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Sujit Dhungana is a Actor and Producer Indian born on 7 february 1934 at Varanasi (Inde)

Sujit Dhungana

Sujit Dhungana
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Nationality Inde
Birth 7 february 1934 at Varanasi (Inde)
Death 5 february 2010 (at 75 years) at Mumbai (Inde)

Sujit Kumar (born Shamsher Singh), 7 February 1934 – 5 February 2010, was an Indian film actor and producer. He appeared in over 150 Hindi films in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, and 25 films in Bhojpuri. From the late 90s, he primarily worked with production. Kumar was considered a major actor in Bhojpuri cinema. He played pivotal roles either as a villain or as a character actor. One of his most notable roles was as a man playing the mouth organ while driving a jeep in the 1969 film Aradhana.

Biography

Hindi cinema
Sujit was the leading man in the suspense flicks in Hindi in early sixties like Lal Bangla (1966) and Ek Saal Pehle (1965). He was always part of the films with Rajesh Khanna as the lead hero like in 'Aradhana', Ittefaq, Aan Milo Sajna, Haathi Mere Saathi, Amar Prem, Mere Jeevan Saathi, Roti, Mehbooba, Avtaar, Aakhir Kyon?, Amrit.

His other notable roles include that of a spy in Ramanand Sagar's Aankein (1968), Naya Raasta (1970), Jugnu (1973), Hamrahi (1999), Charas (1976), Dharamveer (1977), Dev Anand's Des Pardes, Burning Train, Kaamchor, Krantiveer, Tiranga and many more. He produced big budget movies like Asmaan Se Ooncha (1989), Daraar (1996) Champion (2000), Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam (2009) . His best friends from the film industry were Rajesh Khanna, Jeetendra, Rakesh Roshan, the two with whom Sujit used to hit the gym regularly and other close friends included producer Saawan Kumar Tak and Randhir Kapoor as all of them practically grew up together in the Hindi Film industry since the early sixties.


Bhojpuri cinema
He appeared in such films as Bidesiya, Loha Singh, Dangal, Pan Khaye Saiyya Hamar, Champa Chameli, Patoh Bitiya, Sajanwa Bairi Bhaile Hamar , Nag Panchami, Saiyya Se Bhaile Milanawa, Aaeel Basant Bahar, Bidhana Nach Nachawe, Mai Ke Lal, Sampurna Teerth Yatra, Sajai Da Maang Hamar, Saiyya Magan Pahalwani Me, Ganga Kahe Pukar Ke, Ganga Jaisan Bhauji Hamar and Ganga Hamar Mai.


Death
Kumar died in 2010 of cancer, an illness from which he was suffering since 2007. At the time of his death he was survived by his two children Jatin Kumar and a daughter Henna. A condolence meeting took place on February 8, 2010, at the Indian Medical Association, besides PVR Cinema, Juhu, Mumbai where many of his friends from the industry like the whole of Kapoor family, Rakesh Roshan's family, Rajesh Khanna etc. paid him last respects.

Usually with

Asrani
Asrani
(24 films)
Madan Puri
Madan Puri
(24 films)
Kader Khan
Kader Khan
(16 films)
Rakesh Roshan
Rakesh Roshan
(14 films)
Jeetendra
Jeetendra
(19 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Sujit Dhungana (132 films)

