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Kishore Dang
Kishore Dang is an Indian director. He has a long career in TV shows, production and filmmaking. Dang was a member of the Jury of the 53rd National Film Awards organized by the Government of India. Dang has been associated with foreign films such as ''Gandhi'', ''The Far Pavilions'', ''Kim'', ''Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy'', ''The Deceivers'', ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles'', ''In Custody'' and ''The Jungle Book''. He has been associated with the Theatre Group “Ank” for four years that was led by Dinesh Thakur. His television shows include ''Maila Aanchal'', ''Nooriee'', ''Uttarkatha'', ''Humsafar The Train'', ''Detective Karan'' and '' Faujji...The Iron Man''. He directed documentary film ''Kab Tak'' that participated in Mumbai International Film Festival 2012. Other films include ''Aakhri Dastak'' - a film made for the Indian Army. Early life Dang left home at age 19. He met producer Suresh Jindal (producer of ''Rajnigandha'', ''Katha'' and ''Shatranj Ke Khiladi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television Director
A television director is in charge of the activities involved in making a television program or section of a program. They are generally responsible for decisions about the editorial content and creative style of a program, and ensuring the producer's vision is delivered. Their duties may include originating program ideas, finding contributors, writing scripts, planning 'shoots', ensuring safety, leading the crew on location, directing contributors and presenters, and working with an editor to assemble the final product. The work of a television director can vary widely depending on the nature of the program, the practices of the production company, whether the program content is factual or drama, and whether it is Live television, live or recorded. Types of television director Factual television director Factual or documentary TV directors may take any number of roles in the television production process, or combine several roles in one. Entertainment television director I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
53rd National Film Awards
The 53rd 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 2005. The selection process of 53rd National Film Awards began with the constitution of three Juries for feature film, non-feature film and best writing on cinema sections, which were declared on 28 July 2006. B. Saroja Devi, an yesteryear's actress, headed the feature film Jury, which had eleven other members. A documentary maker and Indian television personality Siddharth Kak headed the six-member non-feature film Jury. The Jury for best writing on cinema was headed by veteran film critic Khalid Mohamed. The final announcement of awards was much delayed due to various controversies associated with them. Actual announcement was done almost after the 14th months of its expected announcement, after Delhi High Court gave green signal to announce the awards in all categori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of India
The Government of India (ISO: ; often abbreviated as GoI), known as the Union Government or Central Government but often simply as the Centre, is the national government of the Republic of India, a federal democracy located in South Asia, consisting of 28 union states and eight union territories. Under the Constitution, there are three primary branches of government: the legislative, the executive and the judiciary, whose powers are vested in a bicameral Parliament, President, aided by the Council of Ministers, and the Supreme Court respectively. Through judicial evolution, the Parliament has lost its sovereignty as its amendments to the Constitution are subject to judicial intervention. Judicial appointments in India are unique in that the executive or legislature have negligible say. Etymology and history The Government of India Act 1833, passed by the British parliament, is the first such act of law with the epithet "Government of India". Basic structure The gover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gandhi (film)
''Gandhi'' is a 1982 period biographical film based on the life of Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of nonviolent non-cooperative Indian independence movement against the British Empire during the 20th century. A co-production between India and United Kingdom, it is directed and produced by Richard Attenborough from a screenplay written by John Briley. It stars Ben Kingsley in the title role. The film covers Gandhi's life from a defining moment in 1893, as he is thrown off from a South African train for being in a whites-only compartment and concludes with his assassination and funeral in 1948. Although a practising Hindu, Gandhi's embracing of other faiths, particularly Christianity and Islam, is also depicted. ''Gandhi'' was released by Columbia Pictures in India on 30 November 1982, in the United Kingdom on 3 December, and in the United States on 8 December. It was praised for a historically accurate portrayal of the life of Gandhi, the Indian independence movement and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim (1984 Film)
''Kim'' is a 1984 British television film directed by John Davies and based on Rudyard Kipling's 1901 novel ''Kim''. The film stars Peter O'Toole, Bryan Brown, John Rhys-Davies, Nadira, Julian Glover, Jalal Agha, Raj Kapoor and Ravi Sheth in the title role. Plot Kim ( Ravi Sheth) is a 13-year-old street orphan in Lahore of the 19th century (1894). Kim thinks he is native, but he's actually of British origin, the son of an Irish soldier and an unknown mother (unlike the novel on which it is based, Kim's mother is not portrayed as Irish, but it is made clear that Kim is white). Kim is hired as a guide by a travelling Tibetan lama (Peter O'Toole) on a search for a river where Budda hurled an arrow, turning it into a place of redemption. When he finds his father's regiment and the British military discover his origins and his real name, Kimball O'Hara, he's placed in an English college. His nature, however, is opposed to the regimentation expected for the son of a British soldier, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Deceivers (film)
