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Varrun Sukhraj
Varrun Sukhraj (16 June 1988) is an Indian writer and director. He is known for his acclaimed documentary "Too Much Democracy" (2022), based on Indian farmers' protest in 2020. Which screened at The International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala. He is also known for his sensitive filmmaking style that raises awareness of critical societal issues through his films and storytelling. Early life and career Varrun was born in a business family, and grew up in Khed, Ratnagiri, he later moved to Pune city for his higher studies. In 2016, he founded his own production house in Mumbai and directed his first TV series, Naammatra which was focused on farmer suicides in Maharashtra. In 2022, His documentary Film Too Much Democracy was released, based on 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest. The protest saw farmers marching towards Delhi to oppose the new farm bills introduced by the Government of India. In 2024, He collaborated with stand-up comedians Kunal Kamra and Shya ...
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Film Director
A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role in choosing the Casting (performing arts), cast members, production design and all the creative aspects of filmmaking in cooperation with the Film producer, producer. The film director gives direction to the cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized or noticed. Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within the budget. There are many pathways to becoming a film director. Some film directors started as screenwriters, cinematographers, Film producer, producers, Film editing, film editors or actors. Other film directors have attended film school. Directors use different approaches. Some Outline (list), outline a general plotline and let the actors impro ...
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Shahu Of Kolhapur
Shahu (also known as Chhatrapati Rajarshi Shahu, Shahu IV, Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj) (26 June 1874 – 6 May 1922) of the Bhonsle dynasty of Marathas was a Raja (reign. 1894 – 1900) and the first Maharaja (1900–1922) of the Indian princely state of Kolhapur. Rajarshi Shahu was considered a true democrat and social reformer. Shahu Maharaj was an able ruler who was associated with many progressive policies during his rule. From his coronation in 1894 till his demise in 1922, he worked for the cause of the lower caste subjects in his state. Primary education to all regardless of caste and creed was one of his most significant priorities. On the occasion of Rajarshi Shahuji Maharaj's centenary death anniversary in 2022, a memorial has been erected in his memory on 6 May 2022 through Pahlwan Sangram Kamble and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation at Gali No. 13, Khetwadi, Mumbai. Early life He was born as Yeshwantrao in the Ghatge Maratha family, of Kagal jagir in the Kol ...
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21st-century Indian Male Writers
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Indian Documentary Filmmakers
This is a list of notable documentary filmmakers from India arranged in alphabetical order. : A * A. K. Chettiar * Aarti Shrivastava * Akanksha Damini Joshi * Amudhan R P * Anand Patwardhan * Anurag Singh * Anwar Jamal * Aparna Sanyal * Arun Chadha * Ashvin Kumar * Shah Alam (filmmaker) B * Biju Toppo * Bharat Bala C * C. S. Venkiteswaran * Chalam Bennurkar D * Debalina Majumder * Deepika Narayan Bhardwaj * Dinanath Gopal Tendulkar * Dinesh D'Souza * ivya Bharathi E * Ezra Mir F * Faiza Ahmad Khan * Farha Khatun G * Gauhar Raza * Goutam Ghose * Sonali Gulati H * Harjant Gill J * Jagat Murari Jharana Jhaveri K * K P SASI * K. Bikram Singh * K. M. Chaitanya * Kabir Khan * Khushboo Ranka * KARTHICK.G L * Lalit Vachani * Leena Manimekalai * Lubna Yusuf M * Meera Chaudhary * M. F. Husain * Maga.Tamizh Prabhagaran * Mainak Bhaumik * Mazhar Kamran * Mike Pandey * Mira Nair * Meghnath * Mujibar Rahaman N * Nakul Singh Sawhney * Nandan Sax ...
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1988 Births
1988 was a crucial year in the early history of the Internet—it was the year of the first well-known computer virus, the 1988 Internet worm. The first permanent intercontinental Internet link was made between the United States (National Science Foundation Network) and Europe (Nordunet) as well as the first Internet-based chat protocol, Internet Relay Chat. The concept of the World Wide Web was first discussed at CERN in 1988. The Soviet Union began its major deconstructing towards a mixed economy at the beginning of 1988 and began its gradual dissolution. The Iron Curtain began to disintegrate in 1988 as Hungary began allowing freer travel to the Western world. The first extrasolar planet, Gamma Cephei Ab (confirmed in 2003), was detected this year and the World Health Organization began its mission to eradicate polio. Global warming also began to emerge as a more significant concern, with climate scientist James Hansen testifying before the U.S. Senate on the is ...
