This BLOG is about the Past of Hindi Films Specially Black and White Cinema We will refresh your memories by bringing out forgotten or unseen songs and clippings of film scenes We will try to give you as much information as we gather from our research.
This Blog was started as a one-man’s passion for film history but has now become an addiction for many music lovers who are equally passionate about Hindi films
Showing posts with label character actor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label character actor. Show all posts
Shabana Azmi is the only actor to win the National Award for Best Actor five times. She won it for her first release, Ankur, in 1974. She went on to win the National Award for three consecutive years, from 1983 to 1985, for her notable work in the films Arth, Khandhar, and Paar.Today on her 67th Birthday(born on 18 September 1950) I wish her a Happy Birthday and discuss her 5 Memorable Roles. The daughter of poet Kaifi Azmi and stage actress Shaukat Azmi, she is the alumna ofFilm and Television Institute of India of Pune. Azmi made her film debut in 1974 and soon became one of the leading actresses of Parallel Cinema.Her first release, however, was Shyam Benegal's directorial debut Ankur (1974).though she signed K A Abbas film Faasla and began work on Kanti Lal Rathod's Parinay as well. She was a graduate in psychology from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, before her acting stint. She watched Jaya Bhaduri in a film and was so enthralled by the actor’s performance that she decided to enroll herself in the Film and Television Institute of India (FTTI), Pune. She topped the list of successful candidates of 1972. She has acted in more than one hundred Hindi films, both in the mainstream as well as in Parallel Cinema. Several of her films have received attention in the international arena and Scandinavian countries, including at the Norwegian Film Institute, the Smithsonian Institution and the American Film Institute. She has appeared in a number of foreign films, Five memorable roles
Mahesh Bhatt's `Arth' wher she plays the role of Puja whose husband falls in love with another woman and leaves her.that role of her I cherished the most Khandahar
In this film she played the role of Jaimini For this role she was given National Award. Ankur'
Her first released movie where she plays the role of Laxmi She got her National Award for this film Fire,
a Deepa Mehta's Film in which she portrayed Radha,It was one of the first mainstream Bollywood films to explicitly show homosexual relations. Morning Raga
She played the role of Swarnalata who is a classically trained Carnatic singer who lost her son and best friend, Vaishnavi in a bus accident.Shabana Azmi trained intensively in Carnatic music before she was allowed to sing during the film. She has been a committed social activist, In 1989, along with Swami Agnivesh and Asghar Ali Engineer, she undertook a four-day march for communal harmony from New Delhi to Meerut. Since 1989, she has been a member of the National Integration Council headed by the Prime Minister of India; a member of National AIDS Commission (of India); and was nominated (in 1997) as a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian parliament. In 1998, the United Nations Population Fund appointed her as its Goodwill Ambassador for India.
On the 109th Birth Anniversary of K N Singh,we recall this great Villain of Bollywood.. He was selected to represent India in the 1936 Berlin Olympics but circumstances made him to stay home.He played the polished, sophisticated villain in nearly all his 250-odd films. He was always immaculate in his dress - a suit, overcoat, hat and cigarette completed his villain get-up.He had a peculiar style of his own,raising his eye brows,tough looks, loud and nasty talk, and horrible laugh - he always maintained a poised, cultured and soft exterior. Whether it was Guru Dutt's Baazi (1951), Shakti Samant's Howrah Bridge (1958) or Vijay Anand's Teesri Manzil (1966), Singh sent shivers down people's spines.
Song from Passport
He appeared in several iconic movies in the 40s and 50s including Sikandar (1941), Jwar Bhata (1944) (Dilip Kumar's film debut), Humayun (1945),Awara (1951), Jaal (1952), CID (1956), Howrah Bridge (1958), Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi (1958), Amrapali (1966) and An Evening in Paris (1967). Singh played prominent roles in movies like Jhoota Kahin Ka (1970), Haathi Mere Saathi (1971) and Mere Jeevan Saathi (1972). His last prominent role was in the 1973 filmLoafer. He had the distinction of working with three generations of the Kapoor family. He acted with Patriarch Prthiviraj Kapoor in Bidyapati (1937), with Raj Kapoor in Awara (1951) and Rishi Kapoor in Rafoo Chakkar (1975). Kishore Kumar made him sing and dance in his film Badhti Ka Naam Dadhi in 1974.This is a rare occasion we see K N Singh in a cameo role.
