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Himanshu Sharma
Himanshu Sharma is an Indian film writer and producer who works in Hindi cinema. He is most well known as the writer of the ''Tanu Weds Manu series'' (2011 & 2015) and '' Raanjhanaa'' (2013), all of which were considered highly successful domestically. His screenwriting for the films was generally received with praise. Early life and education Himanshu Sharma was born to Jiwan Sharma, a U.P. Tourism officer and Shama Sharma in Lucknow. Himanshu did his schooling from Spring dale College, Lucknow and later moved to Kirori Mal College, Delhi for higher education, where he started taking part in theatre. Personal life Himanshu has one younger sister and a brother, and he was in a relationship with Bollywood actress Swara Bhaskar. In January 2021, Himanshu married Kanika Dhillon. Career He started his career with NDTV as script writer for a health show. Subsequently, he moved to Mumbai to pursue his career in serials and movies. He wrote the script for many TV serials like '' K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucknow
Lucknow (, ) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is also the second largest urban agglomeration in Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and division. Having a population of 2.8 million as per 2011 census, it is the eleventh most populous city and the twelfth-most populous urban agglomeration of India. Lucknow has always been a multicultural city that flourished as a North Indian cultural and artistic hub, and the seat of power of Nawabs in the 18th and 19th centuries. It continues to be an important centre of governance, administration, education, commerce, aerospace, finance, pharmaceuticals, technology, design, culture, tourism, music and poetry. The city stands at an elevation of approximately above sea level. Lucknow city had an area of till December 2019, when 88 villages were added to the municipal limits and the area increased to . Bounded on the east by Barabanki, on the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strangers (2007 Bollywood Film)
''Strangers'' is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language thriller film directed by Aanand L. Rai and starring Jimmy Sheirgill, Kay Kay Menon, Nandana Sen, Sonali Kulkarni. It is an adaptation of the 1951 Alfred Hitchcock film '' Strangers on a Train'', which was based on the 1950 novel ''Strangers on a Train'' by Patricia Highsmith. Synopsis Rahul, a flop writer, and Sanjeev Rai, a management professional giant, are travelling in business class compartment of train in England from Southampton to London. The claustrophobia of closed space and fact that they both are Indians binds them in chatting. The chatting gets more and more personal and they both learn that they are not happy with their married lives. Rai is living a miserable life. After his son's death, his wife Nandini is in state of madness. Likewise, Rahul is not respected by his wife Preity after crash of his ambitious career as writer. Rahul and Sanjeev Rai come to a mutual conclusion that the only way to get out of their pain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good Luck Jerry
''Good Luck Jerry'' is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language black comedy crime film directed by Debutant Sidharth Sengupta, written by Pankaj Matta and produced by Subaskaran Allirajah, Aanand L. Rai and Mahaveer Jain . A remake of the 2018 Tamil film ''Kolamaavu Kokila'', it stars Janhvi Kapoor as the titular lead alongside Deepak Dobriyal, Mita Vashisht, Neeraj Sood, and Sushant Singh in pivotal roles. The film premiered on 29 July 2022 on Disney+ Hotstar. Plot Jaya "Jerry" Kumari is a younger Bihari girl who lost her father during a stampede at a railway station and has since been living in a small town in Punjab, where she works in a massage parlour as an adult. Her mother Sharbati sells vegetable dumplings for a living and her little sister Chhaya "Cherry" Kumari is a student. Their unmarried neighbour, Anil, who secretly harbours feelings for Sharbati, is always supportive towards them and acts as a father figure to both Jerry and Cherry. Sharbati is unhappy about Jerry's j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haseen Dillruba
