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Zakir Hussain (actor)
Zakir Hussain is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films. He is known for his negative and comic roles. His best-known performances include those of Rashid in Ramgopal Varma's 2005 film '' Sarkar'', Shardul in Sriram Raghavan's 2007 film ''Johnny Gaddaar'' and Prakash Rao in Rohit Shetty's ''Singham Returns'' . Early life and background Zakir Hussain was born and brought up in Jani Khurd, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. It was during his studies in Delhi that he first got attracted to the world of theatre and cinema. He started out with "small time" theatre, and then joined the Shri Ram Centre for Performing Arts. He then joined the prestigious National School of Drama and graduated in 1993. Career Hussain did theatre for a few years and then came to Mumbai to work in television and films. He started out with serials like ''Firdaus'', ''Kitty Party'' and ''Gaatha'', and this earned him recognition. Sriram Raghavan's 2004 film '' Ek Hasina Thi'' was his first film as actor. Hussain's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
Meerut (, IAST: ''Meraṭh'') is a city in Meerut district of the western part of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The city lies northeast of the national capital New Delhi, within the National Capital Region and west of the state capital Lucknow. , Meerut is the 33rd most populous urban agglomeration and the 26th most populous city in India. It ranked 292nd in 2006 and is projected to rank 242nd in 2020 in the list of largest cities and urban areas in the world. The municipal area (as of 2016) is . The city is one of the largest producers of sports goods, and the largest producer of musical instruments in India. The city is also an education hub in western Uttar Pradesh, and is also known as the "Sports City Of India". The city is famous for being the starting point of the 1857 rebellion against Company rule in India. Origin of the name The city may have derived its name from 'Mayarashtra' (Sanskrit: मयराष्ट्र), the capital of the kingdom of Mayasura, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaastu Shastra (film)
''Vaastu Shastra'' () is a low budget 2004 Indian horror film produced by Ram Gopal Varma and directed by Saurab Narang, starring Peeya Rai Chowdhary, Sushmita Sen, and J. D. Chakravarthy. It was released on 22nd October 2004, and was declared a flop at the box office. ''Vaastu Shastra'' was dubbed into Telugu as ''Marri Chettu''. Plot Dinesh Dubey, who works at a school, goes to a house where a haunted tree is located. He is killed by unseen forces. The story then moves around a couple, Virag Rao and Jhilmil Rao, buying a new house in the suburbs of Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' fin ... (where Dinesh Dubey died). Jhilmil, a gynaecologist, and her husband Virag work round the clock — and are hardly present for their little son, Rohan. The problem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shabri
''Shabri'' is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Lalit Marathe and produced by Ram Gopal Varma. It is about a woman, played by Ishaa Koppikar, who becomes the first female crime lady in Mumbai. The film was completed in 2005 and was showcased as the opening film at the Rome Film Festival, and was also premiered at the New York Asian Film Festival. The film was officially released worldwide on 26 August 2011. Plot The film starts with accidental death of ''Kisnya'' (younger brother of the villain), who insists that Shabri be handed over to Police for the murder of Inspector Khare, which Murad ( a friendly neighbor of Shabri family who is a bookie) forcefully opposes. Shabri is guilty of murder of a wicked police inspector (Khare) who tried to rape her in police station in front of her younger brother who has already been tortured by Khare. After killing Kisnya, Murad and Shabri (now both murderers) run away from Mumbai to a farmhouse uptown, but are neverth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darling (Hindi Film)
''Darling'' is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language horror romantic drama film released on 7 September 2007. The film, which stars Esha Deol, Fardeen Khan and Isha Koppikar in the lead roles, was directed by Ram Gopal Varma. It was shot in Mumbai, India. The soundtrack was composed by Himesh Reshammiya and Pritam. The film was average grosser grossed Rs. 22 million in the first week. Synopsis Aditya is married to a traditional wife, Ashwini, and has a young boy. But he is having an affair with his secretary, Geeta Menon who has a wild personality. He manages to balance the women with clever lies. He promises Geeta he will marry her, after divorcing Ashwini. He seems to display fetish behaviours with the two women. On one of their romantic excursions, Aditya takes Geeta to his friend's bungalow at Madh Island. All seems fine until Geeta shocks Aditya with news that she is pregnant. Worried, he insists that they cannot have a child together and suggests an abortion. This attitude enr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee (2007 Film)
''Lee'' is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Prabhu Solomon and produced by noted actor and Sibiraj's father, Sathyaraj. The film stars Sibiraj, Prakash Raj, Nila, and Vijay Sethupathi in small roles. The film was successful at the box office. Plot Leelatharan, aka Lee (Sibiraj), hangs out with a bunch of merry youths who do practically any work and play football in other times. It is a strong-willed and thick-tied group. Chellama ( Nila), a worker in a facility for the mentally-challenged, is also kind of a groupie. Life is all merry and mirth till she espies Lee & co, attempting an assassination of sorts on a minister. The bid fails, but Chellama is shocked, and so are we. Why would this bunch want to take a crack at the murky world of politics and cricket? Well, the answer unspools back into a college where Lee and his team are raring to go as footballers and cricketers. They have a committed mentor in Butthiran (Prakash Raj). Though a coach, he is a fri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fool N Final
''Fool & Final'' (stylized as ''Fool N Final'') is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language comedy caper film directed by Ahmed Khan and produced by Firoz A. Nadiadwala. The film has an ensemble cast starring Sunny Deol, Shahid Kapoor, Vivek Oberoi, Ayesha Takia, Sameera Reddy, Paresh Rawal, Johnny Lever, Om Puri, Sharmila Tagore, Arbaaz Khan, Chunkey Pandey, Asrani with Gulshan Grover and Jackie Shroff whilst boxer Mike Tyson appeared in the promos and film credits. It was released on 1 June 2007. Most of the film was shot in Brazil, Dubai and Muscat. The film is a remake of the British film '' Snatch''. Plot Fool N Final is a story about many people leading lives separate of each other, which intersect while in pursuit of a precious diamond. An extremely valuable diamond is stolen by Rocky and his accomplices in Mumbai. He contacts his uncle Choksi from London who instructs Rocky to hand over the diamond to his brother Lalwaani in Dubai. One of Rocky's accomplices secretly informs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Risk (2007 Film)
''Risk'' is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Vishram Sawant. It stars Vinod Khanna, Randeep Hooda, Tanushree Dutta, Zakir Hussain, Yashpal Sharma and Anant Jog in the lead roles. The movie is based on the Mumbai underworld. Randeep Hooda plays the role of an honest cop, Suryakant Satam, fighting against the might of a Bangkok-based don (crime lord) Khalid Bin Jamal, played by Vinod Khanna. The music is provided by Bapi-Tutul, Akbar Sami and Sandesh Shandilya, and the lyrics are by Sandeep Nath, Amitabh Verma and Sudhir. The background score is by Amar Mohile. This film was remade in Telugu as Mahankali (2011) starring Dr. Rajasekhar, Madhurima and Pradeep Rawat. Plot For years, Khalid Bin Jamal has ruled the Mumbai crime underworld by staying in Bangkok, Thailand. Despite his distance from Mumbai, Khalid is able to control the Mumbai underworld by keeping the ruling members of his network, very close to him. He is extremely ruthless and shows no h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Friday (2007 Film)
''Black Friday'' is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language crime film written and directed by Anurag Kashyap. Based on '' Black Friday: The True Story of the Bombay Bomb Blasts'', a book by Hussain Zaidi about the 1993 Bombay bombings, it chronicles the events that led to the blasts and the subsequent police investigation. Produced by Arindam Mitra of ''Mid-Day'', the film stars Kay Kay Menon, Aditya Srivastava, Pavan Malhotra, Kishor Kadam and Zakir Hussain. Mitra, director of operations for ''Mid Day'', approached Kashyap with the book and wanted him to write a television series based on it for the ''Aaj Tak'' TV news channel. Kashyap wrote the script in episodes for the six-part miniseries but later felt a feature film was more appropriate for the topic. ''Aaj Tak'' backed away from the project, and it was shelved. Kashyap then suggested to the director Aditya Bhattacharya that he make it into a film. When Kashyap told him he felt there was a film to be made about the event, Bhattacha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sirf 24 Ghante
