born 13 April 1956) is an Indian actor, director, producer, comedian and screenwriter. Early life Satish was born on 13 April 1956 in Mahendragarh, Haryana. He graduated from Kirori Mal College, Delhi in 1972. He is an alumnus National School of Drama and Film and Television Institute of India. Career As a film actor, he is noted for his roles as "Calendar" in '' Mr. India,'', as Pappu Pager in ''Deewana Mastana'', and as "Chanu Ahmed" in Sarah Gavron's British film '' Brick Lane'' (2007). He won the Filmfare Best Comedian Award twice: in 1990 for ''Ram Lakhan'' and in 1997 for ''Saajan Chale Sasural.'' As a theatre actor, his most noted role was that of "Willy Loman" in the Hindi-language play, ''Salesman Ramlal,'' an adaptation of Arthur Miller's ''Death of a Salesman''. He wrote dialogues for Kundan Shah's comedy classic ''Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron'' (1983). His 2009 film ''Teree Sang'', starring Ruslaan Mumtaz and Sheena Shahabadi, explores issues of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anjan Srivastav
Aanjjan Srivastav (born 2 June 1948) is an Indian film, television and stage actor, associated with Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA) in Mumbai of which he remained Vice-President for several years. Outside theatre, he is best known as a character actor in Marathi and Hindi films, most notably, Mira Nair's ''Salaam Bombay!'', ''Mississippi Masala'' and Anupam Mittal's '' Flavors'' and Bollywood films like ''Gol Maal'', ''Bemisal'', ''Khuda Gawah'', ''Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa'' and '' Pukar''. He has also acted in the TV shows Wagle Ki Duniya (1988) and Wagle Ki Duniya – Nayi Peedhi Naye Kissey (2021). On television, Srivastav made his mark as the quintessential "common man" in the TV series ''Wagle Ki Duniya'' (Wagle's World) (1988–90) and ''Wagle Ki Nayi Duniya'', where he played the lead role, apart from ''Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi'' (1984) and ''Nukkad''. The Hindu, 16 September 2003. He has also acted for more than 40 years in over 30 plays, many of them jubilee hits, incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiran Juneja
Kiran Juneja is an Indian actress who works in Hindi cinema. Personal life She is second wife of filmmaker Ramesh Sippy. She hails from Punjabi Bagh area of New Delhi, India and her father was a doctor. Career In 1984, she started her acting career by signing an Indo-Italian co-production film called ''Shaheen'' as the leading lady, followed by a serial called ''Paying Guest'' for Rajshree Films and '' Wah Janaab'' opposite Shekhar Suman. She went on to act in several serials such as ''Ye Jo Hai Zindagi'', ''Kismat'', ''Junoon'', ''Siddhi'', ''Banjara Guest House'', ''Mouth Full of Sky'', ''Waqt Ki Raftar'', ''Swabhimaan'', ''Gaatha'', ''Palchin'', ''Tere Ghar Ke Saamne'' with Raju Kher, ''Commander'', ''Colonel'', ''Tere Mere Sapne'', ''Suraag'', ''Kuch Love Kuch Masti'', ''Koi Dil Me Hai'' and ''Sindoor Tere Naam Ka''. She is best known for her role of Ganga in ''Mahabharat'' and Verrawali in ''Buniyaad ''Buniyaad'' (literally ''Foundation'') is an Indian television so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nivedita Joshi-Saraf
Nivedita Joshi-Saraf ( Joshi; born 10 January 1965) is an Indian actress who works in Marathi and Hindi language films and television serials. She is married to actor Ashok Saraf. Joshi-Saraf has played Asawari in the Marathi-language serial ''Aggabai Sasubai'' on Zee Marathi from 2019 to 2021, a role she reprised in the spin-off '' Aggabai Sunbai''. Personal life Nivedita Joshi began her acting career at the age of 10 in the Marathi film industry. She married actor Ashok Saraf Ashok Saraf (Hindii pronunciation: ʃoːk səɾaːf born 4 June 1947) is an Indian film and stage actor and comedian. He has appeared in many Marathi language films and stage plays in lead roles and in Hindi language films and TV serials in ... in 1990. They have a son named Aniket Saraf who is a chef. Filmography Films Television Plays * ''Tilak–Agarkar'' * ''Akhercha Sawall'' * ''Premachya Gava Jave'' * ''Shrimant'' * ''Tuzya-Mazyat'' * ''Cottage No.54'' * ''Hasat Khelat' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javed Khan Amrohi
Javed Khan Amrohi is an Indian film and television actor who has acted in various films, amounting to approx. 150 Hindi films. He is best known for his role in Academy Award-nominated '' Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India'' (2001), ''Andaz Apna Apna'' (1994) and the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer ''Chak De! India'' (2007). He has also worked in TV series like ''Mirza Ghalib'', directed by Gulzar and as Karim (the barber) in ''Nukkad'', directed by Saeed Akhtar Mirza in the 1980s. He is also a member of the Acting faculty at ZIMA, Zee Institute of Media Arts in Mumbai of Zee TV. Selected filmography *''Jalte Badan (1973) as College Student * ''Ram Bharose'' (1977) * '' Alibaba Marjinaa'' (1977) * '' Doosara Aadmi'' (1977) * '' Satyam Shivam Sundaram: Love Sublime'' (1978) as Shastry's Son * '' Prem Bandhan'' (1979) as Eve teaser * ''Jhoota Kahin Ka'' (1979) as Jagjit * ''Noorie'' (1979) as Faulad Khan * '' Patthar Se Takkar'' (1980) as Havaldar * ''Nakhuda'' (1981) as Nawab (Waiter) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farida Jalal
Farida Jalal (born Farida Sami; 18 May 1950) is an Indian actress who primarily worked in Hindi films. In a film career spanning almost fifty years, Jalal appeared in over 200 films. Best known for her character-driven roles in independent cinema and supporting work in mainstream Bollywood productions, Jalal has received such accolades as four Filmfare Awards and two Bengal Film Journalists Association Awards. Jalal started her career with ''Taqdeer'' (1967). She went on to play leading and supporting roles in numerous motion pictures through the 1970s and early 80s. She is widely remembered for her roles in '' Paras'' (1971), '' Henna'' (1991) and '' Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge'' (1995), all of which garnered the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. She became a household name after portraying motherly roles and strong female characters in the 1990s and the early 2000s. She has also won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance for her role in ''Mammo'' (1994). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiku Talsania
Tiku Talsania (born 7 June 1954) is an Indian actor, who works in the Bollywood industry. Apart from acting in films and television serials, he also performs as a freelance theatre artist, working for Gujarati theatre. Career Television Tiku has acted in a number of television serials starting with ''Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi'' in 1984, followed by hit TV serials in 1990s like '' Ye Duniya Ghazab Ki'', Zamana Badal Gaya and Ek Se Badh Kar Ek. He acted in many successful serials until the very recent ''Uttaran''. He was last seen on the SAB TV's Sitcom ''Sajan Re Phir Jhooth Mat Bolo''. Films Tiku started his Bollywood career with Rajeev Mehra's '' Pyaar Ke Do Pal'' in 1986. He continued to play his role as comedian in movies such as ''Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin'', '' Umar 55 Ki Dil Bachpan Ka'', ''Bol Radha Bol'', ''Andaz Apna Apna'' and ''Mr. Bechara'' from 1991 to 1996. Breaking from his comedian roles, he donned the cap of a serious character in the movie ''Waqt Hamara Hai'' in 1993. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salim Ghouse
Salim Ahmad Ghouse (10 January 1952 – 28 April 2022) was an Indian film, television and theatre actor, theatre director, and martial artist. He has acted in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and English films. Early life Salim Ghouse was born in Chennai. He studied at the Christchurch School and the Presidency College in Chennai. He was also a graduate of the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. Career Salim Ghouse is known for his role in the TV series '' Subah'' and for playing Rama, Krishna and Tipu Sultan in Shyam Benegal's TV Series ''Bharat Ek Khoj''. He has also worked in TV serial ''Wagle Ki Duniya''. In 1989, he portrayed the villain in the Tamil film ''Vettri Vizhaa'', directed by Pratap Pothen as the rival to Kamal Haasan. He starred alongside Mohanlal in the classic Malayalam movie ''Thazhvaram'', directed by Bharathan. In 1993 he did a villain role in Mani Ratnam's film ''Thiruda Thiruda'', and also acted alongside Madhuri Dixit and Shahrukh Khan in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |