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Tasveer
Tasveer is a Seattle-based South Asian social justice arts non-profit organization. It was founded by Rita Meher and Farah Nousheen in 2002. Tasveer organizes events including film festivals, community speaking events, and open-mic nights to celebrate the voices of South Asian people through art and film. The organization includes voices of South Asian countries like Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and their diasporas worldwide. The organization also hosts Tasveer TV, an online streaming platform that curates South Asian independent films. Annual events include the Tasveer South Asian Film Festival and the Tasveer South Asian Literary Festival. During the pandemic, in 2020, multiple South Asian festivals were thinking about cancelling the events in US and Canada. However, Tasveer brought them together to host a bigger online global South Asian Film Festival under the name Coalition of South Asian Film Festivals (CoSAFF). In 2021, Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Illegal (film)
''The Illegal'' is a 2019 Indian American English-language drama film written and directed by Danish Renzu. The film is produced by Tara Tucker, and Danish Renzu. Starring Suraj Sharma, Iqbal Theba and Shweta Tripathi in the lead roles, it is a story about a young film school student from middle-class India who is forced to drop out to support his family while staying in the United States as an undocumented worker. ''The Illegal'' premiered at the 2019 Austin Film Festival under the official feature narrative section. Plot The movie starts with Hassan (Suraj Sharma) recording farewell messages from his family - (Adil Hussain), (Neelima Azeem) and friends using his video camera. The last person he attempts many times to record is his sister and best friend Mahi (Shweta Tripathi). Soon after, Hassan heads to America in order to study at one of the top universities so that he can eventually become a director and whilst there he will stay with his mother's brother and their family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seattle
Seattle ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. With a population of 780,995 in 2024, it is the 18th-most populous city in the United States. The city is the county seat of King County, the most populous county in Washington. The Seattle metropolitan area's population is 4.02 million, making it the 15th-most populous in the United States. Its growth rate of 21.1% between 2010 and 2020 made it one of the country's fastest-growing large cities. Seattle is situated on an isthmus between Puget Sound, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, and Lake Washington. It is the northernmost major city in the United States, located about south of the Canadian border. A gateway for trade with East Asia, the Port of Seattle is the fourth-largest port in North America in terms of container handling . The Seattle area has been inhabited by Native Americans (such as the Duwamish, who had at least 17 villages a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (; born November 12, 1978) is a Pakistani journalist, filmmaker and political activist known for her work in films that highlight gender inequality against women. Obaid-Chinoy is slated to direct an upcoming ''Star Wars'' film, which is set to feature a returning Daisy Ridley as Rey. Early life and education Obaid-Chinoy was born on 12 November 1978 in Karachi, Pakistan. Obaid-Chinoy is a Gujarati Muslim, her mother Saba Obaid is a social worker and her father Sheikh Obaid, was a businessman. She has four younger sisters, including Mahjabeen Obaid, and a younger brother. Obaid-Chinoy attended Convent of Jesus and Mary, followed by schooling at Karachi Grammar School, where she was a class-fellow of Kumail Nanjiani. According to her, she was not inclined toward academics though received good grades. She asked many questions about the world, so her mother suggested that she put her questions in writing. Obaid-Chinoy then wrote to a local English langu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netflix
Netflix is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service. The service primarily distributes original and acquired films and television shows from various genres, and it is available internationally in multiple languages. Launched in 2007, nearly a decade after Netflix, Inc. began its pioneering DVD-by-mail movie rental service, Netflix is the most-subscribed video on demand streaming media service, with 301.6 million paid memberships in more than 190 countries as of 2025. By 2022, "Netflix Original" productions accounted for half of its library in the United States and the namesake company had ventured into other categories, such as video game publishing of mobile games through its flagship service. As of 2025, Netflix is the 18th most-visited website in the world, with 21.18% of its traffic coming from the United States, followed by the United Kingdom at 6.01%, Canada at 4.94%, and Brazil at 4.24%. History Launch as a mail-based renta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suraj Shama
Suraj may refer to: People Arts and entertainment *Suraj Jagan, Indian playback singer * Suraj Mani, Indian musical artist *Suraj Sharma (born 1993), Indian actor *Suraj Pawar, Indian actor *Suraj Chavan, Indian actor and internet personality *Suraj Singh Thakuri, Nepali presenter, director and producer *Suraj Venjaramoodu (born 1976), Malayalam film actor and mimicry artist *Suraj (director), Indian director Sport * Suraj Lata Devi (born 1981), former captain of the India women's national hockey team * Suraj Narredu (born 1985), Indian jockey * Suraj Randiv (born 1985), Sri Lankan international cricketer * Suraj Singh (footballer) (active from 2014), Indian footballer * Sodiq Suraj (born 1988), Nigerian football player who currently plays for Prime F.C. Other fields *Suraj Bhan (born 1928), Indian politician *Suraj Bhan (archaeologist) (1931—2010), Indian archaeologist *Suraj N. Gupta (1924–2021), Indian-born American theoretical physicist *Surajmal Jat (1707–1763), ruler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danish Renzu
Danish Renzu is an Indian born Los Angeles based film director, film producer, producer, and screenwriter. He is also the founder of Renzu Films. Renzu is best known for directing and producing films like ''Half Widow'', ''The Illegal (film), The illegal'', and ''Songs of Paradise'' featuring Saba Azad, Soni Razdan, Lillete Dubey, currently in post production. Renzu has received numerous accolades, his film ''The Illegal (film), The illegal'' as a writer and director was shortlisted for nominations for the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Picture Category at the 91st Academy Awards, Academy Awards 2019. Early life and education Danish Renzu was born in Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Kashmir, India. In 2005, he shifted to Los Angeles for further studies, where he graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles. He holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, degree in Electrical Engineering and UCLA Extension Writers' Program, UCLA Writers' Program certificatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shabana Azmi
Shabana Azmi (born 18 September 1950) is an Indian actress of film, television and theatre. Her career in the Hindi cinema, Hindi film industry has spanned Shabana Azmi filmography, over 160 films, mostly within independent and neorealist parallel cinema, though her work extended to mainstream films as well as a number of international projects. One of India's most acclaimed actresses, Azmi is known for her portrayals of distinctive, often unconventional female characters across several genres. She has won a record of five National Film Award for Best Actress, National Film Awards for Best Actress, in addition to five Filmfare Awards and several international accolades. The Government of India honoured her with the Padma Shri in 1998 and the Padma Bhushan in 2012. The daughter of poet Kaifi Azmi and stage actress Shaukat Azmi, she is an alumna of Film and Television Institute of India of Pune. Azmi made her film debut in 1974 with ''Ankur (film), Ankur'' and soon became one of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Price Of Free
''The Price of Free'' is a documentary about Nobel Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi. The film, formerly known as Kailash, premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and won the Sundance Grand Jury Prize and debuted on YouTube in November 2018. ''The Price of Free'' was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Social Issue Documentary at the 40th News and Documentary Emmy Award The News & Documentary Emmy Awards, or News & Documentary Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the National Academy of Television Arts and Scien ...s. Synopsis The film depicts how Satyarthi left a career as an electrical engineer and started Bachpan Bachao Andolan (Save the Childhood Movement) to rescue children from slavery. In the decades since, he has rescued more than 87,000 children and built a global movement including one of the largest civil society movements, the Global March Against Child Labor t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Osman Bajwa
Ali ibn Abi Talib (; ) was the fourth Rashidun caliph who ruled from until his assassination in 661, as well as the first Shia Imam. He was the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Born to Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib and Fatima bint Asad, Ali was raised by his elder cousin Muhammad and was among the first to accept his teachings. Ali played a pivotal role in the early years of Islam when Muslims were severely persecuted in Mecca. After immigration () to Medina in 622, Muhammad gave his daughter Fatima to Ali in marriage and swore a pact of brotherhood with him. Ali served as Muhammad's secretary and deputy in this period, and was the flag bearer of his army. Numerous sayings of Muhammad praise Ali, the most controversial of which was uttered in 632 at the Ghadir Khumm, "Whoever I am his , this Ali is his ." The interpretation of the polysemous Arabic word is disputed: For Shia Muslims, Muhammad thus invested Ali with his religious and political authorit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Pure Land
''My Pure Land'' is a 2017 Urdu-language British drama film directed by British Pakistani filmmaker Sarmad Masud. It was selected as the British entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. It was the first time the United Kingdom had submitted an Urdu-language film. Inspiration British-Pakistani filmmaker Sarmad (Sam) Masud, born in Bradford to immigrant parents, based the film on the life of Nazo Dharejo, after reading a 2012 story in The Express Tribune that called her "the toughest woman in Sindh." Masud describes the film as "a modern-day feminist Western set in Pakistan, based on the extraordinary true story of one woman and her family who defended their home and land from 200 bandits." Plot Nazo Dharejo lives on a farm in rural Sindh, with her parents, two sisters, and an older brother. Early in the film, her father encourages his daughters as well as his son to value the land and be prepared to defend it: ""No matter wha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarmad Masud
Sarmad Masud, also known as Sam Masud, is a British filmmaker whose 2017 movie '' My Pure Land'' was the first Urdu language film nominated by the UK for a Foreign Language Oscar award. Personal life Sarmad Masud was born in Bradford to immigrant parents from Pakistan. He grew up in Nottingham. He studied filmmaking at Hull School of Art and Design in Yorkshire. In 2012 he moved to London. In 2013 he married Caroline Bailey, a film art director and production designer. Career After graduation, Masud wrote and directed ''Adha Cup'' (2009), a short film in Urdu about two men ineptly trying to reunite the cast of a Bollywood musical. According to the ''Macau Daily Times'', it was "the first Urdu-language drama commissioned by British broadcaster Channel 4, which was later developed into a six-part series at the BBC." One reviewer called it "a delightful comedy adventure, a sort of bilingual Bollywood Blues Brothers by way of Nottingham." ''Two Dosas'' (2014) was Masud's second shor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Price Of Forgiveness
''Ndeyssaan'' (English title: ''The Price of Forgiveness'') is a 2001 French / Senegalese film. The name of film The word "Ndeyssaan" is an exclamation expressing love and surprise in Wolof language. Synopsis For too long, a strange mist has covered a fishing village. In this atmosphere, favorable to enhancing fear and superstitions, Yatma and Mbanick, two childhood friends, compete to seduce Maxoye. Mbanick, the son of a marabout, challenges the spirits and manages to make the mist disappear. The entire village honors him; the inhabitants revive under the sun's warm rays. The fishermen return to the sea, the market recovers its colors. Maxoye and Mbanick make their relationship public. However, Yatma does not accept Mbanick's newfound popularity. A deadly fight ensues between them. Jonatha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
