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Aarya (TV Series)
''Aarya'' is an Indian crime-thriller drama television series on Disney+ Hotstar, co-created by Ram Madhvani and Sandeep Modi, who also directed the series, with Vinod Rawat, serving as the co-director. Produced by Madhvani under the banner Ram Madhvani Films, along with Endemol Shine Group, it stars Sushmita Sen in the title role and is based on the Dutch drama series ''Penoza'' ( nl). The series is about Aarya, an independent woman who seeks to protect her family and joins a mafia gang in order to get revenge for her husband's murder. Recently, the show has been nominated for International Emmy Awards for best Drama series. Madhvani bought the remake rights to the series in early 2011, and planned to adapt it into a feature film in 2014. However the film was eventually shelved due to casting and budgetary issues. He decided later to direct it instead as a web series for Hotstar's original content label Hotstar Specials. Filming for the first season began in December 2019 and en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime Fiction
Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, crime novel, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives or fiction that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a professional detective, of a crime, often a murder. Most crime drama focuses on criminal investigation and does not feature the courtroom. Suspense and Mystery fiction, mystery are key elements that are nearly ubiquitous to the genre. It is usually distinguished from mainstream fiction and other genres such as historical fiction and science fiction, but the boundaries are indistinct. Crime fiction has several subgenres, including detective fiction (such as the whodunit), courtroom drama, hardboiled, hard-boiled fiction, and legal thrillers. History Proto-science and crime fictions have been composed across history, and in this category can be placed texts as varied as the Epic of Gilgamesh from Mesopotamia, the Mahabharata from History of India, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama
Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the Epic poetry, epic and the Lyric poetry, lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's ''Poetics (Aristotle), Poetics'' ()—the earliest work of dramatic theory. The term "drama" comes from a Ancient Greek, Greek word meaning "deed" or "Action (philosophy), act" (Classical Greek: , ''drâma''), which is derived from "I do" (Classical Greek: , ''dráō''). The two masks associated with drama represent the traditional Genre, generic division between Comedy (drama), comedy and tragedy. In English (as was the analogous case in many other European languages), the word ''Play (theatre), play'' or ''game'' (translating the Old English, Anglo-Saxon ''pleġan'' or Latin ''ludus'') wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flora Saini
Flora Saini, also known by her screen name Asha Saini or Mayuri, is an Indian actress and model. She predominantly works in Telugu and Hindi films, and also appeared in a number of Kannada and Tamil films. She has done more than 80 projects as an actress. Since her debut in ''Prema Kosam'' (1999), she has acted in over 50 films and co-starred with noted actors like Venkatesh, Balakrishna, Sudeep, Shivarajkumar, Vijayakanth, Prabhu, Karthik, Jagapati Babu and Rajasekhar. Early life Born in Chandigarh to an army officer, Flora began her schooling in Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir. She continued her education in the Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan, Delhi. Her family then moved to Kolkata, where she started pursuing a modeling career. She participated in the Miss Kolkata beauty pageant. Career Flora made her acting debut in the 1999 Telugu film ''Prema Kosam''. The producer of the film rechristened her as Asha Saini; some years later she would adopt a new screen name, Mayu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sohaila Kapur
Sohaila Kapur is an Indian actress, journalist, television personality, theatre director and playwright. Early life Sohaila was born in a Punjabi Hindu family to Kulbhushan Kapur and Sheel Kanta Kapur. Her father was the physician to Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, former President of India. The niece of famous Indian actor Dev Anand. Her mother, Sheel Kanta Kapur was the sister of Chetan, Dev and Vijay Anand. She is the third and the youngest sister of Indian filmmaker Shekhar Kapur. She graduated from Delhi University. Career After working with Times of India for like ten years as a journalist. She then devoted herself to free lance writing. She has written over hundred articles for magazines and newspapers. In 1983, she also authored a book on Indian esoteric rites, called Witchcraft in Western India. She has also anchored shows for channels like Doordarshan and Omni Television. She is also engaged as an anchor-journalist for Lok Sabha TV. As a playwright, she had written sever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jayant Kripalani
Jayant Kripalani is an Indian film, television and stage actor, director and trainer. He is most known for his role in the TV series, like '' Khandaan'', ''Mr. Mrs'' and '' Ji Mantriji'' (2003). He also wrote the screenplay for Shyam Benegal's film, '' Well Done Abba'' (2009). He was noted for his performance in '' The Hungry'' (2017) that is based on the adaptation of William Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus. He performed in ''Ji Mantri Ji'', the well-known star plus comedy series in years 2000 to 2002. Early life and education He graduated from Jadavpur University with a degree in English literature. Career He has worked at JWT, Grant Kenyon & Eckhardt and as senior creative director with RK Swamy BBDO. He was one of the first small-screen stars in India featuring in the 1980s TV serials like ''Khandan'', as well as an appearance in the horror anthology series ''Aahat'' as a vampire, ''Mr. Mrs'' and later in '' Ji Mantriji'' (2003), the Indian adaptation of BBC's satirical sitc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virti Vaghani