SiRF Technology, Inc. was a pioneer in the commercial use of GPS technology for consumer applications. The company was founded in 1995 and was headquartered in San Jose, California. Notable and founding members included Sanjai Kohli, Dado Banatao, and Kanwar Chadha. The company was acquired by British firm CSR plc in 2009, who were in turn subsequently acquired by American company Qualcomm on 13 August 2015. SiRF manufactured a range of patented GPS chipsets and software for consumer navigation devices and systems. The chips are based on ARM controllers integrated with low-noise radio receivers to decode GPS signals at very low signal levels (typically -160dBm). SiRF chips also support SBAS to allow for differentially corrected positions. SiRFstarIII SiRFstarIII architecture is designed to be useful in wireless and handheld location-based services (LBS) applications, for 2G, 2.5G, 3G asynchronous networks. The SiRFstarIII family comprises the GRF3w RF IC, the GSP3f digital s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darwaza Bandh Rakho
''Darwaza Bandh Rakho'' ( ''Keep the Door Shut'') is an Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by J. D. Chakravarthy, cinematography by Chota K. Naidu and released in 2006. The film was remade in Telugu in 2011 as '' Money Money, More Money,'' with J.D. Chakravarthy playing the lead role and in Kannada as '' 5 Idiots''. Synopsis Four small-time crooks, played by Aftab Shivdasani, Chunky Pandey, Zakir Hussain (actor), Zakir Hussain and Snehal Dabi, turn towards kidnapping for some quick money. They kidnap a millionaire's daughter, played by Isha Sharvani, and they demand money (1 crore). They are forced to barge into the home of a vegetarian Gujarati people, Gujarati family of 35. The head of the household is played by Ishrat Ali. Their stay in the house gets extended when they learn that the hostage's father has gone abroad and they have to wait until he returns. The kidnappers are forced to take more hostages to keep their identity secret and prevent the kidnapping ventu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Killer (2006 Film)
''The Killer'' is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language black comedy action thriller film directed by Hasnain Hyderabadwala and Raksha Mistry, and starring Emraan Hashmi, Irrfan Khan and Nisha Kothari in the lead roles. The story revolves around an Indian taxi driver in Dubai, who seats a hitman in his taxi unknowingly. He must face the consequences by doing everything The Killer tells him to do, may it be a ride or a murder. The film was released on 21 July 2006, and was a flop at the Box Office. It is adapted from Michael Mann's 2004 action thriller ''Collateral''. Plot The story follows one serial killer who uses the help of innocent taxi drivers to murder his targets. When The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), India, has been made aware of a killer cab-driver in Malaysia who killed several people in a matter of hours and then crashed his taxi and killed himself. The same thing happened again, this time in Hong Kong, and several people were killed by another cab-driver, who also e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darna Zaroori Hai
''Darna Zaroori Hai'' (translation: ''Fright is necessary'') is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language anthology horror film produced by Satish Kaushik, and Ram Gopal Varma. The film is a sequel to ''Darna Mana Hai''. It stars a host of Bollywood actors including Amitabh Bachchan, Anil Kapoor, Sunil Shetty, Riteish Deshmukh, Bipasha Basu, Randeep Hooda, Arjun Rampal, Mallika Sherawat, Sonali Kulkarni, Rajpal Yadav and more. The film was archived at the New York Institute of Technology, as part of the film course. Plot ''Darna Zaroori Hai'' interweaves six stories into one film. Five children get lost in the middle of a forest, where they find a deserted house. Inside, they meet an old woman who agrees to tell them six scary stories, and they will all compete on who is able to sit through all six stories without getting scared. Opening Story – Uncredited ;Written and directed by Sajid Khan The first story is about a young film buff named Satish, who lives with his mother. Sati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
