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Indrajeet Soni
''Indrajeet'' is a 1991 Bollywood action film directed by K. V. Raju. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, and Jaya Prada in lead roles, with Kumar Gaurav, Neelam, Saeed Jaffrey, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, and Kader Khan in supporting roles. The film was a remake of the director's own Kannada film ''Bandha Muktha'' (1987), starring Tiger Prabhakar. The film was a blockbuster in the box office. Plot summary Honest Police officer Inderjeet's life takes a turn for the worse when he has to arrest his lady love Shanti's (Jaya Prada) father, Mr. Din Dayal for murder, but gets transferred. Years later, retired Inderjeet arranges his adopted daughter Neelu's (Neelam Kothari) marriage with Vijay (Kumar Gaurav), but the married couple gets killed by Shanti's brother and his friends. When the police take no action, Inderjeet decides to take the law into his hands to avenge his adopted daughter's death. Cast *Amitabh Bachchan as Inspector Indrajeet *Jaya Prada as Shanti *Kumar Gaurav as Vijay * N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramesh Behl
Ramesh Behl was an Indian film director and producer belonging to Behl family of Hindi films. He produced known successful films like The Train (1970 film), '' Kasme Vaade'' (1978). He directed films like '' Jawaani'' (1984), '' Pukar'' (1983) and '' Apne Apne'' (1987). He is the only filmmaker to have had R. D. Burman as the composer for all his films. He died on 5 January 1990. Personal life His wife Madhu Behl was the daughter of actor Kamal Kapoor. Behl's son Goldie Behl is also a director and producer. His daughter Srishti Arya (, married to Sameer Arya - the son of Sulbha Arya and Ishan Arya) is a producer, media executive, co-founder of Rose Audiovisuals with her brother Goldie, former treasurer and the Vice President of the Producers Guild of India, former core member of Indian Film and TV Producers Council, and was the head of Netflix Netflix is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service. The service primarily distribut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharat Saxena
Sharat Saxena (born 17 August 1950) is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films along with Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil films. He has acted in more than 250 Bollywood films. Saxena started his career in the early 1970s and has mainly played supporting roles. He has starred in some of the most successful films of Hindi cinema like '' Mr. India'', '' Tridev'', '' Ghayal'', '' Khiladi'', '' Ghulam'', '' Gupt: The Hidden Truth'', '' Duplicate'', ''Soldier'', '' Baghban'', '' Fanaa'', '' Krrish'', '' Ek Hi Raasta'' (1993), Bajrangi Bhaijan and many more. His performances in these films have established him as one of the best supporting actors in Bollywood. He played the role of Kichaka in the television serial '' Mahabharat''. He is well known for his role of ''Daaga'' in the Hindi movie, '' Mr. India'' and ''Totla Seth'' in the popular comedy movie '' Phir Hera Pheri'' . He was also nominated for Filmfare Best Villain Award for '' Ghulam'' (1998). Early life Sharat Saxena w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990s Hindi-language Films
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 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 * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as the 15th pope. Births Valerian Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranu Mukherjee
Ranu Mukherjee (born 1966) is a multi-disciplinary American contemporary artist of Indian and European descent based in San Francisco, California. Mukherjee's practice includes painting, installation, sculpture, video art, performance, hybrid films, works on paper, and collaborative projects. Her work focuses on processes of creolization, the figure of the nomad, and speculative narratives. Mukherjee’s work also generally refers to embodiment, ecology, science fiction, and the unknown to explore the narrative excess and material conditions brought on by global capitalism. Education and career Ranu Mukherjee received her BFA in Painting and Film from the Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, in 1988, and her MFA from the Royal College of Art, London, in 1993. After earning her degrees in art, she began teaching at Goldsmiths College in London in 1994. In 2002 She moved to San Francisco, California, where she teaches at California College of the Arts. Art career Best known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jolly Mukherjee
Jolly Mukherjee (born in 1 October 1956) is an Indian singer who specializes in the music of Bollywood. He started his career as a backing singer for commercials, then moving on to writing music for airline on-flight introductions, where he sometimes wrote for British Airways. His roots include a mixture of Hindustani classical music and Western music. With the Madras Cinematic Orchestra, he recorded the album Fusebox, which included remixes from State of Bengal and Badmarsh & Shri. He provided the string arrangements for Icelandic singer Björk Björk Guðmundsdóttir ( , ; born 21 November 1965), known mononymously as Björk, is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, composer, record producer, and actress. Noted for her distinct voice, three-octave vocal range, and eccentric public per ...'s song "Verandi". Discography References Indian male singer-songwriters Indian singer-songwriters Participants in Indian reality television series Living people 1956 bir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abhijeet Bhattacharya
Abhijeet Bhattacharya (born 30 October 1958), professionally known as Abhijeet, is an Indian playback singer who primarily sings in the Hindi film industry. As well as Hindi, he has sung in his native language Bengali and in other languages including Marathi, Nepali, Tamil, Bhojpuri, Punjabi, and Odia, in both West Bengal and Bangladesh. He has sung 6034 songs in more than 1000 films. Some of his iconic tracks feature in BBC's "Top 40 Bollywood Soundtracks of all time". Personal life Abhijeet was born in Uttar Pradesh to a Kanpur-based Bengali Brahmin family the youngest of four to news editor Dheerendranath Bhattacharya and his wife Kamla Bhattacharya in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. He graduated in commerce (B.Com.) from Christ Church College, Kanpur in 1977. He started singing on stage from 1970. He left home in 1981 to pursue a career in singing in Bollywood. Film career He was launched by R. D. Burman in a Bengali film with a duet song with Asha Bhosle.He did stage sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sudesh Bhosle