K.N. Singh turned completely blind in his last years. He died in Mumbai on 31 January 2000 aged 91 was survived by his adopted son Pushkar, who is a producer of television serials.
Villains play an important part of any Bollywood movie.Villainous characters have generated fear, hatred and power amongst audiences through the iconic roles they have portrayed.But these villains of bollywood also have played other characters also.Many hit songs were picturised on them,In this blog I have taken such songs which were picturised on them. K.N. Singh-one of the earliest and most memorable bad guys of Bollywood.Singh’s menacing tall frame and sharp eyes intimidated audiences. With his special suiting style and distinctive voice, he was known for portraying a ‘gentleman’ type of villain.Kishore Kumar presented him in a totally different avataar, in his mad mad comedy, Badhti Ka Naam Dadhi (1974). Watch him Dancing on screen and notice, how superbly Kishore Kumar has tried to imitate KN Singh saab's voice and style in his singing.
Song from Badhti Ka Naam Dadhi (1974)
Jeevan- villain in many films of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.He has played the role of Narad Muni in more than 60 films .Jeevan appeared in several ofDev Anand films from 1946–1978 and in Manmohan Desai movies like Amar Akbar Anthony and Dharam Veer as villain.In 1966 he played a comic character in Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya where a song was picturised on him
Song from Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya 1966
Pran-his first film was in Punjabi called Yamla Jat (1940), where he played a villain. It was a huge hit.In one of his early films, Pran played hero to Noor Jehan in Khandaan (1942).Ziddi in 1948 was his first film of bollywood as villain After that he plyed Villain role in 100s of films,Pran brought many of his intense shady characters to life through various accents, hairstyles, facial looks and mannerisms.After doing negative roles for a long time, it was Manoj Kumar who gave him the positive role of a handicapped person in Upkaar (1967).As a character artist many hit songs were picturised on him.
Song from Jis Desh Main Ganga Behti Hai 1960
Song from Half Ticket 1962
Song from Upkar 1967
Song from Victoria No 203 (1972)
Song from Dharma 1973
Song from Zanjeer 1973
Song from Majboor 1974
Song from Kasauti 1974
Ajit -villain known for his supreme dialogues, including: “Mona darling,” from Yaadon Ki Baraat (1973) ,: “Lilly don’t be silly,” in Zanjeer (1973).and “Sara shehar mujhe lion ke naam se jaanta hai.” from Kalicharan 1976.Hisstylish acting along with his golden wigs, cigars and nightgowns made him one of the most dashing villains of Bollywood.He started as a hero and did quite a few creditable films as lead artiste in Nastik, Bada Bhai, Milan, Baradari, Dholak and later as a second lead in Mughal-e-Azam and Naya Daur.Ajit switched over to play the villain. His first movie as a villain was Suraj,1966 followed by films such as Zanjeer and Yaadon Ki Baaraat.and Kalicharan.
Songs from Anand Math (1952)
Song from Halaku 1956
Song from Naya Daur (1957)
Prem Chopra -popular for villain roles in Bollywood.His unique style of dialogues made him look more dangerous on-screen.He added a new dimension to his dirty-minded roles with the famous dialogue: “Prem naam hai mera, Prem Chopra,” in Bobby (1973). His peak period as main villain in Hindi films was from 1967-1994.He played the main lead in 1970 box-office hit small budget comedy film Samaj Ko Badal Dalo as lead hero and was paired opposite Telugu actresses Kanchana and Sarada. The song sung by Rafi and picturised on Prem Chopra -Tum Apni Saheli Ko Itna Bata Do Ki Usse Koi Pyar Karne Laga Hai from this 1970 film
Song from Samaj Ko Badal Dalo 1970
Song from Nafrat(1973)
Amjad Khan -‘Gabbar Singh’ from Sholay (1975), Amjad Khan’s fantastic performance as the dacoit leader shot him to overnight fame.He worked in over 130 films in a career spanning nearly twenty years. He enjoyed popularity for his villainous roles in Hindi films,He is also acclaimed for playing many unconventional roles. In the critically acclaimed film Shatranj Ke Khiladi (1977) (based on the novel of the same title) by Munshi Premchand and directed by Satyajit Ray, Khan played the helpless and deluded monarch Wajid Ali Shah, He excelled at playing comical characters in films such as Qurbani (1980), Love Story, and Chameli Ki Shaadi (1986).
