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Gajra Kottary
Gajra Kottary is an Indian screenplay writer and television writer. Early life Gajra Kottary was born in Delhi and was educated at the Convent of Jesus and Mary and Lady Shri Ram College for Women. In 1988, she excelled in the post-graduate course in Journalism at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication for being the top student and was awarded The Hindu Gold Medal. She worked briefly as a journalist, initially at The Statesman in Delhi and later at the Magna group. She contributed to several of the country's newspapers and magazines. Garja Kottary also wrote on developmental and women's issues for CHOICES, the magazine of the United Nations Development Program. Career Gajra debuted as an author in early 1996 with her first collection of women-centric short stories, titled Fragile Victories. This was followed by another compendium, The Last Laugh. Her debut novel Broken Melodies was published by HarperCollins Publishers India in 2011, simultaneously with its Hindi transl ...
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Delhi
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders with the state of Uttar Pradesh in the east and with the state of Haryana in the remaining directions. The NCT covers an area of . According to the 2011 census, Delhi's city proper population was over 11 million, while the NCT's population was about 16.8 million. Delhi's urban agglomeration, which includes the satellite cities of Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Gurgaon and Noida in an area known as the National Capital Region (NCR), has an estimated population of over 28 million, making it the largest metropolitan area in India and the second-largest in the world (after Tokyo). The topography of the medieval fort Purana Qila on the banks of the river Yamuna matches the literary description of the citadel Indraprastha in the Sanskrit ...
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Panaah (TV Series)
''Panaah'' is a Hindi drama television series dealing with female foeticide, that airs on DD National. It is written by Gajra Kottary. Cast * Shweta Gulati as Shona * Micky Dudani * Saadhika Randhawa * Nikhil Arya * Saira Khan * Reshma Modi * Mithilesh Chaturvedi Mithilesh Chaturvedi (15 October 1954 – 3 August 2022) was an Indian film and theatre actor. Biography Chaturvedi worked in '' Koi... Mil Gaya'', '' Gadar: Ek Prem Katha'', ''Krrish'', '' Satya'', '' Mohalla Assi'', and web series like '' ... * Muni Jha * Niranjan Asrani References External linksPanaah Official Site on DD National DD National original programming Indian drama television series Indian television series Gulzar {{India-tv-prog-stub ...
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Screenwriters From Delhi
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. Terminology In the silent era, writers now considered screenwriters were denoted by terms such as photoplaywright, photoplay writer, photoplay dramatist and screen playwright.Steven Maras. ''Screenwriting: History, Theory and Practice.'' Wallflower Press, 2009. pp. 82–85. Screenwriting historian Steven Maras notes that these early writers were often understood as being the authors of the films as shown and argues that they cannot be precisely equated with present-day screenwriters because they were responsible for a technical product, a brief "scenario", "treatment", or "synopsis" that is a written synopsis of what is to be filmed. Profession Screenwriting is a freelance profession. No education is required to be a professional screenw ...
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Hindi Screenwriters
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Women Writers From Delhi
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21st-century Indian Dramatists And Playwrights
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21st-century Indian Women Writers
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 ( I) through AD 100 ( C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. The 1st century also saw the appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius (AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, ninth Roman emperor ...
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Indian Women Television Writers
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Indian Television Writers
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Molkki
''Molkki'' () was an Indian Hindi-language television drama series produced by Ekta Kapoor under Balaji Telefilms. It was broadcast on Colors TV and ran from 16 November 2020 to 11 February 2022. It starred Priyal Mahajan, Amar Upadhyay. Premise The series is set in the Rewari district of Haryana, and focuses on molkki pratha. The story revolves around Purvi, a 19-year-old girl who becomes the molkki bride of 42-year-old chief Virendra Pratap Singh, a widower and father of two children. She fights for her and other molkki brides' rights, as well as fulfil her responsibilities as wife, daughter-in-law, mother, and chieftess of Rewari. Plot ''Molkki'' is an Indian tradition that involves marrying off poor girls to a wealthy man in exchange for money. The storyline of the series revolves around a poor girl named Purvi who is made a Molkki bride for money. Purvi marries Virendra Pratap Singh, a widowed father of two children and head of a village in Haryana's Rewari district ...
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Silsila Badalte Rishton Ka
''Silsila Badalte Rishton Ka'' () is an Indian romantic drama series which premiered on 4 June 2018 on Colors TV. It was produced by Sunjoy Waddhwa by Sphere Origins. The show focused on changing relationships, love triangles and extra marital affairs. In 2018, the story revolved around Kunal, Nandini and Mauli played by Shakti Arora, Drashti Dhami and Aditi Sharma. In 2018, the show moved to digital platform Voot and in 2019, took a generation leap, focusing on Mishti, Pari and Ruhaan played by Tejasswi Prakash, Aneri Vajani and Kunal Jaisingh. The first season was about Kunal, Mauli and Nandini where Kunal and Nandini fall for each other while Mauli moves on in life with Ishaan after divorcing Kunal. It also focused on showing domestic violence against women by showcasing Nandini's husband, Rajdeep. The first season was first telecasted on Colors TV but later shifted to Voot. while the second season which focused on modern age youth, love and relationships was fully on digit ...
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