Vinod Khanna to fight for BJP
Mo
Surprisingly he is to fight from Gurdaspur which I thought
was a Sikh stronghold , probably more misinformation
supplied by Gurpradeshsinghji.
BJP is also fielding four Muslim candidates in its first
list.
baber
Just another filmi hero falling for the political lure!!...though he
chances of success are bleak
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Mo
pbam...@aol.com (PBamBoom) wrote:
>Vinod Khanna to fight for BJP
> Surprisingly he is to fight from Gurdaspur which I
thought
>was a Sikh stronghold
is v.k. sikh?<
No , he is a Hindu Punjabi. They have nothing in common with
Sardarjis.
(may sound like a stupid q but there are khannas who are
sikhs)
thanks!
PBamBoom
>Vinod Khanna to fight for BJP
> Surprisingly he is to fight from Gurdaspur which I thought
>was a Sikh stronghold
is v.k. sikh?
Gurupdesh Singh
In article <6ai54n$jf0$7...@eros.clara.net>, 11305...@compuserve.com (Mo) wrote:
>pbam...@aol.com (PBamBoom) wrote:
>
>>Vinod Khanna to fight for BJP
>
>> Surprisingly he is to fight from Gurdaspur which I
>thought
>>was a Sikh stronghold
>
>is v.k. sikh?<
>
>Sardarjis.
>sikhs)
>thanks!
>
correctly a member of the "Dasus-go-Arya Samaj" as it is a Bhiya infiltrator
organization from eastern Gangaland which set up shop in Punjab during the
late 19th century. These organizations began brainwashing "Hindu" Punjabis
into believing that Bhiyas of Gangaland ("Dasus" of the RigVeda) and their
language/culture are more "Aryan" and "Vedic" than that of Punjabis.
This may explain to readers why he too does "ka ka ka" like his fellow Bhiyas
who have adopted him as their "fellow Aryan".
Incidently, just for those who care about real history, the Vedic period of
Saptha Sindhva, 1500-500 BC, was confined to Saptha Sindhva (ancient
Punjab/Sindh region) as the Rig Veda hyms tell us. They also ate cows
and worshipped Vedic Gods like Indra, Varuna, Mitra. But these are only
side issue for Bhiyas suffering from a terminal case of "Aryan envy"!.
Kunal Singh
In article <6aj9hd$f...@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu> gs...@cornell.edu (Gurupdesh Singh) writes:
.. stuff deleted ..
In article <6ai54n$jf0$7...@eros.clara.net>, 11305...@compuserve.com (Mo) wrote:
>pbam...@aol.com (PBamBoom) wrote:
>
>>Vinod Khanna to fight for BJP
>
>> Surprisingly he is to fight from Gurdaspur which I
>thought
>>was a Sikh stronghold
>
>is v.k. sikh?<
>
> No , he is a Hindu Punjabi. They have nothing in common with
>Sardarjis.
>(may sound like a stupid q but there are khannas who are
>sikhs)
>thanks!
>
You are correct, he is also probably an Arya Samaji. Or more
correctly a member of the "Dasus-go-Arya Samaj" as it is a Bhiya
infiltrator organization from eastern Gangaland which set up shop
in Punjab during the late 19th century.
Vinod Khanna is just plain weird. The last time he had a fling with
religion, he left Mumbai and ran away with Bhagwan Rajneesh! The dude
is obviously one confused Hindu, I guess the BJP has given him another
chance at being religious! ;-)
.. stuff deleted ..
Punjab/Sindh region) as the Rig Veda hyms tell us. They also ate cows
and worshipped Vedic Gods like Indra, Varuna, Mitra. But these are only
side issue for Bhiyas suffering from a terminal case of "Aryan envy"!.
Ever heard of sage Agastya who crossed the Vindhyas, what is his
philosophical lineage considered to be ? He was said to be the son of
two of the Vedic deities, Varuna and Mitra, I think. Bhrgu, likewise
was considered the son of either Varuna or Mitra. All the Vedic
people had long since moved out of Punjab!
