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Mukesh Rawal
Mukesh Rawal (1951 – 15 November 2016) was an Indian actor. He worked in Hindi and Gujarati films and television shows. He was well known for playing Vibhishana in Ramanand Sagar's 1987 epic TV series '' Ramayan''. Personal life Mukesh Rawal was born in 1951 in Mumbai, India. His daughters Arya Rawal and Vipra Rawal are television actresses. Career Rawal gained popularity for playing Vibhishana in the 1987 epic TV series '' Ramayan'', created by Ramanand Sagar. He also acted in TV shows like ''Aaha'', ''Hasratein'', '' Kohi Apna Sa'' and ''Beend Banoonga aur Ghodi Chadoonga''. He had acted in several Hindi films such as ''Zid'' (1994), ''Yeh Majhdhaar'' (1996), '' Lahoo Ke Do Rang'' (1997), '' Satta'' (2003), ''Auzaar'' (1997), ''Mrityudata'' (1997) and '' Kasak'' (2005). Rawal was also a prolific actor in Gujarati film industry and theatre. His last Gujarati film was '' Sathiyo Chalyo Khodaldham'' (2014). He last acted in Gujarati TV serial ''Nass Nass Mei Khunnas'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mumbai
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second-most populous city in India after Delhi and the eighth-most populous city in the world with a population of roughly 20 million (2 crore). As per the Indian government population census of 2011, Mumbai was the most populous city in India with an estimated city proper population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore) living under the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. Mumbai is the centre of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the sixth most populous metropolitan area in the world with a population of over 23 million (2.3 crore). Mumbai lies on the Konkan coast on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour. In 2008, Mumbai was named an alpha world city. It has the highest number of millionaires and billionaires among all cities i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zid (1994 Film)
Esmayeel Shroff (12 August 1960 – 26 October 2022) was an Indian film director and writer, noted for his work in the Bollywood industry. His hit film '' Thodisi Bewafaii'' was famous among the crowd of the 1980s. The movie was written by his brother, ''Moin-Ud-Din''. Career Early work Shroff graduated in Sound Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli. He later went to Bombay, now Mumbai, to pursue his interest in films. He worked as Assistant Director to Bheem Singh and later directed his first film '' Thodisi Bewafaii'', followed by other films in Bollywood. Breakthrough Shroff directed ''Thodisi Bewafaii'' followed by ''Agar – If'', '' God and Gun'', '' Ahista Ahista'', '' Zid'', ''Police Public'', ''Majhdhaar'', ''Dil Akhir Dil Hai'', ''Tarkieb'', ''Bulundi'', ''Nishchaiy'', ''Surya'' and ''Jhuta Sach''. He was directing the movie – '' Nazuk sa Modh'' which is to be shot in Delhi. "I am going to be in Delhi during the shoot and would like to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kabhi Saas Kabhi Bahu
''Kabhi Saas Kabhi Bahu'' is a comedy series on DD National channel based on the 3 generations of Awasthi family, whose head Mallu lives with wife Sujata, son Viru and his wife Hema, grandson Mohit and his wife Kajal. Hema finds herself trapped as she is in the unenviable position of being a bahu and a saas at the same time. The show premiered on 2 April 2008. Cast * Sushmita Mukherjee as Hema Virendra Awasthi * Sonica Handa as Kajal Mohit Awasthi/Kajri Sharma * Shama Deshpande as Sujata Mallu Awasthi * Vije Bhatia as Mohit Awasthi * Abhijit Lahiri as Mallu Awasthi * Iqbal Azad as Virender Awasthi aka Veeru * Shivani Gosain as Shalini * Mukesh Rawal Mukesh Rawal (1951 – 15 November 2016) was an Indian actor. He worked in Hindi and Gujarati films and television shows. He was well known for playing Vibhishana in Ramanand Sagar's 1987 epic TV series '' Ramayan''. Personal life Mukesh Ra ... References External links * DD National original programming Indian comedy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CID (Indian TV Series)
CID is an Indian police procedural television series created by B. P. Singh for Sony Entertainment Television India. The series stars Shivaji Satam as ACP Pradyuman, Aditya Srivastava as Sr. Inspector Abhijeet, Dayanand Shetty as Sr. Inspector Daya, Dinesh Phadnis as Inspector Fredricks aka Freddy and Narendra Gupta as Forensic expert Dr. Salunkhe respectively. The location of ''CID'' is set in Mumbai. The series premiered on 21 January 1998 and is the longest-running television series in India. The series aired for 20 years on Sony TV. The last episode aired on 27 October 2018. The series aired its 500th episode on 18 January 2008; 1,000th episode on 13 September 2013 and 1,500th episode on 25 February 2018 and last episode 1547 on 27 October 2018. Summary The first thrilling investigative series on Indian Television is one of the most popular shows on Sony Entertainment Television. Dramatic and absolutely unpredictable, C.I.D. has captivated viewers over the (1998-2018) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luv Kush
: ''For the characters of epic Ramayana, see Lava and Kusha.'' Luv Kush (originally called ''Uttar Ramayan'') is an Indian television series that ran from 1988 to 1989. It was created, written, produced, and directed by Ramanand Sagar. It is a follow-up '' Ramayan'', featuring mostly the same cast and production crew. Luv ''Kush'' covers the last book — the ''Uttara Kanda'' — of the ancient Indian epic ''Ramayana'', following Rama's coronation, especially focusing on his children, twins Kush and Lav. Amid the Coronavirus lockdown, all 39 episodes of this show were re-telecasted on DD National channel following '' Ramayan'' from 19 April 2020 to 2 May 2020. Plot Luv kush is a follow-up series of Ramayan and is based on the Uttara Kanda, which is the last chapter of Ramayana. It depicts the lives of Luv and Kush, the twin sons of Rama and Sita. After Ram's coronation, he gets to know about Sita's pregnancy and the citizens of Ayodhya gossiping her character as she was f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramayana
The ''Rāmāyana'' (; sa, रामायणम्, ) is a Sanskrit literature, Sanskrit Indian epic poetry, epic composed over a period of nearly a millennium, with scholars' estimates for the earliest stage of the text ranging from the 8th to 4th centuries BCE, and later stages extending up to the 3rd century CE. ''Ramayana'' is one of the two important epics of Hinduism, the other being the ''Mahabharata, Mahābhārata''. The epic, traditionally ascribed to the Maharishi Valmiki, narrates the life of Sita, the Princess of Janakpur, and Rama, a legendary prince of Ayodhya city in the kingdom of Kosala. The epic follows his fourteen-year exile to the forest urged by his father King Dasharatha, on the request of Rama's stepmother Kaikeyi; his travels across forests in the South Asia, Indian subcontinent with his wife Sita and brother Lakshmana, the kidnapping of Sita by Ravana – the king of Lanka, that resulted in war; and Rama's eventual return to Ayodhya to be crowned kin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wake Up Sid
''Wake Up Sid'' is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Ayan Mukerji and produced by Hiroo Yash Johar and Karan Johar under Dharma Productions, with UTV Motion Pictures as distributor and visual effects contributed by the Prime Focus Group. Set in contemporary Mumbai, the film tells the story of a careless rich college brat, Siddharth Mehra (Ranbir Kapoor) who is taught the value of owning up to responsibility by Aisha Bannerjee (Konkona Sen Sharma), an aspiring writer from Kolkata. ''Wake Up Sid'' released on 2 October 2009, and proved to be a commercial success at the box office. It received positive reviews from critics upon release, who praised its screenplay, direction, soundtrack and performances of the cast. At the 55th Filmfare Awards, ''Wake Up Sid'' received 9 nominations, including Best Film, Best Director (Mukerji), Best Actor (Kapoor) and Best Supporting Actress (Pathak), and won 3 awards – Best Actor (Crit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kohram
''Kohram'' is a 1999 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Mehul Kumar. It stars Amitabh Bachchan, Nana Patekar, Jaya Prada, Danny Denzongpa, Tabu and Jackie Shroff with other supporting actors. It was an average earner at the box office. Plot The story starts with the death of an army officer ( Jackie Shroff), and it is believed to be the act of a terrorist group headed by Changezi ( Mukesh Rishi). Colonel Balbir Singh Sodhi ( Amitabh Bachchan) is asked to investigate this matter and he ends up discovering that minister Veerbhadra Singh (Danny Denzongpa) is involved in this conspiracy. Colonel Sodhi stages his own death in an attempt to kill Changezi and starts living as Dadabhai/ Devraj Hathoda in Mumbai. Major Ajit Arya ( Patekar) is sent in the guise of a Bengali journalist to find out the true identity of Dadabhai/Devraj Hathoda. Once Arya discovers the truth, he joins hands with Colonel Sodhi to bring the minister to justice and terminate the terrorist group. Tab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vishwavidhaata
''Vishwavidhaata'' is a 1997 Hindi film directed by Farogh Siddique starring Jackie Shroff, Ayesha Jhulka, Sharad Kapoor, Pooja Batra, Arjun and Ashish Vidyarthi. The film is shot in India and Sharjah. It is a loose remake of the Tamil film ''Pudhiya Mugam'', written by Revathi and Suresh Menon. The film features songs composed by A. R. Rahman, re-used from ''Pudhiya Mugam''. Rahman was upset with the producers since the music was re-used in the film without his permission. Plot Jai Verma (Sharad Kapoor) lives in Bombay. He is an honest, unemployed youth who cannot arrange for his mother's treatment. He happens to meet underworld goons looking for such frustrated people, and they force him into the world of terrorism. Rai Bahadur ( Ashish Vidyarthi), the uncrowned king of terrorism, orders Jai to be killed when he revolts. Jai flees to Sharjah and undergoes plastic surgery to begin a new life. He returns to India as Ajay Khanna (Jackie Shroff), meets his ex-lover Radha (Ayesh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mrityudaata
''Mrityudaata'' () is a 1997 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed by Mehul Kumar with music by Anand Milind. The film is considered to be a comeback role for Amitabh Bachchan, who temporarily left the industry in 1992. This film was produced by his own production company called Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Limited (ABCL), which produced films like ''Tere Mere Sapne'' and distributed several films such as Kali Ratnam's ''Bombay Boy'' and Shekhar Kapur's '' Bandit Queen''. It marked Amitabh Bachanan's comeback after five years, but was a flop at the box office. Sunny Deol was offered Arbaaz Ali Khan's role, but declined as he was shooting for the movie ''Border''. One of the songs in the film picturized on Amitabh and Daler Mehndi was very popular when released. Mrityudata's premier show was held in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India in the month of April, 1997. Live coverage was organised by Star Plus Channel which was advertised locally by VComm, Jaipur headed by Mr. Sande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shastra
''Shastra'' (, IAST: , ) is a Sanskrit word that means "precept, rules, manual, compendium, book or treatise" in a general sense.Monier Williams, Monier Williams' Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, Article on 'zAstra'' The word is generally used as a suffix in the Indian literature context, for technical or specialized knowledge in a defined area of practice. ''Shastra'' has a similar meaning to English ''-logy'', e.g. ecology, psychology, meaning scientific and basic knowledge on a particular subject. Examples in terms of modern neologisms include # 'physics', # 'chemistry', # 'biology', # 'architectural science', # 'science of mechanical arts and sculpture', # 'science of politics and economics', and # 'compendium of ethics or right policy'. In Western literature, ''Shastra'' is sometimes spelled as Sastra, reflecting a misunderstanding of the IAST symbol 'ś', which corresponds to the English 'sh'. Etymology The word ''Śāstra'' literally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
