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Sankat City
''Sankat City'' () is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language black comedy film directed by Pankaj Advani starring Kay Kay Menon. The film was released in India on 10 July 2009. Plot Guru (Kay Kay Menon) and Ganpat (Dilip Prabhavalkar) are small-time car thieves. One night, they steal a Mercedes Rs. 10 million inside, unaware that the car belongs to a vicious gangster/loan shark called Faujdaar ( Anupam Kher). They try to sell the stolen Mercedes to Suleman Supari ( Rahul Dev), a hitman, who recognizes the car and notifies his friend Faujdaar. Faujdaar sends his henchman with Guru to get back the cash. Meanwhile, Ganpat has hidden cash in a safe place. After an accident, he loses his memory. Angered by the chain of events, Faujdaar gives Guru three days to return the money. Cast *Kay Kay Menon - Guru * Anupam Kher - Faujdar *Rimi Sen - Mona *Chunky Pandey - Sikandar Khan and Sheshaiyya (Dual role) *Dilip Prabhawalkar - Ganpat * Rahul Dev - Suleman Supari * Yashpal Sharma - Pachisia *Hema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pankaj Advani (director)
Pankaj Advani (Hindi: पंकज आडवाणी) (1 August 1965 – 11 November 2010) was an Indian film director, editor, screenwriter, photographer, theatre director, and painter, known for his works in Bollywood, and cross over cinema. Pankaj made his Hindi film screenwriting debut with ''Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa'' (1993) which went on to win the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie. In 1994, he scripted, and directed the short film ''Sunday'' which won the Children's Film Society of India Award for best writing, and the National Film Award for Best Short Fiction Film.National Award-Best Short Fiction Film-CFSI The film was screened at the Indian Panorama Section of the 25th International Film Festival of India, Calcutta; the Asian Panorama section of 8th International Children's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurush Deboo
Kurush Deboo (born 12 September 1963) is an Indian actor who has acted in many supporting roles in Hindi films and television series. He was first noticed as Shah Rukh Khan's character's loyal friend in ''Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa''. He is known for his role as Dr. Rustom Pavri in ''Munnabhai M.B.B.S.'' Early life Kurush Deboo was born on 12 September 1963 in Mumbai in a Parsi family. He grew up in Navsari in Gujarat. He had completed his BCom in Navsari in 1984. He moved to Mumbai and completed Diploma in Advertising and Marketing from Xavier's Institute of Communications, Mumbai in 1986 and Diploma in Marketing Management from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies in 1987. He received a diploma in acting from Roshan Taneja's Actors Studio in 1988. Career Deboo made a debut in the NFDC produced Gujarati film ''Percy'' (1989) which earned critical acclaim and a nomination for the Best Actor in National Awards 1990. He acted as Tehmul in '' Such A Long Journey'' (1998) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Black Comedy Films
9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and Gupta started curving the bottom vertical line coming up with a -look-alike. The Nagari continued the bottom stroke to make a circle and enclose the 3-look-alike, in much the same way that the sign @ encircles a lowercase ''a''. As time went on, the enclosing circle became bigger and its line continued beyond the circle downwards, as the 3-look-alike became smaller. Soon, all that was left of the 3-look-alike was a squiggle. The Arabs simply connected that squiggle to the downward stroke at the middle and subsequent European change was purely cosmetic. While the shape of the glyph for the digit 9 has an ascender in most modern typefaces, in typefaces with text figures the character usually has a descender, as, for example, in . The mod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Films
The year 2009 saw the release of many films. Seven made the top 50 list of highest-grossing films. Also in 2009, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that as of that year, their Best Picture category would consist of ten nominees, rather than five (the first time since the 1943 awards). Evaluation of the year Film critic Philip French of ''The Guardian'' said that 2009 "began with the usual flurry of serious major movies given late December screenings in Los Angeles to qualify for the Oscars. They're now forgotten or vaguely regarded as semi-classics: ''The Reader'', '' Che'', ''Slumdog Millionaire'', '' Frost/Nixon'', '' Revolutionary Road'', ''The Wrestler'', ''Gran Torino'', '' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button''. It soon became apparent that horror movies would be the dominant genre once again, with vampires the pre-eminent sub-species, the most profitable inevitably being '' New Moon'', the latest in Stephenie Meyer's ''Twilight'' saga, the best the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000s Hindi-language Films
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Origin Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a phoneme, so the derived Greek letter sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ) "to hiss". The original name of the letter "sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the complic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Comedy
Black comedy, also known as dark comedy, morbid humor, or gallows humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally considered serious or painful to discuss. Writers and comedians often use it as a tool for exploring vulgar issues by provoking discomfort, serious thought, and amusement for their audience. Thus, in fiction, for example, the term ''black comedy'' can also refer to a genre in which dark humor is a core component. Popular themes of the genre include death, crime, poverty, suicide, war, violence, terrorism, discrimination, disease, racism, sexism, and human sexuality. Black comedy differs from both blue comedy—which focuses more on crude topics such as nudity, sex, and Body fluids—and from straightforward obscenity. Whereas the term ''black comedy'' is a relatively broad term covering humor relating to many serious subjects, ''gallows humor'' tends to be used more specificall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
June Banerjee
June Banerjee is an Indian and Bengali singer who has sung in the films like Khokababu, Lorai etc. She was the singer of the popular Bengali song Soniye Tu Janiye Tu, Laila Laila. June started her singing career by singing ad jingles. Later she got her first break in the film Chirodini Tumi Je Amar (2008). Bengali Playback songs Hindi Playback songs See also *Chirodini Tumi Je Amar *Khokababu ''Khokababu'' is an Indian Bengali action comedy film directed by Shankar Aiyya. The film stars Dev, Subhashree Ganguly, Ferdous, and Laboni Sarkar in the lead roles. This film is an unofficial remake of a Telugu film, ''Dhee''. Synopsis T ... References External links June Banerjee singer Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Bengali singers University of Calcutta alumni Women musicians from West Bengal {{India-singer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roop Kumar Rathod
Roop Kumar Rathod is an Indian music director and playback singer. He has performed a number of songs in Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Oriya, Assamese, Nepali, Bhojpuri and Kannada films. Personal life Rathod is the second son of the late Pandit Chaturbhuj Rathod, a proponent of the oldest major vocal style associated with Hindustani classical music, Dhrupad. He belonged to the "Aditya Gharana of Jamnagar." He has two brothers, music composer Shravan Rathod, part of the Nadeem-Shravan duo, and singer Vinod Rathod. Roopkumar is married to Sunali Rathod, formerly the first wife of bhajan singer, Anup Jalota. Together they have a daughter named Reewa. Musical beginnings Roopkumar was introduced to the world of music during his early years. His journey began as a tabla player and he became sought after by many ghazal singers in the 1980s. He first began playback singing in 1989 with the song, "Main Tera Aashiq Hoon", composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sukhwinder Singh
Sukhwinder Singh (born 18 July 1971) is an internationally acclaimed Indian playback singer who primarily sings Bollywood songs. He is famous internationally for singing " Jai Ho" from the film ''Slumdog Millionaire'' which won an Academy Award for Best Original Song and a Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media. One of his most famous songs is "Chaiyya Chaiyya" from Mani Ratnam's 1998 film '' Dil Se..'', was composed by A. R. Rahman, written by Gulzar, and sung in duet with Sapna Awasthi. Early life and career Sukhwinder Singh hails from hathi gate in bhatti family Amritsar, Punjab. He released a Punjabi album called ''Munda Southhall Da'' with T. Singh, joined Laxmikant–Pyarelal’s troupe, and quickly became a music arranger before heading to South India to look for work, wherein, he sang for the Tamil film ''Ratchagan''. Singh got his first Bollywood break with the song "Aaja Sanam" in the film named '' Khilaaf''. But h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toss (2009 Film)
''Toss'' is a 2009 Bollywood Hindi movie directed by Ramesh Khatkar. Toss is Rannvijay Singh's debut film. Cast * Ashmit Patel as Josh *Prashant Raj as Samay *Rannvijay Singh as Ryan *Aarti Chhabria as Sasha * Nyra Banerjee as Sherry *Shruti Gera as Fiona * Zakir Hussain as Inspector Denzel d'Cunha * Sushant Singh as Two *Mahesh Manjrekar as Dada *Rajpal Yadav as Duffy *Hardik Sangani as Sadaa Soundtrack The soundtrack of ''Toss'' consists of 4 songs and two remixes. #"Ruppaia" #"Meri Khamoshi" #"Aish Aish" #"Abe Saale" #"Chalte Chalo" #"Abe Saale" (Remix) #"Aish Aish" (Remix) Reception Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com in a negative review called the film "a laughable attempt" and felt that the film "is a text-book demonstration of appalling, over-the-top and awful performances. Not one actor in a cast of mostly lesser known faces project anything remotely to an expression." Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama rated the film 1 out of 5 stars, stating "Debutante director Ramesh Khatka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mere Baap Pehle Aap
''Mere Baap Pehle Aap'' (translation: ''My father, You first'') is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film directed by Priyadarshan. The film stars Akshaye Khanna, Genelia D'Souza, Paresh Rawal, Om Puri, Manoj Joshi, Archana Puran Singh, Shobana and Rajpal Yadav. The film is remake of 2001 Malayalam film ''Ishtam'' directed by Sibi Malayil. Plot Janaradhan Wishvanbhar Rane is a widower who has spent his life bringing up his two kids, Chirag and Gaurav. Janaradhan has done everything to bring them up in the best possible manner, ever since they were toddlers. Now the duo has grown up, and Gaurav has taken up the responsibility for his father. They manage the household chores and their business to the best of their abilities. He treats his father as his son. Gaurav is on his guard with the vigilance of a disciplined parent. He shouts, threatens, fights, and even locks up his father occasionally so that Rane's best friend Madhav Mathur – who is a divorcé and despe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venus Records & Tapes
Ishtar Music is an Indian record label company, originally founded by Ganesh Jain and Ratan Jain as Venus Music in 1988 and currently a subsidiary of Believe Digital. It is primarily known for publishing and marketing Bollywood music soundtracks and Indi-pop music. Venus Music has recently been renamed to Ishtar Music. Soundtrack discography Hindi * Khiladi * Deewana * King Uncle * Baazigar * Main Khiladi Tu Anari * Yes Boss * Salaami * Mela * Keemat: They are back * Josh * Humraaz * Laawaris * Dil Tera Diwana * Karobaar: The Business of Love * Dil Se.. * Baadshah * Dhadkan *Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye *Tezz *Saajan * Hathyar: Face to Face with Reality * Hungama * Main Hoon Na * Hulchul * Elaan * ''Garam Masala'' * Aap ki khatir * Tum Se Achcha Kaun Hai * Hum Ho Gaye Aapke * Akele Hum Akele Tum * Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam * De Dana Dan * Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon Tamil *Manmadan Ambu *Vaanam *Siruthai *Kaavalan * Pesu YouTube presence Venus Records & Tapes joined YouTu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
