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Niharika Khan
Niharika Bhasin Khan is an Indian costume designer who works in Hindi cinema (Bollywood), and is most known for her work in ''Rock On!!'' (2008) and ''The Dirty Picture'' (2011), for which she won the National Film Award for Best Costume Design as well as Filmfare Award for Best Costume Design. Early life and education Born to a Punjabi father and Parsi mother. She did her bachelor's degree in public relations and HR from Seattle, US. Career Bhasin started her career with ''Khoya Khoya Chand'' (2007). She got noticed with rocker film ''Rock On!!'' (2008), and got her big banner break with Yash Raj Films's ''Band Baaja Baaraat'' (2010). Filmography * ''Khoya Khoya Chand'' (2007) * ''Rock On!!'' (2008) * ''Bhoothnath (2008) * '' Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year'' (2009) * ''Karthik Calling Karthik'' (2010) * ''Band Baaja Baaraat'' (2010) * '' Delhi Belly'' (2011) * '' Trishna '' (2011) * ''The Dirty Picture'' (2011) * ''F.A.L.T.U'' (2011) * ''Ajab Gazabb Love'' (2012) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayub Khan (actor)
Ayub Khan (born 23 February 1969) is an Indian film and television actor. He is the nephew of actor Dilip Kumar. Personal life Khan was born into the Hindko speaking Awan (tribe), Awan tribe to former 1950s actress Begum Para and actor Nasir Khan (actor), Nasir Khan. Khan was married to Niharika Khan, Niharika Bhasin, in 2000 known for films like ''Rock On!!'' (2008) and ''The Dirty Picture'' (2011). They met while in college. When Niharika left for the US for her studies, they married other people. After 11 years they divorced and married each other. Filmography * Dosti zindabad (2017) * ''Santa Banta Pvt Ltd ''(2016) ... Indian High Commissioner * ''Yeh Dooriyan'' (2011) ... Abhay (special appearance) * ''Toh Baat Pakki!'' (2010) ... Surinder Saxena * ''Zamaanat'' (2009) ... Sunil * ''Teesri Aankh: The Hidden Camera'' (2006) ... Inspector Vikram * ''Apaharan'' (2005) ... Kashinath *Revati (film) (2005) * ''Tauba Tauba'' (2004) ... Mohan Shanbagh * ''Kuch To Gadbad Hai'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delhi Belly (film)
''Delhi Belly'' is a 2011 Indian action comedy film written by Akshat Verma and directed by Abhinay Deo. It stars Imran Khan (Bollywood actor), Imran Khan, Kunaal Roy Kapur, Vir Das, Poorna Jagannathan and Shenaz Treasurywala. It is a Hinglish-language film, with seventy percent of the dialogue in English and thirty percent in Hindi. The film is produced by Aamir Khan Productions and UTV Motion Pictures. The theatrical trailer of the film premiered with Aamir Khan's ''Dhobi Ghat (film), Dhobi Ghat'' on 21 January 2011 while the film was released on 1 July 2011, along with a Hindi dubbed version. The film was given an Central Board of Film Certification#Current certificates, 'A' certificate for its profanity, intense violence and sexual content. The film was remade in Tamil cinema, Tamil as ''Settai (2013 film), Settai''. Plot The story revolves around three roommates, journalist Tashi, photographer Nitin Berry and cartoonist Arup, leading an unkempt and debt-ridden life in a sha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rang Rasiya
''Rang Rasiya'' (English title: Colours of passion) is an Indian erotic drama film based on the life of the 19th-century Indian painter Raja Ravi Varma. Made as a bilingual, the film is titled ''Rang Rasiya'' in its Hindi version and ''Colours of Passion'' in English. The film, directed by Ketan Mehta, is produced by his wife Deepa Sahi and by Aanand Mahendroo. It stars Randeep Hooda as the title character and Nandana Sen as his love interest. Script and fictionalization Mehta thought that Varma was the most fascinating artist of that era and his character, persona and paintings. He was fascinated with Ravi Varma right from his days at Film and Television Institute of India. After reading Desai's novel, Mehta felt inspired to make a film based on the life and times of Ravi Varma, and set about formulating the story of his new film. He moulded and recast the script to project Ravi Varma as a radical painter, a strident advocate of the artistic license to depict nudity, and as a vic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ungli
''Ungli'' () is a 2014 Indian vigilante crime thriller film directed by Rensil D'Silva and produced by Hiroo Yash Johar and Karan Johar under Dharma Productions. The film stars Emraan Hashmi, Randeep Hooda, Kangana Ranaut, Neha Dhupia, Angad Bedi, Neil Bhoopalam and Sanjay Dutt. Mahesh Manjrekar, who collaborated with Dharma Productions for the first time, appears in a negative role. The film was released on 28 November 2014. Plot 4 friends Kalim (Angad Bedi), Gautam (Neil Bhoopalam), Maya (Kangana Ranaut) and Abhay (Randeep Hooda) delve into what seems to be their "first case" , having started the ''Ungli'' gang, which fights against corruption. Their job is to bug corrupt people and teach them moral lessons quite unconventionally. They target a corrupt minister and become the most wanted people in Mumbai, but also earn respect, affection, and admiration in the media and general public. Meanwhile, ACP Ashok Kaale (Sanjay Dutt) meets his superior, DCP Shivraman (Shiv Kumar S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bombay Velvet
''Bombay Velvet'' is a 2015 Indian period crime thriller film directed and co-produced by Anurag Kashyap, based on historian Gyan Prakash's book '' Mumbai Fables''. It stars Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma and Karan Johar in lead roles, with Kay Kay Menon, Manish Choudhary, Vivaan Shah and Siddhartha Basu appearing in supporting roles. The film was released on 15 May 2015. The film, made on a budget of 120 crore, grossed around 23 crore in the first week. It opened to mixed reviews and was declared a commercial disaster upon failing miserably at the box office. Plot In 1969 Bombay, Balraj is a street fighter/boxer who is in love with the jazz singer Rosie. Seeing Rosie with wealthy men further sparks his dream of becoming a "big-shot", believing that if he manages to become rich, he might win Rosie's heart. Balraj and his friend Chimman then catch the eye of Kaizad Khambatta, a wealthy businessman who is impressed by Balraj and offers him the chance to manage his club "Bombay Vel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy (2015 Film)
''Roy'' is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by debutant Vikramjit Singh and produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Divya Khosla Kumar and Ajay Kapoor under Freeway Pictures. The movie features Arjun Rampal and Jacqueline Fernandez in the lead roles and Shernaz Patel, Rajit Kapur and Shibani Dandekar in supporting roles.Ranbir Kapoor does an extended cameo appearance. Anupam Kher appears in a cameo. The film is based on a filmmaker writing and directing movies about thefts and robberies. The movie had its premiere in Dubai on 12 February 2015 and was released worldwide on 13 February 2015 to negative reviews. Plot Kabir Garewal (Arjun Rampal), a casanova film maker and screenwriter, is making multiple films (GUNS Trilogy) based on a thief's life and robberies. The first two films have been highly successful. In order to shoot the third part of the trilogy, he goes to Malaysia, where he meets a London-based film maker Ayesha (Jacqueline Fernandez). Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tigers (2014 Film)
''Tigers'' (initially titled ''White Lies'') is a 2014 Indian drama film directed by Danis Tanović, and produced as a joint production between Cinema Time, French production company ASAP Films and Sikhya Entertainment. The film is inspired by an episode in Pakistan during the 1990s, a repetition of the Nestlé baby milk scandal in 1970s that occurred in developing countries. A Pakistani salesman named Syed Aamir Raza Hussain became a whistle-blower against his former employer Nestlé; in 1999, two years after he left Nestlé, Hussain released a report in association with the non-profit organisation International Baby Food Action Network, in which he alleged that Nestlé was encouraging doctors to push its infant formula products over breastfeeding. The film features Emraan Hashmi in the leading role as Ayan, based on Hussain, a pharmaceutical representative in Pakistan who discovers his new company's baby formula has killed hundreds of children, after which he begins a lone an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lunch Box
