Actors & actresses in Hindi movies with different mother tongues.
Mo
Telugu and Kamal Hassan !
gau...@slu.edu wrote:
Here's an initial list of actors and actresses in Hindi
movies with different
mother tongues. Please add to this list based on your
knowledge.
Punjabi: Kapoors (Prithviraj, raj, shashi, shammi, rishi,
randhir, rajeev,
karishma), dharmendra, Anil Kapoor, shakti kapoor, Sunil
Dutt, Vinod Khanna,
Akshaya Khanna, ajay devgun, Juhi Chawla, Poonam Dhillon,
Rajesh Khanna,
Vinod Mehra, Balraj Sahni, Jeetendra, Manoj Kumar, Surekha
Sikri, Manmohan
Krishna, Sundar, Pran, twinkle khanna, raveena tandon, Priya
Gill, amrita
singh, sunny deol, bobby deol, akshay kumar, govinda, dev
anand, vijay anand,
chetan anand, shekhar kapoor, Om puri, amrish puri, madan
puri, satyen
kappoo, suresh oberoi, anil dhawan, dev kumar, dara singh,
meena rai, sonia
sahni, mukesh khanna, puneet issar, goga kapoor, ranjit,
premnath,
rajendranath, narendranath, bharat kapoor, kulbhushan
kharbanda, preity
zinta, rakesh roshan, ekta, romesh sharma, paintal, gufi
paintal, pankaj
kapoor, som dutt, omprakash, kalpana kartik, kalpana, prem
chopra, gulshan
grover, sonu walia, guru dutt, annu kapoor, satish kaushik,
i.s. johar,
ambika johar, subhash ghai, baldev khosa, motilal, sushma
seth, gita bali,
kamini kaushal, yogita bali, mukul dev, sharad kapoor, kamal
kapoor.
Marathi: Sachin, Madhuri Dikshit, Sonali Bendre,Urmila,
Mamta Kulkarni, Nana
Patekar, Tanuja, Nutan, Dr. Shreeram Lagoo, Reema Lagoo,
Pallavi Joshi, Ramesh
and Seema Dev, Amol Palekar, Mohan Agashe, Smita Patil,
Kanan Kaushal, Varsha
Usgaonkar, Durga Khote, Shobha Khote, Bhagwan, Viju Khote,
rajnikant, priya
tendulkar, alankar, mohnish behl, v. shantaram, jayashree
t., meena t.,
rajshree (d/o v. shantaram), nana palsikar, vijayendra
ghatge, sadhu modak,
shobhana samarth, durga khote.
Bengali: Ashok kumar, kishore kumar, anoop kumar, sharmila
tagore, raakhi,
mithun chakraborty, moushumi chatterjee, biswajeet, pradeep
kumar, joy
mukherjee Jaya Bhaduri, Mithu Mukherjee, Keshto Mukherjee,
Nandita Das, Utpal
Dutt, harindranath chattopadhyaya, Leena Das, uttam kumar,
suchitra sen,
moonmoon sen, aparna sen, debashree roy, swaroop dutt, anil
chatterjee,
sushmita sen.
Urdu: Dilip Kumar, Shahrukh Khan, Aamir Khan, Salman Khan,
arbaaz khan, saif
ali khan, Shabana Azmi, Meena Kumari, Madhubala, Nargis,
Ajit, farha, tabu,
mumtaz, minoo mumtaz, arshad Warsi, naseerudin shah,
jagdeep, javed jafri,
rehana sultana, nigar sultana, veena, mumtaz begum, Jalal
Agha, Agha, Amzad
Khan, mandakini, neha, mehmood, somy ali, anwar hussain,
rammohan, ayesha
jhulka, feroz khan, fardeen khan, sanjay khan, akbar khan,
nazir hussain,
saira banu, naseem banu, suraiya, waheeda rehman, nafisa
ali, saeed jaffery,
farida jalal, parveen babi, shakeela, johnny walker.
Gujrati: Asha parekh, kiran kumar, deven varma, sanjeev
kumar, paresh rawal,
sujata mehta, jeevan (character actor), dimple kapadia,
simple kapadia, aruna
irani, jackie shroff, puja bhatt, swaroop sampat, satish
shah.
