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An Awakening
''Suryaa: An Awakening'' (Hindi: ''सूर्या: एक जागृति'', pronounced ''Soorya: Ek Jaagrti'') is a 1989 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Esmayeel Shroff. The film stars Raaj Kumar, Vinod Khanna, Bhanupriya, Raj Babbar in lead roles. It was a financial success. Plot In the small community of Sargaon (Shikarpur) in rural India, Pt. Gangadhar Choudhary rules with an iron fist, forbidding anyone from speaking out against him. He owns most of the land surrounding his palatial home, save for a small patch of land owned by Veer Singh. One day, he summons Veer to his house and offers to buy his land for a substantial sum of money, but Veer refuses. Pt. Gangadhar has him killed. Veer's wife then dies of shock, leaving behind their son, Suraj, to be brought up by a kindly widow called Mrs. Salma Khan. Many years later, following a successful military career, Suraj returns to his home village to avenge his parents' death. The real name of Pt. Gangadh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esmayeel Shroff
Esmayeel Shroff (12 August 1960 – 26 October 2022) was an Indian film director and writer, noted for his work in the Bollywood industry. His hit film ''Thodisi Bewafaii'' was famous among the crowd of the 1980s. The movie was written by his brother, ''Moin-Ud-Din''. Career Early work Shroff graduated in Sound engineering, Sound Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli. He later went to Bombay, now Mumbai, to pursue his interest in films. He worked as Assistant Director to Bheem Singh and later directed his first film ''Thodisi Bewafaii'', followed by other films in Bollywood. Breakthrough Shroff directed ''Thodisi Bewafaii'' followed by ''Agar – If'', ''God and Gun'', ''Ahista Ahista (1981 film), Ahista Ahista'', ''Zid (1994 film), Zid'', ''Police Public'', ''Majhdhaar'', ''Dil Akhir Dil Hai'', ''Tarkieb'', ''Bulundi'', ''Nishchaiy'', ''Surya'' and ''Jhuta Sach''. He was directing the movie – ''Nazuk sa Modh'' which is to be shot in Delhi. "I am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Lever
Johnny Lever (born John Prakash Rao Janumala; 14 August 1957) is an Indian actor and popular comedian who is known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is one of the first stand-up comedians in India. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including thirteen Filmfare Awards nominations in Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role, and has won the award twice, for his work in ''Deewana Mastana'' (1997) and ''Dulhe Raja'' (1998). He began his career in 1984, and has acted in more than three hundred Hindi films. Early life Lever was born on 14 August 1957 in a Telugu Christian family in Prakasam, Andhra Pradesh. His father worked as an operator in Hindustan Unilever plant where he also worked as a labourer for six years. Lever was brought up in King's Circle area of Dharavi in Mumbai. His mother tongue is Telugu and is fluent in Hindi, Marathi, English and Tulu. He is the eldest in the family consisting of three sisters and two brothers (including his younger brother Ji ... [...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] |
Uttara Kelkar
Uttara, which means "north" in Sanskrit and many other South Asian languages, may refer to: Places *Uttara Export Processing Zone, Bangladesh *Uttara, a suburb north of Dhaka, Bangladesh *Uttara East Thana * Uttara West Thana *Uttaradit, a city in Thailand *Uttara Kannada, a district in Karnataka state *Uttarakhand, a Himalayan state in North India *Uttarakuru, a legendary location in ancient Indian texts * Uttarapatha, a legendary location in ancient Indian texts Films * ''Uttara'' (film), a 2000 Bengali film * ''Uttarayan'' (film), a 2004 Marathi film *Uttarayanam, a 1975 Malayalam film People * Uttara Baokar, Indian actress * Uttara Mhatre Kher (born 1963), Indian model Other uses *Uttara (Mahabharata), son of King Virata who went into battle with Arjuna *Uttarā (Mahabharata), daughter of Virata and mother of Parikshita *Uttara Bank, Bangladesh *Uttara University, Dhaka, Bangladesh *Uttaradhi Arora, an Arora clan of North India *Uttaramadra, a legendary clan found in Uttaraku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kavita Krishnamurthy
