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Amit Khanna is a Director, Dialogue and Producer Indian born on 1 march 1951 at Delhi (Inde)
Amit Khanna (born March 1, 1951) is an Indian film and television producer, lyricist, actor and writer. He is the chairman of Reliance Entertainment and the former director of Reliance Big TV.
He was awarded 1995 National Film Award for Best Lyrics for song "Kuch Is Tarah" in the film Bhairavi (1995) directed by Aruna Raje.
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Amit Khanna
He was awarded 1995 National Film Award for Best Lyrics for song "Kuch Is Tarah" in the film Bhairavi (1995) directed by Aruna Raje.
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Filmography of Amit Khanna (18 films)
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Badmashiyaan (2015)
, 2h12Directed by Amit Khanna
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Sidhant Gupta, Suzanna Mukherjee, Sharib Hashmi, Karan Mehra
Rating46%
Café owner Dev’s girlfriend Nari left him the night he meant to propose to her. Months later, he meets Palak, a young woman living next door, during a bank hold-up. Dev’s friend Pinkesh, a private investigator, has been trying to track down Nari for him. He finds that she is living with Don Jassi, a reformed gangster.
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Aur Ek Prem Kahani (1996)
Directed by Balu Mahendra
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Ramesh Aravind, Revathi, Heera, Akshay Anand
Roles Lyricist
Rating73%
Ranganathan (Sudhir Ahuja), a middle aged engineer who lives in a middle class home in Madras with his wife Kamala (Sushma) and daughter Kokila (Heera Rajgopal), who is a medical student. Manga (Revathy) a maid lives with them and is treated like a member of the family. As Ranganathan travels a lot and his wife is not well, the family decides to keep a paying guest. Sathyamoorthy a bank executive (Arvind Ramesh) comes to live in the Ranganathan household. Kokila and Sathyamoorthy fall in love and plan to get married with her parents consent. Meanwhile one night perchance Sathya and the maid Manga are alone in the house. One thing leads to another and before they realise they end up making love. Kokila remains unaware of this incident even as Manga knows about Kokila's affair with Sathya. Sathya soon forgets the Manga episode and continues his romance with Kokila. One day while Kokila is away on a college tour Satya is informed by Manga that she is pregnant and hopes he will not let her down. Sathya suggests that Manga abort the child. Manga is shattered and leaves the Ranganathan house. Kokila comes back from the college tour and finds Sathya missing. He has vacated the room, says her mother and all attempts by Kokila to trace him remain futile. Kokila and Sathya meet each other accidentally, after few years in a village where she has gone as a doctor. She discovers Satya has married Manga and they have a young daughter whom they have named Kokila.
Awwal Number (1990)
Directed by Dev Anand
Themes Sports films
Actors Dev Anand, Aamir Khan, Aditya Pancholi, Vikram Gokhale, Parikshit Sahni, Rakesh Bedi
Roles Lyricist
Rating45%
The story revolves around cricket where a new star Sunny (Aamir Khan) has been included in the team in place of another famous star Ronny (Aditya Pancholi). All this creates hatred in the heart of Ronny against Sunny, although Sunny respects him. Ronny decides to take revenge on Sunny; meanwhile a terrorist decides to put a bomb in the field where a match is to be organised between India and Australia.
Avinash (1986)
, 2h25Directed by Umesh Mehra
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Mithun Chakraborty, Parveen Babi, Poonam Dhillon, Prem Chopra, Bindiya Goswami, Tom Alter
Roles Lyricist
Rating62%
Avinash is an action thriller, featuring Mithun Chakraborty, Parveen Babi, Poonam Dhillon, Prem Chopra, Kalpana Iyer, Tom Alter, Anil Dhawan, Avtar Gill and Sujit Kumar.
Saaransh (1984)
, 2h17Directed by Mahesh Bhatt
Origin Inde
Genres Drama
Actors Anupam Kher, Rohini Hattangadi, Alok Nath, Soni Razdan, Nilu Phule, Akash Chandra Khurana
Roles Dialogue
Rating80%
Saaransh is a story of an old Maharashtrian couple living in Shivaji Park, Mumbai, coming to terms with the death of their only son who is killed in a mugging incident in New York. Devastated to learn that their child has been killed, former headmaster B.V. Pradhan and his wife, Parvati, grieve.
