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Khel (film)
''Khel'' ( ''Game'') is a 1992 Indian Hindi language romantic comedy film directed by Rakesh Roshan. It stars Mala Sinha, Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Sonu Walia, Anupam Kher as main cast. ''Khel'' is heavily inspired by the 1989 Hollywood comedy Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. It marked the eleventh consecutive film between lead pair Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit. it remade in Pakistan as ''Munda Bigra Jaye'' (1995) Synopsis A rich widow Sulakshana Devi lives with her son Ravi and care-taker Balwant. One day, she receives the news that her son has died in a car accident. Meanwhile, a lady named Kamini approaches her and informs her that she is carrying her dead son Ravi's, child. Sulakshana does not believe Kamini and turns her away. Sulakshana later learns from Ravi's friend Sanjay Gupta that Kamini is indeed the mother of Ravi's child. Sulakshana tries her best to look for Kamini and get her home but to no avail. Years later, Sulakshana comes across a young man Arun who retrieves he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rakesh Roshan
Rakesh Roshan (born 6 September 1949) is an Indian film producer, director, screenwriter and actor who works in Bollywood, Hindi films. He appeared in 84 films in the 1970s and 1980s. As an actor, he is mostly known for his supporting roles in big-budget films. Later, his prominence increased and he achieved fame for directing films with titles beginning with the letter "K" since 1987. As a filmmaker, his work includes the action drama (1987), the revenge drama thriller ''Khoon Bhari Maang'' (1988), the action comedy ''Kishen Kanhaiya'' (1990), the melodramatic thriller ''Karan Arjun'' (1995), the musical romantic thriller ''Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai'' (2000), the science fiction film ''Koi... Mil Gaya'' (2003) and its sequels, the superhero Krrish (film series), ''Krrish'' film series (2006–13). He has won the Filmfare Award for Best Film and Filmfare Award for Best Director, Best Director for ''Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai'' and ''Koi... Mil Gaya''. Early life Rakesh was born on 6 Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prem Chopra
Prem Chopra (born 23 September 1935) is an Indian actor in Hindi films. He has acted in 380 films over a span of over 60 years. Life and education Chopra, the third of six children of Ranveerlal and Rooprani Chopra, a Punjabi Hindu family, was born on 23 September 1935, in Lahore. After the partition of India, his family moved to Shimla, where he was brought up. He studied in S.D. Senior Secondary School, Shimla. His father desired for him to be a doctor or an Indian Administrative Services Officer. Chopra completed his schooling and college in Shimla after his father, who was a government servant, got transferred there. He graduated from Panjab University. He took part in college dramatics enthusiastically. At his father's insistence, he completed his graduation and then went to Bombay (present-day Mumbai). Soon after he made his debut film, his mother was diagnosed with mouth cancer and she died, leaving his then nine-year-old sister Anju to be looked after by his father an ... [...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] |
Sadhana Sargam
Sadhana Sargam (née Ghanekar, born 7 March 1969) is an Indian singer known for her playback career in Indian cinema predominantly in Hindi, Marathi language, Marathi, Bengali language, Bengali, Nepali, Tamil language, Tamil and Telugu language, Telugu language films. She is a recipient of the National Film Awards, National Film Award and Filmfare Awards South, She has also won five Maharashtra State Film Awards, four Gujarat State Film Awards and one Odisha State Film Awards, Orissa State Film Award. Early life Sargam was born in a Marathi family of musicians at Dabhol, the seaport town in Ratnagiri District of Maharashtra. Her mother Neela Ghanekar was a classical singer and music teacher and knew arranger–composer Anil Mohile, who then arranged music for Kalyanji-Anandji. He introduced Sargam to them, and she was in the children's chorus in "Pam Pararampam, Bole Jeevan Ki Sargam" sung by Kishore Kumar in G. P. Sippy's ''Trishna (1978 film), Trishna'' (1978). Sargam performe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amit Kumar
