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Mafia (1996 Film)
''Mafia '' is a 1996 Indian-Hindi-language action film directed by Aziz Sejawal and starring Dharmendra, Aditya Pancholi, Somy Ali, Gulshan Grover, Mohan Joshi and Raza Murad. The film was praised for its action sequences and cast performances, where it was declared a ''Hit'' at the box office. Plot Gawda is an influential crime boss involved in illegal supply of arms and drug smuggling activities in Mumbai, and also uses his influence to thwart communal riots and release convict prisoners. Having learnt about the rules of the crime syndicate, Gawda's ex-henchman Moosa express his animosity to Gawda and decide to start his own syndicate business. However, Gawda kills Moosa and his daughter, but their deaths become the headlines in the newspaper. The commissioner assigns Inspector Bhagat Singh to investigate the case, but is later killed by Gawda with DCP Pawar's help. After learning his death, Bhagat's brothers Ajit, an army soldier and Jai, an unemployed man decide to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aziz Sejawal
Aziz Sejawal (also spelt Sajawal or Sajaawal) is an Indian film director of Bollywood films. He has worked with major Bollywood actors such as Dharmendra, Mithun Chakraborty, Madhuri Dixit, Amrish Puri, Om Puri, Aditya Pancholi, Jackie Shroff, Juhi Chawla, Sanjay Dutt, Govinda and Rani Mukerji. Most of his films have comedic elements, though they often address themes of injustice and corruption. Filmography *''Ilaaka'' (1989) *''Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri'' (1990) *'' Adharm'' (1992) *''Shatranj'' (1993) *'' Andolan'' (1995) *''Mafia'' (1996) *''Sanam'' (1997) *'' Hero Hindustani'' (1998) *'' Chhupa Rustam: A Musical Thriller'' (2001) *''Chalo Ishq Ladaaye ''Chalo Ishq Ladaaye'' ( ''Come, Let's Fall In Love'') is a 2002 Indian comedy film directed by Aziz Sejawal, starring Govinda, Rani Mukerji, Zohra Sehgal and Kader Khan. Plot Popular but lonely Bollywood actress, Sapna, lives a fairly isol ...'' (2002) References External links * Hindi-language film direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Headlines
The headline or heading is the text indicating the content or nature of the article below it, typically by providing a form of brief summary of its contents. The large type ''front page headline'' did not come into use until the late 19th century when increased competition between newspapers led to the use of attention-getting headlines. It is sometimes termed a news ''hed'', a deliberate misspelling that dates from production flow during hot type days, to notify the composing room that a written note from an editor concerned a headline and should not be set in type. Headlines in English often use a set of grammatical rules known as '' headlinese'', designed to meet stringent space requirements by, for example, leaving out forms of the verb "to be" and choosing short verbs like "eye" over longer synonyms like "consider". Production A headline's purpose is to quickly and briefly draw attention to the story. It is generally written by a copy editor, but may also be written by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pramod Mouthu
Pramod Moutho (born 7 May 1955) is an Indian film and television actor. He has appeared as a villain in number of noted Bollywood films, like ''Khalnayak'' (1993), '' Dilwale'' (1994), ''Raja Hindustani'' (1996), ''Mehndi'' (1998), Gadar'' (2001) and ''Jodhaa Akbar'' (2008) and over 120 other Hindi movies. Biography Born in Amritsar in 1955 as Pramod Sharma, Pramod Moutho started acting in stage plays while studying in NJSA Government College, Kapurthala. He, along with Lalit Behl, Satish Sharma, Ravi Deep and Harjeet Walia staged plays. As a college student, Pramod used to play Mouth Organ. That is how his friends gave him the name Moutho. He got his diploma from Department of Indian Theatre. Career He started his career freelancing as a stage actor in Punjab and Delhi, where he worked for a few years. He acted in a number of TV plays, telefilms and TV Serials including ''Supne Te Parchhaven'', ''Buniyad'' and ''Bebasi''. After working with National School of Drama Repe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charan Raj
