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Anwar Hussain (actor)
Anwar Hussain (11 November 1925 – 1 January 1988) was an Indian actor and producer. He was a popular character actor from the 1940s to 1982 and acted in over 200 Bollywood films. Some of his best known roles are from ''Ab Dilli Dur Nahin'', ''Gunga Jumna'' (1961), ''Shaheed'', '' Baharon Ke Sapne'', ''Victoria No. 203'' (1972), ''Chori Mera Kaam'', '' Loafer'', ''Gaddar'', ''Rafoo Chakkar'' and ''Jail Yatra''. He was the son of singer-turned director Jaddanbai and thus, maternal half-brother to noted actress Nargis Dutt and Akhtar Hussain. Hussain is best known for his roles in ''Gunga Jumna'' (1962) and ''Rocky'' (1981) with his nephew Sanjay Dutt Sanjay Balraj Dutt (born 29 July 1959) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Hindi cinema. In a career spanning over four decades, Dutt has won several accolades and acted in over 100 films, ranging from romance to comedy genres, though u .... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolkata
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, commercial, and financial hub of Eastern India and the main port of communication for North-East India. According to the 2011 Indian census, Kolkata is the seventh-most populous city in India, with a population of 45 lakh (4.5 million) residents within the city limits, and a population of over 1.41 crore (14.1 million) residents in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area. It is the third-most populous metropolitan area in India. In 2021, the Kolkata metropolitan area crossed 1.5 crore (15 million) registered voters. The Port of Kolkata is India's oldest operating port and its sole major riverine port. Kolkata is regarded as the cultural capital of India. Kolkata is the second largest Bengali-speaking city after Dhaka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocky (1981 Film)
Rocky is a 1981 Indian romantic action film directed by Sunil Dutt. This film marks the debut of Sunil Dutt's son Sanjay Dutt and also stars Reena Roy, Tina Munim, Amjad Khan, Raakhee, Ranjeet, Shakti Kapoor and Aruna Irani in pivotal roles. Sunil Dutt also appears in a cameo. Aruna Irani received a Filmfare Nomination for Best Supporting Actress, the only nomination for the film. Shammi Kapoor plays himself, where he gets to judge dancers to the famous song "Aa Dekhe Zara", where Sanjay Dutt and Reena Roy as a pair compete against Shakti Kapoor and Tina Munim. The film was released only a few days after the death of Sunil's wife and Sanjay's mother, Nargis. It was ranked as the 10th highest-grossing film of 1981. Plot Shankar (Sunil Dutt) is an educated young man who is employed in the construction business by Ratanlal (Anwar Hussain). Shankar is also the union leader and would like Ratanlal to enforce measures for workers' safety. Before he could ensure this, Shankar is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shehar Aur Sapna
''Shehar Aur Sapna'' () is 1963 Hindi film directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, about a young couple searching in vain for a home of their own in a metropolis, amidst the backdrop of rapidly developing city, and the many who flocked to it in hope for a better life. It won the 1964 National Film Award for Best Feature Film and was nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Film. Synopsis and themes It was based on Abbas's own story ''One Thousand Nights on a Bed of Stones'', which describes the struggle in the life of pavement dwellers in the backdrop of rapid industrialization. The theme of the film signified a marked departure from the films made in 1950s, the opening decade of independent India, as by now the euphoria seen in films such as '' Naya Daur'' (1957) and '' Boot Polish'' (1954) had been replaced by realism and the death of economic idealism. This was also seen in later films such as '' Roti Kapda Aur Makaan'' (1974) and Mani Kaul's '' Uski Roti'' (1969), as industrialization ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asli-Naqli
