Hrishikesh Mukherjee passed away

[r***@gmail.com]

Why didn't you like Chupke Chupke? Have you tried watching
it again?

Yes.. I have seen it a lot of times recently. Decent compared to his
other movies.
AB kind of overacts, The main problem was the whole drama was pointless
as it was just to prove STagore wrong. It didn't make sense that
everybody cooperates so nicely
for Dharamendra's sake. May be I take the story too seriously.

Yes you do :). It's a film about a practical joke (as Om Prakash or
David says in the end). A light-hearted film, to be enjoyed purely for
the situational comedy and some great moments. The justification for
everyone co-operating with Dharmendra 'so nicely' is that they too want
to have some fun in life :). Haven't you ever played a practical joke
ganging up with a set of people? Same situation, just a little more
elaborate!

I think what gave Hrishida's movies their repeat value was the
extremely realistic and familiar setups of his plots and the
sub-textual that he built into his characters and scripts. Something
like what Sooraj Barjatiya did with HAHK, though the latter lacked the
depth of HM. At a deeper level Chupke Chukpe can also been seen as a
film that gently admonishes the educated class for their intellectual
snobbery.

This hurriedly written piece probably is not an adequate farewell to
one of my favourite directors of all time. I hope I can come back with
a better tribute..till then.....
Goodbye Hrishida, may you go to a world as positive and warm as your
films!

Ritu

[d***@rediffmail.com]

Post by r***@gmail.com
I think what gave Hrishida's movies their repeat value was the
extremely realistic and familiar setups of his plots

except that he was just a bit too obsessed with Bengali people.
Almost every movie had a Bengali heroine or a Bengali character.
Also, i doubt if he ever could make a large scale movie which is
great aesthetic cinema like a Mother India or a Mughal-e-Azam
or even a Deewar.


Don

"east or west dev anand is the greatest actor - said one great person
called rituchandra oops anand tiwari :-)"

[dp]

Post by d***@rediffmail.com

Post by r***@gmail.com
I think what gave Hrishida's movies their repeat value was the
extremely realistic and familiar setups of his plots

except that he was just a bit too obsessed with Bengali people.
Almost every movie had a Bengali heroine or a Bengali character.

How is this different from the Chopra's and Kapoor's and Johar's making
almost all their movies with Punjabis as the leading characters? Take a
look at all the leading actors through the years - Kapoor's, Khanna's,
Dharmendra, Jeetendra and their sons. The whole industry is dominated
by Punjabis. Apart from the Khans, Amitabh Bachchan is the only
exception and even he is half-Punjabi I think. Even the characters
names and situations are mostly punjabi - hero is either Raj Malhotra
or Rahul Oberoi, there has to be a kadua chauth and a song with
'soniye', 'kudi' and 'bande' in it. But ofcourse, just to show that
they can accomodate others, they make sure that some of the other
characters are non-Punjabis - like a Sharma or a Joshi will be the
family accountant, a Bihari will be the villain and a Bengali or a
Southie or a Parsi or a Sikh character to provide the comedy (or rarely
a Gujju - like in Kal Ho Na Ho).

Unlike these idiots, Hrishikesh Mukherjee could create characters from
regions other than of his own. I don't see anything Bengali in
Golmaal's Ram/Lucky Prasad or Bhavani Shankar. In Chupke Chupke the two
leading characters are Dr. Parimal Tripathi (UP) and Prof Sukumar Sinha
(Bihar). In Anand, ofcourse Bachchan was a Bong, but the lead character
Anand was of unspecified region and certainly *not* Bong given the way
he addressed Bachchan's character as babu moshai. I don't see any Bong
characters in Bawarchi or Guddi or Abhiman or Khubsurat either.
However, what I do see is lot of non-Punjabi characters - the Gupta's
and Tripathi's and Dayal's etc. It is as if he consciously wanted to
create characters which were missing in majority of the Bollywood
movies.

Speaking of punjabi domination, I liked the subtext of Marathis vs
Punjabis in Taxi Number 9211. It is a weird movie otherwise, but I
liked this one aspect.

dp

[Gilly's Danda]

Post by dp

Post by d***@rediffmail.com

Post by r***@gmail.com
I think what gave Hrishida's movies their repeat value was the
extremely realistic and familiar setups of his plots

except that he was just a bit too obsessed with Bengali people.
Almost every movie had a Bengali heroine or a Bengali character.

How is this different from the Chopra's and Kapoor's and Johar's making
almost all their movies with Punjabis as the leading characters? Take a
look at all the leading actors through the years - Kapoor's, Khanna's,
Dharmendra, Jeetendra and their sons. The whole industry is dominated
by Punjabis. Apart from the Khans, Amitabh Bachchan is the only
exception and even he is half-Punjabi I think.

Amitabh's mother was (is?) a Sardarni. So half-Punjabi.

Post by dp
Even the characters
names and situations are mostly punjabi - hero is either Raj Malhotra
or Rahul Oberoi, there has to be a kadua chauth and a song with
'soniye', 'kudi' and 'bande' in it. But ofcourse, just to show that
they can accomodate others, they make sure that some of the other
characters are non-Punjabis - like a Sharma or a Joshi will be the
family accountant, a Bihari will be the villain and a Bengali or a
Southie or a Parsi or a Sikh character to provide the comedy (or rarely
a Gujju - like in Kal Ho Na Ho).

Sikhs are Punjabis too. But I agree with the rest of your rant. Why all
the heroes in Hindi films have to be Punjabis, I'm not sure. (That
said, I haven't seen a karva chauth in a film since 2004. Maybe I'm
being more discriminating in the films which I see, I don't know.) Don,
at least, should be something of an exception. (Can't believe I'm
looking forward to a Shah Rukh Khan film. Especially one for which
Shankar Ehsaan Loy has plagiarised a Black Eyed Peas refrain to add to
"Yeh mera dil".)

A

[Gilly's Danda]

Post by dp

Post by d***@rediffmail.com

Post by r***@gmail.com
I think what gave Hrishida's movies their repeat value was the
extremely realistic and familiar setups of his plots

except that he was just a bit too obsessed with Bengali people.
Almost every movie had a Bengali heroine or a Bengali character.

How is this different from the Chopra's and Kapoor's and Johar's making
almost all their movies with Punjabis as the leading characters? Take a
look at all the leading actors through the years - Kapoor's, Khanna's,
Dharmendra, Jeetendra and their sons. The whole industry is dominated
by Punjabis. Apart from the Khans, Amitabh Bachchan is the only
exception and even he is half-Punjabi I think.

Amitabh's mother was (is?) a Sardarni. So half-Punjabi. I suppose
there's Suniel Shetty, Aishwarya Rai, Rani Mukherjee, Amrita Rao, a few
others - but heroes seem to be predominantly Punjabi or (I guess)
Pathan descendants. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Post by dp
Even the characters
names and situations are mostly punjabi - hero is either Raj Malhotra
or Rahul Oberoi, there has to be a kadua chauth and a song with
'soniye', 'kudi' and 'bande' in it. But ofcourse, just to show that
they can accomodate others, they make sure that some of the other
characters are non-Punjabis - like a Sharma or a Joshi will be the
family accountant, a Bihari will be the villain and a Bengali or a
Southie or a Parsi or a Sikh character to provide the comedy (or rarely
a Gujju - like in Kal Ho Na Ho).

Sikhs are Punjabis too. But I agree with the rest of your rant. Why all
the heroes in Hindi films have to be Punjabis, I'm not sure. (That
said, I haven't seen a karva chauth in a film since 2004. Maybe I'm
being more discriminating in the films which I see, I don't know.) Don,
at least, should be something of an exception. (Can't believe I'm
looking forward to a Shah Rukh Khan film. Especially one for which
Shankar Ehsaan Loy have plagiarised a Black Eyed Peas refrain to add to
"Yeh mera dil".)

A

[dp]

Post by Gilly's Danda
Amitabh's mother was (is?) a Sardarni. So half-Punjabi. I suppose
there's Suniel Shetty, Aishwarya Rai, Rani Mukherjee, Amrita Rao, a few
others -

oh absolutely. Heroines *have* to be from south or bengal or
maharashtra. Decent punjabi girls don't act in movies. Remember how
Neetu Singh had to stop acting after marriage and when Karishma started
acting it was major news that a Kapoor Khandan girl was getting into
movies. Ofcourse, now they are modernising, so we are seeing all these
Priyanka Chopra's etc entering the industry, but historically it has
always been Punjabi hindu hero with the heroine from some other region.

Post by Gilly's Danda

Post by dp
characters are non-Punjabis - like a Sharma or a Joshi will be the
family accountant, a Bihari will be the villain and a Bengali or a
Southie or a Parsi or a Sikh character to provide the comedy (or rarely
a Gujju - like in Kal Ho Na Ho).

Sikhs are Punjabis too.

Yes, but I meant Punjabi Hindus when I said Punjabis. Specifically
Khatris. Actually, I think the sikhs being butt of jokes is probably a
creation of this influential Khatri community.

dp

[Arjun Pandit]

Post by dp

Post by Gilly's Danda
Amitabh's mother was (is?) a Sardarni. So half-Punjabi. I suppose
there's Suniel Shetty, Aishwarya Rai, Rani Mukherjee, Amrita Rao, a few
others -

oh absolutely. Heroines *have* to be from south or bengal or
maharashtra.

Similarly did you ever wonder why >60% of the heroines in South are
Punjabis? With my limited knowledge of South Indian movies, I can still
name Aarthi Agarwal, Jyothika, Sonia Agrawal, Namitha (Gujju?) etc.
from the current crop ruling the south cinema scene. Yes, there is the
odd Trisha or Asin that break in. Otherwise the industry is dominated
by North Indian heroines.

Post by dp
Decent punjabi girls don't act in movies.

Here are a few I can remember of the top of my head around late
70s/80s:

1. Juhi Chawla
2. Raveena Tandon
3. Poonam Dhillon
4. Anita Raaj
5. Amrita Singh
6. You have of course named Neetu Singh
7. Swapna (She is Punjabi and she acted, that she was a flop is
irrelevant to you)
8. Simi Garewal (?)

With respect to not acting after marriage, I don't see Madhuri doing
that either. Nor did Shilpa Shirodkar, Kimi Katkar, Gayathri Joshi,
Mumtaz, Vyjanthimala from the top of my head. So why color Neetu
Singh's desire to retire after marriage with a reference to Punjabi
conservatism? Indian conservatism, yes.

Post by dp
Ofcourse, now they are modernising, so we are seeing all these
Priyanka Chopra's etc entering the industry, but historically it has
always been Punjabi hindu hero with the heroine from some other region.

As it seems in South India to have a regional language speaking hero
and a lip synching North Indian heroine. Please do not argue with
half-assed data. You get away with it on RSC as you also mix the "X is
a close friend of mine and he told me this over a bonda" and no one can
debate it. Let us not bring BBism into RAMLI? Its been relatively free
of all regional crap.

[Gafoor]

Post by Arjun Pandit

Post by dp

Post by Gilly's Danda
Amitabh's mother was (is?) a Sardarni. So half-Punjabi. I suppose
there's Suniel Shetty, Aishwarya Rai, Rani Mukherjee, Amrita Rao, a
few others -

oh absolutely. Heroines *have* to be from south or bengal or
maharashtra.

Similarly did you ever wonder why >60% of the heroines in South are
Punjabis? With my limited knowledge of South Indian movies, I can
still name Aarthi Agarwal, Jyothika, Sonia Agrawal, Namitha (Gujju?)

Simran

Post by Arjun Pandit
etc. from the current crop ruling the south cinema scene. Yes, there
is the odd Trisha or Asin that break in. Otherwise the industry is
dominated by North Indian heroines.

Post by dp
Decent punjabi girls don't act in movies.

Here are a few I can remember of the top of my head around late
1. Juhi Chawla
2. Raveena Tandon
3. Poonam Dhillon
4. Anita Raaj
5. Amrita Singh
6. You have of course named Neetu Singh
7. Swapna (She is Punjabi and she acted, that she was a flop is
irrelevant to you)
8. Simi Garewal (?)

Priya Rajvansh
Sonu Walia

Post by Arjun Pandit
With respect to not acting after marriage, I don't see Madhuri doing
that either. Nor did Shilpa Shirodkar, Kimi Katkar, Gayathri Joshi,
Mumtaz, Vyjanthimala from the top of my head.

Sridevi, Jayapradha,

Post by Arjun Pandit
So why color Neetu
Singh's desire to retire after marriage with a reference to Punjabi
conservatism? Indian conservatism, yes.

Post by dp
Ofcourse, now they are modernising, so we are seeing all these
Priyanka Chopra's etc entering the industry, but historically it has
always been Punjabi hindu hero with the heroine from some other region.

As it seems in South India to have a regional language speaking hero
and a lip synching North Indian heroine. Please do not argue with
half-assed data. You get away with it on RSC as you also mix the "X is
a close friend of mine and he told me this over a bonda" and no one
can debate it. Let us not bring BBism into RAMLI? Its been relatively
free of all regional crap.

[Champak Bhumiya]

agree with Arjun and Gafoor. some more from 70's and 80's are:
Rati Agnihotri
Ranjeeta
Yogita Bali
Deepti Naval
Rama Vij (from Nukkad)
Archana Puran Singh
Shoma Anand
and probably many more.

Post by Gafoor

Post by Arjun Pandit
Here are a few I can remember of the top of my head around late
1. Juhi Chawla
2. Raveena Tandon
3. Poonam Dhillon
4. Anita Raaj
5. Amrita Singh
6. You have of course named Neetu Singh
7. Swapna (She is Punjabi and she acted, that she was a flop is
irrelevant to you)
8. Simi Garewal (?)

Priya Rajvansh
Sonu Walia

Post by Arjun Pandit
With respect to not acting after marriage, I don't see Madhuri doing
that either. Nor did Shilpa Shirodkar, Kimi Katkar, Gayathri Joshi,
Mumtaz, Vyjanthimala from the top of my head.

Sridevi, Jayapradha,

Post by Arjun Pandit
So why color Neetu
Singh's desire to retire after marriage with a reference to Punjabi
conservatism? Indian conservatism, yes.

Post by dp
Ofcourse, now they are modernising, so we are seeing all these
Priyanka Chopra's etc entering the industry, but historically it has
always been Punjabi hindu hero with the heroine from some other region.

As it seems in South India to have a regional language speaking hero
and a lip synching North Indian heroine. Please do not argue with
half-assed data. You get away with it on RSC as you also mix the "X is
a close friend of mine and he told me this over a bonda" and no one
can debate it. Let us not bring BBism into RAMLI? Its been relatively
free of all regional crap.

[Madhu]

Why is the state or religion of any actor or actress that important?
That is their personal life and it is really none of our business where
they are from. The only thing that should matter to us is their
performance. As long as they can portray the role they are playing and
make it believable they have succeeded in acting well. For example in
Devdas both Madhuri Dixit and Aishwarya were supposed to be Bengali but
in reality neither one is. However, I don't remember people complaining
that they did not look the role.

Also, what is wrong with Hrishikesh Mukherjee having Bengali characters
in his movies? I also don't think all his main characters have been
Bengali but even if they had been, that would not have been wrong.
People write about what they know best. If I was to try and write about
Kerala I would fail miserably because I have never been there. If
Hrishikesh Mukherjee chose Bengali characters it would be because he
knew he could paint a realistic picture. I don't see people complaining
about Prakash Jha making movies about Bihar or Mani Ratnam making
movies about any of the southern states. Not that I think there is any
thing wrong with picking those backgrounds. One should do whatever they
can do best.

Sorry if you feel that I have spoken out of turn.

[Gilly's Danda]

Post by Madhu
Why is the state or religion of any actor or actress that important?
That is their personal life and it is really none of our business where
they are from. The only thing that should matter to us is their
performance. As long as they can portray the role they are playing and
make it believable they have succeeded in acting well. For example in
Devdas both Madhuri Dixit and Aishwarya were supposed to be Bengali but
in reality neither one is. However, I don't remember people complaining
that they did not look the role.

Yes, no-one complained. One reason is that it doesn't matter to most of
us where the actors come from - just a few conspiracy theorists. The
other, more compelling reason, is that there was so much to complain
about in Devdas that Madhuri and Aishwarya barely registered. I didn't
even start complaining, else I'd still be posting about it today. I
think others took a similar view. Except Don 2006, who didn't even see
it, I think.

A

[d***@rediffmail.com]

Post by Champak Bhumiya
Rati Agnihotri
Ranjeeta
Yogita Bali
Deepti Naval
Rama Vij (from Nukkad)
Archana Puran Singh
Shoma Anand
and probably many more.

Shantanu, Naval is a Marwari or a Rajasthani not Punjabi.

Don

[Champak Bhumiya]

Post by d***@rediffmail.com
Shantanu, Naval is a Marwari or a Rajasthani not Punjabi.
Don

See www.deeptinaval.com which is her "official" site.
She was born and brought up in Amritsar
Didn't realise that she was into poety and photography also
Champak

[d***@rediffmail.com]

Post by Champak Bhumiya

Post by d***@rediffmail.com
Shantanu, Naval is a Marwari or a Rajasthani not Punjabi.
Don

See www.deeptinaval.com which is her "official" site.
She was born and brought up in Amritsar
Didn't realise that she was into poety and photography also
Champak

Well i was talking about the origins of the surname. She could have
been brought up
in Punjab, that dosen't make her a Punjabi automatically. Lot of
Madrasis are brought up in Mumbai like your dear friend Ravi Iyengar,
does that make him a Maharashtrian?
BTW, your friend has gone bonkers :).

Don

[Animesh K]

Post by Champak Bhumiya

Post by d***@rediffmail.com
Shantanu, Naval is a Marwari or a Rajasthani not Punjabi.
Don

See www.deeptinaval.com which is her "official" site.
She was born and brought up in Amritsar
Didn't realise that she was into poety and photography also
Champak

From what I remember: in an old TV show on DD (1994 or so), they
covered the painting-exhibition of Deepti Naval. Then, she would be a
painter too.

[a***@gmail.com]

Post by Arjun Pandit
With respect to not acting after marriage, I don't see Madhuri doing
that either.

Devdas was after marriage.

Post by Arjun Pandit
Nor did Shilpa Shirodkar,

Moving to Auckland, New Zealand isn't the best move for a Bollywood
heroine. :-) She's put on a lot of weight. I saw her in a shopping
centre not long ago, it's difficult to believe she's the same lady who
acted in Khuda Gawah.

Post by Arjun Pandit
Kimi Katkar, Gayathri Joshi,

Has Gayatri Joshi given up acting? If so, that's a real shame.

Post by Arjun Pandit
Mumtaz, Vyjanthimala from the top of my head. So why color Neetu
Singh's desire to retire after marriage with a reference to Punjabi
conservatism? Indian conservatism, yes.

Indeed.

A

[Abhay Jain]

Post by Arjun Pandit

Post by dp

Post by Gilly's Danda
Amitabh's mother was (is?) a Sardarni. So half-Punjabi. I suppose
there's Suniel Shetty, Aishwarya Rai, Rani Mukherjee, Amrita Rao, a few
others -

oh absolutely. Heroines *have* to be from south or bengal or
maharashtra.

Similarly did you ever wonder why >60% of the heroines in South are
Punjabis? With my limited knowledge of South Indian movies, I can still
name Aarthi Agarwal, Jyothika, Sonia Agrawal, Namitha (Gujju?) etc.
from the current crop ruling the south cinema scene. Yes, there is the
odd Trisha or Asin that break in. Otherwise the industry is dominated
by North Indian heroines.

Post by dp
Decent punjabi girls don't act in movies.

Here are a few I can remember of the top of my head around late
1. Juhi Chawla
2. Raveena Tandon
3. Poonam Dhillon
4. Anita Raaj
5. Amrita Singh
6. You have of course named Neetu Singh
7. Swapna (She is Punjabi and she acted, that she was a flop is
irrelevant to you)
8. Simi Garewal (?)
With respect to not acting after marriage, I don't see Madhuri doing
that either. Nor did Shilpa Shirodkar, Kimi Katkar, Gayathri Joshi,
Mumtaz, Vyjanthimala from the top of my head. So why color Neetu
Singh's desire to retire after marriage with a reference to Punjabi
conservatism? Indian conservatism, yes.

Post by dp
Ofcourse, now they are modernising, so we are seeing all these
Priyanka Chopra's etc entering the industry, but historically it has
always been Punjabi hindu hero with the heroine from some other region.

As it seems in South India to have a regional language speaking hero
and a lip synching North Indian heroine. Please do not argue with
half-assed data. You get away with it on RSC as you also mix the "X is
a close friend of mine and he told me this over a bonda" and no one can
debate it. Let us not bring BBism into RAMLI? Its been relatively free
of all regional crap.

In the past Hindi films had great muslim actresses
such as Meena Kumari, nargis, Madhubala, to name
a few. Strangely there are hadrdy any Muslim actresses
these days. One fellow made starnge observation - considering
open season on showing female body, they are all afraid of
fatwa just like Sania Mirza got for playing in skirt.
Sounds silly to me.

AJ

[ltusenet]

Post by Abhay Jain

Post by Arjun Pandit

Post by dp

Post by Gilly's Danda
Amitabh's mother was (is?) a Sardarni. So half-Punjabi. I suppose
there's Suniel Shetty, Aishwarya Rai, Rani Mukherjee, Amrita Rao, a few
others -

oh absolutely. Heroines *have* to be from south or bengal or
maharashtra.

Similarly did you ever wonder why >60% of the heroines in South are
Punjabis? With my limited knowledge of South Indian movies, I can still
name Aarthi Agarwal, Jyothika, Sonia Agrawal, Namitha (Gujju?) etc.
from the current crop ruling the south cinema scene. Yes, there is the
odd Trisha or Asin that break in. Otherwise the industry is dominated
by North Indian heroines.

Post by dp
Decent punjabi girls don't act in movies.

Here are a few I can remember of the top of my head around late
1. Juhi Chawla
2. Raveena Tandon
3. Poonam Dhillon
4. Anita Raaj
5. Amrita Singh
6. You have of course named Neetu Singh
7. Swapna (She is Punjabi and she acted, that she was a flop is
irrelevant to you)
8. Simi Garewal (?)
With respect to not acting after marriage, I don't see Madhuri doing
that either. Nor did Shilpa Shirodkar, Kimi Katkar, Gayathri Joshi,
Mumtaz, Vyjanthimala from the top of my head. So why color Neetu
Singh's desire to retire after marriage with a reference to Punjabi
conservatism? Indian conservatism, yes.

Post by dp
Ofcourse, now they are modernising, so we are seeing all these
Priyanka Chopra's etc entering the industry, but historically it has
always been Punjabi hindu hero with the heroine from some other region.

As it seems in South India to have a regional language speaking hero
and a lip synching North Indian heroine. Please do not argue with
half-assed data. You get away with it on RSC as you also mix the "X is
a close friend of mine and he told me this over a bonda" and no one can
debate it. Let us not bring BBism into RAMLI? Its been relatively free
of all regional crap.

In the past Hindi films had great muslim actresses
such as Meena Kumari, nargis, Madhubala, to name
a few. Strangely there are hadrdy any Muslim actresses
these days. One fellow made starnge observation - considering
open season on showing female body, they are all afraid of
fatwa just like Sania Mirza got for playing in skirt.
Sounds silly to me.

FWIW Zeenat Aman and Parveen Babi did fine fatwa or not. Imports such
as Salma Agha, Anita Ayub, Meera tried to do their bit with/without a
fatwa and are history now. The fact of the matter is that there is no
talented actress in the class of those you mention to make a
difference. Not that Zeenie and Parveen were talented but they could
carry themselves around and made a niche for themselves as the modern
girl with not a lot of inhibitions. The present trend in movies however
has reduced the female role as literally inconsequential for the most
part. Those that need some talent is filled in by a Konkona or a
Perizaad. There simply arent a lot of talented actresses that make the
cut for the better roles today. As to the the jhin chak and latak
matak, does it really matter what face is doing that?

Post by Abhay Jain
AJ

[Gafoor]

Post by ltusenet

Post by Abhay Jain
In the past Hindi films had great muslim actresses
such as Meena Kumari, nargis, Madhubala, to name
a few. Strangely there are hadrdy any Muslim actresses
these days. One fellow made starnge observation - considering
open season on showing female body, they are all afraid of
fatwa just like Sania Mirza got for playing in skirt.
Sounds silly to me.

FWIW Zeenat Aman and Parveen Babi did fine fatwa or not. Imports such
as Salma Agha, Anita Ayub, Meera tried to do their bit with/without a
fatwa and are history now. The fact of the matter is that there is no
talented actress in the class of those you mention to make a
difference. Not that Zeenie and Parveen were talented but they could
carry themselves around and made a niche for themselves as the modern
girl with not a lot of inhibitions. The present trend in movies
however has reduced the female role as literally inconsequential for
the most part.

I don't think this is true.

Post by ltusenet
Those that need some talent is filled in by a Konkona
or a Perizaad.

and Tabu (Muslim), Urmila.

Manisha is also a good actress, but she usually does only
crap movies.

Post by ltusenet
There simply arent a lot of talented actresses that
make the cut for the better roles today. As to the the jhin chak and
latak matak, does it really matter what face is doing that?

[ltusenet]

Post by Gafoor

Post by ltusenet

Post by Abhay Jain
In the past Hindi films had great muslim actresses
such as Meena Kumari, nargis, Madhubala, to name
a few. Strangely there are hadrdy any Muslim actresses
these days. One fellow made starnge observation - considering
open season on showing female body, they are all afraid of
fatwa just like Sania Mirza got for playing in skirt.
Sounds silly to me.

FWIW Zeenat Aman and Parveen Babi did fine fatwa or not. Imports such
as Salma Agha, Anita Ayub, Meera tried to do their bit with/without a
fatwa and are history now. The fact of the matter is that there is no
talented actress in the class of those you mention to make a
difference. Not that Zeenie and Parveen were talented but they could
carry themselves around and made a niche for themselves as the modern
girl with not a lot of inhibitions. The present trend in movies
however has reduced the female role as literally inconsequential for
the most part.

I don't think this is true.

What part?.

Post by Gafoor

Post by ltusenet
Those that need some talent is filled in by a Konkona
or a Perizaad.

and Tabu (Muslim), Urmila.

Yes...

Post by Gafoor
Manisha is also a good actress, but she usually does only
crap movies.

and Yes.

Post by Gafoor

Post by ltusenet
There simply arent a lot of talented actresses that
make the cut for the better roles today. As to the the jhin chak and
latak matak, does it really matter what face is doing that?

[Gafoor]

Post by ltusenet

Post by Gafoor

Post by ltusenet
FWIW Zeenat Aman and Parveen Babi did fine fatwa or not. Imports
such as Salma Agha, Anita Ayub, Meera tried to do their bit
with/without a fatwa and are history now. The fact of the matter is
that there is no talented actress in the class of those you mention
to make a difference. Not that Zeenie and Parveen were talented but
they could carry themselves around and made a niche for themselves
as the modern girl with not a lot of inhibitions. The present trend
in movies however has reduced the female role as literally
inconsequential for the most part.

I don't think this is true.

What part?.

That current heroines mostly have inconsequential roles.

[a***@my-deja.com]

Post by ltusenet
FWIW Zeenat Aman and Parveen Babi did fine fatwa or not. Imports such
as Salma Agha, Anita Ayub, Meera tried to do their bit with/without a
fatwa and are history now. The fact of the matter is that there is no
talented actress in the class of those you mention to make a
difference. Not that Zeenie and Parveen were talented but they could
carry themselves around and made a niche for themselves as the modern
girl with not a lot of inhibitions. The present trend in movies however
has reduced the female role as literally inconsequential for the most
part. Those that need some talent is filled in by a Konkona or a
Perizaad. There simply arent a lot of talented actresses that make the
cut for the better roles today. As to the the jhin chak and latak
matak, does it really matter what face is doing that?

Speaking of sirens and your statement beginning with "the present
trend..", here's an interesting quote on that topic.

Quote begins
=========
The annual issue of India's chief film magazine, however, floats a
full-page advertisement in tri-color announcing in the international
monotone of the blurb writer, "Bravo India, thy sons and daughters
deserve unlimited admiration. Heaven be praised! Shirley Temple,
Hollywood's child star is now excelled by Baby Rani, 5 years old,
India's youngest child star who has done wonders in Bai Jaddan-bai's
"Talash-e-Hag" or "The Search for Truth", a Sangeet production,
remarkably wonderful, now being lavishly produced.

The same discreet gentlemen also urge you to see Madhuri "the girl of
today" in "College Days" and the star is elsewhere described as one
"who seems to be rather naughty, but her actions are nice and
enthralling. Nobody can deny that this charming siren of the screen
puts forth a mass of sex appeal to the public, but it is still better
if she limits it to a certain extent." The diatribe ends in a coda
wishing "this naughty maid a bright, happy future, and we pray God for
her long life and prosperity."

