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Paap
''Paap'' () is a 2003 Indian crime thriller film, directed by Pooja Bhatt in her directorial debut, and features John Abraham, Udita Goswami, Gulshan Grover and Mohan Agashe. The film received mixed reviews from critics, praising its cinematography, direction, but criticism for screenplay. The film is remembered for its soundtrack and also marked the Bollywood debut of singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan with ''Mann Ki Lagan''. Plot The story is about a young girl, Kaaya (Udita Goswami), living in the beautiful serene valley of Spiti, waiting to join a Buddhist monastery, an idea which has been fed to her since childhood by her father ( Mohan Agashe) and one which she has never questioned. When Lama Norbu (Denzil Smith), a senior lama from the monastery has a dream that the Buddhist teacher, Rinpoche has been reborn, he sends Kaaya to Delhi to bring him back to the monastery. Kaaya goes to Delhi and manages to get the child, but just when they are about to return home, the child wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junoon (band)
Junoon ( ) is a Pakistani sufi rock band from Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, and Tappan, New York, formed in 1990. The band is directed by founder, lead guitarist and songwriter, Salman Ahmad, who was soon joined by keyboardist Nusrat Hussain, bass guitarist Brian O’Connell and vocalist Ali Azmat. Junoon is Pakistan's and one of South Asia's most successful bands.Junoon featuring Salman Ahmad: The U2 of the Muslim World Retrieved on 30 May 2010 Since their inception, the group has released a total of nineteen albums: seven studio albums; one soundtrack; two live albums; four video albums; and five compilations. They have sold over 30 million records worldwide. Pioneers of |
Pooja Bhatt
Pooja Bhatt (born 24 February 1972) is an Indian film director, actress, voice over artist and film maker. Born into the Bhatt family, she is the daughter of Indian filmmaker, Mahesh Bhatt. Bhatt played her first leading role in Mahesh Bhatt's television film ''Daddy'' in 1989. For the film, she won the Filmfare Award for Lux New Face of the Year for Best Female Debut. Early life Pooja Bhatt was born on 24 February 1972 to Mahesh Bhatt and Kiran Bhatt (born Loraine Bright). On her father's side, Bhatt is of predominantly Gujarati descent and on her mother's side, she is of English, Scottish, Armenian, and Burmese ancestry. She is the step-daughter of Soni Razdan. She has a brother, Rahul Bhatt and half-sisters Shaheen and Alia Bhatt. Her cousins are Hitarth Bhat and Emraan Hashmi. Career Bhatt made her acting debut at age 17, in 1989 with ''Daddy'', a TV film directed by her father Mahesh Bhatt. In the film she portrayed a soul-searching teenage girl in an estranged relatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denzil Smith
Denzil Leonard Smith (born 6 November 1960) is an Indian film and stage actor and producer. Born to Anglo-Indian parents in Mumbai, he is known for his stage and screen roles as a character actor. Smith has acted in over 50 plays and 60 films. His film credits include '' Tenet'' (2020), ''Viceroy's House'' (2017), '' Brahman Naman'' (2016), ''The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel'' (2015), ''The Lunchbox'' (2013), ''The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel'' (2011), '' Frozen'' (2007) and ''Paap'' (2003). His notable television roles include Netflix's ''Delhi Crime'' (2019), ITV's ''Beecham House'' (2019), Amazon Prime's sitcom ''Mind the Malhotras'' (2019) and ''P.O.W.- Bandi Yuddh Ke'' (2016-2017) on Star Plus. He has a long-standing association with both Motley Productions for '' Waiting for Godot'' and ''The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial'', and PrimeTime Theatre for ''Guahar'', '' August: Osage County'' and ''Sammy.'' Notable international productions include ''Merchants of Bollywood' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Abraham (actor)
