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Paap Aur Punya
''Paap Aur Punya '' () is a Bollywood drama film directed by Prayag Raj. The film stars Shashi Kapoor, Sharmila Tagore and Ajit. Shashi Kapoor also appears in dual role. Plot Fair-minded Raja Gajraj Singh is overthrown in a coup by his brother, Balbir Singh. Both Gajraj's and Balbir's wives are pregnant, and give birth to twin sons, and a son respectively. Balbir orders that Gajraj's son be killed. Then he arranges for Gajraj and his wife's accidental death by a motor vehicle. Years go by, most people have forgotten Raja Gajraj, and Balbir is the sole acclaimed ruler with his fair-minded and soft-spoken son, Ganga Singh, who is all set to succeed the throne from his dad. Then Ganga meets a young woman named Jugni from a poor family and falls in love with her, she too falls in love with him, and both want to get married. But Balbir will not have anything to do with her, as he would like Ganga to marry rich and wealthy Mala. Chaos and anarchy suddenly descent upon the palace, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prayag Raj
Allahabad (), List of renamed Indian cities and states, officially known as Prayagraj, also known as Ilahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi, Varanasi (Benares). It is the administrative headquarters of the Allahabad district—the most populous district in the state and 13th most populous district in India—and the Allahabad division. The city is the judicial capital of Uttar Pradesh with the Allahabad High Court being the highest judicial body in the state. As of 2011, Allahabad is the List of cities in Uttar Pradesh by population, seventh most populous city in the state, list of North Indian cities by population, thirteenth in Northern India and List of most populous cities in India, thirty-sixth in India, with an estimated population of 1.53 million in the city. In 2011 it was ranked the world's 40th fastest-growing city. Allahabad, in 2016, was also ran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moolchand
Moolchand 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 fellow fat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1974 Films
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; following Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's resignation in response to high Israeli casualties, she was succeeded by Yitzhak Rabin. In Europe, the invasion and occupation of northern Cyprus by Turkish troops initiated the Cyprus dispute, the Carnation Revolution took place in Portugal, and Chancellor of West Germany Willy Brandt resigned following an espionage scandal surrounding his secretary Günter Guillaume. In sports, the year was primarily dominated by the FIFA World Cup in West Germany, in which the German national team won the championship title, as well as The Rumble in the Jungle, a boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Zaire. Events January–February * January 26 – Bülent Ecevit of CH ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babla & Kanchan
Laxmichand "Babla" Virji Shah and Kumari Kanchan Dinkarrao Mali-Shah were an Indian husband-wife musical group best known for work in the chutney music and Desi Folk music genres. They performed together for forty years until Kanchan died in 2004. Babla Shah is the younger brother of famous music director duo Kalyanji Anandji. Biography Babla was born as Laxmichand Virji Shah, son of Virji Shah, into a Kutchi Hindu family of trading background. His family hailed from the village of Kundrodi in Kutch, Gujarat. His father had moved to Mumbai and set up a shop in Girgaum. The music director duo of Kalyanji and Anandji are Babla's elder brothers. Babla sang some songs for films and also tried his hand at music direction like his older brothers. According to film music expert Rajesh Subramanian, the song "Khaike Pan Banaraswala" was composed by Babla. He felt the need to differentiate himself from his famous brothers and he took up folk music-with-western-elements as his nich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mukesh (singer)
Mukesh Chand Mathur (22 July 1923 – 27 August 1976), better known mononymously as Mukesh, was an Indian playback singer. Mukesh is considered to be one of the most popular and acclaimed playback singers of the Hindi film industry. Amongst the numerous nominations and awards he won, his song "Kai Baar Yuhi Dekha Hai" from the film '' Rajnigandha'' (1973) won him the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer. Mukesh was also popular as being the voice of actors Raj Kapoor, Manoj Kumar, Feroz Khan, Sunil Dutt and Dilip Kumar. Early life Mukesh was born in Delhi in a Mathur Kayastha family. His parents were Zorawar Chand Mathur, an engineer, and Chandrani Mathur. He was the sixth in a family of ten children. The music teacher who came home to teach Mukesh's sister, Sundar Pyari, found a pupil in Mukesh, who would listen from the adjoining room. Mukesh left school after the 10th grade and worked briefly for the Department of Public Works. He experimented with voic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lata Mangeshkar
Lata Mangeshkar () (born as Hema Mangeshkar; 28 September 1929 – 06 February 2022) was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. She is widely considered to have been the greatest and most influential singers in India. Her contribution to the Indian music industry in a career spanning eight decades gained her honorific titles such as the "Queen of Melody", "Nightingale of India", and "Voice of the Millennium". Lata recorded songs in over thirty-six Indian languages and a few foreign languages, though primarily in Marathi, Hindi, and Bengali. Her foreign languages included English, Indonesian, Russian, Dutch, Nepali, and Swahili. She received several accolades and honors throughout her career. In 1989, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award was bestowed on her by the Government of India. In 2001, in recognition of her contributions to the nation, she was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour; she is only the second female singer, after M. S. Subbulak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kishore Kumar
