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Mr. Azaad
''Mr. Azaad'' is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language film directed by T. Rama Rao and produced by Vishal Nihalani. The film stars Anil Kapoor and Chandni. It is a remake of the Tamil film ''Ulle Veliye'' (1993). Description Azaad, an orphan, takes to petty crime and acts like a modern-day Robin Hood. However, the death of an honest constable causes him to take stock of his actions Cast * Anil Kapoor as Azaad * Chandni as Roopa * Niki Aneja as Inspector Shalu * Raj Babbar as Union Leader Satyaprakash (Azaad's father) * Deepti Naval as Mrs.Satyaprakash (Azaad's mother) * Shakti Kapoor as Garg * Ishrat Ali as Katkar * Kader Khan as Hiravat Mishra * Arjun as Hiravat's Son * Raza Murad as Police Commissioner * Mahavir Shah as Police Inspector D.Lal * Alok Nath as Police Constable Hari Dada * Rakesh Bedi as Police Constable Khote * Harish Patel as Police Constable Khare * Yunus Parvez as Village Zamindar * Sudhir *Mac Mohan *Johnny Lever *Raju Srivastav *Sulabha Deshpande *Sulabha A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anees Bazmee
Anees Bazmee is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer who works in Hindi cinema. He is best known directing for ''No Entry'' (2005), ''Welcome (2007 film), Welcome'' (2007) and ''Singh is Kinng'' (2008), '' Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2'' (2022), '' Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 (2024). Early life Born to Urdu poet Abdul Hameed 'Nerang' Bazmee into a Gujarati Muslims, Gujarati Muslim family, Bazmee began as a child actor in movies like ''Kitaab'' (1977) before becoming an assistant director for Raj Kapoor's ''Prem Rog'' (1982) and then a screenwriter with David Dhawan's ''Swarg'' (1990). Career Bazmee did his directorial debut with ''Hulchul (1995 film), Hulchul'' in 1995, however his first commercial success came in 1998 with the film ''Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha'', one of the highest-grossing Bollywood films of the year. He achieved further success as well as recognition by directing the top-grossing comedies including ''No Entry'' (2005), ''Welcome (2007 film), Welcome'' (2007), ''Singh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rakesh Bedi
Rakesh Bedi (born 1 December 1954) is an Indian film, stage and television actor. He is known for his iconic comic roles in films such as ''Mera Damaad'' and ''Chashme Buddoor (1981 film), Chashme Buddoor'' (1981). He has also appeared in television shows like ''Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi'' (1984), ''Shrimaan Shrimati (TV series), Shrimaan Shrimati'' (1994-1997), ''Yes Boss (TV series), Yes Boss'' (1999–2009), ''Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain!, Bhabhi Ji Ghar Par Hain'' (2015–present), and ''Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah'' (2020–present). Early life, education and family Bedi completed his studies in Delhi. He went to Kendriya Vidyalaya in Andrewsganj, Delhi. His father Madan Gopal Bedi used to work with Indian Airlines. While Bedi was in school, he used to participate in Mono Acting competitions. Bedi has also worked with the New Delhi theatre group Pierrot's Troupe and studied acting at the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. Rakesh Bedi is married to Aradhana Bedi; and is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kavita Krishnamurthy
Kavita Krishnamurthy (born as Sharada Krishnamurthy), is an Indian playback and classical singer. She has recorded numerous songs in various Indian languages including Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, Rajasthani, Bhojpuri, Telugu, Odia, Marathi, English, Urdu, Tamil, Malayalam, Gujarati, Nepali, Assamese, Konkani, Punjabi and other languages. She is the recipient of four Filmfare Best Female Playback Singer Awards (winning consecutively during 1995–1997), and the Padmashri which she received in 2005. She was awarded a Doctorate (Honoris Causa) for her contributions to Indian music by Bangalore-based Jain University in 2015. In 1999, she married noted violinist L. Subramaniam and resides in Bengaluru. Early life She was born as Sharada into a Tamil family in New Delhi to T. S. Krishnamurthy, an employee of the Education Ministry. She began her musical training at the insistence of her aunt Protima Bhattacharya who enrolled her to train under guru Surama Basu, who taug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alka Yagnik