Kannada: Sunil Shetty, Shilpa Shetty, Anant Nag, Shetty
(villain), girish
karnad, vikram, aishwarya rai.
Telegu: Jaya Prada, Nagarjun, jaya sudha, chiranjeevi.
Tamil: Vyjantimala, Padmini, Sridevi, Kamalhasan, Rekha,
Rameshwari, suchitra
krishnamurthy, Vani Ganpati, jairaj, chandrashekhar, bharti,
laxmi, shankar
mahadevan.
Oriya: Sadhu Meher, Dolly Jena, prashant nanda.
Konkani: Leena Chandavarkar.
Assamese: Seema Biswas.
Sikkiimese: Danny Denzongpa.
Hindi (UP): Amitabh bachchan, Abha Dhulia, K.N. Singh, Leela
Misra, Raj
Babbar, bhagyashree, Raj Bundela, Sujeet Kumar, Chandrachur
Singh, Shekhar
Suman, Rakesh Pandey, Devendra Khandelwal, Sudhir Pandey,
Manmauji, raghubir
yadav, deepti naval, deepti bhatnagar, anu agrawal, divya
bharti, naghma,
anjan shrivastav, atul agnihotri.
Hindi (Himachal Pradesh): Anupam Kher.
Hindi (Bihar): Shatrughan Sinha, Manoj Bajpeyi, Manmohan
(villain), tiwari
(villain), bhushan tiwari, deepak parashar.
Hindi (Rajasthan): Sarika, Vidya Sinha, sulakshana pandit,
vijayeta pandit,
bindiya goswami, ila arun.
Hindi (Jammu & Kashmir): Rajkumar, Puru Pandit.
Nepali: Monisha Koirala, mala sinha, pratibha sinha.
Sindhi: Sangeeta Bijlani, Babita, Hari Shivdasani, Sadhana,
avinash wadhwani,
vivek wadhwani, raj kiran.
Malyalam: I drew a blank here. Ashish Vidyarthi's mother is
from Kerala.
English: Tom Alter, Jennifer Kendall.
--Gautam.
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Brijnandan Singh Dehiya
>guru dutt
I think Guru Dutt was Bengali, not Punjabi.
Brij
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Dutt was a Bengali
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His mother is famous Hindi/Marathi
actress Nutan. Raised in Mumbai he's
fluent in Hindi, Punjabi and Marathi.
J.S. Bains
Behl is a punjabi surname.
-sunny
In soc.culture.punjab Sushima Singh <95si...@scar.utoronto.ca> wrote:
: Where is Monish Behl from?
Sandeep Cariapa
Sandeep s Bajwa <sba...@home.com> wrote:
>
>He in fact started his movie career as a dance director.
Actually it was Konkani, but he was from Karnataka (Karwar)
Regards,
Sandeep Cariapa
Sandeep s Bajwa
Brijnandan Singh Dehiya wrote:
> >gau...@slu.edu wrote:
> >
> >Punjabi: Kapoors (Prithviraj, raj, shashi, shammi, rishi,
> >grover, sonu walia,
> >guru dutt
>
> I think Guru Dutt was Bengali, not Punjabi.
>
Guru Dutt's mother tongue was Kannada! That makes him from Karnatka!
He in fact started his movie career as a dance director.
> Brij
> ----
Sandeep S Bajwa
Nadeem Jamali
> >Dilip Kumar was a Punjabi Muslim wasn't he? <
> I think he is still alive . He is (was) from Seriaki..
No, he's Pakhtoon (from Peshawar?). His first cousin (Prof. Rahim? at
Orthopedic Medical Institute) is/was a famous orthopedic surgeon in
Karachi.
Nadeem
Deepsun
J.S. Bains wrote:
>
>Behl is a punjabi surname.
>
>-sunny
>
>: Where is Monish Behl from?
>
marathi or punjabi or hindu or sikh or whatever all the time? Fortunately
the reality is getting mixed up, so that marathis get married with bengalis
and their children get married with tamils! Like Mr. Behl, his mother was
Nutan and his father is an ex-navy man (?Rajnish Behl) and his wife, Ekta is
an actress (from which part of India does she come from?).
