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Anjaam (1940 Film)
''Anjaam '' is a 1940 Bollywood film directed by Kanjibhai Rathod. It stars Anil Kumar Anil Kumar (born 1958) is an Indian-American former senior partner and director at management consulting firm McKinsey & Company, where he co-founded McKinsey's offices in Silicon Valley and India and created its Internet practice (representin ..., Yashwant Dave, Meher Sultana and Samson. References External links * 1940 films 1940s Hindi-language films Indian black-and-white films {{1940s-Hindi-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanjibhai Rathod
Kanjibhai Rathod was an Indian film director. Early life Kanjibhai Rathod from Maroli village in south Gujarat, was considered the first successful director in Indian cinema. His rise to fame in an era when most people stayed away from films due to a peculiar stigma attached to the filmdom. Not much is known about Rathod's personal life. Film historian Virchand Dharamsey writes, he was coming from the poor background, but he belonged to a rich Rajput clan (caste), he can be considered the first successful professional director of India." Career Rathod began as a still photographer with the Oriental Film Company. His experience earned him a job in Kohinoor Film Company and its owner Dwarkadas Sampat made him a director. Rathod's 'Bhakta Vidur' released in 1921, was perhaps the first criticism of the British colonialism in a popular feature film. This mythological allegory directly alluded to political issues, particularly the controversy over the Rowlatt Act. An adaptation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Raj
The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent; * * it is also called Crown rule in India, * * * * or Direct rule in India, * Quote: "Mill, who was himself employed by the British East India company from the age of seventeen until the British government assumed direct rule over India in 1858." * * and lasted from 1858 to 1947. * * The region under British control was commonly called India in contemporaneous usage and included areas directly administered by the United Kingdom, which were collectively called British India, and areas ruled by indigenous rulers, but under British paramountcy, called the princely states. The region was sometimes called the Indian Empire, though not officially. As ''India'', it was a founding member of the League of Nations, a participating nation in the Summer Olympics in 1900, 1920, 1928, 1932, and 1936, and a founding member of the United Nations in San F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bollywood Films Of 1940
A list of films produced by the Hindi language film industry based in Mumbai in 1940: Panchaayat Highest-grossing films The five highest-grossing films at the Indian Box Office in 1940: A B-D E-J K-N O-R S T-Z References External links Bollywood films of 1940at the Internet Movie DatabaseListen to songs from Bollywood films of 1940 {{1940 films ही आना (Tum Hi Aana) Song lyrics html.तुम ही आना (Tum Hi Aana) Song lyrics. 1940 Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ... Films, Bollywood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bollywood
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and " Hollywood". The industry is a part of the larger Indian cinema, which also includes South Cinema and other smaller film industries. In 2017, Indian cinema produced 1,986 feature films, of which the largest number, 364 have been from Hindi. , Hindi cinema represented 43 percent of Indian net box-office revenue; Tamil and Telugu cinema represented 36 percent, and the remaining regional cinema constituted 21 percent. Hindi cinema has overtaken the U.S. film industry to become the largest centre for film production in the world. In 2001 ticket sales, Indian cinema (including Hindi films) reportedly sold an estimated 3.6 billion tickets worldwide, compared to Hollywood's 2.6 billion tickets sold. Earlier Hindi film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anil Kumar (actor)
Anil Kumar (born 1958) is an Indian-American former senior partner and director at management consulting firm McKinsey & Company, where he co-founded McKinsey's offices in Silicon Valley and India and created its Internet practice (representing a quarter of McKinsey's business at the time) among others. Kumar is additionally the co-founder of the Indian School of Business with Rajat Gupta and the creator of two different kinds of outsourcing. He graduated from IIT Bombay in India, Imperial College in the UK, and The Wharton School in the US. In 2010 he pleaded guilty to insider trading in a dramatic "descent from the pinnacle of the business world."Pulliam, Susan and Michael Rothfeld"Motive for Stock Leak Can Be Respect, Love" ''The Wall Street Journal.'' 14 March 2011. He was the government's first cooperator and most important witness "in two of the most important securities fraud trials in history"Brodsky, Reed and Richard Tarlowe"Government's Sentencing Memorandum (secti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yashwant Dave
Yashwant or Yashawant is a given name. People *Yashwant Vithoba Chittal (born 1928), Kannada fiction writer, Academy Award recipient for his work ''Purusottama'' * Yashwant Jadhav, Indian politician *Yashwant Singh Parmar (1906–1981), Indian politician and Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh *Yashwant Sardeshpande, theatre actor, director, playwright *Yashwant Singh, Indian politician * Yashwant Sinha (born 1937), Indian politician * Yashwant Trivedi, Indian Gujarati poet, essayist and critic * Yashwant Vyas, Indian author, journalist and editor * Yashwant Dev (1926 – 2018), Indian Marathi poet * Yashwantrao Chavan, Indian politician * Yashwantrao Holkar, Indian king *Prakash Yashwant Ambedkar, national president of the Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh Indian political party Other * Yashwant Sagar, a dam reservoir in India * Yashwant Stadium Yashwant Stadium is a football stadium in Nagpur, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meher Sultana
Meher may refer to: People * Danthala Venkata Meher Baba (1950–2008), an Indian cricketer * Gangadhar Meher (1862–1924), an Indian poet * Gurubari Meher, a martyr in the Indian independence movement against Britain * Harshad Meher (born 1992), an Indian footballer * Jayanta Meher (born 1986), an Indian painter * Jog Meher Shrestha, a Nepalese politician * Meher Ali Shah (1859–1937), a Muslim scholar of the Christie order of Sufism * Meher Baba (1894–1969), an Indian spiritual leader * Meher Bukhari (born in 1984), a journalist and a television host from Pakistan * Mehar Mittal (born 1935), an Indian comedian * Meher Ramesh, an Indian film director * Kailash Chandra Meher (born 1954), an Indian painter * Kersi Meher-Homji, an Australian journalist * Sadhu Meher, an Indian actor, director, and producer * Sunil Meher,(born 1982), a social worker Media * ''Meher'' (TV series), a television series in India Places * Méhers, a commune in France * Meher Mount, a spiritual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1940 Films
The year 1940 in film involved some significant events, including the premieres of the Walt Disney films ''Pinocchio'' and ''Fantasia''. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1940 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * February 10 – Tom and Jerry make their debut in the animated cartoon '' Puss Gets the Boot''. *February 23 – Walt Disney's second animated feature film ''Pinocchio'' is released. Although not a box office success upon its initial release, the film receives critical acclaim and wins two Academy Awards, including one for Best Original Song for " When You Wish Upon a Star". Over the years, ''Pinocchio'' has gained a cult following and is now considered one of the greatest films of all time. * April 12 – Alfred Hitchcock's first American film '' Rebecca'' is released, under the production of David O. Selznick. It would go on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture the following year. * May 17 – ''My Favorite Wife'' i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1940s Hindi-language Films
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for over 100 da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
