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Lok Parlok
''Lok Parlok'' () is a 1979 Indian Hindi-language fantasy comedy film, produced by S. Venkataratnam under the Sree Pallavi Productions banner and directed by T. Rama Rao. The film stars Jeetendra and Jaya Prada, with music composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal. It is a remake of the Telugu film '' Yamagola'' (1977). Both films are made by same banner and director. The film was an average venture at the box office. Plot The film begins in a village where village head Amar makes the area prosperous and antagonizes an autocrat, Kalicharan. Amar falls for Savitri, the daughter of Kalicharan. Knowing it, he seeks to kill Amar via a traditional professional killer, Ram Shastri. Shastri asks Kalicharan to wait until he completes demonic prayers. However, Kalicharan buries Amar temporarily. Amar proceeds to heaven, where he creates turmoil and encounters Indra. Afterwards, he is moved to hell, where, too, he gives rise to mayhem and revolts against Yama and Chitragupta. When things ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeetendra
Jeetendra (born Ravi Kapoor ; 7 April 1942) is an Indian actor who is known for his work in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of the greatest actors of Hindi cinema. He is noted for his acting, style and dance. He has worked in more than Jeetendra filmography, 200 films in a career spanning over six decades. Jeetendra began his acting career with ''Geet Gaya Patharon Ne'' (1964). He shot to stardom in 1967 with ''Farz (1967 film), Farz'', and achieved greater success in later years, being dubbed India's "Jumping Jack" for several of his on-screen roles in Hindi films. He consistently starred in several top–grossing Indian films from the late-1960s to the 1980s, such as ''Jeene Ki Raah'', ''Khilona (1970 film), Khilona'', ''Caravan (1971 film), Caravan'', ''Bidaai'', ''Udhar Ka Sindur'', ''Dharam Veer (film), Dharam Veer'', ''Swarg Narak'', ''Jaani Dushman'', ''Aasha (1980 film), Aasha'', ''Meri Aawaz Suno'', ''Farz Aur Kanoon'', ''Himmatwala (1983 film), Himmatwala'', ''To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chitragupta
Chitragupta (, 'rich in secrets' or 'hidden picture') is a Hindu deity who serves as the registrar of the dead. He is assigned with the task of maintaining the records of the actions of human beings in a register called the ''Agrasandhanī''. Upon the death of a human and their arrival at Yamaloka, Chitragupta reads out their deeds, allowing the god of death, Yama, to decide whether they go to Svarga or Naraka (heaven or hell), depending on their actions on earth. Referred to as the Hindu God of Data, Chitragupta is the seventeenth manasaputra of Brahma. He is believed to have been created from Brahma's soul and mind (chit) and thus is allotted the right to write Vedas like a Brahmin, and also assigned the duty of a Kshatriya. Literature Garuda Purana According to the Garuda Purana, human souls, if not worthy of attaining moksha, receive rewards and punishments according to their sins and merits. The souls of humans following their demise go to Yamaloka, which is presided o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yama (Hinduism)
Yama (), also known as Kāla and Dharmarāja, is the Hindu god of death and justice, responsible for the dispensation of law and punishment of sinners in his abode, Naraka. He is often identified with Dharmadeva, the personification of ''Dharma'', though the two deities have different origins and myths. In Vedic tradition, Yama was considered the first mortal who died and espied the way to the celestial abodes; as a result, he became the ruler of the departed. His role, characteristics, and abode have been expounded in texts such as the ''Upanishads'', the ''Ramayana'', the '' Mahabharata'', and the ''Puranas''. Yama is described as the twin of the goddess Yami, and the son of the god Surya (sun) (in earlier traditions Vivasvat) and Sanjna. He judges the souls of the dead and, depending on their deeds, assigns them to the realm of the Pitris (forefathers), Naraka (hell), or to be reborn on the earth. Yama is one of the Lokapalas (guardians of the realms), appointed as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Premnath
