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Bekhudi
''Bekhudi'' is a 1992 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed by Rahul Rawail, starring Kamal Sadanah and Kajol (in their acting debut). Its story revolves on Rohit (Sadanah) and Radhika (Kajol), who's against her parents' disapproval of their relationship. Plot Rohit is a law student and Gupta's son. Rohit beats up Rocky in a flying device competition. Radhika is Rocky's sister, who attends the same college as Rohit and her brother. In college, Rohit meets Radhika and they eventually fall in love. When Rocky is caught cheating on an exam, he threatens the invigilator and slaps the principal. A case is filed against Rocky and he is sentenced by Gupta to seven days in jail and is expelled from college. His mother and father hide Rocky's prison sentence from Radhika. Radhika's aunt arrives from Bombay, and tells Radhika's parents about her wish to marry Radhika to Vicky in the United States. Radhika tells her aunt that she is too young to marry Vicky. Rohit's father and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rahul Rawail
Rahul Rawail is an Indian film director and editor in Bollywood known for his films like ''Love Story (1981 film), Love Story'' (1981), ''Betaab'' (1983), ''Arjun (1985 film), Arjun'' (1985), ''Dacait'' (1987), ''Anjaam'' (1994), ''Arjun Pandit (1999 film), Arjun Pandit'' (1999) and the recent one ''Jo Bole So Nihaal (film), Jo Bole So Nihaal'' (2005). He received nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Director for ''Betaab'' and ''Arjun''. He is the son of renowned film director H. S. Rawail. Rawail has launched a few of the Bollywood actors through his films like Kumar Gaurav and Vijayeta Pandit in ''Love Story (1981 film), Love Story'', Sunny Deol and Amrita Singh in ''Betaab'', Kajol in ''Bekhudi'' (1992), and Aishwarya Rai in ''Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya'' (1997). In his book “Raj Kapoor The Master at Work”, he goes down memory lane to document his revered 'front row seat' as an assistant director to him, the immortal master of Indian cinema. The book is as told to Pranika S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamal Sadanah
Kamal Sadanah (born 21 October 1970) is an Indian actor, producer and director. He is the son of producer and director Brij Sadanah. Career Kamal made his acting debut alongside Kajol in the 1992 film '' Bekhudi'' which did not perform well at the box office. In 1993, he achieved greater success in ''Rang'' in which he acted along with the late Divya Bharti. He subsequently acted in a string of films throughout the 1990s but failed to achieve the same level of success as ''Rang'' and, at the end of the decade, took a hiatus from acting for several years. In 2005, he returned to acting and made his directorial debut with the low-budget film titled '' Karkash'' starring himself, Anup Soni and Suchitra Pillai. In 2007, he joined the television industry with a role in the Zee TV television serial '' Kasamh Se.'' That same year, he acted in and produced '' Victoria No. 203'' which is a remake of his father's 1972 hit film of the same title. In 2014, he wrote and directed '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kajol
Kajol Devgan (née Mukherjee) (; born 5 August 1974), known mononymously as Kajol, is an Indian actress. Described in the media as one of the most successful actresses of Hindi cinema, she is the recipient of numerous accolades, such as six Filmfare Awards, which include a record-tying five Best Actress wins. In 2011, she was honoured with the Padma Shri by the Government of India. The daughter of Tanuja and Shomu Mukherjee, Kajol made her acting debut with '' Bekhudi'' (1992) while still in school. She subsequently quit her studies, and had commercial successes in ''Baazigar'' (1993), and '' Yeh Dillagi'' (1994). Starring roles in the top-grossing romances '' Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge'' (1995) and ''Kuch Kuch Hota Hai'' (1998) established her as a leading star in the 1990s and earned her two Filmfare Awards for Best Actress. She also gained critical appreciation for playing a psychopathic killer in '' Gupt: The Hidden Truth'' (1997) and an avenger in '' Dushman'' (1998) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saif Ali Khan
