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Umrika
''Umrika'' () is a 2015 Indian Hindi comedy-drama film written and directed by Prashant Nair, and produced by Swati Shetty and Manish Mundra. It features Suraj Sharma, Tony Revolori, Smita Tambe, Rajesh Tailang, Pramod Pathak, Adil Hussain, Amit Sial, Sauraseni Maitra and Prateik Babbar. ''Umrika'' premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award. Director Nair said that the film is "about the mythology of America, and more generally, how cultures perceive each other". Plot The film begins with Udai (Prateik Babbar) leaving his village for the United States, telling his little brother Ramakant "Rama" (Suraj Sharma) to always remember what he tells him. While his mother is crying due to Udai's departure, Rama tells him to always write to the family when he gets to "Umrika" ("America" as spoken with an accent). Following the death of his father, Rama realises that the letters his family has been receiving from Udai have been fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prashant Nair
Prashant Nair is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer best known for his 2015 feature film ''Umrika'', starring Suraj Sharma and Tony Revolori, which premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and won the World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award. His latest feature, '' Tryst With Destiny'', premiered at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival where it won the Best Screenplay in an International Narrative award. Biography Nair was born in Chandigarh, India to diplomat parents but was raised in Europe, Africa and Asia before going on to live and work in New York, Paris, Prague, Berlin and Mumbai. He credits his constant moving and exposure to different parts of the world as the biggest impact on the subjects of his films. As a result of his upbringing, Nair is fluent in English, French and Hindi and has studied Italian, German and Arabic. He initially worked as a social media entrepreneur well until late 2010 when he first transitioned towards a career in film. His first ful ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dustin O'Halloran
Dustin O'Halloran (born September 8, 1971) is an American composer and pianist. Aside from releasing music as a recording artist, O'Halloran is a film and TV composer, as well as one half of ambient act A Winged Victory for the Sullen. Early life O'Halloran was born in Phoenix, Arizona, and spent most of his childhood in Hawaii and Los Angeles. While studying art at Santa Monica College, he met singer Sara Lov, with whom he founded indie rock band Dévics in 1998. When the group signed with Bella Union in 2001, they relocated to Romagna, Italy, where O'Halloran lived for seven years. Career Solo work In 2004, O'Halloran released his first record as a solo artist, ''Piano Solos''. He has since released three more solo records, the latest of which is ''Lumiere'' (2011), which featured contributions by Peter Broderick and Adam Wiltzie (Stars of the Lid), and was mixed by Jóhann Jóhannsson. In 2019, O'Halloran signed with Deutsche Grammophon and released his first EP on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manish Mundra
Manish Mundra (born 22 April 1973) is an Indian film producer who has produced numerous Bollywood films like ''Ankhon Dekhi'', ''Masaan'', ''Kadvi Hawa'' and many more to his credit. Early years and personal life Manish Mundra was born in Deoghar, Jharkhand in a Marwari family from Jodhpur, Rajasthan. As a child, he sold cold drinks and saris to help his family. He later moved to Jodhpur to do his Master of Business Administration. From 2000 to 2002, he first moved to Bombay for a job. After some time, he moved to Indonesia, Thailand and then Nigeria where he joined Indorama Eleme Petrochemicals as the CEO (Africa) and MD. After few years he moved to India to become a film producer, In 2014 he started Drishyam Films, Production House. Since then, he has produced movies like Masaan (2015), Waiting (2016), Umrika (2016), Dhanak (2016), Newton (2017), Rukh (2017) Kadvi Hawa (2017) . In 2017 Dhanak won the National Award for Best Children’s Film, Newton was chosen for Indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nidhi Bisht
Nidhi Bisht (born 21 October 1985) is an Indian casting director filmmaker, lawyer and actress and writer. She is one of the earliest members of The Viral Fever. Biography Bisht was a student of Jamia Millia Islamia. She pursued LLB degree from there. Later she began working as an associate at Singh and Singh Associates which is an intellectual property rights law firm. She practiced law at Delhi High Court more than a year. Later she gave up her job and decided to build her career in the entertainment arena. She joined The Viral Fever in 2013. She is lone non IIT graduate in The Viral Fever. Bisht acted in ''Chai Sutta Chronicles'' in 2013. She acted in ''Permanent Roommates'' in 2014. She acted in '' Umrika'' in 2015. She acted in '' Phillauri'' in 2017. She acted in ''Bisht, Please!'' in 2017. She acted in ''Bachelors''. She acted in ''Kanika'' in 2018 which was a short film. She also acted in web series like '' TVF Tripling'', ''ImMature'' and ''The Making of…''. Her fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sauraseni Maitra
Sauraseni Maitra is an Indian model and actress. Maitra started her career when she was 9 years old. Career Sauraseni Maitra started her modelling career at an early age. She is an Indian actress who started off with the 2012 action drama film Chittagong, under the direction of Bedabrata Pain. She then went on to star in the 2015 comedy drama Umrika, directed by Prashant Nair, starring Aashish Bhatt and Uplaksh Kochhar in the lead roles. Her 2017 release includes the thriller movie Meghnadbodh Rohoshyo, under the direction of Anik Datta, starring in the lead role opposite Sabyasachi Chakraborty and Abir Chatterjee. Her other project includes director Pratim D. Gupta's drama movie Maacher Jhol starring Paoli Dam and Kaya Blocksage in the lead roles opposite Sauraseni. She worked in an advertisement directed by Bengali film director Anik Dutta, in which Bollywood film actress Deepika Padukone Deepika Padukone ( or ; born 5 January 1986) is an Indian actress who works ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drishyam Films
