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Jolly Mukherjee
Jolly Mukherjee is an Indian singer. Known as India's "King of Strings", Mukherjee specializes specifically in the music of Bollywood, or the Indian film industry. He started his career as a backup singer for commercials, then moving on to writing music for airline on-flight introductions, where he sometimes wrote for British Airways. His Longtime friend and a great singer Hariharan has been a great influence. His roots include a mixture of Hindustani classical music and Western music. It was Hariharan who actually gave him his first arrangement, HAZIR, which was an album with Ustad Zakir Hssain. Jolly Has been associated with Hariharans Ghazal arrangement, for the albums like Gulfam, Paigham, Jashn, Dil Ki Baat, Kaash, Waqt par Bolna, and Hazir 2. Also Reflection and Horizon to mention as associate. He is known for working with the Madras Cinematic Orchestra, for his International Album, Fusebox, included remixes from State of Bengal and Badmarsh & Shri, from which the remixed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gangtok, Sikkim
Gangtok is a city, municipality, the capital and the largest populated place of the Indian state of Sikkim. It is also the headquarters of the Gangtok District. Gangtok is in the eastern Himalayan range, at an elevation of . The city's population of 100,000 are from different ethnicities of Sikkimese people such as Indian Gorkhas, Bhutia and Lepchas. Within the higher peaks of the Himalayas and with a year-round mild temperate climate, Gangtok is at the centre of Sikkim's tourism industry. Gangtok rose to prominence as a popular Buddhist pilgrimage site after the construction of the Enchey Monastery in 1840. In 1894, the ruling Sikkimese Chogyal, Thutob Namgyal, transferred the capital to Gangtok. In the early 20th century, Gangtok became a major stopover on the trade route between Lhasa in Tibet and cities such as Kolkata (then Calcutta) in British India. After India won its independence from the British Empire in 1947, Sikkim chose to remain an independent monarchy, with Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumar Sanu
Kedarnath Bhattacharya (born 20 October 1957), better known as Kumar Sanu, is an Indian playback singer. He is known as the King of Melody in Bollywood. He is famous for singing thousands of Bollywood Hindi songs. Apart from Hindi, he has also sang 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, both in West Bengal and Bangladesh. He holds the record for winning five consecutive Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer from 1990 to 1994. 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. The two and Sanu's elder sister lived in the Sinthee area of Calcutta (now Kolkata) near Biswa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jatin–Lalit
Jatin–Lalit are an Indian film music director duo consisting of Jatin Pandit and his brother Lalit Pandit. They have written the widely popular scores for films such as '' Yaara Dildara'', '' Khiladi'', '' Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar'', '' Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa'', '' Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman'', '' Khamoshi: The Musical'', '' Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge'', '' Fareb'', '' Yes Boss'', '' Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai'', ''Kuch Kuch Hota Hai'', ''Sarfarosh'', '' Ghulam'', '' Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya'', '' Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha'', '' Khoobsurat'', '' Mohabbatein'', '' Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...'', '' Chalte Chalte'', ''Hum Tum'' and ''Fanaa''. Jatin–Lalit is their professional name and appears on the covers of their music albums, CDs and DVDs. Early life Jatin and Lalit come from a musical family originating from Pili Mandori Village in Hissar district of Haryana state. Pandit Jasraj was their uncle. They received their musical education primarily from their father, Pandit Pratap Narayan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman
''Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman'' () is a 1992 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Aziz Mirza starring Nana Patekar, Amrita Singh, Shahrukh Khan and Juhi Chawla. Khan plays Raju, a young Diploma Holder in Civil Engineering from Darjeeling who comes to Bombay hoping to become a successful engineer. The film emerged as a commercial success. The movie plot is loosely inspired by the 1987 movie '' The Secret of My Success'' and the Raj Kapoor classic ''Shree 420'' (1955). The rights to this film are owned by Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment. ''Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman'' was released in Japan on 17 May 1997. While Indian parallel cinema, including Satyajit Ray's Bengali films such as ''The Apu Trilogy'', was known in Japan, ''Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman'' introduced the commercial masala film style, which was well received by Japanese audiences, with the film becoming a commercial success in the country. This sparked a short-lived boom in Indian films released in Japan, fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anand Milind
