Sunil Dutt was an Indian actor, film producer, director and politician. Dutt was honoured with Padma Shri, in 1968, by the Government of India, for his contribution to Indian cinema.
Nargis Dutt was an Indian actress and politician who worked in Hindi cinema. Regarded as one of the finest and greatest actresses in the history of Indian cinema, Nargis often portrayed sophisticated and independent women. Her work was in a range of genres, from screwball comedy to literary drama, and earned her various accolades.
Suniel Shetty is an Indian actor, film producer, television personality and entrepreneur who is predominantly active in Hindi films. In a career spanning almost 30 years, he has acted in over 100 films.
Kashinatha Hathwara was an Indian actor and filmmaker who primarily worked in Kannada films. He also worked in Bollywood and on Malayalam movies. With a career spanning over three decades, Kashinath acted in or directed over 40 films, usually comedies. He is credited for introducing new talents such as actor Upendra, musician V. Manohar, and director Sunil Kumar Desai, alongside many other technicians who went on to become successful in the Kannada film industry.
Pran Krishan Sikand Ahluwalia, better known by his mononym, Pran, was an Indian actor, known as one of the greatest villains ever in the history of Indian cinema and a character actor in Hindi cinema from the 1940s to the 1990s. He has been one of the most highly successful and respected veteran actors in the history of Indian cinema. He was also one of the highest-paid actors of his time.
Shakti Kapoor is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films. Known for his villainous and comic roles in Hindi films, he has featured in over 600 films. In the 1980s and 1990s, Kapoor teamed up with actor Asrani and Kader Khan as the comical or evil team in over 100 films. He was a contestant in the Indian reality show Bigg Boss in 2011.
Darr: A Violent Love Story is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language romantic psychological thriller film directed and produced by Yash Chopra under his banner Yash Raj Films. It stars Sunny Deol, Juhi Chawla and Shah Rukh Khan in lead roles, with Annu Kapoor, Tanvi Azmi and Anupam Kher in supporting roles, and Dalip Tahil in a special appearance. In the film, Kiran (Chawla) is stalked by her obsessive lover Rahul (Khan), who goes berserk when she gets engaged to Sunil (Deol), a navy officer, and decides to forcefully claim Kiran for himself.
Akkineni Nagarjuna Rao, known mononymously as Nagarjuna, is an Indian actor, film producer, television presenter, and entrepreneur. Nagarjuna has acted predominantly in Telugu cinema, along with a few Hindi and Tamil films. He received two National Film Awards namely, for Ninne Pelladata (1996), which he produced won the Best Feature Film in Telugu and a Special Mention as actor for Annamayya (1997); ten state Nandi Awards, and three Filmfare Awards South.
Surinder Kapoor was an Indian film producer. He produced Bollywood films and also served as President of the Film & Television Producers Guild of India from 1995 to 2001.
Sadhana Shivdasani, known mononymously as Sadhana, was an Indian actress who worked in Hindi films. Regarded as one of the finest actresses of Indian cinema, Sadhana was noted for her exquisite beauty and trend-setting fashion statements. She was popularly known as "The Mystery Girl" for her stint as the "mystery girl" in the suspense thriller trilogy films directed by Raj Khosla during the mid 1960s.
Rajkumar Kohli was an Indian film director. He was famous for directing several popular Bollywood films like Lootera (1965) starring Dara Singh and Nishi as well as Punjabi films such as Dulla Bhatti (1966). His other notable Hindi films included films with ensemble cast such as Nagin (1976), Jaani Dushman (1979), Badle Ki Aag (1982), Naukar Biwi Ka (1983), Raaj Tilak (1984) etc. His films frequently featured actors like Sunil Dutt, Dharmendra, Jeetendra, Shatrughan Sinha as well as actresses Reena Roy, Anita Raj.
Robert John Christo, was an Australian-Indian civil engineer and actor in Hindi films. Starting with Sanjay Khan's Abdullah (1980), he went on to act in over 200 Hindi films in the 1980s and 1990s, including Qurbani (1980), Kaalia (1981), Nastik (1983), Mard (1985), Mr India (1987), Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja (1993) and Gumraah (1993), mostly playing roles as a non-Indian henchman or Army General.
Khandan is a 1965 Indian Hindi language film directed by A. Bhimsingh. The film stars Sunil Dutt, Nutan, Pran, Om Prakash, Lalita Pawar, Helen and Mumtaz. The film's music is by Ravi. A box-office success, the film became the seventh highest earning film of 1965, earning an approximate gross of Rs. 2,80,00,000 and a net of Rs. 1,40,00,000. The film was a remake of the director's own Tamil film Bhaaga Pirivinai.
Shabir Ahluwalia is an Indian actor and host who works in Hindi television and films. He is best known for portraying Abhishek Prem Mehra in Zee TV's romantic drama series Kumkum Bhagya. He won the third season of Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi and hosted Nach Baliye, Guinness World Records – Ab India Todega and Dancing Queen.
Bhai-Bhai (transl. Brothers) is a 1970 Bollywood suspense drama film directed by Raja Nawathe. It had music by Shankar Jaikishen with lyrics by Hasrat Jaipuri. The film stars Sunil Dutt, Asha Parekh, Mumtaz, Mehmood and Pran. It performed "above average" at the box office.
Raaj Tilak (transl. Coronation) is a 1984 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed by Rajkumar Kohli. The film features an ensemble cast of Sunil Dutt, Raaj Kumar, Dharmendra, Kamal Haasan, Pran, Hema Malini, Reena Roy, Ranjeeta and Yogeeta Bali. The music was composed by Kalyanji-Anandji
Lakshmanrekha is a 1991 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Sunil Sikand & produced by Pran. The film stars Naseeruddin Shah, Jackie Shroff, Sangeeta Bijlani, Shilpa Shirodkar in pivotal roles. Laxmikant-Pyarelal composed the music for the film.
Ek Hindustani is an Indian action film which remains unreleased. The film was directed by Tinnu Anand. It starred Suniel Shetty and Raveena Tandon in lead roles.
The Bimal Roy Memorial Trophy honor experienced artists and other contributors from the Indian film industry as well as a young filmmaker. It has been awarded every year since 1997, by the Bimal Roy Memorial & Film Society. The Trophy is named after Bimal Roy, an Indian filmmaker who became known as the "Silent Master of Indian Cinema".
