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Kovid Gupta
Kovid Gupta (born 1988) is an Indian-American author, screenwriter, filmmaker, and social activist. He is best known for his non-fiction books '' Kingdom of The Soap Queen: The Story of Balaji Telefilms'' and '' Redrawing India: The Teach For India Story.'' Early life Gupta was born and raised in Houston. As a child he was interested in Bollywood films. He earned three bachelor's degrees from the University of Texas at Austin from the McCombs School of Business, Moody College of Communication, and College of Liberal Arts followed by an MBA from Cornell University. Career Kovid began his career by screenwriting mainstream Hindi television soap operas. He went on to work for Ekta Kapoor and Balaji Telefilms, where he authored '' Kingdom of The Soap Queen: The Story of Balaji Telefilms''. He later joined Rajshri Productions to assist Sooraj Barjatya on ''Prem Ratan Dhan Payo''. He then worked as head of business development at Vinod Chopra Films and Film Companion. ''Forbes'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Vinod Chopra Films
Vinod Chopra Films is an Indian film production company owned and operated by Hindi film-maker Vidhu Vinod Chopra Vidhu Vinod Chopra (born 5 September 1952) is an Indian film director, producer, editor, screenwriter, lyricist and actor. His well-known films as director are '' Parinda'' (1988), '' 1942: A Love Story'' (1994). He is also known for producing .... It was founded by Chopra in 1985. It has made many major Bollywood films since then. Film Production Highest-grossing films (under Chopra's vice-chairmanship) References {{Authority control Film production companies based in Mumbai 1985 establishments in Maharashtra Indian companies established in 1985 Mass media companies established in 1985 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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1988 Births
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21st-century American Novelists
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 ( I) through AD 100 ( C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. The 1st century also saw the appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius (AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, ninth Roma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devanshi (TV Series)
''Devanshi'' is an Indian Hindi drama television series which broadcast on Colors TV. It is produced by Full House Media of Sonali Jaffer and Amir Jaffer. The final broadcast was on 29 September 2017. The show has been dubbed in Bengali on ''Colors Bangla'' as '' Debangshi'' and airs from 21 April 7.30pm. The show has also been dubbed on ''Colors Odia'' as ''Kaunri Kanya'' and airs from 28 March at 6pm and it's dubbed in Tamil as 'Devi' on Polimer TV Plot The show is set in Haryana. It focuses on issues related to superstition. The plot revolves around a child named Devanshi "divinely" selected as a dedication to the goddess. The mystery is that the innocence of the child outwits the wiles of adults around her. 14-year leap After 14 years, Devanshi and Sakshi have grown up and both left Jwalapuri as per their father's wish. However, due her to sister's mental illness, she has to come to Jwalapuri again. Sakshi becomes an obstacle in the path of the divas. Instead of Sakshi, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krishnadasi (2016 TV Series)
''Krishnadasi'' (English: ''Krishna's Devotee'') is an Indian fiction television series, which premiered on 25 January 2016, and was broadcast on Colors TV. It is based on the Tamil serial '' Krishnadasi'' which itself is based on a book of the same name written by the Tamil author Indra Soundar Rajan which aired on Sun TV. Produced by Kutty Padmini and Optimystix Entertainment, it starred Shravan Reddy and Sana Amin Sheikh. The series revolves around the life of a young girl Aradhya, known as the daughter of Tulsi a Devdasi but turns out to be a granddaughter of Pradyumna Vidhyadhar Rao and Rao family which is the biggest rival of the Devdasis.Aryan was known as son of Rao family turns out to be son of Tulsi and Tulsi's mother Kumudini who's also a Devdasi had swapped Aryan and Aradhya on their birth to take revenge from Pradyumna. ''Krishnadasi'' describes the harsh realities and truths of religious Devdasi customs in a remote village of Krishnavati in Pune district and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bahu Hamari Rajni Kant
