Ravi Baswani
Date of Birth: 29 Sep 1946
Country: India
Biography: He was a well-known Indian film actor, most famous for his role in Chashme Buddoor (1981) and the cult comedy Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983), for which he won Filmfare Best Comedian Award in 1984. He was noted for his comic timing and underplaying a character in the true sense of the word. In a career spanning 30 years he acted in some 30 films. He died in Haldwani, on his way to Delhi from Nainital, to where he had traveled to scout for locations for his upcoming debut directorial feature film.
Total Credits at Criticker: 25 (Actor)
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Sunil (Shahrukh Khan) belongs to a middle-class family, and is intent in pursuing his career with a music group, despite of his dad (Anjan Srivastav) disapproval. Sunil is also in love with Anna (Suchitra Krishnamoorthy), but Anna does not really love him, but likes him as a friend. Sunil is persistent, but instead Anna openly declares her love for Chris (Deepak Tijori).
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Raj Verma lives with his widowed and ailing mom in an Indian city. He is unemployed and is looking for employment so that he can get medical treatment for his mom. One day he comes to the rescue of a multi-millionaire industrialist, Laxminarain Jetley... (imdb)
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Ria Jaiswal lives a very wealthy lifestyle along with her mom and dad. As she is the only child in this family, her parents dot on her and give in to her every wish. As a child she saw a toy on TV and asked her dad to get it... (imdb)
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The Visa papers have arrived for stock broker, Salim Rajabali, and he is scheduled to leave in less than a week. Then everything goes wrong when he and his brother, Javed, inadvertently implicate themselves in the murder of Deputy Commissioner of Police Paul, and Salim must flee immediately to the U.S... (imdb)
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A contract killer named Master Madan (Sanjay Dutt), is hired by Lucky Sharma (Chetan Hansraj) to assassinate a con artist named "Anthony". Madan believes that a man named Champ (Arshad Warsi) is, in reality, Anthony and tries to kill him. Champ pleads for his life to Madan and wants to explain his side of the story. Madan, a fan of Bollywood movies, is eager for a good tale and agrees to listen. The film falls into flashback. (Wikipedia)
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Vinod (Naseeruddin Shah) and Sudhir (Ravi Vaswani) are two professional photographers trying to start a photo studio. The first real assignment that they get, from the activist magazine Khabardar (literally meaning beware), draws them into the shady world of Bombay real estate. They discover that one of the biggest builders in Bombay, Tarneja, is trying to bribe Municipal Commissioner D'Mello (Satish Shah) into giving him a bridge contract. (imdb)
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As the son of a railway employee, Rakesh is unhappy with his life and circumstances. He quarrels with his family and then leaves for Mumbai, with the hope of becoming rich. On the way there, he meets Vimmi. She is another runaway and has dreams of becoming an actress or model. Together, they carry out a rash of daring robberies, which prompts the authorities to ask Dashrath, a senior ranking policeman, to apprehend them. (imdb)
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Praying with all her might that her St. Petersburg school will be closed for the day, the naive Lucky (Sneha Ullal) is shocked to find her wish granted when a wave of insurgency sweeps the city. But escaping the rebels' clutches proves a dangerous task, one she can't accomplish without the help of a sophisticated stranger (Salman Khan). Working together, they slowly make their way to safety ... but not before they begin falling for each other. (Netflix)
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After the tragic death of his fiancée, Vicky (Sanjay Dutt) has accepted responsibility for the family business. His carefree brother Prem (Salman Khan) pursues an acting career, supported by family money. When the innocent Sapna (Karisma Kapoor) applies for a job, Vicky reluctantly hires her, but in her nervousness she is extremely clumsy in his presence; all this changes when Vicky is in a fight and Sapna nurses him back to health. They become engaged, but Sapna is really in love with Prem. (rottentomatoes.com)
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Two womanizing slackers, Omi and Jai (Rakesh Bedi and Ravi Baswani respectively) attempt to woo the new girl in the neighbourhood, and fail - miserably. Their third room-mate, shy, and a bookworm - succeeds, much to their chargin. The two scheme up comical ideas to split the two lovebirds, so that their secrets and humiliation are not revealed. (imdb)
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Monsoon (2006) - Short Film
Mumbai, India -- Present Day. The sweltering dead heat of the Indian summer. The only hope for relief are the elusive monsoon rains, already 3 weeks delayed. Into this sweaty inferno comes Govinda, a hotshot Californian Cardiologist and atheist who has journeyed back to his native country to treat his father's ailing health. Govinda despises India almost as much as he does his father who embraces it. (imdb)
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Widowed Mrs. Braganza rents her house to seven struggling wanna-be film artistes, who want to make it big in Bollywood, they are Sushmita Banerjee who wants to be a writer; Aditya Sharma who hopes to take over from Shahrukh Khan; pretty Ankita Kulkarni who wants to be an actress and is in love with Aditya; Nandini Shetty who fancies herself a future Lata Mangeshkar; Irfan wants to be a lyricist; while Raman and Vijay want to be music director and actor respectively. (imdb)
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'It Could Be You,' is a film about the lives of an Indian Family, living in the UK of today and is narrated through running parallels to highlight the clashes and turning points between the 1st and 2nd generation, with a tongue in cheek humour. (imdb)
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A Playboy's past catches up with him, when he wants to get married. (imdb)
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Laxmi and her three male schoolmates study in a small rural school in India. They face considerable opposition and taunts as they come from a very poor background. This does result in considerable exclusion, with the three friends find themselves all by themselves. Then one day they come across a youth who calls himself Chetan, who wears a loincloth, and cannot speak a word. They find that he has magical qualities and can perform several athletic feats. (imdb)
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An eligible bachelor and Bollywood film-maker, Amar lives a wealthy lifestyle in Mumbai. He meets with and falls in love with an actress, Gul, romances, and then marries her. They live harmoniously for a few years then differences crop up, and a pregnant Gul decides to leave, and starts making a living as a high-class prostitute with Balaam Hyderabadi as her pimp. (imdb)
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Multi-millionaire Vinay Kumar owns a show-room with Jewels found all over the world in different shape, style and fashion. In order to exhibit something new he seeks permission from the British Government to loan him the priceless Kohinoor diamond who agrees and laid down a condition that he will have to mortgage his entire show-room with them as guarantee that the diamond will be return. Thus Police Commissioner Surya Dev Singh is entrust with the task of securing the diamond from thieves. (imdb)
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Madhukar Sharma is a Chartered Accountant based in Bombay, India, where he lives in a flat (apartment) with his wife, Vinti, and a young school-going son. Vinti feels that Madhukar or Maddy as he is called, has lost interest in her, is taking an interest in other women, especially in a neighbor named Gunjan, and may kill her to free himself from this marriage, and marry Gunjan. (imdb)
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Farooq Sheikh plays loser who is not good at getting along with girls and he has several problems with his work. Comedy ensues from this. (imdb)
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Over the years underworld criminal don Rai Bahadur has acquire a fortune full of priceless jewelery from around the world by pressuring his only son Anil to rob them bit by bit. His activities crease when Anil inform him that he wants to put a halt on criminal activities as he would like to get marry to a woman named Geeta; not pleased with this Rai Bahadur turn Anil out of his house. (imdb)
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Laxmidevi is a strict disciplinarian and stern mother, who rules over her palatial house with an iron hand. She has two daughters of marriageable age, one is Leena, and the other is Isha. She wants to get them married to two brothers from a decent and well-off family, so that both sisters can be together for life. (imdb)
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Girdharilal (Kader Khan) is a very rich and wealthy man. He has made a number of enemies. One of his enemies asks a beggar to masquerade as Girdharilal for a price, to which the beggar agrees. The switch takes place, with the real Girdharilal being abducted. A series of hilarious and comical events take turn as the beggar attempts to pretend to be a rich, left-handed tycoon. (imdb)
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Hari and Giri are 2 detectives who suspect Brigadier of leaking defence secrets to outsiders who in turn is on an undercover mission to expose Boss number 1 who is a terrorist. (imdb)
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Narendra is the owner of a newspaper that faces financial difficulties. His wife comes from a rich family and refuses to assist Narendra with his problems, and complains about his financial inadequacies all the time, and takes off to visit her family frequently. Financial difficulties compound to such an extend that Narendra may be forced to close his newspaper, and his health also suffers. Will his wife and her family help him now? Excellent acting scores from the entire cast. (imdb)
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Lovely Pinky Malhotra is a heart-breaker in the college where she studies, and has a number of young men who would lay down their lives for her. Amongst them are Sunil and Vicky. She is attracted to Sunil, and both carry on a romantic relationship, hoping to get married after finishing college. Before that could happen, Pinky finds out that Sunil has been two-timing her as he is already dating another young collegian. (imdb)
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