Product Description
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Dr. Prakash Kulkarni (Ramesh Deo) is a skilled doctor working to
assist the poor and needy, however, there is a weakness in him,
which is to over-charge his more wealthy clients, even encourage
and magnify minor aches and pains, much to the dislike of his
more enthical colleague Dr. Bhaskar Bannerjee (Amitabh Bachchan).
It is because of his ""charitable disposition"" that both get to
meet their new, terminally ill patient, Anand Saigal (Rajesh
Khanna), who is aware that he has only a short time to live, but
even during this short period he will manage to bring about
positive change in the lives of both the doctors as well as the
people around him.
About the Actor
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Born under the Libran sun sign, Amitabh Bachchan celebrates his
birthday on 11th October. He was born in 1942 in Allahabad, as
Amitabh Harivansh Srivastav to Dr.Harivansh Rai Bachchan and Teji
Bachchan. His her was a well known poet. Bachchan was his pen
name. When Amitabh entered the film industry he replaced
Srivastav with Bachchan. He was initially christened Inquilab but
this was later changed to Amitabh that means limitless lustre,
which is so apt. Ajitabh is his younger brother.
Bachchan studied in Allahabad at Jnana Pramodhini and Boys High
School. He also put in a few years at Sherwood College in
Nainital and Kirori Mal College. He holds a double degree in M.A.
He married his co-star Jaya Bhaduri of the Guddi fame on 3rd June
1973 and they have two children Shweta and Abhishek. The latter
is also an actor, married to Aishwarya Rai.
In 1969, Bachchan made his debut with ""Saat Hindustani"", which
won him the National Film Award for Best Newcomer. After this
came movies like ""Reshma Aur Shera"", ""Parwana"" and ""Anand""
in 1971. He made a huge impact with his performance in Hrishikesh
Mukherjees ""Anand"" alongside Rajesh Khanna as a despondent
doctor, winning the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award. In 1972
he appeared in movies like ""Sanjog"", ""Bansi Birju"", ""Ek
Nazar"" and also narrated ""Bawarchi"".
1973 saw significant development in Bachchan's career when
director Prakash Mehra cast him in the leading role for the film
""Zanjeer"" as Inspector Vijay Khanna. In 1974, Bachchan made
several guest appearances in films such as ""Kunwara Baap"" and
""Dost"", before playing a supporting role in the highest
grossing film of that year, ""Roti Kapda Aur Makaan"". Released
on 15 August 1975, was ""Sholay"", which became the highest
grossing film of all time in India. Bachchan had now consolidated
his position in the industry and from 1976 through to 1984 would
receive an unprecedented number of Filmfare Best Actor Award
Awards and nominations.
In 1984, Amitabh took a break from acting and briefly entered
politics. In 1988, Bachchan returned to films, playing the title
role in Shahenshah, which was a box office success due to the
hype of Bachchan's comeback. In 2000, Indian Television audience
stuck to the television at 9 when Amitabh Bachchan hosted 'Kaun
Banega Crorepati?'!
Bachchan has won 3 National Awards, 7 Lifetime Achievement Awards
and innumerable other awards and International Honors and
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About the Director
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Hrishikesh Mukherjee was born (30 September 192227 August 2006)
in Calcutta, he studied science and graduated in chemistry from
the University of Calcutta. He taught mathematics and science for
some time.
His debut directorial venture, Musafir (1957), was not a success,
but he persisted and received accl for his second film Anari
in 1959. The film, crew and cast won five Filmfare Awards, with
Mukherjee only losing the Best Director Award to his mentor,
Bimal Roy.In the following years he made numerous films. Some of
his most notable films include: Anuradha (1960), Asli-Naqli
(1962), Anupama (1966), Aashirwad (1968), Satyakam (1969), Guddi
(1971), Bawarchi (1972), Mili (1975), Chupke Chupke (1975),
Khoobsurat (1980) and Bemisal (1982). He was the first to
introduce Dharmendra in comedy roles, through Chupke Chupke, and
gave Amitabh Bachchan his big break with Anand in 1970, along
with Rajesh Khanna, he also introduced Jaya Bhaduri to Hindi
cinema in his film Guddi. Having worked with his mentor, Bimal
Roy as an editor, in films like Madhumati, he was much sought
after as an editor as well.
Hrishikesh Mukherjee was honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award
by the Government of India, in 1999.Mukherjee was chairman of the
Central Board of Film Certification and of the National Film
Development Corporation. He was also awarded the Padma Vibhushan,
the second highest civilian award for his contribution to Indian
cinema by government of India in 2001 .
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