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Prosit Roy
Prosit Roy is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter. He made his directorial debut in the supernatural horror film ''Pari'' (2018), starring Anushka Sharma, for her production company Clean Slate Films. Early life Roy was born and brought up in Kolkata, India. Roy belongs to a culturally rooted Bengali family. He hails from a family of performers starting with his grandfather, Pronab Roy, who was a writer and a lyricist. His father is a music professional, and his mother is a dance performer who has performed with Uday Shankar in the past. He completed his schooling from Nava Nalanda High School in South Kolkata and earned a Bachelor of Commerce (B.com) from the prestigious South City College. He is a graduate of the University of Calcutta. Career Roy's interest for story telling in his formative years led him to explore the film industry in Kolkata. Driven by his passion for feature films and the desire to reach a wider audience he moved to Mumbai to work on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prosit Roy
Prosit Roy is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter. He made his directorial debut in the supernatural horror film ''Pari'' (2018), starring Anushka Sharma, for her production company Clean Slate Films. Early life Roy was born and brought up in Kolkata, India. Roy belongs to a culturally rooted Bengali family. He hails from a family of performers starting with his grandfather, Pronab Roy, who was a writer and a lyricist. His father is a music professional, and his mother is a dance performer who has performed with Uday Shankar in the past. He completed his schooling from Nava Nalanda High School in South Kolkata and earned a Bachelor of Commerce (B.com) from the prestigious South City College. He is a graduate of the University of Calcutta. Career Roy's interest for story telling in his formative years led him to explore the film industry in Kolkata. Driven by his passion for feature films and the desire to reach a wider audience he moved to Mumbai to work on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Indian Film Festival
The New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) is an annual film festival that takes place in New York City, and screens films relating to India, the Indian Diaspora, and the work of Indian filmmakers. The festival began in November 2001 and was founded by Aroon Shivdasani and the Indo-American Arts Council. About 40 films are screened, including features films, shorts, documentaries, and animated films. History The festival began in November 2001 as the Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival (IAAC). It was founded in response to the attacks of September 11, as a way to educate the community on Indian culture. The first festival took place at the Imagin Asian Theatre. Subsequent festivals have been hosted by Tribeca Cinemas, The Walter Read Theater at The Lincoln Center, Asia Society, Aicon Gallery, Cantor Film Center at New York University, and SVA Theaters. The opening night ceremony of the 2011 festival took place at the Paris Theater. In 2007, the festival partnered wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phillauri (film)
''Phillauri'' is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language fantasy-comedy film directed by Anshai Lal and produced by Fox Star Studios with Anushka Sharma and her brother Karnesh Ssharma under their banner of Clean Slate Filmz. Director Navdeep Singh and writer Sudip Sharma are associated with the film as creative producers. The film stars Anushka Sharma, Diljit Dosanjh, Suraj Sharma and Mehreen Pirzada in the lead roles. The film's first official poster was released on 3 February 2017. The film was released on 24 March 2017. Plot A young man Kanan returns to India from Canada to marry his long-term girlfriend Anu, but learns that he is a Manglik (born under an unlucky star) and has to marry a tree before marrying her. He reluctantly marries the tree, which is duly chopped down after the completion of the ceremony. As a result, from that day onward he is haunted by the spirit of a woman named Shashi, who lived in that particular tree and hence claims to now be 'married' to him. The s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Is Well (2015 Film)
''All Is Well'' is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy-drama film directed by Umesh Shukla and produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Shyam Bajaj and Varun Bajaj and co-produced by Ajay Kapoor. It stars Abhishek Bachchan, Asin Thottumkal, Rishi Kapoor, and Supriya Pathak. The film tackles a thorny issue with a social message similar to Shukla's previous venture ''OMG – Oh My God!''. The official trailer of the film was released on 1 July 2015 on YouTube and os, the film released on 21 August 2015. It marked the first film of Asin after a 3-year-hiatus and the last film appearance of Asin, before her marriage on 23 January 2016 and subsequent retirement from the film industry. The film's title is based on a song from ''3 Idiots''. Plot The film starts off with Inder Bhalla (Abhishek Bachchan), an aspiring song composer getting kicked out of his house by his father, Bhajanglal (Rishi Kapoor). Bhajanglal runs a bakery that doesn't really "run". He wants Inder to wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ek Thi Daayan
''Ek Thi Daayan'' () is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language supernatural thriller film directed by Kannan Iyer, adapted from the short story ''Mobius Trips'' by Mukul Sharma. The film stars Emraan Hashmi, Huma Qureshi, Konkona Sen Sharma and Kalki Koechlin. The film is co-produced by Ekta Kapoor, Shobha Kapoor, Vishal Bhardwaj and Rekha Bhardwaj. It was released on 19 April 2013 to positive reviews from critics and decent box-office collections. Konkona Sen Sharma received critical acclaim for her performance and was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 59th Filmfare Awards. Plot Bejoy Charan Mathur, simply known as Bobo, is India's top magician. But unknown to everyone, his life is falling apart. Hallucinations about his dead little sister Misha threaten his sanity. He is drawn to his old vacant family apartment, where he one day opens the lid of a treasure chest, only to see a vision of Misha dead inside. He finally seeks psychiatric help in the form of the odd Dr. Pal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey
''Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey'' () is an Indian Hindi-language historical action-adventure film directed by Ashutosh Gowariker and released on 3 December 2010. Starring Abhishek Bachchan, Deepika Padukone and Sikandar Kher, it was based on Manini Chatterjee's '' Do and Die'', an account of the 1930 Chittagong armoury raid. Although the film was set in Chittagong (in present-day Bangladesh), it was primarily shot in Goa; portions were filmed in Mumbai. Its first promo was posted on 12 October 2010 on the film's Facebook page. The film depicts the Chittagong Uprising from its beginning to its aftermath, an 18 April 1930 attempt to raid the armoury of police and auxiliary forces in Chittagong (then part of the British Raj's Bengal Presidency) by armed Indian independence fighters led by Surya Sen. Asin was first offered Deepika's role in the film but due to several commitments she opted out. Plot Sixteen young people are playing football in an open field when an army convoy arrives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What's Your Raashee?