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IMDb (identifier)
IMDb, historically known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. Since 1998, it has been owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. , IMDb was the 51st most visited website on the Internet, as ranked by Semrush. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes), million person records, and 83 million registered users. Features User profile pages show a user's registration date and, optionally, their personal ratings of titles. Since 2015, "badges" can be added showing a count of contributions. These badges range ...
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Jamoora
A jamoora or jamura (Hindustani: जमूरा or جمورا) is a performer who plays a specific type of sidekick role in the traditional folk theatre (such as bhand and tamasha) of India and Pakistan. In the course of the performance, the ''jamoora'' is supposed to comply with every command given by his master (usually called the ''ustad'', but sometimes called the ''madari'' or ''jadoogar'' for magic shows), but often demonstrates subtle deviations from them to make satirical points or create a humorous effect. Shows involving ''jamooras'' are often two-person performances and are usually called ''ustad-jamoora'', ''madari Madari, also known as the Zinda Shah Madar and the Dewan Shah, are a Sufi order, who are derived from the Dewangan Silsila of Sufi Syed Zinda Shah Madar. Dewan/Diwan is not a caste but the name of a Sufi order executed by Sufi Dewan Syed Zama ...-jamoora'', ''ustad-bachha'' (''bachha'' means ''child'') or ''madari-chela'' (''chela'' means ''follower' ...
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Naammatra
Zee Marathi is an Indian Marathi-language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. The channel was launched on 15 August 1999 and was known as Alpha TV Marathi until 28 March 2005, when it was renamed as Zee Marathi. It is the first Marathi GEC channel. A HD version of this channel, Zee Marathi HD, was launched on 20 November 2016. Reception The channel also has launched some mobile apps like Tumcha Aamcha Jamala, Home Minister, Kisaan Abhiman and Talent app. The channel content could also be viewed on ZEE5 app. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Zee Marathi stopped their all current shows from 27 March 2020 and they reran their old shows during lockdown period. After that from 8 June 2020, they started some short & new lockdown series and from 13 July 2020, they started their original shows. The channel also arranges some functions like Nakshatranche Dene, Swaratarang, Ganeshotsav, Diwali Dhamaka, etc. It also had launched new magazine ...
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British Raj
The British Raj ( ; from Hindustani language, Hindustani , 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the colonial rule of the British The Crown, Crown on the Indian subcontinent, * * lasting from 1858 to 1947. * * It is also called Crown rule in India, * * * * or direct rule in India. * Quote: "Mill, who was himself employed by the British East India company from the age of seventeen until the British government assumed direct rule over India in 1858." * * The region under British control was commonly called India in contemporaneous usage and included areas directly administered by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom, which were collectively called ''Presidencies and provinces of British India, British India'', and areas ruled by indigenous rulers, but under British British paramountcy, paramountcy, called the princely states. The region was sometimes called the Indian Empire, though not officially. As ''India'', it was a founding member of th ...
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Shyam Rangeela
Shyam Rangeela (born 25 August 1994), born as Shyam Sunder, is an Indian comedian and politician from Hanumangarh, Rajasthan. Early life Rangeela was born on 25 August 1994 in the village of Manaktheri of Pilibanga town of Hanumangarh in the Indian state of Rajasthan. His father, Jawahar Lal is a farmer. He left this village in 2013 and moved to a new village. Rangeela's family presently lives in Mokamawala village of Raisinghnagar town of Sri Ganganagar. He belongs to a Hindu family. Shyam's education till eighth grade took place in the village of Manaktheri, then till the twelfth in Suratgarh. After that, he did an animation course in Jaipur from 2012 to 2015. Comedy career Rangeela gained attention when he performed in The Great Indian Laughter Challenge, mimicking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, receiving a standing ovation from the judge Akshay Kumar, although it never aired. Prior to that, he had performed in an institute at Jaipur and i ...
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2020–2021 Indian Farmers' Protest
The 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest was a protest against three farm acts that were passed by the Parliament of India in September 2020. The acts, often called the Farm Bills, had been described as "anti-farmer laws" by many farmer unions, and politicians from the opposition who said that it would leave farmers at the "mercy of corporates" since the farmer-trader disputes were taken to SDM instead of judiciary. The protests demanded the creation of a minimum support price (MSP) bill, to ensure that corporates cannot control the prices. The Union Government, however, maintained that the laws would make it effortless for farmers to sell their produce directly to big buyers, and stated that the protests are based on misinformation. Related endemic legacy issues include farmer suicides and low farmer incomes. Despite India being largely self-sufficient in foodgrain production and having welfare schemes, hunger and nutrition remain serious issues, with India ranking as one of t ...
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