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Mazhar Khan (actor, Born 1955)
Mazhar Khan (22 July 1955 – 16 September 1998) was an Indian film and television actor, producer and director. Khan made his debut with the film ''Sampark'' (1979), playing the role of Brindavan, but was better acclaimed for his role as Abdul in ''Shaan (1980 film), Shaan'' (1980), as a street beggar. He made his debut as a producer with the film ''Bombay Fantasy'' (1983), and made his directorial debut with the film ''Gang (film), Gang'' (2000), released after Khan's death in 1998. Career Mazhar made his debut in the film ''Sampark'' in 1979. He came into recognition with the 1980 film ''Shaan (1980 film), Shaan'' which was directed by Ramesh Sippy and co-starred Amitabh Bachchan and Shashi Kapoor. The song "Naam Abdul Hai Mera" from the film was picturized on Khan and became popular. He went on to appear in over 40 Hindi films playing villain and supporting roles throughout the 1980s and early 1990s. He also appeared in a Cinema of the United States, Hollywood science ficti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mumbai
Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore). Mumbai is the centre of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the seventh-most populous metropolitan area in the world with a population of over 23 million (2.3 crore). Mumbai lies on the Konkan coast on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour. In 2008, Mumbai was named an alpha world city. Mumbai has the highest number of billionaires out of any city in Asia. The seven islands that constitute Mumbai were earlier home to communities of Marathi language-speaking Koli people. For centuries, the seven islands of Bombay were under the control of successive indigenous rulers before being ceded to the Portuguese Empire, and subsequently to the East India Company in 1661, as part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Traffik
''Traffik'' is a 1989 British television serial about an illegal drug trade. Its three stories are interwoven, with arcs told from the perspectives of Afghan and Pakistani growers, dealers and manufacturers, German dealers, and British users. It was nominated for six BAFTA Awards, winning four, including for Best Drama Series or Serial. It also won an International Emmy Award for best drama. The 2000 crime drama film ''Traffic'', directed by Steven Soderbergh, was based on the miniseries. In turn, the 2004 American television miniseries ''Traffic'' was based on both versions. Background The six-part serial was produced by Britain's Channel 4, written by Simon Moore and directed by Alastair Reid. In the United States, it first aired on ''Masterpiece Theatre'' in 1990. Cast * Bill Paterson as Jack Lithgow, a Scottish Home Office minister engaged in combating heroin importation from Pakistan. * Julia Ormond as his drug addicted daughter Caroline. * Juraj Kukura as Karl Rossha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sohni Mahiwal (1984 Film)
''Sohni Mahiwal '' (, ) is a 1984 Indo-Russian historical romance drama film based on the Punjabi folk tragedy of the same name, directed by Umesh Mehra and Latif Faiziyev (Russia), produced by F. C. Mehra. It stars Sunny Deol, Poonam Dhillon and Zeenat Aman in pivotal roles. The writers were Shanti Prakash Bakshi and Javed Siddiqui. The music was scored by Anu Malik. Choreographer P. L. Raj. The film was a commercial success with a net collection of 3.2 crore. Plot Shahzada Izzat Beg comes to India with his caravan from Bukhara Uzbekistan and settles in a town in Punjab. Here he falls in love with Sohni, who keeps a shop in metal pots. Izzat Beg buys a pot from her with whatever money he had and they were attracted to each other. Sohni dispensed with her servant and kept Izzat Beg instead. This gave them more opportunity to meet. This was a scandal in the town and Sohni was perforce married to Rehman, who was slightly off his head. Sohni continued meeting Izzat Beg, who w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bindiya Chamkegi
