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Tukaram (film)
''Tukaram'' is a 2012 Marathi biopic on the life of Saint Tukaram, who was a 17th-century Varkari saint, spiritual poet and devotee of Vitthala. The film was directed by Chandrakant Kulkarni. The 1936 Marathi film ''Sant Tukaram'' by directors Vishnupant Govind Damle and Sheikh Fattelal under the banner of Prabhat Film Company became the first Indian film to receive an award at the 5th Venice International Film Festival. The film still remains popular and is the subject of frequent studies. This was also the first film to capture the life of Tukaram. The 2012 film that was released after 76 years is the second film in Marathi based on the same subject. The subject was also inspiration for Kannada film ''Santa Thukarama'' (1963) and Telugu film ''Bhakta Tukaram'' (1973). Cast * Jitendra Joshi as Tukaram * Padmanabh Gaikwad as young Tukaram * Veena Jaamkar as Rakhumābāi (Tukaram's first wife) * Radhika Apte as Aawalibāi (Tukaram's second wife) * Sharad Ponkshe as Bolhobā Amb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandrakant Kulkarni
Chandrakant Kulkarni (born 1963) is an Indian director, script writer and actor associated with Marathi theatre and film. He is known for his works of directing the plays ''Wada Chirebandi'', ''Dhyanimani'', ''Gandhi Virudh Gandhi'' and most recently the remake of ''Hamidabaichi Kothi''. He has also directed the acclaimed films ''Bindhaast'' (1999) and ''Tukaram'' (2012). At the 61st National Film Awards, his film '' Aajcha Divas Majha'' won the award for Best Feature Film in Marathi. Career Theatre Chandrakant Kulkarni came to Mumbai from Aurangabad, Maharashtra, aspiring to work in the entertainment industry. After working on various plays Kulkarni directed the eight-hour-long trilogy play ''Wada Chirebandi'' written by Mahesh Elkunchwar in 1994. The play was written in three parts as ''Wada Chirebandi'', ''Magna Talyakathi'' and ''Yuganta''. Kulkarni directed the play under the production banner of "Awishkar" which was founded by director Arvind Deshpande and his actress w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afternoon (newspaper)
''The Afternoon Despatch & Courier'' was an evening tabloid in Mumbai, India. The newspaper was launched by Behram Contractor, better known as "Busybee", on 25 March 1985. This newspaper served as a launch pad for several well-known journalists in India. The Afternoon Despatch & Courier concentrates on news and features from Mumbai and the adjoining cities. Anant Rao Kanangi was the Associate Editor of this newspaper. Kamal Morarka - former union minister and businessman and National president of the Samajwadi Janata Party Chandrashekhar, was the Chairman of the Board of Directors of this newspaper. The newspaper ceased publication in Feb, 2020. References External links The ''Afternoon Despatch & Courier'' websiteSun sets on Afternoon Newspapers published in Mumbai Daily newspapers published in India Afternoon Afternoon is the time after solar noon. It is the time when the sun is descending from its peak in the sky to somewhat before its terminus at the hor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Marathi L'il Champs
''Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Marathi'' is an Indian Marathi musical game show. It is airing on Zee Marathi from 18 September 2006. The show had completed its 25 years in the year 2020. So, channel had arranged 2.30 hours special episode as live show in lockdown period on 24 May 2020 with named as "Ek Desh, Ek Raag". Previously, this function was planned on May 17, but later it was changed to 24 May. The show aimed to discover the best singing talent in the age range of 5–15 years from the Maharashtra. The show was judged by singer and composer Avdhoot Gupte and singer Vaishali Samant in addition to other individuals from the Indian music industry who served as guest judges. The show was hosted by actress Pallavi Joshi. The progress of the contestants through the rounds was also dependent on the votes of the audience. The show aired on Monday and Tuesday. The Grand Finale of the thirteen season was aired on 7 January 2018. Production Auditions Auditions for the show up to season 13 were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Express
