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Prosit Roy
Prosit Roy is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter. He made his directorial debut in the supernatural horror film Pari (2018 Indian film), ''Pari'' (2018), starring Anushka Sharma, for her production company Clean Slate Films. Early life Roy was born and brought up in Kolkata, India. Roy belongs to a culturally rooted Bengali family. He hails from a family of performers starting with his grandfather, Pronab Roy, who was a writer and a lyricist. His father is a music professional, and his mother is a dance performer who has performed with Uday Shankar in the past. He completed his schooling from Nava Nalanda High School in South Kolkata and earned a Bachelor of Commerce (B.com) from the prestigious South City College. He is a graduate of the University of Calcutta. Career Roy's interest for story telling in his formative years led him to explore the film industry in Kolkata. Driven by his passion for feature films and the desire to reach a wider audience he mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Indian Film Festival
The New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) is an annual film festival that takes place in New York City, and screens films relating to India, the Indian Diaspora, and the work of Indian filmmakers. The festival began in November 2001 and was founded by Aroon Shivdasani and the Indo-American Arts Council. About 40 films are screened, including features films, shorts, documentaries, and animated films. History The festival began in November 2001 as the Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival (IAAC). It was founded in response to the attacks of September 11, as a way to educate the community on Indian culture. The first festival took place at the Imagin Asian Theatre. Subsequent festivals have been hosted by Tribeca Cinemas, The Walter Read Theater at The Lincoln Center, Asia Society, Aicon Gallery, Cantor Film Center at New York University, and SVA Theaters. The opening night ceremony of the 2011 festival took place at the Paris Theater. In 2007, the festival partnered wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phillauri (film)
''Phillauri'' is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language fantasy-comedy film directed by Anshai Lal and produced by Fox Star Studios with Anushka Sharma and her brother Karnesh Sharma under their banner of Clean Slate Filmz. Director Navdeep Singh and writer Sudip Sharma are associated with the film as creative producers. The film stars Anushka Sharma, Diljit Dosanjh, Suraj Sharma and Mehreen Pirzada (in her Hindi debut) in the lead roles. The film's first official poster was released on 3 February 2017. The film was released on 24 March 2017. It failed at the box office. Plot A young man, Kanan, returns to India from Canada to marry his long-term girlfriend Anu, but learns that he is a Manglik (born under an unlucky star) and has to marry a tree before marrying her. He reluctantly marries the tree, which is duly chopped down after the completion of the ceremony. As a result, from that day onward, he is haunted by the spirit of a woman named Shashi, who lived in the tree and hence cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Is Well (2015 Film)
''All Is Well'' is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy-drama film directed by Umesh Shukla and produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Shyam Bajaj and Varun Bajaj. It stars Abhishek Bachchan, Asin, Rishi Kapoor, and Supriya Pathak. The film was released on 21 August 2015. This marked Asin's final Hindi film appearance before her retirement from the film industry. The film's title is based on a song from the 2009 film ''3 Idiots''. Plot Inder Bhalla, an aspiring song composer, is kicked out of his house by his father, Bhajanglal. Bhajanglal runs a bakery he wants Inder to work at, but Inder refuses due to his ambitions of becoming a successful song composer, resulting in him being kicked out. Inder travels to Thailand with his friend Ronny (Sumeet Vyas) who is also an ambitious song composer. Inder misses his mother, Pammi Bhalla, whom he hasn't talked to in several years. Inder gets a phone call from Cheema. Cheema lies to Inder, telling him that his father sold t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ek Thi Daayan
''Ek Thi Daayan'' ('Once there was a witch') is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language supernatural horror thriller film directed by Kannan Iyer, adapted from the short story ''Mobius Trips'' by Mukul Sharma. The film stars Emraan Hashmi, Huma Qureshi, Konkona Sen Sharma and Kalki Koechlin. The film is co-produced by Ekta Kapoor, Shobha Kapoor, Vishal Bhardwaj and Rekha Bhardwaj. It was released on 19 April 2013 to positive reviews from critics and decent box-office collections. Konkona Sen Sharma received critical acclaim for her performance and was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 59th Filmfare Awards. Plot Bejoy "Bobo" Charan Mathur is India's top magician, but, unknown to everyone, his life is falling apart. Hallucinations about his dead little sister, Misha, threaten his sanity. One day, he gets drawn to his old and vacant family apartment, where he opens the lid of a treasure chest, only to see a vision of Misha dead inside. He finally seeks psychiatric help fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey
''Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey'' () is an Indian Hindi-language historical action-adventure film directed by Ashutosh Gowariker and released on 3 December 2010. Starring Abhishek Bachchan, Deepika Padukone and Sikandar Kher, it was based on Manini Chatterjee's '' Do and Die'', an account of the 1930 Chittagong armoury raid. Although the film was set in Chittagong (in present-day Bangladesh), it was primarily shot in Goa; portions were filmed in Mumbai. Its first promo was posted on 12 October 2010 on the film's Facebook page. The film depicts the Chittagong Uprising from its beginning to its aftermath, an 18 April 1930 attempt to raid the armoury of police and auxiliary forces in Chittagong (then part of the British Raj's Bengal Presidency) by armed Indian independence fighters led by Surya Sen. Plot Sixteen young people are playing football in an open field when an army convoy arrives, ordering them to leave the field because they are setting up a base. When the young pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What's Your Raashee?
