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During his long career, Indian film actor-director Kamal Haasan has worked on a number of projects which never progressed beyond the pre-production stage under his acting commitments or direction. Some of these projects fell into development hell or were officially cancelled. 1960s ''Mangala Mangai'' ''Mangala Mangai'', starring Kamal Haasan as a child actor, has not been released. 1980s ''Chamayam'' ''Chamayam'' is a 1981 Malayalam-language movie directed by Sathyan Anthikad and written by John Paul Puthusery. Kamal Haasan and Ambika were meant to star in the film, but the project was later shelved. The project was abandoned because of the death of producer Majendran, who has co-produced the 1981 film '' Sambhavam''. ''Raja Ennai Mannithuvidu'' In 1982, C. Rudhraiya began a venture titled ''Raja Ennai Mannithuvidu'', with Kamal Haasan playing younger brother to Chandrahasan. Sujatha was cast as the latter's wife and Sumalatha was to play Kamal's heroine. The story dealt wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamal Haasan At Promotions Of 'Vishwaroop' With Videocon (03)
Kamal may refer to: *Kamal (name), a given name and surname with multiple origins **Kamal (director) (Kamaluddin Mohammed Majeed), Indian film director **Kamal Haasan (born 1954), or Kamal, Indian actor, filmmaker, singer and politician *Kamal (navigation), a navigational instrument for measuring latitude *Kamal, Jhapa, a rural municipality in Nepal *Kamal, Kalideres, a village in Indonesia *Alfa Romeo Kamal, an SUV by Alfa Romeo *Kamal, a race of snow demons from the continent Akavir in ''The Elder Scrolls''; also the name of their nation See also *Kamala (other) *Kamali (other) *Kamalia (other) *Kamli (other) *Kamahl, Australian Malaysian singer {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigappu Rojakkal
''Sigappu Rojakkal'' ( ) is a 1978 Indian Tamil-language psychological thriller film co-directed and co-written by Bharathirajaa. The film starring Kamal Haasan and Sridevi, with Goundamani, Bhagyaraj and Vadivukkarasi in supporting roles. It revolves around Dileep, a seemingly humble man who secretly kills women after having sex with them. ''Sigappu Rojakkal'' was inspired by serial killer Raman Raghav's crimes, and another serial killer who was based in Bombay but hailed from Tirunelveli. It was deliberately meant to be different from Bharathiraja's earlier ventures which were set in villages. The dialogues were written by Bhagyaraj, cinematography was handled by P. S. Nivas, and the music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. ''Sigappu Rojakkal'' was released on 28 October 1978, three days before Diwali, and completed a 175-day in most theatres in Tamil Nadu. It won two Filmfare Awards in the Best Actor and Best Director categories. The film was later remade by Bharathiraja hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare
''Filmfare'' is an Indian English-language fortnightly magazine published by Worldwide Media. Acknowledged as one of India's most popular entertainment magazines, it publishes pieces involving news, interviews, photos, videos, reviews, events, and style. The magazine also annually gives the Filmfare Awards, the Filmfare Awards South, the Filmfare Awards East, the Filmfare Marathi Awards, the Filmfare Awards Punjabi, the Filmfare Awards Bangla, the Filmfare OTT Awards, the Filmfare Short Film Awards and the Filmfare Style & Glamour Awards. After the businessman Ramkrishna Dalmia (1893–1978) of Dalmia Group purchased Bennett, Coleman and Company Limited (BCCL) in 1946, J. C. Jain from Bharat Insurance Company was employed to help him in running the company in 1950. In this period, Jain conceived the idea of ''Filmfare'' at the actress Kamini Kaushal's house. The magazine was launched by the industrialist Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain alongside his wife Rama in Bombay on 7 Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaya Prada
