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Kanan Kaushal is a Actor born on 21 march 1939

Kanan Kaushal

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Birth name Indumati Sheth
Birth 21 march 1939 (85 years)

Kanan Kaushal (AKA Kanan Koashal, Indumati Paingankar )
is a Marathi-Hindi actress, most famous for starring in Jai Santoshi Maa (1975). The low-budget film became a huge box office hit and a cultural phenomenon. Although Kaushal gave an earnest, heartfelt performance as Santoshi's devotee, Satyavathi, she didn't get the big offers that she had hoped for. She has acted in number of Marathi films like Pahuni, Bholi Bhabadi, Maan Apmaan, Ekati, Kartiki, Mama Bhache, Chandra Aahe Sakshila, LaxmanRekha, Shraddha. She has also acted in 16 Gujarati films, 4 Bhojpuri films, and 60 Hindi – Marathi films. She belongs to the 'Gomantak Maratha' community and has acted in number of Marathi plays.

Usually with

Rakesh Roshan
Rakesh Roshan
(2 films)
Ramesh Deo
Ramesh Deo
(4 films)
Jayshree T.
Jayshree T.
(3 films)
Asrani
Asrani
(3 films)
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Filmography of Kanan Kaushal (16 films)

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Toofan
Toofan (1989)
, 2h54
Genres Fantasy
Themes Films about families, Superhero films
Actors Amitabh Bachchan, Meenakshi Seshadri, Amrita Singh, Farooq Sheikh, Pran Krishan Sikand, Goga Kapoor
Rating51% 2.558422.558422.558422.558422.55842
The film opens with a daredevil escape magician Ramesh Kumar (Ramesh Deo) receiving word that his close friend Inspector Hanuman Prasad (Pran) has just lost his wife during childbirth. As Ramesh's wife is unable to bear children, the inspector entrusts one of his twin children to Ramesh, to rear as his own, so they may both enjoy the children. They decide to keep this a secret between them (and the doctor). Ramesh returns to Mumbai and the boy, Shyam, learns the tricks of the trade to become Shyam jadugar (Shyam the magician, played by Amitabh Bachchan). Ramesh meets an untimely death during a failed Chinese Water Torture Cell escape trick, and his wife steadfastly dissuades Shyam from pursuing magic. However, Shyam resolves to perform the escape successfully as a tribute to his late father.
Inaam Dus Hazaar
Actors Sanjay Dutt, Meenakshi Seshadri, Amrish Puri, Gulshan Grover, Raza Murad, Sharat Saxena
Rating60% 3.00563.00563.00563.00563.0056
Kamal Malhotra (Sanjay Dutt) is a salesman working with a table-fan manufacturing firm. He lives with his uncle and mother.
Bhagwaan Dada
Genres Action
Actors Rajinikanth, Rakesh Roshan, Sridevi, Danny Denzongpa, Hrithik Roshan, Tina Ambani
Rating43% 2.19652.19652.19652.19652.1965
A villager new to the big city – Bhagwaan (Rajinikanth) – turns to crime to avoid starvation. He is drawn into the gang of slum crime lord 'dada' Shambu (Danny Denzongpa) where he falls into every crime but one: violence against women. When an impoverished but honourable young widow hangs herself after being raped by Shambu Dada, the cries of her orphaned baby awaken Bhagwaan’s soul. He rebels against his former master. Bhagwaan vows to atone for his formerly evil life, and adopts the orphaned baby as his own son. The innocent young boy becomes Bhagwaan’s source of personal redemption and the inspiration for all that he does.
The Man has Awoken, 2h15
Directed by K. Viswanath
Genres Drama, Action, Romance
Actors Mithun Chakraborty, Sridevi, Rakesh Roshan, Sujit Dhungana, Deven Varma, Kanan Kaushal
Roles Ramnarayan's wife
Rating51% 2.587162.587162.587162.587162.58716
In the film, Sandhya - a Brahmin dancer - i.e. Sridevi falls in love with Hari (Mithun Chakraorty), a Dalit. She visits her maternal grandfather - who is a staunch Hindu pundit - accompanied by her father and Hari, to perform at the village temple, where her grandfather is the head-priest. There, the grandfather decides to get Sandhya married to his adopted grandson Nandu (Rakesh Roshan), who is also a priest at the temple, but with a broader mind. Hari, citing the apparent caste difference, urges Sandhya to marry Nandu.
Jai Santoshi Maa, 2h10
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on mythology, Films about religion
Actors Kanan Kaushal, Bharat Bhushan, Anita Guha, Mahipal Singh, Leela Mishra
Roles Satyavati Vyas (née Sharma)
Rating63% 3.1911753.1911753.1911753.1911753.191175
The film opens in Dev Lok or "the world of the gods," a Hindu heaven located above the clouds, where we witness the "birth" of Santoshi Ma as the daughter of Ganesha, the elephant headed god of good beginnings, and his two wives Riddhi and Siddhi ("prosperity" and "success"). A key role is played by the immortal sage Narada, a devotee of Vishnu, and a cosmic busybody who regularly intervenes to advance the film's two parallel plots, which concern both human beings and gods. We soon meet the maiden Satyavati (Kanan Kaushal), Santoshi Ma's greatest earthly devotee, leading a group of women in an aarti (song and ceremony of worship) to the goddess. This first song, "Main To Arti Utaru", "I perform Mother Santoshi's arti," exemplifies through its camerawork the experience of darshan —of "seeing" and being seen by a deity in the reciprocal act of "visual communion" that is central to Hindu worship.
Bidaai
Bidaai (1974)

