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Lakshmi (2014 Film)
''Lakshmi'' () is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language biographical social problem film written and directed by Nagesh Kukunoor. It stars Monali Thakur as the title character alongside Shefali Shah, Ram Kapoor, Satish Kaushik, and Kukunoor. The film deals with the harsh realities of human trafficking and child prostitution, which continue behind closed curtains in rural areas of India. The film won Best Film - Mercedes Benz Audience Award, for Best Narrative at the Palm Springs International Film Festival on 13 January 2014. It was earlier expected to release on 17 January 2014, but got delayed due to censorship issues. The film was released on 21 March 2014. The film was screened as an official selection at the Toronto Reel World, Washington DC, New York Indian, and Melbourne Indian Film Festivals. It would open the 16th London Asian Film Festival in June 2014. Plot Lakshmi, a 14-year-old girl, is kidnapped from her village by Chinna (Nagesh Kukunoor) and brought to Hyderabad. She is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagesh Kukunoor
Nagesh Kukunoor (born 30 March 1967) is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and actor known for his works predominantly in Hindi cinema, and few Telugu films. He is known for his works in parallel cinema, such as '' Hyderabad Blues'' (1998), '' Rockford'' (1999), '' Iqbal'' (2005), '' Dor'' (2006), '' Aashayein'' (2010), ''Lakshmi'' (2014), and '' Dhanak'' (2016). Kukunoor has received seven International Awards, and two National Film Awards for his works. In 2003, he directed '' 3 Deewarein'', which was showcased among the Indian panorama section, at the 2003 International Film Festival of India. The film was also premiered at the Kolkata Film Festival. After having been screened at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, where it was well received, the film was screened at the Commonwealth Festival at Manchester. It was nominated as one of the top five films, at the gala presentation. Nagesh Kukunoor has also received the Filmfare Award for Best Story. In 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinita Joshi Thakkar
Vinita Mahesh (also credited as Vinita Joshi Thakkar) is an Indian television actress. She is best known for portraying the role of Yamini Singh on Indian soap opera '' Bhatak Lena Baware'' that aired on Life OK, as Rajkumari Maan Kawar in ''Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap'' and as protagonist Mohi on StarPlus's '' Mohi.'' Career Thakkar's first show was '' Navya..Naye Dhadkan Naye Sawaal'', in which she played Navya's best friend Ritika Joshi. She landed her second role in '' Saraswatichandra'' and portrayed the cousin sister of Kumud, Kumari. She played a lead role as Yamini Singh in '' Bhatak Lena Baware'' after which she has starred as the lead in '' Mohi''. Personal life Vinita was married to her college friend, Tejas Thakkar from the age of 20 to 22 but the couple filed for divorce due to compatibility issues. She dated and later married Shashank Kunwar in a small, private ceremony in Mumbai Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papon (Assamese Singer)
Angaraag Mahanta (born 24 November 1975), known by his stagename Papon, is an Indian playback singer and composer from Assam. Papon has also sung in many languages apart from Assamese like Hindi, Bengali, Tamil and Marathi. He is the lead vocalist and founder of the folk-fusion band ''Papon and The East India Company''. He is the son of the noted Assamese singer Khagen Mahanta and Archana Mahanta. Career Papon started his musical journey in the year 1998 with the Assamese song "Nasaba Sokule" from the album ''Snigdha Junak''. In 2004 he released his first album, ''Junaki Raati''. Papon made his debut in Bollywood with the song "Om mantra" from the film ''Strings - bound by faith'' in 2006. In 2011, his song was "Jiyein Kyun" from the movie '' Dum Maro Dum'' which was his first big hit''.'' In 2014, he sang "Lakeerein", which is a poem by Gulzar, for the film '' Kya Dilli Kya Lahore'' and "Sun RI Bavli" for Nagesh Kukunoor's film ''Lakshmi''. In 2015, he sang "Moh moh ke d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kailash Kher
Kailash Kher (born 7 July 1973) is an Indian playback singer, live performer, and composer. He sings songs with a music style influenced by Indian folk music and Sufi music. He was inspired by the classical musicians Kumar Gandharva, Hridaynath Mangeshkar, Bhimsen Joshi, and the Qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Kailash Kher received the Padma Shri award in 2017 from the Indian government. He has also received two Filmfare Awards; Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer for the Hindi film '' Fanaa'' (2006) and Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer – Telugu for the Telugu film '' Mirchi'' (2013), along with several other nominations. With his powerful voice and his unique style of music, Kher has established himself as one of the most popular playback singers of India. Lokmat Sur Jyotsna National Music Award 2021 for his contribution to Indian music Early life and struggle Kher was born on 7 July 1973 in Mayur Vihar, Delhi in a Kashmiri family. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tips Industries Limited
Tips Music Industries Limited is an Indian music record label and film production, film promotion, and film distribution company in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It was founded by Kumar S. Taurani and Ramesh S. Taurani in 1975. Its distributors serve more than 1,000 wholesalers and 400,000 retailers across India. History After seeing great success in the LP's business in Western India, the Taurani brothers first established Tips Cassettes & Records Co as a partnership firm in 1988. The firm's main interest lied in manufacture and trade of audio and video cassettes. For this purpose, it set up its first manufacturing facility in 1990 in Palghar, Maharashtra. In 1992, R.K Electronics was dissolved and merged with Tips. In 1996, the firm was converted into a joint stock company and renamed Tips Industries Private Limited. The second facility for manufacturing blank and pre recorded audio cassettes was opened in 1997 in the city of Silvassa. The company went public on 1 July 1999. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feature Film Soundtrack
