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Manohar Shyam Joshi is a Scriptwriter Indian born on 9 august 1933 at Ajmer (Inde)
Manohar Shyam Joshi (1933–2006) (Hindi: मनोहर श्याम जोशी) was a Hindi writer, journalist and scriptwriter, most well known as the writer of Indian television's first soap opera, Hum Log (1982) and hes early hits Buniyaad (1987), Kakaji Kahin, a political satire and Kyap, a novel which won him the Sahitya Akademi Award.
He died on March 30, 2006, at the age of 73, in New Delhi, India. He is survived by his wife, Dr. Bhagwati Joshi, and three sons. Upon his death, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called him, "..one of the most influential writers and commentators in Hindi in recent times".
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Nationality Inde
Birth 9 august 1933 at Ajmer (Inde)
Death 30 march 2006 (at 72 years) at New Delhi (Inde)
Awards Sahitya Akademi Award
Birth 9 august 1933 at Ajmer (Inde)
Death 30 march 2006 (at 72 years) at New Delhi (Inde)
Awards Sahitya Akademi Award
Biography
Manohar Shyam Joshi was born on August 9,1903 at Ajmer in Rajasthan, the son of a noted educationist and musicologist belonging to a Kumaoni Brahmin family from Almora, now in the state of Uttarakhand.He died on March 30, 2006, at the age of 73, in New Delhi, India. He is survived by his wife, Dr. Bhagwati Joshi, and three sons. Upon his death, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called him, "..one of the most influential writers and commentators in Hindi in recent times".
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Hey Ram (2000)
, 3h22Directed by Kamal Haasan
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Historical, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Kamal Haasan, Shahrukh Khan, Atul Kulkarni, Hema Malini, Rani Mukherjee, Abbas
Roles Dialogue
Rating78%
The film is about a protagonist's journey from religious hatred to love with the theme of the partition of Bengal in the background. Its relevance in the present Indian environment clouded by religious extremism was widely unrecognised. This is the story of Saket Ram, as narrated by his grandson. The film takes place as Ram, a retired archaeologist, lies on the deathbed, on 6 December 1999, the 7th anniversary of the destruction of Babri Mosque in Ayodhya.
Chachi 420 (1997)
Directed by Kamal Haasan
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Kamal Haasan, Amrish Puri, Om Puri, Tabu, Johnny Walker, Paresh Rawal
Rating73%
Jaiprakash Paswan aka Jai (Kamal Hassan) and Janki Paswan (Tabu) are fighting a divorce case. Janki is the only daughter of Durgaprasad Bhardwaj (Amrish Puri), a staunch Brahmin businessman. Jaiprakash, a Dusadh, is an assistant dance director in films. The duo fell in love and married against the will of Durgaprasad. However, Janki buckled under the pressure of a middle-class life. Other differences cropped up between the couple and Janki walked out. The court grants the divorce. Jai is allowed to meet his beloved daughter Bharti (Baby Sana) once a week. But when he sneaks into the Bhardwaj house to steal Bharti, he loses visitation rights.
Apoorva Sagodharargal (1989)
, 2h30Directed by Srinivasa Rao Singeetham
Genres Comedy, Action
Themes Circus films, Films about families
Actors Gautami, Kamal Haasan, Sreevidya, Rupini, Nagesh, Aachi Manorama
Rating82%
Sethupathy (Kamal Haasan) is an honest and upright police officer. When he arrests four bigwigs Dharmaraj (Nagesh), Francis Anbarasu (Delhi Ganesh), Nallasivam (Nasser) and Satyamoorthy (Jaishankar), they escape justice easily and return to take revenge. They kill him and poison his wife (Srividya). She escapes and gives birth to twins with the help of another woman Muniyamma (Manorama) but the babies are separated and each woman believes that the other is dead because of the events happening next to birth. One of the twins, Raja (Kamal Haasan) grows up as a mechanic with Muniyamma, while the other twin, Appu (Kamal Haasan), a dwarf, grows up in the circus with his mother.
Bhrashtachar (1989)
, 2h33Directed by Ramesh Sippy
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Mithun Chakraborty, Rekha, Shilpa Shirodkar, Rajinikanth, Anupam Kher, Raza Murad
Roles Writer
Rating48%
Le politicien Purshottam et en tête pour gagner les élections, mais Ashutosh Das, un officier de police alcoolique, Bhavani Dutt un activiste et Abdul Sattar un politicien, sont contre le mouvement de Purshottam. Comme ils sont tout les trois au courant des activité illégale de Purshottam, ils décident de se réunir ensemble pour le faire tomber. Mais Purshottam va tout faire pour se débarrasser du très encombrant trio.
Manzil (1979)
Directed by Basu Chatterjee
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Amitabh Bachchan, Moushumi Chatterjee, Rakesh Pandey, Satyen Kappu, A. K. Hangal, Urmila Bhatt
Roles Writer
Rating68%
The story of the movie starts with a young man Amitabh having big dreams. He falls for a rich girl Moushumi. She falls for him as well. He pretends to be rich not to disappoint her and takes help from his friend for a suit, the car and the flat claiming all his own. He wants to start a galvanometer business by buying old ones and refurbishing them to workable ones with the help of A.K. Hangal. Unfortunately the big cats try to buy him out but Amitabh doesn't budge. So, they buy A.k. Hangal by bribing him with money for his daughters wedding. This leads to a big failure for Amitabh whose mother Lalita Pawar has to give the insurance money to her son to bail him. It still doesn't work and Amitabh is taken to court by Moushumi's father, a lawyer. Lalita Pawar encourages her son to repair the galvanometers himself and when he falls short of money, sells her gold jewellery. The prosecutor withdraws the case as the galvanometers are now repaired. His friend Prakash Mariwalla also helps him with ten thousand rupees in disguise of an order.