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Akela (other)
Akela may refer to: * Akela (The Jungle Book), the wolf featured in Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli stories collected in ''The Jungle Book'' and ''The Second Jungle Book'' * Akela (Scouting), a symbol of wisdom in the Cub Scout program, usually (but not necessarily) Cubmaster or Den Leader; intentionally named after ''The Jungle Book'' character * ''Akela'' (spider), spider genus * ''Akela'' (film), a 1941 Indian film * ''Akayla'', a 1991 Indian film * Akella, a Russian software development company * ''Akeelah and the Bee ''Akeelah and the Bee'' is a 2006 American drama film written and directed by Doug Atchison. It tells the story of Akeelah Anderson ( Keke Palmer), an 11-year-old girl who participates in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, her mother ( Angela ...'', a 2006 family film * , formerly steam yacht ''Akela'', built in 1899 See also * Akeli (other) * Akala (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akela (The Jungle Book)
Akela (''Akelā'' also called The Lone Wolf or Big Wolf) is a fictional character in Rudyard Kipling's stories, ''The Jungle Book'' (1894) and '' The Second Jungle Book'' (1895). He is the leader of the Seeonee pack of Indian wolves and presides over the pack's council meetings. It is at such a meeting that the pack adopts the lost child Mowgli and Akela becomes one of Mowgli's mentors. ''Akelā'' means "single or solitary" in Hindi. Kipling also calls him the ''Lone Wolf.'' Kipling portrays Akela with the character of an English gentleman. This is shown by his recurring references to the honour of the pack. He is large and grey and leads the pack by virtue of his strength and cunning. Character history Nine or ten years after Mowgli's adoption, his enemy Shere Khan the tiger, with the aid of some young wolves he has persuaded to support him, plans to depose Akela so that he will no longer be able to defend Mowgli. A wolf who becomes too old to hunt is traditionally dri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akela (Scouting)
The Scouting programme has used themes from ''The Jungle Book'' by Rudyard Kipling since 1916. In 1914, Robert Baden-Powell announced a Junior Section for Scouting. In 1916, he published his outlines for such a scheme, to be called Wolf Cubbing. Baden-Powell may have had several reasons to call this section Wolf Cubs: Wolf was the name of the cannon made in the railway workshops at Mafeking. By analogy, a young boy not old enough to be a wolf or a true Scout could be a baby wolf or a Wolf Cub. Baden-Powell asked his friend Rudyard Kipling for the use of his ''Jungle Book'' history and universe as a motivational frame in cub scouting. Baden-Powell wrote a new book, ''The Wolf Cub's Handbook'', for junior members. In 1917, junior members became known as Wolf Cubs. In the 1960s and later, the ''Wolf Cub'' section departed in many organisations from the jungle theme. Some changed their name to Cub Scout or something similar but retained the Jungle Stories and Cub ceremony as tradi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akela (spider)
''Akela'' is a genus of jumping spiders (family Salticidae), consisting of three described species. Two of these occur in Central and South America and the third in Pakistan. Name The genus name is derived from Akela, "The Lone Wolf" from Rudyard Kipling's ''Jungle Book''. Other salticid genera with names of Kipling's characters are ''Bagheera'', '' Messua'' and ''Nagaina ''Nagaina'' is a genus of Salticidae, jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1896. The name is derived from ''Nagaina'', a character from Rudyard Kipling's Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. Other salticid genera with names of ...''. Species * '' Akela charlottae'' Peckham & Peckham, 1896, found in Central America (Guatemala, Panama). * '' Akela fulva'' Dyal, 1935, found in Pakistan. * '' Akela ruricola'' Galiano, 1999, found in South America (Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina). References Further reading * Galiano, M. E. (1989), "Note on the genera ''Admestina'' and ''Akela' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akela (film)
