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Kora Kagaz
''Kora Kagaz'' ( translation: Blank Paper) is a 1974 Indian Hindi-language drama film produced by Sanath Kothari and directed by Anil Ganguly. The film stars Vijay Anand, Jaya Bhaduri, A.K. Hangal, Achala Sachdev and Deven Verma. The film's music is by Kalyanji Anandji. The famous title song "Mera Jeevan Kora Kagaz" (loosely translated as: "My life is a blank paper") was rendered by Kishore Kumar. At the 22nd National Film Awards, it won the award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment, while Lata Mangeshkar won the award for Best Female Playback Singer. The film is a remake of 1963 Bengali film '' Saat Pake Bandha'' directed by Ajoy Kar, and starring Suchitra Sen which itself was based on the story ''Saat Paake Bandha'' by Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay Plot Professor Sukesh Dutt ( Vijay Anand) and Archana Gupta ( Jaya Bachchan) meet each other in a chance encounter while traveling by BEST bus service in Mumbai. Archana's father likes Sukesh and both Archana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anil Ganguly
Anil Ganguly (26 January 1933 – 15 January 2016) was an Indian film director and screenwriter, who worked in Hindi cinema from 1970s to 2001. He is best known for Jaya Bhaduri starrer, ''Kora Kagaz'' (1974) and the Rakhee starrer ''Tapasya'' (1975), both of which won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment. He is also known for his films with Rakhee like Trishna, Aanchal, Saaheb (1985). Later in his career, after 1986 he made seven films none of which succeeded. Career Ganguly started his career making literary adaptations with strong female roles and themes of marital discord. For his second film ''Kora Kagaz'' his adapted Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay's story "Saat Paake Bandha", previously adapted into a Bengali film by the same name. Films female lead Jaya Bhaduri won Filmfare Best Actress Award for her role. His next film, ''Tapasya'' (1975) with Raakhee as lead was produced by Rajshri Productions, and was based on story by Ashapurna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Film Award For Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment
The National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, India, and was constituted in the year 1975. This is one of the ''Golden Lotus Awards (Swarna Kamal)'' given among National Film Awards. It is announced for films produced in a year across the country, in all Indian languages. Films in the following languages have won the Best Popular Feature Film award: Hindi (29 awards), Telugu (5 awards), Tamil (4 awards), Malayalam (3 awards), Bengali (2 awards), and Kannada (1 award). With 6 wins, Yash Raj Films is the production house with the most wins. With 5 wins, Yash Chopra is the producer with the most wins, producing most of the company's winning films. He has also directed 4 winning films, the most for any director. Shah Rukh Khan has starred in 7 winning films, the most for any actor in a leading role. Madhuri Dixit Madhuri Dixit Nene (née Dixit; born 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sulochana Latkar
Sulochana Latkar (born 30 July 1928) known by her screen name Sulochana, is a well-known actress of Marathi and Hindi cinema and has acted in 50 films in Marathi and around 250 films in Hindi. She is most known for her performances in Marathi films such as ''Sasurvas'' (1946), ''Vahinichya Bangdya'' (1953), ''Meeth Bhakar'', ''Sangtye Aika'' (1959) and ''Dhakti Jau'' in the lead roles, as well as for the mother roles she played in Hindi cinema right from 1959 film ''Dil Dekhe Dekho'' to the year 1995. She and Nirupa Roy epitomized the "mother" roles right from 1959 until the early 1990s. Career Sulochana Latkar made her debut in films in 1946. She was lead actress in Marathi films from 1946 to 1961 with films like ''Sasurvas'' (1946), ''Vahinichya Bangdya'' (1953), ''Meeth Bhakar'', ''Sangtye Aika''(1959), ''Laxmi Ali Ghara'', Moti Manse, Jivacha Sakha, Pativrata, Sukhache Sobti, Bhaubheej, Akashganga and ''Dhakti Jau''. She was often paired opposite Nazir Hussain, Trilok Kap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seema Deo
