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Divya (name)
Divya is a Indian name derived from the Sanskrit word () / ''()'', meaning "Divine Brilliance". Real persons with the first name Divya *Divya Bhatnagar (1986–2020), Indian television actress *Divya Bharti (1974–1993), Bollywood film actress *Divya Chouksey (1990–2020), Indian actress *Divya Desai, Indian actress *Divya Dutta (born 1977), Indian actress *Divya Dwivedi (active from 2006), Indian philosopher *Divya Gopikumar, a South Indian actress known as Abhirami (actress), Abhirami *Divya Kumar (other), several people *Divya Maderna, Indian politician from Rajasthan *Divya Narendra, CEO of Subzero *Divya Palat, Hindi film actress *Divya Singh, basketball player for the Indian national team *Divya Tewar, Indian judoka *Divya Unni, Malayalam film actress *Divya Venkatasubramaniam, the real name of Kanika Subramaniam, Tamil actress *Divya Victor, Tamil American poet (fl.2009 -) Fictional characters named Divya *Kaadhal_Kondein#Cast, Divya (Sonia Agarwal), the femal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations average to between 73–55 ka.", "Modern human beings—''Homo sapiens''—originated in Africa. Then, int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Divya Tewar
Divya Tewar (born 1 August 1984 in Haryana) is an Indian judoka. She represented India at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in the 78 kg category, but failed to qualify for the finals. She first lost to Cuba's Yalennis Castillo in the preliminary round, and was then beaten by Kazakhstan's Sagat Abikeyeva in the first repechage. See also *India at the 2008 Summer Olympics India competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. India was represented by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA). A contingent of 57 athletes in 12 sports represented India, and had a support-staff of 42 officials. ... Notes and references Olympic judoka of India Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Indian female judoka 1984 births Living people Indian female martial artists Sportswomen from Haryana 21st-century Indian women 21st-century Indian people Martial artists from Haryana {{India-judo-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Pains
''Royal Pains'' (stylized ℞oyalPains) is an American comedy-drama television series that ran on the USA Network from 2009 to 2016. The series was based in part on actual concierge medicine practices of independent doctors and companies. The cast of the show included Mark Feuerstein, Paulo Costanzo, Reshma Shetty, Brooke D'Orsay, Ben Shenkman, Jill Flint, and Campbell Scott. Series synopsis The series follows Hank Lawson, a young emergency room doctor, who after being wrongly blamed for an important patient's death, moves to the Hamptons and becomes a reluctant house-call doctor to the rich and famous. When the administrator of the local hospital asks him to treat the town's less fortunate, he finds himself walking the line between doing well for himself and doing good for others. Cast and characters Main * Mark Feuerstein as Dr. Henry "Hank" Lawson, a formerly successful New York E.R. doctor, who is fired from his job after a wealthy hospital benefactor dies in his care. W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khoobsurat (2014 Film)
''Khoobsurat'' () is a 2014 Indian Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...-language romantic comedy-drama film. The film is directed by Shashanka Ghosh and produced by Rhea Kapoor, Anil Kapoor and Siddharth Roy Kapur. It stars Sonam Kapoor, Fawad Khan, Kirron Kher, Ratna Pathak and Aamir Raza Hussain. The film is loosely based on the 1980 Khubsoorat, film of the same name. Plot Mrinalini "Mili" Chakravarty is a physiotherapist who works for the Kolkata Knight Riders. Her loud Punjabi mother Manju hopes that she will find a suitable and charming man to marry. Her services are called upon by a royal family in Rajasthan where King Shekhar Singh Rathore is paralyzed from the waist down. She is told that 40 doctors have already left a demanding job. Mili travels to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fawad Khan
Fawad Afzal Khan ( ur, ) (born 29 November 1981) is a Pakistani actor, producer, screenwriter, model and singer having received several awards including a Filmfare Award, two Lux Style Awards and six Hum Awards. Khan began his acting career on the television sitcom, ''Jutt and Bond''. He formed an alternative rock band, Entity Paradigm, with the show's co-stars and began his music career as its lead singer. The band appeared on the finale of ''Pepsi Battle of the Bands'' in 2002 and Khan became known for its 2003 debut album, ''Irtiqa''. After about 250 performances, he left the band to pursue a film career. Khan made his film debut with a supporting role in Shoaib Mansoor's sociodrama, ''Khuda Kay Liye'' (2007), one of Pakistan's highest-grossing films. He had his first success in the television period drama, '' Dastaan'' (2010), for which he received the Best Male Actor Award at the Pakistan Media Awards. Khan played a lead role in the Pakistani television serial '' Hums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khoobsurat (2014 Film)
''Khoobsurat'' () is a 2014 Indian Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...-language romantic comedy-drama film. The film is directed by Shashanka Ghosh and produced by Rhea Kapoor, Anil Kapoor and Siddharth Roy Kapur. It stars Sonam Kapoor, Fawad Khan, Kirron Kher, Ratna Pathak and Aamir Raza Hussain. The film is loosely based on the 1980 Khubsoorat, film of the same name. Plot Mrinalini "Mili" Chakravarty is a physiotherapist who works for the Kolkata Knight Riders. Her loud Punjabi mother Manju hopes that she will find a suitable and charming man to marry. Her services are called upon by a royal family in Rajasthan where King Shekhar Singh Rathore is paralyzed from the waist down. She is told that 40 doctors have already left a demanding job. Mili travels to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaadhal Kondein
