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Yateem
''Yateem'' is a 1988 Indian action romance drama film directed by J. P. Dutta. The movie stars Sunny Deol, Farha Naaz, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Danny Denzongpa and Amrish Puri. Plot Yateem revolves around a police officer Shiv Kumar Yadav (Kulbhushan Kharbanda), a widower, who adopts a bandit's son after killing the brigand in an encounter. The orphan is named Krishna (Sunny Deol) and while Yadav tries to raise him as his own son, Yadav's mother (Dina Pathak) never accepts him. Krishna is taunted by one and all for being a dacoit's son and he would have run away had it not been for the compassion shown by Gauri (Farah Naaz), Yadav's daughter. Yadav sends Krishna to the police academy and by the time he returns as an inspector, Yadav had remarried. Yadav's much younger new wife Chanchal (Sujata Mehta) treats Gauri as the servant of the house and is also having an affair with Girivar Mathur (Danny Dengzongpa), the local police chief. Chanchal takes a liking to Krishna and sensing th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sujata Mehta
Sujata Mehta is an Indian actress of Gujarati origin who has acted in plays and Bollywood films, most known for her lead role in ''Pratighaat'' (1987) supporting roles in ''Yateem'' (1988) and '' Gunaah'' (1993). She also played the lead role in the critically acclaimed and National Award winning Malayalam movie Purushartham (1987). Early career Sujata started her acting career by participating in Gujarati stage plays wherein she played small cameos and, on sheer hard work and perseverance, graduated to playing lead roles. Bollywood career Her first big break came in N. Chandra's social film ''Pratighaat'' (1987) with Nana Patekar, where she played a college teacher who is stripped naked in public by gangsters. The role was originally played by Vijayashanti in the Telugu film ''Pratighatna'' (1986). Sujata was noticed and appreciated for her stellar performance in the film. In her next film ''Yateem'' (1988), directed by J. P. Dutta, she played a lustful step-mother who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farha Naaz
Farah Naaz Hashmi, commonly credited as Farah, is a leading Bollywood actress of the mid 1980s and early 1990s. She is the elder sister of Tabu. Farah made her debut in ''Faasle'' in 1985 under the Yash Chopra films banner. She was one of the prominent actresses in Bollywood in the late eighties and early nineties. She was paired with Prosenjit Chatterjee in 1989 Bengali movie ''Aamar Tumi''. Farha's landmark films were '' Naseeb Apna Apna'' (1986), ''Imaandaar'' (1987), '' Woh Phir Aayegi'', ''Naqab'' (1989), ''Yateem'' (1988), ''Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri'' (1990), '' Begunaah'' (1991), ''Bhai Ho To Aisa'' (1995) and ''Sautela Bhai'' (1996). She is today remembered for her three films with Rajesh Khanna. She retired from acting in 1996 after her first marriage, though she later did a few television serials. She worked with almost all of the top actors of her time, including Rajesh Khanna, Rishi Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, Sunny Deol, Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Aamir Khan, Mithun Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunny Deol
Ajay Singh Deol (born 19 October 1956), better known by his stage name Sunny Deol, is an Indian actor, film director, producer, politician and current Member of Parliament from Gurdaspur (Lok Sabha constituency) of Punjab, India. As an actor, he has worked in more than 100 Hindi films and earned the image of an angry action hero. He went on to star in numerous successful films in the 1980s and 1990s and is considered as one of the top stars of that time. He starred in several blockbuster movies such as '' Ghayal'', ''Darr'', ''Damini'', '' Jeet'', '' Ghatak'', '' ''Ziddi'', ''Border'' and '' Gadar: Ek Prem Katha''. Deol has won two National Film Award for Best Actor and two Filmfare Awards. Deol made his debut opposite fellow debutante Amrita Singh in ''Betaab'' (1983), for which he received a Filmfare Best Actor Award nomination. With his portrayal of an amateur boxer wrongly accused of his brother's murder in Rajkumar Santoshi's '' Ghayal'' in 1990, Deol gained wide recogni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hasan Kamal
Hasan Kamal (born 1 January 1943) is an Indian lyricist and songwriter. The recipient of #Awards and Recognitions, numerous awards, including Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist in 1985 for the title song of the film ''Aaj Ki Aawaz'' (1984), he started his career in 1981 with "Sar Se Sarke Teri Chunariy" song from Silsila (1981 film), ''Silsila''. His last song as a lyricist is "Aakhein Teri Kitni Haseen" from Anwar (2007 film), ''Anwar''. Early life and education Kamal was born in Lucknow, India on January 1, 1943. He graduated from the Lucknow University and began his journalistic career as a Sub-editor of ''Blitz Weekly'' in 1965. He became the editor of ''Urdu Blitzin'' 1974 and brought up its circulation from 13,000 copies to 1,00,000 copies a week. He is a popular columnist with a regular column in Inquilab, Rozanama Rashtriya Sahara, Etmaad and Al-Bagh. His column is often translated into Tamil, Telugu, Marathi and English. He is a prominent poet of modern Urdu literature an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vijayendra Ghatge
Vijayendra Ghatge is an Indian actor in Bollywood film and television. He is known for his role of Lala Vrishbhaan in the TV serial ''Buniyaad'' that originally aired on DD National in 1986. Among other serials and several films, he is also known for his roles in ''Chitchor'' (1976), ''Prem Rog'' (1982) and more recently ''Devdas'' (2002) and ''Jhankaar Beats'' (2003). Background and education Ghatge is a member of the Maratha royal family of Kagal. He is thus a cousin of the Maharaja of Kolhapur. Ghatge's mother, Sitaraje Ghatge, is the daughter of the Maharaja Maharaja Tukojirao Holkar III of Indore (reigned 1903–1926) by his American-born third wife Nancy Miller, who was formally adopted by the Maharaja's aunt and took the name Sharmishtha Devi Holkar upon marrying the Maharaja. He is the uncle of Indian actress Sagarika Ghatge (sometimes mistakenly considered as her father). He is married to Avantika Ghatge who was formerly working as head of department of Fine Arts at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beena Banerjee
Beena Banerjee (born 19 February 1943), also known as Beena or Bina, is an Indian actress in Bengali and Hindi films and television. Biography Beena Banerjee was born as Beena Batabyal on 19 February 1943, the daughter of film actor Pradeep Kumar (originally Pradeep Batabyal, also, Pradeep Bannerjee) (1925–2001). She married Ajoy Biswas, an actor and film director, but they separated. She has a son, Siddharth Banerjee, who has worked as assistant director to Sajid Khan in two films, namely ''Housefull 2 ''Housefull 2'', sometimes called ''Housefull 2: The Dirty Dozen'', is an 2012 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film written and directed by Sajid Khan. Brothers Sajid Samji and Farhad Samji co-wrote the film under their duo Sajid-Farhad, ba ...'' (2012) and '' Himmatwala'' (2013). Filmography Television References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Banerjee, Beena 1943 births Living people 20th-century Bengalis 20th-century Indian actresses 21st-century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dina Pathak
Dina Pathak (née Gandhi; 4 March 1922 – 11 October 2002) was an Indian actress and director of Gujarati theatre and also a film actor. She was an activist and President of the National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW). A doyenne of Hindi and Gujarati films as well as theatre, Dina Pathak acted in over 120 films in a career spanning over six decades. Her production ''Mena Gurjari'' in Bhavai folk theatre style, ran successfully for many years, and is now a part of its repertoire. Brandon, p. 83 She is best known for her memorable roles in the Hindi films ''Gol Maal'' and ''Khubsoorat''. She was a favourite of the Art Cinema in India where she played powerful roles in films like ''Koshish'', '' Umrao Jaan'', ''Mirch Masala'' and ''Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho!''