''What's Your Raashee?'' () is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Ashutosh Gowariker. It was produced by Ronnie Screwvala and Sunita A. Gowariker. The film stars Harman Baweja and Priyanka Chopra, with Darshan Jariwala and Dilip Joshi in supporting roles. The film is based on the Gujarati novel ''Kimball Ravenswood'' by the playwright and novelist Madhu Rye, and follows the story of Yogesh Patel, a Gujarati NRI, who must marry in ten days to save his brother from harm; Yogesh agrees to meet twelve potential brides (all played by Chopra), one from each zodiac sign. Gowariker had always aspired to make a romantic comedy and was inspired to adapt Rye's novel into a feature film after watching a play based on the same source material. Later, he bought the rights and co-wrote the screenplay with playwright Naushil Mehta. In the process, several plot changes were made for the cinematic adaptation, notably the similarity between the twelve girls ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zee Cine Awards
The Zee Cine Award (ZCA) is an Indian awards ceremony for the Hindi film industry. They were instituted in November 1997 to award "Excellence in cinema - the democratic way". They were first held in Mumbai until 2004, when the ZCA went international and had their ceremony in Dubai Dubai (, ; ar, wikt:دبي, دبي, translit=Dubayy, , ) is the List of cities in the United Arab Emirates#Major cities, most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the 7 ..., and in following years in London, Mauritius, Malaysia, and London again in 2008. It was not held in 2009 and 2010; due to TV release of ''Dance India Dance'', but resumed in 2011, being held in Singapore in 2012 it was held at the CotaiArena in Macao. The 2018 edition was held at MMRDA Grounds, Mumbai. It was also not held in 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic. Awards Viewer's choice * Zee Cine Award for Best Film, Best Film * Zee Cine Award for Best A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare Awards
The Filmfare Awards are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Hindi-language film industry of India.Al The Filmfare ceremony is one of the most famous film events in India. The awards were first introduced by the Filmfare magazine of The Times Group in 1954, the same year as the National Film Awards. They were initially referred to as the "Clare Awards" or "The Clares" after Clare Mendonca, the editor of ''The Times of India''. A dual voting system was developed in 1956. Under this system, in contrast to the National Film Awards, which are decided by a panel appointed by the Indian Government, the Filmfare Awards are voted on by both the public and a committee of experts. The ceremony has been sponsored by various private organisations in the past as well as in present provisions. During several years in the 1990s, a live ceremony was broadcast to television audiences but was later discontinued due to unknown reasons. Since 2001, a recorded an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screen Awards
The Screen Awards is an annual awards ceremony held in India honouring professional excellence in Bollywood. The nomination and award selection is done by a panel of distinguished professionals from the industry. The awards were introduced by the Screen (magazine), Screen film magazine of Indian Express Limited, The Indian Express Group in 1995. The magazine was acquired by Star India in 2015 and subsequently closed down. Though Star India continues to sponsor the awards under the Star Screen Awards title. The name of the annual ceremonies are prefixed by the presenting network; the first "Star Screen Awards" were telecasted on Star Plus from 2000 till 2011, after which the "Colors Screen Awards" were previewed on Colors TV, Colors and the "Life OK Screen Awards" on Life OK, each for a period of two years. As of 2019, Star continues to hold the television distribution rights. History The Screen Awards, initiated by the chairman of Indian Express Limited, The Express Group, Mr. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare OTT Awards
The Filmfare OTT Awards are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Hindi-language original programming over-the-top space. The first edition of the awards were held on 19 December 2020. It included films and web series released between August 1, 2019 and July 31 2020. Award categories As of 2020, Filmfare OTT Awards have 32 categories. Popular awards ;Drama series * Best Series * Best Director (Series) * Best Actor in a Drama Series (Male) * Best Actor in a Drama Series (Female) * Best Actor in A Supporting Role in a Drama Series (Male) * Best Actor in A Supporting Role in a Drama Series (Female) ;Comedy Series * Best Comedy (Series/Specials) * Best Actor in a Comedy Series (Male) * Best Actor in a Comedy Series (Female) * Best Actor in A Supporting Role in a Comedy Series (Male) * Best Actor in A Supporting Role in a Comedy Series (Female) ;Web Original * Best Film (Web Original) * Best Actor in a Web Original Film (Male) * Best Actor in a Web Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avinash Arun
Avinash Arun is an Indian cinematographer and film director. As a cinematographer he has shot Hindi films such as ''Drishyam'', '' Madaari'', and '' Hichki''. His first directorial Marathi film '' Killa'' was awarded a Crystal Bear by the children's jury at 64th Berlin International Film Festival. The film was also awarded best feature film in Marathi at 62nd National Film Awards. Early life Avinash Arun is a cinematography graduate from FTII Pune. Career In 2013 Avinash worked as a cinematographer in short film That Day After Every Day. He has also worked as a director of cinematography in 2015 film Masaan. He is working as a cinematographer in Manish Mundra's untitled film. Avinash directed Paatal Lok ''Paatal Lok'' () is an Indian Hindi-language crime thriller web television series on Amazon Prime Video, created by Sudip Sharma, who wrote the script along with Sagar Haveli, Hardik Mehta and Gunjit Chopra, and directed by Avinash Arun and P ..., a web series produ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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