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Sikandar (2009 Film)
''Sikandar'' is a 2009 Indian crime drama film written and directed by Piyush Jha. The film features Parzan Dastur in the title role with R. Madhavan, Sanjay Suri and Ayesha Kapur in pivotal roles. The film has Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir, terrorism in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir (state), Jammu & Kashmir as its backdrop. The film was known in its production stages as ''Foot Soldier''. The film was released on 21 August 2009. Plot Sikandar Raza (Parzan Dastur) is a 14-year-old schoolboy in the Kashmir valley. Ever since his parents were killed by jihadis (militants) 10 years ago, he has lived with his aunt and uncle in a small town called Kupwara in the Kashmir valley. All Sikandar's desires revolve around the happiness of his foster parents and getting the ball into the goal on the football field. One day, on his way to a school football match, Sikandar finds a gun lying on the path. Despite admonishments by his newly made school friend, 14-year-old Nasreen (Ayesha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piyush Jha
Piyush Jha is a film director, screenwriter, author and series creator from India. Early life Piyush Jha was born in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. He did all his schooling in Mumbai, graduating with a bachelor's degree in Psychology at the University of Mumbai and following it up with an MBA from K. J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research (SIMSR), K. J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research. Career Advertising Jha began his career in advertising as an account executive at Grey Global Group- India. He later worked in DDB Mudra in strategic account management with clients such as Procter & Gamble and Godrej Group. He started getting interested in the creative aspect of advertising and began with directing in-house ad films for client companies and soon moved to directing corporate films as well. In 1998, he took this interest further to start his own ad film production company, where he made ads for Indian Oil, Hindustan Lever, and UB Group among many o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rahul Singh (actor)
Rahul Singh is an Indian actor, playwright and screenwriter. He is known for his work in movies including '' Zubeidaa (2001)'', ''Khiladi'' ''786'' (2012), '' Kaante (2002)'', '' Stanley ka Dabba (2011)'', ''The Ghazi Attack'' (2017), ''Delhi Belly'' (2011) and serials like '' 24: India (2014)''. He has played a diverse range of characters and acted in Bollywood-Hindi as well as Punjabi and Telugu films. Personal life and background He is the son of Prabha Thakur, poet and a member of Rajya Sabha. His forefathers played a prominent role in the Freedom struggle. Singh attended school at Mayo College in Ajmer and graduated from St. Xavier's College. In early years, he aspired to become a sportsman or work as a cop. While in college, he wrote more than 50 street plays and was part of an acting group that performed for various social organizations. Singh studied acting overseas at the Royal Academy of Drama and the British Film Institute in London. Singh acknowledged that h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikhat Kazmi
Nikhat Kazmi (1958/59 – 20 January 2012) was a senior correspondent and well-known film critic from, born Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, who had been writing for ''The Times of India'' since 1987. She died of breast cancer Breast cancer is a cancer that develops from breast tissue. Signs of breast cancer may include a Breast lump, lump in the breast, a change in breast shape, dimpling of the skin, Milk-rejection sign, milk rejection, fluid coming from the nipp ... in 2012, at age 53. Books * ''If Shakespeare was a gun: a play''. Writers Workshop, 1984. * ''Ire in the soul: bollywood's angry years''. HarperCollins Publishers India, 1996. . * ''The Dream Merchants of Bollywood''. UBS Publishers' Distribuors, 1998. . * ''Times Guide to Hollywood Blockbusters''. Times Group Books. . * ''Times Movie Guide''. 2007, Times Group Books. . References External linksOfficial site 1950s births 2012 deaths Indian film critics Indian women film critics Indian women journalists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shilpa Rao
