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Gharana (1989 Film)
''Gharana'' is a 1989 Indian Hindi-language film produced and directed by K. Ravi Shankar. It stars Rishi Kapoor, Govinda, Jaya Prada, Meenakshi Seshadri and Neelam Kothari in pivotal roles. Cast * Rishi Kapoor as Vijay Mehra * Govinda as Ravi Mehra * Jaya Prada as Naina * Meenakshi Seshadri as Radha * Neelam as Lalita * Tanuja as Laxmi Mehra * Shreeram Lagoo as Prem Mehra * Satyendra Kapoor as Rahim * Shakti Kapoor as Durlabh * Prem Chopra Prem Chopra (born 23 September 1935) is an Indian actor in Hindi films. He has acted in 380 films over a span of over 60 years. Life and education Chopra, the third of six children of Ranveerlal and Rooprani Chopra, a Punjabi Hindu family, was ... as Dharamdas * Asrani as Natwar * Aruna Irani as Natwar's Assistant * Sushma Seth as Shraddha * Dara Singh as Vijay Singh Pahelwan * Yunus Parvez as Sinha (potential in-laws of Mehras) * Shekhar Suman as Ajit Sinha * Bharat Bhushan as Radha's father * Ramesh Deo as Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abrar Alvi
Abrar Alvi (1 July 1927 – 18 November 2009) was an Indian film writer, director and actor. Most of his notable work was done in the 1950s and 1960s with Guru Dutt. He wrote some of the most respected works of Indian cinema, including '' Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam'' (1962), '' Kaagaz Ke Phool'' (1959) and '' Pyaasa'' (1957), which have an avid following the world over. ''Pyaasa'' (1957 film) is included in the All-Time 100 Movies by ''Time'' magazine, as chosen by critics Richard Corliss and Richard Schickel. Early life and career Abrar Alvi was born on 1 July 1927. During his college education in Nagpur, Maharashtra, he used to participate in college academic debates and was eventually writing and directing for theatre there. He also met a young Christian medical student from Lucknow at this college. Alvi wanted her to act in the college theatre with him but her father did not approve of this. Alvi would write her long, romantic letters which very much delighted the young studen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sushma Seth
Sushma Seth (born 20 June 1936) is an Indian stage, film and television actress. She started her career in the 1950s, and was a founder member of the Delhi-based theatre group Yatrik. Her first film was '' Junoon'' in 1978. She is known for playing a mother and grandmother role in movies and on television, and notable for her role as Dadi in the pioneering TV soap '' Hum Log'' (1984–1985). She received a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Ameena Bai in B. R. Chopra's drama ''Tawaif'' (1985). She has worked with famous directors like Dev Raj Ankur, Ram Gopal Bajaj, Manish Joshi Bismil and Chander Shekhar Sharma. Early and personal life Brought up in Delhi she completed her schooling at Convent of Jesus and Mary, New Delhi. Thereafter Sushma did a teachers training diploma in home science, Lady Irwin College, New Delhi, Associate in Science diploma, Briarcliff College, New York, and later, Bachelor of Fine Arts, from Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980s Indian Films
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 28 ** Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai, Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor (d. 249) Deaths * Li Jue, Chinese warlord and ... [...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] |
Mohammad Aziz
Mohammed Aziz (born as Syed Mohammed Aziz-Un-Nabi; 2 July 1954 – 27 November 2018), also known as Munna, was an Indian multilingual playback singer who primarily sang for the Bollywood, Odia films, Bengali. He sang about twenty thousand songs, including Bhajans (Hindi, Odia & Bengali) Sufi devotional songs and other genres in more than ten different Indian languages. He made his first appearance in films Odia film titled ''Jaga Hatare Pagha'' directed by Mohammad Mohsin, with the song ''Rupa Sagadi re Suna Kaniya''. Later he the sung most numbers of songs in Odia and for Ollywood Actor Siddhanta Mahapatra. Later he appeared with a Hindi film titled ''Ambar'' (1984) and his two prominent songs, including "Mard Tangewala" composed by Anu Malik were introduced in '' Mard''. He had sung numerous duets in 1980s and 1990s with singers like Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, K.S.Chithra, Sulakshana Pandit, Vijayta Pandit, Usha Mangeshkar, Anuradha Paudwal, Kavita Krishnam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anuradha Paudwal
Anuradha Paudwal (born 27 October 1954) is an Indian playback singer and politician who works predominantly in Hindi cinema and Odia cinema. She has been described in media as one of the most prominent Bhajan singers and also as one of the most successful playback singers of 80s and 90s era of Bollywood. The recipient of several accolades including a National Film Award, four Filmfare Awards (winning consecutively during 1990–92) and two Odisha State Film Awards, she has been honoured by the Government of India with the Padma Shri, the country's fourth-highest civilian honour for her contribution in the field of arts. Her contribution in Indian devotional music and Bollywood Industry gained her the titles such as "Bhajan Queen", "Melody Queen". She was honored with honorary degree of D.Litt. by ''D Y Patil University'', the second singer to receive this degree after Lata Mangeshkar. She is engaged in social work and had a foundation named Suryodaya Foundation. In her care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anand Bakshi
