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Manmohan Shetty
Manmohan Shetty is an Indian entrepreneur who founded and developed Adlabs Films Ltd, one of India’s largest media and entertainment firms. Biography Shetty was born and schooled in Mangalore in India to a Tulu-speaking Tuluva Bunt community. He later studied Arts at Mumbai’s Somaiya College and started his career with Adlabs. Adlabs Films Ltd Shetty founded his first company Adlabs Films Ltd. as an advertising films processing company in 1976. Soon, the firm ventured into feature film processing by setting up a state-of-the-art laboratory in Film City, Mumbai. He produced films like ''Ardh Satya, Chakra, Hip Hip Hurray, Holi'' and more. In the meantime Adlabs Films Ltd. went on to win the National Award several times for their technical contribution in Indian cinema. At first it did films for advertising; the first feature film it processed was ''Masoom'', a Shekhar Kapoor film. Eventually it grew to be control the processing of almost 90% of the Hindi film industry. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adlabs
Reliance MediaWorks Limited (RMW) is a film and entertainment services company and a member of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, Reliance Group. The company is one of India's film and entertainment services companies with a presence across several media businesses including the theatrical exhibition of films, television content production and distribution, and film and media services. The company facilities have been MPAA certified. Services provided by the company include Motion Picture Processing and Digital intermediate, DI, Digital Distribution, Audio restoration, Audio Restoration and Image Enhancement, 2D to 3D conversion, Digital Master, Studios and Equipment rentals, Visual effects, Visual Effects, Animation and Post Production for TV Advertisements. RMW's operations are spread across India, UK and the US.Phoenix Big Cinemas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aghaat
Aghaat (English: Harm) is a 1985 Bollywood film directed by Govind Nihalani and produced by Manmohan Shetty under the banner of Neo Films Association. It stars Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah and Bharath Gopi in lead roles while Amrish Puri, Pankaj Kapur and Deepa Sahi and Sarika are in supporting roles. Plot Madhav Verma ( Om Puri) is a dedicated, honest, and diligent union representative. He represents the majority of the employees in an organization, which recognizes his union. However, there is a rival in the shape and form of Rustom Patel (Naseeruddin Shah) who is attempting to break the union so as to establish his majority, through his henchman Krishnan ( Gopi), and will not hesitate to stoop to any level to get what he wants. Chhotelal (Pankaj Kapoor) loses his legs in an accident, and must be hospitalized. Krishnan takes advantage of the situation and puts pressure on Chhotelal and his brothers (Achyut Potdar and Harish Patel) to enroll in his union, and he will get him a h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitti Waajan Mardi , a Hindi crime-thriller film
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Mitti may refer to: * Mitti (2010 film), a Punjabi film * Mitti (2001 film) ''Mitti'' is a 2001 Hindi crime-thriller film written and directed by Iqbal Durrani, produced by Salim Ahamed, and starring Ferdous Ahmed, Sharbani Mukherjee, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Arif Zakaria, Vishal Cast *Ferdous Ahmed *Sharbani Mukherjee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darwaza Band Rakho
''Darwaza'' () is a 1978 Bollywood horror film directed by Shyam Ramsay and Tulsi Ramsay. Plot Thakur Pratap Singh has lost his beloved ones due to a curse put on him and his family by a widow, whose son Dharma was unintentionally killed by Pratap Singh long back. Now Pratap Singh is on death bed tended by his extremely loyal servant Shankar. Pratap Singh calls his friend Professor to his Haveli and asks him to take his son Suraj to one of his friends in Mumbai. Moments later we see that Thakur dies and the Professor and his charioteer Shambhu Kaka are attacked by a gruesome, ghastly, vengeful deformed ghoul. With much valor Shambhu Kaka saves Suraj and scrams, but Professor, not so lucky, dies a macabre death. Time goes by and now Suraj has grown up andy is in love with his uncle's daughter Rachna. After few romantic sequences they get married. However, not everything goes on suavely as Suraj is tormented by the haunting memories of past. He decides to take matter in his ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shiva (2006 Film)
''Shiva'' is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language action film produced and directed by Ram Gopal Varma. The film was a prequel to the original 1990, ''Shiva'', which is a remake of the 1989 Telugu film of the same name. The film was screened at New York Asian Film Festival. The film was dubbed in Telugu as ''Shiva 2006''. Later was dubbed in Tamil as ''Udhayam 2006''. The movie was failure at box office. Plot The film begins with the brutal murder of a Mumbai man named John by a group of gangsters led by ruthless kingpin Bappu Ganesh (Upendra Limaye). As time goes on, Bappu becomes more and more powerful, until he manages to seize power from the government of Maharashtra and make himself chief minister of the state to seize all of Maharashtra's money. Shiva Swarassi ( Mohit Ahlawat) is a poor slum-dweller who, after watching his parents being brutally murdered by Bappu's men, decides that it's time to get rid of Bappu. He gets the people of Dharavi Slum in Mumbai together and forms a re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taxi No
A taxi, also known as a taxicab or simply a cab, is a type of vehicle for hire with a driver, used by a single passenger or small group of passengers, often for a non-shared ride. A taxicab conveys passengers between locations of their choice. This differs from public transport where the pick-up and drop-off locations are decided by the service provider, not by the customers, although demand responsive transport and share taxis provide a hybrid bus/taxi mode. There are four distinct forms of taxicab, which can be identified by slightly differing terms in different countries: * Hackney carriages, also known as public hire, hailed or street taxis, licensed for hailing throughout communities * Private hire vehicles, also known as minicabs or private hire taxis, licensed for pre-booking only * Taxibuses, also come in many variations throughout the developing countries as jitneys or jeepney, operating on pre-set routes typified by multiple stops and multiple independent passenger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apaharan
