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Meghna Kothari
Meghna Kothari is an Indian actress. She has acted in Bollywood movies and in Gurinder Chadha's film ''Bride and Prejudice'' where she played the role of Maya Bakshi based on the character Mary Bennett and is known for the famous cobra dance choreographed by Saroj Khan. She learned Kathak dance under the tutelage of Reba Vidyarthi and the peerless Birju Maharaj at the National Institute of Kathak Dance. She started her acting career with a cameo in Aahat (TV series) (produced by B. P. Singh) along with theatre director Satyadev Dubey. Her debut film was '' Prem Aggan'' with Fardeen Khan. In theater, she took training at Living Theatre and has acted in plays directed by the legendary Ebrahim Alkazi. She is the daughter of Rita Ganguly and Keshav Kothari, who was the secretary of Sangeet Natak Akademi. Her brother is poet Arijeet. Actress Gita Ghatak is her maternal aunt and renowned folklorist Komal Kothari is her paternal uncle. She is married to Sandeep Chattopadhyay (Chat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bollywood
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, is primarily produced in Mumbai. The popular term Bollywood is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and "Cinema of the United States, Hollywood". The industry, producing films in the Hindi language, is a part of the larger Indian cinema industry, which also includes Cinema of South India, South Indian cinema and other smaller Cinema of India#Cinema by language, film industries. The term 'Bollywood', often mistakenly used to refer to Indian cinema as a whole, only refers to Hindi-language films, with Indian cinema being an umbrella term that includes all the Cinema of India#Cinema by language, film industries in the country, each offering films in diverse languages and styles. In 2017, Indian cinema produced 1,986 feature films, of which the largest number, 364, have been in Hindi. In 2022, Hindi cinema represented 33% of box office revenue, followed by Telugu cinema, Telugu and Tamil cine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Film Award For Best Short Fiction Film
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21st-century Indian Actresses
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Indian Film Actresses
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Vadh
''Vadh'' is a Hindi psychological thriller film directed by Raj Bharat and starring Nana Patekar. and produced by Dilip Dhanwani. This film was released on 29 March 2002, under the banner of Megastar films. Plot Doctor Arjun Singh is a famous psychiatrist lives with his wife Jyoti and brother Vijay. Vijay is Police Officer loves Deepa. One rainy night a serial killer escapes from Arjun's hospital and the whole city is under threat. But no one is able to capture the killer. After the series of murder of young ladies, Vijay suspects one womanizer Aryan. Aryan is the best friend of Dr. Arjun. Cast * Nana Patekar as Dr. Arjun Singh * Puru Raaj Kumar as Aryan * Meghna Kothari as Deepa * Anupama Verma as Jyoti * Nakul Vaid as Vijay * Raju Mavani as Serial killer * Shweta Menon as Guest appearance * Arun Bakshi as Deepa's father * Sambhavna Sheth Soundtrack Music was composed by Vishal–Shekhar. Reception Taran Adarsh of IndiaFM Bollywood Hungama (lit. "Bollywood Madness" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hari-Bhari
Hari-Bhari (Fertility) is a 2000 Hindi film by Shyam Benegal, starring Shabana Azmi, Rajit Kapur, Rajeshwari Sachdev, Surekha Sikri and Nandita Das. The film revolves around the story of five women, belonging to different generations, each looking for emancipation and the right to run their lives their own way. The film's main theme is the issue of women's ' fertility rights' empowerment. The film won the 2000 National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare at 47th National Film Awards. Plot The movie tells the story of a middle aged Muslim woman Gazala (Shabana Azmi), who is ill-treated by her husband and sent back to her parents’ home, just because she is unable to give birth to a son. Gazala does have a daughter Salma (Rajeshwari Sachdev). The plot revolves around Gazala's stay at her mother's home and the problems faced by the women of the house, namely her mother and sisters-in-law. The film is a beautiful description of the problems faced by women in the name o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anuradha Paudwal
