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Ranjeet
Ranjeet (born as Gopal Bedi; 12 September 1942) is an Indian actor and film director. He has mostly played villain roles in over 200 Hindi films. He has also played a positive character in the TV series '' Aisa Des Hai Mera''. He has also worked in a number of Punjabi films namely ''Rab Ne Banayian Jodiyan'', '' Maujaan Dubai Diyaan'' and ''Man Jeete Jag Jeet''. Early life Ranjeet was born as Gopal Bedi in Jandiala Guru, a town near Amritsar, Punjab into an orthodox Sikh family and after studying at Delhi’s Hindu College, he aimed to join the Indian Air Force before becoming an actor and entering the film industry in 1966. Career Ranjeet shot to fame after playing a negative role in the film '' Sharmeelee,'' released in 1971''.'' Sunil Dutt had recommended his name after liking his performance in ''Sawan Bhadon'' and ''Reshma Aur Shera''. Ranjeet had come to Mumbai to play the lead role in ''Zindagi Ki Rahen'', which was shelved. He went ahead to establish himself ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sawan Bhadon
''Sawan Bhadon'' is a 1970 Indian Hindi-language film produced and directed by Mohan Segal. The film was the debut film for its lead pair Navin Nischol and Rekha. The other cast of note in the film are Jayshree T., Iftekhar and Ranjeet. The music is by Sonik Omi. This was also Ranjeet's debut film. Plot Vikram is a man from a wealthy family living in Europe. He has a step-sister Dolly and step-mother Sulochana, who are very cunning and greedy and steal Vikram's money during his absence from India. Vikram decides to come back to India, which interferes with the plans of Sulochana and her allies. Vikram, being naive, trusts Sulochana and Dolly and treats them as their family, but Sulochana pretends to be affectionate to him, as he only is the heir to all the family property and money. Vikram, on his way home is blocked by some thugs, who are actually the men hired by Sulochana's brother to kill him. But a village girl Chanda and her friends help him and drive away the thugs. Vikr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reshma Aur Shera
''Reshma Aur Shera'' ( ''Reshma and Shera'') is a 1971 Hindi crime drama film produced and directed by Sunil Dutt and starring Waheeda Rehman as Reshma and Sunil Dutt as Shera. It also stars Vinod Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan, Raakhee, Ranjeet, K.N. Singh, Jayant and Amrish Puri in supporting roles. Sunil Dutt's son Sanjay Dutt, who was 12 years at the time, appears briefly as a Qawwali singer in his first film appearance. ''Reshma Aur Shera'' received high critical acclaim from domestic and international critics and Sunil Dutt was nominated for the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. It was selected as the Indian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 44th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. ''Reshma Aur Shera'' won 3 awards at the 19th National Film Awards. Waheeda Rehman won the National Film Award for Best Actress for her highly-acclaimed performance in the film. The film also won the National Film Award for Best Music Directio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kashmakash (1973 Film)
''Kashmakash'' is a 1973 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Feroze Chinoy, starring Feroz Khan, Rekha, Shatrughan Sinha, Asha Sachdev, along with Ranjeet, Rehman, I. S. Johar, Padma Khanna. Loosely based on James Hadley Chase's novel Tiger by the Tail. Plot Satish Gupta and Seeta are a happily married couple till one day, on the insistence of his friend ManMohan, Satish visits Sapna for an illicit rendezvous at her hotel where she performs as a cabaret artist, and there he sees her in her bathtub, from wherein she leads him to her bed. Before anything can happen, Sapna is ruthlessly murdered in the dark with a knife. Satish rushes out of her room, but is caught red handed on the stairs, by a private detective I. S. Johar, who plays himself in the movie, and who keeps tabs on influential people to nab their illicit dealings to blackmail them. He always carries his pet white Pomeranian dog with him as his signature at the places he investigates along with the police, but u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunil Dutt
