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Yeh Saali Zindagi
''Yeh Saali Zindagi'' () is a 2011 Hindi crime thriller film directed by Sudhir Mishra. The film stars Irrfan Khan, Chitrangada Singh, Arunoday Singh and Aditi Rao Hydari in the lead roles. The film was released on 4 February 2011 to positive reviews, but was a below average grosser at the box office. Plot Arun is a chartered accountant who works for Mr. Mehta and helps him run his illegal business. Arun is in love with Priti, but she falls for Shyam, who was introduced to her by Arun. After Badey, a gangster of Delhi, falls out of favour of Minister Verma, he is sent to jail and humiliated and beaten daily on orders of the Minister. Satbir is a dishonest police officer who works for Badey and helps him in the jail. Kuldeep, who is also in jail with Badey, is released and goes to his wife Shanti. Badey's brother, Chhotey, and his gang of members, Kuldeep, Tony, Chacha, Guddu, and others, plan Badey's release by kidnapping Verma's to be son-in-law, Shyam, and daughter, Anjali. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sudhir Mishra
Sudhir Mishra (born 22 January 1959) is an Indian filmmaker. His most notable films include '' Dharavi'' (1992), '' Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi'' (2003), '' Chameli'' (2004), and '' Serious Men'' (2020). His work has been recognised with three national awards by the Indian government and the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government. Early life Sudhir Mishra was born in Lucknow on 22 January 1959. He has a younger brother named Sudhanshu. His father, Devendra Nath Mishra (died 2020), was a mathematics professor who served as the 19th vice-chancellor of Banaras Hindu University and co-founded the Lucknow Film Society. His grandfather, Dwarka Prasad Mishra (1901–1988), was a politician and journalist who served as the 4th chief minister of Madhya Pradesh. After spending 18 months under the tutelage of theatre director Badal Sircar, Mishra moved to Pune, Sudhanshu was a student at the Film and Television Institute of India; though he never studied at the institute hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yashpal Sharma (actor)
Yashpal Sharma is an Indian actor primarily working in Hindi-language films and theatre. He is best known for his role as Randhir Singh in Sudhir Mishra's 2003 Hindi movie ''Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi'', apart from ''Lagaan'' (2001), ''Gangaajal'' (2003), ''Ab Tak Chhappan'' (2004), ''Apaharan'' (2005), ''Lakshyam (2007 film), Lakshyam'' (2007), ''Singh Is Kinng'' (2008), ''Aarakshan'' (2011), ''Rowdy Rathore'' (2012), and ''Ayothi'' (2023), ''Kudi Haryane Val Di'' (2024). He also played the role as Don Rana in a sequence of popular TV sitcom Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah (2008–present) on Sony SAB, SAB TV. He played Kuwar Singh in Zee's ''Mera Naam Karegi Roshan''. Yashpal is also a stage actor and appears in live plays. He formerly starred in Zee's ''Neeli Chhatri Waale''. His Haryanvi film ''Pagdi: The Honour'' was awarded at the 62nd National Film Awards. Early life and education Sharma was born and brought up in a lower-middle-class family in Hisar (city), Hisar in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India Today
''India Today'' is a weekly Indian English-language news magazine published by Living Media, Living Media India Limited. It is the most widely circulated magazine in India, with a readership of close to 8 million. In 2014, ''India Today'' launched a new online opinion-orientated site called the ''DailyO''. History ''India Today'' was established in 1975 by Vidya Vilas Purie (owner of Thompson Press), with his daughter Madhu Trehan as its editor and his son Aroon Purie as its publisher.Bhandare, Namita"70's: The decade of innocence".''Hindustan Times''. Retrieved 29 July 2012. At present, ''India Today'' is also published in Hindi, Tamil language, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu language, Telugu. The India Today (TV channel), India Today news channel was launched on 22 May 2015. In October 2017, Aroon Purie passed control of the India Today Group to his daughter, Kallie Purie. On 25 March 2024, Gulf News announced their recent partnership extablished between the platforms, stating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IBN Live
