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Mr. Natwarlal
''Mr. Natwarlal'' is a 1979 Indian Hindi action comedy film produced by Tony Glaad (as "Tony") and directed by Rakesh Kumar. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Rekha, Ajit, Kader Khan, Amjad Khan and the music is by Rajesh Roshan, the songs are written by Anand Bakshi. The highlight of the film was a children's song sung by Amitabh Bachchan. Tony Glaad decided to take them as the writers of the film. The film was shot in Kashmir with most of the shooting done in Beerwah, Jammu and Kashmir. Film and music expert Rajesh Subramanian reveals that Mere paas aao was to be recorded in the voice of Kishore Kumar but since Amitabh Bachchanwas planning a mega live concert abroad he wanted a song in his voice to perform live at the concerts hence it was sung by Bachchan. The name of the film and lead character were inspired by a notorious Indian conman, Natwarlal. Getting Amitabh to sing was a gimmick that was tried for the first time in this film. '' Kabhi Kabhi'' earlier had Amitab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kader Khan
Kader Khan (22 October 1937 – 31 December 2018) was an Indian actor, screenwriter and film producer. As an actor, he appeared in over 300 Bollywood films after his debut in the 1973 film '' Daag'', starring Rajesh Khanna, as a prosecuting lawyer, attorney. He was a prolific actor and screenwriter in Hindi cinema in the period late 1970s to 90s and wrote dialogues for 200 films. Born in Afghanistan, Khan graduated from Ismail Yusuf College affiliated to Mumbai University, Bombay University. Before entering the film industry in the early 1970s, he was a professor of civil engineering in M. H. Saboo Siddik College of Engineering, Mumbai. Early life and education Kader Khan was born in Kabul, Kingdom of Afghanistan, Afghanistan, on 22 October 1937 into a Sunni Muslim family. His father was Abdul Rahman Khan from Kandahar, Afghanistan while his mother was Iqbal Begum from Pishin, Pakistan, Pishin in the Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province), Baluchistan Province of British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pukar (1983 Film)
''Pukar'' (transl. ''Call'') is a 1983 Indian Hindi-language action film, directed by Ramesh Behl, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Randhir Kapoor, Zeenat Aman and Tina Munim. It is a film about freedom fighters trying to liberate Goa from the Portuguese. Plot Purandare (Shreeram Lagoo), Narvekar (P. Jairaj), and Dinanath (Sudhir Dalvi) are part of a separatist group fighting to liberate Goa from Portuguese rule. During a shootout with Portuguese police, Purandare and Dinanath are gravely injured. Rather than be captured, Dinanath begs Purandare to end his life. Purandare reluctantly obliges, but their act is witnessed by Dinanath’s young son, Ramdas, who misinterprets the scene and believes Purandare murdered his father. Frightened and alone, Ramdas flees to the home of Mr. Dayanand (Om Shivpuri), who offers him shelter. However, when the Portuguese police raid the house demanding Ramdas’ whereabouts, Dayanand and his wife are seemingly killed. In the next scene, Puranda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sargam (1979 Film)
''Sargam'' is a 1979 Hindi-language drama film written and directed by K. Viswanath. It was the Hindi version of his earlier Telugu film '' Siri Siri Muvva'' (1976), which also starred Jaya Prada and made her a star in South India. She made her Hindi film debut with this film, repeating her role of a mute dancer. The film stars Rishi Kapoor as her partner, Shashikala as her stepmother, Shreeram Lagoo as her father, with Shakti Kapoor, Aruna Irani, Asrani, Vijay Arora and Om Shivpuri. Laxmikant-Pyarelal composed the memorable songs, which won the only Filmfare Award for the film. Anand Bakshi wrote the lyrics. Mohammed Rafi has sung all seven songs, three of them were duets with Lata Mangeshkar, including the famous song, "Dafli Wale Dafli Baja", "Koyal Boli Duniya Doli" and "Parbat Ke Us Paar". The song "Koyal Boli" was shot on the banks of the Godavari River in Rajahmundry, "Parbat Ke Us Par" in Ooty and "Dafli Wale" in Kashmir. The film became a blockbuster and took 3rd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare Award For Best Male Playback Singer
The Filmfare Best Male Playback Singer Award is given by Indian film magazine '' Filmfare'' as a part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a male playback singer who has delivered an outstanding performance in a film song. Although the Filmfare Awards started in 1954, awards for the best playback singer category started in 1959. From inception of the category through 1967, both the female and male singers used to compete for a single award, after which separate categories were created for female and male singers respectively. Superlatives * Kishore Kumar holds the record for the most wins in this category, with eight, followed by Arijit Singh with seven wins and Mohammed Rafi with six. Kumar Sanu and Udit Narayan have each won the award five times, while Mukesh has received it four times and Mahendra Kapoor three times. * Mohammed Rafi dominated the 1960s with five wins. In the 1970s, Kishore Kumar and Mukesh each won the award three times. Kisho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare Award For Best Music Director
