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OMG – Oh My God!
''Oh My God!'' is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language satirical comedy drama film written and directed by Umesh Shukla and produced by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures, S Spice Studios, Grazing Goat Pictures, and Playtime Creations. The storyline is based on the Gujarati stage-play ''Kanji Virudh Kanji'', itself inspired by the Australian film '' The Man Who Sued God''. The film stars Mithun Chakraborty, Akshay Kumar and Paresh Rawal in leading roles, with Om Puri, Govind Namdeo, Poonam Jhawer, Puja Gupta, and Mahesh Manjrekar in supporting roles. Made on a budget of , the film was released on 28 September 2012 and received positive reviews from critics. It was remade in Telugu as '' Gopala Gopala'' (2015) with Venkatesh, Pawan Kalyan, and Shriya Saran. It was also remade in Kannada as ''Mukunda Murari'' (2016) with Upendra and Sudeep. A stand-alone sequel, ''OMG 2'', with Akshay Kumar starring as Lord Shiva's messenger, along with Pankaj Tripathi and Yami Gautam in other lead roles, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umesh Shukla
Umesh Shukla is an Indian actor and director who works in Bollywood films. He is best known for his work in the critically acclaimed comedy drama film '' Oh My God''. He made his directorial debut with UTV Motion Pictures' and Bindass' presentation '' Dhoondte Reh Jaaoge''. As an actor, he is known for his villain role in Mithun Chakraborty' s '' Yaar Gaddar'' where he played the governor and his alter ego An alter ego (Latin for "other I") means an alternate Self (psychology), self, which is believed to be distinct from a person's normal or true original Personality psychology, personality. Finding one's alter ego will require finding one's other ... Sheila (the governor's wialso acted directed in many Gujarati plays. He is also well known as a director for Gujarati Play (natak), Kanjee Viruddha Kanjee. Filmography and TV work References External links * Living people Hindi-language film directors Indian male screenwriters Male actors in Hindi cinema Mal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindi
Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government of India, alongside English language, English, and is the ''lingua franca'' of North India. Hindi is considered a Sanskritisation (linguistics), Sanskritised Register (sociolinguistics), register of Hindustani. Hindustani itself developed from Old Hindi and was spoken in Delhi and neighbouring areas. It incorporated a significant number of Persian language, Persian loanwords. Hindi is an Languages with official status in India, official language in twelve states (Bihar, Gujarat , Mizoram , Maharashtra ,Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand), and six Union territory, union territories (Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Delhi, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pawan Kalyan
Konidela Pawan Kalyan (born Konidela Kalyan Kumar; 2 September 1971) is an Indian politician, actor, philanthropist, and martial artist serving as the List of deputy chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh, 11th Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh since June 2024. He is also the Ministry of Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, Minister of Panchayat Raj, Rural Development and Rural Water Supply; Ministry of Environment, Forest, Science and Technology, Environment, Forest, Science and Technology in the Government of Andhra Pradesh and an Member of the Legislative Assembly (India), MLA representing the Pithapuram Assembly constituency, Pithapuram constituency. He is the founder and president of the Janasena Party. As an actor, Kalyan is known for his distinctive style and mannerisms in Telugu cinema. He enjoys a huge fanbase across the Telugu states, often described as "unfathomable," "fiercely loyal," and akin to a "cult following." He is among the highest-paid actors in Cinema of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venkatesh (actor)
Daggubati Venkatesh (born 13 December 1960) is an Indian actor and film producer known for his work predominantly in Telugu cinema. Venkatesh has a prolific career spanning over 37 years and is known for portraying a variety of characters. He has received many accolades including six Filmfare Awards South, Filmfare Awards and five Nandi Award for Best Actor, Nandi Awards. Venkatesh made his debut in 1986 with the commercially successful ''Kaliyuga Pandavulu''. He achieved stardom with box-office hits such as ''Srinivasa Kalyanam (1987 film), Srinivasa Kalyanam'' (1987), ''Brahma Puthrudu'' (1988), ''Prema (1989 film), Prema'' (1989), ''Dhruva Nakshatram (1989 film), Dhruva Nakshatram'' (1989), ''Bobbili Raja'' (1990), and ''Kshana Kshanam'' (1991), the latter of which featured at the Fribourg International Film Festival, Fribourg Festival and went on to gather a cult following. Venkatesh received further acclaim for his notable performances as a painter in ''Swarnakamalam'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gopala Gopala (2015 Film)
''Gopala Gopala'' is a 2015 Indian Telugu-language satirical comedy drama film directed by Kishore Kumar Pardasani. The film is produced by D. Suresh Babu and Sharrath Marar under the Suresh Productions and North Star Entertainment banners. It stars Venkatesh, Pawan Kalyan, Shriya Saran, and Mithun Chakraborty while Ashish Vidyarthi and Posani Krishna Murali play supporting roles. The film is a remake of the 2012 Hindi film '' OMG – Oh My God!'' which was itself based on the Gujarati stage play ''Kanji Viruddh Kanji'' which is in turn inspired from 2001 Australian film '' The Man Who Sued God''. It follows the story of an atheist, Gopala Rao (Venkatesh), who sues God after losing his shop in an earthquake. Religious organisations revolt against him and Lord Vishnu visits him as his human guide, under his incarnation Krishna (Kalyan). ''Gopala Gopala'' was made on a budget of 12 crore. Production began on 9 June 2014. It was predominantly shot in and around Visakhapa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telugu Language
Telugu (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language native to the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, where it is also the official language. Spoken by about 96 million people (2022), Telugu is the most widely spoken member of the Dravidian language family, and one of the twenty-two Languages with legal status in India, scheduled languages of the Republic of India. It is one of the few languages that has primary official status in more than one States and union territories of India, Indian state, alongside Hindi and Bengali language, Bengali. Telugu is one of the languages designated as a Classical Languages of India, classical language by the Government of India. It is the 14th most spoken native language in the world.Statistics in Modern Standard Telugu is based on the dialect of erstwhile Krishna, Guntur, East Godavari and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahesh Manjrekar
Mahesh Vaman Manjrekar (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, [məɦeːʃ maːɲd͡zɾekəɾ]; born 16 August 1958) is an Indian actor, film director, screenwriter and producer who works primarily in Hindi films, alongside Marathi language, Marathi and Telugu language, Telugu films. He is credited with directing the critically acclaimed films ''Vaastav: The Reality'' (1999), ''Astitva'' (2000) and ''Viruddh, Viruddh... Family Comes First'' (2005). He has won a National Film Awards, National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi for Astitva and two Star Screen Awards. He is also the host of the reality show, ''Bigg Boss Marathi'' since 2018. Early life Mahesh Manjrekar was born on 16 August 1958 in Bombay, Bombay State, Bombay state. Personal life Manjrekar was married to Deepa Mehta, a costume designer, with whom he has two children - Satya and Ashwami.; they were later divorced. Later, he married Medha Manjrekar. They have a daughter, Saiee Manjrekar, who is an act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puja Gupta (actress)
Puja Gupta is an Indian actress. She started her career as a child artist in Delhi. After studying in the U.S. she started her career in Mumbai with Paresh Rawal's play ''Kishen v/s Kanahiya'', followed by another play, ''Dear Father''. She has appeared in films like ''OMG – Oh My God!'', ''Vicky Donor'', ''Blood Money'' and ''Mickey Virus Mickey Virus is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language Comedy thriller film, written and directed by Saurabh Varma. It was produced by DAR Motion Pictures in association with Trilogic Digital Media Limited and Awesome Films Pvt. Ltd. The film stars Mani ...''. Filmography References External links * * Living people Actresses from New Delhi Indian film actresses Actresses in Hindi cinema Indian expatriate actresses in the United States Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Indian actresses {{India-stage-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Govind Namdeo
Govind Namdev (born 3 September 1954) is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films. Namdev made his debut as a corrupt cop in David Dhawan's ''Shola Aur Shabnam (1992 film), Shola Aur Shabnam'' (1992). He has acted in numerous movies, often as a villain. He is an alumnus of the National School of Drama 1978. After that he joined NSD repertory company and worked there 12 to 13 years as an actor. Some of his most notable work has been in the films ''Oh My God, Dum Maro Dum, Bandit Queen, Virasat, ''Satya (1998 film), Satya'', Kachche Dhaage, Mast, Thakshak, ''Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani'', Pukar (2000 film), Pukar, ''Raju Chacha'', Sarfarosh, Satta, Qayamat'' and ''Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon, Johny Gadhaar''. He also starred in ''Kaashi in Search of Ganga''. Film *''Saudagar (1991 film), Saudagar'' (1991) *''Shola Aur Shabnam (1992 film), Shola Aur Shabnam'' (1992) *''Chamatkar'' (1992) *''Sardar (1993 film), Sardar'' (1994) Shankar, Sardar Patel's assistant *''Aa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Om Puri
Om Prakash Puri, (18 October 1950 – 6 January 2017) was an Indian actor who appeared in mainstream commercial Hindi films as well as Urdu, Malayalam, Bengali, Kannada, English, Punjabi, Gujarati, Telugu, and Marathi films, as well as independent and art films and also starred in several international cinema. He is widely regarded as one of the finest actors in world cinema. He won two National Film Awards for Best Actor, two Filmfare Awards and India's fourth highest civilian award Padma Shri in 1990. In 2004, he was made an honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire. He is best known for his author-backed roles in films like '' Aakrosh'' (1980), '' Arohan'' (1982), '' Ardh Satya'' (1983), television films like '' Sadgati'' (1981) and '' Tamas'' (1987), light-hearted roles in '' Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro'' (1983), ''Chachi 420'' (1997), '' Hera Pheri'' (2000), ''Chup Chup Ke'' (2006) and ''Dhol'' (2007) and several mainstream commercial films throughout his career. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Film
The cinema of Australia began with the 1906 production of ''The Story of the Kelly Gang'', arguably the world's first feature film. Since then, Australian crews have produced many films, a number of which have received international recognition. Many actors and filmmakers with international reputations started their careers in Australian films, and many of these have established lucrative careers in larger film-producing centres such as the US and the UK. Commercially successful Australian films include ''Crocodile Dundee'', George Miller's ''Mad Max'' trilogy, Baz Luhrmann's ''Moulin Rouge!'', and Chris Noonan's ''Babe''. Award-winning productions include ''Picnic at Hanging Rock'', ''Gallipoli'', ''The Tracker'', ''Shine'' and ''Ten Canoes''. History The Australian film critic David Stratton characterized the history of the country's film as one of "boom and bust": there have been deep troughs, during which few films were made for decades, and high peaks, during whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gujarati Language
Gujarati ( ; , ) is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Indian state of Gujarat and spoken predominantly by the Gujarati people. Gujarati is descended from Old Western Rājasthāni, Old Gujarati (). In India, it is one of the 22 Languages with official status in India, scheduled languages of the Union. It is also the official language in the state of Gujarat, as well as an official language in the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. As of 2011, Gujarati is the List of languages by number of native speakers in India, 6th most widely spoken language in India by number of native speakers, spoken by 55.5 million speakers which amounts to about 4.5% of the total Indian population. It is the List of languages by number of native speakers, 26th most widely spoken language in the world by number of native speakers as of 2007.Mikael Parkvall, "Världens 100 största språk 2007" (The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2007), in ''Nationalencyklopedin''. Asteri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
