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Modern Standard ___MASK77___ ( Devanagari :         , " Mnak Hind ") or simply ___MASK77___ ( Devanagari :      , " Hind "), is an Indian language and a standardised and Sanskritised register of the Hindustani language . ___MASK77___ is one of the official languages of India , and is the " lingua franca " of the ___MASK77___ belt languages . Outside India , ___MASK77___ is an official language in Fiji , and is a recognised regional language in Mauritius , Suriname , Guyana , and Trinidad and Tobago . Preeti Ganguly ( May 17 , 1953 -- December 2 , 2012 ) was an Indian actress who played several comic roles in Bollywood in the 1970s and 1980s . She was the daughter of veteran Indian actor Ashok Kumar , and part of the Ganguly family . She is best known for her comic role as Freni Sethna , the die - hard Amitabh Bachchan fan in Basu Chatterjee ' s Khatta Meetha ( 1978 ) . After she lost some 50 kg , her film roles dwindled and later in 1993 , she started an acting school named after her father , ' Ashok Kumar ' s Academy of Dramatic Arts ' in Mumbai , where he also took film appreciation classes . Years later , she appeared in Emraan Hashmi starrer , Aashiq Banaya Aapne ( 2005 ) . A synecdoche (; from ___MASK69___ , " synekdoche ", . " simultaneous understanding ") is a figure of speech in which a term for a part of something refers to the whole of something or vice versa . A synecdoche is a class of metonymy , often by means of either mentioning a part for the whole or conversely the whole for one of its parts . Examples from common ___MASK97___ expressions include " bread and butter " ( for " livelihood "), " suits " ( for " businesspeople "), and " boots " ( for " soldiers ") ( Pars pro toto ), or conversely " America " ( for " the United States of America ") ( Totum pro parte ). Bollywood is the sobriquet for India ' s ___MASK77___ language film industry , based in the city of Mumbai , Maharashtra . It is more formally referred to as ___MASK77___ cinema . The term " Bollywood " is often used by non - Indians as a synecdoche to refer to the whole of Indian cinema ; however , Bollywood proper is only a part of the larger Indian film industry , which includes other production centres producing films in many other Indian languages . Basu Chatterjee ( born 10 January 1930 ) is an Indian film director and screenwriter . Through the 1970s and 1980s , he became associated with what came to be known as middle cinema or middle - of - the road cinema , with film makers like Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Basu Bhattacharya , whom he assisted in " Teesri Kasam " ( 1966 ). Like them , his films also dealt with light - hearted stories of middle - class families often in urban settings , focussing on marital and love relationships , with exceptions like " Ek Ruka Hua Faisla " ( 1986 ) and " Kamla Ki Maut " ( 1989 ), which delved into social and moral issues . He is best known for his films " Chhoti Si Baat " ( 1975 ), " Chitchor " ( 1976 ), " Rajnigandha " ( 1974 ), " Piya Ka Ghar " ( 1972 ), " Baton Baton Mein " ( 1979 ) and " Shaukeen " ( 1982 ). Ek Ruka Hua Faisla ( ___MASK77___ :            , or A Pending Decision ) is a 1986 ___MASK77___ film , directed by Basu Chatterjee . It is a remake of the Golden Bear winning , American motion picture " 12 Angry Men " ( 1957 ), which was directed by Sidney Lumet , the film in turn was an adaptation from a teleplay of the same name by Reginald Rose . Amitabh Harivansh Rai Shrivastava Bachchan ( born 11 October 1942 ) is an Indian film actor . He first gained popularity in the early 1970s for movies like " Zanjeer " and " Deewaar ", and was dubbed India ' s first " angry young man " for his on - screen roles in Bollywood . Referred to as the " Shahenshah of Bollywood ", " Star of the Millennium " or " Big B ", he has since appeared in over 190 Indian films in a career spanning almost five decades . Bachchan is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors in the history of Indian cinema . So total was his dominance on the movie scene in the 1970s and 1980s that the ___MASK70___ director François Truffaut called him a " one - man industry ." François Roland Truffaut ( 6 February 1932  21 October 1984 ) was a ___MASK70___ film director , screenwriter , producer , actor , and film critic , as well as one of the founders of the ___MASK70___ New Wave . In a film career lasting over a quarter of a century , he remains an icon of the ___MASK70___ film industry , having worked on over 25 films . Truffaut ' s film " The 400 Blows " came to be a defining film of the ___MASK70___ New Wave movement . He also directed such classics as " Shoot the Piano Player " ( 1960 ), " Jules et Jim " ( 1961 ), " The Wild Child " ( 1970 ), " Two ___MASK97___ Girls " ( 1971 ), " Day for Night " ( 1973 ) and " The Woman Next Door " ( 1981 ). Chitchor ( also transliterated as Chit Chor ) is a 1976 ___MASK77___ romantic musical film . The film ' s title means " Heart Stealer " in ___MASK77___ . The film is a Rajshri Productions film produced by Tarachand Barjatya . It is based on a Bengali story , " Chittachakor " by Subodh Ghosh . Baton Baton Mein ( ___MASK77___ : ) is a 1979 romantic comedy film produced and directed by Basu Chatterjee . The film stars Amol Palekar and Tina Munim in leading roles . David , Pearl Padamsee , Asrani , and Ranjit Choudhary appear in supporting roles . Chhoti Si Baat is a 1975 ___MASK77___ romantic comedy film directed by Basu Chatterjee . The film ' s title means " A Small Matter " in ___MASK77___ . Considered one of the best ___MASK77___ comedy films of the 1970s , it is a nostalgic favourite for its quirky take on pre - hypercongestion Bombay . The film became a box office hit and also earned Filmfare nominations and a Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay for Basu Chatterjee . It also established Amol Palekar as having an uncommon comic talent for playing mousy characters , a role he would go on to repeat several times in his career . This movie is based on " School for Scoundrels ", a 1960 British Comedy which itself was based on the " Gamesmanship " series of books by Stephen Potter . Rajnigandha ( ___MASK77___ :      , Translation : Tuberose ) is a ___MASK77___ movie directed by Basu Chatterjee and released in 1974 . It is based on story " Yehi Sach Hai " by noted ___MASK77___ writer Manu Bhandari . Maharashtra ( ___MASK88___ :          pronunciation : , abbr . MH ) is a state in the western region of India and is India ' s third - largest state by area and is also the world ' s second - most populous sub - national entity . It has over 112 million inhabitants and its capital , Mumbai , has a population of approximately 18 million . Nagpur is Maharashtra ' s second capital as well as its winter capital . Maharashtra ' s business opportunities along with its potential to offer a higher standard of living attract migrants from all over India . Basu Bhattacharya ( 1934  1997 ) was a ___MASK77___ film director , most famous for his 1966 film " Teesri Kasam ", starring Raj Kapoor and Waheeda Rehman ( based on the short story " Maare Gaye Gulfam " by Phanishwar Nath ' Renu '), which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in 1967 ; he also produced " Sparsh " ( 1985 ) starring Shabana Azmi and Naseeruddin Shah , which won the Filmfare Best Movie Award . The most popular and critically acclaimed film which he directed remains " Avishkaar ", starring Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore , which received five stars in the Bollywood Guide " Collections " and Rajesh Khanna received Filmfare Best Actor Award in 1975 . In 1979 , he produced " Sparsh ", which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in ___MASK77___ . In 1981 he was a member of the jury at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival . Piya Ka Ghar ( Devanagari :        , Nastaliq :    , translation : " My Beloved ' s House ", 1972 ) is a ___MASK77___ comedy set ( mainly ) in Mumbai in the 1970s . It is a remake of Raja Thakur ' s Marathi film " Mumbaicha Javai ". It portrays the difficulties of life in India ' s biggest city during the 1970s in the form of a comic family drama . Teesri Kasam (" The Third Vow ") is a 1966 ___MASK77___ language drama film directed by Basu Bhattacharya . It is based on the short story " Mare Gaye Gulfam " by the ___MASK77___ novelist Phanishwarnath Renu . The film stars Raj Kapoor and Waheeda Rehman . The duo Shankar - Jaikishan composed the film ' s score . The film ' s cinematography is by Subrata Mitra . Dialogues are by Phanishwarnath Renu and the screenplay by Nabendu Ghosh . " Teesri Kasam " is an unconventional film that portrays rural Indian society . It is the story of a naive bullock cart driver who falls in love with a dancer at " nautanki ", the popular folk theatre of the Bihar region . The film also deals with the issue of exploitation of women in the performing arts , especially in travelling folk theatre . The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film at the 14th National Film Awards .