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Damini (1993 Film)
''Damini'' () is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language crime drama film directed and co-written by Rajkumar Santoshi. It stars Meenakshi Seshadri in the title role with Rishi Kapoor, Sunny Deol and Amrish Puri. Aamir Khan makes a special appearance. The story revolves around Damini who witnesses her housemaid being raped by her brother-in-law and his friends. Despite facing many obstacles, she strives to get justice for herself with the help of her husband and Govind, a lawyer. The film is considered one of the best woman-centric films ever made in Bollywood. Besides being critically acclaimed, the film also became the sixth highest grossing of the year and was declared a "hit" at Box Office India.Box Office 1993
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Rajkumar Santoshi
Rajkumar Santoshi is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter of Hindi films. A recipient of several accolades including three National Film Awards and six Filmfare Awards, he made his directorial debut with the action drama ''Ghayal'' (1990), starring Sunny Deol, Meenakshi Sheshadri and Amrish Puri. The film emerged as a major critical and commercial success, making Santoshi a household name in Hindi cinema. The film also won him the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment as well as his first Filmfare Award for Best Director. He also directed the crime drama thriller ''Damini'' (1993), again starring Sheshadri, Deol and Puri. It also emerged as a major critical and commercial success, garnering Santoshi the Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay and his second consecutive Filmfare Award for Best Director. During this period, Santoshi also received praise for directing the comedy '' Andaz Apna Apna'' (1994) starring Aamir Khan and ...
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Ghayal (1990 Film)
''Ghayal'' () is a 1990 Indian Hindi-language action drama film written and directed by Rajkumar Santoshi (in his directorial debut) and produced by Dharmendra. The film stars Sunny Deol, Meenakshi Seshadri, Raj Babbar and Amrish Puri, with Moushumi Chatterjee, Annu Kapoor, Om Puri, Sharat Saxena and Sudesh Berry playing supporting roles. The film grossed at and was declared a ''"super hit"'' by ''Box Office India''. It was also the 2nd highest-grossing film of the year. According to ''Box Office India'', "''Ghayal'' had set records in repeat runs. No film from the nineties was even close to it in repeat runs and only ''Sholay'' has higher business in repeat runs in the history of Hindi cinema. It grossed several times more than its original run during rereleases but the exact number is unknown." The film received 8 nominations at the 36th Filmfare Awards, and won a leading 7 awards, including Best Film, Best Director for Santoshi and Best Actor for Deol. At the 38th National ...
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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 ...
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Filmfare Award For Best Sound
The Filmfare Best Sound is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films. Here is a list of some of the award winners and the films for which they won. List See also * Filmfare Awards * Bollywood * Cinema of India References External links Filmfare Awards winners by the year
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Filmfare Award For Best Story
The Filmfare Award for Best Story is given by ''Filmfare'' as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a writer who wrote a film's story. List of winners 1950s * 1955 Mukhram Sharma – ''Aulad (1954 film), Aulad'' * 1956 Mukhram Sharma – ''Vachan'' ** Manoranjan Ghose – ''Jagriti'' ** Rajinder Singh Bedi – ''Garam Coat'' * 1957 Amiya Chakrabarty – ''Seema (1955 film), Seema'' * 1958 Akhtar Mirza – ''Naya Daur (1957 film), Naya Daur'' * 1959 Mukhram Sharma – ''Sadhna (1958 film), Sadhna'' ** Mukhram Sharma – ''Talaq (1958 film), Talaaq'' ** Ritwik Ghatak – ''Madhumati'' 1960s * 1960 Subodh Ghosh – ''Sujata (1959 film), Sujata'' ** Dhruva Chatterjee – ''Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan'' ** Mukhram Sharma – ''Dhool Ka Phool'' * 1961 Ruby Sen – ''Masoom (1960 film), Masoom'' ** Saghir Usmani – ''Chaudhvin Ka Chand'' ** Salil Chowdhury – ''Parakh (1960 film), Parakh'' * 1962 C. V. Sridhar – ''Nazrana (1961 film), Nazrana'' ** C. J. ...
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Filmfare Award For Best Supporting Actor
The Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor is given by ''Filmfare'' as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a male actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role. Although the awards started in 1954, awards for the best supporting actor category started only the following year 1955. As of 2023, Anil Kapoor leads the list, with four wins. Vivek Oberoi (Company (2002 film), ''Company'', 2003) currently also holds the record of being the youngest recipient of the award, whereas Anil Kapoor holds the record for being the eldest (''Jugjugg Jeeyo'', 2023), while Abhishek Bachchan holds the record for winning the award thrice consecutively (2005, 2006 & 2007). Superlatives Multiple Nominees * 9 Nominations : Pran (actor), Pran * 8 Nominations : Amrish Puri, Amitabh Bachchan, Naseeruddin Shah * 7 Nominations : Anupam Kher, Anil Kapoor * 6 Nominations : Mehmood (actor), Mehmood, Jackie Shroff, Abhishek Bachchan, Pankaj Tripathi⁣ ...