Sunil Dutt (born Balraj Raghunath Dutt; 6 June 1929 – 25 May 2005) was an Indian actor, film producer, director, and politician known for his work in Hindi Cinema. He acted in more than 80 films over a career spanning five decades and was the recipient of three Filmfare Awards, including two for Best Actor. Regarded as one of the most successful and finest actors in the history of Cinema of India, Indian Cinema, Dutt was known for his unique style and delivering impactful messages through his films. In 1968, the Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award for his contribution to Indian cinema. Dutt made his film debut in 1955 with the Hindi cinema, Hindi film ''Railway Platform (film), Railway Platform''. He rose to prominence with the highly successful films: ''Ek Hi Raasta (1956 film), Ek Hi Raasta'' (1956) and ''Mother India'' (1957), and consistently starred in several top–grossing Indian films from the late-1950s to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keemat (1973 Film)
''Keemat'' () is a 1973 Indian Hindi-language spy thriller film directed by Ravikant Nagaich. It has music by Laxmikant-Pyarelal and lyrics by Anand Bakshi. The film stars Dharmendra, Rekha in lead roles, along with Prem Chopra, Ranjeet, Agha, Satyendra Kapoor and Murad. The character of Gopal Kishan Pandey (Agent 116) was also used for movie Farz and Raksha. The film was remade in Telugu as '' Andadu Aagadu'' (1979). Cast * Dharmendra as Gopal Kishan Pandey / Agent 116 * Rekha as Sudha * Prem Chopra as Shaktimaan * Ranjeet as Pedro * Padma Khanna as Nanda / Maria * Jayshree T. as Nagina * Agha as Constable Pandurang * Satyendra Kapoor as Inspector Deshpande * Murad as Police Commissioner * K. N. Singh as Secret Service Chief * Rajendra Nath Rajendra Nath Malhotra (8 June 1931 − 13 February 2008) was an Indian actor and comedian in Hindi and Punjabi films. Early life and family Rajendra Nath was born on 8 June 1931 in Tikamgarh, which is now in Madhya Pradesh. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man Jeete Jag Jeet
''Man Jeete Jag Jeet'' is a 1973 religious Punjabi film directed by B.S. Thapa, starring Sunil Dutt, Radha Saluja and Ranjeet in lead roles. Music Songs were composed by S. Mohinder, and Inderjit Hasanpuri wrote the lyrics. Many texts are taken from the Gurbani (from the Sikh religious text, Guru Granth Sahib). Asha Bhosle, Suman Kalyanpur and Mohammad Rafi are the playback singers. #Ram Gaiyo Ravan Gaiyo-(Asha Bhosle) # Uda-Ada-Edi-Sassa-Haha Bolna Kade Naa Dolna-Suman Kalyanpur # Jis Ke Sar Upar Tu Swami-(Asha Bhosle) # Jagat Meh Jhoothi Dekhi Preet- ohalla-9(Asha Bhosle) # Tu V Daku Te Mein V Daku-(Asha Bhosle) # Jadon-Jadon V Banere Bole Kaa-(Asha Bhosle) # Paapi Jiodeya Bol Satnam-(Asha Bhosle) # Jis Ke Sar Upar Tu Swami-(Shabad) Mohammad Rafi # Farida Kaale Mainde Kapre-(Mohammad Rafi) # Paapi Jiodeya Bol Satnam-(Asha Bhosle, Mohammad Rafi) See also *Nanak Nam Jahaz Hai ''Nanak Naam Jahaz Hai'' is a 1969 National Award winning Punjabi film directed by Ram Mahe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaddaar (1973 Film)
''Gaddaar'' ( English: ''The Traitor'') is a 1973 Hindi language film. It stars Vinod Khanna in lead role and the supporting casts include Yogeeta Bali, Pran, Ranjeet, Madan Puri, Iftekhar, Manmohan, Ram Mohan, Anwar Hussain and Satyen Kappu. The music was provided by Laxmikant-Pyarelal. It was a successful film on its release. The film was produced and directed by Harmesh Malhotra. Cast * Vinod Khanna as Raj Kumar "Raja" * Yogeeta Bali as Reshma * Pran as B. K. * Ranjeet as Babu * Madan Puri as Kanhaiya * Iftekhar as Professor * Manmohan as Mohan * Ram Mohan as John * Anwar Hussain as Sampat * Satyen Kappu as Dr. Mathur * Ajit Khan as His Highness Soundtrack The music was composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal. The opening credit sequence features a theme which is a direct copy of main theme of Sergio Leone's classic ''For a Few Dollars More'', composed by Ennio Morricone Ennio Morricone ( , ; 10 November 19286 July 2020) was an Italian composer, Orchestration, orchestrat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maujaan Dubai Diyaan
''Maujaan Dubai Diyaan'' is a 1985 Indian Punjabi-language film directed by Subhash C. Bhakri, starring Vinod Mehra, Bhavana Bhatt, Madhu Malini, Aruna Irani, Ranjeet, Iftekhar, Kaajal Kiran and Mithun Chakraborty Mithun Chakraborty (born Gouranga Chakraborty; 16 June 1950) is an Indian actor, film producer, screenwriter, entrepreneur and politician who predominantly works in Hindi cinema, Hindi and Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. In a career spa .... External links * 1985 films Punjabi-language Indian films 1980s Punjabi-language films 1980s Indian films] {{Punjabi-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parchhaiyan (film)
