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Geeta Kapoor
Geeta Kapoor is an Indian choreographer and television personality. Currently she is judging “India’s Best Dancer”, a dance reality show on Sony TV along with Malaika Arora and Terence Lewis. Career Kapoor started her career when she joined the troupe of noted Bollywood choreographer Farah Khan at the age of 15. She later assisted Farah Khan in many films, including Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Dil Toh Pagal Hai, Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham, Mohabbatein, Kal Ho Na Ho, Main Hoon Na, and Om Shanti Om, and the musical Bombay Dreams (2004). She led choreography in many Bollywood films, including Fiza (2000), Asoka (2001), Saathiya (2002), Heyy Babyy (2007), Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic (2008), Aladin (2009), Tees Maar Khan's Sheila Ki Jawani' (2010), Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya (2011), and Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi (2012). She has also choreographed award ceremonies and concerts like Temptation Reloaded, and has also choreographed the opening ceremony of Pepsi IPL 2013. She started out as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geeta Kapur
Geeta Kapur (born 1943) is a noted Indian art critic, art historian and curator based in New Delhi. She was one of the pioneers of critical art writing in India, and who, as ''Indian Express'' noted, has "dominated the field of Indian contemporary art theory for three decades now". Her writings include artists' monographs, exhibition catalogues, books, and sets of widely anthologized essays on art, film, and cultural theory. She has written various books, including ''Contemporary Indian Artists'' (1978), ''When Was Modernism: Essays on Contemporary Cultural Practice in India'' (2000) and ''Critic’s Compass: Navigating Practice'' (forthcoming). She is one of the founder-editors of ''Journal of Arts & Ideas'' (Delhi). She has also been on the advisory boards of ''Third Text'' (London)'', Marg'' (Mumbai)'','' and ''ARTMargins''. She was a jury member of the Biennales of Venice (2005), Dakar (2006), and Sharjah (2007). She is a member of the Asian Art Council at the Guggenheim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiza
''Fiza'', also known as ''Fiza: In Search Of Her Brother'', is a 2000 Indian Hindi-language crime thriller film written and directed by Khalid Mohammed. It stars Karisma Kapoor as the eponymous lead, along with Hrithik Roshan as her terrorist brother and Jaya Bachchan as their mother. The film was produced by Pradeep Guha on a budget of and had a theatrical release worldwide on 8 September 2000. Upon release, ''Fiza'' received positive reviews, with its storyline and soundtrack, as well as cast performances earning praise. A box office hit, the film earned worldwide. ''Fiza'' received seven nominations at the 46th Filmfare Awards and won Best Actress for Kapoor and Best Supporting Actress for Bachchan. Plot The film is about a girl, Fiza (Karisma Kapoor), whose brother, Amaan (Hrithik Roshan), disappears during the 1993 Bombay riots. Fiza and her mother Nishatbi (Jaya Bachchan) desperately hold on to the hope that one day he will return. However, in 1999, six years after hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuch Kuch Locha Hai
''Kuch Kuch Locha Hai'' (), previously titled ''Patel Rap'', is a 2015 Bollywood comedy film directed by Devang Dholakia and starring Sunny Leone, Ram Kapoor, Evelyn Sharma and Navdeep Chhabra in lead roles. The film is loosely inspired by the Gujarati comedy play ''Lage Raho Gujjubhai'' starring and directed by Siddharth Randeria. The film is presented by Magic Pictures and Entertainment Pvt Ltd. Asha Jhaveri is the associate producer of the film. The film marked the debut of actor Navdeep Chhabra. It was released on 8 May 2015. It received mostly negative reviews. The movie title can easily be confused with Kuch Kuch Hota Hai which was released in 1998. Plot Praveen Patel (Ram Kapoor) is a 45-year-old Gujarati NRI store-owner living with his wife Kokila (Suchita Trivedi) and an ambitious 26-year-old son Jigar (Navdeep Chhabra) in Kuala Lumpur. Though he loves his wife, he is often annoyed by her over-religious and sometimes dominating nature. Patel has an enormous fascinati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nayak (2001 Hindi Film)
''Nayak: The Real Hero'' () is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language political action film directed by S. Shankar and produced by A. M. Rathnam under the Sri Surya Movies banner. The film stars Anil Kapoor, with Rani Mukerji, Amrish Puri, Paresh Rawal, and Johnny Lever playing supporting roles. A remake of Shankar's 1999 Tamil-language film ''Mudhalvan'', it focuses on Shivaji Rao Gaekwad (Kapoor), a television cameraman and, later, television presenter, who accidentally hears and records the conversation between the police with the Chief Minister of Maharashtra Balraj Chauhan (Puri) to take an indifferent stand during riots triggered by a fight between college students and a bus driver. While interviewing Chauhan about the issues, Shivaji is challenged to take over his job for a day. ''Nayak'' was announced in June 2000 and marked the first Hindi-language directorial venture of Shankar. The soundtrack was composed by A. R. Rahman, with lyrics that were written by Anand Bakshi. Filming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suchitra Krishnamoorthi
Suchitra Krishnamoorthi is an Indian actress, model and singer known for her works in Hindi cinema, South cinema, and Television. Early life Suchitra was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra into a Telugu speaking family to V. Krishnamoorthi, former commissioner of income tax and Dr Sulochana Krishnamoorthi, a historian and a professor. She was married to the filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, who was 30 years elder than her; but they are now divorced. They have a daughter named Kaveri Kapur. Career Suchitra started her career with the TV series ''Chunauti'' while still in school in the year 1987–88. She acted in a production of '' Peanuts: The Musical'', a musical based on the famous comic strip ''Peanuts''. She played the character Lucy. She appeared in television commercials endorsing products such as Palmolive soap, Clearasil, Sunrise Coffee, Limca and Colgate toothpaste. In 1994, she made her breakthrough in films with ''Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa'', a commercial and critically acclaimed hit, o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as '' The Daily''. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, it was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. The ''Times'' has won 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national " newspaper of record". For print it is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the U.S. The paper is owned by the New York Times Company, which is publicly traded. It has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 1896, through a dual-class share structure after its shares became publicly traded. A. G. Sulzberger, the paper's publisher and the company's chairman, is the fifth generation of the family to head the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi
''Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi'' () is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Bela Bhansali Sehgal, starring Farah Khan, Boman Irani, Kavin Dave, Shammi, Kurush Deboo and Daisy Irani. The film takes its inspiration from the Persian poem Farhad and Shirin by Nizami Ganjavi, itself based on a story found in the Shahnameh. Plot Farhad Pastakia (Boman Irani) has a dream job as a bra-and-panty salesman. Except that he is a 45-year-old Parsi bachelor still living with his overbearing mother and grandmother. But it’s not like he’s stopped trying. Desperate to get him married, Farhad’s mother drags him to see women and even to embarrassing Parsi matrimony services. In the midst of all the daily humdrum, Farhad meets the woman of his dreams: Shirin Fugawala (Farah Khan), who drops by his store. Shirin, who works at the Parsi Trust, hits it off with Farhad from the start. Everything seems to be perfect and Farhad gets ready to introduce Shirin to his mothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya
''Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya'' () is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Mandeep Kumar and produced by Kumar S. Taurani. The film features the real-life couple Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D'Souza in lead roles. Diljit Dosanjh and Veena Malik appeared in guest roles. The film is inspired by the 1997 film ''A Life Less Ordinary''. ''Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya'' is jointly produced by Tips Industries and UTV Motion Pictures. It was based on Punjabi and Haryanavi culture. The film was released on 24 February 2012. It received positive response from critics and was declared a hit by Box Office India. The film was remade in Telugu in 2014 as '' Ra Ra... Krishnayya''. Plot Mini is a young woman who lives off her father Bhatti's money and wealth. She hates the term "marriage." However, she is still being forced to get married by her father to Sunny, a man from a wealthy family who just wants access to Mini's Canadian Green Card. Viren is a hard-working simpleton wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheila Ki Jawani
