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Aiyaary
''Aiyaary'' ( or trickery) is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film written and directed by Neeraj Pandey. Produced by Shital Bhatia, Dhaval Gada & Motion Picture Capital and distributed by Reliance Entertainment, Plan C Studios, Friday Filmworks & Pen India Limited. The film features Sidharth Malhotra, Manoj Bajpayee, Rakul Preet Singh, Pooja Chopra, Adil Hussain, Kumud Mishra, Naseeruddin Shah and Anupam Kher. Inspired by the Adarsh Housing society scam, the film's narrative centers around the relation between a colonel and his protege that gets affected when the latter becomes disillusioned upon overhearing a conversation and goes rogue with sensitive data related to his covert organization, prompting the colonel to race against time and hunt him down. After having its release date rescheduled from 26 January to 9 February to yet another week, it was released on 16 February 2018. Plot During a surveillance in South Block, New Delhi, Major Jai Bakshi (Sidharth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidharth Malhotra
Sidharth Malhotra (; born 16 January 1985) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films. He began his career as a fashion model, but left it to pursue an acting career. He made his acting debut with a minor role in the television serial ''Dharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan'' in 2009 before assisting director Karan Johar on the 2010 film ''My Name Is Khan''. He had his first lead role in Johar's teen film ''Student of the Year'' (2012). Malhotra went on to star in such commercially successful films as ''Hasee Toh Phasee'' (2014), ''Ek Villain'' (2014), and ''Kapoor & Sons'' (2016). Following a career downturn, he gained praise for starring as Vikram Batra in the war film '' Shershaah'' (2021), earning a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor. Early life Malhotra was born and raised in Delhi, India into a Punjabi Hindu family, to Sunil, a former captain in the Merchant Navy, and Rimma Malhotra, a homemaker. He was schooled at Delhi's Don Bosco School and Naval P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rakul Preet Singh
Rakul Preet Singh (born 10 October 1990) is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Telugu, Hindi and Tamil films. She made her acting debut with the Kannada film '' Gilli'' (2009). She has won several awards including a SIIMA Award with three nominations for Filmfare Awards South. Singh has worked in Telugu, Hindi and Tamil cinema with '' Venkatadri Express'' (2013), '' Yaariyan'' (2014), ''Loukyam'' (2014), '' Pandaga Chesko'' (2015), ''Sarrainodu'' (2016), ''Dhruva'' (2016), ''Nannaku Prematho'' (2016), '' Rarandoi Veduka Chudham'' (2017), ''Spyder'' (2017), ''Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru'' (2017), ''De De Pyaar De'' (2019), and ''Doctor G'' (2022). Early life Rakul Preet Singh was born on 10 October 1990 in a Sikh family in New Delhi. Rakul did her schooling from Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan and later completed a degree in mathematics at Jesus and Mary College. Her father was an army officer. Her mother is Rajender Kaur and father is Kulwinder Singh. Her younger brot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neeraj Pandey
Neeraj Pandey (born 17 December 1973) is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter who works in Hindi cinema. Pandey was made his directoral debut in ''A Wednesday!'', which was largely praised by critics and which later became a recipient of many accolades. His second film was ''Special 26'' (2013), which was followed by ''Baby (2015 Hindi film), Baby'' (2015), the latter of which received critical acclaim and became a huge commercial success. He served as a producer in ''Rustom (film), Rustom'' (2016). Pandey returned to directing in 2016 helming the biopic movie ''M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story'' based on Indian cricketer MS Dhoni, M.S.Dhoni which fared well critically and commercially. Besides being a filmmaker, Pandey is also a writer and has written a novel named ''Ghalib Danger'' in 2013. In 2016, his production house Friday Filmworks entered into a joint venture with Reliance Entertainment and formed Plan C Studios. He has also directed a Web Short 'Ouch' with Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shital Bhatia