Cheers.
Deepsun
Mo
I think he is still alive . He is (was) from Seriaki..
nas...@eos.ncsu.edu wrote:
In article <73m7fk$utv$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>,
gau...@slu.edu wrote:
>
> Urdu: Dilip Kumar, Shahrukh Khan, Aamir Khan, Salman Khan, arbaaz khan, saif
> ali khan, Shabana Azmi, Meena Kumari, Madhubala, Nargis, Ajit, farha, tabu,
> mumtaz, minoo mumtaz, arshad Warsi, naseerudin shah, jagdeep, javed jafri,
> rehana sultana, nigar sultana, veena, mumtaz begum, Jalal Agha, Agha, Amzad
> Khan, mandakini, neha, mehmood, somy ali, anwar hussain, rammohan, ayesha
> jhulka, feroz khan, fardeen khan, sanjay khan, akbar khan, nazir hussain,
> saira banu, naseem banu, suraiya, waheeda rehman, nafisa ali, saeed jaffery,
> farida jalal, parveen babi, shakeela, johnny walker.
Dilip Kumar was a Punjabi Muslim wasn't he? Can you tell me
what the real
name of Ajit & mandakini were?
pai...@rocketmail.com
point out couple more famous Indian movie industry artists
who are of Sindhi origin
Avtar Kishan Hangal (A.K. Hangal)
Govind Nihalani
A.K.Hangal was born and raised in Karachi. His family wasn't
driven away or have migrated to India during partition. He
was a communist party sympathizer and was an activist I beleive.
The Pakistani governmetnt perceived him as an enemy of state
(first of he is a Hindu and secondly left leaning) and gave him
two options, stay put in Pakistan and not exercise his ability to
think freely or be expelled. He later migrated to India and
started a new life in Bombay. He really worked hard and became
a very successful character actor in Hindi movie industry. Some
of his films include Sholay, Shuakeen etc.,
Govind Nihalani was of Sindhi background, I read. He was a very
successful 'art' films director and infact perhaps steered the
art movies to an extent to be accepted by mainstream movie going
audiences. Every one of his films is a gem. He was so moved by
partition and the human targedy, he made a tele serial 'Tamas'
which perhaps is the best account of partition I have ever seen.
Although movies like Garam Hawa etc., dealt with the them, they
didn't have much impact on me. Interestingly, he didn't choose
Sindh as background for his tele serial but chose 'Punjab' where
the horrors of partitions are beyond just a human tragedy. Bravo
to Nihalani for making the films he made and have the convictions.
Every Sindhi must feel proud of this man.
When Sindhi was granted official language status in India two
decades ago, there was a resurgence of Sindhi culture. I am not
completely sure what state it is in now, but the Sindhis in
India are a die hard bunch and are tackling every odd to keep
their language, culture alive.
What is the status of Sindhi films/artists in Pakistan??
Paindu
In article <ub67bwg...@mekong.cs.uiuc.edu>,
Nadeem Jamali <jam...@mekong.cs.uiuc.edu> wrote:
> 10033...@compuserve.com (Mo) writes:
>
> > >Dilip Kumar was a Punjabi Muslim wasn't he? <
> > I think he is still alive . He is (was) from Seriaki..
>
> No, he's Pakhtoon (from Peshawar?). His first cousin (Prof. Rahim? at
> Orthopedic Medical Institute) is/was a famous orthopedic surgeon in
> Karachi.
>
> Nadeem
>
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Ranjita Kaur
Mahendra Sandhu (does any one remember Agent Vinod? with Asha Sachdev)
Paindu
In article <36622D42...@home.com>,
Sandeep s Bajwa <sba...@home.com> wrote:
>
>
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Mo
>Dilip Kumar was a Punjabi Muslim wasn't he? <
I think he is still alive . He is (was) from Seriaki..
Correction -he is not a Pushto speaking Pathan like Raj
Kapoor but a Punjabi from Hindko..
