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Shyama (born Khurshid Akhtar; 7 June 1935, Lahore) is a former Bollywood actress. Her best known roles were in Aar Paar (1954), Barsaat Ki Raat (1960) and Tarana. She was also noticed in 'Sawan Bhadon', 'Dil Diya Dard Liya', 'Milan' and 'Sharda' for which she was awarded Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. Like Shammi Kapoor in male actors, she is the actress who has been most responsive to the rhythm and lyrics of the music directors and poets. Songs picturised on her like 'ae dil mujhe bata de', 'O chand jahan wo jaye', 'ae lo main hari piya', ' dekho, wo chand chhup ke karata hai kya ishare', 'chhupa ke meri aankhon ko', 'ja re ka re badara' are examples of her sensitive acting.
Director Vijay Bhatt gave her the stage name Shyama by which she is credited in her movies. She had starring roles in Guru Dutt's classic Aar Paar and later in Barsaat Ki Raat which was perhaps her best performance. She was a major star in the 1950s and 60s and acted in more than 200 movies, many in starring roles.
Actors: Manoj K. Jayan (actor), Jayaram (actor), T.G. Ravi (actor), Vijayakumar (actor), Bhavana (actress), Arun Kumar (editor), Vijeesh (actor), Laxmi Rattan (actor), Deepu Karunakaran (writer), Deepu Karunakaran (director), Deepu Karunakaran (writer), Deepu Karunakaran (writer), Rehana (actress), Mareena (actor), Radhakrishnan (producer),
Genres: Horror,Actors: Rabindranath Tagore (composer), Rabindranath Tagore (writer), Obhi Chatterjee (director), Kaberi Chatterjee (actress), Kaberi Chatterjee (producer), Obhi Chatterjee (producer), Obhi Chatterjee (editor), Jayanta Chatterjee (actor), Jayanta Chatterjee (producer), Sikha Chatterjee Chakroborty (actress), Ritapa Bhattacharya (actress), Gargi Das (actress), Sarmistha Ghosh (actress), Papia Khan (actress), Paromita Kumar (actress),
Plot: Bojroshen, a foreign merchant, is carrying a necklace of rare emeralds which he does not intend to trade but which he has bought for the girl of his dreams, whom he has not yet met. The Queen of the country through which he is traveling has heard of this necklace and the King has sent his spies to find him. Shyama, a court dancer, is with her companions when Bojroshen rushes past her, hotly pursued by the King's Guard. She falls head over heels in love with Bojroshen, although she sees that he has been caught and handcuffed by the policeman. Using her companions as intermediaries, she asks the King's Guard to visit her with his prisoner. She asks the King's Guard why Bojroshen has been imprisoned. The King's Guard replies that there has been a theft from the Royal Treasury and that, to avoid losing face, the police need to catch a culprit, no matter who it is. Realizing that Bojroshen has been falsely accused of theft and faces execution, she persuades the King's Guard to spare Bojroshen for two days, hoping that she can help him to freedom in this time. When Bojroshen hears that Shyama has secured this stay of execution because she has fallen in love with him, he realizes that this is the girl of his dreams. Uttiyo has been a secret admirer of Shyama for many years but has never expressed his affection for her. When he hears that she is seeking someone valiant enough to save Bojroshen from an unjust execution, he tells Shyama that he is prepared to put himself in the place of the one she loves so that she will remember him forever. As a token of her affection, she gives him a ring which the King has given her. Ignoring warnings that he is too young to die, Uttiyo surrenders to the King's Guard, showing the ring as proof that he was responsible for the theft. Shyama tries to tell the King's Guard that Uttiyo did not steal the ring but he sends her away and executes Uttiyo. Shyama visits Bojroshen in prison to let him know of his release, though she is troubled by her conscience. Bojroshen is delighted both to be free and to see her again. Shyama runs away with him. Displeased with Shyama's disappearance from the palace, the King sends his guards to look for her. Meanwhile, Bojroshen is curious to know how Shyama obtained his release and she tells him that he was freed because of Uttiyo's sacrifice. He is so shocked at what she has done that he sends her away. Although he realizes that she had only done this to save him, he is unable to forgive her.
Keywords: character-name-in-title, family-relationships, independent-film, love, philosophyActors: Rana Jung Bahadur (actor), Mukesh Tiwari (actor), Rati Agnihotri (actress), Rambha (actress), Goga Kapoor (actor), Shahbaaz Khan (actor), Iqbal Durrani (director), Iqbal Durrani (producer), Salim Ghouse (actor), Deepshika (actress), Pushpa Verma (actress), Nawab Shah (actor), Vikas Kalantri (actor), Jyoti Joshi (actress), Altaf Raja (composer),
Plot: A large multi-storied building formerly known as "Play House", where actors used to stage various plays, but after the plays stopped, came to be known as "Pila House" a place where prostitutes reside and sell their bodies for a price. It is at this location that several women are abducted or lured to, and forced into prostitution. Some women do it voluntarily to feed their families, some do it for the money, others are forced to live this life as they are unable to rehabilitate themselves. Into this atmosphere of pimps, lusty police officers, drug addicts, single mothers, and prostitutes comes beautiful Kasturibai from Benaras. She does not want to be a mere prostitute but wants to make it big in the call-girl and escort services where she can demand twice as much money. For this purpose, she decides to learn English from a young man named Masterji, who offers to teach her without charging any fees. Subsequently, Masterji and Kasturi fall in love with each other and decide to elope and marry. Helping Kasturi through this time of transition is Madhav, a waiter, who supplies tea, drinks, and snacks to all residents and visitors in this building. He even gets her a red Saree so that she can wear it on her wedding day. He accompanies her and leaves her at the spot where she is to meet with Masterji, and bids her adieu. Then Masterji shows up and it is then Kasturi finds out what his plans for her are - and none of them include married life.
