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Shataf Figar
Shataf Figar is an Indian actor. He acted in movies like Shershaah, 89, Kolkata Calling, Dark Chocolate and Chorabali, Khoj and Cockpit, ''Made in China'' (2019) and ''Extraction'' (2020). In 2022, he appeared in the film ''Raavan''. Career He started his film debut with Kolkata Calling in 2014. He also starred in '' Brahman Naman'' is a 2016 Indian comedy film directed by Qaushiq Mukherjee. It was shown in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition section at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. It was released on Netflix worldwide on 7 July 2016. He has done an Ad film with Shah Rukh Khan for West Bengal Tourism. He made his Telugu debut with ''Ruler'' in which he portrayed the main antagonist. In 2023, he played the role of Ratan/Daata in the Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, is primarily produced in Mumbai. The popular term Bollywood is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and "Cinema of the Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kolkata, West Bengal
Kolkata, also known as Calcutta (List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary Financial centre, financial and Commercial area, commercial centre of Eastern India, eastern and Northeast India, northeastern India. Kolkata is the list of cities in India by population, seventh most populous city in India with an estimated city proper population of 4.5 million (0.45 crore) while its metropolitan region Kolkata Metropolitan Area is the List of million-plus agglomerations in India, third most populous metropolitan region of India with a metro population of over 15 million (1.5 crore). Kolkata is regarded by many sources as the cultural capital of India and a historically and culturally significant city in the historic Bengal, region of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ruler (film)
Ruler is a 2019 Indian Telugu-language action drama film, produced by C. Kalyan under CK Entertainments & Happy Movies banners and directed by K. S. Ravikumar and . starring Nandamuri Balakrishna, Vedhika, Sonal Chauhan, Bhumika Chawla, and music composed by Chirantan Bhatt. The film received negative reviews from critics and was a commercial failure. Plot The film begins in 1987 when the crime rate in Uttar Pradesh peaks. The Agricultural Minister, Veerandranath Tagore, resolves to reduce the crime rate by eradicating hunger. He calls for 500 farmers from Combined Andhra Pradesh, led by the wise Seetaramaiah. The Government allocates 5000 acres of land on lease for 30 years; after that, it will be their own. Years rolled by, and Sarojini Naidu, a business tycoon, proceeded toward Uttar Pradesh to start her new industrial plant. On the way, she spots a stranger with multiple stab wounds. Sarojini Naidu admits him to the hospital, and within the next minute, she accompa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Yogesh Kumar Joshi
Lieutenant General Yogesh Kumar Joshi, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, VrC, SM, ADC (born 5 January 1962) is a retired General Officer of the Indian Army. He was the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Northern Command, assuming office from Lt Gen Ranbir Singh on 1 February 2020. He last served as the Chief of staff of the Northern Command, assuming the office from Lt Gen SK Sharma. Previously, he was the commander of Leh based Fire & Fury Corps. As Army Commander he is credited with spearheading the Indian response to PLA's attempt to alter the status quo on Line of Actual Control (LAC) by use of force. He is the only war decorated Army Commander who has to his credit successes against both Indian adversaries China and Pakistan. Early life and education Gen Joshi hails from Faridabad, Haryana but has done his schooling from Jhansi and Faridabad. He is the son of B P Joshi. He is a graduate of the 60th course and was allotted Kilo "K" squadron at the National Defence Academy, Khada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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] [Amazon] |
Love Aaj Kal (2020 Film)
''Love Aaj Kal'' () is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy-drama film directed by Imtiaz Ali and starring Kartik Aaryan and Sara Ali Khan in lead roles, with Randeep Hooda and Arushi Sharma in pivotal supporting roles. Principal photography began in the first half of March 2019 and ended in July 2019. It was released in India on Valentine's Day 2020. It is the spiritual successor to the 2009 film of the same name also directed by Ali, starring Khan's father Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone. Plot Zoe and Veer meet at a bar. The two leave and decide to spend the night together at Veer's home, but Veer stops Zoe from continuing. He tells her that the time is not right. Zoe leaves infuriated. Veer keeps following Zoe, who finally confronts him and asks him not to follow her. There is a flashback scene where Leena and Raghuvendra "Raghu" Singh have the same conversation back in Udaipur. Back to the present day, Veer drops her for an interview at the office of the M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ghost Stories (2020 Film)
''Ghost Stories'' is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language Anthology film, anthology horror film, consisting of four short film segments directed by Karan Johar, Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar, and Anurag Kashyap. It is co-produced by Ronnie Screwvala and Ashi Dua under their production banner RSVP Movies and Flying Unicorn Entertainment respectively. The film features an ensemble cast, including Mrunal Thakur, Avinash Tiwary, Janhvi Kapoor, Raghuvir Yadav, Sobhita Dhulipala, Vijay Varma, and Pavail Gulati. It was released on Netflix on January 1, 2020. Ghost Stories is the third of three anthology films from Johar, Banerjee, Akhtar, and Kashyap. It was preceded by ''Bombay Talkies (film), Bombay Talkies'' in 2013 and ''Lust Stories'' in 2018, the latter also being released on Netflix. Plot ''Zoya Akhtar'' Sameera, a young nurse, arrives to take care of an ailing bedridden elderly lady, Mrs. Malik in a desolate house. The former is needy, clutching at a reluctant lover Guddu; the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mon Jaane Na
