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Manjari Fadnis
Manjari Fadnis (also spelt Phadnis and Fadnnis, born on 10 July 1988), also credited professionally as Manjari, is an Indian actress, model, and singer. She is known for her work primarily in Hindi cinema, Bollywood and Telugu cinema, Tollywood films. In addition, she has also acted in Bengali, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam films. She gained widespread recognition for her role in the 2008 Hindi film ''Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na''. Her other notable works include ''Faltu'' (2006), ''Zokkomon'' (2011), ''Warning (2013 film), Warning'' (2013), ''Grand Masti'' (2013), ''Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon'' (2015), the short film ''Khamakha'' (2016), and ''Barot House'' (2019). Career Manjari first appeared on television during the second season of the Indian version of the singing reality show ''Popstars'', which was aired on Channel V India in 2003. She was one of the participants who made it to the finals for the musical band Aasma. She began her film career with ''Rok Sako To Rok Lo'' in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mumbai
Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the 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 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 alpha world city. Mumbai has the 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 centuries, the seven islands of Bombay were under the control of successive indigenous rulers before being ceded to the Portuguese Empire, and subsequently to the East India Company in 1661, as part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Film Award (India)
The National Film Awards are awards for artistic and technical merit given for "Excellence within the Indian film industry". Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directorate of Film Festivals from 1973 until 2020, and by the NFDC since 2021. Every year, a national panel appointed by the government selects the winning entry, and the award ceremony is held in New Delhi, where the President of India presents the awards. This is followed by the inauguration of the National Film Festival, where award-winning films are screened for the public. Declared for films produced in the previous year across the country, they hold the distinction of awarding merit to the best of Indian cinema overall, as well as presenting awards for the best films in each region and language of the country. History The Awards were first presented in 1954. The Government of India conceived ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I M 24
''I AM 24'' is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Saurabh Shukla starring Rajat Kapoor, Ranvir Shorey, Manjari Fadnis and Neha Dhupia. The film was released on 31 August 2012. Plot The plot revolves around a 40-year-old Subhendu Roy who falls in love with a much younger lady named Kanak. To attract her, he pretends to be a 24-year-old man who works as a writer for a prominent Bollywood director in an online chat. Subhendu Roy resides with his roommate Gagan, who is a struggling actor. Cast *Rajat Kapoor as Subhendu Roy * Ranvir Shorey as Gagan *Neha Dhupia as Sheela *Manjari Fadnis as Kanak *Saurabh Shukla as Bollywood Director Sidhwani * Delnaaz Irani as Delnaaz Paul *Lillete Dubey as Don's wife *Karan Singh Grover Karan Singh Grover (born 23 February 1982) is an Indian model and actor known for his work in television series such as '' Dill Mill Gayye'' and '' Qubool Hai''. He has also starred in Hindi films like '' Alone'' and '' Hate Story 3''. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shakti (2011 Film)
''Shakti'' () is a 2011 Indian Telugu-language fantasy action film directed by Meher Ramesh. The film stars N. T. Rama Rao Jr. alongside Ileana D'Cruz, Prabhu, Manjari Phadnis, S. P. Balasubramanyam, Vidyut Jammwal, Pooja Bedi, Jackie Shroff, Sonu Sood and Nassar. The film was produced by C. Aswani Dutt under Vyjayanthi Movies. Mani Sharma composed the soundtrack. The film follows Shakti (N. T. Rama Rao Jr.), a tourist guide who falls for Aishwarya (Ileana D'Cruz), as they evade Faqtooni's relentless pursuit of a powerful gem unknowingly carried by Aishwarya. ''Shakthi'' was released on 1 April 2011 and opened on more than 7000 screens worldwide. It was heavily panned by critics and audiences alike, who criticised the film's screenplay for its illogical plot points and overall execution, ultimately becoming a box office disaster. Plot Faqtooni, the wife of Egyptian King Mukhtar, sends her youngest son Bashim to India to retrieve a magical gem and weapon to avenge he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darsheel Safary
Darsheel Safary (born 9 March 1997) is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi, Gujarati films and television. Safary made his film debut with the leading role of a dyslexic student in Aamir Khan's directorial debut, the critically acclaimed drama ''Taare Zameen Par'' (2007), for which he won the Filmfare critic's Award for Best Actor. Career Born into a Gujarati Jain family, Safary made his acting debut in ''Taare Zameen Par'' (2007), playing the film's protagonist Ishaan Nandkishore Awasthi. Safary was discovered by script writer and creative director, Amol Gupte in late 2006 when he was looking for a male lead for ''Taare Zameen Par''. After going through hundreds of auditions, Gupte found Safary at Shiamak Davar's dancing school, "Summer Funk". In choosing Safary, Gupte had a number of boys audition for a scene in which they would informally describe how they would " bunk" school after being given a few scenarios. He recalls, "It was a tough call. But Darsheel has the mischi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walt Disney Pictures
Walt Disney Pictures is an American film Film production company, production company and subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios (division), the Walt Disney Studios, a division of Disney Entertainment, which is owned by the Walt Disney Company. The studio is the flagship producer of Live action, live-action feature films and animation within the Walt Disney Studios unit and is based at the Walt Disney Studios (Burbank), Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California. Animated films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar, Pixar Animation Studios are also released under the studio banner. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures distributes and markets the films produced by Walt Disney Pictures. Disney began producing live-action films in the 1950s. The live-action division became Walt Disney Pictures in 1983, when Disney reorganized its entire studio division, which included the separation from the feature animation division and the subsequent creation of Touchstone Pictures. At the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shubhapradham
''Subhapradam'' () is a 2010 Indian Telugu-language Drama film directed by veteran director K. Viswanath it was his last time in his lifetime before his death in 2023, starring Allari Naresh and Manjari Phadnis. Plot Indu ( Manjari Phadnis) is a music loving girl. Her mother is a Malayali, and her father ( Vizag Prasad) is Telugu. She has two younger paternal uncles (Ashok Kumar and Gundu Sudharshan), whose wives are from Chennai and Kolkata, respectively. Thus entire India lives in her family. She is good at speaking Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali and Tamil. She happens to see Chakri (Allari Naresh Edara Naresh (born 30 June 1982), better known as Allari Naresh, is an Indian actor and film producer who works predominantly in Telugu films. Starring in over 55 films and known for his various comic roles, Naresh earned two Filmfare Awards ...), accidentally who is a good singer but not a professional one. Chakri and Indu fall in love with each other. However, Chakri has a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inkosaari
''Inkosaari'' () is a 2010 Indian Telugu film, directed by Suman Pathuri. Produced by Kalyan Palla, it stars Raja, Manjari Phadnis and Richa Pallod. Pathuri won Best First Film of a Director and Vennela Kishore won Nandi Award for Best Male Comedian. The film was a box office failure. Plot It is the story of a group of friends from college, who, 7 years after they all separated, meet up for a few days, away from their families and responsibilities and re-live the college days. They all decide to do one thing they had wanted to do during their college days, but simply could not. Here is their second chance - Inkosaari! Ajay (Raja), Shruti (Manjari), Bala (Kishore), Deepa (Richa), Sudhakar (Ravi Verma) and Vicky (Sandip) are like any other gang in college. When they are at the brink of graduating from college, Vicky proposes an idea, and they all decide to meet at least once every year for the rest of their lives. However, with time all of them get entangled in their own world ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onida Electronics
Onida Electronics (formerly Mirc Electronics) is an Indian multinational electronics and home appliances manufacturing company, based in Mumbai. Onida became well known in India for its colour CRT televisions and smart TVs. Other appliances manufactured by the company include flat panel TVs (LED, LCD TVs), air conditioners, washing machines, microwave ovens, DVD home theatre systems, mobile phones, projector systems and LED lights. History Onida was started by G.L. Mirchandani and Vijay Mansukhani in 1981 in Mumbai. G.L. Mirchandani is the chairman and managing director of M/s Mirc Electronics Ltd. In 1982, Onida started assembling television sets at their factory in Andheri, Mumbai. It was established as "Mirc Electronics" on 11th January 1981. Since then, Onida has evolved into a multi-product company in the consumer durables and appliances sector. Onida achieved a 100% growth in ACs and microwave ovens and a 40% growth in washing machines last year. Onida came out with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja (born 31 August 1979), is an Indian composer and playback singer. He mainly scores music for Tamil films along with few Telugu, Kannada, and Hindi films. Considered a versatile composer, he is particularly known for his use of Western culture#Music, Western music elements and often credited with having introduced Hip hop music, hip hop to the Tamil film and music industry and started the "era of remixes" in Tamil Nadu which included mixed Electronic dance music, EDM and jazz. He is frequently referred to as the "BGM King" of Tamil film music. Yuvan has won two Filmfare Awards South, five Mirchi Music Awards South, three Vijay Awards and two Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Music Director, Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. Within a span of 25 years, Yuvan has worked on over 190 films. Being the youngest son of composer Ilaiyaraaja, he began his musical career in 1996, at the age of 16, when he composed the film score for ''Aravindhan''. He got his breakthrough ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muthirai
''Muthirai'' () is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written by Aneez Tanveer Jeeva, wife of late director Jeeva, and directed by actor Srinath, starring Daniel Balaji, Nithin Sathya, Lakshmi Rai and newcomer Manjari Phadnis, whilst Kishore and Ponvannan play important supporting roles and Bollywood actress Rakhi Sawant makes a special appearance. The film was launched in May 2008, and was released on 19 June 2009. Plot Politician Azhagar Adhiyaman's party wins in Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. His brother Azhagar Thondaiman, the senior party leader Aadhikesavan, and Azhagar Adhiyaman discuss the posts to be held. Discussions turn into gunfire, during which all three of them get shot. Azhagar Adhiyaman dies, Azhagar Thondaiman falls into a coma, and Aadhikesavan is left with an injury. The state is brought under temporary Governor's rule until their party chooses the new CM. Sathya and his accomplice Azhagu are highly successful petty thieves. Azhagu marri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamil Language
Tamil (, , , also written as ''Tamizhil'' according to linguistic pronunciation) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. It is one of the longest-surviving classical languages in the world,. "Tamil is one of the two longest-surviving classical languages in India" (p. 7). attested since 300 BC, 300 BCE.: "...the most acceptable periodisation which has so far been suggested for the development of Tamil writing seems to me to be that of A Chidambaranatha Chettiar (1907–1967): 1. Sangam Literature – 200BC to AD 200; 2. Post Sangam literature – AD 200 – AD 600; 3. Early Medieval literature – AD 600 to AD 1200; 4. Later Medieval literature – AD 1200 to AD 1800; 5. Pre-Modern literature – AD 1800 to 1900" at p. 610 Tamil was the lingua franca for early maritime traders in South India, with Tamil inscriptions found outside of the Indian subcontinent, such as Indonesia, Thailand, and Egypt. The language has a well-documented history wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