Anand may refer to: People * Anand (name), a surname and given name (including a list of people with the name) * Anand (actor), Indian actor * Anand (Maoist), Indian communist * Anand (writer) (born 1936), Indian Malayalam writer Places * Anand, Gujarat, India, a city * Anand railway station * Anand district, Gujarat, India * Anand (Lok Sabha constituency), Gujarat, India * Anand (Vidhan Sabha constituency), Gujarat, India * Anand, Iran, a village Outer space * 23323 Anand, a main belt asteroid * 9 Andromedae, variable star designation AN And Films * Anand (1971 film), ''Anand'' (1971 film), a Hindi-language film starring Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan * Anand (1986 film), ''Anand'' (1986 film), a Kannada-language film starring Shivarajkumar * Anand (1987 film), ''Anand'' (1987 film), a Tamil-language film starring Prabhu Ganeshan * Anand (2004 film), ''Anand'' (2004 film), a Telugu-language film starring Raja and Kamalinee Mukherjee Other uses * Anand Agricultural Univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sangeet (film)
''Sangeet'' (''Music'') is a 1992 Hindi film directed by K. Vishwanath starring Jackie Shroff and Madhuri Dixit in lead roles. Madhuri Dixit had a double role as mother and daughter; she later played similar dual mother and daughter role in ''Aasoo'' ''Bane'' ''Angarey'', released a year later. Dixit's sensitive portrayal in Sangeet was appreciated; despite the film underperforming at the box office and is considered to be one of her best but underrated performances. Plot A blind, orphan girl aspires to be a successful singer. With the help of another street performer, she sets out to make a mark and in the process discovers her real parents. Cast * Madhuri Dixit as Nirmala / Sangeetha Mother / Daughter Double role * Jackie Shroff as Sethuram * Nitish Bharadwaj as Upendra * Parikshat Sahni as Doctor * Shafi Inamdar as Yash * Aruna Irani as Shanta * Satish Shah as Dhrupad Prasad * Asha Sharma as Upendra's mother Music The music for the film is composed by the duo Anand Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anuradha Paudwal
Anuradha Paudwal (born 27 October 1954) is an Indian playback singer who works predominantly in Hindi cinema. She has been described in media as one of the most prominent Bhajan singer 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. 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 career spanning over four decades Paudwal has recorded more than 9,000 songs and more than 1,500 bhajans in several languages including Gujarati, Hindi, Kann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadeem–Shravan
Nadeem–Shravan were an Indian music directors duo in the Bollywood film industry of India. They derives its name from their first names as, Nadeem Akhtar Saifi (born 6 August 1954) and Shravan Kumar Rathod (13 November 1954 – 22 April 2021). Nadeem–Shravan were 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 wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saathi (1991 Film)
''Saathi'' () is a 1991 Indian Hindi-language crime drama film directed by Mahesh Bhatt, written by Robin Bhatt and starring Aditya Pancholi, Mohsin Khan, Varsha Usgaonkar, and Soni Razdan, Anupam Kher and Paresh Rawal portray the negative roles. This is Aditya Pancholi's biggest hit as a lead actor and established him in Bollywood. The film is about male bonding. This was also Mohsin Khan's first appearance in a Hindi film in a lead role. Plot As children, Suraj and Amar live a very poor life. One day, Suraj's father steals a loaf of bread to feed Suraj. After a few minutes, the Baker arrives with a policeman and Suraj's father is brutally beaten by the police inspector for stealing the bread. In this mishap, Suraj's father is killed by the inspector. At his father's funeral, Suraj decides that they will not remain hungry now and will feed themselves either by hook or crook. Both Suraj and Amar grow up to become small-time criminals. This leads them to the gangster Pasha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sridevi
Shree Amma Yanger Ayyappan (13 August 1963 – 24 February 2018), professionally credited with her stage name Sridevi, was an Indian actress who worked in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada language films. Cited as the "First Female Superstar" of Indian cinema, she was the recipient of various accolades, including the National Film Award, the Nandi Award, the Tamil Nadu State Film Award, the Kerala State Film Award, four Filmfare Awards, including a Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award and three Filmfare Awards South. Sridevi's career in Indian cinema spanned over 50 years in a range of genres from slapstick comedy to epic dramas. She was known for her reticent and introverted personality, but headstrong and outspoken screen persona, regularly playing strong-willed, sophisticated women. In 2013, Sridevi was honoured with the Padma Shri, the country's fourth highest civilian honour. She was also voted 'India's Greatest Actress in 100 Years' in a CNN-IBN nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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