Virti Vaghani is an Indian actress and model, known for '' Jai Shri Krishna'' (2008) and '' Hope Aur Hum'' (2018). She has also appeared in more than 100 commercials. Acting career Virti initially started as a child artist by advertising for well-known brands such as Whirlpool, Kwality Walls, Clinic Plus Shampoo, Dettol Soap, Knorr Soup, Mobilla and Colgate. She started her career in the year 2008 with the television show Jai Shri Krishna where playing a role for child Radha premiered on Colors TV which have been shared with Nick Channel. Recently, which is being dubbed and telecast in Tamil and Bengali TV channels. Afterwards, she worked in Patiala House in 2008, stars Akshay Kumar and Anushka Sharma, directed by Nikkhil Advani which was her first debut in Bollywood. And in 2018, she worked a Comedy-drama film Hope Aur Hum, starring Naseeruddin Shah and Sonali Kulkarni. In a case, playing the role of Tanu from Hope Aur Hum, she was facing difficulty in pronouncing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandrachur Singh
Chandrachur Singh (born 11 October 1968) is an Indian actor, who mainly works in Hindi cinema. He is the recipient of a Filmfare Award, in addition to receiving nomination for an IIFA Award and a Screen Award. Early life and career Singh is the son of Baldev Singh, a former MLA from Khair, a town in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, and Krishna Kumari Devi, from the ruling Rajput family of the princely state of Patna in current-day Odisha. Singh attended the all-boys boarding school The Doon School in Dehradun, and then went to St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi. Later, he prepared the UPSC entrance examination aiming to be an IAS officer. In the early 1990s, Singh, a trained classical singer, taught music at Vasant Valley School and history at his alma mater, The Doon School. Career Beginnings and early success (mid-to-late 1990s) Singh made his acting debut in 1996 in '' Tere Mere Sapne'' which was produced under Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Limited. Later that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Soon after, it spread to other areas of Asia, and COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory, then worldwide in early 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020, and assessed the outbreak as having become a pandemic on 11 March. COVID-19 symptoms range from asymptomatic to deadly, but most commonly include fever, sore throat, nocturnal cough, and fatigue. Transmission of COVID-19, Transmission of the virus is often airborne transmission, through airborne particles. Mutations have variants of SARS-CoV-2, produced many strains (variants) with varying degrees of infectivity and virulence. COVID-19 vaccines were developed rapidly and deplo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare OTT Awards
The Filmfare OTT Awards are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Hindi-language original programming over-the-top (OTT) space. The first edition of the awards were held on 19 December 2020. It included films and series released between August 1, 2019 and July 31 2020. Award categories As of 2020, Filmfare OTT Awards have 32 categories. Popular awards ;Drama series * Best Series * Best Director (Series) * Best Actor in a Drama Series (Male) * Best Actor in a Drama Series (Female) * Best Actor in A Supporting Role in a Drama Series (Male) * Best Actor in A Supporting Role in a Drama Series (Female) ;Comedy Series * Best Comedy (Series/Specials) * Best Actor in a Comedy Series (Male) * Best Actor in a Comedy Series (Female) * Best Actor in A Supporting Role in a Comedy Series (Male) * Best Actor in A Supporting Role in a Comedy Series (Female) ;Web Original * Best Film (Web Original) * Best Actor in a Web Original Film (Male) * Best Actor in a Web ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bollywood Hungama
Bollywood Hungama (lit. "Bollywood Madness" in Hindi), previously known as IndiaFM (or IndiaFM.com), is an Indian entertainment website, owned by Hungama Digital Media Entertainment, which acquired the website in 2000. The website provides news related to the Cinema of India, particularly Hindi cinema, film reviews and box office reports. Launched on 15 June 1998, the website was originally named "IndiaFM.com". It changed its name to "Bollywood Hungama" in 2008. References External links * 1998 establishments in Maharashtra Hindi cinema Companies based in Mumbai Indian film websites Internet properties established in 1998 Mahindra Group {{film-website-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palgadh
Palgad is a small village in Dapoli taluka, Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra state in Western India. It is between Mandangadh and Khed. The 2011 Census of India recorded a total of 2,959 residents in the village. Palgad's geographical area is approximately . Palgad is birth place of famous writer, activist Sane Guruji. His famous childhood memoir Shyamchi Aai is about his childhood life in Palgad. References {{reflist, refs= {{cite web , url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2732_PART_B_DCHB_RATNAGIRI.pdf , title=District Census Handbook , publisher=Census of India The decennial census of India has been conducted 15 times, as of 2011. While it has been undertaken every 10 years, beginning in 1872 under Viceroy Lord Mayo, the first complete census was taken in 1872. Post 1949, it has been conducted by the R ... , accessdate=16 April 2016, page=78 External links Palgad on Indian census Villages in Ratnagiri district ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Udaipur
Udaipur (Hindi: , ) (ISO 15919: ''Udayapura'') is a city in the north-western Indian state of Rajasthan, about south of the state capital Jaipur. It serves as the administrative headquarters of Udaipur district. It is the historic capital of the kingdom of Mewar in the former Rajputana Agency. It was founded in 1559 by Udai Singh II of the Sisodia Dynasty, Sisodia clan of List of Rajput dynasties and states, Rajputs, when he shifted his capital from the city of Chittorgarh to Udaipur after Chittorgarh was besieged by Akbar. It remained as the capital city till 1818 when Mewar became a British Raj, British princely state, and thereafter the Mewar province became a part of Rajasthan when India gained Indian Independence Act 1947, independence in 1947. It is also known as the ''City of Lakes,'' as it is surrounded by Udaipur City's Five lakes, five major artificial lakes. The city is located in the southernmost part of Rajasthan, near the Gujarat border. To its west is the Aravali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