Song from Qurbani 1980
Song from Yaarana 1981
Song from Teri Maang Sitaron Se Bhar Doon 1982
Danny Denzongpa-made his mark as a villain in movies such as Hum (1991) and Ghatak (1996).He has acted in around 190 Hindi films since 1971.With his slick back hair and cool sunglasses in Agneepath, Danny recited the stylish dialogue: “Bohat dino baad ek Hindustani machli hamare samundar mein dikhai diya.”His best known villainous roles are from Dhund, 36 Ghante, Bandish, Jeeo Aur Jeene Do, Dharm Aur Qanoon, Agneepath and is remembered for his performances in positive roles like in Fakira, Chor Machaye Shor, Devata (1978 film), Kalicharan, Bulundi and Adhikar (1986 film).He also sings here I am posting a Rare song
Danny denzongpa and Asha Bhosle Very old Nepali song
Stage Performance
Another song from the 1972 film Yeh Gulistan Hamara In this song Danny has given playback for Johny walker
Yeh Gulistan Hamara 1972
Song from Mere Apne 1971
Song from KALA SONA 1975, Danny sings for himself
Song from Lahu Ke Do Rang(1979)
Song from Bulandi 2000
Amrish Puri - He is remembered for playing iconic negative roles in Hindi cinema .His famous dialogue: “Mogambo Khush Hua,” in Mr India (1987) elevated his status to new heights. He was noticed in the 1980 super-hit movie Hum Paanch in which he played the main villain.In 1982, Puri played the main villain, Jagavar Choudhary in the Subhash Ghai super-hit film Vidhaata. That same year, he again played the main villain, JK in the movie Shakti starring two legends- Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan. Next, in 1983, Subhash Ghai again cast him as the main villain, Pasha in the superhit movie Hero.
Song from Pardes
Song from Tahalka 1992
Shakti Kapoor -Known for his villainous and comic roles in Hindi films, he has featured in more than 700 films throughout his career.Chaalbaz,Aankhen,Mai Khiladi Tu anari,Gunda are some of his memorable films as villain.
Song from Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri 1990
Song from Veeru Dada 1990
Song from Naachne wale Gaane Wale
Gulshan Grover -He is also known with the name "Bad Man" in Bollywood.He has appeared in over 400 films. He has played villainous roles in films such as Ram Lakhan (1989) and International Khiladi (1999).
It is difficult to imagine any other actor in Bailju Bawra other than Bharat Bhushan,he may have never been a swashbuckling hero, but he was just right as the sensitive, suffering poet-musician in several hit musicals in the fifties and sixties.Remember the films Baiju Bawra, Mirza Ghalib, Basant Bahar, Kavi Kalidas, Barsaat Ki Raat and Sangeet Samraat Tansen where he portrayed an artiste who was at odds with a cruel world but still retained a song on his lips. Bharat Bhushan was born on 14 June 1920 Meerut, Uttar Pradesh.He did his studies and took a graduate degree from Aligarh. After this he took to acting against his father's wishes. He began his career in his early twenties, with a supporting role in the controversial Chitralekha (1941). He had to struggle for over a decade to make a mark in Hindi movies till Baiju Bawra (1952), which gave him instant stardom and legendary status along with Mohammad Rafi, Meena Kumari and Naushad Ali. Riding the crest of success, the star-director team of Baiju Bawra collaborated once again for Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1953), for which Bhushan bagged the Filmfare Best Actor Award,Sohrab Modi's Mirza Ghalib (1954) saw Bhushan playing a poet (the eponymous Ghalib) whose wife and lover were played by Nigar Sultana and Suraiya respectively; in Basant Bahar (1956), he played a singer once again. His list of leading ladies included Meena Kumari, Nargis and Nutan. His well-liked pairing with Madhubala began with his cameo in the Madhubala-centric Gateway Of India, escalated with the success of the musical, Phagun, and reached its peak with Barsaat Ki Raat. The 1960s began well for Bhushan with Barsaat Ki Raat and the ensemble hit, Ghunghat (opposite Bina Rai), but there were several younger heroes on the scene now. In 1964, his ambitious colour starrers like Jahan Ara (opposite Mala Sinha) and Dooj Ka Chand (opposite B Saroja Devi) failed.He swiched to character roles,his stint as the older man began on a hopeful note with Rajshri's Taqdeer (1967), but the film failed.He played father role of Shashi Kapoor in Pyar Ka Mausam (1969) . Realising his acting days were drawing to a close, Bhushan planned to direct a film with Manoj Kumar and Vyjayanthimala in the late 1960s Dooj Ka Chand, but the project fell through. Bharat Bhushan died on 27 January 1992,he was reportedly in a dire financial state.even after enjoying status of star struggled lot in his old age and was found travelling in a local train also.My Tribute to this Legend of the Golden Era.