Premnath Malhotra, better known as Prem Nath (21 November 1926 – 3 November 1992) was an Indian actor and director, who was best known for his works in Hindi films. Nath made his debut with the film ''Ajit'' (1948), and went on to appear in over 100 films throughout his career. He was nominated for three Filmfare Awards, and later retired in 1985. Personal life Early life He was born in 1926 in the Karimpura locality near Ghanta Ghar in Peshawar. His father Kartarnath Malhotra was a high-ranking police officer and the maternal uncle of Prithviraj Kapoor, known as the patriarch of the Kapoor film clan. His family moved to Jubbulpore (present-day Jabalpur) after partition and he moved to Bombay where he was discovered as an actor. Relationships and family He fell in love with actress Bina Rai during the filming of '' Aurat''. They married and formed a production company together called P.N. films. Their children are actor Prem Krishen and Kailash Nath (Monty). Premnath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devaraja
Devaraja () was a religious order of the "god-king," or Divinity, deified monarch in medieval Southeast Asia. The devarāja order grew out of both Hinduism and separate local traditions depending on the area. It taught that the monarch, king was a divine universal ruler, a incarnation, manifestation of Bhagawan, Bhagavan (often attributed to Shiva or Vishnu). The concept viewed the monarch to possess transcendental quality, the king as the living god on earth. The concept is closely related to the Indian concept of Chakravartin, Chakravarti (universal monarch). In politics, it is viewed as the divine justification of a king's rule. The concept was institutionalized and gained its elaborate manifestations in ancient Java and Cambodia, where monuments such as Prambanan and Angkor Wat were erected to celebrate the king's divine rule on earth. The devaraja concept of Divine right of kings#indic, divine right of kings was adopted by the Indianisation, Indianised Hindu-Buddhist Histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pradeep Kumar
Pradeep Kumar (4 January 1925 – 27 October 2001) was an Indian actor who is recognized for his work in Hindi, Punjabi and English-language films. (Dinesh RahejaEver the royalRediff.com website, Published 2 June 2003, Retrieved 16 February 2023 Career When Kumar was 17 years old, he decided to take up acting. He started his film career in Bengali films. His notable roles in Bengali films were in ''Alaknanda'' (1947), directed by renowned filmmaker Debaki Bose, and in ''42'' (1951). Pradeep Kumar Batabayal then shifted to Bombay and Filmistan studios, and had an important role in the film '' Anand Math'' (1952). He played the lead role with Bina Rai in ''Anarkali'' (1953) and with Vyjayanthimala in ''Nagin'' (1954). Both films were very popular and had songs that added to the movies' success. He worked with Madhubala in eight films, of which '' Raj Hath'' (1956), ''Shirin Farhad'' (1956), ''Gateway of India'' (1957), '' Yahudi Ki Ladki'' (1957) and ''Passport'' (1961) we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalicharan
''Kalicharan'' is a 1976 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Subhash Ghai, starring Shatrughan Sinha, Reena Roy, Premnath, Ajit, Madan Puri and Danny Denzongpa. The film became a box office hit. The film was the directorial debut of Subhash Ghai and was the breakthrough role for stars Shatrughan Sinha and Reena Roy. It was later remade into the Telugu film ''Khaidi Kalidasu'' (1977), the Kannada film ''Kaalinga'' (1980), the Tamil film '' Sangili'' (1982) and the Malayalam film '' Pathamudayam'' (1985). Plot Dindayal has a reputation of an honest, rich and clean-hearted man. However, this is a facade as he is a complete villain known as LION in the world of crime. He is the man under whom black-marketing, smuggling and robberies flourish. No one has an idea about his evil deeds. Not even his close friend IG P.N. Khanna. Khanna is very worried at the sorry state of affairs in the city and state. He requests the government to bring back Inspector Prabh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madan Puri
Madan Puri (30 September 1915 – 13 January 1985) was an Indian actor of Hindi and Punjabi films. His brothers were actors Chaman Puri and Amrish Puri. As a character actor mainly in negative roles (villain), he acted in about 430 films in a career spanning above fifty years. Early life Madan Lal Puri was born in Nawanshahr, Punjab, in a Punjabi Hindu family, to Nihal Chand Puri and Ved Kaur. He studied in Rahon. He was the second of five children, with elder brother Chaman Puri, younger brothers Amrish Puri and Harish Lal Puri and younger sister Chandrakanta Mehra. He was a cousin of singing sensation Kundan Lal Sehgal. Career Puri was one of the doyens of the Indian film industry in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He was the first cousin of the singer K. L. Saigal, with whose help he started to make a mark in Bollywood. Once Puri was an established star he did the same for his brother, Amrish Puri, by helping him in establishing himself in the movie world. Puri h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raman Raghav
