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Ravi Shankar (Bengali: রবি শংকর; born Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury on 7 April 1920), often referred to with the title Pandit, is an Indian musician and composer who plays the plucked string instrument sitar. He has been described as the most known contemporary Indian musician by Hans Neuhoff in Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart.
Shankar was born in Varanasi and spent his youth touring Europe and India with the dance group of his brother Uday Shankar. He gave up dancing in 1938 to study sitar playing under court musician Allauddin Khan. After finishing his studies in 1944, Shankar worked as a composer, creating the music for the Apu Trilogy by Satyajit Ray, and was music director of All India Radio, New Delhi, from 1949 to 1956.
In 1956, he began to tour Europe and America playing Indian classical music and increased its popularity there in the 1960s through teaching, performance, and his association with violinist Yehudi Menuhin and George Harrison of The Beatles. Shankar engaged Western music by writing concerti for sitar and orchestra and toured the world in the 1970s and 1980s. From 1986 to 1992 he served as a nominated member of the upper chamber of the Parliament of India. Shankar was awarded India's highest civilian honor, the Bharat Ratna, in 1999, and received three Grammy Awards. He continues to perform in the 2000s, often with his daughter Anoushka.
Actors: Sukumari (actress), Janardanan (actor), Jayaram (actor), Kalabhavan Mani (actor), Mohanlal (actor), Suresh Gopi (actor), Vidyasagar (composer), Renjith (writer), Sibi Malayil (director), Sreeja (actress), Manju Warrier (actress), Mayuri Kango (actress), Siyad Koker (producer), Rasika (actress), Manjula Ghattamaneni (actress),
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Plot: Bombay-based Dr. Naina meets with musician and singer, Ravi Shankar, and both fall in love with each other. When Ravi returns from a concert in Delhi, he finds Naina getting married to Shekhar alias Shaka, an ex-convict. Heartbroken, he stops singing, meets with distraught Seema Sanyal, both fall in love with each other, get married, and become parents of a baby girl, who they name Naina. Then Seema is killed, Ravi finds out that the killer is Lalji, who was responsible for tormenting her with phone calls 'Hello Hello Jee', confronts and kills him. When Underworld don, Rajpal, finds out he befriends Ravi and makes him his partner-in-crime. Bombay's Police Commissioner, Arun Kumar, decides to undertake to arrest Ravi by his own hands and is determined to put an end to Ravi and Rajpal's respective criminal careers. Looks like Ravi's career and life are soon come to an end - when he will either be killed by a bullet or face the gallows.
Genres: ,Actors: K. Bapaiah (director), Satyanarayana Kaikala (actor), Nutan Prasad (actor), Raogopalrao (actor), Annapoorna (actress), Madhavi (actress), Sumalatha (actress), K. Chakravarthy (composer), Chiranjeevi (actor), Prabhakar Reddy (actor), Allu Ramalingaiah (actor), Sakshi Ranga Rao (actor), Narra Venkateswara Rao (actor), Narayana P.L. (actor), Suthi Veerabhadra Rao (actor),
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama,Actors: Vikas Anand (actor), Sudhir Dalvi (actor), Bharat Kapoor (actor), Javed Khan (actor), Kulbhushan Kharbanda (actor), Raj Kiran (actor), Mac Mohan (actor), Yunus Parvez (actor), Madan Puri (actor), Jagdish Raj (actor), Madhu Malhotra (actress), Asha Sachdev (actress), Yash Chopra (producer), Khayyam (composer), Swaroop Sampat (actress),
Plot: Ravi Shankar lives in a shabby hotel room belonging to the owner of the Hotel "Allah Belli", Sheikhu Dada. Ravi studies in college and pays his rent and living expenses through money-orders sent to him from his dad. After Ravi's dad passes away, Sheikhu initially asks him to leave the room, but then decides to pay for the remainder of his education so as to recover all monies when Ravi gets a job. Ravi does get through successfully, and Sheikhu even arranges for a job with a wealthy businessman named Jagannath Gupta. Ravi and Jagannath's daughter, Sonia, fall in love and get married, and soon Sonia gets pregnant. Jagannath and Sonia are unhappy with Sheikhu's involvement with their family, and conspire to put an end to Ravi and Sheikhu's relationship. The question remains, will Ravi be willing to put an end with his relationship with his gruff mentor, or will he put in a position when he has to make a choice between Sonia and Sheikhu?
Genres: ,Actors: Balachandra Menon (director), T.P. Madhavan (actor), Venu Nagavalli (actor), Sankaradi (actor), M.G. Soman (actor), Jagathi Sreekumar (actor), Sukumaran (actor), Ambika (actress), Azeez (actor), Balachandra Menon (writer), Adoor Bhawani (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Tun Tun (actress), Nanda (actress), Tabassum (actress), Helen (actress), Ramesh Deo (actor), David Abraham (actor), Leela Chitnis (actress), Ratan Gaurang (actor), Mukhtar Ahmed (actor), Laxmi Chhaya (actress), Madan Puri (actor), Anwar Hussain (actor), Shashi Kapoor (actor), Badri Prasad (miscellaneous crew), Rashid Khan (actor),
Plot: Vijay and Rajni have been childhood sweethearts in a small town called Rajgarh. They did separate for a few years when Rajni and her maternal grandma, Leela, went to live in Calcutta. When Rajni returns, fully matured, both rekindle their romance, much to the chagrin of Kundan and his mom. Kundan's mom creates all kinds of misunderstandings between Vijay and Rajni, and Vijay's conduct, especially gambling, lying, and telling tall stories, does not help. Then Vijay is arrested by the police and held in jail. When he is discharged, he swears to turn his life around and be worthy of Rajni, leaves Rajgarh, finds employment in Durgapur as a truck driver. When he returns home he finds that Rajni and Leela have re-located to Calcutta where Rajni is to be married to a man named Ravi Shankar. A heartbroken Vijay goes to Calcutta to locate Rajni, but is unable to locate her. He falls into bad company, takes to alcohol, and then one day one of his new-found friends' abducts a woman - who turns out to be Rajni. When Vijay and Rajni come face to face there is nothing but hatred between them. Rajni walks out of Vijay's life. When they meet again in Dhanbad, Rajni is married to Ravi Shankar, who lives there with his sister, Manju. Watch what happens when Vijay re-enters Rajni's life and the reaction it has on Ravi and Manju.
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