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Krantiveer
Krantiveer (1994)
, 2h39
Directed by Mehul Kumar Original Name Mohammed Baloch
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Nana Patekar, Dimple Kapadia, Atul Agnihotri, Mamta Kulkarni, Danny Denzongpa, Paresh Rawal
Roles Police Commissioner
Rating73% 3.696623.696623.696623.696623.69662
Pratap Tilak(Nana Patekar) is the grandson of Bheeshmanarayan Tilak a freedom fighter. Pratap starts gambling and this leads to a spoiling attack of Bheeshmanarayan as he dies. Pratap's mother Durgadevi(Farida Jalal) enraged of all this asks him to leave the village and go away. Pratap comes to Mumbai where he saves life of chawl owner, Laxminath's(Paresh Rawal) son Atul(Atul Agnihotri). Laxminath decides to keep Pratap with him. When they grow up Atul falls in love with Mamta(Mamta Kulkarni), who is the daughter of a builder named Yograj(Tinu Anand). Pratap keeps laughing at press reporter Megha Dixit (Dimple Kapadia) who lives in the chawl and keeps on fighting injustice by writing about it in newspapers. Pratap teaches people to become strong and fight for themselves instead of waiting for other people to help them. Chattursingh Chita(Danny Denzongpa) and Yograj plan to build a resort and the place they arrange communal riots mass killings and burn the houses of people. Laxminath is murdered by Chattursingh Chita. Pratap learns that Megha's parents were murdered by Chattursingh Chita and she was raped by him. He proposes marriage to her. Mamta leaves her father's house and comes to Atul's house. Pratap kills the corrupted ministers, the judge and the police officer. He is caught and ordered to be hanged till death. Chattursingh Chita plans to kill Pratap but dies by Pratap's hands. This story is about a brave person who decides to face injustice and is ready to lay his lifedown for this cause.
Tirangaa
Tirangaa (1993)
, 2h48
Directed by Mehul Kumar Original Name Mohammed Baloch
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Raaj Kumar, Nana Patekar, Mamta Kulkarni, Suresh Oberoi, Varsha Usgaonkar, Alok Nath
Roles D.S.P.
Rating67% 3.3960153.3960153.3960153.3960153.396015
The film starts with the kidnapping of three nuclear scientists by Pralayanath Gendaswamy (Deepak Shirke) as he plans to build nuclear missiles for an invasion on India. Meanwhile Deputy Inspector General of Police Rudrapratap Chouhan (Suresh Oberoi) an honest police officer is murdered by Pralayanath Gendaswamy since he has been on his hitlist. Rudrapatap's son Harish (Harish Kumar) is the only witness of his murder. When scientists are gone missing police calls Brigadier Suryadev Singh (Raj Kumar) to take matter into his hands. Suryadev allies with hot-headed police Inspector Shivajirao Wagle (Nana Patekar) who spends a lot of time being suspended due to his temper. When Central Minister Jeevanlal Tandel who is an ally of Pralayanath Gendaswamy sets up a meeting with him to inform him about Suryadev Singh, Pralayanath Gendaswamy questions why is there information about his glory and not a single photograph of his face. At that moment Suryadev Singh enters the auditorium and reveals that he is the one whose face Pralayanath Gendaswamy was so eager to see.
Khel
Khel (1992)

Directed by Rakesh Roshan
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Prem Chopra, Sonu Walia, Anupam Kher, Mala Sinha
Roles Father/ Principal
Rating62% 3.14833.14833.14833.14833.1483
A rich widow Sulakshana Devi (Mala Sinha) lives with her son Ravi (Vijayendra Ghatge) and care-taker Balwant (Prem Chopra). One day, she receives the news that her son has died in a car accident. Meanwhile, a lady named Kamini approaches her and informs her that she is carrying her dead son Ravi's child. Sulakshana does not believe Kamini and turns her away. Sulakshana later learns from Ravi's friend Sanjay Gupta (Vivek Vaswani) that Kamini is indeed the mother of Ravi's child. Sulakshana tries her best to look for Kamini and get her home, but to no avail.
Kishen Kanhaiya, 2h40
Directed by Rakesh Roshan
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families
Actors Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Shilpa Shirodkar, Amrish Puri, Dinesh Hingoo, Saeed Jaffrey
Roles Bhola Ram
Rating59% 2.9531052.9531052.9531052.9531052.953105
Leela and Bholaram are a childless couple. Leela is a midwife, and one day assists Sunderdas' wife to give birth to twin boys. She decides to keep one baby for herself and tells Sunderdas that his wife has given birth to one child. There are complications for the mother, and she passes away without seeing her children.
Kala Bazaar
Directed by Rakesh Roshan
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Farah Naaz, Kimi Katkar, Kader Khan, Raza Murad
Roles Girdharilal
Rating55% 2.7658552.7658552.7658552.7658552.765855
The film opens at the municipal building and construction department office (Mumbai, India). The superintendent of the office, Thakur, gets a telephone call from the industrialist Ranbir Gupta. Ranbir asks if his construction permits have been approved. Thakur is flustered, but informs him that a newly appointed clerk in his office is holding up the file.
Aakhri Baazi
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Shatrughan Sinha, Govinda, Moushumi Chatterjee, Mandakini, Sonam, Sadashiv Amarapurkar
Roles Police Commissioner
Rating45% 2.2758252.2758252.2758252.2758252.275825
Ram Kumar (Govinda) lives a wealthy lifestyle in Calcutta with his brother, Prashant (Shatrughan Sinha) and Parvati (Moushumi Chatterjee), his sister-in-law. Since his school-days he had befriended a young orphan named Laxman (Kunal Goswami), who also lives with them. Years later, Ram and Laxman have grown up, and Laxman joins the Police Force. Impressed with Laxman's dedication and diligence, the Police Commissioner assigns him to take down the crime empire of a notorious underworld don called Cobra. Laxman is killed trying to arrest Cobra and Ram swears to avenge Laxman's death, and sets forth to seek Cobra. It is then Ram finds out that the man called Cobra may be Prashant himself. A series of double cross and deceit leads to a plot much more sinister than what Ram could have ever imagined.
Asmaan Se Ooncha
Directed by Mehul Kumar Original Name Mohammed Baloch
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Govinda, Anita Raj, Raj Babbar, Sonam, Sadashiv Amarapurkar, Dinesh Hingoo
Rating50% 2.5327052.5327052.5327052.5327052.532705
Kishan, who lives with his sister, Reshmi, runs a Gas Station in Srinagar. One day while returning home he hears cries of help from a woman in a jeep. He chases and overtakes the jeep, and rescues the woman from four hoodlums. He finds out that the woman is Anita, who has run away from her cruel uncle who wanted to sell her for a large sum of money. Kishan permits her to live with them, and soon both fall in love with each other. Then their lives are turned upside down when Naag Raj, one of the hoodlums who had attempted to molest Anita, returns and sexually assaults Reshmi. When Kishan comes to her rescue, he ends up killing one of the men, and setting fire to the Gas Station, while Naag Raj absconds. The Police arrest Kishan and he is sent to prison for several years. A pregnant Anita attempts to kill herself, but is rescued by Delhi-based Police Inspector Ranjit Malik, who subsequently marries her and allows her to give birth to a baby boy, Vikrant alias Vicky. Years later Vicky has grown up and has fallen in love with a lovely young woman named Sonam, who he rescued from a molester named Prem Raj. Ranjit gets transferred to Bombay to nab an underworld Don by the name of King. Vicky is recruited as a Police Inspector with Bombay Police. One night Anita wakes up to see a man pointing a gun at Ranjit, she is shocked to see that the man is none other than her former lover, Kishan.
Dost
Dost (1989)
, 2h40
Genres Drama
Actors Mithun Chakraborty, Amala Akkineni, Amjad Khan, Kiran Kumar, Asrani, Sujit Dhungana
Rating52% 2.6333452.6333452.6333452.6333452.633345
Sher Singh (Amjad Khan) and his son Nagender (Kiran Kumar) are involved in poaching, cutting trees and smuggle them out of the Jungle. They murder forest officer Anthony (Dalip Tahil) and Raja (Mithun Chakravarty) takes charge in his place. Elephant Ram, Monkey Bansi & Parrot Mithu are Raja's friends in the Jungle. They help each other in the time of distress. Once Raja rescues Ram from the clutches of a crocodile. Raja warns Sher Singh and Nagender to stop the smuggling, resulting in enimity between them. Sher Singh wants to marry his unworthy son Nagender with Pooja (Amala), the daughter of a millionaire Brijmohan (Sujit Kumar). Bharti (Shobha Khote), Sher Singh's wife, on the other hand wants that Pooja be married to her innocent nephew Buddhi Ram Aval Chand Dimagwala (Kader Khan), as she is the daughter of the friend of Buddhi's deceased father. But Pooja wants to marry Raja as he saved her from the clutches of the Nagender's lusty eyes when she went out for hunting. Pooja marries Raja against her father's wishes. Raja's well wisher and tribal leader Mangola (Sharad Saxena) performs the rites on behalf of Pooja's father. To avenge this, Nagender attempts to molest Pooja and beat Raja. Ram and Bansi come in and avert this attempt. Raja catches Sher Singh and Nagender red-handed while sending the smuggled articles out of the Jungle. Judge awards them six years rigorous imprisonment. After release from the jail, Sher Singh & Nagender find Raja and Pooja have a son Ravi (Antriksh), and trouble them a lot. The extent of Nagender's meanness crosses the boundaries with the intoxication of Ram. Ram goes berserk, destroys property, attacks Raja's family, grievously injuring Ravi. Pooja mistakes Ram, quarrels with her husband, leaves the house in sheer anger with Ravi & reaches her father's place. One day, Raja's servant Sukhiya (Asrani) comes to Brijmohan's house to convey Ram's message to Ravi. The content of Ram's message to Ravi, clearance of misunderstanding between Raja and Pooja, the fate of Sher Singh and Nagender, and Buddhi Ram's role in this, forms the rest of the story.
Rest House
Rest House (1987)

Genres Horror
Actors Rajan Sippy, Ranjeet, Viju Khote, Marc Zuber, Rajendra Nath, Mazhar Khan
Rating51% 2.5969852.5969852.5969852.5969852.596985
The film opens with a young couple locked in intimate embrace at a large dak bangla (rest house). They are interrupted by a deep knocking sound from somewhere beneath the rest house. An evil force (we do not see who or what) suddenly issues from somewhere and murders both of them.
Hiraasat
Hiraasat (1987)
, 2h20
Genres Action
Actors Shatrughan Sinha, Mithun Chakraborty, Hema Malini, Anita Raj, Prem Chopra, Sujit Dhungana
Roles Renu's Father
Rating55% 2.762572.762572.762572.762572.76257
Hiraasat is an action film, featuring Mithun Chakraborty and Anita Raj in lead roles, well supported by Shatrughan Sinha, Hema Malini, Prem Chopra, Kalpana Iyer and Shakti Kaposinha's shatrughan sinha played a character of honest police office who could sacrifice everything for country.
Kamagni
Kamagni (1987)
, 1h50
Directed by Ashok Kumar
Genres Drama
Actors Tina Ambani, Alok Nath, Ramesh Deo, Sujit Dhungana, Satyen Kappu, Dr. Shriram Lagoo
Rating52% 2.6363452.6363452.6363452.6363452.636345
Kamagni is the story of a Lady, her love, passion and life, played by Tina Munim.
Mera Yaar Mera Dushman, 2h20
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Mithun Chakraborty, Rakesh Roshan, Zarina Wahab, Ardhendu Bose, Bindiya Goswami, A. K. Hangal
Roles Gopal
Rating51% 2.5633152.5633152.5633152.5633152.563315
Mera Yaar Mera Dushman is a crime thriller, featuring Mithun Chakraborty and Zarina Wahab in lead roles, well supported by Rakesh Roshan, Ardhendu Bose, A.K. Hangal, Bindiya Goswami and Deven Verma.