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Usha Khanna
Usha Khanna (born 7 October 1941) is an Indian music director in Hindi cinema. She is the third female music director to enter the Hindi film industry, after Jaddan Bai and Saraswati Devi and is one of the most commercially successful music directors in the male dominated music industry. She is most known for songs like “maine rakha hai mohabbat” (Shabnam), “Hum tum say juda ho ke” (ek sapaira ek lutaira), “gaa deewane jhoom ke” (Flat no. 9), "Chhodo kal ki baatein" (Hum Hindustani), "Shaayad meri shaadi ka khayal" (Souten), and “tu is tarah Se meri zindagi” (Aap to aise na the). She remained active for more than 3 decades from 1960s to 1980s. She is still active making some music for some movies and television-serials, more than 40 years after her debut as music director in Dil Deke Dekho (1959). She received a Filmfare Award nomination for composing the songs for the huge hit film '' Souten ''(1983). She was married to director, producer, lyricist, Sawan Ku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwalior
Gwalior() is a major city in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh; it lies in northern part of Madhya Pradesh and is one of the Counter-magnet cities. Located south of Delhi, the capital city of India, from Agra and from Bhopal, the state capital, Gwalior occupies a strategic location in the Gird region of India. The historic city and its fortress have been ruled by several historic Indian kingdoms. From the Kachchhapaghatas in the 10th century, Tomars in the 13th century, it was passed on to the Mughal Empire, then to the Maratha in 1754, and the Scindia dynasty of Maratha Empire in the 18th century. In April 2021, It was found that Gwalior had the best air quality index (AQI 152) amongst the 4 major cities in Madhya Pradesh. Besides being the administrative headquarters of Gwalior district and Gwalior division, Gwalior has many administrative offices of the Chambal division of northern Madhya Pradesh. Several administrative and judicial organisations, commi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawas (1974 Film)
''Hawas'' () is a 1974 Indian Hindi-language film produced, directed, and written by Sawan Kumar, the film stars Anil Dhawan, Neetu Singh, Bindu, Vinod Mehra and Rekha makes a special appearance in the song "Aao Yaro Gao". The film's music is by Usha Khanna. Plot Handsome and fairly good-looking Anil Kumar is employed with Natwarlal, a criminal gangster. Natwarlal asks Anil to find employment with Shailendra Singh, and after doing so, seduce his beautiful young daughter, Neetu Singh, marry her, and thus get himself a stake in their property and wealth. Anil agrees to do so, and does find employment with Shailendra. What he had not counted on was Shailendra's second wife, Kamini, who has an agenda of her own, and who decides to keep Anil for herself. Cast * Anil Dhawan as Anil Kumar * Neetu Singh as Neetu Singh * Bindu as Kamini * Vinod Mehra as Dr. Bali * Vidya Sinha as Vidya Kumar * Faryal as Priya * Pradeep Kumar as Shailendra Singh * Randhawa as Man hired by Kamini to p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dada (1979 Film)
Dada is a 1979 Hindi Bollywood film directed and produced by Jugal Kishore, starring Vinod Mehra, Bindiya Goswami, Amjad Khan, Jeevan in pivotal roles. Cast * Vinod Mehra as Moti / Jeetu * Bindiya Goswami as Kamini * Amjad Khan as Fazlu * Jeevan as Bihari * Raza Murad as Raghu / Jaggu (Double Role) * Jagdeep as Jagdeep / Fake Moti * Shashi Puri as Basheer * Madhu Malini as Bobby * Ramesh Deo as Pyarelal * Indrani Mukherjee as Mrs. Pyarelal * Satyendra Kapoor as Dharamdas * Seema Deo as Tara * Pallavi Joshi as Munni * Rajendranath as Alibhai Motorwala * Mohan Sherry as Lawyer / Public Prosecutor Soundtrack Music composed by Usha Khanna. Trivia The film was titled "Dadaon Ka Dada" Awards and nominations * Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor - Amjad Khan as Fazlu * Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer - K. J. Yesudas Kattassery Joseph Yesudas (born 10 January 1940) is an Indian playback singer and musician who sings Indian classical, dev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare Award
