Monday 13 May 2013

Guru Dutt

Original Name:  Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone
Commonly Known Name:  Guru Dutt
Occupation:  Director, Choreographer, Producer and Actor
Date of Birth (Birthday):  9 July, 1925
Date of Death:  10 October, 1964
Hair Color:  Black
Birth Place:  Bangalore
Education:  Uday Shankar's dancing school at Almora
Languages:  Hindi, English
Hobbies:  Hunting
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Early life and background

Guru Dutt was born on 9 July 1925, at Bangalore to Shivashanker Rao Padukone and Vasanthi Padukone in a Konkani Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin family.[10] His father was initially a headmaster, and then a bank employee. His mother Vasanthi, while initially a housewife, later taught in a school, gave private tuition and also wrote short stories and translated Bengali novels into Kannada. Vasanthi was only 16 when Guru Dutt was born.
Guru Dutt had a tough childhood with financial difficulties, and was also affected by the fact that the relationship between his parents was strained. As a child he had some bad experiences; the hostility from his maternal uncle's family, a frightening encounter with his insane adopted maternal uncle, and the death of his seven-month old brother (Shashidhar).[citation needed]
Guru Dutt spent his early childhood in Calcutta (now Kolkata) and he grew close to Bengali culture and intellect. He even adopted the name Guru Dutt, Dutt (more commonly Datta or Dutta) being a common Bengali surname. He was joined by three younger brothers, Atmaram, Devidas and Vijay and a younger sister, Lalitha. The Indian film director, Kalpana Lajmi, is his sister's daughter.
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Early Inspirations

His sister recalls that at age 14 Guru Dutt would use his fingers to shape images on a wall lit up by the flickering light of their grandmother’s diya (candle) as she performed the evening arathi (prayer). Though untrained, he could produce inspired movements as he did when he persuaded his uncle, Benegal, to photograph him performing a snake dance, based on a painting by the latter. The snake dance was later performed at a gathering of Saraswat Brahmins at Calcutta for which Guru Dutt was even given a cash prize of 5 Rupees.
He was a good student, but never went to college, partly because of financial troubles at home. Instead, he joined the performing arts troupe of Uday Shankar, the older brother of the better-known Ravi Shankar.
The Uday Shankar India Culture Center at Almora taught dance, drama, and music. It aimed at combining the best of the Gurukula system with a modern Arts University, and tried to turn out well-rounded students, at home in many disciplines. A young Guru Dutt joined the center at age 16 in 1941 on a five-year scholarship of Rs.75 annually (a lot of money then), and studied at Almora until 1944, when the advancing World War II forced the closing of the center.

Career

Early career

Guru Dutt wired home to say he had got the job of a telephone operator at a Lever Brothers factory in Kolkata. But soon he disengaged himself from the job, and joined his parents in Mumbai in 1944.
However, his uncle found him a job under a three-year contract with the Prabhat Film Company in Pune (then called Poona) in 1944. This once premier film producing centre had already seen the departure of its best talent, V. Shantaram, who had by then launched his own Kala Mandir. It is here that Guru Dutt met two people who would remain his good friends - actors Rehman and Dev Anand.
Guru Dutt acted in a small role as Sri Krishna in Chand in 1944. In 1945, he acted as well as assisted director Vishram Bedekar in Lakhrani, and in 1946 he worked as an assistant director and choreographed dances for P. L. Santoshi’s film, Hum Ek Hain.
This contract ended in 1947, but his mother got him a job as a freelance assistant with Baburao Pai, the CEO of the Prabhat Film Company and Studio. However, after that, for almost ten months, Guru Dutt was unemployed and stayed with his family at Matunga, Mumbai. During this time, Guru Dutt developed a flair for writing in English, and wrote short stories for The Illustrated Weekly of India, a local weekly English magazine.
It is during this time that he is supposed to have written the script for the almost autobiographical Pyaasa (Hindi: the thirsty one). Its original name was Kashmakash (Hindi: struggle), which was changed later to Pyaasa and was written at his home in Matunga.[citation needed]
Guru Dutt first married a woman he eloped with called Vijaya from Pune, and later his parents had him married to his maternal niece, Suvarna, from Hyderabad.
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As choreographer, actor, assistant director

While Guru Dutt was hired by Prabhat Film Company as a choreographer, he was soon pressed into service as an actor, and even as an assistant director. At Prabhat, he met Dev Anand and Rehman, who both became stars. These early friendships helped ease his way into the film world.
After Prabhat failed in 1947, Dutt moved to Mumbai, where he worked with two leading directors of the time, with Amiya Chakravarty in Girl's School, and with Gyan Mukherjee in the Bombay Talkies film Sangram. Then, Dev Anand offered him a job as a director in his new company, Navketan, after the first movie had flopped.
Thus, Guru Dutt's first film, Navketan's Baazi, was released in 1951 . It was a tribute to the Forties' Film Noir Hollywood with the morally ambiguous hero, the transgressing siren, and shadow lighting.

