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Manav Kaul
Manav Kaul (born 19 December 1976) is an Indian theatre director, playwright, author, actor and filmmaker. He was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the films ''Tumhari Sulu'' (2017) and '' Saina'' (2021). Early life Kaul was born on 19 December 1976 in Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir, India, into a Kashmiri Pandit family. His family later moved to Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh, where he was raised. He was a competitive swimmer in his late teenage years and participated in state and national levels championships. He has won 14 national medals in swimming. Career Theatre Kaul started a theatre group named Aranya in 2004. His influences include Charles Bukowski, Vinod Kumar Shukla and Nirmal Verma, to whom he paid homage in his 2010 play ''Red Sparrow''. He has written and directed 13 plays. Amongst his notable plays are ''Ilhaam'', ''Park'' and ''Shakkar Ke Paanch Daane'' (), the last one being his first work as playwright and director. In 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baramulla
Baramulla (), also known as Varmul () in Kashmiri, is a town and a municipality in the Baramulla district in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is also the administrative headquarters of the Baramulla district. It is on the bank of the River Jhelum downstream from Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir. The town was earlier known as gateway of kashmir, This was main business hub of valley. The town was earlier known as Vārāhamūla. The name is derived from two Sanskrit words, Vārāha (meaning wild boar) and Mūla (meaning root/origin). The town was a major urban settlement and trade centre, before suffering extensive damage during the 1947 Pakistani tribal invasion of Kashmir. Currently, Baramulla is a major centre of business and education in Northern Kashmir. Origin The name Baramulla is derived from the Sanskrit ''Varāhamūla'' (वराहमूल), a combination of ''varaha'' (boar) and ''mūla'' (root or deep) meaning "boar's molar." ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranga Shankara
''Ranga Shankara'' is one of Bangalore's well known theatres. It is located in the south Bangalore area of J.P Nagar and is run by the Sanket Trust. The auditorium, which opened in 2004, was envisioned by Arundathi Nag, in remembrance of her late husband, Shankar Nag, who was a renowned actor in the Kannada film industry. It aims to promote theatre in all languages and prides itself in lending out the space at an extremely low fare. It follows an at least "a play a day" policy, six days a week (except on Mondays). Its annual theatre festival brings to the city plays from across the country, giving the audience a good spread to choose from. Over 2,700 performances have been staged since inception, most of them in Kannada, though there have been plays in 23 other languages too. History Shankar Nag's dream was to create a vibrant, affordable, inclusive space for theatre and theatre lovers in the city of Bengaluru. After Shankar’s tragic death in 1990, Sanket Trust, with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Am (2010 Indian Film)
''I Am'' is a 2010 Indian anthology film by Onir. It consists of four short films: "Omar", "Afia", "Abhimanyu", and "Megha". Each film shares the common theme of fear, and each film is based on real-life stories. The film was financed by donations from more than 400 different people around the world, many of whom donated through social networking sites like Facebook. There are four stories but the characters are interwoven with each story. "Abhimanyu" is based on child abuse, "Omar" on gay rights, "Megha" is about Kashmiri Pandits and "Afia" deals with sperm donation. ''I Am'' was released with subtitles in all regions as six different languages are spoken in the film: Hindi, English, Kannada, Marathi, Bengali and Kashmiri. Plot Each film shares the common theme of fear, and each film is based on real-life stories. They are - *"Afia" - A single woman Afiaa (Nandita Das) decides to become a mother using a sperm donor. She is a web designer by profession. She had been pushing her h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daayen Ya Baayen
''Daayen Ya Baayen'' is a Hindi drama film, directed by Bela Negi and produced by Sunil Doshi. The film released on 29 October 2010 under the Alliance Media & Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. banner. The film revolves around the life of Ramesh Majila, a schoolteacher in a remote hilly village, who happens to win a luxury car that takes him on an unexpected journey. Plot After returning from Mumbai to Kanda in Uttarakhand, Ramesh Majila (Deepak Dobriyal), who lives a poor lifestyle with his mother; wife Hema; son Baju; and sister-in-law Deepa, takes on the job of a school-teacher in a building which is over-run by mice. He decides to canvas the village folk into building a Kala Kendra while his friend, Basant, enters his name in a draw to win a car. To their surprise, he is indeed awarded the car – making him the only one to own one in the entire village – much to the chagrin of local contractor Jwar Singh. Ramesh quickly learns how to drive, however he soon finds out that the car needs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971 (2007 Film)
''1971'' is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language war drama film directed by Amrit Sagar, and written by Piyush Mishra and Amrit Sagar, based on a true story of prisoners of war after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. The film features an ensemble cast of Manoj Bajpayee, Ravi Kishan, Piyush Mishra, Deepak Dobriyal and others. At the 55th National Film Awards, it won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi The film is an account of the escape of six soldiers of the Indian Army taken as prisoners of war by the Pakistani Army, during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 that was preceded by rebellion of East Pakistan to separate itself from West Pakistan and create a new country. Plot The story takes place in Pakistan in 1977, six years after the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. Indian POWs from the 1971 war are kept in a prison camp along with several prisoners from the 1965 war. The 1971 POWs remain healthy, but the 1965 POWs have gone insane with despair. Major Suraj Singh of 18th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marathi Language
Marathi (; ''Marāṭhī'', ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language predominantly spoken by Marathi people in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the official language of Maharashtra, and additional official language in the state of Goa. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India, with 83 million speakers as of 2011. Marathi ranks 11th in the List of languages by number of native speakers, list of languages with most native speakers in the world. Marathi has the List of languages by number of native speakers in India, third largest number of native speakers in India, after Hindi Language, Hindi and Bengali language, Bengali. The language has some of the oldest literature of all modern Indian languages. The major dialects of Marathi are Standard Marathi and the Varhadi dialect. Marathi distinguishes Clusivity, inclusive and exclusive forms of 'we' and possesses a three-way Grammatical gender, gender system, that features the neuter in addition to the masculine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saatchya Aat Gharat
''Saatchya Aat Gharat'' is a 2004 Indian Marathi-language film released on 31 May 2004. The film is directed by Sanjay Surkar and produced by Smita Talwalkar. It is partly based upon a 2002 incident in the University of Pune campus when a student was raped by someone posing as a policeman. This was the debut movie for Kartika Rane in Marathi film Industry. Cast The movie stars Kartika Rane, Manav Kaul, Nishikant Kamat, Benika Bisht, Mrunmayee Lagoo, Amruta Patki, Vibhavari Deshpande, Makarand Anaspure, Rakhi Sawant, Neena Kulkarni, Deepa Limaye, Suhas Joshi, Smita Talwalkar, Bharti Achrekar, Deepa Lagu, Prasanna Ketkar, Dr. Damle, Sharad Avasthi, Dr. Girish Oak, Nilu Phule, and Uday Tikekar. Below are the details of main cast for Saatchya Aat Gharat. *Vibhawari Deshpande as Ketaki *Makarand Anaspure as Yuvraj *Bharat Ganeshpure as Advocate *Reema Lagoo as Narrator *Kartika Rane as Madhura *Bharati Achrekar as Piyu's Mother *Suhas Joshi as Madhura's Aaji *Neena Kulkarni as Madh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindi
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been described as a standardised and Sanskritised register of the Hindustani language, which itself is based primarily on the Khariboli dialect of Delhi and neighbouring areas of North India. Hindi, written in the Devanagari script, is one of the two official languages of the Government of India, along with English. It is an official language in nine states and three union territories and an additional official language in three other states. Hindi is also one of the 22 scheduled languages of the Republic of India. Hindi is the '' lingua franca'' of the Hindi Belt. It is also spoken, to a lesser extent, in other parts of India (usually in a simplified or pidginised variety such as Bazaar Hindustani or Haflong Hindi). Outside India, several ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kai Po Che!
''Kai Po Che!: Brothers... For Life'' () is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language buddy sports drama film directed by Abhishek Kapoor and produced by Ronnie Screwvala and Siddharth Roy Kapur under UTV Motion Pictures, marking the banner's first solo production under the Disney·UTV brand. Adapted from Chetan Bhagat's 2008 novel ''The 3 Mistakes of My Life'', with a three-song soundtrack by Amit Trivedi and lyrics by Swanand Kirkire, the film stars newcomer Sushant Singh Rajput, Rajkummar Rao and Amit Sadh as the three main protagonists while Amrita Puri plays the female lead. The title is originally a Gujarati phrase that means "I have cut" which refers to Makar Sankranti (known as Uttarayan in Gujarat) where one of the competitors uses his kite to cut off another competitors' kite and yells the phrase. Set in Ahmedabad from 2000 to 2012, ''Kai Po Che!'' revolves around three friends, Ishaan "Ish" Bhatt (Rajput), Omkar "Omi" Shastri (Sadh) and Govind "Govi" Patel (Rao), who want to star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gujarat
Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth-most populous state, with a population of 60.4 million. It is bordered by Rajasthan to the northeast, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu to the south, Maharashtra to the southeast, Madhya Pradesh to the east, and the Arabian Sea and the Pakistani province of Sindh to the west. Gujarat's capital city is Gandhinagar, while its largest city is Ahmedabad. The Gujaratis are indigenous to the state and their language, Gujarati, is the state's official language. The state encompasses 23 sites of the ancient Indus Valley civilisation (more than any other state). The most important sites are Lothal (the world's first dry dock), Dholavira (the fifth largest site), and Gola Dhoro (where 5 uncommon seals were found). Lothal i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jajantaram Mamantaram
Jajantaram Mamantaram is a 2003 Indian fantasy action comedy film directed by Soumitra Ranade and produced by Arunima Roy. The film is based on Jonathan Swift's 1726 novel '' Gulliver's Travels''. It is the film through which Jaaved Jaffrey came to be known in the Bollywood industry. Cast * Javed Jaffrey as Aditya Pandit * Gulshan Grover as Chattan Singh * Manav Kaul as Jeran * Joy Fernandes as Jhamunda * Nishith Dadhich as Bantul * Dilip Joglekar as Bhoopati * Kavita Murkar as chotu`s mother * Dipannita Sharma Dipannita Sharma (born 2 November 1979) is an Indian actress and model. Career Sharma came into the limelight after making it to the final five of the Miss India 1998 contest. She also won 'Miss Photogenic' title in the same contest. She has wa ... as Jalpari * Madhura Velankar as Rajkumari Amolhi Plot Aditya is carried to a magical island where he helps the tiny locals defeat the giant Jhamunda. Soundtrack Soundtrack was composed by Three Brothers and Violin. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindi Cinema
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and " Hollywood". The industry is a part of the larger Indian cinema, which also includes South Cinema and other smaller film industries. In 2017, Indian cinema produced 1,986 feature films, of which the largest number, 364 have been from Hindi. , Hindi cinema represented 43 percent of Indian net box-office revenue; Tamil and Telugu cinema represented 36 percent, and the remaining regional cinema constituted 21 percent. Hindi cinema has overtaken the U.S. film industry to become the largest centre for film production in the world. In 2001 ticket sales, Indian cinema (including Hindi films) reportedly sold an estimated 3.6 billion tickets worldwide, compared to Hollywood's 2.6 billion tickets sold. Earlier Hindi film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