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Filmfare Award For Best Director
The Filmfare Best Director Award is one of the main awards presented given by the annual Filmfare Awards to recognise directors working in Hindi cinema. It was first presented in 1954 in the inaugural year. Superlatives Bimal Roy has the record of winning most awards (7) and the distinction of winning the award thrice in a row, on 2 separate occasions (1954–1956 and 1959–1961). He also won the award whenever he was nominated (7/7). Sanjay Leela Bhansali has received the award 5 times, Yash Chopra and Raj Kapoor has received the award 4 times each. Yash Chopra received 12 nominations, Sanjay Leela Bhansali has received 8 nominations, while Raj Kapoor has received 6 nominations. Mahesh Bhatt was nominated thrice in a row (1984–1986). However, he hasn't received any award even after having been nominated 6 times. Also, no director has ever won if one has been nominated twice in the same year – Gulzar in 1974 (for Achanak (1973 film), ''Achanak'' and ''Koshish''), Basu ...
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Filmfare Award For Best Performance In A Negative Role
The Filmfare Best Villain Award was given by ''Filmfare'' as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise an actor who had delivered an outstanding performance in a negative role. Although the awards started in 1954, this category was first introduced in 1992 and has been marked as obsolete since 2007. Superlatives Ashutosh Rana is the only actor to have won the Best Villain award in consecutive years, receiving the honor in 1998 and 1999. Amrish Puri received nominations in this category for three consecutive years, from 1991 to 1993. In 1994, Danny Denzongpa became the only actor to be nominated twice in the same year, although he did not win. Abhishek Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra are the only actors to have received nominations in another acting category alongside Best Villain for the same performance. Bachchan was nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actor for ''Yuva'' , while Chopra received a nomination for Filmfar ...
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Filmfare Award For Best Actress
The Filmfare Award for Best Actress is given by '' Filmfare'' as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise the female performer who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role. The award was first given in 1954 for the films released in the preceding year 1953. Achievement records Multiple wins Individuals with two or more Best Actress (BA) awards: Multiple nominations Individuals with eight or more BA nominations: Other achievement records * Meena Kumari, Jaya Bachchan, Shabana Azmi, Rani Mukerji, Vidya Balan, and Alia Bhatt are the only actresses to have won the Best Actress award in consecutive years. Kumari won in 1954 and 1955, Bachchan in 1974 and 1975, Azmi in 1984 and 1985, Mukerji in 2005 and 2006, and Balan in 2012 and 2013. Bhatt holds the distinction of winning the award consecutively twice: in 2019–2020 and again in 2023–2024. * A tied win occurred in 1974, when Dimple Kapadia won for '' Bobby'' and Jaya Bachc ...
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Filmfare Award For Best Film
The Filmfare Award for Best Film is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films. The award was first given in 1954. Here is a list of the award winners and the nominees of the respective years. Each individual entry shows the title followed by the production company and the producer. Yash Raj Films has produced 18 films that have been nominated, the most for any production house. It also shares the most wins at 4 along with Bimal Roy Productions and UTV Motion Pictures. While Yash Chopra has been the producer of all of the winning films of Yash Raj Films, Bimal Roy has been the producer of all of the winning films of Bimal Roy Productions, thus making them the producers with the most wins. Sanjay Leela Bhansali has directed 5 winning films, the most for any director. Aamir Khan has starred in 9 winning films which is the most for any actor in a leading role. Nutan, Madhuri Dixit, Rani Mukerji, Aishwarya Rai, and Alia Bhatt have e ...
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39th Filmfare Awards
The 39th Filmfare Awards were held in 1994. ''Khalnayak'' led the ceremony with 11 nominations, followed by ''Baazigar'' and ''Darr'' with 10 nominations each. ''Baazigar'' and ''Damini'' were the most awarded films with 4 awards each, with the former winning Best Actor (for Shah Rukh Khan), and the latter winning Best Director (for Rajkumar Santoshi) and Best Supporting Actor (for Sunny Deol). Shah Rukh Khan won his first Best Actor award for his performance in ''Baazigar''. He also won his first Best Actor (Critics) award for '' Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa'', and was nominated for Best Villain for his performance in Yash Chopra's ''Darr'', rounding off a spectacular year for him. Juhi Chawla received her first and only Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her performance in ''Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke''. Main awards Best Film '' Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke'' *'' Aankhen'' *''Baazigar'' *''Damini'' *''Darr'' *'' Khalnayak'' Best Director ''Rajkumar Santoshi – Damini'' * ...
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National Film Award For Best Supporting Actor
The National Film Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role is an honour presented annually at India's National Film Awards ceremony by the National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC), an organisation set up by the Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. A national panel appointed annually by the NFDC selects the actor who has given the best performance in a supporting role within Indian cinema. The award is presented by the President of India at a ceremony held in New Delhi. Since the 70th National Film Awards, the name was changed to "Best Actor in a Supporting Role". The winner is given a "Rajat Kamal" (Silver Lotus) certificate and a cash prize of . Including ties and repeat winners, the government of India has presented a total of 32 Best Supporting Actor awards to 29 different actors. Although Indian cinema produces films in more than 20 languages, the actors whose performances have won awards have worked in one or more of seven major languages: Hindi (18 ...
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