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Pondicherry (film)
''Pondicherry'' is a 2022 Indian Marathi-language relationship drama film directed by Sachin Kundalkar and produced by Creative Vibe Productions shot entirely on smartphone. The film stars Sai Tamhankar, Vaibhav Tatwawadi and Amruta Khanvilkar are in lead roles. ''Pondicherry'' was scheduled to be theatrically release on 25 February 2022. Planet Marathi OTT is the official streaming partner of this film. Cast * Sai Tamhankar as Nikita. * Vaibhav Tatwawadi as Rohan. * Amruta Khanvilkar as Manasi. * Tanmay Kulkarni as Ishan. * Neena Kulkarni as Aai. * Bhupendra Singh Jadawat as Antonio. * Mahesh Manjrekar Plot Nikita and her eight-year-old son, Ishan, stay in an old family villa in Pondicherry that Nikita lets out as a homestay for travelers. Nikita is from Maharashtra and her Tamil husband Vishnu who worked in the Merchant Navy has been missing in a maritime accident. A broker specializing in getting people to sell old family homes – through deception or force – to hospit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marathi Language
Marathi (; ''Marāṭhī'', ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language predominantly spoken by Marathi people in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the official language of Maharashtra, and additional official language in the state of Goa. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India, with 83 million speakers as of 2011. Marathi ranks 11th in the List of languages by number of native speakers, list of languages with most native speakers in the world. Marathi has the List of languages by number of native speakers in India, third largest number of native speakers in India, after Hindi Language, Hindi and Bengali language, Bengali. The language has some of the oldest literature of all modern Indian languages. The major dialects of Marathi are Standard Marathi and the Varhadi dialect. Marathi distinguishes Clusivity, inclusive and exclusive forms of 'we' and possesses a three-way Grammatical gender, gender system, that features the neuter in addition to the masculine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sachin Kundalkar
Sachin Kundalkar or ''Sacin Kuṇḍalakar'' is an Indian film director and screenplay writer who mostly works in Marathi cinema. He is known for his directorial works of '' Nirop'' (2007) and '' Gandha'' (2009). He has also written for the theatre. He is recipient of two National Film Awards, as a director for ''Nirop'' and as a screenwriter for ''Gandha'', the first Marathi film to win Best Screenplay award since the category's institution in 1967. Career Theatre and other works Kundalkar, who had had an interest in film making since his school days, had approached director Ashutosh Gowarikar for assistance. But the director asked him to come back after finishing his education. While still a student, he assisted Sumitra Bhave and Sunil Sukhthankar in their first film together, ''Doghi'' (1995). The film was adjudged as the Best Film on Other Social Issues at the 43rd National Film Awards. He also assisted in other films including ''Zindagi Zindabad'', ''Bhaais Barabar'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smartphone
A smartphone is a portable computer device that combines mobile telephone and computing functions into one unit. They are distinguished from feature phones by their stronger hardware capabilities and extensive mobile operating systems, which facilitate wider software, internet (including web browsing over mobile broadband), and multimedia functionality (including music, video, cameras, and gaming), alongside core phone functions such as voice calls and text messaging. Smartphones typically contain a number of metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) integrated circuit (IC) chips, include various sensors that can be leveraged by pre-included and third-party software (such as a magnetometer, proximity sensors, barometer, gyroscope, accelerometer and more), and support wireless communications protocols (such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, or satellite navigation). Early smartphones were marketed primarily towards the enterprise market, attempting to bridge the functionality of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sai Tamhankar
Sai Tamhankar (Pronunciation: əiː t̪aːmɦəɳkəɾ born 25 June 1986) is an Indian actress known for her work in Marathi, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam language films and television. She is the recipient of two Filmfare Marathi Awards and one Filmfare Award. Early life Tamhankar was born on 25 June 1986 in Sangli, Maharashtra, India. and studied at Savarkar Pratisthan. She was a state level Kabaddi player and has an orange belt in karate as well. She got into acting through a play directed by her mother's friend. Her second play, ''Aadhe Adhure'', won her the Best Actress award, at an inter-college theater competition. Personal life Tamhankar got engaged to Amey Gosavi, a visual effects artist on 7 April 2012. They got married on 15 December 2013, but divorced in 2015. Career Acting After her stint in plays, she was offered roles in Marathi television shows and was seen in ''Ya Gojirvanya Gharat, Agnihotra, Sathi Re'' and ''Kasturi''. In 2008, Tamhankar made her on-screen deb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaibhav Tatwawadi
Vaibhav Tatwawadi ( mr, वैभव तत्ववादी; born 25 September 1988) is an Indian actor who appears in mainly Marathi movies, and also worked in Hindi movies. Early life Vaibhav was born in Amravati, Maharashtra, India to Sheela and Dr. Vivek Tatwawadi. His mother is a home maker and his father heads a local Engineering College. He has a younger brother Gaurav Tatwawadi, who has done his MBA from MDI- Gurgaon. Vaibhav completed his schooling at Somalwar High School, Nagpur before moving to Pune in 2006 to pursue a degree in Metallurgical engineering at College of Engineering, Pune. He started experimenting with theatre while still at school and pursued it actively through his undergraduate years. His versatility and natural flair for acting brought him tremendous success and recognition in the local theatre circuit. He completed his education in 2010 and moved to Mumbai in 2011, to pursue a career in films. Career Tatwawadi basically started his career from c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amruta Khanvilkar
