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Kalyanji Anandji is a Music Director born on 30 june 1928

Kalyanji Anandji

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Birth name Kalyanji Virji Shah, Anandji Virji Shah
Birth 30 june 1928
Death 24 august 2000 (at 72 years)

Kalyanji Anandji is a name used by an Indian composer duo known for its work on Hindi film soundtracks, particularly action potboilers in the 1970s. The name comes from first names of the Gujarati brothers that formed the duo, Kalyanji Virji Shah and Anandji Virji Shah. Some of their best-known works are Don, Bairaag, Saraswatichandra, Qurbani, Tridev and Safar. They won the 1975 Filmfare Award for Best Music Director for Kora Kagaz.

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Prakash Mehra
Prakash Mehra
(10 films)
Shashi Kapoor
Shashi Kapoor
(17 films)
Kishore Kumar
Kishore Kumar
(17 films)
Lata Mangeshkar
Lata Mangeshkar
(17 films)
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Filmography of Kalyanji Anandji (64 films)

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Pratigyabadh, 2h5
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Sunil Dutt, Mithun Chakraborty, Kumar Gaurav, Beena Banerjee, Neelam Kothari, Amita Nangia
Roles Music
Rating58% 2.928132.928132.928132.928132.92813
Pratigyabadh is the story of a simple man (Mithun Chakraborty), and his brother (Kumar Gaurav), their love and the hurdles they face in life.
Galiyon Ka Badshah, 2h15
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Raaj Kumar, Mithun Chakraborty, Hema Malini, Smita Patil, Poonam Dhillon, Amrita Singh
Roles Music
Rating51% 2.599882.599882.599882.599882.59988
Galiyon Ka Badshah is an action thriller, featuring Raaj Kumar and Mithun Chakraborty in lead roles, well supported by Hema Malini, Smita Patil, Amrita Singh, Danny Denzongpa and Iftekhar.
Jaadugar
Jaadugar (1989)
, 2h53
Directed by Prakash Mehra
Genres Comedy
Actors Amitabh Bachchan, Amrita Singh, Amrish Puri, Raza Murad, Aditya Pancholi, Pran Krishan Sikand
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating42% 2.1195352.1195352.1195352.1195352.119535
Returned American Shankar Narayan is baffled to witness his former businessman and jailbird dad posing as a soothsayer by the name of Mahaprabhu Janak Sagar Jagat Narayan, in a small town called Dharampur. He comes to know that his dad has learned a few magician's tricks from a fellow inmate, and is able to fool the entire township with his "divine" powers. Shankar enlists the assistance of noted magician Goga, and brings him to Dharampur. Goga challenges the Mahaprabhu; he is able to dethrone him, ousts him from his temple, and takes over. His task over, Shankar asks Goga to leave; but power-hungry Goga, who now calls himself Gogeshwar, refuses to let go of his new-found position.
Tridev
Tridev (1989)
, 2h54
Genres Action, Crime
Actors Naseeruddin Shah, Sunny Deol, Shekhar Suman, Jackie Shroff, Madhuri Dixit, Sonam
Roles Music Director
Rating64% 3.248073.248073.248073.248073.24807
Bhujang (Amrish Puri) is powerful crime Boss who wants to rule India. After the Assassisnation of an honest politician the police department comes under huge pressure. Inspector Karan Saxena (Sunny Deol) manages to catch an arms dealer Ramesh Tejani who helps him arrest Don who supplies firearms for Bhujang.
Rukhsat
Rukhsat (1988)
, 2h15
Directed by Simi Garewal
Genres Romance
Actors Mithun Chakraborty, Anuradha Patel, Amrish Puri, Simi Garewal, Pradeep Kumar, Rohini Hattangadi
Roles Music
Rating72% 3.644883.644883.644883.644883.64488
Rukhsat is a family drama featuring Mithun Chakraborty and Anuradha Patel in lead roles, supported by Marc Zuber, Pradeep Kumar, Rohini Hattangadi, Amrish Puri and the director Simi Garewal.The film was produced by Philip Cherian.
Saazish
Saazish (1988)
, 2h20
Directed by Rajkumar Kohli
Genres Action
Actors Raaj Kumar, Dharmendra, Mithun Chakraborty, Raj Babbar, Dimple Kapadia, Anita Raj
Roles Music
Rating51% 2.557622.557622.557622.557622.55762
