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Vijay Patkar
Vijay Patkar (born 29 May 1961) is an Indian theatre, television, Marathi film and Bollywood actor. He is known for his comic roles in films including ''Tezaab'', '' Apna Sapna Money Money'', '' Golmaal 3'', '' Tees Maar Khan'', '' Daddy Cool'', '' All the Best: Fun Begins'' and ''Singham''. Patkar is the president of Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Chitrapat Mahamandal (ABMCM). Personal life Patkar was brought up in Girgaon, Mumbai. He completed his education in Union High School and Siddharth College of Arts, Science and Commerce. Later, he had a job in Bank of India through Artiste's quota. He has one brother, Dayal Patkar. Career Patkar started acting in college with the one-act play ''Majhi Pehli Chori'' (''My First Theft''). In 1988, director N. Chandra gave him his first film role, as Anil Kapoor's friend, in the action romance ''Tezaab''. Patkar continued to work in theatre, Marathi movies and television advertisements. He has been greatly influenced by Charlie Chaplin. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daddy Cool (2009 Hindi Film)
''Daddy Cool'' (also known as ''Daddy Cool: Join The Fun'') is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by K. Murali Mohana Rao. The film stars Sunil Shetty, Jaaved Jaaferi, Aashish Chaudhary, Aftab Shivdasani and Aarti Chabria. It is an unofficial adaptation of the 2007 British-American comedy '' Death at a Funeral''. Plot The film is set in Goa and follows what happens on one crazy day. The story focuses on Steven and his wife Nancy, who currently live with Steven's mother and plan to purchase their own flat soon. The film begins with the death of Steven's father. Steven organises the whole funeral by himself, and the guests begin to arrive. Steven's brother Brian, a renowned novelist living in Mumbai, also arrives. Everyone is expecting Brian to give the farewell speech since he is a novelist; however, he has nothing planned, and he intends for Steven to do the speech. Every time Steven tries to start his speech, someone always interrupts, and the speech is delaye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anil Kapoor
Anil Kapoor (born 24 December 1956) is an Indian actor and producer who works primarily in Hindi cinema, Hindi films, in addition to Indian television and international films. In a career spanning over 40 years as an actor and since 2005 as a producer, Kapoor has appeared in more than Anil Kapoor filmography, 100 films. He has received List of awards and nominations received by Anil Kapoor, several accolades, including two National Film Awards and seven Filmfare Awards. Born to film producer Surinder Kapoor, he made his Bollywood debut with a small role in the romance ''Hamare Tumhare'' (1979) before starring in the Telugu cinema, Telugu film ''Vamsa Vruksham'' (1980) and Kannada cinema, Kannada film ''Pallavi Anupallavi'' (1983). His first two successes were ''Woh 7 Din'' (1984) and ''Meri Jung'' (1985), which made him a star. He went onto establish himself as an actor with highly successful ventures, throughout the 1980s and 1990s, such as ''Saaheb'' (1985), ''Karma (1986 fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Total Dhamaal
''Total Dhamaal'' is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language adventure comedy film directed and written by Indra Kumar. The film is the third installment of Dhamaal (film series), ''Dhamaal'' series and a standalone sequel to ''Dhamaal'' (2007) and ''Double Dhamaal'' (2011). It stars Ajay Devgn, Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Riteish Deshmukh, Arshad Warsi and Jaaved Jaaferi. The storyline of the film is loosely based on 2015 film ''Vacation (2015 film), Vacation'' and some scenes borrowed from the 2014 film ''Blended (film), Blended''. ''Total Dhamaal'' was released on 22 February 2019 to polarizing reviews. Made on a budget of 90–100 crore, ''Total Dhamaal'' grossed 228.27 crore worldwide and became commercially successful. This is the last film released by Fox Star Studios before the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney, which was completed in March 2019. Plot Guddu and his partner Johnny steal 50 crore of black money from Police Commissioner Shamsher Singh. When they try to es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taish