''What's Your Raashee?'' () is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Ashutosh Gowariker and produced by Ronnie Screwvala and Sunita A. Gowariker. Based on the Gujarati novel ''Kimball Ravenswood'' by the playwright and novelist Madhu Rye, the film stars Harman Baweja and Priyanka Chopra, with Darshan Jariwala and Dilip Joshi in supporting roles, and follows the story of Yogesh Patel (Baweja), a Gujarati NRI, who must marry in ten days to save his brother from harm; Yogesh agrees to meet twelve potential brides (all played by Chopra), one from each zodiac sign. Gowariker had always aspired to make a romantic comedy and was inspired to adapt Rye's novel into a feature film after watching a play based on the same source material. Later, he bought the rights and co-wrote the screenplay with playwright Naushil Mehta. In the process, several plot changes were made for the cinematic adaptation, notably the similarity between the twelve girls, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zee Cine Awards
The Zee Cine Award (ZCA) is an annual Indian awards ceremony for the Hindi film industry. They were instituted in November 1997 to award "Excellence in cinema – the democratic way". They were first held in Mumbai until 2004, when the ZCA went international and had their ceremony in Dubai, and in following years in London, Mauritius, Malaysia, and London again in 2008 then Abu Dhabi in 2009. It was not held in 2010; due to TV release of '' Dance India Dance'', but resumed in 2011, being held in Singapore in 2012 it was held at the CotaiArena in Macao. The 2018 edition was held at MMRDA Grounds, Mumbai. It was also not held in 2021 and 2022 due to COVID-19 pandemic. Awards Popular awards * Best Film * Best Actor * Best Actress * Song of the Year Critics awards * Best Film * Best Director * Best Actor * Best Actress * Best Actor in a Supporting Role * Best Actress in a Supporting Role * Best Villain * Best Comedian * Most Promising Director * Best Male De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare Awards
The Filmfare Awards are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Indian cinema.Al The Filmfare ceremony is one of the most famous film events in India. The awards were introduced by Filmfare magazine of The Times Group in 1954, the same year as the National Film Awards. They were initially referred to as the "Clare Awards" or "The Clares" after Clare Mendonça, the editor of ''The Times of India'' and modelled after the Academy Awards. A dual voting system was developed in 1956. Under this system, in contrast to the National Film Awards, which are decided by a panel appointed by the Indian Government, the Filmfare Awards are voted on by both the public and a committee of experts. The ceremony has been sponsored by various private organisations in the past as well as in present provisions. During several years in the 1990s, a live ceremony was broadcast to television audiences but was later discontinued for unknown reasons. Since 2001, a recorded an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screen Awards
The Screen Awards was an annual awards ceremony held in India, honouring professional excellence in Bollywood. The nomination and award selection was done by a panel of distinguished professionals from the industry. The awards were introduced by '' Screen'' magazine of the Indian Express Group in 1995. The magazine was acquired by Star India in 2015 and subsequently closed down. Star India continues to sponsor the event under the Star Screen Awards title. The name of each year's ceremony was determined by the presenting network: the first "Star Screen Awards" were telecast on Star Plus from 2000 until 2011, after which the "Colors Screen Awards" were broadcast on Colors and the "Life OK Screen Awards" on Life OK, each for a period of two years. As of 2019, Star continues to hold the television distribution rights to the event. History The Screen Awards, initiated by the chairman of the Express Group, Viveck Goenka, in 1994, focused on excellence in Indian films. The prizes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare OTT Awards
The Filmfare OTT Awards are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Hindi-language original programming over-the-top (OTT) space. The first edition of the awards were held on 19 December 2020. It included films and series released between August 1, 2019 and July 31 2020. Award categories As of 2020, Filmfare OTT Awards have 32 categories. Popular awards ;Drama series * Best Series * Best Director (Series) * Best Actor in a Drama Series (Male) * Best Actor in a Drama Series (Female) * Best Actor in A Supporting Role in a Drama Series (Male) * Best Actor in A Supporting Role in a Drama Series (Female) ;Comedy Series * Best Comedy (Series/Specials) * Best Actor in a Comedy Series (Male) * Best Actor in a Comedy Series (Female) * Best Actor in A Supporting Role in a Comedy Series (Male) * Best Actor in A Supporting Role in a Comedy Series (Female) ;Web Original * Best Film (Web Original) * Best Actor in a Web Original Film (Male) * Best Actor in a Web ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avinash Arun
Avinash Arun (born 20 November 1985) is an Indian cinematographer and film director, most known for his films '' Killa'' (2014) and '' Three of Us'' (2023). As a cinematographer he has shot Hindi films such as '' Masaan'', ''Drishyam'', '' Madaari'', and '' Hichki''. His first directorial Marathi film '' Killa'' was awarded a Crystal Bear by the children's jury at 64th Berlin International Film Festival. The film was also awarded Best Feature Film in Marathi at 62nd National Film Awards. Early life and education Born in Solapur Solapur () is a city located in the south-western region of the States and Territories of India, Indian state of Maharashtra, close to its border with Karnataka. Solapur is located on major highway, rail routes between Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore ..., Maharashtra, Arun grew up in Talegaon, a small town near Pune, where his father was a cotton mill worker. He did a part-time photography course, at a small government institute, which would help loca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
