MOVIE : Kaashh... Mere Hote - 2008
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Rakesh Sawant
RAKESH SAWANT'S FILMOGRAPHY WITH SUPER STAR RAJESH KHANNA :
1) Wafaa - 2008
2) Jaanleva
Sawan Kumar Tak
Born 9 August 1936
India Jaipur, India
Occupation Director, Screenwriter, Producer and Lyricist
Saawan Kumar Tak is an Indian film
director, producer, and lyricist. He has directed many Hindi films,
including Gomti Ke Kinare, Hawas, Chaand Kaa Tukdaa, Sanam Bewafa,
and Saawan... The Love Season. He is credited with giving break to
actors such as Sanjeev Kumar and Junior Mehmood.
Saawan Kumar began his career as
the producer of the 1967 Sanjeev Kumar starer film Naunihal. 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 is also a
prolific lyricist and has written songs for most of his produced and
directed films. Apart from this, he has written the lyrics of songs
from movies produced and directed by other film-makers. Among these
are "Sabak", the 1973 movie starring Shatrughan Sinha and
Poonam and featuring the popular song "Barkha Rani Zara Jamke
Barso". He penned some songs from the film Kaho Na Pyaar Hain
and all the songs from the 2004 film Dev.
SAWAN KUMAR TAK'S FILMOGRAPHY WITH SUPER STAR RAJESH KHANNA :
Souten - 1983 : Producer and Director
Bharathi Raja
MOVIE : Red Rose - 1980
Bharathi Rajaa Biography :
Bharathiraja (born 17 July 1941 in Alli Nagaram, Theni district, Tamil Nadu), is a critically acclaimed South Indian filmmaker.
He displayed a story-teller's potential from an early age. Before Bharathiraja entered the film world, village life on screen was a sanitised and unrealistic caricature. But in 1977, Bharathiraja took the camera out of the studios and captured village life with a rare sensitivity and respect for its reality.
His mother Karuththamma received the National Award from the President on his behalf for his film named after her. Among his other landmark films are Muthal Mariyathai (with Sivaji Ganesan in the lead), Karuththamma, Alaigal Oyvadhillai, Mann Vaasanai, Vedham Pudhithu, Kizhakku Cheemaiyile and Anthimanthaarai.
Bharathiraja is credited with launching the careers of the several influential people in the Tamil cinema. He is married to Chandra Leelavathi, and they have two children - son Manoj (the hero of ‘Taj Mahal’) and daughter Janani.
The die-hard romantic Bharathiraja was born in Alli Nagaram, a small, sylvan village near Theni as Chinnasamy on 17 July 1941. He was the fifth child to his parents, Periya Maya Thevar and Meenatchiammaal alias Karuthammaal. His childhood passions were deer hunting and literature. As a full-blooded youth, he aspired to the dream world of filmmaking. He had an unremitting passion for acting and other theatrical pursuits from his earliest days. He also happened to be a good platform speaker and traveled around, spreading social awareness among the villagers. He got a job as a Sanitary Inspector in the Public Health Department in 1963, at a monthly salary of Indian Rs.75/-
Bharathiraja wrote, directed and acted in his first dramas "Oor Sirikkirathu" (The Town Laughs) and "Summa Oru Kadhai" (Just a Story) in Theni Pazhani Chettiyapatti village during festival seasons. This kindled his creative spirit and gave him the confidence to seek an opening in the Tamil film industry.
As he moved to Madras to seek his creative future, Bharathiraja staged his "Summa Oru Kadhai" and "Adhigaaram" (Power) with the help of his friends. He also took part in radio dramas and music programs & Kallar Sangam]. But since these opportunities were too infrequent to be depended upon for a living, he took up a job in a petrol bunk keeping his cinema ambitions intact.
Bharathiraja started his film career as an assistant to director P. Pullaiya and Kannada film maker Puttanna Kanagal. Eventually working with Krishnan Nair, Avinasi Mani and A. Jaganathan, he learned the grammar of film making and got his first directorial opportunity in 1977. His first film 16 Vayathinile for which he wrote the story and the script broke convention to create a new genre of village cinema. Costumes were uncomfortably true-to-life, dialogue was as-is-spoken, and village characters were tellingly genuine. As Bharathiraja himself agrees, the film was expected to bring in lots of accolades - which it did - but to do moderate business at the box office - which it did not. The film was a huge commercial success and kept the cash registers jingling even after several re-releases.
His next film Kizhakke Pogum Rail produced similar results and eventually brought in criticisms that Bharathiraja was capable of catering only to village audiences. This led him to make Sigappu Rojakkal, about a psychopathic woman hater that was totally Westernized in terms of both conception and production. But contrary to what several observers expected (and wanted), this film met with great box office success as well and everyone agreed that Bharathiraja was here to stay.
Bharathiraja confirmed his versatility and refusal to be tied down to one particular genre with an experimental film Nizhalgal and an action thriller Tik.. Tik.. Tik. But, undoubtedly rural themes proved to be his forte as his biggest hits in the 80s Alaigal Oivadhillai, Mann Vaasanai and Muthal Mariyathai were strong love stories in a village backdrop. Of these films, Muthal Mariyathai deserves special mention. The film starred veteran actor Sivaji Ganesan in the lead, playing a middle-aged village head. Radha is a poor young woman who moves into his village for a living. The love that bonds these two humans, separated not just by age but also by caste and class, is told by Bharathiraja with poetic touches. Without doubt, this film remains one of the most successful films for both himself and Sivaji Ganesan.
Bharathiraja's Vedham Pudhithu dealt with the caste issue in a stronger manner. The film's narrative was seamless and starred Sathyaraj as Balu Thevar. It contains some of Bharathiraja's trademark touches as well as several ground-breaking scenes. However, it does follow the anti-Brahmin trend common in Tamil films - in this respect it departed from his earlier success, Alaigal Oiyvadhillai, where the caste and religion factor was given a more balanced treatment. Bharathiraja has successfully managed to modernize his film making techniques for the 1990s. The huge commercial success of Kizhakku Cheemaiyile and the awards Karuththamma garnered stand as testimony for his ability to thrill the younger generation as well. His mother Karuththamma received the National Award on his behalf from the President in 1994 for the film named after her. Bharathiraja was on the same stage in 1996 to receive another National Award for Anthimanthaarai.
From the day 16 Vayathinile was released in 1977, Bharathiraja's path has inspired several young filmmakers. He has plans of making short films with varying themes to attract the international audience and has currently completed his latest venture Kadal Pookal and picked up a national award for the best screenplay writer for the same film.
J Om Prakash
MOVIES :
1) Aap Ki Kasam - 1974
2) Aakraman - 1975
3) Aashiq Hoon Baharon Ka - 1977
4) Aakhir Kyon - 1985
1) Aap Ki Kasam - 1974
2) Aakraman - 1975
3) Aashiq Hoon Baharon Ka - 1977
4) Aakhir Kyon - 1985
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Hrishikesh Mukherjee - 1922-2006
Hrishikesh Mukherjee (Bengali: হৃষিকেশ
মুখোপাধ্যায়/মুখার্জী
Hrishikesh Mukhopaddhae/Mukharji (see naming
conventions)) (30 September 1922 – 27 August 2006) was an Indian
film director known for a number of films, including Satyakam, Chupke
Chupke, Anupama, Anand, Abhimaan, Guddi, Gol Maal, Aashirwad,
Bawarchi, Kissi Se Na Kehna and Namak Haraam.
Popularly known as Hrishi-da, he directed 42 films
during his career spanning over four decades, and is named the
pioneer of the 'middle cinema' of India. Renowned for his social
films that reflected the changing middle-class ethos, Mukherjee
"carved a middle path between the extravagance of mainstream
cinema and the stark realism of art cinema".
He also remained the chairman of the Central Board
of Film Certification (CBFC) and of the National Film Development
Corporation (NFDC). The Government of India honoured him with the
Dada Saheb Phalke Award in 1999 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2001. He
received the NTR National Award in 2001 and he also won eight
Filmfare Awards.
Hrishikesh Mukherjee was born in city of Calcutta
now Kolkata, in a Bengali Brahmin family.He studied science and
graduated in chemistry from the University of Calcutta. He taught
mathematics and science for some time.
Mukherjee chose to begin working, initially as a
cameraman, and then film editor, in B. N. Sircar's New Theatres in
Calcutta in the late 1940s, where he learned his skills from Subodh
Mitter ('Kenchida'), a well known editor of his times. He then
worked with Bimal Roy in Mumbai as film editor and assistant director
from 1951, participating in the landmark Roy films Do Bigha Zamin
and Devdas.
His debut directorial venture, Musafir (1957), was
not a success, but he persisted and received acclaim for his second
film Anari in 1959. The film, crew and cast won five Filmfare Awards,
with Mukherjee only losing the Best Director Award to his mentor,
Bimal Roy.
In the following years he made numerous films.
Some of his most notable films include: Anuradha (1960), Asli-Naqli
(1962), Anand (1971), Anupama (1966), Aashirwad (1968), Satyakam
(1969), Guddi (1971), Bawarchi (1972), Abhimaan (1973), Namak Haraam
(1973), Mili (1975), Chupke Chupke (1975), Gol Maal (1979),
Khubsoorat (1980) and Bemisal (1982). He was the first to introduce
Dharmendra in comedy roles, through Chupke Chupke, and gave Amitabh
Bachchan his big break with Anand in 1970, along with Rajesh Khanna,
he also introduced Jaya Bhaduri to Hindi cinema in his film Guddi.
Having worked with his mentor, Bimal Roy as an editor, in films like
Madhumati, he was much sought after as an editor as well.
Hrishikesh Mukherjee was honoured with the
Dadasaheb Phalke Award by the Government of India, in 1999.[9]
Mukherjee was chairman of the Central Board of Film Certification and
of the National Film Development Corporation. He was also awarded the
Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian award for his
contribution to Indian cinema by government of India in 2001 . The
International Film Festival of India honoured him with a
retrospective of his films in November 2005. He holds the distinction
of working with almost all the top Indian stars since independence of
India in 1947.
His last film was Jhooth Bole Kauwa Kaate. Since
his original hero Amol Palekar had grown old he had to cast Anil
Kapoor. He has also directed TV serials like Talaash. Another
director making films akin to him is Basu Chatterjee.
Hrishikesh Mukherjee was suffering from chronic
renal failure and would go to Lilavati Hospital for dialysis. He was
admitted to Leelavati Hospital in Mumbai early on Tuesday, 6 June
2006 after he complained of uneasiness. Mukherjee died ten weeks
later on 27 August 2006.
Hrishikesh Mukherjee was married and has three
daughters and two sons. His wife died more than three decades
before him. He was an animal lover and had many dogs and sometimes an
odd cat at his residence in Bandra, Mumbai. He used to stay alone
with servants and pets in his last phase of life. Family members and
friends would visit him regularly.
Awards :
- 2001: Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India
- 2001: NTR National Award.
Berlin International Film Festival :
- 1961: Golden Bear: Nomination: Anuradha
Filmfare Awards :
- 1956: Filmfare Best Editing Award: Naukari
- 1959: Filmfare Best Editing Award: Madhumati
- 1970: Filmfare Best Screenplay Award: Anokhi Raat
- 1972: Filmfare Best Movie Award: Anand shared with N. C. Sippy
- 1972: Filmfare Best Editing Award: Anand
- 1972: Filmfare Best Story Award: Anand
- 1981: Filmfare Best Movie Award: Khubsoorat shared with N. C. Sippy
- 1994: Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South (1994)
National Film Awards :
- 1957: Certificate of Merit for Third Best Feature Film in Hindi – Musafir
- 1959: President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Hindi – Anari
- 1960: President's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature Film – Anuradha
- 1999: Dada Saheb Phalke Award.
HRISHIKESH MUKHERJEE FILMOGRAPHY WITH SUPER STAR RAJESH KHANNA :
1) Anand - 1971
2) Guddi - 1971 (Special Appearance)
3) Bawarchi - 1972
4) Namak Haram - 1973
5) Naukri - 1978
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Raj Khosla
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Raj Khosla
Date of Birth : 31 May 1925
Date of Death : 9 June 1991
Date of Birth : 31 May 1925
Date of Death : 9 June 1991
Biography
Raj Khosla (born: 1925) was one of the top directors in Hindi films from the 1950’s to the 1980’s. He was known as a “women’s director,” because he showcased actresses at their best. He died in Bombay, India on 9 June 1991. He is often credited for success of actors such as Super Star Rajesh Khanna, Dev Anand etc.,. He was trained to be a classical singer, but Dev Anand felt he had other talents and hired him to be Guru Dutt's assistant on films, and eventually he became director. His most famous films are C.I.D. (1956) (which introduced Waheeda Rehman to Hindi audiences and made her a star), Woh Kaun Thi? (1964) (which gave Sadhana her signature role of the “mystery girl”), Do Badan (1966) (which made Asha Parekh into a serious actress and won Simi Garewal the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award), Do Raaste (1969) (which made Mumtaz into a household name), Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki (1978) (which won Nutan the Filmfare Best Actress Award at a mature age). Super Star Rajesh Khanna has acted two films with Raj Khosla.
1) Do Raaste - 1969
2) Prem Khanni - 1985
Filmography :
As Director :
Naqab (1989)
Maati Maangey Khoon (1984)
Meraa Dost Meraa Dushman (1984)
Sunny (1984)
Teri Maang Sitaron Se Bhar Doon (1982)
Daasi (1981)
Dostana (1980)
Do Premee (1980)
Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki (1978)
Nehle Pe Dehla (1976)
Prem Kahani (1975) - with Super Star Rajesh Khanna
Kuchhe Dhaage (1973)
Shareef Budmaash (1973)
Mera Gaon Mera Desh (1971)
Do Raaste (1969) - with Super Star Rajesh Khanna
Chirag (1969)
Anita (1967)
Do Badan (1966)
Mera Saaya (1966)
Woh Kaun Thi? (1964)
Ek Musafir Ek Hasina (1962)
Bombai Ka Babu (1960)
Kalapani (1958)
Solva Saal (1958)
C.I.D. (1956)
Milap (1955)
As Director :
Naqab (1989)
Maati Maangey Khoon (1984)
Meraa Dost Meraa Dushman (1984)
Sunny (1984)
Teri Maang Sitaron Se Bhar Doon (1982)
Daasi (1981)
Dostana (1980)
Do Premee (1980)
Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki (1978)
Nehle Pe Dehla (1976)
Prem Kahani (1975) - with Super Star Rajesh Khanna
Kuchhe Dhaage (1973)
Shareef Budmaash (1973)
Mera Gaon Mera Desh (1971)
Do Raaste (1969) - with Super Star Rajesh Khanna
Chirag (1969)
Anita (1967)
Do Badan (1966)
Mera Saaya (1966)
Woh Kaun Thi? (1964)
Ek Musafir Ek Hasina (1962)
Bombai Ka Babu (1960)
Kalapani (1958)
Solva Saal (1958)
C.I.D. (1956)
Milap (1955)
As Producer :
Naqab (1989) (producer)
Teri Maang Sitaron Se Bhar Doon (1982) (producer)
Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki (1978) (producer)
Kuchhe Dhaage (1973) (producer)
Do Chor (1972) (producer)
Do Raaste (1969) (producer)
Anita (1967) (producer)
Bombai Ka Babu (1960) (producer)
As writer :
Prem Kahani (1975) (story)
Anita (1967) (idea)
Ek Musafir Ek Hasina (1962) (screenplay) (story)
Prem Kahani (1975) (story)
Anita (1967) (idea)
Ek Musafir Ek Hasina (1962) (screenplay) (story)
As Actor :
Jaal (1952)
Jaal (1952)
Awards
Filmfare Awards
1979 Won Filmfare Award
Best Film for : Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki (1978)
Filmfare Awards
1979 Won Filmfare Award
Best Film for : Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki (1978)
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Shakti Samanta
1) Aradhana - 1969
2) Kati Patang - 1970
3) Amar Prem - 1971
4) Anuraag - 1972
5) Ajanabee -1974
6) Mehbooba - 1976
7) Anurodh - 1977
8) Ayaash - 1982
9) Awaaz - 1984
9) Alag Alag - 1985
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