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Vishkanya
The ''Visha Kanya'' (Sanskrit ; en, Poison girl) were young women reportedly used as assassins, often against powerful enemies, during the times of Ancient India. Their blood and bodily fluids were purportedly poisonous to other humans, as was mentioned in the ancient Indian treatise on statecraft, ''Arthashastra'', written by Chanakya, an adviser and a prime minister to the first Maurya Emperor Chandragupta (c. 340–293 BCE). In literature However, in time, "poison damsel" passed into folklore, became an archetype explored by many writers, resulting in a popular literary character that appears in many works, including classical Sanskrit texts such as '' Sukasaptati''. History The Poison Damsel (Sanskrit Viṣakanyā) is a literary figure that appears in Sanskrit literature as a type of assassin used by kings to destroy enemies. The story goes that young girls were raised on a carefully crafted diet of poison and antidote from a very young age, a practice referred to as mithrid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vishkanya Ek Anokhi Prem Kahani
''Vishkanya Ek Anokhi Prem Kahani'' or simply ''Vishkanya'' (''lit.'' venomous girl) is a soap set in the old neighbourhood of the city of Kolkata. The show is about supernatural love story of fictional characters Aparajita Ghosh and Malay Mittal. Plot Aparajita is born as a '' Vishkanya'', a venomous girl, whose body including her bodily fluids is poisonous and could prove fatal to anyone on contact. Initially she was not aware of the fact that she was a poisonous girl or that she was used as a pawn to destroy Mittal's family by her maternal aunt (Kalpana Ghosh) who she thought was her mother. Her mother had kept her locked in her room since she was a little girl, avoiding any contact with outsiders. This ignited curiosity from her neighbors, especially Malay. The first time she was allowed out was for a party in Mittal's mansion, where she met Malay for the first time. Malay was instantly smitten by her beauty and delicate grace despite her mysterious aura. A series of events ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vishkanya (1991)
''Vishkanya'' is a 1991 Hindi Action film, action fantasy film of Bollywood, directed by Jag Mundhra and produced by Salila Parida. This is the debut movie of Indian actress, model Pooja Bedi and Riya Sen as the child actress. This film was released on 30 July 1991. Plot Inspector Rakesh Verma is investigating a case of mysterious deaths in a remote village. His investigations take him to meet two people, namely Thakur Dhurjan Singh and Lala Lachiram, both fearful for their lives. Rakesh learns that both are connected to the criminal activities. He is required to provide protection to them. His investigations revealed that one Trilokchand, a former jailbird, is a prime suspect. But presently, Trilok is confined to a wheelchair. Rakesh now realises that it is a revenge story of a young girl for her parents' murder. Long ago, Thakur Durjan Singh and Lala Lachiram were involved with illegal snake skin smuggling. One day, forest officer Vikram Singh comes into their circle with his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pooja Bedi
Pooja Bedi (born 11 May 1970) is an Indian actress, television talk show host and newspaper columnist. She is the daughter of Indian actors Kabir Bedi and Protima Bedi. She participated in the reality television shows ''Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa'', ''Nach Baliye'', '' Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi'' and ''Bigg Boss''. Life and career Early life and career beginnings (1970–2006) Pooja Bedi was born in Bombay (present-day Mumbai) to the late Indian classical dancer Protima and film star Kabir Bedi. she is of Punjabi Sikh and British ancestry on her father's side and Bengali and Haryanvi ancestry on her mother's side. She was brought up in what she calls a bohemian progressive artistic environment. From 1991 to 1995, Bedi worked in Bollywood films and appeared in many commercials and campaigns. She is remembered for the KamaSutra condom campaign which she endorsed and used as a vehicle to raise awareness of AIDS. She made her film debut with Jag Mundhra's film ''Vishkanya'' (1991 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aishwarya Khare
Aishwarya Khare is an Indian television actress, who works in Hindi serials. She is best known for her role as Mahima Srinivasan in ''Yeh Hai Chahatein'' and Lakshmi Bajwa in ''Bhagya Lakshmi''. Early life Aishwarya Khare hails from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. She is a beauty pageant winner and a theatre artiste. Career Khare made her acting debut in 2014 through the director Lal Vijay Shahdev's drama series ''Yeh Shaadi Hai Ya Sauda'' on DD National. The series ran for more than 300 episodes. In 2016, Khare played the parallel lead in drama series ''Jaane Kya Hoga Rama Re'' which aired on Life OK. In 2017, she played the role of Aparajita in Zee TV’s supernatural drama series ''Vishkanya Ek Anokhi Prem Kahani''. She then went on to play the role of a police officer in ''Beta Bhagya Se Bitiya Saubhagya Se'' aired in Doordarshan. Later on, she played the lead in political drama '' Saam Daam Dand Bhed'' as Bulbul Namdhari, Vijay's wife and love interest. In 2019, she was roped in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shivani
''Gaura Pant'' (17 October 1923 – 21 March 2003), better known as Shivani, was a Hindi writer of the 20th century and a pioneer in writing Indian women-centric fiction. She was awarded the Padma Shri for her contribution to Hindi literature in 1982. She garnered a following in the pre-television era of 1960s and 1970s, and her literary works such as ''Krishnakali'', were serialised in Hindi magazines like ''Dharmayug'' and ''Saptahik Hindustan''. Through her writings, she also made the culture of Kumaon known to the Hindi speakers in India. Her novel ''Kariye Chima'' was made into a film, while her other novels including ''Surangma'', ''Rativilaap'', ''Mera Beta'', and ''Teesra Beta'' have been turned into television serials. Early life Gaura Pant 'Shivani' was born on 17 October 1923, the Vijaya Dasami day in Rajkot, Gujarat, where her father, Ashwini Kumar Pande was a teacher with princely state of Rajkot. He was a Kumaoni Brahmin. Her mother was a Sanskrit scholar, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanskrit
Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late Bronze Age. Sanskrit is the sacred language of Hinduism, the language of classical Hindu philosophy, and of historical texts of Buddhism and Jainism. It was a link language in ancient and medieval South Asia, and upon transmission of Hindu and Buddhist culture to Southeast Asia, East Asia and Central Asia in the early medieval era, it became a language of religion and high culture, and of the political elites in some of these regions. As a result, Sanskrit had a lasting impact on the languages of South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia, especially in their formal and learned vocabularies. Sanskrit generally connotes several Old Indo-Aryan language varieties. The most archaic of these is the Vedic Sanskrit found in the Rig Veda, a colle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalashoka
Kalashoka or Kakavarna was the son and successor of Shishunaga. He divided his kingdom between his ten sons and crowned his ninth son, Nandivardhana as the king of Magadha. Reign Shishunaga had transferred the capital of Magadha to Vaishali. Kalashoka succeeded his father Shishunaga Shishunaga (IAST: Śiśunāga, or Shusunaga) (c. 413 – 395 BCE) was the founder of the Shishunaga dynasty of the Magadha Empire in the present day northern India. Initially, he was an ''amatya'' (official) of the Magadha empire under the Harya .... Kalashoka again transferred the capital to Pataliputra. According to Buddhist literature, the Second Buddhist Council, held 100 years after the Maha Parinirvana of Lord Buddha, in Vaishali, was patronised by King Kalashoka. But despite King Kalashoka's best efforts, differences among the Buddhists persisted. He divided his kingdom between his ten sons, who ruled simultaneously. References Citations Sources * * * 4th-century BC Indian monarc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zee TV
Zee TV (stylised as ZEE TV) is a Hindi general entertainment pay television channel in India. It was launched on 2 October 1992, as the first privately owned TV channel in the country. It is owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. Zee TV also launched in the UK in 1995. Zee TV also launch in USA in Oct 1998 History Zee TV was launched on 2 October 1992, as the flagship channel of the Zee Telefilms Ltd. It began full-day broadcasts in 1993. It is the first private TV channel in India. On 10 January 2007, Zee Telefilms Ltd was renamed into the Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL.). In 2013, Zee TV, along with its sister channels, went over a branding overhaul. On 15 October 2017, coinciding Zee's twenty-five year silver jubilee, all of its channels rebranded. On 30 May 2021, Zee TV planned to revamp its look and air four new television series, but because of the COVID-19 pandemic in India, it was postponed. Programming The channel mostly airs content intended for f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soap Opera
A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored by soap manufacturers.Bowles, p. 118. The term was preceded by "horse opera", a derogatory term for low-budget Westerns. BBC Radio's ''The Archers'', first broadcast in 1950, is the world's longest-running radio soap opera. The longest-running current television soap is '' Coronation Street'', which was first broadcast on ITV in 1960, with the record for the longest running soap opera in history being held by '' Guiding Light'', which began on radio in 1937, transitioned to television in 1952, and ended in 2009. A crucial element that defines the soap opera is the open-ended serial nature of the narrative, with stories spanning several episodes. One of the defining features that makes a television program a soap opera, according to Alber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMDb
IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. It is now owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes) and million person records. Additionally, the site had 83 million registered users. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. Features The title and talent ''pages'' of IMDb are accessible to all users, but only registered and logged-in users can submit new material and suggest edits to existing entries. Most of the site's data has been provided by these volunteers. Registered users with a prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leela Mishra
Leela Mishra (1 January 1908 – 17 January 1988) was an Indian actress. She worked as a character actor in over 200 Hindi films for five decades, and is best remembered for playing stock characters such as aunts (''Chachi'' or ''Mausi''). She is best known for her role of "mausi" in the blockbuster ''Sholay'' (1975), ''Dil Se Mile Dil'' (1978), ''Baton Baton Mein'' (1979), Rajesh Khanna films such as ''Palkon Ki Chhaon Mein'', ''Aanchal'', '' Mehbooba'', ''Amar Prem'' and Rajshri Productions hits such as ''Geet Gaata Chal'' (1975), '' Nadiya Ke Paar'' (1982) and ''Abodh'' (1984). Her career's best performance was in ''Naani Maa'' in 1981, for which she received Best Actress award at the age of 73. Personal life Leela Mishra was married to Ram Prasad Mishra, who was a character artist, then working in silent films. She got married at the very young age of 12. By the time she was 17, she had two daughters. She hailed from Jais, Raebareli, and she and her husband were from ''zami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chanakya's Chant
''Chanakya's Chant'' (2010) is a novel written by Indian author Ashwin Sanghi. It was written two years after his first novel '' The Rozabal Line'' (2008) was released in India. ''Chanakya's Chant'' was released on 26 January 2011 and entered all major Indian national bestseller lists within two months. It reached #1 on India-Today's bestseller list on 4 April 2011. On 19 June 2011, UTV Software Communications announced that it had acquired the movie rights. Plot summary The year is 340 B.C. A hunted, haunted Brahmin youth vows revenge for the gruesome murder of his beloved father by the Emperor of Magadh, Dhana Nanda. Cold, calculating, cruel and armed with complete absence of accepted morals, he becomes the most powerful political strategist in Bharat and succeeds in uniting a ragged and broken country against the invasion of barbaric army of the Greek demigod, Alexander the Great. Pitting the weak edges of both forces against each other, he pulls off a wicked and astonishing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
