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Sameer Dattani
Sameer Dattani, also known as Dhyan (in the Kannada film industry), is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi and Kannada films. Career Born into a Gujarati family in Bombay, Dattani has worked in Hindi, Kannada, and Tamil cinema, He is fluent in several languages. Dattani started his Hindi film career with Rajshri Productions. His first Hindi film '' Uuf Kya Jaadoo Mohabbat Hai'' was followed by roles in Madhur Bhandarkar's ''Corporate'' and Vikram Bhatt's ''Life Mein Kabhie Kabhie'' as well as films such as ''Pyar Mein Twist''. In the Hindi film '' Mukhbir'', directed by Mani Shankar, Dattani played the lead role of an undercover police informer. Dattani appeared in the Kannada-language film ''Nanna Preethiya Hudugi'' which earned him the best debutant award in the South. Besides ''Monalisa'', other Kannada film appearances include ''Amrithadhare''. Dattani's first Tamil film, produced by Gemini Films, was '' Kutty'' with Dhanush and Shriya Saran. Shyam Benegal cast him i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mumbai
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second-most populous city in India after Delhi and the eighth-most populous city in the world with a population of roughly 20 million (2 crore). As per the Indian government population census of 2011, Mumbai was the most populous city in India with an estimated city proper population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore) living under the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. Mumbai is the centre of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the sixth most populous metropolitan area in the world with a population of over 23 million (2.3 crore). Mumbai lies on the Konkan coast on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour. In 2008, Mumbai was named an alpha world city. It has the highest number of millionaires and billionaires among all cities i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Well Done Abba
''Well Done Abba'' () is a 2010 Indian political satire Hindi film directed by Shyam Benegal, starring Boman Irani, Minissha Lamba and Sameer Dattani in pivotal roles. It is the remake of the 2007 Marathi film, Jau Tithe Khau. It was based on three short stories: ''Narsaiyyan Ki Bavdi'' by Jeelani Bano, ''Phulwa Ka Pul'' by Sanjeev and ''Still Waters'' by Jayant Kripalani. The screenplay was written by Jayant Kripalani and Ashok Mishra, who also wrote the dialogues. It won the 2009 National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues, National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues. Plot The film tells the story of Armaan Ali (Boman Irani), a Muslim driver working in Mumbai, who takes a one-month leave from his employer to find a groom for his daughter Muskaan (Minissha Lamba), who lives in a village near Hyderabad, India. Armaan does not turn up for three months, and his employer makes the difficult decision to sack him, but he asks his boss to listen to why he could not c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mallika (2010 Film)
''Mallika'' is a Hindi horror film, produced and directed by Wilson Louis. The film was released on 3 September 2010 under the Glorious Entertainment banner. Plot Whenever she closes her eyes, all Sanjana sees are a ghost staring at her in various states of blood and gore often prompting her to be scared all the time. When she awakens she can see them lying by her side. Unable to sleep, she sees visions of a desolate mansion where she sees a swinging chair and most particularly about a store room. In one vision, she sees herself in a forest while being at home and where she follows the woman in white whom she sees as herself. After she is standing just a feet away, the ghost kills her with a dagger and the vision ends. Then, she decides to go to the mansion with her friends and boyfriend who mostly plays a violin. There, a series of mysterious murders start to happen with her friends, with no clue over who did it. Then, Sanjana gets her most powerful vision where she sees the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mukhbiir
