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Commando (1988 Film)
''Commando'' is a 1988 Bollywood, Hindi-language Indian action film, action film directed by B.Subhash and produced by Mushir-Riaz. It stars Mithun Chakraborty, Mandakini (actress), Mandakini, Hemant Birje, Kim Yashpal, Kim in lead roles. It was a commercial success at the box-office. Plot The film starts with an assassination attempt that fails as a police inspector jumps in front of and saves the minister. The police dies, and his wife goes mad. The son, Mithun, grows by training himself, and at the same time cares for his mother, who is in treatment for mental illness. Mithun, saves Mandakini during a murder attempt by the gunmen of Shakthi Kapoor. Gradually both fall in love, but Mandakini`s father is against it. Mandakini`s father is in good terms with the villain to get Mithun arrested since Mithun got trapped by Shakthi Kapoor with a lorry full of explosives, during which Mithun overhears a conversation among the villains about an assassination attempt. Mandakini gets ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mushir Alam
Mushir Alam (died 20 February 2019) was an Indian film producer. After a nationally publicized funeral, he was buried in Jajmau. He was known as one of Bollywood's highest-profile and most successful producers of the 70s and 80s. His production shingle was "Mushir-Riaz", a joint venture with fellow producer Mohammed Riaz (died 21 May 2022). He was infamously kidnapped in Mumbai in 1982. Filmography * Safar (1970 film), Safar (1970) * Mehbooba (1976 film), Mehbooba (1976) * Bairaag (1976) * Apne Paraye (1980) * Rajput (film), Rajput (1982) * Shakti (1982 film), Shakti (1982) * Zabardast (1985) * Samundar (1986) * Commando (1988 film), Commando (1988) * Akayla (1991) * Virasat (1997 film), Virasat (1997) References {{Reflist Indian film producers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asrani
Govardhan Asrani (born 1 January 1941), known popularly by mononym Asrani, is an Indian actor and director whose Bollywood career has spanned over five decades. He has acted in over 350 Hindi films. Asrani has played the lead roles, character roles, comedic roles and supporting roles. He is best known for his role in ''Sholay'' as a jailer and characters he played in 25 films with Rajesh Khanna in lead role between 1972 and 1991. In Hindi films, he played several comic roles from 1966 to 2013 and played a supporting actor's role as the close friend of the lead hero in many films between 1972 and 1994. In a few Hindi films like '' Chala Murari Hero Banne'' and '' Salaam Memsaab'', he played the main lead hero. In Gujarati films he played the lead hero from 1972 to 1984 and played character roles from 1985 to 2012. He also directed six films between 1974 and 1997. Early life Asrani was born into a middle-class, Sindhi Hindu family in Jaipur. His father opened a carpet shop. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Soundtrack
A soundtrack is a recorded audio signal accompanying and synchronised to the images of a book, drama, motion picture, radio program, television program, or video game; colloquially, a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film, video, or television presentation; or the physical area of a film that contains the synchronised recorded sound. In movie industry terminology usage, a sound track is an audio recording created or used in film production or post-production. Initially, the dialogue, sound effects, and music in a film each has its own separate track, and these are mixed together to make what is called the ''composite track,'' which is heard in the film. A ''dubbing track'' is often later created when films are dubbed into another language. This is also known as an M&E (music and effects) track. M&E tracks contain all sound elements minus dialogue, which is then supplied by the foreign distributor in the native language of its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manik Irani
Manik Irani (also known as Billa) was an Indian actor, best known for playing villain roles in Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, is primarily produced in Mumbai. The popular term Bollywood is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and "Cinema of the United States, Hollywood". The in ... films of the late 1980s and 1990s. Filmography Hindi Telugu Other language films References External links * Male actors in Hindi cinema Place of birth missing 20th-century Indian male actors {{India-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Praveen Kumar (actor)
