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Saina (film)
''Saina'' is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language biographical sports film directed by Amole Gupte and produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Sujay Jairaj and Rashesh Shah under the banner of T-Series and Front Foot Pictures. Based on the life of badminton player Saina Nehwal, the film stars Parineeti Chopra as Nehwal. The film was initially set to release in September 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India. It was theatrically released on 26 March 2021. Plot The film traces Saina's journey from her training at Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad, her struggles, her parents sacrifices for her dreams, her passion for badminton, her relationship with Kashyap and her coach Rajan to her becoming World's No.1. Cast * Parineeti Chopra as Saina Nehwal * Manav Kaul as Coach Sarvadhamaan Rajan, a fictionalized version of Pullela Gopichand * Eshan Naqvi as Parupalli Kashyap * Meghna Malik as Usha Rani Nehwal, Saina's mother * Subhrajyoti Barat as Harvir Singh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amole Gupte
Amole Gupte (born c. 1962) is an Indian screenwriter, actor, and director, known for his work on the 2007 Bollywood film ''Taare Zameen Par (Like Stars on Earth)'' as creative director and screenwriter. He conceived the film along with his wife, Deepa Bhatia (concept, research, and editing). He was the chairperson of the Children's Film Society, India from 2012 to 2015. And presently serves as a member of the advisory board of the Kautik International Student Film Festival. Filmography Director Actor *''Sanak'' (2021) *''Mumbai Saga'' (2021) * ''Sniff'' (2017) * '' Ek Tara'' (2015) * ''Singham Returns'' (2014) * ''Bheja Fry 2'' (2011) * ''Stanley Ka Dabba'' (2011) * ''Urumi'' (2011) * ''Phas Gaye Re Obama'' (2010) * ''Kaminey'' (2009) * ''Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar'' (1992) * ''Holi'' (1984) Awards 2008 Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards *Won: Best Story – ''Taare Zameen Par (Like Stars on Earth)'' *Won: Best Screenplay – ''Taare Zameen Par (Like Stars on Earth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad
The Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, formerly known as Fateh Maidan, is a multi-purpose sports stadium in Hyderabad, Telangana. The stadium is primarily used for cricket and association football. The stadium was renamed in 1967 in memory of Lal Bahadur Shastri, India's former Prime Minister. As of 19 August 2017, it has hosted 3 Tests and 14 ODIs. History During the eight-month siege of Golconda in 1687 the Mughal soldiers were camped on a vast open ground. After their victory, this ground was named as Fateh Maidan (Victory Square). During Asaf Jahi period, Fateh Maidan was used as Polo Grounds. Gymkhana ground in Secunderabad which was the home of Hyderabad Cricket Association did not have stands to accommodate the large number of spectators that used to watch the cricket matches. The matches were therefore held at Fateh Maidan even though the grounds were not owned by Hyderabad Cricket Association but by Andhra Pradesh Sports Council. The first test match was hosted in November ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manoj Muntashir
Manoj Shukla (born 27 February 1976), better known by his stage name Manoj Shukla ‛Muntashir’, is an Indian lyricist, poet and screenwriter. He wrote several successful Hindi songs for films. These have included "Teri Mitti", "Galliyan", "Tere Sang Yaara", " Kaun Tujhe", ''Dil Meri Na Sune'', "Phir Bhi Tumko Chaahunga", ''Baahubali: The Beginning'', and ''Baahubali 2: The Conclusion''. Early life Muntashir was born on 27 February 1976 as Manoj Shukla into a farming family in Gauriganj, Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, India, where he attended a HAL School Korwa. After graduating from Allahabad University in 1999 he moved to Mumbai to seek work, and subsequently entered the TV and film scene following an opportunity to write for ''Kaun Banega Crorepati.'' He is married to Neelam Shukla and they have a son. Career Muntashir has written the lyrics of several Hindi film songs including "Galliyan" from ''Ek Villain'', "Tere Sang Yaara" from '' Rustom'', "Kaun Tujhe" from ''M.S Dhoni: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Times Now
Times Now is an English news channel in India owned and operated by The Times Group. The channel launched on 23 January 2006 in partnership with Reuters. It is a pay television throughout India. Until 2016, it was India's most popular and the most viewed English news channel. History In 2016 Arnab Goswami (the earlier editor-in-chief) left the channel to launch Republic TV. Distribution Along with the other Times group channels (Zoom, ET Now and Movies Now), Times Now is distributed by Media Network and Distribution (India) Ltd (MNDIL), which is a joint venture between The Times Group and Yogesh Radhakrishnan, a cable and satellite industry veteran, under the brand Prime Connect. Employees * Rahul Shivshankar – Editor-in-chief * Navika Kumar – Group editor * Maroof Raza – Consultant and strategic affairs expert Lawsuits On 15 November 2011, in the country's highest defamation suit, the Supreme Court upheld the Bombay High Court's order requiring Times Now to pay ₹100 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
67th Filmfare Awards
The 67th Filmfare Awards ceremony, presented by The Times Group Bennett, Coleman and Company Limited, (abbreviated as B.C.C.L. and d/b/a The Times Group), is an Indian media conglomerate headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The company remains a family-owned business with Sahu Jain family owning a majority ..., honored the best Indian Hindi cinema, Hindi-language films of List of Hindi films of 2021, 2021. ''Shershaah'' led the ceremony with nineteen nominations, followed by ''Sardar Udham'' and ''83 (film), 83'' with fourteen each, ''Rashmi Rocket'' with eleven and ''Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar'' with ten. ''Sardar Udham'' won nine awards, including Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film, Best Film (Critics) and Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor, Best Actor (Critics) (for Vicky Kaushal), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony. ''Shershaah'' and ''Mimi (2021 Hindi film), Mimi'' won multiple awards at the ceremony, with the former winning Filmfare Award for B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Times Of India