Anuradha Paudwal (born 27 October 1954) is an Indian playback singer and politician who works predominantly in Hindi cinema and Odia cinema. She has been described in media as one of the most prominent Bhajan singers and also as one of the most successful playback singers of 80s and 90s era of Bollywood. The recipient of several accolades including a National Film Award, four Filmfare Awards (winning consecutively during 1990–92) and two Odisha State Film Awards, she has been honoured by the Government of India with the Padma Shri, the country's fourth-highest civilian honour for her contribution in the field of arts. Her contribution in Indian devotional music and Bollywood Industry gained her the titles such as "Bhajan Queen", "Melody Queen". She was honored with honorary degree of D.Litt. by ''D Y Patil University'', the second singer to receive this degree after Lata Mangeshkar. She is engaged in social work and had a foundation named Suryodaya Foundation. In her care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hansal Mehta
Hansal Mehta (born 29 April 1968) is an Indian filmmaker. He started his career with television show '' Khana Khazana'' (1993–2000) and later moved on to directing films like '' Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar!!'' (2000), '' Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai?'' (2002) and '' Woodstock Villa'' (2008). He received critical acclaim with ''Shahid'' (2013), for which he won the National Film Award for Best Direction. He was nominated for a Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film for '' Faraaz'' (2023). He directed the television series '' Scam 1992'' (2020), for which he won the Filmfare OTT Award for best director and ''Scoop'' (2023), which won the Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Award for best Asian television series. Early life Mehta was born on 29 April 1968 in a middle-class Gujarati family from Mumbai. He grew up learning classical music and studied computer engineering. He worked in Fiji before returning to India to start his career in films. Career Mehta started his career in 1993, by directing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prem Aggan
''Prem Aggan'' (meaning:- ''The fire of love'') is a 1998 Indian Hindi-language romantic film written and directed by Feroz Khan. The film stars Fardeen Khan and Meghna Kothari and Shama Sikander. Fardeen is Feroz's son who made his debut in the film, he got the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut for his role. The film bombed at the box office but gained cult status for being so bad it's good. Plot Sapna is sent to Australia by her father, Jai Kumar, to marry a man of his choice. However, Sapna is in love with Suraj Singh, a musician. Suraj follows her to Australia, determined to win her back. In Australia, Sapna faces challenges and emotional turmoil as she grapples with her feelings for Suraj. Despite her father’s disapproval, she continues to meet Suraj secretly. The story unfolds with melodrama, misunderstandings, and intense emotions. As the film progresses, Sapna’s health deteriorates due to her inner conflict. She falls seriously ill, and Suraj is devastated. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanan Gill
Kanan Singh Gill is an Indian stand-up comedian, actor, author and YouTuber. He won the Punch Line Bangalore Competition. He is known for the YouTube series ''Pretentious Movie Reviews'' where he reviews campy Bollywood films along with fellow stand-up comedian Biswa Kalyan Rath. He was one of the main personalities behind the YouTube Comedy Hunt and also co-hosted the YouTube FanFest India. In 2017, he released his own one-hour comedy special, ''Keep It Real on Amazon Prime Video''. He made his debut on the big screen with the movie Noor (film), Noor, alongside Sonakshi Sinha. In 2018, he was also a judge on Comicstaan, a comedic reality TV show, on Amazon Prime Video. He released his new special ''Is this it?'' on YouTube in 2024. Early life Kanan was born in Bareilly to a Sikhism, Sikh family and spent his early years in Dehradun and Delhi. His father Charanjit Singh Gill, an officer with the Indian Army was also the principal of Bangalore Military School, Rashtriya Military S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biswa Kalyan Rath
Biswa Kalyan Rath is an Indian stand-up comedian, writer and YouTuber. He came into prominence through the YouTube comedy series, ''Pretentious Movie Reviews'' with fellow comedian Kanan Gill. He played a supporting role in the 2016 Netflix sex comedy film '' Brahman Naman''. He created the 2017 Amazon Prime Video's series ''Laakhon Mein Ek''. On 9 December 2020, Rath married actress Sulagna Panigrahi. Career After Biswa graduated in Biotechnology from IIT Kharagpur in 2012, he worked at the mobile security startup, BitzerMobile. It was during this time that he met Kanan Gill at an open mic event in Bengaluru in 2013. He quit his job at Oracle in 2014 to become a full-time comedian. Biswa and Kanan came up with the idea of the Pretentious Movie Reviews, a series of videos which soon went viral on YouTube. In this series, they review critically panned Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, is primarily produced in Mumbai. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
