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Sabbir Khan
Sabbir Khan is an Indian film director and screenwriter. Early life Khan's mother died when he was very young, and his father was a lyricist in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He worked in advertising before he became a film director. Sabbir Kham made his directing debut with Kambakkht Ishq which (transl. Damned love is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Sabbir Khan and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala. The film is based on the 2002 Tamil film Pammal K. Sambandam, 5] and features Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor in pivotal roles along with actors Aftab Shivdasani and Amrita Arora in supporting roles. Hollywood actors Sylvester Stallone, Denise Richards, Brandon Routh and Holly Valance appear in cameos, playing themselves. The film was released worldwide on July 3rd 2009. Sabbir Khan then directed Heropanti. Heropanti (transl. Heroic antics) is an 2014 Indian Hindi-language action romance film directed by Sabbir Khan and produced by Sajid Nadiadw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kambakkht Ishq
''Kambakkht Ishq'' () is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Sabbir Khan and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala. The film is based on the 2002 Tamil film '' Pammal K. Sambandam'' which in turn was based on the 1999 movie '' The Bachelor''. It features Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor in pivotal roles along with actors Aftab Shivdasani and Amrita Arora in supporting roles. Hollywood actors Sylvester Stallone, Denise Richards, Brandon Routh and Holly Valance appear in cameos, playing themselves. Originally scheduled to release in December 2008, the film was postponed due to extensive production work and was released on 3 July 2009. It was termed an ''Average'' by Box Office India. Plot When Hollywood stuntman Viraj Shergill and medical student Simrita Rai come across each other at his brother Lucky's and her best friend Kamini Sandhu's hastily planned wedding ceremony, they instantly develop a dislike for each other. Both have a very low opinion of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heropanti
''Heropanti'' () is an 2014 Indian Hindi-language romantic action film directed by Sabbir Khan and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala. The film stars Tiger Shroff and Kriti Sanon in their Hindi film debuts alongside Prakash Raj in a supporting role. A remake of the Telugu film '' Parugu'', it was released on 23 May 2014. A sequel titled '' Heropanti 2'' was released in 2022. Plot Suraj Singh Chaudhary is a very strict patriarch of the Jat family from Haryana and is a well-respected leader in his village and brothers. When Renu, Chaudhary's elder daughter, elopes with her boyfriend, Rakesh, on the night of her marriage, Chaudhary decides to find them at any cost. His brothers and henchmen round up Rakesh's friends, including one Bablu, and hold them captive till they tell of the couple's whereabouts. They say to him that they do not know anything, but no one believes them. Meanwhile, Bablu tells his friends that he is in love with a girl of that town, whom he does not know, and he o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parugu
''Parugu'' (), titled ''In the Name of Love'' in the UK, is a 2008 Indian Telugu-language romantic action film written and directed by Bhaskar. The film stars Allu Arjun, Sheela Kaur and Prakash Raj. The film is produced by Dil Raju on Sri Venkateswara Creations whilst Mani Sharma scored the film. Vijay K. Chakravarthy and Marthand K. Venkatesh performed the cinematography and editing of the film respectively. This plot follows Neelakanta (Raj) and his love for his two daughters, Subbalakshmi ( Poonam Bajwa) and Meenakshi (Kaur). Subbalakshmi elopes with Errababu with the help of Krishna (Arjun). Neelakanta gets hold of Krishna to know about his daughter's whereabouts, but Krishna and Meenakshi fall for each other. The rest of the story deals with how Krishna convinces Neelakanta for their marriage. The film was officially launched on 15 March 2007 at Hyderabad, and the principal photography began in June 2007. The film was shot in Hyderabad, Kerala, Kodaikanal and Rajahmundry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baaghi (2016 Film)
''Baaghi'' ( Rebel) is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Sabbir Khan and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala under his banner Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment. A remake of the 2004 Telugu film '' Varsham'', with a climax inspired by the 2011 Indonesian film '' The Raid: Redemption'', the film stars Tiger Shroff and Shraddha Kapoor in the lead roles and Sudheer Babu in his Hindi debut, with Sunil Grover in a supporting role. ''Baaghi'' was released worldwide on 29 April 2016. Made on a budget of , the film earned over worldwide. Later on, it spawned two spiritual sequels, '' Baaghi 2'' (2018) and '' Baaghi 3'' (2020), thus becoming the first installment in the ''Baaghi'' film series. The film received mixed reviews from critics with praise towards the production values, action sequences and cast performances. Plot Raghav Shetty is a Kalaripayattu champion, Martial Art World Champion and a dreaded gangster, who abducts Sia Khurana from her film's se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varsham (2004 Film)
''Varsham'' () is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language romantic action film produced by M.S. Raju on his Sumanth Art Productions banner and directed by Sobhan, the film stars Prabhas, Trisha, and Gopichand and the music was composed by Devi Sri Prasad. The film was remade in Tamil as ''Mazhai'', Odia as ''Barsa My Darling'', and in Hindi as '' Baaghi''. Plot Venkat, an unemployed youngster, meets Sailaja, a middle-class beauty, on a train journey, and they are immediately attracted to each other after dancing in a rain shower. At the same time, Sailaja catches the eye of Bhadranna, a dangerous, ruthless politician who also fell in love with her. Venkat keeps bumping into Sailaja every time it rains, and they fall in love. Ranga Rao, Sailaja's father, is a typical black sheep with many bad habits. Bhadranna approaches him with the marriage proposal, and Ranga Rao jumps on that and agrees. Later, a film producer Seenayya approaches Ranga Rao with an offer for Sailaja to act in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Raid (2011 Film)
