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Eeshwar (1989 Film)
''Eeshwar'' is a 1989 bollywood film written, and directed by K. Vishwanath. The film stars Anil Kapoor, Vijayshanti. It is the Hindi version of Viswanath's Telugu cult classic '' Swathi Muthyam''. The film received the Filmfare Award for Best Story. Cast * Anil Kapoor as Ishwarchand Vishnuchand Brahmanand Verma 'Ishwar' * Vijayshanti as Lalita * Shammi as Ishwar's grandmother * Saeed Jaffrey as Masterji (Guest Appearance) * Asha Sachdev as the Village Washerwoman * Sadashiv Amrapurkar as Tolaram * Vinod Mehra as Ramesh (Lalita's Brother) * Bharati Achrekar as Ramesh's Wife & Lalita's Sister-In-Law * Sukanya Kulkarni as Tolaram, Sister In law * Vikram Gokhale as Chaudhary Lalita's father-in-law (father of her first husband) *Jayshree Gadkar as Rajeshswari Chaudhary Lalita's mother -in-law (Mother of her first husband) * Gulshan Grover as Natwarlal * Shama Deshpande as Rani, Housemaid of eeshwar * Rakesh Pandey as Balkrishna (Balu), as son of Eeshwar * Agha as Tolaram's Fath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swati Mutyam
''Swathi Muthyam'' () is a 1986 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film written and directed by K. Viswanath and produced by Edida Nageswara Rao. The film stars Kamal Haasan and Radhika, while Gollapudi Maruti Rao, J. V. Somayajulu, Nirmalamma, Sarath Babu, and Y. Vijaya play supporting roles. The soundtrack and background score were composed by Ilaiyaraaja. ''Swathi Muthyam'' depicts the plight of a young widow who is rescued by an autistic man. ''Swathi Muthyam'' was a box office success and attained cult status. The film was screened at the Moscow Film Festival, the Asian and African film festival in Tashkent, the 11th IFFI in the inaugural mainstream section. The film received the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu, three Nandi Awards and the Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu. The film was selected by India as its entry for the Best Foreign Language Film for the Academy Awards in 1986, but was not nominated. It is currently the only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jayshree Gadkar
Jayshree Gadkar (21 February 1942 – 29 August 2008) was a noted Marathi and Hindi movie actress and a Superstar of Marathi cinema from the 1950s up to the 1980s. Personal life Jayshree was born into a Gaud Sarswat Brahmin family at Kanasgiri (Sadashivgad) near Karwar in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, India. She married Bal Dhuri, a theatre actor best known for his portrayal of Dashratha in Ramanand Sagar's TV serial, ''Ramayana'' (where Jayashree herself played his wife, Kaushalya). She also published an autobiography, Ashi Mi Jayshri. Career She began her career as a child dance artist. She entered films as a tamasha dancer in movies. Her first role was that of a group dancer in V. Shantaram's ''Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje'' in 1955, which featured Sandhya as the leading lady. Later, well known Marathi film Director Dinkar D. Patil cast her in a small role with dance in his Marathi film ''Disat Tasa Nasat'', opposite Raja Gosavi. This was followed by '' Sang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare Award For Best Actor
The Filmfare Award for Best Actor is an award, which is presented annually at the Filmfare Awards to an actor via a jury; it is given by ''Filmfare'' for Hindi (Bollywood) films. The award was first given in 1954. The most recent winner, as of 2024, is Ranbir Kapoor. Superlatives * Dilip Kumar holds the record for the most consecutive wins, having received the Best Actor award for three consecutive years from 1956 to 1958. Six other actors have won in consecutive years: Rajesh Khanna (1971–1972), Sanjeev Kumar (1976–1977), Amitabh Bachchan (1978–1979), Naseeruddin Shah (1981–1982), Shah Rukh Khan (1998–1999), and Ranbir Kapoor (2012–2013). * Several actors have won both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor awards. These include Ashok Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Shammi Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Sunny Deol, Jackie Shroff, Nana Patekar, Farhan Akhtar, Rishi Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, and Rajkummar Rao. * Three actors were nominated for both categorie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indiatimes
