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Banjo (2016 Film)
''Banjo'' is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language musical action drama film , directed by Ravi Jadhav and produced by Krishika Lulla under the banner of Eros International. Principal photography began at the end of January 2016 and the film was released on 23 September 2016. Riteish Deshmukh and Nargis Fakhri starred in the film. The film received mixed reviews upon its release and was declared a flop at the box office. Plot Mickey (Luke Kenny) is an American, temporarily based in Mumbai, who is in search of an instrumentalist capable of playing the (Indian) banjo. While trying to contact his music festival aspirant friend Christina (Nargis Fakhri), he comes across a local concert organised by a band of poor friends: five of them, led by Taraat (Riteish Deshmukh), who, unknown to Mickey, is the right match for him and Christina to show up at the festival. Christina, upon arrival in Mumbai, is forced to seek out odd jobs and portray Mumbai as dirty, but when, through a local MLA, she me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravi Jadhav
Ravindra Jadhav (born 22 September 1971) known professionally as Ravi Jadhav is an Indian film director, actor, screenwriter and producer. He made his directorial debut with the Marathi musical drama ''Natarang'' in 2010. Ravi studied in Sir J.J Institute of Applied art and won the 2009 National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi. Some of his other films are ''Balak Palak'', produced by Ritesh Deshmukh, and Balgandharva (film), ''Balgandharva'', which won three national awards at the 59th National Film Awards. Early life Ravi was born in Mumbai, India to Harishchandra Jadhav, and Shubhangini Jadhav. He studied Visual Communication and Graphic Design at Sir J.J Institute of Applied art. Soon after he graduated, Ravi began his career as a creative director and copywriter for a leading advertising agency. Career Ravi made his directorial debut with Marathi musical drama ''Natarang'' in 2010, which is based on the 1978 novel ''Natrang'' by Dr. Anand Yadav. His next film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dharmesh Yelande
Dharmesh Yelande (born 31 October 1983), popularly known as D-sir, is an Indian dancer, choreographer, actor and television personality. Career Yelande participated in ''Dance India Dance'' (2009–2010), ''Dance India Dance Li'l Masters'' (2010) and '' Dance Ke Superstars'' (2011) that aired on Zee TV. He was hired by Farah Khan to choreograph the movie ''Tees Maar Khan'' (2010). In 2013, he debuted as an actor by playing a lead role in the 3D dance-based Indian film '' ABCD: Any Body Can Dance'' co-starring Salman Yusuff Khan and Prabhu Deva. In 2015, he acted in Disney's, ''ABCD 2'' with Varun Dhawan and Shraddha Kapoor. He has a dance academy in Vadodara known as the ''D'virus Dance Academy''. In 2016, he has worked in the film '' Banjo'' opposite Riteish Deshmukh and Nargis Fakhri. He was a mentor for the dance reality show ''Dance Plus'' (2015–2019) for five consecutive seasons. In 2020, he appeared in dance film '' Street Dancer 3D'' with Varun Dhawan, Shraddha Kap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Indian Express
''The Indian Express'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932. It is published in Mumbai by the Indian Express Group. In 1999, eight years after the group's founder Ramnath Goenka's death in 1991, the group was split between the family members. The southern editions took the name ''The New Indian Express'', while the northern editions, based in Mumbai, retained the original ''Indian Express'' name with ''"The"'' prefixed to the title. History In 1932, the ''Indian Express'' was started by an Ayurvedic doctor, P. Varadarajulu Naidu, at Chennai, being published by his "Tamil Nadu" press. Soon under financial difficulties, he sold the newspaper to Swaminathan Sadanand, the founder of ''The Free Press Journal'', a national news agency. In 1933, the ''Indian Express'' opened its second office in Madurai, launching the Tamil edition, '' Dinamani''. Sadanand introduced several innovations and reduced the price of the newspaper. Faced with financial difficultie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock On!!
''Rock On!!'' is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language musical drama film written and directed by Abhishek Kapoor, produced by Farhan Akhtar, and with music by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy. The film marks the successful Bollywood debut of Akhtar and Prachi Desai. Akhtar, Arjun Rampal, Luke Kenny, and Purab Kohli star as members of the Mumbai-based grunge rock band, "Magik" (formed in 1998) who reunite in 2008. The winner of seven Filmfare Awards, ''Rock On!!'' was critically acclaimed but had an average performance at the box office. Inspired by the critically acclaimed South Korean movie 'A Happy Life'. The film was archived at the Academy Film Archive library. The direct sequel, ''Rock On!! 2'', was released eight years later in 2016, but to negative reviews. Plot ''Rock On!!'' begins in Mumbai, with the rock band Magik, in 1998. The band are best friends and enjoy a carefree, freewheeling life together. Aditya Shroff (Farhan Akhtar) is the lead singer who rebelled against his well-to-d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NDTV
New Delhi Television Ltd is an Indian news media company focusing on broadcast and digital news publication. The company is considered to be a legacy brand that pioneered independent news broadcasting in India, and is credited for launching the first 24x7 news channel and the first lifestyle channel in the country. It owns and operates the broadcast news channels of NDTV India and NDTV 24x7. The two channels of the company have received 32 Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards. NDTV was founded in 1984, by economist Prannoy Roy and journalist Radhika Roy, a husband and wife duo from the city of Kolkata. It began as a production house for news segments, contracted by the public broadcaster Doordarshan and international satellite channels when television broadcasting was a state monopoly, and transitioned into the first independent news network in India. The company launched the first 24x7 news channel in partnership with Star India in 1998. Between 1998 and 2003, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rediff
Rediff.com (stylized as ''rediff.com'') is an Indian news, information, entertainment and shopping web portal. It was founded in 1996. It is headquartered in Mumbai, with offices in Bangalore, New Delhi and New York City. , it had more than 300 employees. It is one of the earliest web portals and email providers in India. When its founder Ajit Balakrishnan launched Rediff on the NeT, the internet was barely five months old in the country, and had a total of about 18,000 users. History The Rediff.com domain was registered in India in 1996. Early products included the email service Rediffmail and Rediff Shopping, an online marketplace selling electronics and peripherals. In 2001, Rediff.com was alleged to be in violation of the Securities Act of 1933 for filing a materially false prospectus in relation to an IPO of its American depositary shares. The case was resolved by settlement in 2009. In April 2001, Rediff.com acquired the ''India Abroad ''India Abroad'' is a weekly new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockstar (2011 Film)
''Rockstar'' is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language musical romantic drama film written and directed by Imtiaz Ali and produced by former Eros International head Sunil Lulla and Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision chief Dhilin Mehta, starring Ranbir Kapoor and Nargis Fakhri with music composed by A. R. Rahman. The film also features Moufid Aziz, Aditi Rao Hydari, Piyush Mishra, Shernaz Patel, Kumud Mishra in supporting roles, and also Ranbir Kapoor's granduncle Shammi Kapoor, who makes his posthumous silver-screen appearance following his death on 14 August 2011. ''Rockstar'' was released on 11 November 2011. On the day of release, Tibetans in Chennai and Kangra protested against the Central Board of Film Certification asking the film-makers to censor scenes featuring the Tibetan flag. Upon release, ''Rockstar'' received generally mixed-to-positive reviews, with high praise directed towards Kapoor's performance and Rahman's soundtrack, but received criticism for its story and screenplay. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lai Bhaari
''Lai Bhaari'' (लय भारी) is a 2014 Indian Marathi-language action drama film directed by Nishikant Kamat. The film marks the debut of Riteish Deshmukh in Marathi cinema, while Salman Khan and Genelia D'Souza also make cameo appearances. It was the first Marathi that was made on such a big scale , film became the highest grossing Marathi film during that time. It was declared a blockbuster at the box office. On 25 January 2015 Lai Bhaari broke all previous records and got the highest television viewership for any film in Maharashtra (Marathi – Hindi) with 5727 TVTs. It is remade in Odia as ''Jaga Hatare Pagha'' starring Anubhav Mohanty. It ran for more than 100 days in Maharashtra. Plot Pratap Singh Nimbalkar (Uday Tikekar) and his wife Sumitra Devi (Tanvi Azmi) are known for their social work like helping poor farmers by giving them land and shelter. Even though they are blessed by everyone, Sumitra Devi is insulted for not having a child even though she has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koimoi
Koimoi is a Bollywood entertainment website providing Bollywood news, box-office reports and film reviews. In January 2021, its Alexa ranking in India was 2530. Origin On 23 November 2009, Contest2win.com and Komal Nahta's Faith Entertainment jointly launched the website Koimoi.com. Komal Nahta Komal Nahta (born 30 April 1964) is an Indian film trade analyst. Nahta is the publisher of "Film Information" and also a television show host. He is an anchor of the trade show ETC Bollywood Business on the Bollywood TV channels ETC and Zee Cinem ..., who was a film trade analyst, is co-founder and editor of Koimoi. The other co-founder of Koimoi is Satish Iyer. References External links * Film box office Indian film websites Hindi-language mass media Online film databases {{film-website-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindustan Times
''Hindustan Times'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper based in Delhi. It is the flagship publication of HT Media, an entity controlled by the KK Birla family, and is owned by Shobhana Bhartia. It was founded by Sunder Singh Lyallpuri, founder-father of the Akali movement and the Shiromani Akali Dal, in Delhi and played integral roles in the Indian independence movement as a nationalist daily. ''Hindustan Times'' is one of the largest newspapers in India by circulation. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it has a circulation of 993,645 copies as of November 2017. The Indian Readership Survey 2014 revealed that ''HT'' is the second-most widely read English newspaper in India after ''The Times of India''. It is popular in North India, with simultaneous editions from New Delhi, Mumbai, Lucknow, Patna, Ranchi and Chandigarh. The print location of Nagpur was discontinued from September 1997, and that of Jaipur from June 2006. ''HT'' launched a youth daily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times Of India
''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest selling English-language daily in the world. It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India, and the second-oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation, with its first edition published in 1838. It is nicknamed as "The Old Lady of Bori Bunder", and is an Indian " newspaper of record". Near the beginning of the 20th century, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, called ''TOI'' "the leading paper in Asia". In 1991, the BBC ranked ''TOI'' among the world's six best newspapers. It is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (B.C.C.L.), which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In the Brand Trust Report India study 2019, ''TOI'' was rated as the most trusted English newspaper in India. Reuters rated ''TOI'' as India's most trus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anand Ingale
Anand may refer to: People * Anand (name), a surname and given name (including a list of people with the name) * Anand (actor), Indian actor * Anand (Maoist), Indian communist * Anand (writer) (born 1936), Indian Malayalam writer Places * Anand, Gujarat, India, a city * Anand railway station * Anand district, Gujarat, India * Anand (Lok Sabha constituency), Gujarat, India * Anand (Vidhan Sabha constituency), Gujarat, India * Anand, Iran, a village Outer space * 23323 Anand, a main belt asteroid * 9 Andromedae, variable star designation AN And Films * ''Anand'' (1971 film), a Hindi-language film starring Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan * ''Anand'' (1986 film), a Kannada-language film starring Shivarajkumar * ''Anand'' (1987 film), a Tamil-language film starring Prabhu Ganeshan * ''Anand'' (2004 film), a Telugu-language film starring Raja and Kamalinee Mukherjee Other uses * Anand Agricultural University, Gujarat, India * Anand Vihar Terminal railway station Anand V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
