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Saina (film)
''Saina'' is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language biographical sports film directed by Amole Gupte and produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Sujay Jairaj and Rashesh Shah under the banner of T-Series and Front Foot Pictures. Based on the life of badminton player Saina Nehwal, the film stars Parineeti Chopra as Nehwal. The film was initially set to release in September 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India. It was theatrically released on 26 March 2021 to mixed reviews with praise towards Chopra’s performance. Plot The film traces Saina's journey from her training at Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad, her struggles, her parents sacrifices for her dreams, her passion for badminton, her relationship with Kashyap and her coach Rajan to her becoming World's No.1. Cast * Parineeti Chopra as Saina Nehwal * Manav Kaul as Coach Sarvadhamaan Rajan, a fictionalized version of Pullela Gopichand * Eshan Naqvi as Parupalli Kashyap * Meghna Malik as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amole Gupte
Amole Gupte (born ) is an Indian screenwriter, actor, singer and director, known for his work on the 2007 film '' Taare Zameen Par (Like Stars on Earth)'' as a creative director and screenwriter. He conceived the film along with his wife, Deepa Bhatia (concept, research, and editing). He was the chairperson of the Children's Film Society, India from 2012 to 2015. And presently serves as a member of the advisory board of the Kautik International Student Film Festival. Filmography Director Actor * ''Holi'' (1984) * '' Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar'' (1992) * ''Kaminey'' (2009) * '' Phas Gaye Re Obama'' (2010) * '' Urumi'' (2011) * '' Stanley Ka Dabba'' (2011) * '' Bheja Fry 2'' (2011) * '' Singham Returns'' (2014) * '' Ek Tara'' (2015) * '' Sniff'' (2017) *''Mumbai Saga'' (2021) Awards Further reading *Vij, Gauri. "." ''The Hindu ''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was founded as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad
The Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, formerly known as Fateh Maidan, is a multi-purpose sports stadium in Hyderabad, Telangana. The stadium is primarily used for cricket and association football. The stadium was renamed in 1967 in memory of Lal Bahadur Shastri, India's former Prime Minister of India, Prime Minister. As of 19 August 2017, it has hosted 3 cricket Tests and 14 One Day International, ODIs. History During the eight-month siege of Golconda in 1687 the Mughal soldiers were camped on a vast open ground. After their victory, this ground was named as ''Fateh Maidan'' (Victory Square). During Asaf Jahi period, Fateh Maidan was used as Polo Grounds. Gymkhana ground in Secunderabad, which was the home of Hyderabad Cricket Association, did not have stands to accommodate the large number of spectators that used to watch the cricket matches. The matches were therefore held at Fateh Maidan even though the grounds were not owned by Hyderabad Cricket Association but by Andhra Prad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Times Now
Times Now is an English-language news channel in India owned and operated by The Times Group. The channel launched on 23 January 2006 in partnership with Reuters. It is a pay television throughout India. Until 2016, it was India's most popular and the most viewed English news channel. The channel is widely seen as supportive of Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party. Times Now has been criticised for reporting misinformation. History In 2016 Arnab Goswami (the earlier editor-in-chief) left the channel to launch Republic TV; S. Sundaram, who had served as the CFO for Times Now between 2005 and 2012, was named the Group CFO. Goswami resigned as editor-in-chief of Times Now on 1 November 2016, citing editorial differences, lack of freedom and newsroom politics. He hosted the last edition of his show, ''The Newshour Debate'', a fortnight later. This came after the show had been subject to an investigation by Ofcom, the UK broadcasting regulatory authority, in August and S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
67th Filmfare Awards
The 67th Filmfare Awards ceremony, presented by The Times Group, honored the best Indian Hindi-language films of 2021. '' Shershaah'' led the ceremony with 19 nominations, followed by '' Sardar Udham'' and '' 83'' with 14 nominations each, '' Rashmi Rocket'' with 11 nominations and '' Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar'' with 10 nominations. ''Sardar Udham'' won 9 awards, including Best Film (Critics) and Best Actor (Critics) (for Vicky Kaushal), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony. ''Shershaah'' and '' Mimi'' won multiple awards at the ceremony, with the former winning Best Film and Best Director (for Vishnuvardhan), and the latter winning Best Actress (for Kriti Sanon), Best Supporting Actor (for Pankaj Tripathi) and Best Supporting Actress (for Sai Tamhankar). For a second consecutive year, Pankaj Tripathi received dual nominations for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in ''83'' and ''Mimi'', winning the award for the latter. Ceremony Held at Jio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Anna M
''Anna M.'' is a 2007 French thriller film, written and directed by Michel Spinosa and starring Isabelle Carré and Gilbert Melki. Plot Anna, a somewhat introverted woman, becomes obsessed with the orthopedic surgeon who helped with her recuperation following a car accident. Incorrectly believing the love to be reciprocated, she embarks on several attempts to stay in touch with him but, after several rejections, finds herself descending into despair and, ultimately, hatred. Cast * Isabelle Carré - Anna M. * Gaëlle Bona - Éléonore * Geneviève Mnich - Anna's mother * Gilbert Melki - Dr. André Zanevsky * Anne Consigny - Mrs. Zanevsky * Pascal Bongard - The inspector * Samir Guesmi - The receptionist * Francis Renaud - Albert * Éric Savin - The father Reaction Anthony Quinn, writing for The Independent, gave the film three out of five stars. Film4 gave it the same, calling it "entertaining". Awards and nominations *César Awards (France) **Nominated: Best Actress & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Indian Express