''Mon Jaane Na'' is a 2019 Indian Bengali language, romantic thriller film directed by Shagufta Rafique and produced by Shrikant Mohata and Mahendra Soni under the banner of SVF. The film starring Yash Dasgupta, Mimi Chakraborty and Rajdeep Gupta follows the love story of Amir and Pari. This is the debut Bengali film of Shagufta Rafique as director. The film was released in theatres on 21 March 2019, coinciding with Holi festival. Synopsis Amir is a young, lonely man who earns his living through taxi driving. Seeing him alone, his friend advises him to get married. Amir seeks help from the local maulvi who introduces him to a shy, orphan girl, Pari. He falls in love with her at first sight and they get married. After marriage, Pari comes across certain secrets of Amir and she goes missing. For two years Amir frantically searches for her throughout the city being a taxi driver. One day he discovers her outside a hotel in an unconscious state. However, Pari is no longer her demu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bhobishyoter Bhoot
''Bhobishyoter Bhoot'' () is a 2019 Indian Bengali-language satirical comedy film directed by Anik Dutta. The film was released on 15 February 2019. Despite its similar topics, Dutta states that it is not a sequel to his film, '' Bhooter Bhabishyat'' (2012). All single and multiple screen theaters were stopped from showing the film immediately after release citing "orders from upper management". Various leading newspapers quoted unnamed sources, as well as Dutta, saying that the West Bengal police had issued these instructions to the theatres. Plot Calcuttan Ghosts were rendered homeless as all the old haunted buildings were converted into multistoried buildings and malls. Various types of ghosts like politician, extortionist, cabaret dancer, ''Jatra'' actor are there. They constantly face certain social and political issues confronting the present times and also marginalized by their shrinking habitat in the real world, they conjecture whether they should find a place in the v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Helicopter Eela
''Helicopter Eela'' is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film directed by Pradeep Sarkar. It features Kajol in the lead role as an aspiring singer and single mother Helicopter parent and is written by Mitesh Shah and Anand Gandhi. It is based on the Gujarati play ''Beta, Kaagdo'', written by Anand Gandhi. Pre-production of the film began in January 2017, and principal photography commenced from 24 January 2018. It was released on 12 October 2018. Plot Eela, a single mother rejoins her college to complete her education after 22 years. In the flashback, it is shown that she is an upcoming, partially-famous model/singer, who records songs written by her boyfriend Arun. When she is recording for a career-breaking song for a Mahesh Bhatt project, the project gets cancelled indefinitely. So she and her boyfriend decide to get married. After few months it is shown that she gives birth to a boy named Vivan. While seeing their family tree, Eela and Arun realise that many male ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kabir (film)
''Kabir'' is a 2018 Indian Bengali-language action thriller film written and directed by Aniket Chattopadhyay, starring Dev and Rukmini Maitra which was released on 13 April 2018. Plot The story line of the film is based on apprehension of co-founder of Indian Mujahideen and conspirator of several bomb blasts in India, Yasin Bhatkal, by National Investigation Agency near Indo-Nepal border. The story of the film begins with a few bomb blasts in Mumbai. A burkha clad lady, Yasmin, aged in between 22/23 years, took a taxi from Zaveri Bazaar she was going to VT station. There were ambulances, police vehicles on the way. It was a scary afternoon. The taxi suddenly stopped, it was a comparatively lonely area. The taxi driver refused to give any reason but firmly said that he would not go towards VT. Yasmin was trying to get a lift, but the vehicles didn't stop. After a few minutes, a car stopped and agreed to give her a lift. The person inside introduced himself as Abir Chatterjee; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Rajkahini
''Rajkahini'' ( ''Tale of Kings'', can also be called ''Tale of the Raj'') is an Indian Bengali-language historical drama film directed by Srijit Mukherji. The shooting of the film was completed in June 2015 and the film was released on 16 October 2015. The film has an ensemble cast of eleven major female characters led by Rituparna Sengupta and also stars Saswata Chatterjee, Kaushik Sen, Jisshu Sengupta, Abir Chatterjee and Jaya Ahsan in other pivotal roles. The film was a critical and commercial success. It has since then been remade in Hindi by Mukherji as '' Begum Jaan''. Plot In June 1947, the British passed a bill regarding the partition of Bengal. Delving into the grim history of the Partition, Srijit's movie ''Rajkahini'' is weaved around a border between the two nations that runs through a brothel housing eleven women. Bengal was broken up twice (1905, and then during Independence) - officially for demographic reasons and ease of administration - but actually, it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Arshinagar
''Arshinagar'' is a 2015 Bengali language, Bengali film directed by Aparna Sen. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Dev (Bengali actor), Dev, Rittika Sen, Jisshu Sengupta, Kaushik Sen, Waheeda Rehman, Kamaleshwar Mukherjee, Roopa Ganguly, and Jaya Seal Ghosh. The screenplay is an adaptation of Shakespeare's ''Romeo and Juliet''. The trailer of the film was released on 25 November 2015. Cast * Dev (Bengali actor), Dev as Ranajit Mitra * Rittika Sen as Julekha Khan * Jisshu Sengupta as Tayyab * Roopa Ganguly as Tayyab's Mother * Waheeda Rehman as Dadijaan Ji * Kamaleshwar Mukherjee as Khan Sahab * Kaushik Sen as Sabir Khan * Shankar Chakraborty as Biswanath Mitra * Subhashish Mukherjee as Purohit * Shantilal Mukherjee as minister * Jaya Seal Ghosh as Madhu Mitra * Aparajita Adhya as Najma * Swagata Mukherjee as Fahtima * Paran Bandopadhyay * Sadif Rayhan * Anindya Banerjee * Anirban Bhattacharya as Monty * Parvathy Baul in a special appearance * Trina Saha as spec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
