Nishchaiy
File:Nishchaiy1.jpg DVD cover
Directed by	Esmayeel Shroff
Produced by	Bhappi Sonie
Starring	Vinod Khanna Salman Khan Karisma Kapoor
Music by	O.P. Nayyar
Release date(s)	17 July 1992
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Nishchaiy is an Indian Bollywood film directed by Esmayeel Shroff, released on 17 July 1992. The film stars Vinod Khanna, Salman Khan and Karisma Kapoor in pivotal roles.

Plot[link]

Ravi Yadav (Vinod Khanna) is the servant of Manohar Singh (Rajiv Verma). He has a younger brother, Rohan Yadav (Salman Khan). When Ravi is falsely accused of murdering a woman, and sentenced to 12 years of prison, Manohar Singh's wife Renuka (Moushumi Chatterjee) assures him that she will take care of Rohan. 12 years later, when Ravi comes out of prison, he finds out that Renuka is not alive, and Rohan's whereabouts are unknown. Rohan, in the meantime, has been adopted by famous Lawyer Gujral (Saeed Jaffrey), and his wife Yashoda (Reema Lagoo), and is now known as Vasudev Gujral, a lawyer by profession. Vasudev falls in love with Payal Singh (Karisma Kapoor), who happens to be Manohar Singh's daughter. Ravi finds out that Renuka is alive but her memory is diminished. He starts medical treatment for Renuka. To earn the needed money, he accepts a contract to kill Vasudev Gujral, little knowing that he is about to kill his own long-separated brother.

Cast[link]

• Vinod Khanna ... Ravi Yadav
• Salman Khan ... Rohan Yadav/Vasudev Gujral
• Karisma Kapoor ... Payal (Singh's daughter)
• Shammi Kapoor
• Moushmi Chatterjee ... Renuka Singh (Payal's mom)
• Sudha Chandran ... Julie
• Avtar Gill ... Joseph Lobo
• Rajeev Kumar ... Manohar Singh
• Reema Lagoo ... Yashoda (Gujral's wife)
• Roopa Ganguly ... Vidya (as Roopa Ganguly)
• Saeed Jaffrey ... Gujral (lawyer)

Music[link]

The soundtrack of the film contains 6 songs. The music is composed by O.P. Nayyar.

External links[link]

• Nishchaiy at the Internet Movie Database

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Amit Kumar (born 3 July 1952) is an Indian film playback singer, actor, director, and music director. He is the son of the famous singer and actor Kishore Kumar and the Bengali singer and actress Ruma Guha Thakurta. Like his father, Amit loved singing and from childhood used to sing during Durga Pooja functions in Kolkata. Once when he was performing on stage in a Durga Pooja function arranged by Bengali actor Uttam Kumar, people kept requesting more songs and this information reached his mother. She complained to Kishore Kumar that his son was singing "filmy" songs. Hearing this Kishore Kumar decided to bring him to Bombay.

Before this, Kishore Kumar had cast Amit as his son in two critically acclaimed films that he produced himself, Door Gagan Ki Chhaon Mein (the well known song "Aa chalke tujhe, mein leke chaloon" was filmed with Kishore Kumar singing to his eleven-year-old son) and Door Ka Raahi (with Amit as a teenager).

He has sung many popular Bollywood and regional film songs since the 1970s. Apart from Hindi songs, he sang several songs in Bangla, Bhojpuri, Oriya, Assamese, Marathi, Konkani.

1970s[link]

Amit Kumar made his debut as a child singing and acting in his father's movie Door Ka Raahi. He recorded the song "Main ik panchi matwaala re", which was later removed from the film.

In the 1976 film Balika Badhu he sang "Bade achchhe lagte hain", by the legendary composer R. D. Burman, with whom he subsequently recorded many other songs.

In the late '70s "Aati rahengi baharein", from Kasme Vaade, was a huge hit, which he sang for Randhir Kapoor, while Kishore Kumar sang for Amitabh Bachchan.

Amit Kumar sang many hit songs in various films, including Aandhi, Aap Ke Deewane, Khatta Meetha, Gol Maal, Des Pardes, Ganga Ki Saugandh, Deewanagi, Duniya Meri Jeb Mein, Parvarish, Baton Baton Mein, and others. The duet sung with Lata Mangeshkar from the film Baton Baton Mein - "Uthe sabke kadam" - became popular.

As a leading playback singer in Bollywood, he sang many songs for Kumar Gaurav, who was a new star in the 1980s. But most of his songs are recorded and released for Anil Kapoor.

