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Tirchhi Topiwale
''Tirchhi Topiwale'' is a 1998 Bollywood musical comedy-drama film directed by Nadeem Khan and produced by Babu Latiwala. It stars Chunkey Pandey and Monica Bedi in pivotal roles. The film's title was inspired by a song from '' Tridev'' (1989). Plot Two businessmen promise that they will arrange a marriage between their children and each other. But the children are already in love with someone else. Cast Source * Chunky Pandey as Anand * Inder Kumar as Amit Mehra * Monica Bedi as Sanam Oberoi * Rituparna Sengupta as Sikha Oberoi(Sanam's elder sister) * Kader Khan as Mr. Oberoi (Sanam's dad) * Reema Lagoo as Sumitra Oberoi * Satish Shah as Gokul Pai * Alok Nath as Alok Lucknowi * Himani Shivpuri as Mrs. Alok Lucknowi * Johnny Lever as Kadak K. Pillay * Anupam Kher as Mr. Mehra * Rana Jung Bahadur as Trikaal * Arjun Firoz Khan * Shehzad Khan * Shail Chaturvedi * Jackie Shroff Jaikishan Kakubhai Shroff (born 1 February 1957), known by his screen name Jacki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chunky Pandey
Suyash Panday (born 26 September 1962), better known by his stage name Chunky Panday, is an Indian actor who works in Hindi-language films. Early life Chunky Panday was born as Suyash Panday on 26 September 1962 in Bombay, to Sharad Panday (1934–2004), a heart surgeon known for the 'Panday shunt' workaround for mitral valve replacement, and Snehlata Panday (1936–2011), a physician. Snehlata was a gynaecologist who opened a beauty parlour and a clinic for slimming during the 1980s, one of the first of its kind in India, some of her celebrity patients including Bollywood stars Rekha and Vinod Khanna, also authoring books and articles on the subject of weight loss. Snehlata was of Punjabi descent. He has one younger brother Chikki Panday, a businessman. Before entering films, he was in the same acting school as Akshay Kumar, serving as his acting instructor. Career 1987–1993: Debut and early success Panday debuted his acting career with the 1987 multi-starer film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anupam Kher
Anupam Kher (born 7 March 1955) is an Indian actor, director and producer who works primarily in Hindi cinema. In a career spanning over four decades, he has acted in more than 540 films. A veteran of Indian cinema, Kher is recipient of two National Film Awards and eight Filmfare Awards for his acting performances. Government of India awarded him the Padma Shri in 2004 and the Padma Bhushan in 2016 for his contribution to Indian cinema and arts. Kher made his acting debut with Mahesh Bhatt-directed drama film '' Saaransh'' (1984), which marked Kher's breakthrough role, earning him the Filmfare Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of an elderly father. Since then he starred in several other supporting roles. He was appreciated in negative roles in films such as ''Karma'' (1986), '' Tezaab'' (1988) and '' ChaalBaaz'' (1989). For '' Vijay'' (1988), he won the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for his performance. In 1989, '' Ram Lakhan'' garnered him wider recognition for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990s Indian Films
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as the 15th pope. Births Valerian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990s Hindi-language Films
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as the 15th pope. Births Valerian Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Udit Narayan
Udit Narayan Jha (born 1 December 1955) is an Nepali and Indian playback singer whose songs have been featured mainly in Hindi cinema, Hindi films. He has also sung in various other languages including Telugu language, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil language, Tamil, Bengali language, Bengali, Sindhi language, Sindhi, Odia language, Odia, Bhojpuri language, Bhojpuri, Nepali language, Nepali, Malayalam, Assamese language, Assamese, Bagheli language, Bagheli and Maithili language, Maithili. He has won four National Film Awards and five Filmfare Awards with twenty nominations among many others. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 2009 and the Padma Bhushan in 2016 for his contribution towards arts and culture. As many as 21 of his tracks feature in BBC's "Top 40 Bollywood Soundtracks of all time". He got to sing with Mohammed Rafi in his Hindi playback debut in ''Unees-Bees'' in 1980 and also with Kishore Kumar in the 1980s. He finally made his mark in the 1988 fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sapna Awasthi
Sapna Awasthi Singh is a Bollywood playback singer best known for her "Banno Teri Ankhiyan Soorme" from '' Dushmani'' (1995), "Pardesi Pardesi" from '' Raja Hindustani'' (1996), " Chaiyya Chaiyya" from '' Dil Se..'' (1998), "Angoori Badan" from '' Jaanwar'' (1998) and "UP Bihar Lootne" from ''Shool'' (1999). Early life and career Sapna Awasthi started training in classical music at a young age and completed ''Sangeet Vishaarad'' in Bhatkhande Music Institute, Lucknow. She began singing for the radio when she was fifteen, before performing on stage. She received her first break in Bollywood from composer Sameer Sen. Awasthi is from Kumaon region of Uttarakhand and relocated to Mumbai after singing songs in Krantiveer (1994). She has sung for prominent musicians like Nadeem–Shravan, Anand–Milind, Anu Malik, A. R. Rahman, Sandeep Chowta and others. Her biggest hit to date, as is usually believed, is not her duet 'Chaiyya Chaiyya' (co-singer Sukhvinder Singh) for A. R. ... [...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] |