Jaya Prada Nahata (born Lalitha Rani Rao; 3 April 1962) is an Indian actress and politician known for her works majorly in Telugu cinema and Hindi cinema as well as in Tamil films in late '70s, '80s and early '90s. Jayaprada is the recipient of three Filmfare Awards South and has starred in many Telugu and Hindi films along with several Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali and Marathi films. She left the film industry at the peak of her career, as she joined the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in 1994 and entered politics. She was a Member of Parliament (MP) from Rampur, Uttar Pradesh from 2004 to 2014. Some of her notable films include '' Anthuleni Katha'' (1976), '' Siri Siri Muvva'' (1976), '' Sita Kalyanam'' (1976), '' Adavi Ramudu'' (1977), '' Yamagola'' (1977), '' Sanaadi Appanna'' (1977), '' Huliya Haalina Mevu'' (1979), '' Sargam'' (1979), '' Ooriki Monagadu'' (1981), '' Kaamchor'' (1982), '' Kaviratna Kalidasa'' (1983), '' Sagara Sangamam'' (1983), '' Tohfa'' (1984), '' S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sridevi
Sridevi Kapoor (née Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan; 13 August 1963 – 24 February 2018), known mononymously as Sridevi, was an Indian actress who worked in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada language films. She is regarded as one of the greatest stars of Indian cinema. Cited as the "first female superstar" of Indian cinema, she was the recipient of various accolades, including a National Film Award, five Filmfare Awards (a Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award, two Filmfare Awards and two Filmfare Awards South), two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, a Kerala State Film Award, and a Nandi Award. Sridevi's career spanned over 50 years in a wide range of genres. She was known for her reticent and introverted off-screen personality, but headstrong and outspoken on-screen persona, often playing strong-willed women. In 2013, Sridevi was honoured with the Padma Shri, the country's fourth highest civilian honour. Sridevi made her debut as a child in the 1967 Tamil film '' Kan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan (; 11 October 1942) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi cinema. He is often considered one of the greatest, most accomplished and commercially successful actors in the history of Indian cinema.* * * * * With a cinematic career spanning over five decades, he has played in over 200 films. Bachchan is often hailed as the '' Shahenshah'' of Bollywood, Sadi Ke Mahanayak (translated as "Greatest actor of the century" in Hindi), Star of the Millennium, or simply Big B.* * * His dominance in the Indian film industry during the 1970s–80s led the French director François Truffaut to describe it as a "one-man industry". He is a recipient of several accolades including six National Film Awards and sixteen Filmfare Awards. Amitabh Bachchan was born in 1942 in Allahabad (now Prayagraj) to the Hindi poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan and his wife, the social activist Teji Bachchan. He was educated at Sherwood College, Nainital, and Kirori Mal College, University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Govinda
Govinda (, ), also rendered Govind, Gobinda, and Gobind, is an epithet of Vishnu and his avatars, such as Krishna. The name appears as the 187th and the 539th name of Vishnu in the ''Vishnu Sahasranama''. The name is also popularly addressed to Krishna, referring to his youthful activity as a cowherd boy. Etymology Govinda can be directly translated as "protector of cows". Moreover, in the word "Govinda", "Govu" means ''Indriyas''. Govinda therefore means the all-pervading, omnipresent ruler of the sense organs, or ''Indriyas''. "Govu" also means 'Vedas'. Hence Govinda is the supreme being who can be known through the Vedas. Interpretations ''Govinda'' is a name of Krishna and also appears as the 187th and 539th name of Vishnu in the Vishnu Sahasranama, the 1,000 names of Vishnu.''Sri Vishnu Sahasranama'', commentary by Sri Sankaracharya, pgs. 69 and 115, translated by Swami Tapasyananda (Ramakrishna Math Publications, Chennai) According to Adi Shankara's commentary on ''Vish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vijayta Pandit
Vijayta Pandit is an Indian actress and playback singer, most famous for her first film '' Love Story'' (1981). Early life and background Vijayta comes from a musical family originating in Pili Mandori Village in Hissar district of Haryana state. Pandit Jasraj is her uncle. Her older sister is Sulakshana Pandit, and like her, is an actress and playback singer. Her brothers are music directors Jatin Pandit and Lalit Pandit, better known as Jatin–Lalit. Career Rajendra Kumar cast her alongside his son Kumar Gaurav in '' Love Story'' (1981), which became a "blockbuster" at the box office. She and Gaurav played star-crossed lovers, and they also developed a relationship off-screen. Though the film became a hit, her career did not take off for various reasons. Their relationship too ended due to family tensions. She blamed Rajendra Kumar for the gap in her film career. Vijayta came back to movies a few years later with '' Mohabbat'' (1985) which turned out to be a decent hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lootmaar
