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Krishna (Sanskrit: कृष्ण) (kṛṣṇa in IAST, pronounced [ˈkr̩ʂɳə] literally "dark, black") is a central figure of Hinduism. He is known as the eighth and "complete" avatar of Lord Vishnu, come to restore Dharma to the earth in a time of great dharmic imbalance. Krishna is identified as a historical individual who participated in the events of the Mahabharata.
Krishna is often described as an infant or young boy playing a flute as in the Bhagavata Purana, or as a youthful prince giving direction and guidance as in the Bhagavad Gita. The stories of Krishna appear across a broad spectrum of Hindu philosophical and theological traditions. They portray him in various perspectives: a god-child, a prankster, a model lover, a divine hero and the Supreme Being. The principal scriptures discussing Krishna's story are the Mahabharata, the Harivamsa, the Bhagavata Purana and the Vishnu Purana.
Worship of a deity of Krishna, in the form of Vasudeva, Bala Krishna or Gopala, can be traced to as early as 4th century BC. Worship of Krishna as svayam bhagavan, or the Supreme Being, known as Krishnaism, arose in the Middle Ages in the context of the bhakti movement. From the 10th century AD, Krishna became a favorite subject in performing arts and regional traditions of devotion developed for forms of Krishna such as Jagannatha in Orissa, Vithoba in Maharashtra and Shrinathji in Rajasthan. Since the 1960s the worship of Krishna has also spread in the West, largely due to the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
Anupam Kher (born 7 March 1955) is an Indian actor who has appeared in nearly 450 films and 100 plays. 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.
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.
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.
Actors: Tinnu Anand (actor), Birbal (actor), Bhanu Athaiya (costume designer), Rati Agnihotri (actress), Dimple Kapadia (actress), Mithun Chakraborty (actor), Ronnie Screwvala (producer), Ramesh Goyal (actor), Gulshan Grover (actor), Yusuf Hussain (actor), Mahesh Narayan (editor), Kitu Gidwani (actress), Shantanu Moitra (composer), Sanjay Swaraj (actor), Surendra Rajan (actor),
Plot: Hari Singh has been married to Lakshmi for about 40 years, is the father of a male child, who is employed in America, while his wife, Divya, and daughter, Sonia, live with them in a very harmonious relationship. Then Lakshmi suddenly passes away, leaving Hari alone and vulnerable. He gets close to his grand-daughter, and starts visiting his school-mates. It is then Divya concludes that Hari may not be a good influence over her daughter, after she finds out that he has not only fallen in love, but is also visiting on the sly, as well as exchanging love letters with a woman named Ganga.
Genres: Drama, Romance,Actors: Bapu (director), Bappi Lahiri (composer), Venkata Ramana Mullapoodi (writer), Venkata Ramana Mullapoodi (writer), Vikas Anand (actor), Reema Lagoo (actress), Shammi (actress), Anjana Mumtaz (actress), Harish Patel (actor), Amrish Puri (actor), Rajesh Puri (actor), Mithun Chakraborty (actor), Mithun Chakraborty (actor), Juhi Chawla (actress), Sushmita Mukherjee (actress),
Plot: Devout lower-caste Poojary Madhavcharya lives a poor lifestyle in a village along with his wife, a son, and younger brother, Gopal. He makes a living by offering prayers at the local Mandir, is very much respected by villagers, and believed to actually speak with Bhagwan Shri Kishan. Troubles will plague him after he finds out that Gopal has not only been creating problems for Chaudhry Rudranarayan, but has also fallen in love and wants to get married to an upper-caste girl, Rajni, the daughter of the local Thakurain. Before he could even attempt to resolve these issues, the keys of the Mandir are taken away from him, and he can no longer pray nor converse with Kishanji. Things come to a boil after he is told that Gopal has forcibly taken the keys, and has stolen all the Mandir's jewelry.
Keywords: remakeActors: Aparajita (actress), Milind Chitragupth (composer), Tinnu Anand (actor), Mithun Chakraborty (actor), Prem Chopra (actor), Anand Chitragupth (composer), Jugnu (actor), Juhi Chawla (actress), Aruna Irani (actress), Shakti Kapoor (actor), Kulbhushan Kharbanda (actor), Nirupa Roy (actress), Shiva Rindani (actor), K.C. Bokadia (producer), Sujata Bakshi (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Kanhaiya lives with his mother in a small rural town in India, and makes a living singing and dancing at wedding, birthdays, and other important ceremonies in the community along with Bhola, a young man who his mother had offered to house and shelter when he had been lost in a fair. The community's powerful Thakur Raghuvir Singh's daughter, Chanchal, falls in love with Kanhaiya, and asks him to approach her father for her hand in marriage. Bhola and Kanhaiya's mom approach him accordingly, but are insulted, severely beaten and thrown out. As a result of this beating, Kanhaiya's mom passes away, leaving him enraged to avenge her death by the arrogant Thakur. When Thakur finds out that it was his daughter who had proposed marriage, he apologizes to Kanhaiya, but gets his daughter married elsewhere. It is then that Kanhaiya meets with Janki, a young woman, living with her mentor, Dayal, who works for another Thakur, Pratap Singh. Kanhaiya and Janki fall in love and would like to get married - the only problem is that Pratap considers Janki his mistress, and will not permit anyone to come near her, leave alone marry her.
