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Moolchand
Moolchand Kapoor was a prolific character actor in Hindi and Panjabi cinema, who was active from 1950 to his death in the late 1980s. He appeared in over 250 films. These films spanned the parallel cinema of Guru Dutt to the wrestler films of Dara Singh. He is known for his big stomach. The first known appearance of Moolchand is in 1950. He was often featured in the films of the directors Guru Dutt and Raj Kapoor, working on 6 of the former and 8 of the latter. Other actors he was often seen with were Dev Anand, B. R. Chopra, Dara Singh and I. S. Johar, who featured him in most of their movies. Most of Moolchand's early roles were small ones. He only began to get significant roles in the 1960s. '' Padosan'' (1968), where he plays the servant of Om Prakash's character featured a lot of close-ups of Moolchand and showed him to be an able comedic side actor. This comedic side would be further explored in the 1970s with a scene stealing appearance in '' Yaadon Ki Baarat'', with f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jagga (film)
''Jagga'' is a 1964 Indian Punjabi language, Punjabi-language film, directed by Jugal Kishore, starring Dara Singh, Indira, Khairati, Amarnath, Jugal Kishore, Majnu, and more. Awards It is based on the story of real-life 20th-century dacoit Jagga Jatt. This movie won the National Film Awards in 1964 for Punjabi-language films - (President's Silver Medal for Best Feature film). Cast *Dara Singh as Jagga *Indira (actress), Indira Billi as Nimmo *Jugal Kishore (film's actor and director) as Puran Singh police inspector * Manju as Bansa *Mumtaz Begum (actress), Mumtaz Begum as mother *Moolchand as Jagga gang member * Kharaiti as Bhmbbri * Swarn Dada as Pindet * Kartar Singh as police saphi * Mamaji as Karmaa Shah * Harbans Papey as Jagga gang member * Khattana *Brahm Bhardwaj as Moti Ram * Lala Nazir as Banta Singh * Baldev Mehta * Krishna Duggal * Saudagar Singh *Tiger Jeet Singh * Amarnath as Police DIG Music Music was by Alla Rakha, Ustad Ala Rakha, Lyrics by Manohar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaadon Ki Baraat
''Yaadon Ki Baaraat'' () is a 1973 Indian Hindi-language masala film, directed by Nasir Hussain and written by Salim–Javed (Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar). It featured an ensemble cast, starring Dharmendra, Vijay Arora, Tariq Khan, Zeenat Aman, Neetu Singh, Ajit and Captain Raju. The film was influential in the history of Indian cinema. It has been widely identified as the first masala film, combining elements of the action, drama, romance, musical, crime and thriller genres.Kaushik Bhaumik"An Insightful Reading of Our Many Indian Identities", ''The Wire'', 12/03/2016 Masala films went on to become the most popular genre of Indian cinema, and ''Yaadon Ki Baaraat'' has thus been identified as "the first" quintessentially "Bollywood film." It also launched the careers of several actors, as the commercial breakthrough Hindi film for Zeenat Aman and Neetu Singh, who became leading actresses of the 1970s, and as the debut film for Nasir Hussain's nephews Tariq Khan and Aamir Khan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dukh Bhanjan Tera Naam
''Dukh Bhanjan Tera Naam'' (1974) is a Punjabi movie about Sikhism. Plot In the era of Guru Ram Das, one cannot leave out Rajni, youngest daughter of Rai Duni Chand, revenue collector (kardar) of Patti. Rajni was a Sikh, a disciple of the Guru. One day she was sitting with her sisters admiring some new clothing they all had received from their father. The girls were ecstatic and exclaiming how good their father was to them. Rajni observed that all gifts are ultimately from God. Their father was merely an instrument of His greatness. Unfortunately for her, he overheard her comment and became very angry. It was not the first time that she incurred his wrath because of her extreme piety. The infuriated father, believing her to be an ungrateful wretch, married her to a leper with a taunt that he would see how her God would help her lead a normal life. The leper was severely disfigured and a foul smell came from his body. The poor girl had accepted her fate ungrudgingly and worked h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amar Prem