''Apaharan'' (English: ''Abduction'') is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language crime action film directed by Prakash Jha and stars Ajay Devgn, Bipasha Basu and Nana Patekar in the lead roles. It is the story of a complex relationship and clashing ideologies between a father and son set in the backdrop of the kidnapping industry in the eastern state of Bihar, India. ''Apaharan'' was declared semi Hit at the Indian box-office. Plot Ajay Shastri (Ajay Devgn) is an unemployed, honest graduate who dreams of joining the police force. His father, Raghuvansh Shastri (Mohan Agashe) is a highly principled and moralistic man. An ex-schoolteacher and Gandhi follower, now a social activist, Prof. Shastri expects his son to follow in his steps and believe in his ideals and values. When his father's ideals start clashing with Ajay's ideologies, a rift between father and son emerges. Ajay borrows a lot of money, with the help of his friend (Ayub Khan) and bribes higher officials to get his name on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Race Against Time
''The Race Against Time'' is a 1988 adventure video game designed by the Oliver Twins, and developed and published by Codemasters. The player controls Sudanese runner Omar Khalifa, who has to venture to six continents to light torch bowls and raise flags to begin the 1988 Sport Aid, a sport-themed charity organization. A tie-in to the Sport Aid charity, all proceeds were donated to the campaign. The game was released for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, and ZX Spectrum platforms. ''The Race Against Time'' received a polarized reception from video game critics. The game had been expected to raise £1 million, but instead became a commercial failure, and Codemasters later expressed regret for their association with Sport Aid. After its release, the game had to be recalled because of Codemasters' unauthorized usage of an image of Jesse Owens on the packaging; it was replaced with a picture of Carl Lewis. Gameplay In ''The Race Against Time'', the player controls Sudanese runner Oma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bluffmaster!
''Bluffmaster!'' is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language crime comedy film directed by Rohan Sippy and produced by Ramesh Sippy. The film stars Abhishek Bachchan, Riteish Deshmukh, Priyanka Chopra, Sanjay Mishra, Boman Irani and Nana Patekar. It is an adaptation of the 2000 Argentine film ''Nine Queens''. It follows a conman who gets dumped by his girlfriend and after realising he is suffering from a severe illness, decides to help a new apprentice before dying. ''Bluffmaster'' was released on 16 December 2005, and received mixed reviews from critics. The film became a box office success, becoming a semi-hit, as well as being the 13th highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2005. Plot Roy Kapoor (Abhishek Bachchan) is a conman, information that his girlfriend Simran 'Simi' Ahuja (Priyanka Chopra) is not privy to. On the day of their engagement, however, Roy's true character is exposed and Simi leaves him. Consequently, Roy starts drinking heavily. Six months later, Roy meets Aditya ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dil Jo Bhi Kahey
''Dil Jo Bhi Kahey...'' () is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Romesh Sharma. Amitabh Bachchan, Revathi Nair, Karan Sharma, Bhumika Chawla, Annabelle Wallis, Malcolm Stoddard and Claire Oberman star in the film. It is the first and only movie starring Karan Sharma, who is also the director's son. The film is adapted from Romesh Sharma's Mauritian serial titled C'est La Vie (Mauritian TV Series), also featuring Karan Sharma and was broadcast on Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation in Mauritius in 2003. Plot Shekhar Sinha, his wife Sandhaya and their son Jai are one of the many Hindu Indo-Mauritian families living in Mauritius. Jai ventures out to Stockholm, Sweden to obtain an education in culinary studies and incidentally meets Sophie Besson, a Roman Catholic Franco-Mauritian. They start meeting regularly and soon fall in love. Jai is introduced to Sophie's parents, Norman and Claire Besson. Norman (a large land owner in Mauritius) instantly di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dev (2004 Film)
'' Dev '' is a 2004 Indian Hindi drama film, directed by Govind Nihalani. Plot Joint Commissioner of Police Dev Pratap Singh, a duty-bound, self-righteous officer, and Special Commissioner Tejinder Khosla, the balancing force between the political interests of Chief Minister Bhandarker and Dev's commitment to the law, are lifelong friends, each with his own ideals. Farhaan, a law graduate, was brought up with ideals of non-violence and patriotism. Dev unwittingly gives Farhaan the wound that plunges him into rage and violence after witnessing the death of his father during a peace demonstration. Taking advantage of the situation, corrupt politician Latif sets the vulnerable young man on a path of violence and destruction that threatens to ignite the city. Aaliya is the light in Farhaan's life. Beautiful and innocent, the young woman also gets caught in extraordinary circumstances that transform her life and she dares to stand up for the truth. Dev is the saga of Dev and Tej's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gangaajal
''Gangaajal: The Holy Weapon'' () is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language action crime drama film written, directed, co-produced and edited by Prakash Jha. Featuring an ensemble cast of 87 actors, it revolves around the Superintendent of Police Amit Kumar (Ajay Devgn) who takes charge of the fictitious district of Tejpur, Bihar, known for its high crime rate and organised crime carried out by dons Sadhu (Mohan Joshi) and Sunder Yadav ( Yashpal Sharma). Due to the local police's slow response to crimes, residents of the district resort to pouring acid in the eyes of the criminals as an instrument for extrajudicial justice. Following the release of his directorial debut ''Damul'' (1984), Jha conceived an idea for his next venture that would be titled ''Gangaajal'', which would be about corruption and political violence. Jha was unfamiliar with the subject matter and had no desire to start production, and took twenty years to write the story. The film, announced in January 2001, was pho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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