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Kareeb
''Kareeb'' (English: ''Close'') is a 1998 Cinema of India, Indian Hindi-language romance film produced, directed and co-written by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. It stars Bobby Deol and Shabana Raza. Plot Birju Kumar is a young man from an upper-middle-class family in Himachal Pradesh. His father insists on him being responsible, while Birju is interested in petty theft, lies, and romancing a beautiful young woman named Neha. Neha is a simple, beautiful, and responsible girl from a poor family. When Birju first sees Neha, he immediately falls in love with her. Neha also starts liking Birju but hides her feelings. Birju tries everything to impress Neha and eventually she realizes how much she loves Birju and can't live without him. Birju's father does not want Birju to marry into a poor family but Birju lies that Neha's uncle is rich and arranges their wedding. Birju steals money from his home and pretends that the money has been sent by Neha's uncle. However, on the eve of the wedding, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanjeevani (singer)
Sanjeevani Bhelande is an Indian singer. She is known for her songs from movie Kareeb, Nikamma kiya, her English book and album ''Meera and me'' and has given over 2000 live concerts. Personal life Sanjeevani’s is a family of Professors. She is herself a very good teacher. She holds a degree in music (Sangeet Visharad), is trained in Odissi and Kathak classical-dance forms. She holds a master's in commerce and a Diploma in Mass Communication. Career Sanjeevani has to her credit several original Hindi film songs like ''Chori Chori Jab Nazrein Mili'', ''Nikamma Kiya'', ''Uljhanon Ko De Diya'', ''Makhmali Yeh Badan'', ''Chidiya Tu Hoti'', ''Churalo Na Dil Mera Sanam'', ''Haan Judaise'' and ''Tum Juda Hokar''. She won the Best Playback Singer Ashirwad Award in 1999 for ''Chori Chori Jab Nazrein Mili'' and was a Filmfare and Screen (magazine), Screen nominee for ''Churalo Na Dil Mera Sanam''. Sanjeevani is the first ever winner of Zee TV's Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, "Sa Re Ga Ma" and the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shabana Raza
Shabana Raza (born April 18, 1975), known professionally as Neha, is an Indian former actress and film producer known for her work in Hindi films. She made her acting debut with ''Kareeb'' (1998). Neha is best known for '' Hogi Pyaar Ki Jeet'' (1999), ''Fiza'' (2000), '' Rahul'' (2001), '' Aatma'' (2006) and '' Acid Factory'' (2009). She is married to actor Manoj Bajpayee since 2006. Career Shabana Raza made her film debut opposite Bobby Deol in ''Kareeb'' (1998). Her next release was '' Hogi Pyaar Ki Jeet'' (1999), where she played the leading lady opposite Ajay Devgn. She went on to act in several more films, including ''Fiza'' (2000) where she played Hrithik Roshan's love interest, '' Rahul'' (2001) and '' Aatma.'' After a break, she returned to acting in 2010 under her original name. Personal life Shabana Raza was born on 18 April 1975. She met actor Manoj Bajpayee Manoj Bajpayee (born 23 April 1969), also transliterated as Manoj Bajpai, is an Indian actor who predo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Binod Pradhan
Binod Pradhan is an Indian cinematographer, director and actor. He has worked in several popular and acclaimed films as a cinematographer. Some of his award-winning films include '' 1942 A Love Story'', '' Devdas'', '' Rang De Basanti'', ''Mission Kashmir'', and '' Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.'' Biography Binod grew up in the picturesque hill town of Kalimpong, West Bengal. He attended secondary schooling at the Dr. Graham's Homes School in Kalimpong, India, in the eastern Himalayas. Coming from a humble Gorkha Newar background, Binod got his first box camera in the early years from his father, H. K. Pradhan, who ran a photo studio. Binod would shoot black-and-white pictures and try and colour them using water-paints. He was often caught shooting unknown portraits and making prints of them. Displeased at first, his father recognized his work and most of Binod's images landed up on the display case of the studio and he was rewarded with an Asahi Pentax. Binod and his camera were pretty m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Vidhu Vinod Chopra (born 5 September 1952) is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. He is the recipient of several accolades, including four National Film