Amit Kumar (born 3 July 1952) is an Indian playback singer, actor, music composer. Kumar launched his own music production company, named Kumar Brothers Music. He predominantly worked in Bollywood and regional film songs since the 1970s, including 150 Hindi and Bengali compositions by R. D. Burman. After Burman's death in 1994, citing a lack of quality music composition, Kumar withdrew from playback singing and concentrated on live orchestra shows. In addition to singing in Hindi, has also performed in Bengali, Bhojpuri, Odia, Assamese, Marathi and Konkani. He is the eldest son of singer-actor Kishore Kumar. Early life Kumar is the son of singer and actor Kishore Kumar and Bengali singer and actress Ruma Guha Thakurta. Like his father, Amit started singing from an early age and he used to sing at Durga Pooja festivals in Calcutta Kolkata, also known as Calcutta (List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, its official name until 2001), is the capital and l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammed Aziz
Mohammed Aziz (born as Syed Mohammed Aziz-Un-Nabi; 2 July 1954 – 27 November 2018), also known as Munna, was an Indian multilingual playback singer who primarily sang for the Bollywood, Odia films, Bengali. He sang about twenty thousand songs, including Bhajans (Hindi, Odia & Bengali) Sufi devotional songs and other genres in more than ten different Indian languages. He made his first appearance in films Odia film titled ''Jaga Hatare Pagha'' directed by Mohammad Mohsin, with the song ''Rupa Sagadi re Suna Kaniya''. Later he the sung most numbers of songs in Odia and for Ollywood Actor Siddhanta Mahapatra. Later he appeared with a Hindi film titled ''Ambar'' (1984) and his two prominent songs, including "Mard Tangewala" composed by Anu Malik were introduced in '' Mard''. He had sung numerous duets in 1980s and 1990s with singers like Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, K.S.Chithra, Sulakshana Pandit, Vijayta Pandit, Usha Mangeshkar, Anuradha Paudwal, Kavita Krishnamurthy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lata Mangeshkar
Lata Mangeshkar (; born Hema Mangeshkar; 28 September 1929 – 6 February 2022) was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. She is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent. Her contribution to the Indian music industry in a career spanning eight decades gained her honorific titles such as the "Queen of Melody", "Nightingale of India", and "Voice of the Millennium". Mangeshkar recorded songs in over thirty-six Indian languages and a few foreign languages, though primarily in Hindi, Bengali language, Bengali and Marathi language, Marathi. She received several accolades and honors throughout her career. In 1989, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award was bestowed on her by the Government of India. In 2001, in recognition of her contributions to the nation, she was awarded the Bharat Ratna, becoming only the second singer to receive India's highest civilian honour. In 2009, France made her an Officer of the National Order of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asha Bhosle
Asha Bhosle (; ; born 8 September 1933) is an Indian playback singer, entrepreneur, actress and television personality who predominantly works in Indian cinema. Known for her versatility, she has been described in the media as one of the greatest and most influential singers in Hindi cinema. In her career spanning over eight decades she has recorded songs for films and albums in various Indian languages and received #Accolades, several accolades including two National Film Awards, four Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards, BFJA Awards, eighteen Maharashtra State Film Awards, nine Filmfare Awards including a Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award, Lifetime Achievement Award and a record seven Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer, Filmfare Awards for Best Female Playback Singer, in addition to two Grammy nominations. In 2000, she was honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India's highest award in the field of cinema. In 2008, she was honoured by the Governmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yunus Parvez