A soundtrack is a recorded audio signal accompanying and synchronised to the images of a book, drama, motion picture, radio program, television program, or video game; colloquially, 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, 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 foreign distributor in the native language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salman Khan
Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan (; born 27 December 1965) is an Indian actor, film producer, and television personality who predominantly works in Hindi films. In a career spanning over three decades, his awards include two National Film Awards as a film producer, and two Filmfare Awards as an actor. He has been cited in the media as one of the most popular and commercially successful actors of Indian cinema. ''Forbes'' included him in listings of the highest-paid celebrities in the world, in 2015 and 2018, with him being the highest-ranked Indian in the latter year. He has starred in the annual highest-grossing Hindi films of 10 individual years, the highest for any actor. Khan began his acting career with a supporting role in '' Biwi Ho To Aisi'' (1988), followed by his breakthrough with a leading role in Sooraj Barjatya's romantic drama ''Maine Pyar Kiya'' (1989), for which he was awarded the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut. And this was the movie who made him a SuperS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyderabad Blues
''Hyderabad Blues'' is a 1998 Indian drama film written, directed, and produced by Nagesh Kukunoor. Primarily shot in the English language, the film explores culture clash from an Indian American's perspective, vacationing back home in Hyderabad, India and finding himself a foreigner in his own land. The film starred non-mainstream actors, including Kukunoor in his directorial and acting debut, as well as his family members and friends. The film heralded new age Indian independent cinema. Hyderabad Blues was premiered at the Eros International Mini Theatre, Mumbai; the Denver Film Festival, the "View From Abroad" section of the First MAMI Film Festival; as well as the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Mumbai. It was premiered as a three part television series in Doordarshan. Hyderabad Blues garnered the "Audience Award for best film" at the Peachtree International Film Festival in Atlanta, as well as the Rhode Island International Film Festival. In 2018, Hyderabad B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karan Pamnani
Karan may refer to: People * Karan (given name), an Indian given name ** Karan (actor), Indian actor * Karan (surname), a surname * Karan (caste), an Indian caste * Karan Kayastha, a community of Kayastha in Bihar, India * Karan Rao, fictional R&AW agent in the YRF Spy Universe, in ''Tiger Zinda Hai'' (2017) and ''Tiger 3'' (2023) Places * Karan, Iran (other), a name for various villages in Iran * Karan, Mali, a town in Mali * Karan (Užice), a village in Serbia * Karan District, a district in the Northeastern Banaadir region of Somalia * Karan, Alsheyevsky District, Republic of Bashkortostan, a village in Russia See also * Karen (other) * Karna (other) ** Karna, a character in the ancient Indian epic ''Mahābhārata'' * Karn (other) Karn or KARN may refer to: People * Avinash Karn (born 1995), Nepalese cricketer * Esther Nelson Karn (1860–1936), American poet * Mick Karn (1958–2011), Cypriot-British musician * Phil Karn (b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subhash Gupta
Subhash may refer to: People * Subhash Agarwal, Indian professional player and coach of English billiards and snooker * Subhash Awchat (born 1960), Indian artist and author based in Mumbai * Subhash Bapurao Wankhede (born 1963), Indian politician and a member of the Shiv Sena (SS) political party. He is a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India and represents the Hingoli constituency in Maharashtra state * Subhash Bhaskar Nair (1964–2004), was a gangster and hitman, who was shot dead by the Gujarat police during an encounter in Valsad in June 2004 * Subhas Chandra Bose (1897–1945), one of the most prominent Indian nationalist leaders who attempted to liberate India from British rule during the waning years of World War II * Subhas Chakraborty (1942–2009), popular leader in the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Transport, Sports and Youth Services Minister in the Government of West Bengal * Subhas Sumbhu Chakrobarty (born 1985), Indian football player. He is currently pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raju
The Raju are a Telugu caste found mostly in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Etymology and Early references ''Raju'' is a Telugu language variant of the Sanskrit title ''Raja'', a term for a monarch or princely ruler. Cynthia Talbot describes the term as being: In medieval Andhra Pradesh, the title was used in both senses, and was very likely adopted by some secular Brahmins, who occupied important advisory functions. The royal usage at that time was particularly prevalent in the northern coastal areas of the region. Talbot also notes that the title, and others in use at that time, do not align with the Vedic four-fold varna system and in that sense could not refer to a caste. However, they do appear to have conformed to Temple inscriptions from the period of the Kakatiya dynasty The Kakatiya dynasty (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST: Kākatīya) was a Andhras, Telugu dynasty that ruled most of eastern Deccan Plateau, Deccan region in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
