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Abhishek Bachchan
Abhishek Bachchan (; born 5 February 1976) is an Indian actor and film producer known for his work in Hindi films. Part of the Bachchan family, he is the son of actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan. From 2012 to 2016, Bachchan appeared in ''Forbes India'' Celebrity 100 list, based on his income and popularity. Bachchan began his career with the moderately successful drama film ''Refugee'' (2000), which was followed by a dozen unsuccessful ventures. His career prospects changed in 2004 with the action film '' Dhoom'', and he received critical acclaim for his performances in the dramas ''Yuva'' (2004), '' Sarkar'' (2005), and '' Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna'' (2006), winning three consecutive Filmfare Awards for Best Supporting Actor. His biggest successes as a sole male lead came with the comedy '' Bunty Aur Babli'' (2005) and the drama ''Guru'' (2007). Bachchan's other commercially successful films include the ensemble action films '' Dus'' (2005), '' Dhoom 2'' (2006) and '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bombay
Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial centre, financial capital and the list of cities in India by population, most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore). Mumbai is the centre of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the List of largest cities, seventh-most populous metropolitan area in the world with a population of over 23 million (2.3 crore). Mumbai lies on the Konkan coast on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour. In 2008, Mumbai was named an Globalization and World Cities Research Network#Alpha, alpha world city. Mumbai has the List of cities by number of billionaires, highest number of billionaires out of any city in Asia. The seven islands that constitute Mumbai were earlier home to communities of Marathi language-speaking Koli people. For cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bunty Aur Babli
''Bunty Aur Babli'' (transl. ''Bunty and Babli'') is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language crime comedy film directed by Shaad Ali, written by Jaideep Sahni from a story by Aditya Chopra, and produced by Chopra under the Yash Raj Films banner. The film stars Abhishek Bachchan and Rani Mukerji as the titular con artists, with Amitabh Bachchan in a supporting role as a police officer tracking them across India. Inspired by the 1967 American film '' Bonnie and Clyde'', the narrative follows two small-town dreamers who team up to pull off a series of cons under the aliases Bunty and Babli, gaining notoriety across the country. The film marked the first on-screen collaboration between Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan, and one of several pairings of Bachchan Jr. and Mukerji. Principal photography took place across various locations in India. The music was composed by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, with lyrics by Gulzar and Blaaze, and was released under YRF Music. Released theatrically on 27 May 2005, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare Awards
The Filmfare Awards are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Indian cinema.Al The Filmfare ceremony is one of the most famous film events in India. The awards were introduced by Filmfare magazine of The Times Group in 1954, the same year as the National Film Awards. They were initially referred to as the "Clare Awards" or "The Clares" after Clare Mendonça, the editor of ''The Times of India'' and modelled after the Academy Awards. A dual voting system was developed in 1956. Under this system, in contrast to the National Film Awards, which are decided by a panel appointed by the Indian Government, the Filmfare Awards are voted on by both the public and a committee of experts. The ceremony has been sponsored by various private organisations in the past as well as in present provisions. During several years in the 1990s, a live ceremony was broadcast to television audiences but was later discontinued for unknown reasons. Since 2001, a recorded an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghoomer
''Ghoomer'' () is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language sports drama film written and directed by R. Balki. It stars Shabana Azmi, Abhishek Bachchan, Saiyami Kher, and Angad Bedi. The film had its world premiere as the opening film at the 12th Indian Film Festival of Melbourne on 12 August 2023 and was released theatrically in India on 18 August 2023. At 69th Filmfare Awards, the film received three nominations, including Best Actor (Critics) for Bachchan and Best Supporting Actress for Azmi. Synopsis Anina "Ani" Dixit, a bright and upcoming batting prodigy, loses her right hand in a freak accident. However, the unsympathetic and failed test cricketer, Padam "Paddy" Singh Sodhi, gives her new hope in the form of bowling. He trains her with unconventional techniques, to turn her fate around as a bowler. Spinning or "Ghoomer", is a new style of bowling they both invented. Will Anina be able to qualify and make it into the Indian women's team as a bowler, with less than 10 months ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dasvi
''Dasvi'' () is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language social comedy film directed by debutante Tushar Jalota and produced by Dinesh Vijan under his banner Maddock Films in collaboration with Jio Studios as well as Shobhna Yadav and Sandeep Leyzell under Bake My Cake Films. It stars Abhishek Bachchan, Yami Gautam and Nimrat Kaur. Bachchan plays the role of an uneducated politician, with Gautam as an IPS officer. The film premiered on Netflix and JioCinema on 7 April 2022. Famous poet and politician Kumar Vishwas, Dr. Kumar Vishwas served as the script and dialogue consultant. The film received mixed reviews with praise for its storyline, humour, performances (particularly Bachchan, Kaur, and Gautam's) and social message but criticism for its inconsistency in its screenplay. Abhishek Bachchan won Best Actor (Male) for his performance at the 2022_Filmfare_OTT_Awards#Popular_awards, 2022 Filmfare OTT Awards. Plot Ganga Ram Chaudhary, the charismatic and arrogant Chief minister (India), Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludo (film)
''Ludo'' is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language black comedy crime film written and directed by Anurag Basu. It stars an ensemble cast of Abhishek Bachchan, Aditya Roy Kapur, Rajkummar Rao, Pankaj Tripathi, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra, Rohit Saraf, and Pearle Maaney. It was produced by T-Series Films, Anurag Basu Productions and Ishana Movies. The film was released on 12 November 2020 coinciding with Diwali on Netflix, receiving positive reviews with praise towards its screenplay, cinematography, music, direction, and performances of the cast. At the 66th Filmfare Awards, ''Ludo'' received a leading 16 nominations, including Best Film, Best Director (Basu), Best Actor, Best Actor (Critics) (both for Rao), Best Actress (Critics) (Malhotra), and Best Supporting Actor (Tripathi), and won Best Music Director (Pritam). Plot Sattu, a notorious don has to settle old scores with Bittu, formerly his right-hand man. Sattu is the dice of Ludo; Bittu forms the red side of Ludo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Into The Shadows
''Into the Shadows'' is a 2009 documentary film by co-directors Andrew Scarano and Phil Hignett about the state of Australian cinema. ''Into the Shadows'' placed 2nd in the Audience Award for Documentary in the 2009 Canberra International Film Festival. Reception Reviewing from ''SBS News'', Simon Foster stated that the film was "a love letter to the bygone days of independent exhibition and a savaging of the big-business practices that bled the ma-and-pa cinema sector to near-death", praising the presentations of "the debate of culture-vs-profit". He concluded that the film was "lovingly- and exhaustingly-produced achievement". Luke Buckmaster from ''Crikey'' described the film as "dense, compelling and cheaply produced documentary", stating that the presentations of directors, actors, writers, and distributors was "an impressive cross-section". However, he criticised the film's "no clear-cut solutions" and its narrow audience appeal. Jonathan Dawson (''ABC'') described it as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Housefull 3
''Housefull 3'' is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language comedy film co-written and directed by Sajid-Farhad and produced by Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment. The film is the third installment of the ''Housefull'' series. It stars an ensemble cast of Akshay Kumar, Abhishek Bachchan, Riteish Deshmukh, Jacqueline Fernandez, Nargis Fakhri, Lisa Haydon, Chunky Panday and Jackie Shroff. The film was released on 3 June 2016 and became commercially successful grossing 195 crore worldwide. A sequel to the film, entitled Housefull 4, due to it being the fourth installment of Housefull series, was released on 25 October 2019. A fifth film titled '' Housefull 5'' with two prints ''Housefull 5A'' and ''Housefull 5B'' was released on 6 June 2025. Plot Three robbers attempt to steal jewels from a building in London, but are captured by the police. Six years later, Batuk Patel, a wealthy and successful businessman, disapproves marriage of his three beautiful daughters, Ganga, Jamuna, and Sar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Happy New Year (2014 Film)
''Happy New Year'' (sometimes abbreviated as ''HNY'') is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language comedy thriller Heist film directed by Farah Khan and produced by Gauri Khan under Red Chillies Entertainment. The film features an ensemble cast of Deepika Padukone, Shah Rukh Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Sonu Sood, Boman Irani, Vivaan Shah and Jackie Shroff. The film was planned in 2005 but was shelved for unknown reasons and Farah Khan went on to make ''Om Shanti Om'' (2007), and '' Tees Maar Khan'' (2010). The film was distributed worldwide by Yash Raj Films. In the film, Charlie assembles a team of non-dancers to take part in a dance competition at a hotel in Dubai in a quest to pull off a diamond heist. Made on a total budget of , the film marked the third collaboration of the actor, producer and director; they previously worked on '' Main Hoon Na'' (2004) and ''Om Shanti Om'' (2007), the latter of which also featured Deepika Padukone as the female lead in her debut. ''Happy New Year'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bol Bachchan
''Bol Bachchan'' is a 2012 Indian Hindi, Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Rohit Shetty and produced by Ajay Devgn and Dhillin Mehta under Ajay Devgn FFilms and Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision, Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Limited respectively, with Fox Star Studios serving as distributor and presenter. Based on a script by writers Yunus Sajwal and Sajid-Farhad, Farhad-Sajid, it stars Ajay Devgn, Abhishek Bachchan, Asin, Prachi Desai, Krushna Abhishek, Neeraj Vora and Archana Puran Singh, and is loosely based on the 1979 Hrishikesh Mukherjee classic ''Gol Maal''. It marks Bachchan's and Devgn's fourth collaboration after ''LOC: Kargil, Zameen (2003 film), Zameen'' and ''Yuva''. Himesh Reshammiya composed the film's soundtrack with Ajay–Atul as guest composers on a dance number, with Amar Mohile composing the score. The trailer was launched on 24 May 2012. ''Bol Bachchan'' made a new record through advance ticket booking, and was released in cinemas on 6 July 2012, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dostana (2008 Film)
''Dostana'' () is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Tarun Mansukhani, and produced by Hiroo Yash Johar and Karan Johar under the Dharma Productions banner. The film stars John Abraham, Priyanka Chopra and Abhishek Bachchan and follows two men in Miami who pretend to be gay in order to share an apartment with a woman—only to both fall in love with her. It marked the second collaboration between Bachchan and Abraham after ''Dhoom'' (2004). The film was Mansukhani's directorial debut and was inspired by his personal experience of sharing an apartment with friends. Initially conceived as a story of friendship, the script was later adapted to include a homosexual premise—one of the first of its kind in mainstream Hindi cinema. Principal photography took place in Miami, Florida, with music composed by Vishal–Shekhar and costumes by Manish Malhotra and Aki Narula. Released theatrically on 14 November 2008, ''Dostana'' received positive re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
