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Jagdeep
Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jaffrey (19 March 1939 – 8 July 2020), better known by his stage name Jagdeep, was an Indian actor and comedian who appeared in more than 400 films. He played Soorma Bhopali in ''Sholay'' (1975), Machchar in '' Purana Mandir'' (1983), Salman Khan's dad in '' Andaz Apna Apna'' (1994) and directed the film '' Soorma Bhopali'', with his character as the protagonist. Jagdeep started his film career as a child artist extra in B. R. Chopra's '' Afsana'', then went on to do films as a child artist in films like ''Ab Dilli Door Nahin'', K. A. Abbas's '' Munna'', Guru Dutt's ''Aar Paar'', Bimal Roy's '' Do Bigha Zamin'' and AVM's '' Hum Panchhi Ek Daal Ke''. He was launched as a leading man by AVM in the films '' Bhabhi'', '' Barkha'' and '' Bindiya'', and went on to do a few more films as a leading man. He established himself as a comedian since the movie '' Brahmachari''. Some hit songs are picturised on him like "Paas baitho tabiyat bahal jayegi" from ''Pun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soorma Bhopali
''Soorma Bhopali'' is a 1988 Indian Hindi-language drama film produced by Naved and directed by Jagdeep, who previously played ''Soorma Bhopali'' in the film ''Sholay''. Plot Soorma Bhopali is the owner of a Timber mart. He wants to distribute all his wealth to humanity. His trust and innocence are taken advantage of by the people. Dilwar Khan Dilwala, who happens to be the identical step brother of Soorma, keeps staking his claim on half of Soorma's inheritance. Soorma inherited a priceless necklace which, according to his mother, he will have to give to his bride. To get the necklace from Soorma, a group of smugglers sends a stage dancer, Sitara, to Bhopal to trap Soorma. Soorma takes the necklace and follows Sitara to Bombay, but two thieves by the name of Kaalia and Sambha relieve Soorma of his belongings, including the necklace. Cast * Jagdeep as Soorma Bhopali / Dilawar Khan Dilwala * Dharmendra as Mahendra Singh / Himself * Amitabh Bachchan as Police Inspector * Rekha a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javed Jaffrey
Syed Jaaved Ahmed Jaffrey (born 4 December 1963) is an Indian actor, dancer, and comedian who has appeared in Hindi films and television shows. He is the son of the comedian Jagdeep. He joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in March, 2014 and contested the 2014 Indian general election from the Lucknow constituency, finishing fifth. Personal life Jaffrey is the son of comedian Jagdeep. He was born on 4 December 1963 in Bombay, Maharashtra, India (present-day Mumbai). He married in 1991 and has two sons and a daughter, including Meezaan. Professional career He played Charlie Anna in the animated film '' Roadside Romeo'', a collaborative effort of Yash Raj Films and Disney. He has commentated on the Japanese TV show '' Takeshi's Castle'' and ''Ninja Warrior'' on Pogo TV and Hungama respectively. He was also the judge for Karaoke World Championships India with Manasi Scott, music director Raju Singh, Salim Merchant, Sulaiman Merchant, founder and organizer of KWC INDIA, Savio P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meezaan Jafri
Meezaan Jafri (born Syed Meezaan Ahmed Jaffrey; 9 March 1995) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films. The son of actor Jaaved Jaaferi and grandson of comedian Jagdeep, he made his acting debut in ''Malaal'' (2019), which earned him critical praise for his performance. Jafri has since starred in '' Hungama 2'' (2021) and '' Yaariyan 2'' (2023). Early life Jafri was born on 9 March 1995 to actor Jaaved Jaaferi and his wife Habiba Jaafery. He is the grandson of veteran actor Jagdeep. He studied business at the Franklin & Marshall College in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ..., but then decided to study film direction and editing at the School of Visual Arts in New York. Career Jafri assisted Sanjay Leela Bhansali and was the body double for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sholay
''Sholay'' (, ) is a 1975 Indian epic action-adventure film directed by Ramesh Sippy, produced by his father G. P. Sippy, and written by Salim–Javed. The film is about two criminals, Veeru (Dharmendra) and Jai (Amitabh Bachchan), hired by a retired police officer ( Sanjeev Kumar) to capture the ruthless dacoit Gabbar Singh ( Amjad Khan). Hema Malini and Jaya Bhaduri also star, as Veeru and Jai's love interests, Basanti and Radha, respectively. The music was composed by R D Burman. The film was shot in the rocky terrain of Ramanagara, in the southern state of Karnataka, over a span of two and a half years, beginning in October 1973. After the Central Board of Film Certification mandated the removal of several violent scenes, ''Sholay'' was released as a 198-minute long film. In 1990, the original director's cut of 204 minutes became available on home media. When first released, ''Sholay'' received negative critical reviews and a tepid commercial response, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munna (1954 Film)
''Munna'' also called ''The Lost Child'' is a 1954 Hindi social drama film produced and directed by K. A. Abbas for the Naya Sansar banner. The story was written by Abbas with photography by Ramchandra. The music director was Anil Biswas though there were no songs in the film. Master Romi played Munna and the actor Jagdeep appeared as a child artist in the film. The rest of the cast included Sulochana Chatterjee, Shammi, Tripti Mitra, Achala Sachdev, David, Manmohan Krishna, Johnny Walker, Rashid Khan and Nana Palsikar. The film is stated to be a sequel to Abbas' debut directorial film ''Dharti Ke Lal'' (1946), especially with reference to the beginning of ''Dharti Ke Lal''. Cited as the first Indian film produced without songs and dances, it was acclaimed as an international critical success though it failed at the box office. A couple wants to adopt a child from an orphanage, but he escapes. His mother looks for him and the two keep missing each other. The story was later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bindiya (1960 Film)
''Bindya'' () is a 1960 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Krishnan–Panju and produced by M. Saravanan. It is a remake of the Tamil film '' Deivapiravi'', released early the same year. The film stars Balraj Sahni, Padmini and Jagdeep. It was released on 29 December 1960, and failed to replicate the success of the Tamil original. Plot After the passing of their parents, Devraj lives with his much younger brother, Ramu, in a small town in India. He marries Bindya, who moves in along with her mom, and brother, Raju. Devraj, who works with Rai Saheb Kedarnath, gets a promotion as a Government Contractor, and they move into a bigger house. Years later, Raju and Ramu have grown up, and Bindya's mom has passed on. While Raju has taken to petty crime and bad company, Ramu is more focused on his studies and has good sober habits. Devraj would like Raju to marry Rama, Kedarnath's daughter, but he subsequently finds out that she has fallen in love with Ramu. This news is met w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hum Panchhi Ek Daal Ke
''Hum Panchhi Ek Dal Ke'' () is a 1957 Indian Hindi-language film starring Romi, Satish Vyas, Mohan Choti, Daisy Irani and Jagdeep in lead roles. It won the National Film Award for Best Children's Film. Plot Rajendranath Mehra, affectionately called "Rajan", by his parents and friends, is the only son of Rai Bahadur Kailashnath Mehra. He studies in a nearby school with Nandlal "Nandu", Mehmood, Chatpat, Guru and others. Once, Nandlal plans for an educational tour with his classmates. Rajan wants to go with them, which is not permitted by his angry father, because he doesn't like the friendship between his rich son and his poor classmates, but his mother helps him to go. The next morning, when his father is informed of this, he is enraged. At first, he sends his servant Damu, to bring Rajan home, which he fails. Then his father sends his friend Mirza Usman for the same. When he also fails, his father decides to go fetch his son himself. When his father goes in search, he is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhabhi (1957 Film)
Bhabhi is a 1957 Hindi cinema, Hindi film directed by Krishnan–Panju for AVM Productions. It starred Balraj Sahni, Pandari Bai and Nanda (actress), Nanda in pivotal roles. The film went on to become the eighth Bollywood films of 1957#Highest grossing, highest grossing Bollywood film of the year. The film was a remake of the 1954 Bengali film ''Bhanga Gara'', which in turn was based on the novel ''Bijila'' by Prabhavathi Devi Saraswathi. The Bengali movie was earlier remade in Tamil as ''Kula Deivam (1956 film), Kula Deivam'' 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 (actress), Daisy Irani), from his first marriage and re-locates to live with him, his three brothers; Ramesh (Jawahar Kaul), Rajan (Raja Gosavi) and Baldev (Jagd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ab Dilli Dur Nahin (1957 Film)
''Ab Dilli Dur Nahin'' () is a 1957 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Amar Kumar and written by Rajinder Singh Bedi and Muhafiz Hyder. The film was produced by Raj Kapoor and starred Yakub, Anwar Hussain, Motilal, Jagdeep and Amjad Khan (in a very minor role). It follows a young boy in 1951 who travels to Delhi, wanting to meet Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to seek justice for his father who has been wrongly sentenced to death. Cast * Romi as Ratan * Sulochana as Bela * Motilal as Hariram * Yakub as Ghaseeta * Jagdeep as Maseeta * Anwar Hussain as Mukundlal * Amjad Khan as Lachhu * Nand Kishore * Baij Sharma * C.S. Dubey as Ram Bharose * Shivaji Rathore * Om Prakash * Manohar Gir * Mohan Choti as Mithu * Suraj Prakash * Baby Chand * Pappu * Ghanshyam (as Ghansham) * Ram Kumar * Chandan Mukherji * Tillu * Iftekhar as Inspector * Hari Shivdasani as Prosecuting Lawyer * Nana Palsikar Nana Palshikar () (1907 – 1 June 1984) was an Indian actor who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brahmachari (1968 Hindi Film)
''Brahmachari'' () is a 1968 Indian film. Written by Sachin Bhowmick, it is a G. P. Sippy, G. P. and Ramesh Sippy production directed by Bhappi Sonie. The film stars Shammi Kapoor, Rajshree, Pran (actor), Pran, Mumtaz (Indian actress), Mumtaz, Jagdeep, Sachin (actor), Sachin and Asit Sen. The music was by Shankar Jaikishan. The film became a box office Super Hit and won several awards, including Filmfare Best Movie Award. It was later remade in Tamil as ''Enga Mama'' (1970) and in Telugu language, Telugu as ''Devudu Mamayya'' (1981). The film's main theme was also an inspiration for the 1987 film ''Mr. India (1987 film), Mr. India''. Plot Brahmachari (Shammi Kapoor), an orphan with no identity, takes care of many orphans in his own home. One day he saves a young woman Sheetal (Rajshree) from committing suicide. She's in love with Ravi Khanna (Pran) who is promiscuous. Brahmachari promises to unite her with Ravi in return for money. While working day and night on her appearance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aar Paar
''Aar Paar'' () is a 1954 Indian Hindi-language Film noir, noir comedy film. Directed by Guru Dutt, it has music by O.P. Nayyar and lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri. ''Aar-Paar'' stars Johnny Walker (actor), Johnny Walker, Shyama (Hindi actress), Shyama, Shakila (actress), Shakila, Jagdeep, Jagdish Sethi. Raj Khosla and Atma Ram, Guru Dutt's brother assisted Guru Dutt in film direction. It is written in an article by ''ThePrint'', which states "the beauty of Aar Paar's dialogue is that every character speaks in a language that reflects where they're from, their upbringing and education. Instead of one-size-fits-all Hindi, there's a bit of Punjabi, a bit of Parsi, inflections of Urdu, a smattering of street Bambaiyya, some heartland Hindi mixed with clumsy English. That attention to detail not only made the dialogue more authentic to the character, but also to the city of Bombay, long known for its cosmopolitan population." The film had very popular music. The album of the film was r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
