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Parikshit Sahni
Parikshit Sahni (born 1 January 1944) is an Indian film and television actor who has worked in Hindi and Punjabi cinema. He is known for his roles in the TV series ''Barrister Vinod'', '' Gul Gulshan Gulfaam'' (Doordarshan) and ''Gaatha'' (Star Plus). He has also appeared several films including three of Rajkumar Hirani's blockbuster films '' Lage Raho Munna Bhai'', ''3 Idiots'', and '' PK''. He is the son of actor Balraj Sahni and nephew of writer Bhisham Sahni. Early life He was born in Muree in the Rawalpindi District of the Punjab Province of British India (present day in the Murree District of Punjab, Pakistan), into a Punjabi Hindu family. He was named by Rabindranath Tagore while his father was teaching English at Visva-Bharati University in Shantiniketan, and his mother was doing her Bachelors. Most of his schooling was done at the Lawrence school Sanawar. He then went to study at Delhi's St. Stephen's College. Later, Sahni began his career as a child artist. P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahabharata
The ''Mahābhārata'' ( ; , , ) is one of the two major Sanskrit Indian epic poetry, epics of ancient India revered as Smriti texts in Hinduism, the other being the ''Ramayana, Rāmāyaṇa''. It narrates the events and aftermath of the Kurukshetra War, a war of succession between two groups of princely cousins, the Kauravas and the Pandava, Pāṇḍavas. It also contains Hindu philosophy, philosophical and devotional material, such as a discussion of the four "goals of life" or ''puruṣārtha'' (12.161). Among the principal works and stories in the ''Mahābhārata'' are the ''Bhagavad Gita'', the story of Damayanti, the story of Shakuntala, the story of Pururava and Urvashi, the story of Savitri and Satyavan, the story of Kacha (sage), Kacha and Devayani, the story of Rishyasringa and an Ramopakhyana, abbreviated version of the ''Rāmāyaṇa'', often considered as works in their own right. Traditionally, the authorship of the ''Mahābhārata'' is attributed to Vyasa, Vy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3 Idiots
''3 Idiots'' is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age comedy-drama film written, edited and directed by Rajkumar Hirani, co-written by Abhijat Joshi and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. The film stars Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan and Sharman Joshi in the title roles, while Kareena Kapoor, Boman Irani, Mona Singh and Omi Vaidya co-star. Narrated through two parallel timelines, one in the present and the other set ten years earlier, the story follows the friendship of three students at an Indian engineering college and is a satire about the intrinsic paternalism under the Indian education system. Adapted loosely from Chetan Bhagat's novel '' Five Point Someone'', It is produced by Chopra under the banner Vinod Chopra Films, ''3 Idiots'' incorporated real Indian inventions created by Remya Jose, Mohammad Idris, Jahangir Painter and Sonam Wangchuk, the latter of whom also inspired Khan's character. Upon its release on 25 December 2009, ''3 Idiots'' received widespr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anokhi Raat
() is a 1968 Hindi film produced by L. B. Lachman and L. B. Thakur and directed by Asit Sen. The film stars Sanjeev Kumar, Zaheeda Hussain, Aruna Irani, Keshto Mukherjee and Parikshit Sahni. It has music by Roshan and Salil Chowdhury, with the former being the song composer and the latter being the film score composer. The film has some outstanding songs that include "Oh Re Taal Mile", "Mahalon Ka Raja Mila", "Mile Na Phool To", and "Dulhan Se Tumhara Milan Hoga". Plot The events depicted in the film take place on a single night and result in several characters sharing their life stories. It is a fascinating depiction of some of the challenges faced by the poor and by women in Indian society, some of which continue to this day. Cast * Sanjeev Kumar as Baldev Singh * Zaheeda Hussain as Rama / Gopa * Tarun Bose as Madan Lal * Aruna Irani as Mrs. Prema Rai * Parikshit Sahni as Painter * Anwar Hussain as Ram Das * Praveen Paas Orphanage Matron (as Pravin Paul) * Dev Kishas M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mera Naam Joker