Anand Bakshi (21 July 1930 – 30 March 2002) was an Indian poet and lyricist. He won Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist 4 times during his career. He wrote over 6000 film songs in more than 300 films. Early life Anand Bakshi (Bakshi Anand Prakash Vaid) was born in Rawalpindi in the Punjab Province of British India (now in Punjab, Pakistan), on 21 July 1930 into a Mohyal Brahmin family of the Vaid clan. The family arrived in Delhi, after the Partition of India and then migrated to Pune, then to Meerut and settled finally in Delhi. Bakshi was fond of writing poetry since his youth, but he did this mostly as a private hobby. In a 1983 interview with Doordarshan, Bakshi recounted that after his initial studies, he joined the Indian Navy, where due to a paucity of time, he could only write occasionally. He continued to write poetry whenever time permitted, and used his songs and lyrics in local programmes related to his troops. He worked in the Navy for many years and simultaneo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mac Mohan
Mohan Makijany (24 April 1938 – 10 May 2010), popularly known as Mac Mohan, was an Indian actor, who worked in Hindi cinema. He was known for his villainous roles in films throughout the 1970s and 1980s. He appeared in over 200 films, including ''Don'', ''Karz'', '' Satte Pe Satta'', ''Zanjeer'', '' Rafoo Chakkar'', ''Shaan'', '' Khoon Pasina'', and '' Sholay''. Early life and career Mac Mohan was born in Karachi in British India. Mohan came to Bombay to become a cricketer, but joined theatre and became a Bollywood actor. He learned acting in the ''Filmalaya School of Acting'' in Bombay. Mac Mohan started his Hindi film career as an assistant with director Chetan Anand, before making his debut as an actor in his film, '' Haqeeqat'' in 1964. His last appearance was in '' Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge'' in a guest appearance. Besides Hindi movies, he also acted in Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Haryanvi, Marathi, Punjabi, Bengali and Sindhi films. He had delivered dialogue in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Christo
Robert John Christo, was an Australian–Indian civil engineer and actor in Hindi films. Starting with Sanjay Khan's '' Abdullah'' (1980), he went on to act in over 200 Hindi films in the 1980s and 1990s, including '' Qurbani'' (1980), '' Kaalia'' (1981), '' Nastik'' (1983), '' Mard'' (1985), '' Mr India'' (1987), '' Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja'' (1993) and '' Gumraah'' (1993), mostly playing roles as a non-Indian henchman or Army General. Career Born in Sydney, Christo was a qualified civil engineer of maternal Greek and paternal German descent. He had two brothers, Helmut and Mike. Despite his Australian nationality, Christo spent much of his youth in West Germany qualifying as an engineer following his return to Australia. Known for his brawny physique and bald-headed look, Bob arrived in Bombay, India in 1978 while awaiting a work permit to Muscat, Oman following several job stints to support his three children including in Vietnam following the death of his first wife in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramesh Deo
Ramesh Deo (30 January 1929 – 2 February 2022) was an Indian film actor who worked in more than 285 Hindi films, 190 Marathi films and 30 Marathi dramas with over 200 showings in his long career. He also produced feature films, television serials and over 250 ad films. He directed a number of films, documentaries and television serials. He Received Filmfare Marathi Lifetime Achievement Award For His Contribution in Marathi Cinema. Early life Ramesh Deo was born in Kolhapur, Maharashtra on 30 January 1929. His ancestral roots are from Jodhpur in Rajasthan. His father was a judge of Kolhapur. His ancestors shifted to Kolhapur as his great-grandfather and grandfather were both engineers. They built the Jodhpur Palace and were called by Chatrapati Shahu Maharaja to build the city of Kolhapur. His grandfather came down to become the chief engineer to Shahu Maharaj, and his father was his legal advisor. Career He made his film debut with a cameo appearance in ''Paatlaachi Por'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bharat Bhushan
Bharatbhushan Gupta, better known as Bharat Bhushan (14 June 1920 – 27 January 1992) was an Indian actor in Hindi language films, scriptwriter and producer. He was born in Meerut, and brought up in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. Career 1941–1962: Early career, rise to prominence and stardom Bharat Bhushan began his career in 1941 with a small role in Kidar Sharma's superhit film '' Chitralekha''. Despite this, his career didn't took off as his films apart from another Kidar Sharma's directional '' Suhaag Raat'' (1948) did not perform well commercially. In 1952, he appeared and played the lead in Vijay Bhatt's musical romantic drama film '' Baiju Bawra''. The film emerged a huge blockbuster at the box office and made Bhushan a bankable star. Its music by Naushad and songs by Mohammed Rafi, such as "Tu Ganga Ki Mauj Mein Jamana Ka Dhara", "O Duniya Ke Rakhwale Sunn Dard Bhare Mere Naaley" and "Man Tarpat Hari Darshan Ko Aaj" were also very successful and won Naushad the inau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |