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K. K. Singh
K. K. Singh (died 2011) was an Indian screenwriter and has film director- producer credits for Veergati and actor credits for ''Sham Ghansham''. Singh had written scripts primarily for Bollywood films and has worked in a regional-language Bhojpuri film "''Aulaad''" directed by Aslam Sheikh. He debuted in Hindi-language films in 1982, with Raj Kapoor's film ''Prem Rog'' as an assistant director, and was honoured with several awards including Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue and Filmfare Award for Best Story writer. Life and background Singh was initially working in Hindi cinema as an additional dialogue writer. His first film as a writer and assistant director was Raj Kapoor's Prem Rog. After making his debut in Bollywood, he then worked in ''Veergati'' as a producer and director, starring Salman Khan. It was 1998 when he worked as an actor in Sham Ghansham film director by Ashok Ghai. Awards He has written over 25 films including Raj Kapoor's last film ''Ram Teri Ganga Maili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mumbai
Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore). Mumbai is the centre of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the seventh-most populous metropolitan area in the world with a population of over 23 million (2.3 crore). Mumbai lies on the Konkan coast on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour. In 2008, Mumbai was named an alpha world city. Mumbai has the highest number of billionaires out of any city in Asia. The seven islands that constitute Mumbai were earlier home to communities of Marathi language-speaking Koli people. For centuries, the seven islands of Bombay were under the control of successive indigenous rulers before being ceded to the Portuguese Empire, and subsequently to the East India Company in 1661, as part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raj Kapoor
Raj Kapoor (; born as Shrishti Nath Kapoor; 14 December 1924 2 June 1988; also known as Ranbir Raj Kapoor) was an Indian actor, film director and producer, who worked in Hindi cinema. He is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential actors and filmmakers in the history of Indian cinema, and has been referred to as ''The Greatest Showman of Cinema of India, Indian Cinema'' and as the ''Charlie Chaplin of Indian Cinema''. Born in Peshawar as the eldest son of Prithviraj Kapoor of the Kapoor family, Raj Kapoor starred in and produced many films for which he received List of awards and nominations received by Raj Kapoor, multiple accolades, including three National Film Awards and 11 Filmfare Awards in India. He was inspired by Charlie Chaplin and played characters based on The Tramp in films, such as ''Awaara'' (1951), ''Shree 420'' (1955) and ''Mera Naam Joker'' (1970). His performance in ''Awaara'' was ranked as one of the "Top-Ten Greatest Performances of All Tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silsila Hai Pyar Ka
''Silsila Hai Pyar Ka'' is a 1999 Hindi romance film directed by Shrabani Deodhar and starring Karishma Kapoor, Chandrachur Singh and Danny Denzongpa. The supporting cast includes Shakti Kapoor, Alok Nath, Johnny Lever, Aruna Irani, Tiku Talsania, Dina Pathak, Nilam Singh, Mishkaa Khanna and Ali Haider. A large portion of the film of the film was shot in Gstaad, Switzerland. Plot Vanshika Mathur, an orphan who lives with her aunt, is a simple middle-class girl desperately in search of a job. Eventually she gets a job with Mr. Sinha, a very successful businessman. Mr. Sinha is a widower who has a son Abhay. Abhay has grown up with his maternal uncle, Rakesh, a four-time divorce, whose motto is "Stay unmarried and lead a Bohemian lifestyle". Abhay is strongly influenced by his uncle and has grown into a flamboyant, arrogant, spoilt brat who has never put in a day's work at the family business. Mr. Sinha is obviously perturbed to the point of distress by the lifestyle his son lead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teesra Kaun
''Teesra Kaun?'' is a 1994 Indian Hindi language comedy action thriller film directed by Partho Ghosh. The film is a remake of the 1990 Malayalam film '' No.20 Madras Mail'', directed by Joshiy and starring Mohanlal. It features Chunky Pandey, Mithun Chakraborty, Amol Palekar, Satish Shah, Rakesh Bedi. The film was a success at the box office . Plot The story revolves around a train journey in Howrah-Bombay Mail. Three Bollywood-stricken, Nagpur-based slackers, Vijay Verma, Bingo Nagpurkar, and Khoka Ganguli board the Howrah-Bombay Mail, to head to Bombay to watch a cricket match and to meet Bollywood actor Mithun Chakraborty. During this trip, they drank a lot of alcohol. Vijay notices that the people in the next room in his train coach are a couple with an attractive young woman. He goes over to introduce himself and finds that the man calls himself Mr. D.K. Kadam (Amol Palekar), and the young woman's name is Manjula. Vijay wants to change his seat so that he can be near Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gurudev (film)
''Gurudev'' is a 1993 Bollywood action film produced and directed by Vinod Mehra. The film started production in the late 1980s and was left incomplete after Vinod Mehra's death in October 1990. Raj Sippy took over as director and completed it for release in 1993. The film stars Rishi Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, and Sridevi in lead roles. Kader Khan, Kiran Kumar, Danny Denzongpa, and Pran appear in supporting roles. Plot Inspector Dev and Gaurav, fondly called "Guru" are childhood friends. While Dev is with the police, Parshuram, works with the underworld and is the right-hand man of Khakan, a criminal don who is Guru's father. When Inspector Khan is assigned the case of apprehending Khakan, his first suspect is Dev himself. Dev must prove to Khan that he is earnest and will not hesitate to arrest Khakan. It remains to be seen if Dev will apprehend his friend's father or just play around. Cast * Rishi Kapoor as Inspector Dev * Anil Kapoor as Gaurav "Guru" * Sridevi as Priya / Sunit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jurrat
The Hilal-e-Jurat ( , as if it were ''Halāl-e-Jurāt''; English: Crescent of Courage , sometimes spelled as Hilal-e-Jur'at, Hilal-e-Jurat, Hilal-i-Jurrat and Hilal-i-Juraat)Various official sources that are highly reputable spell the name of the medal differently, so the Pakistan Army website spelling is being taken as the official spelling construction. is the Awards and decorations of the Pakistan military, second-highest military award of Pakistan out of a total of four gallantry awards that were created in 1957. In order of rank it comes after the Nishan-i-Haider, Nishan-e-Haider (the ''Sign of the Lion'', which is the equivalent to the Victoria Cross and the Medal of Honor under the British Honours System and the United States Honors System, respectively) coming before the Sitara-i-Jurat, Sitara-e-Jurat (the ''Star of Courage'', which is the equivalent of the Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom), Distinguished Service Cross and the Silver Star, respectively). It was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tridev
''Tridev'' () is a 1989 Indian action thriller film directed and co-written by Rajiv Rai. It stars Naseeruddin Shah, Sunny Deol, Jackie Shroff, Madhuri Dixit, Sangeeta Bijlani, Sonam, Anupam Kher and Amrish Puri. The film was critically and commercially blockbuster at the box office and was third highest-grossing Hindi film of 1989 behind ''Maine Pyar Kiya'' and '' Ram Lakhan'' and won three Filmfare Awards at the 35th Filmfare Awards in 1990. The film was remade in Telugu as ''Nakshatra Poratam'', with Suman Talwar, Bhanuchander Prasad and Arun Pandian. Plot For the benefit of his armaments supplier, powerful criminal lord Bhujang(alias Bhairav Singh) has an upright politician slain. The case is given to Inspector Karan, the son of a well-respected judge. Karan and Divya are engaged and much in love with one another. She is the daughter of Commissioner Arvind, and has a brother named Ravi who is the family's impulsive troublemaker. Ramesh and Karan's father are killed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paap Ko Jalaa Kar Raakh Kar Doonga
''Paap Ko Jalaakar Raakh Kar Doonga'' () is a 1988 Hindi crime film. It stars Dharmendra, Govinda, Anita Raj, Farah in lead roles. Plot Shankar Saxena lives with his elder brother, Chief Engineer Vinay, his wife Kavita, and their daughter of marriageable age, Pooja. Shankar is an undercover CBI Officer, a fact that was hidden from the rest of the family, until only recently. Vinay would like Pooja to marry Deepak Malhotra, who works in his office, and is quite unaware that Deepak and Pooja have already met and are very much in love. Although Deepak comes from a poor family, and lives with his widowed and blind mother, Vinay does not foresee this as a problem. Then suddenly things change dramatically when Vinay suspects Deepak of accepting bribes from a corrupt builder named Shaadilal, fires Deepak, pending a police investigation. And to make matters worse, Shankar too is aware of Deepak — not as a groom for his niece, but as a suspect for murder! But before he could arr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sansar (1987 Film)
''Sansar'' () is a 1987 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by T. Rama Rao, starring Rekha and Raj Babbar and Anupam Kher. The other cast members included Aruna Irani, Archana Joglekar, Shekhar Suman, Priyanka, Chandrashekhar, Shafi Inamdar, Ajinkya Deo, Dinesh Hingoo and Seema Deo. The film was a remake of the Tamil film ''Samsaram Adhu Minsaram''. Plot The film is based on the turmoils of the family of a postmaster. The film presents the rift between the family due to clash of egos among the children and their parents. The family consists of the father Deendayal (Anupam Kher), his wife Godavari (Seema Deo), his older son Vijay (Raj Babbar) a government employee with his wife Uma (Rekha), second son Shiva (Ajinkya Deo), a car mechanic, the youngest son Vidyasagar (Harish), whose name means ocean of knowledge is struggling to clear school, and their daughter Rajni (Archana Joglekar) who is also working with a private company. Rajni rejects a prospective candidate of her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Insaaf Kaun Karega
''Insaaf Kaun Karega'' () is a 1984 Indian action film directed by Sudarsan Nag and written by K. C. Bokadia. It stars Dharmendra, Rajinikanth, Jaya Prada, Madhavi. It was a hit at the box office. Plot Jageera Singh has always lived a life of crime, drinking alcohol and frequenting brothels, even though he is married to pregnant Laxmi, and has a son named Vikram. On the day of Laxmi's delivery, Jageera is busy molesting young Paro. Laxmi gives birth to a daughter, Jyoti, who is subsequently abducted. Jageera disappears from Laxmi's life, and she goes to live with a female friend who passes away, leaving Laxmi with the responsibility of also looking after her son, Virendra alias Veeru. Years later Jageera surfaces and joins forces with smuggler and prominent citizen, Bhanupratap. When Police Inspector Vikram's diligence causes problems for Bhanupratap, Jageera offers to kill Vikram, especially when Bhanupratap's niece, Priya, falls in love and wants to marry Vikram. It is at this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
40th Filmfare Awards
The 40th Filmfare Awards were held on 25 February 1995. '' 1942: A Love Story'' and '' Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!'', which is one of the most successful films of Bollywood, led the ceremony with 13 nominations each, followed by ''Mohra'' with 9 nominations and ''Krantiveer'' with 7 nominations. ''1942: A Love Story'' won 9 awards, including Best Supporting Actor (for Jackie Shroff) and Best Music Director (a posthumous win for R. D. Burman), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony. ''Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!'' was the runner-up of the ceremony with 5 awards, including Best Film, Best Director (Barjatya), Best Actress (Dixit) and Special Award (Lata Mangeshkar for "Didi Tera Devar Deewana"). Madhuri Dixit received dual nominations for Best Actress for her performances in ''Anjaam'' and ''Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!'', winning for the latter. Main awards The winners and nominees have been listed below. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ram Teri Ganga Maili
''Ram Teri Ganga Maili'' () is a 1985 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film co-written and directed by Raj Kapoor. The film stars Rajiv Kapoor and Mandakini (actress), Mandakini. The music was composed by Ravindra Jain. It was the last film directed by Kapoor. ''Ram Teri Ganga Maili'' was released on 16 August 1985. The film was the List of Bollywood films of 1985, highest-grossing Indian film of the year, which ''Box Office India'' classified as an "All-Time Blockbuster". It was also one of the highest-grossing Indian films of the 1980s, alongside ''Kranti'' (1981) and ''Maine Pyar Kiya'' (1989). The film won five Filmfare Awards. The film generated controversy because of Mandakini's scenes of breastfeeding and Wet sari scene, bathing in a transparent saree. Even though, it received a U (Universal) age rating from the Indian Film Censor Board, Indian Film Certification Board, which was later amended to U/A. Plot Narendra Sahay a.k.a. "Naren" is the son of Jeeva Sahay. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
