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Shakti Samanta is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer Indian born on 13 january 1926 at Bardhaman (Inde)
Shakti Samanta (Bengali: শক্তি সামন্ত) (13 January 1926 – 9 April 2009) was an Indian film director and producer, who founded Shakti Films in 1957, which is most known for films such as Howrah Bridge, China Town, Kashmir Ki Kali, An Evening in Paris, Kati Patang and Amar Prem.
He received Filmfare Awards for Best Film for Aradhana (1969), Anuraag (1973) and Amanush, which was also made in Bengali, a language in which he made six films, including an Indo-Bangladesh joint production in 1984.
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Shakti Samanta
Nationality Inde
Birth 13 january 1926 at Bardhaman (Inde)
Death 9 april 2009 (at 83 years) at Mumbai (Inde)
Awards Filmfare Awards
Birth 13 january 1926 at Bardhaman (Inde)
Death 9 april 2009 (at 83 years) at Mumbai (Inde)
Awards Filmfare Awards
Shakti Samanta (Bengali: শক্তি সামন্ত) (13 January 1926 – 9 April 2009) was an Indian film director and producer, who founded Shakti Films in 1957, which is most known for films such as Howrah Bridge, China Town, Kashmir Ki Kali, An Evening in Paris, Kati Patang and Amar Prem.
He received Filmfare Awards for Best Film for Aradhana (1969), Anuraag (1973) and Amanush, which was also made in Bengali, a language in which he made six films, including an Indo-Bangladesh joint production in 1984.
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Chala Murari Hero Banne (1977)
Directed by Asrani
Genres Comedy
Actors Asrani, Bindiya Goswami, Ashok Kumar, Prem Nath, Bindu, Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jaffery
Roles Self
Rating69%
Murari dreams of becoming an actor, but his Dad (A.K. Hangal), who runs a cloth shop, wants him to help in the shop. Murari runs away from home and catches a train to Mumbai. On his journey, he meets a teacher who says he knows Raj Kapoor. Murari comes to Mumbai, lives in a chawl, struggles a bit and becomes a successful and rich actor. Then comes a twist in his life; he gets accused in scandals, and his love interest, (Bindiya Goswami), leaves him. Eventually, he proves himself innocent and they reunite and marry.
Mehbooba (1976)
Directed by Shakti Samanta
Themes Films about religion
Actors Rajesh Khanna, Hema Malini, Prem Chopra, Madan Puri, Shakti Samanta, Asrani
Rating65%
Singer Suraj (Rajesh Khanna) was presented with a veena (stringed musical instrument) by his fiancee. Thereafter, he often listens to an haunting song at nights and observes that name 'Ratna' was written on that. One day, while going for a stage show, he gets struck in heavy rain in an unknown place and goes to stay in a small motel, where he meets a woman named Ratna. During night, he observes that Ratna, singing the same song he often hears at night, going to a distant mahal (grand house of olden times). He follows her reflexively and enters the abandoned mahal. He tries to call out for Ratna, but learns from old keeper of mahal that Ratna died more than a hundred years ago and people feel that she still haunts that mahal.
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Devdas (2002)
, 2h8Directed by Shakti Samanta
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution
Actors Prosenjit Chatterjee, Tapas Paul, Indrani Haldar, Arpita Chatterjee
Rating71%
Andha Bichar (1990)
, 2h5Directed by Shakti Samanta
Genres Crime
Actors Mithun Chakraborty, Tanuja, Sadashiv Amarapurkar, Ranjeet, Alok Nath, Biplab Chatterjee
Rating67%
A fast paced action thriller, with Mithun in lead. Rakesh (Mithun Chakraborty), a small town boy, has been torn away from his family due to several crisis. His family consisted of his father(Aloknath), mother(Tanuja) and sister(Dipa Sahi). Terror strikes in the family after Aloknath has been sent to jail in fraudulent cases. He himself is on the run due to police threats. In due course of his time, Rakesh meets Lakshmi(Mandakini) and love blossoms. Even though Rakesh tries being truthful, He enters a different world. Will Rakesh unite with his long lost family and lead a happy life with the love of his life?
