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Parmeet Sethi
Parmeet Sethi is an Indian actor, director, producer and writer. He is best known for portraying Kuljeet Singh in his debut in Aditya Chopra's directorial debut ''Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge'' (1995). Sethi has also acted in films such as ''Dhadkan'' (2000), ''Om Jai Jagadish'' (2002), '' Lakshya'' (2004), '' Baabul'' (2006), ''Dil Dhadakne Do'' (2015), '' Rustom'' (2016), ''Laila Majnu'' (2018) and ''Bhangra Paa Le'' (2020). He made his directorial debut with ''Badmaash Company'' (2010) which earned him a nomination for the Best Debutante Director at Zee Cine Awards. Apart from films, he is also active in television shows and has appeared in '' Dastaan'' (1995-1996) and ''Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin'' (2003-2006), ''Detective Omkar Nath'' (2006), '' Sujata'' (2008), ''Pehredaar Piya Ki'' (2017), ''My Name Ijj Lakhan'' (2019), ''Special OPS'' (2020) and '' Hundred '' (2020). Personal life Sethi married actress Archana Puran Singh on 30 June 1992. They have two sons, Aryamann and Ay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archana Puran Singh
Archana Puran Singh (born 26 September 1962) is an Indian actress and television personality. She is known for her comedy roles in several Bollywood movies and as a judge in the comedy shows ''The Kapil Sharma Show'' and ''Comedy Circus''. She is mostly regarded for her role of Miss Braganza in the film ''Kuch Kuch Hota Hai''. Archana Puran Singh has been featured in more than 100 films and television series. Personal life Archana's first marriage did not work and ended in a divorce. Thereafter she was involved with Bollywood director, Pankaj Parashar. who directed her in JALWA. She later married actor Parmeet Sethi on 30 June 1992. They have two sons, Aryamann and Ayushmaan. Career In films She made her film debut with Nari Hira's TV movie ''Abhishek'' opposite Aditya Pancholi in 1987. Later that year, she starred in ''Jalwa'' opposite Naseeruddin Shah. Later, she did small roles in big banner films like '' Agneepath'' (1990), '' Saudagar'' (1991), '' Shola aur Shabnam'' (199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sujata (TV Series)
''Sujata - Ek Stree Ka Samarpan'' is a Hindi television serial that aired on Sony Entertainment Television India, Sony TV, starting from 14 April 2008 until 11 December 2008. The story is an adaptation of the Mexican telenovela Piel de Otono, (Autumn Love), which was written by Liliana Abud and produced by Televisa. It brings out the emotions of an urban married woman and her relationship with her husband and children. Plot The story is based on the life of a married woman name Sujata who has had a love marriage with her husband, Viresh. She is also blessed with two children, but now at the age of 40 she starts to realize that her family has taken her for granted and wants to find her own way to live life. The story begins by focusing on the life of the main protagonist Sujata who has nothing more important than to take care of her family. So taking charge of her home and family, she sacrifices her own dreams and aspirations as well as her youth for the sake of the family memb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Des Hoyaa Pardes
''Des Hoyaa Pardes'' is a 2004 Indian Punjabi-language film, directed by Manoj Punj, starring Gurdas Maan, Juhi Chawla, Divya Dutta and Anup Soni. It won the National Award for Best Feature Film in Punjabi. Plot In 1984, the former Indian Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards, and since then the Sikhs have been a target of violent backlashes by radicals and the Punjab Police. During 1985, Gurshan Singh Somal lived a peaceful life as a farmer in rural Punjab, along with his elderly parents, Gurdev and Tejpal, and an unmarried sister, Guddi. Gurshan meets with and gets engaged to the Station House Officer's only daughter, Jassi Sandhu. Shortly thereafter her father is killed in a drive-by shooting, and a new Officer, Randhawa, takes over from him. Far from being ethical and honest, he is only concerned with fulfilling a quota of deaths of so-called terrorists by fake police encounters. Jassi and Gurshan get married as Jassi has no other relative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punjabi Language
Punjabi (; ; , ), sometimes spelled Panjabi, is an Indo-Aryan language of the Punjab region of Pakistan and India. It has approximately 113 million native speakers. Punjabi is the most widely-spoken first language in Pakistan, with 80.5 million native speakers as per the 2017 census, and the 11th most widely-spoken in India, with 31.1 million native speakers, as per the 2011 census. The language is spoken among a significant overseas diaspora, particularly in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. In Pakistan, Punjabi is written using the Shahmukhi alphabet, based on the Perso-Arabic script; in India, it is written using the Gurmukhi alphabet, based on the Indic scripts. Punjabi is unusual among the Indo-Aryan languages and the broader Indo-European language family in its usage of lexical tone. History Etymology The word ''Punjabi'' (sometimes spelled ''Panjabi'') has been derived from the word ''Panj-āb'', Persian for 'Five Waters', referring to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bollywood Hungama
Bollywood Hungama (lit. "Bollywood Madness" in Hindi), previously known as IndiaFM (or IndiaFM.com), is a Bollywood entertainment website, owned by Hungama Digital Media Entertainment, which acquired the website in 2000. The website provides news related to the Indian film industry The Cinema of India consists of motion pictures produced in India, which had a large effect on world cinema since the late 20th century. Major centers of film production across the country include Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, Ko ..., particularly Bollywood, film reviews and box office reports. Launched on 15 June 1998, the website was originally named "IndiaFM.com". It changed its name to "Bollywood Hungama" in 2008. References External links * 1998 establishments in Maharashtra Hindi cinema Companies based in Mumbai Indian film websites Internet properties established in 1998 {{film-website-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonali Bendre
Sonali Bendre (born 1 January 1975) is an Indian actress primarily known for her work in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu films. She did modelling assignments prior to making her acting debut with '' Aag'' (1994), which won her the Filmfare Award for New Face of the Year. Early life Bendre was born on 1 January 1975 in present-day Mumbai in a Maharashtrian family. She has 2 sisters. Her father was a civil servant. She studied at Ramnarain Ruia College, Mumbai. She studied in Kendriya Vidyalaya, Bangalore. Personal life Bendre married filmmaker Goldie Behl in 2002, they have one child . On 4 July 2018, Bendre announced she has been diagnosed with a metastatic cancer and was undergoing treatment in a New York City hospital. Career Modelling and film debut (1994-1995) Bendre was a model before entering the ''Star Dust Talent Search''. Her first major role was in '' Aag'' (1994) at the age of 19. For this, she won the Filmfare Award for Lux New Face of the Year and Star Screen Awards f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajay Devgn
Vishal Veeru Devgan (born 2 April 1969), known professionally as Ajay Devgn, is an Indian actor, film director and producer who works in Hindi cinema. Devgn has appeared in over a hundred films and has won numerous accolades, including four National Film Awards and four Filmfare Awards. In 2016, he was honoured by the Government of India with the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian honour of the country. Devgn began his professional career with ''Phool Aur Kaante'' in 1991. He then rose to prominence as an action hero starring in successful films such as ''Jigar'' (1992), '' Dilwale'' (1994), ''Diljale'' (1996). He went on to give critically acclaimed performances in ''Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam'' (1999), ''Company'' (2002), ''Deewangee'' (2002), for ''Zakhm'' (1998) and ''The Legend of Bhagat Singh'' (2002), he won National Film Award for Best Actor. After the success of '' Golmaal: Fun Unlimited'' (2006), he went on to collaborate with Rohit Shetty on a number of action ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diljale
''Diljale'' () is a 1996 Indian Hindi-language romantic action film directed by Harry Baweja, with screenplay by Karan Razdan. The film stars Ajay Devgn, Madhoo and Sonali Bendre along with Parmeet Sethi, Shakti Kapoor, Gulshan Grover and Amrish Puri in supporting roles. The film received positive reviews, and earned a lifetime gross of 17.75 crore. IBNLive included ''Diljale'' among its list of "Ajay Devgn's memorable films". Theme The film starts with a sad Radhika (Sonali Bendre) being introduced to an Army Major Ranvir (Parmeet Sethi) by her father, Raja Saab (Shakti Kapoor), an erstwhile king and current politician. Raja Saab tells her that the Major will be a good husband for her. On the day of the engagement, news breaks of a terrorist attack in a nearby village led by the terrorist, Shaka (Ajay Devgn). The Major and Raja Saab leave with a large force to that village. But that turns out to be a ruse as Shaka comes to the place of the engagement and burns the marriage Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salon (website)
''Salon'' is an American politically progressive/liberal news and opinion website created in 1995. It publishes articles on U.S. politics, culture, and current events. Content and coverage ''Salon'' covers a variety of topics, including reviews and articles about books, films, and music; articles about "modern life", including friendships, human sexual behavior, and relationships; and reviews and articles about technology, with a particular focus on the free and open-source software (FOSS) movement. According to the senior contributing writer for the ''American Journalism Review'', Paul Farhi, ''Salon'' offers "provocative (if predictably liberal) political commentary and lots of sex." In 2008, ''Salon'' launched the interactive initiative ''Open Salon'', a social content site/blog network for its readers. Originally a curated site with some of its content being featured on ''Salon'', it fell into editorial neglect and was closed in March 2015. Responding to the question ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bollywood
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and " Hollywood". The industry is a part of the larger Indian cinema, which also includes South Cinema and other smaller film industries. In 2017, Indian cinema produced 1,986 feature films, of which the largest number, 364 have been from Hindi. , Hindi cinema represented 43 percent of Indian net box-office revenue; Tamil and Telugu cinema represented 36 percent, and the remaining regional cinema constituted 21 percent. Hindi cinema has overtaken the U.S. film industry to become the largest centre for film production in the world. In 2001 ticket sales, Indian cinema (including Hindi films) reportedly sold an estimated 3.6 billion tickets worldwide, compared to Hollywood's 2.6 billion tickets sold. Earlier Hindi film ... [...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] |
Hundred (Indian TV Series)
''Hundred '' is an Indian action comedy series starring Lara Dutta and Rinku Rajguru in lead roles which is directed by Ruchi Narain, Ashutosh Shah and Taher Shabbir streaming from April 25, 2020 on Hotstar's label Hotstar Specials. Premise Netra Patil (Rinku Rajguru) learns that she has only hundred days left to live because of her terminal illness meets an ambitious ACP Saumya Shukla (Lara Dutta) and becomes an undercover agent. The duo tries to accomplish their goals in the next hundred days. It contains suspense, emotional roller coaster ride, action scenes, and subtle comedy too. Cast * Lara Dutta as Soumya Shukla : An ambitious ACP who wants to be like James Bond but ends up being treated as "Downgraded Cop" by her department. * Rinku Rajguru as Netra Patil : A girl with many dreams who was forced to reevaluate her life as she found out that she can only live for hundred days. * Karan Wahi as Manohar Dahiya aka Maddy * Sudhanshu Pandey as Pravin Shukla * Parmeet Seth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
