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Shikara (2020 Film)
''Shikara'' is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film produced and directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. The film is based on the Kashmiri pandit exodus of 1990. The story revolved around the love story of Shanti and Shiv Dhar, who are Kashmiri Pandits in the backdrop of the Exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from Kashmir. The book '' Our Moon Has Blood Clots'' by Rahul Pandita has inspired many parts of the movie. While it received mixed reviews from critics, the audience was critical of the film for failing to tell the untold story of Kashmiri Pandits, as claimed. The movie received a lot of negative reactions from general public for portrayal of Kashimiri pandits' exodus in a very unrealistic manner as opposed to the title of the movie. Plot September 2018 (present) The movie starts with an aged Shiv writing a letter to the President of the United States of America explaining to him the situation of Kashmiri Pandits who are living like refugees in their own country. It turns o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qutub-E-Kripa
Qutub-E-Kripa is a national award-winning ensemble of young musicians of A. R. Rahman's KM Music Conservatory. According to AR Rahman's official website, the K M College of Music & Technology produces outstandingly talented students every year. In order to provide direction and a means to showcase their talent, Qutub E Kripa was formed by AR Rahman. They have been co-credited alongside A. R. Rahman for the background scores of films such as '' 24'', ''O Kadhal Kanmani'', ''Tamasha'', ''OK Jaanu'', ''Kaatru Veliyidai'', ''Mom'', ''Chekka Chivantha Vaanam'', '' Sarkar'' and '' 2.0''. They have also scored for the Netflix show, '' Daughters of Destiny.'' In 2018, Academy Awards shortlisted Qutub-E-Kripa's three songs "I’ll be Gone", "Have you Ever Wondered" and "We’ll Party All Night" from Raj Thiruselvan-directed film ''Lake of Fire'' for the Best Original Song. Filmography * ''Lake of Fire'' * ''Everest'' (2014) * ''O Kadhal Kanmani'' (2015) * '' 24'' (2016) * ''Cinema Veeran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Vidhu Vinod Chopra (born 5 September 1952) is an Indian film director, producer, editor, screenwriter, lyricist and actor. His well-known films as director are ''Parinda'' (1988), '' 1942: A Love Story'' (1994). He is also known for producing '' Munna Bhai film series'', ''3 Idiots'' (2009), '' PK'' (2014), ''Sanju'' (2018) under his banner Vinod Chopra Films. Early life Chopra was born and grew up in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. His father was D. N. Chopra and veteran filmmaker Ramanand Sagar was his half-brother. His father's family originally came from Peshawar, British India. His mother was Shanti Devi Mahalakshmi who left Kashmir with him and family after the exodus and mass killings of Kashmiri Pandits due to the Kashmir conflict in 1990. He dedicated his movie ''Shikara'' to his mother which is based on the same theme. He studied film direction at the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune. Career Chopra's first student short film, ''Murder at Monkey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hazratbal
Hazratbal is the notified area situated in Srinagar district of Jammu and Kashmir. It is about from Srinagar city center. The early settlements in the area occurred on the banks of Dal Lake and majority of population of area are Hangis (fishermen). The area became famous after the construction of Hazratbal Shrine where hundreds of thousands of people visit every year because many relics related to the Islamic prophet Muhammad are believed to be there. The word ''Hazrat'' in Urdu gives indication of ''respect'' and ''bal'' in Kasmiri means ''place''. Thus the word ''Hazratbal'' means the place which is highly respected among the people. Due to the presence of Dal Lake and its house boats in vicinity, the area became the famous tourist spot in the city. The economy of the people living here greatly depends on tourism. Also the grave of Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah is situated in the area. The postal code of the area is 190006. Divisions The areas which come under the constituenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Firstpost
''Firstpost'' is an Indian online news and media website. The site is a part of the Network 18 media conglomerate owned by Reliance Industries, which also runs CNN-News18 and CNBC-TV18. The ''Network 18'' group was originally owned by Raghav Bahl. In January 2012, the group received an investment from Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries through a rights issue of up to 2,700 crore A crore (; abbreviated cr) denotes ten million (10,000,000 or 107 in scientific notation) and is equal to 100 lakh in the Indian numbering system. It is written as 1,00,00,000 with the local 2,2,3 style of digit group separators (one lakh is e .... History In May 2013, the news group was merged with the Indian edition of '' Forbes India'' whose four top editorial heads including editor in chief Indrajit Gupta were dismissed. The event led to a media furor. Thereafter on 31 May 2013, ''Firstpost'' took over a satirical website Fakingnews.com for an undisclosed amount. As of April 2020, Jaid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scroll
A scroll (from the Old French ''escroe'' or ''escroue''), also known as a roll, is a roll of papyrus, parchment, or paper containing writing. Structure A scroll is usually partitioned into pages, which are sometimes separate sheets of papyrus or parchment glued together at the edges. Scrolls may be marked divisions of a continuous roll of writing material. The scroll is usually unrolled so that one page is exposed at a time, for writing or reading, with the remaining pages rolled and stowed to the left and right of the visible page. Text is written in lines from the top to the bottom of the page. Depending on the language, the letters may be written left to right, right to left, or alternating in direction (boustrophedon). History Scrolls were the first form of editable record keeping texts, used in Eastern Mediterranean ancient Egyptian civilizations. Parchment scrolls were used by the Israelites among others before the codex or bound book with parchment pages was invented b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LiveMint