Drishyam Films is an independent Indian film production company. It was founded by Manish Mundra in 2014, and saw its first success with the release of the award-winning film '' Ankhon Dekhi'' in 2014. Other acclaimed releases include '' Umrika'' (2015 Sundance Audience Choice Award), ''Dhanak ''Dhanak'' () is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language children's road film written and directed by Nagesh Kukunoor. Produced by Manish Mundra, Nagesh Kukunoor, and Elahe Hiptoola, the film features Hetal Gada and Krrish Chhabria as the two children, pla ...'' (2015 Berlinale Grand Jury Prize), and Masaan (2015 Cannes Film Festival Awards). In May 2017, Drishyam films launched a $20m fund to produce eight to ten independent Indian films over the next two years. Filmography References External links * {{Authority control Hindi cinema Film production companies based in Mumbai Producers who won the Best Children's Film National Film Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lin Laishram
Linthoingambi "Lin" Laishram is an Indian model, actress and businesswoman from Manipur. She was discovered by Elite modelling agency Mumbai, India where she was a regular at fashion events like the India Fashion week, New York Bridal week and is seen on print and TVCs in India and elsewhere. Career Laishram first appeared in a cameo in ''Om Shanti Om''. She was the brand ambassador of New York based jewellery brand, Ozoru Jewelry. She represented her state in Miss North East and was the first runner up in 2008 held in Shillong. She went on to participate in the reality TV show Kingfisher calendar girl where she won many hearts with her exotic looks and athletic body. She is also the first Manipuri model who went on national television wearing a swimsuit, which led to many controversies in her hometown. Laishram lived in New York; where she was a print and Fashion model and worked with many renowned photographers; make-up artistes and stylist. She studied at New York Stella A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajesh Tailang
Rajesh Tailang is an Indian actor. He is best known to international audiences for his role in '' Siddharth'', for which he garnered a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Actor at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards. '''', 13 January 2014. He also wrote the dialogues for ''Siddharth'' and for ''''. Besides being an actor and writer, he is a poet as well. He is the brother of late cartoonist [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adil Hussain
Adil Hussain () is an Indian actor who has worked in Indian cinema, including art house cinema and mainstream Bollywood, as well as international cinema, in films such as ''The Reluctant Fundamentalist'' and ''Life of Pi'' (both 2012). He received National Film Awards (Special Jury) at the 2017 National Film Awards for '' Hotel Salvation'' and '' Maj Rati Keteki''. He has starred in English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Tamil, Marathi, Malayalam, Norwegian and French films. Early life and education Born in Goalpara, Assam in 1963, where his father was the headmaster of a high secondary school, Hussain was the youngest of seven children. In an interview he described his multiethnic background, as his maternal grandfather was Iraqi while his maternal grandmother had Assamese, English and Italian roots. Hussain acted in school plays. He left home at age 18 to study philosophy at B. Borooah College, Guwahati, he started acting in college plays and performing as a stand-up comed ... [...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] |
Prateik Babbar
Prateik Babbar (born 28 November 1986) is an Indian actor and martial artist who predominantly appears in Hindi films. The son of actress Smita Patil and actor Raj Babbar, he began his career as a production assistant before pursuing an acting career. Prior to his screen debut, Babbar appeared in television advertisements for a variety of products, including Nestle KitKat, on the recommendation of the filmmaker Prahlad Kakkar. Since his debut in Bollywood, Babbar has received accolades such as a Filmfare Award and a Stardust Award. Babbar made his screen debut with the 2008 coming of age drama '' Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na''. He made his debut in Tamil language through Darbar. He garnered nominations at various award ceremonies including the Filmfares, Screen Awards, and the Stardust Awards for best debut, winning the last of the three. Babbar played a variety of roles in 2011, appearing in commercially viable projects such as the crime thriller '' Dum Maaro Dum'' and the politi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suraj Sharma
Suraj Sharma (born 21 March 1993) is an Indian actor who made his debut in the 2012 film ''Life of Pi''. Directed by Ang Lee, the film was adapted from the novel of the same name, and earned Sharma critical acclaim as well as a BAFTA Rising Star Award nomination. In 2014, he portrayed Aayan Ibrahim in season 4 of the Showtime series ''Homeland''. From 2018 to 2020, he starred as Rakesh Singh in the CBS comedy-drama series ''God Friended Me''. Life and career Sharma was born and brought up in a Malayali family in New Delhi, India. His father, Gokul Churai, is a software engineer from Mumbai and a professional chess player, while his mother, Shailaja Sharma, is an economist from Palakkad, Kerala. He has a younger brother, Sriharsh Sharma, who has also acted in two films, and a younger sister, Dhruvatara Sharma. He attended Sardar Patel Vidyalaya secondary school, and later studied at St. Stephen's College, Delhi University. With no prior acting experiences, he auditioned along ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |