Bollywood (Hindi) cinema
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Highest grossing[link]

The top forty grossing films at the Indian Box Office in 1984:

1984[link]

A list of films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in 1984:

External links[link]

• Bollywood films of 1984 at the Internet Movie Database
• Indian Film Songs from the Year 1984 - A look back at the year 1984 with a special focus on the Hindi film song
• Listen to songs from Bollywood films of 1984

Anupam Kher
Born	(1955-03-07) 7 March 1955 (age 57) Shimla, India[1]
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actor, producer, director
Years active	1982–present
Spouse	Kirron Kher

Anupam Kher (born 7 March 1955)^[2] is an Indian actor who has appeared in nearly 450 films and 100 plays.^[3] Though mainly appearing in Bollywood films, he has had roles in some films from other nations as well. He has held the post of Chairman of the Censor Board and National School of Drama in India.^[3]

Early life[link]

Anupam Kher was born into a Kashmiri Pandit family and lived in Shimla and was educated at D.A.V. School there. He is an alumnus and a former chairperson of the National School of Drama. Some of his early acting was in plays performed at the Himachal Pradesh University.^[2][4]

Career[link]

Kher made his acting debut in the 1982 Hindi movie Aagman. Then in 1984 came Saaransh, where 28-year old Kher played a retired man who has lost his son. He hosted TV shows such as Say Na Something To Anupam Uncle, Sawaal Dus Crore Ka and the recent Lead India. He has had many comic roles but has also played the villain such as his acclaimed role as terrorist Dr. Dang in Karma (1986). For his role in Daddy (1989) he received the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance. Kher has won the Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role five times, more than any other actor.

He has starred alongside Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan many times in films such as Darr (1993), Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995), Chaahat (1996), Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), Mohabbatein (2000) and Veer-Zaara (2004).

He ventured into directing with Om Jai Jagadish (2003) and has also been a producer. He produced and starred in the film Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara (2005). He received the Best Actor Award from the Karachi International Film Festival for his performance in the film.

Kher is known internationally for Bend It Like Beckham (2002), Bride and Prejudice (2004), his appearance on the hit TV show ER, and most recently in The Mistress of Spices (2006) and Lust, Caution (2007).

Kher has written and starred in a play about his own life called Kuch Bhi Ho Sakta Hai, which is directed by Feroz Abbas Khan.^[4][5]

Until recently he served as chairman of the Indian Film Censor Board. He is an alumnus of National School of Drama (1978 batch) and was its director between 2001 and 2004.

In 2007, Anupam Kher, with his batchmate of NSD, Satish Kaushik,^[6] started a film production company, Karol Bagh Productions. Their first film, Tere Sang, is being directed by Satish Kaushik.^[7]

He has recently been appointed the goodwill ambassador of the Pratham Education Foundation, which strives to improve children's education in India.^[8]

In 2011, he starred alongside Mohanlal and Jayaprada in the Malayalam language romantic drama Pranayam. Kher has chosen Pranayam as one of the seven best films of his career.^[9]

He also starred in a number of Punjabi films such as Yaaraan naal bahaaraan.

He is also widely regarded as an intellectual talk show participant.^[10]

In 2009, Kher has given his Hindi voice to Carl Fredricksen in the Disney-Pixar 3D Animated film Up, which also bounds to not only be his first dubbing role, but to be his very first voice role in his career, overall. ^[11]

Personal life[link]

Anupam Kher is married to fellow actress Kirron Kher.^[1] Her son, his stepson, is actor Sikander Kher.^[12] His brother Raju Kher^[1] is also an actor, who appeared in Anupam's directorial debut Om Jai Jagadish. A Kashmiri Brahmin by birth,^[13] Anupam Kher has been working for the displaced Kashmiri Pandits by bringing to global attention the issues concerning the community.^[14]

Awards and recognition[link]

Filmfare Awards[link]

Wins

• 1984: Best Actor, Saaransh
• 1988: Best Supporting Actor, Vijay
• 1989: Best Comedian, Ram Lakhan
• 1990: Critics Award for Best Performance, Daddy
• 1991: Best Comedian, Lamhe
• 1992: Best Comedian, Khel
• 1993: Best Comedian, Darr
• 1995: Best Comedian, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge

Nominations

• 1986: nominated: Best Supporting Actor Award, Janam
• 1991: nominated: Best Supporting Actor, Dil
• 1992: nominated: Best Supporting Actor, Saudagar
• 1994: nominated: Best Supporting Actor, Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!
• 1997: nominated: Best Supporting Actor, Chaahat

National Film Awards[link]

• 1990 - National Film Award - Special Jury Award: Daddy^[15]
• 2006 - National Film Award - Special Jury Award: Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara^[16]

Star Screen Awards[link]

• 1994: Best Supporting Actor for 1942: A Love Story
• 1999: Best Comedian for Haseena Maan Jayegi

Bollywood Movie Awards[link]

• 1999 : Best Supporting Actor for Salaakhen
• 2007 : Best Comedian for Khosla Ka Ghosla

Other awards[link]

• 2000, Actor of the Decade Award (Millennium Honours)^[15]
• 2000, Best Actor in a Comic Role at the Sansui Viewers Choice Awards^[17]
• 2001, Real Life Hero Award at the Zee Gold Bollywood Awards^[18]
• 2004, Padma Shri by the Government of India for his contribution to Indian cinema^[19]
• 2005, "Divya Himachal Award" for excellence 2005, with the blessings of H.H. Dalai Lama^[20]
• 2005, Best Actor Award from the Karachi International Film Festival for Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara^[21]
• 2006, Best Actor Award at the Riverside International Film Festival at California for Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara^[22]
• 2006, GIFA awards: Critics Choice Awards - Best Actor in a Comic Role for Khosla Ka Ghosla^[23]

Filmography[link]

Director

Producer

Actor (Partial filmography, in Hindi language unless noted)

Dubbing

References[link]

See also[link]

• Bhartendu Academy of Dramatic Arts

External links[link]

• Anupam Kher at the Internet Movie Database
• Anupam Kher Foundation
• Anupam Kher's Actor Prepares
• Karolbagh Films & Entertainment Pvt Ltd

Rohini Hattangadi
Born	Rohini Oak (1955-04-11) 11 April 1955 (age 57) New Delhi, India
Years active	1975–present
Spouse	Jayadev Hattangadi (1975–2008; his death); 1 child

Rohini Hattangadi (born 11 April 1955) is an Indian actress of film, theatre and television. She has won two Filmfare Awards, one National Film Award, and is the only Indian actress to win the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance as Kasturba Gandhi in Gandhi (1982).^[1] An alumna of the National School of Drama of New Delhi, Hattangadi had worked mainly in theatre when she made her movie debut with Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan in 1978. Some of her noted cinematic roles were in such art films as Arth (1982), Party and Saaransh (1984). Hattangadi was mostly offered character roles in mainstream Hindi cinema after her portrayal in Gandhi, often typecast in mother roles much ahead of her years. Respected for her acting prowess, she has appeared in over 80 feature films, and is active in theatre and television.^[2]

Personal life and background[link]

Hattangadi was born in New Delhi as Rohini Oak. She did her schooling from Renuka Swaroop Memorial Girls High School, Pune in 1966.^[3]

She joined the National School of Drama (NSD) of New Delhi in 1971. Although the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) was located in her hometown Pune, she did not join it because she was mainly interested in theatre and did not have early plans to enter cinema: "I just wanted to be an actor... My heart was in theatre because I learnt from my father (Anant Oak) that real acting is learnt through theatre. That's why I came all the way to Delhi to join NSD."^[2] At NSD, she met her future husband Jayadev Hattangadi, who was in the same batch as hers. They were trained together by Ebrahim Alkazi. Upon graduation in 1974, Rohini was awarded the Best Actress award and an award for Best all-round student, while Jayadev, who was being trained in direction, won the Best Director award. Jayadev and Rohini married the following year.^[4][5] Rohini also received training in Indian classical dance forms, Kathakali and Bharatnatyam for more than eight years, under the guidance of Professor Surendra Wadgaonkar.^[6]

Rohini and Jayadev have a son, Aseem Hattangadi, who is a theatre actor and acted in Badal Sircar's play, Evam Indrajit, directed by his father.^[7] Jaydev Hattangadi died on 4 December 2008, aged 60, after a battle with cancer.^[8]

Career[link]

Theatre[link]

Rohini started her career with Marathi stage. Once in Bombay while still at NSD, Jayadev and Rohini started a Marathi theatre group in Bombay, called "Awishkar", which went on to produce over 150 plays.^[9] In 1975 she won the Best Actress Award at the Maharashtra State Drama Festival, for her performance in Changuna, a Marathi adaptation of Federico García Lorca's Spanish classic Yerma. The play was produced by "Awishkar" in Mumbai.

Hattangadi is the first woman to act in Yakshagana, a folk play directed by K. Shivaram Karanth, and is the first woman in Asia to act in a Japanese Kabuki play, Ibaragi, directed by Shozo Sato, a Japanese director.^[10]

One play that Hattangadi was particularly appreciated for is Aparajita, based on a Bengali story by Nitin Sen. First staged in 1999, this 120 minute long solo-act play has over the years been performed in both Hindi and Marathi. Incidentally it was her first performance in a long time to be directed by her husband, Jayadev Hattangadi. In all she has performed in five plays directed by him, including Medea, a Greek tragedy written by Euripides.^[11]

Her other theatre credits include Vijay Tendulkar's Mitra Chi Gosht, directed by Vinay Apte, Hori based on Premchand's Godaan, produced by IPTA, and most recently in the Hindi play Kohra with Sudha Chandran and Babul Bhavsar. Some of her renowned stage characters include Vimla Pandey of Mahayagya, the role of a Hindustani classical singer in Yeh Kahaan Aa Gaye Hum, a committed social worker in Intehaan and the unlettered and harassed Sakkubai in Hindustani.^[12]

Hattangadi, along with husband Jayadev, ran "Kalashray", a centre for research, education in arts and talent encouragement in Mumbai, working with the underprivileged and developing tools for powerful communication.^[5] She won the 2004 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for her contribution to Indian theatre.

Film[link]

Hattangadi made her film debut with Saeed Akhtar Mirza's Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan in 1978. The film won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie. This was followed by her appearance in Mirza's next picture, Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Ata Hai (1980), which won the same award, and Rabindra Dharmaraj's drama Chakra (1981). Her characters in these films were minor.^[2]

Her next film was Richard Attenborough's biographical film Gandhi (1982), based on the life of Mahatma Gandhi. She played Kasturba Gandhi, the wife of Mahatma, played by Ben Kingsley. The film was a major critical success, and among other awards won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Hattangadi's performance garnered her international recognition and she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 1983, the only Asian to do that so far.^[13]

Despite the success she received for her role in Gandhi, the film was also credited with increasing "her screen age manifold". She was 27 when she played the middle-aged Kasturba, and from then on was offered roles of women of this age group. Hattangadi told of an instance when James Ivory wanted to cast for his film Heat and Dust, but he was surprised by how young she was when he met her and ultimately did not approach her for a part because he did not want to use make-up. Although theatre was her main interest, she stated that it was not enough financially, stating, "I realised that theatre won't be enough to make ends meet."^[2]

This was followed, however, by a string of acclaimed performances, starting with Mahesh Bhatt's Arth (1982), which won her the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 1984 she acted in Govind Nihalani's satirical drama Party (1984) for which she received the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress.^[5] She followed it with two films in which she portrayed aging housewives, Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho! and Saaransh, both released in 1984. In Saaransh, she was the female lead along with Anupam Kher in his debut role. The film starred Hattangadi and Kher as B.V. and Parvati, an elderly couple struggling with the recent death of their son. Both Kher and Hattangadi were at their late 20s at the time, and The Tribune described them as giving "immortal performances".^[14] Her portrayal earned her a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress, but it further consolidated her image as a mother and by this time she was type-cast in Hindi commercial cinema in motherly roles.^[2]

She was later recognised for her small part in N. Chandra's Pratighaat (1987), and for her comic performances in Pankaj Parashar's Chaalbaaz and Ladaai, both released in 1989. She played the role of Sribaby, a drug kingpin, in Parashar's Jalwa (1987). It was in Indian parallel cinema, however, where she was offered demading roles. Her films of this period include Govind Nihalani's Aghaat (1985), with Muzaffar Ali's Anjuman (1986) and Girish Kasaravalli's Mane and Ek Ghar (1991).

In 1990, she was again cast as the aging mother of Amitabh Bachchan in Agneepath, for which she was awarded her second Filmfare Award in the Best Supporting Actress category. Throughout the 1990s and the 2000s, she was cast by Rajkumar Santoshi in several of his films, such as Damini (1993), Ghatak: Lethal (1996) and Pukar (2000).

Her most recent performance in Rajkumar Hirani's directorial debut Munnabhai MBBS (2003) received positive reactions, and she later reprised her role in the Tamil version of the film, Vasool Raja MBBS (2004).

Television[link]

Hattangadi played lead roles in the Marathi serials Char Divas Sasuche and Vahinisaheb on ETV Marathi and Zee Marathi, respectively. She played the lead role in a series on politics in India, where she played the leader of a major political party. She played the role of an actress in Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyann as Gayatri Baa. Over the years, she has been seen in a number of TV serials including Mahayagya, Thoda Hai Thoda Ki Zaroorat Hai, Teache, and more.

Awards[link]

• 1982: BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Gandhi (1982)
• 1985: National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress: Party (1984)
• 1984: Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award: Arth (1982)
• 1991: Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award: Agneepath (1990)
• 2004: Sangeet Natak Akademi Award

Selected filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Rohini Hattangadi at the Internet Movie Database
• Rohini Hattangadi Allmovie.
• Adiyara Gahraya, from Saraansh with Anupam Kher