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Soorma
''Soorma'' (; ) is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language biographical sports drama film based on the life of hockey player Sandeep Singh. Directed by Shaad Ali and produced by Sony Pictures Networks India and C.S. Films, the film stars Diljit Dosanjh, Angad Bedi and Taapsee Pannu in lead roles. It was released theatrically on 13 July 2018. Despite receiving mixed to positive reviews from critics, Soorma emerged as a commercial failure grossing worldwide on a budget of . Plot In 1994, at Shahbad Hockey Centre, a young Sandeep Singh and his older brother, Bikram Singh are seen undergoing a punishment by their coach Kartar Singh, who is a strict disciplinarian trainer. As a result of that, Sandeep decides to quit hockey. As a grown young man, he meets Harpreet Kaur, a budding female hockey player who practices the sport at the same centre. They both develop an interest in each other. With intent of catching up with Harpreet, Sandeep joins the Hockey Centre again. He starts to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diljit Dosanjh
Daljit Singh Dosanjh known professionally as Diljit Dosanjh (born 6 January 1984) is an Indian singer, actor, film producer and television personality. He works in Punjabi Music and subsequently in Punjabi cinema, Punjabi and Bollywood, Hindi cinema. Dosanjh entered Social 50 chart by Billboard (magazine), ''Billboard'' in 2020. He is featured in various music charts including Canadian Albums Chart, UK Asian chart by ''Official Charts Company and NZ Hot Singles, New Zealand Hot Singles.'' His movies, including ''Jatt & Juliet 2'', ''Punjab 1984'', ''Sajjan Singh Rangroot'' and ''Honsla Rakh'' are among the List of highest-grossing Punjabi films, highest grossing Punjabi films in history. Hailing from Dosanjh Kalan, Jalandhar, Dosanjh started in 2002 and gained recognition in punjabi music with his album ‘Smile’(2005) and ‘Chocolate’(2008) followed by ‘The Next Level’(2009) with Yo Yo Honey Singh. Subsequently he pursued his acting, starring in debut punjabi movi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taapsee Pannu
Taapsee Pannu (born 1 August 1987) is an Indian actress who works primarily in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil films. She is the recipient of three Filmfare Awards. After a brief modelling career, Pannu ventured into acting with the Telugu film ''Jhummandi Naadam'' (2010) and then entered Tamil cinema with the critically and commercially acclaimed ''Aadukalam'' (2011). She subsequently appeared in notable Tamil and Telugu films like '' Mr. Perfect'' (2011), '' Sahasam'' (2013), '' Arrambam'' (2013), ''Kanchana 2'' (2015), '' Ghazi'' (2017), and '' Game Over'' (2019). In Hindi films she often works in Women centric films, in which she play lead female character. She debuted in Hindi films in 2013 with the a comedy film called '' Chashme Baddoor''. She later worked in Hindi films such as ''Baby'' (2015), ''Pink'' (2016), ''Naam Shabana'' (2017), ''The Ghazi Attack'' (2017), ''Judwaa 2'' (2017), '' Mulk'' (2018), ''Manmarziyaan'' (2018), '' Badla'' (2019), ''Mission Mangal'' (2019), '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaad Ali
Shaad Ali is an Indian filmmaker. Early life and education Ali was born to Muzaffar Ali and Subhashini Ali (née Sahgal), an Indian politician and member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He is thus the grandson of Azad Hind Fauj commander Lakshmi Sahgal. He studied at the Welham Boys' School and the Lawrence School, Sanawar. Career Shaad Ali started his career as an assistant director to Mani Ratnam, and assisted him on the film '' Dil Se..'' (1998). He made his directorial debut under Yash Raj Films and Madras Talkies, with '' Saathiya'' (2002), starring Vivek Oberoi and Rani Mukerji. The film was a remake of Mani Ratnam's Tamil film ''Alaipayuthey'' (2000). ''Saathiya's'' script was written by Ratnam. The film did well and established Shaad Ali in the industry. His second film was ''Bunty Aur Babli'' (2005) which for the first time brought together real-life father and son Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan alongside Rani Mukerji. The film was one of the bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chitrangda Singh
Chitrangda Singh (born 30 August) is an Indian actress who works primarily in Hindi cinema. She made her acting debut in 2005 with ''Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi'' for which she won Bollywood Movie Award – Best Female Debut. Singh has starred in films like ''Yeh Saali Zindagi'' (2011), ''Desi Boyz'' (2011), ''I, Me Aur Main'' (2013), ''Baazaar'' (2018) and '' Bob Biswas'' (2021). She turned Producer with the film '' Soorma'' (2018). Early life and education Chitrangda Singh was born on 30 August in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, growing up there as well as in Kota, Rajasthan, and also Bareilly and Meerut in Uttar Pradesh, the latter city being the last where her father, Col. Niranjan Singh, an ex-Indian Army officer with a transferable job, was posted. Her brother Digvijay Singh Chahal is a golfer. After her schooling in Meerut at Sophia Girls' School, she completed her graduation in Home Science (food and nutrition) from Lady Irwin College, New Delhi. Personal life Chitrangda Singh was m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angad Bedi
Angad Singh Bedi (born 6 February 1983) is an Indian actor and former model. He made his debut with '' Kaya Taran'' in 2004, an adaptation of a Malayalam short story by N. S. Madhavan, ''Vanmarangal Veezhumpol (When the Big Trees Fall)''. He has done the film ''F.A.L.T.U'' in 2011 and known for his roles in Pink (2016), Dear Zindagi (2016) and Tiger Zinda Hai (2017). Early life Bedi was born to former Indian cricket captain Bishan Singh Bedi. Angad Bedi has one elder sister, Neha, and two older half-siblings from Bishan's previous marriage – a half-sister named Gillinder and a half-brother named Gavasinder. He played cricket up to Under-19 level for Delhi. He studied at Gyan Bharati School, Saket, New Delhi and graduated from St. Stephen's College, Delhi. Subsequently, he began a career in modelling, and ventured into acting. Career Bedi started his career with the film '' Kaya Taran,'' directed by Sashi Kumar in 2004. The film was set against the backdrop of 2002 Gujarat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danish Husain
Danish Husain is the stage name of Murtaza Danish Husaini, an Indian actor, storyteller, poet and theatre director. He has also been credited as Dan Husain and Murtaza Danish Husain. Early life, family and education Murtaza Danish Husaini was born into a Muslim family. His mother was a professor of Persian literature at Delhi University. His father was an economist. Danish graduated from Delhi University with degrees in economics and management. Career Husain's early career was in banking, but, dissatisfied, he turned to the performing arts when he was about 30 years old. Husain joined Mahmood Farooqui (who began in 2005) to help revive Urdu storytelling, Dastangoi, and in 2016 developed ''Qissebaazi'', multilingual storytelling. His theatre company in Mumbai is The Hoshruba Repertory. He has performed in many feature films, including ''Dhobi Ghat'' (2010), ''Peepli Live'' (2010), ''Newton'' (2017), and '' Soorma'' (2018). He has also acted in televisions series, such as ''Taj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandeep Singh
Sandeep Singh (born 27 February 1986) is an Indian professional field hockey player from Haryana and an ex-captain of the Indian national hockey team. He generally features as a full back and is a penalty corner specialist for the team. He has been dubbed "Flicker Singh" in the media for his specialization of the drag-flick, one of the fastest in the world. Singh holds a DSP rank in the Haryana Police. He has been elected as MLA in 2019 from Pehowa constituency in Kurukshetra, Haryana from Bharatiya Janata Party. He served as the Sports Minister of Haryana and resigned from the post on 1 January 2023, after the Haryana police registered a case against him for sexual assault complaint. Early life Singh hails from Shahabad town in Kurukshetra, Haryana. He was educated at Shivalik Public School, Mohali. Sandeep was born to Gurucharan Singh Saini and Daljeet Kaur Saini. Sandeep has an older brother, Bikramjeet, also a field hockey player who plays for Indian Oil. Career I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Kulbhushan Kharbanda (born 21 October 1944) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi and Punjabi films. He is best known for his role as the antagonist Shakaal in '' Shaan'' (1980), Starting off with the Delhi-based theatre group 'Yatrik' in the 1960s, he moved to films with Sai Paranjpye's '' Jadu Ka Shankh'' in 1974. He worked in several parallel cinema films before working in the mainstream Hindi film industry. He appeared in Mahesh Bhatt's classic ''Arth'' (1982), ''Ek Chadar Maili Si'' (1986), '' Waaris'' (1988), and in all three parts of Deepa Mehta's Elements trilogy: ''Fire'' (1996), ''Earth'' (1998), and ''Water'' (2005). After nearly two decades he was seen on the theatre stage at the Padatik Theatre in Kolkata in the production of ''Atmakatha'', directed by Vinay Sharma. Personal life Kharbanda is married to Maheshwari, a woman who was previously married to the Maharaja of Kotah. Born the daughter of Maharaja Ram Singh II of Pratapgarh, Rajasthan, Maheshwari married Kha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sony Pictures Networks India