Saif Ali Khan (; born Sajid Ali Khan Pataudi; 16 August 1970) is an Indian actor and film producer who primarily works in Hindi cinema, Hindi films. The titular head of the Pataudi family since 2011, he is the son of actress Sharmila Tagore and cricketer Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi. Khan has won List of awards and nominations received by Saif Ali Khan, several awards, including a National Film Awards, National Film Award and seven Filmfare Awards, and received the Padma Shri, the Orders, decorations, and medals of India, fourth highest Indian civilian award in 2010. Khan made his acting debut in ''Parampara (1993 film), Parampara'' (1993), and had success in the multi-starrers ''Yeh Dillagi'' (1994), ''Main Khiladi Tu Anari'' (1994), ''Kachche Dhaage'' (1999) and ''Hum Saath-Saath Hain'' (1999). In the 2000s, he gained praise and won multiple awards for his roles in the romantic comedies ''Dil Chahta Hai'' (2001) and ''Kal Ho Naa Ho'' (2003), and had success as a solo male star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gautam Rajadhyaksha
Gautam Rajadhyaksha (16 September 1950 – 13 September 2011) was one of India's leading fashion photographers, and was based in Mumbai, India. He was one of India's best known celebrity portraitists, having photographed almost all the icons of the Indian film industry. Personal life and education Born in Mumbai, Rajadhyaksha was educated at St. Xavier's High School, Fort, and obtained his degree in chemistry at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, where he later also taught for two years.Portrait of a portraitist Derek Bose – '''', 15 June 2003. He is a cousin of noted novelist |
Vijayendra Ghatge
Vijayendra Ghatge (born 1945) is an Indian actor in Bollywood film and television. He is known for his role of Lala Vrishbhaan in the TV serial '' Buniyaad'' that originally aired on DD National in 1986. Among other serials and several films, he is also known for his roles in ''Chitchor'' (1976), ''Prem Rog'' (1982) and more recently '' Devdas'' (2002) and '' Jhankaar Beats'' (2003). Background and education Ghatge is a member of the Maratha royal family of Kagal estate, which was a feudatory vassal of Kolhapur State. He is thus a relative of the Maharaja of Kolhapur, as Chhatrapati Shahu was adopted from Kagal and placed on the Gadi of Kolhapur. Ghatge's mother, Sitaraje Ghatge, is the daughter of Maharaja Tukoji Rao Holkar III of Indore (reigned 1903–1926) by his American-born third wife Nancy Miller (who was formally adopted by the Maharaja's aunt and took the name Sharmishtha Devi Holkar upon marrying the Maharaja). He is the uncle of Indian actress Sagarika Ghatge ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadeem–Shravan
Nadeem–Shravan is an Indian composer duo in the Bollywood film industry of India. They derive their name from the first names of Nadeem Akhtar Saifi (born 6 August 1954) and Shravan Kumar Rathod (13 November 1954 – 22 April 2021). Nadeem–Shravan was one of the most successful Bollywood music directors of the 1990s until the early 2000s. They displayed a strong influence of Hindustani (classical / semi-classical) music in their compositions, and were the only composers during the 1990s and 2000s who relied heavily on three particular instruments: the bansuri, the sitar and the shehnai in almost all of their songs. By using these instruments in a modern way without disconnecting them from their original value, their contribution is unique compared to some rising music directors evolving a new music style beginning in the mid-1990s. They are considered one of the most successful and greatest music composers in Hindi cinema history. Their breakthrough soundtrack album was ''A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanraj Bhatia
Vanraj Bhatia (Hindi: वनराज भाटिया ; 31 May 1927 – 7 May 2021) was an Indian composer best known for his work in Indian New Wave cinema. He was also one of the leading composers of Western classical music in India. Bhatia was a recipient of the National Film Award for Best Music Direction for the television film '' Tamas'' (1988), the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Creative and Experimental Music (1989) and India's fourth-highest civilian honour, the Padma Shri (2012). He died in Mumbai in May 2021. Biography Early life and education Born into a family of Kutchi businessmen, Bhatia attended the New Era School in Bombay and learnt Hindustani classical music as a student at Deodhar School of Music. On hearing Tchaikovsky's '' Piano Concerto No. 1'' as a teenager, he became interested in Western classical music and studied the piano with Dr. Manek Bhagat for four years. After earning his M.A. (English Honours) from Elphinstone College, University of B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumar Sanu
