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Oass
''Oass'' (''The Dew Drop'') is a 2012 Bollywood film directed by Abhinav Shiv Tiwari with Dibya Chhetri, Priyanka Bose and Yashpal Sharma in the lead roles. The film deals with the theme of human trafficking, focusing particularly on child prostitution. It is based on the real-life story of the abduction of an 11-year-old Nepalese girl who was sold to a brothel in New Delhi by her aunt. Plot Kiku, a young girl in a Nepal village, is sent off by her family with an aunt with a promise of better life. The aunt takes her to Delhi selling her to a madam in a brothel where a series of forced sexual encounters follow. Following a murder there, the owner of another brothel takes her along with a child even younger than herself. She is subjected to beatings and torture as her plans to escape are thwarted. Cast *Dibya Chhetri as Kiku *Priyanka Bose as Madam * Yashpal Sharma as John *Jameel Khan as Baadu *Subrat Dutta as Jhukki *Amit Dhawan as Sujeet *Sonam Stobgias Gorky as Ganesh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tina Bhatia
Tina Bhatia is an Indian actress. She is best known for her role in Gulabo Sitabo, Gully Boy. Acting career Bhatia made her debut with 2012 release '. She also worked for two TV serial namely Pyar Ke Papad, “Kyunki Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai” and “Zindgi dot com” for Doordarshan. She has also worked in English language film Interconnect In 2019, She played a notable role in Gully Boy. In 2020, She appeared in Gulabo Sitabo as a supporting role. Some of her works are Sonata, BBG India, Servo OIL, Rudaali for Radio Mirchi, Symphony, Asian Paints Filmography Television Awards and nominations Bhatia has received two international awards for her short film Inner City. She received Best Actress Award in Starlight Film Awards and Best Performance Female in Lake View International Film Festival. She was also awarded Best Actress at the Cult Critic Movie Award and L' Age d'Or International Arthouse Film Festival. Her film Oass won Best Film Award at Ladakh International ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subrat Dutta
Subrata Dutta (born 16 November 1975) is an actor who appears in Indian films. He is best known for his role in Bollywood films like Talaash: The Answer Lies Within, ''Talaash'', ''Tango Charlie'', Zameen (2003 film), ''Zameen'', ''The Shaukeens'', Rakta Charitra, ''Rakhcharitra'', Bhoothnath Returns, ''Bhootnath Returns'' and Bengali films ''Chaturanga (film), Chaturanga,'' ''Bibar'' and Jor (film), ''Jor''. Early life and education Subrat Dutta was born in Bankura district of West Bengal. Eldest of three brothers, he completed his schooling from Bankura Christian Collegiate School and bachelor's degree from Bankura Sammilani College with major in Zoology. Hailing from a non-filmy background Subrat Dutta had no planning to join films and he was preparing for his MBA, when suddenly an advertisement about a theatre workshop caught his attention. The 40 day long workshop organised by National School of Drama in Berhampore, West Bengal, Berhampore, West Bengal made him change his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Priyanka Bose
Priyanka Bose is an Indian actress and model. Active on stage and in films, she is best known for her role in the Italian film '' Gangor,'' among others. Priyanka started her film career with small roles in '' Love Sex aur Dhokha'', ''Sorry Bhai!'', ''Johnny Gaddar'' and '' Guzaarish''. Her first film in a lead role was '' Gangor'' by the Italian director, Italo Spinelli in 2010. She gained recognition as an actress with her performance as a tribal woman in the film and went on to win the best actress award at the ''New Jersey Independent South Asian Film Festival''. Career Priyanka starred as the lead actress in the 2010 film Gangor directed by Italo Spinelli. Adapted from ''Choli Ke Peeche'', a short story by the acclaimed Indian writer Mahasweta Devi, Gangor won several awards at the New Jersey Independent South Asian Film Festival, including ''Best Actress'' for Bose. In 2013, Priyanka appeared in the advertisement for Tanishq, a jewellery retail brand, as a girl with a da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jatin Sarna
Jatin Sarna (born 2 November 1984) is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films and theatre. He is best known for his work in ''Meeruthiya Gangsters'', ''Saat Uchakkey'', ''Sonchiriya'', ''Darbar (film), Darbar'', ''83 (film), 83'' and ''Sacred Games (TV series), Sacred Games'', an original Netflix series, Khakee: The Bihar Chapter. Jatin is known for his work with several Bollywood film directors such as Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane, AR Murugadoss, Hansal Mehta, Abhishek Chaubey, Kanu Behl and Kabir Khan (director), Kabir Khan. Personal life Jatin was born and brought up in a Punjabi people, Punjabi family in New Delhi, India. He is a commerce graduate and did his Bachelor of Commerce, B.Com from University of Delhi, Delhi University. Career After completing his acting course from Shri Ram Centre for Performing Arts, Jatin acted in several plays including ''Spartacus, The Seagull, Hamlet, Veer Abhimanyu, Gangster Samiti, Khidki'' and ''Maharathi''. He has acted in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yashpal Sharma (actor)
Yashpal Sharma is an Indian Hindi and Punjabi film actor and theatre artist. He is best known for his role as Randhir Singh in Sudhir Mishra's 2003 Hindi movie ''Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi'', apart from ''Lagaan'' (2001), ''Gangaajal'' (2003), ''Ab Tak Chhappan'' (2004), ''Apaharan'' (2005), '' Lakshyam'' (2007), '' Singh Is Kinng'' (2008), ''Aarakshan'' (2011) and '' Rowdy Rathore'' (2012). He has also played in punjabi films like Lover 25 kille Halso played the role as Don Rana in a sequence of popular TV sitcom Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah (2008-present) on SAB TV. He played Kuwar Singh in Zee's '' Mera Naam Karegi Roshan''. Yashpal is also a stage actor and appears in live plays. He formerly starred in Zee's ''Neeli Chhatri Waale''. The Haryanvi film ''Pagdi: The Honour'' was awarded at the 62nd National Film Awards. Early life and education Sharma was born and brought up in a lower-middle-class Brahmin family in Hisar in the state of Haryana. Since childhood, he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jameel Khan