Sharada Krishnamurthy, popularly known as Kavita Krishnamurthy or Kavita Subramaniam, is an Indian playback and classical singer. She has recorded 50,000 songs in 45 various Indian languages including Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, Rajasthani, Bhojpuri, Telugu, Odia, Marathi, English, Urdu, Tamil, Malayalam, Gujarati, Nepali, Assamese, Konkani, Punjabi and other languages. She is the recipient of four Filmfare Best Female Playback Singer Awards (winning consecutively during 1995–1997), and the Padmashri which she received in 2005. She was awarded a Doctorate (Honoris Causa) for her contributions to Indian music by Bangalore-based Jain University in 2015. In 1999, she married noted violinist L. Subramaniam and resides in Bengaluru. Early life Born as Sharada into a Tamil Iyer family in New Delhi to T.S. Krishnamurthy, an employee of the Education Ministry. She began her musical training at the insistence of her aunt, Protima Bhattacharya who enrolled her to train under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alka Yagnik
Alka, AlkA or ALKA may refer to: People * Alka Ajith (born c. 1997), Indian multilingual playback singer * Alka Amin (active from 2011), Indian television actress * Alka Balram Kshatriya, Indian politician, Member of the Parliament of India representing Gujarat * Alka Kaushal (born 1969), Indian film actress in Marathi cinema * Alka Kriplani (active from before 1995), Indian gynecologist, medical writer and academic * Alka Kubal (active from born 1965), Indian film actress in Marathi cinema * Alka Lamba (born 1975), Indian politician * Alka Matewa (born 1987), Belgian mixed martial artist from Democratic Republic of the Congo * Alka Nath (born 1950), Indian social worker and politician * Alka Nupur (active from 1981), Indian film actress in Hindi cinema * Alka Pande (born 1956), Indian art curator * Alka Rai, Indian politician * Alka Sadat (born 1981), Afghan documentary and feature film producer, director and cameraman * Alka Saraogi (born 1960), Indian novelist and short st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anuradha Paudwal
Anuradha Paudwal (born 27 October 1954) is an Indian playback singer who works predominantly in Hindi cinema. She has been described in media as one of the most prominent Bhajan singer and also as one of the most successful playback singers of 80s and 90s era of Bollywood. The recipient of several accolades including a National Film Award, four Filmfare Awards (winning consecutively during 1990–92) and two Odisha State Film Awards, she has been honoured by the Government of India with the Padma Shri, the country's fourth-highest civilian honour for her contribution in the field of arts. She was honored with honorary degree of D.Litt. by ''D Y Patil University'', the second singer to receive this degree after Lata Mangeshkar. She is engaged in social work and had a foundation named Suryodaya Foundation. In her career spanning over four decades Paudwal has recorded more than 9,000 songs and more than 1,500 bhajans in several languages including Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammed Aziz
Mohammed Aziz (born as Sayeed Mohammed Aziz-Un-Nabi; 2 July 1954 – 27 November 2018), also known as Munna (Name Given By Legendary Music Composer Akshaya Mohanty, was an Indian multilingual playback singer who primarily sang for the Bollywood, Odia films., Bengali and He sang about twenty thousand songs, including Bhajans, Sufi devotional songs and other genres in more than ten different Indian languages. He made his first appearance in films Odia film titled ''Jaga Hatare Pagha'' directed by Mohammad Mohsin, with the song ''Rupa Sagadi re Suna Kaniya''. This is one of the most popular songs in Odisha and is sung in almost all the marriages. Later He Sung Most Numbers of songs in Odia and for Ollywood Actor Siddhanta Mahapatra. Later he appeared with a Hindi film titled ''Ambar'' (1984) and His two prominent songs, including "Mard Tangewala" composed by Anu Malik were introduced in '' Mard''. He had sung numerous duets in 1980s and 1990s with singers like Lata Mangeshkar, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smita Talwalkar