Seema Deo (born as Nalini Saraf; 1942) is Hindi and Marathi movie veteran actress. She has acted in over 80 Marathi and Hindi movies. Early life She was born and brought up in Girgaum, Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the secon .... Personal life She was married to actor Ramesh Deo. They have two sons, actor Ajinkya Deo and director Abhinay Deo. She has been suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Filmography See also * Ramesh Deo * Ajinkya Deo * Abhinay Deo References External links * Actresses from Mumbai Indian film actresses Actresses in Hindi cinema Actresses in Marathi cinema Living people 20th-century Indian actresses 21st-century Indian actresses 1942 births {{India-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramesh Deo
Ramesh Deo (30 January 1926 – 2 February 2022) was an Indian film and television actor who worked in more than 285 Hindi films, 190 Marathi films and 30 Marathi dramas with over 200 showings in his long career. He also produced feature films, television serials and over 250 ad films. He also directed a number of films, documentaries and television serials. He received many state and national awards for his work. Early life Ramesh Deo was born in Kolhapur, Maharashtra on 30 January 1926. His ancestral roots are from Jodhpur in Rajasthan. His father was a judge of Kolhapur. His ancestors shifted to Kolhapur as his great grandfather and grandfather were both engineers. They had built the Jodhpur Palace. They were called by Chatrapati Shahu Maharaja to build the city of Kolhapur. His grandfather came down to become the chief engineer to Shahu Maharaj, and his father was his legal advisor. Career His made his film debut with a cameo appearance in ''Paatlaachi Por'', a Marathi fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinesh Hingoo
Dinesh Hingoo (born 13 April 1940) is an Indian actor who plays comic & supporting roles in Hindi films. He had appeared in over 300 films, from ''Taqdeer (1967)'' to '' Be Careful (2011)'', and is known for his laughter and impersonations including that of a Parsi businessman. He was a stand-up comedian in many orchestras, famous comedian Johny Lever in an interview stated that it was Dinesh Hingoo, who gave him a break to perform on stage as a comedian. He had played supporting roles and bit parts in movies such as '' Qurbani'', '' Saajan'', '' Baazigar'', '' Humraaz'', '' Daraar'', '' No Entry'', '' Judaai'', '' Khoobsurat'', Hera Pheri (2000 film), Phir Hera Pheri and ''Anubhav''. He had acted in television serials on Indian public broadcaster, Doordarshan Doordarshan (abbreviated as DD; Hindi: , ) is an Indian public service broadcaster founded by the Government of India, owned by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and one of Prasar Bharati's two di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazneen
Nazneen is an Indian Bollywood actress who was active in the 1970s and 1980s. She was born on (23 February 1958) in Kolkata and studied in Lucknow before moving to Mumbai with her parents. She was cast in '' Sa-Re-Ga-Ma-Pa'' (1972) after meeting an assistant to director Satyen Bose at a party. She subsequently played in the hit movies ''Kora Kagaz'' (1974), '' Chalte Chalte'' (1976) and '' Dildaar'' (1977). Nazneen starred in the hit television series ''Mahabharat'' produced by B.R Chopra as Kunti, the mother of the Pandava brothers. Early life Nazneen was born into a Muslim family. Her father owned a printing press. She did her schooling from Hill Grange High School. Actress Neetu Singh went to the same school as her. Neetu would invite her to her mother’s flat for lunch. Career At a party hosted by a relative of hers, producer Yusuf Teendarwajawalla, who made '' Mere Humsafar'' (1970), and director Satyen Bose offered her a role in '' Sa-Re-Ga-Ma-Pa'' (1972), which he d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achala Sachdev
Achala Sachdev (3 May 1920 – 30 April 2012) was an Indian actress who appeared in classic films of Hindi language film industry. She was from Peshawar and started her career as a child actor. She later became known for mother and grandmother roles in Hindi films. Her most memorable roles were as Balraj Sahni's wife in '' Waqt'' (1965) and Kajol's grandmother in '' Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge'' (1995). Early life Achala Sachdev was born on 3 May 1920 in Peshawar. Career Achala worked for All India Radio, Lahore before the partition of India, and then at Delhi All India Radio. Achala made her film debut with ''Fashionable Wife'' (1938), and acted in over 130 Hindi films. She has acted in many Yash Raj Films, starting with Yash Chopra's first production '' Daag: A Poem of Love'' (1973) and films such as '' Chandni'' (1989) and '' Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge'' (1995). Her other noted films were ''Prem Pujari'', ''Mera Naam Joker'', ''Hare Rama Hare Krishna'' and ''Andaz'', apart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BEST Bus
The Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport Undertaking (BEST) is a civic transport and electricity provider public body based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It was originally set up in 1873 as a tramway company called "Bombay Tramway Company Limited". The company set up a captive thermal power station at the Wadi bunder in November 1905 to generate electricity for its trams and positioned it to also supply electricity to the city and re-branded itself to "Bombay Electric Supply & Tramways (BEST)" Company. In 1926, BEST also became an operator of motor buses. In 1947, the BEST became an undertaking of the Municipal Corporation and rebranded itself to "Bombay Electric Supply & Transport (BEST)". In 1995 the organisation was renamed to "Brihanmumbai Electric Supply & Transport (BEST)" alongside Mumbai. It now operates as an autonomous body under the Municipal Corporation. BEST operates one of India's largest fleets of buses. The bus transport service covers the entire city a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay
Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay (anglicised spelling of surname: Mukherjee) was one of the most prominent writers of modern Bengali literature. Life and works Mukhopadhyay was born on 7 September 1920, in Bajrajogini,Bikrampur, Dacca (now Dhaka) as the fifth of ten children of a Bengali Kulin Brahmin couple, Paresh Chandra Mukhopadhyay and Tarubala Devi.Blurb of ''Sonar Harin Nei'', novel by Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay, Combined edition, Kolkata: Mitra & Ghosh, 2010 Mukhopadyay graduated in commerce from Hooghly Mohsin College, then affiliated with the University of Calcutta. His first story was ''Nurse Mitra'', published in the newspapeBasumati which was later made into major movies ( Deep Jwele Jai in Bengali and Khamoshi in Hindi). Bollywood films like ''Safar'' (1970) and ''Bemisal'' were also made from his novels. His first novel was ''Swaha'', also published in ''Basumati'' and later renamed as ''Ruper Hate Bikikini''. His first published novel was ''Kaalchakra'', but he made his mark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suchitra Sen
Suchitra Sen ( ; born as Roma Dasgupta (; 6 April 1931 – 17 January 2014) was an Indian actress who worked in Bengali and Hindi cinema. The movies in which she was paired opposite Uttam Kumar became classics in the history of Bengali cinema. Sen was the first Indian actress to receive an award at an international film festival when, at the 1963 Moscow International Film Festival, she won the Silver Prize for Best Actress for ''Saat Pake Bandha''. In 1972, she was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in India. From 1979 on, she retreated from public life and shunned all forms of public contact; for this she is often compared to Greta Garbo. In 2005, she refused the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest cinematic award in India, to stay out of the public eye. In 2012, she was conferred the West Bengal Government's highest honour: Banga Bibhushan. Her first official release was Sukumar Dasgupta's ''Saat Number Kayedi'' (1953). She was catapulted to star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajoy Kar
Ajoy Kar (Bengali:অজয় কর; 27 March 1914 – 25 January 1985) was an Indian film director and cinematographer . He directed 26 films between 1949 and 1983. His 1961 film ''Saptapadi'' was entered into the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival. Ajoy Kar provided a whole new expression to Bengali cinema. His 1971 film ''Malyadan'' won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali. Early life Ajoy Kar was born on 27 March 1914, in Calcutta, British India. He left college in 1931 to become a professional photographer, and took up cinematography a few years later. Career After initially working as an assistant to Jatin Das, Kar became a cinematographer at Indrapuri Studios, Calcutta, in 1938. Over the next four decades, he shot more than 80 feature films. He also shot a number of documentary films. Kar's first film as director was ''Ananya'' (1949), made by the Sabyasachi collective launched by Kanan Devi. The first film for which he received individual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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