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Rahasya
''Rahasya'' () is a 2015 Indian murder mystery film which is directed by Manish Gupta. The film stars Kay Kay Menon, Tisca Chopra, Ashish Vidyarthi, Mita Vashisht and Ashwini Kalsekar. The film is inspired by the 2008 Noida double murder case, which was met with some criticism by Rajesh and Nupur Talwar. The film was released on 30 January 2015 to positive reviews. Plot Remy Fernandes (Ashwini Kalsekar), a house maid, is seen praying in the servant quarters of Dr. Sachin Mahajan's (Ashish Vidyarthi) plush duplex flat in Mumbai. Carrying a cup of tea, Remy knocks on the room door of Ayesha, the 18-year-old daughter of Dr. Sachin. With no response, Remy enters the room to find Ayesha's dead body on the bed. Horrified, she screams and calls for Dr. Sachin and the police. Sachin says he doesn't remember a thing from the previous night as he was drunk. Ayesha's mother, Dr. Aarti returns from Pune and is shocked by the news. Remy tells the police that the family's other servant, Chet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manish Gupta (director)
Manish Gupta is an Indian film director and writer in Bollywood. Manish has directed five (5) movies – 420 IPC (2021), Rahasya (2015), Hostel (2011), The Stoneman Murders (2009) and Darna Zaroori Hai (2006). And he has written the Screenplay and Dialogues for the movies Sarkar (2005) and Section 375 (2019) amongst many others. Career Manish started his career as a screenwriter. Amitabh Bachchan-starrer Sarkar was Manish's first film. Manish bagged several award nominations for the screenplay and dialogues of Sarkar. Manish debuted as a director with Darna Zaroori Hai (2006) in which there were six different stories and a separate director for each story. Manish directed the main story titled ‘Grandma narrates stories to five children’. Manish's next film as director was the critically acclaimed The Stoneman Murders (2009) starring Kay Kay Menon and Arbaaz Khan, based on the infamous Stoneman killings that shook Bombay in 1983. After that, Manish directed Hostel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tisca Chopra
Tisca Zareen Chopra (née Arora; born 1 November 1973) is an Indian actress, author and film producer who has appeared in over 45 feature films, predominantly in Hindi language. ''Taare Zameen Par'', her best known feature film, was India's official entry to the Academy Awards. It also won her Filmfare and other top nominations. Another feature film, ''Qissa (film), Qissa'', premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto Film Festival in 2013, and won the NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film. The film has travelled to over 24 festivals, winning over almost all top awards and much appreciation from audiences and critics. Tisca did her bachelor's degree in English literature from University of Delhi and worked extensively in theatre. She has honed her craft with Naseeruddin Shah and theatre director Feroz Abbas Khan, Feroz Khan. Her performance in the Pulitzer Award-winning play, ''Dinner With Friends'', that deals with the state of the modern marriage, was a hit in Indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nimai Bali
Nimai Bali is an Indian actor who generally plays mythological supporting and villainous roles.''Another Sanju loyalist'' by Chaitanya PadukoneDNA India 16 March 2008. Accessed February 2010.''Hoja Rangeela Re''Times of India 13 March 2009. Accessed February 2010. He is also famous for his role in the TV series ''Laado 2 (TV series), Laado 2''. Career Bali began his career playing Surya in the TV series ''Chandrakanta (1994 TV series), Chandrakanta''. He went on to play role of Senior Inspector Pratap in the TV series CID: Special Bureau. Bali is known for portraying Vayu, Pawan Dev (God of the Winds) and Emperor Vali (Ramayana), Vali in the 1997-2000 Hindi Television in India, television serial ''Jai Hanuman (1997 TV series), Jai Hanuman'', directed by Sanjay Khan. He played the role of Lord Vishnu's guard Jaya, and two of Jaya's three asura incarnations Hiranyakashipu and Ravana, Ravan. He also played Duryodhana in Khan's miniseries ''Jai Mahabharat'' in 2001,''Sanjay Khan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bikramjeet Kanwarpal
Major Bikramjeet Kanwarpal (29 August 1968 1 May 2021) was an Indian film and television actor. A retired army officer, Kanwarpal had played supporting roles in many films and television serials. Kanwarpal shared screen space with actor Anil Kapoor in '' 24''.Major Bikramjeet Kanwarpal in Anil Kapoor's 24 . Stuti Agrawal. 7 July 2013. Early life and career Kanwarpal was born in , |
Baby Farida
Farida Devi, also known as Farida Dadi or Baby Farida, is an Indian actress in Hindi-language films and television serials. Career She started her career as a child actor in films in the 60s and was the most sought-after child actress. She made her debut as the young Shashikala in the movie Sujata (1960), when she was eight years old. Her most remembered roles as a child artist were in Dosti, Ram Aur Shyam, Brahmachari, Sangam, Kabuliwalah, Jab Jab Phool Khile, Phool Aur Patthar and more with directors like Bimal Roy, Raj Kapoor, K Asif, Mehboob Khan and Guru Dutt Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone (9 July 1925 – 10 October 1964), better known as Guru Dutt, was an Indian film director, producer, actor, choreographer, and writer.Rajadhyaksha, Ashish, and Paul Willemen. 9941998''Encyclopedia of Indian .... Filmography Her films include: Television Web series References External links * * as Farida Dadi (name post marriage) {{DEFAULTSORT:Farida, Baby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kay Kay Menon
