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Vikram Aur Betaal
''Vikram Aur Betaal'' () is an Indian television series that aired on DD National in 1985 and was re-telecast in 1988 after the hit Series Ramayan (1987 TV series), Ramayan. The series contained stories from Hindu, Indian mythology. The concept of the program was based on ''Baital Pachisi'', a collection of tales and legends within a frame story, from India (a collection of 25 tales which is narrated by Vetala to Vikram). It is also known as ''Vikram-Betaal''. It is about the legendary king Vikram (identified as Vikramāditya) and the ghost Betal (identified as Vetala, a spirit analogous to a vampire in western literature). The show aired at 4:30 PM Indian Standard Time on Sundays from 1985 to 1986. Legend ''Vikram Aur Betaal'' draws its inspiration from 'Betaal Pachisi,' which is a collection of tales penned by the 11th-century Kashmiri poet Somdev Bhatt. The tales unfold as the ghost Betaal shares his narratives with the Vikramaditya, King Vikramaditya. The legend state ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or Magic (supernatural), magical elements, often including Fictional universe, imaginary places and Legendary creature, creatures. The genre's roots lie in oral traditions, which later became fantasy literature, fantasy literature and drama. From the twentieth century onward, it has expanded into various media, including film, television, graphic novels, manga, animation, and video games. The expression ''fantastic literature'' is often used for this genre by Anglophone literary critics. An archaic spelling for the term is ''phantasy''. Fantasy is generally distinguished from the genres of science fiction and horror fiction, horror by an absence of scientific or macabre themes, although these can occur in fantasy. In popular culture, the fantasy genre predominantly features settings that reflect the actual Earth, but with some sense of otherness. Characteristics Many works of fantasy use magic (paranorma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Standard Time
Indian Standard Time (IST), sometimes also called India Standard Time, is the time zone observed throughout the Republic of India, with a time offset of UTC+05:30. India does not observe daylight saving time or other seasonal adjustments. In military and aviation time, IST is designated E* ("Echo-Star"). It is indicated as ''Asia/Kolkata'' in the IANA time zone database. History The Indian Standard Time was adopted on 1 January 1906 during the British era with the phasing out of its precursor Madras Time (Railway Time), and after Independence in 1947, the Union government established IST as the official time for the whole country, although Kolkata and Mumbai retained their own local time (known as Calcutta Time and Bombay Time) until 1948 and 1955, respectively. The Central observatory was moved from Chennai to a location at Shankargarh Fort in Allahabad district, so that it would be as close to UTC+05:30 as possible. Daylight Saving Time (DST) was used brief ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sameer Rajda
Sameer Rajda is an Indian actor who works in the Gujarati cinema. He is the son of writer and director Mulraj Rajda Mulraj Rajda (13 November 1931 – 23 September 2012) was an Indian people, Indian writer, actor and director who predominantly worked in Hindi and Gujarati language, Gujarati films, television shows and theatre. He is regarded as one of the mo .... Filmography Films * '' Desh Re Joya Dada Pardesh Joya'' (1998) * ''Jai Sikotar Maa'' (1998) * ''Toran Badhao Ho Raaj'' (2003) Television References {{DEFAULTSORT:Rajda, Sameer Indian male television actors Living people 1963 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satish Kaul
Satish Kaul (8 September 1946 – 10 April 2021) was an Indian actor in both Punjabi and Hindi movies. He acted in over 300 Hindi and Punjabi films and worked with Bollywood actors such as Dev Anand, Dilip Kumar and Shahrukh Khan amongst others. His notable film roles included ones in ''Sassi Punnu'', ''Ishq Nimana'', ''Prem Parbat'', ''Suhag Chooda'' and ''Patola''. Kaul won the "lifetime achievement" award for his contribution to Punjabi cinema at PTC Punjabi Film Awards 2011. He was regarded as one of the most successful regional film actors of all time. He was referred to as the "Amitabh Bachchan of Punjabi cinema". Kaul died of COVID-19 on 10 April 2021. Personal Later in his life, Kaul started an acting school in Ludhiana, which lost money. His wife, who was pregnant, had separated from him to go to South Africa in 1982. Career facts Kaul was first noticed as the romantic lead opposite Rehana Sultan in Ved Rahi's Prem Parbat (1973). He played the lead in a bunch of Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rama Vij
Rama Vij is an Indian actress who works in Punjabi language, Punjabi and Hindi language, Hindi movies and TV serials. Career Vij is a well known name in Cinema of Punjab, Pollywood (Punjabi Cinema in India) and Bollywood. Her debut movie was "Taxie-Taxie" in 1977 with Amol Palekar . After that, she acted in various movies;"Pal do Pal ka Saath" ''Aarambh'', ''Lava'', ''Hawayein (2003 film), Hawayein'' to her credit in Bollywood. She is a well-known face on Doordarshan and has worked in some of the most-appreciated works such as ''The Far Pavilions'' (1984), ''Nukkad'' (1986), ''Vikram Aur Betaal'' (1988), etc. Punjabi cinema, being her specialty, has contributed a lot to her success with movies including ''Kachehri'', ''Gabbroo Punjab Da'', ''Dhee Rani'', ''Suneha'', ''Veera'', ''Takraar'', ''Chann Pardesi'' and ''Khushiaan''. Rama had shot to fame in the region (Punjab) with her roles in ''Chann Pardesi'' and ''Kachehari'', both national award-winning feature films in Punjabi. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilliput (actor)
M. M. Faruqui, known professionally as Lilliput, is an Indian actor and writer, known for the TV series ''Vikram Vetaal'' and Bollywood films. He adopted his screen name taking a cue from Lilliput and Blefuscu, two island nations in Jonathan Swift's novel ''Gulliver's Travels'' where Gulliver lands onto an island inhabited by little people. Career He is best known for writing Doordarshan's popular science fiction series '' Indradhanush'' and acted in films such as '' Bunty Aur Babli'' (2005), '' Saagar'' (1985), and popular 90s sitcoms like '' Dekh Bhai Dekh'' , ''Natkht'' and ''Mr. Funtoos'', and for starring in '' Woh'' (1998) as Woh. He has written the dialogues of critically acclaimed movie '' Chamatkar''(1992). He plays Dadda Tyagi in popular TV series Mirzapur from season 2. He made his Tamil film Tamil cinema is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Tamil language, the main spoken language in the state of Tamil Nadu. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunil Lahiri
Sunil Lahri (born 9 January 1961), also called Sunil Lahiri, is an Indian actor, best known for his portrayal of Lakshmana in the television show '' Ramayan'' (1987-1988). Personal life Lahri was born in Damoh, Madhya Pradesh on 9 January 1961 to Shikar Chandra Lahiri, a professor in a medical college and Tara Lahri. Lahri has two younger brothers. After completing schooling from Bhopal, Lahri moved to Mumbai, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mumbai's Wilson College. Lahri married twice. His first wife was Radha Sen, whom he divorced. Later, he married Bharati Pathak. He has a son named Krish. In 2012, Lahri donated his father's deceased body to the department of forensics of JK Medical college in Bhopal. According to Lahri, his father understood the issues students face in their studies because of absence of accessibility of human anatomy so he wrote in his will that after his passing his body ought to be given to the medical students in order to help t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mulraj Rajda
Mulraj Rajda (13 November 1931 – 23 September 2012) was an Indian people, Indian writer, actor and director who predominantly worked in Hindi and Gujarati language, Gujarati films, television shows and theatre. He is regarded as one of the most finest artist in the Gujarati cinema. He has appeared in over 50 films, television serials in Gujarati cinema and in Hindi Cinema as an actor, writer, and director, in a career that has spanned over five decades. After directing many Gujarati language, Gujarati theatre plays and television serials, he directed a Gujarati language, Gujarati film in (1979) ''Koinu Mindhal Koina Hathe'' which was quite successful. The film featured Vikram Gokhale and Rajni Bala. He is known for writing (1973), ''Mitti Aur Sona'' (1989), ''Jai Shakumbhari Maa'' (2000), ''Jai Shri Swaminarayan'' (2002). The first one helped him to earn him a nomination in Filmfare Award for Best Story, Best Story in the prestigious Filmfare Awards in 1974. Apart from wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramesh Bhatkar
Ramesh Bhatkar (3 August 1949 – 4 February 2019) was a Marathi film, stage and TV actor. Of the various roles that Bhatkar portrayed, he was best known for his roles in the TV series ''Commander'' and '' Hello Inspector''. He worked for more than 30 years as an actor in the mainstream commercial movie industries of the Marathi and Hindi languages. He died on 4 February 2019 at the age of 69 in Mumbai due to cancer. Early life Ramesh Bhatkar was born in 1949. His father was Snehal (Vasudeo) Bhatkar, a music director, composer, and singer. In addition to his artistic background, in his early college days Ramesh Bhatkar was a champion swimmer who played for his college's aquatic team, and was an enthusiastic kho-kho player with the reputed Vijay Club in Dadar and used to participate in Marathi drama society in the evening time as an actor . Ramesh Bhatkar was the youngest of Snehal's three children, with his older siblings being Snehalata Bhatkar (now married to Ramkrishna Bard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vijay Arora
Vijay Arora (27 December 1944 – 2 February 2007) was an Indian actor in Hindi films and television serials who was known for ''Yaadon Ki Baaraat'' and as Indrajit in the television serial ''Ramayan (1987 TV series), Ramayan''. Career Arora won a gold medal when he graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India in 1971. He made his debut with another newcomer Reena Roy in ''Zaroorat'' (1972). He starred with Asha Parekh in ''Rakhi Aur Hathkadi'' (1972) and shot to stardom with the guitar-strumming Zeenat Aman in ''Yaadon Ki Baaraat'' (1973) (featuring the romantic song, "Churaliya hai tumne jo dil ko, Chura Liya Hai"). Two powerful actresses, Jaya Bhaduri and Waheeda Rehman, played his wife and mother-in-law in ''Phagun'' (1973). He starred with Shabana Azmi in ''Kadambari (1976 film), Kadambari'' (1976); with Tanuja in ''Insaaf (1973 film), Insaaf'' (1973); with Parveen Babi in ''36 Ghante'' (1974); and with Moushumi Chatterjee in ''Natak'' (1975). Filmmaker Hr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deepika Chikhalia
Dipika Chikhlia (born 29 April 1965) is an Indian actress and politician known for playing Sita in Ramanand Sagar's 1987 television series '' Ramayan''. She was also known for her debut film ''Sun Meri Laila'' (1983), opposite Raj Kiran and three Hindi films with Rajesh Khanna, which were '' Rupaye Dus Karod'', '' Ghar Ka Chiraag'' and '' Khudai''. She did one Malayalam film '' Ithile Iniyum Varu'' (1986), with Mammootty, her Kannada hits were '' Hosa Jeevana'' (1990) with Shankar Nag and '' Indrajith'' (1989) with Ambareesh. She had one Tamil hit film, '' Naangal'' (1992), with Prabhu, and one Bengali hit film, '' Asha O Bhalobasha'' (1989), opposite Prosenjit Chatterjee. Career Early career Chikhlia made her debut as lead actress in ''Sun Meri Laila'' (1983), opposite Raj Kiran. Bollywood was part of the television serial ''Dada Daadi Ki Kahani'' in 1985. She meanwhile did supporting roles in hit films like ''Bhagwan Dada'' (1986), ''Kala Dhanda Goray Log'' (1986) and ''D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arvind Trivedi
Arvind Trivedi (8 November 1938 – 6 October 2021) was an Indian actor and politician from Gujarat. He, alongside his brother Upendra Trivedi, was prolific in Gujarati cinema for over 40 years. He became a household name for playing the role of Ravana in television series ''Ramayan'' (1987). He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Sabarkantha, Gujarat as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Biography Arvind Trivedi was born on 8 November 1938 in Indore (now in Madhya Pradesh) to Jethalal Trivedi. He studied to Intermediate level at Bhavan's College in Bombay (now Mumbai). He married Nalini on 4 June 1966. They had three daughters. His brother Upendra Trivedi was also prolific Gujarati film actor. He is known for portraying Ravan in Ramanand Sagar's television series '' Ramayan'' (1987). He acted in other TV series like ''Vikram Aur Betaal'' and others. The film '' Desh Re Joya Dada Pardesh Joya'', in which he acted as Dadaji (gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