''Akela '' is a Bollywood social film released in Bollywood films of 1941, 1941. It was produced by K. B. Desai Productions under the banner of Great India Pictures and directed by Pessi Karani. The film starred Bibbo (actress), Bibbo, Mazhar Khan (actor, born 1905), Mazhar Khan, E. Billimoria, Miss Moti, Pratima Devi, Bose, and Mohammed Hadi. Its music was composed by Khan Mastana and the lyrics were written by Pyare Lal Santoshi. Cast * Mazhar Khan (actor, born 1905), Mazhar Khan * Bibbo (actress), Bibbo * E. Bilimoria * Moti * Bose * Hadi * Pratima Devi References External links * 1941 films 1940s Hindi-language films 1940s Indian films Films scored by Khan Mastana Indian black-and-white films {{1940s-Hindi-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akayla
''Akayla'' () is a 1991 Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Ramesh Sippy and produced by the Mushir - Riaz duo. It featured an ensemble cast of Amitabh Bachchan, Jackie Shroff, Amrita Singh, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Aditya Pancholi, Kiran Juneja, Keith Stevenson (in his debut) as the primary antagonist in a dual role, and Shashi Kapoor in an extended special appearance. It was the fourth and final collaboration between Bachchan and Ramesh Sippy after ''Sholay'' (1975), '' Shaan'' (1980) and ''Shakti'' (1982). It also marked the former's last onscreen collaboration with Sheshadri and Kapoor and his first one with Shroff, they would later work together in films like ''Eklavya'' (2007) and ''Sarkar 3'' (2017). Also, it was the second time Singh and Sheshadri featured together, the first film being '' Toofan'' (1989) which also starred Bachchan in the lead role. It was loosely based on ''Dirty Harry'' (1971). ''Akayla'' released worldwide on 8 November 1991. Upon release, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akella
Akella () was a Russian software company specialising in the development, publishing and distribution of video games and multimedia products. The founders met in 1993 and decided to start a company together and in 1995 formed Akella. The company comprised five in-house development teams, a publishing house, a distribution center, a localisation team and a quality assurance department; in total, 250 people were employed by Akella. There were several sub-brands owned by Akella, such as Macho Studios, that developed erotic games and published Japanese hentai dating sims. The company is named after a Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book character, Akela the wolf, and its logo is a wolf. Defunct status During 2012, the company was amid multiple lawsuits totalling ₽ The ruble sign, , is the currency sign used for the Russian ruble, the official currency of Russia. Its form is a Cyrillic letter Р with an additional horizontal stroke. The design was approved on 11 December 2013 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akeelah And The Bee
''Akeelah and the Bee'' is a 2006 American drama film written and directed by Doug Atchison. It tells the story of Akeelah Anderson ( Keke Palmer), an 11-year-old girl who participates in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, her mother ( Angela Bassett), her schoolmates, and her coach, Dr. Joshua Larabee (Laurence Fishburne). The cast also features Curtis Armstrong, J.R. Villarreal, Sean Michael Afable, Erica Hubbard, Lee Thompson Young, Julito McCullum, Sahara Garey, Eddie Steeples, and Tzi Ma. The film was developed over a period of 10 years by Atchison, who came up with the initial concept after seeing the 1994 Scripps National Spelling Bee and noting that a majority of the competitors came from well-off socioeconomic backgrounds. After completing the script in 1999, Atchison won one of the Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting in 2000, which attracted producers Sid Ganis and Nancy Hult Ganis. After an initial inability to secure funding, the project got a second wind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akeli (other)
Akeli may refer to: * ''Akeli'' (film), a 2014 Indian Hindi-language film by Vinod Pande, starring R. Madhavan; completed in 1999 though released in 2014 *'' Akelli'' or ''Akeli'', a 2023 Indian Hindi-language thriller drama film by Pranay Meshram, starring Nushrratt Bharuccha * ''Akeli'' (TV series), a Pakistani drama series ;As a surname: * Serafina Akeli, a Samoan javelin thrower See also * Akela (other) {{Disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