Times Internet is an Indian Multinational Corporation, multinational technology company, headquartered in Gurgaon. It is the digital arm of The Times Group, the largest media conglomerate in India. Through its venture capital arm TVentures, Times Internet has invested in over 50 start-ups in the technology space such as logistics provider Delhivery, bus aggregating platform Shuttl, ed-tech platform BYJU'S, Byju's, and gaming platform Mobile Premier League, MPL, among others. History 1999–2011: Initial years In its initial years, Times Internet primarily focused on digital media—handling the online versions of The Times Group which is owned by Sahu Jain family. Some major print publications includes ''The Times of India'', ''The Economic Times'', ''Maharashtra Times'' and ''Navbharat Times''. Times Internet ventured into multiple new categories with mixed success. It entered social networking and e-commerce with Indiatimes but was unable to scale the business. The com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
35th Filmfare Awards
The 35th Filmfare Awards were held in 1990. '' Maine Pyaar Kiya'' led the ceremony with 12 nominations, followed by '' Chandni'' with 10 nominations, '' Ram Lakhan'' with 9 nominations, and '' Parinda'' and '' Tridev'' with 6 nominations each. Sooraj Barjatya's ''Maine Pyaar Kiya'' won 6 awards, including Best Film, thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony. Vidhu Vinod Chopra's ''Parinda'' was the other big winner on the night with 5 awards, including Best Director (for Vidhu Vinod Chopra), Best Actor (for Jackie Shroff) and Best Supporting Actor (for Nana Patekar). This rivalry between Sooraj Barjatya and Vidhu Vinod Chopra resurfaced at the 40th Filmfare Awards, where once again Barjatya's '' Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!'' beat out Chopra's '' 1942: A Love Story'' for Best Film. Sridevi received dual nominations for Best Actress for her performances in '' Chaalbaaz'' and '' Chandni'', winning for the former. Main awards Most Sensational Debut ''Salm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alka Yagnik
Alka Yagnik (born 20 March 1966) is an Indian playback singer who works predominantly in Hindi cinema. One of the most prominent singers of 1990s era Bollywood, she has received several accolades, including two National Film Awards, two Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards and a record seven Filmfare Awards for Best Female Playback Singer from a record of thirty-seven nominations. Yagnik is one of the most prolific female playback singers and artists, and has sung a large number of female solos in her Bollywood career. In her career spanning over four decades she has sung songs for more than thousand films and recorded over 22 thousand songs in over 25 different languages. Twenty of her tracks feature in BBC's list of top forty Bollywood soundtracks of all-time. She is ranked No.1 on the YouTube's Music Charts & Insights list of top global artists as of March 2025. She has been on the chart for years, with around 360-400 million views per week, around 18 billion view ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suresh Wadkar
Suresh Ishwar Wadkar (born 7 August 1955) is an Indian playback singer. He performs in both Hindi and Marathi films. He has sung songs in some Bhojpuri films, Odia albums and bhajans and in Konkani films. He was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for 2018 for Sugam Sangeet. In 2020, the Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri. Early life and musical training Wadkar was born in Kolhapur in a middle-class family that soon moved to Girangaon. His father Ishwar Wadkar worked in cloth mills and his mother cooked food for the mill workers. In youth, he wrestled at akhadas and frequented the Talwalkar gym with his father, who was also a wrestler. In 1968, when Wadkar was 13, Jialal Vasant encouraged him to work towards the "Prabhakar" certificate offered by the Prayag Sangit Samiti, because it was equivalent to a BEd and qualifies the awardee to teach professionally. Wadkar successfully completed his "Prabhakar" and joined Arya Vidya Mandir in Mumbai as a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kavita Krishnamurthy
Kavita Krishnamurthy (born as Sharada Krishnamurthy), is an Indian playback and classical singer. She has recorded numerous songs in various Indian languages including Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, Rajasthani, Bhojpuri, Telugu, Odia, Marathi, English, Urdu, Tamil, Malayalam, Gujarati, Nepali, Assamese, Konkani, Punjabi and other languages. She is the recipient of four Filmfare Best Female Playback Singer Awards (winning consecutively during 1995–1997), and the Padmashri which she received in 2005. She was awarded a Doctorate (Honoris Causa) for her contributions to Indian music by Bangalore-based Jain University in 2015. In 1999, she married noted violinist L. Subramaniam and resides in Bengaluru. Early life She was born as Sharada into a Tamil family in New Delhi to T. S. Krishnamurthy, an employee of the Education Ministry. She began her musical training at the insistence of her aunt Protima Bhattacharya who enrolled her to train under guru Surama Basu, who taug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nitin Mukesh
