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Showtime (Indian TV Series)
''Showtime'' is an Indian Hindi-language Drama (film and television), drama television series created by Sumit Roy. It delves into the world of Bollywood, production houses and how they function. It features the power struggles and off-camera fights occurring in the backstage areas of Bollywood. Produced by Dharmatic Entertainment the show premiered on 8 March 2024 on Disney+ Hotstar. Cast *Naseeruddin Shah as Viktor Khanna, a former producer and founder of Viktory Studios, Raghu's father, Mahika's maternal grandfather *Emraan Hashmi as Raghu Khanna, a producer, Viktor and Sarika's son, Mahika's maternal half-uncle *Mahima Makwana as Mahika Nandy, a journalist turned producer, Viktor and Devika's granddaughter, Paromita's daughter, Raghu's half-niece *Mouni Roy as Yasmine Ali, an item girl, Raghu's girlfriend *Rajeev Khandelwal as Armaan Singh, a Bollywood superstar, Mandira's husband *Shriya Saran as Mandira Singh, a former actress, Armaan's wife *Vishal Vashishtha as Prit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sumit Roy
Sumit Roy is an Indian screenwriter and director who primarily works in Hindi films. Sumit has written scripts for Bollywood productions such as ''Rocky Aur Rani ki Prem Kahani'' (2023) and ''Gehrraiyaan'' (2022). Sumit received two nominations at the 69th Filmfare Awards for Best Story and Best Screenplay for his work on ''Rocky Aur Rani ki Prem Kahani''. Career His short film Dancing Queen (2007) won the first prize at the Sardinia International Ethnographic Film Festival (2008). It was also selected as India’s nominee for the Pangea Day global simulcast in 2008 Moving to Mumbai to pursue a career in Hindi feature films, Sumit was selected as one of the finalists of SANKALAN, India’s first script lab mentored by Anurag Kashyap, Sriram Raghvan and Anjum Rajabali. In 2019 he wrote Takht for Karan Johar (Dharma Productions), an epic historical set in the Mughal era which is to star Ranveer Singh, Vicky Kaushal, Anila Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Bhumi Pedenkar, Jhanvi Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shataf Figar
Shataf Figar is an Indian actor. He acted in movies like Shershaah, 89, Kolkata Calling, Dark Chocolate and Chorabali, Khoj and Cockpit, ''Made in China'' (2019) and ''Extraction'' (2020). In 2022, he appeared in the film ''Raavan''. Career He started his film debut with Kolkata Calling in 2014. He also starred in ''Brahman Naman'' is a 2016 Indian comedy film directed by Qaushiq Mukherjee. It was shown in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition section at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. It was released on Netflix worldwide on 7 July 2016. He has done an Ad film with Shah Rukh Khan for West Bengal Tourism. He made his Telugu debut with ''Ruler A ruler, sometimes called a rule, line gauge, or scale, is a device used in geometry and technical drawing, as well as the engineering and construction industries, to measure distances or draw straight lines. Variants Rulers have long ...'' in which he portrayed the main antagonist. Filmography Films Web s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bollywood Hungama
Bollywood Hungama (lit. "Bollywood Madness" in Hindi), previously known as IndiaFM (or IndiaFM.com), is a Bollywood entertainment website, owned by Hungama Digital Media Entertainment, which acquired the website in 2000. The website provides news related to the Indian film industry, particularly Bollywood, film reviews and box office A box office or ticket office is a place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to an event. Patrons may perform the transaction at a countertop, through a hole in a wall or window, or at a wicket. By extension, the term is f ... reports. Launched on 15 June 1998, the website was originally named "IndiaFM.com". It changed its name to "Bollywood Hungama" in 2008. References External links * 1998 establishments in Maharashtra Hindi cinema Companies based in Mumbai Indian film websites Internet properties established in 1998 {{film-website-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manish Malhotra
