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Indrani Mukherjee
Indrani Mukherjee is an Indian actress who worked in Hindi films during the 1960s and 1970s and starred in over 70 films. After playing the heroine in some films, notably ''Usne Kaha Tha'' (1960) and ''Aakhri Khat'' (1966), she moved to playing character roles which were central to the film and made this her forte. Her roles in films like '' Dharam Veer'' (1977), '' Parvarish'' (1977) and '' Des Pardes'' (1978) were the pivot of the storyline, but they were not conventional heroine roles. Each of the movies were a success at the box office. Early life Mukherjee was born on 1 March 1942 in Prayagraj (formerly Allahabad), United Provinces, into a Bengali Brahmin family. Her father, Dr. Jitendra Mukherjee, was a doctor of medicine who practised in Allahabad. Her mother, Kamini Devi Mukherjee, was a devoted home-maker. Indrani was one of seven children. She had four sisters and two brothers. Career In 1960, she was screentested by Bimal Roy, which led to her debut with ''Usne Kah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prayagraj
Prayagraj (, ; ISO 15919, ISO: ), formerly and colloquially known as Allahabad, 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 Prayagraj district, the most populous district in the state and 13th most populous district in India and the Prayagraj division. The city is the judicial capital of Uttar Pradesh with the Allahabad High Court being the highest judicial body in the state. Prayagraj 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 North India, Northern India and List of cities in India by population, 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. The city, in 2016, was also ranked the third most liveable Urba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanda (actress)
Nandini Karnataki (8 January 1939 – 25 March 2014), known mononymously as Nanda, was an Indian actress who appeared in Hindi and Marathi films. A leading actress of Hindi Cinema, her career spanned over 30 years. She is best known for her performances in '' Chhoti Bahen'', '' Dhool Ka Phool'', '' Bhabhi'', '' Kala Bazar'', ''Kanoon'', '' Hum Dono'', '' Jab Jab Phool Khile'', ''Gumnaam'', '' Ittefaq'', '' The Train'' and ''Prem Rog''. Early life Nanda was born in a Maharashtrian show-business family to Vinayak Damodar Karnataki (Master Vinayak), a successful Marathi actor-producer-director. Master Vinayak was related to many personalities in the Indian film industry. His brother Vasudev Karnataki was a cinematographer while noted film personalities Baburao Pendharkar (1896–1967) and Bhalji Pendharkar (1897–1994) were his half-brothers. He was also a maternal cousin of legendary film director V. Shantaram. Master Vinayak was a good friend of the Mangeshkar family and in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajmata
''Rajamata'' () is a Sanskrit term used for the mother of a king (''raja''). It is also employed to address the queen dowager. In the contemporary period, it is most commonly used to address the head of a royal dynasty in India. Examples * Rajamata Jijabai of Maratha Kingdom, mother of Shivaji *Rajamata Vijaya Raje Scindia of Gwalior, mother of Madhavrao Scindia * Rajamata Gayatri Devi of Jaipur, step-mother of Bhawani Singh * Rajamata Padmini Devi of Jaipur, wife of late Bhawani Singh * Rajamata Krishna Kumari of Marwar (Jodhpur), mother of Gaj Singh * Rajamata Mohinder Kaur of Patiala, mother of Amarinder Singh * Rajamata Ahilyabai Holkar of Indore, mother of Malhar Rao Holkar * Rajamata Dr. Pramoda Devi Wadiyar of Mysuru (Mysore Mysore ( ), officially Mysuru (), is a city in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. It is the headquarters of Mysore district and Mysore division. As the traditional seat of the Wadiyar dynasty, the city functioned as the cap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dharmendra
Dharmendra Kewal Krishan Deol (born 8 December 1935), known mononymously as Dharmendra, is an Indian actor, producer, and politician who is primarily known for his work in Hindi films. Dharmendra is widely considered one of the greatest, most handsome and commercially successful actors in the Cinema of India, history of Indian cinema. He is nicknamed the "He-Man" of Bollywood. With a cinematic career spanning over six decades, he has worked in Dharmendra filmography, more than 300 films. Dharmendra holds the record for starring in the highest number of hit films in Hindi cinema. “''Even though this star had more hits than Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan, he was never called a ‘superstar’ for a rather academic reason. Dharmendra has the distinction of delivering the most hits as an actor in the Hindi film industry. The actor has a record 74 hits to his name in films where he was either the lead or had a substantial role. Dharmendra has appeared in over 240 films. Of thes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heer Raanjha
''Heer Raanjha'' is a 1970 Indian Hindi-language romantic musical film directed by Chetan Anand (director), Chetan Anand and produced by his son Ketan Anand. The film stars Raaj Kumar, Priya Rajvansh, Pran (actor), Pran, Prithviraj Kapoor, Ajit Khan, Ajit, Jayant (actor), Jayant, Sonia Sahni, Kamini Kaushal, Indrani Mukherjee, Achla Sachdev and Tun Tun. The film's music is by Madan Mohan. The film is based on the legend of Heer Ranjha, the epic poem ''Heer'' by Punjabi poet, Waris Shah, written in 1766. As with Waris Shah's classical retelling of the tragic romance of Heer Ranjha, the sung-through, entire film and its dialogue is in verse, with Urdu poet Kaifi Azmi writing the verse dialogue. The film's songs and music are notable as is the photography by Jal Mistry, who shot most of Chetan Anand's films and won the Filmfare Award for the film. The film also showcases some of the best dialogues from the legendary actor Raaj Kumar. It was a box-office hit. Plot Raanjha (Raaj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grahasti (film)
''Grahasti'' () also called ''Grihasti'', is a 1963 Indian Hindi-language drama film, directed by Kishore Sahu. Produced by S. S. Vasan for Gemini Studios, its music director was Ravi and the lyrics were written by Shakeel Badayuni. Pandit Mukhram Sharma wrote the dialogues with cinematography by P. Ellappa. The film starred Ashok Kumar, Mehmood , Manoj Kumar, Rajshree, Nirupa Roy, Indrani Mukherjee, Bipin Gupta, Lalita Pawar and Gajanan Jagirdar. ''Grahasti'' was the first film to "start the trend" of family dramas being made in South India. The story revolves around Harish Khanna (Ashok Kumar), a respected industrialist with a large brood of children, is discovered to be leading a dual life, having two sets of families in different cities at the occasion of his daughter’s engagement. The effect the scandal and the secret has on him and his family forms the basis of the story. It is inspired and an adaptation of a Hollywood film ‘’The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker’’ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mere Lal
