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Prarambha
''Prarambha'' (translation: Beginning) is a 2007 Indian short film directed by Santosh Sivan and funded by Bill Gates foundation. The film stars Prabhu Deva, Skandha and B. Saroja Devi in the lead roles. The movie premiered at Toronto International Film Festival in 2007. The movie screened for the first time in India on 1 December 2007 at 38th International Film Festival of India. Overview The film was a part of Mira Nair's noble project ''AIDS Jaago'' (AIDS Awake), a series of four short films, ''Prarambha'' (directed by Sivan, ''Migration'' (directed by Nair), '' Positive'' (directed by Farhan Akhtar) and '' Blood Brothers'' (directed by Vishal Bhardwaj) in a joint initiative of Nair's Mirabai Films, voluntary organisations Avahan and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with a view of creating awareness about HIV/AIDS. The film was made for Richard Gere’s AIDS foundation. The film was entirely shot on location in and around Mysore. The film, directed by Santosh Sivan, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santosh Sivan
Santosh Sivan ISC (born 8 February 1964) is an Indian cinematographer, film director, producer and actor known for his works in Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi cinema. Santosh graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India and has, to date, completed 55 feature films and 50 documentaries. He is regarded as one of India's finest and best cinematographers. He is the recipient of the Pierre Angénieux Excellens in Cinematography, twelve National Film Awards, six Filmfare Awards, four Kerala State Film Awards, and three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. Career Santosh, a founding member of the Indian Society of Cinematographers and the most awarded Director of Photography in India, graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India and completed 45 feature films and 41 documentaries. As a director, Santosh won his first National Award 1988 for the ''Story of Tiblu'' (1988). His film '' Halo'' was honoured at the 43rd National Film Awards as the Best Children's Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Toronto International Film Festival
The 2007 Toronto International Film Festival was a 32nd annual film festival held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It ran from September 6, 2007 to September 15, 2007. The lineup consisted of 349 films from 55 countries, selected from 4156 submissions. The selection included 275 mid- to feature-length films, of which 234 were premieres, with 71 by first-time directors. The festival was attended by members of the industry, press and general public. It opened with the world premiere of Jeremy Podeswa's '' Fugitive Pieces'', a film based on the international bestselling novel by Anne Michaels, and closed with Paolo Barzman's '' Emotional Arithmetic''. Film reception Critical favourites included ''No Country for Old Men'', '' The Diving Bell and the Butterfly'' and ''4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days'' which were equally well received at the Cannes Film Festival, plus the Joy Division biopic '' Control'' which, along with the eponymously titled documentary on the band, ''Joy Division'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Positive (2007 Film)
''Positive'' is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language short film directed by Farhan Akhtar and produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani under their Excel Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. banner. The film starred Shabana Azmi and Boman Irani and Arjun Mathur. ''Positive'' was a part of ''AIDS JaaGo'' (''AIDS Awake''), a series of four short films, directed by Mira Nair (''Migration''), Santosh Sivan ('' Prarambha''), Vishal Bhardwaj ('' Blood Brothers'') and Farhan Akhtar, in a joint initiative of Nair's Mirabai Films, voluntary organisations Avahan and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Boman Irani plays an AIDS patient, Shabana Azmi as his wife and Arjun Mathur as their son. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2007. Plot Years ago, when Abhijit was a boy, he learned his father was involved in extramarital relationships. He kept it secret for several years, until tension rose too high and he left for Cape Town. Time passes and Abhijit is called by his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramya (actress)
Divya Spandana (born 29 November 1982), known professionally as Ramya, is an Indian actress, producer and politician. She served as the Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Mandya, Karnataka. She primarily works in Kannada films, and has also appeared in Tamil language, Tamil and Telugu language, Telugu films. Ramya is the recipient of two Filmfare Awards South, Filmfare awards, Udaya Film Awards, Udaya Award, and a Karnataka State Film Award. Ramya made her acting debut in the 2003 Kannada-language film ''Abhi (2003 film), Abhi''. Although she has sporadically worked in Tamil and Telugu films her work in Kannada film industry garnered her greater attention. She won the Udaya Film Awards#Best Actress, Udaya Award and Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada, Filmfare Award for Best Actress for the ''Amrithadhare'' (2005) and ''Tananam Tananam'' (2006) respectively. Her performance as the eponymous heroine in the 2011 romantic drama ''Sanju Weds Geetha'' garnered her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anu Prabhakar
Anu Prabhakar, also known by her married name Anu Prabhakar Mukherjee, is an Indian actress, who predominantly appears in Kannada film industry, Kannada films and a few Tamil films. Early life Anu was born in Bangalore to M. V. Prabhakar, an employee with Bharat Heavy Electricals, and dubbing artiste and actress Gayathri Prabhakar. Anu grew up in the Malleswaram suburb of Bangalore, and studied in the Nirmala Rani High School. She appeared as a child artiste in Kannada films ''Chapala Chennigaraya'' (1990) and ''Shanti Kranti'' (1991), and English film Mysteries of the Dark Jungle (1990). While she dropped out of college when her career as a heroine took off she later went on to pursue a master's degree in sociology from Karnataka University through Distance education, correspondence. Career Anu made her debut as a heroine in 1999 with Hrudaya Hrudaya opposite Shiva Rajkumar and became a top rung heroine in Kannada films. She formed a popular pair with Ramesh Aravind. She has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The Gates Foundation is an American private foundation founded by Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates. Based in Seattle, Washington, it was launched in 2000 and is reported to be the third largest charitable foundation in the world, holding $77.2 billion in assets as of December 31, 2024. The primary stated goals of the foundation are to enhance healthcare and reduce extreme poverty across the world, and to expand educational opportunities and access to information technology in the U.S. Key individuals of the foundation include Warren Buffett, chief executive officer Mark Suzman, and Michael Larson. The scale of the foundation and the way it seeks to apply business techniques to giving makes it one of the leaders in venture philanthropy, though the foundation itself notes that the philanthropic role has limitations. In 2007, its founders were ranked as the second most generous philanthropists in the U.S., behind Warren Buffett. Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates had dona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HIV/AIDS