''The Deceivers'' is a 1988 adventure film directed by Nicholas Meyer, starring Pierce Brosnan, Shashi Kapoor and Saeed Jaffrey. The film is based on the 1952 John Masters novel of the same name regarding the murderous Thuggee of India. Plot The film takes place in India in 1825. The country is being ravaged by Thuggees, a Kali-worshiping cult also known as "Deceivers", who commit robbery and ritualistic murder. Captain William Savage, an honorable district administrator for the East India Company, is informed by his subjects in Madhia about the Thugees' murder raids, and appalled, he opens a manhunt on them. He manages to capture a Thugee named Hussein and win his cooperation, but for acting on his own initiative, Savage's chief officer and father-in-law, Colonel Wilson, stubbornly adhering to Company protocol, dismisses his report and relieves him of his duty. Chagrined but determined, Savage decides to disguise himself as an imprisoned native outlaw, Gopal the Weaver, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles'' is an American television series that aired on ABC from March 4, 1992, to July 24, 1993. Filming took place in various locations around the world, with "Old Indy" bookend segments filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina and on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. The series was a Lucasfilm/ Amblin Television production in association with Paramount Network Television. The series explores the childhood and youth of the fictional character Indiana Jones and primarily stars Sean Patrick Flanery and Corey Carrier as the title character, with George Hall playing an elderly version of Jones for the bookends of most episodes, though Harrison Ford bookended one episode. The show was created and executive produced by George Lucas, who also created, co-wrote, and executive produced the Indiana Jones feature films. Due to its large budget and low viewership ratings, the series was canceled in 1993. However, following the series' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Custody (1993 Film)
''In Custody/Muhafiz'' is a 1993 film by Merchant Ivory Productions. It was directed by Ismail Merchant, with screenplay by Anita Desai and Shahrukh Husain. It is based upon Desai's 1984 Booker Prize nominated novel '' In Custody''. Plot synopsis Deven's ( Om Puri) position as a professor of Hindi at a local college is only a means to an end. His first love is the Urdu language and in particular Urdu poetry. Deven's multiple (and often stymied) attempts to interview the great Urdu poet, Nur ( Shashi Kapoor), act as a metaphor for the clash between modernization and tradition. Cast * Shashi Kapoor... Nur Shahjenabadi * Sushma Seth... Safiya Begum * Shabana Azmi... Imtiaz Begum * Om Puri... Deven Sharma * Tinnu Anand... Murad * Parikshat Sahni... Siddiqui * Amjad Khan... Musician * Neena Gupta... Sarla Sharma (Deven's Wife) Awards * 1993: Tokyo Film Festival in Kyoto (Official Selection) nomination * 1994: National Film Award ** Special Jury Award: Shashi Kapoor ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Jungle Book (1994 Film)
''Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book'', also known as ''The Jungle Book'', is a 1994 American adventure film co-written and directed by Stephen Sommers, produced by Edward S. Feldman and Raju Patel, from a story by Ronald Yanover and Mark Geldman. It is a live-action adaptation of the Mowgli stories from ''The Jungle Book'' (1894) and ''The Second Jungle Book'' (1895) by Rudyard Kipling, alongside Walt Disney's animated film of the same name from 1967. The film stars Jason Scott Lee, Cary Elwes, Lena Headey, Sam Neill, and John Cleese. Unlike most adaptations of Kipling's stories in the animated film, the animal characters in this film do not speak which same happened later in 101 Dalmatians, a live action remake of the 1961 animated film of almost the same name. Released on December 25, 1994, by Walt Disney Pictures, the film received generally positive reviews and grossed $70.7 million in theaters against a $30 million budget. In 2016, Disney released another live-action ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinesh Thakur
Dinesh Thakur (1947 – 20 September 2012) was an Indian theatre director, actor in theatre, television and Hindi film, where most notably he appeared as one of the leads in ''Rajnigandha'' 1974 and directed by Basu Chatterjee, which won both Filmfare Best Movie Award and the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie. Dinesh Thakur was born in 1947 in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. He was the founder-director of ANK productions, a Mumbai-based theatre company, established in 1976. Though he mainly appeared as character roles in Hindi films, as a screenwriter and story writer, he is known for writing the story and screenplay of '' Ghar'' (1978), which won him the 1979 Filmfare Best Story Award. He died on 20 September 2012 due to kidney failure. Career Dinesh Thakur did his graduation from Kirori Mal College (KMC), Delhi University, where was also part of the KMC dramatic society. He made his film debut in 1971, with ''Mere Apne'', written and directed by Gulzar, and followed it up wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is a global online video platform, online video sharing and social media, social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google, and is the List of most visited websites, second most visited website, after Google Search. YouTube has more than 2.5 billion monthly users who collectively watch more than one billion hours of videos each day. , videos were being uploaded at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute. In October 2006, YouTube was bought by Google for $1.65 billion. Google's ownership of YouTube expanded the site's business model, expanding from generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subscription option for watching content without ads. YouTube also approved creators to participate in Google's Google AdSens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