The Filmfare Award for Best Music Director is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to the best composer/arranger of a soundtrack. This category was first presented in 1954. Naushad Ali was the first recipient of this award for his song "Tu Ganga Ki Mauj" from the film ''Baiju Bawra''. For the first two years, it was awarded to the composer for a particular song and not the entire album. From 1956 onwards, awards in this category have been given for the entire soundtrack. From 2017, the name of this was category changed from best music direction to music album. Superlatives * A. R. Rahman leads the winners with 10 awards, followed by the music director duo of Shankar Jaikishan, Shankar–Jaikishan, who have 9. Laxmikant–Pyarelal, Laxmikant Pyarelal and Pritam has the most nominations with 25, followed by Shankar–Jaikishan with 20, A. R. Rahman with 18, and Rahul Dev Burman, R. D. Burman with 17. * Shankar–Jaikishan hol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare Award For Best Actor
The Filmfare Award for Best Actor is an award, which is presented annually at the Filmfare Awards to an actor via a jury; it is given by ''Filmfare'' for Hindi (Bollywood) films. The award was first given in 1954. The most recent winner, as of 2024, is Ranbir Kapoor. Superlatives * Dilip Kumar holds the record for the most consecutive wins, having received the Best Actor award for three consecutive years from 1956 to 1958. Six other actors have won in consecutive years: Rajesh Khanna (1971–1972), Sanjeev Kumar (1976–1977), Amitabh Bachchan (1978–1979), Naseeruddin Shah (1981–1982), Shah Rukh Khan (1998–1999), and Ranbir Kapoor (2012–2013). * Several actors have won both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor awards. These include Ashok Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Shammi Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Sunny Deol, Jackie Shroff, Nana Patekar, Farhan Akhtar, Rishi Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, and Rajkummar Rao. * Three actors were nominated for both categorie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
27th Filmfare Awards
The 27th Filmfare Awards were held in 1980. '' Junoon'' led the ceremony with 9 nominations, followed by ''Gol Maal'' and ''Kaala Patthar'' with 8 nominations each, and ''Sargam'' with 7 nominations. ''Junoon'' won 6 awards, including Best Film and Best Director (for Shyam Benegal), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony. Hrishikesh Mukherjee received dual nominations for Best Director for his direction in ''Gol Maal'' and ''Jurmana'', but lost to Shyam Benegal who won the award for ''Junoon''. Amitabh Bachchan also received dual nominations for Best Actor for his performances in ''Kaala Patthar'' and '' Mr. Natwarlal'', but lost to Amol Palekar who won the award for ''Gol Maal''. Main awards Best Film '' Junoon'' *'' Amar Deep'' *''Kaala Patthar'' *''Noorie'' *'' Sargam'' Best Director ''Shyam Benegal – Junoon'' *''Hrishikesh Mukherjee – Gol Maal'' *''Hrishikesh Mukherjee – Jurmana'' *''Manmohan Krishna'' ''– Noorie'' *''Yash Chopra – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gurbachan Singh (actor)
Gurbachan Singh (10 December 1930 – 24 April 1980) was the third guru of the Sant Nirankari mission, considered to be heterodox by mainstream Sikhs. He was born in Peshawar (modern-day Pakistan). He was declared next Guru by his father and predecessor Baba Avtar Singh in 1962. He was assassinated in 1980 following a clash with Sikh fundamentalists. Early life Gurbachan Singh was born to Avtar Singh and his wife Budhwanti. He completed his middle school education in Peshawar, and then matriculated from the Khalsa School in Rawalpindi. He had to abandon his higher studies due to the violence during the partition of India in 1947. He married Kulwant Kaur, the daughter of Bhai Manna Singh, 22 April 1947. In 1947, the Singh family migrated from the present-day Pakistan to present-day India. Gurbachan Singh established an auto parts business, first in Jalandhar and then in Delhi. Later, he started taking interest in the congregations of his father. Gurbachan Singh was decla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moolchand
Moolchand Kapoor was a prolific character actor in Hindi and Panjabi cinema, who was active from 1950 to his death in the late 1980s. He appeared in over 250 films. These films spanned the parallel cinema of Guru Dutt to the wrestler films of Dara Singh. He is known for his big stomach. The first known appearance of Moolchand is in 1950. He was often featured in the films of the directors Guru Dutt and Raj Kapoor, working on 6 of the former and 8 of the latter. Other actors he was often seen with were Dev Anand, B. R. Chopra, Dara Singh and I. S. Johar, who featured him in most of their movies. Most of Moolchand's early roles were small ones. He only began to get significant roles in the 1960s. '' Padosan'' (1968), where he plays the servant of Om Prakash's character featured a lot of close-ups of Moolchand and showed him to be an able comedic side actor. This comedic side would be further explored in the 1970s with a scene stealing appearance in '' Yaadon Ki Baarat'', with f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iftekhar
Iftekhar Ahmed Sharif (22 February 1920 – 4 March 1995), often mononymously credited as Iftekhar or Iftikhar, was an Indian actor who mainly worked in Hindi cinema. He is known for his film roles as a police officer. Career Iftekhar was born in Jalandhar and was the eldest among four brothers and a sister. After completing his matriculation, Iftekhar did a diploma course in painting from Lucknow College Of Arts. Iftekhar had a passion for singing and was impressed with the famous singer Kundanlal Sehgal. In his 20s, Iftekhar travelled to Calcutta for an audition conducted by the music composer Kamal Dasgupta, who was then serving for His Master's Voice. Dasgupta was so impressed by Iftekhar's personality that he recommended his name to M. P. Productions as an actor. Iftekhar made his debut in the 1944 film ''Taqraar'', which was made under the banner of Art Films-Kolkata. Many of Iftekhar's close relatives, including his parents and siblings, migrated to Pakistan dur ... [...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] |