''Bindiya Chamkegi'' is a 1983 Indian Hindi film directed by Tarun Dutt, son of the veteran actor & director Guru Dutt. It stars Vinod Mehra, Rekha in lead roles, along with Amjad Khan, Johnny Walker in supporting roles. The music was composed by R. D. Burman. Plot Shalini 'Shalu' lives a wealthy lifestyle with her businessman brother, Shyam Kapoor, and is expected to marry Surajbhan, the son of wealthy Thakursaheb. She would prefer that Shyam got married first so that he can have someone to look after him, but as he was in love with a woman named Maya, who betrayed him, and since then is a heavy drinker, and hates women. When he fails to convince Shalu to marry, he marries a woman named Bindiya and brings her home with him. A thrilled Shalu approves the marriage, and also announces that she would like to give a formal reception for her brother's marriage. The reception does take place, but Thakursaheb subsequently informs Shyam that Surajbhan has already married a woman of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dharm Aur Qanoon
''Dharm Aur Qanoon'' (transl. ''Religion and Law'') is a 1984 crime thriller film starring Dharmendra, Rajesh Khanna, Vinod Mehra, Asha Parekh, Jaya Prada, Supriya Pathak, Danny Denzongpa, Om Shivpuri, Iftekhar, Manmohan Krishna in pivotal roles. The film was a commercial hit at the Indian box-office and was critically acclaimed. It was the remake of 1982 Malayalam language film '' Aarambham''. Synopsis Justice Diwan lives in a bungalow with his wife, Sharda, and a son named Rajan. Diwan was a very famous advocate in his younger days and today has become a name to reckon with. His admirers include the superintendent of police Kader whom he knows since his younger days. Diwan has been appointed as the judge in the court. Diwan's wife Shanta considers Rahim Khan as her brother. Rahim visits Diwan's house daily to give her flowers to wear and for presenting them to her house temple. Diwan doesn't get along with his son Rajan even though both love each other a lot. Eventual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arth (film)
''Arth'' () is a 1982 Indian drama film directed by Mahesh Bhatt, starring Shabana Azmi and Kulbhushan Kharbanda in lead roles and Smita Patil, Raj Kiran and Rohini Hattangadi in supporting roles. It features soundtracks by Ghazal duo, Jagjit Singh and Chitra Singh. The semi-autobiographical film was written by Mahesh Bhatt about his extramarital relationship with Parveen Babi. It was listed as one of the 25 Must See Bollywood Movies by Indiatimes Movies. The film was remade in Tamil as '' Marupadiyum'' (1993) by Balu Mahendra. In 2017, Pakistani actor and director Shaan Shahid released '' Arth 2'' and Bhatt acted as a "mentor" during production. Plot Pooja, who grew up as an orphan girl and always dreamt of owning a house, becomes insecure when she finds out that she and her husband, Inder, have to vacate the apartment they rent. The twist that occurred when Inder gives her the keys of a new house proves to be double-edged, when it is revealed that he is in love with another w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haathkadi (1982 Film)
''Haathkadi'' () is a 1982 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Surendra Mohan, starring Sanjeev Kumar, Shatrughan Sinha, Reena Roy and Ranjeeta in pivotal role. This film contains songs composed by Bappi Lahiri. Plot Harimohan lives with his wife, Shanta, and his young son named, Sunil. He works for a lecherous male, who would like to have sex with Shanta. One night while Harimohan is sent on an errand, the boss molests Shanta, but due to bad weather, Harimohan returns early just in time to stop his boss from raping Shanta. A fight ensues between his boss and himself, and a result his boss is killed. Harimohan makes a run for it in his boss’ car, which meets with an accident, and he is believed to have been killed. This news devastates Shanta. Years go by, Shanta has got used to living a widow’s life. Sunil has grown up to be a police inspector. Sunil works undercover, and meets with Baldev Mittal, the only son of Gopaldas Mittal. Baldev is rich and arrogant, and as this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ek Hi Bhool
''Ek Hi Bhool'' () is a 1981 Indian Hindi-language drama film, produced by A. Purnachandra Rao under the Lakshmi Productions banner and directed by T. Rama Rao. The film stars Jeetendra and Rekha, with music composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal. It is a remake of the Tamil film '' Mouna Geethangal'' (1981). The film was a box office success. Plot Ram Kumar Shrivastava & Sadhana work in the same firm. Sadhana quits her job and becomes a home maker after they get married and lead a happy married life until Sadhana introduces Ram to her widowed friend Urvashi. Ram ends up having sex with Urvashi and then out of remorse, confesses this to Sadhana. Sadhana divorces Ram despite being pregnant at the time. They meet 5 years later - when they end up working in the same firm and living in the same neighbourhood. Ram befriends his son Raju but Sadhana continues to harbour resentment towards Ram. Teg Bahadur, one of Sadhana 's colleagues is out to take revenge on Sadhana for humiliating him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dard (1981 Film)
