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Good Night (2008 Film)
''Good Night'' is a short film directed by Indian director Geetika Narang. The film is about Madan Mohan Khullar, played by Vinod Nagpal, and his quest for a song - the lyrics of which he can remember only partially. The story of the film spans a single night in the life of Khullar who is fond of staying awake during nights. He is a music aficionado, and is constantly at loggerheads with his young domestic help Ratan (played by Shivam Pradhan). Awards * Best Short Film Award - ''MIAAC Film Festival, USA'' (2009) * Best Short Film Award - ''India International Women Film Festival'' (2008) * Silver Lamp Tree Award - ''International Film Festival of India'' (2008) Press Release, Press Information Bureau
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Yasir Abbasi
Yasser (also spelled Yaser, Yasir, or Yassir; ar, ياسر, ''Yāsir'') is an Arabic male name. Notable people with this given name * Yasir ibn Amir (died 615 C.E.) is known in the Islamic traditions as the second person in history to be martyred for having adopted the faith of Islam. *Yaser Abdel Said (born 1957), Egyptian fugitive wanted for the murder of his two daughters * Yassir Abdul-Mohsen, Iraqi footballer * Yaser Salem Ali, Emirati footballer Yasser Arafat (1929–2004) was Palestinian leader like his brother Dr. Fathi Arafat aka men of pea* Yasir Arafat (other), multiple people * Yasser al-Azma, Syrian writer and actor * Yasser Al-Baadani (born 1986), Yemeni football defender * Yasser Al Borhamy (born 1958), Egyptian Muslim activist * Yasser Ibrahim Farag (born 1984), Egyptian shot putter * Yasser Al-Habib, Shia Muslim Scholar and founder of Fadak TV * Yasser el Halaby, Egyptian squash player * Yaser Kasim, Iraqi footballer * Yasser Khalil (born 1972), Eg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinod Nagpal
Vinod ( hi, विनोद , mr, विनोद , gu, વિનોદ) is a male given name used in India and Nepal, meaning "delight", "enjoyment", or "pleasure". People *Vinod Agarwal, Indian-American businessman and scientist *Vinod Aggarwal, American economist and political scientist * Vinod Bala Arun, Indian academic * Vinod Kumar Bansal, Indian businessman *Vinod Kumar Baranwal, Indian judge *Vinod Bharathan, film director from Copenhagen *A. Vinod Bharathi, Indian cinematographer *Vinod Bhatia, Indian Air Force officer * Vinod Bhatt, Gujarati-language author *Vinod Bhayana, Indian politician * Vinod Kumar Binny, Indian politician * Vinod Kumar Boianapalli, Indian politician *Vinod Chaubey, Indian Police Service officer * Vinod Chohan, Tanzanian engineer at CERN * Vinod Dham, father of the Pentium chip *Vinod Dua, Indian television presenter and journalist * Vinod Kumar Duggal, Indian civil servant * Vinod Goenka, Indian businessman *Vinod Gupta, former CEO of infoGROUP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shivam Pradhan
Shivam Pradhan (died 29 October 2016) was an Indian actor. He established his career in Hindi films, and was one of the popular supporting actors in India. Early life Acting career He started acting in plays from school. In class 11th, he acted in his first play ''Ashadh Ka Ek Din'', written by Mohan Rakesh. In theater, he acted in various plays, such as the Roman play ''Peer Gynt'' in Hindi and Bertolt Brecht's play ''Mother Courage and Her Children'' in Hindi (by Neelabh Ashk). He worked as a dubbing artist for animation series on Hungama and Disney. He worked in 270 episodes of Pragaya channel's Info-tainment series. He worked for 13 episodes of Tata Sky Tata Play (stylised as TΛTΛ PLΛY, formerly TΛTΛ , sky) is an Indian direct broadcast satellite (DTH) service provider using MPEG-4 digital compression technology, transmitting using INSAT-4A and GSAT-10 satellite. Incorporated in 2005; i ...'s ''Daily Zindagi'' ad campaign. He was the host at the ''Star Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manish Narang
Manish (''also'' Maneesh) (Devanagari: मनिष ''or'' मनीष) is a common Hindu masculine given name that literally means "The God of the Mind" or the one who has controlled and mastered one's mind (representing an intellectual, genius, etc.), derived from the Sanskrit words "man" (mann) which means Mind and "ish" which refers to God or master. Many Hindu male children are given this name. It is a popular name in central and northern parts of India. Notable persons with this given name *Maneesh Agrawala (born 1973), American computer scientist *Maneesh Sharma, Indian film director *Manish Acharya (1967–2010), Indian film director and actor *Manish Arora, Indian fashion designer *Manish Bhasin, British sports journalist *Manish Bhargav (born 1994), Indian footballer *Manish Dayal, American actor *Manish Ghatak (1902–1979), Indian poet and novelist *Manish Gupta (director), Indian writer and director *Manish Gupta (politician), Indian politician *Manish Jha (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abhijeet Banerjee
Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee (; born 21 February 1961) is an Indian-American economist who is currently the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Banerjee shared the 2019 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer "for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty". He and Esther Duflo, who are married, are the sixth married couple to jointly win a Nobel Prize. * * * Early life and education Abhijit Banerjee was born to a Bengali father and to a Marathi mother in Mumbai. * * * * * His father, Dipak Banerjee, was a professor of economics at Presidency College, Calcutta, and his mother Nirmala Banerjee (née Patankar), a professor of economics at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta. His father, Dipak Banerjee, earned a PhD in economics from the London School of Economics. He received his school education in South Point High School, a renowned educational i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India
India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations average to between 73–55 ka.", "Modern human beings—''Homo sapiens''—originated in Africa. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quest
A quest is a journey toward a specific mission or a goal. The word serves as a plot device in mythology and fiction: a difficult journey towards a goal, often symbolic or allegorical. Tales of quests figure prominently in the folklore of every nation and ethnic culture. In literature, the object of a quest requires great exertion on the part of the hero, who must overcome many obstacles, typically including much travel. The aspect of travel allows the storyteller to showcase exotic locations and cultures (an objective of the narrative, not of the character). The object of a quest may also have supernatural properties, often leading the protagonist into other worlds and dimensions. The moral of a quest tale often centers on the changed character of the hero. Quest objects The hero normally aims to obtain something or someone by the quest, and with this object to return home. The object can be something new, that fulfills a lack in their life, or something that was stol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indo-American Arts Council
The Indo-American Arts Council (IAAC) is an American non-profit cultural organization that promotes Indian theatre, art, film, fashion, music, dance, and literature in the United States. The Council was established in 1998 in New York City and is headed by Aroon Shivdasani. IAAC hosts cultural and artistic events throughout the year, including the annual New York Indian Film Festival, which showcases Indian and diaspora-related films. History IAAC was founded on August 1, 1998 by the editor of '' India Abroad'', Gopal Raju, American choreographer Jonathan Hollander and Aroon Shivdasani, to promote the Indian arts to mainstream American media. In 2001, IAAC established The New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) to promote Indian and diaspora-related film in the United States. In 2004, IAAC began its annual contemporary art exhibition, ''Erasing Borders: Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art of the Diaspora'', which features art related to the Indian Diaspora. In 2008, the council ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Press Information Bureau
The Press Information Bureau, commonly abbreviated as PIB, is a nodal agency of the Government of India under Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Based in National Media Centre, New Delhi, Press Information Bureau disseminates information to print, electronic and web media on government plans, policies, programme initiatives and achievements. The head of PIB is also the Official Spokesperson of the Government of India and holds the rank of Principal Director General (Special Secretary equivalent). The post is currently headed by Shri. Satyendra Prakash, IIS (Batch of 1988). History The Press Information Bureau was established in June 1919 as a small cell under Home Ministry under the British government. Its main task was to prepare a report on India to be placed before the British Parliament. It was then located in Shimla. The first head of the publicity cell was Dr. L.F. Rushbrook Williams of Allahabad University who was designated as Officer on Special Duty. Prof. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Films
The year 2008 involved many major film events. '' The Dark Knight'' was the year's highest-grossing film, while ''Slumdog Millionaire'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture (out of eight Academy Awards). Evaluation of the year 2008 has been widely considered to be a very significant year for cinema. The entertainment agency website IGN described 2008 as "one of the biggest years ever for movies." It stated, "2008 was the year when the comic book movie genre not only hits its zenith, but also gained critical respectability thanks to '' The Dark Knight''. Animated films also proved a huge draw for filmgoers, with Pixar's ''WALL-E'' becoming not only the highest grossing toon but also the most lauded. Things got off on the right foot with the monster movie madness of '' Cloverfield''. Marvel got down to business laying the groundwork for their superhero team-up ''The Avengers'' with the blockbuster hit ''Iron Man'' and their respectable attempt at rebooting '' The Incredible Hul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