''Mukhbiir'' () is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language spy thriller film directed by the Mani Shankar. The film revolves around the life and events surrounding an Indian spy. The film stars actor Sameer Dattani as the spy, and Om Puri, Sunil Shetty, Sushant Singh, Rahul Dev, Jackie Shroff and Raima Sen play the supporting roles. Cast * Sunil Shetty as Rehman * Raima Sen as Roshni * Sameer Dattani as Kailash / Vinayak D. Marathe / Shahzad Khan * Om Puri as S.P. Rathod * Rahul Dev as Saaya * Sushant Singh as Pasha * Jackie Shroff as Home Minister * Alok Nath as Mammu * Vinay Varma as Ismil * Kelly Dorji as Captain Dorji * Rajendranath Zutshi as Biju * Supriya Karnik as Bharati Rathod * Beneka as Didi * Ali Reza as Saaya's henchmen Production Director Mani Shankar had a story in mind in 1996 itself when he was shooting an anti-militancy music video for the Intelligence Bureau. It was during this time that he met a young Intelligence Bureau recruit who was badly tortured ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neene Neene
''Neene Neene'' is a 2008 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by Shivadwaj and starring Dhyan and Aishwarya Nag. Cast *Dhyan as Abhishek *Aishwarya Nag as Nandini *Ananth Nag as Rajasekhar * Sharan Reception R. G. Vijayasarathy of '' Rediff.com'' gave the film a rating of two out of five stars and said that "All in all, however, despite competent performances from the artists, the film fails to strike a chord with the audience mainly because of the poor script and very slow pace of narration". A critic from ''Sify'' opined that "The city based film Neene Neene by debutant director Shivadwaj is brilliant at places. Shivadwaj reorganizing of screenplay and slashing half a dozen lengthy scenes or making the film racy especially in the second half would have earned him distinction". A critic from ''Filmibeat Oneindia.com is an Indian website established in January 2006 by BG Mahesh. The website provides news updates, information on sports, events, travel, ent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhoom Dadakka
''Dhoom Dadakka'' is a 2008 Indian-Pakistani Hindi-language comedy drama film directed by Shashi Ranjan and starring Anupam Kher, Gulshan Grover, Satish Kaushik and Satish Shah. Cast * Anupam Kher as Mungilal *Gulshan Grover as Fursat Lala *Satish Kaushik as Johnny English *Satish Shah as Jignesh * Sammir Dattani as Ranbir *Shaad Randhawa as Rahul *Aarti Chhabria as Shivani Sawant * Bhavana Balsavar as Mungilal's sister *Zac as Zac * Shama Sikander * Jackie Shroff in a guest appearance Production The film is an Indian-Pakistan production. Shama Sikander returns after a hiatus in a glamorous role. Anupam Kher, Gulshan Grover and Satish Kaushik sang a Holi song in the film. Soundtrack Reception A critic from ''The Times of India'' wrote that "Despite of three big dadas of comedy - Anupam Kher, Satish Shah, Satish Kaushik - sharing celluloid space in a single film, the outcome is not as expected". Taran Adarsh, writing for ''Bollywood Hungama'' stated that "On the wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life Mein Kabhie Kabhiee
''Life Mein Kabhi Kabhiee'' (transl. ''At Times in Life'') is a 2007 Bollywood social thriller movie, directed by Vikram Bhatt. It was released on 13 April 2007. Boxofficeindia declared the movie box office disaster. Actor Sameer Dattani's role of a politician was highly appreciated. Plot The film begins with Manish Gupta (Aftab Shivdasani) in a press conference of his best-selling book ''Life Mein Kabhie Kabhiee''. It then goes into a flashback where five friends (including him) — Rajeev Arora (Dino Morea), Jai Gokhale (Sameer Dattani), Ishita Sharma (Anjori Alagh) and Monica Seth (Nauheed Cyrusi) — are fresh out of college. They are caught drunk and are in a lock-up. In the meantime they make a bet to determine who will find the most fulfillment in life. The winner will be the person who has found the most happiness in life within five years. Rajeev, the younger brother of a business tycoon Sanjeev Arora (Mohnish Behl), is an aspiring CEO and is eager to make his first mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sajni (film)
''Sajni'', (also spelled as ''Sajani'' or ''Sajini''), is a 2007 Indian Kannada film directed by Murugesh. The film stars Dhyan, Sharmila Mandre and Anant Nag in lead roles. lead actress Sharmila Mandre makes her Kannada debut through this film. The film is produced by Sonali Nikhil and Sunanda Murali Manohar. The film is the Kannada remake of Tamil film ''Jodi'' which was released in 1999. For the first time in Kannada cinema, the film featured a soundtrack composed by A. R. Rahman with all compositions re-used from Rahman's Tamil film ''Jodi'' which in turn had re-used the tracks from Rahman's Hindi movie ''Doli Saja Ke Rakhna''. The film released statewide on 23 February 2007. Cast * Sameer Dattani as Vikram (credited as Dhyan) * Sharmila Mandre as Sajni * Anant Nag as Ananth Murthy * Avinash as Vikram's father * Bhavya as Ananth Murthy's sister * Amulya as Vikram's sister * Shivaram as Grandfather * M. S. Umesh as Secretary * Master Anand * Himanshu Malik as Singer Kailas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackpot (2006 Film)
