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Toofaan
''Toofaan'' () is an 2021 Indian Hindi-language sports drama film directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. It stars Farhan Akhtar, Paresh Rawal and Mrunal Thakur and premiered on 16 July 2021 on Amazon Prime Video. Plot Aziz Ali ( Farhan Akhtar) is an orphaned extortionist in Dongri who beats up shopkeepers for money. He gets into a fight and goes to a hospital, where the doctor, Ananya Prabhu ( Mrunal Thakur) criticizes him for being an extortionist and orders him out. One day, at a local boxing school, Ali comes across a video of Muhammad Ali and decides to start boxing. He goes to Coach Narayan "Nana" Prabhu's (Paresh Rawal) boxing school but is defeated in a match because of his lack of technique. When he visits the hospital again, Ananya is kinder when she learns that he was taking care of and buying gifts for orphaned children, but later on, sees him rough up a person on the street. When he confronts her, she asks him if he wants to be a boxer or a gangster. He decide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Excel Entertainment
Excel Entertainment is an Indian production company, founded by Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar in 1999. Based in Mumbai, they mainly produce Hindi films. In 2017, they released India's first original series for Amazon Prime Video – Inside Edge, which was nominated for the International Emmy Awards for Best Drama Series. Their first film Dil Chahta Hai received critical acclaim. They won national awards for ''Dil Chahta Hai'' and '' Rock On!!''. With movies such as Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Don, Fukrey, Raees and Dil Dhadakne Do, Excel is known for its contemporary and diversified characters and style of cinema. Their film Gully Boy was also India's official entry to the 92nd Academy Awards. Excel Entertainment also produced the Hindi dubbed versions of the 2018 Indian Kannada-language period action K.G.F: Chapter 1 starring Yash and the 2019 Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy, an Indian Telugu-language epic action film, starring Chiranjeevi. Their recently released film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hussain Dalal
Hussain Dalal is an Indian actor and writer who is known for Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva (2022), '' Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani'' (2013), 2 States (2014), Kalank (2019), Dhindora (2021), Toofaan (2021), Bring On the Night (2012) and Margarita with a Straw (2014). In September 2017, he appeared as one of the three mentors along with Zakir Khan and Mallika Dua for the fifth season of '' The Great Indian Laughter Challenge'' which is judged by actor Akshay Kumar. Filmography Awards * Best Dialogue at Producers Guild Film Awards for Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani *Best Actor in Short Film for Shameless (2018) at Filmfare Awards The Filmfare Awards are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Hindi-language film industry of India.Al The Filmfare ceremony is one of the most famous film events in India. The awards were first introduced by th ... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dalal, Hussain Living people 21st-century India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farhan Akhtar
Farhan Akhtar (born 9 January 1974) is an Indian actor, director, screenwriter, playback singer, producer, and television host who works in Hindi films. Born in Mumbai to screenwriters Javed Akhtar and Honey Irani, he grew up under the influence of the Indian film industry. Akhtar, after establishing a production company named Excel Entertainment along with Ritesh Sidhwani in 1999, made his directorial debut with ''Dil Chahta Hai'' (2001) and received widespread critical acclaim for portraying modern Indian youth in the film, which won the National Award for Best Hindi Film and the Filmfare Award for Best Film (Critics). Following this, he directed the cult war film '' Lakshya'' (2004) and made his Hollywood debut through the soundtrack of '' Bride and Prejudice'' (2004), for which he and sister Zoya Akhtar served as lyricists. Next came the commercially successful '' Don'' (2006), his third directorial venture, post which he directed a short film titled '' Positive'' (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mrunal Thakur
Mrunal Thakur (born 1 August 1992), is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Hindi, Marathi, and Telugu cinema. She began her acting career with the television soaps '' Mujhse Kuchh Kehti...Yeh Khamoshiyaan'' (2012) and ''Kumkum Bhagya'' (2014–2016). Mrunal made her Hindi film debut with ''Love Sonia'' (2018). In 2019, she appeared in the biographical films ''Super 30'' and ''Batla House''. Mrunal has since starred in commercial failures ''Toofaan'' and '' Dhamaka'' (both in 2021), ''Jersey'' (2022), and had a commercial success in the Telugu film ''Sita Ramam'' (2022). Early life Mrunal Thakur was born on 1 August 1992 in Dhule, Maharashtra. She did her schooling at St. Joseph's Convent School, Jalgaon, and at Vasant Vihar High School, Mumbai. Thakur left KC College before being able to graduate as she was pursuing television at the time. Career Television career (2012–2016) While attending college, Thakur signed a lead role as Gauri Bhosle opposite Mohit Sehgal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (born 7 July 1963) is an Indian film director, occasional actor and screenwriter. He is best known for writing and directing '' Rang De Basanti'' (2006) and '' Bhaag Milkha Bhaag'' (2013). He is the writer and director of the films ''Aks'' (2001) and '' Delhi-6'' (2009). Early life He was born on 7 July 1963 in Delhi. His father worked for the '' Claridges'' hotel in New Delhi. He was a part of the selection camp as a swimmer in the 1982 Asian Games held at New Delhi but was not selected in the final round. He studied at Air Force Bal Bharati School in Delhi. Personal life and thoughts In 1992, Mehra married film editor, P. S. Bharathi. The couple have a daughter, Bhairavi, and a son named Vedant. Mehra criticised the vote-bank politics behind the introduction of the Mandal Commission by VP Singh, and said it inspired him to pen the script of ''Rang De Basanti''. Mehra has criticised India's education system as being too marks-driven, without any ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supriya Pathak
Supriya Pathak (born 7 January 1961) is an Indian actress who works in Gujarati and Hindi films and television. She has received multiple awards including three Filmfare Awards for Best Supporting Actress. She is mostly popular for playing the role of Hansa Parekh in the '' Khichdi'' franchise, and for her vitriolic avatar of "Dhankor Baa" in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's '' Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela''. Early life Supriya was born on 7 January 1961 to Kathiyawadi Gujarati theater artiste, and veteran actor, Dina Pathak and a Punjabi father, Baldev Pathak, dressmaker to the stars Rajesh Khanna and Dilip Kumar. She has one elder sister, Ratna Pathak, also a theatre and film actor. She grew up in Parsi Colony in Dadar, Mumbai, and attended the J. B. Vachha High school. She has a bachelor's degree in Fine art, specialising in Bharatanatyam, from the Nalanda Dance Research Centre, University of Mumbai. Career Pathak's first foray into acting was under her mother's directio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohan Agashe
Mohan Agashe (born 23 July 1947) is an Indian psychiatrist and actor. He was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1996 in theatre. Early life Agashe was born in Bhor, Maharashtra. He studied in B. J. Medical College, Pune for his MBBS and MD degree in Psychiatry. He later became a professor, before becoming an actor. Career Medicine Agashe served as a professor of Psychiatry at the B. J. Medical College and Sassoon Hospital in Pune. Apart from his medical career, he also worked in the fields of clinical psychology and psychopharmacology. Agashe was also instrumental in establishing the Maharashtra Institute of Mental Health in 1991, a state level training and research institute in Mental Health Sciences, located in Pune, India. Agashe headed the five-year study on the trauma of the 1993 Latur earthquake, initiated by the Indian Council of Medical Research. Agashe started his early career by opting to work in a government Hospital at Pune. He also chaired the orga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonali Kulkarni
Sonali Kulkarni (born 3 November 1974) is an Indian actress, producer, and writer who primarily appears in Marathi and Hindi films. She has also appeared in Kannada, Tamil, Gujarati and English films. She has worked in over 70 films, both commercial and experimental, as well as some international projects, and is regarded as one of the most versatile Marathi actresses. Kulkarni has won a National Film Award, two Maharashtra State Film Awards, and four Filmfare Marathi Awards, and has been nominated for one Filmfare Award, two IIFA Awards, and one Screen Award. Although born into a middle-class Maharashtrian family in Pune, Kulkarni was drawn to acting at an early age and had attended Satyadev Dubey's acting workshops. At the age of 18, she made her cinematic debut in the Kannada film Cheluvi (1992). Later, she debuted with Mukta (1994) in Marathi. This was followed by critical praise with Doghi (1995), Daayraa (1996), and Gharabaher (1999), the former earning her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy
Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy () is an Indian musical trio consisting of Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa. They have composed music for over 50 soundtracks across five languages: Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi and English. Amongst the most critically acclaimed Indian musicians, the trio have won numerous awards, including National Film Award (India), Filmfare Awards, and IIFA Awards. They are often referred to as the " Amar Akbar Anthony" of the Hindi film music industry. Members Shankar Mahadevan Shankar Mahadevan, the main vocalist of the trio, was born and brought up in Chembur, a suburb of Mumbai, in a Tamil family from Kerala. He learned Hindustani classical music and Carnatic music in his childhood and started playing the veena at the age of five. He studied under Shrinivas Khale, a popular Marathi music composer. After graduating in 1988 with a degree in Software Engineering from Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology in Navi Mumbai under the auspic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darshan Kumar
Darshan Gandas, known by his stage name Darshan Kumar, is an Indian People, Indian actor who appears primarily in Bollywood, Hindi films. He made his debut with the film ''Mary Kom (film), Mary Kom'' (2014), opposite Priyanka Chopra, as a male lead. He is best known for the 2022 film, ''The Kashmir Files'', in which he starred as a young student from a Kashmiri Pandits, Kashmiri Pandit family. Biography Kumar comes from a Hindu Jats, Jat family at Kishangarh Village Mehrauli in South Delhi. At the age of 24, he moved to Mumbai and worked with Sahej theatre group for five years. Career Kumar was asked to audition for the film ''Mary Kom (film), Mary Kom'' by the casting director of the film. Also, he worked in TV series ''Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev'', playing Shukracharya, the guru of the demons. Kumar's first movie was ''NH10 (film), NH10'', with Anushka Sharma but, it was ''Mary Kom'', with Priyanka Chopra that was released first. Filmography Television Films Web series R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paresh Rawal
Paresh Rawal (born 30 May 1955) is an Indian actor, comedian, film producer and politician known for his works notably in Hindi films, and Telugu, and a few Gujarati and a few Tamil films. He has appeared in over 240 films and is the recipient of various accolades. In 1994, he won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in the films ''Woh Chokri'' and '' Sir''. For the latter, he received his first Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role. This was followed by Ketan Mehta's ''Sardar'', which saw him playing the lead role of freedom fighter Vallabhbhai Patel, a role that got him national and international acclaim. He was honoured with Padma Shri from the Government of India in 2014. He has received recognition for his villainous roles in Telugu box office hits such as '' Kshana Kshanam'' (1991), ''Money'' (1993), '' Money Money'' (1995), '' Govinda Govinda'' (1994), '' Rikshavodu'' (1995), '' Bavagaru Bagunnara'' (1998).. His ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vijay Raaz
Vijay Raaz (born 5 June 1963) is an Indian actor, film director and narrator, who predominantly appears in Hindi films. He debuted with ''Bhopal Express'' (1999) and since worked in more than 90 films. His breakthrough came when he played the role of Dubeyji in the movie '' Monsoon Wedding'' in 2001. Raaz garnered recognition for his comedic role in '' Run'' (2004) and '' Dhamaal'' (2007). He is noted for playing gangster roles in '' Delhi Belly'' (2011) and '' Dedh Ishqiya'' (2014) as well as other notable films include '' Stree'' (2018), Zoya Akhtar's '' Gully Boy'' (2019), '' Lootcase'' (2020), Sanjay Leela Bhansali's '' Gangubai Kathiawadi'' (2022). In 2014, he debuted as a director with ''Kya Dilli Kya Lahore''. His gruff baritone voice has been used in voice-over work, including films and commercials. Early life and career Raaz was born in Delhi on 5 June 1963. During his studies at P.G.D.A.V. College, University of Delhi, he was a part of the dramatic society. He dec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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