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Nana Patekar
Vishwanath Patekar (born 1 January 1951), better known as Nana Patekar, is an Indian actor, film maker, mainly working in Hindi language, Hindi and Marathi language, Marathi cinema. Widely regarded as one of the finest and most influential actors in Indian Cinema, Patekar is recipient of three National Film Awards, four Filmfare Awards, two Maharashtra State Film Awards and Filmfare Awards Marathi respectively for his acting performances. He was bestowed with the Padma Shri award in 2013 for his contribution in cinema and arts. After making his acting debut in Bollywood with the 1978 drama ''Gaman'', Patekar acted in a few Marathi language, Marathi films and some Bollywood films. After starring in the Academy Awards, Academy Award-nominated ''Salaam Bombay'' in 1988, he won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the crime drama ''Parinda'' (1989). He then starred his directorial debut, ''Prahaar: T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murud-Janjira
Murud-Janjira () is the local name of a famous fort and tourist spot situated on an island just off the coastal town of Murud, Raigad, Murud, in the Raigad district of Maharashtra, India. Malik Ambar is credited with the construction of the Janjira Fort in the Murud Area of present-day Maharashtra India. After its construction in 1567 AD, the fort was key to the Sidis withstanding various invasion attempts by the Maratha Confederacy, Marathas, Mughal Empire, Mughals, and Portuguese India, Portuguese to capture Janjira. Origins of the name The word Janjira is a corruption of the word "jazira", which means "island" in the Arabic language. Murud was once known in Marathi language, Marathi as ''Habsan'' ("of the Habshi", that is, the Abyssinian people, Abyssinians). The name of the fort is a concatenation of the Konkani language, Konkani and Marathi words, "murud" and "Janjiri". The word "morod" is peculiar to Konkani and is absent in Marathi. Itbarrao Koli & Malik Ambar of Janjir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maharashtra State Film Awards
Maharashtra State Film Awards, one of the prestigious awards of Marathi cinema, are awarded by the Government of Maharashtra to Marathi language films and artists. They were first awarded in 1963. The Maharashtra State Film Awards are adjudicated by an independent jury jointly formed by the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Maharashtra. The jury typically comprises eminent personalities from the film industry. A separate jury is constituted for the awards recognizing literature on cinema. Films are invited for consideration annually, and the jury evaluates the submissions to select the winners. The awards aim to promote artistic excellence in cinema and incentivize filmmakers, technicians, and producers. The Minister for Cultural Affairs announces the awardees, who are presented with the prizes by the Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Winners 1962 * Best actor - Gajanan Jagirdar for '' Parshuram'' 2000 This year's award ceremony took place at Dadaji Kondadev Stadiu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krantiveer
''Krantiveer'' () is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language action crime film directed and produced by Mehul Kumar. The film stars Nana Patekar, Dimple Kapadia, Atul Agnihotri, Mamta Kulkarni in the lead roles. Farida Jalal, Paresh Rawal, Tinu Anand, Danny Denzongpa are in supporting roles. It became the third highest-grossing film of the year, additionally winning three Star Screen Awards, four Filmfare Awards and one National Film Award. The film was remade in Telugu as '' Punya Bhoomi Naa Desam'' (1995) and in Kannada as '' Parodi'' (2007). The sequel of ''Krantiveer'' was released as '' Krantiveer: The Revolution'' (2010). According to Box Office India, it was a blockbuster at the box office. Plot Pratap Tilak (Nana Patekar) is the grandson of Bheeshmanarayan Tilak, a freedom fighter. Pratap starts gambling and this leads to an attack on Bheeshmanarayan as he dies. Pratap's mother Durgadevi ( Farida Jalal) enraged by this, asks him to leave the village and go far away. Prata ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tirangaa (film)
''Tirangaa'' () is a 1993 Indian action drama film starring Raaj Kumar, Nana Patekar, Varsha Usgaonkar, Harish Kumar and Mamta Kulkarni. The movie was a blockbuster. At the time of the 1993 Bombay bombings; Plaza cinema, Mumbai was also bombed where the movie was being shown, leaving 10 dead and 37 injured. Plot The film starts with the kidnapping of three nuclear scientists by Pralayanath Gendaswami as he plans to build nuclear missiles for an invasion of India. Meanwhile, Deputy Inspector General of Police Rudrapratap Chauhan, an honest police officer, is murdered by Pralayanath Gendaswami, as he is on his hitlist. Rudrapatap's son, Sanjay, is the only witness of his murder.While the scientists remain missing, police call Brigadier Suryadev Singh to take the matter into his own hands. Suryadev allies with honest but hot-headed Police Inspector Shivajirao Wagle, who has spent a lot of time on suspension due to his temper. When Central Minister Jeevanlal Tandel, who i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare Award For Best Performance In A Negative Role
The Filmfare Best Villain Award was given by ''Filmfare'' as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise an actor who had delivered an outstanding performance in a negative role. Although the awards started in 1954, this category was first introduced in 1992 and has been marked as obsolete since 2007. Superlatives Ashutosh Rana is the only actor to have won the Best Villain award in consecutive years, receiving the honor in 1998 and 1999. Amrish Puri received nominations in this category for three consecutive years, from 1991 to 1993. In 1994, Danny Denzongpa became the only actor to be nominated twice in the same year, although he did not win. Abhishek Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra are the only actors to have received nominations in another acting category alongside Best Villain for the same performance. Bachchan was nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actor for ''Yuva'' , while Chopra received a nomination for Filmfar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angaar (1992 Film)
