Sanjeev Kumar (Hindi: संजीव कुमार) (9 July 1938 6 November 1985) was one of the most prominent Indian actors in Bollywood.Sanjeev More

Sanjeev Kumar (Hindi: संजीव कुमार) (9 July 1938 6 November 1985) was one of the most prominent Indian actors in Bollywood.Sanjeev Kumar made his debut in the film Hum Hindustani in 1960. Sanjeev's first film as a hero was the 1965 Nishan. In 1968, he played opposite the famous actor Dilip Kumar in Sangharsh. In 1970, Khilona made him a star. He went on to star in the hits Seeta Aur Geeta (1972) and Manchali (1973). He started working with the well-known director Gulzar in the early 1970s. He did nine films with Gulzar, including Aandhi (1975), Mausam (1975), Angoor (1981) and Namkeen (1982). Many of his fans believe that these are some of the best films that he did. He was always ready to take unconventional roles that challenged him as an actor. He played Mirza, a chess-obsessed Lucknowi (citizen of Lucknow), in Satyajit Ray's classic Shatranj Ke Khiladi (1977). Perhaps his best-remembered roles were in the blockbuster films Sholay (1975) and Trishul (1978). During the early 1980s Sanjeev Kumar did more supporting roles than playing the lead. In 1980 he starred in a Punjabi movie Fauji Chacha. In 1985, when he was 47 years old, he died of a heart ailment. He never married. He was however involved with actress Sulakshana Pandit, whom he did not marry, having been turned down by actress Hema Malini whom he was in love with at the time. Hema Malini went on to marry her frequent co-star Dharmendra. Ironically for an actor who played many elderly roles, he did not <b>...</b>
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"Reshma Aur Shera" (Devanagari: रेशमा और शेरा, Nastaliq: ریشما اور شیرا, translation: "Reshma and More

"Reshma Aur Shera" (Devanagari: रेशमा और शेरा, Nastaliq: ریشما اور شیرا, translation: "Reshma and Shera")is a 1971 Bollywood film starring Waheeda Rehman as Reshma and Sunil Dutt as Shera. Sunil Dutt had also produced and directed the film. The film also stars Vinod Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan, Raakhee and Amrish Puri. Sunil Dutt's son Sanjay Dutt who was 12 years at the time appears briefly as a qawali singer in his first film appearance. The film was well received by the critics internationally, and was nominated for Golden Bear at Berlin International Film Festival, and was Indian submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for the year 1971. The film won music director, Jaidev, his first National Film Award for Best Music Direction in 1972, noted for classics like, Ek meethi si chuban, ek thandi si agan (Lyrics by Udhav Kumar) and Tu chanda main Chandini sung by Lata Mangeshkar (Lyrics by Balkavi Bairagi).......Lata Mangeshkar (Marathi: लता मंगेशकर; born September 28, 1929) is a singer from India. She is one of the best-known playback singers in the Hindi film industry. Mangeshkar's career started in 1942 and has spanned over six and a half decades. She sang in over a thousand Bollywood movies and has sung songs in over twenty regional Indian languages, but primarily in Hindi. She is the elder sister of the equally accomplished singer Asha Bhosle and lesser-known singers, brother Hridayanath Mangeshkar and sisters Usha Mangeshkar <b>...</b>
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