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John Day (film)
''John Day'' is 2013 Hindi thriller film directed by Ahishor Solomon and produced by K Asif, Anjum Rizvi and Aatif Khan. The film features Naseeruddin Shah, Randeep Hooda, Vipin Sharma, Shernaz Patel as main characters. It is an unofficial remake of the Spanish thriller ''Box 507''. Plot John Day is a bank manager of Royal Citizen Co-operative Bank and lives with his wife Maria Day. The couple has recently lost their only daughter Pearl in a forest fire while she was on a trip with her boyfriend Kanishk. Maria is always depressed and never opens up with anyone. One day when John is away for office work, a courier-boy enters the house and takes Maria as a captive. He then calls up John informing him about his wife is a hostage, and tells him that a man will visit him at his bank and John has to do his work. It is shown that actually, it was a planned bank heist where the visitor gagged John, opened up the cash locker and fled. Meanwhile, the kidnapper hammered Maria causing he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naseeruddin Shah
Naseeruddin Shah (born 20 July 1950) is an Indian actor. He is notable in Indian parallel cinema. He has also starred in international productions. He has won numerous awards in his career, including three National Film Awards, three Filmfare Awards and the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri and the Padma Bhushan awards for his contributions to Indian cinema. Early life Naseeruddin Shah was born on 20 July 1950 in Barabanki town, Uttar Pradesh, into a Nawab family. Shah did his schooling at St. Anselm's Ajmer and St Joseph's College, Nainital. He graduated in arts from Aligarh Muslim University in 1971 and attended National School of Drama in Delhi. His elder brother, Lt. General Zameerud-din Shah (Retd.) PVSM, SM, VSM, was Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University. Career Shah has acted in movies such as '' Nishant'', '' Aakrosh'', '' Sparsh'', ''Mirch Masala'', ''Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sujata Thakkar
Sujata or Sujatha may refer to: People *Sujata (name), a Hindu/Sanskrit Indian feminine given name ''includes list of name-holders'' Persons known by the single name *Sujatha (actress) (1952-2011), Indian actress * Sujata (actress) ( 1963–1980), Bangladeshi film actress * Sujata of Sujata and seven types of wives, in the Buddha's teaching * Sujata (milkmaid), who is said to have fed milk and rice to Gautama Buddha * Sujata, a name of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi * Sujā, or Sujātā, is queen of the Heaven of the Thirty-Three in Theravada Buddhism Persons with the given name * Alisha Chinai (born Sujatha Chinai; 1965), Indian singer * Sujatha Mohan (born 1955), South Indian playback singer, known professionally as Sujatha * Sujatha (writer) (1935–2008), Tamil author Persons with the surname *C. S. Sujatha (born 1965), Indian politician Films/series * ''Sujatha'' (1953 film), directed by T. Sundaram, D. V. Chari. * ''Sujata'' (1959 film), directed by Bimal Roy. * ''Sujath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asif Akhtar
'' Ackley Bridge'' is a British television drama series that follows the lives of the staff and pupils at the fictional multi-cultural academy school Ackley Bridge College. Series one features the debuts of friends Missy Booth ( Poppy Lee Friar) and Nasreen Paracha ( Amy-Leigh Hickman), headteacher Mandy Carter ( Jo Joyner) and her husband Steve Bell ( Paul Nicholls), school cook Kaneez Paracha ( Sunetra Sarker), English teacher Emma Keane ( Liz White) and her daughter Chloe Voyle (Fern Deacon), school sponsor Sadiq Nawaz (Adil Ray) and his children Alya (Maariah Hussain) and Riz (Nohail Mohammed), brothers Jordan ( Samuel Bottomley) and Cory Wilson (Sam Retford), school receptionist Lorraine Bird ( Lorraine Cheshire), science teacher Lila Shariff (Anneika Rose), head of pastoral care Samir Qureshi ( Arsher Ali), PE teacher Will Simpson (Tom Varey), Missy's mother Simone (Samantha Power) and grandmother Julie 'Nana' Booth ( Rita May) and students Hayley Booth (Cody ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diwakar Prasad
Diwakar Prasad is an Indian former amateur boxer. He qualified to compete in the bantamweight division (54 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece after losing in the finals of the 2nd AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Karachi, Pakistan to Thailand's Worapoj Petchkoom. In the 2004 Olympics he lost in the second round to Nigeria's Nestor Bolum and came joint 9th. Other notable achievements include: * 2003 Asian Olympic Qualifier - Bronze * 2003 Commonwealth Boxing Championship - Bronze * 2004 SAFF Games - Bronze * 2006 Grand Prix Boxing - Silver * 2009 56th Senior National Boxing Championship at Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India ... - Bronze * 2010 Sahara 57th Senior National Boxing C'ship at Talkatora Indoor Stadium - Bronze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazneen Madan
Nazneen is an Indian Bollywood actress who was active in the 1970s and 1980s. She was born on (23 February 1958) in Kolkata and studied in Lucknow before moving to Mumbai with her parents. She was cast in ''Sa-Re-Ga-Ma-Pa'' (1972) after meeting an assistant to director Satyen Bose at a party. She subsequently played in the hit movies '' Kora Kagaz'' (1974), '' Chalte Chalte'' (1976) and ''Dildaar'' (1977). Nazneen starred in the hit television series '' Mahabharat'' produced by B.R Chopra as Kunti, the mother of the Pandava brothers. Early life Nazneen was born into a Muslim family. Her father owned a printing press. She did her schooling from Hill Grange High School. Actress Neetu Singh went to the same school as her. Neetu would invite her to her mother’s flat for lunch. Career At a party hosted by a relative of hers, producer Yusuf Teendarwajawalla, who made '' Mere Humsafar'' (1970), and director Satyen Bose offered her a role in ''Sa-Re-Ga-Ma-Pa'' (1972), which he d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amaan
