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Syed Badr-ul Hasan Khan Bahadur
Syed Badr-ul Hasan Khan Bahadur professionally known by Pappu Polister was an Indian actor and classical dancer who acted in silver screen and television. Biography Khan Bahadur was a descendant of Wajid Ali Shah. He acted in ''The Sword of Tipu Sultan'' in 1990 where he played the role of Maharaja of Mysore and won a National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for acting in this television series. He was a part of ''Jodhaa Akbar'' where he played the role of Mulla Do-Piyaza. Khan Bahadur was a classical dancer too. For his dancing he received an award from Birju Maharaj. He also received honorary doctorate degree in acting from Ambedkar University. Khan Bahadur died on 5 February 2019. Selected filmography Television * ''The Sword of Tipu Sultan'' * ''Pratigya'' * '' Jai Hanuman'' * '' Chandrakanta'' * ''Om Namah Shivay'' * ''Safar'' *'' 1857 Kranti'' Film * ''Ek Nambar Kaa Chor'' (1990) *'' Farishtay'' (1991) *''Yalgaar'' (1992) * '' Khooni Dracula'' (1992) * '' Phool ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mumbai
Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore). Mumbai is the centre of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the seventh-most populous metropolitan area in the world with a population of over 23 million (2.3 crore). Mumbai lies on the Konkan coast on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour. In 2008, Mumbai was named an alpha world city. Mumbai has the highest number of billionaires out of any city in Asia. The seven islands that constitute Mumbai were earlier home to communities of Marathi language-speaking Koli people. For centuries, the seven islands of Bombay were under the control of successive indigenous rulers before being ceded to the Portuguese Empire, and subsequently to the East India Company in 1661, as part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phool Aur Angaar
''Phool Aur Angaar'' ( Flowers and coals) is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language action revenge drama film, directed by Ashok Gaekwad, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Shantipriya, Paresh Rawal, Gulshan Grover, and Prem Chopra. It was the sixth highest grossing Hindi Film of 1993 in terms of worldwide box office collection . Plot Vijay Saxena lives a middle-class lifestyle along with his college-going sister, Sweety, in a small town in India. He gets a job as a professor at the City College, where he meets with Sweety's friend, Sudha Verma, and both fall in love with each other. When a student, Adhikari, attempts to molest Sudha, Vijay comes to her rescue, only to subsequently apologize to Adhikari when Sudha retracts her testimony and ends up blaming Vijay for molesting her. Later Vijay finds out that Adhikari and some goons had threatened to harm Sudha's younger sister, and the duo resume their romance. With the help of Inspector Arjun Singh, Vijay is able to get Kalicharan, the son of g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ittefaq (2001 Film)
''Ittefaq'' (English: ''Coincidence'') is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language masala film directed by Sanjay Khanna. It stars Sunil Shetty, Pooja Batra and Mukul Dev in pivotal roles. Pop musician Remo Fernandes also makes a special appearance in the film. The film was a box office failure. Plot Efficient ex cop-turned hit man Shiva takes on a contract to find Vikram, an eyewitness to a murder committed by crime boss Jindal and bring him back to Mumbai. But he soon finds himself protecting Vikram and his girlfriend instead, and fighting the people who sent him in the first place. Cast * Sunil Shetty - Shiv Kumar 'Shiva' * Mukul Dev - Vikram Singh * Pooja Batra - Roshni G. Hiranandani * Anupama Verma - Anu * Tiku Talsania - ACP Gaitonde * Shakti Kapoor - ACP Rathod * Puneet Issar - Inspector Thakur * Mushtaq Khan - Batak Lal * Shiva Rindani - Banta * Shehzad Khan - Santa * Ishrat Ali - Manek Rao * Ashok Saraf - Shambhu Shikari * Arun Bakshi - ACP Anand Verma * Mohan Joshi - S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badal