Gurupdesh Singh
In article <fiyb02ot3b.fsf@swap31-236>, nny...@ny.ubs.com (Kunal Singh) wrote:
>
>In article <6aj9hd$f...@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu> gs...@cornell.edu (Gurupdesh
> Singh) writes:
>
>
> In article <6ai54n$jf0$7...@eros.clara.net>, 11305...@compuserve.com (Mo)
> wrote:
> >pbam...@aol.com (PBamBoom) wrote:
> >
> >>Vinod Khanna to fight for BJP
> >
> >> Surprisingly he is to fight from Gurdaspur which I
> >thought
> >>was a Sikh stronghold
> >
> >is v.k. sikh?<
> >
> > No , he is a Hindu Punjabi. They have nothing in common with
> >Sardarjis.
> >(may sound like a stupid q but there are khannas who are
> >sikhs)
> >thanks!
> >
> You are correct, he is also probably an Arya Samaji. Or more
> correctly a member of the "Dasus-go-Arya Samaj" as it is a Bhiya
> infiltrator organization from eastern Gangaland which set up shop
> in Punjab during the late 19th century.
>
>Vinod Khanna is just plain weird. The last time he had a fling with
>religion, he left Mumbai and ran away with Bhagwan Rajneesh! The dude
>is obviously one confused Hindu, I guess the BJP has given him another
>chance at being religious! ;-)
>
>
> Punjab/Sindh region) as the Rig Veda hyms tell us. They also ate cows
> and worshipped Vedic Gods like Indra, Varuna, Mitra. But these are only
> side issue for Bhiyas suffering from a terminal case of "Aryan envy"!.
>
>Ever heard of sage Agastya who crossed the Vindhyas, what is his
Please give date and name of this source. The oldest Brahmanical
shastras do not predate 11th century AD, so there is a question
of the conformability and veracity of these claims. None of the
Vedic dieties like Varuna, Indra, and Mitra are found in currentday
"Hindu" temples. Also, the Vedic people ate COWS as the RigVeda
mentions, but Brahmins completely tabboos their consumption.
Other Brahmanical books from the Gangetic region (e.g. Puranas
like Mahabharta and Manu's VarnaAshramDharma) have dark Dravidian
Gods like Shiva, Krishna, etc. DEFEATING Aryan gods like Indra.
All this and much more provide evidence that the Vedics peoples
had an antagonist relationship with their Dravidian neighbors
in the gangetic region and the indeginous Brahmanical priesthood.
Moreover, Manu and the Mahabharta also forbid Brahmins from going
to the Vedic homeland of Saptha Sindhva (ancient Punjab/Sindh).
>philosophical lineage considered to be ? He was said to be the son of
>two of the Vedic deities, Varuna and Mitra, I think. Bhrgu, likewise
>was considered the son of either Varuna or Mitra. All the Vedic
>people had long since moved out of Punjab!
Really! WHEN and WHY did the Vedics decide to leave their beloved
homeland of Saptha Sindhva and their holy rivers to move into dasu territory.
Please provide evidence and argument to support the CLAIM that the Vedics
"moved out of Punjab" and wholesale migrate to Gangaland ?
In fact, the sociological contents of the RigVeda hyms (composed by
Vedic mystics/poets) in Punjab/Sindh region refer very disparagingly
to "dasus" to the south and the hyms impose strict tabboos against
going to these regions. It is very unlikely that they would
all get up one morning and decide to migrate to these very regions.
Again, the contents of the main historical source on the Vedic peoples
of Punjab/Sindh (1500-500BC) does not support 19th century
neo-Brahmanist fantasies of Poorbias like the one you expressed above
: that "Vedic people had long since moved out of Punjab" into
Gangaland !
Such unsupportable claims and historical quackery can be explained more
simply as 19th century Poorbias/Bengalis idealogues/politicians from eastern
India acquiring colonial racial complexes during British Raj and then
attempting to invent "genetic links" with Vedics peoples living
2000-3000 miles away from Benaras, Calcutta, and Madras. The facts
are that the Punjab/Sindh region was politically unified with rest of
southasia only 10% of its 3300 known history prior to annexation in 1847.
And this 10% "togethorness" was exclusively under Buddhist/Muslim empires!
Subsequent to the Vedic period, the Vedic people of Punjab entered into their
next stage of historical evolution: Gandharan Buddhism (400 BC - 900 AD).
There is also overwhelming historical/archeologic evidence that Brahmanism
is of Dravidian not Vedic origin ! I can post the evidence if you wish?