Mustaʾmīn or Musta'man ( ar, مستأمن) is a historical Islamic term for a non-Muslim foreigner temporarily residing in Muslim lands with and ''aman'' or guarantee of short-term safe-conduct ('' aman mu'aqqat'') affording the protected status of dhimmis (non-Muslim subjects permanently living in a Muslim-ruled land) without the payment of jizya.Khadduri p. 163 Merchants, messengers, students and other groups could be given an ''aman'', while foreign envoys and emissaries were automatically protected. Types of safe-conducts The short-term safe-conduct can be personal or general: * Personal aman (''khass'') can be granted by any sane and mature Muslim to one or a group of non-Muslim foreigners (''harbis'').Yakoob, Mir p. 109 * General aman (amm'') can be granted only by the caliph or his deputy to an unspecified number of harbis. The term is valid up to one year for the musta'min, along with his minor children and all the women related to him. Many Hanbalite jurists allow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanvi Sharma
Shanvi Srivastava (born 8 December 1993) is an Indian actress and model who works predominantly in Kannada films and a few Telugu and Malayalam films. Early life Srivastava was born on 8 December 1993, in Varanasi, she did her schooling at Children College Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh and graduation at the Thakur College of Science and Commerce in Mumbai and completed her B.Com degree in 2016. Srivastava has one elder brother and one elder sister, actress Vidisha Srivastava. Career Srivastava made her debut in 2012 in B. Jaya's '' Lovely'' while she was still studying. In her second Telugu film '' Adda'' she was seen as a fashion designing student and her performance was well received by critics. The Times of India wrote, "In the lengthy role that she has, Shanvi gets all her expressions right". She was then signed by Ram Gopal Varma to play a brief role as Vishnu Manchu's romantic interest in his Telugu political drama '' Rowdy''. In 2014, she made her Kannada debut with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taran Bajaj
Taran Bajaj is an Indian casting director, actor and film producer who has worked as an associate casting director in films like Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, Fukrey. Jazbaa, Thuppakki, Mausam (2011 film) etc. Bajaj first film as individual casting director was Wedding Pullav. Taran first time came to Mumbai in 2006 and to act in the play ''Bharat Ke Shahedo Tumhe Naman'' that was put up by actor Jaya Bachchan’s organisation Yuvak Biradri. Taran played the roles of Bhagat Singh, Kartar Singh and Udham Singh in the play. Taran shifted to Mumbai in 2009 and started his career as associate Casting Director and later on he started his acting career with Love Sex Aur Dhokha in 2010. Taran acted in films like Junooniyat, Udta Punjab, Jazbaa, John Day (film), Zanjeer (2013 film), Love Shagun Taran have also worked as casting director In the performing arts industry such as theatre, film, or television, casting, or a casting call, is a pre-production process for selecting a certa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akhilesh Tiwari
Akhilesh is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Akhilesh Das (1961–2017), educationist, professor, Indian politician and philanthropist *Akhilesh K. Gaharwar (born 1982), Indian academic and Professor at Texas A&M University *Akhilesh Jaiswal (born 1986), Indian film director and screenwriter *Akhilesh Reddy, British physician-scientist at the Francis Crick Institute in London *Akhilesh Sahani (born 1994), Indian cricketer *Akhilesh Prasad Singh (born 1962), Indian politician and former Member of parliament of the 14th Lok Sabha *Akhilesh Pratap Singh, Indian politician and a member of the 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh *Akhilesh Pati Tripathi, Indian politician belonging to Aam Aadmi Party *Akhilesh Kumar Tyagi Akhilesh Kumar Tyagi (born 15 May 1956) is an Indian plant biologist and the former director of National Institute of Plant Genome Research. Known for his studies on plant genomics and biotechnology, Tyagi is an elected fellow of all the th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravi Singh (actor) (born 1940), Indian industrialist and politician
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Ravi Singh may refer to: * Ravi Singh (businessman), Indian-American entrepreneur, author, and former politician * Ravi Singh (humanitarian) (born 1969), British-Indian humanitarian * Ravi Singh (cricketer) (born 1974), Indian-born cricketer * Ravi Inder Singh (born 1987), Indian cricketer * Ravi Inder Singh (industrialist) Sardar Ravi Inder Singh Dummna (born 23 March 1940) is an industrialist, former Speaker of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha and a five time M.L.A. from Morinda. He is an engineering graduate from I.I.T. Kharagpur & an M.B.A. from Harvard University. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavel Gulati
Pavel (Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian and Macedonian: Павел, Czech, Slovene, Romanian: Pavel, Polish: Paweł, Ukrainian: Павло, Pavlo) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul (derived from the Greek Pavlos). Pavel may refer to: People Given name *Pavel I of Russia (1754–1801), Emperor of Russia *Paweł Tuchlin (1946–1987), Polish serial killer *Pavel (film director), an Indian Bengali film director * Surname * Ágoston Pável (1886–1946), Hungarian Slovene writer, poet, ethnologist, linguist and historian * Andrei Pavel (born 1974), Romanian tennis coach and former professional tennis player * Claudia Pavel (born 1984), Romanian pop singer and dancer also known as Claudia Cream *Elisabeth Pavel (born 1990), Romanian basketball player *Ernst Pavel, Romanian sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1970s * Harry Pavel (born 1951), German wheelchair curler, 2018 Winter Paralympian * Marcel Pavel (born 1959), Romanian folk singer * P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
