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Ashraful Haque (actor)
Ashraful Haque (died 17 February 2015) was an Indian actor who mainly appeared in Hindi films and was popularly known for his work in '' Talaash'' (2012), '' Delhi Belly'' (2011) and ''Manjhi - The Mountain Man'' (2015). He also appeared in '' Black Friday'', '' Company'', '' Deewar'', ''Fukrey'', ''Jungle'', and '' Raavan'' . He was a graduate of the National School of Drama. Early life and career Haque hails from Goalpara in Assam. He graduated from National School of Drama in 1997 with specialisation in Acting. He started his career with critically acclaimed film, ''Behrupiya'' and had acted in over 30 films apart from his television serials and ad films. He had also performed in more than 30 plays. He has a his wife and a son. Illness and death He had a rare disorder called myelodysplastic syndrome and was undergoing treatment for sometime. He died on 17 February 2015 at the age of 46. Filmography *''Sab Golmaal Hai'' *''Dil Kya Kare'' *'' Mela'' *''Shool'' *''Jungle'' *' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. Typically deployed in symmetric pairs, an individual bracket may be identified as a 'left' or 'right' bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the Writing system#Directionality, directionality of the context. Specific forms of the mark include parentheses (also called "rounded brackets"), square brackets, curly brackets (also called 'braces'), and angle brackets (also called 'chevrons'), as well as various less common pairs of symbols. As well as signifying the overall class of punctuation, the word "bracket" is commonly used to refer to a specific form of bracket, which varies from region to region. In most English-speaking countries, an unqualified word "bracket" refers to the parenthesis (round bracket); in the United States, the square bracket. Glossary of mathematical sym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Behrupiya
A behrupiya or bahrupiya ( Hindustani: बहरूपिया or بہروپیا) is an impressionist in the traditional performing arts of India, Nepal and Bangladesh. Once popular and widespread, the art form is now in decline with most practitioners living in poverty. It was once common for ''behrupiyas'' to make a dramatic entrance at wedding or other festivities dressed as a policeman, priest, or other figure and create a commotion. The social norm surrounding these appearances was that the ''behrupiya'' usually collected no money if he was detected as an impersonator. However, if he was able to successfully convince his audience of his fake identity, he would then reveal it and be awarded a baksheesh for having entertained the group. Due to their expertise with disguise and impersonation, good ''behrupiyas'' were recruited as spies by medieval Indian kings. Etymology and alternative names The term ''behrupiya'' is derived from the Sanskrit words ''bahu'' (many) and ''roop'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aakrosh (2010 Film)
''Aakrosh'' () is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Priyadarshan and produced by Kumar Mangat Pathak under the banner of ''Big Screen Entertainer''. It stars Ajay Devgan, Akshaye Khanna and Bipasha Basu; while Paresh Rawal and Reema Sen and Sarfaraz khan play the supporting roles. The soundtrack was composed by Pritam with lyrics by Irshad Kamil. The film features cinematography by Thiru, production design by Sabu Cyril and editing by Arun Kumar. Tyag Rajan and R.P Yadav arranged and choreographed the action sequences of the film. The film was based on news reports of honour killings in India, and has also been described as a remake of the 1988 American film, ''Mississippi Burning''. Plot Three medical friends from Delhi go missing in a small village – Jhanjhar. It's two months, and there is no clue about their disappearance. The media and students movement demand action from the authorities. It's then that the government orders a Central Bureau of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Stoneman Murders
''The Stoneman Murders'' is a 2009 Indian neo-noir crime thriller film based on the real life Stoneman serial killings that made headlines in the early 1980s in Bombay. The helpless victims of the mystery killer, who was never caught, were footpath dwellers in Bombay. They were stoned to death in their sleep. The movie weaves fiction around reality in an attempt to provide answers to the questions around the case. ''The Stoneman Murders'' was director Manish Gupta's first full-length feature film. Plot The serial killer dubbed 'Stoneman' by the media has just claimed his fifth victim and the case is still of little interest to the Bombay police. But to suspended sub-inspector Sanjay Shelar (for custodial death of a gangster) this killer poses an opportunity for reinstation. With the secret aid of his patronizing superior AIG Satam, Sanjay takes up the arduous process of tracking the murderer without any legal assistance. He asks help from an aide constable and friend Kamble w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Risk (2007 Film)
''Risk'' is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Vishram Sawant. It stars Vinod Khanna, Randeep Hooda, Tanushree Dutta, Zakir Hussain, Yashpal Sharma and Anant Jog in the lead roles. The movie is based on the Mumbai underworld. Randeep Hooda plays the role of an honest cop, Suryakant Satam, fighting against the might of a Bangkok-based don (crime lord) Khalid Bin Jamal, played by Vinod Khanna. The music is provided by Bapi-Tutul, Akbar Sami and Sandesh Shandilya, and the lyrics are by Sandeep Nath, Amitabh Verma and Sudhir. The background score is by Amar Mohile. This film was remade in Telugu as Mahankali (2011) starring Dr. Rajasekhar, Madhurima and Pradeep Rawat. Plot For years, Khalid Bin Jamal has ruled the Mumbai crime underworld by staying in Bangkok, Thailand. Despite his distance from Mumbai, Khalid is able to control the Mumbai underworld by keeping the ruling members of his network, very close to him. He is extremely ruthless and shows no h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Friday (2007 Film)
''Black Friday'' is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language crime film written and directed by Anurag Kashyap. Based on '' Black Friday: The True Story of the Bombay Bomb Blasts'', a book by Hussain Zaidi about the 1993 Bombay bombings, it chronicles the events that led to the blasts and the subsequent police investigation. Produced by Arindam Mitra of ''Mid-Day'', the film stars Kay Kay Menon, Aditya Srivastava, Pavan Malhotra, Kishor Kadam and Zakir Hussain. Mitra, director of operations for ''Mid Day'', approached Kashyap with the book and wanted him to write a television series based on it for the ''Aaj Tak'' TV news channel. Kashyap wrote the script in episodes for the six-part miniseries but later felt a feature film was more appropriate for the topic. ''Aaj Tak'' backed away from the project, and it was shelved. Kashyap then suggested to the director Aditya Bhattacharya that he make it into a film. When Kashyap told him he felt there was a film to be made about the event, Bhattacha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let's Bring Our Heroes Home
The imperative mood is a grammatical mood that forms a command or request. The imperative mood is used to demand or require that an action be performed. It is usually found only in the present tense, second person. To form the imperative mood, use the base form of the verb. They are sometimes called ''directives'', as they include a feature that encodes directive force, and another feature that encodes modality of unrealized interpretation. An example of a verb used in the imperative mood is the English phrase "Go." Such imperatives imply a second-person subject (''you''), but some other languages also have first- and third-person imperatives, with the meaning of "let's (do something)" or "let them (do something)" (the forms may alternatively be called cohortative and jussive). Imperative mood can be denoted by the glossing abbreviation . It is one of the irrealis moods. Formation Imperative mood is often expressed using special conjugated verb forms. Like other finite ver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuva
''Yuva'' ( Youth) is an Indian Hindi-language political thriller film directed by Mani Ratnam and released in 2004. The film was simultaneously shot in Tamil as ''Aaytha Ezhuthu'', and it is loosely based on the life story of George Reddy, a scholar from Osmania University of Hyderabad. The film tells the stories of three young men from completely different strata of society and how one fateful incident on Kolkata's Howrah Bridge changes their lives forever. The narrative of the story is partially in hyperlink format. At the 50th Filmfare Awards, ''Yuva'' received 7 nominations, including Best Villain, and won a leading 6 awards, including Best Film (Critics), Best Supporting Actor (Bachchan) and Best Supporting Actress (Mukerji). ''Yuva'' was also a breakthrough for Bachchan as he won the Stardust Award for Actor of the Year – Male for his performance. Background The film is set in Kolkata. Michael (Ajay Devgn), Arjun (Vivek Oberoi), Vishnu (Karthik Kumar) and Trilo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calcutta Mail
''Calcutta Mail'' is a 2003 Indian action thriller film starring Anil Kapoor, Rani Mukerji and Manisha Koirala. It was directed by Sudhir Mishra. The film is a remake of the 1998 Telugu film ''Choodalani Vundi''. Plot Avinash (Anil Kapoor) comes to Calcutta to search for his only son Ishu and finds himself engulfed with too many people interested in him. His only lead is a telephone number given to him by a cop before coming to Calcutta. As soon, as he lands in Calcutta, he needs a place to stay. Here, he meets Reema aka Bulbul (Rani Mukherjee), a bubbly novelist who is supposed to be doing research for her novel. The room that Avinash gets is occupied by Bulbul. She refuses to vacate, so Avinash stays there too (though he sleeps outside the room). Bulbul falls in love with Avinash and becomes the light in his dark life. There are flashbacks throughout the movie. Sanjana (Manisha Koirala) and Avinash once lived in Calcutta with their only child, a son. One day, Avinash witnes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kranti (2002 Film)
''Kranti'' is a 2002 Indian action drama film directed by Naresh Malhotra. It stars Vinod Khanna, Bobby Deol Ameesha Patel, Rati Agnihotri and Kabir Bedi. Plot The film is about an honest cop, Abhay Pratap Singh and his father Awadesh Pratap Singh. Abhay defies conventional methods to nab criminals and for this reason, has frequent arguments with his father. Sanjana enters in Abhay's life as a student who is writing a thesis on an honest cop. She falls in love with Abhay and follows him everywhere. This lands her in trouble as she gets shot by a criminal whom Abhay is pursuing. She survives but Abhay tracks the mastermind behind the criminal, Mahendra Singh Rana. Rana is a wealthy industrialist who has ties with politicians and tries to slow down Abhay in his chase. He takes advantage of Abhay's confrontations with his father and sets up father against his son. However, Awadesh soon realizes Rana's tricks and reconciles with Abhay. Abhay manages to kill Rana and restore peace in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega
''Love Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega'' () is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language crime comedy film directed by Eeshwar Nivas and produced by Ram Gopal Varma and Nitin Manmohan. The film stars Saif Ali Khan, Fardeen Khan, Sonali Bendre, Twinkle Khanna, Aftab Shivdasani and Johnny Lever in lead roles. The film is an official remake of the 1993 Telugu film ''Money''. This film marked Twinkle Khanna's final acting performance, prior to her marriage and subsequent retirement from the industry. It was released on 29 June 2001 and unlike the original version, the Hindi remake received mixed reviews and eventually became a box-office bomb. The rights to this film are owned by Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment and the film is said to be loosely based on the American black comedy '' Fargo''. Plot A troubled young man, Prakash, is married to Sapna, the only daughter of a wealthy business tycoon Rajiv Chopra. Prakash is damaad (Son-in-law) of Rajiv Chopra. Rajiv Chopra totally hates Prakash a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shool
''Shool'' () is a 1999 Indian Hindi-language action crime film directed by Eeshwar Nivas. Written and produced by Ram Gopal Varma, it portrays the politician-criminal nexus and the criminalization of politics in Bihar and its effect on the life of an honest police officer. It stars Manoj Bajpayee as Inspector Samar Pratap Singh and Sayaji Shinde as the borderline psychopath criminal-politician Bachhu Yadav, a character loosely based on politician turned criminal, Surajbhan Singh. The soundtrack consisting of "Main Aayi Hoon U.P. Bihar Lootne" featuring Shilpa Shetty became a chartbuster." The rights to this film are owned by Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment. Parts of the film were shot in Motihari, Bihar. The climax of the film was entirely shot at the state Legislative Assembly in Hyderabad. The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi, and was screened at the International Film Festival of India, and the Toronto International Film Festival. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