Raman Raghav, also known as Sindhi Talwai, Anna, Thambi, and Veluswami, was a serial killer active during the mid-1960s, labelled by many as ''Jack the Ripper of India''. Raghav went on a killing spree for over three years, with the first round of murders taking place in 1965 and 1966 when 19 people were attacked, and a second round of killings taking place in 1968. He was caught by Maharashtra Police on 27 September. Raghav was spared a death sentence due to mental illness, and was subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment; he died in hospital while in prison custody in 1995. Serial killer A series of murders occurred on the outskirts of Mumbai in August 1968. Pavement dwellers and homeless were bludgeoned to death while they slept. All the murders took place at night and were committed using a hard, blunt object. A similar series of murders had taken place a few years earlier (1965–66) in the Eastern suburbs of Mumbai with as many as 19 people being attacked, with 9 dyin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston Strangler
The Boston Strangler is the name given to the murderer of 13 women in Greater Boston during the early 1960s. The crimes were attributed to Albert DeSalvo based on his confession, on details revealed in court during a separate case, and DNA profiling, DNA evidence linking him to the final victim. In the years following DeSalvo's conviction – but prior to the emergence of this DNA evidence – various parties investigating the crimes suggested that the murders (sometimes referred to as the "Silk Stocking Murders") were committed by more than one person. Names Initially, the crimes were assumed to be the work of one unknown person dubbed "The Mad Strangler of Boston". On July 8, 1962, the ''Boston Herald, Sunday Herald'' wrote that "[a] mad strangler is loose in Boston" in an article titled "Mad Strangler Kills Four Women in Boston". The killer was also known as the "Phantom Fiend" or "Phantom Strangler", due to his ability to get women to allow him into their apartments. In 1963 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amjad Khan (actor)
Amjad Khan (21 October 1943 – 27 July 1992) was a renowned Indian actor and film director. He worked in over 132 films in a career spanning nearly twenty years. He was the son of the actor Jayant. He gained popularity for villainous roles in mostly Hindi films, the most famous among his enacted roles being Gabbar Singh in the 1975 film '' Sholay'' and of Dilawar in '' Muqaddar Ka Sikandar'' (1978). Early life and education Amjad Khan was born in Bombay, Bombay State, British India on 12 November 1940 into a family of Khalil Pashtuns descent to actor Jayant, who was originally from Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan). His younger brother Imtiaz Khan was also an actor. Amjad Khan was educated at St. Andrew's High School in Bandra. He then attended R. D. National College where he held the position of general secretary. During his college and school days, he worked as a theater artist and performed in his college with his brother. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savitri And Satyavan
''Savitri and Satyavan'', also called ''Sāvitrī-Upākhyāna'' and ''Pativrata-mahatmya Parva'', is an episode from the Indian epic '' Mahabharata'', appearing in the ''Vana Parva'' (The Book of the Forest). It tells the story of Princess Savitri, who, through her intelligence and devotion, overcomes a divine prophecy foretelling her husband Satyavan's early death. This episode is a significant literary and religious text in Hindu tradition, emphasizing themes of destiny, free will, and pativrata dharma (wifely duty). Content Background The '' Mahabharata'', a vast work of over 100,000 double verses, contains numerous side episodes, some of which are nested within one another, in addition to the main story, which narrates the battle between the Pandavas and Kauravas, two related princely families. The episode of Savitri and Satyavan, known in Sanskrit as ''Savitri Upakhyana'' or ''Pativrata Mahatmya Parva'', appears as an embedded narrative within the ''Vana Parva'', the thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