Praveen Kumar Sobti (6 December 1947 – 7 February 2022) was an Indian Hammer throw, hammer and discus thrower, actor, politician, and soldier with Border Security Force. As a 20-year-old he joined then newly raised Border Security Force from where he attracted the attention of his officers through his fine athletic skills and went on to represent India at various athletic events in "Discus throw". As an athlete he won four medals at the Asian Games, including two gold medals, won a silver medal in the Commonwealth Games and competed in two Olympics. As an actor, he starred in more than 50 Hindi films and played the famous character of Bhima in Baldev Raj Chopra, B.R. Chopra's television series ''Mahabharat (1988 TV series), Mahabharat'' that started in 1988. As a politician he contested the 2013 Delhi Legislative elections on an Aam Aadmi Party ticket, but lost. Sports Kumar was a star of Indian athletics in the 1960s and the 1970s. He dominated the Indian hammer and dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajit Vachani
Ajit Vachhani (10 August 1951 – 25 August 2003) was an Indian film and television actor. He had worked in many Hindi films as a character actor, including '' Mr. India'' (1987) (as "Teja"), ''Maine Pyar Kiya'' (1989), '' Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa'' (1993), '' Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!'' (1994) and '' Hum Saath Saath Hain'' (1999), the two latter being some of his most popular and well-earning movies of all time. He acted in over 50 Hindi films, one Marathi cinema 'Eka Peksha Ek' besides three Sindhi movies. He also acted in television serials including ''Hasratein'', '' Daane Anaar Ke'' and '' Ek Mahal Ho Sapno Ka''. and ''Mitti ke rang'' (story bus stand ki ek raat) Career Ajit started his TV career with Samvaad Video's ''Bante Bigadte'' (1985), produced by Rakesh Chaudhary, and soon become a popular face on the television and soon he was appearing in Hindi films. Vachhani has acted in over 50 Hindi films, three Sindhi films and was a regular in Gujarati and Marathi plays. He acte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shashi Kiran
Shashi may refer to: Places and jurisdictions China *Shashi City (), Hubei from 1949 to 1994 *Shashi District (), Jingzhou, Hubei (historically, Shashi City) since 1994 ** Apostolic Prefecture of Shashi ** Jingmen–Shashi railway, single-track railway in Hubei province, China *Shashi, Liuyang (沙市镇), town in Hunan province *Shashi, Shaodong (砂石镇), town of Shaodong County, Hunan province Africa *Shashi River or Shashe River, major left-bank tributary of the Limpopo River in Zimbabwe People Shashi is an Indian and Nepali male and female name, abstracted from ancient Sanskrit language, meaning "Moon". Politics * Shashi Kumar (born 1965), actor and politician from Karnataka, India * Shashi Shrestha, Nepalese politician, Central Committee member of Janamorcha Nepal * Shashi Tharoor (born 1956), Indian Minister of State for Human Resource Development Culture, science and entertainment *Shashi Caan, American architect, designer, advocacy icon, founder of The Shashi Caa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iftekhar
Iftekhar Ahmed Sharif (22 February 1920 – 4 March 1995), often mononymously credited as Iftekhar or Iftikhar, was an Indian actor who mainly worked in Hindi cinema. He is known for his film roles as a police officer. Career Iftekhar was born in Jalandhar and was the eldest among four brothers and a sister. After completing his matriculation, Iftekhar did a diploma course in painting from Lucknow College Of Arts. Iftekhar had a passion for singing and was impressed with the famous singer Kundanlal Sehgal. In his 20s, Iftekhar travelled to Calcutta for an audition conducted by the music composer Kamal Dasgupta, who was then serving for His Master's Voice. Dasgupta was so impressed by Iftekhar's personality that he recommended his name to M. P. Productions as an actor. Iftekhar made his debut in the 1944 film ''Taqraar'', which was made under the banner of Art Films-Kolkata. Many of Iftekhar's close relatives, including his parents and siblings, migrated to Pakistan dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asha Sharma