''Asli-Naqli'' () is a 1962 Hindi film produced by L.B Lachman and L.B Thakur. The film is directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee and stars Dev Anand, Sadhana, Leela Chitnis, Anwar Hussain, Sandhya Roy and Keshto Mukherjee. The film's music is by Shankar Jaikishan and the lyrics by Hasrat Jaipuri and Shailendra. The film became a box office hit. Plot Anand (Dev Anand) is a spoiled grandson of rich businessman Rai Bahadur (played by Nazir Hussain). His grandfather wants him to marry Rekha ( Indira), only daughter and heiress of a rich man, in spite of Anand's disinterest for her. In the ensuring fight, Anand leaves his house to prove his worthiness and ends up in the streets of Bombay (present day Mumbai). There, Mohan ( Anwar Hussain) meets Anand and takes Anand to his house in a poor neighborhood. Anand settles himself there temporarily and tries to find work. He meets a beautiful, educated young woman Renu (Sadhana Shivdasani) and gets impressed with her. She helps him to fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amar Deep (1958 Film)
''Amar Deep'' () is a 1958 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by T. Prakash Rao, under Sivaji Productions. The film stars Dev Anand, Vyjayanthimala, Padmini, Ragini, Johnny Walker, Pran, Om Prakash. The film's music was composed by C. Ramchandra. It is a remake of 1956 Tamil movie '' Amara Deepam'' which itself was a remake of the 1942 English-language film ''Random Harvest'' which had earlier been adapted in Bengali as ''Harano Sur'' (1957). Plot The movie story deals with Aruna (Vyjayanthimala) who lives a wealthy lifestyle with her grandfather. She has come of marriageable age and he wants her to marry a young man named Pran ( Pran). But Aruna finds him possessive, controlling, and hot-tempered, and will not have anything to do with him, so she decides to run away. Her father, who falls deeply ill, asks Pran to search everywhere for her, and Pran takes an oath that he will not return home until he finds her. When Aruna was away from home, she meets an yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Police (1958 Film)
''Police'' is a 1958 Indian Hindi-language action-thriller film directed by Kalidas, produced by Deep Khosla and Pradeep Kumar, and starring Madhubala, Pradeep Kumar and Nadira''.'' The music of the film was composed by Hemant Kumar.' Plot When an airplane brings ex dacoit Rangooni (Pradeep Kumar) from Singapore to Bombay, Inspector Mehra (Raj Mehra) looks upon Rangooni's return with well-founded suspicion. His arrival in Bombay disturbs the activities of a gang of jewel-theft specialists, led by man-about-town-Ramesh ( Anwar Hussain). Rangooni foils the activities of the gang by forestalling the gangster. Manju (Madhubala), daughter of Bahadur Sunderdas, who has Rai encountered Rangooni many times, is excited by the prospect of getting the dacoit arrested and hopes to get a lot of publicity by so doing. Ramesh, constantly thwarted by Rangooni, lays a trap for his opponent but in the last smashing chase scene is unmasked for what he is. But who is Rangooni? What is the motive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhabhi (1957 Film)
Bhabhi is a 1957 Hindi film directed by Krishnan–Panju for AVM Productions. It starred Balraj Sahni, Pandari Bai and Nanda in pivotal roles. The film went on to become the eighth highest grossing Bollywood film of the year. The film was a remake of the 1954 Bengali film ''Banga Gora'', which in turn was based on the novel ''Bijila'' by Prabhavathi Devi Saraswathi. The Bengali movie was earlier remade in Tamil as '' Kula Dheivam'' and later remade in Kannada as '' Jenu Goodu''. Pandari Bai reprised her role in all versions except Bengali. Summary Although a graduate in Arts, Shanta ( Pandari Bai) agrees to marry a less educated widowed businessman Ratanlal ( Balraj Sahni), shortly called Ratan, who has a son Mithu ( Daisy Irani), from his first marriage and re-locates to live with him, his three brothers; Ramesh ( Jawahar Kaul), Rajan ( Raja Gosavi) and Baldev (Jagdeep) and his aunty (Durga Khote). Ratanlal permits Shanta to let her child-widowed sister, Lata ( Nanda), t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yahudi
