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Merry Christmas (2024 Film)
''Merry Christmas'' is a 2024 Indian neo-noir mystery thriller film directed by Sriram Raghavan and starring Katrina Kaif and Vijay Sethupathi. The film is produced by Ramesh Taurani, Jaya Taurani, Sanjay Routray and Kewal Garg under Tips Films and Matchbox Pictures. It is based on Frédéric Dard's French novel ''Le Monte-charge'' (''Bird in a Cage''). The 1962 French movie ''Paris Pick-Up'' was also based on the same novel. The film was officially announced in December 2021. Principal photography commenced the same month in Mumbai along with a sporadic schedule in Uttar Pradesh, which was again followed with a schedule in the former location, and wrapped by mid-January 2023. The film has music composed by Pritam, cinematography handled by Madhu Neelakandan and editing by Pooja Ladha Surti. After several postponements, ''Merry Christmas'' was released in theaters on 12 January 2024. Although the film received positive reviews, with the performances of Kaif and Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sriram Raghavan
Sriram Raghavan (born 22 June 1963) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Hindi cinema. He is primarily considered an auteur of neo-noir action thrillers. Raghavan made his directorial debut with '' Ek Hasina Thi'' (2004). He then went on to direct the critically acclaimed ''Johnny Gaddaar'' (2007), an adaptation of the 1963 French movie ''Symphonie Pour Un Massacre'' (The Corrupt) by Jacques Deray; followed by the action spy film '' Agent Vinod'' (2012) starring Saif Ali Khan; a critical and commercial failure. Raghavan's followup ''Badlapur'' (2015), a film based on ''Death's Dark Abyss'' by Massimo Carlotto met with positive reviews and was a moderate commercial success at the box office. Raghavan's prominence increased with ''Andhadhun'' (2018) which tells the story of a blind piano player who unwittingly becomes embroiled in the murder of a retired actor. The film received critical acclaim and was commercially successful. He is the recipient of several a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matchbox Pictures
Matchbox Pictures is a film and television production company headquartered in Sydney with production houses in Sydney, Melbourne and Singapore. It was formed in 2008 by Tony Ayres, Penny Chapman, Helen Bowden, Michael McMahon and Helen Panckhurst. In 2011, NBCUniversal took a majority stake in Matchbox Pictures, and full ownership by January 2014. Matchbox Pictures is led by Alastair McKinnon (Managing Director), Matthew Vitins (COO), Debbie Lee (Director of Scripted Development), Penny Chapman (Producer), Helen Panckhurst (Head of Production), Michael McMahon (Producer), and Kate O'Connell (Finance Director). On 16 July 2018, Matchbox Pictures and NBCUniversal backed co-founder Tony Ayres' new company, Tony Ayres Productions. Productions Current or upcoming productions are listed in bold text. Film * ''The Home Song Stories'' (2007) * '' Lou'' (2010) * '' The Turning – Cockleshell'' (2013) * ''Cut Snake ''Cut Snake'' is a 2014 Australian thriller film written by Bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tinnu Anand
Tinu Anand (born Virender Raj Anand, 12 October 1945) is an Indian actor, director, writer and producer in Hindi cinema and a few Telugu and Tamil films. Early life He is the son of veteran writer Inder Raj Anand, brother of producer Bittu Anand and uncle of director Siddharth Anand. He did his schooling from Mayo College in India. He is Married to Shahnaz, daughter of veteran actor Agha (actor). Career His father, Inder Raj Anand, was a well-known writer in the film industry, but he did not want Tinnu, or his younger brother Bittu, to enter this industry. Inder Raj Anand would say that it was not the place for them. In the words of Tinnu Anand: "..when I told him I wanted to direct films, he was very upset. Ultimately, though, he saw that I didn't want to do anything else. So he sent me to the best school - the Satyajit Ray School. Mr. Ray and my father were friends, so my father asked him to take me under his wing." Tinnu had been given a role in K. Abbas' film ''Saat Hindus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constable
A constable is a person holding a particular office, most commonly in criminal law enforcement. The office of constable can vary significantly in different jurisdictions. A constable is commonly the rank of an officer within the police. Other people may be granted powers of a constable without holding this title. Etymology Historically, the title comes from the Latin ''comes stabuli'' ( attendant to the stables, literally ''count of the stable'') and originated from the Roman Empire; originally, the constable was the officer responsible for keeping the horses of a lord or monarch.p103, Bruce, Alistair, ''Keepers of the Kingdom'' (Cassell, 2002), Constable Encyclopædia Britannica online The title was imported to the monarchy, monarchies of Middle Ages, medieval Europe, and in many countries developed into a high military rank an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radhika Sarathkumar
Raadhika Sarathkumar is an Indian actress, entrepreneur, producer and politician who works predominantly in Tamil cinema along with Telugu cinema as well as a few Malayalam, Hindi and Kannada films. She is the founder and CP of the Radaan Mediaworks India Limited and doing serials in most of the south Indian languages. and is a recipient six Filmfare Awards South, two Nandi Awards and three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. Personal life Raadhika is the daughter of the late Tamil actor and comedian, M. R. Radha who hails from Tamil Nadu and Geetha who is a Sri Lankan. Raadhika did her education in India, Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom. She has a younger sister Nirosha, who is also an actress, and two younger brothers, Raju and Mohan. She also has an older half-brother Radha Ravi. Raadhika married actor Sarathkumar on 4 February 2001. They had been friends before their marriage and had been paired in two films: ''Namma Annachi'' (1994) and '' Suryavamsam'' (1997). The couple ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pratima Kazmi
Pratima Kannan (mostly known by her maiden name Pratima Kazmi; born 21 July 1948) is an Indian television actress who has worked in many Bollywood movies and Hindi television drama series. She started her career in 1997 with an English film called Sixth Happiness Filmography Television *'' Itihaas'' as Khabri *''X Zone'' (1998) *'' Saat Phere'' as Kalika's aunt *''Uttaran'' as Sumitra Devi / Nani (2008–2015) *''Jabb Love Hua'' as Raghu's grandmother (2006–2007) *''Kammal'' as Rama *'' Kya Haadsa Kya Haqeeqat'' as Bharini in Kaboo *''Kesar'' as Abhi's mother *''Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya'' as Guruma *'' Mere Angne Mein'' as Bua Dadi *''Ishq Ka Rang Safed'' as Indrani (2015–2016) *''Siya Ke Ram'' as Kaikesi *'' Humko Tumse Ho Gaya Hai Pyaar Kya Karein'' as Dharamveer's elder sister (2016) *''Kaala Teeka'' as Maai (2017) *'' Udaan'' as Rajeshwari Devi (2018) * Bitti Business Wali (2018) * Phir Laut Aayi Naagin as Anand's elder sister Mohini (2019) *''Bhabiji Gha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inspector
Inspector, also police inspector or inspector of police, is a police rank. The rank or position varies in seniority depending on the organization that uses it. Australia In Australian police forces, the rank of inspector is generally the next senior rank from senior sergeant and is less senior than a superintendent (in the cases of the Queensland Police and Western Australia Police) in the other Australian police forces. Members holding the rank usually wear an epaulette featuring three silver pips, the same rank badge as a captain in the army. In addition to the general rank of inspector, some police forces use other ranks such as detective inspector and district inspector. Austria In Austria a similar scheme was used as in Germany. At some point the police inspector was completely removed from the list of service ranks. The current police service has an inspectors service track with ''Inspektor'' being the entry level – it is followed by ''Revierinspektor'' (precinct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanmugarajan
Shanmugarajan is an Indian actor who appears in Tamil films. He is an alumnus of The American College in Madurai and National School of Drama National School of Drama (NSD) is a theatre training institute situated at New Delhi, India. It is an autonomous organization under Ministry of Culture, Government of India. It was set up in 1959 by the Sangeet Natak Akademi and became an indepe .... Filmography Television References External links * * Living people Male actors in Tamil cinema National School of Drama alumni Male actors from Madurai 21st-century Indian male actors Indian male film actors Year of birth missing (living people) {{India-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinay Pathak