Dushman (1990)
Directed by Shakti Samanta
Genres Drama
Actors Mithun Chakraborty, Mandakini, Alok Nath, Ranjeet, Deepa Sahi, Sadashiv Amarapurkar
Rating59%
Drama history of the father and the son separated because of frauds of the leader of a local gang those years when the son was the child. The young man by name of Rakesh (a nickname "Bullet"), appeared the tool in hands of experienced gangsters, rises, not knowing that, on a way of the father which has decided to take justice in own hands and to revenge for family tragedy.
Aar Paar (1985)
, 2h10Directed by Shakti Samanta
Genres Action, Romance
Actors Nutan, Rozina, Mithun Chakraborty, Mandakini, Ranjeet, Sadashiv Amarapurkar
Rating61%
Aar Paar is an action film starring Bangladeshi actress Rozina and Mithun Chakraborty in lead roles.
Anyay Abhichar (1985)
, 2h5Directed by Shakti Samanta
Origin Bangladesh
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action
Actors Mithun Chakraborty, Utpal Dutt, Utpal Dutta, Rozina, Amol Bose
Anyay Abichar is an action film starring Bangladeshi actress Rozina and Mithun Chakraborty in the lead role, supported by Utpal Dutt.
Alag Alag (1985)
, 1h40Directed by Shakti Samanta
Actors Rajesh Khanna, Tina Ambani, Shashi Kapoor, Om Prakash, Deven Varma, Bindu
Rating64%
Chandni is from a poor family who desires to come out of her poverty. Finding that one shortcut to become rich is to marry a rich man, sets off to Bombay. She meets a man whose stands near a car, assumes he is rich and asks him to marry her. When she finds out that he is not a rich man, she dumps him immediately. The man is actually Neeraj who aims to become a playback singer in movies. He goes to every studio to meet musicians but he does not succeed. Chandni lands in a bunglaw to escape from a goon. She plans to settle in the house and requests owner Doctor Rana to let her stay in the house. Dr. Rana finds Chandni is an innocent village girl and allows her to live in his house. Chandni takes charge of the home and dismisses the servants which annoys Rana. But he feels good about the presence of woman in his home after his wife's death.
Awaaz (1984)
Directed by Shakti Samanta
Actors Rajesh Khanna, Rakesh Roshan, Amrish Puri, Suresh Oberoi, Madan Puri, Prem Chopra
Rating64%
Advocate Jayant (Rajesh Khanna) a criminal lawyer believes that a lawyer's duty is to do service to his client alone and to bail him out of his trouble even if his client is in reality a criminal. His close friend Amit is an honest police inspector who brings many of the goons that are part of gang of smugglers led by Mulchand Malhotra but they are let off by the court when he uses his skills and knowledge about the loopholes in law. Jayant helps Mulchand in setting his workmen free from jail. Amit Gupta asks Jayant to be more responsible when he defends criminals, who are repeat offenders. Later Amit is killed and this motivates Amit's brother Vijay to join the police force. Meanwhile Priya (Jayant's sister) falls in love with Vijay and both decide to marry. But one day while going on a picnic Anu (Jayant's wife) and Priya get into trouble as their car tire gets punctured on a road near a jungle. There a drunkard who happens to be Mulchand's son rapes Anu and injures Priya. On being humiliated Anu commits suicide. Jayant also gets a clue that the death of his friend Amit was not accidental but was a deliberate attempt by some goons and that the rapist is a person known to Mulchand and his gang members. Jayant tries enlisting the help of his clients Mulchand and Meerchandani in finding the real culprits but realises that they are not responsive. Jayant vows to find the assailants, but before he can attempt anything his daughter, Nandita, is kidnapped. The kidnappers want Jayant to represent Mulchand's son in a criminal case, and get him acquitted. Mulchand says his daughter is with them and would be left once his son is let off in a court of law. Jayant gets his client out on bail. Jayant does not know that his client is the one who had raped his wife and sister, and when Jayant does find out there is noting he can do since his daughter still under the control of her kidnappers. The rest of the story is how he single handedly brings all of them to justice.
Ayaash (1982)
Directed by Shakti Samanta
Genres Romance
Actors Sanjeev Kumar, Rati Agnihotri, Rajesh Khanna, Arun Govil, Madan Puri, Sujit Dhungana
Rating60%
Barsaat Ki Ek Raat (1981)
, 2h22Directed by Shakti Samanta
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Actors Amitabh Bachchan, Rakhee Gulzar, Amjad Khan, Utpal Dutt, Asit Sen, Prema Narayan
Rating61%
Khwab (1980)
, 1h55Directed by Shakti Samanta
Genres Drama
Actors Ashok Kumar, Ranjeeta "Robby" Kaur, Naseeruddin Shah, Mithun Chakraborty, Yogeeta Bali Chakraborty, Sujit Dhungana
Rating61%
Khwab is a Family love story which turns as a suspense thriller in the end. The courtroom scenes in the Climax was well appreciated.
The Great Gambler (1979)
, 2h43Directed by Shakti Samanta
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime, Romance
Actors Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman, Neetu Kapoor, Prem Chopra, Utpal Dutt, Madan Puri
Rating63%
Jai (Amitabh Bachchan) is an expert gambler, has been for as long as he can remember, and has never lost a game. These skills bring him to the attention of the underworld don Ratan Das (Madan Puri), who is interested in hiring him to win large amounts of money from rich people and then influencing them into doing whatever he wants. Jai agrees to do so, and plays successfully, though unknowingly to entrap Nath (Jagdish Raj) who works for the government. After losing large amounts of money, he is blackmailed into revealing the blueprints of a top-secret military laser weapon that can hit any target within 50 miles. When the Indian police come to know of this, they assign the case to Inspector Vijay (also Amitabh Bachchan), who is asked to apprehend Jai at any cost. The only problem is that Inspector Vijay is Jai's look-alike, and is not at all a good gambler.
Anand Ashram (1977)
, 2h21Directed by Shakti Samanta
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Uttam Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Sharmila Tagore, Rakesh Roshan, Moushumi Chatterjee, Asit Sen
Rating73%
Dr. Deepak lives with his wealthy father, a Thakur, in a small town in India. While the Thakur would like to get Deepak to marry a woman from an equally wealthy family, he has fallen in love with a poor woman named Asha, and would like to marry her. The Thakur is displeased, and asks Deepak to leave his house, never to return. A few months later, Thakur's employee, Girdhari, informs him that he has found an abandoned child by the river bank, and would like to adopt him. Initially the Thakur does not want anything to do with the child, but when he sees it for the first time, he decides to let Girdhari have his way. Years later, young Pratap has grown up under Girdhari and Thakur's care, and travels abroad to study in order to be a doctor. When he returns he decides to work with a chemical company. His travels take him to meet a beautiful woman named Kiran, her father, and an elderly man named Doctor. Pratap is perturbed by this doctor, who seems to know him very well, and wants him to leave his job at the chemical company, and start practicing medicine in the small town where they live. What Pratap does not know that this doctor is none other than his biological father, Deepak. What both don't know is what steps the Thakur will take when he finds out that Pratap is none other than his grandson.
Anurodh (1977)
Directed by Shakti Samanta
Actors Rajesh Khanna, Simple Kapadia, Vinod Mehra, Ashok Kumar, Nirupa Roy, Asrani
Rating67%
Arun (Rajesh Khanna) was the only son of a rich businessman Mr. Chaudhury. He was an upcoming singer, sings in local radio, mostly the songs written by his friend Srikant (Vinod Mehra). His father wants him to look after their family business and thinks singing is not the kind of job for people of their status. This always leads to friction between father and son. On the other end, Srikant leads a very poor lifestyle along with his widowed mother. He earns living by writing songs and articles. Arun frequently helps them with money as Srikant becomes chronically ill and couldn't work outside.