Dev Anand and Guru Dutt's promise

There exists a very interesting anecdote behind this new job. Guru Dutt and Dev Anand used the services of the same laundry man when they were at Prabhat in Pune in 1945. One day Anand found that one of his shirts had been replaced with a different one. On arriving at work as the hero of Hum Ek Hain, he found the film's young choreographer (Guru Dutt) wearing his shirt. On being questioned, Guru Dutt admitted that it was not his shirt, but since he had no other, he was wearing the replacement. This developed into a great friendship, since they were of the same age. They promised each other that, if Guru Dutt were to turn filmmaker, he would hire Anand as his hero, and if Dev were to produce a film then he would use Guru Dutt as its director.
Dev Anand fulfilled his end of the bargain with Baazi, but regretted that his friend Guru Dutt did not. Guru Dutt indirectly did fulfill his promise. His studio, Guru Dutt Movies Pvt. Ltd., produced "C.I.D." which starred Dev, but the film was directed by Raj Khosla (an assistant director to Guru Dutt). Thus, technically, Guru Dutt never directed Dev Anand under his production company.
Guru Dutt and Dev Anand would make two super-hit films together, Baazi, and Jaal. Creative differences between Guru Dutt, and Chetan Anand (Anand's elder brother), who was also a director, made future collaborations difficult.
Remembering his old friend Guru Dutt, Anand quotes, “He was a young man he should not have made depressing pictures…”[11]
Recently, Anand quotes, "my only true friend in the film industry. We got close to each other while working for Prabhat, one of the big banners of those days. I gave him his big break in Baazi and he cast me in some of his movies like C.I.D."[12]

Baazi's other contributions

Baazi also highlights two early key technical developments in Indian movie-making that are attributed to Guru Dutt. The use of close-up shots with a 100 mm lens - there are over 14 in the movie - which became known in Indian movie-making as the "Guru Dutt shot", and the use of songs to further the narrative in the movie. Guru Dutt also introduced Zohra Sehgal (whom he met at Almora) as the choreographer in the movie, and he also met his future wife, Geeta Dutt during the making of the movie.

As director

Baazi was an immediate success. Guru Dutt followed it with Jaal and Baaz. Neither film did well at the box office, but they bring together the Guru Dutt team that performed so brilliantly in subsequent films. He discovered, and mentored, Johnny Walker (comedian), V.K. Murthy (cinematography), and Abrar Alvi (writing and directing), among others. He is also credited for introducing Waheeda Rehman to the Hindi cinema. Baaz was notable in that Guru Dutt both directed and starred, not having found a suitable actor for the principal character.
Fortune smiled on Dutt's next film, the 1954 Aar Paar. This was followed by the 1955 hit, Mr. and Mrs.55, then C.I.D., Sailaab, and in 1957, Pyaasa - the story of a poet, rejected by an uncaring world, who achieves success only after his apparent death. Guru Dutt played the lead role in three of these five films.
His 1959 Kaagaz Ke Phool was an intense disappointment. He had invested a great deal of love, money, and energy in this film, which was a self-absorbed tale of a famous director (played by Guru Dutt) who falls in love with an actress (played by Waheeda Rehman, Dutt's real-life love interest). Kaagaz Ke Phool failed at the box office and Dutt was devastated. All subsequent films from his studio were, thereafter, officially helmed by other directors since Guru Dutt felt that his name was anathema to box office.
Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam, a critically and commercially successful film, was directed by his protégé, writer Abrar Alvi, which won him the Filmfare Best Director's award. The film's star Waheeda Rehman denied rumors that the film was ghost-directed by Guru Dutt himself.[13] Guru Dutt also has his influence on his last box office smash hit Chaudhvin Ka Chand.[14]
His legacy to direction of Hindi cinema is unmistakable and accepted by many leading Hindi directors of the day, including another of his protégés, Raj Khosla.
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Guru Dutt's last productions

In 1964 he acted in his last film Sanjh Aur Savera directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee opposite Meena Kumari. (Classic Legends aired on Zee Classic TV Channel on 27 May 2012)