Network18 Media & Investments Limited, ( d/b/a Network18 Group) is an Indian media conglomerate owned by the Reliance Industries, headed by Mukesh Ambani. Rahul Joshi is the managing director, chief executive officer and group editor-in-chief, and Adil Zainulbhai is the chairman of its board of directors. Through its subsidiaries and franchise licensing agreements, the group owns and operates the news broadcasting networks of News18, and CNBC channels in India, the magazines of '' Forbes India'' and '' Overdrive'', the websites of ''Firstpost'' and '' Moneycontrol,''. It also operates the television networks of Colors TV, Nickelodeon India, MTV India and the channel History TV18. Incorporated in 1996 by Geeta and Rakesh Gupta, the company was acquired by Ritu Kapur and Raghav Bahl to be converted into a conglomerate holding company between 2003 and 2006. It oversaw one of the largest collections of media properties in India following its conversion but became encumber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IBNLive
Network18 Media & Investments Limited, (d/b/a Network18 Group) is an Indian media conglomerate owned by the Reliance Industries, headed by Mukesh Ambani. Rahul Joshi is the managing director, chief executive officer and group editor-in-chief, and Adil Zainulbhai is the chairman of its board of directors. Through its subsidiaries and franchise licensing agreements, the group owns and operates the news broadcasting networks of News18, and CNBC channels in India, the magazines of ''Forbes India'' and '' Overdrive'', the websites of ''Firstpost'' and ''Moneycontrol,''. It also operates the television networks of Colors TV, Nickelodeon India, MTV India and the channel History TV18. Incorporated in 1996 by Geeta and Rakesh Gupta, the company was acquired by Ritu Kapur and Raghav Bahl to be converted into a conglomerate holding company between 2003 and 2006. It oversaw one of the largest collections of media properties in India following its conversion but became encumbered with deb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manu Rishi
Manu Rishi Chadha (born 3 January, 1971) is an Indian actor, lyricist, script and dialogue writer who works in Hindi films. Rishi is trained under theatre director Arvind Gaur for six years. He won the Filmfare Best Dialogue Award in 2009 for '' Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!'' He also won the IIFA Best Dialogue Award for ''Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!''. Career Manu Rishi Chadha started his acting career in Delhi with the Asmita theatre group. He has acted in more than 40 plays with director Arvind Gaur. His major plays are Girish Karnad's ''Rakt Kalyan'', Mahesh Dattani's ''Final Solutions'', Swadesh Deepak's ''Court Martial'', William Shakespeare's ''Julius Caesar'', Dharamvir Bharati's '' Andha Yug'', Dario Fo's '' Accidental Death of an Anarchist'' and Eugene O'Neill's '' Desire Under the Elms''. In 2001, he moved to Mumbai Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rediff
Rediff.com, stylized as rediff.com, is an Indian news, information, entertainment, and shopping website. Founded by Ajit Balakrishnan in 1996, it was the first Indian website to become a mainstream news media organization. It is headquartered in Mumbai with offices in Bangalore, New Delhi, and New York City. , it had more than 300 employees. At the time of its founding, internet access had only been available in India for five months with a mere 18,000 users, leaving Rediff.com as one of the earliest Indian web portals and email providers. History The Rediff.com domain was registered in India in 1996. Early products included the email service Rediffmail and Rediff Shopping, an online marketplace selling electronics and peripherals. In 2001, Rediff.com was alleged to be in violation of the Securities Act of 1933 The Securities Act of 1933, also known as the 1933 Act, the Securities Act, the Truth in Securities Act, the Federal Securities Act, and the '33 Act, was enacte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Times Of India
''The Times of India'' (''TOI'') is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by the Times Group. It is the List of newspapers in India by circulation, third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and List of newspapers by circulation, largest selling English-language daily in the world. It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India, and the second-oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation, with its first edition published in 1838. It is nicknamed as "The Old Lady of Bori Bunder", and is a newspaper of record. Near the beginning of the 20th century, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, called ''TOI'' "the leading paper in Asia". In 1991, the BBC ranked ''TOI'' among the world's six best newspapers. It is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (BCCL), which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In the Brand Trust Report India study 2019, ''TOI'' was rated as the most trusted English newspaper in India. In a 2021 surve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikhat Kazmi