''Mera Naam Joker'' () is a 1970 Indian romantic drama film, directed, edited and produced by Raj Kapoor under his banner R. K. Films, and written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas. The film stars Raj Kapoor as the eponymous character, with his son Rishi Kapoor making his screen debut playing his younger version, along with Simi Garewal, Kseniya Ryabinkina, Padmini, Manoj Kumar and Dharmendra in supporting roles. The plot focuses on a clown who must make his audience laugh at the cost of his sorrows; three women who shaped his life view his final performance. The film is one of the lengthiest films of Indian cinema. ''Mera Naam Joker'' is the second and to date last Indian film to have two intervals, the first being '' Sangam'' (1964). After ''Sangam'' became a blockbuster, ''Mera Naam Joker'' was highly anticipated as it had been under production for six years and heavily publicized, loosely based on Kapoor's own life. The film was partly made with the participation of Soviet acto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raj Kapoor
Raj Kapoor (; born as Shrishti Nath Kapoor; 14 December 1924 2 June 1988; also known as Ranbir Raj Kapoor) was an Indian actor, film director and producer, who worked in Hindi cinema. He is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential actors and filmmakers in the history of Indian cinema, and has been referred to as ''The Greatest Showman of Cinema of India, Indian Cinema'' and as the ''Charlie Chaplin of Indian Cinema''. Born in Peshawar as the eldest son of Prithviraj Kapoor of the Kapoor family, Raj Kapoor starred in and produced many films for which he received List of awards and nominations received by Raj Kapoor, multiple accolades, including three National Film Awards and 11 Filmfare Awards in India. He was inspired by Charlie Chaplin and played characters based on The Tramp in films, such as ''Awaara'' (1951), ''Shree 420'' (1955) and ''Mera Naam Joker'' (1970). His performance in ''Awaara'' was ranked as one of the "Top-Ten Greatest Performances of All Tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerasimov Institute Of Cinematography
The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, officially the S. A. Gerasimov All-Russian University of Cinematography (, meaning ''All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography named after S. A. Gerasimov''), a.k.a. VGIK, is a film school in Moscow, Russia. History The institute was founded in 1919 by the film director Vladimir Gardin as the Moscow Film School and is the first and oldest film school in the world. From 1934 to 1991 the film school was known as the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography (). Film directors taught at the institute include Lev Kuleshov, Marlen Khutsiev, Aleksey Batalov, Sergei Eisenstein, Mikhail Romm and Vsevolod Pudovkin. Since 1986, the school has been named after the film director and actor Sergei Gerasimov (film director), Sergei Gerasimov. The founding of the institute was authorized by Lenin in 1919. Its work in the early years was hampered by a shortage of film stock. It has a history as one of the oldest film schools in existence; many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mid-Day
''Mid-Day'' (stylised as mid-day) is a morning daily Indian compact newspaper. Editions in various languages including Gujarati and English have been published out of Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Pune so far. In 2011, the Delhi and Bangalore editions were closed down. In 2014, Jagran Prakashan shut down the midday Pune edition as well. Establishment The paper was established in Mumbai by journalist Khalid Ansari in 1979 as a family-owned newspaper. The Sunday edition of the paper began in 1981. Later, his son, Tariq Ansari led the paper, who sold its ownership to Jagran Prakashan in 2010. The newspaper underwent an overhaul, both, of its print editions and its website in early 2014, creating several new sections in the daily newspaper, in its Sunday edition and on its website. It founded Radio One (India), a radio station initially operating as ''Radio Midday'' in Mumbai, which was eventually acquired by HT Media as 94.3 Radio One in 2019. Relaunch of the newspaper and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shantiniketan
Shantiniketan (IPA: �antiniketɔn is a neighbourhood of Bolpur town in the Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district in West Bengal, India, approximately 152 km north of Kolkata. It was established by Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, and later expanded by his son, Rabindranath Tagore whose vision became what is now a university town with the creation of Visva-Bharati.Pearson, WW.: ''Santiniketan Bolpur School of Rabindranath Tagore'', illustrations by Mukul Dey, The Macmillan Company, 1916 It is also the birthplace of Amartya Sen, an Economist, Philosopher, & Nobel Laureate It was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List by the World Heritage Committee in 2023. History In 1863, Debendranath Tagore took on permanent lease of land, with two ( Alstonia scholaris) trees, at an annual payment of Rs. 5, from Bhuban Mohan Sinha, the talukdar in Raipur, Birbhum. He built a guest house there and named it ''Shantiniketan'' (the abode of peace). Gradually, the whole area c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visva-Bharati University