Death

On 10 October 1964, Guru Dutt was found dead in his bed in his rented apartment at Pedder Road in Mumbai. He is said to have been mixing alcohol and sleeping pills. His death may have been suicide, or just an accidental overdose. It would have been his third suicide attempt.[15]
Guru Dutt's son, Arun Dutt, said that he views this as an accident in an interview with India Abroad in October 2004 on the 40th anniversary of his father's death. Guru Dutt had scheduled appointments the next day with actress Mala Sinha for his movie Baharen Phir Bhi Aayengi, and Raj Kapoor to discuss making colour films. According to him, "my father had sleeping disorders and popped sleeping pills like any other person. That day he was drunk and had taken an overdose of pills, which culminated in his death. It was a lethal combination of excessive liquor and sleeping pills."[16]
At the time of his death, Guru Dutt was involved in two other projects - Picnic starring actress Sadhana, and director K. Asif's epic, Love and God. Picnic remained incomplete and Love and God was released two decades later with Sanjeev Kumar replacing Dutt in the leading role.
The extra-feature on DVD of Kaagaz Ke Phool has a three-part Channel 4-produced documentary on the life and works of Guru Dutt titled In Search of Guru Dutt.
Most people, especially Abrar Alvi, figured it was a suicide. Abrar and Dutt had many-a-times discussed ways of committing suicide and both had tried at least once but had failed. Abrar and Guru Dutt sat late that night discussing a movie, and according to Alvi, during their conversation, Guru Dutt was very morbid in his thinking and conversation.
He was, according to many, distressed by his personal situation - his wife, Geeta Dutt, had distanced herself from him. He had a sleeping disorder that made him take sleeping pills, and he had been drinking since 5:00 pm that evening.
According to Asha Bhosle, Guru Dutt called her at midnight before his death to ask whether his wife Geeta was with her to which she replied in the negative. She was the last person who spoke with Guru Dutt.(Doordarshan documentary on Guru Dutt aired on 10 October 2011)

Personal life

In 1953, Dutt married Geeta Dutt, a well-known playback singer. They had been engaged for three years and had to overcome a great deal of family opposition to marry. They had three children, Tarun, Arun, and Nina.
Dutt had an unhappy marital life. According to his brother Atmaram, Guru Dutt was "a strict disciplinarian as far as work was concerned, but totally undisciplined in his personal life" (Kabir, 1997, p. 124). He smoked heavily, drank heavily, and kept odd hours. Guru Dutt's relationship with actress Waheeda Rehman also worked against their marriage. At the time of his death, he had separated from Geeta and was living alone. Geeta Dutt herself died in 1972 at age 41, after excessive drinking which resulted in liver damage. According to an interview with Abrar Alvi, one of Dutt's close friends and his assistant director in films, Dutt did not "open up" to discuss his thoughts and problems, even though they were spending many hours together.[citation needed]

Legacy

Guru Dutt was at first mourned as a matinee idol but as the years passed, it became ever clearer that it was as a director that he would be remembered. Starting in 1973, his films were shown at film festivals throughout India and the rest of the world. Despite being a commercial director, he appealed to the same intelligentsia who made Satyajit Ray an international favorite. He also has a place in the hearts of many ordinary Indians for his song picturisations and the many vivid characters sketched in his films.
Contrary to a general belief about the viability of his film projects, Guru Dutt more or less produced commercially successful films.[17] Over the years the commercial nature of his projects saw a trade-off with his creative aspirations. Movies like C.I.D., Baazi, Pyaasa, Kaagaz Ke Phool, Chaudhvin Ka Chand and Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam were rightfully the first of their kind in Hindi cinema. The only movie produced by Guru Dutt and termed a box-office disaster was Kaagaz Ke Phool, now a cult classic. He lost over 1.7 million producing that film, a large amount by the standards of the time, which was more than recovered by his next project, Chaudhvin Ka Chand. He never lost faith in his team or in the distributors of his films. Once a project was over, he would begin anew - with little concern about the commercial success of the previous project. He was part of an exclusive school of Indian film directors, including the likes of Raj Kapoor, Mehboob Khan and Bimal Roy, who were able to achieve a healthy blend of artistic and commercial success between the mid-1950s and mid-1960s.
Pyaasa was rated as one of the best 100 films of all time by Time Magazine.[2] In the 2002 Sight & Sound critics' and directors' poll, two of his films, Pyaasa and Kaagaz Ke Phool, were among the top 160 greatest films of all time.[3] The same 2002 Sight & Sound poll ranked Dutt at #73 in its list of all-time greatest directors, thus making him the eighth highest-ranking Asian filmmaker in the poll.[4]

Memorable quotes

  • On failure of Kaagaz Ke Phool and success of Chaudhvin Ka Chand : "Life mein, yaar, kya hai? Do hi toh cheezen hai – kamyaabi aur failure. There is nothing in between."[18] ("What is there in life, friend? There are only two things - success and failure. There is nothing in between.")
  • While scouting for locations in Baroda for Chaudhvin Ka Chand : "Dekho na, mujhe director banna tha, director ban gaya; actor bana tha, actor ban gaya; picture achche banane thay, achche banay. Paisa hai, sab kuch hai, par kuch bhi nahi raha."[19] ("See, I wanted to be a director, I became one. Wanted to be an actor, I became one. Wanted to make good pictures, I have done that too. Have money, have everything. But I have nothing left.")