''Kaadhal Kondein'' () is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language romantic psychological thriller film written and directed by Selvaraghavan, starring his brother Dhanush and newcomers Sonia Agarwal and Sudeep Sarangi, while Nagesh and Daniel Balaji play supporting roles. The film, which has music scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja and cinematography handled by Aravind Krishna, released on 4 July 2003, winning critical acclaim and becoming a commercial success upon release. The film is considered a breakthrough for Dhanush as it catapulted him into the league of lead actors in the Tamil film industry. The film was remade in Telugu film, Telugu in 2004 as ''Nenu (film), Nenu'', in Cinema of Bangladesh, Bangla in 2004 as ''Onno Manush'', in Kannada film, Kannada in 2009 as ''Ravana (film), Ravana'' and in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali in 2010 as ''Amanush (2010 film), Amanush''. Plot In 2003, Vinod (Dhanush (actor), Dhanush), an orphan, has grown up under the care of church father Rozario (Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhanush
Venkatesh Prabhu Kasthuri Raja (born 28 July 1983), known professionally as Dhanush, is an Indian actor, producer, director, lyricist and playback singer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. Starring in 46 films over his career, among his accolades are four National Film Awards (two as actor and two as producer), 14 SIIMA Awards, nine Vijay Awards, seven Filmfare Awards South, five Vikatan Awards, five Edison Awards and a Filmfare Award. He has been included in the '' Forbes India'' Celebrity 100 list six times, which is based on the earnings of Indian celebrities. Dhanush's first film was ''Thulluvadho Ilamai'', a 2002 coming-of-age film directed by his father, Kasthuri Raja. He achieved further success in '' Polladhavan'' (2007) and ''Yaaradi Nee Mohini'' (2008), both of which were critically acclaimed and commercially successful. His role as a rooster fight jockey in '' Aadukalam'' (2010) won him Best Actor at the 58th National Film Awards and Best Tamil Actor Awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonia Agarwal
Sonia Agarwal is an Indian actress known for her works predominantly in Tamil cinema and a few Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. She is best known for her performances in the films such as ''Kaadhal Kondein'' (2003), ''7G Rainbow Colony'' (2004) and ''Pudhupettai'' (2006), all of which are directed by her ex-husband, Selvaraghavan. Featuring her former brother-in-law Dhanush, ''Kaadhal Kondein'' became a huge success and she was widely appreciated for her performance as ''Divya'' in the film, which brought her into the limelight and fetched her the ITFA Best New Actress Award at International Tamil Film Awards in 2004. She acted alongside Silambarasan and Vijay in the films '' Kovil'' and ''Madhurey'', respectively. After appearing in the films ''Oru Kalluriyin Kathai'' and ''Oru Naal Oru Kanavu'' in 2005, both of which failing to perform at the box office, she got roles in the films ''Thiruttu Payale'' and ''Pudhupettai''. The former was, directed by Susi Ganesan, became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaadhal Kondein
''Kaadhal Kondein'' () is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language romantic psychological thriller film written and directed by Selvaraghavan, starring his brother Dhanush and newcomers Sonia Agarwal and Sudeep Sarangi, while Nagesh and Daniel Balaji play supporting roles. The film, which has music scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja and cinematography handled by Aravind Krishna, released on 4 July 2003, winning critical acclaim and becoming a commercial success upon release. The film is considered a breakthrough for Dhanush as it catapulted him into the league of lead actors in the Tamil film industry. The film was remade in Telugu film, Telugu in 2004 as ''Nenu (film), Nenu'', in Cinema of Bangladesh, Bangla in 2004 as ''Onno Manush'', in Kannada film, Kannada in 2009 as ''Ravana (film), Ravana'' and in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali in 2010 as ''Amanush (2010 film), Amanush''. Plot In 2003, Vinod (Dhanush (actor), Dhanush), an orphan, has grown up under the care of church father Rozario (Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Divya Victor
Divya Victor is a Tamil American poet and professor, known for her poetry book ''Curb'' which won the PEN Open Book Award. __TOC__ Early life and education Divya Victor was born in Nagercoil, India. Victor earned her B.S. in English from Towson University, her M.A. in Creative Writing (Poetry) from Temple University, and her Ph.D. in English at University at Buffalo (SUNY). Victor has taught at the University at Buffalo (SUNY) and Nanyang Technological University, which hosts Singapore's first Advanced Creative Writing Program. She has also served as the editor for Jacket2. She is currently based in East Lansing and is an Associate Professor at Michigan State University. Awards and recognition Victor's CURB, won the PEN America Open Book Award and the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. Her earlier book, Natural Subjects, won the Bob Kaufman Award. In 2012 she won the Mark Diamond Research Fund Award from the University at Buffalo. She has been a Riverrun Fellow at Universi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanika Subramaniam
Divya Venkatasubramaniam, better known by her stage name Kaniha or Kanika, is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema along with a few Tamil, Telugu and Kannada movies. Kaniha made her debut in the 2002 Tamil film ''Five Star''. Early life Kaniha is Tamilian by birth,She won the Tamil Nadu State Award for Educational Excellence in 1999. Having improved her singing talent since childhood by participating in pop music and light music shows, Divya was interested in the performing arts. While she was still studying, she gave stage performances as a pop singer from time to time. When she was scheduled to perform at the Miss Chennai beauty pageant in 2001, she was selected to participate in the pageant after a model had backed out at the last minute. Despite lack of experience, she emerged victorious at that contest, which later paved way for a film career. Career Susi Ganesan spotted Kaniha on a magazine cover page and insisted on her performing the lead fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