''Mere Lal'' () is a 1966 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Satyen Bose and produced by Jyotsna Sen. It is a remake of the 1963 Bengali film ''Badshah'', based on the story of Nihar Ranjan Gupta. The film stars Dev Kumar, Indrani Mukherjee and Mala Sinha. It focuses on a stone-hearted dacoit who, when thrust with the responsibility of bringing up a lost child he finds on a riverbank, mends his ways and becomes an honest wage-earner. Plot Badshah is a stone-hearted dacoit. One day he goes to rob a house, but the arrival of the police forces him to flee. He hides at a place where he finds a girl named Jamna kidnapped and tied; he rescues the girl, who works as a street dancer. Jamna develops an immediate liking for Badshah, despite knowing his profession. One day, Badshah sees one of his enemies and pursues him on a small boat in the Ganges. But the boat drowns in the flood. Badshah survives and finds a young boy crying at the shore. The boy was trapped in the flood an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajesh Khanna
Rajesh Khanna (; born Jatin Khanna; 29 December 1942 – 18 July 2012) was an Indian actor, film producer and politician who worked in Hindi films. Considered as one of the greatest and most successful actors in the history of Indian cinema, he is known as the first ''Superstar'' of Hindi cinema. List of awards and nominations received by Rajesh Khanna, His accolades include five Filmfare Awards, and in 2013, he was posthumously awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honour. Khanna made his debut in 1966 ''Aakhri Khat'' which was India's first official Academy Awards entry in 1967. In 2005, he was honoured with the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award on the 50th Filmfare Awards, 50th anniversary of the Filmfare Awards. He was a Member of parliament, Lok Sabha, Member of Parliament in the 10th Lok Sabha from New Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency), New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency between 1992 and 1996, elected in the 1992 New Delhi by-election as an Indian Nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chetan Anand (director)
Chetan Anand (3 January 1921 – 6 July 1997) was a Bollywood film producer, screenwriter and director from India, whose first film, , was awarded the Grand Prix Prize (now Golden Palm) at the first ever Cannes Film Festival in 1946. Later, he co-founded Navketan Films with his younger brother Dev Anand in 1949. Biography Early life Anand was born on 3 January 1921 in Lahore, British India, to a well-to-do advocate, Pishori Lal Anand. He went to Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya to study Hindu scriptures and graduated in English from Government College Lahore. He remained a member of Indian National Congress in the 1930s, subsequently worked for the BBC and taught at the Doon School in Dehradun for a while, before going to Bombay to sell a film script. Career In the early 1940s, while he was teaching history, he wrote a film script on king Ashoka, which he showed to the director Phani Majumdar in Bombay. Anand failed to qualify for the Indian Civil Service (ICS) exams in London. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haqeeqat (1964 Film)
Haqeeqat may refer to: * Haqeeqat (1964 film), ''Haqeeqat'' (1964 film), a 1964 Indian Bollywood film * Haqeeqat (1985 film), ''Haqeeqat'' (1985 film), a 1985 Indian Bollywood film * Haqeeqat (1995 film), ''Haqeeqat'' (1995 film), a 1995 Indian Bollywood film * Haqeeqat (Indian TV series), ''Haqeeqat'' (Indian TV series), an Indian television docudrama series * Haqeeqat (2019 TV series), ''Haqeeqat'' (2019 TV series), a Pakistani anthology television series * Haqeeqat (book), ''Haqeeqat'' (book), the Hindi translation of a controversial book by M. G. Mathew See also *Haqiqa or haqiqa, truth or reality in Sufism *''Seetharama Raju'', a 1999 Indian Telugu film, Hindi title ''Ek Aur Haqeeqat'' () {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Film Festival Of India
The International Film Festival of India (IFFI), founded in 1952, is an annual film festival currently held in Goa, on the western coast of India. The festival aims at providing a common platform for the cinemas of the world to project the excellence of the film art; contributing to the understanding and appreciation of film cultures of different nations in the context of their social and cultural ethos, and promoting friendship and cooperation among people of the world. The festival is conducted jointly by the National Film Development Corporation of India (under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting) and the state Government of Goa. Vision ''Ayam nijam paroveti gananā laghuchetasām, Udāracharitānām tu vasudhaiva kutumbakam'' (Extract from the Vedic scripture Maha Upanishad, meaning "This is for me and that is for other – is the thinking of a narrow-minded person. For those who are broad-minded, liberals, or noble people, the entire world is one big family.") ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Film Award For Best Feature Film In Hindi
The National Film Award for Best Hindi Feature Film is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the National Film Development Corporation of India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus). The National Film Awards, established in 1954, are the most prominent film awards in India that merit the best of the Indian cinema. The ceremony also presents awards for films in various regional languages. Awards for films in seven regional language ( Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil and Telugu) started from 2nd National Film Awards which were presented on 21 December 1955. Three awards of "President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film", "Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature Film" and "Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film" were instituted. The later two certificate awards were discontinued from 15th National Film Awards (1967). Shyam Benegal won the award seven times (mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