Mo
Vinod Khanna started campaigning and spoke fluent Punjabi
(asianage.com Jan 28). He said he will do his utmost to help
'backward areas like Gurdaspur' . Is that because it has a
disproportionately heavy Sardarji concentration ?
The crowds were so heavy to see him that it caused traffic
jams in the city.
Prabhdeep K Bajwa
In article <6anfmr$fvt$1...@eros.clara.net>,
Vinod Khanna and Vinod Mehra (he is dead) are both from Amritsar. Vinod
Khanna's family migrated from Lahore after partition, he speaks Punjabi at
home (not sure about his sons) and so does his relatives who live in
Amritsar. Rajesh Khanna is also a Punjabi but his father had migrated to
Simla after partition and then to Bombay, he was rich even before
parition. His name "Kaka" is also Punjabi as in Punjab parents often give
their sons this pet name.
Gurdaspur district is about 70% Sikh where congress has won since last 10
years, current MP is Sukhbans Kaur Bhinder, It is due to her husband that
in Delhi police you see so many Punjabis from Gurdaspur, even Satwant
Singh who killed Indira Gandhi was from Gurdaspur and recruited by SP
Bhinder.
In Gurdaspur, there are cities like Pathankot(Hindu), Qadian(muslim and
Hindu), Batala (which is not part of gurdaspur constituency but is in
gurdaspur district, since congress made Batala a part of amritsar so that
a Hindu candidate will win, as in Amritsar Hindus are about 50% while in
Batala city Hindus are in majority so Amritsar and Batala together give
Hindus a majority and both are in same constituency), Gurdaspur
constituency has 1000+ villages which are wholly Sikh, each village
usually has a shopkeeper, and other businessmen who are usually Hindus,
farmers are all Sikhs.
Vinod Khanna is facing a tough battle here, but since Akalis do not have
any candidate against BJP or Congress, he will have some chance to win.
Here the contest is between BJP and Congress. Akalis are not fielding any
candidate and are supporting BJP.
Sandeep S Bajwa
sba...@fyi.net
Amitabh Hajela
Prabhdeep K Bajwa wrote:
>
>
> Vinod Khanna and Vinod Mehra (he is dead) are both from Amritsar. Vinod
> Khanna's family migrated from Lahore after partition, he speaks Punjabi at
> home (not sure about his sons) and so does his relatives who live in
> Amritsar.
Who is the mother of Vinod Khanna's sons, is she also a Punjabi? If she
grew up in Punjab it may be possible that even the sons speak Punjabi.
Prabhdeep K Bajwa
In article <34CFA3...@eclipse.net>,
I am not sure about that! I don't think she is Punjab cause as you know
Vinod Khanna was pretty weird, Another Punjabi guy who comes to my mind
and is pretty weird is direct descendant of Guru Nanak Dev, Kabir
singh Bedi, he did nothing for Punjab or Punjabis, married 3-4 times, he
had a son and a daughter, daughter was Pooja Bedi and son siddhartha
recently committed suicide.
Vinod Mehra, Dharmendra, Dara Singh, Balraz Sahni, Raj Babbar, Om Puri,
Amrish Puri, Pankaj Kapoor, are few Punjabis from Hindi film industry who
did something. Dharmendra acted in 4-5 Punjabi movies, but others have
pretty big contribution in Punjabi theater, drama and movies.
Thanks
Sandeep Singh Bajwa
sba...@fyi.net
Ikram A. Khan
Sandeep Singh Bajwa wrote:
> Amitabh Hajela <aha...@eclipse.net> wrote:
> >> Vinod Khanna and Vinod Mehra (he is dead) are both from Amritsar. Vinod
> >> Khanna's family migrated from Lahore after partition, he speaks Punjabi at
> >> home (not sure about his sons) and so does his relatives who live in
> >> Amritsar.
> >
> >Who is the mother of Vinod Khanna's sons, is she also a Punjabi? If she
> >grew up in Punjab it may be possible that even the sons speak Punjabi.
>
> I am not sure about that! I don't think she is Punjab cause as you know
> Vinod Khanna was pretty weird,
:) "pretty weird", eh??... :) :)
He was previously married to Geetanjali (I remember his
nickname for her was Geetli ) and Akshaye Khanna is her
son. I seem to remember two kids from that marriage, other
one being a girl. No idea where she is now.... Also,
afair, Geetanjali was Parsee.