== Quote ends===

Was this published in 2006? Naah. This was an article titled "Where
Dawn comes up like thunder" - Also Talkies in Urdu and Hindustani,
Myths, Blurb-writers and a Child star"
- New York Times, May 31, 1936.

Cheers
Arun

[Ketan]

Post by a***@my-deja.com
Speaking of sirens and your statement beginning with "the present
trend..", here's an interesting quote on that topic.
Quote begins
=========
The annual issue of India's chief film magazine, however, floats a
full-page advertisement in tri-color announcing in the international
monotone of the blurb writer, "Bravo India, thy sons and daughters
deserve unlimited admiration. Heaven be praised! Shirley Temple,
Hollywood's child star is now excelled by Baby Rani, 5 years old,
India's youngest child star who has done wonders in Bai Jaddan-bai's
"Talash-e-Hag" or "The Search for Truth", a Sangeet production,
remarkably wonderful, now being lavishly produced.
The same discreet gentlemen also urge you to see Madhuri "the girl of
today" in "College Days" and the star is elsewhere described as one
"who seems to be rather naughty, but her actions are nice and
enthralling. Nobody can deny that this charming siren of the screen
puts forth a mass of sex appeal to the public, but it is still better
if she limits it to a certain extent." The diatribe ends in a coda
wishing "this naughty maid a bright, happy future, and we pray God for
her long life and prosperity."
== Quote ends===
Was this published in 2006? Naah. This was an article titled "Where
Dawn comes up like thunder" - Also Talkies in Urdu and Hindustani,
Myths, Blurb-writers and a Child star"
- New York Times, May 31, 1936.

Is 'Baby Rani', Nargis?


Ketan

[a***@my-deja.com]

Post by Ketan

Post by a***@my-deja.com
Speaking of sirens and your statement beginning with "the present
trend..", here's an interesting quote on that topic.
Quote begins
=========
The annual issue of India's chief film magazine, however, floats a
full-page advertisement in tri-color announcing in the international
monotone of the blurb writer, "Bravo India, thy sons and daughters
deserve unlimited admiration. Heaven be praised! Shirley Temple,
Hollywood's child star is now excelled by Baby Rani, 5 years old,
India's youngest child star who has done wonders in Bai Jaddan-bai's
"Talash-e-Hag" or "The Search for Truth", a Sangeet production,
remarkably wonderful, now being lavishly produced.
The same discreet gentlemen also urge you to see Madhuri "the girl of
today" in "College Days" and the star is elsewhere described as one
"who seems to be rather naughty, but her actions are nice and
enthralling. Nobody can deny that this charming siren of the screen
puts forth a mass of sex appeal to the public, but it is still better
if she limits it to a certain extent." The diatribe ends in a coda
wishing "this naughty maid a bright, happy future, and we pray God for
her long life and prosperity."
== Quote ends===
Was this published in 2006? Naah. This was an article titled "Where
Dawn comes up like thunder" - Also Talkies in Urdu and Hindustani,
Myths, Blurb-writers and a Child star"
- New York Times, May 31, 1936.

Is 'Baby Rani', Nargis?
Ketan

That's exactly what I thought given the name of the movie-maker (Jaddan
Bai). Perhaps, Satishji, Afzalji or Surjitji can clarify. [I'm assuming
Vish does not read RMIM regularly. :-)]

Cheers
Arun

[Gafoor]

Post by a***@my-deja.com

Post by Ketan
Is 'Baby Rani', Nargis?
Ketan

That's exactly what I thought given the name of the movie-maker
(Jaddan Bai). Perhaps, Satishji, Afzalji or Surjitji can clarify.
[I'm assuming Vish does not read RMIM regularly. :-)]

Yes, it is Nargis.

http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2002/nov/19dinesh.htm

[Surjit Singh]

Post by Gafoor

Post by a***@my-deja.com

Post by Ketan
Is 'Baby Rani', Nargis?
Ketan

That's exactly what I thought given the name of the movie-maker
(Jaddan Bai). Perhaps, Satishji, Afzalji or Surjitji can clarify.
[I'm assuming Vish does not read RMIM regularly. :-)]

Yes, it is Nargis.
http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2002/nov/19dinesh.htm

She was also known as Baby Fatima.

[d***@rediffmail.com]

Post by Abhay Jain
In the past Hindi films had great muslim actresses
such as Meena Kumari, nargis, Madhubala, to name
a few. Strangely there are hadrdy any Muslim actresses
these days.

Not true. Tabu, Diya Mirza,Soha Ali Khan are there.
In the 70s to 80s time, there was Praveen Babi, Zeenat and Shabana
Azmi.
Otherwise, it may be purely coincidental. We cannot have people from
all backgrounds all the time just like in cricket, there may not be
people from all regions or religions all the time.

Don

[dp]

Post by Arjun Pandit

Post by dp
oh absolutely. Heroines *have* to be from south or bengal or
maharashtra.

Similarly did you ever wonder why >60% of the heroines in South are
Punjabis?

No idea. My knowledge of south Indian cinema is limited to Kannada
movies and I haven't seen too many Punjabi heroines there. Juhi has
acted in one movie, but can't recall anyone else.

Post by Arjun Pandit

Post by dp
Decent punjabi girls don't act in movies.

Here are a few I can remember of the top of my head around late
1. Juhi Chawla
2. Raveena Tandon
3. Poonam Dhillon
4. Anita Raaj
5. Amrita Singh
6. You have of course named Neetu Singh
7. Swapna (She is Punjabi and she acted, that she was a flop is
irrelevant to you)
8. Simi Garewal (?)

Still nowhere close to the number of South/Bengali/Marathi actresses
right? You got me with that Neetu Singh retiring after marriage
comment. It occured to me after posting that most heroines quit acting
after marriage. But what about the big hoopla about a Kapoor khandan
girl acting in movies when Karishma entered? Anyway, this is irrelevant
to the main point. Most of the heroines have been non-Punjabi. A vast
majority of the heroes and producers/directors have been Punjabi. There
is nothing half-assed about that data. I don't see how anyone can
refute that after the list I posted. The other point is that most of
the characters in the movies made by these Punjabi producers are also
Punjabi. Yes, nothing wrong with it. They are familiar with that
culture and they make movies with those characters. I brought it up
only because Don commented about HM's Bengali bias which is nothing
compared to the punjabi domination of mainstream hindi cinema. What I
do have a problem with is the stereotyping of people from other regions
- the Gujju example from KHNH for example.

Post by Arjun Pandit
As it seems in South India to have a regional language speaking hero
and a lip synching North Indian heroine. Please do not argue with
half-assed data. You get away with it on RSC as you also mix the "X is
a close friend of mine and he told me this over a bonda" and no one can
debate it.

Care to point out where I have argued with half-assed data on RSC?

Post by Arjun Pandit
Let us not bring BBism into RAMLI? Its been relatively free
of all regional crap.

I don't see how pointing out the fact that film industry is dominated
by Punjabi's can be termed BBism. But suit yourself.

Post by Arjun Pandit
I guess you read too much into it. Maybe its the resident BB in you
that refuses to go away even when watching movies.

No need to get personal.

Post by Arjun Pandit
Also, stretching your theory in the other post (the Tushar/Sharma post)
to Taxi 9211 ... shouldn't you be pissed off that the movie showed a
Marathi as a crass, wife beating goon while it showed a Punjabi as a
suave, sophisticated guy? Huh?

It is all in the treatment. Here the director showed it from the taxi
driver's point of view too. Yes, a lower-class, taxi driver does drink
and wife-beat whereas an upper class businessman will be suave and
sophisticated. That is the reality. I was referring to Nana's comment
about people coming from outside, who is an outsider, who is an insider
etc.

dp

[Arjun Pandit]

Post by dp

Post by Arjun Pandit

Post by dp
oh absolutely. Heroines *have* to be from south or bengal or
maharashtra.

Similarly did you ever wonder why >60% of the heroines in South are
Punjabis?

No idea. My knowledge of south Indian cinema is limited to Kannada
movies and I haven't seen too many Punjabi heroines there. Juhi has
acted in one movie, but can't recall anyone else.
From the information you have been providing, you would be better off

saying that your knowledge of Indian cinema is limited to Kannada
movies. That also seems suspect:

http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/kannada/review/7861.html (Aarti
Chabria)
http://www.nowrunning.com/film/review.asp?movieNo=3223&mv=Tirupati
(Pooja Kanwal)
http://nowrunning.com/Discussions/forum.asp?forumID=1423&movieNo=2815
(Sanjana ... could be North Indian)
http://www.kannadaaudio.com/Songs/Moviewise/home/SimhadaMari.php
(Simran)
http://www.kannadaaudio.com/Songs/Moviewise/home/Tunta.php (Ekta
Khosla)
http://www.kannadaaudio.com/Songs/Moviewise/home/NammaBasava.php (Gowri
Munjal)
http://www.viggy.com/english/current_ugadi.asp (Jennifer Kotwal ..
.sounds Punjabi)

For a Kannada film follower, your knowledge seems quite limited. I got
the above in 10 minutes with little knowledge of Kannada films and
having seen only 1 Kannada film (AK47).

Post by dp

Post by Arjun Pandit

Post by dp
Decent punjabi girls don't act in movies.

Here are a few I can remember of the top of my head around late
1. Juhi Chawla
2. Raveena Tandon
3. Poonam Dhillon
4. Anita Raaj
5. Amrita Singh
6. You have of course named Neetu Singh
7. Swapna (She is Punjabi and she acted, that she was a flop is
irrelevant to you)
8. Simi Garewal (?)

Still nowhere close to the number of South/Bengali/Marathi actresses
right?

Huh? You want to combine South + Bengali + Marathi altogether and claim
they are more than Punjabi actresses? South + Bengali + Marathi
constitutes 5 states (AP/TN are the only states which have had
Bollywood heroines) whereas Punjab is 1 state by itself. What sort of
logic is this? In any case here we have since late 70s/80s/90s. I will
go upto the Priyanka Chopra era since this is what you said "Ofcourse,
now they are modernising, so we are seeing all these Priyanka Chopra's
etc entering the industry". So I am assuming upto the Kareena/Rani era,
we had the Bengalis/South Indians/Maharashtrians dominating Bollywood
as far as actresses go:

Punjabi (Thanks for the additional names Gafoor/Champak. I was
disappointed with myself for missing Rati and Anu Agarwal. I had
thought of Sonu Walia but mistook Walia to be a Gujju name):
1. Juhi Chawla
2. Raveena Tandon
3. Poonam Dhillon
4. Anita Raaj
5. Amrita Singh
6. You have of course named Neetu Singh
7. Swapna (She is Punjabi and she acted, that she was a flop is
irrelevant to you)
8. Simi Garewal (?)
9. Priya Rajvansh
10. Sonu Walia
11. Rati Agnihotri
12. Ranjeeta
13. Yogita Bali
14. Deepti Naval
15. Archana Puran Singh
16. Shoma Anand
17. Divya Dutta (?)
18. Twinkle Khanna
19. Asha Sachdev (she did come as a heroine in a few films right?)
20. Neha (Kareeb)
21. Karisma Kapoor
22. Anu Agarwal (?)
23. Ayesha Jhulka


With this list and with your comment "Heroines *have* to be from south
or bengal or
maharashtra. Decent punjabi girls don't act in movies.", I expect
Maharashtra, TN+AP, Bengal to give me atleast 40+ heroines each
(actually more with the *emphasis* you have given on have). What do we
have in this period:

Maharashtra:
1. Kimi Katkar (oh man)
2. Shilpa Shirodkar
3. Madhuri Dixit
4. Sonali Bendre
5. Namrata Shirodkar
6. Varsha Usgaonkar
7. Padmini Kolhapuri

TN + AP
1. Sridevi
2. Jaya Prada
3. Rekha
4. Hema Malini
5. Shilpa Shetty
6. Aishwarya Rai
7. Bhanupriya (Since we have also rans like Priya Rajvansh in Punjabi)
8. Vijayshanthi (Since we have also rans like Priya Rajvansh in
Punjabi)

Bengal
1. Moon Moon Sen
2. Rani Mukherjee
3. Kajol
4. Moushumi Chatterjee
5. Bindiya Goswami

Not including C graders like Poonam Dasgupta.

Muslims:
1. Zeenat Aman
2. Parveen Babi
3. Mandakini
4. Farah
5. Tabu
(Not taking folks like Salma Agha)

Gujarathis:
1. Neelam
2. Kajal Kiran (?)
3. Dimple Kapadia

Unknowns:
1. Sonam (Punjabi?)


So what do we have? Does the above merit comments like "Heroines *have*
to be from south or bengal or maharashtra. Decent punjabi girls don't
act in movies." or comments like ""Ofcourse, now they are modernising,
so we are seeing all these Priyanka Chopra's etc entering the
industry".

Post by dp
You got me with that Neetu Singh retiring after marriage
comment. It occured to me after posting that most heroines quit acting
after marriage. But what about the big hoopla about a Kapoor khandan
girl acting in movies when Karishma entered?

That is a family. Kapoor Family != Punjabi culture. For someone who
laments about the lack of understanding of other cultures by Yash
Chopra and Karan Johar, your understanding of other cultures also comes
across as woefully pathetic. If you equate the actions of Kapoor family
as representative of the entire Punjabi community, I am not sure what
to say.

Post by dp
Anyway, this is irrelevant to the main point. Most of the heroines have been
non-Punjabi.

The main point itself is irrelevant now. From the above list, here are
the numbers since late 70s to Priyanka Chopra/Kareena era:

Punjabi: 22
South Indians (2 states): 8
Bengali: 5
Maharashtrians: 7

Can you come again please?

Post by dp
A vast
majority of the heroes

I am not debating this at all.

Post by dp
and producers/directors have been Punjabi.

Here you are wrong again. Bollywood has gone through multiple phases.
My knowledge of B'wood is from late 70s onwards when I have been
following it.

Mid 70s to late 80s: Directors/Producers from all over India.
Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Basu Chatterjee, Basu Bhattacharjees, Yash
Chopras, Yash Johars, Manmohan Desais, Prakash Mehras, Dasari Narayana
Raos, LV Prasads, Raghavendra Raos, Vishwanaths, Subash Ghais, Nasir
Hussains, JP Duttas, Sippys (NC/GP), Gulshan Bawra.

All Punjabis up there my friend? And these are all big names of that
period. A Raghavendra Rao's Himmatwala was as big a hit as a Yash
Chopra's Kala Pathar. Himmatwala started as big a trend of similar
films (Mawali, Justic Chowdhury etc) as YC's DDLJ.

Late 80s to Late 90s: The industry has had many of the above guys going
away for various reasons but definetely not due to being kept out by
Punjabis. The above list hardly has any Punjabi power. The Yash
Chopras, Yash Johars etc. Or re-invented themselves very well to tune
to the needs of the audience and maybe even define it. Yash Chopra and
Johar were out in late 80s, they bounced back respectively with Darr
and KKHH (through their sons etc). Yash Johar had 6 consecutive big
flops in 80s/early 90s. The LV Prasads, Balachanders, Prakash Mehras
could not re-invent themselves and could not survive their flops and
they got out. If anything, it is admirable that these Punjabis stuck it
out.

2000 onwards: What are the big banners in Bollywood today?

Big Banners (based on hits in last decade)

Johar - Punjabi
Chopra - Punjabi
Nadiadwalas - Muslim
RGV - South Indian
Sanjay Gupta - Marwadi/UP/MP ( I don't know )
Ratan Jain/Ganesh Jain of Venus (Jain Gujjus)
Subhash Ghai - Punjabi or Gujju?
Vishesh Films (Mukesh Bhatt) - Gujju

Top Directors (based on hits in last decade):

Abbas Mastan - Muslim
Subash Ghai - Punjabi or Gujju
Karan Johar - Punjabi
Yash Chopra - Punjabi
RGV - South Indian
Priyadarshan - South Indian
Rajkumar Santoshi - Donno
Prakash Jha - Bihari
Anees Bazmee - Muslim
David Dhawan - Punjabi
Madhur Bhandarkar - Maharashtrian
Vikram Bhatt - Gujju
Anurag Basu - Bengali

So where again is the dominance?

Post by dp
There
is nothing half-assed about that data.

You didn't provide any data at all in the first place. You made a
contentious remark about Neetu and expanded it to Punjabi dominance and
are now trying to defend it. Surjit gave you lots of data, you refused
to have a look at it saying one Neetu Singh's example is enough to
debate in Usenet. I am debating the Heroine/Director/Producer issue and
the data you gave is not even half-assed, its worse than that.

I am not debating Punjabi heroes being more in number but I will come
to that later after we settle the Heroine/Producer/Director issue. The
theory there is slightly contentious in nature and I don't want to
dilute this discussion by bringing in something totally theoretical in
nature

I hope you don't try to debate any further on the
Heroine/Producer/Director issue atleast so that we can move on.

Post by dp
I don't see how anyone can
refute that after the list I posted.

You didn't post any list my friend.

Post by dp

Post by Arjun Pandit
As it seems in South India to have a regional language speaking hero
and a lip synching North Indian heroine. Please do not argue with
half-assed data. You get away with it on RSC as you also mix the "X is
a close friend of mine and he told me this over a bonda" and no one can
debate it.

Care to point out where I have argued with half-assed data on RSC?

How about India got into finals because other teams were paid by
corporates to go lose to India for starters? If you have data for this,
why don't you go to the press? Instead of just throwing a statement
like this and expecting people to quietly bite it.

Post by dp

Post by Arjun Pandit
Let us not bring BBism into RAMLI? Its been relatively free
of all regional crap.

I don't see how pointing out the fact that film industry is dominated
by Punjabi's can be termed BBism. But suit yourself.

Not the comment about Punjabi domination. But comments like "Nice
punjabi girls don't act in movies" or the Neetu Singh remark smacked of
regionalism. Or also trying to read too much into the Tushar/Sharma
instance.

Post by dp

Post by Arjun Pandit
I guess you read too much into it. Maybe its the resident BB in you
that refuses to go away even when watching movies.

No need to get personal.

I didn't intend to, I am sorry if it came across that way.

Post by dp
It is all in the treatment. Here the director showed it from the taxi
driver's point of view too. Yes, a lower-class, taxi driver does drink
and wife-beat whereas an upper class businessman will be suave and
sophisticated. That is the reality. I was referring to Nana's comment
about people coming from outside, who is an outsider, who is an insider
etc.

Long post by my standards and I need to move to something lighter like
say go and flame Sharath, we will discuss this some other day.

[dp]

Arjun Pandit wrote:
<snip>

Post by Arjun Pandit
For a Kannada film follower, your knowledge seems quite limited.

Indeed. I am not much of a kannada film follower at all, I must have
watched 2-3 kannada movies in last decade. I hadn't heard of any of the
heroines you mentioned apart from Simran. When I said my knowledge of
south Indian movies is limited to Kannada movies, I meant that I know
even less about other south Indian languages.

Post by Arjun Pandit

Post by dp
Still nowhere close to the number of South/Bengali/Marathi actresses
right?

Huh? You want to combine South + Bengali + Marathi altogether and claim
they are more than Punjabi actresses? South + Bengali + Marathi
constitutes 5 states (AP/TN are the only states which have had
Bollywood heroines) whereas Punjab is 1 state by itself. What sort of
logic is this?

I meant contribution of each of those other states will be more than
punjab's. But with your list you have shown that is not the case.

<snip list of actresses>

Post by Arjun Pandit
So what do we have? Does the above merit comments like "Heroines *have*
to be from south or bengal or maharashtra. Decent punjabi girls don't
act in movies." or comments like ""Ofcourse, now they are modernising,
so we are seeing all these Priyanka Chopra's etc entering the
industry".

No, it doesn't. But in my defense, I will say that most of the top
heroines have all been non-Punjabis and I was going by that impression.
I had certainly not listed down all the heroines and the states they
came from. I mean, when you think of the top heroines over the years,
the names that come to mind are Meena Kumari, Madhubala, Waheeda,
Vyjayanti, Sharmila, Asha Parekh, Sadhana, Rekha, Hema Malini, Jaya,
Zeenat, Parveen, Neetu, Sridevi, Jayaprada, Madhuri, Juhi, Manisha,
Kajol, Karishma, Raveena, Aishwarya. I see 4 punjabi names there out of
this subjective list of 21, 2 of them in recent times (after Karishma
"broke the taboo").

<snip>

Post by Arjun Pandit

Post by dp
A vast
majority of the heroes

I am not debating this at all.

Post by dp
and producers/directors have been Punjabi.

Here you are wrong again. Bollywood has gone through multiple phases.
My knowledge of B'wood is from late 70s onwards when I have been
following it.
Mid 70s to late 80s: Directors/Producers from all over India.
Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Basu Chatterjee, Basu Bhattacharjees, Yash
Chopras, Yash Johars, Manmohan Desais, Prakash Mehras, Dasari Narayana
Raos, LV Prasads, Raghavendra Raos, Vishwanaths, Subash Ghais, Nasir
Hussains, JP Duttas, Sippys (NC/GP), Gulshan Bawra.
All Punjabis up there my friend? And these are all big names of that
period. A Raghavendra Rao's Himmatwala was as big a hit as a Yash
Chopra's Kala Pathar. Himmatwala started as big a trend of similar
films (Mawali, Justic Chowdhury etc) as YC's DDLJ.

Kapoors are missing there. So including them, that is 7 punjabi's.
Kapoor, Chopra, Johar, Mehra, Ghai, Dutta and Rai. All big banners too.
Other big banners who are non-punjabi are Manmohan Desai (Gujju), Sippy
(Sindhi) and the Rao's and Naidu's. There is certainly a punjabi
domination there. Yes, it has changed in last few years with RGV,
Bhatt's, Shah's etc becoming big powers, but again, historically most
of the big banners have been Punjabi.

<snip list of producers/directors>

Post by Arjun Pandit

Post by dp
There
is nothing half-assed about that data.

You didn't provide any data at all in the first place. You made a
contentious remark about Neetu and expanded it to Punjabi dominance and
are now trying to defend it.

Looks like you missed the post where I listed the Khatri names from
that web site and along side it listed all the top heroes and
producer/directors.

Post by Arjun Pandit
I am not debating Punjabi heroes being more in number but I will come
to that later after we settle the Heroine/Producer/Director issue. The
theory there is slightly contentious in nature and I don't want to
dilute this discussion by bringing in something totally theoretical in
nature
I hope you don't try to debate any further on the
Heroine/Producer/Director issue atleast so that we can move on.

Nothing more to say form my side.

Post by Arjun Pandit

Post by dp
Care to point out where I have argued with half-assed data on RSC?

How about India got into finals because other teams were paid by
corporates to go lose to India for starters? If you have data for this,
why don't you go to the press? Instead of just throwing a statement
like this and expecting people to quietly bite it.

Huh? I have always made it clear that it is a theory - a theory based
on India's dominance of cricket market for which I have certainly
produced more than enough data (there was a time when people used to
even question that claim, but thankfully not anymore). I have never
claimed that I have proof about corporates paying off other teams - in
fact my point is that we will never know even if it happens, so I don't
see what data you want me to provide.

Post by Arjun Pandit

Post by dp
I don't see how pointing out the fact that film industry is dominated
by Punjabi's can be termed BBism. But suit yourself.

Not the comment about Punjabi domination. But comments like "Nice
punjabi girls don't act in movies" or the Neetu Singh remark smacked of
regionalism. Or also trying to read too much into the Tushar/Sharma
instance.

If it was an isolated instance, yes, it would have been reading too
much, but it isn't.

dp

[d***@rediffmail.com]

Post by dp
Decent punjabi girls don't act in movies.

That is utter tripe from dp. Karisma Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Raveena
Tandon, Amrita Singh, Twinkle Khanna to name a few. In the 50s, there
was Geeta Bali.

But i agree that the superstars have been Bengali, Marathi or Tamil
mainly because of their superior dancing skills and also the fact that
typical Indian heroine needs to be more subdued and not brash like the
typical Punjabi female is. That changed in the 90s as the heroine
became more liberalised and individualistic in movies and so many
Punjus after the 90s.

Don

[dp]

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Post by dp
Decent punjabi girls don't act in movies.

That is utter tripe from dp. Karisma Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Raveena
Tandon, Amrita Singh, Twinkle Khanna to name a few. In the 50s, there
was Geeta Bali.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004626/bio

"She is the second daughter of actress Babita Kapoor, and actor Randhir
Kapoor. They have broken the taboo of Kapoor family girls acting in
movies."

So that taboo very much existed. I didn't make it up. I just
generalised from Kapoor family to their community - which probably
wasn't much off the mark given that there have been so few punjabi
girls who have acted in movies historically, especially compared to the
number of heroes.

dp

[Ketan]

Post by dp

Post by d***@rediffmail.com

Post by dp
Decent punjabi girls don't act in movies.

That is utter tripe from dp. Karisma Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Raveena
Tandon, Amrita Singh, Twinkle Khanna to name a few. In the 50s, there
was Geeta Bali.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004626/bio
"She is the second daughter of actress Babita Kapoor, and actor Randhir
Kapoor. They have broken the taboo of Kapoor family girls acting in
movies."
So that taboo very much existed. I didn't make it up. I just
generalised from Kapoor family to their community - which probably
wasn't much off the mark given that there have been so few punjabi
girls who have acted in movies historically, especially compared to the
number of heroes.

I have no idea why people credit Karisma/Kareena with breaking the taboo of a
Kapoor khandaan woman acting in movies. Sanjana Kapoor(Shashi's daughter) did it
way before the other two in Hero Hiralal(or some movie with Naseeruddin Shah).
Infact, Geeta Bali was married to Shammi Kapoor by the mid-50s and she did
movies like Sapan Suhane after her marriage. So not only is the story of
Karisma/Kareena breaking a taboo factually incorrect, but it is also
shortsighted in limiting the Kapoor khandaan to the RK clan.


Ketan

[dp]

Post by dp

Post by d***@rediffmail.com

Post by dp
Decent punjabi girls don't act in movies.

That is utter tripe from dp. Karisma Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Raveena
Tandon, Amrita Singh, Twinkle Khanna to name a few. In the 50s, there
was Geeta Bali.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004626/bio
"She is the second daughter of actress Babita Kapoor, and actor Randhir
Kapoor. They have broken the taboo of Kapoor family girls acting in
movies."
So that taboo very much existed. I didn't make it up. I just
generalised from Kapoor family to their community - which probably
wasn't much off the mark given that there have been so few punjabi
girls who have acted in movies historically, especially compared to the
number of heroes.

Actually, here is another article which talks about the reluctance of
the Khatris as a whole to let their daughters enter the film world:

http://www.chowk.com/show_article.cgi?aid=00006053&channel=civic%20center&threshold=1&layout=0&order=0&start=120&end=129&page=1
"Prithvi Raj Kapoor, the patriarch of the fabled Kapoors who can
rightly claim to be the first family of Bollywood. Prithvi Raj, who was

originally from Peshawar, made an easy transition from his Prithvi
Theatre to the film world. However, the most famous of the Kapoors was
his son, the legendary Raj Kapoor, who charmed his way to the
audience`s hearts as far away as Russia. He was followed by several
well known Khatri artists like Chetan Anand, Dev Anand, Balraj Sahni,
Sunil Dutt, Rajesh Khanna, Bharat Bhushan and Rajinder Kumar and Pran.
The Khatri heroes have yielded the top spots now to the Khans, but
Khatri names like Kapoor, Khanna, Chopra, Puri and Oberoi are still
prominent in Bollywood. Khatris were at first reluctant to let their
daughters go into the film world, an early exception being Kamini
Kaushal. However, they have shed their earlier inhibitions and now,
many Khatri girls like Karishma and Kareena Kapoor, Juhi Chawla,
Priyanka Chopra, and Raveena Tandon are playing leading roles in
films."

dp

[surjit singh]

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Post by dp

Post by d***@rediffmail.com

Post by dp
Decent punjabi girls don't act in movies.

That is utter tripe from dp. Karisma Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Raveena
Tandon, Amrita Singh, Twinkle Khanna to name a few. In the 50s, there
was Geeta Bali.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004626/bio
"She is the second daughter of actress Babita Kapoor, and actor Randhir
Kapoor. They have broken the taboo of Kapoor family girls acting in
movies."
So that taboo very much existed. I didn't make it up. I just
generalised from Kapoor family to their community - which probably
wasn't much off the mark given that there have been so few punjabi
girls who have acted in movies historically, especially compared to the
number of heroes.