''The Indian Express'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932. It is published in Mumbai by the Indian Express Group. In 1999, eight years after the group's founder Ramnath Goenka's death in 1991, the group was split between the family members. The southern editions took the name ''The New Indian Express'', while the northern editions, based in Mumbai, retained the original ''Indian Express'' name with ''"The"'' prefixed to the title. History In 1932, the ''Indian Express'' was started by an Ayurvedic doctor, P. Varadarajulu Naidu, at Chennai, being published by his "Tamil Nadu" press. Soon under financial difficulties, he sold the newspaper to Swaminathan Sadanand, the founder of ''The Free Press Journal'', a national news agency. In 1933, the ''Indian Express'' opened its second office in Madurai, launching the Tamil edition, '' Dinamani''. Sadanand introduced several innovations and reduced the price of the newspaper. Faced with financial difficultie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makeup
The asterisk ( ), from Late Latin , from Ancient Greek , ''asteriskos'', "little star", is a typographical symbol. It is so called because it resembles a conventional image of a heraldic star. Computer scientists and mathematicians often vocalize it as star (as, for example, in ''the A* search algorithm'' or ''C*-algebra''). In English, an asterisk is usually five- or six-pointed in sans-serif typefaces, six-pointed in serif typefaces, and six- or eight-pointed when handwritten. Its most common use is to call out a footnote. It is also often used to censor offensive words. In computer science, the asterisk is commonly used as a wildcard character, or to denote pointers, repetition, or multiplication. History The asterisk has already been used as a symbol in ice age cave paintings. There is also a two thousand-year-old character used by Aristarchus of Samothrace called the , , which he used when proofreading Homeric poetry to mark lines that were duplicated. Origen is know ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mid-Day
''Mid-Day'' (stylised as mid-day) is a morning daily Indian compact newspaper owned by Jagran Prakashan Limited. Editions in various languages were published in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Pune. In 2011, the Delhi and Bangalore editions were closed down. In 2014, Jagran Prakashan shut down the mid-day Pune edition as well. Establishment It was established in Mumbai in 1979 as a family-owned newspaper by Khalid Ansari. Later, his son, Tariq Ansari led the paper, before it was sold to Jagran Prakashan in 2010. A Sunday edition, ''Sunday Mid-Day'', began in 1981. The Newspaper underwent an overhaul, both of its print editions and the website, in early 2014, creating several new sections in the daily newspaper, the Sunday edition and the website. It founded Radio One (India), a radio station initially operating as Radio Midday in Mumbai, which was eventually acquired by HT Media in 2019. Relaunch of the newspaper and website in 2014 Originally, the newspaper published two edi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakhi Gokhale
Sakhi Gokhale (born 27 July 1993) is a Marathi television and theatre actress. She known for her portrayed in ''Dil Dosti Duniyadari'' as Reshma Inamdar and '' Dil Dosti Dobara'' as Pari. Early life and education Gokhale attended Sahyadri School until grade 10. She later pursued a Bachelor of Arts at Ruparel College. She also has interest in dancing and has attended workshops by Shiamak Davar. Her mother gifted her a DSLR after she finished her school education, which cultivated in her an interest in still photography. She then pursued a degree in Fashion and Fine Arts Photography from Bharti Vidyapeeth's School of Photography, Pune, going on to intern as a photographer under the guidance of Jaideep Oberoi, before getting into acting. As of July 2018, she was pursuing a master's degree in Art Curation in the UK at the Royal College of Art. Career Gokhale began her television career by appearing in a few Hindi advertisements. She played a small role, Venu, in the Hindi movie, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bahinabai
Bahinabai (1628–1700 AD) or Bahina or Bahini is a Varkari female-saint from Maharashtra, India. She is considered as a disciple of another Varkari poet-saint Tukaram. Having been born in a Brahmin family, Bahinabai was married to a widower at a young age and spent most of her childhood wandering around Maharashtra along with her family. She describes, in her autobiography ''Atmamanivedana'', her spiritual experiences with a calf and visions of the Varkari's patron deity Vithoba and Tukaram. She reports being subjected to verbal and physical abuse by her husband, who despised her spiritual inclination but who finally accepted her chosen path of devotion (''bhakti''). Unlike most female-saints who never married or renounced their married life for God, Bahinabai remained married her entire life. Bahinabai's abhanga compositions, written in Marathi, focus on her troubled marital life and the regret being born a woman. Bahinabai was always torn between her duties to her husband an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samidha Guru
Samidha Guru ( mr, समिधा गुरू; born 6 August 1980) is a Marathi theatre, film and television actress from Nagpur, India. She has received ''Maharashtra State's Best Actress Award'' for the movie ''Kapuskondyachi Goshta''. She also received ''MMW Gaurav Awards'' for Best Actress for the play ''Get Well Soon''. Having a family background of dance, writing and acting, Samidha made her acting debut on television through ''Soniyacha Umbara'' but she got noticed in ''Avaghachi Sansar'', in which she played an angry young woman. After this, she did prominent roles in many popular serials which include Jeevalaga, Zunj, Ya Valanavar, Devyani, Gandh Phulancha Gela Sangun, Kamala, Tujvin Sakhya Re. Samidha has also acted in many stage plays at Nagpur in some of the plays she got silver medal for her performances. On the big screen, Guru has also done prominent roles in Kaydyache Bola, Majha Me, Dhating Dhingana, Panhala and Tukaram wherein her acting was appreciate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yatin Karyekar
Yatin Karyekar is a veteran Indian actor in the Bollywood film industry. He was also part of long running television serial ''Shanti (TV series), Shanti''. He appeared in the role of Aurangzeb in popular Marathi serial Raja Shivchhatrapati. Early life He was earlier married to Iravati Harshe. Filmography Films * ''Katha (1983 film), Katha'' (1983) * ''Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak'' (1988) *''Sarkarnama'' (1998) * ''Hanuman (1998 film), Hanuman'' (1998) * ''Hey Ram'' (2000) * ''Munnabhai M.B.B.S.'' (2003) * ''Vasool Raja MBBS'' (Tamil in 2004) * ''Iqbal (film), Iqbal'' (2005) * ''Kalyug (2005 film), Kalyug'' (2005) * ''Alag'' (2006) * ''Eik Dasttak'' (2007) * ''Zindagi Tere Naam'' (2008) * ''Bombay To Bangkok'' (2008) * ''Aao Wish Karein'' (2009) * ''The Hangman (2010 film), The Hangman'' (2010) * ''Karthik Calling Karthik'' (2010) * ''Soundtrack (film), Soundtrack'' (2011) * ''Monica (2011), Monica'' (2011) * ''Love U...Mr. Kalakaar!'' (2011) as Israni * ''Lanka (2011 film), La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smita Tambe
Smita Tambe is a Marathi and Hindi film, television and stage actor. She is known for her work in '' 72 Miles ''. Early life Tambe was born in the Satara, Maharashtra. She was brought up in Pune, and moved to Mumbai to pursue a career in Marathi films and television. She was also pursuing a PhD in Marathi Loksahitya and Samaj. Career She had a role in ''Jogwa'' in 2009, and her first lead role was in Akshay Kumar Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia (born 9 September 1967), known professionally as Akshay Kumar (), is an Indian-born naturalised Canadian Quote: "(Former prime minister Stephen) Harper campaigned in 2011 alongside one of Modi's biggest celebrity backer ...'s Marathi movie '' 72 Miles-Ek Pravas''. She also owns the production house Ringing Rain, which produced ''Saavat'' in 2019. Her upcoming projects include Hawa Badle Hassu, Sacred Games(Season 2) and Panga. Filmography Films Television Personal life Tambe married theatre artist Virendra Dwivedi in 2019. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jitendra Joshi
Jitendra Joshi is an Indian actor and reality show host who predominantly works in Marathi cinema. He is well known for his lead role as Sant Tukaram Maharaj in the 2012 marathi movie Tukaram. He starred as constable Katekar in the hit Netflix television series ''Sacred Games''. Career Joshi also wrote the popular song ''Kombdi Palali'', which was later remixed as ''Chikni Chameli''. He got his first recognition from the Zee Marathi daily soap ''Ghadlay Bighadlay'' where he played ''Krishna''. In 2011, he hosted ''Marathi Paaul Padte Pudhe'', a talent reality show on the ''Zee Marathi''. In Marathi he played title role of Sant Tukaram in ''Tukaram'' (film released in 2012) and a comic role in ''Guldasta''. Not only as a hero, but he has also appeared as Sai, a villain character in the film ''Duniyadari'' (2013).Duniyadari In 2016, he co-starred in the critically acclaimed dramedy ''Ventilator'', which was produced by Priyanka Chopra. His performance in the film was widely prai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
