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Leela Chitnis est une Actrice Indienne née le 9 septembre 1909 à Karnataka (Inde)
Leela Chitnis (en hindi : लीला चिटनिस), née à Dharwad (Karnataka) le 9 septembre 1909 et morte à Danbury (Connecticut) le 14 juillet 2003, est une actrice indienne.
She married a much older man named Dr. Gajanan Yeshwant Chitnis at the age of 15 or 16, and quickly had four children. The couple supported India's struggle for independence from Britain and once risked arrest by harbouring Manabendra Nath Roy, a Marxist freedom fighter. After she divorced her husband, she worked as a school teacher and began acting onstage in melodramas typical of the time. She appeared in several movies, and went through a Bombay university to be hired by a major studio, Bombay Talkies; it hired only college graduates.
She had three sons Manavendra, Benoy and Raj. She lived with her eldest son in Connecticut in USA, until her death. She had three grandchildren then.
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Nationalité Inde
Naissance 9 septembre 1909 à Karnataka (Inde)
Mort 14 juillet 2003 (à 93 ans) à Danbury (Etats-Unis)
Naissance 9 septembre 1909 à Karnataka (Inde)
Mort 14 juillet 2003 (à 93 ans) à Danbury (Etats-Unis)
Leela Chitnis (en hindi : लीला चिटनिस), née à Dharwad (Karnataka) le 9 septembre 1909 et morte à Danbury (Connecticut) le 14 juillet 2003, est une actrice indienne.
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Her father adhered to Brahmo Samaj, a religious movement that rejected caste.She married a much older man named Dr. Gajanan Yeshwant Chitnis at the age of 15 or 16, and quickly had four children. The couple supported India's struggle for independence from Britain and once risked arrest by harbouring Manabendra Nath Roy, a Marxist freedom fighter. After she divorced her husband, she worked as a school teacher and began acting onstage in melodramas typical of the time. She appeared in several movies, and went through a Bombay university to be hired by a major studio, Bombay Talkies; it hired only college graduates.
She had three sons Manavendra, Benoy and Raj. She lived with her eldest son in Connecticut in USA, until her death. She had three grandchildren then.
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Dil Tujhko Diya (1987)
Acteurs Kumar Gaurav, Rati Agnihotri, Mala Sinha, Parikshit Sahni, Aruna Irani, Suresh Oberoi
Note53%
Aangan Ki Kali (1979)
Genres Drame
Acteurs Rakesh Roshan, Lakshmi Narayan, Prema Narayan, Abhi Bhattacharya, Leela Chitnis
Anmol (Rakesh Roshan) and Sunita (Lakshmi) are a happily married couple. However, Sunita has a serious heart condition. She could risk a dangerous operation or live only a few more years. Her medical condition could get worse if she ever gets pregnant. She falls in love with an orphan named Bhavana and wants to adopt her. But her husband wants Sunita to get better, so they can have their own children. He doesn't care about Bhavana and gets upset with her over her childlike behavior, but when she runs away from home, he goes after her and asks her to come home. Together, they convince Sunita to have the risky operation, from which she recovers. Anmol and Sunita adopt Bhavana, and they all live happily ever after.
Janta Hawaldar (1979)
Réalisé par Mehmood Ali
Genres Drame, Policier, Romance
Acteurs Rajesh Khanna, Ashok Kumar, Hema Malini, Mehmood Ali, Yogeeta Bali Chakraborty, Lalita Pawar
Rôle Naani
Note61%
Janta, a beautiful naive simple minded young man who wants to join the police force in the following of both his grandfather and his father after getting refused then accepted him with the support of his new friends police commissure and his daughter Deepo. Janta unintentionally become very successful in his work, meets blind florist Sonana and falls in love with her. Janta gets some enemies including Sonana's uncle who is hiding a secret and scared from Janta that he will explore it will Janta escape evil plans from his enemies who want to get him fired from police? will he explore Sonana uncle secret marry Sonana? or will things turn against him?
Satyam Shivam Sundaram (1978)
, 2h52Réalisé par Raj Kapoor
Genres Drame, Musical, Romance
Thèmes La musique, Sexualité, Erotique, Musique, Bollywood
Acteurs Shashi Kapoor, Zeenat Aman, Padmini Kolhapure, A. K. Hangal, David Abraham, Hari Shivdasani
Rôle la femme de Bade Babu
Note68%
Roopa (Zeenat Aman) est une jeune femme à la beauté unique cependant rejetée par tous les gens de son village, ces derniers la croyant maudite (et pouvant porter malheur) après que sa mère est morte en la mettant au monde. Elle vit avec sa seule famille qui est son père, le curé du village, et son oncle très proche d'elle contrairement à son père, qui n'a jamais voulu fêter l'anniversaire de sa fille depuis la mort de sa femme.