Krishna Kumar Menon (born 2 October 1966), better known by the stage name Kay Kay Menon, is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Hindi cinema, and also in Gujarati, Tamil, Marathi and Telugu cinema. Early life Menon was born in a Nair family in Thiruvananthapuram and raised in Ambarnath and Pune, Maharashtra. He studied at the St. Joseph High School in Khadki, Pune. He passed his 10th grade in 1981. He did his Bachelors (Physics) from Mumbai University and his MBA from Department of Management Sciences (PUMBA) at the University of Pune, graduating in 1988 with a major in Marketing. Menon's initial focus was working in the advertising industry including Kinetic Honda and Marlboro cigarette advertisements in India. Career He started his career in theatre productions where he met Nivedita Bhattacharya, whom he married. His first theatre break was opposite Naseeruddin Shah in Feroz Abbas Khan's ''Mahatma vs Gandhi''. In the early years of his career, Menon worked on tele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Noida Double Murder Case
The 2008 Noida double murder case refers to the unsolved murders of 13-year-old girl Aarushi Talwar and 45-year-old man Hemraj Banjade, a live-in domestic worker employed by her family. The two were killed on the night of 15–16 May 2008 at Aarushi's home in Noida, India. The case aroused public interest as a whodunit story, and received heavy media coverage. The sensational media coverage, which included salacious allegations against Aarushi and the suspects, was criticised by many as a trial by media. When Aarushi's body was discovered in her bedroom on 16 May, Hemraj was missing at the time, and was considered the main suspect. The next day, Hemraj's partially decomposed body was discovered on the terrace. The police were heavily criticized for failing to secure the crime scene immediately. After ruling out former domestic servants of the family, the police treated Aarushi's parents—Dr. Rajesh Talwar and Dr. Nupur Talwar—as the prime suspects. The police suspected that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashwini Kalsekar
Ashwini Kalsekar is an Indian actress who works predominantly in the Marathi and Hindi television and film industry. She is known mostly for her collaboration with Hindi movies directors Sriram Raghavan, Rohit Shetty, and Ram Gopal Varma. She played a cop in the popular TV show ''CID''. Her first lead role on television came in 1999 when she starred in Zee TV's popular science fiction comedy serial ''Mr. Gayab''. Her villainous outing as Shalaka Catwoman in the children's superhero serial Shaktimaan made her popular as the first Indian Catwoman. She also played popular negative roles as Jigyasa Walia in Ekta Kapoor's soap opera ''Kasamh Se'', Sikka Thakuriaan in Afsar Bitiya, Maham Anga in Jodha Akbar and Saudamini, an evil witch, in Kavach. She also featured as a judge in the Marathi reality show ''"Fu bai fu"'' in 2011. She debuted in Tollywood like her husband Murali Sharma with ''Badrinath''. Since 2019, she focused on OTT with Zee5's series ''"Chargesheet: The Shuttlec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viacom 18 Motion Pictures
Viacom18 Studios (Also known as Paramount 18 Studios), a subsidiary of Viacom18 (a Paramount Networks EMEAA and Network18 joint venture) based in Mumbai, is one of the first studio model based motion picture & content production business in India, with an operation that involves acquisition, production, syndication, marketing and worldwide distribution of full-length feature films as well as digital only films, web series, short films. Due to Viacom owning half the company, Viacom18 Motion Pictures also distributes films from Paramount Pictures in India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka since 2011 starting with '' Transformers: Dark of the Moon''. Filmography Films produced Films distributed Web series References External links * Viacom18 Motion Picturesat 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mita Vashisht
Mita Vashisht (born 2 November 1967) is an Indian actress. Known for her work on screen, stage and television, she has played a wide range of roles. Her most prominent appearances includes; sci-fi television series '' Space City Sigma'' (1989-1991), Pachpan Khambe Laal Deewarein, Swabhimaan, Alaan (Kirdaar) to Trishna in Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki and Jethi Maa in ''Kaala Teeka'' to film roles with a wide spectrum of directors with different cinema styles. Early life Mita Vashisht was born on 2 November 1967 in Pune, Maharashtra, India to Captain Rajeshwar Dutt Vashisht, who retired as a colonel from the Indian Army and Meenakshi Mehta (née) Vashisht, a teacher and a singer (Indian Classical). She has done her post-graduation in literature from Punjab University, Chandigarh and graduated from the National School of Drama (Delhi) in 1987, Vashisht was for several years (1990–2010) also visiting faculty to some of the premier design, film and theatre institutes of India – the NIF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashish Vidyarthi
Ashish Vidyarthi (born 19 June 1962) is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, English, Odia, Marathi and Bengali films. He is noted for his antagonist and character roles. In 1995, he received the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for ''Drohkaal''. Early life Ashish Vidyarthi was born on 19 June 1962 in Delhi, India to a Malayali father from Kannur, and a Bengali mother from Rajasthan. His mother Reba Vidyarthi ( Née: Chattopadhyay) was a Kathak guru, while his father Govind Vidyarthi is an expert in cataloging and archiving vanishing Performing Arts of India for the Sangeet Natak Akademi. He attended National School of Drama until 1990 and associated himself with another theatre group, Act One, run by N. K. Sharma. Career In 1992, he moved to Bombay (now Mumbai). Ashish played the role of V. P. Menon in his first film, ''Sardar'', based on Sardar Vallabhai Patel's Life. Though, his first release was Drohkaal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