''The Indian Express'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932 by P. Varadarajulu Naidu. It is headquartered in Noida, owned by the ''Indian Express Group''. It was later taken over by Ramnath Goenka. In 1999, eight years after Goenka's death in 1991, the group was split between the family members. The southern editions took the name '' The New Indian Express'', while the northern editions, based in Mumbai, retained the original ''Indian Express'' name with ''The'' prefixed to the title. History In 1932, the ''Indian Express'' was started by an Ayurvedic doctor, P. Varadarajulu Naidu, at Chennai, being published by his Tamil Nadu press. Soon under financial difficulties, he sold the newspaper to Swaminathan Sadanand, the founder of '' The Free Press Journal'', a national news agency. In 1933, the ''Indian Express'' opened its second office in Madurai, launching the Tamil edition, '' Dinamani''. Sadanand introduced several innovations and reduced t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shubhra Gupta
Shubhra Gupta is an Indian film critic who writes for ''The Indian Express''. She received the Ramnath Goenka Award for Best Writing on Cinema in 2012. She was a member of the Central Board of Film Certification from 2012 to 2015. She is the author of ''50 Films That Changed Bollywood, 1995–2015''. Career Gupta began reviewing films in addition to her work as a journalist in the early 1990s. After more than twenty years as a film critic, she wrote the book ''50 Films That Changed Bollywood, 1995–2015'' about the development of the film industry in India. In 2011, she was appointed to the Central Board of Film Certification The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) is a statutory Motion picture content rating system, film-certification body in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India), Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Government of ... for a three-year term. She curates and conducts ''The Indian Express Film Club'', in Delhi and Mumbai. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Covid-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. In January 2020, the disease spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic. The symptoms of COVID‑19 can vary but often include fever, fatigue, cough, breathing difficulties, anosmia, loss of smell, and ageusia, loss of taste. Symptoms may begin one to fourteen days incubation period, after exposure to the virus. At least a third of people who are infected asymptomatic, do not develop noticeable symptoms. Of those who develop symptoms noticeable enough to be classified as patients, most (81%) develop mild to moderate symptoms (up to mild pneumonia), while 14% develop severe symptoms (dyspnea, hypoxia (medical), hypoxia, or more than 50% lung involvement on imaging), and 5% develop critical symptoms (respiratory failure, shock (circulatory), shock, or organ dysfunction, multiorgan dysfunction). Older people have a higher risk of developing severe symptoms. Some complicati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shraddha Kapoor
Shraddha Kapoor (born 3 March 1987)Rishita Roy Chowdhury (3 March 2022)"Happy Birthday Shraddha Kapoor! Tiger Shroff to Anushka Sharma, celebs wish the actress" ''India Today''. said she turned 35 on 3 March 2022"Happy Birthday Shraddha Kapoor: Rare childhood pics of 'Aashiqui' girl" ''Indian Express''. 3 March 2016. mentioned her birthday 3 March 1987. is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi films. One of India's highest-paid actresses, Kapoor has been featured in ''Forbes India'' Forbes Celebrity 100, Celebrity 100 list since 2014 and was featured by ''Forbes Asia'' in their Forbes 30 Under 30, 30 Under 30 list of 2016. The daughter of actor Shakti Kapoor, she began her acting career with a brief role in the 2010 heist film ''Teen Patti (film), Teen Patti'', and followed it with her first leading role in the teen drama ''Luv Ka The End'' (2011). Kapoor had her breakthrough playing a singer in the commercially successful romantic musical ''Aashiqui 2'' (2013), fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ankur Vikal
Ankur Vikal is an Indian theatre and film actor. Career He graduated from the National School of Drama (NSD), New Delhi in 2000, after studying Architecture at Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. He has acted with the Motley Theatre Group in plays such as ''Manto Ismat Haazir Hain'', ''Safed Jhooth Kaali Shalwar'', ''Katha Kollage II'', ''All Thieves'','' The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial'', and ''Salome''. His film career began with the Indian ground-breaking film ''Mango Soufflé'', followed by the highly acclaimed films ''Maqbool'' and ''Missed Call''. Ankur played the role of Maman in ''Slumdog Millionaire'' (2008). It was nominated for ten Academy Awards in 2009 and won eight - the most for any 2008 film-including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best adapted screenplay. It won seven BAFTA awards including Best Film, five Critic's Choice Awards, and four Golden Globes. In the film, he discovers the children while they are living in the trash heaps and brings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meghna Malik
Meghna Malik is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi television and films. She is popularly known as the high-handed Ammaji of Colors TV's popular show ''Na Aana Is Des Laado''. The show dealt with the issue of female infanticide and other atrocities against women. In 2013, Malik became a contestant on '' Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa''. In 2016, she appeared in Star Plus's show '' Dahleez''. In 2017, she reprised her role as Ammaji from ''Na Aana Is Des Laado'' in its sequel '' Laado 2 – Veerpur Ki Mardani'', although she quit the show in early 2018. Early life and family Malik was born and brought up in Sonipat in a Jat family. Her mother Kamlesh Malik is a retired college principal, while her father Raghuvir Singh Malik (d. 2020) was an English professor. Her younger sister Mimansha is a senior anchor and producer with Zee News. She completed her master's degree in English after which she moved to Delhi, where she did an acting course from the National School of Drama, graduating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
