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Kunku
''Kunku'' (Marathi title) is a 1937 Marathi classic social drama film directed by V. Shantaram, and based on the novel, ''Na Patnari Goshta'' by Narayan Hari Apte, who also wrote film's screenplay. The film was simultaneously shot and released in Hindi as ''Duniya Na Maane''. The movie went on to become both a critical and commercial success, and was shown at the Venice International Film Festival.Films ''''. The film is now hailed for "its daring attack on the treatment of women in Indian society." and depiction of . For film's lead actress, Shanta Apte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunku 1937
''Kunku'' (Marathi title) is a 1937 Marathi classic social drama film directed by V. Shantaram, and based on the novel, ''Na Patnari Goshta'' by Narayan Hari Apte, who also wrote film's screenplay. The film was simultaneously shot and released in Hindi as ''Duniya Na Maane''. The movie went on to become both a critical and commercial success, and was shown at the Venice International Film Festival.Films ''''. The film is now hailed for "its daring attack on the treatment of women in Indian society." and depiction of . For film's lead actress, Shanta Apte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanta Apte
Shanta Apte (1916–1964) was an Indian actress-singer who worked in Marathi and Hindi cinema. Renowned for her roles in films like ''Duniya Na Mane/Kunku'' (1937) and '' Amar Jyoti'' (1936) under the Prabhat Films banner, she was active in Indian cinema from 1932 to 1958. Apte's impact on Marathi cinema "paralleled" that of Kanan Devi in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. Along with Kanan Devi, Apte is cited as one of the "great singing stars" from before the playback singing era. Apte began her career in films playing the role of a young Radha in the Marathi film ''Shyamsunder'' (1932). She joined Prabhat Films acting in her first Hindi language film ''Amrit Manthan (film), Amrit Manthan'' in (1934). She brought a change in the static style of song renditions in films with her "spontaneous gestures and eye movements". A "woman of rare mettle", she staged a hunger strike in 1939 at the Prabhat Studios gate following a disagreement regarding a clause in her contract. Cited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunku - 1937 - Marathi
''Kunku'' (Marathi title) is a 1937 Marathi classic social drama film directed by V. Shantaram, and based on the novel, ''Na Patnari Goshta'' by Narayan Hari Apte, who also wrote film's screenplay. The film was simultaneously shot and released in Hindi as ''Duniya Na Maane''. The movie went on to become both a critical and commercial success, and was shown at the Venice International Film Festival.Films ''''. The film is now hailed for "its daring attack on the treatment of women in Indian society." and depiction of . For film's lead actress, Shanta Apte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keshavrao Date
Keshavrao Date (1889–1971) was an Indian film actor, who worked in both silent and sound movies. He tried to run his own drama company but found it difficult to perform the dual roles of manager and actor. Career His role in the drama ''Andhalyanchi Shala'' ("The Blinds' School", 1933) won him rave reviews, subsequently he became a star, and also joined the Prabhat Film Company. After the advent of talkies, he tried his hand at that medium as well, though live theatre remained his chief love. His acting in the Marathi film ''Kunku'' (1937) set a standard which has rarely been approached since on the silver screen. He followed it with another sterling performance in Prabhat Film Company's ''Shejari'' (1941). Later he performed character roles in films made in Mumbai, where he lived. He also acted in V. Shantaram's '' Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani'' (1946), ''Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje'' (1955), ''Navrang'' (1959) and '' Geet Gaya Patharon Ne'' (1964). Keshavrao directed fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narayan Hari Apte
Narayan Hari Apte, popularly known as Nanasaheb Apte (11 July 1889 – 14 November 1971) was a Marathi popular novelist, writer of advice books and editor from Maharashtra, India. Early life and education Apte was born on 11 July 1889 in the village of Samdoli in Sangli District of Maharashtra. After finishing his 7th-grade education in Samdoli and Satara.He joined the Satara New English School for his high school studie He left home in 1904 to participate in India's freedom movement by joining Vinayak Damodar Savarkar's Abhinav Bharat Society. He was influenced as a writer of novels and collections of short stories by the great writer Hari Narayan Apte and also was influenced by the ideas of social reform movements of the 19th century in Maharashtra. His stories cover historical and social themes, which are based on the everyday life of the Marathi middle class. He traveled extensively throughout northern India's parts like Rajasthan, Bengal (before partition in 1905) & Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prabhat Film Company