Charan Raj is an Indian actor, director, film producer, and writer who works in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Odia and Hindi movies. Career Charan Raj is a versatile actor who is popular for his villainy and character roles in South Indian film industry. Charanraj started his movie career with Kannada movie Parajitha (1982) directed by Siddalingaiah which became commercially hit cinema. Charan Raj is not only an actor, but a producer, music composer and director too. He is popular for his villainy roles in Telugu film industry starting his career in Telugu with Pratighatana (1985), ''Indrudu Chandrudu'' (1989) with Kamal Haasan and '' Karthavyam'' (1990) with Vijayashanti. He has also acted with Rajinikanth in the Hindi movie '' Phool Bane Angaray'' (1991) and Tamil films like ''Panakkaran'' (1990), '' Dharma Dorai'' (1991), '' Veera'' (1994) and ''Baashha'' (1995). His character role in Tamil film ''Gentleman'' (1993) showed him as a different Charan Raj and he got good app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohan Joshi
Mohan Joshi is an Indian film, television and theater actor. He has worked in Hindi, Marathi and Bhojpuri films. Early life Joshi was born in Bangalore, Karnataka. He made his acting debut in Pune, Maharashtra. For better career prospects, he later moved to Mumbai. Career Joshi started his career as a theatre artist in Pune. He was noticed through the play ''Kuryat Sada Tingalam''. Along with Anand Abhyankar and Suhasini Deshpande, the show was performed more than 1000 times. Joshi later on got various roles in Hindi and Marathi films. His 1993 comedy film ''Savat Mazi Ladki'' directed by Smita Talwalkar was quite successful. Joshi played the lead role of a doctor husband of actress Neena Kulkarni and who is engaged in an extra-marital affair with his junior doctor played by Varsha Usgaonkar. For his work in '' Tu Tithe Mee'' (1998), Joshi's work was appreciated. Produced by Smita Talwalkar and directed by Sanjay Surkar, the film was adjudged as the Best Feature Film in M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eros Entertainment
Eros International Media Ltd (also known as Eros India) is an Indian motion picture production and distribution company, based and originated in Mumbai, India. Founded by Arjun Lulla in 1977, it is one of the leading production and distribution companies in India. Currently, his sons Kishore Lulla and Sunil Lulla manage the company. It is a subsidiary of Eros Media World, formed in 2020. Eros co-produces, acquires and distributes Indian films in multiple formats worldwide, including theatrical, television syndication and digital platforms. Eros has over 12,000 films in its library which include Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and other regional language films. History In 1977, Arjan Lulla started the company. In 1981, he founded the company ''Jupitar Enterprise'' with Mr. Kishore Lulla and Ms. Bhagibhai Lulla. On 19 August 1994 ''Rishima International Pvt Ltd'' was founded. It was a private limited company. Through its subsidiary "Eros International Films", the company produced and di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sameer (lyricist)
Shitala Pandey, better known as Sameer Anjaan, is an Indian lyricist, writing songs such as "Mujhe Raat Din Bas", predominantly in Hindi language films. He is a Guinness World Record holder for writing the most songs. He was awarded this honor on 17 February 2016. His father is the famed Hindi lyricist, Lalji "Anjaan" Pandey. He has won three Filmfare Awards. Biography Sameer, officially named sameer Pandey, but commonly known by his nickname Rajan, was born near Banaras, Uttar Pradesh. He earned a Master of Commerce degree at the Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi, and started a new position as a bank officer at the Central Bank of India. However, a few days after joining, he left the job because he "knew the bank was not my world". To pursue a career as a lyricist, he moved to Mumbai in 1980. Career Sameer started his career as a lyricist in 1983 with the film ''Bekhabar'' (1983).https://lyricsraag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Filmfare-Awards-Winners-From-1953-to-201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anand–Milind
Anand and Milind Srivastava are a duo of Indian film music composers. Born to composer Chitragupt, they have composed music for over 200 Bollywood films. The brothers debuted in 1984 with '' Ab Ayega Mazaa'' and had their major breakthrough with ''Qayamat se Qayamat Tak'' in 1988. Career Anand and Milind wrote the score for '' Ab Ayega Mazaa'' (1984), ''Jalwa'' (1987), ''Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak ''Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak'' (), also known by the initialism ''QSQT'', is a 1988 Indian Hindi-language romantic musical film, directed by Mansoor Khan, written and produced by Nasir Hussain, and starring Aamir Khan (in his leading film debut) a ...'' (1988) and then for '' Baaghi: A Rebel For Love '' (1990). Discography References {{DEFAULTSORT:Anand-Milind Filmfare Awards winners Indian musical duos Living people Hindi film score composers Telugu film score composers Year of birth missing (living people) Indian male film score composers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lovefilm