John Abraham (born 17 December 1972) is an Indian actor, film producer, writer and former model working in Hindi films. He has won a National Film Award and received five Filmfare nominations. After modelling for advertisements and companies, Abraham debuted in films with '' Jism'' (2003) and had his breakthrough performance with ''Dhoom'' (2004). His other successful films include ''Garam Masala'' (2005), ''Kabul Express'' (2006), '' Dostana'' (2008), ''New York'' (2009), ''Housefull 2'' (2012), ''Race 2'' (2013), '' Welcome Back'' (2015), ''Dishoom'' (2016), '' Parmanu'' (2018), ''Satyameva Jayate'' (2018) and '' Batla House'' (2019). Critical praise came to his way through ''Water'' (2005), '' Zinda'' (2006), '' Baabul'' (2006) and ''Madras Cafe'' (2013). Abraham ventured into film production under his banner J.A. Entertainment with ''Vicky Donor'' (2012), which won him the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment. Beyond his acting caree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Udita Goswami
Udita Goswami (born 9 February 1984) is a former Indian actress who worked in Hindi cinema. She has been married to film director Mohit Suri since 2013. Personal life Goswami was born in Dehradun. Her father is from Banaras and her mother is from Shillong. Goswami's grandmother is Nepalese. She completed her education in Dehradun where she studied at Cambrian Hall and D.A.V. Public school until class 9. After a few years of dating, Goswami married Mohit Suri in 2013. They have two children, a daughter born in 2015 and a son born in 2018. She is the sister-in-law of actors Pooja Bhatt, Alia Bhatt and Emraan Hashmi. Career Goswami started her career as a model and later began acting in Hindi films. She worked as a model for brands like Pepsi, Titan Watches and debuted in Bollywood opposite John Abraham with Paap, which was also Pooja Bhatt's directorial debut. She later starred in ''Zeher'' opposite '' Emraan Hashmi'' and ''Aksar'' opposite Dino Morea. She also appeared wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anu Malik
Anwar Sardar "Anu" Malik (born 2 November 1960) is an Indian music composer, singer, music arranger and score composer. He is an Indian National Award and Filmfare Award winning musician, who primarily composes music for the Hindi film industry. He is the son of Sardar Malik. As a music director, he has composed music for various genres of films, and has created several commercially successful songs for the Hindi (Bollywood) film music industry. Malik is also known for the use of the tabla in some of his songs, including "Taal Pe Jab"' and "Mere Humsafar" from the film ''Refugee'', "Tumse Milke Dilka Jo Haal" from ''Main Hoon Na'', "Eli Re Eli" from '' Yaadein'' and "Baazigar O Baazigar" from the film ''Baazigar''. Malik's song "Chamma Chamma" from '' China Gate'' was used in the Hollywood film ''Moulin Rouge!'' starring Nicole Kidman. Malik was a judge on ''Indian Idol'' from its first season in 2004 until 2018 when he left after "Me Too" allegation. He returned as a judg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Azmat
Ali Azmat Butt (born 20 April 1970) is a Pakistani singer-songwriter, musician and actor. He is best known as the lead singer for the influential Sufi Rock band Junoon and for his subsequent solo career. In 2001, he became part of the first Pakistani band (Junoon) ever to perform at the United Nations General Assembly. Early life Ali Azmat was born in Havelian, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa where his grandfather was posted as station master of Havelian Railway Station, while he grew up in Garhi Shahu, Lahore, into a family of ethnic Kashmiri descent and speaks Punjabi as his native language. His father, Nazir Ahmed Butt, was a middle-class businessman, who died in 2013. He went to Sydney, Australia, for his higher studies, but soon returned to Pakistan before completing university. His first band Jupiters was known for performing covers at small gigs in Lahore. While with them, Azmat wrote his legendary hit song ''Dosti''. He later sang and recorded Dosti with Junoon, after which th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spiti
Spiti (pronounced as Piti in Bhoti language) is a high-altitude region of the Himalayas, located in the north-eastern part of the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The name "Spiti" means "The middle land", i.e. the land between Tibet and India. Spiti incorporates mainly the valley of the Spiti River, and the valleys of several rivers that feed into the Spiti River. Some of the prominent side-valleys in Spiti are the Pin valley and the Lingti valley. Spiti is bordered on the east by Tibet, on the north by Ladakh, on the west and southwest by Lahaul, on the south by Kullu, and on the southeast by Kinnaur. The valley and its surrounding regions are among the least populated regions of India. Spiti has a cold desert environment. The Bhoti-speaking local population follows Tibetan Buddhism. Administration Spiti forms one of the two sub-divisions of the Lahaul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh, the other one being the Lahaul sub-division. The sub-divisional headqua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shahzad Hasan
Shahzad Hasan (also known as Shahi Hasan), is a Pakistani musician, record producer, occasional actor, bass guitarist, backing vocalist and music industry executive. Co-founding the pop and rock band, Vital Signs, with keyboardist Rohail Hyatt in 1986, he earned recognition of playing bass guitar and as an original member of Vital Signs. In addition to his role as the band's bass player and backing vocalist, he has undertaken many other roles for the band, such as producing and co-producing their albums, producing backstage music for the popular television series, ''Coke Studio''. In Pakistan, he has been cited as one of the greatest bassist in the country as well as earned much respect in the country for producing the music. In 2003, he composed the song ''Mann Ki Lagan'' for the movie ''Paap'', the lyrics being penned by Amjad Islam Amjad, the song that launched the Bollywood career of Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. In 2013, he came recently came in the limelight after collabora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akiv Ali
Akiv Ali is an Indian film editor who works in Bollywood. Career Akiv is a film editor in Bollywood, he is known for editing ''Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai''. He worked as actor in a film '' Rog'' in 2005. Akiv's debut directorial ''De De Pyaar De'', starring Ajay Devgn, Tabu and Rakul Preet Singh released on 17 May 2019. Filmography As editor * '' Kash Aap Hamare Hote'' (2003) * '' Saaya'' (2003) * ''Footpath'' (2003) * '' Inteha'' (2003) * ''Paap'' (2003) * ''Murder'' (2004) * '' Tumsa Nahin Dekha: A Love Story'' (2004) * ''Madhoshi'' (2004) * '' Rog'' (2005) * ''Zeher'' (2005) * ''Koi Tujh Sa Kahaan'' (2005) * '' Kalyug'' (2005) * ''Gangster'' (2006) * '' The Killer'' (2006) * ''Woh Lamhe'' (2006) * '' Life in a... Metro'' (2007) * ''Khulay Asmaan Kay Neechay'' (2008) * ''I Hate Luv Storys'' (2010) * ''Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai'' (2010) * ''The Dirty Picture'' (2011) * '' Pyaar Ka Punchnama'' (2011) * ''Love Mein Gum'' (2011) * '' Agneepath'' (2012) * ''Barfi!'' (2012) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megha Burman
Megha Burman is an Indian actress working in Hindi and Tamil film industry. She played the role of Razia in Sohan Roy's ''Dam'', which may have been based on the Mullaperiyar Dam dispute between Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The DMK party chief M. Karunanidhi urged the Tamil Nadu chief minister J.Jayalalitha to ban the movie for "people's safety". A day before its scheduled release on 25 November, the film was banned by the State Government on grounds that its release would disturb relations between Tamil Nadu and Kerala. She played the lead role in '' Oru Modhal Oru Kadhal''. Her film ''Ballad of Rustom'' was a qualifying feature for the Academy Awards The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ... in 2014. In 2020, she played the role of Nisha Das in the Hindi language sports dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bikramjeet Kanwarpal
Major Bikramjeet Kanwarpal (29 August 1968 1 May 2021) was an Indian film and television actor. A retired army officer, Kanwarpal had played supporting roles in many films and television serials. Kanwarpal shared screen space with actor Anil Kapoor in '' 24''.Major Bikramjeet Kanwarpal in Anil Kapoor's 24 . Stuti Agrawal. 7 July 2013. Early life and career Kanwarpal was born in , |
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