Yunus Parvez (1931/1932 – 11 February 2007) was an Indian actor who played supporting roles in over 200 films from 1963 to the 2000s. He is best known for his roles in films like '' Garm Hava'' (1974), ''Deewaar'' (1975), '' Trishul'' (1978), ''Gol Maal'' (1979) and '' Mr. India'' (1987). His last film role was in Shaad Ali's hit film '' Bunty Aur Babli'' (2005). Yunus Parvez graduated from University of Allahabad. Yunus Parvez fought 1998 Indian general election as a candidate of Samajwadi Party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; ) is a Socialism, socialist political party in India. It was founded on 4 October 1992 by former Janata Dal politician Mulayam Singh Yadav and is headquartered in New Delhi. It is the third-largest political party in ... but could not secure many votes. Death and survivors Yunus Parvez died in Mumbai on 11 February 2007 at the age of 75 of acute diabetes. His son Arshad Khan is married to the daughter of film actor Vikas Anand. He also is survived by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bharat Kapoor
Bharat Kapoor is an Indian film and television actor. Career He has been acting since 1972 and starred in the television series ''Bhagyavidhaata'' on India's Colors television channel between 2009 and 2011. Filmography Films * ''Jangal Mein Mangal'' (1972) .... Police Inspector * '' Nafrat'' (1973) .... Kishan * '' Hindustan Ki Kasam'' (1973) .... Usman * '' Hanste Zakhm'' (1973) .... Somesh's friend * ''Gupt Gyan'' (1974).. Doctor * '' Jaaneman'' (1976) * ''Saheb Bahadur'' (1977) .... Doctor * '' Inkaar'' (1977) .... Manmohan * ''Toote Khilone'' (1978) * ''Dil Se Mile Dil'' (1978) .... Inspector * '' Des Pardes'' (1978) .... Murarilal * ''Noorie'' (1979) .... Basheer Khan *'' Beqasoor'' (1980) ...Inspector Shekhar Purohit * '' Ram Balram'' (1980) .... Chandarbhan * ''Nakhuda'' (1981) .... Saifu (Sheikhu's son) * '' Love Story'' (1981) .... Basheera * '' Bulundi'' (1981) as Harish * '' Sannata'' (1981) as Sarika's uncle * '' Aapas Ki Baat'' (1981) as Vinod Sinha * '' Taaqat'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aparajita
Aparajita was an able Shilahara ruler of north Konkan branch from 975 CE – 1010 CE. Chhadvaideva was followed by his nephew Aparajita, the son of Vajjada. Aparajita was an ambitious king. He sought to extend his sphere of influence by alliance with the mighty kings of other countries. He probably represents the Vidyadhara king Shikhandaketu, mentioned in the '' Nava-sahasanka-charita'' of Padmagupta; this king sent his son Shashikhanda to render help to the Paramara king Sindhuraja (993 CE 1010 CE) in his invasion of South Kosala at the request of the Naga king of Bastar.(Dept. Gazetteer: 2002) Aparajita's extensive conquests, his alliance with the Paramaras, his assumption of grandiloquent titles and his subsequent refusal to recognise the Later Chalukya suzerainty led to a Chalukya invasion of his kingdom. ''Gadayuddha'', composed by the Chalukya court poet Ranna, by order of the Chalukya king Taila II, prince Satyashraya chased the Konkaneshvara (the ruler of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satish Kaul
Satish Kaul (8 September 1946 – 10 April 2021) was an Indian actor in both Punjabi and Hindi movies. He acted in over 300 Hindi and Punjabi films and worked with Bollywood actors such as Dev Anand, Dilip Kumar and Shahrukh Khan amongst others. His notable film roles included ones in ''Sassi Punnu'', ''Ishq Nimana'', ''Prem Parbat'', ''Suhag Chooda'' and ''Patola''. Kaul won the "lifetime achievement" award for his contribution to Punjabi cinema at PTC Punjabi Film Awards 2011. He was regarded as one of the most successful regional film actors of all time. He was referred to as the "Amitabh Bachchan of Punjabi cinema". Kaul died of COVID-19 on 10 April 2021. Personal Later in his life, Kaul started an acting school in Ludhiana, which lost money. His wife, who was pregnant, had separated from him to go to South Africa in 1982. Career facts Kaul was first noticed as the romantic lead opposite Rehana Sultan in Ved Rahi's Prem Parbat (1973). He played the lead in a bunch of Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