''The Raid'' is a 2011 Indonesian action thriller film written, directed and edited by Gareth Evans. The film stars Iko Uwais, who previously worked with Evans in another action film, ''Merantau'', released in 2009. In the film, an elite squad is tasked to infiltrate a high-rise building run by a ruthless drug lord in the slums of Jakarta; among them is Rama (played by Uwais), a veteran member of the team. After its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), ''The Raid'' received positive reviews from critics. The name of the film was changed to ''The Raid: Redemption'' in the United States as distributor Sony Pictures Classics could not secure the rights to the title; it also allowed Evans to plan out future titles in the series. The US release of the film features a film score composed by Mike Shinoda and Joseph Trapanese. It was released in the United States on DVD and Blu-ray on 14 August 2012. A sequel, '' The Raid 2'', was released in 2014. Both f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munna Michael
''Munna Michael'' is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed by Sabbir Khan and produced by Viki Rajani and Eros International. The film features Tiger Shroff in a lead role alongside Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Niddhi Agerwal, The film was released on 21 July 2017. It marks the third collaboration between Shroff and director Sabbir Khan after ''Heropanti'' and '' Baaghi''. The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics. Plot Manasva "Michael" Roy is a dancer inspired by Michael Jackson. One day Michael is fired from his job and disappointedly leaves the studio. On his way home, he finds a newborn baby crying on the roadside. Michael adopts the child and names him Manav "Munna" Roy. Munna, just like Michael, grows up to be an extraordinary dancer and a diehard fan of Michael Jackson. Michael doesn't want Munna to become a dancer and instead insists him to find a proper job. Munna instead visits dance clubs with his friends and challenges their dance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikamma
''Nikamma'' () is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Sabbir Khan. It is a remake of the 2017 Telugu film ''Middle Class Abbayi'' and stars Abhimanyu Dassani, Shirley Setia and Shilpa Shetty. ''Nikamma'' was released theatrically on 17 June 2022 and received overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics and audience. The film was also a box-office bomb. Plot Aditya "Adi" Singh is an unemployed youth with a eidetic memory, having issues with his elder brother Raman as he dotes on Avni, Raman's wife (Adi's sister-in-law) and a RTO officer. For this, he left home fifteen months ago and since staying with his paternal uncle. Raman soon summons Adi and tells him to accompany Avni, who is transferred to Dhamli for two months as Raman is transferred to Bangalore. Avni compels Adi to do all the household chores, much to his annoyance. Adi tries to appoint a maid for house chores but Avni denies. She tries to pursue Adi to become a software engineer, but to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middle Class Abbayi
''Middle Class Abbayi'' (), also known as ''MCA'', is a 2017 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film written and directed by Venu Sriram, Hrishikesh Bhargava and produced by Dil Raju. The film stars Nani, Sai Pallavi and Bhumika Chawla. Devi Sri Prasad composed the soundtrack and score. The film was released theatrically on 21 December 2017 and received mixed reviews from critics, but became a clean box office hit. It was remade in Hindi as ''Nikamma'' (2022). Plot Nani is a middle-class youth with an eidetic memory, who stays at his uncle's house in Hyderabad. He has issues with his brother's house because he dislikes his sister-in-law Jyothi, an RTO officer. Nani's elder brother asks him to go to Warangal to aid Jyothi in the new place. He falls for Pallavi, who proposes to him in the first encounter. Nani realizes that Pallavi is Jyothi's sister after she arrives to live with them. She tells him that she has seen her during his brother's wedding and has been in love w ... [...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, particularly Bollywood, film reviews and box office A box office or ticket office is a place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to an event. Patrons may perform the transaction at a countertop, through a hole in a wall or window, or at a wicket. By extension, the term is fre ... 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] |
21st-century Indian Film Directors
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 ( I) through AD 100 ( C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. The 1st century also saw the appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius ( AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, ninth Roman em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976 Births
Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Philadelphia Flyers–Red Army game results in a 4–1 victory for the National Hockey League's Philadelphia Flyers over HC CSKA Moscow of the Soviet Union. * January 16 – The trial against jailed members of the Red Army Faction (the West German extreme-left militant Baader–Meinhof Group) begins in Stuttgart. * January 18 ** Full diplomatic relations are established between Bangladesh and Pakistan 5 years after the Bangladesh Liberation War. ** The Scottish Labour Party is formed as a breakaway from the UK-wide party. ** Super Bowl X in American football: The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Dallas Cowboys, 21–17, in Miami. * January 21 – First commercial Concorde flight, from London to Bahrain. * January 27 ** The United S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