''Badal'' () is a 2000 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Raj Kanwar. The film stars Bobby Deol and Rani Mukerji in lead roles with Amrish Puri. It was a commercial success. Plot Badal is a young man with a tragic childhood. As a child, he had witnessed his entire family, his loving father, mother, and baby sister, murdered in a village massacre by ruthless and corrupt police officer Jaisingh Rana, who kills people for sadistic fun. He is then brought up by his late father's friend Jeetram, who himself is on the run from Rana. Years later, Badal has become a dreaded terrorist working for Jeetram under the name Rajveer, whose main target in life is exacting revenge on Jaisingh Rana for his family's horrible death. In this endeavor, Badal travels to a small town, where he meets a good-natured police officer, ACP Ranjeet Singh, who takes Badal under his wing, and Rani, a bubbly, free-spirited girl who falls madly in love with him. Ranjeet Singh and his wife Sim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani
''Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani'' () is a 2000 Indian Hindi-language satirical film directed by Aziz Mirza and produced by Dreamz Unlimited. The film stars Shah Rukh Khan and Juhi Chawla in the lead roles. The film's title is derived from the song "Mera Joota Hai Japani" from the 1955 film ''Shree 420''. The film marked the debut production venture of Khan, Chawla and Mirza, under their production company Dreamz Unlimited (now known as Red Chillies Entertainment). The film won the IIFA Award for Best Special Effects. Plot Ajay Bakshi is a successful loudmouthed reporter, working for a reputed news channel, KTV. A rival news channel, Galaxy TV, ropes in Ria Banerjee to bring him down and garner the highest ratings. Ria is the antithesis of Ajay and uses her intelligence, charm and wits to get her work done. Pappu Junior, alias Choti, is a don who is to be ousted from his own gang, owing to his inability to make it big in the crime world. Ajay approaches Choti with an offer: arrange ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mann (film)
''Mann'' () is a 1999 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film written and directed by Indra Kumar. The film starred Aamir Khan and Manisha Koirala, pairing them for the second time, and also features Anil Kapoor, Sharmila Tagore and Neeraj Vora with Rani Mukerji in a special appearance. This is the second collaboration between Khan and Koirala since ''Akele Hum Akele Tum'' (1995). The film is mainly based on the 1957 American film ''An Affair to Remember, An Affair To Remember''. ''Mann'' received positive reviews upon release. The soundtrack by Sanjeev–Darshan has been well received but criticised for allegedly music plagiarism, plagiarising other songs. Plot Dev Karan Singh (Aamir Khan), a promiscuity, Casanova and ambitious painter deep in debt, agrees to marry Anita (Deepti Bhatnagar), the daughter of Singhania (Dalip Tahil), a rich tycoon. Priya (Manisha Koirala), a music teacher for children, is engaged to Raj (Anil Kapoor), whom she has agreed to marry because he ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindustan Ki Kasam (1999 Film)
''Hindustan Ki Kasam'' (Swear on India) is a 1999 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Veeru Devgan and starring his son Ajay Devgn (first movie in a double role), Amitabh Bachchan, Manisha Koirala and Sushmita Sen, along with Kader Khan in a special appearance. For a change actors like Prem Chopra and Shakti Kapoor featured in positive roles. The film was an average grosser, despite taking a bumper opening. The movie broke the opening day record in India at the time of its release and managed to do average business at the box office. Plot A mother gives birth to twins one was named as "Raju" and another was named as "Ajay". The twins' father was an Indian Army officer who died in the war. Unfortunately, they are separated at the childhood age at the end of the war when their father was celebrating their recent success in a battle with Pakistan. One of the twins end up in the neighboring Pakistan and is brought up as a Muslim renamed as Tauheed (Ajay Devgn) whose ey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hero Hindustani
''Hero Hindustani'' is a 1998 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Aziz Sejawal. It stars Arshad Warsi and Namrata Shirodkar in lead roles. It has screenplay by Yunus Sajawal and was written by Kader Khan. Plot Purushottam Agarwal (Paresh Rawal) shifts to London for a better life. He wants his granddaughter Nikki ( Namrata Shirodkar) to respect Indian culture and marry an Indian man. Initially, Nikki rejects it because she is already in love with Rohit. But, pressured by her grandfather's stubborn attitude, she plans to move to India. In India, she meets a tourist guide, named Rommie (Arshad Warsi). She hatches a plan to fool her grandfather by faking her marriage to Rommie. Then she plans to allow Rommie to act as a villainous person in front of Purushottam so that he changes his views about Indian grooms. She presents Rommie as a wealthy man to Purushottam. Nikki and Rommie both initially hate each other. As per the plan, Rommie makes every attempt to act n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maharaja (1998 Film)