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Kulbhushan Kharbanda (born 21 October 1944) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi and Punjabi films. He is best known for his role as the antagonist Shakaal in '' Shaan'' (1980), Starting off with the Delhi-based theatre group 'Yatrik' in the 1960s, he moved to films with Sai Paranjpye's '' Jadu Ka Shankh'' in 1974. He worked in several parallel cinema films before working in the mainstream Hindi film industry. He appeared in Mahesh Bhatt's classic ''Arth'' (1982), ''Ek Chadar Maili Si'' (1986), '' Waaris'' (1988), and in all three parts of Deepa Mehta's Elements trilogy: ''Fire'' (1996), ''Earth'' (1998), and ''Water'' (2005). After nearly two decades he was seen on the theatre stage at the Padatik Theatre in Kolkata in the production of ''Atmakatha'', directed by Vinay Sharma. Personal life Kharbanda is married to Maheshwari, a woman who was previously married to the Maharaja of Kotah. Born the daughter of Maharaja Ram Singh II of Pratapgarh, Rajasthan, Maheshwari married Kha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Denzongpa
Tshering Phintso "Danny" Denzongpa (born 25 February 1948) is an Indian actor, singer and film director who primarily works in Hindi films. He has acted in over 190 films since 1971. In 2003, Denzongpa was awarded the Padma Shree, India's fourth-highest civilian honour. His film career spans more than 4 decades. He has also starred in some international films, the most famous being ''Seven Years in Tibet'' where he appeared alongside Brad Pitt. His best known villainous roles are in '' Dhund'', '' 36 Ghante'', ''Bandish'', ''Jeeo Aur Jeene Do'', ''Dharm Aur Qanoon'' and '' Agneepath'' whereas his best known positive roles were in ''Fakira'', ''Chor Machaye Shor'', ''Devata'', ''Kalicharan'', ''Bulundi'' and '' Adhikar''. His directorial venture ''Phir Wahi Raat'' was considered among the top five best horror suspense films of Hindi Cinema. Life and education Born as Tshering Phintso Denzongpa to a Nepali speaking Buddhist family in Yuksom, Sikkim, he did his schooling in Birl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalip Tahil
Dalip Tahil (born as Dalip Tahilramani; 30 October 1952) is an Indian film, television and theatre actor. He studied at Sherwood College in Nainital, India. After attending Aligarh Muslim University for a year, he graduated from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. Tahil is best known for his work in ''Baazigar'' (1993), ''Raja'' (1995), Hum hai rahi pyar ke (1993) and Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988). Early life Dalip Tahilramani was born on 30 October 1952 in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India into a Sindhi Hindu family which had recently migrated from Sindh during the Partition of India. His father's name is Ghanshyam Jethanand Tahilramani. Stage Dalip Tahil began to appear on stage while at Sherwood College, Nainital, at the age of 10. Dalip's participation over the years in choir, elocution competitions, Nativity plays, and formal and informal concerts gave him a platform to be cast in principal parts. So, during his senior years at school, he won the Kendall Cup for the best actor in two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sukhwinder Singh
Sukhwinder Singh (born 18 July 1971) is an internationally acclaimed Indian playback singer who primarily sings Bollywood songs. He is famous internationally for singing " Jai Ho" from the film ''Slumdog Millionaire'' which won an Academy Award for Best Original Song and a Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media. One of his most famous songs is "Chaiyya Chaiyya" from Mani Ratnam's 1998 film '' Dil Se..'', was composed by A. R. Rahman, written by Gulzar, and sung in duet with Sapna Awasthi. Early life and career Sukhwinder Singh hails from hathi gate in bhatti family Amritsar, Punjab. He released a Punjabi album called ''Munda Southhall Da'' with T. Singh, joined Laxmikant–Pyarelal’s troupe, and quickly became a music arranger before heading to South India to look for work, wherein, he sang for the Tamil film ''Ratchagan''. Singh got his first Bollywood break with the song "Aaja Sanam" in the film named '' Khilaaf''. But h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980s Hindi-language Films
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 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 *January 28 **Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai (or Jingfeng), Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor (d. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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