Science fiction films in India
List of films -- Others
Table:
Title

Year

Language

Description

Kaadu (The Jungle)

1952

Tamil
English

A Tamil-American co-production, this film was about an expedition to find the cause of strange behaviour of animals in an area. As it turned out, the reason of this abnormal behavior was an invasion of wooly mammoths.[9][10] This film was the first science fiction film in India.

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Mr.X In Bombay

1964

Hindi

Mr. X in Bombay, directed by Shantilal Soni, is a 1964 Bollywood classic film starring Kishore Kumar, Kum Kum, and Madan Puri.

The Alien

1965

Bengali
English

A science fiction film under production in the late 1960s which was eventually cancelled. It was based on a short story named Bankubabur Bandhu ("Banku Babu's Friend") by Satyajit Ray and was about an extraterrestrial by the name of "Mr. Ang" who befriends a Bengali boy while visiting a village in the 1960s.

Karutha Rathrikal

1967

Malayalam

Film starring Madhu, Gemini Ganesan, S. P. Pillai in lead roles and directed by Mahesh. The music director is MS Baburaj and lyrics are by ONV Kurup. It is a film involving a doctor played by Madhu who takes revenge of his uncle's death by using a medicine he invents. This medicine creates split personality. This move was inspired from The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, a novel written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson and first published in 1886. It is supposed to be the first Malayalam science fiction film.

Elaan

1971

Hindi

Starring Vinod Mehra, Rekha and Vinod Khanna. Naresh Kumar Saxena lives with his widowed mom and sister, Seema. He works as a freelance photographer and journalist. One day he meets with Mala Mehta and her dad, who is the Editor of a Newspaper. Mr. Mehta hires Naresh and assigns him to go to a remote island to investigate and expose some illegal activities there. Naresh goes there in the company of his friend, Shyam. Unfortunately, Naresh is caught by the island guards and lodged in a cell along with two others, one a scientist and Ram Singh, a hoodlum. The scientist confides in Naresh that he has invented an atomic ring that when inserted in someone's mouth will turn that person invisible, and subsequently passes away. Naresh puts the ring in his mouth, takes off his clothes, turns invisible and escapes. The news of his escape creates waves in the underworld and the Boss and Mr. Verma join forces to find Naresh, kill him, and keep the ring for themselves. Naresh and Shyam must now find ways to stay alive as well as take the ring to the authorities - that is if the Boss and Mr. Verma let them live long enough.

Ulagam Sutrum Valiban

1973

Tamil

Starring M. G. Ramachandran Ulagam Sutrum Valiban (English: Globetrotting Youngster) is a 1973 science-fiction action film directed by M. G. Ramachandran.[1]

The film stars Ramachandran, M. N. Nambiar, Manjula, Latha Sethupathi, Chandrakala, Thai actress Metta Roongrat, R.S. Manohar, S.A. Ashokan in lead roles while Nagesh plays a supporting role. It was one of Ramachandran's all-time blockbusters and completed a 217-day run at the box office.

Vikram

1983

Tamil

Starring Kamal Haasan and produced by himself. It is a Science fiction, action and adventure film, which revolves around the ICBM, advanced computers and security systems, which were near future projects of Indian government. It was also the first film in India to feature most advanced weapons of those times.

Shiva Ka Insaaf

1985

Hindi

Superhero film directed by Raj N. Sippy, starring Jackie Shroff, Poonam Dhillon, and Gulshan Grover.

Jaithra Yaathra

1987

Malayalam

Starring Nizhalgal Ravi, Thilakan, Babu Antony in lead roles and directed by Sasi Kumar. The music director is Shyam and lyrics are by Poovachal Khader. It is a film involving a scientist played by Thilakan who invents a locket that makes a man invisible. Using the locket Nizhalgal Ravi the hero takes revenge against Babu Antony the villain.

Mr. India

1987

Hindi-Urdu

Superhero film written by Salim-Javed and directed by Shekhar Kapur, starring Anil Kapoor, Sridevi, and Amrish Puri.

Nalaya Manithan

1989

Tamil

Set in the 21st century a doctor finds a drug that can give back life to dead upon injecting it to a dead body within 2 hours of death. After testing it on a human subject he discovers that the zombie he created is immortal.

Toofan

1989

Hindi

Superhero film directed by Ketan Desai, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Meenakshi Seshadri. It stars Amitabh Bachchan in a double role as twin brothers. One is the title character Toofan, a superhero who uses his crossbrow as a weapon and the other is a magician named Shyam.

Adhisaya Manithan

1990

Tamil

It is a sequel to blockbuster Nalaya Manithan in which the zombie killed in the end, still lives and hunts human trespassers in an abandoned mansion.

Aditya 369

1991

Telugu

First Telugu science fiction film. The film revolves around a Time Machine and a diamond robbery

Laal Paree

1991

Hindi

Film starring Aditya Pancholi, Sohani, Javed Jaffrey and Gulshan Grover. Story is about Shankar, who falls in love with a girl, unaware of that she is a mermaid. Dr Jacob discovers this and tries every possible way to expose her, not knowing that she will encounter danger. It was inspired from 1984 American movie 'Splash'.

Hollywood

2002

Kannada

Hollywood is a 2002 sci-fi Kannada movie directed by Dinesh Babu. It starred Upendra in a triple role as "Surendra," "Upendra" and "US 47" (an android robot) along with the Australian actress Felicity Mason as "Manisha." The movie was dubbed into Telugu the following year retaining the same title.

Patalghar

2003

Bengali

The film is about a gang of criminals was searching for an ancient sleeping machine in old houses directed by Abhijit Chaudhuri.

Funn2shh..

2003

Hindi

comedy film depicting time travel to the 10th century

Koi... Mil Gaya

2003

Hindi

A Bollywood alien visitation film starring Hrithik Roshan, Rekha and Preity Zinta. The story revolves around a mentally handicapped young boy Rohit Mehra, who comes to meet with an alien into the earth. He gets a supernatural powers from the alien, by which he gradually becomes physically and mentally smart and strong. Even after the alien returns to his world, Rohit gets a power permanently from the alien.