Shilpa Rao (born Apeksha Rao; 11 April 1984) is an Indian singer who primarily records songs in Hindi, Telugu language, Telugu and Tamil language, Tamil languages. During her college days, composer Mithoon offered her to record the song "Javeda Zindagi" from ''Anwar (2007 film), Anwar'' (2007), marking her Hindi debut. "Abacha" from ''Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam'' (2009) and "Oru Maalai Neram" from ''Naan Mahaan Alla (2010 film), Naan Mahaan Alla'' (2010) were her debut songs in Telugu and Tamil respectively. Rao rose to widespread prominence with the release of "Woh Ajnabee" from ''The Train (2007 film), The Train'' (2007) and "Khuda Jaane" from ''Bachna Ae Haseeno'' (2008), the latter of which earned her a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer. The following year, she collaborated with Ilaiyaraaja for ''Paa (film), Paa'' (2009), where she performed the song "Mudi Mudi Ittefaq Se" which earned her a second Filmfare nomination in the same category. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KK (singer)
Krishnakumar Kunnath (23 August 1968 – 31 May 2022), popularly known as KK, was an Indian playback singer. KK is regarded as one of the greatest playback singers of India, noted for his versatility in a variety of music genres. He recorded songs primarily in Hindi, Tamil language, Tamil, Telugu language, Telugu and Kannada. He was a recipient of two Screen Awards, along with nominations for six Filmfare Awards. KK began his career by singing advertising jingles and made his film debut in 1996 with a song in ''Maachis''. KK released his debut album, ''Pal (album), Pal'' in 1999. The songs "Pal" and "Yaaron" from the album became popular, and are used in school graduations. The album turned out to be his career breakthrough. The song "Tadap Tadap Ke" from the 1999 film ''Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam'', earned him his first Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer nomination. KK went onto establish himself as one of the leading singers of the 2000s with successful songs in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohit Chauhan
Mohit Chauhan (born 11 March 1966) is an Indian playback singer, known for his work in Hindi films. He was a part of the Silk Route (band), Silk Route band. Chauhan has received two Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer and three Zee Cine Award for Best Playback Singer – Male, Zee Cine Award For Best Male Playback Singer awards. He has recorded several songs for films and albums many different languages, and is one of the most prominent Indi-pop, Indipop singers. Early life Mohit Chauhan was born in the town of Nahan, Sirmaur district, Himachal Pradesh, on 11 March 1966. He has an elder brother and a younger sister. Because of his father's transferable job, he studied in various schools of Himachal Pradesh, including Our Lady of Snows Highschool in Kullu, and St. Luke's Senior Secondary School, Solan. Chauhan earned a Master of Science in Geology from a government college at Dharamshala affiliated to Himachal Pradesh University. He has not received any formal training ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shankar Mahadevan
Shankar Mahadevan (born 3 March 1967) is an Indian singer and composer who is part of the Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy trio that writes music for Indian films. In 2023, he was awarded an honorary doctorate (''honoris causa'' degree) by Birmingham City University. Personal life and early career Shankar Mahadevan was born in Chembur, Mumbai into a Tamil family originally from Palakkad, Kerala. He learned Hindustani classical and Carnatic music as a child, and began playing the veena at the age of five under Shri Lalitha Venkataraman. Mahadevan studied music under Pandit Shrinivas Khale and T.R. Balamani. He is an alumnus of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour High School, Chembur and graduated in 1988 with a degree in Computer Science and Software Engineering from the Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology in Navi Mumbai, affiliated to Mumbai University, and was a software engineer for the company, Leading Edge. After working for Leading Edge Systems (now Trigyn Technologies Limited), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naʽat
Naat ( and ) is poetry in praise of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad. The practice is popular in South Asia (Bangladesh, Pakistan and India), commonly in Bengali, Punjabi, or Hindustani. People who recite Naat are known as ''Naat Khawan'' or ''sanaa-khuaan''. Exclusive "Praise to Allah" and Allah alone is called Hamd, not to be confused with 'Na'at'. In Arab countries, lyrics and praises said for Muhammad are called madih nabawi. History One early author, Hassan, was known as ''Shair-e Darbaar-e Risalat''. Before converting to Islam he was a poet, and after converting he started writing Na'ats in honor of Muhammad. His poetry defended Muhammad in response to rival poets who attacked him and his religion. Tala al Badru Alayna is a traditional Islamic poem known as nasheed recited to Muhammad when he moved to Medina in 622 CE. Language Commonly, the term ''naʽat shareef'' () is reserved for poetry in the praise of Muhammad. In Arabic, na'at is usually called '' madih'' () or ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allah Hoo
