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The Tashkent Files
''The Tashkent Files – Who Killed Shastri?'' is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language thriller film about the death of former Prime Minister of India Lal Bahadur Shastri; written and directed by Vivek Agnihotri. The film stars Shweta Basu Prasad, Naseeruddin Shah, Mithun Chakraborty, Pankaj Tripathi, Pallavi Joshi, Prakash Belawadi and Mandira Bedi. It was released on 12 April 2019 to negative reviews but emerged as a box-office sleeper hit and received two National Film Awards. Plot A young journalist, Raagini Phule, whose career is threatened and looking for a scoop receives help from an anonymous informer which leads to the formation of a panel of experts by the government, which also includes Raagini, to investigate the truth about the mysterious death of India's former prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. The collected information is scrutinised and debated over by the panel in an attempt to unravel the truth. Cast Production The film was announced in January 2 ... [...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] |
Scoop (news)
In journalism, a scoop or exclusive is an item of news reported by one journalist or news organization before others, and of exceptional originality, importance, surprise, excitement, or secrecy. Scoops are important and likely to interest or concern many people. A scoop may be a new story, or a new aspect to an existing or breaking news story. It may be unexpected, surprising, formerly secret, and may come from an exclusive source. Events witnessed by many people generally cannot become scoops, (e.g., a natural disaster, or the announcement at a press conference A press conference, also called news conference or press briefing, is a media event in which notable individuals or organizations invite journalism, journalists to hear them speak and ask questions. Press conferences are often held by politicia ...). However, exclusive news content is not always a scoop, as it may not provide the requisite importance or excitement. A scoop may be also defined retrospectively; a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ZEE5
ZEE5 or Z5 is an Indian subscription video on demand and over-the-top streaming service, owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. It was launched in India on 14 February 2018 with content in 12 languages. The ZEE5 mobile app is available on Web, Android, iOS, Smart TVs, among other devices. In December 2018, ZEE5 had 56.3 million monthly active users, increasing to 65.9 million by the end of 2020. History Ozee was an Indian digital online platform that was launched in February 2016 by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. As of 14 February 2018, the service has been integrated into ZEE5. Programming The platform started streaming web series in 2018 with ''Nanna Koochi'' (Telugu), '' America Mappillai'' (Tamil) and ''Dhatt Tere Ki'' (Hindi). In the same year, the platform also introduced another web series titled, '' Kallachirippu'' which was produced by popular filmmaker Karthik Subbaraj, and '' Karenjit Kaur – The Untold Story of Sunny Leone'', a biographical web series on Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Video On Demand
Video on demand (VOD) is a media distribution system that allows users to access videos, television shows and films Digital distribution, digitally on request. These multimedia are accessed without a traditional video playback device and a typical static broadcasting schedule, which was popular under traditional broadcast programming, instead involving newer modes of content consumption that have risen as Internet and IPTV technologies have become prominent, and culminated in the arrival of VOD and Over-the-top media service, over-the-top (OTT) media services on televisions and personal computers. Television VOD systems can streaming media, stream content, either through a traditional set-top box or through remote devices such as computers, tablets, and smartphones. VOD users may also permanently download content to a device such as a computer, digital video recorder (DVR) or, a portable media player for continued viewing. The majority of Cable television, cable and telephone comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasili Mitrokhin
Vasili Nikitich Mitrokhin (; March 3, 1922 – January 23, 2004) was an archivist for the Soviet Union's foreign intelligence service, the First Chief Directorate of the KGB, who defected to the United Kingdom in 1992. Mitrokhin first offered his material to the US' Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Latvia but they rejected it as possible fakes. After that, he resorted to the UK's MI6 which arranged his defection from Russia. These notes became known as the Mitrokhin Archives. He was co-author with Christopher Andrew (historian), Christopher Andrew of ''The Mitrokhin Archive: The KGB in Europe and the West'', a massive account of Soviet intelligence operations based on copies of material from the archive. The second volume, ''The Mitrokhin Archive II: The KGB in the World'', was published in 2005, soon after Mitrokhin's death. Education Mitrokhin was born in Yurasovo, in European Russia, Central Russia, Ryazan Oblast, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitrokhin Archive
The Mitrokhin Archive refers to a collection of handwritten notes about secret KGB operations spanning the period between the 1930s and 1980s made by KGB archivist Vasili Mitrokhin which he shared with British intelligence in the early 1990s. Mitrokhin, who had worked at KGB headquarters in Moscow from 1956 to 1985, first offered his material to the US's Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Latvia, but they rejected it as possible fakes. After that, he turned to the UK's MI6, which arranged his defection from Russia. Mitrokhin secretly made his handwritten notes by copying archival documents in the period between 1972 and 1984, when he supervised the move of the archive of KGB's foreign intelligence department First Chief Directorate from the Lubyanka Building to their new headquarters at Yasenevo District, Yasenevo. When he defected to the United Kingdom in 1992, he brought the archive with him, in six full trunks. His defection was not officially announced until 1999. The offic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tashkent
