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Jungle Ki Beti
''Jungle Ki Beti'' is a 1988 Hindi adventure fantasy film of Bollywood, directed by R. Thakkar and produced by Anil Singh. Music director of the film was Rajesh Roshan. Plot This is the story of girl who lives in jungle and tries to protect the forest from the poacher and mafias. Cast * Salma Agha * Rakesh Bedi * Goga Kapoor * Joginder * Kalpana Iyer * Arjun (Firoz Khan) * Mohan Choti Mohan Choti (1935 – 1 February 1992) was an Indian actor who worked as a comedian in Hindi films. The name Mohan Choti came from a fictional character of the same name from the 1957 film '' Musafir'', in which he plays a tea shop delivery boy ... * Brando Bakshi References External links * 1988 films Indian fantasy adventure films Indian erotic films 1980s Hindi-language films Films scored by Rajesh Roshan {{India-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindi
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been described as a standardised and Sanskritised register of the Hindustani language, which itself is based primarily on the Khariboli dialect of Delhi and neighbouring areas of North India. Hindi, written in the Devanagari script, is one of the two official languages of the Government of India, along with English. It is an official language in nine states and three union territories and an additional official language in three other states. Hindi is also one of the 22 scheduled languages of the Republic of India. Hindi is the '' lingua franca'' of the Hindi Belt. It is also spoken, to a lesser extent, in other parts of India (usually in a simplified or pidginised variety such as Bazaar Hindustani or Haflong Hindi). Outside India, several ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adventure Film
An adventure film is a form of adventure fiction, and is a genre of film. Subgenres of adventure films include swashbuckler films, pirate films, and survival films. Adventure films may also be combined with other film genres such as action, animation, comedy, drama, fantasy, science fiction, family, horror, or war. Overview Setting plays an important role in an adventure film, sometimes itself acting as a character in the narrative. They are typically set in far away lands, such as lost continents or other exotic locations. They may also be set in a period background and may include adapted stories of historical or fictional adventure heroes within the historical context. Such struggles and situations that confront the main characters include things like battles, piracy, rebellion, and the creation of empires and kingdoms. A common theme of adventure films is of characters leaving their home or place of comfort and going to fulfill a goal, embarking on travels, quests, tre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasy Film
Fantasy films are films that belong to the fantasy genre with fantastic themes, usually magic, supernatural events, mythology, folklore, or exotic fantasy worlds. The genre is considered a form of speculative fiction alongside science fiction films and horror films, although the genres do overlap. Fantasy films often have an element of magic, myth, wonder, escapism, and the extraordinary. Prevalent elements include fairies, angels, mermaids, witches, monsters, wizards, unicorns, dragons, talking animals, ogres, elves, trolls, white magic, gnomes, vampires, werewolves, ghosts, demons, dwarves, giants, goblins, anthropomorphic or magical objects, familiars, curses and other enchantments, worlds involving magic, and the Middle Ages. Subgenres Several sub-categories of fantasy films can be identified, although the delineations between these subgenres, much as in fantasy literature, are somewhat fluid. The most common fantasy subgenres depicted in movies are High Fantasy a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bollywood
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and " Hollywood". The industry is a part of the larger Indian cinema, which also includes South Cinema and other smaller film industries. In 2017, Indian cinema produced 1,986 feature films, of which the largest number, 364 have been from Hindi. , Hindi cinema represented 43 percent of Indian net box-office revenue; Tamil and Telugu cinema represented 36 percent, and the remaining regional cinema constituted 21 percent. Hindi cinema has overtaken the U.S. film industry to become the largest centre for film production in the world. In 2001 ticket sales, Indian cinema (including Hindi films) reportedly sold an estimated 3.6 billion tickets worldwide, compared to Hollywood's 2.6 billion tickets sold. Earlier Hindi film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajesh Roshan