Vinay Pathak (born 12 July 1968) is an Indian theater and film actor. He has starred in many films including ''Khosla Ka Ghosla,'' '' Bheja Fry,'' ''Island City'' and ''Johnny Gaddaar'' and had a supporting role in movies like ''Jism'', ''Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, and ''My Name is Khan.'' Early life Pathak was born in Bhojpur district, Bihar, India.Mr. Pathak spends childhood early day in Dhanbad as his father was posted in police department. He attended the boarding school Vikas Vidyalaya, Ranchi until 1982. After graduating from Allahabad University he moved to United States for higher studies. Perhaps chief among his mentors in his BFA program Stony Brook University was Farley Richmond, who also urged him to return to India and Hindi theater and film in 1995. Career While studying at State University of New York at Stony Brook Pathak had many acting roles, notably in the comedies ''Khosla Ka Ghosla'' and '' Bheja Fry''. In 1999, he played the role of Vinny in the television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanjay Kapoor
Sanjay Surinder Kapoor (born 17 October 1965) is an Indian actor and film producer. He works in Hindi cinema, Indian television and web series. He is a member of the Surinder Kapoor family. Kapoor is the founder and director of Sanjay Kapoor Entertainment Private Limited. Early life and background Kapoor was born to Nirmal Kapoor and film producer Surinder Kapoor. He has three older siblings Boney Kapoor, Anil Kapoor and Reena Marwah. Actors Sonam Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, Janhvi Kapoor, Mohit Marwah and Harshvardhan Kapoor, and film producer Rhea Kapoor are his nephews and nieces. The Kapoor family of Prithviraj Kapoor are also his distant relatives as Prithviraj Kapoor was his father's cousin. Career Film career and few successes (1995–present) Kapoor made his debut in Hindi cinema in 1995 with the movie '' Prem'', opposite newcomer Tabu. Although both debutants rendered fairly decent performances, the movie was delayed for many years as it was in production since 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Kenny
Luke Kenny is an Indian actor, film director, producer, music director, composer, and former VJ. He began his career as a DJ, followed by a successful stint as the first male VJ on Channel V. He gained widespread recognition for his role in the 2008 rock musical drama ''Rock On!!'' In 2018, Kenny came back into prominence for his role as the hired mercenary Malcolm Murad in the Netflix series '' Sacred Games''. Early life Kenny was born in Kolkata. His Irish grandfather was originally from Burma, but moved to India after WWII and married Kenny's British grandmother. The actor's father, Robert Kenny, was born in Delhi and was a musician. He later moved to Kolkata and married Kenny's mother, who was Italian. Kenny's parents divorced when he was very young and he grew up in Mumbai with his father and grandfather, both musicians, prompting his interest in music from a young age. He was a student at Elphinstone College in Mumbai, but left the school early to pursue a career in musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashwini Kalsekar
Ashwini Kalsekar is an Indian actress who works predominantly in the Marathi and Hindi television and film industry. She is known mostly for her collaboration with Hindi movies directors Sriram Raghavan, Rohit Shetty, and Ram Gopal Varma. She played a cop in the popular TV show ''CID''. Her first lead role on television came in 1999 when she starred in Zee TV's popular science fiction comedy serial ''Mr. Gayab''. Her villainous outing as Shalaka Catwoman in the children's superhero serial Shaktimaan made her popular as the first Indian Catwoman. She also played popular negative roles as Jigyasa Walia in Ekta Kapoor's soap opera ''Kasamh Se'', Sikka Thakuriaan in Afsar Bitiya, Maham Anga in Jodha Akbar and Saudamini, an evil witch, in Kavach. She also featured as a judge in the Marathi reality show ''"Fu bai fu"'' in 2011. She debuted in Tollywood like her husband Murali Sharma with ''Badrinath''. Since 2019, she focused on OTT with Zee5's series ''"Chargesheet: The Shuttlec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