After the divorce, and after his subsequent return to
Bombay's film industry, he got married again to a lawyer.
I think her name was Kavita. I also remember reading an
article about them being blessed with a baby. I seem
to remember Kavita to be Gujju.
Now time for a query of mine...
> Another Punjabi guy who comes to my mind
> and is pretty weird is direct descendant of Guru Nanak Dev, Kabir
> singh Bedi, he did nothing for Punjab or Punjabis, married 3-4 times, he
> had a son and a daughter, daughter was Pooja Bedi and son siddhartha
> recently committed suicide.
a. How is he a direct descendant of Guru Nanak?
b. When did his son commit suicide? Any reason given?
c. What is Kabir doing nowadays? Last film of his that I
remember was probably Yalgaar. Has he gone (come?? )
back to the US? Or is he doing TV??
>
> Vinod Mehra, Dharmendra, Dara Singh, Balraz Sahni, Raj Babbar, Om Puri,
~~~~~~~
typo - Balraj Sahni
> Amrish Puri, Pankaj Kapoor, are few Punjabis from Hindi film industry who
> did something. Dharmendra acted in 4-5 Punjabi movies, but others have
> pretty big contribution in Punjabi theater, drama and movies.
Balraj Sahni's contribution to Theater (in general and not
just Punjabi) was quite extensive and he was quite active in
the IPTA movement which used to do quite a few plays...
Later,
Ikram.
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In article <886520250....@dejanews.com>, Ikram says...
>
>Sandeep Singh Bajwa wrote:
>
>> Amitabh Hajela <aha...@eclipse.net> wrote:
>> >> Vinod Khanna and Vinod Mehra (he is dead) are both from Amritsar. Vinod
>> >> Khanna's family migrated from Lahore after partition, he speaks Punjabi at
>> >> home (not sure about his sons) and so does his relatives who live in
>> >> Amritsar.
>> >
>> >Who is the mother of Vinod Khanna's sons, is she also a Punjabi? If she
>> >grew up in Punjab it may be possible that even the sons speak Punjabi.
>>
>> I am not sure about that! I don't think she is Punjab cause as you know
>> Vinod Khanna was pretty weird,
>
>:) "pretty weird", eh??... :) :)
>
>He was previously married to Geetanjali (I remember his
>nickname for her was Geetli ) and Akshaye Khanna is her
>son. I seem to remember two kids from that marriage, other
>one being a girl. No idea where she is now.... Also,
>afair, Geetanjali was Parsee.
Her full name was geetanjali Talyarkhan. Vinod is presently married to
Kavita Daftary and they have a daughter. I believe Kavita used to run a
company called Bharat Radiators at the point of marriage.
regards
Anand (a Dev Anand fan)
sanjeev kumar
Anand Tiwari wrote:
> >Sandeep Singh Bajwa wrote:
> >He was previously married to Geetanjali (I remember his
> >nickname for her was Geetli ) and Akshaye Khanna is her
> >son. I seem to remember two kids from that marriage, other
> >one being a girl. No idea where she is now.... Also,
> >afair, Geetanjali was Parsee.
>
> Her full name was geetanjali Talyarkhan. Vinod is presently married to
> Kavita Daftary and they have a daughter. I believe Kavita used to run
> a company called Bharat Radiators at the point of marriage.
>
> regards
> Anand (a Dev Anand fan)
Boy! U guys narrowed it real down. We shouldn't be suprised if somebody
comes with the address of that company along with the color of the
carpet in its main lobby! :-) Sorry, me just ranting.
SK
Prabhdeep K Bajwa
>> >> Vinod Khanna and Vinod Mehra (he is dead) are both from Amritsar. Vinod
>> >> Khanna's family migrated from Lahore after partition, he speaks Punjabi at
>> >> home (not sure about his sons) and so does his relatives who live in
>> >> Amritsar.
>> >
>> >Who is the mother of Vinod Khanna's sons, is she also a Punjabi? If she
>> >grew up in Punjab it may be possible that even the sons speak Punjabi.