Kismat (1980)
, 2h5Genres Action
Actors Mithun Chakraborty, Ranjeeta "Robby" Kaur, Shakti Kapoor, Om Shivpuri, Urmila Bhatt
Roles Lyricist
Rating52%
Kismet is a Family drama, where Mithun and Ranjeeta Kaur playing the lead role, supported by Shakti Kapoor and Om Shivpuri.
Personal Choice (1980)
Directed by Basu Chatterjee
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Dev Anand, Tina Ambani, Girish Karnad, Simple Kapadia, Mehmood Ali, Leela Mishra
Roles Lyricist
Rating64%
Best friends and musicologists Pratap (Dev Anand) and Kashinath (Girish Karnad) make a bet that Pratap can transform any unpolished girl into a graceful and talented singer in only six months' time. Kashinath agrees that he will marry the girl if Pratap is successful. One night they accidentally take the wrong train after a party. They encounter Kamli (Tina Munim), a loud-mouthed vendor of neem branches on the train and Pratap tells her that she could become a skilled singer. At first Kamli laughs at him, but changes her mind and comes to see him the next day, saying she will pay him for music lessons. Kamli moves in with the acerbic and bossy Pratap to become his full-time pupil. With the help of his invention the scalograph, Pratap teaches Kamli to sing classical music and play the tambura. Meanwhile, soft-spoken and gentlemanly Kashinath teaches her the culture of music, proper etiquette and how to talk correctly. Kamli's shiftless father Popatlal (Mehmood) shows up to complain about the unorthodox living arrangement, but the two men pay him off and send him away. They decide to test their protege and take Kamli to a party where they pass her off as part of a royal family. Unfortunately, she drinks too much and gives the game away. After the party, Kamli gives Pratap's secretary a month off and takes over his duties, becoming indispensable to her teacher. Finally, the big day arrives and Kamli performs in front of a large audience where she is a great success. Afterwards, Pratap and Kashinath congratulate themselves on their great success, forgetting Kamli's hard work. In despair about her uncertain future and filled with sadness that Pratap does not care for her, she fights with him and leaves. Pratap pretends to be indifferent. Kashinath, knowing his friend well, points out that he has obviously fallen in love with her and releases him from the bet. Pratap is miserable without Kamli, but he is too proud to ask her back. Just when he thinks she is gone forever, she returns to him.
Chakkar Pe Chakkar (1977)
Genres Romantic comedy, Action
Actors Shashi Kapoor, Rekha, Pran Krishan Sikand, Amjad Khan, Raza Murad, Madan Puri
Roles Story
Rating56%
Producer
Gudia (1997)
, 2h19Directed by Goutam Ghose
Actors Mithun Chakraborty, Nandana Sen, Pran Krishan Sikand, Mohan Agashe, Tiku Talsania, Aanjjan Srivastav
Roles Producer
Rating69%
Story of a simple ventriloquist, played by Mithun; his life and love. Based on a play by Mahasweta Devi.
Saaz (1997)
, 2h28Directed by Sai Parānjpye
Genres Drama, Musical
Actors Shabana Azmi, Raghubir Yadav, Aruna Irani, Zakir Hussain, Zakir Hussain, Ayesha Dharker
Roles Producer
Rating65%
Mansi, the elder sister, has to take up professional singing after her father's death and to support the family. The film focuses mainly on the female characters and traces how the younger sibling Bansi regains her identity.
Gudgudee (1997)
Directed by Basu Chatterjee
Genres Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Anupam Kher, Prateeksha Lonkar, Pratibha Sinha, Satish Kaushik, Jugal Hansraj, Dolon Roy
Roles Executive Producer
Rating38%
Naive and easily influenced Ajay Prasad has been married for several years, and lives in remote India with his wife and a son. The family receive an invitation to attend a wedding in Bombay. As Mrs. Prasad and their son are unable to attend, Ajay is asked to attend on his own, which he agrees to do so. Upon arrival in Bombay, he is met at the airport by Ravindranath, who welcomes him, and drives him to his apartment, located in a good upper class locality. Ajay finds out that his next door neighbor is a single woman, who acts in commercials and short advertisements. Ajay decides to indulge in an affair with her, with hilarious results.
Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin (1996)
Directed by Sudhir Mishra
Genres Thriller
Themes Gangster films
Actors Nirmal Pandey, Ashish Vidyarthi, Saurabh Shukla, Manoj Pahwa, R. Madhavan, Akhil Mishra
Roles Executive producer
Rating68%
An advertising executive, Aditya/Adi (Nirmal Pandey) has a beautiful wife (Tara Deshpande) and a beautiful mistress (Smriti Mishra). This secret affair is the catalyst for much of the plot. Adi gets into a scuffle with a bunch of gangsters led by Ramanbhai, (Ashish Vidyarthi). To add to the tension, Ramanbhai is under duress because his colleague, Vilas Pandey (Saurabh Shukla) is after his life.
Aur Ek Prem Kahani (1996)
Directed by Balu Mahendra
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Ramesh Aravind, Revathi, Heera, Akshay Anand
Roles Producer
Rating73%
Ranganathan (Sudhir Ahuja), a middle aged engineer who lives in a middle class home in Madras with his wife Kamala (Sushma) and daughter Kokila (Heera Rajgopal), who is a medical student. Manga (Revathy) a maid lives with them and is treated like a member of the family. As Ranganathan travels a lot and his wife is not well, the family decides to keep a paying guest. Sathyamoorthy a bank executive (Arvind Ramesh) comes to live in the Ranganathan household. Kokila and Sathyamoorthy fall in love and plan to get married with her parents consent. Meanwhile one night perchance Sathya and the maid Manga are alone in the house. One thing leads to another and before they realise they end up making love. Kokila remains unaware of this incident even as Manga knows about Kokila's affair with Sathya. Sathya soon forgets the Manga episode and continues his romance with Kokila. One day while Kokila is away on a college tour Satya is informed by Manga that she is pregnant and hopes he will not let her down. Sathya suggests that Manga abort the child. Manga is shattered and leaves the Ranganathan house. Kokila comes back from the college tour and finds Sathya missing. He has vacated the room, says her mother and all attempts by Kokila to trace him remain futile. Kokila and Sathya meet each other accidentally, after few years in a village where she has gone as a doctor. She discovers Satya has married Manga and they have a young daughter whom they have named Kokila.
Papa Kehte Hai (1996)
Directed by Mahesh Bhatt
Actors Jugal Hansraj, Mayuri Kango, Dinesh Hingoo, Anupam Kher, Javed Khan Amrohi, Suhas Joshi
Roles Producer
Rating49%
Sweety (Mayuri Kango) lives with her mother (Navni Parihar), maternal grandmother (Suhas Joshi) and grandfather (Tiku Talsania). She is very rebellious, emotional and high-strung, and does not get along well with her classmates in school. All she knows is that she is not permitted to talk about her dad at home. She finds out that he is in Seychelles and runs away there.
Sardari Begum (1996)
, 2h15Directed by Shyam Benegal
Genres Drama
Actors Kiron Kher, Surekha Sikri, Amrish Puri, Rajit Kapur, Rajeshwari Sachdev, Uttara Baokar
Roles Producer
Rating70%
The police are called to investigate the death of a woman during a riot in the walled city of Delhi. She was killed by a stone thrown by an agitated mob. The woman killed is known in the community as "Sardari Begum" (Kiron Kher), a popular singer and courtesan. The religious nature of the incident and the impending elections combine to attract the media's attention. When a young reporter covering the funeral, Tehzeeb Abbasi (Rajina Raj Bisaria), discovers her father among the mourners, her curiosity prompts her to investigate further. Then comes the revelation that the singer was in fact her aunt, who was disowned by her family for rebelliously learning music from a concubine.