Amruta Khanvilkar (born 23 November 1984) is an Indian film and television actress. She primarily works in Hindi and Marathi films. Khanvilkar aspired to be a film actress from an early age and began her career as a contestant on India's Best Cinestars Ki Khoj in 2004. She made her Marathi film debut with ''Golmaal'' (2006) and her Hindi debut with Mumbai Salsa (2007). This was followed by commercial success with Saade Maade Teen (2007) and Phoonk (2008). She gained popularity in 2010 with her Lavani dance performance "Wajale Ki Bara" from the Marathi film Natarang. Her performance in the highly praised Katyar Kaljat Ghusali in 2015 won her praise and nominations at the Maharashtra State Film Awards and Filmfare Awards-Marathi. Khanvilkar appeared in supporting roles in the high-profile Hindi films Raazi (2018), Satyameva Jayate (2018), and Malang (2020). Her other notable films are Shala (2011), ''Aayna Ka Bayna'' (2012), Welcome Zindagi (2015), ''Well Done Baby'' (2021), an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neena Kulkarni
Neena Kulkarni (''neena'' Joshi) is an Indian actress. She began her acting career in the 1970s on the Marathi professional stage and Hindi experimental stage, along with fashion shows and modelling simultaneously. She met Pt Satyadev Dubey, her first guru, and went on to be a part of several Hindi productions under his direction. Mohan Rakesh's ''Adhe Adhure'', Shankar Shesh's ''Mayavi Sarovar'' and Willie Russell's ''Educating Rita'' are a few of her prominent plays. Dr. Vijaya Mehta chose her to play Shabbo in Anil Barve's ''Hamidabai Chi Kothi'' in 1978, and thus began her long journey with Bai into the remarkable world of Marathi theatre with ''Mahasagar'' and ''Savitri''. She continues to assist Bai in her workshops. ''Mahasagar'', ''Akasmat'', ''Dhyani Mani'', ''Vatvat Savitri'', ''Dehabhaan'', ''Prem Patra'' and ''Chaapa Kaata'' are some more of her successful award-winning (Natya Darpan, State Awards, Natya Parishad recognition) Marathi plays. She directed the play '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahesh Manjrekar
Mahesh Vaman Manjrekar (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, [məɦeːʃ maːɲd͡zɾekəɾ]; born 16 August 1958) is an Indian actor, film director, screenwriter and producer who works primarily in Hindi films, alongside Marathi language, Marathi, Telugu language, Telugu and Bhojpuri cinema, Bhojpuri films. He is credited with directing the critically acclaimed films ''Vaastav: The Reality'' (1999), ''Astitva'' (2000) and ''Viruddh, Viruddh... Family Comes First'' (2005). He has won a National Film Awards, National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi for Astitva and two Star Screen Awards. He is also known as host of the reality show, ''Bigg Boss Marathi'' since 2018. Early life Mahesh Manjrekar was born on 16 August 1958 in Mumbai, Maharashtra (erstwhile Bombay State, Bombay state). He was brought up in a Marathi Karhade Brahmin family. Career Manjrekar has acted in several films, including some of his own productions. He was first seen in the Door darshan Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abhay Jodhpurkar
Abhay Jodhpurkar is an Indian singer born in Madhya Pradesh. He debuted as a playback singer with the Kannada film Godfather (2012 film), God Father in 2012. He is best known for his song "Moongil Thottam", a duet with Harini (singer), Harini for the Tamil language, Tamil film ''Kadal (2013 film), Kadal'' and "E Sanje Eke Jaruthide" for the Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ... film ''RangiTaranga''. In 2018, he sang "Mere Naam Tu" for ''Zero (2018 film), Zero'', which marks his singing debut in Bollywood, Hindi cinema. Early and Personal life Abhay Jodhpurkar completed his Bachelors in Biotechnology from SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai in 2013. Schooling at Sendhwa Public School, Sendhwa, Madhya Pradesh. Singing career Abhay has learnt Qaw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times Of India
''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest selling English-language daily in the world. It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India, and the second-oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation, with its first edition published in 1838. It is nicknamed as "The Old Lady of Bori Bunder", and is an Indian " newspaper of record". Near the beginning of the 20th century, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, called ''TOI'' "the leading paper in Asia". In 1991, the BBC ranked ''TOI'' among the world's six best newspapers. It is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (B.C.C.L.), which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In the Brand Trust Report India study 2019, ''TOI'' was rated as the most trusted English newspaper in India. Reuters rated ''TOI'' as India's most trus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scroll
A scroll (from the Old French ''escroe'' or ''escroue''), also known as a roll, is a roll of papyrus, parchment, or paper containing writing. Structure A scroll is usually partitioned into pages, which are sometimes separate sheets of papyrus or parchment glued together at the edges. Scrolls may be marked divisions of a continuous roll of writing material. The scroll is usually unrolled so that one page is exposed at a time, for writing or reading, with the remaining pages rolled and stowed to the left and right of the visible page. Text is written in lines from the top to the bottom of the page. Depending on the language, the letters may be written left to right, right to left, or alternating in direction (boustrophedon). History Scrolls were the first form of editable record keeping texts, used in Eastern Mediterranean ancient Egyptian civilizations. Parchment scrolls were used by the Israelites among others before the codex or bound book with parchment pages was invented b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Films
2022 in film is an overview of events, including award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, and notable deaths. Highest-grossing films : Box office records *''Top Gun: Maverick'' became the 49th film to gross $1 billion worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing film of 2022. **Additionally, the film surpassed ''Mission: Impossible – Fallout'' (2018) to become Tom Cruise's highest-grossing film of all time at the worldwide box office and also surpassed ''War of the Worlds (2005 film), War of the Worlds'' (2005) to become Tom Cruise's highest-grossing film at the domestic box office. **It also passed ''The Mummy (2017 film), The Mummy'' (2017) as Tom Cruise's biggest opening weekend at the worldwide box office and also passed ''War of the Worlds (2005 film), War of the Worlds'' (2005) as Tom Cruise's biggest opening at the domestic box office and his first film to open to over 100 Million Dollars in the US. **It also passed ''Pirates ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