1980s[link]

Amit sang all the songs for the 1981 hit film Love Story, and won a Filmfare Award for the duet "Yaad aa rahi hai" with Lata Mangeshkar. Composer R. D. Burman jokingly told Amit before its release that this song sounds like a "Bhajan".

In 1980 the actor Feroz Khan produced the film Qurbani (1980 film), from which the song "Laila o Laila" became a big hit, with Amit Kumar rendering his voice for Amjad Khan.

His duet "Tu rootha toh main ro doongi sanam" with Asha Bhonsle from the film Jawani (1984), composed by R. D. Burman was a mega hit. Another chart-buster from 1983 from the film Haadsaa was "Yeh Bombay shehar haadsoon ka sheher hai".

In this decade, Amit Kumar sang for almost all music directors, actors, producing hit after hit. He became the voice of Anil Kapoor in the 1980s, but before this many hit songs were also released for Kumar Gaurav in films such as Romance (1983), Teri Kasam, Lovers (1983), All rounder, and Telefilm-Janam. In this decade Kumar sang hits for Anil Kapoor in films including Tezaab, Yudh.

The song from Tridev filmed with Naseeruddin Shah, "Oye oye- Tirchi topi waaley", was a nationwide hit. Amit also sang for Naseeruddin Shah in the film Hero Hiralal.

Soon after Kishore Kumar's death, he and his half-brother Sumit Kumar released an album called Dui Kishore as a tribute to their father.

Early 1990s to mid-1990s[link]

In 1990 the film Hum and the song "Sanam mere sanam" brought another big hit for Amit. Baaghi: A Rebel for Love had a smash hit in the song "Kaisa lagta hai". From the film Ghayal the song "Pyaar tum mujhase" was popular.

Amit delivered more hits for the film Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa. The songs "Deewana dil deewana" and "Sachhi yeh kahani hai" were hits, especially the former.

In this decade, he sang for other hit films including Awwal Number, ChaalBaaz, Khel (1992 film)|Khek]], Vishwatma, Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, Judaai), Indrajeet.

Amit Kumar enjoyed a special work relationship with the music duo Anand-Milind, who heavily promoted Kumar in the early 1990s. Among their best works are: Baaghi: A Rebel for Love, Mera Pati Sirf Mera Hain, Maha-Sangram, Swarg, Suryavanshi, Anjaane Rishtey, Talaashi, Jawani Zindabad, Sangdil Sanam, Deewana Mujh Sa Nahin and Rakhwala. Anand-Milind were one of the few new-age music composers of that period who regularly recorded with Amit Kumar, making him the voice for Salman Khan and Aamir Khan.

Amit Kumar also enjoyed success with another fresh talent from the 1990s, Jatin-Lalit, who had Amit Kumar croon hit numbers in several films such as Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa, Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham....

Later in the decade his career declined with the invasion of many other Kishore Kumar clones and the death of R. D. Burman, with whom Amit had a special bonding. Kumar started withdrawing and undertaking more live stage performances in various parts of the world.

He lost out on singing for Burman's last mega hit 1942: A Love Story, and he has stated in an interview that Burman was under pressure to use another singer for the songs because it was the "trend" in those days.

During these years, he composed and released music albums which were not much successful. Some of these are:

• MAD
• Pyaar toh bas pyaar hai
• Dam dama dam

Some music directors tried to recreate the old magic by composing songs similar to the ones in the 1970s sung by his legendary father. However, success on this front was elusive.

Television[link]

• In the late 1980s, Kumar rendered his voice to TV serials on Doordarshan such as Chuanuti and Campus.
• He also did songs for the Telefilm Janam.
• He sang the title tracks for the Hindi-dubbed version of Disney's animated series Duck Tales and Bob the Builder.
• He was one of the main judges in the May 2008 singing competition reality TV show K for Kishore, where singers tried to recreate the magic of Kishore Kumar's songs on Sony Entertainment Television Asia.

2000-2010[link]

• He will be the main judge in the singing competition on Zee Bangla TV for the show: Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Mr/Miss Universe 2010.
• He also sang two songs in Raju Chacha, starring Ajay Devgan, Kajol and Rishi Kapoor - "Dil dil ka yeh kaam hai" and "Kahin se ayi Rani".
• He sang "Tigde Tigde" with Neetha Subhir for Kandahar, starring Mohanlal and Amitabh Bachchan.

Bangla-Hindi connection[link]

Not many people know that one of the most popular duet songs of Kishore Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar, "Kya yehi pyaar hai" from Rocky (1981 film)Rocky]], the debut film of Sanjay Dutt, composed by R. D. Burman, was initially sung by Amit Kumar in Bangla film.

There are seven songs sung by Amit and his father separately. All Bangla songs were sung by Amit and their Hindi versions were sung by Kishore. Songs are:

Filmafare Awards[link]

Won[link]

Nominated[link]

Acting Stint[link]

Amit Kumar also acted in films that were directed by and starred his father, notably Door Gagan Ki Chhaon Mein (1964), Door Ka Raahi (1971), Badhti Ka Naam Dadhi (1974) and Shabhash Daddy (1979).

Amit Kumar Filmography[link]

See Amit Kumar Filmography

Some popular songs[link]

1. "Dilrubaon ke jalwe" (Dulha Mil Gaya, 2009 / 2010)
2. "Main ek panchhi" (Door Ka Raahi)
3. "Main jis din bhula dun" (Police Public)
4. "Teri yaad aa rahi hai" (Love Story, 1981)
5. "Dekho maine dekha hai ye ek sapna" (Love Story, 1981)
6. "Aankho mein band karloon" (Sangdil Sanam)
7. "Aankhon mein band karloon" (Sad version) (Sangdil Sanam)
8. "One two three give me a kiss" (Sangdil Sanam)
9. "Sanam sangdil sanam" (Sangdil Sanam)
10. "Aap ko dekh ke" (Kishen Kanhaiya)
11. "Ye zameen gaa rahi hai" (Teri Kasam)
12. "Bade acche lagate hain" (Balika Badhu, (1976))
13. "Bombay shehar" (Haadsa, 1983)
14. "Deewana dil deewana (Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa, with Udit Narayan)
15. "Sacchi Ye Kahani hai.. Kaise Don" (Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa)
16. "Dil dil dil le liya" (Bhagyawan)
17. "Nazrein mili (Afsana Pyaar Ka)
18. "Aashiq deewana" (Afsana Pyaar Ka)
19. "Tip tip tip baarish" (Afsana Pyaar Ka)
20. "Pehla Pehla Pyar Hai" (1988 Film: Woh Phir Aayegi. With Anuradha Paudwal)
21. "Tu rootha toh mein ro doongi sanam" (Jawaani, 1984 film))
22. "Dil mein bajey guitar" (Apna Sapna Money Money with Mika)
23. "Koi nahin aisa" (Dillagi)
24. "Makhna" (Bade Miyan Chote Miyan)
25. "Kehh do ke tum ho meri varna" (Tezaab)
26. "Jaan-e-mann jaan-e-jigar" (Ghazab, 1982)
27. "Laila o Laila" (Qurbani, 1980)
28. "Aati rahengi bahaarein" (Kasme Vaade with Kishore Kumar and Asha Bhonsle)
29. "Gabbar Singh yeh keh gaya" (100 Days, 1991)
30. "Le le dil de de dil" (100 Days, 1991)
31. "Hum Aur Tum Ab Nahin Paraye" (Jamai Raja, 1990, with Alka Yagnik)
32. "Ek do teen" (Tezaab)
33. "Oye oye- Tirchi topi waaley" (Tridev, 1989, with Sapna Mukherjee)
34. "Main hoon hero" (Ram Lakhan)
35. "Jao tum chahe jahan / Yaad karoge vahan" (Narsimha, 1991)
36. "Na jaane kahan se ayeeh" (Chaalbaaz)
37. "Kaisa lagta hai" (Baaghi: A Rebel for Love, with Anuradha Paudwal)
38. "Maang teri saja doon" (Baaghi: A Rebel for Love, with Anuradha Paudwal)
39. "Tap tap tapori" (Baaghi: A Rebel for Love)
40. "Rama o Rama" (Rama O Rama)
41. "Roz roz aankho tale" (Jeeva)
42. "Sanam mere sanam" (Hum)
43. "Suno suno ladkiyon" (Silsila Hai Pyar Ka, 1999)
44. "Uthe sabke kadam" (Baton Baton Mein)
45. "Na bole tum na maine kuch kaha" (Baton Baton Mein)
46. "Salma pe dil aa gaya" (Salma Pe Dil Aa Gaya, Title song)