''Haseen Dillruba'' () is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language romantic thriller film directed by Vinil Mathew and written by Kanika Dhillon. It stars Taapsee Pannu, Vikrant Massey and Harshvardhan Rane. The film premiered on 2 July 2021 on Netflix. It received mixed reviews from critics. ''Haseen Dilruba'' emerged as the most-watched Hindi film on Netflix in 2021, reaching top 10 in 22 countries. Plot Rani, a housewife, is outside her home, feeding dogs, when her house suddenly explodes, presumably killing her husband, Rishab "Rishu" Saxena. The police find a body charred-beyond-recognition, with a severed hand which Rani identifies as Rishu's. The movie alternates between the past (narrated in flashback) and the present; the reality of the explosion is interwoven with the police investigation going on in the present-day. A flashback reveals the arranged marriage between the two, where he fell for her instantly, while she married him only because her boyfriend had abandoned her. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan
''Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan'' () is a 2020 Hindi-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Hitesh Kewalya and produced by Aanand L. Rai, Himanshu Sharma, Bhushan Kumar and Krishan Kumar under the banners Colour Yellow Productions and T-Series. A spiritual successor to the 2017 film '' Shubh Mangal Saavdhan'', whose script was also written by Kewalya, it stars Ayushmann Khurrana alongside Jitendra Kumar, Neena Gupta, Gajraj Rao and Maanvi Gagroo. The film tells the story of a gay man and his partner, who have trouble convincing the former's parents of their relation. Filming wrapped on 16 December 2019 in Varanasi and it was theatrically released in India on 21 February 2020. Plot Aman Tripathi, an advertiser is from an orthodox middle-class family in Allahabad. His family consists of his mother Sunaina—a housewife, father Shankar—a conservative agricultural scientist; aunt, uncle and cousins. Aman lives with his boyfriend, Kartik Singh, in Delhi. One ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laal Kaptaan
''Laal Kaptaan '' () is 2019 Indian Hindi-language epic western action drama film co-written and directed by Navdeep Singh. It was produced by Eros International and Aanand L Rai's Colour Yellow Productions. The film stars Saif Ali Khan as a bounty hunter called Gossain (a sadhu) who goes on a killing spree with the intention of exacting revenge upon a Subedar named Rahmat Khan, who is also being chased by the Marathas since he double crossed them and was trying to get away with their treasure. The film co-stars Manav Vij, Zoya Hussain and Deepak Dobriyal. The film was released theatrically in India on 18 October 2019. Plot In the late 18th century Bundelkhand, a warrior monk (called the Gossain) goes on a killing spree in a quest to find his arch-nemesis, the Rohilla chieftain, Rahmat Khan (currently in charge of the local fort of Munerghah), who has escaped with his convoy after looting treasure of his overlord Raja Hukum Singh Bundela (the looted treasure is tax due to Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meri Nimmo
''Meri Nimmo'' () is a 2018 Indian drama film directed by Rahul Ganore Shanklya and produced by Aanand L. Rai. The film stars Anjali Patil as Nimmo, and Karan Dave as Hemu, an eight-year-old boy who falls in love with a 24-year-old woman.It premiered at the 47th International Film Festival of India and the Mumbai Film Festival in 2017 where it earned critical praise. ''Meri Nimmo'' was released online digitally through Eros Now on 27 April 2018. Cast * Anjali Patil as Nimmo * Karan Dave as Hemu * Shalini Pandey as Nimmo's friend * Aryan Mishra as Matru * Sunayana Agarwal as Hemu's Mother * Amar Singh Parihar as Dulha (Bridegroom) * Sarika Nayak as Nimmo's ''Bua'' * Vivek Pandey as Nimmo's Father * Rana Pratap Sengar as Shailu * Anshul Thakur as Mahendra Soundtrack The soundtrack of ''Meri Nimmo'' consists of 3 songs composed by Krsna Solo and Mangesh Dhakde the lyrics of which have been written by Raj Shekhar. Reception Udita Jhunjhunwala of ''Firstpost'' called the film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Happy Phir Bhag Jayegi
''Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi'' (; ) is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Mudassar Aziz and produced by Aanand L. Rai and Krishika Lulla. The film is a sequel to the 2016 film ''Happy Bhag Jayegi''. It stars Diana Penty as the eponymous character from the first film and Sonakshi Sinha as her namesake. The production features an ensemble cast consisting of Penty, Sinha, Jimmy Sheirgill, Piyush Mishra, Ali Fazal, and Jassi Gill. The film was released on 24 August 2018 to mixed reviews from critics. Plot The film starts with Daman Singh Bagga and Usman Afridi being kidnapped by some Chinese goons and they're brought to Shanghai, China. Then the movie goes into a flashback. Happy and her husband Guddu go to Shanghai, China for a concert. A Botany professor, also named Happy, comes to Shanghai to join a university as a lecturer. At the airport the Chinese goons kidnap Happy 2 mistaking her for Happy 1. They take Happy 2 into custody and demand a contract as a ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manmarziyaan