Awards and eleven Filmfare Awards. He is known for directing films such as the crime drama '' Parinda'' (1989), the patriotic romantic drama '' 1942: A Love Story'' (1994), the action drama '' Mission Kashmir'' (2000) and the biographical drama '' 12th Fail'' (2023). He is also known for producing the '' Munna Bhai film series'', '' 3 Idiots'' (2009), '' PK'' (2014), and '' Sanju'' (2018) under his banner Vinod Chopra Films. Early life Chopra was born and grew up in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India to a Punjabi Hindu family. His father was D. N. Chopra and veteran filmmaker Ramanand Sagar was his half-brother. His brother, Vir K. Chopra, was a scholar of Indian politics and worked as a producer. His parents were originally from Peshawar, British India. His mother was Shanti Devi Mahalakshmi, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abhijat Joshi
Abhijat Joshi (born 1 December 1969) is an Indian screenwriter, film director, producer and editor who works in Hindi cinema. He is known for collaboration with Vinod Chopra Productions and director Rajkumar Hirani, as the screenwriter for '' Lage Raho Munna Bhai'' (2006), '' 3 Idiots'' (2009), '' PK'' (2014) and '' Sanju'' (2018). He is a professor of English at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio, since 2003. Early life and education Joshi was born and brought up in Ahmedabad, Gujarat to family of professors, including his father Jayant Joshi. Abhijat received his early education in Gujarati medium. He obtained his higher education and qualifications from shri H.K.Arts College,(With Bagal thela group) Gujarat University. After doing his M.A. (English) with distinction. He received his Master of Fine Arts from the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin. Apart from English, he can fluently read, write and speak Gujarati language as he was bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamna Chandra
Kamna Chandra is an Indian writer who has written plays for All India Radio and stories and dialogues for the screen which include the films '' Chandni'', '' 1942: A Love Story'' (directed by her son-in-law Vidhu Vinod Chopra), ''Prem Rog'' and the television show '' Kashish''. Biography Kamna hails from Muzaffarnagar and did part of her schooling from MKP College, Dehradun, after which she did her bachelor's degree from Allahabad University, and was then married to business executive Navin Chandra. She is the mother of author Vikram Chandra, film critic Anupama Chopra (who is married to filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra Vidhu Vinod Chopra (born 5 September 1952) is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. He is the recipient of several accolades, including four National Film Awards and eleven Filmfare Awards. He is known for directing films ...) and film director Tanuja Chandra. Her granddaughter, through Anupama, Zuni Chopra is also a writer. Filmograp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaspinder Narula
Jaspinder Narula (born 14 November 1970) is an Indian singer of playback, classical and Sufi music. She is known for her work in Hindi and Punjabi cinema. She shot to fame after the duet "Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha" with Remo Fernandes from the 1998 film '' Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha'' for which she won the 1999 Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer. The other notable films she has sung in include ''Mission Kashmir'', ''Mohabbatein'', ''Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani'' and '' Bunty Aur Babli''. She is also a singer of Sufi music, as well as Gurbani and other Sikh religious music. She has sung a latest Hindi Music video "Maula Ali Ali" with Mudasir Ali. In 2021 she was selected by BJ Sam the Nigerian international singer and producer to represent India on the first universal Christmas music project with other global music icons including American Actor Paul Raci, Swiss actress Christina Zurbrügg, Ghanaian singer Diana Hopeson. In 2008, she won the title of India's Best Live P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roop Kumar Rathod
Roopkumar Rathod an Indian playback singer, pop singer, and music composer. He has performed a number of songs in Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Assamese, Odia, Nepali, Bhojpuri and Kannada films. Personal life Rathod is the second son of the late Pandit Chaturbhuj Rathod, a proponent of the oldest major vocal style associated with Hindustani classical music, Dhrupad. He belonged to the "Aditya Gharana of Jamnagar." He has two brothers, music composer Shravan Rathod, part of the Nadeem-Shravan duo, and singer Vinod Rathod. Roopkumar is married to Sunali Rathod, formerly the first wife of bhajan singer, Anup Jalota. Together, they have a daughter named Reewa Rathod. Roopkumar was introduced to music during his early years. He began playing the tabla and he became sought after by many ghazal singers in the 1980s. He first began playback singing in 1992 with the film ''Angaar''. Career Rathod has appeared as a vocalist on albums from 1999. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumar Sanu
Kedarnath Bhattacharya (born 20 October 1957), professionally known as Kumar Sanu, is a leading Indian playback singer who primarily sings in Hindi film songs. He is widely regarded as the Melody King of Bollywood. He holds the record for winning five consecutive Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer from 1991 to 1995. He also holds the Guinness World Record for recording the maximum number of songs (28 songs) in a single day since 1993.Apart from Hindi, he has also sung 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. 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. His a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rahat Indori
Rahat Indori, born as Rahat Qureshi, (1 January 1950 – 11 August 2020) was an Indian Bollywood lyricist and Urdu poet. He was also a former professor of Urdu language and a painter. Prior to this he was a pedagogist of Urdu literature at DAVV. Biography Indori was born on 1 January 1950, in Indore to Rafatullah Qureshi (a cloth mill worker), and his wife Maqbool Un Nisa Begum. He was their fourth child. Rahat Indori did his schooling from Nutan School Indore from where he completed his Higher Secondary. He completed his graduation from Islamia Karimia College, Indore in 1973 and has passed his MA in Urdu literature from Bhopal University (known as Barkatullah University now) with a gold medal. (Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh) in 1975. Rahat was awarded a PhD in Urdu literature from the Bhoj University of Madhya Pradesh in 1985 for his thesis titled ''Urdu Main Mushaira''. Indori performed in Mushaira and Kavi Sammelan for 40 – 45 years. He traveled widely internationally to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tips Music
Tips Music Industries Limited is an Indian music record label and film production, film promotion, and film distribution company in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It was founded by Kumar S. Taurani and Ramesh S. Taurani in 1975. Its distributors serve more than 1,000 wholesalers and 400,000 retailers across India. History After seeing great success in the LP's business in Western India, the Taurani brothers first established Tips Cassettes & Records Co as a partnership firm in 1988. The firm's main interest lied in manufacture and trade of audio and video cassettes. For this purpose, it set up its first manufacturing facility in 1990 in Palghar, Maharashtra. In 1992, R.K Electronics was dissolved and merged with Tips. In 1996, the firm was converted into a joint stock company and renamed Tips Industries Private Limited. The second facility for manufacturing blank and pre recorded audio cassettes was opened in 1997 in the city of Silvassa. The company went public on 1 July 1999. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vijayendra Ghatge
Vijayendra Ghatge (born 1945) is an Indian actor in Bollywood film and television. He is known for his role of Lala Vrishbhaan in the TV serial '' Buniyaad'' that originally aired on DD National in 1986. Among other serials and several films, he is also known for his roles in ''Chitchor'' (1976), ''Prem Rog'' (1982) and more recently '' Devdas'' (2002) and '' Jhankaar Beats'' (2003). Background and education Ghatge is a member of the Maratha royal family of Kagal estate, which was a feudatory vassal of Kolhapur State. He is thus a relative of the Maharaja of Kolhapur, as Chhatrapati Shahu was adopted from Kagal and placed on the Gadi of Kolhapur. Ghatge's mother, Sitaraje Ghatge, is the daughter of Maharaja Tukoji Rao Holkar III of Indore (reigned 1903–1926) by his American-born third wife Nancy Miller (who was formally adopted by the Maharaja's aunt and took the name Sharmishtha Devi Holkar upon marrying the Maharaja). He is the uncle of Indian actress Sagarika Ghatge ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
