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Producers Guild Film Award For Best Film
The Producers Guild Film Award for Best Film (previously known as the Apsara Award for Best Film) is given by the producers of the film and television guild as part of its annual award ceremony to recognise the best film of the year. Following its inception in 2004, no one was awarded in 2005 and 2007. Winners See also *Producers Guild Film Awards *Producers Guild Film Award for Best Director *Producers Guild Film Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role *Producers Guild Film Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role The Producers Guild Film Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role (previously known as the Apsara Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role) is given by the producers of the film and television guild as part of its annual award ceremony for Hin ... References {{Reflist Producers Guild Film Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Producers Guild Film Awards
The Producers Guild Film Awards, previously known as the Apsara Awards, is an award event hosted by the Producers Guild of India to recognize excellence in Hindi film and Television in India, television. Originated by filmmaker and scholar Amit Khanna in 2004, the Guild Awards were one of the major award events from 2004 till 2016, when the last awards ceremony happened. The 22-Carat (purity), karat gold statuette was sculpted and designed by the jewellery brand Tanishq and was "inspired by the rich heritage of one of India's most treasured possessions – the Ajanta Caves, Ajanta and Ellora Caves." Nominations for the awards come from selected members of the guild, with the full membership (around 160) available to vote for the winners. The ballots cast by the guild members are then taken to a common venue for the final counting. History The first Star Guild Awards ceremony was held on 28 May 2004 in Mumbai, India to honor outstanding film and television achievements of the 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Excel Entertainment
Excel Entertainment is an Production company, Indian production company, founded by Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar in 1999. Based in Mumbai, they mainly produce Hindi films. In 2017, they released India's first original series for Amazon Prime Video – Inside Edge (TV series), Inside Edge, which was nominated for the International Emmy Awards for Best Drama Series. Their first film Dil Chahta Hai received critical acclaim. They won national awards for ''Dil Chahta Hai'' and ''Rock On!!''. With movies such as Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Don (2006 Hindi film), Don, Fukrey, Raees (2017 film), Raees and Dil Dhadakne Do, Excel is known for its contemporary and diversified characters and style of cinema. Their film Gully Boy was also India's official entry to the 92nd Academy Awards. Excel Entertainment also produced the Hindi dubbed versions of the 2018 Indian Kannada-language period action KGF (film), K.G.F: Chapter 1 starring Yash (actor), Yash and the 2019 Sye Raa Narasimha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Producers Guild Film Award For Best Actor In A Leading Role
The Producers Guild Film Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (previously known as the Apsara Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role) is given by the producers of the film and television guild as part of its annual award ceremony for Hindi films, to recognise a male actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role. Following its inception in 2004, no one was awarded in 2005 and 2007. † - indicates the performance also ''won'' the Filmfare Award ‡ - indicates the performance was also ''nominated'' for the Filmfare Award Superlatives Winners and nominees 2000s * 2004 Hrithik Roshan – '' Koi... Mil Gaya'' as Rohit Mehra † ** Ajay Devgan – ''Gangaajal'' as SP Amit Kumar ‡ ** Amitabh Bachchan – ''Khakee'' as DCP Anant Kumar Shrivastav ‡ ** Sanjay Dutt – ''Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.'' as Murli Prasad Sharma aka Munna Bhai ** Shahrukh Khan – ''Kal Ho Naa Ho'' as Aman Mathur ‡ * 2005 – ''No award'' * 2006 Amitabh Bachchan – ''Black'' as Deb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Producers Guild Film Award For Best Director
The Producers Guild Film Award for Best Director (previously known as the Apsara Award for Best Director) is given by the producers of the film and television guild as part of its annual award ceremony for Hindi films, to recognise the work of a film director. Following its inception in 2004, no one was awarded in 2005 and 2007. Superlatives Winners See also *Producers Guild Film Awards * Producers Guild Film Award for Best Film * Producers Guild Film Award for Best Debut Director *Producers Guild Film Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role *Producers Guild Film Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role The Producers Guild Film Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role (previously known as the Apsara Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role) is given by the producers of the film and television guild as part of its annual award ceremony for Hin ... References {{Reflist Producers Guild Film Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salman Khan Films
Salman Khan Films (SKF) is an Indian film production and distribution company established by Bollywood actor Salman Khan in 2011. Based in Mumbai, it mainly produces and distributes Hindi films. Films produced and distributed by Salman Khan Films Films produced Films distributed * ''Vikrant Rona'' (2022) * ''Selfiee ''Selfiee'' is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama action film directed by Raj Mehta and produced by Dharma Productions, Magic Frames, Prithviraj Productions, Cape of Good Films with Star Studios as distributor. The film stars Akshay K ...'' (2023) * ''Bull'' (2023) * ''Dunki'' (2024) References Film production companies of India Hindi cinema Salman Khan {{India-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kabir Khan (director)
Kabir Khan is an Indian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer who works in Hindi cinema. He started his career working in documentary films, and then made his feature film directorial debut in 2006 with ''Kabul Express''. He is best known for directing ''Ek Tha Tiger'' (2012) and ''Bajrangi Bhaijaan'' (2015). His latest film '' 83'' was released in (2021). Early life and background Khan was born to Rasheeduddin Khan, a Muslim Urdu Speaking father and Leela Narayan Rao, a Hindu Telugu-speaking mother. Rasheeduddin, who was a Pashtuns, Pathan hailing from Kaimganj in Farrukhabad district, Uttar Pradesh, was a nephew of Dr. Zakir Hussain (President of India – 1967 to 1969) and a communist politician favored by Indira Gandhi as a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha at a relatively young age, in the early 1970s. He was also a professor of political science, and in the early 1970s, he became one of the founding professors of Jawaharlal Nehru University. His sister, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phantom Films