In this convoluted plot, Diwan (Amrish Puri) , Dr. Kalidas (Kader Khan) and another secret person run a crime syndicate. They take insurance policies with fake identities and then fake their own deaths and claim insurance. Prem Krishan, a crime reporter, unearths this nefarious plan but is killed by Diwan. Prem Krishan's step brother Kailash is implicated in Prem Krishan's murder. Anand (Mithun Chakraborthy) is in search of his sister who married her lover without informing him, and has gone missing thereafter. When Anand finally finds her, she is in a mental asylum, her husband is reported dead and Anand's friend Prakash (Raj Babbar) finds evidence which proves that Kailash (Raaj Kumar) is again responsible for her husband's murder. As if his troubles are not enough, Kailash's step sister and Anand's girl friend (Dimple Kapadia) also has a low opinion of Kailash. Chased by cops and Anand, Kailash fakes his own death, but returns to town with a fake identity. After a series of badly scripted events, Kailash proves his innocence, Prakash turns out to be the secret third villain (who cheated Anand's sister) and all the bad guys are caught by police. Poor Anand does not get to protect his sister from villains, but no problem, the police inspector Saxena saves her.
Hiraasat
Hiraasat (1987)
, 2h20
Genres Action
Actors Shatrughan Sinha, Mithun Chakraborty, Hema Malini, Anita Raj, Prem Chopra, Sujit Dhungana
Roles Music
Rating56% 2.8403552.8403552.8403552.8403552.840355
Hiraasat is an action film, featuring Mithun Chakraborty and Anita Raj in lead roles, well supported by Shatrughan Sinha, Hema Malini, Prem Chopra, Kalpana Iyer and Shakti Kaposinha's shatrughan sinha played a character of honest police office who could sacrifice everything for country.
Imaandaar
Imaandaar (1987)
, 2h32
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Vikas Anand, Sanjay Dutt, Satyen Kappu, Farah Naaz, Pran Krishan Sikand, Om Prakash
Roles Music
Rating54% 2.7357152.7357152.7357152.7357152.735715
some people give up Sudarshan Trapped in the business of counterfeit medicines. Raj Bahadur is bring out the truth. Rai Bahadur is murdered, then Sudarshan handles the responsibility of her son. The story has many twists.
Baat Ban Jaye, 2h15
Genres Comedy, Action, Romance
Actors Sanjeev Kumar, Mithun Chakraborty, Vinod Mehra, Utpal Dutt, Raj Babbar, Amol Palekar
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating62% 3.1443.1443.1443.1443.144
Baat Ban Jaye is a comedy, featuring Sanjeev Kumar, Utpal Dutt, Raj Babbar, Zeenat Aman, Amol Palekar, Aruna Irani and Shakti Kapoor. Zeenat Aman plays Nisha, a wealthy businesswoman who wants to marry a poor and honest man. Her uncle, played by Utpal Dutt, tries to find a suitable match for her, with hilarious results.
Chameli Ki Shaadi
Directed by Basu Chatterjee
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Anil Kapoor, Amrita Singh, Amjad Khan, Pankaj Kapur, Satyen Kappu, Om Prakash
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating74% 3.7447053.7447053.7447053.7447053.744705
Charandas is a fledgling wrestler who lives with Bhajandas. According to Bhajandas, Charandas should marry and start a family of his own. But Charan is hell bent on becoming a wrestler & is even ready to remain a bachelor until 40 as per the norms of Mastram. However, one day, Charan's thoughts are challenged when he sees Chameli on Kallumal's coal depot. He realizes that to marry her, he may have to leave Mastram's Akhara.
Janbaaz
Janbaaz (1986)
, 2h55
Directed by Feroz Khan
Genres Action, Crime, Romance
Actors Anil Kapoor, Sridevi, Dimple Kapadia, Amrish Puri, Feroz Khan, Shakti Kapoor
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating61% 3.096923.096923.096923.096923.09692
Rana Vikram Singh lives in a huge farmhouse with his wife, Laxmi and two sons: Rajesh (Feroz Khan), a police officer and Amar (Anil Kapoor), a fun-loving playboy. Amar's entry begins with him playing a round of loaded Russian Roulette which he wins and proclaims himself jaanbaaz.
Raaj Tilak
Raaj Tilak (1984)
, 2h25
Directed by Rajkumar Kohli
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Kamal Haasan, Raaj Kumar, Sunil Dutt, Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Ranjeeta "Robby" Kaur
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating57% 2.8617852.8617852.8617852.8617852.861785
Raaj Tilak is an action period drama, featuring Raaj Kumar, Sunil Dutt, Dharmendra, Kamal Hassan, Hema Malini, Ranjeeta Kaur, Reena Roy, Yogeeta Bali, Sarika, Pran, Ranjeet, Raj Kiran and Ajit.
What Will People Say?
Directed by B. R. Ishara
Genres Drama
Actors Shabana Azmi, Shatrughan Sinha, Sanjeev Kumar, Aruna Irani, Navin Nischol, Manmohan Krishna Chadha
Roles Music Director
Rating20% 1.044611.044611.044611.044611.04461
A young woman (Shabana Azmi) is forced into a pre-arranged marriage with a widower. She comes to detest her husband and his son and the life that has been enforced upon her. She begins an affair with another man. One day her stepson discovers her with the other man and she kills him to prevent him from telling her husband. Ultimately she also kills her husband as her mental health declines and she becomes insane.