Manish Malhotra (born December 5 1966) is an Indian fashion designer, couturier, costume stylist, entrepreneur, filmmaker, revivalist based in Mumbai, India. The founder of the eponymous label, Manish Malhotra, he has been deeply entrenched in the twin worlds of fashion and film for the past three decades. He has styled and designed for more than thousands of movies and won numerous awards. He is known for redefining and modernizing how actors look in Indian films and reviving some of the country's forgotten crafts. The recipient of several awards, Malhotra rose to prominence for his elaborate work in cinema with Bollywood, Telugu, Tamil, Hollywood, Television, and the Fashion industry. Malhotra became famous for his outlook on the importance of costumes in films, often becoming a part of the narration and script reading process to develop costumes for films. Malhotra has been felicitated with Priyadarshini Memorial Award for his contribution to the fashion industry. Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prem Chopra
Prem Chopra (born 23 September 1935) is an Indian actor in Hindi and Punjabi films. He has acted in 380 films over a span of over 60 years. He has a soft-spoken diction despite being a villain in most films. His 19 films, with him as antagonist and Rajesh Khanna in the lead role remain popular with audiences and critics. Life and education Chopra, the third of six children of Ranbir Lal and Rooprani Chopra, a Punjabi Hindu family, was born on 23 September 1935, in Lahore. , fridaymoviez.com. Retrieved 6 April 2014. After the , his family moved to |
Rakesh Roshan
Rakesh Roshan (born 6 September 1949) is an Indian film producer, director, screenwriter, and actor who works in Hindi films. He is the son of Indian music director Roshan and Indian Bengali singer Ira Roshan. He had appeared in 84 films throughout the 1970s and 1980s until 1989. As an actor, he was mostly known for his supporting roles in big-budget films starring Sanjeev Kumar and Rajesh Khanna in the lead role. Later, he achieved fame for directing films with titles beginning with the letter "K" since 1987. As a filmmaker, his most notable work includes the drama '' Khudgarz'' (1987), the revenge drama '' Khoon Bhari Maang'' (1988), the comedy-drama '' Kishen Kanhaiya'' (1990), the crime thriller '' Karan Arjun'' (1995), the romance '' Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai'' (2000), the science fiction '' Koi... Mil Gaya'' (2003) and the superhero ''Krrish'' film series (20062013). Rakesh won the Filmfare Award for Best Director for directing the films; ''Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai'' and '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neetu Kapoor
Neetu Kapoor (born Harneet Kaur), is an Indian actress who is known for appearing in Hindi films throughout the late 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s. In 2012, Singh was inducted into the Walk of the Stars, an entertainment hall of fame at Bandra bandstand in Mumbai. Singh made her debut in the swashbuckler film '' Suraj'' (1966) and thereafter played a dual role in the romantic comedy '' Do Kaliyaan'' (1968). She began her transition to mature roles with the vigilante film '' Rickshawala'' (1973) and had her breakthrough with Nasir Hussain's masala film '' Yaadon Ki Baaraat'' (1973), where she appeared as a dancer. She rose to prominence with roles in the crime drama film '' Deewaar'' (1975), the thriller film '' Khel Khel Mein'' (1975), the musical film '' Kabhi Kabhie'' (1976), the masala film ''Amar Akbar Anthony'' (1977) and the fantasy film '' Dharam Veer'' (1977). Her performances in the crime drama film '' Parvarish'' (1977), the horror film '' Jaani Dushman'' (1979), the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasan Bala
Vasateatern or ''"Vasan"'' (English: ''Vasa Theatre'') is a private theatre in Stockholm, Sweden. It is located at Vasagatan 19–21 in central Stockholm. History The theater was designed by Fredrik Ekberg (1837- 1898) and inaugurated in 1886. It was for many years run by theatre director and actor Albert Ranft (1858–1938) who in the early 20th century staged a large number of French and British comedy plays. He had personal contact with many of the most popular European comedy playwrights at the time, including George Bernard Shaw, and successfully had a great number of contemporary comedy plays translated and staged in Sweden. Plays such as Oscar Wilde's ''The Importance of Being Earnest (Mr Ernst)'', Shaw's '' You Never Can Tell (Man kan aldrig veta)'' and '' Major Barbara'', and ''Jack Straw'' by W. Somerset Maugham. Popular French playwrights at the theatre included Georges Feydeau and Georges Berr. Works by August Strindberg were also produced at the Vasateatern. Ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hansal Mehta