Selected filmography

Actor

Director

Producer

Further reading

  • Guru Dutt, 1925-1965: A Monograph, Firoze Rangoonwalla, National Film Archive of India, Govt. of India, 1973.
  • My Son Gurudutt, Vasanti Padukone, India, serialised in The Imprint and Screen magazine, April 1979 & 2004.
  • Nanna maga Gurudatta, Vasanti Padukone, Kannada, Manōhara Granthamāle, Dharwad, India, 1976, 120pp.
  • Guru Dutt, un grand cinéaste encore pratiquement inconnu hors de l’Inde, Henri Micciollo, Films sans Frontières, 1984.
  • Profiles, Five Film-makers from India, Shampa Banerjee. Directorate of Film Festivals, National Film Development Corp., 1985. ISBN 81-201-0007-7.
  • Guru Dutt: A Life in Cinema, Nasreen Munni Kabir, Oxford University Press, 1997, ISBN 0-19-564274-0.
  • In Black and White: Hollywood and the Melodrama of Guru Dutt, Darius Cooper, Seagull Books, 2005. ISBN 81-7046-217-7.
  • Yours Guru Dutt: Intimate Letters of a Great Indian Filmmaker, Nasreen Munni Kabir, Lustre Press, Roli Books, 2006. ISBN 81-7436-388-2.
  • Ten Years with Guru Dutt: Abrar Alvi's journey, Sathya Saran. 2008, Penguin, ISBN 0-670-08221-X.

Govinda

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Original Name:  Govind Arun Ahuja
Nick Name:  Chi Chi
Commonly Known Name:  Virar Ka Chokra
Date of Birth (Birthday):  21 December, 1958
Zodiac Sign:  Sagittarius
Height:  5'8"
Eye Color:  Black
Hair Color:  Black
Birth Place:  Punjab
Religion:  Hindu
Marital Status:  Married
Languages:  Hindi, English
Contact Address:  Jal Darshan, A Wing, Ruia Park, Juhu, Mumbai 400 049

Govinda’s father, Arun Ahuja, was born in pre-partition Gujranwala (Pakistan), Punjab, British India on 26 January 1917.[4] He studied in an engineering college at Lahore. Veteran producer Mehboob Khan brought him to Mumbai in 1937 and cast him in Ek Hi Raasta as the leading man. Arun was notable for acting in Mehboob Khan's Aurat (1940). Govinda's mother, Nazeem who was Muslim had converted to Hinduism and adopted the name Nirmala Devi.[5] Arun and Nirmala first met during the making of the film Savera, in which they were cast opposite each other. They married in 1941.[6]
The only film Ahuja ever produced was a flop. Unable to bear the loss, his health failed. The family, living in a bungalow on Mumbai's upmarket Carter Road, later moved to Virar — a northern Mumbai suburb, where Govinda was born. The youngest of six children, his pet name Chi Chi means little finger in Punjabi,[7] the language they speak at home. Since his father was unable to work, Nirmala Devi brought up the children through hard times in Mumbai.
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Acting career

Early career

He studied at Annasaheb Vartak College in Vasai, Maharashtra. He graduated in commerce.His father suggested films as he himself was associated with films. Around this time, Govinda saw the film Disco Dancer and dance became his obsession. He practiced for hours and circulated a promo of himself on a VHS cassette. Soon a fertilizer commercial came his way, followed by an Allwyn ad, finally his very first leading role in Tan-Badan, which was to be directed by his uncle Anand. He started shooting for his next film Love 86 in June 1985. By mid-July, he had signed 40 others.[8][9]
His first released film was Ilzaam (1986), a box office success and the fifth biggest hit of 1986. The film established him as a dancing star. He acted in a string of movies after that with mixed success. Most of the films he appeared in during the 1980s were in the action, romance or family drama genres. He was often paired opposite actress Neelam and together they appeared in several hit films such as Love 86 (1986), Khudgarz (1987) and his brother Kirti Kumar's directorial, Hatya (1988). He had success with family drama films such as Dariya Dil (1988), Jeete Hain Shaan Se (1988) and Hum (1991) as well as action films such as Marte Dam Tak (1987) and Jung Baaz (1989). He worked with David Dhawan for the first time in the 1989 action film Taaqatwar. He also worked with Rajnikant and Sridevi in the hit film that year titled, Ghair Khanooni.
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1990s

Govinda appeared in several successful films in the 1990s and he was one of biggest superstars of the era. In 1992, he was seen in the critically acclaimed film, Zulm Ki Hukumat, an Indian remake of The Godfather where his performance was appreciated. He then formed a successful collaboration with David Dhawan and went onto act in 17 movies directed by him most of which were comedy films. The most successful films made by their collaboration include, Shola Aur Shabnam (1992), He actually sang for himself in some of his movies like, "Meri Pant Bhi Sexy" from Dulaara and "Gori Gori" from Shola Aur Shabnam. Aankhen (1993), Raja Babu (1994), Coolie No. 1 (1995), Saajan Chale Sasural (1996), Hero No. 1 (1997), Deewana Mastana (1997), Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (1998) and Haseena Maan Jaayegi (1999). Aankhen became the highest grossing film of the year and one of biggest all-time blockbusters ever. Dhawan and other directors frequently cast him opposite actresses such as Karishma Kapoor, Juhi Chawla and Raveena Tandon during the 1990s.