Actually, here is another article which talks about the reluctance of
http://www.chowk.com/show_article.cgi?aid=00006053&channel=civic%20center&threshold=1&layout=0&order=0&start=120&end=129&page=1
"Prithvi Raj Kapoor, the patriarch of the fabled Kapoors who can
rightly claim to be the first family of Bollywood. Prithvi Raj, who was
originally from Peshawar, made an easy transition from his Prithvi
Theatre to the film world. However, the most famous of the Kapoors was
his son, the legendary Raj Kapoor, who charmed his way to the
audience`s hearts as far away as Russia. He was followed by several
well known Khatri artists like Chetan Anand, Dev Anand, Balraj Sahni,
Sunil Dutt, Rajesh Khanna, Bharat Bhushan and Rajinder Kumar and Pran.
The Khatri heroes have yielded the top spots now to the Khans, but
Khatri names like Kapoor, Khanna, Chopra, Puri and Oberoi are still
prominent in Bollywood. Khatris were at first reluctant to let their
daughters go into the film world, an early exception being Kamini
Kaushal. However, they have shed their earlier inhibitions and now,
many Khatri girls like Karishma and Kareena Kapoor, Juhi Chawla,
Priyanka Chopra, and Raveena Tandon are playing leading roles in
films."

This article is simply WRONG. The author/s have not done their homework
and I am not about it do it for them. However, it is easy to document
that Panjabi Khatris have been involved in all phases of the movie
business starting from the silent era.

Read any decent book on film history, e.g. Garg. Or, if only interested
in actors, read the filmography of silent movies (Verma of Dehradun) or
the talkies (Hamraaz of Kanpur). Of course, you may say that you have
never heard of these books and don't care for their authors :)

Post by dp
dp

[Arjun Pandit]

Post by dp

Post by dp

Post by d***@rediffmail.com

Post by dp
Decent punjabi girls don't act in movies.

That is utter tripe from dp. Karisma Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Raveena
Tandon, Amrita Singh, Twinkle Khanna to name a few. In the 50s, there
was Geeta Bali.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004626/bio
"She is the second daughter of actress Babita Kapoor, and actor Randhir
Kapoor. They have broken the taboo of Kapoor family girls acting in
movies."
So that taboo very much existed.

In Raj Kapoor's family yes. If Raj Kapoor's family = Punjabi community,
your knowledge of Punjabis is as woeful as what KJ portrayed of Gujjus
in KHNH.

Post by dp
Actually, here is another article which talks about the reluctance of
http://www.chowk.com/show_article.cgi?aid=00006053&channel=civic%20center&threshold=1&layout=0&order=0&start=120&end=129&page=1

DP, are your cricketing views on Match fixing etc based on Anil's
articles? Given that you are providing an article authored by someone
who calls himself Dost-Mitra as proof for your views, I am tempted to
believe that you also subscribe to what Anil writes on one of the
cricket sites. I don't remember the URls, maybe someone from RSC can
oblige. I expected better from you DP.

FWIW, here is the data you need:

Data from late 70s upto Priyanka Chopra era:

Punjabi Girls : 22
Maharashtrian Girls : 7
Bengali Girls : 5
South Indian Girls = 8

8+7+5 (5 states) < 22 (1 state).

Refer
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.movies.local.indian/msg/d482e...
for details

Data is no way exhaustive but can be considered more than appropriate
for Usenet debates. What say DP?

cheers,
AP
[rubbing it in]

[vrk]

bharat bhooshan was an agarwal if I remember

[Arjun Pandit]

Post by dp

Post by d***@rediffmail.com

Post by dp
Decent punjabi girls don't act in movies.

That is utter tripe from dp. Karisma Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Raveena
Tandon, Amrita Singh, Twinkle Khanna to name a few. In the 50s, there
was Geeta Bali.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004626/bio
"She is the second daughter of actress Babita Kapoor, and actor Randhir
Kapoor. They have broken the taboo of Kapoor family girls acting in
movies."
So that taboo very much existed. I didn't make it up. I just
generalised from Kapoor family to their community - which probably
wasn't much off the mark given that there have been so few punjabi
girls who have acted in movies historically,

Data from late 70s upto Priyanka Chopra era:

Punjabi Girls : 22
Maharashtrian Girls : 7
Bengali Girls : 5
South Indian Girls = 8

8+7+5 (5 states) < 22 (1 state).


Refer
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.movies.local.indian/msg/d482e8546f6cd911?dmode=source
for details

Data is no way exhaustive but can be considered more than appropriate
for Usenet debates. What say DP?

[dp]

Post by dp

Post by d***@rediffmail.com

Post by r***@gmail.com
I think what gave Hrishida's movies their repeat value was the
extremely realistic and familiar setups of his plots

except that he was just a bit too obsessed with Bengali people.
Almost every movie had a Bengali heroine or a Bengali character.

How is this different from the Chopra's and Kapoor's and Johar's making
almost all their movies with Punjabis as the leading characters? Take a
look at all the leading actors through the years - Kapoor's, Khanna's,
Dharmendra, Jeetendra and their sons. The whole industry is dominated
by Punjabis.

Actually, it is not even all Punjabis. Just punjabi Hindus from a
particular caste - Khatris. Take a look at the list of Khatri family
names [http://www.answers.com/topic/khatri ] and see how many of the
Bollywood actors and producer names can be mapped to those surnames. It
is amazing.

Common Family Names
Some Khatri family names include Anand, Awal, Badhwar,Bahl, Bagga,
Baijal, Bakshi, Batta, Bedi, Bhalla, Bhasin, Bhandari, Bindra, Chadha,
Chandok, Chona, Chopra, Choudhary, Dhawan, Dua, Duggal, Dhupar, Dumra,
Gadhiok, Ghai, Gandhi, Gosain Gujral, Gulla, Handa, Jerath, Jairath,
Jaggi, Kakkar, Kapoor (Kapur), Khanna, Khosla, Khullar, Kochhar, Kohli,
Koshal, Lal, Lala, Lamba, Loomba, Madhok, Mahendru, Maini, Malhotra,
Malik, Mankhand, Manraj, Mehra, Mehrotra, Mehta, Monga, Nair(Nayyar),
Nayer, Nijhawan, Nikhanj, Oberoi, Ohri, Parwanda, Phull, Phul, Phool,
Puri, Rai, Roshan, Sabharwal, Sablok, Saggar (Sagar), Sahni, Sami,
Sarin, Sehgal (Sahgal), Sekhri, Sethi, Seth, Sial (Syal), Sibal, Sikka,
Sobti, Sodhi, Sondhi, Soni, Suri, Talwar, Jalota, Tandan (Tandon),
Tehim, Thapar, Trehan, Uppal, Vadehra, Vig. Vij, Vinaik, Vohra,
Wadhawan, Wahi (Wahie) and Walia.

Dev Anand, Raj/Shammi/Shashi/Rishi/Anil/Boney/Jeetendra/Tushar Kapoor,
BR/Yash/Aditya Chopra, Subhash Ghai, Rakesh/Hrithik Roshan, Gulshan
Rai, Vinod/Rajesh/Akshaye Khanna, Balraj/Parikshit Sahni,
Rakesh/Prakash Mehra. As I said, the only lead actors of any note who
are missing here are the
Pathans(Yusuf/Feroze/Shahrukh/Aamir/Salman/Fardeen/Saif Khan),
presumably their origins being further north-west of Khatri's it is ok
to have them as leads. Amitabh is ofcourse the notable exception.
Notice how everyone else from other regions is immediately given
nicknames indicating their region by this punjabi mafia. Shatrughan
Sinha becomes "Bihari Babu", Mithun/Hrishikesh/Basu/Bappi et al are
suffixed with 'Da'. So that it is clear to everyone that these guys are
"outsiders".

dp

[ltusenet]

Post by dp
Unlike these idiots, Hrishikesh Mukherjee could create characters from
regions other than of his own. I don't see anything Bengali in
Golmaal's Ram/Lucky Prasad or Bhavani Shankar. In Chupke Chupke the two
leading characters are Dr. Parimal Tripathi (UP) and Prof Sukumar Sinha
(Bihar). In Anand, ofcourse Bachchan was a Bong, but the lead character
Anand was of unspecified region and certainly *not* Bong given the way
he addressed Bachchan's character as babu moshai. I don't see any Bong
characters in Bawarchi or Guddi or Abhiman or Khubsurat either.
However, what I do see is lot of non-Punjabi characters - the Gupta's
and Tripathi's and Dayal's etc. It is as if he consciously wanted to
create characters which were missing in majority of the Bollywood
movies.

Very well put.

Post by dp
Speaking of punjabi domination, I liked the subtext of Marathis vs
Punjabis in Taxi Number 9211. It is a weird movie otherwise, but I
liked this one aspect.

Yup...BTW, it is hard to find movies from the big banners these days
that do not have songs going "mahiye", "soniye", crapiye etc.. I am
just sick of these songs. Every damn thing is so artificial.....Then
when one song is on, they promptly decide to remind you of another
crappy song from a different movie several years ago by incorporating
the tunes in this one...Listen to KANK songs, it is like KKHH and KHNH
all over again.

Post by dp
dp

[yeskay]

Post by ltusenet
Yup...BTW, it is hard to find movies from the big banners these days
that do not have songs going "mahiye", "soniye", crapiye etc.. I am
just sick of these songs. Every damn thing is so artificial.....Then
when one song is on, they promptly decide to remind you of another
crappy song from a different movie several years ago by incorporating
the tunes in this one...Listen to KANK songs, it is like KKHH and KHNH
all over again.

Caught a snippet of a recent movie, can't recollect the name..Shahid
Kapoor
plays a bengali character, Kareena is a Gujju..There is marriage
song...they
sing a 'Mahive...." song!

[d***@rediffmail.com]

Post by dp
How is this different from the Chopra's and Kapoor's and Johar's making
almost all their movies with Punjabis as the leading characters?

Is SRK a Punjabi? Is Kajol Punjabi? Is Rani Punjabi? Is Saif Punjabi?
Even if i agree that Punjabis are their leading actors, it is not a
suprise because the film industry has been dominated by Punjabi male
actors from the beginning itself.
My point is that though there were lot of non-Bengali actors/actresses
in the industry to choose from, Hrishi Da chose one Bengali actress(as
their male stars were supposedly sissy so to speak like a Joy Mukherjee
or a Biswajeet :) as his heroine in almost all his movies right till
Bindya Goswami(an ordinary actress to say the least) in Golmaal.

Post by dp
Unlike these idiots,

Care to comment why they are idiots? Unless you have a specific bias
against them.

Don

[dp]

Post by d***@rediffmail.com

Post by dp
How is this different from the Chopra's and Kapoor's and Johar's making
almost all their movies with Punjabis as the leading characters?

Is SRK a Punjabi? Is Kajol Punjabi? Is Rani Punjabi? Is Saif Punjabi?

SRK and Saif - pathans, only group other than punjabi's allowed to be
leading actors. Kajol and Rani - heroines, so they have to be
non-punjabi. See my other post. Anyway, I made two separate points. One
is that actors and producers/directors are mostly Punjabi's and
pathans. Other is that the *characters* in the movies produced by these
Punjabi producers are also mostly the same Malhotra's and Khanna's and
Oberoi's. Isn't it amazing? I mean there is that whole hindi belt with
so many other surnames like Gupta's and Chaturvedi's and Sharma's and
Sinha's and Pandey's, but you rarely ever see those in lead characters
in *hindi* movies. I am not even asking for a south Indian or Marathi
or Bengali as lead character, but why not a UPite or a Bihari? Yes,
nothing wrong with it. It is their money and they can show whatever
characters they want. But the reason I pointed it out is that when the
Punjabi's have so dominated the industry and when they proliferate each
and every movie with Punjabi characters, to accuse Hrishida of Bengali
bias just because he chose Bengali heroines even when he made it a
point to create characters from different regions of the country (and
that too likeable, lead characters - not the "Biharis are villains,
Southies are comedians" kind of stereotyping practiced by Punjabi
mafia), to accuse him of bias is a bit odd, that's all.

Post by d***@rediffmail.com
or a Biswajeet :) as his heroine in almost all his movies right till
Bindya Goswami(an ordinary actress to say the least) in Golmaal.

She may be an ordinary actress, but she fit the role perfectly. I am
not saying a non-Bong actress couldn't have done the job, but I have no
problems with Bindiya in Golmaal.

Post by d***@rediffmail.com

Post by dp
Unlike these idiots,

Care to comment why they are idiots? Unless you have a specific bias
against them.

No, no bias. I may have come across as anti-Punjabi in past few posts,
but I really have nothing against them. Heck, I like most of their
movies actually. But compared to someone like Hrishikesh Mukherjee,
most of the run-of-the-mill Bollywood directors are idiots in a sense.
He was just brilliant.

dp

[Surjit Singh]

Here is a list of about 7,600 people who have acted in HIndi movies from
1931 to about 2000. I got it from a website that no longer exists.
Here is a homework for you:

1. Separate it into male, female
2. Separate it yearwise based on year of debut (Use Geet Kosh and web
for that)
3. Research the state/province these guys came from (Use web or read
old/new magazines)
4. Count how many from each state. (-do-)
5. Find the percentage of Panjabis/Pathans (-do-)

After you have done all that, we shall see :)

The list

A. Agarwal, A. Ansari, A. Banvasi, A. Boota, A. Chandra Kant, A. Gani,
A. Gupta, A. Hak, A. Hameed, A. Husain, A. Isaq, A. Kabuli, A. Khan, A.
Mukharji, A. Nageshvar Rao, A. Nawaz, A. Pahelwan, A. Peters, A. Pujari,
A. Rama Lingiyah, A. Raoof, A. Samad Khan, A. Sattar, A. Shah, A.
Shakoor, A. Shakuntala, A. Sharma, A. Tiwari, A.A. Khan, A.D. Kamar,
A.G. Bhatt, A.H. Shor, A.K. Chakravarty, A.K. Chopra, A.K. Hangal, A.K.
Mitra, A.K. Tiwari, A.L. Raghavan, A.L. Ramesh, A.M. Kumar, A.M.
Shiraji, A.N. Pasan, A.N. Sekh, A.P. Kapoor, A.R. Akhtar, A.R. Kabuli,
A.R. Kashmeeri, A.R. Kureshi, A.R. Pahalwan, A.S. Gyani, A.V. Ramanan,
A.V.M. Rajan, Aabu, Aamir Khan, Aao Zoran Taazing, Aashish Vidhyarthi,
Aayush Kumar, Aazikya Dev, Abbas, Abbas Ali, Abdul, Abdul Gani, Abdul
Hameed, Abdul Haq, Abdul Lateef, Abdul Mazeed, Abdul Nawaz, Abdul
Pehelwan, Abdul Qadir, Abdul Qareem, Abdul Raheem, Abdul Rahman, Abdul
Rahman Ali, Abdul Rahman Kashmeeri, Abdul Raseed, Abdul Samad, Abdul
Sattar, Abdulla, Abdulla Khan Kabuli, Abha Dhooliya, Abha Mishra, Abhi
Bhattacharya, Abhijeet, Abhijeet Sen, Abhilasha, Abhimannu, Abhimannu
Sharma, Abhinav Chaturvedi, Abhishek, Abhishek Kapoor, Abhyankar, Abid,
Abid Khan, Abni Mitra, Abraham, Abrar, Abrar Alvi, Abu Bekar, Abu
Shahab, Achala, Achala Sachadev, Achchhan, Achyut Poddar, Adam, Adam
Sandow, Adarsh Gautam, Adarsh Rana, Adavani, Addi, Adeeb, Adele Willison
Wirth, Adesh Srivastava, Adhar Singh, Adi Billmoria, Adi Irani, Adi
Patel, Adil, Adil Aman, Aditi, Aditya, Aditya Pancholi, Adoor Bhavani,
Adoor Pankajam, Aeram, Afasar, Afghan Sandow, Afindi, Afsan Khan, Aftab,
Aftab Begam, Afzal, Afzal Bai, Afzal Khan, Aga Mohd., Agashi, Aggan,
Agha, Agha Ali, Agha Dehalavi, Agha Jan, Agha Jani, Agha Mahmood Shah,
Agha Mehraj, Agha Mirja, Agha Munni, Agha Peer Jan, Agha Shapur, Agni,
Ahamad, Ahamad Balsara, Ahamad Dilawar, Ahamad Husain, Ahamad Khan, Ahi
Sanyal, Ahindra Chaudhari, Aishwarya, Aistel Tailor, Ajar Ansari, Ajay,
Ajay Agarawal, Ajay Chaddha, Ajay Devgan, Ajay Hegde, Ajay Kumar, Ajay
Manholiya, Ajay Rajpoot, Ajay Sahani, Ajeej, Ajeej Kashmeeri, Ajeej
Khan, Ajeej Kureshi, Ajeej Mirja, Ajeej Siddiki, Ajeem, Ajeem Kabbal
Agarewale, Ajeet, Ajeet Bengali, Ajeet Bose, Ajeet Chatarji, Ajeet
Kumar, Ajeet Lahari, Ajeet Pal, Ajeet Prakash, Ajeet Sachadev, Ajeet
Shaah, Ajeet Singh, Ajeet Soni, Ajeet Vachhani, Ajinkya Dev, Ajitesh,
Ajmal, Ajmat Beebi, Ajmat Khan, Ajoori, Ajra, Akalya, Akash, Akash Deep,
Akash Kurana, Akbar, Akbar Gulam Ali, Akbar Khan, Akbar Khan Pesawari,
Akbar Sami, Akhil Kumar, Akhil Mishra, Akhileshvar, Akhtar, Akhtar Jaan,
Akhtar Nawaz, Akhtari, Akhtari Bai, Akhtari Bai Faizabadi, Akhtari
Muradabadi, Akkan, Aknath Paragaonkar, Akshay Anand, Akshay Kumar, Al
Nasir, Alaadeen, Alakananda, Alam, Alankar, Alauddeen, Albertina,
Alekjendar, Ali, Ali Athar, Ali Bahadur, Ali Baksh, Ali Bhaai, Ali
Dadan, Ali Khan, Ali Mohd., Ali Raja, Alimeer, Alimia, Alka, Alka
Achrekar, Alka Kubal, Alka Nupoor, Alka Rani, Alka Yagnik, Alkaab,
Alkaaf, Allaaudeen, Alladad, Allah Baksh, Allahad, Allavalli, Allen,
Allu Ram Lingiyah, Almas, Alok, Alok Nath, Alok Soundh, Aloka, Aloka
Rani, Alpana Goswaami, Altaf, Altaf Khan, Altekar, Alvaro, Alyesh, Amal
Sen, Amala, Aman, Aman Virk, Amannullah, Amar, Amar Deep, Amar Greval,
Amar Jeet, Amar Kakkar, Amar Kumar, Amar Mallik, Amar Nath, Amar Nath
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Tarapur, E.A. Mirza, E.D. Liguoro, E.S. Rajendran, E.V. Saroja, Edna
Dalies, Ekta, Eliyas, Elizer, Emam Bandi, Emraan Khan, Enakshi, Enakshi
Ram Rao, Endreng, Ermeline, Ernest Castaldo, Eruk, Ezra Mir, F.
Mohammad, F.M. Bhatt, F.M. Khan, F.Shah, Faial Khan, Faima, Faiman,
Faiti Prasad, Faiyaz, Faiz, Faiz Mohammad, Faizi, Fakeer Chand, Fakeer
Mohammad, Fakeera, Fakeerudeen, Falaknaaz, Fali Cooper, Fali Merchant,
Fani, Fani Ram, Fani Varma, Farah, Farashori, Faraz Khan, Fardeen,
Faredoon, Fareeda, Fareeda Alam, Fareeda Jalal, Fareedun Daawar, Farha,
Farhat Chaudhari, Farhatjaha, Farheen, Farida(egyptian Dancer), Farita,
Farkan, Farosh, Farukh, Farukh Mehata, Farukh Shekh, Faruki, Faryal,
Fatak, Fateh, Fateh Singh, Fatema Begum, Fatima, Fatma, Fatma Faram,
Fayama, Fazal, Fazal Ilaahi, Fazal Kareem, Fazal Khan, Fazlu, Fida
Husain, Firoja, Firojabala, Firoz, Firoz Bai, Firoz Dastoor, Firoz
Irani, Firoz Khan, Flora, Fordeel, Fraam Ji Bhurucha, Frady Straud, Fram
Balsara, Fram Sethna, Francis Menezes, Fredy Stroud, Frunze Markchan,
Funniman, G. Bakre, G. Brahma Bhatt, G. Das, G. Jageerdar, G. Kadam, G.
Mohammad, G. Mughare, G. Mushtafa, G. Naroola, G. Ranade, G. Rasool, G.
Saha, G. Sahookar, G. Shakuntala, G. Singh, G. Tambe, G. Varalaxmi,
G.A.K. Daver, G.H. Sham, G.H. Veeranna, G.L. Vaidya, G.M. Durrani, G.M.
Kaan, G.N. Bhatt, G.P. Awasthi, G.P. Ghosh, G.P. Pawar, G.P. Singh, G.R.
Mane, G.R. Sando, G.S. Dube, G.S. Shoor, G.V. Subba Rao, G.V.G.
Ratnakar, G.Vaidya, Gaby Hiel, Gadadhar, Gadakar, Gadbole, Gade, Gafoor,
Gajab, Gajadhar, Gajala, Gajanan Jageerdar, Gajanavi, Gajendra, Gajendra
Chauhan, Gama, Ganesh, Ganesh Mukharji, Ganesh Solanki, Ganesh Thomas
Li, Ganga, Ganga Prasad, Ganga Ram, Gangadhar, Gangu, Gangu Bai, Gangu
Mohite, Gani, Gani Babu, Gani Mohammad, Ganju, Ganpat, Ganpat Bakre,
Ganpat Bhale Rao, Ganpat Mohetay, Ganpat Rao Tamvat, Gareeb Shah,
Garima, Gatne, Gauhar, Gauhar (jr.), Gauhar Karnataki, Gauli, Gaur,
Gaurang, Gauri, Gauri Kamal, Gauri Kamat, Gauri Khurana, Gauri Shankar,
Gauri Verma, Gautam, Gautam Bhatia, Gautam Jogalekar, Gautam Mukharji,
Gautam Sareen, Gautami, Gavli, Gaya Prasad, Gayakawar, Gayatri, Gazi,
Gaznavi, Geeta, Geeta Bahal, Geeta Bali, Geeta Bankar, Geeta Bose, Geeta
De, Geeta Desai, Geeta Kapoor, Geeta Kaushal, Geeta Khanna, Geeta Naik,
Geeta Nizami, Geeta Purohit, Geeta Sardesai, Geeta Sen, Geeta Siddharth,
Geeta Sri, Geetali Roy, Geetanjali, German, Ghanshyam, Gharpure,
Ghasvwala, Ghatwai, Ghoomi Khan, Ghorke Nakal, Ghory, Ghosh, Ghosh Ram
Lal, Ghuleea, Gidi, Gidwani, Gil, Ginni, Giradhar, Giradhari Lal,
Giraja, Giraja Mitra, Giraja Shankar, Gireesh, Gireesh Babu, Gireesh
Karnad, Giri Babu, Girija Shankar, Giriraj, Girish Malik, Gita Sunderi,
Gloriya Gaasper, Godrej, Goga, Goga Kapoor, Gogia Pasha, Goharjan,
Gokhale, Gokul, Gokul Chandra, Gokul Mukharji, Gold Flake, Gold Sten,
Goldsteen, Gondhlekar, Goojri, Goole, Gop, Gop Kamlani, Gopal, Gopal
Bhattacharya, Gopal Bhootani, Gopal Das, Gopal Dutt, Gopal Krishna,
Gopal Mandre, Gopal Mehra, Gopal Prasad Vyas, Gopal Rao, Gopal Sahgal,
Gopal Singh, Gopal Vashishtha, Gopalji, Gopi, Gopi Bachan, Gopi Bhalla,
Gopi Krishna, Gopi Nath Dube, Gopu, Gorilla, Gorshi, Goshwami, Goswami,
Gouri Ojha, Govardhan, Govind, Govind Bannerji, Govind Kulkarni, Govind
Kurvaleekar, Govind Namdev, Govind Ram, Govind Rao Tambe, Govind Sharma,
Govinda, Guddi, Guddi Maruti, Guddu, Gufy Paintal, Gujral, Gul Banu, Gul
Hameed, Gul Mohammad, Gulab, Gulab Bai, Gulab Singh, Gulam Abbas, Gulam
Ali, Gulam Fareed, Gulam Husain, Gulam Jeelani Sham, Gulam Kadar, Gulam
Mohammad, Gulam Mohhamad, Gulam Mohiyuddeen, Gulam Mustafa, Gulam
Quadir, Gulam Rasool, Gulam Sabir, Guljama, Gulnar, Gulnar Irani,
Gulshan, Gulshan Ara, Gulshan Arora, Gulshan Banu, Gulshan Bawara,
Gulshan Bhalla, Gulshan Gandhi, Gulshan Grovar, Gulshan Kumar, Gulshan
Soofi, Gulu, Gulzal Begum, Gulzar, Gulzar Bai, Gumadi Ling Moorti,
Gundopant Balavalkar, Gupta, Gur Bachan, Gur Bachan Singh, Gur Charan
Singh, Gur Dayal Sira, Gur Deep Singh, Gur Meet Singh, Gur Mukh, Gur
Mukh Ishrani, Gur Nam Singh, Gurakh, Gurbachan, Gurdas Mann, Guru Bachan
Singh, Guru Das Banarji, Guru Dayal Seera, Guru Dutt, Gyan, Gyan
Chandra, Gyan Shivpuri, Gyan Singh, Gyanesh Mukharji, Gyani, H. Dhodke,
H. Jafari, H. Khan, H. Krishnamoorti, H. Mistry, H. More, H. Pandya, H.
Prakash, H. Ramesh, H. Shekh, H. Shivdasani, H.B. Sahay, H.B. Waring,
H.C. Vimal, H.H. Kumar, H.L. Kohali, H.Looes, H.Maseeh, H.N. Dara, H.N.
Kalla, H.P. Sharma, H.R. Bhalla, H.S. Kailaash, H.S. Nayak, H.V. Ayeri,
Haasem, Habeeb, Habeeb Ahamad, Habeeb Tanveer, Habeeba Rahaman, Hadi,
Hafeez, Hafeez Jehan, Hafeez Ji, Hafeez Khan, Haidar Bandi, Haidar Shah,
Haidari, Haider Shah, Haish Paintal, Hakoomat, Halak, Halam, Hamad,
Hameed, Hameed Akhtar, Hameed Bhatt, Hameed Mallik, Hameeda Banu,
Hammad, Hammad Zafari, Handsome (pigeon), Haneef, Hangama, Hans Raj,
Hans Vitthal, Hansa, Hansa Kumari, Hansa Maker, Hansa Wadkar, Hansani
Datt, Hanuman Prasad, Hanumant, Hanumant Rao, Har Nath, Har Pal Singh,
Har Prasad, Haradhan Banarji, Harbans Laal Kohali, Harcules, Hardan,
Hardeep, Hardikar, Hareesh, Hareesh Bharadwaj, Hareesh Bhimani, Hareesh
Kataariya, Hareesh Kohali, Hareesh Kumar, Hareesh Magan, Hareesh Patel,
Hari, Hari Bai, Hari Das, Hari Datt, Hari Koya, Hari Mallik, Hari Mati,
Hari Mohan, Hari Ram, Hari Shivdasani, Hari Shukla, Hari Sundari, Harin
Chattopadhyaya, Harindar, Harindra Nath Chattopadhy, Harishchandra,
Harishchandra Bali, Harishchandra Rao, Harjeet, Harjindar, Harmindar,
Haroon, Harsha, Hasam, Hasan, Hasan Deen, Haseena, Haseena Baanu,
Hashmat, Hashmat Khaan, Hassan Khan, Hasu, Hayat, Heena Kapadiya, Heera,
Heera Bai, Heera Date, Heera Devi, Heera Lal, Heera Mishra, Heera Patel,
Heera Sawant, Heera Singh, Heeren Bose, Heeren Kher, Heeru Anand, Helen,
Helen Naval, Helena Luke, Hem Gupta, Hema Chaudhari, Hema Gupta, Hema
Malini, Hemant, Hemant Birje, Hemant Mishra, Hemi, Hemlata, Hemlattama
Rao, Hemnalini, Hemprabha, Hemraj, Hemvati, Henry, Herald Lue, Hercules,
Hero Dube, Heroji, Himalay Wala, Himalya, Himani Shivpuri, Himansu,
Himansu Rai, Himmat, Himmat Lal, Himmat Rai, Himmat Singh Chauhan, Hina
Kausar, Hina Kumari, Hina Patel, Hindu, Hindustani, Hirthik Roshan,
Hitlar, Homi, Homi Iraani, Homi Master, Homi Mistry, Homi Tantra, Homi
Wadia, Honey Chaya, Honey Irani, Honey O. Brien, Honey Obayan, Hoogan,
Hoor Banu, Hormas Ji Karani, Hormas Ji Nargolea, Horse, Hoshang Govil,
Hosi Vasunia, Hriday Lani, Hrishikesh, Huda Bihari, Hukum Singh, Hullar
Moradabadi, Huma Khan, Husain, Husn, Husn Ara, Husn Banu, I.A. Mirja,
I.J. Malhotra, I.N.A. Grehestra & Dramat, I.S. Ishara, I.S. Jauhar, I.S.
Siddeeki, I.T. Nimbalkar, I.V. Sambhani, Ibrahim, Ibrahim Abadul Rajeek,
Iftekhar, Ijhar, Ike Chaudhari, Ila Arun, Ila Devi, Imtiaz Ali Taj,
Imtiyaj Khan, Inamdar, Inayat, Inayatullah Kantru, Indian Charle,
Indira, Indira Acharya, Indira Bansal, Indira Billi, Indira Chitnis,
Indira Devi, Indira Jarj, Indira Vadkar, Indiramma, Indivar, Indra,
Indra Kumar, Indra Mohan, Indra Thakur, Indra Waliya, Indrajeet,
Indrajeet Laddu, Indrani, Indrani Banerjee, Indrani Devi, Indrani
Mukharji, Indu, Indu Bala, Indu Gupta, Indu Irani, Indu Kulkarni, Indu
Lal Yagnik, Indu Mati, Indu Mukharji, Indu Pal, Indu Rani, Iqbal, Iqbal
Durrani, Iqbal Kabuli, Iqbal Khaan, Iqbal Mirja, Iqbal Shekh, Ires
Crowford, Irfan, Irfan Abhilash, Irfan Khan, Iris Crawford, Irshad Ali,
Irshad Panjatan, Ishani, Isharat, Isharat Ali, Isharat Jan, Ishrat Ali,
Ishu Jageeradar, Ishwar Bhai, Ishwar Datt, Ishwar Jawa, Ishwar Lal,
Ishwari Prasaad Bhatia, Ismail, Ismat Chughtai, Ismat Sultana, Israr
Ahmed, J. Om Prakash, J. Sherwin, J.D. Mehara, J.H. Hafeej, J.K. Nanda,
J.K. Pillai, J.M. Bhatia, J.M. Kaul, J.N. Dar, J.N. Kaushik, J.P.
Gidwaani, J.P. Howells, J.R. Pawar, J.S. Kashyap, J.T. Shaastri, J.V.
Somayajulu, Jabeen, Jack Gaud, Jackie Shroff, Jadav Rao, Jadhav, Jadhav
Rao, Jafari Begam, Jag Darshan, Jag Deep, Jag Mohan, Jagan, Jagannath,
Jagannath Ganesh Prasaad, Jagat, Jagat Kumar, Jagdeesh, Jagdeesh Bhalla,
Jagdeesh Dube, Jagdeesh Kamal, Jagdeesh Kanwal, Jagdeesh Kupal, Jagdeesh
Rai, Jagdeesh Raj, Jagdeesh Sethi, Jagdeesh Shah, Jagdev, Jagdev
Bhambri, Jageera, Jageeradar, Jagga Rao, Jaggi, Jaggiyaah, Jaggu,
Jagjeet Singh, Jagtap, Jagtap (jr.), Jagu Jain, Jahan Ara, Jahangeer,
Jahangeer Lakarvala, Jahar Gaanguli, Jahar Roy, Jahira Khan, Jai
Kalgutkar, Jai Kishan Nanda, Jaina, Jainendra, Jainu, Jairaj, Jal, Jal
Khambhata, Jal Merchant, Jal Writer, Jalal Aga, Jalal Rohini, Jalees,
Jalis Shervani, Jamal, Jamal Amarohi, Jamana, Jamana Bai, Jamana
Swaroop, Jamanesh Mukharji, Jamboora, Jambvant Rao Dhote, Jamdagni,
Jameela Mallik, Jamoora, Jamoora, Jamshed Ji, Jamshed Ji, Jamsheda Banu,
Jamsheda Banu, Jamu Patel, Jamu Patel, Jamuna, Jamuna, Jan, Jan, Jan
Kavas, Jan Kavas, Jan Raj, Jan Raj, Janak, Janak, Janaki Das, Janardan,
Janardan Sone, Janhavi, Jani Babu, Jankhana Desai, Janki, Jasi Mehta,
Jasmin, Jasteen, Jasvant, Jasveer Sumal, Jaswant, Jateen, Jateen Khanna,
Jateen Malhotra, Jauhar, Javahar, Javahar Chopra, Javahar Kapoor,
Javahar Kaul, Javdekar, Javed, Javed Jaafari, Javed Khaan, Jawaharial
Bafna & Vasant, Jay, Jay Dev, Jay Devi, Jay Kajariya, Jay Kalgutka, Jay
Kataaria, Jay Kaushalya, Jay Khambaata, Jay Kumar, Jay Kumari, Jay
Lalitha, Jay Laxmi, Jay Maala, Jay Mehta, Jay Prakaash, Jay Raaj, Jay
Raam, Jay Raam Desaai, Jay Raani, Jay Shankar, Jay Shankar Pachhotia,
Jay Shri, Jay Shri Arora, Jay Shri Gadkar, Jay Shri Kamulkar, Jay Shri
Mehata, Jay Shri T, Jay Shri Talpade, Jay Singh, Jay Singham, Jay Sinha,
Jaya, Jaya Bachchan, Jaya Bhaaduri, Jaya Bhaarati, Jaya Chitra, Jaya
Devi, Jaya Kaushal, Jaya Kaushalya, Jaya Kumaari, Jaya Lalitha, Jaya
Maalini, Jaya Maathur, Jaya Prada, Jaya Priya, Jaya Sudha, Jaya Swami,
Jayana, Jayant, Jayant Dalaal, Jayant Kripalaani, Jayant Malvankar,
Jayant Mukharji, Jayant Patel, Jayant Shaah, Jayanti, Jayanti Babbar,
Jayavant, Jayavant Pathaare, Jayesh, Jayesh Mathur, Jayshree Janki,
Jean, Jeeji Bhaai, Jeelaan Khaan, Jeelaani, Jeeleshvari, Jeena, Jeena
Baai Pavaar, Jeenat, Jeenat Amam, Jeenat Shah, Jeenius, Jeera Bhaai,
Jeet, Jeet Baala, Jeet Surendra, Jeet Upendra, Jeetan, Jeetu Sodhi, Jeev
Aanand, Jeev Ankala, Jeeva, Jeeva Jaanaki, Jeevan, Jeevan Apoorva,
Jeewan Kala, Jejbel, Jemini Baalu, Jemini Ganes, Jemini Ganesh, Jemini
Ganeshan, Jena, Jenab, Jenifar Kendal, Jerry, Jeshi Joshep, Jessi, Jetha
Laal, Jhanjha Rao Pavaar, Jhankal, Jharana, Jharana Ghosh, Jhaveer
Bhaai, Jiban Ganguli, Jijaya Daas, Jiji Bhaai, Jillo, Jippy, Jitendra,
Jiteshvari, Jithika Devi, Jiya Meeya, Jiya Mohauddeen, Jiya Sarhadi,
Jog, Jogendar, Jogendar Singh, Jogendra Puri, Jogindar, John Cawas, John
Mackenji, John Saxon, Johnny Bakshi, Johra Sahagal, Joker Shyam, Jones,
Jony, Jony Babu, Jony Bond, Jony Gardner, Jony Lever, Jony Walker, Jony
Whisky, Joohu Hoom, Jooleian, Jooli, Jorg, Jos Prakash, Josheena, Joshi,
Joy Augustine, Joy Belle, Joy Mukharji, Jr Sheri, Jr. Mahamood, Jugal,
Jugal Hansaraj, Jugal Kishore, Jugnu, Jugnu Dube, Juhi Chawla, Jul
Velaani, June Richards, Junior Mahmood, Jyoti, Jyoti Baxi, Jyoti Kumaar,
Jyoti Laxmi, Jyoti Patel, Jyoti Prakaash, Jyoti Somayajulu, Jyotika Rao,
Jyotsna, Jyotsna Bhole, Jyotsna Gupta, Jyotsna Kirpakar, Jyotsna Singh,
K. Adajania, K. Aiyar, K. Budhker, K. Chakrabarty, K. Date, K. Dhaiber,
K. Ghanekar, K. Jaan, K. Jaggaiyaah, K. Jamashed, K. Kani, K. Kant, K.
King, K. Kripalaani, K. Krishna, K. Kumaar, K. Mishra, K. Naaraayan, K.
Naayadu, K. Najeer, K. Pandit, K. Pawar, K. Pental, K. Prakash, K.
Premi, K. Purohit, K. Rajpal, K. Ramnath, K. Rangrao, K. Sabir, K.
Sahani, K. Sarangpani, K. Sethi, K. Shareef, K. Sharma, K. Shri Dharan
Nayar, K. Singh, K. Vasudev, K.B. Lal, K.B. Mangle, K.B. Vatsal, K.C.
De, K.C. Roy, K.C. Supaarivaala, K.D. Chandra, K.D. Kaatakar, K.G.
Gokhale, K.G. Rao, K.H. Dharmasi, K.H. Rehman, K.J. Joshi, K.K. Asvath,
K.K. Raina, K.K. Raj, K.K. Reddi, K.K. Sharma, K.L. Kapoor, K.L.
Sahagal, K.L. Singh, K.M. Vayas, K.N. Dar, K.N. Kale, K.N. Singh, K.P.
Bhave, K.P. Ghose, K.R. Mangela, K.R. Thaapar, K.R. Vijaya, K.S. Aswath,
K.S. Pavaar, K.S. Sengar, K.T. Rukmini, K.V. Chalam, K.V.S. Sharma,
Kabas Ji Panthki, Kabeer Bedi, Kabootar, Kabuli, Kadam, Kadambari,
Kadar, Kadar Khan, Kadar Patel, Kadir, Kaifi Azmi, Kailash, Kailash
Kumari, Kailasham, Kaisar, Kaizar, Kajal, Kajal Kiran, Kajari, Kaji,
Kajjan, Kajol, Kaka, Kaka Hatharasi, Kaka Jani, Kaka Jogalekar, Kaka
Sharma, Kake Adajaneeya, Kake Baaba, Kala Vati, Kalam, Kale, Kaleem,
Kaleepad Chackravarti, Kali, Kali Banarji, Kalidasi, Kaliya, Kalla,
Kallan, Kalpana, Kalpana Aiyar, Kalpana Devan, Kalpana Kaartik, Kalpit,
Kalu Ram, Kalyan Chatarji, Kalyan Kumar, Kalyan Prasad, Kalyani, Kalyani
Bai, Kama Mehara, Kamal, Kamal Chaudhari, Kamal Deep, Kamal Haasan,
Kamal Jameendaar, Kamal Jeet, Kamal Kaant, Kamal Kapoor, Kamal Kumari,
Kamal Mehara, Kamal Mishra, Kamal Mohan, Kamal Prabha, Kamal Raani,
Kamal Roy, Kamal Sadana, Kamal Sharma, Kamal Sondhi, Kamal Thaakur,
Kamala, Kamala Baai, Kamala Barerkar, Kamala Chatarji, Kamala Chopara,
Kamala Devi, Kamala Devi Chattopadhaay, Kamala Jharia, Kamala Kant,
Kamala Karanaataki, Kamala Kotnis, Kamala Kriplaani, Kamala Laxman,
Kamala Varerkar, Kamala Vati, Kamalakar, Kamalesh, Kamalini, Kamana,
Kamata Prasad, Kamini Bhatia, Kamini Devi, Kamini Kadam, Kamini Kaushal,
Kamka, Kamla Kumari, Kamle, Kamlesh Kumaari, Kammo, Kamna, Kamran,
Kamran, Kamran Khan, Kamran Rijavi, Kamroonisha, Kan Mohan, Kanaka
Durga, Kanamba, Kanan, Kanan Baala, Kanan Devi, Kanan Kaushal, Kanaya
Gaju, Kanchan, Kanchan Jr., Kanchan Kumaari, Kanchan Lata, Kanchan
Maala, Kanchan Mattu, Kanchan Raaval, Kancialjeet, Kandla, Kaneej,
Kanhaiya, Kanhaiya Laal, Kanhere, Kani, Kanji Laal, Kannojia, Kant
Kumar, Kanta, Kanta Bai, Kanta Devi, Kanta Kumari, Kanta Rao, Kanta
Shivesharkar, Kanta Vyaas, Kanthana, Kanti, Kanti Laal, Kanti Prasad,
Kantru, Kanu Bandopadhyay, Kanu Pandey, Kanu Roy, Kanvar, Kanvar
Jagdeesh, Kanvar Jeet, Kanvar Pental, Kanwaljit, Kapi Gorela, Kapil,
Kapil Dev, Kapil Karzan, Kapil Razdan, Kapila, Kapoor, Kappu, Kapure,
Karadkar, Karan Diwan, Karan Kapoor, Karan Rajdan, Karan Roy, Karan
Shah, Kardar, Kareem, Kareem Jaan, Kari, Karina Grover, Karindkar,
Karishma, Karishma Desai, Karishma Kapoor, Karmarkar, Karnail Singh,
Karol Aalter, Kartar Kaur, Kartar Singh, Kartick Roy, Karuna Devi,
Karuna Nidhi, Kasam, Kashi Nath, Kashikar, Kashmeera Devi, Kashmeeri,
Kashyap, Kastoori, Kastoori Bartake, Kathana, Katuli, Katy Mirja, Kaul,
Kaus Ji Panthki, Kaushal, Kaushalya, Kaveri, Kaveri Chaudhari, Kavish,
Kavita, Kavita Chaudhari, Kavita Devi, Kavita Kapoor, Kavita Kiran,
Kavita Thakur, Kavval, Kawal Kapoor, Kayam Ali, Kayrolin King, Kaysi
Mehara, Kedar, Kedar Chatterji, Kedar Nath Sharma, Kedar Sharma, Keemati
Aanand, Keerti, Keerti Kumaar, Keerti Singh, Keith Stevenson, Keki
Adajaania, Keki Damania, Kelkar, Kelly(leopard), Keravala, Kesar, Kesar
Baai, Kesar Vaadkar, Kesari, Kesari Singh, Keshari, Keshari Naath,
Keshav, Keshav Athaavale, Keshav Purohit, Keshav Raana, Keshav Rao
Daate, Keshav Rao Mengla, Keshavlal, Kesho, Kesto Mukharji, Ketti
Iraani, Keval Kapoor, Keval Kumaar, Kewal Shah, Khadim, Khairati,
Khaleefa, Khaleel, Khaleel Aftab, Khaleel Ahamad, Khaleel Khan, Khalid,
Khalid Shah, Khalil Bukhari, Khan, Khan Mastana, Khan Saheb, Khanjar,
Khanna, Khatana, Khatil, Khatoon, Khatoon Bai, Khawaza Sabir, Kherjeea,
Khoka Mukharji, Khosla, Khote, Khursheed, Khursheed Bawara, Khursheed
Khan, Khushbu, Khushvant Bawa, Kichalu, Kim, Kimi, Kimi Katkar, King,
King Kong, Kiran, Kiran Gunjal, Kiran Juneja, Kiran Kumar, Kiran Sashi
Devi, Kiran Seth, Kiran Sharma, Kiran Thakur, Kiran Vairale, Kireet,
Kiriti Rawal, Kirti Kumar, Kirti Singh, Kisena Rabiankina, Kishan Billa,
Kishan Chand, Kishan Dhavan, Kishan Mehata, Kishan Raj, Kishan Rao,
Kishor, Kishor Ahiwasi, Kishor Anand, Kishor Bhatt, Kishor Date, Kishor
Jaadhav, Kishor Kapoor, Kishor Kaul, Kishor Kumar, Kishor Mehta, Kishor
Sahu, Kishor Sharma, Kishore Bhanushali, Kishori, Kishori Lal, Kishori
Shahane, Kitte Williyens, Kitti, Km Jagesia, Km Vajeera Jaan, Kokila,
Kolin Paul, Komal, Komal Mahuwakar, Komal Soni, Komila Virk, Kooli,
Kooper, Korega, Kottayan Chelappan, Koyel, Kripal, Kripalaani, Krish
Malik, Krishan Bharadwaaj, Krishan Dhavan, Krishna, Krishna Aiyar,
Krishna Baai, Krishna Bos, Krishna Chandran, Krishna Devi, Krishna
Dhavan, Krishna Duggal, Krishna Goyal, Krishna Hookery, Krishna Kaant,
Krishna Kumaar, Krishna Kumaari, Krishna Mehata, Krishna Murari, Krishna
Raaju, Krishna Rao, Krishna Rao Agaravaal, Krishna Rao Gore, Krishna
Svaami, Krishnan, Krishnan Raju, Kristeen, Kukku, Kukreja, Kul Bhooshan,
Kul Deep, Kul Deep Bhaggi, Kul Deep Kaur, Kul Jeet, Kulbhooshan
Kharbanda, Kuldeep Mali, Kulkarni, Kulla Manir, Kum Kum, Kumar, Kumar
(jr), Kumar Ajeet, Kumar Banarji, Kumar Bhatia, Kumar Chattopadhayaya,
Kumar Digamber, Kumar Dighe, Kumar Gaurav, Kumar Junior, Kumar Mahendi
Hassan, Kumar Manohar, Kumar Nanu, Kumar Prabhakar, Kumar Sen, Kumar
Tripathi, Kumari, Kumari Devi, Kumari Firoja, Kumari Indrajeet, Kumari
Jyotshna, Kumari Manjari, Kumari Mukta, Kumari Naj, Kumari Najar, Kumari
Nanda, Kumari Padma, Kumari Padmini, Kumari Thulasi, Kumkum, Kumthekar,
Kumud, Kumud Bole, Kumud Chhugani, Kumud Tripathi, Kumudini, Kunaal,
Kunaal Chaudhari, Kunaal Goswaami, Kunal Goswami, Kunal Kapoor, Kunal
Singh, Kundan, Kundan Laal Sahagal, Kundan Mallik, Kunika, Kunjru,
Kunti, Kunvar, Kunvar Ajeet, Kunvar Shankar Singh Toma, Kurbaan, Kurbaan
Ali, Kurbaan Jaan, Kusum, Kusum Deshpaandey, Kusum Kumaari, Kusum
Pradhaan, Kusum Sukhankar, Kusum Thaakur, Kusum Thakkar, Kutti Padmini,
L. Narayan Rao, L. Ramesh, L. Sindhi, L. Vijay Laxmi, L.N. Singh, L.R.
Mudaliyar, L.S. Mehata, La Toska, Laangle, Lachchhu Maharaj, Ladali,
Laddan, Lahanu Master, Lahiri Singh, Laila, Laj Bedi, Lajwanti, Lakkhi
Raam, Lal Bahadur, Lal Khan, Lal Sahab, Lala, Lala Najeer, Lala Yakoob,
Lalit, Lalit Kapoor, Lalit Kohali, Lalit Kumar Natvar, Lalit Tiwari,
Lalita, Lalita Arora, Lalita Chatarji, Lalita Desaai, Lalita Devi,
Lalita Devulkar, Lalita Kumari, Lalita Pal, Lalita Pawar, Lalita Rao,
Lalita Shri, Lalita Sinha, Lalla, Lalla Ram, Lallu Ram, Lalu Bhai, Lalu
Bose, Lata, Lata Arora, Lata Baai, Lata Bose, Lata Mangeshkar, Lata
Menon, Lata Sinha, Lateef, Lateefa Khanam, Latha, Lathani, Lathkar,
Latika, Latika Banarji, Latika Kumaari, Lavanya Devi, Lavji Lavangia,
Laxman, Laxman Das, Laxman Rao, Laxman Tandan, Laxmi, Laxmi Aarya, Laxmi
Bai, Laxmi Chhaya, Laxmi Kaantham, Laxmi Kant, Laxmi Kant Birde, Laxmi
Krishnamoorthi, Laxmi Narayan, Laxmi Patel, Laxmi Rao, Layas & Layan,
Leebi Raana, Leel Pendharkar, Leela, Leela Baai, Leela Chitnis, Leela
Desai, Leela Dhar, Leela Gaandhi, Leela Gadkar, Leela Gupte, Leela
Haidara Baadi, Leela Kardake, Leela Kumari, Leela Kurle, Leela Mishra,
Leela Naayadu, Leela Pandey, Leela Patel, Leela Pawar, Leela Sharma,
Leela Vati, Leena, Leena Chandraavarkar, Leena D. Jagdeesh, Leena Das,
Leena Disooza, Leena Nair, Leena Najar, Leena Valentine, Lekh Raj,
Lekha, Lena, Leo, Lerab, Leslie, Levi Aaran, Lili, Lili Chakrabvarti,
Lili Kelkar, Lilian, Liliput, Ling Moorti, Lobi, Lokesh, Lolita
Chatarji, Londhi, Loretta, Lotan, Lovina Nagpal, Lovji Lavangia, Lubbo,
Lubna, Lubna Shaah, Lucky, Lucky Ali, Lucky Raam, M. Aaga, M. Abdul, M.
Abdulla, M. Acharya, M. Ahamad, M. Anvari, M. Beg, M. Bhavanani, M.
Chhapgar, M. Desai, M. Esmail, M. Ghatvai, M. Gupte, M. Hajoor, M. Haq,
M. Husain, M. Iqbal, M. Irani, M. Ishaak, M. Ismail, M. Jahoor, M.
Jalal, M. Kaale, M. Kale, M. Khan, M. Khanjar, M. Kumar, M. Laxmi
Prabha, M. Leela Vati, M. Luhoor, M. Manilal, M. Mansoor, M. Merchant,
M. Mirja, M. Mohan, M. Mohan, M. Najeer, M. Najeer Husain, M. Nawab, M.
Nazir, M. Parvej, M. Rajan, M. Rasheed, M. Ratan Lal Khanjar, M. Raya,
M. Sahagal, M. Shafi, M. Shammi, M. Shanker, M. Singh, M. Subba Rao, M.
Sultana, M. Tandan, M. Udvadia, M. Usmaan, M. Vakil, M. Venkaiyah, M.A.
Lateef, M.A. Mani, M.A. Mudhni, M.C. Kazi, M.D. Khursheed, M.D. Ranio,
M.D. Sinde, M.G. Chakrapani, M.G. Ram Chandran, M.K. Hasan, M.K. Radha,
M.K. Raina, M.L. Matu, M.L. Aaima, M.L. Bhatt, M.L. Rali, M.M. Beg,
M.N. Naambiyaar, M.N. Rajam, M.P. Shankar, M.P. Sinha, M.R. Joshi, M.R.
Radha, M.R. Santhanam, M.R.R. Vasu, M.S. Chaudhari, M.S. Fatak, M.S.
Khan, M.S. Subbu Laxmi, M.V. Rajamma, M.V. Raju, Mac Mohan, Machchar,
Mackey(monkey), Madan, Madan Aaga, Madan Jain, Madan Jamoora, Madan
Joshi, Madan Kapoor, Madan Keni, Madan Kumaar, Madan Laal, Madan Mohan,
Madan Puri, Madan Puskarna, Madan Verele, Madgulkar, Madhav, Madhav B
Heera, Madhav Chitnis, Madhav Kale, Madhav Marathe, Madhav Menon, Madhav
Pawar, Madhav Rao, Madhav Rao Joshi, Madhav Rao Kale, Madhav Rao
Tipnish, Madhav Shukla, Madhavi, Madhavi Dube, Madhavi Manjula, Madhavi
Mukharji, Madhavi Pandya, Madhu, Madhu Aapte, Madhu Bala, Madhu Bose,
Madhu Chanda, Madhu Chauhan, Madhu Kapoor, Madhu Kumar, Madhu Maalati,
Madhu Maalini, Madhu Maanjarekar, Madhu Malhotra, Madhu Mati, Madhu
Patel, Madhu Raaj, Madhu Shaala, Madhu Singh, Madhu Soman, Madhu Soodan,
Madhukar, Madhukar Aapte, Madhukar Bihaari, Madhukar Gupte, Madhulal
Damodar Master, Madhumati, Madhup Sharma, Madhur, Madhur Jaafari,
Madhuri, Madhuri Dixit, Madhurika, Madieliene Cahil, Magan Laal Dave,
Maha Dev Shukul, Maha Dev Singh, Mahaboob, Mahaboob Akbar, Mahajabeen,
Mahajabi, Mahajan, Mahali Modi, Mahamood, Mahamood Beg, Mahamood Deen,
Mahamood Khan, Mahamood Munshi, Mahamood Sah, Mahananda, Mahapara, Mahar
K Tarapur, Mahaveer, Mahaveer Shah, Mahaveer Singh, Mahboob, Mahbooba,
Mahendra, Mahendra Jhaveri, Mahendra Kumar, Mahendra Makbool, Mahendra
Naath, Mahendra Sandhu, Mahendra Singh, Mahendra Verma, Mahendru,
Maherbanu, Maherji Surveyor, Mahesh, Mahesh Aanand, Mahesh Bhatt, Mahesh
Desai, Mahesh Joshi, Mahesh Kaul, Mahesh Kothari, Mahesh Kumar, Mahesh
Raj, Mahesh Thakur, Mahgle, Mahindar, Mahindar Verma, Mahindra Datt,
Mahipaal, Mahmood, Mai, Mai Anand, Maisoor Mutt, Maiudeen, Majanu,
Majeed, Majeed Imandar, Majeed Makabool, Majeed Shola, Majhar, Majhar
Khan, Majid, Majid Khan, Major Mehra, Majumdaar, Makanda, Makba,
Makhkhan Singh, Makkamla, Makrand Deshpande, Makvba, Mala, Mala Jaggi,
Mala Jagri, Mala Shri, Mala Sinha, Malati, Malati Devi, Malati Gupta,
Malavika, Malawarkar, Malay Chakravorty, Malay Sarkaar, Maleena, Malhar
Patekar, Malhotra, Malik Ameen, Malika, Malika Sarabhai, Malini, Malini
Bhatia, Malka, Malka Ameer Jaan, Malkaani, Malladi, Mallhari Pahalwan,
Mallik, Malvika Tiwari, Mama, Mama Bhatt, Mama Ji, Mamooty, Mamta, Mamta
Kulkarni, Mamta Shankar, Mamu, Man Mohan, Man Mohan Krishna, Manahar,
Manahar Desai, Manavendra, Manavendra Chitnis, Manavendra Nath, Manchi
Thoothi, Mandakini, Mandheer, Mandre, Mane, Mane Pahalvan, Maneesh,
Maneesha, Maneesha Kohali, Manek Irani, Manerekar, Mangal Dhillon,
Mangala, Mangala Bai, Mangali, Mangesh Kulkarni, Mangesh Vaagale, Manhar
Desai, Mani, Mani Bai, Mani Ghosh, Mani Kaul, Mani Laal, Mani Maala,
Manik, Manik Chaudhari, Manik Datt, Manik Irani, Manik Lal, Manik Verma,
Manika, Manilal Joshi, Manisha Koirala, Manjar, Manjar Husain, Manjar
Khan, Manjarekar, Manjari, Manjari Gadakar, Manjeet, Manjeet Kaur,
Manjeet Khullar, Manjeet Kumaar, Manjoor, Manju, Manju Asarani, Manju
Bansal, Manju Bhaargavi, Manju Bhaatia, Manju De, Manju Mishra, Manju
Nath, Manju Sharma, Manju Shree, Manju Singh, Manjula, Manjula Rao,
Mankaame, Manmati Bai, Manmauji, Manmotha Paul, Mannan, Manohar, Manohar
Deepak, Manohar Desaai, Manohar Geer, Manohar Ghatbai, Manohar Kaamat,
Manohar Kapoor, Manohar Maainkar, Manohar Singh, Manoharan, Manoj, Manoj
Bajpai, Manoj Kumaar, Manoj Pahwa, Manoj Varma, Manorama, Manorama
Waagle, Manoranjan Bhattachaarya, Mansa Raam, Mansi, Mansoor, Manto,
Mantri, Manu Bhai Innaamdaar, Manu Gargi, Manu Naarang, Maqbool,
Maqsood, Mark Juber, Marre Lateef, Maruti, Maruti Phalvan, Maruti Rao,
Marvan, Mary, Mary Roy, Maseeh, Maske, Masood, Mast Raam, Mastaan,
Mastaana, Master, Master Aabid, Master Aaditya, Master Aajaad, Master
Aalok, Master Aamir, Master Aanand, Master Aashookesh, Master Aashutosh
Thaakur, Master Abhishekh, Master Aftab, Master Ajeej, Master Ajeet,
Master Alankaar, Master Ali Bux, Master Alok, Master Amajad, Master
Amarit, Master Amarit Laal, Master Amit Shukla, Master Andaaj, Master
Aneesh, Master Antarix, Master Anvar, Master Arshad Shinde, Master Arun,
Master Ashish Misra, Master Ateet, Master Babalal, Master Babbu, Master
Bachcha, Master Bachchu, Master Basant, Master Basheer, Master Bhagvaan
Daas, Master Bhavaani, Master Bittu, Master Boby, Master Brij Mohan,
Master Bunty, Master Champa Laal, Master Chandagi Raam, Master Chandar,
Master Chandra Kumar, Master Chhotu, Master Chintu, Master Chiraag,
Master Chitwan, Master Chonkar, Master Daamodar, Master Daattaatrey,
Master Dabbu, Master Datu, Master Deena Naath, Master Dillu, Master
Dinkar Rao, Master Eeshvar Laal, Master Faiyyaaj, Master Fakeera, Master
Fida Husain, Master Firoj, Master Gaama, Master Ganesh, Master Gaurav,
Master Ghoolia, Master Gopaal, Master Gulaab, Master Guru Prasaad,
Master Heera Laal, Master Husain, Master Ibraaham, Master Imran, Master
Jaaved, Master Janaardan, Master Javed Ansari, Master Jay Dev, Master
Jay Shankar Pachho, Master Jayant, Master Joshi, Master Juber, Master
Jugal Hans Raaj, Master Jugger Nath, Master Kaabuli, Master Kaamar,
Master Kaanti, Master Kadam, Master Kalpit, Master Kamal, Master Kapoor,
Master Khaalik, Master Khaan, Master Khaleel Ahamad, Master Khursheed,
Master Kiran, Master Kishor, Master Krishna, Master Krishna Rao, Master
Kukku, Master Laal, Master Lateef, Master Lucky, Master Mahesh, Master
Mahesh Kumaar, Master Makarand, Master Manahar, Master Manjoor, Master
Manohar, Master Mansoor, Master Mayoor, Master Mohammad, Master Mohan,
Master Mohan Laal, Master Mujaahid, Master Najeer, Master Naveen, Master
Neeraani, Master Nikson, Master Nisaar, Master Nitin, Master Omi, Master
Paaras, Master Pakku, Master Pooran, Master Pooran, Master Prabhaakar,
Master Pradeep, Master Prakaash, Master Prasaad, Master Prataap, Master
Prithvi Raaj, Master Pushpa, Master Raaj, Master Raaja, Master Raajan,
Master Raajdeep, Master Raajeev Bhaatia, Master Raajesh, Master Raaju,
Master Raam Krishna, Master Rag Mohan, Master Rajat, Master Ramesh,
Master Randeep, Master Ranjeet, Master Ratan, Master Ravi, Master Rinku,
Master Rippal, Master Robert, Master Roni, Master Roomi, Master Roshan,
Master Saahu Modak, Master Saathu, Master Sachin, Master Sajeed, Master
Sandeep, Master Sanjay, Master Sateesh, Master Satu, Master Satyajeet,
Master Shaahid, Master Shaajid, Master Shaarang, Master Shankar Bajare,
Master Shanker, Master Shantaram, Master Sharukh, Master Sheeraaj,
Master Sheru, Master Shetty, Master Shripad, Master Shyaam, Master
Sohan, Master Sonal Baalan, Master Sooraj, Master Subail, Master
Subhaas, Master Suleman, Master Sunder, Master Sunny, Master Sunny
Gandhi, Master Sushaant, Master Sushobhan, Master Taapu, Master Teeto,
Master Thatte, Master Umesh, Master Vasant, Master Viki, Master
Vilaayati, Master Vinaayak, Master Vinod, Master Vithal, Master Vitthal,
Master Vivek, Master Yashvant, Master Zain Ansari, Mathur, Matin, Mattu,
Maula, Maulaana, Mausami Chatarji, Mavak Shah, Mavalankar, Mavji Muflis,
Maya, Maya Alagh, Maya Banarji, Maya Bose, Maya Chatarji, Maya Das, Maya
Devi, Maya Govind, Maya Mukharji, Maya Raam, Maya Roy, Maya Sinha,
Mayank, Mayoor, Mayuri, Mayuri Kango, Mazhar, Mazhar Khan, Meena, Meena
Devi, Meena Iraani, Meena Johar, Meena Kumari, Meena Parel, Meena
Parlekar, Meena Roy, Meena Sharma, Meena Shinde, Meena Shori, Meena T,
Meenaaxi Ramarao, Meenaaxi Seshaadri, Meenakshi Thakur, Meenal, Meenal
Mehta, Meenaxi, Meenaxi Anand, Meenu, Meenu Gaandhi, Meenu Kapoor, Meenu
Khanna, Meenu Kooper, Meenu Mehataab, Meenu Mumtaaj, Meenu The Mistick,
Meera, Meera Alekjender, Meera Datt, Meera Devi, Meera Maadhuri, Meera
Mishra, Meeraajkar, Meeta, Meethi, Meethu Myen, Meeya Allabali, Meeya
Lateef, Megh Doot, Megh Maala, Megha, Meghaani, Meghana Srivastava,
Mehandi Ali Khaan, Mehandi Raza, Mehandi Razak, Mehar Banu, Mehar
Mittal, Mehar Sultaana, Mehar Tarapur, Mehara, Meharaban Irani,
Meharban, Meharu, Meharunnisha, Mehata, Mehnaaz, Mehtab, Mejar Soodan,
Mejar Sundar Rajan, Menaka Hydrabadi, Menhadi Raja, Menka, Menka Devi,
Menka Irani, Menka Kumari, Merlyn, Merwan, Mery, Metha Rangat, Mhaskar,
Mian Allavally, Micky, Mijjan, Mikkileeneni, Milan, Milan Mukharji,
Milid Ganguli, Milind Gavali, Milind Gunaji, Minal, Minal Mehata, Minati
Sonal, Mini Tabassum, Mink, Minni, Minto Bai, Mirajakar, Mirja, Mirja
Musharraf, Mirja Musharraf Husain, Misar, Mishra, Mishri Lal, Miskeen,
Miss Ajmat, Miss Ajuri, Miss Alaknanda, Miss Alataaf, Miss Alen, Miss
Ameena, Miss Ameerjaan, Miss Anusooya, Miss Anvar, Miss Anvari, Miss
Armileen, Miss Baali, Miss Baama, Miss Badaami, Miss Basheer Jaan, Miss
Beebi, Miss Biboo, Miss Billo, Miss Blanche Verni, Miss Boby, Miss Bose,
Miss Bunda, Miss Champa, Miss Chanda, Miss Chandani, Miss Delara, Miss
Dulaari, Miss Dwarka, Miss Edaan, Miss Elliot, Miss Firoj, Miss Ganga,
Miss Gauhar, Miss Gulaab, Miss Guljaar, Miss Gulshan, Miss Hate, Miss
Heera, Miss Helan, Miss Ikbaal, Miss Ilmaash, Miss Indubaala, Miss
Jaana, Miss Jaani, Miss Jamuna, Miss Jebunnisa, Miss Johari, Miss Jones,
Miss Juneja, Miss Kaisar Faiza Baadi, Miss Kajjan, Miss Kamala, Miss
Kamar, Miss Kapoor, Miss Kaval, Miss Kayroon, Miss Kesar, Miss Khaatoon,
Miss Kishor, Miss Kitty, Miss Laxmi, Miss Leela, Miss Light Alias, Miss
Lili, Miss Lobo, Miss Loola, Miss Madhurika, Miss Mahajbeen, Miss
Maleena, Miss Mami Aahuja, Miss Mani, Miss Mary, Miss Mayoori, Miss
Meera, Miss Menaka, Miss Mohani, Miss Moti, Miss Mubaarak, Miss Mughal,
Miss Mumtaaj, Miss Naajira, Miss Navaab, Miss Nirasha, Miss Nirmala,
Miss Noor, Miss Noorjahaan, Miss Padma, Miss Panna, Miss Pearse, Miss
Perl Bright, Miss Petions Kapoor, Miss Poonam, Miss Prova, Miss
Pukharaaj, Miss Pushpa, Miss Raaj Kumaari, Miss Raampyaari, Miss Raani,
Miss Raani Baala, Miss Rajam, Miss Rath, Miss Rati Neharu, Miss Ricks,
Miss Roosi, Miss S Mukharji, Miss Saara, Miss Sahajahaan, Miss
Sahajahaan Vaidya, Miss Saloo, Miss Sardaar, Miss Sarojini, Miss
Savaria, Miss Shakuntala, Miss Shalla, Miss Sheela, Miss Sheerin, Miss
Shiv Raani, Miss Shyaala, Miss Shyaama, Miss Sitaara, Miss Stewart, Miss
Sudha Baala, Miss Suhel, Miss Sultaana, Miss Sundari, Miss Suraiya, Miss
Surama, Miss Susheela, Miss Taara, Miss Vatshala, Miss Veena, Miss
Vimala, Miss Violet, Miss Willimson, Miss Wood, Miss Yaasmin, Miss
Yakbal, Miss Zohara, Mistak, Mister Guru, Mister Kaanji, Mister Tayari,
Mita Vashishtha, Mitali, Mithee, Mithun Chakravarti, Mitter, Mitthu
Miyan, Mitthu Mukharji, Modhe, Moghe, Mogli, Mohammad, Mohammad Abdul,
Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Haadi, Mohammad Hasan, Mohammad Husain, Mohammad
Ismaail, Mohammad Isq, Mohammad Mohasin, Mohammad Narayan, Mohammad
Navaab, Mohammad Patel, Mohammad Qashim, Mohammad Rafi, Mohammad Saindo,
Mohan, Mohan Agaashe, Mohan Amritshari, Mohan Baabu, Mohan Badodiya,
Mohan Bhandari, Mohan Choti, Mohan Gokhale, Mohan Jeri, Mohan Joshi,
Mohan Kaul, Mohan Kothivan, Mohan Kumar, Mohan Lal, Mohan Lal Mishra,
Mohan Lala, Mohan Modi, Mohan Nadakarni, Mohan Sahagal, Mohan Saindo,
Mohan Sharma, Mohan Sheri, Mohana, Mohani, Mohani Baai, Mohani Gul,
Mohani Maal, Mohanlal Shah, Mohar Singh, Mohd. Maherbanu, Mohid,
Mohindar, Mohindar Nath, Mohindar Varma, Mohini, Mohit, Mohnish Behal,
Mohsin, Mohsin Abdulla, Mohsin Khan, Molina, Mona, Mona Malik, Mona
Saeed, Mona Sinha, Moni Chatarji, Moni Chattarji, Monik Irani, Monika,
Monika Bedi, Monika Desai, Monisha, Monkey, Monto, Monto Mukharji,
Monty, Mool Chand, Mool Raj Razada, Mooliya, Moona, Mooni Chatarji,
Moorthi, Moosa, Moosa Cheena, Moosa Kaleem, Moosa Pahalvaan, Mopet
Raaja, Mopet Sachin, Mopet Sooraj, More, Mota, Moti, Moti Bai, Moti
Beena, Moti Lal, Moti Sagar, Mouju, Mr. Dorothy, Mridula, Mrig Nayani,
Mrinal Ghosh, Mrinal Mukharji, Mrinalini, Mrs. Fredy Stroud, Mrs.
Vebster, Mrs. Vedi, Mubarak, Mubarak Ali, Mubarak Merchent, Mujammil,
Mukari, Mukesh, Mukesh Acharya, Mukesh Anand, Mukesh Gautam, Mukesh
Khanna, Mukesh Rawal, Mukesh Rishi, Mukharji, Mukhtar, Mukhtar Ahamad,
Mukhtar Begum, Mukkamala, Mukta, Mukul Dev, Mukul Sharma, Mukund
Banarji, Mulo Advani, Mumtaj, Mumtaj Ali, Mumtaj Begum, Mumtaj Shanti,
Munavvar Sultana, Muneer, Muneer Bai, Muneesh, Muneesh Bai, Munmun Sen,
Munna, Munna Bagla, Munna Raja, Munni Bai, Munshi, Munshi Abul Hasan,
Munshi Khanjar, Munshi Munakka, Munshi Niyamatulla, Munshi Sarafaraaj,
Munshi Shaam, Munshi Thoothi, Murad, Murad Khan, Murali Das, Murlidhar,
Murtaja Husain, Mushtaq, Mushtaq Khan, Mushtaq Merchant, Mushtari,
Mustafa, Mustaq Husain, Mutthu Laxmi, Mutthu Raman, Myekal, Myekal
Sheeya, N. Ahamad, N. Chafekar, N. Desai, N. Dhanekar, N. Gabbar, N.
Kabeer, N. Kanhere, N. Lahiri, N. Majumdar, N. Mastaan, N. Mohammad, N.
Raju, N. Sahani, N. Seetaraman, N. Sharma, N. Srivastav, N. Tiwari, N.
Venu, N.A. Aanand, N.A. Ansaari, N.A. Ghory, N.A. Singh, N.C. Mitter,
N.K. Mishra, N.K. Verma, N.M. Aitoda, N.M. Joshi, N.M. Khan, N.M. Tuli,
N.N. Tuli, N.R. Cheekhalikar, N.R. Maadholkar, N.S. Bedi, N.T. Rama Rao,
N.T. Shivdasani, Naban Tata, Nabendu Ghosh, Nadeem, Nadia, Nadia Gamal,
Nadir, Nadira, Nadkarni, Naeem, Nafees, Nafees Begam, Nafeesa Ali,
Nafeez Khaleel, Nag Bhooshanam, Nag Mani, Nagan, Nagaonkar, Nagar, Nagar
Mal Sharma, Nagaraj, Nagarjuna, Nagarkar, Nagava Ibraahim, Nagayya,
Nageena, Nagendra, Nagendra Bala, Nagendra Rao, Nagendrakar, Nagesh,
Nageshwar Rao, Nagin, Nagma, Nagpal, Naibax, Naidu, Naina, Naina Bahal,
Naina Balsavar, Naina Sahu, Najama, Najamul Husain, Najju Begam, Nalin
Dev, Nalini, Nalini Chhonkar, Nalini Gupte, Nalini Jayvant, Nalini
Nagpurkar, Nalini Pandya, Nalini Tarkhar, Nambiyar, Namdeo, Namit
Kapoor, Namita Bose, Namita Chandra, Namita Sengupta, Namrata, Nana
Paatekar, Nana Palsikar, Nana Rater, Nana Sahab Chafekar, Nana Sahab
Fatak, Nana Sahab Pathak, Nana Vati, Nand Kishor, Nand Kishor Bhatt,
Nand Kishor Mehara, Nand Kishor Mishra, Nand Lal, Nand Lal Sharma, Nand
Raam Pahalawaan, Nanda, Nanda Babu, Nandi, Nandini, Nandini Desaai,
Nandini Sen, Nandini Singh, Nandira, Nandita, Nandita Bose, Nandita
Thakur, Nandram, Nandrekar, Nandu Khote, Naneem, Nanhe Miyan, Naqi
Jahan, Naqi Mohan, Nar Singh, Nar Singh Bharati, Nar Singh Meghani,
Narahar, Narang, Narasimha Raj, Narayan, Narayan Pai, Narayan Rao,
Narbada, Narendra, Narendra Mehta, Narendra Nath, Narendra Nath
Shaligram, Narendra Nath Tuli, Naresh Chandra, Naresh Kanodia, Naresh
Mitter, Naresh Soori, Naresh Tandan, Nargis, Nargis (Jr.), Nargis Bano,
Nariman, Narkha Pandit, Narmada, Narmada Shankar, Narottam Vyaas, Naru
Shivdasani, Nasareen, Naseem, Naseem Bano, Naseema, Naseema Raana,
Naseemeera, Naseer, Naseer Abdullah, Naseer Ali, Naseer Khaan, Nashrat,
Nasir Husain, Nasir Khan, Nasiruddeen Shah, Nasreen, Nasri Khan,
Natarajan, Natasha, Natasha Sinha, Nath Jutshi, Natraj, Natwar, Natwar
Lal, Natyam, Nausaba, Naushir Khatau, Nautam, Nautiyal, Nav Dweep
Haldar, Naval, Naval Kumaar, Navami, Navaneet Singh, Naveen, Naveen
Chandra, Naveen Kadam, Naveen Nishchal, Naveen Rathod, Naveen Yaagnik,
Navneet Nishan, Navni Parihar, Nawab, Nawab Beghum, Nawab Jan, Nawab
Karadari, Nawab Khan, Nawaz, Nawazish, Nayab, Nayak, Nayampalli, Nayan
Kant, Nayan Tara, Nayana, Nayana Aapte, Nayana Saahu, Naz, Naz Begam,
Nazam, Nazama, Nazamul Husain, Nazaneen, Nazani Begam, Nazar, Nazeema,
Nazeer, Nazeer Bedi, Nazeer Begam, Nazeer Husain, Nazeer Kashmiri,
Nazeera, Nazeera Bai, Nazi, Nazim Rizvi, Nazir, Nazir Husain, Nazir
Kashmeeri, Neeha Gupta, Neel Kanth Tiwari, Neela, Neelam, Neelam Bai,
Neelam Mehara, Neelaxi, Neelesh Malhotra, Neelesh Velani, Neelima,
Neelima Azeem, Neelima Chakravarti, Neelofar, Neelu Kapoor, Neelu Phule,
Neelu Rai, Neema, Neemo, Neena, Neena Chopra, Neena Gupta, Neena
Kulkarni, Neena Maakad, Neera, Neera Sameer, Neeraj, Neeraj Dutt,
Neeraja, Neeru, Neeru Sanyal, Neeta, Neeta Kapoor, Neeta Khayaani, Neeta
Mehata, Neeta Puri, Neetu Singh, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Nelofar, Neville,
Niaram, Nibalkar, Nifadkar, Nigam, Nigar, Nigar Sultana, Nihal, Nihar
Bala, Niharika, Nijaamuddeen, Nikhil, Nikhil Bhagat, Nikhilesh, Niki,
Niki Bhandari, Nikita, Nikita Shah, Nikku, Nilima Devi, Nilkanth,
Nilkanth Swami, Nimbalkar, Nimmi, Nimmo, Nipon Goswami, Nirala,
Niranjan, Niranjan Mathur, Niranjan Sharma, Niranjan Singh, Niranjan
Tiwari, Nirasa, Nirmal, Nirmal Anand, Nirmal Banarji, Nirmal Kumar,
Nirmal Pandey, Nirmala, Nirmala Devi, Nirmalendu Lahiri, Niroda Sundari,
Niroopa Roy, Niroopama, Nisar, Nisar Ahamad, Nisha, Nisha Singh, Nishan
Singh, Nishant, Nishi, Nishi Baran, Nishi Gandha, Nishi Gandha Wad, Nita
Devi, Niteesh Bhardwaaj, Nitesh Bhardwaj, Nitin Kumaar, Nitin Mantri,
Nitin Sethi, Nitin Sethi, Nivanani, Nivedita, Nivedita Joshi, Nivedita
Saraf, Nizam, Nizammuddin, Noni Gaanguli, Nooman, Noor, Noor Faatima,
Noor Mohammad, Noor Mohammad 'Charly', Nooren Babu, Noori, Noorjahan,
Noorjahan Bai, Noor-ul-hasan, Noor-ul-islaam, Noren Bano, Nosheer,
Nosheer Khataau, Notani, Nure Watan, Nutan, Nylex Nalini, O.A.K. Devar,
O.K. Dar, O.P. Devaskar, O.P. Gaur, O.P. Kohali, O.P. Ralhan, O.P.
Sharma, Obali May, Odate Fargusan, Om Mehara, Om Moota, Om Prakash, Om
Prakash Gautam, Om Prakash Sharma, Om Puri, Om Shivapuri, Om Tripathi,
Omi, Omi Katyal, Omkar, Omkar Aima, Omkar Devasker, Onkar Kapoor, Oscar,
P. Atorthy, P. Bilmoria, P. Bose, P. Jairaj, P. Kailash, P. Kanamba, P.
Kapoor, P. Madan, P. Matwala, P. Nalini, P. Samant, P. Varni, P.C.
Barua, P.C. Bose, P.C. Joshi, P.C. Rao, P.D. Lal, P.F. Pithawala, P.J.
Sharma, P.K. Jain, P.K. Raja, P.K. Saraswathi, P.L. Samant, P.L. Verma,
P.M. Maniyar, P.M. Vaidya, P.N. Burman, P.N. Mehata, P.N. Sharma, P.N.
Varne, P.R. Joshi, P.R. Nautiyal, P.S. Veerappa, P.U. Kulkarni, Pachhi,
Padam Khanna, Padamshri V Nagiyah, Padhey, Padma, Padma Bai, Padma
Banarji, Padma Chauhan, Padma Devi, Padma Khanna, Padma Kumari, Padma
Rani, Padmanabhan, Padmavati, Padmavati Shaaligraam, Padmini, Padmini
Kapila, Padmini Kolhapuri, Padmini Priyadarshini, Pahalwan, Pahalwan
Kantarao, Pahari Sanyal, Paintal, Pakku, Pal, Pal Mahendra, Pal Sharma,
Pallavi Bhatt, Pallavi Joshi, Pallavi Mehata, Pamela Chopra, Pammi,
Pampai, Pancham, Panchanan Pathak, Pandaya, Pandey, Pandhari Bai,
Pandit, Pandit Ji, Pani Bala, Panikar, Pankaj, Pankaj Berry, Pankaj
Dheer, Pankaj Kapoor, Pankaj Mallik, Panna, Panna Kapoor, Panna Lal,
Panna Lal Bose, Panna Qawaal, Panraj Dheer, Panthki, Pappu, Paraanjpay,
Paradesi, Param Veer, Paras, Paras Banarji, Paras Kumar, Parasar, Parasi
Charlee, Parasuram, Parbhu, Parchuri, Pardesi, Paresh Banarji, Paresh
Rawal, Parijat, Parixit, Parixit Sahani, Parmesh, Paro, Paronaag,
Parshya, Parsis Khambhaata, Parul, Parul Kar, Parvati, Parvati Bai,
Parveen, Parveen Bai, Parveen Bhalla, Parveen Boby, Parveen Chaudhari,
Parveen Dastoor, Parveen Kumaar, Parveen Pal, Parveen Paul, Parveen
Saba, Parveen Sood, Parveen Swaami, Parvez, Parvez Malik, Pas Paul,
Pasaala Suryachand Rao, Pasha, Pashi Patel, Pasnchotiya, Patanjali,
Patankar, Patel, Pathak, Pathar, Paththar, Patience Cooper, Patil,
Patkar, Patsy Dance, Paul Mahendra, Paul Sharma, Paul Singh, Paula
Lindsay, Pawan Datt, Pawan Kumar, Pawan Malhotra, Pawar, Payal,
Payambar, Pearl Padamshri, Pedro, Peeku, Peer Mohammad, Peera Makar,
Peerjaan, Peeroz Waadker, Pees Kanwal, Pekatti, Pendharkar, Pense, Perl,
Peshi, Pesi Patel, Peter, Pethakar, Phani Barma, Phani Pal, Phanu Khan,
Phatak, Phool, Phool Kumari, Phool Rani, Pilu Modi, Pilu Wadia, Pinaki,
Pinakin Shah, Pinchu Kapoor, Pindy, Pingle, Pinki, Pintu, Pithawaala,
Piththu, Polson, Pompi, Pomy Deo, Pooja, Pooja Bedi, Pooja Bhatt, Pooja
Saxena, Poonam, Poonam Arora, Poonam Daas Gupta, Poonam Dhillon, Poonam
Kapoor, Poonawaala, Pooran Singh, Poorn Chaudhari, Poornima, Poornima
Devi, Popat, Popat Lal, Potdar, Prabha, Prabha Devi, Prabha Mishra,
Prabha Shankar, Prabhakar, Prabhakar Pansheekar, Prabhakar Reddy,
Prabhat Kumar, Prabhavat, Prabhavati, Prabhu, Prabhu Arora, Prabhu
Dayaal, Prabhu Lata, Prabhudas, Prabhudas, Prabodh, Pradeep, Pradeep
Chaudhari, Pradeep Gupta, Pradeep Kumar, Pradeep Pawaar, Pradeep Rawat,
Pradeep Saxena, Pradeep Singh, Pradeep Varma, Pradeep Verma, Pradhan,
Praduman Mehata, Prafull Roy, Prafulla Ghosh, Prafulla Kumar, Prahalad,
Prakash, Prakash Arora, Prakash Bobady, Prakash Duggal, Prakash Gil,
Prakash Gupta, Prakash Khanna, Prakash Mani, Prakash Mishra, Prakash
Talreja, Prakash Thapa, Pramathes Chandra Barua, Prame Adib, Pramila,
Pramod Chandra, Pramod Moutho, Pran, Pran Shankar, Pran Talwar,
Pranjivan, Pranotey Ghosh, Pranoti, Pranoti Bhattacharya, Prasad,
Prasar, Prasen Jeet, Prashant, Prashant Bhatt, Prashant Nanda, Prashant
Sagar, Prasoon Banarji, Pratap, Pratap Kumar, Pratap Ojha, Pratap
Puraswane, Pratap Roy, Pratap Sharma, Prathama, Pratibha, Pratibha
Matakari, Pratima, Pratima Daasgupta, Pratima Devi, Praveen, Praveen
Joshi, Praveen Kumar, Prayag Raj, Preetam, Preetam Balle, Preetam
Dehalavi, Preetam Jiyai, Preeti, Preeti Bala, Preeti Dhar, Preeti
Ganguli, Preeti Gauli, Preeti Majumdar, Preeti Parikh, Preeti Sapru,
Prem, Prem Adeeb, Prem Bedi, Prem Chopra, Prem Dhawan, Prem Kaalara,
Prem Kaant, Prem Kishan, Prem Kohali, Prem Kumaar, Prem Kumaari, Prem
Kumari Nehru, Prem Lata, Prem Mohan, Prem Nath, Prem Parashar, Prem
Rishi, Prem Sagar, Prem Sahagal, Prema, Prema Borkar, Prema Devi, Prema
Karanth, Prema Narayan, Prema Samant, Premaanshu, Premendra, Premi,
Premna, Prerana Khanna, Prince Arjun, Prince Daara, Prince Saleem,
Prithvi, Prithvi Kaul, Prithvi Raj, Prithvi Raj Kapoor, Prithvi Soni,
Priya, Priya Arora, Priya Arun, Priya Gill, Priya Raajavansh, Priya
Tendulakar, Priyadarshani, Priyanka, Priyanka Banarji, Priyanka Roy,
Priyashri, Probodh Babu, Probodh Bose, Prof. A.N. Sekh, Prof. D.P. Roy,
Prof. G.N. Joshi, Prof. Gulam Haidar, Prof. H.B. Gani, Prof. Hudiker,
Prof. K.G. Rao, Prof. Lele, Prof. Mane, Prof. Ramanand, Prof. Ravi,
Prof. Sudhir Bose, Prof. V.R. Patvardhan, Promod Chandra, Promoth Bose,
Protima Das Gupta, Prova, Pt. Amar Nath, Pt. Badri Prasad, Pt. Indra,
Pt. Iqbaal, Pt. J.M. Kaul, Pt. Kaul, Pt. Khairaati, Pt. Nagarkar, Pt.
Natvar, Pt. Ramkrishan Chaubey, Pt. Srinivas Pathak, Pukhraj, Punay Das,
Puneet Issar, Punjab Ka Beta, Puranik, Puri, Purnendu, Purshottam,
Purshottam Chhagani, Puru, Pushpa, Pushpa Balli, Pushpa Chauhaan, Pushpa
Hans, Pushpa Kumari, Pushpa Lata, Pushpa Rani, Pushpa Soni, Pushpa
Varma, Pushpak, Putali, Putali Bai, Puttan, Pyare Lal, Pyare Lal
Sirmoria, Pyare Mohan, Pyare Mohan Sahay, Pyare Sahab, Qamar, Qamar
Jahan, Qamar Jani, R. Ahamad, R. Badre, R. Balasubramaniam, R. Basti, R.
Budhker, R. Dilawar, R. Gaznavi, R. Heera, R. Kanchan, R. Manohar, R.
Marathe, R. Mukherji, R. Nagendra Rao, R. Powa, R. Roy, R. Sahadevan, R.
Sampat, R. Sheela, R. Sinha, R. Tiwari, R. Varde, R.B. Jagtap, R.C.
Kapoor, R.C. Nanda, R.C. Pandey, R.C. Sharma, R.C.R. Pawar, R.D. Shukla,
R.G. Maishkar, R.G. Pandey, R.K. Chaube, R.K. Chopra, R.L. Monge, R.L.
Shori, R.M. Parasar, R.N. Vaidya, R.P. Kapoor, R.P. Mishra, R.P. Singh,
R.P.Ishwar, R.S. Chopara, R.S. Dube, R.S. Malik, R.S. Manohar, R.S.
Moorti, R.S. Pawaar, Rabab, Rabhp, Rabia Ameen, Rachana, Radha, Radha
Bai, Radha Charan, Radha Krishna, Radha Mohan, Radha Rani, Radha Saluja,
Radha Seth, Radhe Shyam, Radhe Shyam Jhunjhunwala, Radhika, Radhika
Bartake, Radhika Rani, Raeesh, Rafeek, Rafeek Anawar, Rafeek Gazanavi,
Rafi Ahamad, Rafi Gauhar, Rafi Kashmeeri, Rafi Peer, Rafia Sultana,
Rafiuddeen, Rageshwari, Raghavan, Raghu Khosala, Raghunath, Raghuvaran,
Raghuveer Yadav, Ragini, Rahan Khan, Raheem, Raheem Bax, Rahi, Rahman,
Rahmat, Rahmat Bai, Rahul, Rahul Choudhary, Rahul Dev, Rahul Ranade,
Rahul Roy, Rai Mohan, Raijee, Raj, Raj Adeeb, Raj Anand, Raj Babbar, Raj
Babu, Raj Bansh, Raj Bharati, Raj Bibra, Raj Biswas, Raj Deep, Raj
Deewan, Raj Gaurav, Raj Goswami, Raj Hans, Raj Joshi, Raj Jutshi, Raj
Kachlu, Raj Kapoor, Raj Kaul, Raj Khosla, Raj Kiran, Raj Kishore, Raj
Kokila, Raj Kumar, Raj Kumar Dutt, Raj Kumar Gupta, Raj Kumar Soni, Raj
Kumari, Raj Kumari Shukla, Raj Kunwar, Raj Laxmi, Raj Mala, Raj Malik,
Raj Mani, Raj Mani Bai, Raj Matwala, Raj Mehra, Raj Nand, Raj Narayan,
Raj Nath, Raj Pal, Raj Prakash, Raj Premi, Raj Rani, Raj Rishi, Raj
Sahgal, Raj Shekhar, Raj Shri, Raj Shri Pingle, Raj Sood, Raj Sri
Sawant, Raj Tandon, Raj Tilak, Raj Veer Veeswani, Raj Verma, Raja, Raja
Babu, Raja Bahav Kashmiri, Raja Bundela, Raja Duggal, Raja Gopal, Raja
Gosavi, Raja Mamini, Raja Mohan, Raja Neene, Raja Pandit, Raja Paranjpe,
Raja Ram Babu Purohit, Raja Saleem, Raja Sandow, Raja Shankar, Raja
Sulochana, Rajadeeb, Rajam, Rajan, Rajan Duggal, Rajan Gupta, Rajan
Haksar, Rajan Kapoor, Rajan Sippy, Rajanamma, Rajaneesh, Rajani, Rajani
Bahal, Rajani Bala, Rajani Chauhan, Rajani Gupta, Rajani Sharma, Rajani
Verma, Rajanikant, Rajat Kumar, Raje, Raje Khan, Rajeena, Rajeev, Rajeev
Anand, Rajeev Chaudhari, Rajeev Goswami, Rajeev Jauhar, Rajeev Kapoor,
Rajeev Kumar, Rajeev Nag Pal, Rajeev Roy, Rajeev Soni, Rajeev Verma,
Rajendra, Rajendra Gupta, Rajendra Kapoor, Rajendra Kumar, Rajendra
Nath, Rajendra Prasad, Rajendra Singh, Rajesh, Rajesh Babu, Rajesh
Bahal, Rajesh Khanna, Rajesh Khattar, Rajesh Kumar, Rajesh Lehar, Rajesh
Majumdar, Rajesh Mehara, Rajesh Puri, Rajesh Rehel, Rajesh Roshan,
Rajesh Singh, Rajesh Sinha, Rajesh Sippy, Rajesh Verma, Rajesh Vivek,
Rajeshwar Dayal, Rajeshwar Nath, Rajeshwar Singh, Rajeshwari, Rajeshwari
Sachdeo, Raji, Raji Sethi, Rajindar Singh, Rajit Kapoor, Rajita Thakur,
Rajjan, Rajnala, Raju, Raju Billu, Raju Shrestha, Raju Srivastava, Raju
Verma, Rajveer, Rajwade, Raka, Rakesh, Rakesh Bahal, Rakesh Bedi, Rakesh
Hans, Rakesh Jemani, Rakesh Kumar, Rakesh Mehata, Rakesh Pandey, Rakesh
Roshan, Rakesh Soori, Rakesh Srivastava, Rakesh Wadhawan, Rakhi, Ralan
Bekov, Ram Apte, Ram Avatar, Ram Babu, Ram Bhadri, Ram Chandra, Ram
Chandra Marathe, Ram Chandra Pal, Ram Chandra Shastri, Ram Chandra
Vaidya, Ram Das, Ram Dayal, Ram Dulari, Ram Gopal, Ram Govind, Ram
Kamal, Ram Kamalani, Ram Kishore, Ram Krishna, Ram Kulkarni, Ram Kumar,
Ram Kumari, Ram Kunwar, Ram Lal, Ram Lal Pahalwan, Ram Marathe, Ram
Mohan, Ram Moorti, Ram Mukharji, Ram Nagarkar, Ram Naraayan, Ram Nath,
Ram Panjawani, Ram Pyari, Ram Pyari(senior), Ram Rasheela, Ram Sethi,
Ram Sharma, Ram Singh, Ram Singh Thakur, Ram Soni, Ram T Heera, Ram
Upadhyay, Rama Devi, Rama Nehru, Rama Patham, Rama Pebha, Rama Rao, Rama
Reddy, Rama Shukul, Rama Vij, Ramaiya, Ramala, Raman, Raman Kapoor,
Raman Khanna, Ramanand Sharma, Ramani Bai, Ramaprabha, Ramasheesh,
Rambha, Rambha Devi, Ramesh, Ramesh Arora, Ramesh Bahal, Ramesh Bhatia,
Ramesh Bhatkar, Ramesh Desai, Ramesh Dev, Ramesh Goyal, Ramesh Gupta,
Ramesh Jauhar, Ramesh Joshi, Ramesh Kant, Ramesh Kapoor, Ramesh Kashyap,
Ramesh Khanna, Ramesh Kumar, Ramesh Lakhia, Ramesh Malhotra, Ramesh
Mehta, Ramesh Mishra, Ramesh Pandey, Ramesh Sahagal, Ramesh Sinha,
Ramesh Sippy, Ramesh Thakur, Ramesh Thapar, Ramesh Tiwari, Ramesh Vyas,
Rameshwar, Rameshwari, Rami Reddy, Rammi Mahendra, Ramneek Lal Patel,
Ramola, Ramrikh, Ramu, Ramya, Ramzaan, Ran Bhadra, Rana, Rande,
Randhaawa, Randheer, Randheer Kapoor, Rane, Rang Nath, Rang Nath Jadav,
Ranga Rao, Rangeela, Rani, Rani Anand, Rani Bala, Rani Chanda, Rani
Dhan, Rani Kapoor, Rani Malini, Rani Mohan, Rani Mukerji, Rani Mumtaj,
Rani Padmini, Rani Premlata, Rani Sarkar, Rani Shakuntala, Rani Sundari,
Ranjan, Ranjan Grewal, Ranjana, Ranjana Sachdev, Ranjana Shukla,
Ranjeet, Ranjeet Budhkar, Ranjeet Chaudhari, Ranjeet Kumari, Ranjeet
Rai, Ranjeet Raj, Ranjeet Thakur, Ranjeeta, Ranjeeta Sood, Ranjeeta
Thakur, Ranjodh, Ranu, Ranveer Raj, Rao, Raoof, Ras Bihari, Rasheed,
Rasheed Ahamad, Rashid Khan, Rashmi, Rashmi Mishra, Rashmi Sharma, Rasik
Veen, Raski Bhalla, Rastra Kavi Dinkar, Ratan, Ratan Bai, Ratan Chopra,
Ratan Gaurang, Ratan Kale, Ratan Kumar, Ratan Lal Khanjar, Ratan Piya,
Ratan Shah, Ratan Sinha, Ratanappa, Ratanshah Sinor, Rati, Rati
Agnihotri, Rati Lal, Rati Lal Jani, Ratna, Ratna Bhooshan, Ratna Mala,
Ratna Prabha, Ratna Raza, Rattan, Rattan Bai, Raveena Tandon, Ravi, Ravi
Anand, Ravi Baaswani, Ravi Bahal, Ravi Beri, Ravi Chandra, Ravi
Chandran, Ravi Ghosh, Ravi Kant, Ravi Khanna, Ravi Kishan, Ravi Kumar,
Ravi Menon, Ravi Mishra, Ravi Patwardhan, Ravi Raj, Ravi Sagar, Ravi
Shankar, Ravi Singh, Ravi Tandan, Ravia Ameen, Ravidan, Ravindra,
Ravindra Kapoor, Ravindra Kumar, Ravindra Maan, Ravindra Mahajani,
Ravindra Mishra, Ravindra Sharma, Raxa, Raza Meer, Raza Murad, Razaak,
Razaak Ali, Razak Khan, Razeynald Jacksun, Razi, Razia, Razia Begam,
Razia Sultaana, Raziuddeen, Reema, Reema Kapadia, Reema Laagu, Reena,
Reena Ghosh, Reena Roy, Reeta, Reeta Allen, Reeta Anchan, Reeta Baxi,
Reeta Bhaaduri, Reeta Gupta, Reeta Haksar, Reeta Raani, Reeta Rani Kaul,
Reeta Roy, Reeta Salooja, Reetu, Reetu Kamal, Reetu Khanna, Reggi
Benson, Rehan, Rehana, Rehana Sultan, Rekha, Rekha Chatarji, Rekha
Chauhan, Rekha Devi, Rekha Gandhi, Rekha Kaamat, Rekha Kaanekar, Rekha
Mallick, Rekha Parmar, Rekha Pawar, Rekha Rao, Rekha Sabanees, Rekha
Sahaay, Rekha Sharma, Relangi, Renu, Renu Arya, Renu Bala, Renu Debi,
Renu Joshi, Renu Maakar, Renuka, Renuka Devi, Renuka Irani, Renuka
Israni, Renuka Roy, Renuka Shahne, Resham Tipnis, Reshama, Reshama
Singh, Reshma Singh, Reva Bose, Reva Raxit, Reva Shankar, Revati, Rex
Harrison, Rexi(dog), Richa, Richa Sharma, Richa Vyas, Richard Atten
Borogh, Ricky Oberai, Ridaku, Rikku, Rina De, Rina De Liguoro, Rinku,
Rinku Jaiswal, Rinnu Anand, Rippal, Rirku, Rishabh Shukla, Rishi Kapoor,
Rishi Malati, Rishi Manindar, Rishi Oberoi, Rishi Raj, Ritesh, Ritesh
Talwar, Ritu Parna, Riyaaz, Riyaaz Padamsi, Rizavi, Robert, Robert
Wright, Robi Chosh, Robi Ghosh, Robib, Robin, Robin Banarji, Robin Das,
Robin Ghosh, Robin Kumar, Robin Majumdar, Robina, Robita Ameen, Rochak
Pandit, Rocky, Rohan Kapoor, Rohini, Rohini Hattangadi, Rohit, Rohit
Bhatia, Rohit Kumar, Rohit Roy, Rojaramaani, Roma, Roma Malik, Roma
Monik, Roma Sen Gupta, Romani, Romani Shanti, Romeo, Romesh, Romesh
Sharma, Romi, Romila, Romola, Romola Devi, Ronit Roy, Rony, Roobeena,
Roobi Mayers, Roobia, Roobina, Rooby, Rooby Singh, Roofi, Roohi, Rookma,
Rooma, Rooma Devi, Rooma Guha, Roomela, Roomeya, Roomi, Roop, Roop
Basant, Roop Kamal, Roop Kumar, Roop Kumari, Roop Lal Solanki, Roop
Lata, Roop Laxmi, Roop Lekha, Roop Mala, Roop Rani, Roopa, Roopa Barman,
Roopa Ganguli, Roopaali, Roopak Majumdar, Roopal, Roopam, Roopesh
Khatri, Roopesh Kumar, Rose, Roshan, Roshan Aara, Roshan Ali, Roshan
Kumar, Roshan Lal, Roshani, Roshani Chauhan, Roshni Jaffery, Rosy, Roy,
Roza Haate, Roze, Rozeena, Rubain Khan, Ruchi, Ruchika Pandey, Rukesh,
Rukhsaana, Rukhsaar, Rukiya Khatoum, Rukmani, Rukmanli Devi, Rupal
Patel, Rupmati, Rusi Divecha, Rustam, Rustam Poonawala, Rustam-e-hind,
Rustom Billimoria, Rustom Irani, Rustom Madari, Rustomji, S. Alam, S.
Ali, S. Amarapurkar, S. Azeem, S. Babu Rao, S. Banarji, S. Banu, S.
Bhaduri, S. Bhopatkar, S. Bhosle, S. Bose, S. Chatarji, S. Chaubey, S.
Das, S. Day, S. Dutt, S. Ghorpade, S. Gopal, S. Govindrajan, S. Gulab,
S. Hasan, S. Hukum Singh, S. Husain, S. Irshad, S. Janaki, S. Kaay, S.
Kamala, S. Kapadia, S. Kapoor, S. Kerawala, S. Kulkarni, S. Madan, S.
Mansoor, S. Mantri, S. Mazhar, S. Mikel, S. Mukhtaar, S. Nadkarni, S.
Nawaz, S. Nazeer, S. Paranjpe, S. Pasha, S. Pillai, S. Prahlad, S.
Prakash, S. Puri, S. Rafeek, S. Rajan, S. Ranga Rao, S. Sukhadev, S.
Sushila, S. Usman, S. Varalaxmi, S.A. Ashokan, S.A. Athar, S.A. Bekar,
S.A. Gaffar, S.A. Kannan, S.A. Natarajan, S.A. Vikram, S.B. Mathur, S.B.
Nayampalli, S.B. Rangarao, S.B. Sahasnamam, S.D. Joshi, S.D. Narang,
S.D. Saagar, S.D.K. Darpan, S.F. Saah, S.G. Anjum, S.H. Tharekar, S.K.
Bhaduri, S.K. Khosla, S.K. Ojha, S.K. Prem, S.K. Shukla, S.K. Shyam,
S.K. Singh, S.L. Bhalla, S.L. Grovar, S.L. Narayan, S.L. Puri, S.M.
Abbas, S.M. Gupta, S.M. Nawab, S.M. Sadik, S.M. Zaheer, S.N. Banarji,
S.N. Ghosh, S.N. Kaul, S.N. Pandey, S.N. Parasar, S.N. Singh, S.N.
Tripathi, S.P. Bhatia, S.P. Pillai, S.P. Sinha, S.P. Tripathi, S.R.
Joshi, S.S. Koko, S.S. Pillai, S.V. Ram Das, S.V. Ranga, S.V. Ranga Rao,
Saathi Ganguli, Saba, Sabeeha, Sabeena, Sabeer Ali, Sabeer Husain,
Sabeer Khan, Sabha, Sabia, Sabina, Sabir, Sabita Chatterji, Sabita Devi,
Sabita Sinha, Sabitabrat Datt, Sabnis, Sabnoor, Sabu, Sachayata,
Sachher, Sachin, Sachin Ghosh, Sachin Malhotra, Sada Shiv, Sada Shiv
Amrapurkar, Sadat Ali, Sadhana, Sadhana Bose, Sadhana Chaudhari, Sadhana
Khote, Sadhana Mirazkar, Sadhana Patel, Sadhana Singh, Sadhanshu,
Sadhav, Sadhika, Sadhu Mehar, Sadhu Singh, Sadiq, Sadiq Ali, Sadiq Ali
Sah, Sadiya Siddique, Saeeda, Safar S Sando, Safdar Ali, Safi Inamdar,
Safiya, Sagar, Sagar Salunke, Sageer, Sageer Afish, Sagoofa, Sagoofa
Ali, Saguna, Sahagal, Sahani, Sahgal, Sahgul, Sahiba, Sahil, Sahila
Chadha, Sahila Khan, Sahira, Sahjahan, Sahu Modak, Sahzadi, Sai, Sai
Deodhar, Sai Subbulaxmi, Saida Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Saiyed, Saiyed
Ahamad, Saiyed Jaffrey, Saiyed Jan, Saiyed Khan, Saiyed Mohammad Nawab,
Saiyed Ul Hasan, Saiyed Usman, Sajal Roy Chaudhari, Sajan, Sajjad,
Sajjan, Saju, Saju Bai, Sakeel, Sakharam, Sakhina, Sakhu, Saki, Sakila,
Sakina Haider Shah, Sakshi Shivanand, Salamat, Salan, Saleem, Saleem
Durrani, Saleem Raza, Saleema, Sali, Salil Arora, Salil Kumar, Salim
Ghouse, Salim Khan, Salma, Salma Aga, Salman Khan, Salomi, Saloni,
Salunke, Salvi, Samad Khan, Samar Chatterji, Samar Roy, Samarth, Sambhu
Mitra, Sambhu Nath, Sameena, Sameer, Sameer Chitre, Sameer Khakhar,
Sameer Kumar, Sameet, Sameet Bhanja, Samiha Ayub, Samit, Samit Bhanja,
Samiya, Samjukta Singh, Sampath, Samrat, Samsh Lucknowi, Samson,
Samsudeen, Sanam, Sanchitra, Sandeep, Sandeep Kumar, Sandeep Patil,
Sandeep Sethi, Sandhu Raj, Sandhya, Sandhya Rani, Sandhya Roy, Sandow,
Sandow Pahalwan, Sandow Safar, Sane, Sanehita Dey, Sangana, Sangeeta,
Sangeeta Bijlani, Sangeeta Misra, Sangeeta Naik, Sangoo, Sanil Khosla,
Saniya, Sanjana, Sanjana Kapoor, Sanjay, Sanjay Dutt, Sanjay Jog, Sanjay
Kapoor, Sanjay Khan, Sanjay Kumar, Sanjay Mehta, Sanjay Mitra, Sanjay
Shukla, Sanjeed, Sanjeev Chauhan, Sanjeev Chitre, Sanjeev Gandhi,
Sanjeev Kumar, Sanjeev Luthra, Sanjeeva, Sanjeevani Bidkar, Sanjeevi,
Sankatha, Sanober, Sansare, Santi Gupta, Santokh Uppal, Santosh, Santosh
Gupta, Santosh Kumar, Santosh Sinha, Santosh Viradi, Santoshi, Sanu
Sanyal, Sanyal, Sapana, Sapana Sarang, Sapri, Sapru, Sara, Saraf Raz,
Sarah Khatoon, Saral Kumar, Saraswati, Saraswati Devi, Sarath, Saravar,
Sarbhajeet, Sardar, Sardar Akhtar, Sardar Bahadur, Sardar Balasabeb,
Sardar Begum, Sardar Mansoor, Sargam, Saria Yeolekar, Sarifa, Sarika,
Sarita, Sarita Devi, Sarita Dhillo, Sarita Khataau, Sarita Nagpal,
Saritha, Sariya, Sarla, Sarla Devi, Sarla Yevlekar, Saroj, Saroj Borkar,
Saroja, Saroja Banerji, Saroja Devi, Saroja Rani, Sarojini, Sarovar
Kumar, Sartaz, Sarvar, Sasdhar Chatterji, Sasheel, Sashi Kapoor, Sashi
Mala, Sashi Raj, ***@b@a, Satabdi Roy, Sateesh, Sateesh Anand, Sateesh
Arora, Sateesh Batra, Sateesh Dubhashi, Sateesh Kaul, Sateesh Kaushik,
Sateesh Shah, Sateesh Vyas, Satindar Deepak, Satindra Bhattacharaya,
Satpal, Satpal Nishaan, Satrughan Sinha, Sattar, Saty Dev Dute, Satya,
Satya Bhama, Satya Deep, Satya Dev Dubey, Satya Devi, Satya Jeet, Satya
Jeet Puri, Satya Kala, Satya Kumar, Satya Kumar Patil, Satya Mukherji,
Satya Narayan, Satya Nath, Satya Pal, Satya Rani, Satyarth Sinha,
Satyawan, Satyawati, Satyen, Satyen Kapoor, Satyen Kappu, Satyen Khosla,
Satyen Kumar, Satyendra, Satyendra Bhattacharya, Saudagar Singh,
Saudamini, Saukar Janaki, Saukat Azami, Saukat Hasmi, Saumitra
Chatterji, Saurabh Shukla, Savakar Janaki, Savaksha, Savarn Daada,
Savita Bajaj, Savita Chatterji, Savita Devi, Savita Prabhuni, Savitri,
Savitri Chauhan, Savitri Devi, Sawant, Sawroop Butta, Sayani, Sayani
Atish, Sayed Hussein, Sayra Banu, Sazid, Sazid Khan, Sazzad Husain,
Sazzad Sarvar, Seema, Seema Dev, Seema Kapoor, Seema Thakur, Seema Vaz,
Seema Vishwas, Sehnaz, Sekh, Sekh Gulab, Sekh Mukhtar, Sekh Rafeeq,
Sekhar Chatterji, Sekhar Purohit, Sengar, Senthamarai, Sereen Banu,
Seruklatursama, Sethi, Sewa Nand, Sewak, Shabana Azmi, Shabana Siddiki,
Shabhaj Khan, Shabnam, Shadab Khan, Shafeeq, Shafeeq Saiyed, Shafi,
Shafi Inamdar, Shagal, Shah, Shah Agha, Shah Ali, Shah Gul, Shah Nawaz,
Shahbaaz Khan, Shahbaz, Shahid, Shahid Bijnori, Shahid Rafi, Shahida,
Shahla, Shahnawaz, Shahnaz, Shahrukh Khan, Shahrukh Mirza, Shahzadi,
Shaida, Shaida Keoravi, Shaikh, Shail Chaturvedi, Shail Shri, Shaila
Chaddha, Shailen Bose, Shailen Chaudhari, Shailen Ganguly, Shailendra,
Shailendra Goyal, Shailendra ***@bbh, Shailendra Singh, Shailesh Ainul,
Shailesh Kumar, Shaili, Shaili Shailendra, Shaily Kapoor, Shajaan,
Shakeel, Shakeel Numani, Shakeela, Shakeela Banu, Shakeela Banu Bhopali,
Shakir, Shakir Ahamad, Shakoor, Shakti, Shakti Kapoor, Shakti Kiran,
Shakti Prasad, Shakti Samant, Shakuntala, Shakuntala Bai, Shaligram,
Shalini, Shalini Abhayankar, Shalini Bai, Shalu, Shalu Aneza, Shalu
Kashmiri, Shalvi, Sham, Sham Lal, Shama, Shama Devi, Shama Kakkar,
Shambhu Mitra, Shambudan, Shamdar, Shameem, Shameem Akhtar, Shami Kumar,
Shamindar, Shammi, Shammi Kapoor, Shamshad, Shamsheer, Shamsuddeen,
Shamu, Shankar, Shankar Bazre, Shankar Bhake, Shankar Kulkarni, Shankar
Memotra, Shankar Mirajkar, Shankar Mohammad, Shankar Nag, Shankar Rao,
Shankar Rao Bhosle, Shankar Rao Khatu, Shankar Singh, Shankar Vazre,
Shankari, Shanta, Shanta Apte, Shanta Bai, Shanta Desai, Shanta Dewan,
Shanta Dutt, Shanta Hublikar, Shanta Kashmiri, Shanta Kumari, Shanta
Kunwar, Shanta Mazumdar, Shanta Patel, Shanta Ram, Shanta Ram Parab,
Shanta Ram Samarth, Shanta Thakur, Shantanu, Shantaram Rajaram,
Shantarin, Shanti, Shanti Devi, Shanti Kumar, Shanti Madhok, Shanti
Mahendru, Shanti Priya, Shanu, Shapur Agha, Shapur Ji, Sharad Bhagtani,
Sharad Kapoor, Sharad Kumar, Sharaf, Sharaf Raj, Sharan, Sharat Babu,
Sharat Chandra, Sharat Saxena, Sharda, Sharda Pradeep, Shardha Verma,
Shareef, Shareef Dehlawi, Shareefa, Shareen, Shari, Sharifa, Sharma,
Sharmila Medhekar, Sharmila Taigore, Sharon Prabhakar, Sharunisha,
Sharvendra, Shashi, Shashi Bala, Shashi Kala, Shashi Kapoor, Shashi
Kiran, Shashi Mala, Shashi Puri, Shashi Raj, Shashi Ranjan, Shashi
Saxena, Shashi Sharma, Shashi Vijay, Shastri, Shatrughan Sinha,
Shatrujeet, Shattar, Shaukat, Shaukat Azmi, Shaukat Husain, Shaukat
Kaifi, Shayala, Shayam Kumar, Shayama, Sheeali, Sheeba, Sheel Kumar,
Sheel Prabha, Sheela, Sheela Bai, Sheela Baj, Sheela Dalaya, Sheela
Kashmeeri, Sheela Nayak, Sheela Ramani, Sheeraz, Sheereen, Sheerin Banu,
Sheetal, Sheetal Kumar, Shefali, Shehla Khan, Shehnaz, Shehzad, Shehzad
Khan, Sheikh, Sheila Devi, Shekh, Shekh Hasan, Shekh Mukhtar, Shekhar,
Shekhar Chatterji, Shekhar Kapoor, Shekhar Purohit, Shekhar Sharma,
Shekhar Suman, Shelke, Shelker, Shelli, Shelli Homick, Shenasi,
Shephali, Sher A Khan, Sher Khan, Sherale, Shere Bai, Sheri, Sheri
Prakash, Shernaz Patel, Shertali Johnson, Shetty, Shibbo, Shikha Dewan,
Shikha Swaroop, Shilpa Shetty, Shilpa Shirodkar, Shilpi, Shinde,
Shiraji, Shiraz J. Patel, Shirodkar, Shiv Chandra, Shiv Dayal, Shiv Ji,
Shiv Ji Bhai, Shiv Kumar, Shiv Kumar Subrahmanyam, Shiv Lal, Shiv
Prasad, Shiv Puri, Shiv Raj, Shiv Ram, Shiv Rani, Shiv Rani Ghosh, Shiv
Ratan Joshi, Shiva, Shiva Ji Ganeshan, Shiva Ji Rathod, Shiva Ji Satam,
Shivalkar, Shivangi Kolhapuri, Shivani, Shivani Bhattacharya, Shivbhai,
Shivendra, Shivendra Mahal, Shobha, Shobha Devi, Shobha Joshi, Shobha
Khote, Shobha Malini, Shobha Pradhan, Shobha Rani, Shobha Tripathi,
Shobhan, Shobhan Babu, Shobhana, Shobhana Samarth, Shobhana Shah,
Shobhini Singh, Shoeb, Shoma Anand, Shomen Babu, Shor, Shori, Shosha
Mukhi, Shosti Das, Shova Sarkar, Shradha, Shradha Verma, Shreela
Muzumdar, Shri, Shri Bhagwan, Shri Bhagwan, Shri Bulbul, Shri Chand
Makhija, Shri Devi, Shri Devi, Shri Dhar, Shri Dhar, Shri Gopal, Shri
Gulab, Shri Kant, Shri Kant Moghe, Shri Kant Soni, Shri Lekha, Shri
Mansoory, Shri Naf, Shri Nath, Shri Nath, Shri Nivas, Shri Nripen, Shri
Pad, Shri Panna Kapoor, Shri Pradha, Shri Ram, Shri Ram Lagu, Shri Ram
Nagar, Shri Saiyed Jan, Shri Shami, Shri Shukla, Shri Vidya, Shri Vidya,
Shrilaxmi, Shrimati, Shrisht, Shrishti Behl, Shubha Khote, Shubhangi,
Shubhi, Shubi, Shujaat Ali, Shukla Ji, Shweta, Shyala, Shyam, Shyam
Arora, Shyam Chaterji, Shyam Irani, Shyam Kapoor, Shyam Keswani, Shyam
Kumar, Shyam Kumar, Shyam Kumari, Shyam Laha, Shyam Lal, Shyam Narayan,
Shyam Narayan Kaul, Shyam Rao, Shyam Sundar, Shyam Verma, Shyama, Shyama
Zutshi, Shyamanand Jalan, Shyamla, Shyamli, Shyamli Verma, Shyams,
Siddarth Ray, Siddhant Salaria, Siddharth, Siddharth Kak, Siddharth
Kankeria, Siddharth Nagar, Siddhaswar Mukherji, Siddheswari, Siddhu,
Siddiq Ansari, Siddiq Chayala, Siddiqi, Siddiqi Baba, Sidha, Sidimiya,
Sikandar, Sikandar Hayat, Sikandar Khan, Silk Smita, Silvia, Simi, Simi
Ghosh, Simi Grewal, Simple Kapadia, Simran, Sindhu, Singh, Siraj, Siraj
Khan, Sirwadkar, Sita, Sita Bose, Sita Devi, Sita Ram, Sitara, Sitara
(jr.), Siva Krishna, Smile Marchent, Smita, Smita Patil, Smita Raze,
Smrati, Smrati Biswas, Smrati Dhar, Smrati Misra, Smt. Fradi Straud,
Smt. Hadi, Smt. Rama Bai Rao, Smt. Young, Sneh Lata, Sneh Prabha, Sneha,
Sobha Khote, Sobha Sen, Sobhan Babu, Sobhana Samarth, Sofia, Sohaib
Khan, Sohan, Sohan Kapila, Sohan Lal, Sohani, Sohil Veerani, Sohli
Pawri, Sohrab, Sohrab B Irani, Sohrab Ji Keravala, Sohrab Modi, Solanki,
Som Dutt, Som Nath Mukherji, Soma Ali, Soma Anand, Soma Salkar, Soman,
Soman Randhawa, Somendar, Somesh Agrawal, Somi Ali, Somraj, Sona, Sona
Chatterji, Sonal, Sonal Mehta, Sonali, Sonali Bendre, Sonam, Sonba,
Soni, Soni Razdan, Sonia, Sonia Li, Sonia Sahni, Sonika, Sonika Gill,
Sonit, Sonu, Sonu Walia, Sood, Sooji, Soorma, Soshimukhi, Sova Sen, Srah
Khatoon, Srawan Kumar, Srila Mazumdar, Srivastav, Sro Vallabh Vyas,
Steven, Subbi Raj, Subbiraj Chandrashekhar, Subbu Laxmi, Subdhadra Devi,
Subeer, Subha Deshpande, Subha Khote, Subhadra, Subhadra Rani, Subhangi,
Subhash, Subhash Ghai, Subhash Mehta, Subhash Palisikar, Subhash Sethi,
Subhash Udgate, Subhasini, Subhendru, Subhra Nath, Subiraj, Subramaniem,
Subrat Chatterji, Subrat Kumar, Subrato, Subrato Bose, Subulaxmi,
Sucharu Devi, Suchitra Krishnamurty, Suchitra Sen, Sudarshan, Sudarshan,
Sudarshan Sethi, Sudarshan Sethi, Sudarshan Sharma, Sudeen, Sudesh,
Sudesh Berry, Sudesh Kumar, Sudha, Sudha Apte, Sudha Bali, Sudha
Chandran, Sudha Chauhan, Sudha Chopra, Sudha Deshpandey, Sudha Malhotra,
Sudha Rani, Sudha Rao, Sudha Sharma, Sudha Shivpuri, Sudheer, Sudheer
Babu Rao, Sudheer Bajaj, Sudheer Chakravarti, Sudheer Dalvi, Sudheer
Kulkarni, Sudheer Kumar, Sudheer Pandey, Sudheer Sahila, Sudheer Sen,
Sufi, Sufi Mansab Ali, Sufia, Sugandha, Suhail, Suhas Bhalekar, Suhas
Joshi, Suhas Khandke, Suhas Palshikar, Suhasini, Suhasini Mulay, Sujata,
Sujata Mehta, Sujeet, Sujeet Kumar, Sujoy Mukherjee, Sukh Dev, Sukhen
Das, Sukhwinder, Sukriti Devi, Sukumar, Sukumari, Sulaxna, Sulaxna
Pandit, Sulbha Arya, Sulbha Deshpande, Suleman, Sulochana (Ruby Mayers),
Sulochana Chatterji, Sulochana Kadam, Sulochana Pandit, Sultan, Sultan
Ahmad, Sultan Alam, Sultan Baba, Sultan M Beg, Sultan Sikandar, Sultana,
Sultana Banu, Suma, Suma Lata, Suman, Suman Lata, Suman Rangnathan,
Suman Sinha, Sumati, Sumati Gupta, Sumeet, Sumit Pathak, Sumit Sahagal,
Sumit Sahagal, Sumit Verma, Sumita Sanyal, Sumitra, Sumitra Sanyal,
Sunaina, Sunalini, Sunanda, Sunanda Devi, Sunandani, Sundar, Sundar,
Sundar Bai, Sundar Das, Sundar Lal, Sundar Nadkarni, Sundar Pawar,
Sundar Rajan, Sundar Rao, Sundar Rao Nadkarni, Sundar Singh, Sundar
Taneja, Sundar Taneja, Sundara Bai, Sundari, Sundari Pawar, Sunde,
Sunetra, Sunil, Sunil Anand, Sunil Barve, Sunil Dhawan, Sunil Dutt,
Sunil Gavaskar, Sunil Jolly, Sunil Kumar, Sunil Lahari, Sunil Puri,
Sunil Raj, Sunil Ranade, Sunil Rege, Sunil Shetty, Sunil Shinde, Sunil
Singh, Sunila Chatterji, Sunit Singh, Sunita, Sunita Devi, Sunita
Dhingra, Sunita Jaykar, Sunita Khan, Sunita Sen, Sunita Sharma, Sunita
Varma, Sunlini Devi, Suny Deol, Supariwala, Suparna Anand, Suprabha,
Supriya Pathak, Surabhi Jhaveri, Suraiya, Suraiya Begum, Suraiya
Chaudhari, Suraj, Suraj Bakshi, Suraj Bharadwaj, Suraj Chadha, Suraj
Kanodia, Suraj Kumar, Suraj Prasad Srivastava, Suraj Purohit, Suraj Ram,
Surayea Chaudhari, Surekha, Surekha Pandit, Surekha Sikeer, Surekha
Sikri Rege, Surendar, Surendar Kaur, Surendar Kaur, Surendar Shah,
Surendra, Surendra Bhatia, Surendra Chutki, Surendra Gill, Surendra
Junior, Surendra Kumar, Surendra Nath, Surendra Nath, Surendra Pal,
Surendra Pal, Surendra Sharma, Surendra Sharma, Suresh, Suresh, Suresh
Babu, Suresh Babu, Suresh Bhagat, Suresh Bhagat, Suresh Bhagwat, Suresh
Bhagwat, Suresh Chatwal, Suresh Chatwal, Suresh Divekar, Suresh Oberoi,
Suresh Puri, Suresh Shukla, Surjeet Kaur, Surjeet Kumar, Surooli Rajan,
Surva, Surve, Surya, Surya Kala, Surya Kant, Surya Kantam, Surya Kumar,
Surya Kumari, Surya Mukhi, Surya Prabha, Sushant, Sushant Roy, Sushant
Sanyal, Sushil, Sushil Gupta, Sushil Kumar, Sushil Majumdar, Sushil
Sahu, Sushila, Sushila Bai, Sushila Devi, Sushma, Sushma Seth, Sushma
Sharma, Sushma Shiromani, Sushma Shrestha, Sushma Tendulkar, Sushma
Verma, Sushmita Mukherji, Sushmita Sen, Suvarna, Suvarna Lata, Suvarth,
Suveer Sharma, Swami, Swami Pathak, Swan Singh, Swapana, Swapana,
Swaraj, Swaraj Kumar, Swarn Kumar, Swarn Lata, Swaroop, Swaroop Dutt,
Swaroop Rani, Swaroop Sahagal, Swaroop Sampat, Swaroop Sood, Syed
Hussein, Syed Umar, Sylvia Miles, T. Anklesaria, T. Chemist, T. Kapoor,
T. Lalita, T. Padamini, T. Pasa Qamar, T. Prem Wati, T. Ram, T. Sinha,
T. Srinivas, T. Zaidi, T.G. Kamla, T.K. Ramchandran, T.K. Rukmini, T.L.
Kanth Rao, T.N. Balakrishna, T.N. Sinha, T.P. Jain, T.P. Kailasam, T.P.
Rajalakshmi, T.R. Mahalingam, T.R. Raj Kumari, T.R. Ram Chandran, T.S.
Baliah, T.S. Bhaskaran, T.S. Mani, T.V. Kumudini, Tabatsum, Tabbu,
Tabrez, Tadu, Tahir Husain, Tahir Khan, Tahmi Chemist, Taimoor, Taj Dar
Amrohi, Takle, Talat Mahamood, Talesh, Talpade, Talwar, Tamanna,
Tamharankar, Tandan, Taneja, Tanga Belin, Tani Bai, Taniya Singh,
Tanneen, Tanuja, Tanveer, Tanvi, Tanvi Azmi, Tapan Kumar, Tapasya, Tara,
Tara Bai, Tara Bai Solanki, Tara Deshpande, Tara Devi, Tara Dixit, Tara
Kumar Bhaduri, Tara Sundari, Tarak Bala, Tarak Nath Bagchi, Tarala,
Tarala Mehta, Tarapur, Tariq, Tariq Shah, Tarkhud, Tarun, Tarun Bose,
Tarun Ghosh, Tarun Kumar, Tarzan, Tasneem, Tayang, Tayang Asangha, Teela
Mohammad, Tej Sapal, Tej Sapru, Tela, Telang, Thakkar, Thakur, Thakur
Das, Thakur G S, Thakur Jadu Nath, Thakur Kaushal Kishore, Thangavalan,
Thangaveli, Thangvelu, Thatte, Thaudi, Thelma, Thengal Shrinivasan,
Thikkrisi, Thomas, Thoogudeepa Srinivas, Thoppa, Tiger, Tiger Jogindar,
Tikku, Tiku, Tiku Talsania, Tilak, Tilak Raj, Tilla Mohammad, Tina Ghai,
Tina Munim, Tincowri Chkrabarty, Tinku, Tintin, Tinu Anand, Tinu
Talsania, Tipu(dog), Tito, Tiwari, Tom Alter, Tony Walker, Toto,
Trideep, Trideep Kumar, Trikam Lal, Trikamal, Trilochan Jha, Trilok
Jetly, Trilok Kapoor, Trilok Singh, Tripathi, Tripti Mitra, Trishna,
Trivedi, Tufail, Tugudeepa Srinivasan, Tuka Ram, Tulsa Bai, Tulsi, Tulsi
Banerji, Tulsi Chakervarti, Tulsi Chandra Banerji, Tulsi Charan, Tulsi
Lahari, TunTun (Uma Devi), Tushar Vohra, Twinkle Khanna, Tyag Raj, Tyag
Rajan, Tyag Raju, Uday, Uday Chandra, Uday Chandrika, Uday Kumar, Uday
Shankar, Uday Tikekar, Udaya Laxmi, Udvadia, Ulhas, Ullhas, Uma, Uma
Anand, Uma Devi, Uma Dhawan, Uma Dutt, Uma Kant, Uma Khosla, Uma
Maheshwari, Uma Sashi, Uma Shankar, Uma Shri, Umar, Umar Daraz, Umar
Khan, Umesh, Umesh Khanna, Umesh Mathur, Umesh Sharma, Umra, Umrao Zia,
Unish, Upasana, Upasana Khosla, Upasana Singh, Upendra Nath Ashk,
Upendra Sood, Upendra Trivedi, Urmila, Urmila Bhatt, Urmila Devi, Urmila
Gupta, Urmila Matondkar, Urvashi, Usha, Usha Aiyar, Usha Chauhan, Usha
Devi, Usha Kiran, Usha Mantri, Usha Marathe, Usha Nadkarni, Usha Nayak,
Usha Rani, Usha Shukla, Usha Solanki, Usha Wati, Usman, Ustad Abdul Huk,
Ustad Amazad Ali Khan, Utpal Dutt, Uttam Kumar, Uttam Mohanty, Uttam
Raj, Uttam Sodhi, Uttata, Uttra Baokar, V. Aundhkar, V. Bhandari, V.
Gopal, V. Hussain, V. Kumthekar, V. Mane, V. Mehta, V. More, V. Nagaiya,
V. Nirmala, V. Pagnis, V. Pahalwan, V. Panchotia, V. Panchotia, V. Prem,
V. Puranik, V. Santi, V. Saty Narayan, V. Shanta Ram, V. Suri, V.B.
Date, V.B. Jagtap, V.H. Desai, V.K. Das, V.K. Hindustani, V.K.
Ramaswami, V.K. Sharma, V.K. Verma, V.M. Gadre, V.N. Janki, V.P.
Mahendra, V.R. Raj Gopal, V.R. Raj Gopalan, V.S. Bapat, V.S. Jog, Vahab
Kashmiri, Vai, Vaidya, Vaijanti Cauhan, Vaijanti Mala, Vaikar,
Vaisampaayan, Vaishali, Vaishnavi, Vajra Muni, Vakil, Valatu, Valesh,
Valiul Khan, Van Lata, Van Laxmi, Van Mala, Van Mali Das Rai Mohan, Van
Shepley, Vandana, Vandana Gupta, Vandana Shastry, Vandini, Vandini
Mishra, Vani Ganpati, Vani Laxmi, Vani Radai Nirmala, Vani Shri, Var
Laxmi, Varde, Varerkar, Varindar, Varni, Varsha, Varsha Ushgaonkar,
Vasant, Vasant Amrit, Vasant Bhandari, Vasant Chaudhari, Vasant
Chitalakar, Vasant Khanna, Vasant Malini, Vasant Pahelwan, Vasant
Prakash, Vasant Rao Pahalwan, Vasant Sena, Vasant Shinde, Vasant
Thengdi, Vasanti, Vashundhara, Vaskar, Vasti, Vasu Dev, Vasundhara,
Vatsala, Vatsala Deshmukh, Vatsala Joshi, Vatsala Kumthekar, Vazeer
Mohammad Khan, Ved Bhushan, Ved Goswami, Ved Pal, Ved Pathak, Ved
Prakash, Ved Puri, Ved Sharma, Vedana, Veena, Veena Devi, Veena Kohli,
Veena Kumar, Veena Kumari, Veena Malhotra, Veena Pani, Veer Chandra
Nayak, Veer Singh, Veera, Veera Krishna, Veerappa, Veerendra, Veerendra
Singh, Veeru Devgan, Veeru Krishnan, Veetha Bai, Ven Gopal, Venkat
Raman, Venkatesh, Vennira Adai Nirmala, Venu Nagavally, Venus Banerji,
Verma, Verma Mallic, Vibhakar, Vibhakar Sharma, Vibhuti Jha, Vicky,
Vicky Arora, Vicky Kapoor, Vicky Khan, Victor Banerji, Vidhu Bala, Vidya
Devi, Vidya Sagar, Vidya Shri, Vidya Sinha, Vidya Wati, Viendra Singh,
Vijaay Laxmi, Vijay, Vijay Anand, Vijay Arora, Vijay Bahal, Vijay Bala,
Vijay Bali, Vijay Bhanu, Vijay Chandrika, Vijay Chaudhari, Vijay Dean,
Vijay Dev, Vijay Dutt, Vijay Ganju, Vijay Kala, Vijay Kashyap, Vijay
Khanna, Vijay Khote, Vijay Kumar, Vijay Kumar Saxena, Vijay Kumari,
Vijay Lalita, Vijay Laxmi, Vijay Limay, Vijay Malhotra, Vijay Mehta,
Vijay Mohini, Vijay Nirmala, Vijay Pandit, Vijay Rao, Vijay Sahu, Vijay
Sapru, Vijay Saxena, Vijay Shankar, Vijay Shanti, Vijay Sharma, Vijay
Shetty, Vijay Shukla, Vijay Singh, Vijay Sood, Vijay Vani, Vijaya,
Vijaya Chaudhari, Vijaya Deshmukh, Vijaya Lalita, Vijaya Laxmi, Vijaya
Rekha, Vijaya Shanti, Vijaya Shri, Vijayendra, Vijayendra Ghatge,
Vijayeta Pandit, Vijendra Mittal, Vijeta, Viju Khote, Viju Penkar,
Vikas, Vikas Anand, Vikas Bali, Vikas Bhalla, Vikas Desai, Viki Sahu,
Vikram, Vikram Gokhale, Vikram Kapoor, Vikram Razdan, Vikrant, Vilash,
Vilash Kumari, Vilayat Begum, Vilayat Husain, Vilayati, Vilet Kapoor,
Vilochana, Vimal, Vimal Ahuja, Vimal Chaddha, Vimal Chopra, Vimal
Ghaisas, Vimal Joshi, Vimal Karnaataki, Vimal Kumari, Vimal Raj, Vimala,
Vimala Bai, Vimala Kumari, Vimala Sardesai, Vimala Vashistha, Vimala
Vasisth, Vimalesh Chaudhari, Vimi, Vinay, Vinay Apte, Vinay Gosvaami,
Vinay Kale, Vinay Kumar, Vinay Mehra, Vinay Shah, Vinay Srivastava,
Vinayak, Vinayak Kale, Vinayak Rao, Vineeta, Vineeta Dutt, Vineeta
Gupta, Vinod, Vinod Banerji, Vinod Kapoor, Vinod Khanna, Vinod Kumar,
Vinod Mehra, Vinod Nagpal, Vinod Pandey, Vinod Rishi, Vinod Sharma,
Vinod Verma, Vinsent, Violet, Violet Cooper, Viren Mathan, Virendra,
Virendra Razdan, Virendra Saxena, Vish Mama, Vishakha, Vishal, Vishal
Anand, Vishal Dutt, Vishi Kapoor, Vishnu, Vishnu Babi, Vishnu Dayal
Bhargava, Vishnu Dutt, Vishnu Kumar, Vishnu Kumar Vyas, Vishnu
Meharotra, Vishnu Pandey, Vishnu Pant Pagnish, Vishnu Vardhan, Vishw
Mehra, Vishwajeet, Vishwajeet Pradhan, Vishwanath, Vishwanath Bhaduri,
Vishwanath Iyer, Vishwas Kunthe, Visvajeet, Viswambar, Vita Lokhre,
Vitha, Vitthal, Vitthal Das Panchotia, Vivek, Vivek Abhyankar, Vivek
Ghotage, Vivek Mushran, Vivek Vaswani, Viylet Smith, Vora, Vrindaavan,
Vyas, W. Garcher, W. Kulkarni, W.H. Khan, W.M. Khan, Wadi Lal Pahelwan,
Wadilal, Waghmare, Wagle, Wagle Sandow, Waheeda Rahman, Waheedan, Wahid,
Wahida, Walesh, Walter Lavarre, Waman Rao, Wamanrao Kulkarni, Wan
Shipley, Wasi Ahamad, Wasi Khan, Waskar, Wasti, Wazeer Azam, Wazeer
Mohammad Khan, Wazid Ali, Wazir Khan, Wilma Garbo, Winnic Paranjpe,
Winnie Stewart, Woodsaworth, Y. Dave, Y. Effendi, Y. Vijaya, Y.D. Dubey,
Y.N. Kapoor, Y.R. Balbakar, Y.V. Rao, Yaar Mohammad, Yadav, Yaga Dutt
Dube, Yakbal, Yakhal, Yali, Yamuna Devi, Yanus Bihari, Yaqub, Yaqub
Mohammad, Yaqub Patel, Yaseen, Yash Kumar, Yash Raj, Yash Ravi Kant,
Yash Tandan, Yash Vant, Yash Vant Dave, Yash Vant Dutt, Yasho Verma,
Yashodhara Katju, Yashwant Dave, Yashwant Dutt, Yashwant Dutt, Yashwant
Rao, Yasmeen, Yasmeen Khan, Yehara Shaheen, Yog Raj, Yogeeta Singh,
Yogesh, Yogesh Chhabra, Yogini, Yogita Bali (Chakravarti), Yunus, Yunus
Bihari, Yunus Parvez, Yusuf, Yusuf Azad, Yusuf Efandi, Yusuf Habsi,
Yusuf Irani, Yusuf Kamal, Yusuf Khan (Zubirko), Yusuf Mahimi, Yusuf
Suleman, Yvonne Wallace, Z. Mirza, Z. Pawar, Zabbar Khan, Zabeen, Zabeen
Jaleel, Zabi, Zabu, Zaddan Bai, Zafar, Zafar Khan, Zafrey, Zahar,
Zaheer, Zaheer Ahmad, Zaheer Uddin, Zaheera, Zahida, Zahir Rizvi,
Zahira, Zahoor, Zahoor Ahmad, Zahoor Raja, Zahoor Shah, Zakaria Khan,
Zaleel, Zamadar, Zamal, Zameel, Zareen Huq, Zareena, Zareena Khatoon,
Zareena Wahab, Zaved, Zavedkar, Zaveer Bhai, Zaveri, Zawar Sita Raman,
Zawedkar, Zeb Qureshi, Zeb Rahman, Zeb Sultana, Zeba, Zebeida, Zebu,
Zebunnisa, Zehira, Zena, Zena Bai Pawar, Zeri, Zia, Zibba, Zoe Michael,
Zohara, Zohara Bai, Zohara Bai, Zohara Khatoon, Zohara Khatoon, Zohara
Sahgal, Zohara Sahgal, Zubeda, Zubeda Banu, Zuber Khan, Zulphi,
Zunzarrao, Zutshi

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Post by dp
How is this different from the Chopra's and Kapoor's and Johar's making
almost all their movies with Punjabis as the leading characters?

Is SRK a Punjabi? Is Kajol Punjabi? Is Rani Punjabi? Is Saif Punjabi?

SRK and Saif - pathans, only group other than punjabi's allowed to be
leading actors. Kajol and Rani - heroines, so they have to be
non-punjabi. See my other post. Anyway, I made two separate points. One
is that actors and producers/directors are mostly Punjabi's and
pathans. Other is that the *characters* in the movies produced by these
Punjabi producers are also mostly the same Malhotra's and Khanna's and
Oberoi's. Isn't it amazing? I mean there is that whole hindi belt with
so many other surnames like Gupta's and Chaturvedi's and Sharma's and
Sinha's and Pandey's, but you rarely ever see those in lead characters
in *hindi* movies. I am not even asking for a south Indian or Marathi
or Bengali as lead character, but why not a UPite or a Bihari? Yes,
nothing wrong with it. It is their money and they can show whatever
characters they want. But the reason I pointed it out is that when the
Punjabi's have so dominated the industry and when they proliferate each
and every movie with Punjabi characters, to accuse Hrishida of Bengali
bias just because he chose Bengali heroines even when he made it a
point to create characters from different regions of the country (and
that too likeable, lead characters - not the "Biharis are villains,
Southies are comedians" kind of stereotyping practiced by Punjabi
mafia), to accuse him of bias is a bit odd, that's all.

Post by d***@rediffmail.com
or a Biswajeet :) as his heroine in almost all his movies right till
Bindya Goswami(an ordinary actress to say the least) in Golmaal.

She may be an ordinary actress, but she fit the role perfectly. I am
not saying a non-Bong actress couldn't have done the job, but I have no
problems with Bindiya in Golmaal.

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Post by dp
Unlike these idiots,

Care to comment why they are idiots? Unless you have a specific bias
against them.

No, no bias. I may have come across as anti-Punjabi in past few posts,
but I really have nothing against them. Heck, I like most of their
movies actually. But compared to someone like Hrishikesh Mukherjee,
most of the run-of-the-mill Bollywood directors are idiots in a sense.
He was just brilliant.
dp

[dp]

Post by Surjit Singh
Here is a list of about 7,600 people who have acted in HIndi movies from
1931 to about 2000. I got it from a website that no longer exists.
1. Separate it into male, female
2. Separate it yearwise based on year of debut (Use Geet Kosh and web
for that)
3. Research the state/province these guys came from (Use web or read
old/new magazines)
4. Count how many from each state. (-do-)
5. Find the percentage of Panjabis/Pathans (-do-)
After you have done all that, we shall see :)

I have no intention of doing any of that. The kind of informal evidence
I have produced is enough for a usenet debate, but feel free to
disagree.

dp

[surjit singh]

Post by dp

Post by Surjit Singh
Here is a list of about 7,600 people who have acted in HIndi movies from
1931 to about 2000. I got it from a website that no longer exists.
1. Separate it into male, female
2. Separate it yearwise based on year of debut (Use Geet Kosh and web
for that)
3. Research the state/province these guys came from (Use web or read
old/new magazines)
4. Count how many from each state. (-do-)
5. Find the percentage of Panjabis/Pathans (-do-)
After you have done all that, we shall see :)

I have no intention of doing any of that. The kind of informal evidence
I have produced is enough for a usenet debate, but feel free to
disagree.

Debate ? :) Good luck and good bye!

Post by dp
dp

[d***@rediffmail.com]

Post by dp
SRK and Saif - pathans, only group other than punjabi's allowed to be
leading actors.

You are talking as if apart from Pathans and Punjabis, there are lot of
leading actors in the industry. Off the top of my head, one Sunil
Shetty. (of course there are teh small-timers like Dino Morea or Aftab
Shivadasani).And even you will agree with me that he is not worth
considering when making the movies that the Chopras and Johars do.The
point is that your OP was that the Chopras and Johars were biased in
having Punjabi actors in their movies which has been clearly disproved
in the case of SRK and Saif and the fact that 80% of the leading actors
in the industry are Punjabis.

Post by dp
Other is that the *characters* in the movies produced by these
Punjabi producers are also mostly the same Malhotra's and Khanna's and
Oberoi's. Isn't it amazing?

No it is not amazing or surprising. Because this ahs been the trend in
the industry since ages. Some very popular names of the families in the
films are Kapoors,Malhotras, Khannas, Mehras, Saxenas, Mathurs etc(the
last 2 are from UP). It is similar to some family names in Hollywood
being popular like Smith, Anderson etc. This was indeed a trend started
by the Punjabis(because of their domination in film industry since the
beginning) but now it is used even by non-Punjab directors in their
films. Nothing biased about it, it is just a trend like the
Italian-origin directors using popular British family names in their
films in Hollywood.

Post by dp
I mean there is that whole hindi belt with
so many other surnames like Gupta's and Chaturvedi's and Sharma's and
Sinha's and Pandey's,

Pandey, Sinha and Sharma are used in the films. I already mentioned
Saxena and Mathur from UP. Then there is Chauhan, Singhania etc which
has origins i Rajashthan. Of course, this is because these are Hindi
films and families need to be Hindi-speaking families. (lot of Punjabi
Khatris like Kapoors and Aroras speak Hindi in their homes).

Post by dp
but you rarely ever see those in lead characters
in *hindi* movies. I am not even asking for a south Indian or Marathi
or Bengali as lead character,

See above for anwers.

Post by dp
but why not a UPite or a Bihari?

See above.

I think apart from updating knowledge about Indian surnames and their
origins, you also need to see a lot of Hindi films apart fro only the
popular ones like the ones made by Johars and the Chopras :) to see
that lot of surnames are used.

Post by dp
No, no bias. I may have come across as anti-Punjabi in past few posts,
but I really have nothing against them. Heck, I like most of their
movies actually. But compared to someone like Hrishikesh Mukherjee,
most of the run-of-the-mill Bollywood directors are idiots in a sense.
He was just brilliant.

Is Yash Chopra a run-of -the-mill director? Can you equate someone like
Karan Johar and a Sajid Nadiadwala, for example? C'mon. I can say that
Hrishi Da could neve make a Deewar. It is just like Naseeruddin Shah
can never do a Sharabi or a Shahenshah. That does not mean Naseer is
far better than a AB (though i personally think he is a better actor
than AB:). Apart from this, i can even vouch for the fact that a
Hrishi Da cold never make even something like a Mother India or a
Mughal-e-Azam(both classic films). I hope you get what i mean ie.
Hrishi Da was a maker of small good movies but i would not count on him
in redefining cinema in any way like a Bimal Roy or a V.Shantaram.

Don

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dp

[SultanOfSwing]

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Post by dp
How is this different from the Chopra's and Kapoor's and Johar's making
almost all their movies with Punjabis as the leading characters?

Is SRK a Punjabi? Is Kajol Punjabi? Is Rani Punjabi? Is Saif Punjabi?

SRK and Saif - pathans, only group other than punjabi's allowed to be
leading actors. Kajol and Rani - heroines, so they have to be
non-punjabi. See my other post. Anyway, I made two separate points. One
is that actors and producers/directors are mostly Punjabi's and
pathans. Other is that the *characters* in the movies produced by these
Punjabi producers are also mostly the same Malhotra's and Khanna's and
Oberoi's. Isn't it amazing? I mean there is that whole hindi belt with
so many other surnames like Gupta's and Chaturvedi's and Sharma's and
Sinha's and Pandey's, but you rarely ever see those in lead characters
in *hindi* movies.

In recent years, as you mentioned, there has been a proliferation
of Punjabi characters and names in Hindi movies. Every other
movie has lead characters named "Raj Malhotra", "Rohit Chopra",
"Simran" etc. Even KA(LA)NK had the Talwar and Saran families,
(obviously Punjabi surnames). So it actually was a relief to see
ShahRukh Khan as "Mohan Bhargava" in "Swades". I think this
increasing "Punjabification" of Hindi movies will drive audiences
from the cow-belt away from Hindi movies. In fact, the process
has already begun. Bhojpuri films made on shoe-string budgets,
starring Manoj Tiwari (he is BTW a super-hero in those parts)
have hit the jackpot in eastern UP and Bihar. Karan Johar
anyaway makes his movies with the NRI target audience in
mind. People in single screen theatres in Patna,
Muzaffarpur etc. would hardly related to his extragavant
movies and the "Soniye, Mahive" songs that litter them.

Post by dp

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Post by dp
Unlike these idiots,

Care to comment why they are idiots? Unless you have a specific bias
against them.

No, no bias. I may have come across as anti-Punjabi in past few posts,
but I really have nothing against them. Heck, I like most of their
movies actually. But compared to someone like Hrishikesh Mukherjee,
most of the run-of-the-mill Bollywood directors are idiots in a sense.
He was just brilliant.

Brilliant is just the right word for Hrishikesh Mukherjee.
Even British newspapers seem to think so. Here's
what the Independent(UK) says about Hrishikesh
Mukherjee.

"Mukherjee understood the nuances that characterised
India's middle classes and portrayed them with a skilful
and charming mix of objectivity, realism, pathos, humour
and mild sarcasm. He was one of the last truly
Bollywood-rooted directors, deliberately eschewing
stories set in overseas locales and featuring flamboyant
stars who dressed outrageously and acted outlandishly.
The nub of almost all of Mukherjee's films was that most
things in life can be made easier with laughter and simplicity."

Truly, that's how we should remember "Hrishida". If
we re-read the last paragraph, we will find a rather
scathing criticism of present-day Bollywood directors,
including Karan Johar, who hasn't been named, but
the reference is pretty obvious.

[Vinay]

Post by SultanOfSwing
"Simran" etc. Even KA(LA)NK had the Talwar and Saran families,

KA(LA)NK.

LOL.

[Ketan]

Post by d***@rediffmail.com
My point is that though there were lot of non-Bengali actors/actresses
in the industry to choose from, Hrishi Da chose one Bengali actress(as
their male stars were supposedly sissy so to speak like a Joy Mukherjee
or a Biswajeet :) as his heroine in almost all his movies right till
Bindya Goswami(an ordinary actress to say the least) in Golmaal.

You say HM had one Bengali heroine in all his movies till Golmaal. Let's see:

Musafir--Usha Kiran
Anari--Nutan
Anuradha--Leela Naidu
Memdidi--Tanuja
Chhaya--Asha Parekh
Asli Naqli--Sadhana
Aashiq--Nanda, Padmini
Saanj Aur Savera--Meena Kumari
Do Dil--Mumtaz, Rajashri
Gaban--Sadhana
Biwi aur Makaan--Kalpana

And it isn't till his next movie, which was Anupama(1966) that he has his first
Bengali heroine. Ofcourse these are movies he has directed. If you want to
consider only the movies he has produced than Anuradha(Leela Naidu) is his first
movie, followed by Aashirwad(1968), where I would say the heroine is Veena, and
it isn't till Anand(1970) that he has his first Bengali heroine, though Sumita
Sanyal hardly had a role in Anand. For that you might want to go to his next
movie--Guddi.


At the end of the day, his genius lay in making his characters and movies
believable, whatever be their personal background or wherever the movie was
shot. Compare that to Karan Johar who shoot movies like KA(LA)NK in NYC, simply
to ensure that they will be seen in the US/UK/Canada market and hence rake in
the moolah.


R.I.P and rest assured--there will be no one like him.

Ketan

[Arunabha]

Post by Ketan

Post by d***@rediffmail.com
My point is that though there were lot of non-Bengali actors/actresses
in the industry to choose from, Hrishi Da chose one Bengali actress

Musafir--Usha Kiran

Musafir had Suchitra Sen (as well). That apart, I agree with the rest
of your post.

-- Arunabha

[Ketan]

In article <***@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com>, Arunabha
says...

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Post by Ketan

Post by d***@rediffmail.com
My point is that though there were lot of non-Bengali actors/actresses
in the industry to choose from, Hrishi Da chose one Bengali actress

Musafir--Usha Kiran

Musafir had Suchitra Sen (as well). That apart, I agree with the rest
of your post.

Yes but...my memory of the movie tells me that the primary story of the 3
stories was the Dilip Kumar-Usha Kiran one, hence I omitted Suchitra Sen's name.
And to the person who mentioned that HM could not take wimpy Bengali heroes like
Biswajeet and Joy Mukherjee, do remember that 'Musafir' did have Mr. Ganguly. He
might have been sligtly loony but no one has accused him of being wimpy.
(Gratuitous slam coming up :) )--That label belongs to that other noisemaking
singer, who weeps buckets when daugthers get married.



Ketan

[Sathya Sekar]

I dont see whats the problem even if Hrishida did use Bengali actors a
lot. Not that I agree with that statement but I fail to understand how
his artistry or his films lose anything because of that. At least, he
never resorted to any mockery of other communities as other directors
were apt to do. I am a Tamilian and cringe every time you have some
clown like Mehmood or someone else trying to put on the "Madrasi"
stereotype act. Hrishida never had to resort to that to bring out the
laughs.

As I read elsewhere, Hrishida's comedy was very much a Wodehous-ian
farce in nature. And trying to understand "why everyone supports
Dharmendra" is like asking "why is Lord Emsworth so besotted over his
pig ?". Just enjoy the film for what it is - the humour is honest and
truly funny. You cant help guffaw when Dharmendra cries, "ye Takalaa -
meraa matalab hai shriimaan Takalaajii saaheb" or any of his other
wisecracks ! And going to the other end of the spectrum, how could you
hold back your tears as you see him, a pillar of truth, lying on his
death bed forced to comprimise on his principle by his wife in
"Satyakaam" ?

Its not as though Hrishida was a "visionary director" or one whom
students of camera angles and shots are going to go gaga over. But
there have been very very few in Indian cinema who told such lovely
stories with such simplicity and with such effect.

There will never be another like him. Indian cinema is the richer for
it - and if the coming generations see his films and imbibe even a
small fraction of the goodness his films sought to spread, the world
will be the better for it.

RIP Hrishida...

- Sathya

Post by Ketan

Post by d***@rediffmail.com
My point is that though there were lot of non-Bengali actors/actresses
in the industry to choose from, Hrishi Da chose one Bengali actress(as
their male stars were supposedly sissy so to speak like a Joy Mukherjee
or a Biswajeet :) as his heroine in almost all his movies right till
Bindya Goswami(an ordinary actress to say the least) in Golmaal.

Musafir--Usha Kiran
Anari--Nutan
Anuradha--Leela Naidu
Memdidi--Tanuja
Chhaya--Asha Parekh
Asli Naqli--Sadhana
Aashiq--Nanda, Padmini
Saanj Aur Savera--Meena Kumari
Do Dil--Mumtaz, Rajashri
Gaban--Sadhana
Biwi aur Makaan--Kalpana
And it isn't till his next movie, which was Anupama(1966) that he has his first
Bengali heroine. Ofcourse these are movies he has directed. If you want to
consider only the movies he has produced than Anuradha(Leela Naidu) is his first
movie, followed by Aashirwad(1968), where I would say the heroine is Veena, and
it isn't till Anand(1970) that he has his first Bengali heroine, though Sumita
Sanyal hardly had a role in Anand. For that you might want to go to his next
movie--Guddi.
At the end of the day, his genius lay in making his characters and movies
believable, whatever be their personal background or wherever the movie was
shot. Compare that to Karan Johar who shoot movies like KA(LA)NK in NYC, simply
to ensure that they will be seen in the US/UK/Canada market and hence rake in
the moolah.
R.I.P and rest assured--there will be no one like him.
Ketan

[d***@rediffmail.com]

Post by Ketan
And it isn't till his next movie, which was Anupama(1966) that he has his first
Bengali heroine. Ofcourse these are movies he has directed.

I meant the films that he is known for ie. the ones he directed from
late 60s onwards into the 80s. And i said most of his movies, not all.

Post by Ketan
At the end of the day, his genius lay in making his characters and movies
believable, whatever be their personal background

Where did i deny that? I am myself an admirer of Hrishi da as my
original post in the thread implies. It is just that i could not
understand his obsession for stars with Begali backgrounds. It was
something like he wanted to say "that Bengalis can act" :).
Ironically, most of his leading actors were non-Bengalis(not that he
had much of a choice) but he could easily have selected non-Bengali
actresses too in his movies as there were plenty to choose from. So if
the reasoning is given that he was comfortable directing
Bengali people, it dosen't hold true as his male stars were all
non-Bengalis.

Post by Ketan
Compare that to Karan Johar who shoot movies like KA(LA)NK in NYC, simply
to ensure that they will be seen in the US/UK/Canada market and hence rake in
the moolah.

Whats wrong in that? Every goddamn movie maker nowadays makes
commercial movies with a specific market in mind. That should not
irritate you, should it? RGV has the Mumbai market in mind, Prakash Jha
has the Up/Bihar belt in mind and so on. Just because KJ is successful
shouldn't make people jealous of him. And his movies appeal not only to
NRIs but to urban people across India too. That apart times have
changed since the 70s as movie-making is a lot more commercial and
money-minded nowadays. I bet Hrishi Da can confirm that as his latest
Jhoot Bole Kauva Kaate was on similar lines. Also, KJ's movie have very
good production values and technically more refined than many of the
70s movies. As i said, it is in tune with the times and no one should
have any grouse with it.

Don

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Cheers
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Post by Ketan
And it isn't till his next movie, which was Anupama(1966) that he has his first
Bengali heroine. Ofcourse these are movies he has directed.

I meant the films that he is known for ie. the ones he directed from
late 60s onwards into the 80s. And i said most of his movies, not all.

Are you implying that he isn't known for his movies from the late 50s to the
late 60s? Look, you can slice it and dice it anyway you want to fit your
arguments but your original point that he did not have a single non-Bengali
heroine till Bindiya Goswami is untrue as I have shown.

Post by d***@rediffmail.com
Ironically, most of his leading actors were non-Bengalis(not that he
had much of a choice) but he could easily have selected non-Bengali
actresses too in his movies as there were plenty to choose from.

I think you are doing an overkill with this Bengali heroine angle. As a matter
of fact, he directed 21 movies between Anupama and Golmaal(including those two)
and he had Bengali heroines in 10 of them or < 50%. Of that it's mostly just 2
actresses--Sharmila and Jaya in 7 of them, so it's not like he was picking all
the Bengali actresses out there. In the 11 other movies, he has worked with the
likes of Meena Kumari, Mala Sinha, Saira Banu, Veena, and Rekha to name a few.
Where is the bias towards Bengali heroines? Think of it this way--that there
were Bengali heroines he did NOT take in his movies in that time period, like
Raakhee and Moushami who were stars in the early-to-mid 70s. And Raakhee even
had the inside track since she was married to HM's close friend--Gulzar. I still
don't see where there is a bias(if any). To make it somewhat relevant to RMIM,
you might be better of making a case of Roshan having a fetish for Ashok
Kumar-Meena Kumari-Pradeep Kumar love triangles than the one you are putting
forth.


Regards,


Ketan

[Gafoor]

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I think what gave Hrishida's movies their repeat value was the
extremely realistic and familiar setups of his plots

except that he was just a bit too obsessed with Bengali people.
Almost every movie had a Bengali heroine or a Bengali character.

How is this different from the Chopra's and Kapoor's and Johar's
making almost all their movies with Punjabis as the leading
characters? Take a look at all the leading actors through the years -
Kapoor's, Khanna's, Dharmendra, Jeetendra and their sons. The whole
industry is dominated by Punjabis. Apart from the Khans, Amitabh
Bachchan is the only exception and even he is half-Punjabi I think.
Even the characters names and situations are mostly punjabi - hero is
either Raj Malhotra or Rahul Oberoi, there has to be a kadua chauth
and a song with 'soniye', 'kudi' and 'bande' in it.

I had written about this earlier.
I had even thought of boycotting all movies where people speak
Punjabi - but then I would end up not watching any movie at all.
I am sick of people speaking punjabi in hindi movies (Aamir, Aamir's
mother in RDB, Rani's mother in Hum Tum etc).

[dp]

Post by Gafoor
I had written about this earlier.

When I tried telling my friends about this, no one used to believe. I
didn't have a list of punjabi hindu surnames either, so I couldn't
prove that most actors and producers in the industry are Punjabi. I am
glad that I came across that list of Khatri names today.

Post by Gafoor
I had even thought of boycotting all movies where people speak
Punjabi - but then I would end up not watching any movie at all.
I am sick of people speaking punjabi in hindi movies (Aamir, Aamir's
mother in RDB, Rani's mother in Hum Tum etc).

Using punjabi is the least of my problems. It is the subtle
stereotyping of people from other regions that irritates me. Couple of
instances from movies I watched recently have stuck in my mind. One is
in Kal Ho Na Ho. They show Saif's Gujju parents (Satish Shah and
someone else) dancing in a crude and vulgar way to some stupid song,
even Saif is shown cringing at their performance and when it is over,
Shahrukh says, "Yeh hui Gujarati naach gana, ab dekho punjabi da kamal"
(may not be exact words) and starts singing that mahi ve song.
Implication being Gujju's are vulgar and crude, but Punjabi's whatever
they do, do it in style. Other instance is from some non-descript movie
starring Tusshar Kapoor produced by his dad that I watched on some
flight. Even there, Tushar character is as usual a punjabi. One of his
friends, who appears only in that sequence and is referred to as
Sharma, does something bad like lying to the hero or something. Hero
gets into trouble because of that, but ofcourse bravely fights his way
out and then takes the friend to task and his first words are, "Ay
Sharma, kyo kiya aisa" and this Sharma character hangs his head in
shame. The disdain with which Tushar calls him is shocking. Again, the
implication is unmistakeable.

dp

[Gafoor]

Post by dp

Post by Gafoor
I had written about this earlier.

When I tried telling my friends about this, no one used to believe.

My reference is more towards the recent (over)use of punjabi in
Hindi movies (last 10-20 years).

Almost every 2nd movie has people speaking in Punjabi like
the examples I gave - Aamir in RDB, Aamir's mother in RDB,
Rani's mother in Hum Tum etc.

Post by dp
I
didn't have a list of punjabi hindu surnames either, so I couldn't
prove that most actors and producers in the industry are Punjabi. I am
glad that I came across that list of Khatri names today.

[dp]

Post by Gafoor

Post by dp

Post by Gafoor
I had written about this earlier.

When I tried telling my friends about this, no one used to believe.

My reference is more towards the recent (over)use of punjabi in
Hindi movies (last 10-20 years).

Yes, I am also talking about the recent times - last 5 years. Actually
I started noticing this punjabi domination only around 5 years back or
so. Till then I didn't even know that most of the actors are punjabi's.

Post by Gafoor
Almost every 2nd movie has people speaking in Punjabi like
the examples I gave - Aamir in RDB, Aamir's mother in RDB,
Rani's mother in Hum Tum etc.

Hrithik's nani and dadi in K3G. It was a long conversation too.

dp

[Gilly's Danda]

Post by dp
Other instance is from some non-descript movie
starring Tusshar Kapoor produced by his dad that I watched on some
flight. Even there, Tushar character is as usual a punjabi. One of his
friends, who appears only in that sequence and is referred to as
Sharma, does something bad like lying to the hero or something. Hero
gets into trouble because of that, but ofcourse bravely fights his way
out and then takes the friend to task and his first words are, "Ay
Sharma, kyo kiya aisa" and this Sharma character hangs his head in
shame.

"Sharma" can be a Punjabi surname too - most of the Sharmas I know are
Punjabi. AFAIK, it's a surname any Brahmin can take - like "Rao".
(There are even Sharmas from my community.) I don't see why Sharma is
necessarily non-Punjabi. Maybe the film was Brahmin-bashing. Or maybe
it was just something you're reading too much into - especially in a
Tusshar Kapoor flick.

<snip>

A [ Even in Baghban, Nobel-prize winner Amitabh was a Punjabi. ]

[SultanOfSwing]

Post by dp

Post by Gafoor
I had written about this earlier.

When I tried telling my friends about this, no one used to believe. I
didn't have a list of punjabi hindu surnames either, so I couldn't
prove that most actors and producers in the industry are Punjabi. I am
glad that I came across that list of Khatri names today.

Post by Gafoor
I had even thought of boycotting all movies where people speak
Punjabi - but then I would end up not watching any movie at all.
I am sick of people speaking punjabi in hindi movies (Aamir, Aamir's
mother in RDB, Rani's mother in Hum Tum etc).

Using punjabi is the least of my problems. It is the subtle
stereotyping of people from other regions that irritates me. Couple of
instances from movies I watched recently have stuck in my mind. One is
in Kal Ho Na Ho. They show Saif's Gujju parents (Satish Shah and
someone else) dancing in a crude and vulgar way to some stupid song,
even Saif is shown cringing at their performance and when it is over,
Shahrukh says, "Yeh hui Gujarati naach gana, ab dekho punjabi da kamal"
(may not be exact words) and starts singing that mahi ve song.
Implication being Gujju's are vulgar and crude, but Punjabi's whatever
they do, do it in style.

I think KHNH has Saif's Gujju parents dancing to a song
titled "G-U-J-J-U". Of course, the characterisation is rather
crude and distasteful. Something which Hrishishekh
Mukherjee has never done in his movies.

Post by dp
Other instance is from some non-descript movie
starring Tusshar Kapoor produced by his dad that I watched on some
flight. Even there, Tushar character is as usual a punjabi. One of his
friends, who appears only in that sequence and is referred to as
Sharma, does something bad like lying to the hero or something. Hero
gets into trouble because of that, but ofcourse bravely fights his way
out and then takes the friend to task and his first words are, "Ay
Sharma, kyo kiya aisa" and this Sharma character hangs his head in
shame. The disdain with which Tushar calls him is shocking. Again, the
implication is unmistakeable.

A lot of Punjabi Hindus (along with folks from UP) too have the
surname "Sharma", so it's difficult to generalise.

[Arjun Pandit]

Post by dp

Post by d***@rediffmail.com

Post by r***@gmail.com
I think what gave Hrishida's movies their repeat value was the
extremely realistic and familiar setups of his plots

except that he was just a bit too obsessed with Bengali people.
Almost every movie had a Bengali heroine or a Bengali character.

How is this different from the Chopra's and Kapoor's and Johar's making
almost all their movies with Punjabis as the leading characters?

Not defending Don's comment on HM, but its a matter of perception. One
can say that KJs and YCs have a limited perception of society and they
make movies based on that perception. Nothing wrong with it except that
their knowledge is limited. RGV makes movies mostly based on Bombay
characters as that is what he possibly relates best to.

Post by dp
Speaking of punjabi domination, I liked the subtext of Marathis vs
Punjabis in Taxi Number 9211. It is a weird movie otherwise, but I
liked this one aspect.

I guess you read too much into it. Maybe its the resident BB in you
that refuses to go away even when watching movies.

Also, stretching your theory in the other post (the Tushar/Sharma post)
to Taxi 9211 ... shouldn't you be pissed off that the movie showed a
Marathi as a crass, wife beating goon while it showed a Punjabi as a
suave, sophisticated guy? Huh?

[Tambi Dude]

Post by d***@rediffmail.com
"east or west dev anand is the greatest actor - said one great person
called rituchandra oops anand tiwari :-)"

LOL. Tere dimaag mein gobar bhara hai kya.

Here is a post from Anand Tiwari on Aug 12.

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.music.indian.misc/msg/7dd9d4344d24b985?dmode=source&hl=en
IP address: 68.79.49.182 -> Chicago.

This is the one by Ritu on 9 Aug
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.music.indian.misc/msg/dff850f166b6ec66?dmode=source&hl=en
IP address: 59.176.12.136 -> Delhi

If you read her postings in rmim, it is clear that she is in India.

[Anand Tiwari]

Post by Tambi Dude

Post by d***@rediffmail.com
"east or west dev anand is the greatest actor - said one great person
called rituchandra oops anand tiwari :-)"

This is hilarious. :-)

Tambi Dude, thanks for the detective work. However, Shridhar is a man
of strong convictions and he will stick to his beliefs no matter what
evidence anybody presents.

anand

Post by Tambi Dude
LOL. Tere dimaag mein gobar bhara hai kya.
Here is a post from Anand Tiwari on Aug 12.
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.music.indian.misc/msg/7dd9d4344d24b985?dmode=source&hl=en
IP address: 68.79.49.182 -> Chicago.
This is the one by Ritu on 9 Aug
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.music.indian.misc/msg/dff850f166b6ec66?dmode=source&hl=en
IP address: 59.176.12.136 -> Delhi
If you read her postings in rmim, it is clear that she is in India.

[a***@my-deja.com]

Post by r***@gmail.com
This hurriedly written piece probably is not an adequate farewell to
one of my favourite directors of all time. I hope I can come back with
a better tribute..till then.....
Goodbye Hrishida, may you go to a world as positive and warm as your
films!
Ritu

http://www.mumbaimirror.com/nmirror/mmpaper.asp?sectid=10&articleid=82820062250165788282006224945218

=
When I visited him some years ago Hrishida had moved into a highrise in
Bandra, just next to where his bungalow used to be earlier. There he
sat with his arthritis and memories, trying to cope with both. His
living room had only one picture prominently at its center, that of
Lata Mangeshkar. He revealed an unknown facet of Lataji's
personality.

"Do you know she doesn't charge for any of the songs that she sings
for me?" he said. "She once made a mistake while singing one of my
songs, Ek baat kahoon, in Golmaal. I had my answer ready for people
who asked why I allowed Lata to sing wrongly. 'A wrong Lata is worth
more than all the right singers in the industry', I said."

==

Cheers
Arun

[vrk]

Post by a***@my-deja.com
who asked why I allowed Lata to sing wrongly. 'A wrong Lata is worth
more than all the right singers in the industry', I said."
Cheers
Arun

'allowed lata to sing wrongly' - means that there is some error in the
song that we hear today. I heard it again - could not find any error.
what is being referred to here?

[Shalini]

Post by vrk

Post by a***@my-deja.com
who asked why I allowed Lata to sing wrongly. 'A wrong Lata is worth
more than all the right singers in the industry', I said."
Cheers
Arun

'allowed lata to sing wrongly' - means that there is some error in the
song that we hear today. I heard it again - could not find any error.
what is being referred to here?

I find Lata's singing in "ik baat kahoon" embarrassingly bad. The forced
laughter and the "sofe se gir padi" are especially cringe-worthy. Don't
know if that's what HM was referring to, but my reaction every time I listen
to the song is to wonder how RDB allowed the song to go out this way.

Shalini

[Arunabha]

Post by r***@gmail.com
I think what gave Hrishida's movies their repeat value was the
extremely realistic and familiar setups of his plots and the
sub-textual that he built into his characters and scripts.

While I do not share the same opinion about his films, it is suprising
that one aspect of HM's films has not been brought up in the various
obits. He is a filmmaker who has worked with a really diverse set of
good music composers: Salil Chowdhury, Ravi Shankar, Shankar Jaikishan,
Vasant Desai, Madan Mohan, Hemant Kumar, Jaidev, SDB, RDB, LP, Ravindra
Jain, Bappi Lahiri. Almost without exception, the soundtracks of his
films have been of high calibre, and often a landmark score for the
concerned music director. It is difficult to think of another director
who can lay stake to such a record.

-- Arunabha

[Ketan]

In article <***@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com>, Arunabha
says...

Post by Arunabha

Post by r***@gmail.com
I think what gave Hrishida's movies their repeat value was the
extremely realistic and familiar setups of his plots and the
sub-textual that he built into his characters and scripts.

While I do not share the same opinion about his films, it is suprising
that one aspect of HM's films has not been brought up in the various
obits. He is a filmmaker who has worked with a really diverse set of
good music composers: Salil Chowdhury, Ravi Shankar, Shankar Jaikishan,
Vasant Desai, Madan Mohan, Hemant Kumar, Jaidev, SDB, RDB, LP, Ravindra
Jain, Bappi Lahiri. Almost without exception, the soundtracks of his
films have been of high calibre, and often a landmark score for the
concerned music director. It is difficult to think of another director
who can lay stake to such a record.

Many moons ago, I had started a thread on the exact same topic, but it got
buried in some other thread. My point was exactly the same, that here was a
movie maker who did not have a favourite MD so to speak, and kept hopping around
with whom he liked and yet managed to produce really memorable scores.

His early work seems to be equally split between SalilC and S-J with the one off
entry by Pt. Ravi Shankar. Then he veers towards Hemant Kumar and Vasant Desai,
with one-off movies by L-P and Chitragupt, and then it's back to SalilC for a
couple more. After this for the next 4-5 years he stuck with the Burmans, with
the odd one out being MM in Bawarchi.

Filmi gossip has it that this was a sore point for SalilC who attributed HM's
sudden closeness to the Burmans on Rajesh Khanna and Kishore. This prompted
SalilC to build up and promote Yesudas as an alternate powerbase to counter this
exact dominance of the Rajesh-Kishore-Burman triangle(quadrilateral). While
Salil could not completely stop taking Kishore for his songs, since Kishore was
too high up by the mid-70s, he was doing his best to limit his exposure to the
KK hysteria sweeping HFM, even taking Mahendra Kapoor instead of Rafi for some
movies.

Coming back to HM, you have him again veering off briefly to Jaidev and Ravindra
Jain before going back to RDB for the next 5-6 years. After that it's a descent
into Usha Khanna and Bhappi Lahiri, before finishing off with Anand-Milind. The
music in his movies was never the selling point of the movie, unlike say the
movies of Raj-Dilip-Dev, but it is obvious that he had a strong musical ear,
given the huge number of memorable songs that come out from his movies. His
greatest skill, IMO lay in his strong writing, and his placement of the music in
it, was the cherry on the cake.


Ketan

[Kaustubh Pingle]

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1952766.cms

A tribute to Hrishikesh Mukherjee by Aparajita Sinha, daughter of Bimal
Roy.

On a day full of hope, in February 1951, six men in a third class
compartment arrived in Mumbai, having made an epic journey from
Kolkata. One of them went on to become the director of those amazing
70's films - Anand, Guddi, Namak Haram , Mili and Chupke Chupke, each
a delight.

Hrishikesh Mukherjee died battling a cruel illness, with energy, and
unfailing wit through the five years he spent in bed, leaving a
staggering list of 40 films behind. I was witness to the optimism that
characterised his films.

He could get under the skin of some wonderful "man on the street"
characters, and spin tales that won the hearts of the great majority of
Indian film goers who lust not for blood, gore and sex, but for a film
they can see and come out feeling, refreshed and uplifted.

Sharmila Tagore, when asked on televsion whether a golden era had not
passed with Hrishi da, said there are good filmmakers even today and
chided the interviewer for using a negative word like Bollywood.

I think she missed the point being made. Today, even 'Bollywood'
remakes of classics dream and reek of money. I defy anyone to tell me
that filmmakers like Hrishikesh Mukherjee were after mere fame or
wealth.

They came when their bread and butter ran out in Kolkata - but it was
the way they approached the craft that made all the difference. When
the Kolkata karigar starts sculpting

Ma Durga this season, he will certainly get paid, but his commitment to
the work at hand, and the way he devotedly puts finishing touches on
the goddess turns her from a clay figure you can buy at any market,
into a living goddess, worthy of worship.

On that train was also my father, Bimal Roy with his wife and two
daughters. New Theatres was on the decline, and my father had gathered
a team of friends from the New Theatres 'school', to move to Mumbai -
assistant director/ editor Hrishikesh Mukherjee, actors Pal Mahendra,
Asit Sen and Nazir Husain, and Nobendu Ghosh who went on to write all
Bimal Roy's screenplays.

My parents rented Devika Rani's house in Malad, while the others lived
in a bachelors' pad nearby. One year later, Salil Chowdhury and
Sudhendu Roy, the art director, arrived. This was to become my family.

I was born a few months later and I never, once met Hrishi kaku as I
called him. However, he was the one who saw me first in the hospital,
even before my father, who was away shooting.

That unique bonding flowed even onto the sets, a fact that people like
Meena Kumari, Sunil Dutt, Dilip Kumar and Kishore Kumar testified to.
That atmosphere was common to many other film teams working in the
Bombay of the 50's.

My sharpest memory of him is on a day when shooting was cancelled
because his beloved, 16-year-old Pikense, Budi who used to go
everywhere with him, was no more.

As he sat moaning her, (she was my favourite of his many pets), the
first long play record of Abhimaan arrived, he said, "Mark my words,
this music of Sachin da will take the world by storm."

My mother was the universal boudi, cooking for her five
'brothers-in-law', welcoming the new brides and sitting up nights when
their babies were born.

Even in public spheres, Hrishi kaku would bend down to touch my
mother's feet. Not a shasthi (the auspicious start of Durga Puja) went
by without a beautiful Bengali tangail arriving on our door step. As
Dassera approaches, I cannot help thinking of unalloyed relationships.
They were the best of times...