Hansal Mehta (born 29 April 1968) is an Indian filmmaker. He started his career with television show ''Khana Khazana'' (1993–2000) and later moved on to directing films like '' Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar!!'' (2000), '' Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai?'' (2002) and '' Woodstock Villa'' (2008). He received critical acclaim with ''Shahid'' (2013), for which he also won the National Film Award for Best Direction. He then went on to direct '' City Lights'' (2014), '' Aligarh'' (2016), '' Simran'' (2017), '' Omerta'' (2018) and '' Scam 1992'' (2020). Early life Mehta was born on 29 April 1968 in a middle-class Gujarati family from Mumbai. He grew up learning classical music and studied computer engineering. He worked in Fiji before returning to India to start his career in films. Career Mehta started his career in 1993, by directing with TV cookery show ''Khana Khazana'', thus launching the television career of celebrity chef Sanjeev Kapoor on Zee TV. Alongside, Mehta also directed several televisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nitesh Tiwari
Nitesh Tiwari is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and lyricist known for his works in Bollywood. He debuted as a co-director in '' Chillar Party'' (2011) which won the National Film Award for Best Children's Film for that year. He then helmed the supernatural political drama ''Bhoothnath Returns'' (2014). In 2016, Tiwari scripted and directed '' Dangal'' which was screened at the Beijing International Film Festival in April 2017 and second BRICS festival in June 2017. The film is the highest-grossing Indian film and the fifth highest grossing non-English film, having collected over of which more than 1,200 crore was earned in China, where it has emerged as one of the top 20 highest-grossers of all time. Tiwari has garnered the Filmfare Award for Best Director at the 62nd Filmfare Awards, and the Telstra People's Choice Award at the 2017 Indian Film Festival of Melbourne. His next was the blockbuster comedy-drama film '' Chhichhore'' (2019), earning him wider critical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angad Bedi
Angad Singh Bedi (born 6 February 1983) is an Indian actor and former model. He made his debut with ''Kaya Taran'' in 2004, an adaptation of a Malayalam short story by N. S. Madhavan, ''Vanmarangal Veezhumpol (When the Big Trees Fall)''. He has done the film '' F.A.L.T.U'' in 2011 and known for his roles in Pink (2016), Dear Zindagi (2016) and Tiger Zinda Hai (2017). Early life Bedi was born to former Indian cricket captain Bishan Singh Bedi. Angad Bedi has one elder sister, Neha, and two older half-siblings from Bishan's previous marriage – a half-sister named Gillinder and a half-brother named Gavasinder. He played cricket up to Under-19 level for Delhi. He studied at Gyan Bharati School, Saket, New Delhi and graduated from St. Stephen's College, Delhi. Subsequently, he began a career in modelling, and ventured into acting. Career Bedi started his career with the film ''Kaya Taran,'' directed by Sashi Kumar in 2004. The film was set against the backdrop of 2002 Gujarat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neha Dhupia
Neha Dhupia (born 27 August 1980) is an Indian actress and model who works predominantly in Hindi, and some Punjabi, Telugu and Malayalam films. She has won the Femina Miss India 2002 pageant and was among the top 10 finalists in Miss Universe in the same year. She has also been one of the leaders of MTV Roadies since Season 14. Early life Dhupia was born in (present-day Kochi), India to a Punjabi Sikh family. Her father, Commander Pradip Singh Dhupia, served in the Indian Navy and mother, Manpinder, (Babli Dhupia) is a homemaker. She went to Naval Public School, Cochin then transferred to Navy Children School, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi. She graduated from Jesus and Mary College in New Delhi, affiliated to the University of Delhi, with honours in History. Career Dhupia made her acting debut in a play in New Delhi called ''Graffiti''. Thereafter she appeared in a music video for Indipop band Euphoria and modeled for advertisement campaigns. She then appeared in the TV ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