>>
>> I am not sure about that! I don't think she is Punjab cause as you know
>> Vinod Khanna was pretty weird,
>
>:) "pretty weird", eh??... :) :)
>
>nickname for her was Geetli ) and Akshaye Khanna is her
>son. I seem to remember two kids from that marriage, other
>one being a girl. No idea where she is now.... Also,
>afair, Geetanjali was Parsee.
>
>Bombay's film industry, he got married again to a lawyer.
>I think her name was Kavita. I also remember reading an
>article about them being blessed with a baby. I seem
>to remember Kavita to be Gujju.
>
>Now time for a query of mine...
>
>> Another Punjabi guy who comes to my mind
>> and is pretty weird is direct descendant of Guru Nanak Dev, Kabir
>> singh Bedi, he did nothing for Punjab or Punjabis, married 3-4 times, he
>> had a son and a daughter, daughter was Pooja Bedi and son siddhartha
>> recently committed suicide.
>
> a. How is he a direct descendant of Guru Nanak?
I saw his father once donating a piece of guru Nanak's clothing to a
Gurudwara nearby Amritsar, He was praised for donating such valuable piece
for welfare of people. Kabir Bedi's lineage could be traced back to
Sardar Bikram Singh Bedi during the time of Ranjit singh in and around
1820's. He was a revered saint. but before that generally Bedis after
Guru Nanak kept a low profile. Guru Nanak's two sons Lakhmi Chand and Sri
Chand were not given "guru Gaddi" by Guru Nanak who passed it to his
disciple named "Lehna" later Guru Angad, because of the "false pride" his
sons had as their father was a revered saint.
Guru Nanak lived in 1520's. At the time when Babar attacked India,
Guru Nanak was about 50 years old.
Lakhmichand became a recluse and formed another sect called "Udasis" they
are not considered Sikhs, he did not married and did not had any children.
Sri chand lived a normal life and had two or three sons but Guru Nanak's
Sikhism went well with Guru Angad dev ji and then Guru Amardas ji and then
Guru Ramdas ji.
By this time, Bedis kept pretty low profile. Guru Arjan dev ji, the fifth
Guru went to all the relatives of his Gurus before him and got account of
their lives, their work, etc. While their work was published as "Adi
Granth" their lives were published as various "Janam Sakhis, etc"
Guru Nanak was a bedi, or Bedis are those who came out of Vedi family,
historically Vedis are those who recited "Vedas".
Not until Guru Gobind Singh when one of the Bedis who was direct
descendant of Sri Chand went to Guru Gobind singh and became Khalsa, he
was a revered saint soldier and then his son Sant Bikram Singh Bedi helped
Ranjit Singh, Ranjit Singh and his other Sardars always give respect to
Bikram Singh Bedi and everytime he would come to Lahore, was respected.
He did not wanted any Jagirs, etc.
Kabir Bedi's father traces his lineage to Bikram Singh Bedi.
> b. When did his son commit suicide? Any reason given?
Only thing I know that his son was in Pittsburgh, at Carnegie mellon
university studying something. I am also from Pittsburgh, I never saw him
though.
> c. What is Kabir doing nowadays? Last film of his that I
> remember was probably Yalgaar. Has he gone (come?? )
> back to the US? Or is he doing TV??
Don't know what he is upto now! :)
He had potential but wasted it totally.
k>>
>> Vinod Mehra, Dharmendra, Dara Singh, Balraz Sahni, Raj Babbar, Om Puri,
> ~~~~~~~
> typo - Balraj Sahni
>
Yeah!
:)
>> Amrish Puri, Pankaj Kapoor, are few Punjabis from Hindi film industry who
>> did something. Dharmendra acted in 4-5 Punjabi movies, but others have
>> pretty big contribution in Punjabi theater, drama and movies.
>
>Balraj Sahni's contribution to Theater (in general and not
>just Punjabi) was quite extensive and he was quite active in
>the IPTA movement which used to do quite a few plays...
So were the members like Pankaj Kapoor, Amrish Puri, Madan Puri, Om Puri,
and others.
>
>Later,
>Ikram.
>
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It is really sad that Hindi movie wallahs like
Kapoors, Khannas, Tandons, Ghai, Deols, Singhs, etc have not even done a
fraction for their mother tongue what they did to achieve money.