Mehmaan (1973)
Réalisé par K. Pratyagatma
Acteurs Rekha, Biswajit Chatterjee, Tarun Bose, Leela Chitnis, Helen Khan, Manmohan Krishna Chadha
Note58%
Bhai-Bhai (1970)
Réalisé par Raja Nawathe
Acteurs Sunil Dutt, Asha Parekh, Mehmood Ali, Pran Krishan Sikand, Mumtaz, Aruna Irani
Note57%
Jeevan Mrityu (1970)
Réalisé par Satyen Bose
Acteurs Dharmendra, Rakhee Gulzar, Ajit Khan, Jeevan, Ramesh Deo, Bipin Gupta
Note72%
Ashok Tandon (Dharmendra) is a bank manager, and is in love with Deepa (Raakhee), and both are to be married soon. However, Ashok is arrested for theft from the bank. He asks Deepa to look after his mom (Leela Chitnis), which she agrees to do. He is sentenced to prison for several years. After his release he finds out that his mother has died; Deepa is married and has re-located; and he was framed by his colleagues at the bank. Devastated but still honest, he is befriended by Raja Ranbir Singh, who gives him a job, as well a new identity. Ashok now becomes Bikram Singh, and he must seek out Deepa, and his shrewd and calculating colleagues at the bank to extract vengeance.
Man Ki Aankhen (1970)
Acteurs Waheeda Rehman, Dharmendra, Sujit Dhungana, Faryal, Manmohan Krishna Chadha, Leela Chitnis
Note66%
Rajesh Agarwal marries with Geeta, daughter of his school teacher Master Dinanath. Rajesh marries with Geeta without telling his mother as he was afraid that his dowry seeking mother would oppose the marriage. Rajesh comes back home with Geeta in hope that his mother's anger will subside sooner or later.
Intaquam (1969)
Genres Drame, Thriller
Acteurs Ashok Kumar, Sadhana Shivdasani, Sanjay Khan, Rajendra Nath, Rehman, Helen Khan
Rôle Mrs. Mehra
Note67%
Reeta Mehra (Sadhana Shivdasani) lives a poor life style along with her sick mother. She works in a small setup, part of the franchise owned by Sohanlal (Rehman). One day her boss tries to send her to a businessman to entertain him but she rejects. Because of that he becomes angry and tells Sohanlal against her. Sohanlal manages to send her to one year of jail on charges of stealing jewelry from his shop.
Prince (1969)
Réalisé par Lekh Tandon
Genres Drame
Acteurs Vyjayanthimala, Shammi Kapoor, Ajit Khan, Rajendra Nath, Helen Khan, Leela Chitnis
Rôle Mrs. Shanti Singh
Note70%
Rajkumar Shamsher Singh is the only son of the local Maharaja, and has been brought up as a brat, and now he is an irresponsible, alcoholic, and womanizing adult, who wants everyone to bow down before him and his princely rank. One priest refuses to do so, and Shamsher pummels him mercilessly, in vain though. Frustrated, he asks the priest what he should do with his mundane life, and the priest tells him that he should repent, sacrifice all his palatial pleasures, and live the life of a simple and ordinary man, and hence learn the true meaning of life, for at least six months. Shamsher agrees to do so, and arranges an accident with his car, which plummets down a mountain, explodes and is blown to smithereens. Everyone in the palace believes that Shamsher is dead. He goes to a nearby village, and a blind woman there mistakes him for her long-lost son and starts calling him Sajjan Singh. Shamsher decides to play along as Sajjan.
Aurat (1967)
Réalisé par Subramaniam Srinivasan
Genres Drame
Acteurs Padmini Ramachandran, Pran Krishan Sikand, Rajesh Khanna, Feroz Khan, Lalita Pawar, David Abraham
Note74%
Parvathi (Padmini) is an elder daughter of eight children family who is the primary bread earner of her house. Her aim is bring up her family position and marry off all her sisters which include a dumb girl. So she spents her whole life and struggles hard to educate her brother Suresh (Rajesh Khanna) and make him doctor so that he can lend her helping hand.
Dulhan Ek Raat Ki (1967)
Réalisé par D.D. Kashyap
Genres Drame
Acteurs Dharmendra, Nutan, Johnny Walker, Rehman, Tabassum, Leela Chitnis
Note66%
Majhli Didi (1967)
Réalisé par Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Genres Drame
Acteurs Meena Kumari, Dharmendra, Lalita Pawar, Leela Chitnis, Leela Mishra, Asit Sen
Rôle Kishan's Mother
Note78%
Phool Aur Patthar (1966)
Genres Romance
Acteurs Dharmendra, Meena Kumari, Shashikala, Madan Puri, Lalita Pawar, Sundar
Note66%
Circumstances have made Shaka a career criminal. When plague empties a town of its inhabitants, he takes the opportunity to burgle a house. He finds nothing except Shanti, a widowed daughter-in-law who has been left to die by her cruel relatives. Shaka nurses her back to health. When her relatives return they are not pleased to find her alive and even less pleased to discover that someone has tried to rob them. Shanti gets the blame and a beating. Shaka saves her from worse, at the hands of brother-in-law, and the pair flee. They set up home in Shaka's house, much to the displeasure of the respectable neighbours who are all too ready to think the worst. Shanti's relatives are dismayed when a lawyer arrives to announce that Shanti has been left a legacy. They hatch a plot to get her back. Meanwhile, Shaka's rehabilitation is proceeding - much to the chagrin of his former criminal associates. Fire and redemption for some, death and handcuffs for others is what fate has in store.