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Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Limited
Amitabh Bachchan Corporation (formerly Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Limited, ABCL), also known as AB Corp, is an Indian entertainment company founded by actor Amitabh Bachchan in 1995. The company was involved in event management, film production, and distribution. Despite its initial endeavors, AB Corp faced significant financial challenges and declared bankruptcy in 1999, resulting in substantial losses for Bachchan. Notably, the company organized the Miss World 1996 competition in Bangalore. Controversies The company specialized in film production and event management. The business was plagued by financial difficulties. The main reason for the bad performance of ABCL was blamed on the gross mismanagement of the company by the, then CEO, Sanjiv Gupta, who went on to become the CEO of Coca-Cola India. The company burst into the limelight in 1997 when it was responsible for bringing to India the Miss World Pageant, but was then mired with controversy when the company was not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privately Held Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose Stock, shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in their respective listed markets. Instead, the Private equity, company's stock is offered, owned, traded or exchanged privately, also known as "over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter". Related terms are unlisted organisation, unquoted company and private equity. Private companies are often less well-known than their public company, publicly traded counterparts but still have major importance in the world's economy. For example, in 2008, the 441 list of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue, largest private companies in the United States accounted for $1.8 trillion in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In general, all companies that are not owned by the government are classified as private enterprises. This definition encompasses both publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tere Mere Sapne (1996 Film)
''Tere Mere Sapne'' () is a 1996 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film produced by Amitabh Bachchan's production company A. B. C. L. and directed by Joy Augustine. The film had a cast of newcomer actors consisting of Arshad Warsi, Chandrachur Singh, Priya Gill and Simran. Plot The plot of the movie is broadly similar to Mark Twain's ''The Prince and the Pauper''. Two boys are born on the same day. One is Rahul Mehta, born with a silver spoon in his mouth to a rich family in England; another is Baalu, born in a middle-class Brahmin family somewhere in Mumbai. Both grow up until they are destined to exchange places on their 21st birthday. Rahul's parents died when he was young, and he lives with his grandfather Shambunath Mehta. He wants to visit India to see his parents' graves though his grandfather doesn't want him to go. He is afraid Rahul may fall in love and ruin himself as his parents did. With much persuasion, he comes to India and manages to escape his guardians, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family — Ties Of Blood
''Family'' (also known as ''Family – Ties of Blood'') is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Rajkumar Santoshi. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Bhumika Chawla and Aryeman Ramsay. It was released on 13 January 2006. Plot Viren Sahai (Amitabh Bachchan) is an underworld don based out of Bangkok. Viren's spoilt brat Abhir (Sushant Singh) is attacked by his rival Khan (Kader Khan) and Viren seeks revenge. He receives foolproof information that Khan and his nephew will be present at a local cinema theatre on a particular date, and he sets off to India to kill both of them. The story then moves in the present onto the life of a kind-hearted simple canteen owner, Shekhar Bhatia (Akshay Kumar) who married his wife Dr. Kavita (Bhumika Chawla). Shekhar lives with his parents, his wife, and his younger brother Aryan. One day Aryan runs away from home and Shekhar searches the whole city to find him. During his search he witnesses Viren attackin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengali Language
Bengali, also known by its endonym and exonym, endonym Bangla (, , ), is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language belonging to the Indo-Iranian languages, Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family. It is native to the Bengal region (Bangladesh, India's West Bengal and Tripura) of South Asia. With over 242 million native speakers and another 43 million as second language speakers as of 2025, Bengali is the List of languages by number of native speakers, sixth most spoken native language and the List of languages by total number of speakers, seventh most spoken language by the total number of speakers in the world. Bengali is the Official language, official, National language, national, and most widely spoken language of Bangladesh, with 98% of Bangladeshis using Bengali as their first language. It is the second-most widely spoken scheduled languages of India, language in India. It is the official language of the Indian states of West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antarmahal
''Antarmahal'' is a 2005 Indian Bengali film, directed by Rituparno Ghosh and produced by Amitabh Bachchan Corporation. The film is based on a Bengali short story named ''Pratima'' by Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay. Set in the late 19th century, the plot revolves around two women who are married to a vainglorious Bengali landlord who exploits them to obtain social status. It stars Jackie Shroff, Roopa Ganguly, Soha Ali Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Mrinal Mukherjee, Sumanta Mukherjee and Biswajit Chakraborty. The film received widespread critical acclaim. Screen Daily writes, "Rituparno Ghosh spins another sumptuous, yet intimate family story with Antarmahal: Views From The Inner Chamber, playing once morein the same register he successfully used two years ago for fellow Locarno competitor Chokher Bali." Plot The story takes place towards the end of the 19th century in Bengal. Bhubaneswar Chowdhury, a zamindar of Bakuldanga plans to please the British so that they bestow on him the R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viruddh