2000s

" Govinda is one of his kind, he is the best at comedy. There can be no replacement for him."
— David Dhawan in an interview with NDTV.[10]
His box office graph suffered a setback in the early 2000s following a series of commercially unsuccessful films. He played the role of a villain for the first time in his career in Shikari (2000). Although the movie was not a commercial success, Govinda's convincing portrayal of a sociopath murderer was critically acclaimed.[11] He turned down roles in Taal, Gadar: Ek Prem Katha and Devdas which went on to become successful films.[12] His acting career was further affected when he contested and won the seat for Member of Parliament from Mumbai North in the 2004 parliamentary elections. He did not have any new film releases in 2004 and 2005 although some of his delayed films such as Khullam Khulla Pyaar Karen (2005) and his home production Ssukh (2005) were released and turned out to be box office disasters.
Govinda made a comeback to films in late 2006 with the comedy film, Bhagam Bhag, alongside Akshay Kumar which became a hit. His first release of 2007 was the huge multi-starrer Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love. Although a box office disappointment, Govinda was praised for his performance.[13]
His second release of 2007 was the David Dhawan directed comedy, Partner, which co-starred Salman Khan. The film grossed Rs.300 Million in India on its opening week, the second highest domestic opening week gross for an Indian film until then.[14] In 2008, he appeared in the film, Money Hai Toh Honey Hai. The same year, Salman Khan invited David Dhawan and Govinda on his show 10 Ka Dum to celebrate the success of their film Partner. In 2009, he had a successful release titled Life Partner. Govinda got back to the successful trio of David Dhawan, Vashu Bhagnani and himself with the film, Do Knot Disturb, which flopped at the box office.[15]

2010s

In 2010, Govinda was seen in Mani Ratnam's bilingual project, Raavan, along with Vikram, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai. Govinda played a forest department employee who takes Vikram's character through the forests in search of a wanted criminal. While it was earlier speculated that his character was a contemporary version of Hanuman, Govinda refuted the claim.[16] Despite having a small role in the film, Govinda was appreciated for his performance.[17][18][19]

Political career

In 2004, Govinda joined the Congress party, and was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower House of Parliament from Mumbai with a thumping majority of beating the five time sitting MP by over 50000 votes.[20] In a run up to the polls, Govinda had announced that his agenda will be prawaas (transportation), swasthya (health) and gyaan (education).
During the first ten months of his tenure as a Member of Parliament (MP), Govinda did not spend any money from his MP Local Area Development Fund of Rs.20 million. He started utilizing his fund only when newspaper reports brought this to notice. According to the Thane district collectorate sources, Govinda committed Rs7 to construct anganwadi, samaj mandirs and resolve drinking water problem of Vasai and Virar residents. However, work on these projects did not begin (as of August 2005), because administrative approval was being awaited. Govinda also took credit for 80% of the quadrupling of Borivali-Virar section on Western Railway (India).

Criticism

As an MP, Govinda has been criticized for being inaccessible to the people of his constituency, especially during the terrible rains (beginning 26 July 2005) that left around 450 dead in Mumbai. After the rains, while speaking to a TV channel, Govinda claimed that he had got Rs150 million sanctioned for his flood-hit constituency after speaking to Sonia Gandhi. However, his own party colleagues contested the claim. Mohan Adhikari, the president of Palghar Congress Unit went on record saying that "not a single paisa" had been received.
During his tenure as an MP, Govinda embarrassed his party, Congress, by coming out in open to support actor Shakti Kapoor, who had been caught in a sting operation, asking for sexual favours from a television reporter posing as a Bollywood aspirant.[21] He also opposed the ban on dance bars, which embarrassed the Indian National Congress-Nationalist Congress Party led Democratic Front Government, which had proposed the ban.
During his tenure as the Member of Parliament, he was criticized for never playing any active role. He was mostly absent while the house was in session. He also did not participate in any debates or raise any queries regarding his constituency.[22]
On 20 January 2008, he decided to quit politics to concentrate on his acting career in Bollywood.[23]