Shital Bhatia is an Indian film producer and co-founder of Friday Filmworks, best known for his movies like ''A Wednesday!'' (2008), ''Special 26'' (2013), ''Baby'' (2015), '' M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story'' (2016), '' Rustom'' (2016) and '' Toilet: Ek Prem Katha'' (2017). Shital Bhatia along with Anil Ambani’s Reliance Entertainment have a joint venture named Plan C Studios. Early life and education Shital Bhatia was born and brought up in Mumbai. He graduated from Mithibai College with a degree in Bachelors of Commerce. Later on, he went on to do a diploma in Fashion Designing and graduated in the year 1995. Career In his early career, Shital started working as a costume/fashion designer for television from the year 1994 and continued working in the same field till 2000. Very soon, Shital along with his colleague Neeraj Pandey, went on to start a production company called 'Quarter Inch Productions' which produced television shows and television films, Ittefaq being the mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pooja Chopra
Pooja Chopra is an Indian actress. She won the title of Femina Miss India World 2009. She is the first Indian to win the "Beauty with a Purpose" title at the Miss World competition for India. As an actress, Chopra was awarded the Times Most Powerful Woman Award for her contribution to the field of acting. She got her breakthrough with Commando: A One Man Army and since then, appeared in many films. Pooja Chopra features in the Times list of 50 most beautiful faces of India. Early life Chopra was born in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. She was abandoned by her father at birth since he wanted a boy. Chopra's mother, Neera had to leave her marital home since she refused to admit Pooja to an orphanage in Kolkata, and she moved to Mumbai with both kids. She worked and brought up both girls by herself. She is a resident of Pune, Maharashtra. She has an older sister named Shubhra Chopra. She attended Mount Carmel Convent High School and later graduated from Ness Wadia College, both in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plan C Studios
Plan C Studios is an Indian motion picture production company founded as an alliance between Anil Ambani’s Reliance Entertainment and Neeraj Pandey and Shital Bhatia’s Friday Filmworks. It is the result of a 50:50 joint venture between the two production houses. Plan C Studios made waves in the Indian film industry by launching its first production, Akshay Kumar starrer Rustom (film) which released on 12 August 2016. Subsequent productions include ''Naam Shabana'' (a prequel to Pandey's 2015 film ''Baby'') which was released on 31 March 2017. '' Toilet: Ek Prem Katha'', starring Akshay Kumar and Bhumi Pednekar was released worldwide on 11 August 2017. It is a love story with a satirical flavor directed by Shree Narayan Singh and produced by Aruna Bhatia, Plan C Studios and Abundantia. It is presented by Viacom 18 and KriArj Entertainment. ''Aiyaary'', starring Sidharth Malhotra and Manoj Bajpayee Manoj Bajpayee (born 23 April 1969), also transliterated as Manoj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manoj Bajpayee
Manoj Bajpayee (born 23 April 1969), also transliterated as Manoj Bajpai, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Hindi cinema and has also done Telugu and Tamil language films. Regarded as one of the finest actors of Hindi cinema, he is the recipient of three National Film Awards, six Filmfare Awards, and two Asia Pacific Screen Awards. In 2019, he was awarded India's fourth-highest civilian honour, the Padma Shri, for his contributions in art. Born in Belwa, a small village near the city Bettiah in West Champaran district Bihar, Bajpayee aspired to become an actor since childhood. He relocated to Delhi at the age of seventeen, and applied for the National School of Drama, only to be rejected four times. He continued to do theatre while studying in college. Bajpayee made his feature film debut with a one-minute role in ''Drohkaal'' (1994), and a minor role of a dacoit in Shekhar Kapur's '' Bandit Queen'' (1994). After a few unnoticed roles, he played the gangster Bhiku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adil Hussain
Adil Hussain () is an Indian actor who has worked in Indian cinema, including art house cinema and mainstream Bollywood, as well as international cinema, in films such as ''The Reluctant Fundamentalist'' and ''Life of Pi'' (both 2012). He received National Film Awards (Special Jury) at the 2017 National Film Awards for '' Hotel Salvation'' and '' Maj Rati Keteki''. He has starred in English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Tamil, Marathi, Malayalam, Norwegian and French films. Early life and education Born in Goalpara, Assam in 1963, where his father was the headmaster of a high secondary school, Hussain was the youngest of seven children. In an interview he described his multiethnic background, as his maternal grandfather was Iraqi while his maternal grandmother had Assamese, English and Italian roots. Hussain acted in school plays. He left home at age 18 to study philosophy at B. Borooah College, Guwahati, he started acting in college plays and performing as a stand-up comed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friday Filmworks
Friday Filmworks is an Indian motion picture production company founded by Neeraj Pandey and Shital Bhatia in 2008. Set up in 2008, Friday Filmworks has produced trend-setting films that are original in content and entertaining to the audience. A Wednesday was the first movie under the banner which won many awards in different categories. The other films under the Friday Filmworks include Special 26, Baby, Total Siyapaa, Saat Uchakkey, M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story, Naam Shabana. Friday Filmworks released a satirical comedy Toilet: Ek Prem Katha on 11 August 2017 and Aiyaary in 2018. Friday Filmworks also produced a Marathi film Taryanche Bait in 2011 and a Bengali film The Royal Bengal Tiger in 2014. Neeraj Pandey's powerful short film 'Ouch' was shown for the first time ever at the Mumbai Film Festival, well known for showcasing the best of films in front of a demanding audience. In 2016, Friday Filmworks and Reliance Entertainment came together to form a new venture n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumud Mishra
Kumud Mishra is an Indian actor in Hindi cinema. He mainly plays supporting roles in movies, television series, and web series but has also played lead roles in some of them. Career He played Eknath, a trade union leader in the 1995 Doordarshan drama ''Swabhimaan''. In 2011, he progressed to film acting with Rishi Kapoor and Ranbir Kapoor's films '' Patiala House'' and ''Rockstar''. Mishra has played supporting roles in the films ''Filmistaan'', '' Revolver Rani'', ''Jolly LLB 2'', ''Raanjhanaa'', ''Badlapur'', ''Bangistan'', ''Airlift'', '' M. S. Dhoni: The Untold Story'', ''Sultan'', ''Tiger Zinda Hai'', '' Rukh'', ''Aiyaary'', '' Mulk'', ''De De Pyaar De'', '' Article 15'', ''Bharat'', ''Jawaani Jaaneman'', ''Thappad'', ''Sooryavanshi'' and '' Tadap''. In 2020, he starred in the titular role in Sony LIV original ''Ram Singh Charlie'' that follows the life of a circus artist and his subsequent struggle after the circus is shut. Mishra is an alumnus of Rashtriya Military Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanjoy Chowdhury
Sanjoy Chowdhury is an Indian film score composer. He debuted in 1998, by composing the background score of the Malayalam movie, ''Ennu Swantham Janakikutty''. Shortly afterwards, filmmaker John Matthew Matthan roped him in to compose the background score of his Aamir Khan starrer, ''Sarfarosh''. He has specialized as a background music composer and has composed the background score in many films. He is the son of Indian film composer, Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury (19 November 1925 – 5 September 1995) was an Indian music director, songwriter, lyricist, writer and poet who predominantly composed for Bengali, Hindi and Malayalam films. He composed music for films in 13 languages. This incl .... Filmography Background Score Composer Awards and nominations References Indian film score composers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{India-composer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rochak Kohli
Rochak Kohli is an Indian music director for Bollywood films. He made his music debut in Shoojit Sircar's romantic comedy ''Vicky Donor'' with ''Pani Da Rang''. The song was made in collaboration with Ayushmann Khurrana, the lead of the film. "Pani da rang" won the best song of 2012 at the Global Indian Music Academy Awards, MTV Video Music Awards and Big Star Entertainment awards. The song also won the best "Music and Lyrics Debut" at the Mirchi Music Awards ''Mirchi Music Awards'' are presented annually by ''Radio Mirchi'' to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Hindi language film music industry of India. The awards, given in seventeen different categories, were in .... His 2017 releases were ''Pal'', ''Tanha Begum'' and ''Meer-e-Karwaan''. Kohli is former national creative head of the radio station BIG FM 92.7. Discography Non-film songs Awards and nominations References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kohli, Rochak Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