''Angaar'' () is a 1992 Indian Hindi-language crime drama film directed by Shashilal K. Nair. The film stars Jackie Shroff, Dimple Kapadia in lead roles, along with Nana Patekar, Om Puri, Kader Khan, Kiran Kumar in supporting roles. The film was speculated to have been based on the life of Karim Lala. Cast * Jackie Shroff as Jaikishan "Jaggu" * Dimple Kapadia as Mili * Nana Patekar as Majid Khan * Om Puri as Parvez Hussain * Kader Khan as Jahangir Khan * Kiran Kumar as Anwar Khan * Mazhar Khan as Farid Khan * Achyut Potdar as Jaggu's Father * Sulbha Deshpande as Jaggu's Mother * Neena Gupta as Majid's Wife *Firoz Irani as State Mental Asylum Doctor * Anang Desai as State Mental Asylum Doctor * Tom Alter as Public Prosecutor * Chandrakant Gokhale as Defence Lawyer * Virendra Saxena as Police Commissioner Sahni * Ajit Vachani as Hirwani * Lalit Mohan Tiwari as Psychiatrist * Sudhir as Health Minister Plot Unemployed and branded a trouble-maker, Jaikishan lives a poo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman
''Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman'' () is a 1992 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy-drama film directed by Aziz Mirza starring Shah Rukh Khan, Amrita Singh, Juhi Chawla and Nana Patekar. Khan plays Raju, a young Diploma Holder in Civil Engineering from Darjeeling who comes to Bombay hoping to become a successful engineer. The film emerged as a commercial success. The movie plot is loosely inspired by the 1987 movie '' The Secret of My Success'', the Raj Kapoor classic '' Shree 420'' (1955) and '' Anari'' (1959). The rights to this film are owned by Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment. At the 38th Filmfare Awards, ''Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman'' won Best Screenplay (Mirza and Lalwani), in addition to a Best Supporting Actor nomination for Patekar. Plot Raj Mathur is a young diploma holder in civil engineering from Darjeeling who comes to Bombay with only one ambition — to become a big engineer. In Bombay, he arrives in a lower-middle-class locality in search of a distant r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Final Attack
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parinda
() is a 1989 Indian Hindi-language crime thriller film directed, produced and distributed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. The film stars Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor, Nana Patekar and Madhuri Dixit. The story and scenario were written by Chopra, while Shiv Kumar Subramaniam and Imtiyaz Husain wrote the screenplay and dialogues, respectively. R. D. Burman composed the music and Khurshid Hallauri wrote the lyrics. Binod Pradhan served as the film's cinematographer and Renu Saluja was its editor. follows Kishan (Shroff), who works for the underworld chieftain Anna (Patekar). Kishan's brother Karan (Kapoor) returns home after completing his studies in the United States. The two brothers are caught on different sides of a gang war after Karan decides to avenge his friend's death by Anna. Chopra conceived the film after his low-budget suspense thriller (1985) failed to find a distributor for a theatrical release. This motivated him to make a more mainstream film with well-known a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare Award For Best Supporting Actor
The Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor is given by ''Filmfare'' as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a male actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role. Although the awards started in 1954, awards for the best supporting actor category started only the following year 1955. As of 2023, Anil Kapoor leads the list, with four wins. Vivek Oberoi (Company (2002 film), ''Company'', 2003) currently also holds the record of being the youngest recipient of the award, whereas Anil Kapoor holds the record for being the eldest (''Jugjugg Jeeyo'', 2023), while Abhishek Bachchan holds the record for winning the award thrice consecutively (2005, 2006 & 2007). Superlatives Multiple Nominees * 9 Nominations : Pran (actor), Pran * 8 Nominations : Amrish Puri, Amitabh Bachchan, Naseeruddin Shah * 7 Nominations : Anupam Kher, Anil Kapoor * 6 Nominations : Mehmood (actor), Mehmood, Jackie Shroff, Abhishek Bachchan, Pankaj Tripathi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Film Award For Best Supporting Actor
The National Film Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role is an honour presented annually at India's National Film Awards ceremony by the National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC), an organisation set up by the Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. A national panel appointed annually by the NFDC selects the actor who has given the best performance in a supporting role within Indian cinema. The award is presented by the President of India at a ceremony held in New Delhi. Since the 70th National Film Awards, the name was changed to "Best Actor in a Supporting Role". The winner is given a "Rajat Kamal" (Silver Lotus) certificate and a cash prize of . Including ties and repeat winners, the government of India has presented a total of 32 Best Supporting Actor awards to 29 different actors. Although Indian cinema produces films in more than 20 languages, the actors whose performances have won awards have worked in one or more of seven major languages: Hindi (18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salaam Bombay
''Salaam Bombay!'' is a 1988 Indian film, Indian Hindi-language drama film, directed, co-written and co-produced by Mira Nair. The screenwriter was Nair's creative collaborator Sooni Taraporevala. This was the List of directorial debuts, first feature film directed by Nair. The film depicts the daily lives of children living in slums in Bombay (now Mumbai), India's largest city. It stars Shafiq Syed, Raghubir Yadav, Raghuvir Yadav, Anita Kanwar, Nana Patekar, Hansa Vithal and Chanda Sharma. Nair's inspiration for the film came from the spirit of Bombay's street children and how they lived. Production began in early 1988, and the film was co-financed by the National Film Development Corporation of India. After being released worldwide on 6 October 1988, the film grossed an estimated at the overseas box office, against a production budget of only $450,000. Nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 61st Academy Awards, the film was India's List of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