Parvati Khan
Parvati Khan ( Maharaj) is a Trinidadian pop singer and model based in India. She is best known as the singer who sang the song "Jimmy Jimmy Aaja" in the 1982 Bollywood hit movie ''Disco Dancer'', which won a ''Gold Disc'' award. She is also known for the song ''Khula Tala Chod Aayi''. Early life Parvati Khan (née Maharaj) was born into a Indian family in Trinidad and Tobago. At the age of 12, she had won ''Mastana Bahar'', a TV talent contest in Trinidad and Tobago. Later she studied in England to be a nurse. Career Parvati Khan is known for her work in Disco Dancer (1982), Love Love Love (1989), and Maa Kasam (1985). In 2000, she performed her compositions focused on themes of peace and unity at a concert held at the United Nations General Assembly Hall in New York. Since 2002, she has focused on performing devotional songs, known as Bhajans, dedicated to Hindu deities such as Shiva, Shirdi Sai Baba and Ma Amritanandamayi. Her song 'Jimmy Jimmy' is well-known and received ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abhijeet Bhattacharya
Abhijeet Bhattacharya (born 30 October 1958), professionally known as Abhijeet, is an Indian playback singer who primarily sings in the Hindi film industry. As well as Hindi, he has sung in his native language Bengali and in other languages including Marathi, Nepali, Tamil, Bhojpuri, Punjabi, and Odia, in both West Bengal and Bangladesh. He has sung 6034 songs in more than 1000 films. Some of his iconic tracks feature in BBC's "Top 40 Bollywood Soundtracks of all time". Personal life Abhijeet was born in Uttar Pradesh to a Kanpur-based Bengali Brahmin family the youngest of four to news editor Dheerendranath Bhattacharya and his wife Kamla Bhattacharya in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. He graduated in commerce (B.Com.) from Christ Church College, Kanpur in 1977. He started singing on stage from 1970. He left home in 1981 to pursue a career in singing in Bollywood. Film career He was launched by R. D. Burman in a Bengali film with a duet song with Asha Bhosle.He did stage sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altaf Raja
Altaf Raja (born 15 October 1967) is an Indian Qawwali singer. In 1997 Altaf gained recognition with his debut album ''Tum To Thehre Pardesi''. His most recent song is ''Ae Sanam''. He uses urdu shayari in his Songs. Early life Born in Nagpur to professional Qawwals Mr Ibrahim Iqbal and Mrs Rani Rooplata ji, Altaf Raja began musical training at the age of 15 Career Raja's breakthrough came in 1997 with the album ''Tum To Thehre Pardesiya'', which sold 4million units. Raja has also acted in Bollywood movies such as '' Shapath'' (1997), '' Yamraaj'' (1998), ''Mother'' (1999), and '' Ghanchakkar'' (2013). Albums Movies as playback singer # Vickida No Varghodo (2022) - Gujarati movie # Tamasha (2015) # Dil Lagana - Hunterrr (2015) # Jholu Ram - Ghanchakkar (2013) # Madholal: Keep Walking (2010) # Toonpur Ka Superhero (2010) # Market (2003) # Tumse Kitna - Company A company, abbreviated as co., is a Legal personality, legal entity representing an association ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackie Shroff
Jaikishan Kakubhai Shroff (born 1 February 1957), known by his screen name Jackie Shroff, is an Indian actor and former model from Mumbai, Maharashtra, who primarily works in the Hindi film industry. In a career spanning over four decades, he has appeared in 250 films in 13 languages. He has received several accolades including four Filmfare Awards. After an uncredited small appearance in '' Swami Dada'' (1982), Shroff made his lead debut with Subhash Ghai's blockbuster actioner ''Hero'' (1983), which made him an overnight star. He went onto establish himself as an actor with top-grossing films, almost every year in the 1980s and 1990s, such as '' Teri Meherbaniyan'', '' Aaj Ka Daur'' (both 1985), '' Karma'' (1986), '' Ram Lakhan'', '' Tridev'' (both 1989), '' Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri'' (1990), '' Izzat'' (1991), '' Khalnayak'' (1993), '' Rangeela'' (1995), '' Agni Sakshi'' (1996), ''Border'' (1997) and '' Bandhan'' (1998). He won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor for '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shail Chaturvedi
Shail Chaturvedi (29 June 1936 – 29 October 2007) was a Hindi poet, satirist, humorist, lyricist and actor from India, most known for his political satire in the 70s and the 80s. He worked as a character actor in several Hindi films and TV series. Career He started his career as a lecturer at Allahabad University, soon started taking part in various Kavi sammelan (poetry gatherings), and with his tongue-in-cheek political commentary, made a place for himself amidst leading humorists, ''hasya kavi'' of the 1970s and 1980s, like Kaka Hathrasi, Pradeep Chaubey and Ashok Chakradhar. He became a regular feature of the annual ''kavi sammelan'' oets' conferenceon Doordarshan, state-run TV channel, around the Holi festival. He also acted in a number of Hindi films, like ''Uphaar'' (1971), ''Chitchor'' (1976), ''Chameli Ki Shaadi'' (1986) and ''Kareeb'' (1998). He played the role of "Sharma ji", the boss of Keshav and Gokhale in the famous sitcom '' Shrimaan Shrimati'' He died on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