Alka Yagnik (born 20 March 1966) is an Indian playback singer who works predominantly in Hindi cinema. One of the most prominent singers of 1990s era Bollywood, she has received several accolades, including two National Film Awards, two Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards and a record seven Filmfare Awards for Best Female Playback Singer from a record of thirty-seven nominations. Yagnik is one of the most prolific female playback singers and artists, and has sung a large number of female solos in her Bollywood career. In her career spanning over four decades she has sung songs for more than thousand films and recorded over 22 thousand songs in over 25 different languages. Twenty of her tracks feature in BBC's list of top forty Bollywood soundtracks of all-time. She is ranked No.1 on the YouTube's Music Charts & Insights list of top global artists as of March 2025. She has been on the chart for years, with around 360-400 million views per week, around 18 billion view ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ila Arun
Ila Arun is an Indian actress, TV personality and Rajasthani folk-pop singer known for her works in Hindi cinema, and Indian pop. She has appeared in many prominent Bollywood films such as '' Lamhe'', ''Jodhaa Akbar'', '' Shaadi Ke Side Effects'' and '' Begum Jaan''. Personal life Arun was born on 15 March 1954 in a Kanyakubja Brahmin family of Jodhpur in Rajasthan. She hails from Jaipur . She is the sister of Piyush Pandey and Prasoon Pandey. Her mother was Bhagwati Pandey. Ila Arun is the mother of Ishitta Arun. Playback singing Arun has sung numerous film songs in Hindi and quite a few South Indian languages such as Tamil and Telugu. Her most famous film song to date has been " Choli Ke Peeche" sung along with Alka Yagnik for the film '' Khalnayak'' starring Madhuri Dixit, for which they won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer. The song created controversy due to the inappropriate lyrics and Arun was told by certain people not to sing the song at her pu ... [...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] |
Girija Shankar
Girija Shankar is an Indian actor, producer and director. He is most famously known for playing the character ''Dhritarashtra'' in the 1988 TV series, ''Mahabharat.'' Early life Girija spent his childhood in Patiala, Punjab. He wanted to join the Indian Air Force since his childhood but later he didn't pass the test due to his age at that time. He now resides with his family in Los Angeles, United States. Career In the early 1980s, Girija worked in the plays at the Prithvi Theatre in Mumbai. Director B.R. Chopra, who used to watch plays in the theatre with his family, was impressed by one of Girija's performances and offered him a role in his 1984 film, '' Aaj Ki Awaaj.'' He then collaborated with the director in the TV series like ''Bahadur Shah Zafar'' (1986) and ''Mahabharat'' (1988). Girija played Dhritarashtra at the age of 28, in the 1988 TV series ''Mahabharat'' created by B.R. Chopra. He was unaware about the character before the production. But he accepted the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sulabha Arya
Sulabha Arya (born 15 July 1950) is an Indian actress in Hindi and Marathi film, television and stage industry. She is married to late veteran Indian cinematographer Ishan Arya and mother of cinematographer Sameer Arya and actor Sagar Arya. She is best known for her role as Shanti Masi in '' Sasural Genda Phool'' and Kantaben in the 2003 romantic drama'', Kal Ho Na Ho''. She also portrayed Lakshmamma in Shyam Benegal's Amaravati ki Kathayein. Career Arya made her television debut with the Indian television industry's first sitcom, ''Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi'', which aired on DD National in 1984. Some of the notable films in which she worked include ''Koyla'' (1997) and '' Koi... Mil Gaya'' (2003). She played the role of Kanta Ben in the 2003 dramedy film ''Kal Ho Naa Ho''. She played the role of the mother-in-law in television series, '' Yes Boss'' on SAB TV. She was last seen at SET SAB's Maddam Sir as Saira Begum. In 2021, Arya was roped in for a television drama series '' Zindag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sulabha Deshpande
Sulabha Deshpande (; 1937 – 4 June 2016) was an Indian actress and theatre director. Apart from Marathi theatre and Hindi theatre in Mumbai, she acted in over 73 mainstream Bollywood films. She also performed in art house cinema such as '' Bhumika'' (1977), '' Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan'' (1978), and '' Gaman'' (1978) as a character actor, along with numerous TV series and plays. A leading figure in the experimental theatre movement of the 1960s, she was associated with ''Rangayan'', and personalities like Vijay Tendulkar, Vijaya Mehta, and Satyadev Dubey. In 1971, she co-founded the theatre group ''Awishkar'' with her husband Arvind Deshpande, and also started its children's wing, ''Chandrashala'', which continues to perform professional children's theatre. In later years, she acted in serials such as ''Jee Ley Zara'', ''Ek Packet Umeed'', '' Asmita'' and in films such as '' English Vinglish'' (2012). She awarded Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Actress for film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raju Srivastav
Satya Prakash Srivastav (25 December 1963 – 21 September 2022), known professionally as Raju Srivastav and often credited as Gajodhar, was an Indian comedian, actor and politician. He was born in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, and moved to Mumbai in the 1980s to work in the Hindi film industry. He acted in ''Baazigar'', '' Bombay to Goa'', '' Aamdani Atthanni Kharcha Rupaiya'' among others. He contested in the comedy show ''The Great Indian Laughter Challenge'' and became the runner-up. He won the title of "The King of Comedy" in its spin-off show ''The Great Indian Laughter Challenge – Champions''. He did many stand-up comedy live shows. He had been a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party since 2014. Early life He was born in 1963 in Kanpur city in the state of Uttar Pradesh in a Kayastha family. His father Ramesh Srivastav was a poet. In his childhood, Srivastav liked to mimic film stars including Amitabh Bachchan. Career In 1980s he moved to Mumbai, and started his career by d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Lever
John Prakash Rao Janumala, better known by his stage name Johnny Lever (born on 14 August 1957) is an Indian actor and comedian who is known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is one of the most recognised comedic actors in India and is widely regarded as one of the greatest comedians in Indian Cinema. He has received numerous accolades, including thirteen Filmfare Awards nominations in Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comedic Role, and has won the award twice, for his work in '' Deewana Mastana'' (1997) and '' Dulhe Raja'' (1998). He began his career in 1984, and has acted in more than three hundred Hindi films. Early life Lever was born on 14 August 1957 in a Telugu Christian family in Prakasam, Andhra Pradesh. His father worked as an operator in Hindustan Unilever plant where he also worked as a labourer for six years. Lever was brought up in King's Circle area of Matunga in Mumbai. He is the eldest in the family consisting of three sisters and two brothers (in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mac Mohan
Mohan Makijany (24 April 1938 – 10 May 2010), popularly known as Mac Mohan, was an Indian actor, who worked in Hindi cinema. He was known for his villainous roles in films throughout the 1970s and 1980s. He appeared in over 200 films, including ''Don'', ''Karz'', '' Satte Pe Satta'', ''Zanjeer'', '' Rafoo Chakkar'', ''Shaan'', '' Khoon Pasina'', and '' Sholay''. Early life and career Mac Mohan was born in Karachi in British India. Mohan came to Bombay to become a cricketer, but joined theatre and became a Bollywood actor. He learned acting in the ''Filmalaya School of Acting'' in Bombay. Mac Mohan started his Hindi film career as an assistant with director Chetan Anand, before making his debut as an actor in his film, '' Haqeeqat'' in 1964. His last appearance was in '' Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge'' in a guest appearance. Besides Hindi movies, he also acted in Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Haryanvi, Marathi, Punjabi, Bengali and Sindhi films. He had delivered dialogue in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
