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Harjeeta
''Harjeeta'' is a 2018 Indian Punjabi-language sports-drama film written by Jagdeep Sidhu and directed by Vijay Kumar Arora. Co-produced by Sizzlen Productions, Malika Productions, Omjee Group, and Villagers Film Studio; it stars Ammy Virk, Sawan Rupowali, Sameep Ranaut, and Pankaj Tripathi. The film chronicles the story of Harjeet Singh, a field hockey player raised from poor family and captained Indian team in Junior World Cup. The film was released on 18 May 2018. The film got positive reviews from critics but was a commercially unsuccessful. ''Harjeeta'' won two National Film Awards for Best Punjabi Film and Best Child Actor (Ranaut). Plot Raised in a poor, dysfunctional home, a young man Harjeet Singh (Ammy Virk) dreams of winning the World Cup in field hockey. The film starts out in a Kabaddi field, where Harjeet Singh, lovingly called Tully by his friends and family, is clearly the star player and captain of his Kabaddi team. His father, whom Harjeet affectionately ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sameep Ranaut
Sameep Singh Ranaut is an Indian actor from Punjab. He is best known for his child roles as young Harjeet Singh in ''Harjeeta'' and Gagan in '' Uda Aida''. He also won Best Child Artist award at 66th National Film Awards for his debut role in ''Harjeeta''. Career Ranaut made his acting debut with the film ''Harjeeta'' (2018). He did not give any auditions for the film in fact he was discovered by Sawan Rupowali playing hockey where she recorded Ranaut's audition clip. Filmography Awards and nominations * Won Best Child Artist award at 66th National Film Awards for ''Harjeeta ''Harjeeta'' is a 2018 Indian Punjabi-language sports-drama film written by Jagdeep Sidhu and directed by Vijay Kumar Arora. Co-produced by Sizzlen Productions, Malika Productions, Omjee Group, and Villagers Film Studio; it stars Ammy Virk, Sa ...'' (2018) References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ranaut, Sameep Best Child Artist National Film Award winners Year of birth mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ammy Virk
Amninderpal Singh Virk, better known as Ammy Virk, is an Indian singer, actor and producer associated with Punjabi Music and subsequently in Punjabi and Hindi films. He started the production house Villagers Film Studio and a distribution company In House Group. He is best known for playing the role of Nikka in ''Nikka Zaildar'' series, Shivjit in ''Qismat & Qismat 2'', Harjeet Singh in '' Harjeeta'', and Haakam in ''Angrej''. He started his acting career with the role of Hakam in the historical romance Punjabi film ''Angrej'' (2015) for which he won Best Debut Actor Award at PTC Punjabi Film Awards. Also, he had starred in other films including Bambukat, Ardaas, ''Nikka Zaildar'', Laung Laachi and ''Qismat''. Gurnaaz Kaur of The Tribune described Virk as Nikka as one of the most loved characters of Punjabi cinema. He is known for his Patiala-Shahi turban. His films ''Angrej'' and ''Qismat'' are two of the highest grossing Punjabi films of all time. He made his Bollywood debut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mannat Noor
Kelmash Devi, better known as Mannat Noor, (born 10 December 1991) is an Indian singer singing primarily in the Punjabi language. She has sung songs for films including ''Laung Laachi'', '' Carry On Jatta 2'', ''Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety'' and National Award winning '' Harjeeta''. Her song Laung Laachi is the first Indian song to reach 1 billion views on YouTube. Career Career Beginnings After completing her schooling from Jammu, she moved to Chandigarh but didn't get to perform on the college stage. Famous music director Gurmeet Singh was in her contact already through whom she got to meet Paviter Pitta, a well known songwriter in the industry. At the same time he was looking for a new talent for his songs and through Gurmeet Singh he met Mannat whose magical voice sealed the deal for him. He would later go on to pen many of her songs including her official debut single which was "Sari Raat Nachna", December 2015. The song's music was given by R Guru. This was not really her first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villagers Film Studio
