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Hawaizaada
''Hawaizaada'' () is a 2015 Indian Hindi drama film written, directed and produced by Vibhu Puri along with Reliance Entertainment. Inspired by the biography of Shivkar Bapuji Talpade, the film stars Ayushmann Khurrana, Mithun Chakraborty and Pallavi Sharda. Talpade, a resident of Bombay, is claimed to have constructed and flown an Unmanned aerial vehicle, unmanned, Aircraft#Heavier than air, heavier-than-air aircraft in 1895. Contemporary accounts of a successful flight do not exist, and no reliable historical records document its existence. The film depicts Talpade successfully conducting a manned flight. It was released on 30 January 2015. The film was declared tax-free in Uttar Pradesh. Plot During the era of the British Raj, a happy-go-lucky school drop-out named Shivkar Bapuji Talpade (Ayushmann Khurrana), a.k.a. Shivi, falls in love with a local stage dancer named Sitara (Pallavi Sharda). This makes Shivi's father throw him out of the house. Shivi bumps into a crazy scienti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pallavi Sharda
Pallavi Sharda (born 5 March 1990) is an Australian actress of Indian descent, and a classical Indian Bharathanatyam dancer. Her film credits include Oscar nominated film ''Lion'' (2016), Bollywood films ''Begum Jaan'' (2017) and ''Hawaizaada'' (2015), and comedy Australian film '' Save Your Legs!'' (2012) and Les Norton, Australian teleseries. She has worked in Hindi films like ''My Name Is Khan'', ''Dus Tola'', '' Besharam'', ''Hawaizaada'', and ''Begum Jaan''. In 2021, Sharda starred in ''Tom & Jerry.'' Her latest release is the 2022 rom-com '' Wedding Season'' with Suraj Sharma. Early life Sharda was born in an Indian family in Perth, Western Australia to Hema Sharda, and Nalin Kant Sharda. Both her parents are IIT alumni and have PhDs in science and engineering. They migrated to Australia in the 1980s before she was born. Sharda came to Melbourne as a toddler where she grew up in the outer north-western suburbs. She went to school at Lowther Hall in Essendon where she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vibhu Puri
Vibhu Puri is an Indian film director, writer and lyricist. A gold medalist from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Vibhu Puri's debut feature as a director and producer, ''Hawaizaada'', featuring Mithun Chakraborty and Ayushmann Khurrana. It is the untold story of Shivkar Bapuji Talpade, who is claimed to have been the first to build a plane. In January 2015, the film opened to great reviews by critics, though it did not make a huge impact at the box office. Before making his feature, Puri assisted Sanjay Leela Bhansali on various feature films. He also wrote ''Saawariya'', '' Guzaarish'' and ''Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi'', all made by SLB Films. To add to it, Puri also penned songs for ''Guzaarish'' and ''Hawaizaada''. He also assisted Vishal Bharadwaj on ''The Blue Umbrella''. In the world of advertising, he started off as a writer in Contract Delhi before getting into filmmaking. In the last three years, he has been directing commercials. He has di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shivkar Bapuji Talpade
Shivkar Bāpuji Talpade (1864 – 1916) was an Indian instructor in the Sir JJ School of Art with an interest in Sanskrit and in aviation. He lived in Mumbai, and is claimed to have constructed and flown an unmanned, heavier-than-air aircraft in 1895. Contemporary accounts of a successful flight do not exist, and no reliable historical records document its existence. Biography Talpade was born in South Bombay (present-day Mumbai), in a Pathare Prabhu family. The year of his birth has been reported as 1864. Talpade worked as a technical instructor in the art and craft department of Sir JJ School of Art. He was a member of the Arya Samaj. According to Prathap Velkar, an author who studied Talpade, he had an interest in studying Sanskrit. Talpade had one son, who remained childless; Talpade therefore left no direct descendants. Talpade's aircraft Talpade is reputed to have constructed an unmanned, heavier-than-air aircraft, named ''Marutsakhā'', and flown it above Bomba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rochak Kohli
Rochak Kohli is an Indian music director for Bollywood films. He made his music debut in Shoojit Sircar's romantic comedy ''Vicky Donor'' with ''Pani Da Rang''. The song was made in collaboration with Ayushmann Khurrana, the lead of the film. "Pani da rang" won the best song of 2012 at the Global Indian Music Academy Awards, MTV Video Music Awards and Big Star Entertainment awards. The song also won the best "Music and Lyrics Debut" at the Mirchi Music Awards ''Mirchi Music Awards'' are presented annually by ''Radio Mirchi'' to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Hindi language film music industry of India. The awards, given in seventeen different categories, were in .... His 2017 releases were ''Pal'', ''Tanha Begum'' and ''Meer-e-Karwaan''. Kohli is former national creative head of the radio station BIG FM 92.7. Discography Non-film songs Awards and nominations References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kohli, Rochak Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaimānika Shāstra
The ''Vaimānika Śāstra'' (, lit. "shastra on the topic of Vimanas"; or "science of aeronautics", sometimes also rendered ''Vimanika, Vymanika, Vyamanika'') is an early 20th-century text in Sanskrit. It makes the claim that the '' vimānas'' mentioned in ancient Sanskrit epics were advanced aerodynamic flying vehicles. The existence of the text was revealed in 1952 by G. R. Josyer who asserted that it was written by Pandit Subbaraya Shastry (1866–1940), who dictated it during the years 1918–1923. A Hindi translation was published in 1959, while the Sanskrit text with an English translation was published in 1973. It contains 3000 shlokas in 8 chapters which Shastry claimed was psychically delivered to him by the ancient Hindu sage Bharadvaja. The text has gained favour among proponents of ancient astronauts. A study by aeronautical and mechanical engineering researchers at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, in 1974 concluded that the aircraft described i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mithun Chakraborty
Mithun Chakraborty (born Gouranga Chakraborty; 16 June 1950) is an Indian actor, producer and politician who predominantly worked in Hindi and Bengali language films. He is a former Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament. He is the recipient of three National Film Awards and two Filmfare Awards for his acting performance. Chakraborty made his acting debut with the art house drama ''Mrigayaa'' (1976), for which he won his first National Film Award for Best Actor. Chakraborty played Jimmy in the 1982 film ''Disco Dancer'', which was commercially successful in India and the Soviet Union, the first film in India to gross Rs.100 crore. Besides ''Disco Dancer'', Chakraborty is also remembered for his performance in films such as ''Surakksha'', ''Sahhas'', ''Wardat'', '' Wanted'', ''Boxer'', ''Pyar Jhukta Nahin'', ''Pyari Behna'', ''Avinash'', '' Dance Dance'', '' Prem Pratigyaa'', '' Mujrim'', '' Agneepath'', ''Yugandhar'', '' The Don'', and ''Jallaad''. In 1991, he won the Filmfare Award f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monty Sharma
Monty Sharma (born 17 April 1970) is a music composer from India scoring music for Bollywood. He is popular for being the background music composer for ''Black'' (2005), '' Ram-Leela'' (2013) and music director for ''Saawariya'' (2007). He is cousin of composer Mithoon & nephew of famous music composer Pyarelal Sharma of popular Indian music composer duo Laxmikant–Pyarelal. Early life Monty Sharma was born on 17 April 1970 in Mumbai. He started learning music at the age of five and had the opportunity to learn under the guidance of his grand father Pandit Ram Prasad Sharma. Monty is nephew of Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma of Laxmikant-Pyarelal fame. Monty started his career as a professional keyboard player with Laxmikant-Pyarelal for the film Mr. India at the age of sixteen. He worked with all the well known music directors such as Laxmikant Pyeralal, R.D. Burman, Rajesh Roshan, Nadeem Shravan, Jatin–Lalit, Ismail Darbar, Sanjeev Darshan for many bollywood films. He was a mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vishal Bhardwaj
Vishal Bhardwaj (born 4 August 1965) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, music composer and playback singer. He is known for his work in Hindi cinema, and is the recipient of seven National Film Awards and a Filmfare Award. Bhardwaj made his debut as a music composer with the children's film ''Abhay (The Fearless)'' (1995), and received wider recognition with his compositions in Gulzar's ''Maachis'' (1996). He received the Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent for the latter. He went on to compose music for the films ''Satya (1998 film), Satya'' (1998) and ''Godmother (film), Godmother'' (1999). For the latter, he garnered the National Film Award for Best Music Direction. Bhardwaj made his directorial debut with the children's film ''Makdee'' (2002), for which he also composed the music. He garnered critical acclaim and several accolades for writing and directing the Indian adaptations of three tragedies by William Shakespeare: ''Maqbool'' (2003) from ''M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reliance Entertainment
Reliance Entertainment Pvt Ltd is an Indian media and entertainment company. It is a division of Reliance Group, handling its media and entertainment business, across content and distribution platforms. The company was founded on 15 February 2005, as two entities, namely Reliance Big Entertainment and BIG Pictures. Four years later the two companies were merged into Reliance BIG Pictures in 2009, and the company's name was changed to Reliance Entertainment the following year. The key content initiatives are across movies, music, sports, gaming, Internet & mobile portals, leading to direct opportunities in delivery across the emerging digital distribution platforms: digital cinema, IPTV, DTH and mobile TV. Subsidiaries Current * Storyteller Holding Co., LLC ( Amblin Partners) (investor, 20%) ** Amblin Entertainment – Family-Friendly Label ** DreamWorks Pictures – Mature Label ** Amblin Television – Television Division ** Storyteller Distribution Co. LLC – Copyright ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jayant Kripalani
Jayant Kripalani is an Indian film, television and stage actor, director and trainer. He is most known for his role in the TV series, like '' Khandaan'', ''Mr. Mrs'' and ''Ji Mantriji'' (2003). He also wrote the screenplay for Shyam Benegal's film, ''Well Done Abba'' (2009). He was noted for his performance in ''The Hungry'' (2017) that is based on the adaptation of William Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus. He performed in ''Ji Mantri Ji'', the well-known star plus comedy series in years 2000 to 2002. Early life and education He graduated from Jadavpur University with a degree in English literature. Career He has worked at JWT, Grant Kenyon & Eckhardt and as senior creative director with RK Swamy BBDO. He was one of the first small-screen stars in India featuring in the 1980s TV serials like ''Khandan'', as well as an appearance in the horror anthology series ''Aahat'' as a vampire, ''Mr. Mrs'' and later in ''Ji Mantriji'' (2003), the Indian adaptation of BBC's satirical sitcom, ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMDb
IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. It is now owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes) and million person records. Additionally, the site had 83 million registered users. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. Features The title and talent ''pages'' of IMDb are accessible to all users, but only registered and logged-in users can submit new material and suggest edits to existing entries. Most of the site's data has been provided by these volunteers. Registered users with a prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ariyan Jibon
Aryan ( fa, آريان, also Romanized as Āryān, Āriyān, and Aryān) is a village in Paygelan Rural District, in the Central District of Sarvabad County, Kurdistan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 489, in 119 families. The village is populated by Kurds ug:كۇردلار Kurds ( ku, کورد ,Kurd, italic=yes, rtl=yes) or Kurdish people are an Iranian ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Ir .... References Towns and villages in Sarvabad County Kurdish settlements in Kurdistan Province {{Sarvabad-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