''Jackpot'' is a 2006 Kannada romantic-drama film directed by Niranjan featuring Dhyan, Harsha and Shubha Poonja in the lead roles. The film released on 14 July 2006. It received mixed reviews. Aindrita Ray was also seen in a song in this movie. Cast * Dhyan as Raja * Harsha as Ramesh * Shubha Poonja as Preethi * Antara Biswas as Laila * Raju Ananthaswamy * Sadhu Kokila as Black Magician * Vaijanath Biradar * Sudeep (Guest appearance) * Daisy Bopanna (Guest appearance) * Sunil Raoh (Guest appearance) * Sanjjanaa Galrani (Guest appearance) * Aindrita Ray Aindrita Ray (born 3 March 1985) is an Indian actress, primarily appearing in Kannada films. She made her acting debut in 2007, starring in ''Meravanige'' and went on to appear in several commercially successful films, establishing herself as a ... (Guest appearance) Soundtrack The film features background score and soundtrack composed by Alwin, Krupakar, Hameed and lyrics by V. Manohar, Krupakar, Ram Narayan. Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corporate (2006 Film)
''Corporate'' is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Madhur Bhandarkar, starring Bipasha Basu, Kay Kay Menon, Payal Rohatgi, Minissha Lamba and Raj Babbar. The film is about the power game between two powerful industrialists. Plot ''Corporate'' centers around the power games between two industrialists, The Sehgal Group of Industries (SGI) owned by Vinay Sehgal and the Marwah Group of Industries (MGI) owned by Dharmesh Marwah. The two companies are traditional rivals in the food and beverages products business. Nishigandha "Nishi" Dasgupta is the vice-president of SGI, while Vinay Sehgal's brother-in-law Ritesh joins in later as senior vice president. Ashwini, a politician backed by Sehgal, become the Union Finance Minister, which helps the Sehgal Group to enter a lucrative partnership with international food products giants Friscon. In a CII meeting, the state Finance Minister Gulabrao declares that a public sector unit (PSU) is for sale. Both the companies poun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyaar Mein Twist
Pyaar Mein Twist (English: A Twist in Love) is a 2005 Bollywood romantic comedy film directed by Hriday Shetty and starring Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Sammir Dattani, Kishori Shahane, Vikas Bhalla and the British artist Emma Bunton. Synopsis Yash Khurana is the chief executive and owner of Tejpal Industries, a hugely successful auto firm. Yash is stepping down as CEO, in order to enjoy retirement. He gave the responsibility and authority to run the family business to his son, Rajiv, a well trained and highly educated executive, but insecure, who feels the pressure of trying to fill his father's shoes in running the family business. When Yash is walking his dogs and crossing at a busy intersection, a car almost hits him. He is irate, calls the police and berates the woman driver, Sheetal, who laughing, points out to the policeman that it is against the law to walk two dogs at the same time. When they get home, Yash and Sheetal each describe the day's main event to their famili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Hate Luv Storys
''I Hate Luv Storys'' is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Punit Malhotra and produced under Karan Johar's Dharma Productions and Ronnie Screwvala's UTV Motion Pictures. It stars Imran Khan and Sonam Kapoor. Shot in Mumbai, India and Queenstown, New Zealand the film's soundtrack was composed by the musical duo Vishal–Shekhar with lyrics penned by Anvita Dutt Guptan, Kumaar and Vishal himself. ''I Hate Luv Storys'' released on 2 July 2010 and went on to become a box office hit, grossing ₹66 crore worldwide. It received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics, with praise for its novel concept, music, cinematography, humor, costumes and the leads' performances, but criticism for its screenplay and pacing. At the 56th Filmfare Awards, ''I Hate Luv Storys'' received 4 nominations – Best Music Director (Vishal–Shekhar), Best Lyricist (Vishal for "Bin Tere"), Best Male Playback Singer (Shafqat Amanat Ali for "Bin Tere") and Best Fema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