Phantom Films was an Indian film production and distribution company established by Anurag Kashyap, director Vikramaditya Motwane, producer Madhu Mantena and the former head of UTV Spotboy, Vikas Bahl. It was founded in 2011 by all four of them, and is cited as the "directors' company". In March 2015, Reliance Entertainment picked up 50% stake in the company. The company’s first production was the period romance ''Lootera'' (2013), directed by Motwane and starring Ranveer Singh and Sonakshi Sinha. the film was co-produced by Balaji Motion Pictures. Next year, the company co-produced the romantic-comedies ''Hasee Toh Phasee'' and ''Queen'', starring Kangana Ranaut. Both the films were critical and commercial successes, with the latter also winning the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. It was followed by the thrillers '' Ugly'' and '' NH10'' (2015). The latter marked the production debut of Anushka Sharma. ''Hunterrr'' (2015), '' Bombay Velvet'' (2015) and '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajkumar Hirani
Rajkumar Hirani (born 20 November 1962), also called Raju Hirani, is an Indian filmmaker, director, producer and editor known for his works in Hindi films. He is the recipient of several accolades, including three National Film Awards and eleven Filmfare Awards. Hirani is referred as one of the most successful filmmakers of Indian cinema. His movies are often lighthearted but revolve around significant societal issues with humour and emotional intelligence. Started career as a film editor after passing out from FTII in editing, bad experience forced him to shift in ad films, he made several successful ads. He edited first film as a professional editor to Vidhu Vinod Chopra's '' Mission Kashmir'' (2000). Although he wanted to make films, took one year break and came back with ''Munna Bhai MBBS'' script to Chopra to help him for financing it. Chopra decided to produce himself. The film released in 2003 and became widespread critical and commercial success. It won the National F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen (2014 Film)
''Queen'' is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language comedy drama film directed by Vikas Bahl and produced by Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane, and Madhu Mantena. The film stars Kangana Ranaut in the lead role, with Lisa Haydon and Rajkummar Rao playing supporting roles. The film follows the story of Rani Mehra, a diffident Punjabi girl from New Delhi who embarks on her honeymoon to Paris and Amsterdam by herself after her fiancé calls off their wedding. Bahl co-wrote the script of ''Queen'' with Chaitally Parmar and Parveez Shaikh. Anvita Dutt Guptan wrote the dialogues for the film. Ranaut, who was encouraged by Bahl to improvise her lines during filming, is recognized as an additional dialogue writer. Amit Trivedi provided the musical score and Guptan also wrote the lyrics. Principal photography of ''Queen'' began in 2012 and took 45 days to complete. ''Queen'' received universal critical acclaim, praised for its direction, screenplay and Ranaut's titular performance, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PK (film)
''PK'' () is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language fantasy comedy drama edited and directed by Rajkumar Hirani and written by Hirani and Abhijat Joshi, and jointly produced by Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra under the banners Rajkumar Hirani Films and Vinod Chopra Films respectively. The plot follows an innocent alien (Aamir Khan) who lands on Earth but loses his communication device. He meets Jaggu (Anushka Sharma), a heartbroken reporter, and tries to find his device. With time, he raises many thought-provoking questions. After the success of ''3 Idiots'' (2009), Hirani and Joshi began scripting their next project; finding similarities with the plot of ''Inception'' (2010), they scrapped the film. It was later rewritten with a different angle and tone. During production, the film was initially titled ''Talli'' and later ''Ek Tha Talli'' before being changed to ''PK'' as the latter title was found to be too similar to ''Ek Tha Tiger'' (2012). The film's soundtrack was composed by Shantanu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (born 7 July 1963) is an Indian film director, occasional actor and screenwriter. He is best known for writing and directing ''Rang De Basanti'' (2006) and ''Bhaag Milkha Bhaag'' (2013). He is the writer and director of the films '' Aks'' (2001) and ''Delhi-6'' (2009). Early life He was born on 7 July 1963 in Delhi. His father worked for the ''Claridges'' hotel in New Delhi. He was a part of the selection camp as a swimmer in the 1982 Asian Games held at New Delhi but was not selected in the final round. He studied at Air Force Bal Bharati School in Delhi. Personal life and thoughts In 1992, Mehra married film editor, P. S. Bharathi. The couple have a daughter, Bhairavi, and a son named Vedant. Mehra criticised the vote-bank politics behind the introduction of the Mandal Commission by VP Singh, and said it inspired him to pen the script of ''Rang De Basanti''. Mehra has criticised India's education system as being too marks-driven, without any emp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
''Bhaag Milkha Bhaag'' () is a 2013 Hindi-language biographical sports drama film directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra from a script written by Prasoon Joshi. The story is based on the life of Milkha Singh, an Indian athlete and Olympian who was a champion of the Commonwealth Games and two-times 400m champion of the Asian Games. It stars Farhan Akhtar in the titular role, with Sonam Kapoor, Divya Dutta, Meesha Shafi, Pavan Malhotra, Yograj Singh, Art Malik, and Prakash Raj instead of supporting roles. Sports was coordinated by the American action director Rob Miller of ReelSports. Made on a budget of , the film released on 12 July 2013 and garnered acclaim from critics and audiences alike. It performed very well at the box office, eventually being declared a "super hit" domestically as well as a hit overseas. ''Bhaag Milkha Bhaag'' is the sixth highest-grossing 2013 Bollywood film worldwide and became the 21st film to gross . ''Bhaag Milkha Bhaag'' was inspired by ''The Race ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
