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Parinati
''Parinati'' (English: ''The Inevitable'') is a 1989 Hindi film directed by Prakash Jha. ''Indian Express'', 16 August 2010 The film is based on a short story written by Vijaydan Detha Awards * Silver Lotus - Best Costume Design - 1989 (National Award) * Presented as An Outstanding Film at the London Film Festival, 1989.References 1989 films 1980s Hindi-language films Films directed by Prakash Jha Films based on Indian folklore Films that won the Best Costume Design National Film Award {{1980s-Hindi-film-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prakash Jha
Prakash Jha (born 27 February 1952) is an Indian film producer, actor, director and screenwriter, mostly known for his political and socio-political films such as “Hip Hip Hurray” (1984), ''Damul'' (1984), ''Mrityudand'' (1997), ''Gangaajal'' (2003), ''Apaharan'' (2005), including multi-starrer movies like ''Raajneeti'' (2010), ''Aarakshan'' (2011) '' Chakravyuh'' (2012), and Satyagraha (2013), Dirty Politics (2015 ). He is also the maker of National Film Award winning documentaries like, ''Faces After The Storm'' (1984) and ''Sonal'' (2002). He runs a production company, Prakash Jha Productions. He also owns the P&M Mall in Patna and the P&M Hi-Tech Mall in Jamshedpur. Biography Early life and education Prakash Jha was raised at his family's farm in Barharwa, Bettiah, West Champaran, Bihar, India. His father's name is Shri Tej Nath Jha. He did his schooling from Sainik School Tilaya, Koderma district and Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 1, Bokaro Steel City, Jharkhand. Later, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vijaydan Detha
Vijaydan Detha (1 September 1926 – 10 November 2013), also known as Bijji, was a noted Indian writer of Rajasthani literature. He was a recipient of several awards including the Padma Shri and the Sahitya Akademi Award. Detha has more than 800 short stories to his credit, which have been translated into English and other languages. With Komal Kothari, he founded Rupayan Sansthan, an institute that documents Rajasthani folklore, art, and music. His literary works include ''Bataan ri Phulwari'' (Garden of Tales), a 14-volume collection of stories that draws on folklore in the spoken dialects of Rajasthan. Many of his stories and novels have been adapted for the stage and the screen: adaptations include Mani Kaul's '' Duvidha'' (1973), Habib Tanvir and Shyam Benegal's ''Charandas Chor'' (1975), Prakash Jha's ''Parinati (''1986), Amol Palekar's ''Paheli'' (2005), Pushpendra Singh's ''The Honour Keeper'' (2014), Dedipya Joshii's '' Kaanchli Life in a Slough'' (2020), Pushpendra Sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nandita Das
Nandita Das (born 7 November 1969) is an Indian actress and director. She has acted in over 40 feature films in ten different languages. Das appeared in the films ''Fire'' (1996), ''Earth'' (1998), '' Bawandar'' (2000), '' Kannathil Muthamittal'' (2002), '' Azhagi'' (2002)'','' '' Kamli'' (2006), and '' Before The Rains'' (2007). Her directorial debut ''Firaaq'' (2008), premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and travelled to more than 50 festivals, winning more than 20 awards. Her second film as a director was ''Manto'' (2018). Based on the life of 20th Century Indo-Pakistani short story writer Sadat Hasan Manto, the film was screened at Cannes Film Festival in the "Un Certain Regard" section. In September 2019, Das produced a two-minute Public Service Announcement music videIndia's Got Colour The music video is about the issue of colourism and urges the audience to celebrate India's diversity of skin colour. Her first book, 'Manto & I', chronicles her 6-year long journey of ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surekha Sikri
Surekha Sikri (19 April 1945 16 July 2021) was an Indian theatre, film and television actress. Sikri received several awards, including three National Film Awards and a Filmfare Award. A veteran of Hindi theatre, she made her debut in the 1977 political drama film ''Kissa Kursi Ka'' and went on to play supporting roles in numerous Hindi and Malayalam films, as well as in Indian soap operas. Sikri won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress thrice, for her roles in '' Tamas'' (1988), ''Mammo'' (1995) and ''Badhaai Ho'' (2018). She was awarded the Indian Telly Award for Best Actress in a Negative Role in 2008 for her work in the primetime soap opera ''Balika Vadhu'' and won the Indian Telly Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for the same show in 2011. In addition, she won the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1989 for her contributions towards Hindi theater. Her appearance in ''Badhaai Ho'' (2018) got her immense recognition and appreciation from viewers and cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basant Josalkar
Basant may refer to: * Basant (season), the spring season * Basant (festival), a historic kite festival in the region of Punjab * Basant (raga), an Indian classical raga * ''Basant'' (film), a 1942 Indian film {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sudhir Kulkarni
Sudhir is an Indian masculine given name. The Sanskrit word ' means "very wise", "resolute". Notable people with the name include: * Sudhir (Pakistani actor) (1922–1997), Pakistani actor *Sudhir (Hindi actor) (1944–2014), Bollywood actor *Sudhir, Indian Para Powerlifter *Sudhir Chaudhary (journalist), Indian journalist * Sudhir Dalvi (born 1939), Indian actor * Sudhir Joshi (1948–2005), Indian Marathi actor and comedian *Sudhir Kakar (born 1938), Freudian psychoanalyst and writer * Sudhir Kumar Baliyan, Indian politician *Sudhir Kumar Chaudhary (born 1983), fan of the Indian cricket team *Sudhir Kumar Chitradurga, Indian weightlifter *Sudhir Kumar Giri, Indian politician *Sudhir Kumar Saxena, Tabla artist and professor * Sudhir Mishra, Indian film director and screenwriter *Sudhir Naik (born 1945), Indian cricketer *Sudhir Pandey, Indian film and serial television actor *Sudhir Phadke (1919–2002), Marathi singer-composer from India *Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar (1934–2009), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindi
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been described as a standardised and Sanskritised register of the Hindustani language, which itself is based primarily on the Khariboli dialect of Delhi and neighbouring areas of North India. Hindi, written in the Devanagari script, is one of the two official languages of the Government of India, along with English. It is an official language in nine states and three union territories and an additional official language in three other states. Hindi is also one of the 22 scheduled languages of the Republic of India. Hindi is the '' lingua franca'' of the Hindi Belt. It is also spoken, to a lesser extent, in other parts of India (usually in a simplified or pidginised variety such as Bazaar Hindustani or Haflong Hindi). Outside India, several ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 Films
The year 1989 involved many significant films. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 1989 by worldwide gross are as follows: Events * Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton, Georgia, for $20 million. Basinger would lose the town to her partner in the deal, the pension fund of Chicago-based Ameritech Corp., in 1993 after being forced to file for bankruptcy when a California judge ordered her to pay $7.4 million for refusing to honor a verbal contract to star in the film ''Boxing Helena''. * A director's cut of ''Lawrence of Arabia'' is released with a 227-minute length. The restoration was undertaken by Robert A. Harris under the supervision of director David Lean. * April 23 – ''Field of Dreams'', starring Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, and Burt Lancaster, is released. * May 24 – '' Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' is released. It is the third installment of the Indiana Jones series. * June 13 – The James Bond film ''Licence to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980s Hindi-language Films
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire *January 28 **Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai (or Jingfeng), Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor (d. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Prakash Jha
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photography, photographing actual scenes with a movie camera, motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of computer-generated imagery, CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still imag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Based On Indian Folklore
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
