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D-Day (2013 Film)
''D-Day'' is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film co-produced by DAR Motion Pictures and Emmay Entertainment. The movie is directed by Nikhil Advani and stars Rishi Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, Arjun Rampal, Huma Qureshi and Shruti Haasan in prominent roles. The film was released on 19 July 2013 to generally positive reception. Plot Agent Wali Khan, appointed by the Chief of the Indian intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), Ashwini Rao, has been on a mission for nine years to keep an eye out for the activities of India's most wanted D-Company leader, Goldman while working as a local barber as a cover. One day he notices Goldman talking about his son's wedding cards to people in the mosque where he prays and learns that his son is getting married and Goldman is breaking his security protocol to attend that. The same is confirmed by an ISI operative who works part-time as Goldman's bodyguard and is a neighbor and friend of Wali, though he doesn't know the tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikkhil Advani
Nikkhil Suresh Advani (born 28 April 1971) is an Indian director, producer and screenwriter who works in Hindi cinema. He along with his sister, Monisha Advani and Madhu Bhojwani, co-founded the entertainment company Emmay Entertainment. Early life and family Advani was born and raised in Bombay, Maharashtra, India, into a Sindhi Hindus, Sindhi Hindu family. His father is a retired professional who worked in senior management positions with multinationals in the chemical and pharmaceuticals industry and his mother is an advertising professional. His father is Sindhi whilst his mother is Marathi people, Maharashtrian. He studied at Green Lawns High School, Breach Candy, and later did his Master's degree, Masters in chemistry at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. He married his college friend Suparna Gupta with whom he has a daughter Keya. Advani is the grand nephew of late producer N. N. Sippy and second cousin of actor Tusshar Kapoor and producer Ekta Kapoor. His wife, Suparna Gupt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times Of India
''The Times of India'' (''TOI'') is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by the Times Group. It is the List of newspapers in India by circulation, third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and List of newspapers by circulation, largest selling English-language daily in the world. It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India, and the second-oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation, with its first edition published in 1838. It is nicknamed as "The Old Lady of Bori Bunder", and is a newspaper of record. Near the beginning of the 20th century, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, called ''TOI'' "the leading paper in Asia". In 1991, the BBC ranked ''TOI'' among the world's six best newspapers. It is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (BCCL), which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In the Brand Trust Report India study 2019, ''TOI'' was rated as the most trusted English newspaper in India. In a 2021 surve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aakash Dahiya
Aakash Dahiya (born 20 September 1986) is a Mumbai-based actor and casting director, who is known for his work in Hindi cinema. Career Born in New Delhi, Dahiya started acting in the New Delhi Theater. He then started working as associate casting director with his friend Mukesh Chhabra in Mumbai. His first role in Bollywood was as "Googly" in '' Chillar Party'', directed by Nitesh Tiwari and Vikas Bahl. He also played some smaller roles in ''Rock Star'' (2011), ''Kaminey'' (2009) and '' Trishna'' (2011). Later, in Nikhil Advani`s ''D-Day'', he acted as "Aslam". The film got critical appreciation and so did his character. After that, Dahiya appeared in '' Mastram'', and '' Bobby Jasoos''. He conducted an acting workshop for the movie '' Bobby Jasoos''. He acted as Amit in Zeishan Quadri's '' Meeruthiya Gangster''. In 2015, Dahiya appeared in Anand L. Rai's ''Tanu Weds Manu Returns ''Tanu Weds Manu Returns'' is a 2015 Indian romantic comedy film directed by Aanand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandan Roy Sanyal
Chandan Roy Sanyal (born 30 January 1980) is an Indian actor who is known for his work in the Hindi and Bengali language films of India. After graduating with a degree in mathematics, he made his acting debut in the 2006 film '' Rang de Basanti'', in a minor role. He then received critical acclaim for his supporting roles in the 2009 action film ''Kaminey'' and in his Bengali debut, the 2010 film '' Mahanagar@Kolkata''. Sanyal then went on to receive recognition for his performances in the 2012 Bengali drama film '' Aparajita Tumi'' and as an insomniac artist in the 2013 romantic drama ''Prague''. Early life Born and brought up in Delhi, Sanyal hails from a Bengali family. Chandan studied at Raisina Bengali School and then Zakir Husain College, where he received an honors degree in mathematics. Career Sanyal made his debut as Batukeshwar Dutt in 2006's Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra film '' Rang De Basanti'' but his big break came with Vishal Bhardwaj's 2009 movie ''Kaminey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KK Raina
K. K. Raina is an Indian film, television and theatre character actor and award-winning script writer, who is best known for his roles as ''Juror #8'' in the 1986 film '' Ek Ruka Hua Faisla'', a remake of 12 Angry Men, and Byomkesh Bakshi's associate Ajit Kumar Banerji in the 1993 Doordarshan detective series ''Byomkesh Bakshi''. Raina won the Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue in 1998 for the Rajkumar Santoshi film '' China Gate''. Life and career Raina was born in a Kashmiri family in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Raina is an alumnus of the National School of Drama, graduating college in 1976. He portrayed Manohar J. Pherwani in the Sony LIV series '' Scam 1992''. Filmography Actor * '' Vijeta'' (1982) – Wilson * '' Aadharshila'' (1982) * ''Gandhi'' (1982) – Nehru's Friend * '' Mandi'' (1983) * '' Godam'' (1983) – Edekar * '' Ardh Satya'' (1983) * '' Tasveer Apni Apni'' (1984) – Employee * ''Party'' (1984) – Bharat * '' Aghaat'' (1985) * '' Nasoor'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandeep Kulkarni