Nitin Mukesh Mathur (born 27 June 1950) is an Indian playback singer known for his work as a playback singer in Hindi films as well as Bhajans. He has toured internationally, including to the United States in 1993, and a world tour in 2006 with his show ''Kal Ki Yaadein'' as a tribute to his father Mukesh. Nitin Mukesh worked with notable music directors like Khayyam, R. D. Burman, Laxmikant-Pyarelal, Bappi Lahiri, Rajesh Roshan, Nadeem-Shravan, Anand–Milind during the 1980s and 1990s. He voiced for actors like Manoj Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Jeetendra, Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff and others. Personal life Nitin Mukesh's father is Mukesh, who was a Mathur Kayastha from Delhi, while his mother, Saral Trivedi, is a Gujarati Shrimali Brahmin. He is married to Nishi Mukesh. Their son, Neil Nitin Mukesh is an actor. Songs by film * "Hanste Hanste Kat Jayen Raste" ('' Khoon Bhari Maang'') * "Woh Kehte Hain Hum Se" (''Dariya Dil'') * "My Name Is Lakhan" ('' Ram Lakha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birbal (actor)
Mahesh Das (; 1528 16 February 1586), popularly known by his title Rajah Birbal (), was an Indian minister and commander of the Mughal Empire. He is mostly known in the Indian subcontinent for the Fable, folk tales which focus on his wit. He was appointed by Akbar and was one of his most important courtiers, part of a group called the ''navaratnas'' (nine jewels). In February 1586, he led an army to crush an unrest in the north-west Indian Subcontinent now modern day Swat District Pakistan where he was killed along with many troops in an ambush which turned into a full-scale battle against Yusufzai, rebelling Yusufzai and adjoining tribes. He was the only Hindu to adopt Din-i Ilahi, the religion founded by Akbar. Local folk tales emerged primarily in 19th century involving his interactions with Akbar, thus became even more of a semi-fictional legendary figure across the Indian subcontinent. However, these stories have generally been described as fictional by modern historians. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shreechand Makhija
Shreechand Makhija (born 20 March 1940) (also spelt as Srichand Makhija) is an Indian film and television actor. He has appeared in a number of serials as well as films and is prominently known for his role of Chaurasia in the Indian sitcom ''Nukkad'' on Doordarshan. He has done many types of roles. His last film is Zindagi Tumse (2019). Childhood and Education Shreechand Makheja was born on March 20, 1940 in Shikarpur, Sindh, British India (now Pakistan). After the partition in 1947, his family left Sindh and permanently relocated in India. He graduated in Commerce in 1961 and served in the Accounts Department of Ministry of Labour. He retired in 1998. Filmography Television See also * List of Indian film actors * List of Indian television actors This is an alphabetical list of notable male Indian Entertainment industry in India, television actors. Hindi Tamil Telugu Kannada Malayalam Marathi Bengali See also * List of Indian television actresses *Lis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agha (actor)
Agha (21 March 1914 – 30 April 1992) was an Indian actor of Bollywood films. He was known for comic roles and modeled himself on Bob Hope's style of acting. He appeared in over 300 Hindi films in his career between 1935 and 1986. His son, Jalal Agha, also became an actor, mostly known for the song ''Mehbooba Mehbooba'' in ''Sholay'' (1975). Early life Aghajan Baig was born on 21 March 1914 at Fatima Nagar, Pune, British India. His father was originally from Iran and had settled in Pune but had to leave Pune for Bombay in search of employment. Agha confessed that he went to school for just three days, "that was as long as I could stand it". He spent time "mooching" around the Pune Race Course, Poona Race Course as he wanted to become a jockey and loved horses. Agha came to Bombay and joined his neighbourhood drama group. His interest in acting took him to films where in 1933 he started as a production manager in Kanwal Movietone. Career His first film was Kanwal Movietone' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