Prabhat Film Company (popularly known as Prabhat Films) was an Indian film production company and film studios founded in 1929 by the noted film director V.Shantaram and his friends. It was formed in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India in 1929, towards the end of silent films' era, by the noted film director V. Shantaram, along with V.G. Damle, Keshav Rao Dhaibar, S. Fatelal and S.V. Kulkarni. The company moved to Pune in 1933, where it established its own studio and produced a total of 45 films in both Marathi and Hindi over 27 years, including are ''Kunku'' (''Duniya Na Mane'' in Hindi), ''Swarajyacha Toran'' also called ''Udaykal'', based on Shivaji's life, '' Dharmatma'' on life of saint Eknath, ''Sant Tukaram'', based on the saint-poet and social reformer, ''Shejari'' also called ''Padosi'', on communal harmony, '' Manoos'' (a.k.a. '' Aadmi'') about alcoholism and '' Amar Jyoti'' about woman's emancipation. While several companies such as, Imperial Film Company, Krishna Cineto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keshavrao Bhole
Keshav Vaman Bhole ( mr, केशव वामन भोळे, 23 May 1896 – 1967), also known as Keshavrao Bhole, was a well-known music composer and critic in Indian cinema. He was the founder of a theatrical company called Natya-Manvantara. In 1933, he was admitted to Prabhat Film Company as a music composer. His works include: * Amrit Manthan (1934) * Sant Tukaram (1936) * Kunku/Duniya Na Mane (1937) * Sant Dnyaneshwar (1940) * Das Baje/10 O'Clock (1940) * Ram Shastri Ram Shastri Prabhune was the Chief Justice (''Mukhya Nyayadhish'' or "Pantnyayadhish" ) in the apex court of the Maratha Empire in the latter half of the 18th century, during the heyday of that empire. He is best remembered for having passed str ... (1944) As a critique, he wrote under the pseudonyms 'Ekalavya' and 'Suddha Saranga'. References External links 1896 births 1967 deaths 20th-century Indian musicians {{India-musician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shakuntala Paranjpye
Shakuntalā Parānjpye (17 January 1906 – 3 May 2000) was an Indian writer, actress and a prominent social worker. She was a member of Maharashtra Legislative Council during 1958–64, and served as nominated member of, Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Indian Parliament) during 1964–70. In 1991, she was awarded, Padma Bhushan,the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, in recognition of her pioneering work in the field of family planning. Biography Shakuntala Paranjpye was the daughter of Sir R. P. Paranjpye, the first Indian to be Senior Wrangler at the University of Cambridge, an educationist, and India's High Commissioner to Australia during 1944–1947. Shakuntala studied for the Mathematical Tripos at Newnham College, Cambridge. She graduated there in 1929. She received a Diploma in Education from London University the next year. Shakuntala worked in the 1930s with the International Labour Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. In the 1930s and 194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shantaram Athavale
Shantaram Govind Athavale ( mr, शांताराम गोविंद आठवले) (21 January 1910 – 2 May 1975) was an Indian director of Marathi, Hindi and English language films, a lyricist, poet, and author. Part of the generation that emerged from the Prabhat Film Company in Pune in the 1930s, he made pioneering contributions to Marathi film. Biography In the early 1930s, Athavale undertook an apprenticeship with the popular novelist Narayan Hari Apte. When Apte was brought in by the Prabhat Film Company to script ''Amrit Manthan,'' Athavale joined him and achieved success as a songwriter on the film with ''Kiti sukhada.'' At Prabhat, as a lyricist under V. Shantaram and working alongside Vishram Bedekar, Master Vinayak, Keshavrao Bhole and others, Athavale would be part of the generation considered pioneers of Marathi cinema. Athavale's contribution as lyricist to Sant Tukaram, the first Indian film to achieve critical international success, was highl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aarti
''Arti'' (Sanskrit: Ārātrika, Hindi: Ārtī) is a Hindu ritual employed in worship, often part of '' puja'', in which light (usually from a flame) is offered to one or more deities. ''Arti(s)'' also refers to the songs sung in praise of the deity, when the light is being offered. Origin Arti is derived from the Sanskrit word () which means something that removes , darkness (or light waved in darkness before an icon). A Marathi language reference says it is also known as ( sa, महानीराञ्जना). ''Arti'' is said to have descended from the Vedic concept of fire rituals, or '' homa/yajna''. In the traditional ''arti'' ceremony, the flower represents the earth (solidity), the water and accompanying handkerchief correspond with the water element (liquidity), the ghee or oil lamp represents the fire component (heat), the peacock fan conveys the precious quality of air (movement), and the yak-tail fan represents the subtle form of ether (space). The incense r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By V
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 Films
The year 1937 in film involved some significant events, including the Walt Disney production of the first American full-length animated film, ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1937 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 29 – '' The Good Earth'' premieres in the U.S. * April 16 – '' Way Out West'' premieres in the US. * May 7 – ''Shall We Dance'' premieres in the US. * May 11 – ''Captains Courageous'' premieres in New York. The film is released nationwide on June 25. * Monogram Pictures, who had merged with Republic Pictures two years earlier, decide to separate and distribute their own films again. * June 7 – Jean Harlow, one of the biggest Hollywood stars of the decade, dies aged 26 at Good Samaratan Hospital in Los Angeles. The official cause of death is listed as cerebral edema, a complication of kidney failure. * June 11 – '' A Day at the Races'' premieres in the U.S. * Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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