List of Japanese films of the 1970s
A list of films produced in Japan ordered by year in the 1970s.
For an A – Z of films see.
List of Uruguayan films
A list of films produced in Uruguay.
Welikathara
Welikathara( Sinhala," Desert") is a 1971 dramatic film made by Sri Lankan director D. B. Nihalsinghe.
Screen play and script by Dr. Tissa Abeysekara.
It was the first film directed by D. B. Nihalsingha.
Since" Welikathara" was the first film in CinemaScope in Sri Lanka, it faced many obstacles, first of which was the lack of access to cinemas capable of showing that format.
( Most of them had been reserved for US films).
This was solved by arranging a cross circuit release, combining cinemas in the three competing circuits at that time- another first.
The film was a box office success as well as being critically appreciated, going on to be presented by a Sri Lankan Presidential Award as one of the Ten Best Sri Lankan films of all time.
List of Turkmenistan films
A list of films produced in Turkmenistan.
D. B. Nihalsinghe
Dr. Diongu Badaturuge Nihalsingha( known as" D. B. Nihalsinghe", 27 May 1939 – 21 April 2016) was an accomplished Sri Lankan film director, cinematographer, editor, producer.
He was noted for his versatility: as a film cameraman, as a film director, as a( pioneering) television director, as an administrator, and as a teacher.
He is a pioneer who introduced professional television production to Sri Lanka( in 1979), commencing with Sri Lanka's and South Asia's first color teledrama," Dimuthu Muthu".
He was the founding Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of Sri Lanka's National Film Corporation and a distinguished alumni of the then University of Ceylon, Peradeniya( presently University of Peradeniya).
He is the only Sri Lankan who has been conferred Life Fellowship of the Society of Motion picture and Television Engineers USA, the oldest film organisation in the world, established in 1915.
The Society determines film and television standards worldwide.
His best known work is" Welikathara", Sri Lanka's first and South Asia's second Cinemascaope film, included as among the ten best Sri Lankan films awarded the Sri Lanka Presidential award, while" Maldeniye Simiyon" is also noted for the award for its actress Anoja Weerasinghe as Best Actress at the 16th New Delhi International Film Festival.
Two more of his films," Ridei Nimanaya" and" Kelimadala" are also noteworthy, with the latter winning the highest number of national awards at that time.
He is also notable for being the pioneer with first ever degree for TV and cinema degree from the University of Kelaniya.
List of magicians in film
This article lists magician characters depicted on film, both real and fictional.
List of Japanese films of the 1980s
A list of films produced in Japan ordered by year in the 1980s.
For an A- Z of films see.
Beta (film)
Beta( Translation:" Son") is a 1992 Indian Hindi drama film, directed by Indra Kumar and written by Naushir Khatau and Kamlesh Pandey.
It featured Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit and Aruna Irani in pivotal roles.
The movie is an official remake of 1987 Tamil movie" Enga Chinna Rasa", whose story was inspired by the Kannada novel" Mallammana Pavada", by B. Puttaswamayya, which incidentally had been adapted into a 1969 Kannada movie" Mallammana Pavaada", with screenplay by Telugu director P. Pullaiah, based on his 1955 Telugu movie with similar story titled" Ardhangi", which was based on Maddipatla Suri's Telugu translation of Bengali novel" Swayamsidda", written by Manilal Banerjee.
" Swayamsiddha" went on to be made into a 1975 Bengali movie of the same name.
" Ardhangi" was remade in Tamil as" Pennin Perumai" and in Hindi twice as" Bahurani" in 1963 and as" Jyoti" in 1981.
" Enga Chinna Rasa" also went on to be remade in Kannada as" Annayya", in Telugu as" Abbaigaru" and in Oriya as" Santan"( 1998).
" Beta" was the highest- grossing Bollywood film of 1992.
It won five Filmfare Awards.
Kapoor and Dixit won the Best Actor and Best Actress awards, respectively.
Anuradha Paudwal won the Best Female Playback Singer Award for the item number" Dhak Dhak Karne Laga," while Saroj Khan won the Filmfare Award for Best Choreography and Irani won the Best Supporting Actress award.
The film became popular due to several reasons.
Initially, actress Sridevi was offered the role of Saraswati.
She refused because she had collaborated with Kapoor numerous times before.
The item number" Dhak Dhak Karne Laga" remains one of the most popular Hindi songs of the 20th- century, despite the music having been copied from Ilaiyaraaja's hit Telugu composition" Abbanee Teeyani" of the film" Jagadeka Veerudu Atiloka Sundari"( 1990) starring Sridevi and Chiranjeevi.
Indra Kumar
Indra Kumar is an Indian film director and producer.
The recipient of five Filmfare nominations, has also appeared in number of Gujarati films playing the comedian or second lead to the protagonist.
Kumar's real name is Indra Irani.
Kumar debuted into direction as well as production with" Dil"( 1990) and then directed the different concept- based drama films" Beta"( 1992)," Raja"( 1995) and" Ishq"( 1997); all four being among the highest- grossing Hindi films of respective years and critically as well as commercially successful.
He received two Filmfare Award for Best Director nominations for" Beta" and" Raja".
He followed this with a number of average grossers or commercial failures, causing a setback, except the comedy" Masti"( 2004), which ended with" Dhamaal"( 2007).
Kumar went on to make the critically and commercially comedy film sequels including" Double Dhamaal"( 2011)," Grand Masti"( 2013) and" Total Dhamaal"( 2019).
The latter ranks among the highest- grossing Hindi films and remains his highest- grossing release till date.
Black Reel Award for Outstanding Independent Film
This page lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Independent Film.
This award is presented to the directors of the film.

Question: Are the directors of films Beta (film) and Welikathara both from the same country?
Answer: no