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Priyanka Trivedi
Priyanka Upendra (née Trivedi) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Kannada films and in a few Tamil and Bengali language films. Early life Priyanka was born in Calcutta (now Kolkata). Her mother is from West Bengal and father from Uttar Pradesh. She spent ten years of her schooling life in the US and about three years in Singapore, before graduating with a commerce degree from a college in Kolkata. She described herself as "little introverted, pretty flexible as a person, a good listener and overtly sensitive." She appeared in television commercials for brands such as Britannia, Orient Electric and Pillsbury in the late 1990s. During this time, she was cast by director Basu Chatterjee in his first Bengali film, '' Hothat Brishti'' (1998). She went on to make two more films with him, ''Chupi Chupi'' (2001) and '' Tak Jhal Mishti'' (2002). Career Beginnings Priyanka made her silver screen debut in Prabhat Roy's Bengali film ''Joddha'' (1997). She subsequentl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolkata
Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary financial and commercial centre of eastern and northeastern India. Kolkata is the seventh most populous city in India with an estimated city proper population of 4.5 million (0.45 crore) while its metropolitan region Kolkata Metropolitan Area is the third most populous metropolitan region of India with a metro population of over 15 million (1.5 crore). Kolkata is regarded by many sources as the cultural capital of India and a historically and culturally significant city in the historic region of Bengal.————— The three villages that predated Calcutta were ruled by the Nawab of Bengal under Mughal suzerainty. After the Nawab granted the East India Company a trading license in 1690, the area was developed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sathi (2002 Film)
''Sathi'' () is a 2002 Indian Bengali-language musical romantic drama film co-written and directed by Haranath Chakraborty. Produced by Shrikant Mohta and Mahendra Soni under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films. It stars Jeet, making his debut, Priyanka Upendra and Ranjit Mallick in lead roles. It is a remake of the 1999 Tamil film '' Thullatha Manamum Thullum''. The soundtrack and background score were composed by S. P. Venkatesh, while V. Prabhakar handled the cinematography and editing was finished by Swapan Guha. The film follows the tragic journey of Bijoy Ray, a struggling singer, who comes to Kolkata to find his love Sonali, being released from jail after five years due to false accusations of carrying firearms. It emerged as the highest grossing Bengali film of 2002 and as of 2025, it stands as the ninth highest grossing Bengali film of all time. Plot Bijoy Ray is an aspiring, talented singer, who resides in a village of Burdwan district. He has a caring and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deccan Herald
''Deccan Herald'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper published from the Indian state of Karnataka. It was founded by businessman K. N. Guruswamy and launched on 17 June 1948. It is published by The Printers Mysore, a privately held company owned by the Nettakallappa family, heirs of Guruswamy. It has seven editions printed from Bengaluru, Hubballi, Davanagere, Hosapete, Mysuru, Mangaluru, and Kalaburagi. History and background ''Deccan Herald'' was launched on 17 June 1948. Its founder, K. N. Guruswamy, in search of a suitable location for a news publishing business, purchased a bar and restaurant called Funnel's, that was owned by an Irish couple, in March 1948. Despite having no experience in the newspaper industry, Guruswamy, along with his close aides and well wishers, decided to launch two newspapers from Bangalore since there was no such title at the time. Veteran journalist Pothan Joseph served as its founding editor, which gave it a strong footing a ... [...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] |
Priyanka (2016 Film)
''Priyanka'' () is a 2016 Indian Kannada language thriller film written and directed by Dinesh Babu and produced by A. Mohan. Based on a real-life incident occurred in Bengaluru, the film stars Priyanka Upendra and Tejas in the lead roles. Prakash Raj plays a special role of an investigator in the film.The music is composed by Krupakar and cinematography is by the director, Babu. Filming began in the November month of 2014 and took a single stretch of 32 days to complete. However, the film could not release for a long time. After multiple announcements of the release dates, the film released on 5 February 2016. Cast * Priyanka Upendra as Priyanka * Tejas as Ashwath Rayappa * Prakash Raj as ACP Satya Nadig * Shivadwaj as Priyanka's husband Siddanth aka Siddu * Abhilash * Avinash as Ashwath's father * Sumithra * Veena Sunder as ACP Malathi Hosamane * Jayshree S. Raj Production Director Dinesh Babu announced the project soon after the release of his directorial ''Athi Aparoopa'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jananam
''Jananam'' () is a 2004 Tamil language action drama film directed by S. D. Ramesh Selvan. The film stars Arun Vijay (credited as Arun Kumar) and Priyanka Trivedi in lead roles, while Ashish Vidyarthi, Raghuvaran, Nassar, Vadivelu, and Charle play supporting roles. The music was composed by Bharadwaj. The film was launched in 2002, but got delayed and was released in 2004. Plot Surya (Arun Vijay), an angry young man is a post-graduate student looking for a job. His girlfriend is Shruthi (Priyanka Trivedi), who always tries to control his rage as he fights against injustice in society. Once, Surya fights for a friend, Ganesh (Charle), who is a gold medalist but does not get a job as he is not able to get a loan from a bank because he does not have any collateral to pledge. Sasi ( Munna), another gold medalist friend of Surya, dies in an accident after running helter-skelter hunting for a job. All these events change Surya’s life, especially after he meets a well-known writer a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadhal Sadugudu