''Yahudi'' (), is a 1958 Hindi-language action drama film directed by Bimal Roy. It starred Dilip Kumar, Meena Kumari, Sohrab Modi, Nazir Hussain, Nigar Sultana and others. It was based on the play ''Yahudi Ki Ladki'' by Agha Hashar Kashmiri, a classic in Parsi-Urdu theatre, about persecution of Jews in the Roman Empire. Although, not very well received critically, the film was a big hit despite its alien theme, and was the third-highest grossing Indian film of 1958, owing to the box office draw of Dilip Kumar. The film's lyricist Shailendra won the Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist at the 6th ceremony, for the song "Yeh Mera Diwanapan Hai", sung by Mukesh. The plot bears similarities to Jacques Fromental Halévy's opera La Juive. The story revolves around the life of a foster relationship. Set in the era of the Roman Empire over 2000 years ago, it focuses upon the persecution of Jews at that time in the empire's centre - Rome. Plot Ezra ( Sohrab Modi) is a jeweller ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Footpath (1953 Film)
''Footpath'' is a 1953 Hindi film written and directed by Zia Sarhadi. It stars Dilip Kumar, Meena Kumari in lead roles. The music of the film is by Khayyam and background score by Timir Baran. Plot The story is about black-marketeering in grains and medicines, a subject of perennial interest to everybody and of poignant importance to the poor and needy. The characters and drama are laid among the very poor, the homeless ones, the pavement dwellers, whence the picture derives its title. One of them, the central character, is a poorly-paid hack journalist named Noshu who lives, for lack of means, with his kindly elder brother Bani and Bani's nasty wife, Minna. Powerfully attracted to a pretty young girl of the neighborhood and wanting desperately to woo and win her, he decides to become a black-marketeer. The path of the transgressor is laid with roses. He mints money, becomes a wealthy and a respected citizen, and has everything he hankered for in his new world of luxurious ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jhamela
''Jhamela'' (English: Problem) is a 1953 Hindi comedy thriller film produced and directed by Bhagwan, for his Bhagwan Art Productions. The film was a repeat formula Bhagwan had earlier used in his commercially successful film '' Albela'' (1951). ''Albela'' with its "rumba-samba beats" in the composition of music director C. Ramchandra's songs, its comedy, and melodramatic story, had turned out to be an "all-time hit". With music again composed by C. Ramachandra, and casting actress Geeta Bali, Bhagwan tried to recreate the magic of Albela with little success. The film was termed a "semi-hit" at the box-office. It starred Geeta Bali, Bhagwan, Shakuntala, Sunder, Anwar Hussain and Badri Prasad. Cast * Geeta Bali * Bhagwan * Sunder * Anwar Hussain * Badri Prasad * Baby Shakuntala Soundtrack The music was composed by C. Ramchandra, who had previously given hit music for ''Albela'' (1951). According to C. Ramchandra, his inspiration for the "unique beat" for ''Albela'' (1951 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hum Log (film)
''Hum Log'' () is a 1951 Indian Hindi social realist film written and directed by Zia Sarhadi. Dealing with the trials and tribulations of a middle-class family, the film stars Nutan, Shyama, Durga Khote, Balraj Sahni and Sajjan in lead roles. Nutan earned positive notice for her portrayal of a tuberculosis patient and so did Sahni who played her brother. The film was a commercial success and established Nutan as a rising star in the film industry. Cast The cast is as follows: * Nutan as Paro * Shyama as Shepali * Durga Khote as Mother * Balraj Sahni as Raj * Sajjan as Anand * Anwar Hussain as Kundan * Kanhaiyalal as Lalaji / Haricharandas * Manmohan Krishna as Mamaji * Cuckoo as Dancer Production According to author Bunny Reuben, the film was Balraj Sahni's first break in the film industry. Rajendra Kumar was first signed by producer Shah to play the part of Anand, but a few days into the filming was replaced by Sajjan. The film took six months to complete. Release and r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