The Filmfare Awards are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Hindi-language film industry of India.Al The Filmfare ceremony is one of the most famous film events in India. The awards were first introduced by the Filmfare magazine of The Times Group in 1954, the same year as the National Film Awards. They were initially referred to as the "Clare Awards" or "The Clares" after Clare Mendonca, the editor of ''The Times of India''. A dual voting system was developed in 1956. Under this system, in contrast to the National Film Awards, which are decided by a panel appointed by the Indian Government, the Filmfare Awards are voted on by both the public and a committee of experts. The ceremony has been sponsored by various private organisations in the past as well as in present provisions. During several years in the 1990s, a live ceremony was broadcast to television audiences but was later discontinued due to unknown reasons. Since 2001, a recorded an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanste Khelte
Hanste Khelte is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Bharat Rangachary and produced by Firoz Nadiadwala. It stars Rahul Roy, Nandini Singh (who made her debut with this film), Asrani, Rakesh Bedi, Anant Mahadevan and Ishrat Ali. Amitabh Bachchan gives his voice as a God in this film. The film aired on Zee TV in 1994. Cast * Rahul Roy as Rahul Chopra * Nandini Singh as Pooja Verma * Asrani as Namah * Lisa Ray as Rekha (Special appearance) * Rakesh Bedi as Om * Anant Mahadevan as Shivah * Satyajeet as Amit * Aparajita as Pooja's maidservant * Ishrat Ali as Devil * Dinesh Hingoo Dinesh Hingoo (born 13 April 1940) is an Indian actor who plays comic & supporting roles in Hindi films. He had appeared in over 300 films, from ''Taqdeer (1967)'' to '' Be Careful (2011)'', and is known for his laughter and impersonations incl ... as Bhonsle Soundtrack References External links * 1990s Hindi-language films 1994 films Films scored by Jatin–Lalit Films directed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Do Khiladi
''Do Khiladi'' was a 1976 Bollywood action drama film directed by Jugal Kishore. The film stars Vinod Mehra and Anita Guha. Cast * Vinod Mehra * Zahira * Jayshree T. * Anita Guha * Indrani Mukherjee * Paintal * Jani Babu Music #"Rat Abhee Bakee Hai" - Jaani Babu Qawwal #"Jhumta Savan Dekho Aaya, Barkha Ne Pyar Barsaya" - Mohammed Rafi #"Dosto Kya Kahe Hum Tumse" - Asha Bhosle #"Meri Bhi Koi Behna Hoti" - Kishore Kumar Kishore Kumar (born as Abhas Kumar Ganguly (); 4 August 1929 – 13 October 1987) was an Indian playback singer and actor. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest, most influential and dynamic singers in the history of Indian music. He w ... #"Tu Sat Kamro Me Band Padi Ho" - Amit Kumar External links * References 1976 films Films scored by Usha Khanna 1970s Hindi-language films Indian action drama films {{1970s-Hindi-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dada
Dada () or Dadaism was an art movement of the European avant-garde in the early 20th century, with early centres in Zürich, Switzerland, at the Cabaret Voltaire (Zurich), Cabaret Voltaire (in 1916). New York Dada began c. 1915, and after 1920 Dada flourished in Paris. Dadaist activities lasted until the mid 1920s. Developed in reaction to World War I, the Dada movement consisted of artists who rejected the logic, reason, and aestheticism of modern capitalist society, instead expressing nonsense, irrationality, and anti-bourgeois protest in their works. The art of the movement spanned visual, literary, and sound media, including collage, sound poetry, cut-up technique, cut-up writing, and sculpture. Dadaist artists expressed their discontent toward violence, war, and nationalism, and maintained political affinities with Radical politics, radical left-wing and far-left politics. There is no consensus on the origin of the movement's name; a common story is that the German artis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sajan Ki Saheli
Sajan may refer to: * Sajan (director), Indian director of Malayalam movies * Sajan (Kikinda) Sajan ( sr-cyr, Сајан, hu, Szaján) is a village in the Kikinda municipality, in the North Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Hungarian ethnic majority (88.64%) and a popul ..., a village in Vojvodina, Serbia * ''Sajan'' (1947 film) * ''Sajan'' (1969 film), Hindi film, debut of Shatrughan Sinha * Sajan, a name Sunil Singh Yadav is also known by {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saajan Bina Suhagan
''Saajan Bina Suhagan'' () is a 1978 Indian Hindi-language drama film produced and directed by Saawan Kumar Tak. The film stars Rajendra Kumar, Nutan, Vinod Mehra, Padmini Kohlapure and Shreeram Lagoo, the film's music is by Usha Khanna. It has a popular song "Madhuban Khushboo Deta Hai" sung by Yesudas, Anuradha Paudwal and Hemlata. The film was remade in Tamil as Mangala Nayagi in 1980 and remade in Malayalam as Oru Kochukatha Aarum Parayathe Katha in 1984. Synopsis Asha Nutan lives a poor lifestyle along with her widowed father. She is madly in love with an aspiring doctor Raj Kumar Rajendra Kumar and hopes she will marry him when he completes his studies. When Raj abruptly announces that he has to travel abroad in order to complete his studies, Asha although not wanting to, but has no choice but to wait for him whilst his studies are complete so they can marry. When Asha's father whilst on his deathbed, makes her promise to marry Simla-based Gopal Chopra Shreeram Lagoo w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arabic Music
Arabic music or Arab music ( ar, الموسيقى العربية, al-mūsīqā al-ʿArabīyyah) is the music of the Arab world with all its diverse music styles and genres. Arabic countries have many rich and varied styles of music and also many linguistic dialects, with each country and region having their own traditional music. Arabic music has a long history of interaction with many other regional musical styles and genres. It represents the music of all the peoples that make up the Arab world today, all the 22 states. History Pre-Islamic period (Arabian Peninsula) Pre-Islamic Arabia was the cradle of many intellectual achievements, including music, musical theory and the development of musical instruments. In Yemen, the main center of pre-Islamic Arab sciences, literature and arts, musicians benefited from the patronage of the Kings of Sabaʾ who encouraged the development of music. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hindu
''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the second most circulated English-language newspaper in India, after '' The Times of India''. , ''The Hindu'' is published from 21 locations across 11 states of India. ''The Hindu'' has been a family-owned newspaper since 1905, when it was purchased by S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar from the original founders. It is now jointly owned by Iyengar's descendants, referred to as the "Kasturi family", who serve as the directors of the holding company. The current chairperson of the group is Malini Parthasarathy, a great-granddaughter of Iyengar. Except for a period of about two years, when S. Varadarajan held the editorship of the newspaper, the editorial positions of the paper were always held by members of the family or held under their direction. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saawan Kumar
Saawan Kumar Tak (9 August 1936 – 25 August 2022) was an Indian film director, producer, and lyricist. He directed many Hindi films, including successful films like ''Saajan Bina Suhagan'', ''Souten'', ''Souten Ki Beti'', ''Sanam Bewafa'', '' Bewaffa Se Waffa''. He is credited with giving break to actors such as Sanjeev Kumar and Mehmood Junior. His most famous directorial venture was Rajesh Khanna starrer ''Souten'', which was the first Indian film to be shot in Mauritius and was a platinum jubilee hit. Saawan Kumar began his career as the producer of the 1967 Sanjeev Kumar starrer film '' Naunihal''. He was the one who gave the name Sanjeev to actor Haribhai Jariwala. The film received the Presidential mention at the National Awards. His directorial debut was with the film '' Gomti Ke Kinare'' (1972), which was Meena Kumari's last film, and released posthumously. He was also a prolific lyricist and has written songs for most of his produced and directed films. Apart from thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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