''Dard'' (''Pain'') is a 1981 Bollywood crime film directed by Ambrish Sangal. Rajesh Khanna, who had a double role in the film, was nominated for a Filmfare Award for Best Actor in 1982 for his performance. The film was successful at the box office and ran to silver jubilee at Mumbai and other centers. Award-winning composer Khayyam composed the music for the film. Plot Deepak (Rajesh Khanna) is accused of killing a courtesan, Munnibai, and a trial take place in court. His lover Seema (Hema Malini) appears against him as public prosecutor and gets him life imprisonment. Seema remembers her days with Deepak three years ago, when both were ardent lovers and how she loved him. Both consider themselves as married and united by their souls. Deepak wants to meet Seema and she unwillingly meets him in jail. Deepak explains to her how fate brought him into jail. Deepak is a lawyer and looks for good opportunities in his career. He has a sister Sushma (Poornima Jayaram), the only fami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roohi (1981 Film)
''Roohi'' is a 1981 Indian Hindi-language film directed by S.U. Syed, starring Zarina Wahab and Mazhar Khan. Plot Vijay, a wealthy young man who has a wealthy lifestyle as well, lives with his uncle in Delhi. Vijay, a canvas painter, has a vision in his dream of the woman he is going to marry, paints her on his canvas, and takes it along with him to Kandaghat, Himachal Pradesh, to visit a close friend, Prakash. Vijay stays at Prakash's palatial home, which he shares with his girlfriend, Shalu. A few days later Vijay meets a village belle, Sajjo, who looks the same as the image he painted, that of his dream-girl and they fall in love with each other. Vijay calls her 'Roohi'. But Vijay doesn't know that Sajjo has two other passionate admirers, Sangha – who dream of marrying Sajjo at any cost and the second is Prakash himself...Will Vijay-Roohi's love succeeds form the climax. Cast Songs #"Tuhi Tuhi Meri Roohi" – Suresh Wadkar, Alka Yagnik #"Sajna Mujhko Roohi Kahke Bulaay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhanwan (1981 Film)
''Dhanwan'' is a 1981 Hindi film starring Rajesh Khanna in the lead role, paired opposite Reena Roy and produced by Sohanlal Kanwar. The supporting cast includes Aruna Irani, Rakesh Roshan, Shakti Kapoor, Om Prakash and Vijayendra Ghatge. Rakesh Roshan was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor at the Filmfare Awards, the only one for the film. Reena Roy plays the role of a defiant widow who reforms the egotistical Rajesh Khanna in the film. Music is by Hridayanath Mangeshkar and Lyrics by Sahir Ludhianvi. Synopsis Vijay is a very proud rich man who thinks money can buy anything. He harbors love for Asha and tries to win her over, but she rejects him for his arrogance. He gets angry as well as disappointed when Asha marries an accounting clerk instead. Soon after, he is involved in car accident in which he loses his eyesight completely, and the doctor thinks Vijay will need a new pair of eyes. Vijay orders eyes, but it isn't as simple as Vijay thought, the doctor explains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
''The Tribune'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper published from Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Bathinda, Chandigarh and Gurgaon, Gurugram. It was founded on 2 February 1881, in Lahore, Punjab Province (British India), Punjab (now in Pakistan), by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a philanthropist, and is run by a trust comprising five persons as trustees. It is a major Indian newspaper with a worldwide circulation. In India, it is among the leading English daily for Punjab, India, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and the Chandigarh, Union Territory of Chandigarh. Overview The present Editor-in-Chief of ''The Tribune'' is Jyoti Malhotra. ''The Tribune'' has two sister publications: ''Dainik Tribune'' (in Hindi) and ''Punjabi Tribune'' (in Punjabi language, Punjabi). Naresh Kaushal is the Editor of ''Dainik Tribune'' and Arvinder Kaur Johal is the Officiating Editor of the ''Punjabi Tribune''. The online edition of ''The Tribune'' was launched in July 1998, and the onlin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