The HIV, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that attacks the immune system. Without treatment, it can lead to a spectrum of conditions including acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). It is a Preventive healthcare, preventable disease. It can be managed with treatment and become a manageable chronic health condition. While there is no cure or vaccine for HIV, Management of HIV/AIDS, antiretroviral treatment can slow the course of the disease, and if used before significant disease progression, can extend the life expectancy of someone living with HIV to a nearly standard level. An HIV-positive person on treatment can expect to live a normal life, and die with the virus, not of it. Effective #Treatment, treatment for HIV-positive people (people living with HIV) involves a life-long regimen of medicine to suppress the virus, making the viral load undetectable. Treatment is recommended as soon as the diagnosis is made. An HIV-positive person who has an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rediff
Rediff.com, stylized as rediff.com, is an Indian news, information, entertainment, and shopping website. Founded by Ajit Balakrishnan in 1996, it was the first Indian website to become a mainstream news media organization. It is headquartered in Mumbai with offices in Bangalore, New Delhi, and New York City. , it had more than 300 employees. At the time of its founding, internet access had only been available in India for five months with a mere 18,000 users, leaving Rediff.com as one of the earliest Indian web portals and email providers. History The Rediff.com domain was registered in India in 1996. Early products included the email service Rediffmail and Rediff Shopping, an online marketplace selling electronics and peripherals. In 2001, Rediff.com was alleged to be in violation of the Securities Act of 1933 The Securities Act of 1933, also known as the 1933 Act, the Securities Act, the Truth in Securities Act, the Federal Securities Act, and the '33 Act, was enacte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Gere
Richard Tiffany Gere ( ; born August 31, 1949) is an American actor. He began appearing in films in the 1970s, playing a supporting role in ''Looking for Mr. Goodbar (film), Looking for Mr. Goodbar'' (1977) and a starring role in ''Days of Heaven'' (1978). Gere came to prominence with his role in the film ''American Gigolo'' (1980), which established him as a leading man and a sex symbol. Gere's other films include ''An Officer and a Gentleman'' (1982), ''The Cotton Club (film), The Cotton Club'' (1984), ''No Mercy (1986 film), No Mercy'' (1986), ''Pretty Woman'' (1990), ''Sommersby'' (1993), ''Intersection (1994 film), Intersection'' (1994), ''First Knight'' (1995), ''Primal Fear (film), Primal Fear'' (1996), ''Runaway Bride (film), Runaway Bride'' (1999), '' Dr. T & the Women'' (2000), ''Shall We Dance? (2004 film), Shall We Dance?'' (2004), ''I'm Not There'' (2007), ''Arbitrage (film), Arbitrage'' (2012) and ''Norman (2016 film), Norman'' (2016). For portraying Billy Flynn (C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prabhu Deva
Prabhu Deva (born 3 April 1973) is an Indian dance choreographer, film director, producer and actor who has worked predominantly in Tamil language, Tamil, Hindi and Telugu language, Telugu language films also appeared in few Kannada and Malayalam films. In a career spanning 32 years, he has performed and designed dancing styles and has garnered two National Film Awards for National Film Award for Best Choreography, Best Choreography. In 2019, he was awarded the Padma Shri for his contributions to dance. Beginning with a series of acting roles in the 1990s and early 2000s, Prabhu Deva featured in several commercially successful films including ''Kaadhalan'' (1994), ''Love Birds (1996 film), Love Birds'' (1996), ''Minsara Kanavu'' (1997) and ''V.I.P (1997 film), VIP'' (1997). After further critically acclaimed performances in ''Kaathala Kaathala'' (1998), ''Vanathai Pola'' (2000), ''Pennin Manathai Thottu'' (2000), ''Alli Thandha Vaanam'' (2001) and ''Engal Anna'' (2004). Deva th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times Of India
''The Times of India'' (''TOI'') is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by the Times Group. It is the List of newspapers in India by circulation, third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and List of newspapers by circulation, largest selling English-language daily in the world. It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India, and the second-oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation, with its first edition published in 1838. It is nicknamed as "The Old Lady of Bori Bunder", and is a newspaper of record. Near the beginning of the 20th century, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, called ''TOI'' "the leading paper in Asia". In 1991, the BBC ranked ''TOI'' among the world's six best newspapers. It is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (BCCL), which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In the Brand Trust Report India study 2019, ''TOI'' was rated as the most trusted English newspaper in India. In a 2021 surve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirabai Films
Mirabai Films is a film production company founded by director Mira Nair Mira Nair (born 15 October 1957) is an Indian-American filmmaker based in New York City. Her production company is Mirabai Films. Among her films are '' Mississippi Masala'', '' The Namesake'', the Golden Lion–winning '' Monsoon Wedding'', .... Selected filmography External links Official site References Mass media companies established in 1989 Mass media companies based in New York City Film production companies of the United States {{US-film-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
