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John Matthew Matthan
John Mathew Matthan (also John Mathew Mathan/John Mathew) is an Indian filmmaker from the southern state of Kerala. He is known for his 1999 Bollywood film '' Sarfarosh'', starring Aamir Khan and Naseeruddin Shah Film career John started his career as an assistant director on the epic movie ''Gandhi'', directed by Sir Richard Attenborough. Also working on ''Gandhi'' was Govind Nihlani, who Matthan would later assist for several films before shifting to directing advertisements. In the early 1990s, Matthan started his own production company in Mahalaxmi, Mumbai called Cinematt Pictures Pvt Ltd. The company, which also involved Matthan's brother George, released its first feature film entitled '' Sarfarosh'' in 1999. Matthan began work on ''Sarfarosh'' in 1992. Seven years were spent on the research, pre-production, and production of the film until it was finally released to both critical and commercial success. The reviewer for '' Filmfare'' rated the film four stars out of fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. Typically deployed in symmetric pairs, an individual bracket may be identified as a 'left' or 'right' bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the Writing system#Directionality, directionality of the context. Specific forms of the mark include parentheses (also called "rounded brackets"), square brackets, curly brackets (also called 'braces'), and angle brackets (also called 'chevrons'), as well as various less common pairs of symbols. As well as signifying the overall class of punctuation, the word "bracket" is commonly used to refer to a specific form of bracket, which varies from region to region. In most English-speaking countries, an unqualified word "bracket" refers to the parenthesis (round bracket); in the United States, the square bracket. Glossary of mathematical sym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A New Love Ishtory
''A New Love Ishtory'' is an unreleased Bollywood comedy drama film directed by John Matthew Matthan. The film stars Himesh Reshammiya, Niharika Singh, Satish Shah and Rakesh Bapat. Synopsis Sikander Verma / Sukku is an unemployed stuntman that was once forced to sell his sperm for money. Now he's faced with the appearance of a daughter from that donation, who tracked him down after bribing a ward boy. Initially unwilling to get to know her, Sukku and his daughter begin to bond- much to the chagrin of her wealthy mother, who wants nothing to do with men. Sukku and his daughter must now find a way to convince her mother that they are indeed a family and that not all men are bad. Cast * Himesh Reshammiya as Sikander Verma / Sukku Bhai * Niharika Singh as Kamya Dhanraj * Rakesh Bapat as Prince Vikram * Parminder Ghumman * Ripunjay Pathak * Satish Shah as DD * Mukul Pathak * Rajkummar Rao Rajkummar Rao (born Raj Kumar Yadav; 31 August 1984) is an Indian actor known for h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
51st International Film Festival Of India
The 51st International Film Festival of India was held from 16 to 24 January 2021 in Goa. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the festival went hybrid, there was physical and virtual screening of 50 films out of 224 films across various categories. Bangladesh was country of focus in the festival with four films of the country included in 'country of focus' section. The festival highlighted autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by premiering a film by Shreedhar, ''In Our World'' in non-feature film, Indian Panorama section on 18 January 2021. The opening and closing ceremonies of the festival were aired live on DD India and DD National channels on 16 January and 24 January 2021, respectively. Events Being a ‘hybrid’ film festival, a few events are organised online also. Retrospective films # ''Live Flesh'', '' Bad Education'' and ''Volver'' by Pedro Almodóvar (Spain) # '' The Square'' and '' Force Majeure'' by Ruben Östlund (Sweden) # '' One on One'' by Kim Ki-duk (South Korea) Mas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare Award For Best Director
The Filmfare Best Director Award is one of the main awards presented given by the annual Filmfare Awards to recognise directors working in Hindi cinema. It was first presented in 1954 in the inaugural year. Superlatives Bimal Roy has the record of winning most awards (7) and the distinction of winning the award thrice in a row, on 2 separate occasions (1954–1956 and 1959–1961). He also won the award whenever he was nominated (7/7). Yash Chopra, Raj Kapoor and Sanjay Leela Bhansali have received the award 4 times each. Yash Chopra received 12 nominations, while Raj Kapoor and Sanjay Leela Bhansali have received 6 nominations each. Mahesh Bhatt was nominated thrice in a row (1984–1986). However, he hasn't received any award even after having been nominated 6 times. Also, no director has ever won if one has been nominated twice in the same year – Gulzar in 1974 (for ''Achanak'' and ''Koshish''), Basu Chatterjee in 1977 (for ''Chhoti Si Baat'' and ''Chitchor'') and Hri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare Award For Best Screenplay
The Filmfare Best Screenplay Award is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films. Superlatives ;Most Awards *Salim–Javed – 3 *Basu Chatterjee – 3 *Rajkumar Hirani – 3 *Mani Ratnam – 2 *Vijay Tendulkar – 2 *Vidhu Vinod Chopra – 2 *Abhijat Joshi – 2 Note: Both Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Rajkumar Hirani won the award twice jointly. List of winners 1960s * 1969 Nabendu Ghosh – ''Majhli Didi'' 1970s * 1970 Hrishikesh Mukherjee – ''Anokhi Raat'' * 1971 Vijay Anand – ''Johny Mera Naam'' * 1972 Basu Chatterjee – ''Sara Akash'' * 1973 Arvind Mukherjee – ''Amar Prem'' * 1974 Salim–Javed – '' Zanjeer'' * 1975 Shama Zaidi, Kaifi Azmi – ''Garm Hava'' * 1976 Salim–Javed – ''Deewaar'' * 1977 Basu Chatterjee – ''Chhoti Si Baat'' * 1978 Lekh Tandon, Vrajendra Kaur, Madhusudan Kalekar – '' Dulhan Wahi Jo Piya Man Bhaye'' * 1979 Kamleshwar – '' Pati Patni Aur Woh'' 1980s * 1980 Girish Karnad, B.V. Karanth&n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare Critics Award For Best Film
The Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film is awarded during annual Filmfare Awards, given by the Filmfare magazine. The awards are the oldest and most prominent film awards given for Hindi films in India. The yearly awards started in 1954. Movie awards were first given by popular vote. Many complained that films of artistic merit rather than commercial appeal were being overlooked, hence a new award category was added, the Best Film (Critics). The record of maximum number of wins in this category is with Mani Kaul having won four times, followed by Kumar Shahani, who won three times. ''Rajnigandha'', ''Black'' and ''Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara'' are the only films to win both Best Film (Critics) and Best Film. Winner In the list below, each individual entry shows the winning title, followed by the director of the film. 2010s 2020s See also * Filmfare Award for Best Film (Popular) * Filmfare Awards * Bollywood * Cinema of India The Cinema of India consists of mot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
45th Filmfare Awards
The 45th Filmfare Awards were held on 13 February 2000, in Mumbai, India. ''Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam'' led the ceremony with 17 nominations, followed by ''Taal (film), Taal'' with 12 nominations and ''Sarfarosh'' with 11 nominations. ''Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam'' won 8 awards including Filmfare Award for Best Film, Best Film, Filmfare Award for Best Director, Best Director (for Sanjay Leela Bhansali) and Filmfare Award for Best Actress, Best Actress (for Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony. Sanjay Dutt won his first and only Filmfare Award for Best Actor, Best Actor award for his powerhouse performance in ''Vaastav, Vaastav: The Reality''. In this ceremony both 1994 Miss Universe Sushmita Sen and Miss World Aishwarya Rai Bachchan won best supporting actress and best actress award respectively. Aishwarya Rai received dual nominations for Best Actress for her performances in ''Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam'' and ''Taal'', winning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Film Award For Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment
The National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, India, and was constituted in the year 1975. This is one of the ''Golden Lotus Awards (Swarna Kamal)'' given among National Film Awards. It is announced for films produced in a year across the country, in all Indian languages. Films in the following languages have won the Best Popular Feature Film award: Hindi (29 awards), Telugu (5 awards), Tamil (4 awards), Malayalam (3 awards), Bengali (2 awards), and Kannada (1 award). With 6 wins, Yash Raj Films is the production house with the most wins. With 5 wins, Yash Chopra is the producer with the most wins, producing most of the company's winning films. He has also directed 4 winning films, the most for any director. Shah Rukh Khan has starred in 7 winning films, the most for any actor in a leading role. Madhuri Dixit and Kajol have each starred in 3 winning film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
47th National Film Awards
The 47th National Film Awards, presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in the year 1999. Ceremony took place on 18 September 2000 and awards were given by then President of India, K. R. Narayanan. Awards Awards were divided into feature films, non-feature films and books written on Indian cinema. Lifetime Achievement Award Feature films Feature films were awarded at All India as well as regional level. For 47th National Film Awards, a Malayalam film, ''Vanaprastham'' won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film; whereas a Hindi film, ''Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam'' won the maximum number of awards (4). Following were the awards given in each category: Juries A committee headed by Gautam Ghose was appointed to evaluate the feature films awards. Following were the jury members: * Jury Members ** Gautam Ghose (Chairperson)Kalpana AgarwalS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aakrosh (1980 Film)
Aakrosh may refer to: * ''Aakrosh'' (1980 film), Govind Nihalani film * ''Aakrosh'' (1998 film), Latif Binny film * ''Aakrosh'' (2010 film), Priyadarshan film * '' Aakrosham'', a 1982 Malayalam-language film {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times Of India
''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest selling English-language daily in the world. It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India, and the second-oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation, with its first edition published in 1838. It is nicknamed as "The Old Lady of Bori Bunder", and is an Indian " newspaper of record". Near the beginning of the 20th century, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, called ''TOI'' "the leading paper in Asia". In 1991, the BBC ranked ''TOI'' among the world's six best newspapers. It is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (B.C.C.L.), which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In the Brand Trust Report India study 2019, ''TOI'' was rated as the most trusted English newspaper in India. Reuters rated ''TOI'' as India's most trus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Cassettes Industries T-Series
Super Cassettes Industries Private Limited, doing business as T-Series, is an Indian music record label and film production company founded by Gulshan Kumar on 11 July 1983. It is primarily known for Bollywood music soundtracks and Indi-pop music. As of 2014, T-Series is India's largest music record label, with up to a 35% share of the Indian music market, followed by Sony Music India and Zee Music. T-Series also owns and operates the most-viewed and the most-subscribed YouTube channel, with over 225 million subscribers and 201billion total views While best known as a music label, T-Series has also had some moderate success as a film production company. Kumar, initially a fruit juice seller in Delhi, founded T-Series to sell pirated Bollywood songs before the company eventually began producing new music. Their breakthrough came with the soundtrack for the 1988 Bollywood blockbuster ''Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak'', composed by Anand–Milind, written by Majrooh Sultanpuri, and st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