''Parchhaiyan'' is a 1972 Bollywood drama film directed by Sharankumar Chand. The film stars Vinod Khanna and Reshma. Cast * Vinod Khanna as Dilip Khanna / Rakesh * Reshma as Sudha * Bindu as Rangee * Sujit Kumar as Mohan * Ranjeet as Ranjeet * Mohan Choti as Ramesh * Iftekhar as Choudhary Shyamlal * Indrani Mukherjee as Seeta * Murad Murad or Mourad () is an Arabic name. It is also common in Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Turkish, Persian, and Berber as a male given name or surname and is commonly used throughout the Muslim world and Middle East. Etymology It is derived ... as Judge Khanna * Sajjan as Sandeep Narayan Verma * Meena T. as Rekha Soundtrack All Songs Composed by R D Burman and Lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri External links * References 1972 films 1970s Hindi-language films 1970s Indian films 1972 drama films Films scored by R. D. Burman {{1970s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sikhs
Sikhs (singular Sikh: or ; , ) are an ethnoreligious group who adhere to Sikhism, a religion that originated in the late 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, based on the revelation of Guru Nanak. The term ''Sikh'' has its origin in the Sanskrit word ', meaning 'seeker', or . According to Article I of Chapter 1 of the Sikh Rehat Maryada, Sikh ''Rehat Maryada'' (), the definition of Sikh is: Any human being who faithfully believes in One Immortal Being Ten Gurus, from Guru Nanak Sahib to Guru Gobind Singh Sahib The Guru Granth Sahib The utterances and teachings of the ten Gurus and The initiation, known as the Amrit Sanskar, Amrit Sanchar, bequeathed by the tenth Guru and who does not owe allegiance to any other religion, is a Sikh. Male Sikhs generally have ''Singh'' () as their last name, though not all Singhs are necessarily Sikhs; likewise, female Sikhs have ''Kaur'' () as their last name. These unique last names were given by the Gurus to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharmeelee
''Sharmeelee'' (trans. Shy) is a 1971 Indian Hindi-language romantic film produced by Subodh Mukherjee and directed by Samir Ganguly. The film stars Shashi Kapoor, Raakhee, Narendra Nath, Nazir Hussain, Iftekhar, S N Banerjee, Anita Guha, Asit Sen. Raakhee played a double role in this film, and its success helped make her one of the decade's top leading ladies in Hindi films. The film also marked the debut of Ranjeet. The film starts on a romantic track, but after halfway takes a brilliant turn towards mystery and thriller genre. Plot While returning from the Army Base, Captain Ajit Kapoor stops over at a rest-house, where there is a party on, and he meets a charming, vivacious young lady. When he reaches home, his guardian, Father Joseph, wants him to get married. When Joseph accompanies Ajit to see the girl, whose name is Kanchan, Ajit is thrilled to find out that it is the very same girl he met at the rest-house. Ajit indicates his approval, and the stage is set for them to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raampur Ka Lakshman
''Raampur Ka Lakshman'' is a 1972 Indian Hindi-language romance drama film directed by Manmohan Desai. The film was remade in 1978 in Tamil, titled as ''Mangudi Minor''. Synopsis Kedarnath Bhargav, his wife, Laxmi, and two sons, Ram and Lakshman, are homeless. While traveling, their train derails, and the family is separated into three groups. Laxmi works as a maidservant in the house of Bombay's mayor and his daughter, Rekha. Ram is abducted by a career criminal. Kedarnath and Lakshman are together. Ratanlal Verma, a kind-hearted man with a son named Prakash, comes to Lakshman's rescue, is run over by a truck, and is crippled. Kedarnath and Lakshman relocate to Ratanlal's village, Raampur, and they live together as one family. Years later, Prakash grows up and moves to Bombay, where he finds employment with a jeweler. When Ratanlal does not hear from him for two months, he asks Lakshman to go to Bombay and ensure that Prakash is all right. Upon arrival in Bombay, Lakshman fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