Personal life

Govinda's father Arun Ahuja was an actor in the 1940s and his mother Nirmala Ahuja was also an actress as well as a singer. His brother, Kirti Kumar is an actor, producer and director. His sister, Kaamini Khanna is a writer, music director, singer, anchor and founder of 'Beauty with Astrology'. Govinda has six nephews and two nieces in the entertainment industry: actors Vinay Anand, Krushna Abhishek, Aryan, Arjun Singh, Ragini Khanna, Amit Khanna, Aarti Singh and director Janmendra Kumar Ahuja. Govinda's brother-in-law, Devendra Sharma has also acted in a few Hindi films.[24][25]
Govinda's maternal uncle Anand Singh, who was assistant to director Hrishikesh Mukherjee, launched him in his film, Tan Badan. Anand's wife's sister Sunita fell in love with Govinda during the 'Mahurat' of Tan Badan. They got married on 11 March 1987. Their marriage was a closely guarded secret for four years.[26] The couple have two children, Narmada and Yashvardhan.
Govinda narrowly escaped death on 5 January 1994 while traveling to a studio for the shooting of Khuddar (1994). The actor's car collided with another car, resulting in him sustaining injuries to his head. Though bleeding profusely, Govinda did not cancel the shooting. After visiting a doctor, he shot for the film till midnight.[27]
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Awards

Filmfare Awards

Won
Nominations

Other Awards

Won
  • 1995 - Star Screen Award Special Jury Award for Coolie No. 1
  • 1998 - Lux Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role for Dulhe Raja
  • 1998 - Special Videocon Screen award from Jury for overall performance[28]
  • 1999 - Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role for Bade Miyan Chote Miyan
  • 2000 - Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role for Haseena Maan Jaayegi
  • 2002 - IIFA Best Comedian Award for Jodi No.1[29]
  • 2007 - "Excellent Comic Actor" Award at the Star Gold Comedy Honors[30][31]
  • 2007 - Most Stylish Comeback Award at the MTV Lycra Style Awards[32]
  • 2008 - Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards, "NDTV Imagine Best Jodi of the Year 2007" along with Salman Khan.[33]
  • 2008 - Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Male for Partner
  • 2008 - IIFA Best Comedian Award for Partner

Filmography

Actor

Year Title Role Notes
1986 Ilzaam Ajay Sharma/Vijay Debut
Duty Dev Pratap Sharma
Tan-Badan Ravi Pratap
Love 86 Vikram Doshi
Sadaa Suhagan Ravi
1987 Mera Lahoo Govinda Singh
Marte Dam Tak Jai
Khudgarz Kumar Saxena
Dadagiri Suraj
Pyaar Karke Dekho Ravi Kumar
Sindoor Ravi
1988 Jeete Hain Shaan Se Iqbal Ali
Paap Ko Jalaa Kar Raakh Kar Doonga Deepak Malhotra
Hatya Sagar
Halaal Ki Kamai Kabir Khanna
Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani Amar Dhanraj
Dariya Dil Ravi
Ghar Mein Ram Gali Mein Shyam Amar
Pyaar Mohabbat Raj
Shiv Shakti Shakti
Tohfa Mohabbat Ka Hero
1989 Aakhri Baazi Ram Kumar
Jung Baaz Arjun Srivastav
Do Qaidi Kanu
Paap Ka Ant Abhishek Mhatre
Gentleman Hari/Om
Jaisi Karni Waisi Bharnii

Billoo Badshah Vijay
Gair Kanooni Om Narayan
Farz Ki Jung Vishal
Dost Garibon Ka Vijay/Barkat Ali
Asmaan Se Ooncha Vikram Malik (Vicky)
Gharana Ravi Mehra
Sachai Ki Taqat Sagar Singh
Taaqatwar John D'Mello
Teri Payal Mere Geet Premi
1990 Maha-Sangram Arjun 'Munna'
Swarg Krishna
Apmaan Ki Aag Vikrant 'Vicky' Narayan Singh
Izzatdaar Vijay
Kali Ganga Govinda
Khatarnaak Himself Special appearance
Naya Khoon Dr. Anand
Raeeszada

Taqdeer Ka Tamasha Satya
Awaargi Dhiren Kumar Critically acclaimed role
1991 Hum Vijay
Kaun Kare Kurbanie Ajit 'Munna' Singh
Bhabhi Amar/Nakadram
Karz Chukana Hai Ravi
1992 Shola Aur Shabnam Karan
Baaz Deva
Jaan Se Pyaara Inspector Jai/Sunder Double Role
Zulm Ki Hukumat Pratap Kohli
Radha Ka Sangam Govinda
1993 Aankhen Vijay (Bunnu) / Gaurishankar Nominated- Filmfare Award for Best Actor
Muqabla Havaldar Suraj
Zakhmo Ka Hisaab Suraj Kumar
Aadmi Khilona Hai Sharad Verma
Prateeksha Raja
1994 Ekka Raja Rani Sagar
Andaz Apna Apna Himself Special appearance
Raja Babu

Khuddar Siddanth Suri
Dulaara Raja
Bhagyawan Amar
Beta Ho To Aisa Raju
Prem Shakti Gangwa/Krishna
Aag Birju/Raju
Brahma Suraj
1995 Gambler Dayashankar Pandey
Rock Dancer Himself Guest appearance
Hathkadi Suraj Chauhan/Rajnikant
Andolan Aniket
Kismat Ajay
Coolie No. 1 Raju Star Screen Award Special Jury Award
Nominated - Filmfare Best Actor Award
1996 Saajan Chale Sasural Shyamsunder Nominated- Filmfare Award for Best Actor
Filmfare Special Award
Chhote Sarkar Amar/Rohit
Zordaar Ravi
Maahir Bhola
Apne Dam Par Himself Special appearance
1997 Hero No. 1 Rajesh Malhotra
Kaun Rokega Mujhe

Deewana Mastana Bunnu Nominated - Filmfare Best Actor Award
Do Ankhen Barah Hath Sagar
Agnichakra Amar
Loha Govinda
Banarasi Babu Gopi
Naseeb Krishna Prasad
Dil Deewana Maane Na

Bhoot Bhungla Dewan
1998 Achanak Arjun
Dulhe Raja Raja Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role
Aunty No. 1 Gopi/Kanaklakshmi
Maharaja Kohinoor Karan
Bade Miyan Chote Miyan Pyare Mohan/Chhote Miyan Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role
Nominated - Filmfare Best Actor Award
Pardesi Babu Raju Pardesi
1999 Anari No.1 Rahul Saxena /Raja Double Role
Rajaji Rajaji
Haseena Maan Jaayegi Monu Filmfare Best Comedian Award
Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role
Hum Tum Pe Marte Hain Rahul Malhotra
2000 Jis Desh Mein Ganga Rehta Hain Ganga
Shikari Om Srivastav/Mahendra Pratap Singh Nominated - Filmfare Best Villain Award
Kunwara Raju Nominated -Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role
Beti No. 1 Bharat Bhatnagar
Joru Ka Ghulam Raja
Hadh Kar Di Aapne Raju/Mummy/Daddy/Sweety/Dada/Dadi Six Roles
2001 Aamdani Atthani Kharcha Rupaiyaa Bhishma
Albela Rocky Hiranandani
Censor Himself Special appearance
Jodi No.1 Veeru IIFA Best Comedian Award
Nominated -Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role
Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya Prem
Kyo Kii... Main Jhuth Nahin Bolta Raj Malhotra Nominated -Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role
2002 Pyaar Diwana Hota Hai Sunder
Waah! Tera Kya Kehna Raj Oberoi/Banne Khan Double Role
Akhiyon Se Goli Maare Raj Oberoi Nominated -Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role
Chalo Ishq Ladaaye Pappu
2003 Ek Aur Ek Gyarah Tara
Raja Bhaiya Raja Bhaiya
Three Roses Himself Tamil Film - Guest appearance
2005 Ssukh Chandraprakash Sharma
Khullam Khulla Pyaar Karen Raja/Vicky
2006 Sandwich Shekhar/Vicky/Sher Singh Double Role
Bhagam Bhag Babla One of the biggest hit of the year
2007 Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love Ajay
Partner Bhaskar Diwakar Chowdahry IIFA Best Comedian Award
Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Male
Jahan Jaaeyega Hamen Paaeyega Karan/Bobby Singh/Sher Khan
Om Shanti Om Himself Special appearance
2008 Money Hai Toh Honey Hai Bobby Arora
Humsey Hai Jahaan

2009 Chal Chala Chal Deepak
Life Partner Jeet Oberoi
Do Knot Disturb Raj
Wanted Himself Special appearance
2010 Raavan Vijay Kumar
2011 Naughty @ 40 Sanjeev Srivastav
Loot Pandit
Delhi Safari Bajrangi (voice) 3D Animation film
2013 Deewana Main Deewana

Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai Pappu Delayed
Run Bhola Run
Delayed
Afra Tafri
Under Production
Avatar
Filming[34]
2014 Kill Dil
Pre-production

Feroz Khan

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Date of Birth (Birthday):  25 September, 1939
Zodiac Sign:  Libra
Eye Color:  Black
Birth Place:  Bangalore
Religion:  Muslim
Marital Status:  Married
Languages:  Hindi, English
Contact Address:  FK International, C/7, 3rd Cross Line RNA Complex, Lokhandwala, Andheri (W), Mumbai 400 053

Early life

Khan was born on 25 September 1939 in Bangalore, India to an Afghan immigrant father.[6][7] He belonged to the (Tanoli) tribe of pathans [6][8] while his mother was of Iranian background.[9][10] Khan was educated in Bishop Cotton Boys' School, Bangalore and St. Germain High School, Bangalore. His brothers are Sanjay Khan (Abbas Khan), Shahrukh Shah Ali Khan, Sameer Khan and Akbar Khan (director). He has a sister Dilshad Bibi. After his schooling in Bangalore, he travelled to Mumbai where he made his debut as second lead in Didi in 1960.
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Career