''Kadhal Sadugudu'' () is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language romance film written and directed by V. Z. Durai and produced by S. S. Chakravarthy. The film stars Vikram, Priyanka Trivedi, Prakash Raj, and Vivek. The music was composed by Deva with cinematography by M. S. Prabhu and editing by Suresh Urs. The film was released on 13 April 2003. The film's title is based on a song from '' Alaipayuthey'' (2000). Plot Chithambaram is an important man in his village. He is adamant and always sticks to his decisions. When the temple festival starts, Chithambaram's daughter Kausalya goes to her grandfather's house to celebrate. There, she meets Suresh, and they fall in love. Chithambaram gets into many conflicts with Suresh, not even knowing who he is. Everything Suresh does is unintentional, but Chithambaram does not realise this. Therefore, Chithambaram ends up with a very negative opinion of Suresh. One day, everyone in Kausalya's grandfather's home finds out that Suresh and Kausaly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raja (2002 Film)
''Raja'' () is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by S. Ezhil which stars Ajith Kumar, Jyothika and Priyanka Trivedi. The film was released on 5 July 2002 and performed averagely at the box office. Plot Raja is paranoid about getting married. Priya Mahalakshmi arrives at his place acting as his friend Madhi’s lover. However the truth comes to light and on confrontation, she reveals that her father plans to marry her off so she ran away from home and needs a place to stay. Raja obliges and she meets Raja’s parents, introducing herself as Raja’s lover. Raja’s parents become very happy and plan their marriage, without Raja knowing. On the day of the engagement, Raja gets infuriated and asks Priya to move out, throwing her bag. A photo gets dislodged and when Raja sees it, he gets shocked; it is Priya, who he loved. In a flashback, it is seen that back in college, Raja was a writer and Priya was his die-hard fan. However, try as she might, she can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raajjiyam
''Raajjiyam'' () is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language political action film directed and produced by Manoj Kumar. The film stars Vijayakanth, Dileep, Shamita Shetty and Priyanka Trivedi. The music was composed by Bharadwaj. The film was released on 14 April 2002, and it became a commercial failure. The film marked the debut of actors Dileep, Shamita and Priyanka in Tamil cinema. Plot Karthikeyan runs a Central Government-authorized Secret Service agency called "Jothi Security Force" under the guise of an organization that helps people arriving in Chennai. He leads a happy life with his wife Geetha, daughter Pooja, and younger brother Surya, a mute. Surya falls in love with Anuradha, a woman that Karthikeyan brings home from the railway station, but her past forces her to reject his romance. When the governor's daughter-in-law dies, Karthikeyan finds out that it was a murder and arrests the governor's son Kiran Kumar. Though the governor congratulates Karthikeyan and appoints him a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kotigobba
''Kotigobba'' () is a 2001 Indian Kannada-language action film starring Vishnuvardhan, Priyanka Upendra and Ashish Vidyarthi. The film was a remake of Rajinikanth's 1995 Tamil film ''Baashha'' which itself was inspired from the 1991 Hindi movie '' Hum''. This movie was directed by Naganna and features soundtrack from Deva who also composed the music for the Tamil version. Vishnuvardhan was nominated for Filmfare Best Actor category. A spiritual successor, '' Kotigobba 2'', starring Sudeep and directed by K. S. Ravikumar was released in 2016. Plot Cast Soundtrack All the songs are composed and scored by Deva. The song "Annayya Thammayya" is a direct reused song of composer's own "Athaanda Ithaanda" from the Tamil film '' Arunachalam''. The album has six soundtracks and an instrumental number. The songs "Sahasa Simha" and "Are Tai Tandana" were retained from the original Tamil film also composed by Deva. The audio launch was held at Capitol Hotel on 3 August 2001. Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
H2O (2002 Film)
''HO'' is a 2002 Indian Kannada-language bilingual film directed by debutants N. Lokanath and Rajaram. The film's script was written by Upendra, who stars in the lead role with Prabhu Deva and Priyanka Trivedi, along with Babu Mohan, Sadhu Kokila and Bank Janardhan portraying supporting roles. The film was dubbed in Tamil as ''HO Kaveri'' and was produced by Dhanraj under Dhanraj Films. The film's plot revolves around the fight between two villages, as the Kaveri water issue became controversial upon its release and did well at box office. The film's cinematography and editing were handled by H. C. Venugopal and T. Shashikumar respectively. The film was dubbed in Telugu under the same name, and it was dubbed into Hindi as ''Dil Ki Dhadkan''. The core concept of using the dispute between two states as a metaphorical reference in the story went on to inspire a similar attempt in the 2016 Marathi movie ''Marathi Tigers''. Plot premise Udayashankar Gowda is a rustic chap from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Durga (2002 Film)
''Durga'' is a 2002 Indian Hindi-language romantic action drama film written, produced and directed by J. D. Chakravarthy who also stars in lead role, with Priyanka Upendra and Sayaji Shinde in prominent roles. The film was simultaneously shot in Telugu as '' Soori'' (2000). The film was released to negative reviews. Cast Soundtrack Soundtrack was composed by Vidyasagar. *Kal Tak Top - Shaan *Hum Aur Tum - Hariharan *Thodi Si Shararat - Sonu Nigam, Sadhana Sargam *Do Dil - Sadhana Sargam *Karo Karo Salaam - KK *Hey Oh Chamma - Sonu Nigam, Hema Sardesai *Barah Se Class - Udit Narayan, Jaspinder Narula Reception A critic from ''Rediff.com'' wrote that "This is one of those films that should never have been made". Taran Adarsh of ''Bollywood Hungama Bollywood Hungama (lit. "Bollywood Madness" in Hindi), previously known as IndiaFM (or IndiaFM.com), is an Indian entertainment website, owned by Hungama Digital Media Entertainment, which acquired the website in 2000. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