Tashkent (), also known as Toshkent, is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uzbekistan, largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of more than 3 million people as of April 1, 2024. It is located in northeastern Uzbekistan, near the border with Kazakhstan. Before the influence of Islam in the mid-8th century AD, Sogdian people, Sogdian and Turkic people, Turkic culture was predominant. After Genghis Khan destroyed the city in 1219, it was rebuilt and profited from its location on the Silk Road. From the 18th to the 19th centuries, the city became an Tashkent (1784), independent city-state, before being re-conquered by the Khanate of Kokand. In 1865, Tashkent fell to the Russian Empire; as a result, it became the capital of Russian Turkestan. In Soviet Union, Soviet times, it witnessed major growth and demographic changes due to Population transfer in the Soviet Union, forced deportations from throughout the Soviet Unio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death Of Lal Bahadur Shastri
The death of Lal Bahadur Shastri, India’s second Prime Minister, took place in the early hours of 11 January 1966 in Tashkent, then in the Soviet Union. He was 61 and the official cause was reported as a myocardial infarction (heart attack). Shastri had been in Tashkent since 4 January 1966 for peace talks brokered by Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin between India and Pakistan. The Tashkent Declaration was signed on 10 January, and within hours Shastri complained of chest pain and died suddenly in the Soviet-provided villa. News of his death prompted nationwide shock and a state funeral in New Delhi. Despite the official ruling, the absence of an on-site post-mortem and reports of unexplained marks on his body when it returned to India have led Shastri’s family and some colleagues to question the natural-causes verdict. Over time, numerous conspiracy theories have arisen, alleging anything from foul play to foreign involvement. RTI requests for related documents have been repea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Principal Photography
Principal photography is the phase of producing a film or television show in which the bulk of shooting takes place, as distinct from the phases of pre-production and post-production. Personnel Besides the main film personnel, such as the actors, director, cinematographer(s) or sound engineer(s) and their respective assistants ( assistant director, camera assistant, boom operator), the unit production manager plays a decisive role in principal photography. They are responsible for the daily implementation of the shoot, managing the daily call sheet, the location barriers, transportation, and catering. Additional typical roles during filming include the script supervisor to record changes to the script and the still photographer to produce images for advertising and documentation. Several reports are prepared each day to track the progress of a film production, including the daily production report, the daily progress report, and the sound report. Process Prepa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaushik Chakraborty
Kaushik Raj Chakraborty (born 24 October 1980) is an Indian Bengali actor, who mainly works in Bengali television serials and films. He is best known for his role as ACP Bir Singha in the detective television series '' C.I.D. Kolkata Bureau''. He has acted in many television serials and films, including ''Andarmahal'', '' Kiranmala'', ''Netaji'', '' Bob Biswas'', ''Challenge 2'', '' Manush: Child of Destiny'', and ''Faande Poriya Boga Kaande Re ''Faande Poriya Boga Kaande Re'' is a 2011 Indian Bengali-language action comedy film written and directed by Soumik Chattopadhyay, starring Soham Chakraborty and Srabanti Chatterjee. It is a remake of 2010 Telugu movie ''Maryada Ramanna ...''. Filmography Films Television References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chakraborty, Kaushik Living people Bengali male television actors 21st-century Indian male actors Male actors from Kolkata Male actors in Bengali cinema Bengali male actors Indian male film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasili Nikitich Mitrokhin
Vasili Nikitich Mitrokhin (; March 3, 1922 – January 23, 2004) was an archivist for the Soviet Union's foreign intelligence service, the First Chief Directorate of the KGB, who defected to the United Kingdom in 1992. Mitrokhin first offered his material to the US' Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Latvia but they rejected it as possible fakes. After that, he resorted to the UK's MI6 which arranged his defection from Russia. These notes became known as the Mitrokhin Archives. He was co-author with Christopher Andrew of ''The Mitrokhin Archive: The KGB in Europe and the West'', a massive account of Soviet intelligence operations based on copies of material from the archive. The second volume, ''The Mitrokhin Archive II: The KGB in the World'', was published in 2005, soon after Mitrokhin's death. Education Mitrokhin was born in Yurasovo, in Central Russia, Ryazan Oblast, Russian SFSR. After leaving school, he entered artillery school, then attended university in Kazakh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achint Kaur
Achint Kaur is an actress in Indian television and cinema, particularly recognized for her roles as and in Ekta Kapoor's soap operas, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi and Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii, respectively, both of which were broadcast on StarPlus. She also voiced the character Shenzi in the Hindi version of the movie ''The Lion King''. She portrayed the roles of a mother and a mother-in-law in the TV series '' Jamai Raja''. Early life Achint Kaur was born and raised in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh to a Punjabi Sikh family where she studied at Sophia Girls' School. Career Achint started her career with Zee TV's popular show '' Banegi Apni Baat'' in 1994 and worked in ''Swabhimaan'' in 1995 in which she played the role of 'Soha'. Besides working in some of the popular drama series, she has also played many roles in Bollywood movies, such as '' Om Jai Jagadish'', ''Corporate'', & '' Julie''. She has also won numerous awards for her strong character driven roles. These include the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