Keywords: bullfight, loss-of-mother, marriage, party, prostitute, river, templeActors: Arjun (actor), Goundamani (actor), Jaishankar (actor), Ilayaraja (composer), Senthil (actor), Jai Ganesh (actor), Sawan Kumar Sawan (writer), P.L. Ahuja (producer), Sumitra (actress), Munna Khan (writer), Raja (director), Mohan (editor), Pallavi (actress),
Plot: In a region where swift justice is rendered by compassionate Sharda and her son, Billa, the Police find virtually no crime or work for them. Things change dramatically after the entry of a petty thief, Durga, in Billa's life, and when Sharda decides to stand for state elections amidst allegations that she has a shady past and may be living a double life.
Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime,Actors: Smita Patil (actress), Shatrughan Sinha (actor), Smita Patil (actress), Dina Pathak (actress), Javed Khan (actor), Rakesh Bedi (actor), Avtar Gill (actor), T.P. Jain (actor), Goga Kapoor (actor), Sanjeev Kumar (actor), Paintal (actor), Om Prakash (actor), Ranjeet (actor), Manmohan Krishna (actor), Priti Sapru Walia (actress),
Plot: Truck-driver Preetam is in love with Rano, who lives with her mother, Durga, and they run 'Durga Dhaba' at Chandanpur. Durga's husband, also a truck-driver, had abandoned her, leaving her to bring up Rano on her own. Durga is upset when she finds out Rano also wants to marry a truck-driver, but changes her mind after meeting Preetam, and arranges their wedding. On the wedding day, Preetam does not show up, and Durga wants Rano to marry Kanhaiya, the son of money-lender, Fakirchand, but Rano confesses that she is pregnant, and a shocked Durga passes away. Rano then runs away, gives birth to a male child, and abandons it at a hospital run by Dr. Fernandez. She then finds employment there, and brings up her child, Tony, as her own. Seven years later, Bombay-based Dr. Prabhat Kumar joins the hospital, falls in love with her and introduces her to his mother. Will Rano accept Prabhat as her husband, and if so, what will be Prabhat's reaction when he finds out that she is an unwed mother?
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance,Actors: Prem Chopra (actor), Nirupa Roy (actress), Rajan Haksar (actor), Jagdeep (actor), Jeetendra (actor), Vijay Arora (actor), Ashok Kumar (actor), Roopesh Kumar (actor), Jagdish Raj (actor), Rakesh Roshan (actor), Moushumi Chatterjee (actress), Kamini Kaushal (actress), Pinchoo Kapoor (actor), Manorama (actress), Sarika (actress),
Plot: Vijay (Jeetendra) is a Crime Reporter and very often helps the police in apprehending criminals. When his stepmother (Kamini Kaushal) passes away, she asks him to look after his step-brother, Anand (Vijay Arora), which he promises to do so. Thinking that some girl named Saroj (Moushumi Chatterjee) is taking advantage of Anand, he secretly marries her, and abandons her. Vijay's mentor is Rai saheb (Ashok Kumar), who had deserted his wife (Nirupa Roy) and his daughter Saroj, and son, Chandu (Rakesh Roshan). Rai saheb unknowingly hires Saroj as a lady servant for his two daughters, one of whom is Laxmi (Sarika) who is secretly in love with Vijay, and other one, very young, is handicapped and confined to a wheelchair. Vijay and her dad want Laxmi to marry Anand, which she refuses. Chandu has fallen into bad company of a criminal boss (Prem Chopra) and his sidekick Kitty (Komila Virk). Unknowingly Chandu assaults his very own father, and kidnaps his younger sister to satisfy the boss. Saroj is determined to honor the marriage, but Vijay is not. Will these two ever get together? Will it be too late for Chandu to make amends?
Keywords: brother-sister-relationship, crime-reporter, father-daughter-relationship, father-son-relationship, gangsters, kidnapping, pickpocket, poor-family, rich-family, slapActors: Rajendra Krishan (writer), Jagdeep (actor), Sanjay Khan (actor), Manmohan Krishna (actor), Om Prakash (actor), Jayshree T. (actress), Jayshree T. (actress), Sunder (actor), M.S. Mani (editor), V. Madhusudan Rao (director), Pratima Devi (actress), Madhumati (actress), Madhumati (actress), Lalita Pawar (actress), Rahul Dev Burman (composer),
Plot: Pretty Sadhana, the daughter of Rangpur-based widow, Bhagmati, falls in love, and gets married to Haripur-based Deepak Chaudhary, who lives with his dad, Motilal; and mom, Maya. It is here she will find that her mom expects her to abuse Maya, and drive her out; while Bhagmati herself abuses her very own daughter-in-law, Lajwanti, for not bringing any dowry, and prevents her submissive son, Kanhaiya, from being intimate with her. Sadhana will also find out why Motilal and Maya do not converse with each other directly, and why the former keeps a photo-less frame in the main living room of their mansion.
