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David Abraham Cheulkar
David Abraham Cheulkar (21 June 1908 β 2 January 1982), popularly known as David, was an Indian Hindi film actor. In a career spanning four decades, he played mostly character roles, starting with the 1941 film '' Naya Sansar'', and went on to act in over 110 films, including memorable films such as ''Gol Maal'' (1979), '' Baton Baton Mein'' (1979) and '' Boot Polish'' (1954), for which he was awarded the 1955 Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award. Early and personal life David Abraham Cheulkar was born in an Indo-Israeli family from Ashdod. He was raised by his older brothers as his father Abraham died when David was young. His mother Dinah, who had Marathi background, lived a long life, and died at the age of 104 years. He was a member of Mumbai's Marathi-speaking Bene Israel community. As a kid, he liked to act in plays. He was part of many French plays that he used to perform in his neighborβs garden. David graduated from the University of Mumbai with a Bachelor of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boot Polish (film)
''Boot Polish'' is a 1954 Indian Hindi-language comedy drama directed by Prakash Arora and produced by Raj Kapoor (who also ghost directed the film). It won Filmfare Best Movie Award, Best Film at the Filmfare Awards. The film has starcast Ratan Kumar, Kumari Naaz, Naaz, David Abraham Cheulkar, David in the lead roles. Plot Bhola and Belu are left in the care of their wicked aunt Kamla, a prostitute, after their mother dies. She forces them to beg on the streets and takes the whole collection at night, often by beating them brutally. A bootlegger and neighbour of Kamla, named John teaches them self-respect and to work for a living instead of begging. Both kids start saving from their begging money by giving less to Kamla, so they can buy a shoe-polish kit and begin Shoeshiner, shining shoes. The duo manage to buy a shoe-polish kit and starts the business. But when Kamla discovers this, she beats them and kicks them out of the house. Meanwhile, John discovers that Belu wants a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marathi Language
Marathi (; , π¦π¨π°ππ², , ) is a Classical languages of India, classical Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language predominantly spoken by Marathi people in the Indian state of Maharashtra and is also spoken in Goa, and parts of Gujarat, Karnataka and the territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. It is the official language of Maharashtra, and an additional official language in the state of Goa, where it is used for replies, when requests are received in Marathi. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India, with 83 million speakers as of 2011. Marathi ranks 13th in the List of languages by number of native speakers, list of languages with most native speakers in the world. Marathi has the List of languages by number of native speakers in India, third largest number of native ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Film Award For Best Feature Film
The National Film Award for Best Feature Film is one of the categories in the National Film Awards presented annually by the National Film Development Corporation of India, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with the ''Golden Lotus'' (''Swarna Kamal''). The award is announced for films produced in a year across the country, in all Indian languages. , the award comprises a ''Swarna Kamal'', a certificate, and a cash prize of 3,00,000 and is presented to the producer and the director of the film. The National Film Awards were established in 1954 to "encourage production of the films of a high aesthetic and technical standard and educational and culture value" and also planned to include awards for regional films. The awards were instituted as "State Awards for Films" but were renamed to "National Film Awards" at the 15th National Film Awards in 1967. , the award is one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Film Award (India)
The National Film Awards are awards for artistic and technical merit given for "Excellence within the Indian film industry". Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directorate of Film Festivals from 1973 until 2020, and by the NFDC since 2021. Every year, a national panel appointed by the government selects the winning entry, and the award ceremony is held in New Delhi, where the President of India presents the awards. This is followed by the inauguration of the National Film Festival, where award-winning films are screened for the public. Declared for films produced in the previous year across the country, they hold the distinction of awarding merit to the best of Indian cinema overall, as well as presenting awards for the best films in each region and language of the country. History The Awards were first presented in 1954. The Government of India conceived ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
11th National Film Awards
The 11th National Film Awards, then known as State Awards for Films, presented by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in 1963. Ceremony took place at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi on 25 April 1964 and awards were given by then President of India, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. Starting with 11th National Film Awards, new category of awards for Filmstrips, in the non-feature films section, was introduced. This category includes Prime Minister's gold medal and Certificate of Merit for second and third best educational film. Though gold medal for this category was not given. This award is discontinued over the years. Awards Awards were divided into feature films and non-feature films. President's gold medal for the All India Best Feature Film is now better known as National Film Award for Best Feature Film, whereas President's gold medal for the Best Documentary Film is analogous to today's National Film Award for Best No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shehar Aur Sapna
''Shehar Aur Sapna'' () is a 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 of 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 against the backdrop of rapid industrialization. The theme of the film signified a marked departure from the films made in the 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 industr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pardesi (1957 Film)
''Pardesi'' (; ) is a 1957 film jointly directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and Vasili Pronin. It was made in two versions, Hindi and Russian, and is based on the travelogues of Russian traveller Afanasy Nikitin, called '' A Journey Beyond the Three Seas'', which is now considered a Russian literary monument. Made during the high time of Indo-Russian amity, ''Pardesi'' is an Indo-Soviet co-production between the state-owned Mosfilm and Khwaja Ahmad Abbas's Naya Sansar International production house. The film has music by Anil Biswas, and had some memorable hits such as ''Rasiya Re Man Basiya Re'', by Meena Kapoor, ''Na Dir Dim'', by Lata Mangeshkar and was danced to by Padmini. The film was in SovColor, though no colour print of the Hindi version is known to survive in India. Only a black and white copy of the Hindi film survives. Synopsis The film tells the story of Afanasy Nikitin (Oleg Strizhenov), a 15th-century Russian trader from Tver who travelled to India (1466β1472 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
