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Mukkabaaz
''Mukkabaaz'' (), released internationally as ''The Brawler'', is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language sports drama film co-written, co-produced and directed by Anurag Kashyap. Jointly produced by Aanand L. Rai's Colour Yellow Productions and Phantom Films, the film stars Vineet Kumar Singh, debutant Zoya Hussain, Ravi Kishan and Jimmy Shergill in the lead roles. It follows Shravan Kumar (Singh), an aspiring boxer, who falls in love with the niece of the boxing federation head, Bhagwan Das Mishra (Shergill). Kashyap, Singh, Mukti Singh Srinet, K.D.Satyam, Ranjan Chandel and Prasoon Mishra wrote the script. ''Mukkabaaz'' was conceived by Singh, who wrote it with his sister Mukti Singh, based on his observations of several sportspersons' experiences in India. Several producers rejected it until Kashyap agreed to make the film if Singh would become a real boxer. To prepare, Singh went to the Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports, where he trained in boxing for a year. Aarti Bajaj and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vineet Kumar Singh
Vineet Kumar Singh (born 28 August 1978) is an Indian actor and writer known for his strong portrayal of an aspiring boxer Shravan Kumar Singh in Mukkabaaz (2018). A M.D. in Ayurveda from Government Medical College and Hospital, Nagpur, Vineet began his acting career at the age of 21 with the movie '' Pitaah'' (2002). After few series of performances in his early career including the 2010 film '' City of Gold'', he got noticed for his role in films like ''Bombay Talkies'' and ''Gangs of Wasseypur''. His role in '' Ugly'' and the portrayal of the character Milan Shukla in the film ''Daas Dev'' won him appreciation. He made his debut as lead actor in the 2018 Anurag Kashyap film ''Mukkabaaz'' for which he won two awards. Early life Vineet Singh was born in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh on 28 August 1978 in a Rajput family. He was interested in sports and played Basketball on a National level. His father is a mathematician. Though Vineet wanted to join the National School of Drama, he c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoya Hussain
Zoya Hussain is an Indian actress, writer and director who predominantly appears in Hindi films. She got recognition for her role in ''Mukkabaaz'', directed by Anurag Kashyap. Career Zoya Hussain was born and brought up in Delhi. She started her career as an actress with the film Mukkabaaz. She first met Anurag Kashyap for the script she had written and wanted Anurag to give his feedback on the same. But Anurag didn't find the script and approached Zoya for playing a role in his next Mukkabaaz ''Mukkabaaz'' (), released internationally as ''The Brawler'', is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language sports drama film co-written, co-produced and directed by Anurag Kashyap. Jointly produced by Aanand L. Rai's Colour Yellow Productions and Phantom F .... Regarding her role in the film, Raja Sen of NDTV stated that "Zoya Hussain is great in an excessively demanding part, mute but loud as can be, the feistiest heroine we've had in a while". Filmography Web series Music videos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anurag Kashyap
Anurag Kashyap (born 10 September 1972) is an Indian filmmaker and actor known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is the recipient of several accolades, including four Filmfare Awards. For his contributions to film, the Government of France awarded him the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and letters) in 2013. After writing a television serial, Kashyap got his major break as a co-writer in Ram Gopal Varma's crime drama '' Satya'' (1998) and made his directorial debut with ''Paanch'', which never had a theatrical release due to censorship issues. He then went on to direct '' Black Friday'' (2004), a film based on the namesake book by Hussain Zaidi about the 1993 Bombay bombings. Its release was held up for two years by the Central Board of Film Certification because of the pending verdict of the case at that time but was released in 2007 to widespread critical appreciation. Kashyap's follow-up, '' No Smoking'' (2007) met with negative reviews and pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachita Arora
Rachita Arora is a singer and music composer in Indian movies. She is best known for her work in the Anurag Kashyap movie Mukkabaaz. Rachita hails from Delhi and is trained in Hindustani classical music. Career Arora started her career by composing music for theatre plays in Delhi. In Mumbai, she met Makarand Deshpande at Prithvi Theatre who liked her work and asked her to produce music for him. Arora composed the music for his 50th original play, Epic Gadbad. Rachita's first film was the Rajkummar Rao film Newton. Before entering the film industry, Rachita composed music for theatre. She also composed music for ‘Mumbai Paani Mafia’ a documentary telecast on Discovery Channel, India. Deshpande later introduced her to Anurag Kashyap. Rachita went on to compose the music for Kashyap's movie Mukkabaaz. Later they team again when she lent her voice to the music of Choked_(film). Filmography * ''Decoupled'' (Singer) (2021) * ''Choked_(film)'' (Singer) (2020) * ''Kanpuriye '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
64th Filmfare Awards
The 64th Filmfare Awards ceremony, presented by The Times Group, honored the best Indian Hindi-language films of 2018. The ceremony was held on 23 March 2019 in Mumbai. ''Padmaavat'' led the ceremony with 18 nominations, followed by ''Raazi'' with 15 nominations and ''Andhadhun'' with 11 nominations. ''Andhadhun'' and ''Raazi'' won 5 awards each, thus becoming the most-awarded films at the ceremony, with the former winning Best Film (Critics) and Best Actor (Critics) (for Ayushmann Khurrana), and the latter winning Best Film, Best Director (for Meghna Gulzar), and Best Actress (for Alia Bhatt). ''Badhaai Ho'' and ''Padmaavat'' won 4 awards each; ''Tumbbad'' and ''Sanju'' won 3 and 2 awards respectively, with the latter winning Best Actor (for Ranbir Kapoor). For the first time in the history of the Filmfare Awards, there was a tie for Best Supporting Actor – when Gajraj Rao for ''Badhaai Ho'' tied with Vicky Kaushal for ''Sanju'' for the award. Winners and nominees ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sadhana Singh
Sadhana Singh is an Indian film and television actor. Sadhana was born in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Her family hailed from the Indian state of Punjab. Her first magazine shot was done by Pardeep Mishra. She started her film career with the 1982 film '' Nadiya Ke Paar'', by writer-director Govind Moonis. Sadhana became a hit after the release of the film and started being called Gunja, the character she played in the film ''Nadiya Ke Paar''. Gunja was an innocent looking village girl who fell in love with Chandan (Played by Sachin), brother-in-law of her elder sister, in the film. She has acted in more than twenty Bollywood and Indian regional language films. ''Goggles of Rajesh Khanna'', ''Jugni'' and ''Mukkabaaz'' (by Anurag Kashyap) are some of her recent films. Apart from films, she also acted in many popular TV serials. Personal life She is married to film producer Rajkumar Shahabadi. Rajkumar is the son of Vishwanath Prasad Shahabadi - a film producer from Shahabad who was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Shergill
Jimmy Sheirgill (born Jasjit Singh Gill; 3 December 1970), also credited as Jimmy Shergill, is an Indian actor and film producer who works in Hindi and Punjabi films. Sheirgill began his film career with the 1996 thriller ''Maachis''. His breakthrough came with the blockbuster musical romantic drama ''Mohabbatein'' (2000), which became the highest-grossing Bollywood film of the year, following which he starred in several other box-office hits including ''Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai'' (2002), ''Munna Bhai M.B.B.S'' (2003), '' Hum Tum'' (2004), ''A Wednesday!'' (2008), ''Tanu Weds Manu'' (2011), ''Special 26'' (2013), ''Happy Bhag Jayegi'' (2016) and ''De De Pyaar De'' (2019). His highest-grossing releases came with the comedy-drama ''Lage Raho Munna Bhai'' (2006), the drama film ''My Name Is Khan'' (2010) and the romantic comedy '' Tanu Weds Manu: Returns'' (2015), all of which rank among the highest-grossing Indian films of all time. The latter earned him a nomination for the Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Sheirgill
Jimmy Sheirgill (born Jasjit Singh Gill; 3 December 1970), also credited as Jimmy Shergill, is an Indian actor and film producer who works in Hindi and Punjabi films. Sheirgill began his film career with the 1996 thriller ''Maachis''. His breakthrough came with the blockbuster musical romantic drama ''Mohabbatein'' (2000), which became the highest-grossing Bollywood film of the year, following which he starred in several other box-office hits including ''Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai'' (2002), ''Munna Bhai M.B.B.S'' (2003), '' Hum Tum'' (2004), ''A Wednesday!'' (2008), ''Tanu Weds Manu'' (2011), ''Special 26'' (2013), ''Happy Bhag Jayegi'' (2016) and ''De De Pyaar De'' (2019). His highest-grossing releases came with the comedy-drama ''Lage Raho Munna Bhai'' (2006), the drama film '' My Name Is Khan'' (2010) and the romantic comedy '' Tanu Weds Manu: Returns'' (2015), all of which rank among the highest-grossing Indian films of all time. The latter earned him a nomination for the Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nucleya
Udyan Sagar, better known by his stage name Nucleya, is an Indian electronic music producer. Career In 1998 he co-founded Bandish Projekt with Mayur Narvekar and Mehirr Nath Choppra. In 2007, Udyan left Bandish Projekt after working with Mayur for about 12 years, and rebuilt himself as "Nucleya". After leaving Bandish Projekt his career struggled quite a bit initially. He drew inspiration from South Indian film music and Indian street music, and released his first EP "Koocha Monster" in 2013. In 2015, Nucleya launched his debut album, "Bass Rani", at a Ganpati visarjan on the streets of Mumbai. 2016 marked the release of "Raja Baja", and 2019 marked the release of "Tota Myna". In 2021, he released an EP titled "Baaraat" in collaboration with Ritviz. His songs have been popular in the independent music scene in India. Nucleya, in collaboration with AIB, hosted and picked the winners of Bacardi House Party Sessions in 2017. He has also been a judge on the hip hop reality show ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aarti Bajaj
Aarti Bajaj is an Indian film editor. She is an editor working in Bollywood currently. She has edited films such as ''Jab We Met'' and '' Aamir''. Education Aarti Bajaj moved from Delhi to Mumbai to pursue her dream of working in films at the age of 21. She did a film course in 1994 at the Xavier Institute of Communication, Mumbai. She said in an interview with India Today, "My dad threw a fit when he heard of my decision to head to Mumbai. But I told him I would run away if he didn't let me go, so he reluctantly gave in." In her internships with Bardroy Baretto and Shyam Ramanna, she "fell in love with the whole process of rewriting a film at the edit table." Having gained some experience, she began editing for music videos and advertisements. Over eight years, she became an established independent editor. Career Aarti Bajaj began editing with Anurag Kashyap's unreleased film ''Paanch''. She followed it with his controversial and acclaimed film '' Black Friday'' for which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare Award For Best Action
The Filmfare Best Action Award is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films. Although the awards started in 1954, the category was not started until 1993. Superlatives ;Most Awards *Sham Kaushal – 5 *Tinnu Verma – 4 *Allan Amin – 3 *Bhiku Verma - 2 *Akbar Bakshi – 2 *Vijayan – 2 *Tom Struthers - 2 Having won the award 5 times, Sham Kaushal holds the record for most wins in this category, followed by Tinnu Verma 4 wins, Allan Amin each with 3 wins each, and Bhiku Verma, Akbar Bakshi, Vijayan Master each with 2 wins each. Awards Here is a list of the award winners and the films for which they won. See also * Filmfare Awards * Bollywood * Cinema of India References {{Filmfare Awards Action Action may refer to: * Action (narrative), a literary mode * Action fiction, a type of genre fiction * Action game, a genre of video game Film * Action film, a genre of film * ''Action'' (1921 film), a film by John Ford * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare Award For Best Story
The Filmfare Award for Best Story is given by ''Filmfare'' as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a writer who wrote a film's story. List of winners 1950s * 1955 Mukhram Sharma – '' Aulad'' * 1956 Rajinder Singh Bedi – '' Garam Coat'' ** Manoranjan Ghose – ''Jagriti'' ** Mukhram Sharma – ''Vachan'' * 1957 Amiya Chakrabarty – '' Seema'' * 1958 Akhtar Mirza – ''Naya Daur'' * 1959 Mukhram Sharma – '' Sadhna'' ** Mukhram Sharma – '' Talaaq'' ** Ritwik Ghatak – ''Madhumati'' 1960s * 1960 Subodh Ghosh – '' Sujata'' ** Dhruva Chatterjee – ''Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan'' ** Mukhram Sharma – ''Dhool Ka Phool'' * 1961 Ruby Sen – '' Masoom'' ** Saghir Usmani – ''Chaudhvin Ka Chand'' ** Salil Chowdhury – '' Parakh'' * 1962 C. V. Sridhar – '' Nazrana'' ** C. J. Pavri – ''Kanoon'' ** Mohan Kumar – ''Aas Ka Panchhi'' * 1963 K.P. Kottarakara – '' Rakhi'' ** Bimal Mitra – '' Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam'' ** Jawar N. Sitaraman – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