Directed by L. V. Prasad
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Actors Jeetendra, Leena Chandavarkar, Madan Puri, Durga Khote, Satyen Kappu, Kanan Kaushal
Roles Pooja
Rating65% 3.2657453.2657453.2657453.2657453.265745
After his business partner leaves him penniless, Parvati's husband passes away, leaving behind two sons, Prabhakar (Satyen Kappu), Sudhakar (Jeetendra) and a dumb daughter Gauri (Meena T), on the verge of destitution. When Prabhakar grows up, he marries Pooja (Kanan Kaushal) and moves out. Meanwhile, as time passes, Sudhakar grows up, completes his schooling, gets a job out of the town and relocates. When Gauri is not allowed to marry Murli (Asrani), she commits suicide and so does Murli, calling for Sudhakar back home. Sudhakar marries wealthy Padma (Leena Chandavarkar) and brings her home. Padma dislikes playing second fiddle even to Parvati leading to disagreements in the household. Padma's pregnancy too fails to resolve any of the problems. Thus the couple re-locates to Padma's palatial house in the city, leaving an ailing Parvati on her own. The rest of the film shows how Padma understands the value of family ties and brothers, Prabhakar and Sudhakar, get together to unite the family.
Yeh Gulistan Hamara
Actors Dev Anand, Sharmila Tagore, Pran Krishan Sikand, Sujit Dhungana, Johnny Walker, Kanan Kaushal
Roles Mrs. Barua
Rating65% 3.2858753.2858753.2858753.2858753.285875
India is worried about its north eastern residents who are cut off from the mainland and are generally backward, illiterate and under developed. The government appoints special officer cum civil engineer Vijay (Dev Anand)to construct a bridge over a river next to the tribal village of Ding in the north eastern part of India. Ding is ruled by the cruel and autocratic Deng Do Rani (Pran) and his henchmen Haku (Jankidas), Teju (Sujit Kumar) and trusted fighter Soo Reni (Sharmila Tagore), a beautiful girl. Deng Do Rani wants to sabotage the construction and sends Soo Reni and other warriors to demolish the bridge. They are captured by Vijay's officers and treated with respect and equality. Deng Do Rani sends others to kill the band captured, and the Indian Officers under the leadership of Vijay fight bravely to protect them. Soo Reni and her companions have a change of heart and pledge to support Vijay in his mission. Vijay and Soo Reni also fall in love with each other.