''Taish'' (: Fit of rage) is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language neo-noir action thriller drama film directed by Bejoy Nambiar. The film stars Pulkit Samrat, Jim Sarbh, Harshvardhan Rane, Kriti Kharbanda and Sanjeeda Shaikh. It is produced by Deepak Mukut, Bejoy Nambiar, and Nishant Pitti. The film was released on ZEE5 on 29 October 2020 as a feature film and six episodic series, simultaneously. Plot Rohan Kalra(Jim Sarbh), an Indian General Practitioner lives with his girlfriend Aarfa Khan(Kriti Kharbanda), a Pakistani Orthopaedic Surgeon in the UK. Rohan receives an invitation to attend his brother, Krish's (Ankur Rathee) wedding. This creates a tense situation between Aarfa and Rohan, since Aarfa is a Pakistani Muslim and Rohan fears his parents never accepting her. So, he eventually leaves for the wedding by himself. At the wedding, his mother is eager for Rohan to get married as well and forces him to consider some marriage proposals. The atmosphere changes when Sunny Lalwani(Pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cirkus (film)
''Cirkus'' is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language period comedy-drama film directed and produced by Rohit Shetty. The film is jointly produced by Rohit Shetty Pictures and T-Series. The film stars Ranveer Singh and Varun Sharma in dual roles alongside Pooja Hegde, Jacqueline Fernandez, Johny Lever, Sanjay Mishra. In the film, two sets of identical twins mixed up at birth encounter each other as adults. ''Cirkus'' is a spin-off to 2017 film ''Golmaal Again'', an adaptation of the 1982 Hindi film '' Angoor'', which itself was based on William Shakespeare's play ''The Comedy of Errors'', and marks the final collaboration to date between Shetty and Farhad Samji, the latter of whom did not return to work on Shetty's subsequent Cop Universe projects ''Indian Police Force'' and ''Singham Again''. Principal photography for the film began in November 2020 at Mumbai and also took place in Ooty. ''Cirkus'' was released theatrically on 23 December 2022. The film was panned by critics and audi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telugu Cinema
Telugu cinema, also known as Tollywood, is the segment of Cinema of India, Indian cinema dedicated to the production of Film, motion pictures in the Telugu language, widely spoken in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Based in Film Nagar, Hyderabad, Telugu cinema is the second largest film industry in India by box-office revenue as of 2023, following Bollywood. Telugu films sold 23.3 crore (233 million) tickets in 2022, the highest among all Indian film industries. As of 2023, Andhra Pradesh has the highest number of movie screens in India. Since 1909, filmmaker Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu was involved in producing short films and exhibiting them in different regions of South Asia. He established the first Indian-owned cinema halls in South India. In 1921, he produced the silent film, ''Bhishma Pratigna (1921 film), Bhishma Pratigna'', generally considered to be the first Telugu feature film. As the first Telugu film producer and exhibitor, Naidu is regarded as the 'Fat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rules Ranjann
''Rules Ranjann'' is a 2023 Indian Telugu-language romantic action drama film written and directed by Rathinam Krishna. The film features Kiran Abbavaram and Neha Shetty in lead roles. It was released on 6 October 2023. Plot Manoranjan (Ranjan), a job-seeking graduate from a rural background finds employment in a Mumbai IT office after pressure from his father. Despite being ridiculed for a language barrier, he eventually gains the respect of his co-workers and begins adopting an arbitrary approach to logic and eventually becoming a stringent enforcer of rules, even towards his own boss. Similar absurdities unfold in his apartment complex, when his neighbour, Kamesh, brings multiple girls to his apartment. This prompts Ranjan to try and succeed at getting Kamesh out of the building for breaking his world view. Upon this incident, Ranjan is confronted by Kamesh when Kamesh asks Ranjan if he's ever loved anyone. Ranjan then begins to narrate a story about how he had a crush o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chhapa Kata
''Chhapa Kata'' () is a 2023 Indian Marathi-language comedy drama film co-written and directed by Sandeep Navre and produced by Ultra Media & Entertainment. The film stars Makarand Anaspure, Mohan Joshi, Tejaswini Lonari, Reena Madhukar, Vijay Patkar, Arun Nalawade. Cast * Makarand Anaspure as Namdev "Namya" * Mohan Joshi as Shanaya's grandfather * Arun Nalawade as the friend of Shanaya's grandfather * Vijay Patkar as Sameer's maternal uncle * Tejaswini Lonari as Shanaya * Reena Madhukar as Archana * Smita Oak as Namdev's mother * Ruturaj Phadke as Sameer * Pankaj Vishnu as Raaj, Shanaya's friend * Sushrut Mankani as Rahul * Jairaj Nair as Sameer's father * Urmila Dange * Prakash Bhagwat as brothers-in-law of Namdev * Sandeep Gaikwad as brothers-in-law of Namdev * Sunayana Kadam * Pratibha Bhosale * Ashutosh Wadekar as Ganpat Release Theatrical The trailer was released on 24 November 2023 and the film was released on 15 December 2023 in theatres throughout Maharashtra. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Navra Maza Navsacha 2
''Navra Maza Navsacha 2'' is a 2024 Indian Marathi-language comedy-drama film directed and produced by Sachin Pilgaonkar. A sequel to the 2004 film ''Navra Maza Navsacha,'' it features Hemal Ingle and Swapnil Joshi as the daughter and son-in-law of Sachin and Supriya Pilgaonkar. The film also stars Ashok Saraf, Siddharth Jadhav, and Nirmiti Sawant in supporting roles. The film was theatrically released on 20 September 2024, the film earned ₹25 crore and emerged as the second highest-grossing Marathi film of 2024. Plot Twenty years after fulfilling their sacred vow, Vakratund (Sachin Pilgaonkar), also known as Vacky, and Bhakti (Supriya Pilgaonkar) are living a peaceful life with their daughter, Shraddha ( Hemal Ingle). Every year, the family follows a cherished family tradition of immersing a Ganesh idol on the shores of Ganpatipule. Shraddha, now deeply in love with Lambodar ( Swapnil Joshi), also known as Lamby, has their relationship blessed by her parents. Vacky an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Female Foeticide In India
Female foeticide in India is the abortion of a female foetus outside of legal methods. A research by Pew Research Center based on Union government data indicates foeticide of at least 9 million females in the years 2000–2019. The research found that 86.7% of these foeticides were by Hindus (80% of the population), followed by Muslims (14% of the population) with 6.6%, and Sikhs (1.7% of the population) with 4.9%. The research also indicated an overall decline in preference for sons or daughter in the time period. The natural sex ratio is assumed to be between 103 and 107 males per 100 females, and any number above it is considered suggestive of female foeticide. According to the decennial Indian census, the sex ratio in 0 to 6 age group in India has risen from 102.4 males per 100 females in 1961, to 104.2 in 1980, to 107.5 in 2001, to 108.9 in 2011. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riwayat
''Riwayat'' () is a 2010 Indian drama film directed by Vijay Patkar and produced by Ajay Rane and Sanjay Patole. The film stars Khalid Siddiqui, Samapika Debnath, Saurabh Dubey and Salil Ankola in pivotal roles. The film is based on the issues of female foeticide in India. The film was screened at international film festivals and won several international awards. Cast * Khalid Siddiqui as Raja Desai * Samapika Debnath as Anita Desai * Salil Ankola as Deepak Desai * Saurabh Dubey as Seth Girdhar Desai (Raja and Deepak's father) * Narendra Jha as Kabeer * Aditya Lakhia as Gangaram * Sayaji Shinde * Bikramjeet Kanwarpal * Achint Kaur * Rajendra Gupta * Gauri Kulkarni as Radha Critical reception The film received mixed reviews. Srijana Das Mitra from The Times of India rated the film 2 out of 5, praised the acting and criticised that the film should have "highlighted the issue only". Shaheen Parker from Mid-Day rated 1.5 out of 5 criticised the film's story and direction. Accolades ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marathi Natya Parishad
Marathi may refer to: *Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India **Marathi people (Uttar Pradesh), the Marathi people in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh *Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people *Palaiosouda, also known as Marathi, a small island in Greece See also * * Balbodh, the script used to write the Marathi language * Maharashtrian cuisine * Maratha (other) * Maharashtrian (other) Maharashtrian is an adjective referring to something related to Maharashtra, a state of India. It may also refer to: * Maharashtrian cuisine * Marathi people, an ethnic group from the state * Marathi language, their Indo-Aryan language See also ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