Smita Talwalkar (5 September 1954 – 6 August 2014) was a Marathi film actress, producer and director. She won two National Film Awards as producer of the films ''Kalat Nakalat'' (1989) and ''Tu Tithe Mee'' (1998). Career Born as Smita Govilkar on 5 September 1954, Talwalkar was a television newsreader for 17 years before entering acting. Her initial successful films as an actress include ''Tu Saubhagyavati Ho'' and ''Gadbad Ghotala'', both of 1986. ''Gadbad Ghotala'' was a comedy romance film with ensemble caste of various notable actors. She stepped into the role of a film producer with her first film ''Kalat Nakalat'' under the banner of Asmita Chitra in 1989. The drama dealt with delicate topic of families and children where one of the parents is involved in the extra-marital affair. Directed by Kanchan Nayak, the film was adjudged as the Best Marathi Feature Film at the 37th National Film Awards. In 1991, Talwalkar played the role of Minal, a childhood friend of a mental ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajesh Puri
Rajesh Puri is an Indian television actor. He acted in comedy serials like '' Yeh Duniya Gazab Ki''. Rajesh also acted in a DD1 serial Aamrapali (TV serial) in 2002. He is also identified as Lalit Prasad (a.k.a. Lalloo) of Hum Log, the Television series of the 1980s. He is seen in mostly comedy shows like ''Hi Zindagi Bye Zindagi'' ( Zee TV), ''One Two Ka Four'' (Zee TV), '' Ek Se Badh Kar Ek'' (DD National) and ''Fantush'' (DD Metro). In 2019, he played Sunil Bansal in '' Shakti - Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki'' on Colors TV and movie Zindagi Tumse (2019) Life He graduated from National School of Drama. Advertisement He played the role of "Cherry Chaplin" in the tv advertisements for "Cherry Blossom" brand of shoe polish. Television His most famous roles have been: # Lalit Prasad (Lalloo) in Hum Log, the first Indian TV soap serial # Munimji (accountant) in Buniyaad Selected filmography References External links Rajesh Purion IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinesh Hingoo
Dinesh Hingoo (born 13 April 1940) is an Indian actor who plays comic & supporting roles in Hindi films. He had appeared in over 300 films, from ''Taqdeer (1967)'' to ''Be Careful (2011)'', and is known for his laughter and impersonations including that of a Parsi businessman. He was a stand-up comedian in many orchestras, famous comedian Johny Lever in an interview stated that it was Dinesh Hingoo, who gave him a break to perform on stage as a comedian. He had played supporting roles and bit parts in movies such as '' Qurbani'', ''Saajan'', ''Baazigar'', ''Humraaz'', '' Daraar'', ''No Entry'', '' Judaai'', '' Khoobsurat'', Hera Pheri (2000 film), Phir Hera Pheri and '' Anubhav''. He had acted in television serials on Indian public broadcaster, Doordarshan Doordarshan (abbreviated as DD; Hindi: , ) is an Indian public service broadcaster founded by the Government of India, owned by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and one of Prasar Bharati's two divisions. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dulari (actress)
Dulari (real name Ambika Gautam) (18 April 1928 – 18 January 2013) was an Indian actress, who worked as character actor in Hindi cinema, appearing in 135 films, most notably ''Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai'' (1961), ''Mujhe Jeene Do'' (1963), ''Teesri Kasam'' (1966), ''Padosan'' (1968) and ''Deewaar'' (1975). Early life Dulari was born on 18 April 1928 in Nagpur, Maharashtra. Her real name was Ambika Gautam. She was a Kanyakubja Brahmin from the Awadh region of Uttar Pradesh. She was nick-named Rajdulari and later on only Dulari remained by which she was known. Career Forced to look for work after her father's illness, Dulari made her film debut with '' Bahen''(1941), ''Hamari Baat'' (1943), produced by Bombay Talkies, and went to appear as a character actor in over 135 films in the following six decades. Her last screen appearance was in ''Ziddi'' (1997) directed by Guddu Dhanoa. Her most notable role was in Jeevan Jyoti (1953). Her other important roles were in ''Pati Seva'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
