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Chhichhore
''Chhichhore'' () is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Nitesh Tiwari, written by Tiwari in association with Piyush Gupta and Nikhil Mehrotra, and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala under Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment, with Fox Star Studios acquiring the distribution rights. Based on Tiwari's experiences as a student of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, the film stars Sushant Singh Rajput, Shraddha Kapoor, Varun Sharma, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Naveen Polishetty, Tushar Pandey and Saharsh Kumar Shukla in the lead roles, with Shishir Sharma and Mohammad Samad in supporting roles. Set parallelly in the 1990s and 2019, ''Chhichhore'' tells the story of Aniruddh "Anni" Pathak, a middle-aged divorcee whose son Raghav tries to commit suicide after failing to clear the JEE entrance examination, & who despite survival, is unwilling to live due to the fear of being branded as a 'loser', which makes a desperate Anni recount his own experience to Ragh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tushar Pandey
Tushar Pandey (born 22 November 1991) is an Indian actor working predominantly in Bollywood. Graduate of National School of Drama and London International School of Performing Arts, he is best known for his role of ''Mummy'' in the 2019 film ''Chhichhore''. Pandey debuted in 2015 in the psychological thriller ''Beyond Blue: An Unnerving Tale of a Demented Mind'' which premiered at the Marché du Film in 68th annual Cannes Film Festival. Early life and education Tushar Pandey was born on 22 November, 1991 and brought up in Delhi, India. Tushar's interest in performing arts began during his school days at Montfort Senior Secondary School. He participated in stage plays, music and sports competitions throughout his school years. After finishing school he got admission in English (H) at Kirori Mal College through the special theatre admission (selection for exceptional talent in arts) and was part of 'The Players', theatre society of the college. Tushar's professional train ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sushant Singh Rajput
Sushant Singh Rajput (21 January 1986 – 14 June 2020) was an Indian actor known for his work in Bollywood, Hindi cinema. He starred in a number of commercially successful Hindi films such as ''M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story'' (2016), ''Kedarnath (film), Kedarnath'' (2018) and ''Chhichhore'' (2019). Due to his contribution to the film industry, he received a Screen Award and was nominated for the Filmfare Awards on three occasions. He appeared on ''Forbes India'' Forbes Celebrity 100, Celebrity 100 list twice since 2017. Rajput began his acting career after dropping out of his engineering course at the Delhi College of Engineering and entering the theatre industry in Mumbai. He moved on to feature in Hindi television serials, his debut show was the romantic drama ''Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil'' (2008), followed by the lead role in the soap opera ''Pavitra Rishta'' (2009–2011). He made his film debut with the film adaptation ''Kai Po Che!'' (2013) which became a commercial and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shraddha Kapoor
Shraddha Kapoor (born 3 March 1987 or 1989Indian Express mentioned her birthday 3 March 1987 The Times of India's article from 4 March 2016 mentioned her age 27. As pe according to TOI her birthday year is 1989.) is an Indian actress who primarily works in films. One o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
65th Filmfare Awards
The 65th Filmfare Awards ceremony, presented by The Times Group, honored the best Indian Hindi-language films of 2019. The ceremony was held on 15 February 2020 in Guwahati and broadcast on Colors TV the following day. This is the first time in six decades that a Filmfare ceremony was held outside Mumbai. Karan Johar and Vicky Kaushal were hosts of the award ceremony. A curtain raiser ceremony was held in Mumbai on 2 February 2020, which honoured the winners of technical and short film awards. In the same function, the nominations for popular awards were also announced. Actress Neha Dhupia was the host of this ceremony. ''Gully Boy'' led the ceremony with 19 nominations, followed by '' Uri: The Surgical Strike'' with 13 nominations and '' Article 15'' and ''Sonchiriya'' with 11 nominations each. ''Gully Boy'' won a record 13 awards, the most awards for a single film in a year, thus breaking the record set by ''Black'' (2005) with 11 wins at the 51st Filmfare Awards. Additio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tahir Raj Bhasin
Tahir Raj Bhasin (born 21 April 1987) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films. Born in Delhi, he holds a master's degree in media from the University of Melbourne. Bhasin made his screen debut with ''Kismat Love Paisa Dilli'' (2012) and made brief appearances in ''Kai Po Che!'' (2013) and '' One by Two'' (2014). He made his official film debut with ''Mardaani'' (2014), which fetched him a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination and the Screen Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role. He also played the antagonist in ''Force 2''. His next film ''Chhichhore'' (2019) became a blockbuster hit. He then played Sunil Gavaskar in '' 83'' (2021). Early life and work Bhasin was born in New Delhi; his father worked in the Indian Air Force and he is the elder of two siblings. His mother worked for Confederation of Indian Industry and Aptech Computers. His younger brother is a pilot with Cathay Pacific. His father and grandfather both served as fighter pilots in the Indian Air ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sajid Nadiadwala
Sajid Nadiadwala (born 18 February 1966) is an Indian film producer, writer, and director who works in Hindi cinema. He is the owner of Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment. Grandson of filmmaker A.K. Nadiadwala, Sajid has written and produced films including ''Housefull'' (2010), ''Baaghi'' (2016) to directing ''Kick'' (2014) that brought him various debutant director awards, and wrote the Marathi film ''Lai Bhaari'' that was produced by Riteish Deshmukh. Early life Sajid Nadiadwala's grandfather Abdul Karim Nadiadwala came to Bombay from a city called Nadiad, Gujarat in 1955. His grandfather produced hundreds of films in Bombay, including ''Taj Mahal''. The family's base was in Malad, where his grandfather owned theatres, and where they had more than 5,000 acres and streets named after them. Hence, Sajid used to watch films since he was a child. Sajid's father also produced films. Sajid completed his CA and law and later joined J.P. Dutta as an assistant director on ''Ghula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nitesh Tiwari
Nitesh Tiwari is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and lyricist known for his works in Bollywood. He debuted as a co-director in '' Chillar Party'' (2011) which won the National Film Award for Best Children's Film for that year. He then helmed the supernatural political drama ''Bhoothnath Returns'' (2014). In 2016, Tiwari scripted and directed '' Dangal'' which was screened at the Beijing International Film Festival in April 2017 and second BRICS festival in June 2017. The film is the highest-grossing Indian film and the fifth highest grossing non-English film, having collected over of which more than 1,200 crore was earned in China, where it has emerged as one of the top 20 highest-grossers of all time. Tiwari has garnered the Filmfare Award for Best Director at the 62nd Filmfare Awards, and the Telstra People's Choice Award at the 2017 Indian Film Festival of Melbourne. His next was the blockbuster comedy-drama film ''Chhichhore'' (2019), earning him wider critical acc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Samad
Mohammad Samad (born 7 May 2000) is an Indian actor, known for movies like ''Gattu (2012),'' ''Haraamkhor (2015)'', ''Tumbbad (2018),'' ''And Chhichhore (2019). He played the lead role of Manju Kumar in the Netflix web series Selection Day (2018).'' Early life Mohammad Samad was born in Roorkee, Uttarakhand. His parents run a grocery shop in Roorkee. He has one elder brother and four elder sisters. He did his schooling from St. Gabriel's Academy, Roorkee. Career His first breakthrough performance was in the movie Gattu where he played the titular lead role Gattu for which he won the Best Child Actor Award at the 12th New York Indian Film Festival. He has acted in films like Haraamkhor and Tumbbad. In 2018, he played the lead role in the web series Selection Day on Netflix. In the 2019 film Chhichhore, he played the role of the teenage son of the lead actors Sushant Singh Rajput and Shraddha Kapoor Shraddha Kapoor (born 3 March 1987 or 1989 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prateik Babbar
Prateik Babbar (born 28 November 1986) is an Indian actor and martial artist who predominantly appears in Hindi films. The son of actress Smita Patil and actor Raj Babbar, he began his career as a production assistant before pursuing an acting career. Prior to his screen debut, Babbar appeared in television advertisements for a variety of products, including Nestle KitKat, on the recommendation of the filmmaker Prahlad Kakkar. Since his debut in Bollywood, Babbar has received accolades such as a Filmfare Award and a Stardust Award. Babbar made his screen debut with the 2008 coming of age drama '' Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na''. He made his debut in Tamil language through Darbar. He garnered nominations at various award ceremonies including the Filmfares, Screen Awards, and the Stardust Awards for best debut, winning the last of the three. Babbar played a variety of roles in 2011, appearing in commercially viable projects such as the crime thriller '' Dum Maaro Dum'' and the politi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naveen Polishetty
Naveen Polishetty (born 26 December 1989) is an Indian actor and screenwriter who works in Telugu and Hindi films. He made his debut as a lead in the film ''Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya'' (2019), for which he received Zee Cine Awards Telugu – Best Find of the Year. He later made his Hindi debut in the film ''Chhichhore'' (2019). In 2021, he starred in the comedy film ''Jathi Ratnalu,'' which was successful at the box office. Early life Polishetty was born into a middle class family in Hyderabad, India. His father is in the pharmaceutical business while his mother is a bank employee. He has an elder brother and an elder sister who are twins. Both his siblings are settled in the United States. He graduated in Civil engineering, from Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (also known as NIT Bhopal) and joined a software firm in Pune. He later moved to England to work as an engineer, but wasn't happy with his job at all. He then secretly returned to India without informing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment
Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment Pvt Ltd (NGE) is an Indian film production company based in Mumbai. The Nadiadwala family have been in film production since 1955, continuing this legacy Sajid Nadiadwala established the company in 2005. It is a part of the Hindi film industry that is involved in Motion picture, radio, television and other entertainment activities. Rakesh Madhotra is the current CEO of the company. Background The Nadiadwala family, who migrated to Mumbai from Nadiad, Gujarat, have been in the film industry for three generations, starting with A. K. Nadiadwala followed by his son Sulieman Nadiadwala and now grandson Sajid Nadiadwala. Presently, they are celebrating 63 years of their existence in the film industry. The first film to be produced under their legacy was ''Inspector'' (1956) by Abdul Karim Nadiadwala. He further went on to produce movies like ''Taj Mahal'' (1963) and '' Chitralekha'' (1964). Productions 1992—1997 The company's first produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
67th National Film Awards
The 67th National Film Awards were announced at a press meet on 22 March 2021 to honour the best Indian films certified in India between 1 January and 31 December 2019. The awards ceremony, at which the Directorate of Film Festivals presents its annual National Film Awards to honour the best in Indian cinema, was originally slated to be held on 3 May 2020. It was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and was presented on 25 October 2021. Selection process The Directorate of Film Festivals invited online entries and the acceptable last date for entries was until 17 February 2020. Feature and Non-Feature Films certified by Central Board of Film Certification between 1 January 2019, and 31 December 2019, were eligible for the film award categories. Books, critical studies, reviews or articles on cinema published in Indian newspapers, magazines, and journals between 1 January 2019, and 31 December 2019, were eligible for the best writing on cinema section. Entries of dubbed, revi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