Sudesh Bhosale (born 1 July 1960) is an Indian playback singer who primarily sings for Marathi and Bollywood films. Bhosale is known for his ability to mimic actor Amitabh Bachchan, having sung for him in various films. Career Bhosale was born on 1 July 1960 to Sumantai Bhosale and studied in Ambedkar College, Wadala. He got his first major break in playback singing in the film '' Zalzala'' (1988). He used mimicry to become a professional dubbing artist for several artists like Sanjeev Kumar and Anil Kapoor. He dubbed for Sanjeev Kumar when he died prematurely before completing the film '' Professor Ki Padosan''. He has sung songs for the movie '' Ghatothkach'' in 2008. Bhosale is the producer and judge on '' K For Kishore'', a singing contest on Sony Entertainment Television. He has sung many famous Bollywood songs for Amitabh Bachchan including "Jumma chumma de de" from 1991 movie '' Hum'', "Meri Makhna Meri Soniye" from Baghban and others. He mimicked for Amitabh Bachcha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amit Kumar
Amit Kumar (born 3 July 1952) is an Indian playback singer, actor, music composer. Kumar launched his own music production company, named Kumar Brothers Music. He predominantly worked in Bollywood and regional film songs since the 1970s, including 150 Hindi and Bengali compositions by R. D. Burman. After Burman's death in 1994, citing a lack of quality music composition, Kumar withdrew from playback singing and concentrated on live orchestra shows. In addition to singing in Hindi, has also performed in Bengali, Bhojpuri, Odia, Assamese, Marathi and Konkani. He is the eldest son of singer-actor Kishore Kumar. Early life Kumar is the son of singer and actor Kishore Kumar and Bengali singer and actress Ruma Guha Thakurta. Like his father, Amit started singing from an early age and he used to sing at Durga Pooja festivals in Calcutta Kolkata, also known as Calcutta (List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, its official name until 2001), is the capital and l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asha Bhosle
Asha Bhosle (; ; born 8 September 1933) is an Indian playback singer, entrepreneur, actress and television personality who predominantly works in Indian cinema. Known for her versatility, she has been described in the media as one of the greatest and most influential singers in Hindi cinema. In her career spanning over eight decades she has recorded songs for films and albums in various Indian languages and received #Accolades, several accolades including two National Film Awards, four Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards, BFJA Awards, eighteen Maharashtra State Film Awards, nine Filmfare Awards including a Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award, Lifetime Achievement Award and a record seven Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer, Filmfare Awards for Best Female Playback Singer, in addition to two Grammy nominations. In 2000, she was honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India's highest award in the field of cinema. In 2008, she was honoured by the Governmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rahul Dev Burman
Rahul Dev Burman (; 27 June 1939 – 4 January 1994) was an Indian music director and singer, who is considered to be one of the greatest and most successful music directors of the Hindi film music industry. From the 1960s to the 1990s, Burman composed musical scores for 331 films, bringing a new level of music ensemble with his compositions. Burman did his major work with legendary singers Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle and Mohammed Rafi. He also worked extensively with lyricist Gulzar, with whom he has some of the most memorable numbers in his career. Nicknamed Pancham, he was the only son of the composer Sachin Dev Burman and his Bengali lyricist wife Meera Dev Burman. He was mainly active in the Hindi film industry as a composer, and also provided vocals for a few compositions. He served as an influence to the next generation of Indian music directors, and his songs continue to be popular in India and overseas. Many years after his death, his songs continued to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shagufta Ali
Shagufta Ali is an Indian film and television actress. She is known for her roles in '' Punar Vivah'', '' Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera'', ''Sasural Simar Ka'' and '' Saath Nibhaana Saathiya.'' In 2018, she was seen in Colors TV's '' Bepannaah''. She has danced in an item song in the Tamil movie '' Uzhaippali'' with Rajinikanth. Filmography Television * 1989: ''Dard'' * 1990: ''Agar Aisa Ho To'' * 1993-1998: '' Kanoon'' * 1993-1998: '' Parampara'' as Barkha *1993: '' Junoon'' * 1995: '' Zee Horror Show'' * 1998-99'' Saans'' * 2001-05 '' Dishayen'' * 2002-05 '' Sanjivani: A Medical Boon'' * 2004: '' Isse Kehte Hai Golmaal Ghar'' * 2005 - 2010: ''Woh Rehne Waali Mehlon Ki'' * 2006-08 ''Zaara'' * 2010 '' Sasural Genda Phool'' * 2011 ''Sasural Simar Ka'' Sugandha/Arti * 2012 - 2013: '' Punar Vivah'' * 2012 '' Madhubala – Ek Ishq Ek Junoon'' * 2013 - 2015: '' Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera'' * 2013: ''Adaalat'' * 2016 —2017: '' Saath Nibhaana Saathiya'' as Urvashi Singh *2018: '' Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nirupa Roy
Nirupa Roy (born Kokila Kishorechandra Bulsara; 4 January 1931 – 13 October 2004) was an Indian actress who had appeared in Hindi films. Noted for her portrayals of tragedy and sorrow, Roy was known for her acting ability, and was uncharitably called the "Queen of Misery" in Hindi film circles. Roy was active from 1946 to 1999, and was best known for playing motherly roles. Roy appeared in over 250 films, and won three Filmfare Awards throughout her career, as well as being nominated for one. In 2004, Roy received the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award. Early life Roy was born as Kokila Kishorechandra Bulsara in Kalwada, Valsad, Gujarat. She married Kamal Roy at the age of 15, and moved to Mumbai. She used her married name Nirupa Roy when she entered the film industry. Career In 1946, Roy and her husband responded to an advertisement in a Gujarati paper looking for actors. She was selected and started her acting career with the Gujarati film '' Ranakdevi'' (1946). The sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
