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K.K. Raina
K. K. Raina is an Indian film, television and theatre character actor and award-winning script writer, who is best known for his roles as ''Juror #8'' in the 1986 film ''Ek Ruka Hua Faisla'', a remake of 12 Angry Men, and Byomkesh Bakshi's associate Ajit Kumar Banerji in the 1993 Doordarshan detective series '' Byomkesh Bakshi''. Raina won the Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue in 1998 for the Rajkumar Santoshi film '' China Gate''. Life and career Raina was born in a Kashmiri family in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Raina is an alumnus of the National School of Drama, graduating college in 1976. He portrayed Manohar J. Pherwani in the Sony LIV series ''Scam 1992''. Filmography Actor * '' Vijeta'' (1982) – Wilson * '' Aadharshila'' (1982) * ''Gandhi'' (1982) – Nehru's Friend * ''Mandi'' (1983) * '' Godam'' (1983) – Edekar * ''Ardh Satya'' (1983) * ''Tasveer Apni Apni'' (1984) – Employee * ''Party'' (1984) – Bharat * ''Aghaat'' (1985) * ''Nasoor'' (1985) � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Srinagar
Srinagar (English: , ) is the largest city and the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It lies in the Kashmir Valley on the banks of the Jhelum River, a tributary of the Indus, and Dal and Anchar lakes. The city is known for its natural environment, gardens, waterfronts and houseboats. It is known for traditional Kashmiri handicrafts like the Kashmir shawl (made of pashmina and cashmere wool), and also dried fruits. It is the 31st-most populous city in India, the northernmost city in India to have over one million people, and the second-largest metropolitan area in the Himalayas (after Kathmandu, Nepal). Origin of name The earliest records, such as Kalhana's '' Rajatarangini'', mentions the Sanskrit name ''shri-nagara'' which have been interpreted distinctively by scholars in two ways: one being ''sūrya-nagar'', meaning "''City of the Surya''" (trans) ''"City of Sun''" and other being ''"The city of "Shri''" (श्री), the Hindu goddess of wealth, m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scam 1992
''Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story'' is an Indian Hindi-language biographical financial thriller streaming television series on SonyLIV directed by Hansal Mehta, with Jai Mehta serving as the co-director. Based on the 1992 Indian stock market scam committed by many stockbrokers including Harshad Mehta, the series is adapted from journalist Sucheta Dalal and Debashish Basu's 1992 book ''The Scam: Who Won, Who Lost, Who Got Away''. The screenplay and dialogues were written by Sumit Purohit, Saurabh Dey, Vaibhav Vishal and Karan Vyas. It stars Pratik Gandhi as the protagonist Harshad Mehta, with Shreya Dhanwanthary appearing in a parallel lead role, as Sucheta Dalal. The series also features Satish Kaushik, Anant Mahadevan, Rajat Kapoor, K K Raina, Lalit Parimoo, Hemant Kher and Nikhil Dwivedi in pivotal roles. The series focuses on Harshad Mehta's life story, his meteoric rise and the subsequent downfall. Originally produced by Sameer Nair of Applause Entertainment, Hansal Mehta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohre
''Mohre'' () is a 1987 Indian Hindi movie directed by Raghuveer Kul. It starred Nana Patekar, Madhuri Dixit in lead roles. The pair later worked together in Vinod Chopra's ''Parinda'' and his own directorial debut, '' Prahaar''. This film also starred Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Anupam Kher among others. Plot Abdul is a truck driver plagued with severe alcoholism and depression that causes him to want to end his life. One day another truck driver shows him a newspaper advertisement that offers help for suicide-ridden youth. Abdul decides to try them out and travels all the way to the countryside. Once there he is joined by four other youths, including a printing press proof-reader, Prakash Raikar; a young woman, Maya, who had been molested and hates men, as well as two other males, which include Sunil, who is gay. They meet with the person who placed the advertisement, a wheelchair-using former Indian Army Major Vishwas Sawant and his assistant, Vasu Mudaliar. The two are escaped co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susman (film)
''Susman'' (Essence) is a 1987 Hindi film directed by Shyam Benegal. The film highlighted the struggle of rural handloom weavers in the wake of rapid industrialization. The film was selected for the Indian Panorama at Filmotsav 1987, Invited to the London Film Festival, the Chicago Film Festival, the Vancouver International Film Festival, the Sydney & Melbourne Film Festivals 1987. It was remade as '' Kanchivaram'' in Tamil by Priyadarshan. The film features poetry by the Indian mystic saint Kabir, who was born into a family of weavers, sung by Pandit Jasraj. Cast * Shabana Azmi - Gauramma * Om Puri - Ramulu * Kulbhushan Kharbanda - Narasimha * Neena Gupta -Mandira * Mohan Agashe - President of Handloom Cooperative Society * K.K. Raina * Annu Kapoor - Lakshmaya * Ila Arun * Anita Kanwar * Pankaj Kapur * Jayant Kripalani * Satish Kaushik Satish Chandra Kaushik (born 13 April 1956) is an Indian actor, director, producer, comedian and screenwriter. Early life Satis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trikal
Trikal (Past, Present and Future) is a 1985 Indian movie written and directed by Shyam Benegal, set in Goa during the twilight of Portuguese rule, It marked the return of Leela Naidu in her first film appearance since 1969. The film was selected for the Indian Panorama at Filmotsav 1986, and for the Indian Film Retrospective, Lisbon 1986. It was later invited to the London Film Festival 1986. Set in the Portuguese Goa in 1961 shortly before the colony's liberation by the Indian army and shown in the form of flashbacks, Anna Souza-Suarez (Sushma Prakash) is unwillingly engaged to a young man named Erasmo (Lucky Ali) when her grandfather Ernesto suddenly dies. The engagement is put on hold indefinitely as Anna's grief stricken grandmother, Dona Maria (Leela Naidu), the matriarch of the family attempts to hold seances to contact Ernesto with the help of her maid Milagrinia (Neena Gupta), acting as a medium. However, the seances bring forth the apparitions of various people the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nasoor
''Nasoor'' is a 1985 Hindi film directed by Ashok Chopra with Om Puri, Priya Tendulkar, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Reema Lagoo, Achyut Potdar, KK Raina and Arun Bakshi, among others, in lead roles. Plot Dr Sunil Gupta, a gynaecologist and Dr. Hira are partners in Prakash Nursing Home. Sunil treats his profession as an earning job unlike his father, who landed up in debt because of treating the poor patients for free. Sunil's girlfriend Yashoda too, is a doctor working in a government hospital treating the profession as a service. A patient being treated by Dr Hira dies due to his negligence, but he saves his skin by firing the nurse. While operating on a minister's pregnant daughter-in-law, Manjula, Sunil is faced with a choice of saving either the mother or child. He opts for the former. The minister, Raosaheb, holds Sunil responsible for the child's death and lodges a complaint with the medical council. Dr Hira too sides with him against Sunil, getting him suspended. Sunil, in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aghaat
Aghaat (English: Harm) is a 1985 Bollywood film directed by Govind Nihalani and produced by Manmohan Shetty under the banner of Neo Films Association. It stars Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah and Bharath Gopi in lead roles while Amrish Puri, Pankaj Kapur and Deepa Sahi and Sarika are in supporting roles. Plot Madhav Verma (Om Puri) is a dedicated, honest, and diligent union representative. He represents the majority of the employees in an organization, which recognizes his union. However, there is a rival in the shape and form of Rustom Patel (Naseeruddin Shah) who is attempting to break the union so as to establish his majority, through his henchman Krishnan (Gopi), and will not hesitate to stoop to any level to get what he wants. Chhotelal (Pankaj Kapoor) loses his legs in an accident, and must be hospitalized. Krishnan takes advantage of the situation and puts pressure on Chhotelal and his brothers (Achyut Potdar and Harish Patel) to enroll in his union, and he will get him a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Party (1984 Film)
''Party'' is a 1984 Hindi-language film directed by Govind Nihalani. The film boasted an ensemble cast of leading art cinema actors of Parallel Cinema, including Vijaya Mehta, Manohar Singh, Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, and Rohini Hattangadi. It based on the play ''Party'' (1976) by Mahesh Elkunchwar. The movie was produced by National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC). ''Party'' was the official Indian entry to the 32nd International Film Festival of India, New Delhi, and also took part in the Tokyo Film Festival 1985 and Asia Pacific Film Festival 1985. Overview Shot in real-time, lasting most of an evening, except for a few initial scenes to set the context — which show the people invited to the party, just before the party, getting ready, looking forward to going or cribbing about having to go — and a harrowing finale. The film is a deeply intelligent satire aimed at the urban elite — especially those poseurs with artistic inclinations, namely estab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tasveer Apni Apni
Tasveer is a Seattle-based South Asian social justice arts non-profit organization. It was founded by Rita Meher and Farah Nousheen in 2002. Tasveer organizes events including film festivals, community speaking events, and open-mic nights to celebrate the voices of South Asian people through art and film. The organization includes voices of South Asian countries like Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and their diasporas worldwide. The organization also hosts Tasveer TV, an online streaming platform that curates South Asian independent films. Annual events include the Tasveer South Asian Film Festival and the Tasveer South Asian Literary Festival. During the pandemic, in 2020, multiple South Asian festivals were thinking about cancelling the events in US and Canada. However, Tasveer brought them together to host a bigger online global South Asian Film Festival under the name Coalition of South Asian Film Festivals (CoSAFF). In 2021, Tasv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ardh Satya
''Ardh Satya'' () is a 1983 film directed by Govind Nihalani, his second offering after another angst-ridden movie '' Aakrosh'' (1980). The screenplay of both movies was by Vijay Tendulkar, the noted Marathi playwright; this one was based on the short story, 'Surya', by S. D. Panvalkar, and featured dialogues by Vasant Dev. In this acclaimed cop-drama, the protagonist, played by Om Puri, is a policeman struggling with the evils around him and with his own frailties. The film also stars Amrish Puri, Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah, and Sadashiv Amrapurkar, and features a theme poem by the Marathi writer Dilip Chitre. Nihalani was looking for a new actor to play the role of Rama Shetty when writer Tendulkar convinced him to see the play of Amrapurkar. It was a Marathi play called "Hands Up". The title of the film came from a poem written by Dilip Chitre. ''Ardh Satya'' won many awards and went on to become a landmark film in Indian film history. It is still considered to be one of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandi (film)
''Mandi'' (English: Market Place) is a 1983 Hindi-language film directed by Shyam Benegal. Based on a classic Urdu short story ''Aanandi'' by writer '' Ghulam Abbas'', the film narrates the story of a brothel, situated in the heart of a city, an area that some politicians want for its prime locality. The film is a satirical comedy on politics and prostitution, and stars Shabana Azmi, Smita Patil and Naseeruddin Shah among others. The film won the 1984 National Film Award for Best Art Direction for Nitish Roy. It was selected at Indian Panorama at Filmostav, Bombay 1984, and was invited to the Los Angeles Exposition (FILMEX), the Hong Kong International Film Festival 1984, and London Film Festival 1983. Mandi is the Hindi Film with the highest number of Filmfare Award winners (12) in the cast (Smita Patil, Shabana Azmi, Neena Gupta, Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Saeed Jaffrey, Annu Kapoor, Satish Kaushik, Pankaj Kapur, Amrish Puri, Ila Arun and K. K. Raina). Additionally the film in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