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Bharat Bhushan (actor), Biswajeet (actor), Biswajeet (actor), Biswajeet (actor), Biswajeet (actor), Ravikant (actor), Seema Deo (actress), Anjana Mumtaz (actress), Master Rajesh (actor), Sarla Yeolekar (actress), Kedar Nath Agarwala (writer), Kedar Nath Agarwala (director), Kedar Nath Agarwala (producer), Neeta Sen (composer), Master Sushobhan (actor),
Plot: After Bhagwan Shri Kishan kills his oppressive maternal uncle, Kans, the latter's wife, Ashti, unleashes a reign of terror and has her soldiers kill anyone who even dares to utter Kishanji's name. Amidst this fear and tyranny, young Sudaama travels to Gokul to study along with young Kishanji, both become close friends, and travel together to Brindavan where they are warmly received by Kishanji's mother, Devi Maa Yashodha. After many frolics and adventures, the duo return back to Gokul where they end up arguing so much so that Kishanji informs him that he will never give him anything. Years later, Sudaama is married to Sharda, lives an impoverished lifestyle in a region that is still governed by Rani Ashti, while Kishanji is the Raja of Dwarka, has 8 wives (Rukmini, Satyabama, Badhra, Lakshmana, Kalindhi, Mitravenda, Satya, Jambvati) in addition to 16100 Patranis. Sudaama is unable to secure any gainful employment, is repeatedly beaten by Ashti's soldiers while his wife and children starve. With their childhood argument still fresh in their respective minds, neither of the two are even willing to consider meeting with each other. Things get worse for Sudaama when his eldest son becomes ill and the only way he can get money is by selling Kishanji's mud-made statue that he has always treasured. Watch what impact this has on his family as well as the all-knowing Kishanji.
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, History,Actors: Shashikala (actress), Sunil Dutt (actor), Jankidas (actor), Raj Kishore (actor), Ashok Kumar (actor), A. Bhimsingh (director), Mehmood (actor), Raj Mehra (actor), Keshto Mukherjee (actor), Mukri (actor), Shyama (actress), Ramesh Deo (actor), Padma Khanna (actress), Sulochana Latkar (actress), Ravi (composer),
Plot: Shanti Swarup is a businessman and lives a wealthy lifestyle with his three sons, Ram, Shyam, and Sunder; his wife, Parvati; widowed sister, Devki; an unmarried daughter, Geeta; and a devoted servant named Kanhaiya. Parvati would like Sunder to get married to a former rich man's daughter, Laxmi, but Sunder chooses to marry a maid-servant, Rachna, and as a result Laxmi gets married to Kanhaiya. Shanti has arranged for Geeta to marry his friend, Lala Karamchand's son, Ramesh. Financial losses occur, Shanti loses all his wealth, his sons, Ram and Shyam, refuse to assist him in any way, & Karamchand cancels the wedding. Disheartened, depressed and unable to face the world, he passes away. Now their palatial home is to be auctioned by a greedy Karamchand, a devastated Parvati is on her deathbed as she cannot think of living elsewhere, and it is only a miracle that can save this wretched family.
Keywords: maidservant, one-word-titleActors: Chanda (actress), I.S. Johar (actor), Manmohan Krishna (actor), Ulhas (actor), Krishna Kumari (actress), Anita Guha (actress), Rajendra Kumar (actor), Leela Mishra (actress), Ameeta (actress), Vijay Bhatt (director), Vasant Desai (composer), Prem Dhawan (actor), Aruna (actress), Farooq (actress), Ram Moorti (actor),
Plot: Childhood sweethearts Gopi and Kishen hope to get married when they are grown up. Gopi dances to the magical tunes of Kishen's clarinet (shenai), and both are virtually inseparable. Years pass by, both have grown up and Gopi's mom, Jamuna, would like Gopi to get married to a young man from Lucknow, by the name of Shekhar, who works for All India Radio. Shekhar visits them, meets Gopi, and approves of this marriage, and asks Jamuna to finalize a day for the marriage. When this news reaches Gopi and Kishen both are heartbroken, as much as Kishen would like to marry Gopi he knows that he is unemployed and poor, and hence not considered a good suitor. Additionally, his mentor and guardian, Raghunath, would like him to marry his daughter, Ramkali, and may ask him to make the ultimate sacrifice by demanding this as his guru-dakshina (teacher's fee). Then the villagers ask Kishen to leave the town as he has brought shame on them all by continuing to meet with Gopi, who has now been promised to Shekhar. Kishen leaves town, re-locates to Lucknow, meets with Shekhar, who gives him a job at the Radio Station. Soon Kishen's music reaches every corner of India and he becomes a rich man overnight. He returns home to wed Gopi, but finds out that Shekhar is to wed her, and he is just in time to play the clarinet at their wedding. It looks like Gopi and Kishen's romance is fated to end tragically - unless and until a miracle occurs that will unite them forever.
Genres: Musical, Romance,