''Asha'' () or ''arta'' (; ) is a Zoroastrian concept with a complex and highly nuanced range of meaning. It is commonly summarized in accord with its contextual implications of 'truth' and 'right' (or 'righteousness'), 'order' and 'right working'... It is of cardinal importance. to Zoroastrian theology and doctrine. In the moral sphere, ''aṣ̌a/arta'' represents what has been called "the decisive confessional concept of Zoroastrianism". qtd. in . The opposite of ''aṣ̌a'' is ''druj'' (). Its Old Persian equivalent is ''arta-''. In Middle Iranian languages the term appears as ''ard-''. The word is also the proper name of the divinity Asha, the Amesha Spenta that is the hypostasis or "genius". of "Truth" or "Righteousness". In the Younger Avesta, this figure is more commonly referred to as Asha Vahishta (''Aṣ̌a Vahišta'', ''Arta Vahišta''), "Best Truth". The Middle Persian descendant is ''Ashawahist'' or ''Ardwahisht''; New Persian ''Ardibehesht'' or ''Ordibehes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Alter
Thomas Beach Alter (22 June 1950 – 29 September 2017) was an Indian actor. He was best known for his works in Hindi cinema, and Indian theatre. In 2008, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India. Early life Born in Mussoorie in present-day Uttarakhand, Alter was the son of American Presbyterian missionaries of English, Scottish and Swiss German ancestry and lived for years in Mumbai and the Himalayan hill station of Landour. His grandparents migrated to Madras, India from Ohio, U.S., in November 1916. From there, they moved to and settled in Lahore, in present-day Pakistan. His father was born in Sialkot. After the Partition of India, Alter's family split into two; his grandparents chose to stay in Pakistan while his parents moved to India. After living in Allahabad, Jabalpur and Saharanpur, in 1954 they finally settled in Rajpur, Uttarakhand, then a small town located between Dehradun and Mussoorie; Rajpur is now considered a suburb of Dehradun. Alter' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Christo
Robert John Christo, was an Australian–Indian civil engineer and actor in Hindi films. Starting with Sanjay Khan's '' Abdullah'' (1980), he went on to act in over 200 Hindi films in the 1980s and 1990s, including '' Qurbani'' (1980), '' Kaalia'' (1981), '' Nastik'' (1983), '' Mard'' (1985), '' Mr India'' (1987), '' Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja'' (1993) and '' Gumraah'' (1993), mostly playing roles as a non-Indian henchman or Army General. Career Born in Sydney, Christo was a qualified civil engineer of maternal Greek and paternal German descent. He had two brothers, Helmut and Mike. Despite his Australian nationality, Christo spent much of his youth in West Germany qualifying as an engineer following his return to Australia. Known for his brawny physique and bald-headed look, Bob arrived in Bombay, India in 1978 while awaiting a work permit to Muscat, Oman following several job stints to support his three children including in Vietnam following the death of his first wife in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satish Kaul
Satish Kaul (8 September 1946 – 10 April 2021) was an Indian actor in both Punjabi and Hindi movies. He acted in over 300 Hindi and Punjabi films and worked with Bollywood actors such as Dev Anand, Dilip Kumar and Shahrukh Khan amongst others. His notable film roles included ones in ''Sassi Punnu'', ''Ishq Nimana'', ''Prem Parbat'', ''Suhag Chooda'' and ''Patola''. Kaul won the "lifetime achievement" award for his contribution to Punjabi cinema at PTC Punjabi Film Awards 2011. He was regarded as one of the most successful regional film actors of all time. He was referred to as the "Amitabh Bachchan of Punjabi cinema". Kaul died of COVID-19 on 10 April 2021. Personal Later in his life, Kaul started an acting school in Ludhiana, which lost money. His wife, who was pregnant, had separated from him to go to South Africa in 1982. Career facts Kaul was first noticed as the romantic lead opposite Rehana Sultan in Ved Rahi's Prem Parbat (1973). He played the lead in a bunch of Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