''Amar Prem'' () is a 1972 Indian Hindi romantic drama film directed by Shakti Samanta. It is a remake of the Bengali film '' Nishi Padma'' (1970), directed by Arabinda Mukherjee, who wrote screenplay for both the films based on the Bengali short story ''Hinger Kochuri'' by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay. The film portrays the decline of human values and relationships and contrasts it by presenting an illustrious example of a boy's innocent love for a neighbourhood tawaif (courtesan). The movie is about a school boy, who is ill-treated by his step mother, and becomes friends with a courtesan neighbour. The film stars Sharmila Tagore playing a hooker with a heart of gold, with Rajesh Khanna in the role of a lonely businessman and Vinod Mehra as adult Nandu, the young child, who they both come to care for. The film is noted for its music by R. D. Burman; numbers sung by playback singers like Kishore Kumar, R.D. Burman's father S.D. Burman and Lata Mangeshkar; lyrics were by An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanak Dukhiya Sub Sansar
''Nanak Dukhiya Sub Sansar'' (, 1970) is a Punjabi language film directed by Dara Singh. The lyrics were written by Prem Dhawan. Dhawan was awarded National Film Award for Best Lyrics in 1972 for its movie songs. The film stars Dara Singh, Balraj Sahni and Pran in the lead roles. In this film Vindu Dara Singh debuted as a child actor. Plot During a riot in 1948, two brothers get separated. Years later they meet and become friends. Gradually they learn about their actual relationship, that they are brothers. This knowledge does not help to stop their fight over a woman. The film also shows the negative effect of alcoholism. In a song in the movie, a lead character states that the God resides with them who works hard in the fields and elsewhere, hence does not have necessity of any addiction. Cast * Prithviraj Kapoor as Village Gurdwara Sahib head Granthi * Balraj Sahni as subedar Varyam Singh * Dara Singh as Kartar Singh * Shaminder as Ram * Meena Rai as Jetta * Pran a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mama Ji
''Mama Ji'' (), also spelled incorrectly as ''Mamaji'', is a 1964 Punjabi film directed by Roshan Bhardwaj, produced by Gopal Saigal and S. P. Malhotra, starring Gopal Saigal, and Indira Billi in lead roles. Synopsis ''Mama Ji'' is a drama with comedy and romance. Bansi Lal is an idle and not very intelligent man living in his (married) sister's home. His maternal grandfather is a businessman in Africa. His sister, Lajwanti, and her husband, Kirpa Ram, are very unhappy with him as he does not use his brain at work. They want him to leave. One day, he buys a magic stick from a magician thinking that the stick really has magic. This makes his sister and her husband very angry again. As he realized that the stick does not actually have any magic, he feels robbed and one day, he snatches money from the magician and runs and hides himself in a Tonga. A beautiful girl, Laali, is searching for his father, lost in the Visakhi ''mela'' (English: fair). A Tonga driver takes her with h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naya Daur (1957 Film)
() is a 1957 Indian Hindi-language social drama film directed and produced by B. R. Chopra. It was written by Akhtar Mirza. It stars Dilip Kumar, Vyjayanthimala in lead roles, along with Ajit, Jeevan, Johnny Walker, Chand Usmani, Nazir Hussain, Manmohan Krishna, Leela Chitnis, Pratima Devi, Daisy Irani, Radhakishan form an ensemble cast. The film narrates the story of Shankar and Krishna, two best friends who fall for the same woman, Rajni. For this film, Dilip Kumar won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor for the third time in a row, being his fourth overall. The film was later dubbed in Tamil as ''Pattaliyin Sabatham'' (''The Proletariat's Vow'') in 1958. also inspired Aamir Khan's Academy Award nominated film '' Lagaan'' (2001). was the second-highest grossing Indian film of the year 1957 and also the second-highest grossing Indian film of the decade, behind ''Mother India'' (1957). At the time of its release, it briefly became the highest grossing Indian film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyaasa
''Pyaasa'' (; ) is a 1957 Indian Hindi drama film directed and produced by Guru Dutt, who also stars in the film alongside Mala Sinha, Waheeda Rehman, Rehman, and Johnny Walker. Set in Calcutta, the film tells the story of Vijay (played by Dutt), a disillusioned Urdu poet whose works are underestimated by publishers and criticized for focusing on social issues rather than romantic themes. The narrative follows Vijay's encounters with Gulabo (Waheeda Rehman), a kind-hearted prostitute, and Meena (Sinha), his former girlfriend. Gulabo helps him get his poetry published, leading to the success of his works and the development of a romantic relationship between the two. Initially, the role of Vijay was offered to Dilip Kumar, who declined due to the toll that intense roles had taken on his health. In a later interview, Kumar admitted that he found the character of Vijay in ''Pyaasa'' similar to that of Devdas and cited ''Pyaasa'' as one of the three films he regretted turning d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railway Platform (film)
''Railway Platform'' is a 1955 Indian film about a love triangle between a princess, a poor man and his lover at a train station. The film marked the debut of Sunil Dutt, who was an announcer for Radio Ceylon. Cast *Sunil Dutt as Ram *Nalini Jaywant as Naina *Sheila Ramani as Princess Indira *Johnny Walker (actor), Johnny Walker as Naseebchand *Raj Mehra as Raja Sahib *Leela Mishra as Ram's Mother *Manmohan Krishna as Kavi *Nana Palsikar as Station Master *Jagdeep as Bag Snatcher *Ram Avtar as Priest *Kartar Singh (uncredited) as Sikh man in the station master room *Shukla * S.Sethy * Nishi * Jagdeep * Babby Sheela *Manmohan Krishna *Uma Devi *Nishi Kohli *Nana Palsikar *Moolchand Production Ramesh Saigal was impressed with Sunil Dutt's good looks and voice. He gave opportunity to Dutt for acting. But at first, Dutt was nervous before the camera, especially in romantic scenes. He had never mixed freely with girls. His worst moment came when Saigal got furious and scolded him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naata (film)
''Naata'' () is a 1955 Indian Hindi-language social film directed by Deena Nath Madhok and starring Madhubala, Abhi Bhattacharya and Chanchal.' The film was produced under the banner of Madhubala's production company Madhubala Private Ltd., which she had set up in 1955. Upon its release, ''Naata'' received mixed reviews from critics and failed at the box office. Plot ''Naata'' was the story of a traumatized girl who relates the romance between her sister and a new post-master. Cast * Madhubala as Tara * Abhi Bhattacharya as Bade Babu * Chanchal as Beena * Gope as Shravan Kumar * Moolchand as Harmonium Player in Qawwali * Kanhaiyalal as Lakhibaba * Vijayalakshmi as Seeta Soundtrack The soundtrack of ''Naata'' was composed by S. Mohinder, with lyrics being penned by Tanveer Naqvi. As reported by ''Cinestaan'', Madhubala wanted Lata Mangeshkar to lend her voice to the songs of the film, but Mangeshkar was uninterested and refused. It was then Naqvi's wife who convince ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teen Batti Char Raasta
''Teen Batti Char Raasta'' () is a 1953 Hindi-language comedy drama film on national integration directed by V. Shantaram. The film was made under the Rajkamal Kalamandir banner and produced by Shantaram. The story and dialogue were by Diwan Sharar while the cinematography was by G. Balkrishna. With music composed by Shivram Krishna, it had lyrics by Pyare Lal Santoshi. The star cast included Karan Dewan, Sandhya, Shashikala, Nirupa Roy, Sheila Ramani, Dewan Sharar and Lalita Kumari. The film, which portrays national integration, involved a family, whose patriarch Lala Gulabchand (Diwan Sharar), is a Punjabi married to a woman from Uttar Pradesh. He lives near a crossroads with three lights and four streets. The crossroads is used symbolically as a union of the different states and religions in the country, as mentioned in the film. Their five of six sons then marry girls from five different states in India and the story follows the chaos that ensues. The film had a sub-plot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khandan (1942 Film)
(), also spelled as ''Khan Daan'', is a 1942 muslim social Bollywood film directed by Shaukat Hussain Rizvi (in his directorial debut) and produced by D.M. Pancholi, starring Pran, Noor Jehan, Ghulam Mohammed and M. Ajmal.Film review of Khandaan (1942 film) on indiancine.ma website Retrieved 7 November 2020 It was written by author and made in Pancholi's studio. For the first time in , there was a lot of "ahe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |