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Shashanka Ghosh
Shashanka Ghosh is an Indian filmmaker and writer. As a director, his notable works include the commercially successful films like '' Khoobsurat'' and ''Veere Di Wedding''. As a writer, he penned the story for ''Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II'', he was also the director of the film. Filmography Director Writer * ''Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II ''Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II'' () is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language film starring Arshad Warsi. Shashanka Ghosh, the creative driver behind the launch of MTV and Channel V in India, marks his debut as a director with this film. Film's song ''Allah ...'' (2003) Actor References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ghosh, Shashanka Living people Hindi-language film directors 21st-century Indian film directors Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khoobsurat (2014 Film)
''Khoobsurat'' () is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy-drama film. The film is directed by Shashanka Ghosh and produced by Rhea Kapoor, Anil Kapoor and Siddharth Roy Kapur. It stars Sonam Kapoor, Fawad Khan, Kirron Kher, Ratna Pathak and Aamir Raza Hussain. The film is loosely based on the 1980 film of the same name. Plot Mrinalini "Mili" Chakravarty is a physiotherapist who works for the Kolkata Knight Riders. Her loud Punjabi mother Manju hopes that she will find a suitable and charming man to marry. Her services are called upon by a royal family in Rajasthan where King Shekhar Singh Rathore is paralyzed from the waist down. She is told that 40 doctors have already left a demanding job. Mili travels to the royal palace and meets the discipline-oriented queen, Nirmala Devi Rathore, who is not amused by Mili's enthusiasm and clumsiness. Mili finds that her casual way of living clashes with the strict discipline of the royal household. She meets the prince, Vik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veere Di Wedding
''Veere Di Wedding'' () is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language female buddy comedy film directed by Shashanka Ghosh and produced by Rhea Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor and Nikhil Dwivedi. Loosely based on the 2015 film '' The Wedding Ringer'', the film stars Kareena Kapoor Khan, Sonam K Ahuja, Swara Bhaskar and Shikha Talsania in lead roles as four friends attending a wedding, with Sumeet Vyas, Vishwas Kini, Neena Gupta and others in supporting roles. ''Veere Di Wedding'' released theatrically on 1 June 2018 and received negative reviews. Made on a budget of , the film earned over worldwide to emerge as the fifth highest grossing Hindi film of the year, and the highest for a film featuring female leads. It received three Nominations at the 64th Filmfare Awards including Best Supporting Actress for Talsania and Bhaskar. Plot The story is about four friends, all young women, who are facing issues with relationships, both familial and sexual. Kalindi has been living in with her boyfriend, R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II
''Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II'' () is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language film starring Arshad Warsi. Shashanka Ghosh, the creative driver behind the launch of MTV and Channel V in India, marks his debut as a director with this film. Film's song ''Allah Ke Bande'' is the most famous song of this film. Plot Puneet Sayal is a copywriter with a dream: to earn enough cash to dump his job and live peacefully in Nainital. Till the said dream materialises however, he's living in Bombay with his girlfriend Agni. Things go asunder one day when he finds out his brother's been shot dead — a brother he's hardly acknowledged in the past. Agni finds out and, following an argument, throws him out of the house. Puneet goes on a drinking spree that leads him to a park bench where he witnesses someone being shot. He doesn't know it yet, but this is the end of his life as he knows it. He saves the injured man — a gangster called Vishnu — and the act lands him squarely in the mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quick Gun Murugun
''Quick Gun Murugun: Misadventures of an Indian Cowboy'' is a 2009 Indian English-language Comedy Western film directed by Shashanka Ghosh and written by Rajesh Devraj. The film stars Rajendra Prasad as the title character alongside Rambha, Anuradha Menon and Nassar. It is a spoof on Indian western films, featuring songs, melodrama and action sequences including a duel in a traffic jam. The character of Murugun was created in 1994 and was featured in India's Channel V promos. Around 1998, the film version was in the works. In the 2007 Hindi film ''Om Shanti Om'', Shah Rukh Khan films a scene as Murugun, trying to trick his love interest into believing he is a star of Tamil cinema. Eventually, the film was released in 2009. ''Quick Gun Murugun'' has been exhibited at the London Film Festival, the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, the New York Asian Film Festival and in The Museum of Modern Art, New York City (MoMa). The film was dubbed in several languages, including Hin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mumbai Cutting
''Mumbai Cutting'' is a 2008 Indian anthology film comprising eleven short films, telling eleven different stories based on life in Mumbai, which are directed by a host of eleven directors: Anurag Kashyap, Sudhir Mishra, Rahul Dholakia, Kundan Shah, Revathy, Jahnu Barua, Rituparno Ghosh, Shashanka Ghosh, Ruchi Narain, Ayush Raina and Manish Jha. Music for one of the stories was composed by Ilaiyaraja. The film is produced by Sahara One and is a Whitecloud production. Films * "Anjane Dost", directed by Jahnu Barua * "Bombay Mumbai Same Shit", directed by Rahul Dholakia * "Urge", directed by Rituparno Ghosh * "10 minutes", directed by Shashanka Ghosh * "And It Rained", directed by Manish Jha * "Pramod Bhai 23", directed by Anurag Kashyap * "The Ball", directed by Sudhir Mishra * "Jo Palti Nahin Woh Rickshaw Kya", directed by Ruchi Narain * "Bombay High", directed by Ayush Raina * "Parcel", directed by Revathi * "Hero", directed by Kundan Shah Release ''Mumbai Cutting' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hey Prabhu!
Hey Prabhu! is a 2019 Hindi-language comedy web series directed by Shashanka Ghosh for MX Player. The series stars Rajat Barmecha, Parul Gulati, Ritu Raj Singh, Achint Kaur, Sheeba Chaddha and Prynca Talukdar. It is written by Nihit Bhave and produced by Sanket Kunde. The series was premiered on February 20, 2019, on MX Player. The second season of ''Hey Prabhu!'' was released on March 26, 2021. Plot The web series is based on a story that revolves around a boy named Tarun Prabhu (played by Rajat Barmecha), who is in his mid-20s with a strong fan following on social media platform, Twitter. Tarun soon realizes that online popularity is not enough to overcome real-life situations. Mita (played by Achint Kaur) and Arunima (played by Parul Gulati) hate Tarun's reckless behaviour and make his life difficult at work. Arunima (played by Parul Gulati), Mita's senior correspondent, who assists Tarun. His social life gets disturbed when everyone gets to know that he is suffering from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MX Player
MX Player is an Indian video streaming and video on demand platform developed by MX Media & Entertainment (formerly J2 Interactive). It has over 280 million users globally. The platform currently operates on an ad-supported model and has a streaming library of over 150,000 hours in 11 languages. It is available on iOS, Android and the web. In 2018, Times Internet acquired a majority stake in MX Player for $140 million. In October 2019, MX Player raised $110.8 million in an investment led by Chinese conglomerate Tencent. History Video player MX Player launched as a video player on 18 July 2011. It featured subtitle support and offline video viewing capabilities. OTT platform On 20 February 2019, MX Player was relaunched as an OTT platform with original programming. It has also licensed contents from various Indian and International studios including FilmRise, Sonar Entertainment, Screen Media Films, Goldmine, Hungama, Shemaroo, Paramount Pictures, Sony Entertainment a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plan A Plan B
''Plan A Plan B'' is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film starring Riteish Deshmukh and Tamannaah Bhatia; directed by Shashanka Ghosh and written by Rajat Arora. It premiered on Netflix on 30 September 2022. Plot Nirali's mother is a matchmaker. On one of her arranged marriages, Nirali's mother announces her retirement and hands over the business to Nirali. She also tells Nirali that she has already booked a shared working space and paid for it for a year. On the day she moves in, she finds out that her office is right next to the office of Kaustubh 'Kosty' Chogule, a divorce lawyer. Now both idiots have to live in shared spaced office while interacting with each other. Cast Release The film released on 30 September 2022 via Netflix. Reception Saibal Chatterji of ''NDTV'' wrote, "''Plan A Plan B'' is a rom-com that skims the surface of matters of the heart as men and women, whether entering into matrimony or opting out of it, negotiate the sharp bends on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netflix
Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a film and television series library through distribution deals as well as its own productions, known as Netflix Originals. As of September 2022, Netflix had 222 million subscribers worldwide, including 73.3 million in the United States and Canada; 73.0 million in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, 39.6 million in Latin America and 34.8 million in the Asia-Pacific region. It is available worldwide aside from Mainland China, Syria, North Korea, and Russia. Netflix has played a prominent role in independent film distribution, and it is a member of the Motion Picture Association (MPA). Netflix can be accessed via web browsers or via application software installed on smart TVs, set-top boxes connected to televisions, tablet computers, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freddy (film)
''Freddy'' is an 2022 Indian Hindi-language psychological thriller film directed by Shashanka Ghosh and produced by Balaji Motion Pictures, NH Studioz and Northern Lights Film. The film stars Kartik Aaryan and Alaya F. Principal photography commenced in August 2021 and wrapped up in September 2021. ''Freddy'' premiered on 2 December 2022 on Disney+Hotstar. The film received positive reviews from critics and audience alike with praise towards the performances, particularly that of Aaryan terming it as his career best, and the screenplay. Plot Dr. Freddy Ginwala is a shy and socially awkward dentist in Mumbai. He goes on multiple dates with women, only to get rejected everytime. His only friend is his pet turtle, Hardy, and also spends his leisure time working on his miniature planes. When he was a child, his father had killed his mother and then committed suicide himself. His aunt Persis has been his guardian since then. At a relative's wedding, Freddy sees a girl named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disney+ Hotstar
Disney+ Hotstar (also known as Hotstar) is an Indian brand of subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Novi Digital Entertainment of Disney Star and operated by Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution, both divisions of The Walt Disney Company. The brand was first introduced as Hotstar for a streaming service carrying content from Disney Star's local networks, including films, television series, live sports, and original programming, as well as featuring content licensed from third-parties such as HBO and Showtime among others. Amid the significant growth of mobile broadband in India, Hotstar quickly became the dominant streaming service in the country. Following the acquisition of Star India's parent company 21st Century Fox by Disney in 2019, Hotstar was integrated with the company's new global streaming brand Disney+ as 'Disney+ Hotstar' in April 2020. The co-branded service added Disney+ original programming, and films and television s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aamir (film)
''Aamir'' is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film written and directed by debutante Raj Kumar Gupta and produced by Ronnie Screwvala under newly spun-off UTV Spotboy, the avant-garde project arm of UTV Motion Pictures. The film stars debutante Rajeev Khandelwal as the titular Muslim doctor who upon returning to Mumbai is coerced into a terrorist conspiracy by a mysterious caller and his henchmen. Gajraj Rao voices the unknown caller. ''Aamir'' features music composed by debutante Amit Trivedi, and marks the co-production debuts of future UTV president Siddharth Roy Kapur and filmmaker Vikas Bahl, the latter of whom also plays a brief role. Although the film was initially said to be adapted from the Filipino film ''Cavite'', the makers of ''Aamir'' were given a no-objection certificate by Neill Dela Llana and Ian Gamazon, the director duo of ''Cavite'', who were also thanked by the makers of ''Aamir'' in the film's prelude. Gupta further claimed a decade later that t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