Genres: ,Actors: Simran (actress), Brinda (miscellaneous crew), A. Sreekar Prasad (editor), Madhavan (actor), Mani Ratnam (director), Prakash Raj (actor), A.R. Rahman (composer), Mani Ratnam (writer), Mani Ratnam (writer), Mani Ratnam (producer), J.D. Chakravarthi (actor), Nandita Das (actress), Pasupathy (actor), Sujatha (writer), Bala Singh (actor),
Plot: Dhileepan and Shyama are Tamil-speaking residents of Mankulam, Sri Lanka, who get married with the blessings of their respective families. After the marriage, Shyama confides that she would like to be a mother of 8 children, but is stunned when her husband tells her that he cannot father any children until there is peace between the mainstream and the Tamils in this country. Nevertheless, they do get intimate, resulting in Shyama getting pregnant. Dhileepan goes into hiding because of his connections with the Tamil Tigers, while Shyama returns to her dad, Devanathan's house. A storm threatens their village, and they are forced to flee to a Refugee Camp in Rameswaram, India. Alone, without any support, Shyama gives birth to a girl, leaves her, and returns to Sri Lanka to be with her husband. This child gets noticed by noted Tamil author Thiruchelvan, who lives with his sister, Kamalee, her husband, and their son, and authors books under the pen-name of 'Indra', who is actually an attractive TV news-woman who lives next door. When he comes forward to adopt her, he is initially refused, as he must be married in order to adopt any child. He accordingly gets married to Indra, and they adopt the child and name her Amudha. Subsequently, they become parents of two sons, Vinayan and Akhilan. After Amudha completes her 9th year, she is told that she has been adopted, compelling her to start searching for her biological mother. She initially runs aways to Rameswaram, but is unable to locate her, continues to be distraught, until Thiruchelvan promises to take her to Mankulam. They do come across a woman named Shyama, but she denies having any children, and it is then that they find out that there is another Mankulam to the north of Sri Lanka. They travel there, amongst almost war-like conditions, and it is here that Thiruchelvan and his guide, Dr. Herold Vikramsinghe, will be abducted by Tamil Tigers, who in turn, will arrange for a meeting with Shyama. Watch what happens when Amudha finally gets to meet her birth-mother - who may outrightly disown her or induct her as one of the many child warriors amongst the Tamil Tigers.
Keywords: adopted-daughter, civil-war, kamalahasan, search-for-parent, snorricam, sri-lanka, suicide-bomber, terrorism, violence, writerActors: Fazil (writer), Harisree Asokan (actor), Paravoor Bharathan (actor), Kunchacko Boban (actor), Cochin Hanifa (actor), Innocent (actor), Janardanan (actor), Sankaradi (actor), Thilakan (actor), K.P.A.C. Lalitha (actress), Fazil (director), Srividya (actress), Ouseppachan (composer), Sudheesh (actor), Kanakalatha (actress),
Genres: Drama, Romance,Actors: K. Rajagopal (editor), Jayaram (actor), Shobana (actress), Sreenivasan (writer), Johnson (composer), Lalu Alex (actor), Mammukoya (actor), Captain Raju (actor), Sreenivasan (actor), Oduvil Unnikrishnan (actor), K.P.A.C. Lalitha (actress), Philomina (actress), Chitra (actress), Geetha Vijayan (actress), Krishnan Kutty Nair (actor),
Plot: When Sreenivasan who is a magician and his assistant Jayaram are performing a magic trick on stage , a women stumbles (Shobhana) into and hides in one of their tricks. They confront her and shortly after she disappears.Jayaram and Sreenivasan unknowingly become involved in her mystery case and set out to find her.
