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Tanushree Dutta
Tanushree Dutta (pronounced ; born 19 March 1984) is an Indian former actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Femina Miss India Universe 2004 and then represented her country at Miss Universe 2004 in Ecuador where she placed Top 10. Dutta has appeared in mostly Hindi films from 2005 to 2010. Some of her best known films includes Aashiq Banaya Aapne, Bhagam Bhag and Dhol. In September 2018, after having been out of the Bollywood spotlight for several years, Dutta gave an interview to '' Zoom TV'' in which she accused Nana Patekar of sexually harassing her on the sets of the 2009 film '' Horn 'Ok' Pleassss''. It was a catalyst for the "Me Too" movement in India. Personal life Tanushree was born in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India, on 19 March 1984 into a Bengali Hindu family. As of September 2018, Tanushree is a permanent resident of the US. Dutta has dated Aditya Datt. Ishita Dutta Sheth is her younger sister. In an interview in 2013, she said that she hit de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamshedpur
Jamshedpur (; ), also known as Tatanagar, is a major industrial city in eastern India. It is the List of cities in Jharkhand by population, largest city in the state of Jharkhand. With a population of 629,658 in the city limits and 1.3 million in the wider metropolitan area, Jamshedpur is the third largest metropolitan area in the region and 36th largest urban area in the country and 72nd most populous city in the country. Located on the confluence of Swarnarekha River, Swarnarekha and Kharkai River, Kharkai rivers, Jamshedpur is surrounded by the Dalma Hills. The modern city is built over the village of Sakchi near the Tatanagar Junction railway station, Kalimati Railway Station. It was chosen by Dorabji Tata as an "ideal location" for the development of Asia's first iron and steel plant and a planned industrial city, visioned by his father Jamsetji Tata, the founder of Tata Group. The project began in 1908; the steel factory was completed in 1908 and the city was established ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Me Too Movement (India)
The Indian #MeToo movement began in late 2018 (and continues to the present day) to manifest in areas of the Indian society including the government, the media, and the Bollywood film industry. In India, the Me Too movement is seen as either an independent outgrowth influenced by the international campaign against sexual harassment of women in the workplace, or an offshoot of the American "Me Too" social movement. Me Too began gaining prominence in India with the increasing popularity of the international movement, and later gathered sharp momentum in October 2018 in the entertainment industry of Bollywood, centered in Mumbai, when actress Tanushree Dutta accused Nana Patekar of sexual harassment. This led to many women in the news media, Indian films, and even within the government to speak out and bring allegations of sexual harassment against a number of perpetrators. Origins in India Influence of Hollywood's "Me Too" Movement MeToo movement was founded by Tarana Burke but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vivek Agnihotri
Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri (born 10 November 1973) is an Indian director, producer, and writer who works in Hindi cinema. He is a member of the board of India's Central Board of Film Certification and a cultural representative of Indian Cinema at the Indian Council for Cultural Relations. Agnihotri made his directorial debut with the crime thriller Chocolate (2005 film), ''Chocolate'' (2005) and has directed multiple films since which failed to propel his career forward until ''The Tashkent Files'' (2019) which emerged as a commercial success and earned him the National Film Award for Best Screenplay, National Film Award for Best Screenplay - Dialogues. He also wrote and directed ''The Kashmir Files'' (2022) which emerged as one of the List of Indian films of 2022, highest-grossing Indian film of 2022 and earned him the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration. He next wrote and directed a medical drama film ''The Vaccine War'' (2023) which emerged as a box-o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
36 China Town
''36 China Town'' is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language mystery thriller comedy film directed by Abbas–Mustan and produced by Subhash Ghai. It is an official adaption of the 1992 American film '' Once upon a Crime'' (which in turn is a remake of the 1960 Italian film '' Crimen''). The film stars an ensemble cast of Akshaye Khanna, Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Vivek Shauq, Upen Patel (in his debut), Paresh Rawal, Payal Rohatgi, Johnny Lever and Tannaz Irani; while Isha Koppikar, Priyanka Chopra and Tanushree Dutta make special appearances. The film follows the investigation of a police officer trying to find the killer of a wealthy casino owner, Sonia Chang. Plot The only child of millionaire Sonia Chang, Vicky, has been kidnapped. To get her son back, she puts out a reward of 25 lakh rupees. She lives in her huge mansion named "36 China Town" in Goa with a housekeeper couple, Mr. and Mrs. Lobo. Sonia is consoled by Rocky, a local. Raj, a struggling actor, and Priya, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chocolate (2005 Film)