Raj Kapoor, Dev Anand are the biggest hypocrites of all time and it is
amazing that think of themselves as "the greatest one's". It is sickening
to see directors like Subhash Ghai (a punjabi hindu), Raj Kanwar (a Sikh),
J.P. dutta (a punjabi hindu), Shekhur Kapoor (A punjabi hindu) have done
none whatsoever for their mother tongue.
No wonder Punjabi movies are still way below other movies. So far only
one punjabi movie has ever won a national award and that was "Chann
Pardesi" in which Rama vij, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Raj Babbar, Amrish puri
and Om Puri acted.
iak...@bigfoot.com
Sandeep Bajwa wrote:
> >> Another Punjabi guy who comes to my mind
> >> and is pretty weird is direct descendant of Guru Nanak Dev, Kabir
> >> singh Bedi
> > a. How is he a direct descendant of Guru Nanak?
>
> Kabir Bedi's lineage could be traced back to
> Sardar Bikram Singh Bedi during the time of Ranjit singh in and around
> 1820's.
> Not until Guru Gobind Singh when one of the Bedis who was direct
> descendant of Sri Chand went to Guru Gobind singh and became Khalsa, he
> was a revered saint soldier and then his son Sant Bikram Singh Bedi helped
> Ranjit Singh, Ranjit Singh and his other Sardars always give respect to
> Bikram Singh Bedi and everytime he would come to Lahore, was respected.
> He did not wanted any Jagirs, etc.
Thanks for the reply {snipped above for brevity}
> >
> >Balraj Sahni's contribution to Theater (in general and not
> >just Punjabi) was quite extensive and he was quite active in
> >the IPTA movement which used to do quite a few plays...
>
> So were the members like Pankaj Kapoor, Amrish Puri, Madan Puri, Om Puri,
> and others.
Pankaj Kapoor was part of the IPTA movement?? Didn't know
that... Can some kind soul please post a history of the IPTA
movement?? {Perhaps the post should be crossposted to sci
too, since IPTA has played an important role}. Also, what
happened to the movement - thought it had gone fairly low
key by the time of somebody like PankajK, if it was still
alive by that time...
One other person whose name comes up whenever IPTA is
mentioned is K. A. Abbas. More info would be great...
I seem to remember reading that PankajK was a product of
NSD and also taught there...
Later,
Ikram.
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anand....@prairiecomm.com
In article <6ba05g$e4$1...@nnrp2.dejanews.com>, iak...@bigfoot.com says...
>
>Pankaj Kapoor was part of the IPTA movement?? Didn't know
>that... Can some kind soul please post a history of the IPTA
>movement?? {Perhaps the post should be crossposted to sci
>too, since IPTA has played an important role}. Also, what
>happened to the movement - thought it had gone fairly low
>key by the time of somebody like PankajK, if it was still
>alive by that time...
>
>One other person whose name comes up whenever IPTA is
>mentioned is K. A. Abbas. More info would be great...
>
>I seem to remember reading that PankajK was a product of
>NSD and also taught there...
>
>
>Later,
>Ikram.
No one seems to remember Sudhi Pradhan, the gentleman who started IPTA.
He died recently, forgotten and unsung. But of course we were discussing
more important matters then (and even now). Vish Krishnan would be the best
source for complete info on IPTA.
Sreenivas Paruchuri
>> No one seems to remember Sudhi Pradhan, the gentleman who started IPTA.
>> He died recently, forgotten and unsung. But of course we were discussing
>> more important matters then (and even now). Vish Krishnan would be the best
>> source for complete info on IPTA.
Atleast I remember him Anand :-), and even cited his name and his work on NGs.
You may like to check his 3 vol work:
Marxist cultural movement in India : chronicles and documents / comp. and ed.
by Sudhi Pradhan. - Calcutta : Pustak Bipani;
Vol: 1: 1936 - 1947. - 2. ed. - 1985 (Reprint!)
Vol: 2: 1947 - 1958. 1982.
Vol: 3: 1943 - 1964. 1985
You find some of KAA'a letters in these volumes. There are a good no. of other
articles on IPTA members like KAA, BSahani, SC etc. etc.
Digressing a bit, its today's A.P, where IPTA was most active after Bengal.
Many of leading film stars of Telugu screen came from IPTA cadres. Like in Hindi
field, IPTA members also ventured into film production with not a great success,
from financial point of view.
Regards,
Sreenivas
P.S. Please send me a brief note IF it appears at your site. Thanks!
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In article <886520250....@dejanews.com>,
> > >> Vinod Khanna and Vinod Mehra (he is dead) are both from Amritsar. Vinod
> > >> Khanna's family migrated from Lahore after partition, he speaks Punjabi at
> > >> home (not sure about his sons) and so does his relatives who live in
> > >> Amritsar.
> > >
> > >Who is the mother of Vinod Khanna's sons, is she also a Punjabi? If she
> > >grew up in Punjab it may be possible that even the sons speak Punjabi.
> >
> > I am not sure about that! I don't think she is Punjab cause as you know
> > Vinod Khanna was pretty weird,
>
> :) "pretty weird", eh??... :) :)
>
> He was previously married to Geetanjali (I remember his
> nickname for her was Geetli ) and Akshaye Khanna is her
> son. I seem to remember two kids from that marriage, other
> one being a girl. No idea where she is now.... Also,
> afair, Geetanjali was Parsee.
C'mon Ikram, i thought u knew about Rahul Khanna, brother of Akshaye.
I don't think Vinod Khanna had any daughters. Well, i am not sure.
> After the divorce, and after his subsequent return to
> Bombay's film industry, he got married again to a lawyer.
> I think her name was Kavita. I also remember reading an
> article about them being blessed with a baby. I seem
> to remember Kavita to be Gujju.
>
> Now time for a query of mine...
>
> > Another Punjabi guy who comes to my mind
> > and is pretty weird is direct descendant of Guru Nanak Dev,
* ROTFL *
Kabir
> > singh Bedi, he did nothing for Punjab or Punjabis, married 3-4 times, he
> > had a son and a daughter, daughter was Pooja Bedi and son siddhartha
> > recently committed suicide.
>
> a. How is he a direct descendant of Guru Nanak?
> b. When did his son commit suicide? Any reason given?
About a year or 2 years back.
> c. What is Kabir doing nowadays? Last film of his that I
> remember was probably Yalgaar. Has he gone (come?? )
> back to the US? Or is he doing TV??
He did "Nupur" with Hema Malini on Television. Besides, he does act in a
lot of *Flop* films now and then.
>
> >
> > Vinod Mehra, Dharmendra, Dara Singh, Balraz Sahni, Raj Babbar, Om Puri,
> ~~~~~~~
> typo - Balraj Sahni
Man, Get a life.(whoever wrote this). Punjus dominate the Hindi film
industry namely Bollywood.Almost every actor, director or producer is a
Punjabi.
Shridhar
>
> > Amrish Puri, Pankaj Kapoor, are few Punjabis from Hindi film industry who
> > did something. Dharmendra acted in 4-5 Punjabi movies, but others have
> > pretty big contribution in Punjabi theater, drama and movies.
>
> Balraj Sahni's contribution to Theater (in general and not
> just Punjabi) was quite extensive and he was quite active in
> the IPTA movement which used to do quite a few plays...
>
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shri...@hotmail.com wrote:
> > Ikram A. Khan <iak...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
> > > c. What is Kabir doing nowadays? Last film of his that I
> > > remember was probably Yalgaar. Has he gone (come?? )
> > > back to the US? Or is he doing TV??
> >
> > He did "Nupur" with Hema Malini on Television. Besides, he does act in a
> > lot of *Flop* films now and then.
True. He seems to have acted in a few since Yalgaar...
Our own Bollywood Movies Database { maintained by major
Juhi-fan Volker :) -
http://inpros.com/Bollywood/Movie/Database/
} identifies a few more since Yalgaar... Aatank hi aatank
and Kismat, being one of the last...
But, recently, I saw him appear on American TV in one
of the episodes of Team Knight Rider which is a fairly
new serial. So, it seems that he seems to be back in
America for some time, at least... {He has also
appeared in Highlander: The Series as an Indian,
playing an immortal, one of the last THuggees... An
interesting movie on these folks was Sangharsh btw...
Anyway, the Highlander episode was a fairly long time
back...}
Later,
Ikram.
ps for Shridhar: Try "testing" your posts on alt.test
rather than on ramli. There are automated responders
at various news-servers which will send a reply to
one's e-mail address when the alt.test post reaches
their site. It will at least keep empty posts out
of ramli....