Visva-Bharati (IAST: ''Viśva-Bhāratī''), () is a public central university and an Institute of National Importance located in Shantiniketan, West Bengal, India. It was founded by Rabindranath Tagore who called it ''Visva-Bharati'', which means the communion of the world with India. Until independence it was a college. Soon after independence, the institution was given the status of a central university in 1951 by an act of the Parliament. Overview ''The Hindu'' writes, "Santiniketan in many ways is still quite different compared to other universities in the country. Located at Bolpur in Birbhum district of West Bengal, the university still has the rural trappings that Tagore dreamt of. The classes are still held in the open under the shade of huge mango trees and students and tutors alike still travel by cycles to keep pollution at bay. The old buildings, even those that were made up of mud walls and thatched roofs, are still intact and find a place within the main campu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punjabi Hindu
Punjabi Hindus are adherents of Hinduism who identify ethnically, linguistically, culturally, and genealogically as Punjabis and are natives of the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent. Punjabi Hindus are the third-largest religious group of the Punjabi community, after the Punjabi Muslims and the Punjabi Sikhs. While Punjabi Hindus mostly inhabit the Indian state of Punjab, as well as Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, and Chandigarh today, many have ancestry across the greater Punjab region, which was partitioned between India and Pakistan in 1947. Punjabi Hindus comprise a diverse range of castes, including Brahmins (Saraswat, Mohyal), upper castes like Khatris, Rajputs, Aroras, Vaishyas (Baniyas like Agarwal, Khandelwal, Maheshwari, Oswal), and artisans and service-based communities like Lohar, Sunar, Kumhar, Nai, Dhobi. A number of castes such as Saini, Gujjar, Prajapati are classified as OBC whilst Chamar, Balmiki, Mazhabi come under the scheduled caste classif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murree District
Murree, ( Punjabi/) is a district of the Rawalpindi Division in the northernmost part of the Pakistani province of Punjab. It was created out of Rawalpindi District in 2022 and consists of two tehsils, Kotli Sattian and Murree. Administrative division Demographics Population As of the 2023 census, Murree district has 66,187 households and a population of 372,947. The district has a sex ratio of 101.18 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 85.90%: 92.13% for males and 79.52% for females. 82,063 (22.19% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 48,729 (13.07%) live in urban areas. Religion Language At the time of the 2023 census, 43.93% of the population spoke Punjabi, while 26.00% identified their mother-tongue as Hindko, 5.73% as Urdu and 2.12% as Pashto. 20.26% of the population spoke a language classified as 'Others'. See also * Tehsils of Punjab, Pakistan * Districts of Pakistan ** Districts of Punjab ** Districts of Sindh ** Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punjab Province (British India)
The Punjab Province, officially the Province of the Punjab, was a Presidencies and provinces of British India, province of British India, with its capital in Lahore and summer capitals in Murree and Simla. At its greatest extent, it stretched from the Khyber Pass to Delhi; and from the Babusar Pass and the borders of Tibet to the borders of Sind Division, Sind. Established in 1849 following #History, Punjab's annexation, the province was Partition of India#Punjab, partitioned in 1947 into West Punjab, West and East Punjab; and incorporated into Pakistan and India, respectively. Most of the Punjab, Punjab region was annexed by the East India Company on Second Anglo-Sikh War, 29 March 1849 following the company's victory at the Battle of Gujrat, battle of Gujrat in northern Punjab, a month prior. The Punjab was the last major region of the Indian subcontinent to fall to British imperialism. Immediately following its annexation, the Punjab was annexed into the Bengal Presidency a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