''Lootmaar'' () is a 1980 Indian Hindi mystery film produced and directed by Dev Anand. The film stars Dev Anand, Tina Munim, Mehmood, Nirupa Roy, Prem Chopra, Ranjeet, Shakti Kapoor, Kader Khan, Amjad Khan, Simple Kapadia, Shreeram Lagoo, and Rakhee Gulzar. The film's music was composed by Rajesh Roshan. Plot Indian Air Force pilot Bhagat lives with his wife, Raksha and a young son. While going to the bank one day, the family find that the bank is being held up. The bank-robbers panic at the arrival of the police, and fire randomly, killing Raksha instantly. Bhagat witnesses this horrific spectacle and is unable to do anything to save his wife. The robbers were masked, but one of them had a tear in his shoe and another was wearing a locket, very similar to the one worn by his wife. Bhagat's inquiries take him to the northernmost hilly regions of India, where he must confront the past, as well as seek out the elusive killers and bring them to justice, not knowing that in so doi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padmini Kolhapure
Padmini Kolhapure (born 1 November 1965) is an Indian actress and singer, who primarily works in Hindi and Marathi language, Marathi films. Kolhapure is considered as one of the leading actress of the 80s. In a career spanning over four decades, she has worked in over Padmini Kolhapure filmography, 75 films and has received several accolades including three Filmfare Awards. She began her acting career in 1972 at the age of seven, and her early works include Zindagi (1976 film), ''Zindagi'' (1976) and Dream Girl (1977 film), ''Dream Girl'' (1977). She had her breakthrough with the film ''Satyam Shivam Sundaram'' (1978), starring as the young Roopa. At the age of 15, Kolhapure won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the revenge drama ''Insaf Ka Tarazu'' (1980), and at the age of 17, won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for the musical romantic drama ''Prem Rog'' (1982), thus becoming the second-youngest actress to win the awards in the respect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reena Roy
Reena Roy (born Saira Ali), is an Indian actress. She made her film debut as a teenager with B R Ishara's '' Zaroorat'' (1972), but gained wider public recognition with ''Jaise Ko Taisa'' (1973) and the romance-action film '' Zakhmee'' (1975). In 1976, Roy entered the top league after starring in two of the biggest box-office hits, the action thriller ''Kalicharan'' and the horror film '' Nagin''. She repeated the feat in 1978 with Vishwanath and Aasha. Roy won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the drama '' Apnapan'' (1977), but declined it due to categorical issues. Her success nevertheless continued throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s when she featured in several notable films including the horror film '' Jaani Dushman'' (1979), the dramas '' Aasha'' (1980), '' Arpan'' (1983) and '' Asha Jyoti'' (1984), the multi genre '' Naseeb'' (1981) and the romantic comedy '' Sanam Teri Kasam'' (1982). In 1983, Roy married cricketer Mohsin Khan a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smita Patil
Smita Patil (17 October 1955 – 13 December 1986) was an Indian actress who primarily worked in Hindi and Marathi language, Marathi films. Regarded among the greatest and finest actresses in the history of Indian cinema, she was known for her unconventional portrayal of strong and independent women. Patil appeared in over Smita Patil filmography, 80 films, in a career that spanned over a decade and was the recipient of two National Film Awards, a Filmfare Award, a Maharashtra State Film Award and two Filmfare Awards Marathi. In 1985, Patil received the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian honour. Patil made her film debut with Shyam Benegal's ''Charandas Chor'' (1975). She became one of the leading actresses of parallel cinema, a New Wave movement in India cinema, though she also appeared in several mainstream movies throughout her career. Her performances were highly acclaimed, and her most notable roles include ''Manthan'' (1976), ''Bhumika (film), Bhumika'' (1977) fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
