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Khoobsurat (2014 Film)
''Khoobsurat'' () is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy-drama film. The film is directed by Shashanka Ghosh and produced by Rhea Kapoor, Anil Kapoor and Siddharth Roy Kapur. It stars Sonam Kapoor, Fawad Khan, Kirron Kher, Ratna Pathak and Aamir Raza Hussain. The film is loosely based on the 1980 film of the same name. Plot Mrinalini "Mili" Chakravarty is a physiotherapist who works for the Kolkata Knight Riders. Her loud Punjabi mother Manju hopes that she will find a suitable and charming man to marry. Her services are called upon by a royal family in Rajasthan where King Shekhar Singh Rathore is paralyzed from the waist down. She is told that 40 doctors have already left a demanding job. Mili travels to the royal palace and meets the discipline-oriented queen, Nirmala Devi Rathore, who is not amused by Mili's enthusiasm and clumsiness. Mili finds that her casual way of living clashes with the strict discipline of the royal household. She meets the prince, Vik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shashanka Ghosh
Shashanka Ghosh is an Indian filmmaker and writer. As a director, his notable works include the commercially successful films like '' Khoobsurat'' and ''Veere Di Wedding''. As a writer, he penned the story for ''Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II'', he was also the director of the film. Filmography Director Writer * ''Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II ''Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II'' () is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language film starring Arshad Warsi. Shashanka Ghosh, the creative driver behind the launch of MTV and Channel V in India, marks his debut as a director with this film. Film's song ''Allah ...'' (2003) Actor References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ghosh, Shashanka Living people Hindi-language film directors 21st-century Indian film directors Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khubsoorat
''Khubsoorat'' (transl. Beautiful) is a 1980 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film, directed and produced by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, co-produced by N. C. Sippy with dialogues written by Gulzar. The movie stars Ashok Kumar, Rekha, Rakesh Roshan, Dina Pathak in lead roles. The movie received critical acclaim and was a box-office success. The movie was remade in Telugu as Swargam in 1981 and Tamil as Lakshmi Vandhachu and in Malayalam as Vannu Kandu Keezhadakki. The 2014 film of the same name was loosely based on it and was Disney's first live-action Bollywood movie. Hrishikesh Mukherjee won the 1981 Filmfare Award for Best Film for his direction. Rekha won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her role as Manju Dayal. Dina Pathak received a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Nirmala Gupta. Plot In Pune, middle-aged Nirmala Gupta (Dina Pathak), wife of Dwaraka Prasad Gupta ( Ashok Kumar) and mother of Dr. Inder Gupta (Rakesh Rosh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!
''Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!'' is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language mystery action thriller film directed by Dibakar Banerjee, and produced by Banerjee and Aditya Chopra. The story is based on the fictional detective Byomkesh Bakshi created by the Bengali writer Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. The film stars Sushant Singh Rajput, Anand Tiwari, Neeraj Kabi and Swastika Mukherjee. It was released on 3 April 2015 to positive reviews from critics; however, it was a commercial failure. A sequel with Rajput reprising his role was planned but after his death, the film was shelved. Plot In November 1942, shortly after the Japanese take over Burma, a group of Chinese men from the Green Gang are unloading opium in Calcutta but get ambushed, with their leader being brutally blinded by a mysterious figure. Three months later, the leader decides to return to Calcutta to investigate their missing opium. Meanwhile, Ajit Kumar Banerjee approaches Byomkesh Bakshi so he can find his missing father B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youngistaan
''Youngistaan'' () is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language political film directed by Syed Ahmad Afzal. It stars Jackky Bhagnani, Neha Sharma and Farooq Sheikh with Kayoze Irani appears in a special appearance and Boman Irani appears in a cameo appearance. The film is a love story set against the backdrop of Indian politics. It marked the posthumous appearance of Sheikh following his death on 28 December 2013.Youngistan is a film for Indian youth, says Jackky Bhagnani : Bollywood, News – India Today Indiatoday.intoday.in (4 December 2013). Retrieved on 10 July 2015. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
T-Series (company)
Super Cassettes Industries Private Limited, doing business as T-Series, is an Indian music record label and film production company founded by Gulshan Kumar on 11 July 1983. It is primarily known for Bollywood music soundtracks and Indi-pop music. As of 2014, T-Series is India's largest music record label, with up to a 35% share of the Indian music market, followed by Sony Music India and Zee Music. T-Series also owns and operates the most-viewed and the most-subscribed YouTube channel, with over 225 million subscribers and 201billion total views While best known as a music label, T-Series has also had some moderate success as a film production company. Kumar, initially a fruit juice seller in Delhi, founded T-Series to sell pirated Bollywood songs before the company eventually began producing new music. Their breakthrough came with the soundtrack for the 1988 Bollywood blockbuster ''Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak'', composed by Anand–Milind, written by Majrooh Sultanpuri, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soundtrack
A soundtrack is recorded music accompanying and synchronised to the images of a motion picture, drama, book, television program, radio program, or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film, video, or television presentation; or the physical area of a film that contains the synchronised recorded sound. In movie industry terminology usage, a sound track is an audio recording created or used in film production or post-production. Initially, the dialogue, sound effects, and music in a film each has its own separate track (''dialogue track'', ''sound effects track'', and '' music track''), and these are mixed together to make what is called the ''composite track,'' which is heard in the film. A '' dubbing track'' is often later created when films are dubbed into another language. This is also known as an M&E (music and effects) track. M&E tracks contain all sound elements minus dialogue, which is then supplied by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaizaad Kotwal
Kaizaad Kotwal is an Indian producer, director, actor, writer and designer. He has worked on over 200 theatre and film productions. He won an Emmy Award for Art Direction in 1996. Currently he is a professor of theatre, media studies and film at Ohio State University The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best pu ... in Columbus, Ohio. He won the Griffin Society Award for Best Professor in 2008 and in 2007 was named one of the top professors in Ohio. He is the producer and director of the Indian production of The Vagina Monologues which has been running there since 2003. He co-owns a production company called Poor-Box Productions with his mother Mahabanoo Mody-Kotwal. The company started in Ohio in 1996 and the Indian one was started in 1999 when they launched their producti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyrus Sahukar
Cyrus Sahukar (born 6 August 1980) is an Indian VJ and Bollywood actor. He is known for his comic wit in shows like ''Semi Girebaal'' and other such satirical comedy shows, hosting, and spoofs. Early life and education Cyrus Sahukar was born in the military headquarters of Mhow, Indore on 6 August 1980. His father, Colonel Behram Sahukar, is Parsi, and his mother, Nimeran Sahukar, a writer, is Punjabi. Sahukar did his schooling from St Columba's School, Delhi and he graduated from the Delhi College of Arts and Commerce of Delhi University. He married his longtime girlfriend Vaishali Malahara on 15 April 2022 at Alibaug. Career Career beginnings Sahukar started doing theatre in school and acted in school plays from the age of 6. At 15, he performed in musical show called '' Thank you for the music''. By the age of 16, he hosted a Punjabi radio show called ''Radio Rampage'' in Delhi. Around the same time, he worked on the production of and acted in Andrew Lloyd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rishab Chadha
Rishab Chadha is an Indian actor who often appears in Hindi films, shows on Indian television and web series. He is best known his roles in ''Drishyam'', '' Khoobsurat'', ''Lupt'' and '' Aadat Se Majboor''. Early life and education Rishab Chadha was born on 20 June 1994 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He completed his schooling from Gopal Sharma Memorial School and graduated from R. D. National College, Bandra with a degree in BMM. Acting career Rishab Chadha started his acting career at a very young age with Zee TV serial ''Aladdin'' in 2007 and there was no looking back for him. He gained popularity as a teenage artist in television and appeared in many children shows. He was a part of '' Disney's Best of Luck Nikki'' (2011) and ''The Suite Life of Karan & Kabir'' (2012). He has also acted in the series '' Khauff Begins... Ringa Ringa Roses'' (2013) on Life OK and in ''Kota Toppers'' (2015–16) on UTV Bindass. He was last seen on television in SAB TV show '' Aadat Se Majboor'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aditi Rao Hydari
Aditi Rao Hydari is an Indian actress who works mainly in Hindi and Tamil film industry. She made her film debut with the Malayalam film ''Prajapathi'' in 2006. She went on to have major to minor supporting roles in several Hindi films, including the musical romantic drama, ''Rockstar'' (2011), the horror-thriller '' Murder 3'' (2013), the thriller ''Wazir'' (2016), and the historical period film '' Padmaavat'' (2018). She also starred several South Indian films including Mani Ratnam's '' Kaatru Veliyidai'' (2017) and ''Sufiyum Sujatayum'' (2020). Early life and background Aditi Rao Hydari was born in Hyderabad to Ehsaan Hydari and his wife Vidya Rao, an acclaimed classical singer popular for thumri and dadra genres of music. Her father, who died in 2013, was a Sulaimani Bohra Muslim while her mother, who is a Hindu by birth, is a practicing Buddhist and a Chitrapur Saraswat from Mangalore who is half-Telugu. Hydari is thus of mixed lineage: Bohra, Chitrapur Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashok Banthia
Ashok Banthia, sometimes referred as Ashok Bathia or Ashok Bhatia, is an Indian actor and director associated with Hindi film, television and theatre actor. He is a NSD (National School of Drama) alumnus known for his roles in Australian TV miniseries ''Bodyline'' as Nawab of Pataudi Sr. Career As he finished his courses at NIDA, he received an offer to work with Kennedy Miller's serial ''Bodyline'', where he played the role of Indian cricketer Nawab of Pataudi Sr. He also did a role in Peter Morhan's English film ''The Peacock Spring'', the French film '' Indian Orchid'', and Hindi films. He recently has appeared in a film Atrangi Re ''Atrangi Re'' () is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language romantic fantasy comedy drama film directed by Aanand L. Rai and written by Himanshu Sharma. Produced by T-Series Films, Colour Yellow Productions and Cape of Good Films, the film stars Dhan .... Filmography (incomplete) Ashok Bantia also played in Mahabharata as Maharaj Chitrav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ratna Pathak Shah
Ratna Pathak Shah (born 18 March 1957) is an Indian actress and director known for her work in Hindi theatre, television, and films. Her extensive work in theatre includes a series of plays in both English and Hindi. She rose to prominence when she appeared in the hit TV serial ''Idhar Udhar'' in the 1980s. She garnered widespread recognition and acclaim with her portrayal of Maya Sarabhai, a snobbish socialite in the sitcom '' Sarabhai vs Sarabhai'' (2004–2006). Her other prominent roles include in the coming-of-age film '' Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na'' (2008), action comedy film ''Golmaal 3'' (2010), family drama film ''Kapoor & Sons'' (2016), and the black-comedy film '' Lipstick Under My Burkha'' (2017), all of which earned her nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. She also appeared in the romantic comedy '' Ek Mai Aur Ekk Tu'' (2012) and the comedy-drama '' Khoobsurat'' (2014). She married actor Naseeruddin Shah, with whom she has two sons. Early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