47. "Le jhing kur kur" (Olot Palot - Bangla Film 2009)
48. "Ms. India marti mujhpe" (Dhamaal with Adnan Sami)
49. "Juhi ne dil maanga main nakkho bola" (Ehsaas: The Feeling, 2001)
50. "Chori ki baatein" (Fight Club – Members Only, 2006, with Shweta Pandit)
51. "Yeh raat yeh tanhaiyaan" (Gunaah—1993 film, with Sadhna Sargam)
52. "Vinashak aatha hai" (Vinashak – Destroyer, (1998))
53. "Aana re aana re dil yeh deewana re" (Gurudev (film), 1993, with Asha Bhonsle and Shailender Singh)
54. "Ek din tera dheere se dharwaja kholunga" (Gurudev, 1993)
55. "Dheere dheere dheere chori chori chori (Imtihaan, 1995, with Alka Yagnik
56. "Chal naujawaan aage chal" (Jaagruti, 1992)
57. "Dil jigar ke jaan" (Jaanam, 1992, with Anuradha Paudwal)
58. "Teri chahat ke siva" (Jaanam, 1992, with Anuradha Paudwal)
59. "Humein tumse pyaar kitna" (Jhankaar Beats, 2002, with K. K.)
60. "Maalum hai kya" (Jhankaar Beats, 2002, with Vishal Dadlani)
61. "Rukh rukh rukhna" (Jhankaar Beats, 2002, with Vishal Dadlani)
62. "Naam hai mera Fonseca" (Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar, 1992)
63. "Aaya main aaya" (Maha-Sangram, 1990, with Udit Narayan)
64. "Aa baahon mein aa" (Maha-Sangram, 1990, with Anuradha Paudwal)
65. "Filmy very filmy" (Page 3, 2005, with Blaaze and Tannishtha Chatterjee)
66. "Aadhi raat ko" (Parampara (film), with Lata Mangeshkar)
67. "Dil dil ka yeh kaam hai" (Raju Chacha, 2000)
68. "Kahin se ayi Rani" with (Raju Chacha, 2000, with Kavita Krishnamurthy, Shweta Pandit, Shrradha Pandit and Kajol)
69. "Tu roop ki rani tu choron ka raja" (Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja, 1993, with Kavita Krishnamurthy)
70. "Chai mein chini" (Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja, 1993, with Kavita Krishnamurthy)
71. "Parda utha" (Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja, 1993, with Kavita Krishnamurthy)
72. "Aala re paoos aala" (Safari, 1999, with Alka Yagnik)
73. "Kajal kajal teri aankhon ka yeh kajal" (Sapoot with Asha Bhonsle)
74. "Jaane de jaane de" (Shola Aur Shabnam, 1992, with Kavita Krishnamurthy)
75. "Tere liye saari umar jaagun" (Yaad Rakhegi Duniya, 1992)
76. "Gali gali mein gana" (Yaad Rakhegi Duniya, 1992)
77. "Tooti khidki makdi ka jangla" (Yaad Rakhegi Duniya, 1992, with Kavita Krishnamurthy)
78. "Pyaar bada mushkil hai" (Yodha, 1990)
79. "Do bechare" (Victoria No. 203, 2007, with Udit Narayan)
80. "Dil le gayi teri bindiya" (Vishwatma, 1992, with Sapna Mukherjee)
81. "Bole chudiyan" (Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham..., 2001, with Kavita Krishnamurthy, Alka Yagnik, Sonu Nigam and Udit Narayan)
82. "Salma Pe Dil Aa Gaya" (Title Song, 1997, with Asha Bhosle, Kumar Sanu and Udit Narayan)
83. "Ka janoon main sajaniya, chamkaibe kab chandania, uthaile ghoongta, chand dekh le" (Hum Panch)

External links[link]

1. Amit Kumar's Official website
2. Amit Kumar's Official Fan Club
3. Amit Kumar IMDB profile
4. The Statesman on his 58th Birthday

Kavita Krishnamurthy Subramaniam
Kavita Subramaniam, 2008
Background information
Birth name	Sharada Krishnamurthy
Also known as	Kavita Krishnamoorthy, Kavita Krishnamurti
Born	(1958-01-25) January 25, 1958 (age 54)
Origin	Delhi, India
Genres	Playback singing, fusion, pop
Occupations	Playback singer, fusion artiste
Years active	1980–present

Kavita Subramaniam née Kavita Krishnamurthy (born Sharada Krishnamurthy on 25 January 1958) is a well-known Indian film playback singer.^[1] She is classically trained and has sung a wide range of classical-based songs. In her career, she has worked with a variety of music composers,^[2] including R. D. Burman and A. R. Rahman.^[3] She is also the recipient of four Filmfare Best Female Playback Awards, including 3 consecutive awards in the period 1994–1996 and the prestigious Padmashri which she received in 2006.

Early life[link]

Born Sharada Krishnamurthy^[4] in a Tamil Iyer family in New Delhi, India to T.S. Krishnamurthy, an employee of Education Ministry. She began her music training with her aunt, Mrs. Bhattacharya, who taught her Rabindra Sangeet.^[3] She began her formal training in Hindustani classical music under Balram Puri, a classical singer.

At the young age of eight, Kavita won a gold medal at a music competition. Subsequently, she kept winning many such gold medals as she kept participating in the Inter-Ministry Classical Competition in New Delhi in the mid 1960s.

Performing career[link]

At the age of nine, she got an opportunity to record a Tagore song in Bengali with the legendary Lata Mangeshkar under the auspices of the music composer and singer Hemant Kumar. Although the young Sharada was aspiring to be working with Indian Foreign Services, Kavita moved to Bombay when she was just 14 to try her luck as a playback singer in the Hindi film industry. She is an alumnus of St. Xaviers' College, Bombay from where she did her BA Honors Economics. She was also very active in the St. Xaviers' Music Group during her college days. During the annual college festival (Malhar), she accidentally met Ranu Mukherjee, the daughter of Hemant Kumar. Ranu took the initiative of reintroducing Kavita to her father.^[4] He was impressed by her grounding in music, so he began using her as a singer during his live performances. In one such performance, playback singer Manna Dey spotted her and employed her to sing advertisement jingles. Through her aunt's strong contacts, she met Jaya Chakravarthy, the mother of actress Hema Malini,^[4] who later took the initiative of introducing Kavita to the music director Laxmikant (one half of the composer duo Laxmikant-Pyarelal) in late 1976.

Playback singing[link]

Laxmikant gave her an option to work as a dubbing artiste or a career in playback singing later. Kavita chose the former and impressed Laxmikant with her extremely strong grasp of Hindustani classical music. Initially, she used to record songs and cut demos of songs intended for singers like Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle. In her struggling phase, she received the patronage of music composers Laxmikant—Pyarelal, who backed her so strongly that she was labelled as a singer exclusively working with them which gave many music directors an excuse to avoid working with her.

In 1980, she first sang the song, "Kaahe Ko Byaahi" in the film Maang Bharo Sajana, which featured her singing in her own voice. Unfortunately, the song was dropped from the final cut of the film. In 1985, her career took off with her first major hit, "Tumse Milkar Na Jaane Kyon" from the Hindi film Pyaar Jhukta Nahin. Post the success of the song, it opened up various opportunities beyond the Laxmikant-Pyarelal camp. However, "Hawa Hawaii" and "Karte Hain Hum Pyaar Mr. India Se", two popular songs from the equally popular movie Mr. India (1987), proved to be a turning point in her career. (The songs were composed by music composers Laxmikant-Pyarelal, the latter being a duet with Kishore Kumar and lip-synced on screen by actress Sridevi). Her collaboration with Laxmikant-Pyarelal produced several hits.

The 1990s thrust Kavita to being known as one of the leading female playback singers. Her performance as a singer in the film 1942: A Love Story, composed by R.D. Burman won her a lot of popular acclaim. She went on to work with several music directors of Hindi films of the 1990s, such as Anand-Milind, A. R. Rahman, Ismail Darbar, Nadeem-Shravan, Jatin Lalit, and Anu Malik. During her stint as a playback singer, she sang duets with the leading male singers of her times, from Kishore Kumar and Suresh Wadkar to Kumar Sanu, Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Udit Narayan, and Sonu Nigam. Her female duets mostly have been with Alka Yagnik, Anuradha Paudwal, and Sadhana Sargam.

Post her marriage to violinist Dr. L. Subramaniam in Bangalore on 11 November 1999, Kavita got extremely selective and cut down on her film singing. She started expanding her artistic range to areas which were never explored. She was the main featured soloist in the Global Fusion album released by Warner Bros., featuring musicians from five continents. As she actively started exploring fusion music, Kavita travelled around the world including to the US, UK, Europe, Africa, Australia, the Far East, the Middle East, and South America. She performed in concert halls including Royal Albert Hall in London, The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.., Madison Square Garden, The Lincoln Center in New York, the Zhongshan Music Hall in Beijing, The Esplanade in Singapore, The Putra Jaya World Trade Centre in Kuala Lumpur, and Gewandhaus Leipzigm.

Although primarily a playback singer, Kavita has sung with orchestras as a soloist; she collaborated with Western artists from jazz, pop and classical fields. She has lent her voice for many ghazal and devotional music albums. Both as a fusion music singer and as a playback singer, Kavita has performed throughout India.