Through the early 1960s and 1970s, he made low-budget thrillers opposite starlets. In 1962, he appeared in an English-language film titled Tarzan Goes to India opposite Simi Garewal. His first big hit was in 1965, with Phani Majumdar's Oonche Log (1965), where he was pitted against screen idols Raaj Kumar and Ashok Kumar; he gave a notable sensitive performance.[11][12] Again, in the same year, he played a sacrificing lover in the mushy musical Arzoo, starring Sadhana. With this, Khan earned his entry into A-list second leads. With the film Aadmi Aur Insaan (1969), Khan won his first Filmfare award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. He appeared alongside his real-life brother Sanjay Khan in the hit films Upaasna (1967), Mela (1971), and Nagin (1976).
He turned into a successful producer and director in 1971 so as to improve his career opportunities as a leading man with his first directorial film Apradh, which was the first Indian movie showing auto racing in Germany; Mumtaaz was his co-star. He produced, directed, and starred in the 1975 film Dharmatma, which was the first Indian film to be shot in Afghanistan and was also his first blockbuster hit as producer, director, and star and marked appearance of actress Hema Malini in a glamorous avatar.[13] This movie was inspired by the Hollywood film The Godfather.
Throughout the late 1970s and 1980s, he was a leading Bollywood star, directing and starring in many of his films. He also starred in the Punjabi film Bhagat Dhanna Jat (1974). The 1980 film Qurbani, with Zeenat Aman, was the biggest hit of his career and launched the singing career of iconic Pakistani pop singer Nazia Hassan, with her memorable track "Aap Jaisa Koi."[12] In 1986, he directed and starred in Janbaaz, a box-office hit,[14] which some consider to be one of his best movies, featured an all-star cast and was possessed of great songs and excellent cinematography. In 1988, he directed and starred in Dayavan, which was a remake of a South Indian film titled Nayagan. After directing and starring in Yalgaar (1992), he took a long break from acting for 11 years.
He launched his son Fardeen Khan's career with the 1998 film Prem Aggan, which, however, was a box-office bomb. In 2003, he made his acting comeback as well as produced and directed Janasheen, which also starred his son Fardeen. He always used performing animals in his films—a chimpanzee and lion were used in Janasheen—but People for Animals (PFA) Haryana [1] chairman Naresh Kadyan moved a complaint in the court of law at Faridabad for animal cruelty and legal action as per law against the producer, director, and actor.
He starred alongside his son again in Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena (2005) and made his last film appearance in Welcome (2007).
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Feroz Khan was ahead of his time in terms of his unmatchable style, which reflected in his movies and music. His movies like Qurbani and Dharmatma are cult favourites in Hindi cinema. Though he was not considered a superstar, he would remain immortal for several years to come.
In May 2006, Feroz Khan was blacklisted by then Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf when he went there to promote his brother's film, Taj Mahal. In an intelligence report submitted to Musharraf, he was said to have gotten drunk and insulted Pakistani singer and anchor Fakhr-e-Alam and criticizing the country saying:
"I am a proud Indian. India is a secular country. The Muslims there are making lot of progress unlike in Pakistan. Our President is a Muslim and our Prime Minister a Sikh. Pakistan was made in the name of Islam, but look how the Muslims are killing Muslims here."
Pakistan's high commission in India and the foreign and interior ministries were subsequently directed to deny Khan a visa in the future.[15]

Personal life

Feroz Khan was married to Sundari Khan. He has a son named Fardeen Khan who is married to Natasha Madhwani, daughter of former Bollywood actress Mumtaz. He also has a daughter Laila Khan, who is married to Farhan Furniturewala. Laila was married to Rohit Rajpal, a national level tennis player but divorced him and married Furniturewala in 2010. Although Fardeen and Farhan had their differences and nearly came to blows at a nightclub with each other, Fardeen and Farhan sorted everything out and accepted each other later on.

Awards and nominations

  • Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for Aadmi Aur Insaan1971
  • Filmfare Nomination as Best Supporting Actor for Safar (film) (1971)
  • Filmfare Nomination as Best Supporting Actor for International Crook 1975
  • Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001[16]
  • Filmfare Nomination as Best Villain for Janasheen 2004
  • IIFA Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role in 2004
  • Zee Cine Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2008
  • "Pride of the industry" at the Max Stardust Awards 2009.[17][18]

Filmography

Actor
Director

Death and funeral

He succumbed to a battle with cancer on April 27, 2009. During his illness he returned to rest at his farmhouse in Bangalore.
He was laid to rest in his beloved Bangalore near to his mother's grave at Hosur Road Shia Kabristan[19] with thousands in attendance included his close family, dear friends, and notable celebrities of Indian film industry. He was remembered for his larger than life presence, and excellence in cinema.[4]