''Manmarziyaan'' (; ), released internationally as ''Husband Material'', is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy drama film directed by Anurag Kashyap and written by Kanika Dhillon. Starring Abhishek Bachchan, Vicky Kaushal and Taapsee Pannu in lead roles. The film is jointly produced by Phantom Films and Aanand L. Rai's Colour Yellow Productions. ''Manmarziyaan'' began filming in February 2018. It is a love story set in Amritsar, Punjab, India. Principal photography wrapped up in April 2018. It premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival and was released in India on 14 September 2018 to positive reviews from critics. Plot Rumi (Taapsee Pannu), a young woman, is in love with Vicky (Vicky Kaushal), a part-time DJ. One day they are caught by Rumi’s family and pressure builds for them to get married. Rumi promises her family that Vicky will come with his parents to ask for her hand in marriage and if he doesn't show up, she will marry whomever her famil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shubh Mangal Savdhan (2017 Film)
''Shubh Mangal Saavdhan'' () is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by R. S. Prasanna and produced by Krishika Lulla and Aanand L. Rai. Starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Bhumi Pednekar, it is the remake of the director's own Tamil film ''Kalyana Samayal Saadham'' (2013). Released on 1 September 2017, the film revolves around Mudit Sharma, who is about to get married, on how he deals with his erectile dysfunction with his fiancé and family. At the 63rd Filmfare Awards, ''Shubh Mangal Saavdhan'' received 5 nominations, including Best Actor (Khurrana), Best Actress (Pednekar) and Best Supporting Actress (Pahwa). A spiritual successor titled ''Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan'', also starring Khurrana in the lead and Pednekar in a cameo appearance, was released on 21 February 2020. Plot The story is about Mudit Sharma ( Ayushmann Khurrana), a Delhi boy with a marketing job, and Sugandha Joshi (Bhumi Pednekar), a Gurgaon girl whom Mudit falls in love with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nil Battey Sannata
''Nil Battey Sannata'' (; slang for "Good For Nothing"), released internationally as ''The New Classmate'', is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language comedy drama film directed by Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari in her feature debut. Produced by Aanand L. Rai, Ajay Rai, and Alan McAlex under the banners of Colour Yellow Productions and JAR Pictures, the film was co-written by Iyer, Neeraj Singh, Pranjal Choudhary, and Nitesh Tiwari. Swara Bhaskar starred as Chanda Sahay, a high-school drop-out household maid and single mother of a sullen young girl named Apeksha, played by Riya Shukla. The film's theme is a person's right to dream and change their lives, irrespective of social status. Released in India on 22 April 2016, ''Nil Battey Sannata'' was distributed by Eros International and garnered critical and audience acclaim. Reviewers praised most aspects of the production, especially its narrative and realism, and the performances of the cast, Bhaskar's in particular. At the 62nd Filmfare Awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Happy Bhag Jayegi
''Happy Bhag Jayegi'' () is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film, written and directed by Mudassar Aziz, and produced by Aanand L. Rai and Krishika Lulla. It stars Diana Penty as the eponymous character; a free-spirited bride-to-be from Amritsar who runs away from her wedding ceremony and inadvertently arrives in Lahore, Pakistan. The production features an ensemble cast consisting of Penty, Abhay Deol, Jimmy Sheirgill, Ali Fazal, and Momal Sheikh. Aziz began writing for the film in 2012 and later approached Rai to produce it. ''Happy Bhag Jayegi'' was conceived as a "cross-border" romantic comedy and was originally titled ''Dolly Lahore Mein''. Although a large part of the film is set in Lahore, the film was primarily shot in Chandigarh and Amritsar with Saurabh Goswami working as the director of photography. The film featured Pakistani actors Javed Sheikh and his daughter Momal Sheikh. The film is Momal Sheikh's Bollywood debut. The music for ''Happy Bhag Jayegi' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