''Virruddh... Family Comes First'' () is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Mahesh Manjrekar. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Sharmila Tagore, John Abraham and Sanjay Dutt .''Viruddh'' is not a musical, instead the soundtrack is primarily used as background scoring. Marathi movie 'Kokanastha' also written and directed by Mahesh Manjrekar has a similar plot. Plot The film begins with Amar (John Abraham) narrating the story of his family and himself. Amar is the son of Vidyadhar (Amitabh Bachchan) and Sumitra Patwardhan (Sharmila Tagore), a middle-class couple in India. Amar lives and works in London, and he sends some of his salary back home. One day Amar returns home with Jenny Mayer (Anusha Dandekar), his girlfriend, and announces his intention to marry her. Initially reluctant, his parents are pleased and happy for the two. One day, Amar goes out celebrating with his friends, while his parents and Jenny organise a surprise birthday party for him. Outside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aks (2001 Film)
''Aks'' () is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language supernatural action thriller film directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Raveena Tandon, and Manoj Bajpayee in leading roles. The music was composed by Anu Malik. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics and being a box office flop, it won three awards at the 47th Filmfare Awards: Best Actor — Critics (Bachchan), Special Award Performance (Tandon), and Best Sound Design (Ranjan). Bachchan and Bajpayee were nominated for the Best Actor and Best Villain at the same ceremony as well. Plot synopsis Aks is a supernatural thriller centering on two characters― a cop named Manu Verma (Amitabh Bachchan) and a shadowy killer named Raghavan (Manoj Bajpayee). During a conference in Budapest, the defence minister is found murdered. Manu Verma investigates the case and discovers that the culprit is Raghavan Ghatge, a sociopathic serial killer who works as a hitman. Raghavan is caught. As he is about to be exec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Major Saab
''Major Saab'' (: Respected Major) is a 1998 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Tinnu Anand, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgn, Sonali Bendre, Ashish Vidhyarthi, and Nafisa Ali. Plot The plot concerns playboy Virendra "Vir" Pratap Singh. A clause in the will of his wealthy father forces him to enter a military academy in order to inherit the wealth. Vir's repeated attempts to get himself discharged are foiled by Major Jasbir Singh Rana. Then Virendra falls in love with Nisha, the sister of a gangster named Shankar. Shankar wants Nisha to marry the son of his friend Parshuram Bihari and hatches a plot to separate the couple, by pretending to accept Vir, however soon beats him up badly and attempts to break both his arms and legs. After that, the Major then begins training Vir to regain his strength and fight those who wronged him to win Nisha back. Finally, both are accepted by Shankar. However, Bihari kills Shankar and tries to force Nisha to marry his son, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saat Rang Ke Sapne
''Saat Rang Ke Sapne'' () is a 1998 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Priyadarshan and produced by Amitabh Bachchan. It is a remake of Priyadarshan's own 1994 Malayalam film '' Thenmavin Kombath''. The film stars South Indian actor, Arvind Swamy (in his Bollywood debut) and Juhi Chawla. The film was a box office failure. Plot Forced into marriage with a mentally deranged man, Yashoda gives birth to a child, only to have her husband kill himself and the child, leaving her devastated and alone. This leaves her brother, Bhanu angry and bitter at this loss, and swears to avenge this humiliation. His vengeance is satisfied every year when he asks his employee and close friend, Mahipal to run a bullock-cart race, and defeat his sister's in-laws, and every year Mahipal wins. Bhanu, in his mid forties, has still not married, although he used to actively woo a village belle, who still has feelings for him. One day Bhanu and Mahipal give a ride in their bullock-cart to a couple, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajahamsa
''Rajahamsa'' () is a 1998 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao. The film stars Abbas and Sakshi Shivanand. Produced by Amitabh Bachchan Corporation the film features a story and screenplay written by Srinivasa Rao, with dialogues penned by Sankaramanchi Parthasarathi. The music was composed by M. M. Keeravani. Plot Sanjana, the daughter of businessman Ram Prasad, is strongly opposed to the arranged marriage her father has planned for her with the son of his childhood friend. She is in love with Harish and wishes to marry him instead. During a shopping trip, Sanjana encounters her would-be father-in-law, who gives her 50,000 for wedding preparations. Seizing the opportunity, she escapes to Srisailam, hiring a cab driven by Raju, who names his vehicle "Rajahamsa," with the intention of reuniting with Harish. Meanwhile, Raju, a cab driver struggling with a debt of 25,000, accepts Ram Prasad's offer of 25,000 to locate Sanj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mrityudata
''Mrityudaata'' (: Angel of Death) is a 1997 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed by Mehul Kumar with music by Anand Milind. The film is considered to be a comeback role for Amitabh Bachchan, who temporarily left the industry in 1992. This film was produced by his own production company called Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Limited (ABCL). It marked Bachchan's comeback after five years but was a box-office bomb. One of the songs in the film picturized on Amitabh and Daler Mehndi was very popular when released. Plot Dr. Ram Prasad Ghayal is a renowned doctor who has been successful in all operations in his career and has skillfully operated many delicate surgeries. He lives with his wife Janki and brother Bharat (Arbaaz Ali Khan). Bharat is in love with Renu, the daughter of Umeshchan Jain. At the same time, Raja Tunga, the brother of Rana Tunga has a longing for Renu. The miscreant Raja with his mob severely assaults Bharat when Bharat resists Raja's advances toward ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamil Language
Tamil (, , , also written as ''Tamizhil'' according to linguistic pronunciation) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. It is one of the longest-surviving classical languages in the world,. "Tamil is one of the two longest-surviving classical languages in India" (p. 7). attested since 300 BC, 300 BCE.: "...the most acceptable periodisation which has so far been suggested for the development of Tamil writing seems to me to be that of A Chidambaranatha Chettiar (1907–1967): 1. Sangam Literature – 200BC to AD 200; 2. Post Sangam literature – AD 200 – AD 600; 3. Early Medieval literature – AD 600 to AD 1200; 4. Later Medieval literature – AD 1200 to AD 1800; 5. Pre-Modern literature – AD 1800 to 1900" at p. 610 Tamil was the lingua franca for early maritime traders in South India, with Tamil inscriptions found outside of the Indian subcontinent, such as Indonesia, Thailand, and Egypt. The language has a well-documented history wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