Kishore Kumar (born as Abhas Kumar Ganguly (); 4 August 1929 – 13 October 1987) was an Indian playback singer and actor. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest, most influential and dynamic singers in the history of Indian music. He was one of the most popular singers in the Indian subcontinent, notable for his yodeling and ability to sing songs in different voices. He used to sing in different genres but some of his rare compositions, considered classics, were lost in time. According to his brother and legendary actor Ashok Kumar, Kishore Kumar was successful as a singer because his "voice hits the mike, straight, at its most sensitive point". Besides Hindi, he sang in many other Indian languages, including Bengali, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Malayalam, Odia and Urdu. He also released a few non-film albums in multiple languages, especially in Bengali, which are noted as all-time classics. He won 8 Filmfare Awards for Best Male Playback S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunal Kapoor (actor, Born 1959)
Kunal Kapoor (born 26 June 1959) Rediff is an Indian actor, film producer, director and advertisement maker. He is a son of actors and Jennifer Kendal, who made his debut with the 1972 English-language film '' Siddhartha'', later acted in 's '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gurcharan Pohli
Gurcharan Singh Pohli (born June 24, 1942) is an Indian singer and actor who worked in Punjabi and Hindi films. He is best known for his Punjabi duets with his wife, singer Promila Pammi. He was very active in the industry from the 1960s to the late 1980s. As an actor, he is most remembered for his role as Ghukkar in the movie ''Balbeero Bhabi'' (1981). Early life & family background Pohli was born in village Chak No. 51, Pakpattan Tehsil of Montgomery District (now in Pakpattan District) of Punjab in British India. Due to partition, his family moved to village ''Kot Karor Kalan near'' Talwandi Bhai in Firozpur District of East Punjab, India. He married his stage partner singer Promila Pammi and the family is now settled in California. Career He learned the music from Ustad Jaswant Bhanwra. He recorded mostly his songs and live performances with Promila Pammi for approximately 20 years. They were one of the most famous singing couples of Punjab in the 1970s and '80s as Pohli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roopesh Kumar
Roopesh Kumar (16 January 1946 – 29 January 1995) was a character actor in Bollywood films, especially known for his role as a villain in over 100 Hindi films from 1965 to 1995. He is widely remembered for his comic negative roles in the films like '' Seeta Aur Geeta'' and '' The Great Gambler''. He was the cousin of actress Mumtaz. Personal life Kumar was born in Mumbai as Abbas Farashahi. He was the oldest child of Ali Asgar Farashahi (Asgar Seth of Pune City, Mandai) and Mariam. He was a student of Dastur School in Pune. From his early childhood he was interested in acting. His family were in the restaurant and bakery business in Pune but he chose to be an actor. Kumar was fondly known as Dadash (meaning brother in Persian). He was very close to his cousins actress Mumtaz and Malika. His oldest daughter is married to Dilip Kumar's nephew Zahid Khan and they have two children. On 29 January 1995, Kumar suffered a heart attack while attending an awards ceremony and was ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinchoo Kapoor
Pinchoo Kapoor (1927 – April 28, 1989) was an Indian actor born in Rawalpindi, Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ..., British India in 1927. He acted in many Hindi films during the 1970s and 1980s. His film career lasted from 1969 to 1989. He is best remembered for his role in the films '' Don'', '' Roti'', '' Avtaar'' and ''Khud-Daar''. Kapoor died aged 62 on 28 April 1989 in Bombay. Filmography References External links * Male actors from Jaipur 1989 deaths Male actors in Hindi cinema Indian male film actors People from Rawalpindi 20th-century Indian male actors 1929 births {{India-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jagdish Raj
Jagdish Raj Khurana (1928 – 28 July 2013) was a Bollywood actor who holds a Guinness World Record for being the most type-cast actor. He played the role of a police inspector in 144 films. Early life and career He was born in 1928 in the town of Sargodha, British India, which is now in Pakistan. His daughter Anita Raj is also a Bollywood actress. Jagdish Raj had the record of playing a police officer 144 times in various Bollywood films. Jagdish Raj Khurana also holds a Guinness World Record for being the most type-cast actor. He played a police inspector in 144 films. Some of his popular movies include ''Deewar'', ''Don'', ''Shakti'', ''Mazdoor'', ''Imaan Dharam'', ''Gopichand Jasoos'', ''Silsila'', ''Aaina'' and ''Besharam''. He also played Aditya Pancholi's father in ''Naamcheen'' (1991). Although Raj occasionally played a villain and a couple of times played a judge, he was best known for being cast a record 144 times as a police officer. After '' Shafi Inamdar'', he ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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