''Bahu Hamari Rajni Kant'' (''Our Daughter-In-Law Rajni Kant'') is an Indian science fiction sitcom television series, which aired from 15 February 2016 to 13 February 2017 on Life OK. Plot Shantanu Kant, a scientist creates a super humanoid robot with the help of his best friend Devendra Bangdu.The robot is named RAJNI, short for "Randomly Accessible Jobs Network Interface", a robot with 10X the power of hulk, a human's body, a pretty face and a brain faster than 100 computers. The robot was made for saving humans' life. After a few episodes, Shaan made Rajni his wife as he did not want to take burden of wedding along with his dreams and aspirations of becoming a renowned scientist. The Kant's women do not like Rajni as her daughter-in-law due to Rajni's weird behaviour, and also because Surili (Shaan's mom) wanted a classy Bengali girl as her 'bahu' - so, Surili never accepts Rajni as her daughter-in-law by heart. But, the Kant's men always favour Rajni and like her natur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chhan Chhan
''Chhanchhan'' is an Indian family drama TV series which aired from 25 March 2013 through 19 September 2013 on Sony Entertainment Television India and Sony Entertainment Television Asia from Monday to Thursday. The show was tentatively titled ''Modern Bahu'' during pre-production and stars Sanaya Irani, Supriya Pathak, and Anuj Sachdeva. Plot Chhanchhan Sarabhai (Sanaya Irani) is a young woman with a modern outlook who lives in Ahmedabad with her family. During the wedding of her friend Poorvi, Chhanchhan meets Umaben, (Supriya Pathak) who is in need of money. Realizing this, they stop the marriage and Umaben starts to hate Chhanchhan. Chhanchhan meets Umaben's son Manav ( Farhan Khan), and they also hate each other. Despite their mutual hatred, they develop a friendship and fall in love. Chhanchhan's family are happy when they learn of the pair's relationship. When Umaben finds out her son is in love with Chhanchhan, she feigns illness and tells her family she will only recov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamaar Sautan Hamaar Saheli
Mahua Plus is a Bhojpuri general entertainment television channel owned and operated by Mahua Broadcasting Private Limited. The channel's programming consists of entertainment, music, travel, religion, feature films, documentaries, reality television. History The channel was launched on 9 August 2008 as Mahua TV and repackaged/ relaunched on 22 February 2017 by MD & CEO Mr Vincent Rogger Peter. Former shows *''Bihane Bihane'' *''Prabhu Ke Dware'' *''Bhojpuriya Dangal'' *''Record Tod'' *''Superhit Lagataar'' *''Entertainment News'' Reality shows *''SURVEER - Sangeet Ka Mahasangram'' *''Dance Ghamasan'' *''Chal Baliye Sur Chetra Me'' See also *List of Bhojpuri-language television channels This is a list of Bhojpuri language television channels in India. Government Owned Channel *DD Bihar *DD Uttar Pradesh General Entertainment *Pasand (TV channel), Pasand TV *Zee Ganga Defunct channels *Abzy Dhakad *Dishum TV *Enterr10 ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Mahua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bade Acche Lagte Hain
''Bade Achhe Lagte Hain'' ( ; English: ''They Look So Good'') is a Hindi Indian soap opera that aired on Sony Entertainment Television from 30 May 2011 to 10 July 2014. Based on the Gujarati play ''Patrani'' by Imtiaz Patel, the soap opera was created and produced by Ekta Kapoor under the banner of Balaji Telefilms. The title of the show, along with the title-track, was derived from a song composed by R.D. Burman, from the soundtrack of the 1976 Bollywood film '' Balika Badhu''. Ekta Kapoor had got the name, ''Bade Achhe Lagte Hain'', registered about six years before the soap opera premiered. The show explores the worlds of Priya Sharma ( Sakshi Tanwar) and Ram Kapoor (Ram Kapoor), who accidentally discover love after getting married. After the storyline moved five years ahead in June 2012, many new actors and characters, including Samir Kochhar and Amrita Mukherjee who played the roles of Rajat Kapur and Peehu respectively, were introduced. According to ''The Times of Ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balika Vadhu
''Balika Vadhu'' (English: The Child Bride) is an Indian soap opera that was aired on Colors TV between 21 July 2008 and 31 July 2016 with 2,248 episodes. The story is set in rural Rajasthan and revolves around the life of a child bride from childhood to womanhood. The show consists of two parts. The first part, ''Balika Vadhu - Kacchi Umar Ke Pakke Rishte'' (English: ''Child Bride - Strong Relationships of Tender Age'') which ran for 2,164 episodes, focused on Anandi and Jagdish, who were married in childhood. The second part, ''Balika Vadhu - Lamhe Pyaar Ke'' (English: ''Child Bride - Moments of Love'') which ran for 84 episodes, reflects the life of Anandi's daughter, Dr. Nandini, also known as Nimboli, who was also a child bride. After airing for 8 years, the serial ended on 31 July 2016. Plot Balika Vadhu follows the lives of Anandi and Jagdish, who were married as children, and the challenges they and their families face over several decades. Cast Main * Pratyusha Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
