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Dharmendra Filmography - Parts 4, 5 & 6

Here are the 4, 5, and the final parts of Dharmendra's filmography ...

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Jeetendra – The “Jumping Jack”

Jeetendra, nicknamed as “Jumping Jack” for his dancing skills came into movies almost by accident. His family was in the business that dealt with imitation jewelry. While delivering some of the jewelry to the venerable Shantaram, who was making “Navrang (1959)” at that time, he was offered to act as a double for the leading lady of that movie, Sandhya. That he did. It eventually led to his debut as a hero in Shantaram’s “Geet Gaya Pattharon Ne” in 1964.

It was “Farz” in 1967, an imitation of a James Bond movie, that gave him an opportunity to do dancing for some of the songs. The movie was a huge hit and he became a favorite with producers from South in which he played almost the same role over and over again. Surprisingly, most of these movies were huge hits.

Jeetendra never won any awards for the films he was in. He acted in over 200 movies in a career spanning 45 years. Here is part 1 of his filmography …

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Dec 24 2009, 10:06 PM

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Jeetendra Filmography - Parts 2 & 3

Here are parts 2 & 3 of Jeetendra's filmography ...

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Jeetendra Filmography - Parts 4 & 5

Here are part 4 and the final part of Jeetendra's filmography ...

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Manoj Kumar - "Mr. Bharat"

Manoj was a man of many talents. Besides being an actor, he was a producer, director, editor, story, screenplay, dialogue, and lyric writer. Because he made several movies with patriotic themes and played the role whose name always was “Bharat”, he was nicknamed as “Mr. Bharat”.

While growing up he idolized Dilip Kumar. After graduating from school, he decided to enter into the movie industry. He changed his name to Manoj Kumar after the name of the character Dilip played in the movie “Shabnam” in 1949.

Manoj made his debut in a small role in “Fashion” in 1957. But the movie established him as a bonafied star was “Hariyali Aur Raasta” released in 1962.

Manoj won several Filmfare awards in various categories; Best Picture, Best Director, Best Story, Best Dialogue, and Best Actor. Quite an accomplishment. He has acted in less than 60 movies in a career spanning 40 years. Here is his filmography …

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Raaj Kumar - The "Jaani" Man

Raaj Kumar made his debut as an actor in a small role in 1952 in “Rangili”. He appeared in several movies after the debut but mostly went unnoticed. Things changed with Mehboob Khan’s masterpiece “Mother India” released in 1957. He had a major supporting role and his performance was critically praised.

Raaj was famous for dialogue delivery that became his trademark. He played all types of roles that came along his way.

His son Puru, who had several problems with law, tried unsuccessfully to become an actor.

Raaj won Filmfare awards as the Best Supporting Actor a couple of times. He acted in over 70 movies in a career spanning 43 years. Here is his filmography …

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Rajendra Kumar - The "Jubilee Hero"

Rajendra Kumar made his debut in a bit role in 1950 in the film “Jogan” which starred Nargis and Dilip Kumar. In the beginning of his career he tried to emulate Dilip, in acting, mannerisms, and dialogue delivery. He even started combing like him. Soon he found his own groove with Mehboob Khan’s “Mother India”, released in 1957. But it was “Goonj Uthi Shehnai” made in 1959 that established him as a star in his own right.

In 60’s and early 70’s his star had a meteoric rise. Almost every film he made was a jubilee hit. Apparently at one point, he had seven jubilee films, all running at the same time. This earned him the nickname “Jubilee Hero”.

Like many other stars, his star status declined by mid 1970’s. Then he was back in form at the end of 70’s by playing more mature roles starting with “Saajan Bina Suhaagan (1978)”.

Rajendra produced and directed few movies. He tried to launch his son Kumar Gaurav as an actor but wasn’t successful.

Rajendra never won any wards for the movies he was in though was nominated a few times. He acted in nearly 100 movies in a career spanning 48 years. Here is his filmography …

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Sunil Dutt - The "Gentleman Actor"

Sunil Dutt was a successful radio announcer for Radio Ceylon Hindi programs. He made his film debut in 1955 with “Railway Platform”. Couple of years later, he had a major breakthrough as an actor with Mehboob Khan’s “Mother India” which proved to be a fertile ground for many aspiring actors. The very next year he married Nargis, who played his mother in “Mother India”.

Sunil was a close friend of writer Agha Jani Kashmiri, who was instrumental in bringing Nargis to the movies. They collaborated in many movies together.

He made history by producing and directing a one-actor movie called “Yaadein” in 1964. He produced many movies and directed a few. His son Sanjay is also a popular actor.

When his wife Nargis passed away, he set up an organization called “Nargis Dutt Foundation” that helps raise money for cancer research.

He was elected to congress many times and served as a cabinet minister.

Sunil won the Filmfare award as the Best Actor a couple of times in his career. He acted in over 100 movies in a career spanning nearly 50 years. Here is his part 1 of the filmography …

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Sunil Dutt Filmography Parts 2 & 3

Here are part 2 and the final part of Sunil Dutt filmography ...

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(Amitabh) Saat Hindustani (1969)

This is the movie in which Amitabh made his acting debut. It was made by the great K.A. Abbas. Amitabh won the National Award as the Best Newcomer for his portrayal in the movie.

Unfortunately, I have only one song from this movie. I am hoping that other members can come forward to help share the missing songs shown in red italics in the table below.

Here is the one song I have ...

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(Dharmendra) Dil Bhi Tera Hum Bhi Tere (1960)

Dharmendra made his debut with this movie. It has some beautiful songs. One of the popular ones is "Mujh Ko Iss Raat Ki" sung separately by both Lata and Mukesh. Because of the number of songs, I am uploading these in back-to-back two posts. Here is the first set of songs ...

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Songs of "Dil Bhi Tera Hum Bhi Tere (1960)" Continued ...

Here are the rest of the songs from this beautiful album. Extended version of "Mujh Ko" was contributed by Sukesh Hoogan, a member of the Forum. Thank you Sukeshji. Here are the songs ...

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Thanks swarapriya... Wanted to be the first to thank you in this thread
Looking forward to one more wave

Jigri

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(Jeetendra) Geet Gaaya Pattharon Ne (1964)

Jeetendra made his debut with this Shantaram's musical. It has several beautiful numbers and one wonders why Ramlal gave music to only few Hindi films, that too only for Shantaram. I'm not sure how popular he was in Marathi movies.

By the way this story was a clever adaptation of a sculptor named "Jakkanna". Earlier this was made in Telugu as "Amara Shilpi Jakkanna". I will upload these songs later in this section.

I will upload songs from this musical in back-to-back two posts. Here is the first set of songs ...

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Songs of Geet Gaaya Pattharon Ne (1964) Continued ...

I am uploading a couple of extended version songs from this album. Both of these songs are by the courtesy of the Forum members. Thank you. Here are these songs ...