Nikhat Kazmi (1958/59 – 20 January 2012) was a senior correspondent and well-known film critic from, born Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, who had been writing for ''The Times of India'' since 1987. She died of breast cancer Breast cancer is a cancer that develops from breast tissue. Signs of breast cancer may include a Breast lump, lump in the breast, a change in breast shape, dimpling of the skin, Milk-rejection sign, milk rejection, fluid coming from the nipp ... in 2012, at age 53. Books * ''If Shakespeare was a gun: a play''. Writers Workshop, 1984. * ''Ire in the soul: bollywood's angry years''. HarperCollins Publishers India, 1996. . * ''The Dream Merchants of Bollywood''. UBS Publishers' Distribuors, 1998. . * ''Times Guide to Hollywood Blockbusters''. Times Group Books. . * ''Times Movie Guide''. 2007, Times Group Books. . References External linksOfficial site 1950s births 2012 deaths Indian film critics Indian women film critics Indian women journalists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manu Rishi Chaddha
Manu Rishi Chadha (born 3 January, 1971) is an Indian actor, lyricist, script and dialogue writer who works in Hindi films. Rishi is trained under theatre director Arvind Gaur for six years. He won the Filmfare Best Dialogue Award in 2009 for ''Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!'' He also won the IIFA Best Dialogue Award for ''Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!''. Career Manu Rishi Chadha started his acting career in Delhi with the Asmita theatre group. He has acted in more than 40 plays with director Arvind Gaur. His major plays are Girish Karnad's ''Rakt Kalyan'', Mahesh Dattani's ''Final Solutions'', Swadesh Deepak's ''Court Martial'', William Shakespeare's ''Julius Caesar'', Dharamvir Bharati's ''Andha Yug'', Dario Fo's ''Accidental Death of an Anarchist'' and Eugene O'Neill's ''Desire Under the Elms''. In 2001, he moved to Mumbai Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masood Akhtar (actor)
Masood Akhtar (; 5 September 1940 – 5 March 2022) was a Pakistani film and television actor who was considered one of the versatile actors of the industry. Early life and education Masood Akhtar was born in Sahiwal on 5 September 1940. After receiving his primary education from a local school, he entered Military College Murree. Later, he enrolled in MAO College Lahore. After graduation, he started working in a bank, while he continued his studies to earn his Bachelor of Laws degree. Acting career Akhtar began his acting career in the 1960s with theatre and soon became one of the popular performers on stage. In 1968, director and producer Shabab Kiranwi introduced him to the film industry. He worked in around 135 movies — 78 Urdu, 51 Punjabi, three double versions and two Pashto. Akhtar is the pioneer of starting stage drama at Alhamra Arts Council. One of his early plays, ''Paisa Bolta Hai'' (transl. Money Speaks), which was staged at Alhamra in the 1970s, earned hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anil Sharma (director)
Anil Sharma is an Indian film director and film producer, producer. He is known for films like (2001), and ''Gadar 2'' (2023) Biography Sharma was born and brought up in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India. His grandfather, Pt. Dalchand, was an astrologer. He later moved to Mumbai and did his B.Sc. at Guru Nanak Khalsa College (King's Circle), Khalsa College. He got his first break in the Hindi film industry at the age of 18 as an assistant director. He assisted Baldev Raj Chopra on ''Pati Patni Aur Woh (1978 film), Pati Patni Aur Woh'' (1978), ''The Burning Train'' (1980), and ''Insaf Ka Tarazu'' (1980). In 1980, at the age of 21, he debuted as a director with ''Shradhanjali'', starring Raakhee. In 1983, he directed ''Bandhan Kuchchey Dhaagon Ka'', and followed it up with ''Hukumat'' (1987) and ''Tahalka'' (1992). After the success of ''Tahalka'', Sharma took a break from filmmaking for a few years and dedicated himself to open a studio in Mumbai on the lines of Universal Picture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