Jameel Khan is an Indian actor famously known for his tv series Gullak. Born in Bhadohi, Uttar Pradesh, Khan was educated at Sherwood College, Nainital and Aligarh Muslim University. He moved to Mumbai to pursue his acting career, and has acted in films such as ''Asambhav'', ''Gangs of Wasseypur'', '' Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela'' and ''Baby''. He also acted in ''Beneath the Sea of Lights'' starring Academy Award Nominee Barkhad Abdi and Jim Sarbh. Filmography Films *1999 — '' Straight from the Heart'' - Nimesh *2003 — '' Chalte Chalte'' - Traffic Policeman *2004 — ''Asambhav'' - Atul Bhatnagar *2007 — ''Loins of Punjab Presents'' - Mr. Bokade *2007 — ''Cheeni Kum'' *2008 — ''Rock On!!'' - Tolani *2010 — ''Badmaash Company'' - Archie *2010 — '' 24 Hrs'' - Salim *2011 — ''Jo Dooba So Paar: It's Love in Bihar!'' - Gangster *2012 — ''Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1'' - Asgar Khan *2012 — ''Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2'' - Asgar Khan *''Das Capital'' - Gul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Banks
Louis Banks (born Dambar Bahadur Budaprithi on 11 February 1941) is an Indian film composer, record producer, keyboardist, and singer. He has often been referred to as the 'Godfather of Indian jazz'.Godfather of jazz '''', 19 September 2009. Early life Louis Banks was born to parents Sarswati and George Banks, a musician, in his hometown of Darjeeling. His early music education was at the hands of his father and neighbour ''Mrs. Myers''. His father Pushkar Bahadur, a Nepalese trumpeter moved ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Human Trafficking
Human trafficking is the trade of humans for the purpose of forced labour, sexual slavery, or commercial sexual exploitation for the trafficker or others. This may encompass providing a spouse in the context of forced marriage, or the extraction of organs or tissues, including for surrogacy and ova removal. Human trafficking can occur within a country or trans-nationally. Human trafficking is a crime against the person because of the violation of the victim's rights of movement through coercion and because of their commercial exploitation. Human trafficking is the trade in people, especially women and children, and does not necessarily involve the movement of the person from one place to another. People smuggling (also called ''human smuggling'' and ''migrant smuggling'') is a related practice which is characterized by the consent of the person being smuggled. Smuggling situations can descend into human trafficking through coercion and exploitation. Trafficked people are hel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Child Prostitution
Child prostitution is prostitution involving a child, and it is a form of commercial sexual exploitation of children. The term normally refers to prostitution of a minor, or person under the legal age of consent. In most jurisdictions, child prostitution is illegal as part of general prohibition on prostitution. Child prostitution usually manifests in the form of sex trafficking, in which a child is kidnapped or tricked into becoming involved in the sex trade, or survival sex, in which the child engages in sexual activities to procure basic essentials such as food and shelter. Prostitution of children is commonly associated with child pornography, and they often overlap. Some people travel to foreign countries to engage in child sex tourism. Research suggests that there may be as many as 10 million children involved in prostitution worldwide. The practice is most widespread in South America and Asia, but prostitution of children exists globally, in undeveloped countries as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nidhi Mahawan
In the context of Hindu scriptures, "Nidhi" is a treasure, constituted of nine treasures (''nawanidhi'') belonging to Kubera (also spelt as Kuvera), the god of wealth. According to the tradition, each nidhi is personified as having a guardian spirit, and some tantrikas worship them. The nature and characteristics of nidhis have remained largely unexplained and have not been fully understood. The Nidhis According to Amarakosha, the Nine nidhis are: # Mahapadma "great lotus flower" # Padma "lotus flower" # Shankha "conch" # Makara "crocodile" # Kachchhapa "tortoise" # Kumud "a particular precious stone" # Kunda "jasmine" # Nila "sapphire" # Kharva "dwarf" When considered as mines, minerals, earthenware, and ocean resources, the nine treasures of Kubera are interpreted as: # mahapadma (lake double the size of Padma in Himalaya with minerals and jewels) # padma (lake in Himalaya with minerals and jewels) # shankha (conch shell) # makara (synonym of Padmini, black antimony) # ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Films
2012 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, critics' lists of the best films of 2012, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, and notable deaths. Most notably, the two oldest surviving American film studios, Universal and Paramount both celebrated their centennial anniversaries, marking the first time that two major film studios celebrate 100 years, and the Dolby Atmos sound format was launched for the premiere of '' Brave''. The ''James Bond'' film series celebrated its 50th anniversary and released its 23rd film, ''Skyfall''. Six box-office blockbusters from previous years (''Beauty and the Beast'', '' Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace'', ''Titanic'', ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'', ''Finding Nemo'', and ''Monsters, Inc.'') were re-released in 3D and IMAX. Also, the year marked the debut for high frame rate technology. The first film using 48 F.P.S., a higher frame rate than the film industry sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