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Kaadu or The Jungle is a 1952 Indian-American science fiction film directed by William Berke . Mr. T. R. Sundaram ( The Modern Theatres Ltd ) & William Berke Production . It stars Rod Cameron , Cesar Romero , Marie Windsor and M.N . Nambiar in lead roles . The film was the first science fiction film in India . Kaadu was released on 1 August 1952 .
Tamil cinema is the filmmaking industry of Tamil-language motion pictures . It is based in Chennai , Tamil Nadu , India , in the Kodambakkam neighbourhood , leading to the industrys nickname Kollywood , the word being a portmanteau of Kodambakkam and Hollywood . The first Tamil silent film , Keechaka Vadham , was made by R. Nataraja Mudaliar in 1918 . The first talking motion picture , Kalidas , was a multilingual and was released on 31 October 1931 , less than seven months after India 's first talking motion picture Alam Ara . By the end of the 1930s , the legislature of the State of Madras passed the Entertainment Tax Act of 1939 . Tamil cinema later had a profound effect on other filmmaking industries of India , establishing Madras ( now Chennai ) as a secondary hub for Hindi cinema , other South Indian film industries , as well as Sri Lankan cinema . Over the last quarter of the 20th century , Tamil films from India established a global presence through distribution to an increasing number of overseas theatres in Singapore , Sri Lanka , Malaysia , Japan , the Middle East , parts of Africa , Oceania , Europe , North America and other countries . The industry also inspired independent filmmaking in Sri Lanka and Tamil diaspora populations in Malaysia , Singapore , and the Western Hemisphere .
Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles , California , notable as the home of the U.S. film industry , including several of its historic studios . Its name has come to be a shorthand reference for the industry and the people associated with it . Hollywood was incorporated as a municipality in 1903 . It was consolidated with the city of Los Angeles in 1910 and soon thereafter , a prominent film industry emerged , eventually becoming the most recognizable film industry in the world .
Mr. X in Bombay , directed by Shantilal Soni , is a 1964 Indian science fiction thriller film starring Kishore Kumar , Kumkum and Madan Puri .
Hindi cinema , often known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema , is the Indian Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai ( formerly Bombay ) . The term is a portmanteau of Bombay and Hollywood . The industry is related to Cinema of South India and other Indian film industries , making up Indian Cinema - the world 's largest by number of feature films produced . Indian cinema has an annual output of 1,986 feature films in 2017 . Bollywood is its largest film producer , with 364 Hindi films produced in 2017 . Bollywood represents 43 percent of Indian net box-office revenue ; Tamil and Telugu cinema represent 36 percent , and the remaining regional cinema constituted 21 percent in 2014 . Bollywood is one of the largest centres of film production in the world . In 2001 ticket sales , Indian cinema ( including Bollywood ) reportedly sold an estimated 3.6 billion tickets worldwide , compared to Hollywood 's 2.6 billion tickets sold . Bollywood films tend to use a colloquial dialect of Hindi-Urdu ( or Hindustani ) , mutually intelligible by Hindi and Urdu speakers , and modern Bollywood movies increasingly incorporate elements of Hinglish . The most popular commercial genre in Bollywood since the 1970s has been the masala film , which freely mixes different genres including action , comedy , romance , drama and melodrama along with musical numbers . Masala films generally fall under the musical film genre , of which Indian cinema has been the largest producer since the 1960s when it exceeded the American film industry 's total musical output after musical films declined in the West ; the first Indian musical talkie was Alam Ara ( 1931 ) , several years after the first Hollywood musical talkie The Jazz Singer ( 1927 ) . Alongside commercial masala films , a distinctive genre of art films known as parallel cinema has also existed , presenting realistic content and avoidance of musical numbers .
Shantilal Soni also referred as S. L. Soni ( 28 November 1930 -2004 ) was one of noted film director , producer and writer from Bombay . He was a Gujarati by birth . He has directed more than 22 films starting his career in 1960 with ( Sinhal Dweep Ki Sundari ) and last one in 2007 ( Aur Pappu Pass Ho Gaya ) . He was producer of 3 films and writer of 2 films . He has directed films for Bollywood , Gujarati cinema and Bengali cinema .
Abhas Kumar Ganguly ( born 4 August 1929 - 13 October 1987 ) , better known by his stage name Kishore Kumar ( pronunciation ( help·info ) ) was an Indian playback singer , actor , music director , lyricist , writer , director , producer and screenwriter . He is considered as one of the most popular singers of Indian film industry and from soft numbers to peppy tracks to romantic moods , Kumar sang in different genres but some of his rare compositions which were considered classics were lost in time . According to Ashok Kumar , Kumar 's success lies in the fact that his voice used to hit the microphone straight at its most sensitive point . Apart from Hindi , he sang in many Indian languages including Bengali , Marathi , Assamese , Gujarati , Kannada , Bhojpuri , Malayalam and Urdu . He has also sung in private albums in several languages especially in Bengali . He won 8 Filmfare Awards for Best Male Playback Singer and holds the record for winning the most Filmfare Awards in that category . He was awarded the Lata Mangeshkar Award by the Madhya Pradesh government in the year 1985-86 . In the year 1997 , the Madhya Pradesh Government initiated an award called the Kishore Kumar Award as a contribution to Hindi cinema . Recently , Kishore Kumar 's unreleased last song was sold for Rs 1560,000 ( 1.56 million ) at the Osian 's Cinefan Auction , New Delhi in 2012 .
Kumkum , born Zaibunnissa , is an Indian film actress from Hussainabad in Sheikhpura , Bihar . Her father was Nabab of Hussainabad and belonged to a highly reputed family . She acted in almost 115 films in her career . She is best known for her roles in Mr. X in Bombay ( 1964 ) , Mother India ( 1957 ) , Son Of India ( 1962 ) , Kohinoor ( 1960 ) , Ujala , Naya Daur , Shreeman Funtoosh , Ek Sapera Ek Lutera , Ganga Ki Laharen , Raja Aur Runk , Aankhen ( 1968 ) , Lalkaar , Geet and Ek Kuwara Ek Kuwari . She paired with many film heroes of her era and was popular in roles alongside Kishore Kumar . Kumkum also acted in Bhojpuri films , starting with Ganga Maiyya Tohe Piyari Chadhaibo ( 1963 ) , which was also the first ever Bhojpuri film .
Madan Puri ( 1915 - 13 January 1985 ) was an Indian actor of Hindi and Punjabi films . His brother was Amrish Puri . As a character actor mainly in negative roles ( villain ) , he acted in about 430 films in a career spanning fifty years .
The Alien was an unproduced Indian-American science fiction film in development in the late 1960s which was eventually cancelled . It was to be directed by celebrated Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray and co-produced by Columbia Pictures . The script was written by Ray in 1967 , loosely based on Bankubabur Bandhu ( Banku Babu 's Friend or Mr. Banku 's Friend ) , a Bengali science fiction story he had written in 1962 for Sandesh , the Ray family magazine , which gained popularity among Bengalis in the early 1960s . Bankubabur Bandhu was eventually adapted into a television film by Satyajit Ray 's son Sandip Ray , and a play by the theatre group Swapnasandhani Kaushik Sen , in 2006 .
The cinema of West Bengal , also known as Tollywood , refers to the Indian Bengali language film industry based in the Tollygunge region of Kolkata , West Bengal , India . The origins of the nickname Tollywood , a portmanteau of the words Tollygunge and Hollywood , dates back to 1932 . It was a historically important film industry , at one time the centre of Indian film production . The Bengali film industry is known for producing many of Indian cinema 's most critically acclaimed global Parallel Cinema and art films , with several of its filmmakers gaining prominence at the Indian National Film Awards as well as international acclaim . Since the late 20th century , the Bengali film industry has become smaller , overtaken by other regional industries such as Bollywood and South Indian cinema . Ever since Satyajit Ray 's Pather Panchali ( 1955 ) was awarded Best Human Document at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival , Bengali films frequently appeared in international fora and film festivals for the next several decades . This allowed Bengali filmmakers to reach a global audience . The most influential among them was Satyajit Ray , whose films became successful among European , American and Asian audiences . His work subsequently had a worldwide impact , with filmmakers such as Martin Scorsese , James Ivory , Abbas Kiarostami , Elia Kazan , François Truffaut , Carlos Saura , Isao Takahata , Wes Anderson and Danny Boyle being influenced by his cinematic style , and many others such as Akira Kurosawa praising his work . The youthful coming-of-age dramas that have flooded art houses since the mid-fifties owe a tremendous debt to the Apu trilogy . Kanchenjungha ( 1962 ) introduced a narrative structure that resembles later hyperlink cinema . Ray 's 1967 script for a film to be called The Alien , which was eventually cancelled , is widely believed to have been the inspiration for Steven Spielberg 's E.T .
Satyajit Ray ( Bengali pronunciation : [ ˈʃɔtːodʒit ˈrai̯ ] ( listen ) ; 2 May 1921 - 23 April 1992 ) was an Indian filmmaker , screenwriter , music composer , graphic artist , lyricist and author , widely regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of all time . Ray was born in Calcutta into a Bengali family which was prominent in the field of arts and literature . Starting his career as a commercial artist , Ray was drawn into independent filmmaking after meeting French filmmaker Jean Renoir and viewing Vittorio De Sica 's Italian neorealist film Bicycle Thieves ( 1948 ) during a visit to London . Ray directed 36 films , including feature films , documentaries and shorts . He was also a fiction writer , publisher , illustrator , calligrapher , music composer , graphic designer and film critic . He authored several short stories and novels , meant primarily for young children and teenagers . Feluda , the sleuth , and Professor Shonku , the scientist in his science fiction stories , are popular fictional characters created by him . He was awarded an honorary degree by Oxford University . Ray 's first film , Pather Panchali ( 1955 ) , won eleven international prizes , including the inaugural Best Human Document award at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival . This film , along with Aparajito ( 1956 ) and Apur Sansar ( The World of Apu ) ( 1959 ) , form The Apu Trilogy . Ray did the scripting , casting , scoring , and editing , and designed his own credit titles and publicity material . Ray received many major awards in his career , including 32 Indian National Film Awards , a Golden Lion , a Golden Bear , 2 Silver Bears , a number of additional awards at international film festivals and award ceremonies , and an Academy Honorary Award in 1992 .
Bengalis ( Bengali : বাঙালি [ baŋali ] ) , also rendered as Bengali people , Bangalis , and Bangalees , are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group native to the Bengal region in South Asia , specifically in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent , presently divided between Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal , Tripura , Assam 's Barak Valley , who speak Bengali , a language from the Indo-Aryan language family . The term Bangalee is also used to denote people of Bangladesh as a nation . Bengalis are the third largest ethnic group in the world , after Han Chinese and Arabs . Apart from Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal , Tripura , Assam 's Barak Valley , Bengali-majority populations also reside in India 's union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands as well as Bangladesh 's Chittagong Hill Tracts , with significant populations in Arunachal Pradesh , Delhi , Chhattisgarh , Jharkhand , Meghalaya , Mizoram , Nagaland and Uttarakhand . The global Bengali diaspora ( Bangladeshi diaspora and Indian Bengalis ) have well-established communities in Pakistan , the United States , the United Kingdom , Canada , the Middle East , Japan , South Korea , Malaysia , Singapore , and Italy . They have four major religious subgroups : Bengali Muslims , Bengali Hindus , Bengali Christians , and Bengali Buddhists .
Karutha Rathrikal ( transl . Dark Nights ) is a 1967 Indian Malayalam-language science fiction film directed by P. Subramaniam under the name Mahesh . An adaptation of the novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson , it was the first science fiction film in the history of Malayalam cinema .
Malayalam cinema is the Indian film industry based in the southern state of Kerala , dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Malayalam language . It is also known by the sobriquet Mollywood in various print and online media ( a portmanteau of Malayalam and Hollywood ) . Malayalam film industry is the fourth biggest film industry in India . The films produced here are known for their cinematography and story-driven realistic plots . Works such as Marana Simhasanam and Vanaprastham were screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival . Marana Simhasanam garnered the coveted Caméra d'Or ( Golden Camera ) for that year . In 1982 , Elippathayam won the Sutherland Trophy at the London Film Festival , and Most Original Imaginative Film of 1982 by the British Film Institute . Rajiv Anchal 's Guru ( 1997 ) and Salim Ahamed 's Adaminte Makan Abu ( 2011 ) were Malayalam films sent by India as its official entries for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the Academy Awards . Adoor Gopalakrishnan has won the International Film Critics Prize ( FIPRESCI ) for his works such as Mukhamukham ( 1984 ) , Anantaram ( 1987 ) , Mathilukal ( 1989 ) , Vidheyan ( 1993 ) , Kathapurushan ( 1995 ) , and Nizhalkkuthu ( 2002 ) . Other films which achieved global acclaim include Chemmeen ( 1965 ) , which received a Certificate of Merit at the Chicago International Film Festival , and a Gold Medal at the Cannes Film Festival for Best Cinematography . Piravi ( 1989 ) won at least 31 international honours , including the Caméra d'Or - Mention Spéciale at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival , and was screened at the Un Certain Regard . Swaham ( 1994 ) won the Bronze Rosa Camuna at the Bergamo Film Meeting in Italy .
Madhu ( Sanskrit : madhu ) is a word used in several Indo-Aryan languages meaning honey or sweet . It is ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu , whence English mead .
Ramasamy Ganesan ( 16 November 1920 - 21 March 2005 ) , better known by his stage name Gemini Ganesan , was an Indian actor who worked mainly in Tamil cinema . He was nicknamed Kadhal Mannan ( King of Romance ) for the romantic roles he played in films . Ganesan was one of the three biggest names of Tamil cinema , the other two being M. G. Ramachandran ( known by his initials as MGR ) and Sivaji Ganesan . While Sivaji Ganesan excelled in dramatic films and Ramachandran was popular as an action hero , Gemini Ganesan was known for his romantic films . A recipient of the Padma Shri in 1971 , he had also won several other awards including the Kalaimamani , the MGR Gold Medal and the Screen Lifetime Achievement Award . He came from an intercaste family , and was one of the few graduates to enter the film industry at that time . Gemini Ganesan made his debut with Miss Malini in 1947 , but was noticed only after playing the villain in Thai Ullam in 1953 . After playing the lead role in Manam Pola Mangalyam ( 1954 ) , he finally acquired star status . However , unlike Sivaji Ganesan or Ramachandran , Gemini Ganesan was not originally a stage performer , and was never involved in politics . In his long film career spanning over five decades , Ganesan acted in more than 200 films . His performances on the screen were enhanced by successful playback singers such as A. M. Rajah and P. B. Sreenivas . In spite of his celebrated film career , Ganesan 's personal life , particularly his marriages to multiple women over the years , has often been a subject of criticism .
S. P. Pillai ( 1913 - 12 June 1985 ) was an Indian film and stage actor , best known for his comic roles in Malayalam films .
Elaan is a 1971 Bollywood Sci-Fi thriller film directed by K. Ramanlal . The film stars Vinod Khanna , Rekha and Madan Puri . The rights to this film are owned by Shah Rukh Khan 's Red Chillies Entertainment .
Vinod Mehra ( Hindi : विनोद मेहरा ) ( 13 February 1945 - 30 October 1990 ) was an Indian actor in Bollywood films . He started out as a child actor in the late 1950s before starting his film career as an adult in 1971 . He acted in over 100 films from the 1970s through to his death at the age of 45 in 1990 . He was also the producer and director of the film Gurudev which was released 3 years after his death .
Bhanurekha Ganesan ( born 10 October 1954 ) , better known by her stage name Rekha , is an Indian film actress . Noted for her versatility and acknowledged as one of the finest actresses in Indian cinema , Rekha started her career in 1958 as a child actress in the Telugu film Inti Guttu , though her film debut as a lead happened twelve years later with Sawan Bhadon . Despite the success of several of her early films , she was often panned for her looks and it was not until the mid-to-late 1970s that she got recognition as an actress . Rekha has acted in more than 190 films in her career spanning over 50 years . Throughout her career , she has often played strong female characters and , apart from mainstream cinema , appeared in arthouse films , known in India as parallel cinema . She has won three Filmfare Awards , two for Best Actress and one for Best Supporting Actress , for her roles in Khubsoorat ( 1980 ) , Khoon Bhari Maang ( 1988 ) and Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi ( 1996 ) , respectively . Her portrayal of a classical courtesan in Umrao Jaan ( 1981 ) won her the National Film Award for Best Actress . Though her career has gone through certain periods of decline , she has reinvented herself numerous times and has been credited for her ability to sustain her status . In 2010 , she was honoured with the Padma Shri by the Government of India .
Vinod Khanna ( 6 October 1946 - 27 April 2017 ) was an Indian actor , film producer and politician . He was the recipient of two Filmfare awards . He was also an active politician and was the MP from the Gurdaspur constituency between 1998-2009 and 2014-2017 . In July 2002 , Khanna became the minister for Culture and Tourism in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee cabinet . Six months later , he became the Minister of State for external affairs . After making his film debut in 1968 , Khanna first acted in supporting and antagonistic roles ; as an angry young man in the movie Mere Apne , as the main villain in the super-hit movie Mera Gaon Mera Desh , and as the military officer turned fugitive in the critically acclaimed movie Achanak , which was a film based on the events of K. M. Nanavati v. State of Maharashtra . Khanna played lead roles in many films and is best remembered for his performances in Kuchhe Dhaage , Gaddaar , Imtihaan , Muqaddar Ka Sikandar , Inkaar , Amar Akbar Anthony , Rajput , The Burning Train , Qurbani , Kudrat , Parvarish , Khoon Pasina , Dayavan , Chandni and Jurm . In 1982 , at the peak of his film career , Khanna temporarily quit the film industry to follow his spiritual guru Osho Rajneesh . After a 5-year hiatus , he returned to the Hindi film industry with two hit films ; Insaaf and Satyamev Jayate . Khanna has been posthumously awarded Indias highest award in cinema , the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2018 by the Government of India at 65th National Film Awards .
Maruthur Gopala Ramachandran ( 17 January 1917 - 24 December 1987 ) , popularly known as M.G.R. , was an Indian actor and politician who served as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for ten years between 1977 and 1987 . He is a cultural icon in the state and is regarded as one of the most influential actors of Tamil cinema . He was popularly known as Makkal Thilagam ( People 's King ) as he was popular with the masses . He was a philanthropist and a humanitarian icon . In his youth , Ramachandran and his elder brother M. G. Chakrapani became members of a drama troupe to support their family . Influenced by Gandhian ideals , MGR joined the Indian National Congress . After a few years of acting in plays , he made his film debut in the 1936 film Sathi Leelavathi in a supporting role . By the late 1940s , he graduated to the lead roles and for the next three decades dominated the Tamil film industry . He became a member of the C. N. Annadurai-led Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ( DMK party ) and rapidly rose through its ranks , using his enormous popularity as a film star to build a large political base . In 1972 , three years after Annadurai 's death , he left the DMK , then led by Karunanidhi , MGR 's once friend and now rival , to form his own party - the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ( AIADMK ) . Five years later , he steered an AIADMK-led alliance to victory in the 1977 election , routing the DMK in the process . He became Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu , the first film actor to become a chief minister in India .
Vikram is a 1986 Indian Tamil-language action adventure film directed by Rajasekhar , starring Kamal Haasan , Sathyaraj , Amjad Khan , Ambika , Dimple Kapadia , Lizy , Charuhasan and Janagaraj . The first Indian movie to use computer for recording the songs . The film was adapted from novel of same name written by Sujatha . The film was dubbed in Telugu as Agent Vikram .
Kamal Haasan ( born 7 November 1954 ) is an Indian film actor , dancer , film director , screenwriter , producer , playback singer , lyricist and politician who works primarily in Tamil cinema and has also worked in Telugu , Malayalam , Kannada , Hindi and Bengali films . Haasan has won awards including three National Film Awards for Best Actor and 19 Filmfare Awards and nine International Awards . His production company , Raaj Kamal Films International , has produced several of his films . He started his career as a child artist in the 1960 Tamil language film Kalathur Kannamma , for which he won the President 's Gold Medal . He met director Vaaranam Vijay who is frequently credited with shaping Haasan 's acting skills . His breakthrough as a lead actor came in the 1975 drama Apoorva Raagangal , directed by K.Balachander , in which he played a rebellious youth who falls in love with an older woman . He won his first National Film Award for his portrayal of a guileless school teacher who cares for a woman who suffers from retrograde amnesia in Moondram Pirai ( 1983 ) . He was noted for his performances in Mani Ratnam 's Nayakan ( 1987 ) and S. Shankar 's vigilante film Indian ( 1996 ) , which saw him playing dual roles of a father and a son . Since then he has appeared in films including Hey Ram ( 2000 ) , Virumaandi ( 2004 ) , Vishwaroopam ( 2013 ) which were his own productions and Dasavathaaram ( 2008 ) in which he played ten roles . Haasan was awarded the Kalaimamani award in 1984 the Padma Shri in 1990 , the Padma Bhushan in 2014 and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres ( Chevalier ) in 2016 . Haasan was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at 15th Mumbai International Film Festival in 2013 . On February 21 , 2018 , Haasan formally launched his political party , Makkal Needhi Maiam ( lit .
Shiva Ka Insaaf ( English : Shiva 's Justice ) is a 1985 Indian superhero film directed by Raj N. Sippy and produced by Romu N. Sippy . It stars Jackie Shroff , Poonam Dhillon and Gulshan Grover in lead roles . film was big Hit at the box office . The film is termed as the first Hindi film to be filmed in 3D .
A superhero film , superhero movie or superhero motion picture is a film that is focused on the actions of one or more superheroes : individuals who usually possess extraordinary - generally superhuman - abilities relative to a normal person and are dedicated to protecting the public . These films typically feature action , adventure , fantasy or science fiction elements , with the first film of a particular character often including a focus on the origin of their special powers and their first confrontation with their most famous supervillain or archenemy . Most superhero films are based on superhero comics . By contrast , several films such as the RoboCop series , The Meteor Man , the Unbreakable film series , The Incredibles , Hancock and They Call Me Jeeg are original for the screen , while The Green Hornet is based primarily on the original radio series and its 1960s television adaptation , both Underdog and The Powerpuff Girls are based on animated television series , and Japanese tokusatsu and anime superhero films are based on manga and television shows . Beginning in the 2000s , the superhero film has become a dominant form worldwide . The most notable and successful superhero films since the year 2000 are 20th Century Fox 's X-Men franchise , Sam Raimi 's Spider-Man trilogy , Pixar 's The Incredibles series , Christopher Nolan 's The Dark Knight Trilogy , the films set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe starting with Iron Man and the films set in the DC Extended Universe starting with Man of Steel . This commercial dominance has largely been accompanied by positive critical notice for many of these films , which includes Academy Award recognition . Superhero films have been commercially successful in a wide variety of genres such as action , horror , fantasy , comedy etc .
Raj N. Sippy ( born 6 March 1948 , India ) also known as Raj Sippy , is an Indian film director and producer working on Bollywood films . He was very prominent in the 1980s , with successful films , like Inkaar , Satyamev Jayate and Mahaadev with Vinod Khanna , Satte Pe Satta with Amitabh Bachchan , then Boxer and Baazi with Mithun Chakraborty He directed Satyamev Jayate , the come back film of Vinod Khanna after his Osho stint . He has also directed Akshay Kumar 's debut film Saugandh and Sanjay Dutt - Jeetendra starrer Thanedaar . Sippy directed the unsuccessful Jimmy , Mimoh Chakraborty 's launch pad . Consequently , his other film featuring Mimoh , Hamilton Palace , is still unreleased .
Jai Kishan Kakubhai Jackie Shroff ( born 1 February 1957 ) is an Indian actor . He has been in the Hindi cinema ( Bollywood ) industry for almost four decades and as of 2017 [ update ] has appeared in more than 220 films in thirteen languages ( Hindi , Konkani , Kannada , Marathi , Oriya , Punjabi , Bengali , Malayalam , Tamil , Telugu , Bhojpuri , Gujarati , and English language ) . He has won four Filmfare Awards among other accolades . He has also appeared in several successful short films .
Poonam Dhillon ( born 18 April 1962 ) is an Indian Hindi-language film , theatre and TV actress and politician . A former Femina Miss India ( 1977 ) . She is best known for her 1979 film Noorie and for her six films with Rajesh Khanna ; Red Rose , Dard , Nishaan , Zamana , Awam ( from 1980 to 1987 ) and Jai Shiv Shankar ( 1990 ) . Romance ( 1983 ) , Sohni Mahiwal ( 1984 ) , Teri Meherbaniyan ( 1985 ) Samundar ( 1986 ) , Saveray Wali Gaadi ( 1986 ) , Karma ( 1986 ) , Naam ( 1986 ) , Maalamaal ( 1988 ) are her other popular films . Dhillon participated in Bigg Boss in 2009 and was seen playing the lead role of Sharda Modi in the Sony TV series Ekk Nayi Pehchaan in 2013 . She has done Theater , starting with the award-winning The Perfect Husband . Since then she has done many more plays - currently doing The Perfect Wife which has 20+ shows in Usa , Dubai etc .
Gulshan Grover ( born 21 September 1955 ) is an Indian actor who has appeared in over 400 films . He is among the first actors to have made a successful transition from Bollywood to Hollywood and international cinema . He is also known with the name Bad Man in Bollywood .
Jaithra Yaathra is a 1987 Indian Malayalam film , directed by J. Sasikumar . The film stars Kakka Ravi , Shari , Kalaranjini and Sukumari in the lead roles . The film has musical score by Shyam .
Nizhalgal Ravi is an Indian film and television actor who has performed in Tamil , Malayalam and Telugu films and serials . He started his career in 1980 with the film Nizhalgal . He has acted in 500 films .
K. Surendranatha Thilakan ( 15 July 1935 - 24 September 2012 ) was a veteran Indian film and stage actor who appeared in over 200 Malayalam films . Known for his realistic and spontaneous appearances , he is widely regarded as one of the greatest actors of Indian Cinema of all time . He has won 3 National Film Awards and 9 Kerala State Film Awards . The Government of India honored him with the Padma Shri in 2009 for his contributions towards the arts . He died on 24 September 2012 at the age of 77 . He holds the record of receiving Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actor the highest number of times ( 6 times ) , till date .
Babu Antony is an Indian film actor and mixed martial artist , who works primarily in Malayalam cinema . He has also acted in Tamil , Telugu , Kannada , Sinhalese , Hindi and English films . He has mostly done action roles . Babu owns mixed martial art academy in Houston . He made his debut in Bharathan 's Chilampu ( 1986 ) . He started his career doing antagonist roles , but has also played the lead role in other films . He made a mark in Malayalam cinema through Fazil 's 1986 thriller Poovinu Puthiya Poonthennal . The film was remade into Tamil , Telugu , Kannada and Hindi and Babu Antony reprised his role in all the five versions . His career highlights include Vaishali ( 1988 ) , Aparahnam ( 1991 ) and Uppukandam Brothers ( 1993 ) . According to reports , Babu is all set for his directorial debut in Piano .
Mr. India is a 1987 Indian Hindi-language superhero film directed by Shekhar Kapur , based on a screenplay written by Salim-Javed . It stars Sridevi and Anil Kapoor in the lead roles . Amrish Puri , Ashok Kumar , Satish Kaushik , Ajit Vachani and Sharat Saxena are featured in supporting roles . The film was the second highest-grossing Indian film of 1987 after Dharmendra 's Hukumat and remains a cult classic in India . The film was known for several of its lines and songs , including Sridevi 's Miss Hawa Hawaii performance , and Amrish Puri 's quote Mogambo khush hua ( Mogambo is pleased ) , which is one of the most famous quotes of Bollywood and became synonymous with Puri . The Mogambo character is also considered to be one of the best villains in Bollywood history . Laxmikant-Pyarelal 's music performed well too , especially the song Hawa Hawaii , which is very popular till today . The film has often been featured in different lists of top Bollywood films . Indiatimes Movies ranks the movie amongst the Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films . This was the last film that the writing duo Salim-Javed wrote together . They had split up earlier in 1982 , but came back for one last film . On the centenary of Indian Cinema , Mr. India was included amongst one of the 100 Greatest Indian Films of All Time .
Hindi cinema , often known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema , is the Indian Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai ( formerly Bombay ) . The term is a portmanteau of Bombay and Hollywood . The industry is related to Cinema of South India and other Indian film industries , making up Indian Cinema - the world 's largest by number of feature films produced . Indian cinema has an annual output of 1,986 feature films in 2017 . Bollywood is its largest film producer , with 364 Hindi films produced in 2017 . Bollywood represents 43 percent of Indian net box-office revenue ; Tamil and Telugu cinema represent 36 percent , and the remaining regional cinema constituted 21 percent in 2014 . Bollywood is one of the largest centres of film production in the world . In 2001 ticket sales , Indian cinema ( including Bollywood ) reportedly sold an estimated 3.6 billion tickets worldwide , compared to Hollywood 's 2.6 billion tickets sold . Bollywood films tend to use a colloquial dialect of Hindi-Urdu ( or Hindustani ) , mutually intelligible by Hindi and Urdu speakers , and modern Bollywood movies increasingly incorporate elements of Hinglish . The most popular commercial genre in Bollywood since the 1970s has been the masala film , which freely mixes different genres including action , comedy , romance , drama and melodrama along with musical numbers . Masala films generally fall under the musical film genre , of which Indian cinema has been the largest producer since the 1960s when it exceeded the American film industry 's total musical output after musical films declined in the West ; the first Indian musical talkie was Alam Ara ( 1931 ) , several years after the first Hollywood musical talkie The Jazz Singer ( 1927 ) . Alongside commercial masala films , a distinctive genre of art films known as parallel cinema has also existed , presenting realistic content and avoidance of musical numbers .
Salim-Javed were an Indian screenwriting duo in Bollywood , composed of Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar . They are noted for being the first Indian screenwriters to achieve star status , becoming the most successful Indian screenwriters of all time . They are regarded as Hindi cinema 's greatest screenwriters . They worked together on 24 films during 1971-1987 , of which twenty were commercially and critically successful films . They worked together on 22 Bollywood films , as well as two Kannada films . Salim-Javed revolutionized Indian cinema in the 1970s , transforming and reinventing the Bollywood formula , and pioneering the Bollywood blockbuster format . A significant departure from the romance films that had previously dominated Bollywood , Salim-Javed pioneered cultural phenomena such as the angry young man character archetype , the masala film , the Dacoit Western genre , and Bombay underworld crime films . Their films launched the careers of major filmmakers and movie stars , such as Amitabh Bachchan and Rajinikanth . Salim-Javed 's films also had a wider impact on Indian society , with themes relevant to the socio-economic and socio-political climate of 1970s India , especially during The Emergency period , such as urban slum poverty , political corruption , and organized crime , while presenting progressive , feminist and anti-establishment themes , which resonated with Indian audiences in the 1970s and early 1980s . During their time working together , the duo won six Filmfare Awards , out of ten nominations . Their films are also among the highest-grossing Indian films of all time , including Sholay ( 1975 ) , the highest-grossing Indian film ever at the time , as well as films such as Seeta Aur Geeta ( 1972 ) , Zanjeer ( 1973 ) , Deewaar ( 1975 ) , Kranti ( 1981 ) , and the Don franchise . Sholay is also considered to be one of the greatest Indian films of all time .
Shekhar Kapur ( born 6 December 1945 ) is an Indian-British film director , actor , and producer , known for his works in Hindi cinema and international cinema . Part of the Anand family , Kapur became known in Bollywood with his recurring role in the TV series Khandan in the mid-1980s and his directorial debut in the cult Bollywood film Masoom in 1983 , which won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie for that year , before gaining widespread success with the science fiction film Mr. India ( 1987 ) . He gained international recognition with the 1994 Bollywood film Bandit Queen , based on Mala Sen 's biography of infamous Indian bandit and politician Phoolan Devi , which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi and Filmfare Critics Awards for Best Movie and Best Direction for that year . It was premiered in the Directors Fortnight section of the 1994 Cannes Film Festival and was screened at the Edinburgh Film Festival . In international cinema , his historical biopics on Queen Elizabeth , Elizabeth ( 1998 ) and Elizabeth : The Golden Age ( 2007 ) , won the BAFTA Award for Best Film and two Academy Awards . He has been the recipient of the Indian National Film Award , the BAFTA Award , the National Board of Review Award , and three Filmfare Awards . In 2010 , he served as one of the Jury Members ( International Competition ) at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival .
Anil Kapoor ( born 24 December 1956 ) is an Indian actor and producer who has appeared in over hundred Hindi-language films , as well as international films and television series . His career has spanned 40 years as an actor , and as a producer since 2005 . He has also won numerous awards in his career , including two National Film Awards and six Filmfare Awards in varied acting categories . Kapoor was born in Mumbai to film producer Surinder Kapoor and appeared in his first film with a small role in the Umesh Mehra 's romance Hamare Tumhare ( 1979 ) . He made his first debut film and then starred as a lead actor in the 1980 Telugu film , Vamsa Vruksham directed by Bapu . He then made his Kannada film debut with Mani Ratnam 's Pallavi Anu Pallavi ( 1983 ) . He received his first Filmfare Award , in the Best Supporting Actor category , for his role in Yash Chopra 's Mashaal ( 1984 ) . Kapoor earned his first Filmfare Best Actor Award for his performance in N. Chandra 's Tezaab ( 1988 ) and another for his performance in Indra Kumar 's Beta ( 1992 ) . Kapoor subsequently starred in many other critically and commercially successful films , including Meri Jung ( 1985 ) , Yudh ( 1985 ) , Karma ( 1986 ) , Janbaaz ( 1986 ) , Aap Ke Saath ( 1986 ) , Mr. India ( 1987 ) , Ghar Ho To Aisa ( 1990 ) , Awaargi ( 1990 ) , Benaam Badsha ( 1991 ) , and Virasat ( 1997 ) , for which he won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor ; Taal ( 1999 ) , for which he won his second Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award ; Pukar ( 2000 ) , which earned him a National Film Award for Best Actor ; No Entry ( 2005 ) and Dil Dhadakne Do ( 2015 ) for which he won his third Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award . Kapoor 's first role in an international film was in Danny Boyle 's Academy Award-winning film Slumdog Millionaire , for which he shared the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture . His performance in the eighth season of the action series 24 generated rave reviews from the American press . Globally , Kapoor is one of the most recognised Indian film actors .
Sridevi ( born Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan ; 13 August 1963 - 24 February 2018 ) was an Indian actress and producer , who worked in Telugu , Hindi , Tamil , Malayalam and Kannada films . Regarded as the First female Superstar of Indian cinema , she was the recipient of various accolades , including the National Film Award , the Nandi Award , the Tamil Nadu State Film Award , the Kerala State Film Award , three Filmfare Awards , the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award , and three Filmfare Awards South . In 2013 , the Government of India awarded her with Padma Shri , the country 's fourth highest civilian honor . In a career that spanned five decades , she was known for her portrayals of women in challenging situations , and appeared in a range of genres , from slapstick comedy to epic dramas . Sridevi ranked as the highest-paid woman in the Indian entertainment industry in the 1980s and early 1990s and is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actresses in the history of Indian cinema . Sridevi made her debut as child artist with the 1967 Tamil film Kandhan Karunai at the age of 4 , and started her acting career in lead role as a child with M. A. Thirumugams 1969 mythological Tamil film Thunaivan . She continued to act as a child artist in Tamil , Telugu , Malayalam and Kannada films and made her Hindi film debut at age 9 with Rani Mera Naam ( 1972 ) . Her first adult role came at age 13 with the Tamil film Moondru Mudichu ( 1976 ) and she established herself as one of the leading actresses of South Indian Cinema , with roles in 16 Vayathinile ( 1977 ) , Thulavarsham ( 1976 ) , Angeekaram ( 1977 ) , Sigappu Rojakkal ( 1978 ) , Padaharella Vayasu ( 1978 ) , Vetagadu ( 1979 ) , Varumayin Niram Sivappu ( 1980 ) , Meendum Kokila ( 1981 ) , Premabhishekam ( 1981 ) , Moondram Pirai ( 1982 ) , Aakhari Poratam ( 1988 ) , Jagadeka Veerudu Atiloka Sundari ( 1990 ) and Kshana Kshanam ( 1991 ) . Following a notable appearance in romantic drama Julie ( 1975 ) , Sridevi 's first starring role in Hindi cinema came with the 1979 drama film Solva Sawan , and she received wider recognition with the 1983 film Himmatwala . She quickly established herself as the leading actress of the industry after starring in a string of successful films , including Mawaali ( 1983 ) , Tohfa ( 1984 ) , Naya Kadam ( 1984 ) , Maqsad ( 1984 ) , Masterji ( 1985 ) , Karma ( 1986 ) , Nazrana ( 1987 ) , Mr. India ( 1987 ) , Waqt Ki Awaz ( 1988 ) and Chandni ( 1989 ) . She received praise for her performances in films , including Sadma ( 1983 ) , Nagina ( 1986 ) , ChaalBaaz ( 1989 ) , in which she played dual roles , Lamhe ( 1991 ) , Khuda Gawah ( 1992 ) , Gumrah ( 1993 ) , Laadla ( 1994 ) , in which she played the main antagonist , and Judaai ( 1997 ) . Following the role of the titular protagonist in the television sitcom Malini Iyer ( 2004-2005 ) , Sridevi returned to film acting in 2012 with the successful comedy-drama English Vinglish , and then starred in her 300th film role in the 2017 thriller Mom .
Amrish Lal Puri ( 22 June 1932 - 12 January 2005 ) was an Indian actor , who was an important figure in Indian theatre and cinema . He worked with notable playwrights of the time , including Satyadev Dubey and Girish Karnad . He is remembered for playing iconic villainous roles in Hindi cinema as well as other Indian and international film industries . To Indian audiences he is the most remembered for his role as Mogambo in Shekhar Kapur 's Hindi film Mr. India ( 1987 ) , and to Western audiences he is best known as Mola Ram in Steven Spielberg 's Hollywood film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom ( 1984 ) . Puri won two Filmfare Awards for Best Supporting Actor .
Naalai Manithan ( transl . The Man of Tomorrow ) is a 1989 Tamil-language science fiction horror film written and directed by Velu Prabhakaran . The film was produced by Thakkali Srinivasan under the banner Perfect Productions . Premi - Srini composed the music for the film . It stars Ajay Rathnam playing the titular role with Prabhu , Amala and Jaishankar playing the protagonist roles . The film was inspired from the American film Silent Rage directed by Michael Miller . The movie was remade in Kannada as Manava 2022 starring Devaraj .
Toofan ( lit . Storm ) is a 1989 Indian Hindi-language superhero film directed by Ketan Desai , starring Amitabh Bachchan in a double role as twin brothers . One is the title character Toofan , a superhero who uses his crossbow as a weapon and the other is a magician named Shyam . Ketan Desai 's father Manmohan Desai produced the film . The score and soundtrack were composed by Anu Malik . The story revolves around two brothers , both characters played by Amitabh Bachchan , one of which has superpowers and is an avid follower of Lord Hanuman . The other character was that of a meek magician who aspires to perform a escape trick which had claimed the life of his street magician father .
Amitabh Bachchan ( pronounced [ əmɪˈtaːbʱ ˈbətʃːən ] ; born Inquilaab Srivastava ; 11 October 1942 ) is an Indian film actor , film producer , television host , occasional playback singer and former politician . He first gained popularity in the early 1970s for films such as Zanjeer , Deewaar and Sholay , and was dubbed India 's angry young man for his on-screen roles in Bollywood . Referred to as the Shahenshah of Bollywood , Sadi ka Mahanayak ( Hindi for , Greatest actor of the century ) , Star of the Millennium , or Big B , he has since appeared in over 200 Indian films in a career spanning more than five decades . Bachchan is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors in the history of Indian cinema as well as world cinema . So total was his dominance on the Indian movie scene in the 1970s and 1980s that the French director François Truffaut called him a one-man industry . Beyond the Indian subcontinent , he also has a large overseas following in markets including Africa ( such as South Africa ) , the Middle East ( especially Egypt ) , United Kingdom , Russia and parts of the United States . Bachchan has won numerous accolades in his career , including four National Film Awards as Best Actor , Dadasaheb Phalke Award as lifetime achievement award and many awards at international film festivals and award ceremonies . He has won fifteen Filmfare Awards and is the most nominated performer in any major acting category at Filmfare , with 41 nominations overall . In addition to acting , Bachchan has worked as a playback singer , film producer and television presenter . He has hosted several seasons of the game show Kaun Banega Crorepati , India 's version of the game show franchise , Who Wants to Be a Millionaire ? . He also entered politics for a time in the 1980s . The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 1984 , the Padma Bhushan in 2001 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2015 for his contributions to the arts .
Meenakshi Seshadri ( born 16 November 1963 ) is an Indian actress , model and dancer who mainly appeared in Hindi , Tamil , and Telugu films . She won the Eve 's Weekly Miss India contest in 1981 at age 17 . Seshadri made her film debut in Painter Babu ( 1983 ) and received wider public recognition with the film Hero ( 1983 ) , which was followed by a number of films in the 1980s and 1990s . She was noted for her performances in films , including Hoshiyar ( 1985 ) , Bewafai ( 1985 ) , Meri Jung ( 1985 ) , Swati ( 1986 ) , Dacait ( 1987 ) , Inaam Dus Hazaar ( 1987 ) , Shahenshah ( 1988 ) , Mahaadev ( 1989 ) , Awaargi ( 1990 ) , Jurm ( 1990 ) , Ghayal ( 1990 ) , Ghar Ho To Aisa ( 1990 ) , Damini ( 1993 ) , and Ghatak ( 1996 ) among others . Whereas she received immense critical acclaim for her films such as Swati ( 1986 ) , Dahleez ( 1986 ) , Satyamev Jayate ( 1987 film ) , Awaargi ( 1990 ) , and Damini ( 1993 ) . She went on to establish herself as one of Hindi cinema 's leading actresses in the 1980s and 1990s , and was acknowledged for several of her performances , her beauty , and her accomplished dancing . As she was a dancer , she performed at the famous KHAJURAHO dancing festival in the 1990s . After the release of her film Ghatak , she left the film industry to raise her children and resides in the US , with her husband and children . [ citation needed ] She has been partially active in the US , where she runs her dance school Cherish Dance School . [ citation needed ] Recently , a documentary was also made on her life called Meenakshi Accept Her Wings .
Adhisaya Manithan ( English : Mysterious Human ) is a 1990 Tamil Slasher film , produced by Thakkali Srinivasan and directed by Velu Prabhakaran . It is a sequel to Nalaya Manithan ( 1989 ) . The film has Gouthami in the lead role , among others .
Aditya 369 is a 1991 Telugu-language science fiction film , written and directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao and produced by Sivalenka Krishna Prasad . The film stars Balakrishna , Mohini , Amrish Puri , Tinnu Anand , and Tarun Kumar , in lead roles , with soundtrack and cinematography handled by Ilaiyaraaja and V. S. R. Swamy respectively . Aditya 369 dealt with exploratory dystopian and apocalyptic themes . The film opened to universal acclaim and is one of the biggest hit of lead actor Nandamuri Balakrishna.The film received 2 Nandi Awards for best costume Design , and Production design .
Telugu ( English : /ˈtɛlʊɡuː/ ; తెలుగు [ teluɡu ] ) is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and the Union Territory of Puducherry ( Yanam ) by the Telugu people . It stands alongside Hindi and English as one of the few languages with primary official language status in more than one Indian state . Telugu is also a linguistic minority in the states of Orissa , Karnataka , Tamil Nadu , Kerala , Chattisgarh , Jarkandh and Maharashtra . It is one of six languages designated a classical language of India by the country 's government . Telugu ranks 4th among the languages with the highest number of native speakers in India , with 6.7 percent at the 2011 census , and fifteenth in the Ethnologue list of most widely-spoken languages worldwide . It is the most widely spoken member of the Dravidian language family , and one of the twenty-two scheduled languages of the Republic of India . It is also the fastest growing language in the United States , where there is a large Telugu-speaking community . Roughly 10,000 pre-colonial inscriptions exist in the Telugu language .
Laal Paree is a 1991 Bollywood romance film starring Aditya Pancholi and introducing Jahnvi in the role of the mermaid .
Hindi ( Devanagari : हिन्दी , IAST/ISO 15919 : Hindī ) or Modern Standard Hindi ( Devanagari : मानक हिन्दी , IAST/ISO 15919 : Mānak Hindī ) , is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in India and across the Indian subcontinent . Modern Hindi is the standardised and Sanskritised register of the Hindustani language , which itself is based primarily on the Khariboli dialect of Delhi and other nearby areas of Northern India . Hindi , written in the Devanagari script , is one of the two official languages of the Government of India , along with the English language . It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of the Republic of India . Hindi is the lingua franca of the Hindi belt and to a lesser extent other parts of India ( usually in a simplified or pidginised variety such as Bazaar Hindustani or Haflong Hindi ) . Outside India , several other languages are recognised officially as Hindi but do not refer to the Standard Hindi language described here and instead descend from other dialects , such as Awadhi and Bhojpuri . Such languages include Fiji Hindi , which is official in Fiji , and Caribbean Hindustani , which is spoken in Trinidad and Tobago , Guyana , and Suriname . Apart from the script and formal vocabulary , spoken Hindi is mutually intelligible with standard Urdu , another recognised register of Hindustani as both share a common colloquial base . As a linguistic variety , Hindi is the fourth most-spoken first language in the world , after Mandarin , Spanish and English . Hindi alongside Urdu as Hindustani is the third most-spoken language in the world , after Mandarin and English .
Aditya Pancholi ( born Nirmal Pancholi ; 4 January 1965 ) is an Indian film actor , producer and playback singer who appears in Bollywood films . He started his career as a lead actor , though he found more success with supporting and Negative roles and received a Filmfare nomination for the Best Performance in a Negative Role for Yes Boss ( 1997 ) . Pancholi began his career with television movies produced by Nari Hira and ventured into mainstream Bollywood cinema with Sasti Dulhan Mehnga Dulha ( 1986 ) . Pancholi first came into the limelight with an important role in Maha-Sangram ( 1990 ) . He had the peak of his career between the late 1980s and early 1990s . he found great success by mostly played second lead but his most solo lead were not box office success .
Syed Javed Ahmed Jaffrey ( born 4 December 1963 ) is an Indian actor , voice actor , dancer , comedian , impressionist known for his work in several Bollywood films and Indian television shows . His father is the famous comedian Jagdeep . He joined the Aam Aadmi Party ( AAP ) in March , 2014 and contested in the 2014 Indian general election from the Lucknow constituency only to finish 5th .
Hollywood is a 2002 Indian Kannada science fiction film written by Upendra and directed by Dinesh Babu . Hollywood is the first Indian robot film before Shankar 's film Enthiran in a lead role . Upendra is the first man in India to play the role of human like android . It starred Upendra in a triple role as Surendra , Upendra and US 47 ( a robot ) along with the Australian actress Felicity Mason as Manisha . The movie was shot entirely in Hollywood , California with a very few support cast , including Ananth Nag and a monkey called Lakshmi , voiced by Ramesh Bhat . The movie was also dubbed into Telugu , retaining the same title . Upendra became the first Indian actor to portray the role of an android robot in a lead role . Upendra had revealed that while he was working on this film , he had heard that S. Shankar was also planning a film themed on robots . According to Upendra it was only when Shankar told him that his film would be delayed that Upendra continued with this project - about a scientist who creates an android resembling himself to help him win over a girl . But , the android falls in love with the girl and tries to eliminate his creator . However , eight years later , Shankar directed Enthiran which had a similar theme - about a lookalike robot rebelling against his creator after falling in love with the creator 's girlfriend .
Kannada cinema , also known as Sandalwood , is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Kannada language widely spoken in the state of Karnataka . The 1934 film Sati Sulochana directed by Y. V. Rao was the first talkie film in the Kannada language . It was also the first film starring Subbaiah Naidu , and was the first motion picture screened in the erstwhile Mysore Kingdom . The film was produced by Chamanlal Doongaji , who in 1932 founded South India Movietone in Bengaluru . Major literary works have been adapted to the Kannada screen such as B. V. Karanth 's Chomana Dudi ( 1975 ) , Girish Karnad 's Kaadu ( 1973 ) , Pattabhirama Reddy 's Samskara ( 1970 ) ( based on a novel by U. R. Ananthamurthy ) , which won the Bronze Leopard at Locarno International Film Festival , and T. S. Nagabharana 's Mysuru Mallige ( based on the works of acclaimed poet K. S. Narasimhaswamy ) . Kannada cinema is known for producing experimental works which received global and critical acclaim such as Girish Kasaravalli 's Ghatashraddha ( 1977 ) , which won the Ducats Award at the Manneham Film Festival Germany , Dweepa ( 2002 ) , which won Best Film at Moscow International Film Festival , Singeetam Srinivasa Rao 's silent film Pushpaka Vimana ( 1987 ) , screened at the Cannes Film Festival , Ram Gopal Varma 's docudrama Killing Veerappan ( 2016 ) , and Prashanth Neel 's Historical period drama , K.G.F : Chapter 1 ( 2018 ) , which became the first Kannada language film to have grossed ₹250 crores worldwide at the box office .
Patalghar ( Bengali : পাতাল ঘর The Underground Chamber ) is a Bengali science fiction film based on the story of same name by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay and directed by Abhijit Chaudhuri .
Fun 2shh : Dudes in the 10th Century is a 2003 Indian Hindi fantasy comedy film directed by Imtiaz Punjabi , starring Amitabh Bachchan ( voice ) , Gulshan Grover and Paresh Rawal .
Koi . Mil Gaya ( transl . I found someone ) is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language science fiction film directed by Rakesh Roshan . It is the first installment in the Krrish franchise . The film stars Hrithik Roshan and Preity Zinta in the lead roles with Rekha playing an important supporting role . Initially , Aishwarya Rai was offered the role of Nisha . After she declined , the role went to Zinta . The film was released on 8 August 2003 . It was shot in Kasauli , Nanital , Bhimtal and in Canada . Koi . Mil Gaya received the National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues , and was screened at the Jerusalem Film Festival and the NatFilm Festival in Denmark . The film garnered the Best Picture , Best Director ( Rakesh Roshan ) and Best Actor for ( Hrithik Roshan ) and awards in all major award ceremonies of 2003 including the Filmfare Awards , IIFA Awards , Screen Awards , etc .
Hrithik Roshan ( English : /ˈrɪtɪk ˈrɒʃən/ , born 10 January 1974 ) is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films . He has portrayed a variety of characters and is known for his dancing skills . One of the highest-paid actors in India , he has won many awards , including six Filmfares , four for Best Actor and one each for Best Debut and Best Actor ( Critics ) . Starting in 2012 , he appeared in Forbes India 's Celebrity 100 based on his income and popularity . Roshan has frequently collaborated with his father . He made brief appearances as a child actor in several films in the 1980s and later worked as an assistant director on four of his father 's films . His first leading role was in the box-office success Kaho Naa . Pyaar Hai ( 2000 ) , for which he received several awards . Performances in the 2000 terrorism drama Fiza and the 2001 ensemble melodrama Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham . consolidated his reputation but were followed by several poorly received films . The 2003 science fiction film Koi . Mil Gaya , for which Roshan won two Filmfare Awards , was a turning point in his career ; he also appeared in its sequels : Krrish ( 2006 ) and Krrish 3 ( 2013 ) .
Preity G Zinta ( pronounced [ ˈpriːt̪i ˈzɪɳʈaː ] ; born 31 January 1975 ) is an Indian film actress and entrepreneur , who was one of the most popular and highest paid actresses in the 2000s . After graduating with degrees in English honours and criminal psychology , Zinta made her acting debut in Dil Se . in 1998 , followed by a role in Soldier in the same year . These performances earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut , and she was later recognised for her role as a teenage single mother in Kya Kehna ( 2000 ) . She subsequently established a career with a variety of character types ; her film roles along with her screen persona have been credited with contributing to a change in the concept of a Hindi film heroine , and won her several accolades . Zinta received the Filmfare Award for Best Actress in 2003 for her performance in the drama Kal Ho Naa Ho . She went on to play the lead female role in two consecutive annual top-grossing films in India , the science fiction film Koi . Mil Gaya ( 2003 ) and the romantic drama Veer-Zaara ( 2004 ) . She was later noted for her portrayal of independent , modern Indian women in Salaam Namaste ( 2005 ) and Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna ( 2006 ) , top-grossing productions in overseas markets . These accomplishments established her as a leading actress of Hindi cinema . Her first international film role was in the Canadian film Heaven on Earth , for which she was awarded the Silver Hugo Award for Best Actress at the 2008 Chicago International Film Festival . She followed this with a hiatus from acting work for several years , with the exception of her self-produced comeback film , Ishkq in Paris ( 2013 ) , which failed to leave a mark .
Krrish is an Indian franchise of superhero films , television series , comics and video games . The film series is directed , produced and written by Rakesh Roshan . It is considered Indian cinema 's first such film series . All three films starred Rakesh 's son Hrithik Roshan in the titular role . The films are centred , initially , on a mentally disabled boy who has an encounter with an extraterrestrial being , and later , his son , who grows up to be a reluctant superhero . In 2013 , an animated television series based on this Krrish film series , and named Kid Krrish , aired on Cartoon Network India . It also spawned a spin-off animation-cum-live-action series titled J Bole Toh Jadoo that aired on Nickelodeon ( India ) . Krrish 3 was the first Indian film to launch its own official Facebook Emoticons as part of the promotion . Krrish is the seventh highest-grossing film series in India .