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Debu Deodhar
Debu Deodhar was an Indian cinematographer who has been part of Indian cinema since 1972. His awards include the Maharashtra State Film Award, the Zee Gaurav Puraskar, and the Goa State award for outstanding cinematography for films such as '' Kairee'' (1999) and '' Daayraa'' (1996). Background Debu Deodhar graduated from Film and Television Institute of India, Pune with a specialization in cinematography. He began work as a cinematographer in 1972 as an assistant cameraman. His 38-year career over more than twentyfive films culminated with his final film, ''Marmabandh'' (2010). He was cinematographer for his wife's first-ever film, '' Lapandav'' (1993), for which she won the National Film Award Silver Lotus for 'Best Marathi Feature Film'. He worked with her on every one of her films until his death in 2010. Debu Deodhar died at his residence in Mumbai, the evening of 1 September 2010 at the age of 62, after suffering from a severe lung disorder, and cancer. He was a "w ... [...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] |
Lapandav
''Lapandav'' () is a 1993 Indian Marathi-language romantic comedy film directed by Shravani Deodhar and produced by Sachin Parekar and Sanjay Parekar. It stars an ensemble cast of Ashok Saraf, Vandana Gupte, Vikram Gokhale, Savita Prabhune, Sunil Barve, Varsha Usgaonkar, Ajinkya Deo and Pallavi Ranade. Plot Abhijeet Samarth (Ashok Saraf) and Anant Mahashabde (Vikram Gokhale) are close friends in their mid-40s who get along each Saturday for a drink and enjoy some poetry. Abhijeet is the lazy owner of a gymnasium and lives a wealthy lifestyle with his wife Asavari (Vandana Gupte), collegiate daughter Rasika (Varsha Usgaonkar) and elderly father ( Bal Karve). On the other hand, Anant is a hardworking lawyer and lives a middle-class lifestyle with his wife Ulka ( Savita Prabhune), collegiate son Aseem (Sunil Barve), school-going daughter Chinu (Sai Deodhar) and elderly mother. Aseem and Rasika are friends in college along with Aseem's middle-class closest friend Mugdha ( Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khatta Meetha (1981 Film)
''Khatta Meetha ''is a Hindi/Urdu phrase which means "sweet and sour". It may refer to: * ''Khatta Meetha'' (1978 film), a Bollywood film directed by Basu Chatterjee, starring Ashok Kumar and Rakesh Roshan in the lead roles * ''Khatta Meetha'' (2010 film), a Bollywood film directed by Priyadarshan, starring Akshay Kumar and Trisha Krishnan in the lead roles See also * Sweet and Sour (other) {{SIA, films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gharaonda
''Gharaonda'' (''The Nest'') is a 1977 Hindi drama film, produced and directed by Bhimsain. The film stars Amol Palekar, Zarina Wahab, Shreeram Lagoo and Jalal Agha. The music is by Jaidev. Plot ''Gharonda'' explores the lives of Sudip (Amol Palekar) and Chhaya (Zarina Wahab) who belong to the middle class in Mumbai and work in the same office. Chhaya is sharing a one-room flat with her younger brother, her elder brother and sister-in law. Sudip has rented a room with three other men. Sudip and Chhaya fall in love with each other and plan to get married as soon as they have a house made for themselves. In this process, they save every penny to build a corpus for buying a house. They go house hunting looking for an abode which will suit their budgets. After finally investing in a flat in one building, they are all excited about their future. After a few months, the builder who is a fraud, absconds with their money. Sudip's roommate (Sadhu Mehar), who has also invested in the buil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaque
''Shaque'' ( en, italic=yes, Suspicion) is a 1976 Bollywood drama film directed by Aruna-Vikas. The film stars Vinod Khanna, Shabana Azmi and Utpal Dutt. Plot Vinod Joshi lives a middle-class existence with his wife, Meena, and a young son. He would like to improve upon his living conditions and ensure that his child enjoys life thoroughly. One day Vinod returns home in a bloodied state, and tells Meena that there has been a homicide at his place of work, and a large amount of money has been stolen. The police are called in to investigate, and as a result a fellow-employee by the name of Subramaniam is arrested and sentenced to jail. Then the Joshi family gets wealthy all of a sudden, and move to a different and more spacious location, and start enjoying their lives to the fullest. Meena finds out that another co-worker of Vinod's, Maan Singh, has been telling people that Vinod was the one who stole the money, and also killed the employee in the process. Meena goes to meet Maan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lalkaar
''Lalkar'' (Challenge) is a 1972 Indian Hindi-language war action film produced and directed by Ramanand Sagar. It was adapted from a Hindi novel Sagar had written, called "Lalkar". The film had music composed by Kalyanji Anandji and the lyricists were Hasrat Jaipuri, Indeevar, Mahendra Dehlvi and Kulwant Jani. It was rated as a hit and cited as one of the "highest grossers" of 1972. Stated to be the costliest war film produced at the time, it starred Dharmendra, Rajendra Kumar, Mala Sinha and Kumkum in lead roles. The rest of the cast included Nazir Hussain, Sujit Kumar, Ramesh Deo, Dara Singh and Agha. Plot Two sons of Colonel Kapoor, one in the Army and One in the Air force are in love with the same girl. But before anything could be finalized, both are sent to a mission against the Japanese to destroy their secret airport. Will they be able to finish their mission? Will they come back alive? Who will win the girl? Cast *Dharmendra as Major Ram Kapoor *Rajendra Kumar as Win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Telegraph (Calcutta)
''The Telegraph'' is an Indian English daily newspaper founded and continuously published in Kolkata since 7 July 1982. It is published by the ABP Group and the newspaper competes with ''The Times of India''. The newspaper is the eighth most-widely read English language newspaper in India as per ''Indian Readership Survey'' (IRS) 2019. ''The Telegraph'' has three editions Kolkata, South Bengal and North Bengal. History ''The Telegraph'' was founded on 7 July 1982. The design director of London's ''The Sunday Times'', Edwin Taylor, designed the newspaper and provided a standard in design and editing. In 31 years, it has become the largest-circulation English daily in the eastern region published from Kolkata. In 1982, M. J. Akbar used to edit and design the daily newspaper; thus it had a major impact on newspaper journalism in India. ''The Telegraph'' is published by media group Ananda Publishers closely associated with ABP Pvt. Ltd; the group also published ''Anandabazar Pat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaya Bachchan
Jaya Bachchan (''Birth name, née'' Bhaduri; born 9 April 1948) is an Indian actress and politician. She is a member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from the Samajwadi Party, serving four terms since 2004. Known primarily for her work in Hindi and Bengali language, Bengali cinema, she is noted for reinforcing a natural style of acting in both mainstream and "middle-of-the-road" cinema.#Gu, Gulzar, p. 457 She has received several accolades, including nine Filmfare Awards and the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian honour awarded by the Government of India. Making her film debut as a teenager in Satyajit Ray's ''Mahanagar'' (1963), Bachchan's first screen role as an adult was in ''Guddi (1971 film), Guddi'' (1971), directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, with whom she collaborated in several films thereafter. She was noted for her refreshing performances in films like ''Uphaar'' (1971), ''Koshish'' (1972) and ''Kora Kagaz'' (1974), among others. She starred alongside her husband Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonali Kulkarni
Sonali Kulkarni (born 3 November 1974) is an Indian actress, producer, and writer who primarily appears in Marathi and Hindi films. She has also appeared in Kannada, Tamil, Gujarati and English films. She has worked in over 70 films, both commercial and experimental, as well as some international projects, and is regarded as one of the most versatile Marathi actresses. Kulkarni has won a National Film Award, two Maharashtra State Film Awards, and four Filmfare Marathi Awards, and has been nominated for one Filmfare Award, two IIFA Awards, and one Screen Award. Although born into a middle-class Maharashtrian family in Pune, Kulkarni was drawn to acting at an early age and had attended Satyadev Dubey's acting workshops. At the age of 18, she made her cinematic debut in the Kannada film Cheluvi (1992). Later, she debuted with Mukta (1994) in Marathi. This was followed by critical praise with Doghi (1995), Daayraa (1996), and Gharabaher (1999), the former earning her Maharashtra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sachin (actor)
Sachin Pilgaonkar, often known mononymously by his screen name Sachin, is an Indian actor, director, producer, writer and singer of Marathi and Hindi films. He has directed and acted in several Marathi films of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Starting as a child in the Marathi film, ''Ha Majha Marg Ekla'' (1962), he went on to work in around 65 films as a child artist, before switching to adult roles, and being part of highly successful films like ''Geet Gaata Chal'' (1975), '' Balika Badhu'' (1976), ''Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se'' (1978) and '' Nadiya Ke Paar'' (1982) as a lead actor and he became a household name in India. He has worked in Hindi, Marathi and also in Kannada cinema and Bhojpuri cinema, and has acted, produced, and directed successful comedy shows on Indian television, including ''Tu Tu Main Main'' (2000) and ''Kadvee Khatti Meethi''. He also directed several hit Marathi Films starting with ''Mai Baap'' (1982), '' Navri Mile Navryala'' (1984) was the biggest box o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vikram Gokhale
Vikram Gokhale (14 November 1945 – 26 November 2022) was an Indian film, television and stage actor, noted for his roles in Marathi theatre, Hindi films and television. He was the son of the Veteran Marathi theater and film actor, Chandrakant Gokhale. Gokhale made his directorial debut in 2010, with the Marathi film ''Aaghaat''. Produced by Sprint Arts Creation in 2013, he won the National Film Award for Best Actor category for his Marathi film '' Anumati''. Early and personal life Gokhale was born in Pune, Bombay Presidency on 14 November 1945. His great grandmother, Durgabai Kamat, was the first female actor of the Indian screen, while his grandmother Kamlabai Gokhale (Kamlabai Kamat at that time) was the first female child actor of Indian cinema. His father Chandrakant Gokhale was a veteran Marathi film and stage artist and has acted in over 70 Marathi and Hindi films. Gokhale ran a real estate firm called Sujata Farms in Pune. He was also a social activist. His family's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cancer
Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Possible signs and symptoms include a lump, abnormal bleeding, prolonged cough, unexplained weight loss, and a change in bowel movements. While these symptoms may indicate cancer, they can also have other causes. Over 100 types of cancers affect humans. Tobacco use is the cause of about 22% of cancer deaths. Another 10% are due to obesity, poor diet, lack of physical activity or excessive drinking of alcohol. Other factors include certain infections, exposure to ionizing radiation, and environmental pollutants. In the developing world, 15% of cancers are due to infections such as ''Helicobacter pylori'', hepatitis B, hepatitis C, human papillomavirus infection, Epstein–Barr virus and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). These factors act, at least partly, by changing the genes of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