"Sheila Ki Jawani" () is an Indian Hindi-language song sung by Sunidhi Chauhan and Vishal Dadlani featuring Katrina Kaif along with Akshay Kumar in the 2010 Bollywood film ''Tees Maar Khan''. The music is composed by composer duo Vishal–Shekhar and the lyrics are penned by Dadlani and Shree Naeem Parkar of Harvit who originally penned the song in 1979 after he got married. The moves were choreographed by choreographer-director Farah Khan, who went on to win the Filmfare award for best choreography for the movie. The immense popularity of the song prompted many comparisons between the song and "Munni Badnaam Hui", from the 2010 movie ''Dabangg''. It has since become one of the most viewed Bollywood songs on YouTube with more than 200 million views to date. Influences Katrina Kaif stated that Farah Khan presented her with DVDs of Madhuri Dixit's movies, so that Katrina could concentrate on Dixit's dances. Kaif then stated that it helped her a lot. Kaif describes her performance i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tees Maar Khan (2010 Film)
''Tees maar khan'' is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language heist comedy film directed by Farah Khan. The film stars Akshay Kumar, Akshaye Khanna and Katrina Kaif. Salman Khan and Anil Kapoor make special appearances. ''Tees Maar Khan'' was released worldwide on 24 December 2010, during Christmas. The film was a moderate commercial success at the box office, and is today primarily remembered for Kaif's dance number Sheila Ki Jawani. The theatrical trailer and title song of the film were released on UTV Motion Pictures' YouTube channel on 4 August 2010 for promotional purposes. The trailer was premiered in theatres with Vipul Amrutlal Shah's romantic comedy ''Action Replayy'', also starring Kumar, and Rohit Shetty's action comedy ''Golmaal 3'' on 5 November 2010. The film, written by Kunder and his brother Ashmith, is an official remake of the 1966 Italian film '' After the Fox'', directed by Vittorio De Sica and written by Neil Simon and Cesare Zavattini. Derivation of the word Durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aladin (film)
''Aladin'' is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language fantasy action comedy film directed by Sujoy Ghosh. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Riteish Deshmukh and Jacqueline Fernandez (in her film debut). The film performed poorly at the box office. Plot The film opens with the family of archeologist Arun Chatterjee, who lives with his wife, Riya, and their baby son, Aladin. When out on a holiday, Arun is attacked by a gang searching for a magic lamp, which Chatterjee has found, but has hidden somewhere. Arun and Riya Chatterjee are murdered; Aladin is raised by his grandfather. After his granddad's death, a now grown-up Aladin Chatterjee (Ritesh Deshmukh) lives in the fictional city of Khwaish (wish). He is lonely, and Kasim (Sahil Khan) and his gang members have bullied Aladin since his childhood. His life changes when Jasmine (Jacqueline Fernandez) enters the city, and Aladin immediately falls for her. Jasmine arranges a birthday party for Aladin, and as a present, Kasim gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic
''Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic'' (English: ''A Little Love, A Little Magic'') is a 2008 Indian fantasy comedy-drama film with Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukerji in lead roles, and Rishi Kapoor and Ameesha Patel in supporting roles. The child artists include Akshat Chopra, Shriya Sharma, Rachit Sidana and Ayushi Burman. Directed, written and co-produced by Kunal Kohli, the film is produced and distributed by Yash Chopra and Aditya Chopra under their banner Yash Raj Films. Released on 27 June 2008 in India, it grossed ₹37.25 crores on a budget of ₹23 crores, and was deemed "flop" by Box Office India. It received generally mixed reviews, with praise for its performances and humor, but criticism for script and screenplay. Synopsis Ranbir Talwar (Saif Ali Khan), a leading industrialist in India, is lonely because he has lost everyone who is dear to him which include his childhood friend, who moves away, and his mother, who passes away, during his childhood. Due to distraction, he mistak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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