The Filmfare Best Villain Award was given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise an actor who had delivered an outstanding performance in a negative role. Although the awards started in 1954, this category was first introduced in 1992 and has been marked as obsolete since 2007.
Isha Koppikar is an Indian actress, politician and model who has mainly acted in Hindi films. She has also featured in Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, and Marathi films. She started her career in South Indian languages films in the second half of the 1990s and focused on Bollywood films in the early 2000s.
Manoj Bajpayee, also transliterated as Manoj Bajpai, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Hindi cinema and has also done Telugu and Tamil language films. He is the recipient of numerous accolades including three National Film Awards, six Filmfare Awards, and two Asia Pacific Screen Awards. In 2019, he was awarded India's fourth-highest civilian honour, the Padma Shri, for his contributions to art.
Gupt: The Hidden Truth (transl. Secret) is a 1997 Indian Hindi-language psychological thriller film directed by Rajiv Rai, starring Bobby Deol, Manisha Koirala and Kajol in leading roles. Distributed under the banner of Trimurti Films, it also stars Raj Babbar, Om Puri, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Paresh Rawal, Dalip Tahil, Prem Chopra, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Sharat Saxena, Mukesh Rishi, and Priya Tendulkar in supporting roles. The soundtrack of the film was composed by Viju Shah. With its plot based on the novel Good Children Don’t Kill (1967) by Louis Thomas, it is considered as one of the best thriller movies from Hindi Cinema.
Pinjar is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language historical drama film directed by Chandraprakash Dwivedi. The film revolves around the Hindu-Muslim problems during the partition of India and is based on a Punjabi novel of the same name, written by Amrita Pritam. Urmila Matondkar, Manoj Bajpayee and Sanjay Suri portray the lead roles. Besides critical acclaim, the film also won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration and Special Jury Award for Bajpayee.
Rudraksh is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language fantasy science fiction action film directed by Mani Shankar. cinematography by T. Surendra Reddy starring Sanjay Dutt, Suniel Shetty, Bipasha Basu, Isha Koppikar and Kabir Bedi. The film has many references to epic poem Ramayana. The film released on 13 February 2004 to a negative response by critics and was declared a disaster at the box office.
Hello is a 2008 Indian Hindi thriller film directed by Atul Agnihotri, starring Sharman Joshi, Sohail Khan, Gul Panag, Isha Koppikar, Amrita Arora, and Sharat Saxena in the lead roles. The film is based on Chetan Bhagat's novel, One Night @ the Call Center. It also had cameo roles by Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif. It was released on 10 October 2008.
Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language romance film written and directed by Rajiv Rai and produced by Gulshan Rai under the Trimurti Films banner. The film was released on 3 August 2001, introducing Arjun Rampal and starring Sunil Shetty, Aftab Shivdasani, Keerti Reddy.
En Swasa Kaatre is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language romantic crime film written and directed by K. S. Ravi. The film stars Arvind Swamy and Isha Koppikar, while Raghuvaran, Prakash Raj and Thalaivasal Vijay play supporting roles. The film was produced by newcomers R. M. Sait and Ansar Ali, friends of composer A. R. Rahman. The film was released on 26 February 1999 and did average commercial business.
Chandralekha is a 1998 Indian Telugu-language comedy drama film directed by Krishna Vamsi. It stars Nagarjuna Akkineni, Ramya Krishna and debutant Isha Koppikar, with music composed by Sandeep Chowta. The film was produced by Nagarjuna and V. Ram Prasad under Great India Enterprises banner.
Narasimha is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by Thirupathisamy, which features Vijayakanth in the lead role. The film has an ensemble supporting cast including Isha Koppikar, Raghuvaran, Nassar, Anandaraj, Ranjith, Rahul Dev, and Vadivelu. The soundtrack for the film was composed by Mani Sharma, and the cinematography was done by S. K. Boopathy. The film was released on 12 July 2001.
Girlfriend is an Indian Hindi film released on 11 June 2004. The film was written and directed by Karan Razdan and produced by Pammi Baweja. It focuses on Tanya's obsessive relationship with Sapna, especially after Sapna starts dating Rahul.
100% De Dana Dan is a Professional wrestling TV show for Colors TV aired by the World Wrestling Professionals a wrestling promotion based in South Africa. It completed its first season, which began on 29 August 2009, and ended on 20 December 2009. 100% De Dana Dan was a hybrid of reality television and wrestling based on 100% Lucha Libre, and saw wrestlers from India facing wrestlers from South Africa in faction warfare. The Kayfabe plot of the show involved the Indian wrestlers being trapped in South Africa and stumbling upon an underground fight league headed by Mark Beale and WWP. It is owned by Sirshak Shrestha.
The Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films.
Main Intaquam Loonga is a 1982 Indian Hindi-language action sports film starring Dharmendra, Reena Roy, Nirupa Roy, Amrish Puri. Dharmendra plays a boxer in the film. Footage from this film was used in the 2007 film Apne, also starring Dharmendra as a retired boxer. It is a remake of the 1978 Kannada film Thayige Thakka Maga.
Suryavamsha is a 1999 Indian Kannada-language drama film directed by S. Narayan and written by Vikraman. The film stars Vishnuvardhan in dual role along with Isha Koppikar and Lakshmi. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by V. Manohar. The movie completed silver jubilee run and collected 15 crore at the box-office. The movie is a remake of 1997 Tamil movie Suryavamsam.
Hiba Nawab is an Indian actress who works in Hindi television. She made her acting debut as a child artist in Ssshhhh...Phir Koi Hai in 2008. Nawab had her lead debut with Crazy Stupid Ishq in 2013, where she played Anushka Atwal. Nawab is best known for her portrayal of Amaya Mathur Gupta in Tere Sheher Mein, Elaichi Bansal Khurana in Jijaji Chhat Per Hain, Sayuri Sharma Choudhary in Woh Toh Hai Albelaa and Jhanak Raina Bose in Jhanak.
Keshava is a 2017 Indian Telugu-language action thriller film directed by Sudheer Varma and produced by Abhishek Nama. It stars Nikhil Siddhartha in the titular role, alongside Ritu Varma and Isha Koppikar, Rao Ramesh, Brahmaji, Ajay, Raja Ravindra, Vennela Kishore and Priyadarshi Pullikonda. The music was composed by Sunny M. R., while the cinematography and editing were handled by Divakar Mani and S. R. Shekhar.
