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Kalpana Iyer
Kalpana Iyer (born 26 July 1956) is an Indian former actress, singer, and model, who is best known for her works in Hindi cinema throughout the 1980s and 1990s. She appeared in over 100 films, and is accredited for her performances in many popular dance numbers as well as for her supporting and guest roles in many films. Career Modelling She was the first runner-up at Miss India in 1978. She went on to represent her country at the Miss World 1978 beauty pageant where she was a top 15 semi-finalist. Acting Kalpana mostly appeared as a vamp in a number of Hindi films, continuing in the tradition of Bindu, Helen and Aruna Irani. Some of her famous dance numbers are "Hari om Hari" in '' Pyaara Dushman'' (1980), "Tu Mujhe Jaan" in '' Wardat'' (1981) and "Rambha Ho" in '' Armaan'' (1981). Some of her renowned films are '' Satte Pe Satta'' (1982), ''Disco Dancer'' (1982), ''Anjaam'' (1994), ''Raja Hindustani'' (1996), and '' Hum Saath Saath Hain'' (1999). She was critically ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bombay
Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial centre, financial capital and the list of cities in India by population, 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 List of largest cities, 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 Globalization and World Cities Research Network#Alpha, alpha world city. Mumbai has the List of cities by number of billionaires, 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 cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMDb
IMDb, historically known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. Since 1998, it has been owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. , IMDb was the 51st most visited website on the Internet, as ranked by Semrush. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes), million person records, and 83 million registered users. Features User profile pages show a user's registration date and, optionally, their personal ratings of titles. Since 2015, "badges" can be added showing a count of contributions. These badges rang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zakhmi Aurat
''Zakhmi Aurat'' (English : Wounded Woman) is a 1988 Indian Hindi drama movie starring Dimple Kapadia and Raj Babbar and directed by Avtar Bhogal. Kapadia played Kiran Dutt, a police officer who is subject to gang rape and, when the judicial system fails to convict the criminals, unites with other rape victims to castrate the rapists in revenge. This film is inspired by the 1986 X-rated thriller ''The Ladies Club'' by Janet Greek. Plot The film is about women who have been raped and how they get revenge by castrating the rapists. Kiran Dutt is a woman police officer who is gang raped by three goons in gruesome fashion - her jeans and panty flung on the fan, her hands and legs spread wide apart and tied to bed posts, as testimony to the ghastly act taking place below. In the film the victim's trust in the Indian judicial system is shattered when despite her testimony, her rapists walk free. She decides to punish the rapists by forming a gang of wronged women and the modus oper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ameer Aadmi Gharib Aadmi
''Ameer Aadmi Gareeb Aadmi'' is a 1985 Hindi drama film, directed by Amjad Khan, starring Shatrughan Sinha, Kader Khan and Zeenat Aman in key roles. Plot This is the story of Subhash, who works in a factory without sufficient wages. When he call for a strike he is entrapped by the authorities on false charges and arrested. Cast * Shatrughan Sinha as Ashok * Zeenat Aman as Kavita * Amjad Khan as Akram * Amitabh Bachchan (cameo) * Parveen Babi (cameo) * Kader Khan * Shakti Kapoor * Imtiaz Khan * Kalpana Iyer * Dinesh Hingoo * Sharat Saxena Soundtrack #"Paas Rehta Hai, Door Rehta Hai, Koi Dil MeJarur Rehta Hai" - Lata Mangeshkar #"Har Ek Rasta Sajake Chal" - Asha Bhosle #"Aisa Kyu Hota Hai" - Asha Bhosle #"Dhak Dhak Dhadke Ye Dil" - Suresh Wadkar, Kavita Krishnamurthy #"Nahi Jaana Kunwarji" - Penaz Masani #"Sarkari Damad Bano" - Amit Kumar, Kishore Kumar Kishore Kumar (born Abhas Kumar Ganguly; ; 4 August 1929 – 13 October 1987) was an Indian playback singer, musician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nallavanukku Nallavan
''Nallavanukku Nallavan'' () is a 1984 Indian Tamil-language action drama film, directed by S. P. Muthuraman and produced by AVM Productions. A remake of the 1983 Telugu film '' Dharmaatmudu'', it stars Rajinikanth and Radhika, with Karthik, Thulasi, V. K. Ramasamy, Major Sundarrajan, Y. G. Mahendran and Visu in supporting roles. The film revolves around a worker who is bequeathed his late boss's business, earning the wrath of the boss's son who believes he swindled his father's business. The screenplay of ''Nallavanukku Nallavan'' was written by Visu, who made minor changes to differentiate it from the Telugu original, which co-producer M. Saravanan noticed was very similar to the unsuccessful Tamil film ''Hitler Umanath'' (1982). The music of the film was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, cinematography was handled by Babu, and editing by R. Vittal. ''Nallavanukku Nallavan'' was released on 22 October 1984, Diwali day and became a major commercial success, running for over 150 da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hum Hain Lajawab
is 1984 Hindi language Drama film directed by Mohan Segal and starring Kumar Gaurav, Padmini Kolhapure in lead roles. Plot Thakur is a wealthy, principled, and punctual man, who will not tolerate anything, even music in his palatial home. Thakur's only motto in life is money, and each and every second is spent on making and earning money. His elder son, Amar Kumar rebels against this, and is warned. But Amar does not heed this warning, and falls in love with a poor gypsy girl, Jyoti, and both elope in order to escape the wrath of his dad. Thakur second son, Pawan Kumar, is sent away abroad so that there are no lingering bad influences on his life. Years later, Pawan returns home, and is the exact cold-hearted and arrogant image as his dad. Amar and his wife give birth to a son, and Amar writes to his dad to forgive him. Shortly thereafter the couple pass away, leaving their son, with Jyoti's sister, Dilruba. Thakur decides to forgive his late son and asks Pawan to go and bring h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sawaal (film)
''Sawaal'' (; translation: Question) is a Hindi drama film produced by Yash Chopra and directed by Ramesh Talwar, released in 1982. The music was composed by Khayyam and the lyrics were written by Majrooh Sultanpuri. Despite an all-star cast, it did not succeed at the box office. Plot Seth Dhanpat Rai Mehta (Sanjeev Kumar) is the country's most powerful smuggler who is surrounded by his fortress of power and money. His daughter Sonia (Poonam Dhillon) falls in love with Ravi Malhotra (Shashi Kapoor), a police officer and wants to marry her. Dhanpat Rai very soon realizes that his son Vikram (Randhir Kapoor) has also taken a path that goes against the one he travels. Vikram has been engaged to a pretty but poor girl Reshmi (Swaroop Sampat). Now the question begins to haunt Seth Dhanpat Rai. What is more important: Children's happiness or power and money?Dhanpat Rai's question is answered soon. Cast *Shashi Kapoor as Inspector Ravi Malhotra *Sanjeev Kumar as Dhanpat Rai Mehta * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kudrat
''Kudrat'' () is a 1981 Indian Hindi-language drama film, written and directed by Chetan Anand. The film stars Rajesh Khanna and Hema Malini, supported by Raaj Kumar, Priya Rajvansh and Vinod Khanna. This is the second movie of the Rajesh Khanna-Hema Malini pair with a reincarnation theme after '' Mehbooba''. Rajesh Khanna received the 1982 All-India Critics Association (AICA) Best Actor Award for ''Kudrat''. The film was a box office hit and it won the Filmfare Award for Best Story. Plot Chandramukhi, accompanied by her parents, visits the hill resort of Shimla for the first time in her life. She senses some familiarity with the place and gets strange feelings, for which she does not know the reason. Chandramukhi and her family meet Dr. Naresh Gupta. Naresh is attracted towards Chandramukhi and their families talk about getting them married to each other. Mohan Kapur, an upcoming lawyer, comes to Shimla to meet his patron and godfather, Janak Singh.Mohan owes his education ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hum Se Badkar Kaun
''Hum Se Badhkar Kaun'' is a 1981 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Deepak Bahry, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Vijayendra Ghatge, Ranjeeta, Amjad Khan, Danny Denzongpa, Kajal Kiran and Ranjeet. Plot Radha lives a poor lifestyle with her husband, Mohan, and four sons, Chandan, Raju, Bablu, and Pappu. Although Mohan comes from a rich family, his dad had disapproved of his marriage, and since that day he has not met with him. Now his dad is very ill and the entire family goes to visit him, and are welcomed with open arms. Before he dies, he shows Mohan the family's treasure, which consists of gold and jewellery, hidden under a temple, which can only be opened by four different keys. Mohan asks his children to keep one key. Then his dad dies, and Lalchand, an employee, who has overheard the conversation between father and son decides to keep the treasure to himself. He ends up killing Mohan, getting himself arrested and sentenced to a long prison term. Alone and widowed ... [...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] |
Brahmin
Brahmin (; ) is a ''Varna (Hinduism), varna'' (theoretical social classes) within Hindu society. The other three varnas are the ''Kshatriya'' (rulers and warriors), ''Vaishya'' (traders, merchants, and farmers), and ''Shudra'' (labourers). The traditional occupation of Brahmins is that of priesthood (purohit, pandit, or pujari) at Hindu temples or at socio-religious ceremonies, and the performing of rite of passage rituals, such as solemnising a wedding with hymns and prayers.James Lochtefeld (2002), Brahmin, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Vol. 1: A–M, Rosen Publishing, , page 125 Traditionally, Brahmins are accorded the supreme ritual status of the four social classes, and they also served as spiritual teachers (guru or acharya). In practice, Indian texts suggest that some Brahmins historically also became agriculturalists, warriors, traders, and had also held other occupations in the Indian subcontinent.GS Ghurye (1969), Caste and Race in India, Popular Prakasha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajan Sippy
Rajan Sippy () is an Indian businessman and former actor, and former film producer who acted in several films in the 1980s and also produced the film ''Shehzaade'' (1989). He is currently a businessman in Dubai and runs several business ventures there. Life and career Rajan Sippy was born in Mumbai. He earned Bachelor of Commerce degree in Accounting, Business and Economics from H.R. College of Commerce and Economics. Sippy began his acting career in the Ramsay Horror 3D film '' 3D Saamri'' (1985) and also played a horror role in their next chiller '' Dak Bangla'' (1987). He also played Madhuri Dixit's hero in the film '' Awara Baap'' (1985). He turned to production and produced a movie called '' Shehzaade'' (1989), starring Shatrughan Sinha, Dharmendra and Dimple Kapadia. In the 1990s, Rajan Sippy shifted to Dubai. Today, he is one of the most successful Indian entrepreneurs there, with a chain of hotels and night clubs. Sippy is the founder and managing partner of S E Inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
