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Ravi Baswani (29 September 1946 – 27 July 2010) was a well-known Indian film actor, most famous for his role in Sai Paranjpe's Chashme Buddoor (1981) and Kundan Shah's cult comedy Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983), for which he won Filmfare Best Comedian Award in 1984. He was noted for his comic timing and underplaying a character in the true sense of the word. In a career spanning 30 years he acted in some 30 films. He died in Haldwani, on his way to Delhi from hill station Nainital, to where he had travelled to scout for locations for his upcoming directorial feature which was also to be his debut in that role.
Ravi Baswani was born and brought up in a Jat family in Delhi. He did his schooling from St. George's College, Mussoorie. He later did his graduation from Kirori Mal College (KMC), Delhi University, he was also part of the KMC dramatic society at the college.
He started his career in 1981 with Chashme Buddoor and did many successful films as a comedian and/or as a character artist. He also appeared very many times on Indian television. He went on to work in films like the cult Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro, Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa, Chhota Chetan, Ab Aayega Maza and Naseeruddin Shah's first directorial venture, Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota. As a television actor, he acted in numerous TV serials, including, the popular comedy serial, Idhar Udhar on Doordarshan in the 1980s, wherein he acted alongside Pathak sisters, Supriya Pathak and Ratna Pathak. More recently he was seen in character roles in films like Bunty Aur Babli and Pyar Tune Kya Kiya. In 2004, when Film and Television Institute of India, Pune revived its acting course after 26 years, he became its coordinator and a teacher, along with Naseeruddin Shah, who also redesigned the course, Baswani however resigned the next year.
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Ravi Baswani, acclaimed actor, who shot to fame with the cult comedy Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983), passed away in Shimla yesterday when shooting for a film he was planning to direct. He was 64. Having debuted in the Sai Paranjpe's Chashme Buddoor in 1981, Ravi Baswani did many films as a character artiste. His performance in Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro earned him a Filmfare Best Comedian Award. The film he was planning to direct was about a 10-year-old orphan who lives with his grandmother in the hills. The actor died of a massive heart attack, last afternoon, in Haldwani, near Nainital. Ravi Baswani's friend actor Zakir Hussain told Mumbai Mirror, "I believe he was coming from Nainital back home to Delhi. He was accompanied by a couple of people who were working with him on a children'...
Ravi Baswani gives two millions cash to Rajpal Yadav and tells him to hand it over to Chota Vakeel. Rajpal Yadav assures him not to worry and that he give the cash to Chota Vakeel.
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A photographer duo Vinod (Naseeruddin Shah) and Sudhir (Ravi Baswani) start a studio only to find wrong things happening right from its launch. However, their photographic assignments lead them to expose shady facts about citys builders, municipal officers and others. The film exposes many evils through its hilarious style, which weaves into its slapstick comedy as well as epic episodes to incisive effect. SUBSCRIBE for the best Bollywood videos, movies and scenes, all in ONE channel http://www.YouTube.com/ShemarooEnt. Like, Comment and Share with your friends and family. Watch more Bollywood videos and movies starring your favourite celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan, Raj Kapoor, Dharmendra, Zeenat Aman, Vidya Balan, Govinda, Salman Khan and many more, only on http://www.YouTube.com/She...
Finally girls get the paying guest Bhairaav, but by the time Bhairaav settles down, there comes another problem. A unknown person enters the house. Watch the fun and know who is that person So many memories came rushing back. "Idhar Udhar Season 1", a Hindi sitcom directed by Anand Mahendru and starring Deena Pathak, Supriya Pathak, Ratna Pathak Shah and Ravi Baswani in lead roles. The episodes revolved around funny happenings in the lives of Sunita aka sunnu (played by actress Ratna Pathak) who is a air hostess and Poonam aka Punnu (played by actress Supriya Pathak) who is an ad. executive, are staying together as paying guest with Ronnie Gonsalves aka Bharaav (Played by actor Ravi Baswani) and Other character like Bharaav's friend (actor LilliPut), etc. It is the story of all the probl...
Ravi Baswani calls Rajpal Yadav and asks him how he know Chota Vakeel. He says that they are good friends and used to go to school together. Ravi Baswani pleads to Rajpal and tells him to speak to speak to Chota Vakeel and reduce the amount.
Rajpal Yadav disguises his voice as Chota Vakeel and calls Ravi Baswani and tells him that now he wants two millions or else he will stone him to death.
Ab Ayega Mazaa Hindi Movie Starring Farooq Sheikh, Anita Raj, Ravi Baswani, Alok Nath, Girija Shankar Music by Anand-Milind Directed by Pankaj Parashar Produced by Alok Nath, Girija Shankar Released in 1984
Vinod and Sudhir try to dupe a potential customer. SUBSCRIBE for the best Bollywood videos, movies and scenes, all in ONE channel http://www.YouTube.com/ShemarooEnt. Like, Comment and Share with your friends and family. Watch more Bollywood videos and movies starring your favourite celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan, Raj Kapoor, Dharmendra, Zeenat Aman, Vidya Balan, Govinda, Salman Khan and many more, only on http://www.YouTube.com/ShemarooEnt Connect with us on :- Facebook -http://www.Facebook.com/Shemaroo.Entertainment.Ltd Twitter http://Twitter.com/BollyFilmVideos Join us on Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/shemaroo Circle and follow us on Google+ - https://plus.google.com/+shemaroo
Madhukar Sharma is a Chartered Accountant based in Bombay, India, where he lives in a flat (apartment) with his wife, Vinti, and a young school-going son. Vinti feels that Madhukar or Maddy as he is called, has lost interest in her, is taking an interest in other women, especially in a neighbor named Gunjan, and may kill her to free himself from this marriage, and marry Gunjan. Her fears become reality when one night she is woken from her sleep and sees Maddy about to choke her with a bathroom towel, when she screams and confronts him, he falteringly explains that he was merely trying to kill a mosquito on her cheek. Unconvinced, she decides to keep tabs on him, and finds all of a sudden there are a number of "wrong numbers" on their telephone, most of them answered by him; and his sending...
Zevar Movie Starring Anupam Kher, Alok Nath, Ravi Baswani, Sushmita Mukherjee, Rakesh Pandey, Sangeeta Naik Directed by Basu Chatterjee Produced by Basu Chatterjee, Released in 1987.
Sudhir has an exciting news for Kumar, regarding a role in the film named "Meri Beti" . On the other side, the director of "meri beti" movie is searching a groom for his daughter. There comes the twist with lots of confusion between both the parties. Don't miss the fun. So many memories came rushing back. "Idhar Udhar Season 1", a Hindi sitcom directed by Anand Mahendru and starring Deena Pathak, Supriya Pathak, Ratna Pathak Shah and Ravi Baswani in lead roles. The episodes revolved around funny happenings in the lives of Sunita aka sunnu (played by actress Ratna Pathak) who is a air hostess and Poonam aka Punnu (played by actress Supriya Pathak) who is an ad. executive, are staying together as paying guest with Ronnie Gonsalves aka Bharaav (Played by actor Ravi Baswani) and Other chara...
Movie:- Yaatna (1986) Starcast:- Supriya Pathak, Ravi Baswani, Shekhar Suman Directed & Produced by:- Rakesh Saraiya Music by:- Usha Khanna
Star-Cast : Supriya Pathak, Ravi Baswani, Shekhar Suman, Vandna Shashtri,Surendra Pal Director: B.R. Ishara Category : People & Blogs Licence : Standard YouTube Licence
Chashme Buddoor (1981) Starring Farooq Shaikh, Deepti Naval, Saeed Jaffrey, Rakesh Bedi, Ravi Baswani Directed by Sai Paranjpye Produced by Gul Anand and Jayshree Anand-Makhija Singers Yesudas, Hariharan, Haimanti Sukla, Shailendra Singh, Raj Kamal, Anand Kumar C, Written by Sai Paranjpye Music by Raj Kamal Plot : Siddharth (Farooq Shaikh), Omi (Rakesh Bedi) and Jomo (Ravi Baswani) are close friends and room mates who are studying at Delhi University. Siddharth has completed M.A in Economics and is preparing for PhD. While Siddharth is a studious boy who loves to spend most of his time with books, his other two friends- Omi and Jomo are mostly busy chasing girls, watching movies or dramas. The only thing common among three of them is smoking. One day, Omi and Jomo see a...
Synopsis:-A story of a man obsessed with settling overseas to alleviate his middle-class existence. Opinions change when his rich brother who had settled in America long back, comes visiting, having lost all his values and decency.