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Vineet Kumar
Vineet Kumar is an Indian actor. The veteran actor from National School of Drama, is known for his works in Hindi, Telugu, and English language films and Television. He is best known for his works in films such as ''Masaan'','' Drohkaal'', ''Kachche Dhaage,'' ''Aks'', '' Yeh Dil'', '' Soch'' and '' Shool''. His Hollywood assignments include ''Return to Rajapur'' with Lynn Collins; '' Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain'' with Martin Sheen and Mischa Barton. He has also appeared in a number of Telugu, Kannada, and Bhojpuri films. He received critical acclaim for his work in the Telugu film '' Vikramarkudu''. Personal life Kumar currently lives in Mumbai and is married to Manoranjan Dhaliwal who teaches ESL at Princess Noura University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He loves photography and is an amateur photographer as well. He is younger brother of Bihar Cadre IPS officer Sunit Kumar. Career He has appeared in a number of Hindi films. These include '' Drohkaal'', ''Kachche Dhaage,'' ''Aks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patna, Bihar
Patna ( ), historically known as Pataliputra, is the capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Patna had a population of 2.35 million, making it the 19th largest city in India. Covering and over 2.5 million people, its urban agglomeration is the 18th largest in India. Patna serves as the seat of Patna High Court. The Buddhist, Hindu and Jain pilgrimage centres of Vaishali, Rajgir, Nalanda, Bodh Gaya and Pawapuri are nearby and Patna City is a sacred city for Sikhs as the tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh was born here. The modern city of Patna is mainly on the southern bank of the river Ganges. The city also straddles the rivers Sone, Gandak and Punpun. The city is approximately in length and wide. One of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world, Patna was founded in 490 BCE by the king of Magadha. Ancient Patna, known as Pataliputra, was the capital of the Magadh Empire through Haryank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Sheen
Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez (born August 3, 1940), known professionally as Martin Sheen, is an American actor. He first became known for his roles in the films '' The Subject Was Roses'' (1968) and ''Badlands'' (1973), and later achieved wide recognition for his leading role as Captain Benjamin Willard in ''Apocalypse Now'' (1979), as U.S. President Josiah Bartlet in the television series '' The West Wing'' (1999–2006), and as Robert Hanson in the Netflix television series ''Grace and Frankie'' (2015–2022). In film, Sheen has won the Best Actor award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival for his performance as Kit Carruthers in ''Badlands''. Sheen's portrayal of Capt. Willard in ''Apocalypse Now'' earned a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor. Sheen has worked with a wide variety of film directors, including Richard Attenborough, Francis Ford Coppola, Terrence Malick, David Cronenberg, Mike Nichols, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, and Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanshodhan
''Sanshodhan'' ( en, italic=yes, The Amendment) is a 1996 Indian film on the theme of reservation of women's seats in local self-government, produced by National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). The film, directed by Govind Nihalani starred Manoj Bajpayee, Vanya Joshi and Ashutosh Rana among others. Plot The story is about the Latest Amendment announced by the government for reserving one third of the seats in every Village Panchayat (council) for females. It shows how the female leaders find difficulties in raising their voices in the world all of men. Its also about how the intermediaries take most of the money sent by the government and very little reaches the actual receiver. At Parmino, the local village committee is all male. But suddenly comes the announcement that an amendment has been passed in the Indian constitution asking for the committee to have women as one third of them. The village head, Ratan and member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaana Na Dil Se Door
''Jaana Na Dil Se Door'' (English: ''Don't Go Away From My Heart'') is an Indian television series which aired on Star Plus. It starred Vikram Singh Chauhan, Shivani Surve and Shashank Vyas. The show also features Sara Khan, Smita Bansal, Vineet Kumar and Shilpa Tulaskar in key roles. The show ended on 30 June 2017. Plot Vividha is happy in her world in Ajmer. Her father, Kailash Kashyap, is her hero. Kailash strongly believes that relationships are only possible between individuals who are equal in social status. Atharv, who is not equal and without a father's name, does not fit the perfect match that Kailash wants for his daughter. Therefore, Kailash is against Atharv. Over a series of encounters, Atharv falls in love with Vividha. He announces that after establishing his business, he will marry Vividha. This infuriates Kailash and he sabotages any chances of Atharv's success. Kailash frames Atharv and gets him arrested. Sujata, Atharv's mother, begs Kailash to get her s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ram Gopal Varma
Penmetsa Ram Gopal Varma (born 7 April 1962), often referred to by his initials RGV, is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer, known for his works in Telugu cinema in addition to Hindi, Kannada language films, and television.** * * Varma has directed films across multiple genres, including parallel cinema and docudrama noted for their gritty realism, technical finesse, and craft. Regarded as one of the pioneers of new age Indian cinema, he was featured in the BBC World series ''Bollywood Bosses'' in 2004.* In 2006, Grady Hendrix of Film Comment, published by the Film Society of Lincoln Center cited Varma as "Bombay's Most Successful Maverick" for his works on experimental films.* * Starting his career as a civil engineer, he made an entry into Telugu cinema with the path-breaking crime thriller, ''Siva'' (1989) featured at the 13th IFFI' 90 ''Indian Panorama'' mainstream section, and has won Varma, the state Nandi Awards for Best direction, Best first film of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prakash Jha
Prakash Jha (born 27 February 1952) is an Indian film producer, actor, director and screenwriter, mostly known for his political and socio-political films such as “Hip Hip Hurray” (1984), '' Damul'' (1984), '' Mrityudand'' (1997), '' Gangaajal'' (2003), '' Apaharan'' (2005), including multi-starrer movies like '' Raajneeti'' (2010), '' Aarakshan'' (2011) ''Chakravyuh'' (2012), and Satyagraha (2013), Dirty Politics (2015 ). He is also the maker of National Film Award winning documentaries like, ''Faces After The Storm'' (1984) and ''Sonal'' (2002). He runs a production company, Prakash Jha Productions. He also owns the P&M Mall in Patna and the P&M Hi-Tech Mall in Jamshedpur. Biography Early life and education Prakash Jha was raised at his family's farm in Barharwa, Bettiah, West Champaran, Bihar, India. His father's name is Shri Tej Nath Jha. He did his schooling from Sainik School Tilaya, Koderma district and Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 1, Bokaro Steel City, Jharkhand ... [...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] |
Govind Nihalani
Govind Nihalani (born 19 December 1940) is an Indian film director, cinematographer, screenwriter and producer, known for his works in Hindi cinema. He has been the recipient of six National Film Awards, and five Bollywood Filmfare Awards. In 1996, his script for '' Drohkaal'' was adapted by Kamal Haasan for its Tamil remake, '' Kuruthipunal'', which subsequently became India's official entry for the 68th Academy Awards Best Foreign Language Film category. His first directorial venture was ''Aakrosh'', starring Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Smita Patil and Amrish Puri. The film was scripted by noted Marathi playwright Vijay Tendulkar. The film shared the Golden Peacock for best film at the International Film Festival of India held in New Delhi in 1981. He then directed '' Ardh Satya'', based on a story by S. D. Panwalkar. The film has received critical reception for depicting the police-politician-criminal nexus. In 1997, he adapted Bengali novelist Mahasweta Devi's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamil Language
Tamil (; ' , ) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. Tamil is an official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the sovereign nations of Sri Lanka and Singapore, and the Indian territory of Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry. Tamil is also spoken by significant minorities in the four other South Indian states of Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, and the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is also spoken by the Tamil diaspora found in many countries, including Malaysian Tamil, Malaysia, Myanmar Tamils, Myanmar, Tamil South Africans, South Africa, British Tamils, United Kingdom, Tamil Americans, United States, Tamil Canadians, Canada, Tamil Australians, Australia and Tamil Mauritians, Mauritius. Tamil is also natively spoken by Sri Lankan Moors. One of 22 scheduled languages in the Constitution of India, Tamil was the first to be classified as a Languages of India, classical language of India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Return To Rajapur
Return may refer to: In business, economics, and finance * Return on investment (ROI), the financial gain after an expense. * Rate of return, the financial term for the profit or loss derived from an investment * Tax return, a blank document or template supplied by a government for use in the reporting of tax information * Product return, the process of bringing back merchandise to a retailer for a refund or exchange * Returns (economics), the benefit distributed to the owner of a factor of production * Abnormal return, denoting the difference in behaviour between one stock and the overall stock market * Taxes, where tax returns are forms submitted to taxation authorities In technology * Return (architecture), the receding edge of a flat face * Carriage return, a key on an alphanumeric keyboard commonly equated with the "enter" key * Return statement, a computer programming statement that ends a subroutine and resumes execution where the subroutine was called * Return code, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mumbai
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second-most populous city in India after Delhi and the eighth-most populous city in the world with a population of roughly 20 million (2 crore). As per the Indian government population census of 2011, Mumbai was the most populous city in India with an estimated city proper population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore) living under the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. Mumbai is the centre of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the sixth most populous metropolitan area in the world with a population of over 23 million (2.3 crore). Mumbai lies on the Konkan coast on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour. In 2008, Mumbai was named an alpha world city. It has the highest number of millionaires and billionaires among all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