LoveFilm was a United Kingdom–based provider of DVD-by-mail and streaming video on demand in the United Kingdom, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Germany. Acquired by Amazon.com in 2011, the service had reached 2 million subscribers. It claimed over 70,000 titles, and over 4 million DVD, Blu-ray or game rentals per month in five countries. Through a series of acquisitions, Lovefilm quickly became the leading online DVD rental and streaming outlet in the UK and Europe. The company offered a download service alongside postal delivery but this ceased on 23 February 2009. The company also started a "watch online" service which offered over 4,700 films available to watch as part of a subscription. This online viewing was available for free to subscribers who had opted for one of their unlimited monthly rental plans or the unlimited streaming-only account. On 26 February 2014, Amazon announced that Lovefilm's streaming service would be folded into its Instant Video service, and in A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mafia
"Mafia" is an informal term that is used to describe criminal organizations that bear a strong similarity to the original “Mafia”, the Sicilian Mafia and Italian Mafia. The central activity of such an organization would be the arbitration of disputes between criminals as well as the organization and enforcement of illicit agreements between criminals through the use of or threat of violence. Mafias often engage in secondary activities such as gambling, loan sharking, Illegal drug trade, drug-trafficking, prostitution, and fraud. In modern times, the 'Ndrangheta, originating in the Southern Italy, Southern Italian region of Calabria, is widely considered the richest and most powerful mafia in the world. The term "mafia" was originally applied only to the Italian Mafia or specifically the original “Mafia”, the Sicilian Mafia, and the term originates in Sicily. However, the term has since expanded to encompass other organizations of similar methods and purpose, e.g., "the R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinema Of The United States
The cinema of the United States, consisting mainly of major film studios (also known as Hollywood) along with some independent film, has had a large effect on the global film industry since the early 20th century. The dominant style of American cinema is classical Hollywood cinema, which developed from 1913 to 1969 and is still typical of most films made there to this day. While Frenchmen Auguste and Louis Lumière are generally credited with the birth of modern cinema, American cinema soon came to be a dominant force in the emerging industry. , it produced the third-largest number of films of any national cinema, after India and China, with more than 600 English-language films released on average every year. While the national cinemas of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand also produce films in the same language, they are not part of the Hollywood system. That said, Hollywood has also been considered a transnational cinema, and has produced multiple lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Police Corruption
Police corruption is a form of police misconduct in which law enforcement officers end up breaking their political contract and abuse their power for personal gain. This type of corruption may involve one or a group of officers. Internal police corruption is a challenge to public trust, cohesion of departmental policies, human rights and legal violations involving serious consequences. Police corruption can take many forms, such as bribery. Types Soliciting or accepting bribes in exchange for not reporting organized drug or prostitution rings or other illegal activities and violations of law, county and city ordinances and state and federal laws. Bribes may also include leasing unlawful access to proprietary law enforcement databases and systems. Flouting the police code of conduct in order to secure convictions of civilians and suspects—for example, through the use of falsified evidence. There are also situations where law enforcement officers may deliberately and syst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