Sandeep Kulkarni is an Indian actor who works in Hindi and Marathi films. Early life and background Kulkarni was born in Pune, Maharashtra to Shrikant and Lata Kulkarni. He was raised in a middle-class Marathi Deshastha Brahmin family. He attended the J. J. School of Arts in Mumbai. Career After working in theatre for four years in English, Marathi and Hindi productions, he started to work in television. He played varied roles including a young Muslim lawyer in the TV Serial '' 9 Malabar Hill,'' which aired on Zee TV, a press reporter in ''Farz'', which aired on DD Metro, an underworld don in the Doordarshan channel ''Swabhimaan'' and a counselor in ''Nyay''. He also played the role of a cop who solves the mystery behind an old couple refusing to accept the dead body of their son in the one-hour suspense thriller ''First Kill'' directed by Sriram Raghavan. He also played a small role in CID. His first film role was in the 1994 film ''Mammo,'' directed by Shyam Benegal, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shriswara
Shriswara Dubey, known mononymously as Shriswara, is an Indian actress who mainly works in Hindi films and television shows. She is best-known for her performances in films like ''D-Day'', '' Singham Returns'', '' Baaghi 3''. Early life Shriswara grew up in Lucknow. She completed her studies in the United States where she also participated in pageant competitions. Filmography Films Television Web series Recognition * 2014 - Nominated - Screen Weekly Awards - "Most Promising Newcomer - Female" - for her role Nafisa in D-Day The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during the Second World War. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as .... References External links * {{authority control Living people Indian film actresses Indian television actresses Indian web series actresses Actresses from Lucknow Actresses in Hindi cinem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nassar (actor)
Nassar (born Muhammad Hanif; 5 March 1958) is an Indian actor, director, producer, dubbing artist, singer and politician who mainly works in the Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam film industries. He has also worked in few Kannada, English, Hindi and Bengali films. He is the incumbent president of the Nadigar Sangam. Early life and education Nassar was born as Muhammad Hanif on March 5, 1958, into a Tamil family in Palur, Tamil Nadu, India. His parents were Mehaboob Basha and Mumtaz. He studied in St. Joseph's Higher Secondary School (Chengalpattu). He moved to Madras (now Chennai) after school, where he finished his pre-university at Madras Christian College. At Madras Christian College, he was an active member of the Dramatic Society. Later for a brief time, he worked in the Indian Air Force. He trained in two acting schools: the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce's Film Institute and the Tamil Nadu Institute for Film and Television Technology. Career Nassar made h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawood Ibrahim
Dawood Ibrahim (, ; born 26 December 1955) is an Indian mob boss, drug lord, and terrorist. He reportedly heads the Indian organised crime syndicate D-Company, which he founded in Mumbai in the 1970s. Ibrahim is wanted on charges including murder, extortion, targeted killing, drug trafficking, and terrorism. He was designated a global terrorist by India and the United States in 2003, with a reward of US$25 million on his head for his suspected role in the 1993 Bombay bombings. In 2011, he was named number two on "The World's 10 Most Wanted Fugitives" by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and fourth on Forbes'. In 2020, the Pakistani government listed Dawood and 87 others in its sanction list in order to avoid FATF sanctions. He has been reported to live in Karachi, Pakistan, though the government of Pakistan denies it. Early life Dawood Ibrahim was born on 26 December 1955 to a Konkani Muslim family in Khed in Maharashtra, India. His father, Ibrahim Kaskar, worked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east. Europe shares the landmass of Eurasia with Asia, and of Afro-Eurasia with both Africa and Asia. Europe is commonly considered to be Boundaries between the continents#Asia and Europe, separated from Asia by the Drainage divide, watershed of the Ural Mountains, the Ural (river), Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Greater Caucasus, the Black Sea, and the waterway of the Bosporus, Bosporus Strait. "Europe" (pp. 68–69); "Asia" (pp. 90–91): "A commonly accepted division between Asia and Europe ... is formed by the Ural Mountains, Ural River, Caspian Sea, Caucasus Mountains, and the Black Sea with its outlets, the Bosporus and Dardanelles." Europe covers approx. , or 2% of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface (6.8% of Earth's land area), making it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 14.9 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Its ancient core and financial centre, the City of London, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has been the centuries-long host of Government of the United Kingdom, the national government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. London grew rapidly 19th-century London, in the 19th century, becoming the world's List of largest cities throughout history, largest city at the time. Since the 19th cen ... [...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] |