She became the screen voice of some of the famous Bollywood actresses like Shabana Azmi, Sridevi, Madhuri Dixit, Manisha Koirala and Aishwarya Rai.

Pop and devotional singing[link]

Due to her participation in fusion and pop music, Kavita has lent her voice for several pop and devotional albums. The most prominent ones being:

• Koi Akela Kahan
• Meera Ka Ram
• Mahalakshmi Stotram
• Pop Time
• Sai Ka Vardaan
• Shagufthagi
• Dil Ki Awaaz (2006)
• Athens
• Asmita
• Mahiya

TV[link]

Kavita Subramaniam has been making appearances in various music reality shows as a guest judge owing to her popularity as a playback singer. She is currently judging the show Idea: Bharat Ki Shaan. This show airs on Doordarshan at prime time.

Personal life[link]

Kavita Krishnamurthy married violinist Dr. L. Subramaniam in Bangalore on 11 November 1999. They have no children. Subramaniam has three children from his previous marriage. Their daughter Seetha is a law graduate and is currently working on an English album. Narayanan, the middle one, is working to be a qualified doctor. The youngest, Ambi Subramaniam, is a featured soloist in the Bangalore-based band "Astral Symphony" and has recorded and given several concerts with his parents.

Kavita and her husband are now planning a music institute in Bangalore. The Institute would be named after her late father-in-law Lakshminarayana, who was also her husband's guru. The idea is to make it a global institute. The institute would teach both Indian and Western music. She wants dedicated students to learn from the works of Mozart so that they could collaborate with Western musicians who come to India for tours. The seeds have been sown with violin classes. She says that she is not going to be involved in too many classes. Her role in the institute would be to supervise the teaching process and conduct workshops on how to interpret a song. Her secret desire is to create the best music library that India has ever had, which includes, a vast variety of world music. Subramaniam has already collected a lot of material to which they want teachers, dedicated students and enthusiasts to have access.

Bollywood Songs[link]

Awards[link]

Kavita Krishnamurty has received several awards and honours. She was the recipient of three consecutive Filmfare awards from 1995–1997.

Civilian Awards:

• 2005 – Padma Shri – India's fourth highest civilian honours

Filmfare Awards

• 2003 – Best Female Playback Singer(shared with Shreya Ghoshal) – Dola Re Dola (Devdas)
• 1997 – Best Female Playback Singer – Aaj Main Upar (Khamoshi: The Musical)
• 1996 – Best Female Playback Singer – Mera Piya Ghar Aaya (Yaraana)
• 1995 – Best Female Playback Singer – Pyaar Hua Chupke Se (1942: A Love Story)^[3]

Star Screen Awards

• 1997 – Best Female Playback Singer – Aaj Main Upar (Khamoshi: The Musical)
• 2000 – Best Female Playback Singer – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam)

Zee Cine Awards

• 2003 – Best Female Playback Singer (shared with Shreya Ghoshal) – Dola Re (Devdas)
• 2000 – Best Female Playback Singer – Nimbooda (Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam)

IIFA Awards

• 2003 – Best Female Playback Singer (shared with Shreya Ghoshal) – Dola Re (Devdas)

Other Awards

• Yesudas Award (2008) by Swaralaya, for exceptional contribution to Indian music.
• Kishore Kumar Journalists'/Critics' Award in Calcutta (2002)
• Bollywood Award, held in New York (2000)

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Kavita Krishnamurthy

• Kavita Krishnamurthy at the Internet Movie Database
• L. Subramaniam and Kavita S.
• Artist: Kavita Krishnamurthy on Google Music
• Kavita Krishnamurthy's Tribute To Jagjit Singh

Sanjay Dutt
Born	Sanjay Balraj Dutt (1959-07-29) 29 July 1959 (age 52) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Film actor, film producer, comedian, politician, television presenter
Years active	1972, 1981–present
Spouse	Richa Sharma (1987–1996) (deceased) Rhea Pillai (1995–2005) (divorced)[1] Manyata Dutt (2008–present)[2]
Children	Trishala, Shahraan, Iqra
Parents	Sunil Dutt Nargis Dutt

Sanjay Dutt (born 29 July 1959) is a prominent Indian Hindi film star, producer and politician. Dutt, son of Hindi film actors Sunil Dutt and Nargis Dutt, made his acting debut in 1981. He has since featured in films that are amongst some of the most popular Hindi language films of the past three decades.

Personal life[link]

Dutt was born on 29 July 1959 to Bollywood megastars Sunil Dutt and Nargis and was educated at The Lawrence School, Sanawar.^[3] Dutt married the actress Richa Sharma in 1987.^[4] Sharma died of brain tumour. The couple have a daughter, Trishala, born in 1987, who lives in the United States with her grandparents, following a custody battle with Dutt after the death of his wife.^[5] Dutt's second marriage was to model Rhea Pillai in 1998.^[6] They divorced in 2005. Dutt married Manyata (also known as Dilnawaz Sheikh)^[7] in 2008 at a private ceremony in Goa, after two years of dating.^[8] On 21 October 2010, he became a father to twins, a boy named Shahraan and a girl named Iqra.^[9] He is well known for several altercations with the law, along with many other controversies throughout his life, as well as drug addiction in his early years.^{[citation needed]} He spent 5 months in prison in late 1982 after being caught in possession of illegal substances, upon his release he spent 2 years in the United States, the majority of which was spent in a Texan rehab clinic before returning to India and resuming his career.

Film career[link]

As a child actor, Dutt appeared in the 1972 film Reshma Aur Shera, which starred his father; he appears briefly as a qawali singer. Dutt made his Bollywood movie debut with Rocky in 1981. His mother passed away three days before the film's premiere. He went on to star in Vidhaata, the highest grossing Hindi film of 1982. In 1985 he shot for his first film in three years with Jaan ki baazi over the rest of the 1980s, Dutt appeared in successful films such as Main Awara Hoon (1983), Jeeva (1986), Mera Haque (1986), Immandaar, Inaam Dus Hazaar (1987), Jeete Hain Shaan Se (1987), Ilaaka (1989), Hum Bhi Insaan Hain (1989), Mardon Wali Baat (1988), Kanoon Apna Apna (1989), and Taaqatwar (1989).

The 1986 film Naam was Dutt's first major critical success, earning praise for his sensitive portrayal of lead character Vicky Kapoor. He also received critical acclaim for his performances in Mahesh Bhatt's Kabzaa and J. P. Dutta's 1989 Hathyar.^{[citation needed]} His successes continued in the early 1990s, with films that include Tejaa, Thanedaar, Khoon Ka Karz, Gumrah, Sahibaan and Aatish. He went on to star in some of the most era-defining Indian films of the 1990s such as Sadak, Saajan (for which he was nominated for the Filmfare Best Actor Award) and Khal Nayak, for which he earned his second Filmfare Best Actor Award nomination. Three weeks before its release, however, in April 1993, he was arrested, charged with involvement in the 1993 Mumbai bombings.

Dutt was imprisoned for most of the next four years, while films he had worked in continued to appear from time to time. Finally released on bail in late 1997, he returned to the screen in director Ram Gopal Verma's now cult film Daud, but despite the movie taking in a phenomenal opening the film crashed and was labelled a flop by critics. He then played a supporting role in the 1998 hit Dushman.

1999 was seen as Sanjay's comback year as he started the year off by starring in the Mahesh Bhatt directed hit Kartoos along with Khoobsurat, Daag: The Fire, Haseena Maan Jayegi and, most importantly, the Award winning Vaastav: The Reality, for which he won his first Filmfare Best Actor Award. His supporting role in 2000's Mission Kashmir won him critical acclaim and a number of awards and nominations, as did his subsequent performance in Kurukshetra. As the decade went on, he continued to play important roles in popular and critical successes such as Jodi No.1 (2001), Pitaah, Kaante (2002) and the National Award-winning blockbuster Munna Bhai M.B.B.S., which also garnered him several awards. Later successes came with Musafir (2004), Plan (2004), Parineeta (2005) and Dus.

The blockbuster sequel Lage Raho Munna Bhai released in late 2006, coinciding with the start of the Mumbai bombing's trial where the nation became transfixed with Dutt's court ongoings which saw him found not guilty of terrorism related acts but jailed on two occasions between 2006-2007 for short periods, as he was found guilty under the possesion of arms act despite this he continued appearing in successes like, Dhamaal (2007), Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007), and All The Best: Fun Begins (2009), Double Dhamaal (2011) and more recently Agneepath which earned him major critical acclaim once again.

In 2006 news channel NDTV named him Indian of the Year.In 2007 he received an award from the prime minister Manmohan Singh for his work in the Munna bhai series.^{[citation needed]}. In January 2008,Indian film institute Filmfare listed 14 movies featuring Dutt in its top 100 grossing movies of all time list.