Allah Hoo (Allāhu) is a traditional Sufi chant (dhikr) consisting of the word for God (, ') run together three times, followed by Truth (haqq): ''Allāhu Allāhu Allāhu Haqq'', itself repeated three times over. According to Sufi tradition, this formula was introduced by Abu Bakr as he initiated the Naqshbandi tradition. Other Dhikrs consist of simple ''Allāhu Allāhu'' run together 400 or 600 times. "Allah Hoo" is also a popular title for Urdu-language Sufi devotional qawwalis. Etymology The "Hoo" is due to the nominative suffix ( i`rab) ''-u'' ( ḍamma) being pronounced before initial vowel, as the word ''Allahu'' is run together several times: ''Allahu Allahu Allahu'' is rendered as /al:a:hual:a:hual:a:h/ (compare the phrase ''Allahu Akbar'' where the ''-u'' is also audible). In traditional Sufi chant, the length of the ''-u'' is exaggerated. As a noun phrase, the chant is interpreted as meaning "God is". Haqq is the Arabic for "truth", so that the full dhikr translates to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Dreams (soundtrack)
''London Dreams'' is the soundtrack to the 2009 Bollywood film with the same name directed by Vipul Amrutlal Shah starring Salman Khan, Ajay Devgan and Asin. The music is composed by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, while the lyrics are penned by Prasoon Joshi. The album was released on 16 September 2009 by T-Series. The song style is generally rock inspired to match the motifs in the movie. "Khanabadosh", "Shola Shola", "Barso Yaaron", "Khwab" and "Man Ko Ati Bhavey Saiyaan" were very popular songs; "Man Ko Ati Bhavey" and "Khanabadosh" being the most popular ones. Development Initially, A.R. Rahman was approached for composing the music for the film, but he opted out due to other commitments. Vipul then roped in the critically acclaimed trio Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, who scored music for ''Rock On!!'', the first rock musical in Bollywood. The soundtrack consists of eight original songs and three remix versions. "Barso Yaaron" by Vishal and Roop Kumar Rathod is a rock number that ends ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
13B (film)
''Yavarum Nalam'' () is a 2009 Indian horror film written and directed by Vikram Kumar. The film stars R. Madhavan and Neetu Chandra. Produced by Suresh Balaje and George Pius, the film was simultaneously shot in Hindi as ''13B: Fear Has a New Address'' with a slightly different cast. It was also later dubbed into Telugu as ''13-Padamoodu'', featuring a few scenes reshot with Ravi Babu. The film's soundtrack was composed by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, while Tubby-Parik provided the background score. Released on 6 March 2009, the film received mixed reviews but was commercially successful. Rediff placed the film in its list of top Tamil films of 2009, while the American entertainment publication ''Collider'' considered it an original and one of the greatest Indian horror films of all time, praising its mixing elements of J-horror with a unique storyline. A web series with a similar theme called ''Dhootha'' written and directed by Vikram Kumar was released in 2023. Some have specu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhushan Kumar
Bhushan Kumar Dua (born 27 November 1977) is an Indian film producer and music producer. He is the chairman and managing director of Super Cassettes Industries Limited, also known as T-Series (company), T-Series. He is known for his work in Bollywood. On the Hurun India Rich List 2022, he and his family were ranked as the 175th richest Indian with a net worth of ₹10,000 crores (around US$1.2 billion). Career Kumar took control of the music company T-Series (company), T-Series in 1998, along with his uncle Krishan Kumar (actor), Krishan Kumar, after the murder of his father, Gulshan Kumar. He went on to become the chairman and managing director of the company. Film producer In 2013, Kumar produced ''Nautanki Saala''. The same year, Bushan Kumar released a remake of ''Aashiqui'', ''Aashiqui 2''. T-Series has worked with directors such as Madhur Bhandarkar, and Milan Luthria. On 3 April 2017, Kumar signed a contract with Akshay Kumar for the film ''Mogul'', which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