Villagers Film Studio Private Limited is an Indian film production company founded by Ammy Virk and his brother Bhagwant Virk in 2017. Villagers Film Studio began to produce films in 2018 with Laung Laachi followed by Harjeeta and Guddiyan Patole. History Villagers Film Studio was founded by Ammy Virk, Bhagwant Virk, and Nav Virk on 17 November 2017 in Chandigarh, India. Studio began to produce films in 2018 with Laung Laachi. The film was directed by Amberdeep Singh and starred Amberdeep Singh, Neeru Bajwa, and Ammy Virk in lead roles. The film plots the story of a newly married man who shares an unusual relationship with his wife as they decide to live separately as strangers. He sets out to win her heart. The film was commercial success with its music getting most appreciation; it was one of highest-grossing Punjabi films of 2018. The title song of the film sung by Mannat Noor is viewed over 800 million times on YouTube making it most-viewed Indian song of all time. At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pukhraj Bhalla
Pukhraj Bhalla is an Indian-Punjabi actor and singer. He is the son of comedian-actor Jaswinder Bhalla. He is best known for the web-series '' Yaar Jigree Kasooti Degree'' directed by ''Rabby Tiwana''. Career Pukhraj who made his debut in Pollywood with "Stupid 7″ in 2013 has been already seen unveiling his prowess in acting skills in supporting roles in movies '' Golak Bugni Bank Te Batua'', ''Vaisakhi List'', ''Harjeeta'' and '' Afsar''. Now it is going to be really enthralling for his fans to see him performing as a lead actor. The popular Punjabi web-series "Yaar Jigree Kasooti Degree" did not only make its audience re-live their lively college days but it also helped Pukhraj. The webseries decpicted real acting powress of Pukhraj. He is the son of ace comedian of Punjabi industry Jaswinder Bhalla Jaswinder Bhalla (born 4 May 1960) is an Indian actor and comedian who works in Punjabi cinema. He started his professional career as a comedian in 1988 with Chankata 88 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amberdeep Singh
Amberdeep Singh is an Indian actor, director, screenwriter and producer associated with Punjabi films. Life and career Singh did his schooling at Government Senior Secondary School in Abohar and then studied B. Com at DAV College, Abohar. After that he pursued a master's degree in Theatre and television from Punjabi University, Patiala before moving to Mumbai in 2001. His father is a journalist. Singh in an interview disclosed he went to become an actor and ended up writing dialogues and scripts for comedy shows. He has worked in Comedy Nights with Kapil and Comedy Circus for a long time. He has won 5 awards for his direction, screenwriting and stories. In 2015, he won the best screenplay award at PTC Punjabi Film Awards for writing the screenplay of Goreyan Nu Daffa Karo. In 2016, he won 2 awards for Angrej including best screenplay and best story. In 2018, he won Best Debut Director award at Filmfare Punjabi Awards and Best Director Award at PTC Film Awards for his directo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
66th National Film Awards
The 66th National Film Awards ceremony was the award ceremony which took place in 2019 to honour the best films of 2018, in the Indian cinema. The declaration of awards was delayed due to 2019 Indian general election. Selection process The Directorate of Film Festivals invited online entries and the acceptable last date for entries was until 22 January 2019. Feature and Non-Feature Films certified by Central Board of Film Certification between 1 January 2018, and 31 December 2018, were eligible for the film award categories. Books, critical studies, reviews or articles on cinema published in Indian newspapers, magazines, and journals between 1 January 2018, and 31 December 2018, were eligible for the best writing on cinema section. Entries of dubbed, revised or copied versions of a film or translation, abridgements, edited or annotated works and reprints were ineligible for the awards. For the Feature and Non-Feature Films sections, films in any Indian language, shot on 16 m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Film Award For Best Child Artist
