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Tanvi Shah
Tanvi Shah is the first Indian woman to win a Grammy. Tanvi was born on 1 December 1985 in Tamil Nadu, India. She has sung in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu. In addition, she sings in Spanish, Portuguese and other romance languages, as well as Arabic. Her first song was "Fanaa" for the movie ''Yuva''. Career She has a running collaboration with A.R. Rahman and has sung a number of songs for him, including songs from '' Sillunu Oru Kadhal'', ''Slumdog Millionaire'' and recently ''Delhi-6''. She wrote the Spanish lyrics for " Jai Ho". Her success with A.R. Rahman got her invitations from leading music directors and she has sung for Yuvan Shankar Raja, Amit Trivedi and other music directors. She shared the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media with A.R. Rahman and Gulzar in the 52nd Grammy Awards for the song Jai Ho, for writing the Spanish lyrics for the song. With the success of ''Slumdog Millionaire'', Shah has been featured in Snoop Dogg's song "Snoop Dogg Millionair ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Language
Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a world language, global language with more than 500 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain. Spanish is the official language of List of countries where Spanish is an official language, 20 countries. It is the world's list of languages by number of native speakers, second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese; the world's list of languages by total number of speakers, fourth-most spoken language overall after English language, English, Mandarin Chinese, and Hindustani language, Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu); and the world's most widely spoken Romance languages, Romance language. The largest population of native speakers is in Mexico. Spanish is part of the Iberian Romance languages, Ibero-Romance group of languages, which evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amit Trivedi
Amit Trivedi (born 8 April 1979) is an Indian music director, singer and a lyricist who works primarily in Hindi films. After working as a theatre and jingle composer and composing for non-film albums, he debuted as a film composer in the 2008 Hindi film '' Aamir'', he gained prominence for his work in the Hindi film '' Dev.D'' (2009). Early life Trivedi was born in Bandra, Mumbai, India to a traditional Gujarati family. Growing up, his only connect with music was devotional songs and Gujarati folk. His native city is Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Career In his younger days, an electronic musical instrument fascinated Trivedi and he was slowly drawn towards music, mainly influenced by classical music. At 19–20, he began composing music. In college days, he joined the band Om, who performed at local gigs, small shows and live performances. They struck gold when Times Music took notice at one of their shows, and offered to launch their album. The album however did not fare well, due t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saroja (2008 Film)
''Saroja'' (stylised as Sa-Ro-Ja) is a 2008 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language comedy thriller film written and directed by Venkat Prabhu and produced by T. Siva. It stars Shiva (actor), Shiva, Vaibhav Reddy, Vaibhav, Premji Amaren, Premji, S. P. B. Charan, and Vega Tamotia, while Jayaram, Prakash Raj, Sampath Raj, Nikita Thukral, Bose Venkat and Kajal Aggarwal play other vital roles. Several other popular Tamil television artists and crew members make special appearances throughout the film. The score and soundtrack were composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja with cinematography by Sakthi Saravanan. The film follows the journey of four young men who travel from Chennai to Hyderabad, India, Hyderabad to watch a cricket match. Due to a road accident, they are forced to take a diversion off the main road to arrive on time. This leads them to a gang who have kidnapped a schoolgirl, Saroja, the only daughter of a millionaire. The film was released on 5 September 2008 to very positive re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na
''Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na'' ( ''Whether You Know Or Not'') is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language coming of age romantic comedy film written and directed by Abbas Tyrewala and produced by Mansoor Khan and Aamir Khan under Aamir Khan Productions, with Ajay K. Bijli and Sanjeev K. Bijli of PVR Pictures acting as co-producers. Marking writer Tyrewala's full-fledged screenwriting and directorial debut, it also marks the debut of Aamir's nephew and lead actor Imran Khan with supporting actor Prateik Babbar, as well as the re-appearance of lead actress Genelia D'Souza and supporting actress Manjari Fadnis in Hindi cinema. The film's soundtrack, composed by A. R. Rahman, received high critical acclaim upon release and also was commercially successful. ''Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na'' was released on 4 July 2008, and proved to be a major commercial success at the box office. It received widespread critical acclaim, with praise for its direction, story, screenplay, soundtrack, cinematography and per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Boss
Boss may refer to: Occupations * Supervisor, often referred to as boss * Air boss, more formally, air officer, the person in charge of aircraft operations on an aircraft carrier * Crime boss, the head of a criminal organization * Fire boss, a person in charge of mine safety * Pit boss, the person who looks after the employees who work in a casino pit * Political boss, a person who controls a political region or constituency Places United States * Boss, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Boss, Texas, an unincorporated community * Bosstown, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community Moon * Boss (crater), a lunar crater People As a real name * Boss (surname) * Boss Mustapha, politician, Secretary of Nigerian government As a nickname or stage name Athletes * Lance Armstrong ("", born 1971), former professional cyclist * Sasha Banks (born 1992), American professional wrestler * Tomás Boy ("", born 1952), former Mexican professional football player and current coach * Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sillunu Oru Kaadhal
''Sillunu Oru Kaadhal'' () is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by N. Krishna from a story by A. C. Durai. It stars Suriya, Jyothika and Bhumika, while Shriya Sharma, Sukanya, Vadivelu and Santhanam play supporting roles. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by A. R. Rahman, with lyrics by the Indian poet Vaali; cinematography for the film was handled by R. D. Rajasekhar and editing was handled by Anthony. The film was released on 8 September 2006, three days before the wedding of Suriya and Jyothika. Bhumika Chawla made her comeback in Tamil cinema after 5 years in this movie. The film was first titled as ''Jillunu Oru Kadhal'', and it is then changed to ''Sillunu Oru Kadhal to have a'' pure-Tamil name. This movie is considered to be a best example of arranged marriage ending in unconditional love (love after marriage). In 2015, this film was remade into Marathi as ''Tu Hi Re'', starring Swapnil Joshi, Sai Tamhankar, Tejaswini Pandit and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telugu Language
Telugu (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken by Telugu people predominantly living in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, where it is also the official language. It is the most widely spoken member of the Dravidian language family and one of the twenty-two scheduled languages of the Republic of India. It is one of the few languages that has primary official status in more than one Indian state, alongside Hindi and Bengali. Telugu is one of six languages designated as a classical language (of India) by the Government of India. Telugu is also a linguistic minority in the states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, West Bengal, and the union territories of Puducherry and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is also spoken by members of the Telugu diaspora spread across countries like United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand in the Anglosphere; Myanmar, Malaysia, South Africa, Mauritius; and the Arabian Gulf count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mani Sharma
Mani may refer to: Geography * Maní, Casanare, a town and municipality in Casanare Department, Colombia * Mani, Chad, a town and sub-prefecture in Chad * Mani, Evros, a village in northeastern Greece * Mani, Karnataka, a village in Dakshina Kannada district of India * Mani, Iran, a village in Kerman Province, Iran * Mani, Nigeria, a town in Katsina State, Nigeria * Mani, Tibet, a village in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China * Maní, Yucatán, a small city in Yucatán, Mexico *East Mani, a municipality in the Laconia regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece * El Mani, a community on the island of Puerto Rico * Mani Peninsula, a geographical and cultural region in Greece *West Mani, a municipality in the Messenia regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece People * Mani (name), ( fa, مانی), a given name and surname (including a list of people with the name) **Mani (prophet) (c. 216 – 274), an Iranian prophet ** Mani (musician) (born 1962), an English rock musician ** Mani (actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashok (film)
''Ashok'' is a 2006 Indian Telugu-language masala film produced by Maharishi Cinema, directed and written by Surender Reddy, starring NTR Jr., Sameera Reddy, Prakash Raj, and Sonu Sood in the lead roles. It is a movie about redemption in which the title character must make amends to his father after being blamed for his grandmother's death while meeting a girl who understands him and his burdens; at the same time, he must also battle against a mafia-like organisation that hates him. The movie was released in Andhra Pradesh on 14 July 2006. It was an average grosser at the box office. It was remade into Bengali Bangladesh as ''Babar Kosom'' (2007) with Manna and Nipun Akter. Plot Ashok is a mechanic who is thrown out of his house because of his rash actions that have led to the death of his grandmother. His father still harbours anger against Ashok despite his good behaviour that has a positive outcome. Ashok then happens to meet an insecure yet talented dancer named Anjali and f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pudhupettai
''Pudhupettai'' is a 2006 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language crime action film written and directed by Selvaraghavan. The film stars the director's brother Dhanush in the lead role, while Sonia Agarwal and Sneha (actress), Sneha play supporting roles. Plot The story is narrated by the main character, "Kokki" Kumar, in a jail cell. Kumar is a secondary school student who lives in the slums of Pudhupettai, in Chennai. After coming home from a film, he sees his mother's dead body. She was killed by his father, following an argument. After overhearing a conversation between his father and his friend that they plan on killing him too, as he was a witness, Kumar flees from home. Homeless and with no food, he resorts to begging. He is arrested, under false charges, while he watches the police arrest criminals on the street. After being released on bail, he befriends Mani and the others, all of whom work for a thug named Anbu. Anbu works for the opposition party's leader Thamizhse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindi
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been described as a standardised and Sanskritised register of the Hindustani language, which itself is based primarily on the Khariboli dialect of Delhi and neighbouring areas of North India. Hindi, written in the Devanagari script, is one of the two official languages of the Government of India, along with English. It is an official language in nine states and three union territories and an additional official language in three other states. Hindi is also one of the 22 scheduled languages of the Republic of India. Hindi is the '' lingua franca'' of the Hindi Belt. It is also spoken, to a lesser extent, in other parts of India (usually in a simplified or pidginised variety such as Bazaar Hindustani or Haflong Hindi). Outside India, several ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamil Language
Tamil (; ' , ) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. Tamil is an official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the sovereign nations of Sri Lanka and Singapore, and the Indian territory of Puducherry. Tamil is also spoken by significant minorities in the four other South Indian states of Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, and the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is also spoken by the Tamil diaspora found in many countries, including Malaysia, Myanmar, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia and Mauritius. Tamil is also natively spoken by Sri Lankan Moors. One of 22 scheduled languages in the Constitution of India, Tamil was the first to be classified as a classical language of India. Tamil is one of the longest-surviving classical languages of India.. "Tamil is one of the two longest-surviving classical languages in India" (p. 7). A. K. Ramanujan described it as "the on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