Keywords: journalist, magician, street-magician, unemploymentActors: Kanta Rao (actor), Ilayaraja (composer), Ramaprabha (actress), Chandramohan (actor), Anjali Devi (actress), Murali Mohan (actor), Raja (actor), Somayajulu J.V. (actor), Ramakrishna (actor), Sridhar (actor), Chalam (actor), Suthi Veerabhadra Rao (actor), Rushyendramani (actress), Vijayachander (actor), K. Vasu (director),
Plot: During the Devrajya it was Bhagwan Shri Vishnu who ruled the universe in the form of Bhagwan Shri Ram; then during the Manavraj, where he ruled as Bhagwan Shri Kishan; in the Kalyug (dark age) He ruled as Lord Jesus and Bhagwan Shri Buddh - and now in Shirdi circa the British Rule in India was Bhagwan Shri Sai Baba. No living person knew how he came about this blessed village - but initially was shunned by both Hindus and Muslims, especially by Bal Bhate who though Sai was a Muslim and forbade him to enter any Mandir; Rohila, a Muslim, who thought Sai was desecrating the local Masjid by performing Hindu prayers and incantations, attempted to kill Sai, but then he saw both Allah and Bhagwan in Sai's eyes and became a devotee. When Sai was ready to give up his body and resurrect himself after 3 days, just like Lord Jesus, a disbelieving Bal had wanted Sai's body to be cremated within 24 hours - only to find out that Sai had indeed risen, and also became his devotee. As did Bhagoti, a leper, who was cured by Sai. Though Sai had no relations, he did call Tatya's mom his sister; Tatya his maternal nephew; a devotee named Laxmi as his daughter, and an elderly woman as his mother. Sai displayed his true form and opulence to another devotee, Nana Chandorkar. Though he lived in a rebuilt Masjid, Sai urged his devotees to pray to God, as the Creator had only created Humans - never any religion or borders - and to love and respect all living beings. He begged for alms daily so that he could collect sins and wash them away. He always uttered 'Allah Bala Kare' and 'Bhagwan Bala Kare' to both Muslims and Hindus alike. He appeared in a multitude form of deities (Lord Jesus, Guru Nanak Devji, Allah, Bhagwan Shri Ganesh) to cater to the various tastes of devotees. Sai was also fond of Nanavli, a mentally challenged devotee, who often challenged Sai, but was one of the few who really understood and accepted Sai as Vishnu's Avatar. Sai appeared simultaneously in a wealthy man's and Nana's dreams and called upon them to construct a Mandir of Bhagwan Shri Kishan. While the construction was under way, Sai prophesied the death of Tatya but also told them not to tell him and to not worry. Shortly thereafter while bequeathing the nine coins symbolizing nine virtues to Laxmi (which depict Sravan, Kirtan, Smaran, Pagsera, Archana, Namaskar, Dastan, Samveta, & Atmanivrdan) Sai was ready to demonstrate to his devotees why they should not worry about Tatya's impending demise.
Keywords: devotionalActors: Asrani (actor), Birbal (actor), Farooq Shaikh (actor), Shivraj (actor), Seema Deo (actress), Poonam Dhillon (actress), Poonam Dhillon (actress), Saroj Khan (actress), Madhu Malhotra (actress), Prema Narayan (actress), Tun Tun (actress), Rajendra Krishan (writer), Rajendra Krishan (writer), Ramesh Deo (actor), Shakti Kapoor (actor),
Genres: Romance,Actors: Leela Chitnis (actress), Sadiq (actor), Narbada Shankar (actor), Ramayan Tiwari (actor), Kalyanji Veerji Shah (composer), Sunil Dutt (actor), Krishnakant (actor), Shakila (actress), Purnima (actress), Manorama (actress), Gulab (actress), Kundan (actor), Ravindra Dave (director), Ravindra Dave (producer), Amarnath (actor),
Plot: Mohan is a young man who lives with his widowed mother, is in love with a young woman named Shyama, and both would like to get married. Unfortunately, before that could happen, Shyama is shot dead, the police get involved, an eye-witness named Bindiya names Mohan as the killer, as such Mohan is arrested, tried in Court, found guilty and sentenced to be hanged. The only one who believes in Mohan's innocence is his mother, Gangadevi. She advertises in the newspapers offering a reward of Rs.10,000/- to whoever can prove her son innocent, asking readers to direct their responses to Post Box 999. No one ever responds, until after 5 years when a Reporter, Vikas, of "Prakash" publications comes across the ad and decides to prove Mohan innocent. Assisting him are Gangadevi and a young woman named Nilima, eventually both Nilima and Vikas fall in love. Their investigation take them to a variety of people, including Banarsilal, Bindiya who witnessed the killing, and a killer named Shamsher Singh, who abducts Nilima. Now Vikas has only one day to prove Mohan's innocence, and he must use it to either do that or save Nilima from Shamsher's clutches.
Genres: Action, Mystery,Actors: Molina Devi (actress), Manoranjan Bhattacharya (actor), Nibhanani Devi (actress), Durgadas Bannerjee (actor), Premankur Atorthy (director), Bankimchandra Chatterjee (writer), Umasashi (actress),
Genres: ,Frosted windowpanes
Candles gleaming inside
Painted candy canes on the tree
Santa's on his way
He's filled his sleigh with things
Things for you and for me
It's that time of year
When the world falls in love
Every song you hear seems to say
"Merry Christmas
May your new year's dreams come true"
And this song of mine
In three quarter time
Wishes you and yours
The same thing, too
It's that time of year
When the world falls in love
Every song you hear
Seems to say
"Merry Christmas
May your new year dreams come true"
And this song of mine
In three quarter time
Wishes you and yours