Born Amba Laxman Rao Sagun on 18 April 1916, into an orthodox family in Yeola in Nashik,Lalita Pawar started her acting career at age nine in the film, Raja Harishchandra (1928), and later went on to play lead roles in silent era and 1940's films.
She changed her name to Lalita and in the 1930s acted in a series of successful daredevil silent films like Himmat-e-Mard ("A Brave Man"), Chevorlet and Captain Kishore.. LALITA PAWAR played the squint-eyed, scheming and vitriolic mother- in-law to perfection in scores of Indian films in an acting career that spanned nearly 60 years in Bollywood appearing in over 700 films.She was not a born squint in fact she became squint eyed in an accident while shooting in a film. In 1942, as a part of a scene in the movie Jung-E-Azadi, actor Master Bhagwan was to slap her hard. Being a new actor, he accidentally slapped her very hard, which resulted in facial paralysis and a burst left eye vein. Three years of treatment later, she was left with a defective left eye; thus she had to abandon lead roles
, She later became famous as a character actress, in Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati cinema.Her other memorable roles were in film, Anari (1959), Shri 420 and Mr & Mrs 55, and the role of Manthara, in Ramanand Sagar's television epic serial, Ramayan She was given Best Supporting Actress Filmfare Award for Anari 1959,She was also given the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Acting in 1961.She was a powerful performer met a sad and lonesome end.Her death was unnoticed for two days when her family was in Mumbai for her husband's throat surgery.She died on 24 February 1998 in Aundh, Pune, where she had been staying, for a while.
For cinema lovers this name is synonymous with Police Officer, a role he often played on the silver screen. In fact the movie “Ittefaaq” changed his life completely. The cop’s uniform suited his personality so well, that he instantly became a very busy man. He soon bought his own flat in Khar.
Hewas born on 26th February 1922 in Jalandhar and brought up in Kanpur. After completing his matriculation he did a diploma course in painting from Lucknow College Of Arts. Iftekhar’s debut film was 1944 release “Taqraar” which was made under the bannerof “Art Films-Kolkata”. Heroine of this film was that time star actress Jamuna. Iftekhar acted in over 400 films in a career that spanned from the 1940s through to the early 1990s.He had been a lead actor in his youth during the Black & White era of Bollywood in the 1940s and 1950s. In the 1960s and 1970s, Iftekhar graduated to playing uncle, father, and what came to be his speciality: police inspector roles, doctor or senior advocate. Generally he played 'sympathetic' characters but, on occasion, he played the heavy. One of his most memorable roles as a heavy was as Amitabh Bachchan's corrupt industrialist mentor in Yash Chopra's classic Deewaar (1975).
Besides Deewaar and Zanjeer Iftekar had character roles in many of the classics of 1960s, 1970s, 1980s Bollywood cinema: Bimal Roy's Bandini, Raj Kapoor's Sangam, Manoj Kumar's Shaheed, Teesri Manzil, Teesri Kasam, Johny Mera Naam, Hare Rama Hare Krishna, Don, The Gambler and Sholay to name but a few. 70s and 80s were busiest days for Iftekhar During this period he acted in hundreds of movies like “Sharmili”, “Mehboob Ki Mehndi”, “Gambler”, “Kal Aaj Aur Kal”, “Hare Rama Hare Krishna”, “Jawani Deewani”, “Achanak”, “Zanjeer”, “Majboor”, “Deewar”, “Dharmatma”, “Sholey”, “Kabhi Kabhi”, “Dulhan Wohi Jo Piya Mann Bhaaye”, “Don”, “Trishool”, “Noorie”, “Kaala Patthar”, “Karz”, “Dostana”, “Rocky”, “Saath Saath”, “Rajpoot”, “Sadma”, “Inqalaab”, “Jageer”, “Tawaif”, “Angaare” and “Awaam”, “Bekhudi” (1992) and “Kaala Coat” (1993) are among the last films.
Iftekhar with his wife
Iftekhar married Hannah Joseph, a Jewish girl from Calcutta,he had 2 daughters.His elder daughter, Salma was born in 1946 and the younger one, Sayeeda, was born 1946.Sadly his younger daughter died in 1995 which completely broken him and he died on 1st March 1995, a few days after his younger daughter's passing away.