Rajesh Roshan Lal Nagrath (born 24 May 1955) is an Indian Hindi cinema music director and composer. He is the son of music director Roshan and singer Ira Roshan. Personal life Rajesh Roshan has a Punjabi Hindu father and Bengali Brahmin mother, and has two children, a son (Eshaan Roshan) and a daughter ( Pashmina Roshan). He is the son of Hindi film composer Roshan. He is the brother of Indian film producer and director Rakesh Roshan. Career Rajesh Roshan had a successful collaboration with Kishore Kumar, Basu Chatterjee, Dev Anand, Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle. He shot to fame with the score for the 1974 film '' Kunwara Baap'' and the 1975 film '' Julie''; for the latter he won the Filmfare Best Music Director Award. Roshan scored for '' Kunwara Baap'' (1974) and then in three back-to-back hit films: '' Des Pardes'', '' Man Pasand'', and '' Lootmaar''. He went on to compose melodious tunes and made Kishore Kumar sing them in films like ''Mama Bhanja' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salma Agha
Salma Agha ( ur, ; born 25 October 1956) is a British singer and actress who worked in Pakistani and Indian films in the 1980s and the early 1990s. She was born in Karachi and raised in London, where she received several film offers from Indian directors. Her first film was the romance ''Nikaah'' (1982), in which she starred as the female lead and also sang several of the film's songs herself. She was nominated for the Filmfare awards that year in both the Best Actress category and the Best Female Playback Singer category. It was for her singing that she won the Filmfare Best Female Playback Award. She is also known for her role in ''Kasam Paida Karne Wale Ki'' (1984) opposite Mithun Chakraborty, and for her song "Come Closer" from the same film. Personal life Salma Agha was born and raised in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, to Liaqat Gul Agha and his wife Nasreen Agha. Liaqat Gul Agha was a tradesman dealing in rugs and belonged to an Urdu speaking Pathan Muslim family based in A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rakesh Bedi
Rakesh Bedi is an Indian film, stage and television actor. He is known for his comic roles in films such as ''Mera Damaad'' and '' Chashme Buddoor'' (1981). He has also appeared in television shows like ''Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi'' (1984), ''Shrimaan Shrimati'' (1994-1997), '' Yes Boss'' (1999–2009) and Bechara Big B (2005). Early life, education and family Bedi completed his studies in Delhi. His father Madan Gopal Bedi used to work with Indian Airlines. While Bedi was in school, he used to participate in Mono Acting competitions. Bedi has also worked with the New Delhi theatre group Pierrot's Troupe and studied acting at the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. Rakesh Bedi is married to Aradhana Bedi; and is father to Ridhima Bedi and Ritika Bedi. Career Bedi started his film career as a supporting actor in the 1979 film ''Hamare Tumhare'', starring Sanjeev Kumar, and then went on to act in over 150 films and several TV serials. Some of his most memorable roles were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goga Kapoor
Ravinder Kapoor (15 December 1940 – 3 March 2011), popularly known as Goga Kapoor, was an Indian actor, who appeared mostly in Bollywood films. He has acted in over 120 films, majorly known for playing supporting roles of that of villain's henchmen or that of gangster. He is also remembered for portraying the role of Kans in the popular TV serial ''Mahabharat'', Ravan in TV serial Jai Veer Hanuman, Daku Shaitan Singh in the film '' Toofan'', Dinkar Rao in the 1990 film '' Agneepath'' and as the Don in the film ''Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa''. His other notable works include films such as ''Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak'' and '' Run''. Acting career Kapoor has worked in many English plays while he started his career. While working in English plays he gradually became a theatre actor. Later when his acting skills got the recognition, he was offered a small but crucial role in '' Jwala'', which was released in 1971. Soon, he started receiving many regional film offers, but later he stopped wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joginder
Joginder (real name Joginder Shelly) was an Indian actor, director, producer, writer, singer, songwriter and distributor. Two Hindi films produced, directed, written, acted and distributed by him were "Super Hits" – ''Bindiya Aur Bandook'' and ''Ranga Khush''. (In Indian cinema any film which runs for over 50 weeks continuously is classified as a "Super Hit.") He successfully instituted a plagiarism suit against the producers of one of India's greatest films, ''Sholay'', for substantially copying his work. The character Ranga Khush was a household name in India in the 1970s, especially among little children who copied his maniacal laugh and rolling eyeballs, and favourably compares with Gabbar Singh who copied him. The film ''Ranga Khush'' was a spinoff from Chuchindet two-word dialogue in ''Bindiya aur Bandook'' (known internationally as "The girl with the gun"). He died from kidney and liver problems on June 15, 2009 in Mumbai at age 59. Career Joginder was often placed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalpana Iyer
Kalpana Iyer (born 26 July 1956) is a former Indian actress, singer, and model, who is best known for her works in Hindi cinema throughout the 1980s and 1990s. She appeared in over 100 films, and is accredited for her performances in many popular dance numbers as well as for her supporting and guest roles in many films. Career Modelling She was the first runner-up at Miss India in 1978,. She went on to represent her country at the Miss World 1978 beauty pageant where she was a top 15 semi-finalist. Acting Kalpana mostly appeared as a vamp in a number of Hindi films, continuing in the tradition of Bindu, Helen and Aruna Irani. Some of her famous dance numbers are "Hari om Hari" in '' Pyaara Dushman'' (1980), "Tu Mujhe Jaan" in ''Wardat'' (1981) and "Rambha Ho" in '' Armaan'' (1981). Some of her renowned films are ''Satte Pe Satta'' (1982), ''Disco Dancer'' (1982), ''Anjaam'' (1994), ''Raja Hindustani'' (1996), and ''Hum Saath Saath Hain'' (1999). She was critically acclai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arjun (Firoz Khan)
Arjun Firoz Khan is an Indian actor, best known for playing the character of warrior prince Arjuna in B. R. Chopra's epic television series ''Mahabharat''. He has also acted in negative roles in several Hindi language movies and television series. Personal life Firoz Khan is married to Kashmira. The couple has three children – a son and two daughters. His son, Jibran Khan is also an actor who played the role of Dhruva in Vishnu Puran and played the role of Krishna in Kabhie Khushi Kabhie Gham. Due to the similarity with the name of actor Feroz Khan, he changed his name to Arjun professionally, with suggestions from B. R. Chopra and Rahi Masoom Raza Rahi Masoom Reza (September 1927 – 15 March 1992) was an Indian Urdu and Hindi poet and writer and a Bollywood lyricist. He won the Filmfare Best Dialogue Award for the hit film ''Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki'' in 1979, followed by '' Mili'' and ..., the director and the writer of ''Mahabharat'' respectively. Filmogr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohan Choti
Mohan Choti (1935 – 1 February 1992) was an Indian actor who worked as a comedian in Hindi films. The name Mohan Choti came from a fictional character of the same name from the 1957 film '' Musafir'', in which he plays a tea shop delivery boy who sports a "choti" or traditional lock of hair on the top of his head. Biography Mohan Choti was born as Mohan Rakshakar to Constable Atmaram Rakshakar in 1933 at Amravati, Amravati District Maharashtra. He produced and directed two films — "Dhoti Lota Aur Chowpatty" and "Hunterwali 77". He also opened a restaurant which was called "Sawal roti ka; Dhaba choti ka". He also started Atta distribution unit called "Choti Walla Atta". He died on 1 February 1992 at the age of 57. Filmography Mohan Choti acted in nearly 280 films from 1954 to 1994. * 1994 Do Fantoosh * 1994 Mere Data Garib Nawaz * 1993 Badi Bahen * 1993 Kala Coat * 1993 Shuruaat * 1992 Sarphira * 1992 Naseebwaala * 1991 Ajooba as Ladies Tailor (Special Appearan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