The National Film Award for Best Child Artist is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Silver Lotus (Rajat Kamal). The award was instituted in 1968, at 16th National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. The actors whose performances have won awards have worked in eleven major languages. Hindi (24 awards), Tamil (13 awards), Malayalam (13 awards), Marathi (9 awards), Kannada (7 awards), Bengali (6 awards), Telugu (3 awards), Meitei (1 award), Konkani (1 award), Assamese (1 award), Oriya (1 award). Winners Award includes 'Silver Lotus' (Rajat Kamal) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years: References External links Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, IndiaNat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jagdeep Sidhu
Jagdeep Sidhu is an Indian film director, writer, screenwriter and dialogue writer associated with Punjabi and Hindi cinema. He has been nominated for seven awards for categories "Best Screenplay", "Dialogue", and "Direction" PTC Punjabi Film Awards, winning one "Best Debut Director" for the film ''Qismat'' (2019) and has been nominated for five Filmfare Awards Punjabi Filmfare Awards Punjabi are presented to the best films and performers in Punjabi cinema. The Awards were first presented in 2017. History The awards were first awarded in 2017 for Punjabi films of 2016. The ceremony was held on 31 March 20 .... Filmography Awards and nominations References External links * Living people Punjabi-language film directors Punjabi screenwriters 1983 births {{India-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pankaj Tripathi
Pankaj Tripathi (Birth name, né Tiwari; born 5 September 1976) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi cinema and has also appeared in Telugu cinema, Telugu and Tamil cinema, Tamil language films. Tripathi has established himself as one of the notable actors of Hindi cinema. He is the recipient of several awards, including a National Film Award, a Filmfare Award, a Screen Award, and an IIFA Award. Born in Gopalganj District, India, Gopalganj, Bihar, Tripathi got more attracted to art in Patna where he was doing his higher studies. He enrolled himself in the National School of Drama in 2001, from where he graduated and moved to Mumbai in 2004. Tripathi did an uncredited role in the film ''Run (2004 film), Run'' (2004) and did several minor roles in films such as ''Raavan (2010 Hindi film), Raavan'' (2010) and ''Agneepath (2012 film), Agneepath'' (2012) and in some television series including ''Powder (TV series), Powder''. Tripathi rose to fame with his role as Sultan in Anurag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punjabi Language
Punjabi (; ; , ), sometimes spelled Panjabi, is an Indo-Aryan language of the Punjab region of Pakistan and India. It has approximately 113 million native speakers. Punjabi is the most widely-spoken first language in Pakistan, with 80.5 million native speakers as per the 2017 census, and the 11th most widely-spoken in India, with 31.1 million native speakers, as per the 2011 census. The language is spoken among a significant overseas diaspora, particularly in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. In Pakistan, Punjabi is written using the Shahmukhi alphabet, based on the Perso-Arabic script; in India, it is written using the Gurmukhi alphabet, based on the Indic scripts. Punjabi is unusual among the Indo-Aryan languages and the broader Indo-European language family in its usage of lexical tone. History Etymology The word ''Punjabi'' (sometimes spelled ''Panjabi'') has been derived from the word ''Panj-āb'', Persian for 'Five Waters', referring to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
''The Tribune'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper published from Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Bathinda, Chandigarh and New Delhi. It was founded on 2 February 1881, in Lahore, Punjab (now in Pakistan), by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a philanthropist, and is run by a trust comprising five persons as trustees. It is a major Indian newspaper with a worldwide circulation. In India, it is among the leading English daily for Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and the Union Territory of Chandigarh. The present Editor-in-Chief of ''The Tribune'' is Rajesh Ramachandran. Previously he was editor-in-chief of ''Outlook'' magazine. Ramachandran succeeded Harish Khare, who was appointed editor-in-chief of the Tribune Group of newspapers on 1 June 2015, serving until 15 March 2018. ''The Tribune'' has two sister publications: ''Dainik Tribune'' (in Hindi) and ''Punjabi Tribune'' (in Punjabi). Naresh Kaushal, an eminent name in the field of Journalism in North India is the Edi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