Culver Max Entertainment Private Limited, doing business as Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN or SPNI), is an Indian media conglomerate owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment. Culver Max Entertainment manages and operates 26 television channels, the streaming media platform SonyLIV, as well as the television studio Studio NEXT and film studio Sony Pictures International Productions. History It was founded on September 18, 1995 as Sony Entertainment Television India Private Limited (SET India Pvt Ltd.). The first channel from the company was Sony Entertainment Television. In 1999, SET India Pvt Ltd., launched its second channel Sony Max which broadcast Hindi movies and sports events along with Sony Entertainment Television. In 2005, SET India Network bought SAB TV from Sri Adhikari Brothers and rebranded as Sony SAB. In 2006 SET India launched the English movie channel Sony Pix. In December 2007, SET India Private Limited was renamed as Multi Screen Media Private Limited. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vijay Raaz
Vijay Raaz (born 5 June 1963) is an Indian actor, film director and narrator, who predominantly appears in Hindi films. He debuted with ''Bhopal Express'' (1999) and since worked in more than 90 films. His breakthrough came when he played the role of Dubeyji in the movie ''Monsoon Wedding'' in 2001. Raaz garnered recognition for his comedic role in '' Run'' (2004) and ''Dhamaal'' (2007). He is noted for playing gangster roles in '' Delhi Belly'' (2011) and ''Dedh Ishqiya'' (2014) as well as other notable films include '' Stree'' (2018), Zoya Akhtar's ''Gully Boy'' (2019), ''Lootcase'' (2020), Sanjay Leela Bhansali's ''Gangubai Kathiawadi'' (2022). In 2014, he debuted as a director with '' Kya Dilli Kya Lahore''. His gruff baritone voice has been used in voice-over work, including films and commercials. Early life and career Raaz was born in Delhi on 5 June 1963. During his studies at P.G.D.A.V. College, University of Delhi, he was a part of the dramatic society. He decided ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siva Ananth
Siva Ananth is an Indian film producer, writer, lyricist, director and actor who has regularly collaborated with film maker Mani Ratnam. He made his directorial debut with ''Chukkallo Chandrudu'' (2006), and has also served in other professions in the film industry. Career Siva was born in Sivagangai, Tamil Nadu and did his schooling at O.V.C School (till SSLC), Manamadurai and Ramakrishna Mission (higher secondary), Salem, then enrolling for Industrial Engineering at Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) in Pilani in 1991 and graduating by 1995. He pursued MS in Mass Communications with an ancillary in Film Theory at the University of Florida, US and graduated in 1997 after producing a thesis describing a comparative study of production technique in Hollywood and Indian Cinema. During his time at BITS, he took up script-writing and revealed his fascination with director Mani Ratnam's work in ''Roja'' had sparked an initial interest. After submitting his thesis, he co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy
Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy () is an Indian musical trio consisting of Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa. They have composed music for over 50 soundtracks across five languages: Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi and English. Amongst the most critically acclaimed Indian musicians, the trio have won numerous awards, including National Film Award (India), Filmfare Awards, and IIFA Awards. They are often referred to as the "Amar Akbar Anthony" of the Hindi film music industry. Members Shankar Mahadevan Shankar Mahadevan, the main vocalist of the trio, was born and brought up in Chembur, a suburb of Mumbai, in a Tamil family from Kerala. He learned Hindustani classical music and Carnatic music in his childhood and started playing the veena at the age of five. He studied under Shrinivas Khale, a popular Marathi music composer. After graduating in 1988 with a degree in Software Engineering from Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology in Navi Mumbai under the auspices of Mum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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