Nadeem Jamali
> Being a nationalistic Sindhi that you are I thought I will
> point out couple more famous Indian movie industry artists
> who are of Sindhi origin
>
> Avtar Kishan Hangal (A.K. Hangal)
> Govind Nihalani
Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm not a nationalist. Thanks for
pointing these out though. I've heard of Givind Nihalani on the Sindhi
mailing list.
> A.K.Hangal was born and raised in Karachi. His family wasn't
> driven away or have migrated to India during partition. He
> was a communist party sympathizer and was an activist I beleive.
> The Pakistani governmetnt perceived him as an enemy of state
> (first of he is a Hindu and secondly left leaning) and gave him
> two options, stay put in Pakistan and not exercise his ability to
> think freely or be expelled. He later migrated to India and
> started a new life in Bombay. He really worked hard and became
> a very successful character actor in Hindi movie industry. Some
> of his films include Sholay, Shuakeen etc.,
Other Sindhis who were driven out also had the implicit choice
to convert to Islam, which was hardly a choice.
> Govind Nihalani was of Sindhi background, I read. He was a very
> successful 'art' films director and infact perhaps steered the
> art movies to an extent to be accepted by mainstream movie going
> audiences. Every one of his films is a gem. He was so moved by
> partition and the human targedy, he made a tele serial 'Tamas'
> which perhaps is the best account of partition I have ever seen.
> Although movies like Garam Hawa etc., dealt with the them, they
> didn't have much impact on me. Interestingly, he didn't choose
> Sindh as background for his tele serial but chose 'Punjab' where
> the horrors of partitions are beyond just a human tragedy. Bravo
> to Nihalani for making the films he made and have the convictions.
> Every Sindhi must feel proud of this man.
Yes, there was virtually no violence among Sindhis around partition
time. Many people consider it a boring story to make a film about.
> When Sindhi was granted official language status in India two
> decades ago, there was a resurgence of Sindhi culture. I am not
> completely sure what state it is in now, but the Sindhis in
> India are a die hard bunch and are tackling every odd to keep
> their language, culture alive.
They're doing some very good work at the Institute of Sindhology in
Kutch.
> What is the status of Sindhi films/artists in Pakistan??
Here's an article that appeared in a paper "The News" recently:
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From "The News (http://www.jang-group.com/thenews)
HER: Where will the initiative come from
Though sound suggestions are being voiced for the revival of Sindhi
cinema, the big question remains Budget constraints, limited market,
ever rising production costs, ultra-regional script and
non-professional approach. All these factors contributed towards the
death of Sindhi cinema. It was not just the death of an entertainment
medium in a regional language, but it was the death of a vernacular
expression. Now, when investors don't seem interested in financing
films in Sindhi language, one wonders whether revival of Sindhi cinema
is really possible in the near future.
Although many related to Sindhi film industry express little
enthusiasm regarding the revival of Sindhi cinema, some have still not
lost hope. Hamid Akhund, secretary Sindh Culture Department, argues
that revival of Sindhi cinema will not be possible until it becomes a
financially viable medium of entertainment. He strongly believes that
the government has no role in the revival or protection of any
entertainment industry. Others, while agreeing with this line of
reasoning, still believe the government must come forward in
addressing the issue.
"Government should announce some kind of subsidies or tax exemption
for the revival of regional films," says Satish Anand, owner of Ever
Ready Studios. He maintains that as the cost of production is going up
and the number of cinema halls is going down with every passing day,
revival of Sindhi cinema is particularly challenging.
Anand is of the opinion that no matter how much threatened Sindhi
cinema may be by interior and exterior threats and no matter how tough
the competition, there is always a market for vernacular cinema if
that fulfils the certain minimum acceptable standards. In support of
his ideas, he gives the example of Bengali films which were not
affected much by the influx of Hindi films in Bangladesh. He thinks
the same phenomenon could be seen here. "Whenever a film has been
produced above average, people have responded positively," he says.
The president of producers association in Karachi, A. Hakim, also
suggests that unless the government does not offer tax exemption, no
one will come forward to invest in Sindhi films. "Since four decades,
I have been witnessing that the distributors always buy the rights of
Sindhi films on commission basis. However, they buy Urdu/Punjabi films
on minimum guarantee or on full payment," he says and adds that
"giving a film on commission is a nightmare for the producer."