Kedarnath Bhattacharya (born 20 October 1957), professionally known as Kumar Sanu, is a leading Indian playback singer who primarily sings in Hindi film songs. He is widely regarded as the Melody King of Bollywood. He holds the record for winning five consecutive Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer from 1991 to 1995. He also holds the Guinness World Record for recording the maximum number of songs (28 songs) in a single day since 1993.Apart from Hindi, he has also sung in other languages including Marathi, Nepali, Assamese, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Manipuri, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Punjabi, Odia, Chhattisgarhi, Urdu, Pali, English and his native language Bengali. For his contribution to Indian cinema and music, he was awarded the Padma Shri in 2009 by the Government of India. Many of his tracks feature in BBC's "Top 40 Bollywood Soundtracks of all time". Early life Kumar Sanu's father, Pashupati Bhattacharya, was a vocalist and composer. His a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Kulbhushan Kharbanda (born 21 October 1944) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi and Punjabi films. He is best known for his role as the antagonist Shakaal in '' Shaan'' (1980), Starting off with the Delhi-based theatre group ' Yatrik' in the 1960s, he moved to films with Sai Paranjpye's '' Jadu Ka Shankh'' in 1974. He worked in several parallel cinema films before working in the mainstream Hindi film industry. He appeared in Mahesh Bhatt's classic '' Arth'' (1982), '' Ek Chadar Maili Si'' (1986), '' Waaris'' (1988), and in all three parts of Deepa Mehta's Elements trilogy: ''Fire'' (1996), ''Earth'' (1998), and ''Water'' (2005). After nearly two decades he was seen on the theatre stage at the Padatik Theatre in Kolkata in the production of ''Atmakatha'', directed by Vinay Sharma. Career After his studies he and a few of his college friends formed a theatre group called "Abhiyaan", and then joined Delhi-based "Yatrik", a bilingual theatre repertory founded by director Joy M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farida Jalal
Farida Jalal (born Farida Sami; 18 May 1950) is an Indian actress who primarily worked in Hindi films. In a film career spanning almost fifty years, Jalal appeared in over 200 films. Best known for her character-driven roles in independent cinema and supporting work in mainstream Bollywood productions, Jalal has received such accolades as four Filmfare Awards and two Bengal Film Journalists Association Awards. Jalal started her career with ''Taqdeer'' (1967). She went on to play leading and supporting roles in numerous motion pictures through the 1970s and early 80s. She is widely remembered for her roles in '' Aradhana'' (1969), '' Paras'' (1971), '' Henna'' (1991) and '' Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge'' (1995), the last three of which garnered the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. She became a household name after portraying motherly roles and strong female characters in the 1990s and the early 2000s. She has also won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress (Critics) fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanuja
Tanuja Mukherjee (née Samarth), known mononymously as Tanuja, (born 23 September 1943) is an Indian actress who predominantly works in the Hindi film industry. Part of the Mukherjee-Samarth family, she is the daughter of actress Shobhna Samarth and producer Kumarsen Samarth, younger sister of actress Nutan and was married to filmmaker Shomu Mukherjee, with whom she has two daughters, actresses Kajol and Tanisha. A recipient of two Filmfare Awards, Tanuja is best known for her roles in the Hindi films like '' Memdidi'' (1961), '' Chand Aur Suraj'' (1965), '' Baharen Phir Bhi Aayengi'' (1966), '' Jewel Thief'' (1967), '' Nai Roshni'' (1967), '' Jeene Ki Raah'' (1969), '' Haathi Mere Saathi'' (1971), '' Anubhav'' (1971), '' Mere Jeevan Saathi'' (1972), '' Do Chor'' (1972) as well as in Bengali films like '' Deya Neya'' (1963), '' Antony Firingee'' (1967), '' Teen Bhubaner Pare'' (1969), '' Pratham Kadam Phool'' (1970), ''Rajkumari'' (1970). Her pairings with actors Uttam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