''Chocolate'' is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language crime thriller film directed by Vivek Agnihotri in his directorial debut, starring Anil Kapoor, Sunil Shetty, Emraan Hashmi, Irrfan Khan, Arshad Warsi, Tanushree Dutta, and Sushma Reddy. The film is inspired by the 1995 American film '' The Usual Suspects''. It was released on 22 May 2005 and flopped at the box office. Plot Following the 11 September 2001 attacks in the US, an explosion in a motorboat shatters the peace on Christmas Eve in London, UK. Following this incident is a daring robbery on an armoured vehicle carrying billions of pounds. The police suspect two Indians: Pipi and Sim. They are interrogated extensively amidst allegations that they may be linked to Al-Qaeda. Crime journalist Monsoon Iyer learns about their plight, meets them, and asks advocate Krishan Pandit to represent them in court. Krishan meets with the two, listens to their side of the incidents, is convinced of their innocence, and is quite sur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 United States, Hollywood". The industry, producing films in the Hindi language, is a part of the larger Indian cinema industry, which also includes Cinema of South India, South Indian cinema and other smaller Cinema of India#Cinema by language, film industries. The term 'Bollywood', often mistakenly used to refer to Indian cinema as a whole, only refers to Hindi-language films, with Indian cinema being an umbrella term that includes all the Cinema of India#Cinema by language, film industries in the country, each offering films in diverse languages and styles. In 2017, Indian cinema produced 1,986 feature films, of which the largest number, 364, have been in Hindi. In 2022, Hindi cinema represented 33% of box office revenue, followed by Telugu cinema, Telugu and Tamil cine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theeratha Vilayattu Pillai
''Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai'' () is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language romantic action comedy film written and directed by Thiru. The film was produced by Vikram Krishna. Starring Vishal in the lead role along with Sarah-Jane Dias who makes her acting debut. while, Tanushree Dutta and Neetu Chandra making her debut in Tamil cinema Santhanam, Sathyan, Mayilsamy, and T. S. B. K. Mouli play supporting roles, while Sneha and Mallika Kapoor make special appearances and Prakash Raj in a guest role. The film was later dubbed into Telugu as ''Khiladi'' in 2012 and later in Hindi as ''Ek Khiladi 3 Haseenayein''. The film follows the story of Karthik (Vishal), a happy-go-lucky youth and only child, who is also rich and spoilt. Karthik believes in trying out and choosing the best of everything in his life. When he decides to adopt the same practice in choosing his wife and selects three potential candidates of totally different shades and social stratifications, who he simultaneously woos, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quito, Ecuador
Quito (; ), officially San Francisco de Quito, is the capital city, capital and second-largest city of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its metropolitan area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha Province, Pichincha. Quito is in a valley on the eastern slopes of Pichincha (volcano), Pichincha, an active stratovolcano in the Andes. Quito's elevation of makes it either the List of capital cities by altitude, highest or the second highest national capital city in the world. This varied standing is because Bolivia is a List of countries with multiple capitals, country with multiple capitals; if La Paz is considered the Bolivian national capital, it tops the list of highest capitals, but if Sucre is specified as the capital, then it is the second highest, behind Quito. ... [...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] |
Ladakh
Ladakh () is a region administered by India as a union territory and constitutes an eastern portion of the larger Kashmir region that has been the subject of a Kashmir#Kashmir dispute, dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947 and India and China since 1959.The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the WP:TERTIARY, tertiary sources (a) through (e), reflecting WP:DUE, due weight in the coverage. Although "controlled" and "held" are also applied neutrally to the names of the disputants or to the regions administered by them, as evidenced in sources (h) through (i) below, "held" is also considered politicised usage, as is the term "occupied", (see (j) below). (a) (subscription required) Quote: "Kashmir, region of the northwestern Indian subcontinent ... has been the subject of dispute between India and Pakistan since the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947. The northern and wester ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare
''Filmfare'' is an Indian English-language fortnightly magazine published by Worldwide Media. Acknowledged as one of India's most popular entertainment magazines, it publishes pieces involving news, interviews, photos, videos, reviews, events, and style. The magazine also annually gives the Filmfare Awards, the Filmfare Awards South, the Filmfare Awards East, the Filmfare Marathi Awards, the Filmfare Awards Punjabi, the Filmfare Awards Bangla, the Filmfare OTT Awards, the Filmfare Short Film Awards and the Filmfare Style & Glamour Awards. After the businessman Ramkrishna Dalmia (1893–1978) of Dalmia Group purchased Bennett, Coleman and Company Limited (BCCL) in 1946, J. C. Jain from Bharat Insurance Company was employed to help him in running the company in 1950. In this period, Jain conceived the idea of ''Filmfare'' at the actress Kamini Kaushal's house. The magazine was launched by the industrialist Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain alongside his wife Rama in Bombay on 7 Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aditya Datt
Aditya Datt is an Indian filmmaker known for directing Bollywood films such as '' Aashiq Banaya Aapne'' and '' Table No.21''. He is the grandson of film lyricist Anand Bakshi. Filmography Films Web series * '' Karenjit Kaur – The Untold Story of Sunny Leone'' (2018) * '' Bad Cop'' (2024) Personal life Datt is the grandson of lyricist Anand Bakshi. . 4 November 2005 References External links * *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