''Maharaja'' is a 1998 Indian Hindi superhero film directed by Anil Sharma. It stars Govinda and Manisha Koirala in the title roles. Plot Fearing his death, Ranbir Singh (Salim Ghouse) decides to kill Kohinoor when he is a child, though in vain. After 20 years, Kohinoor (Govinda) returns to claim his rightful place in the kingdom. He has developed advanced powers over matter and animals, which he uses to his advance to free his nanny, Ameenabi (Aruna Irani) who is being held by Ranbir and his associates. Kohinoor must pass numerous tests, including being exploited by a television reporter, Shaili Mathur (Manisha Koirala), who claims that she loves him; and fight hungry, blinded, man-eating lions. Cast * Govinda as Prince Kohinoor Karan * Manisha Koirala as Shaili Mathur * Raj Babbar as Ali * Salim Ghouse as Ranbir Singh * Shakti Kapoor as Bhalu Prasad Bihari Orey * Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Hanuman Baba * Prem Chopra as Suryamani * Ishrat Ali as Devkaran * Aparajita Bhushan as Ko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darmiyaan
''Darmiyaan: In Between'' is a 1997 Indian film starring Kiron Kher, Arif Zakaria and Tabu. The film is set in Bollywood of the 1940s and tells the story of an actress who discovers that her son is a eunuch. Hindustani vocalist, Rita Ganguly, has appeared in the film. Shahrukh Khan was originally slated to play the role of intersex, finally essayed by Arif Zakaria. Cast *Kiron Kher as Zeenat Begum *Arif Zakaria as Immi * Tabu as Chitra *Shahbaaz Khan *Sayaji Shinde Soundtrack Reception Madhu Jain of India Today wrote ″Unlike the title, there is nothing in between about this film. It hits you in the face like a backhand slap - albeit a bejewelled and manicured to glossy perfection hand. Lajmi has trespassed into an area where brave directors have feared to tread: the world of hijras, up close and personal.″ References External links * Darmiyaanat Bollywood Hungama Bollywood Hungama (lit. "Bollywood Madness" in Hindi), previously known as IndiaFM (or IndiaFM.c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tere Mere Sapne (1996 Film)
''Tere Mere Sapne'' () is a 1996 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film produced by Amitabh Bachchan's production company A. B. C. L. and directed by Joy Augustine. The film had a cast of newcomer actors consisting of Arshad Warsi, Chandrachur Singh, Priya Gill and Simran. Plot The plot of the movie is broadly similar to Mark Twain's ''The Prince and the Pauper''. Two boys are born on the same day. One is Rahul Mehta, born with a silver spoon in his mouth to a rich family in England; another is Baalu, born in a middle-class Brahmin family somewhere in Mumbai. Both grow up until they are destined to exchange places on their 21st birthday. Rahul's parents died when he was young, and he lives with his grandfather Shambunath Mehta. He wants to visit India to see his parents' graves though his grandfather doesn't want him to go. He is afraid Rahul may fall in love and ruin himself as his parents did. With much persuasion, he comes to India and manages to escape his guardians, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hum Hain Khalnayak
''Hum Hain Khalnayak'' is a 1996 Bollywood action drama film directed by R. Thakur, starring Arjun, Yunus Parvez, Shakti Kapoor and Tiku Talsania. Cast * Arjun as Film Producer * Shakti Kapoor as Tikka Sing * Yunus Parvez * Tiku Talsania as Subhashbhai * Kishore Bhanushali * Shehzad Khan Shehzad Khan is an Indian actor who appeared in Bollywood films and TV serials. Early life He is the son of actor Ajit Khan, best known for his roles as villain, and Sarah, who was half-Canadian, and alongside his two brothers, Arbaaz (who ... * Rajni Bala Soundtrack References External links * 1990s Hindi-language films 1990s Indian films 1996 films Films scored by Bappi Lahiri Indian action films {{1990s-Hindi-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