''Mint'' is an Indian financial daily newspaper published by HT Media, a Delhi-based media group which is controlled by the K. K. Birla family that also publishes ''Hindustan Times''. It mostly targets readers who are business executives and policy makers. It has been in circulation since 2007. Of the five business dailies published in India, Mint rose to the number two position immediately after its launch and has remained there (behind The Economic Times ever since. It publishes a single national edition that is printed and distributed in New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Pune, Ahmedabad and Chandigarh. Unlike most mainstream newspapers from India, Mint is not published on Sunday. It instead offers its readers Mint Lounge every Saturday, a weekend magazine focused on intelligent lifestyle, fashion, food, books, science and culture. Mint's editorial coverage and its style of presentation is noted for its refreshing clarity and accessibility - facets ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hindu
''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the second most circulated English-language newspaper in India, after '' The Times of India''. , ''The Hindu'' is published from 21 locations across 11 states of India. ''The Hindu'' has been a family-owned newspaper since 1905, when it was purchased by S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar from the original founders. It is now jointly owned by Iyengar's descendants, referred to as the "Kasturi family", who serve as the directors of the holding company. The current chairperson of the group is Malini Parthasarathy, a great-granddaughter of Iyengar. Except for a period of about two years, when S. Varadarajan held the editorship of the newspaper, the editorial positions of the paper were always held by members of the family or held under their direction. Histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newslaundry
''Newslaundry'' is an Indian media watchdog that provides media critique, reportage and satirical commentary. It was founded in 2012 by Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan and Prashant Sareen, all of whom earlier worked in print or television journalism. It was India's first subscription-driven website when launched, and since then other platforms have followed a similar model. In contrast to news websites such as ''The Wire'', ''The Quint'', ''ThePrint'' or ''Scroll.in'', ''Newslaundry'' solely relies on public subscriptions, instead of donations or advertisements, for revenue. In 2015, executive editor Manisha Pande and Sandeep Pai reported on how the politicians misuse the public sector undertakings in India. Their work won the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award for investigative reporting. The platform also hosts podcasts dedicated to politics, culture and entertainment. Formats Website Newslaundry does not rely on advertisement for its revenue, and claims t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India Today
''India Today'' is a weekly Indian English-language news magazine published by Living Media India Limited. It is the most widely circulated magazine in India, with a readership of close to 8 million. In 2014, ''India Today'' launched a new online opinion-orientated site called the ''DailyO''. History ''India Today'' was established in 1975 by Vidya Vilas Purie (owner of Thompson Press), with his daughter Madhu Trehan as its editor and his son Aroon Purie as its publisher.Bhandare, Namita"70's: The decade of innocence".''Hindustan Times''. Retrieved 29 July 2012. At present, ''India Today'' is also published in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S .... The India Today news channel was launched on 22 May 2015. In October 2017, Aroon P ... [...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] |
Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Prime Video, also known simply as Prime Video, is an American Video on demand#Subscription models, subscription video on-demand Over-the-top media service, over-the-top Streaming media, streaming and Renting, rental service of Amazon (company), Amazon offered as a standalone service or as part of Amazon's Amazon Prime, Prime subscription. The service primarily distributes films and television series produced by Amazon Studios and MGM Holdings or licensed to Amazon, as List of Amazon Prime Video original programming, Amazon Originals, with the service also hosting content from other providers, content add-ons, live sporting events, and video rental and purchasing services. Operating worldwide, the service may require a full Prime subscription to be accessed. In countries such as the United States, United Kingdom, and Germany, the service can be accessed without a full Prime subscription, whereas in Australia, Canada, France, India, Turkey, and Italy, it can only be access ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jammu
Jammu is the winter capital of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir. It is the headquarters and the largest city in Jammu district of the union territory. Lying on the banks of the river Tawi River, Tawi, the city of Jammu, with an area of , is surrounded by the Himalayas in the north and the Indo-Gangetic Plain, northern-plains in the south. Jammu is the second most populous city of the union territory. Three battles have been fought in the city: first by the founder Raja Mal Dev against Timur in Battle of Jammu (1399), second by Sardar Bhag Singh against Mughal army in Battle of Jammu (1712) and the third by Mian Dido & Maharaja Gulab Singh against Ranjit Singh's army in Battle of Jammu (1808). Known as the ''City of Temples'' for its ancient temples and Hindu shrines, Jammu is the most visited place in the union territory. Jammu city shares its borders with the neighbouring Samba district. Etymology According to local tradit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