Talking about the profit-sharing, Hakim says that according to
prevailing entertainment tax system, whatever cinema hall owners earn,
fifty per cent of that is given to the government. The remaining fifty
per cent is divided between the cinema owners and the
distributors. "It is the fifty per cent of government tax where Sindhi
cinema needs exemption or subsidy," he observes.
What more should the government do? A. Q. Pirzado, who has directed
four Sindhi films, suggests that the government must regulate
distributors through the NAFDEC as they always give lame excuses for
not buying Sindhi films. Regarding the limited market of Sindhi
films, he says, "What Sindhi cinema desparatly needs is a special
permission for the Indian circuit. Areas like Rajasthan, Gujarat,
Kathiawar and Bombay are big potential markets for Sindhi films in
India."
Pirzado also demands that Pakistan government should treat Sindhi
cinema as a sick industry and therefore must offer incentives for its
revival. But in the short term, he suggests that PTV should start
showing Sindhi films on regional channel. "It is very much possible
that after watching the old classics, one may feel motivated to invest
in this industry to promote his or her culture," hopes Pirzado.
General Manager of PTV Karachi, Mohsin Ali, sees good prospects for
the revival of Sindhi movies. He says that PTV is ready to provide
technical assistance for its revival if the Ministry of Culture is
willing to coordinate it. Talking about the limited market of Sindhi
cinema, Mohsin says films should have a compatible script for other
regions and emphasis should be on technical quality.
"A coordination committee comprising senior experts of Sindhi cinema,
including PTV employees, modern professional technicians, potential
investors and government officials has to be constituted to study the
possible revival of Sindhi cinema," he suggests.
Though sound suggestions are being voiced for the revival of Sindhi
cinema, the question remains: "Who will take the initiative?"
-- Ambreen Hisbani
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Nadeem
Ashok
>
>> I think Guru Dutt was Bengali, not Punjabi.
>>
>
>Guru Dutt's mother tongue was Kannada! That makes him from Karnatka!
>
>He in fact started his movie career as a dance director.
>
>
>> Brij
>> ----
>
> Sandeep S Bajwa
Guru Dutt hails from Karnataka, alright (He was born in Bangalore
and learnt some Kannada there), but his mother-tongue is Konkani.
Ashok
Mo
>films in Sindhi language, one wonders whether revival of Sindhi cinema
is really possible in the near future.<
into Sindhi. Would cost next to nothing. If they cant get
theatre room they can always be brought out on DVD where you
can dub 8 languages . At least the kids will start to
relearn the language in the West and then South Asia..
gan...@my-dejanews.com
10033...@compuserve.com (Mo) wrote:
Good fun but . . . a small correction:
the title should be "Gangajabi" not "Punjabi"!
The ones who make movies in the Punjabi language should be called
"Punjabi actors". "Punjabi" is a first and foremost a linguistic
and cultural heritage. Those who cant or wont speak the language
have denied Punjabiyat - a 4000 year old heritage and tradition.
They can hardly be called "Punjabis".
> Punjabi: Kapoors (Prithviraj, raj, shashi, shammi, rishi,
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nationalist' remark. Thanks for posting the news article.
Paindu
In article <ubpva3l...@mekong.cs.uiuc.edu>,
Nadeem Jamali <jam...@mekong.cs.uiuc.edu> wrote:
> pai...@rocketmail.com writes:
>
> > Being a nationalistic Sindhi that you are I thought I will
> > point out couple more famous Indian movie industry artists
> > who are of Sindhi origin
> >
> > Avtar Kishan Hangal (A.K. Hangal)
> > Govind Nihalani
>
> Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm not a nationalist. Thanks for
> pointing these out though. I've heard of Givind Nihalani on the Sindhi
> mailing list.
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Mo
>
Good fun but . . . a small correction:
the title should be "Gangajabi" not "Punjabi"!<
Hindu Punjabi's fault . The fact is monotheism - God is
formless -how dare Sikhs tell God how to look ! - its all a
made up theory anyway -doesnt have the colorful idol
worshipping , festivals so the movies would be plain awful
-just ask the Pakistanis !..