Illegal possession of arms[link]

Due to terrorist interactions, and supposed weapons possession, on 19 April 1993, Sanjay was arrested under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Act (TADA).^[10] He spent 16 months in jail until he was granted bail in October 1995 by the Supreme Court of India. He was later re-arrested in December 1995 and re-released in April 1997 once again on police bail terms. In 2006 the case opened for sentencing for all accused (see below). The period between 2006-2007 saw Dutt spend 7 months in Arthur Road Prison and Pune prison on three occasions for arms offences, although in 2006 Dutt was finally acquitted of any TADA-related offenses but was charged under the illegal possession of arms act.

In November 1993, a 90,000-page long primary chargesheet was filed against the 189 accused in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts case including Sanjay.^[11]

In March 2006, when framing muthar charges against extradited Abu Salem and co-accused Riyaz Siddiqui in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts case, the prosecution said that Salem delivered 9 AK-56 rifles and some hand grenades to Dutt at his Bandra house in the second week of January 1993.^[12]

On 13 February 2007, the special branch of Mumbai police arrested Abdul Qayyum Abdul Karim Shaikh, a close aide of Dawood Ibrahim and wanted by Mumbai Police Special Task Force for his role in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts from Mumbai.^[13] Qayuum had been named by Sanjay Dutt in his confessional statement. Sanjay had said that he met Qayuum in Dubai in September 1992 and bought a pistol from him. According to CBI, the pistol was sold to Sanjay at the instance of Dawood's brother Anees Ibrahim.^[14]

On 31 July 2007, Dutt was sentenced to six years rigorous imprisonment for illegally possessing weapons.^[15] At the same time, Dutt was also "cleared of terrorism conspiracy charges in the blasts" related to the 1993 bombings.^[15] According to The Guardian, "The actor claimed he feared for his life after the notorious "Black Friday" bombings, which were allegedly staged by Mumbai's Muslim-dominated mafia in retaliation for deadly Hindu-Muslim clashes a few months earlier. But the judge, Pramod Kode, rejected this defence and also refused bail."^[15] Dutt was immediately taken into custody and sent to Mumbai's Arthur Road Jail. As the sentence was pronounced, Dutt was "visibly shocked and was seen shivering and holding back tears".^[10]

On 2 August 2007, Sanjay Dutt was moved from Arthur Road jail in Mumbai to the Yerwada Central Jail in Pune.^[16] On 7 August 2007, Dutt appealed the sentence.^[17] On 20 August 2007, the Supreme Court of India granted Dutt interim bail. He was released after Yerwada Central Jail authorities received a copy of the court's bail order. The bail was valid until the time the special TADA court, which sentenced Dutt on 31 July, provides a copy of its judgment to him.^[18] Dutt was released from jail on 23 August.^[19] On 22 October 2007 Dutt was back in jail but again applied for bail. On 27 November 2007, Dutt was granted bail by the Supreme Court.^[20] He currently has an appeal for an acquittal pending.^[21] In January 2009, Dutt announced that he would contest the 2009 Lok Sabha elections on the Samajwadi Party ticket.^[22] However, he withdrew his candidacy in March 2009 after the Supreme Court refused to suspend his conviction, the party instead named him the General Secretary of the party. He left the post in late 2010. ^[23]

International humanitarian initiatives[link]

On 16 December 2008, he was appointed as a Goodwill Ambassador for IIMSAM — the Intergovernmental Institution for the use of Micro-algae Spirulina Against Malnutrition. He will be promoting the use of Spirulina to help the organization's advocacy and endeavor against malnutrition and hunger. His role will also support IIMSAM's efforts to secure the United Nations Millennium Development Goals by mainstreaming the use of Spirulina to eradicate malnutrition, achieve food security and bridge the health divide with a special priority for the developing and the least developed countries.^[24]

Bigg Boss[link]

The veteran actor hosted the fifth season of reality TV show, Bigg Boss on Colors.^[25]

Super Fight League[link]

Dutt and celebrity entrepreneur IPL cricket team owner Raj Kundra together launched India's first professionally organized mixed martial arts league — the Super Fight League — on 16 January 2012.^[26]

Awards and honors[link]

Filmography[link]

Actor[link]

Producer[link]

• Zinda (2006)
• Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007)
• Dus Kahaniyaan (2007)
• Rascals (2011)
• Satte Pe Satta Remake Double role (2012)

Television[link]

• Bigg Boss (season 5)

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Sanjay Dutt

• Sanjay Dutt at the Internet Movie Database
• Sanjay Dutt to host Bigg Boss 5!

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