''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English language, English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the List of newspapers in India by circulation, 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 newspap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna M
''Anna M.'' is a 2007 French thriller film, written and directed by Michel Spinosa and starring Isabelle Carré and Gilbert Melki. Plot Anna, a somewhat introverted woman, becomes obsessed with the orthopedic surgeon who helped with her recuperation following a car accident. Incorrectly believing the love to be reciprocated, she embarks on several attempts to stay in touch with him but, after several rejections, finds herself descending into despair and, ultimately, hatred. Cast * Isabelle Carré - Anna M. * Gaëlle Bona - Éléonore * Geneviève Mnich - Anna's mother * Gilbert Melki - Dr. André Zanevsky * Anne Consigny - Mrs. Zanevsky * Pascal Bongard - The inspector * Samir Guesmi - The receptionist * Francis Renaud - Albert * Éric Savin - The father Reaction Anthony Quinn, writing for The Independent, gave the film three out of five stars. Film4 gave it the same, calling it "entertaining". Awards and nominations *César Awards (France) **Nominated: Best Actress – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Indian Express
''The Indian Express'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932. It is published in Mumbai by the Indian Express Group. In 1999, eight years after the group's founder Ramnath Goenka's death in 1991, the group was split between the family members. The southern editions took the name ''The New Indian Express'', while the northern editions, based in Mumbai, retained the original ''Indian Express'' name with ''"The"'' prefixed to the title. History In 1932, the ''Indian Express'' was started by an Ayurvedic doctor, P. Varadarajulu Naidu, at Chennai, being published by his "Tamil Nadu" press. Soon under financial difficulties, he sold the newspaper to Swaminathan Sadanand, the founder of ''The Free Press Journal'', a national news agency. In 1933, the ''Indian Express'' opened its second office in Madurai, launching the Tamil edition, '' Dinamani''. Sadanand introduced several innovations and reduced the price of the newspaper. Faced with financial difficultie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Covid-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease quickly spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic. The symptoms of COVID‑19 are variable but often include fever, cough, headache, fatigue, breathing difficulties, Anosmia, loss of smell, and Ageusia, loss of taste. Symptoms may begin one to fourteen days incubation period, after exposure to the virus. At least a third of people who are infected Asymptomatic, do not develop noticeable symptoms. Of those who develop symptoms noticeable enough to be classified as patients, most (81%) develop mild to moderate symptoms (up to mild pneumonia), while 14% develop severe symptoms (dyspnea, Hypoxia (medical), hypoxia, or more than 50% lung involvement on imaging), and 5% develop critical symptoms (respiratory failure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shraddha Kapoor
Shraddha Kapoor (born 3 March 1987 or 1989Indian Express mentioned her birthday 3 March 1987 The Times of India's article from 4 March 2016 mentioned her age 27. As pe according to TOI her birthday year is 1989.) is an Indian actress who primarily works in films. One o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ankur Vikal
Ankur Vikal is an Indian theatre and film actor. Career He graduated from the National School of Drama (NSD), New Delhi in 2000, after studying Architecture at Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. He has acted with the Motley Theatre Group in plays such as ''Manto Ismat Haazir Hain'', ''Safed Jhooth Kaali Shalwar'', ''Katha Kollage II'', ''All Thieves'','' The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial'', and ''Salome''. His film career began with the Indian ground-breaking film '' Mango Soufflé'', followed by the highly acclaimed films ''Maqbool'' and '' Missed Call''. Ankur played the role of Maman in ''Slumdog Millionaire'' (2008). It was nominated for ten Academy Awards in 2009 and won eight - the most for any 2008 film-including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best adapted screenplay. It won seven BAFTA awards including Best Film, five Critic's Choice Awards, and four Golden Globes. In the film, he discovers the children while they are living in the trash heaps and brin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meghna Malik
Meghna Malik is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi television and films. She is popularly known as the high-handed Ammaji of Colors TV's popular show ''Na Aana Is Des Laado''. The show dealt with the issue of female infanticide and other atrocities against women. In 2013, Malik became a contestant on ''Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa''. In 2016, she appeared in Star Plus's show '' Dahleez''. In 2017, she reprised her role as Ammaji from ''Na Aana Is Des Laado'' in its sequel '' Laado 2 – Veerpur Ki Mardani'', although she quit the show in early 2018. Early life and family Malik was born and brought up in Sonipat in a Jat family. Her mother Kamlesh Malik is a retired college principal, while her father Raghuvir Singh Malik (d. 2020) was an English professor. Her younger sister Mimansha is a senior anchor and producer with ZEE News. She completed her Master's degree in English after which she moved to Delhi, where she did an acting course from the National School of Drama, graduating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