''The Lunch Box'' is a chamber opera by Thai composer Thanapoom Sirichang and Thai librettist Bringkop Vora-Urai. Composed entirely in Tasmania under the guidance of IHOS Artistic Director Constantine Koukias, ''The Lunch Box'' may be the first opera sung in Thai to blend traditional Thai music and contemporary Western opera. A Buddhist tale ''The Lunch Box'' tells the story of a mother's devotion to her only son, a fundamentally good farmer whose rage at the untimely death of his father has tragic consequences. This much-loved Thai Buddhist folk tale is believed by the librettist to be based on an actual incident that occurred in Thailand 300 years ago. Composing western opera for Thai voices Composition challenges included using the Western staff and notation for Thai music, which is usually notated quite differently, and writing for a tonal language such as Thai, in which changing the pitch of the word can change its meaning. Premiere The opera, for two singers and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chashme Buddoor (2013 Film)
''Chashme Baddoor'' is an Indian 2013 Hindi language slapstick comedy film directed by David Dhawan and written by Sajid and Farhad Samji. An official remake of the 1981 film '' Chashme Buddoor'', it was produced by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures and stars Ali Zafar and debutante Taapsee Pannu with Divyenndu and Siddharth in lead roles. The film was released on 5 April 2013 Plot Seema Ranjan (Taapsee Pannu) is a young girl who lives in Mumbai with her father Suryakant “Santru” Ranjan ( Anupam Kher). He, being an active military officer, wants Seema to marry an armyman. He had arranged Seema's marriage to such people five times in a row, with Seema evading all five arrangements. Her father had now arranged her marriage for the sixth time, which Seema evades again and escapes to Goa to live with her uncle Chandrakant “Chiku” Ranjan, her father Suryakant’s younger twin brother ( Anupam Kher), who wants her to marry a civilian. Siddharth “Sid” Kashyap (Ali Zafar), Ja ... [...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] |
Inkaar (2013 Film)
''Inkaar'' () is a 2013 Indian drama romance film directed by Sudhir Mishra and produced by Viacom18 Motion Pictures, starring Arjun Rampal and Chitrangada Singh in the lead roles. Shantanu Moitra has composed the music for the film. Deepti Naval, Vipin Sharma, Gaurav Dwivedi are featured in supporting roles. The film was produced and distributed under the Viacom 18 Motion Pictures and the Tipping Point Films banners. The film deals with sexual harassment in a corporate set-up following the story of Rahul Verma, the CEO of an advertising agency, who has to follow the lawsuit of sexual harassment filed by Maya Luthra, his protégé. The two are battling for the top job of the company. A committee is set up by the agency to hear both sides of the story and work through lies and accusations to find out the truth. The development of the film commenced in 2011. The movie was completed in early 2012 and was titled "''Inkaar''". It was scheduled to release in May but conflicts started r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heroine (2012 Film)
''Heroine'' () is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed, written, and co-produced by Madhur Bhandarkar. Revolving around the life of a once-successful film actress whose career is on the decline, the film features Kareena Kapoor as the protagonist along with actors Arjun Rampal and Randeep Hooda. Additionally, the film also stars Shahana Goswami, Raqesh Bapat, Divya Dutta, Helen, Shilpi Sharma, Mugdha Godse and Lillete Dubey in supporting roles. ''Heroine'' released on 21 September 2012 across 2000 screens, coinciding with Kapoor's 32nd birthday. Despite mixed critical opinions on the film, Kapoor's performance was highly acclaimed and is considered to be one of her best. Kapoor received a Best Actress nomination at the 58th Filmfare Awards for her performance in the film. Plot A journalist reports on the life of Mahi Arora, a renowned actress and film heroine, describing her as unstable and problematic, but damaged and lonely due to childhood trauma, and bipolar di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |