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Yuva (other)
''Yuva'' ( Youth) is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language political drama film written, produced, and directed by Mani Ratnam''.'' It stars Ajay Devgn, Abhishek Bachchan, Vivek Oberoi, Rani Mukerji, Kareena Kapoor and Esha Deol. It was simultaneously shot in Tamil as ''Aayutha Ezhuthu'' but with a completely different cast, excluding Deol. The film's rights are owned by Red Chillies Entertainment. At the 50th Filmfare Awards, ''Yuva'' won a leading six awards, including Best Film (Critics), Best Supporting Actor (Bachchan), and Best Supporting Actress (Mukerji). ''Yuva'' was also a breakthrough for Bachchan as he won the Stardust Award for Actor of the Year – Male for his performance. Plot The film begins with Lallan Singh (Abhishek Bachchan) shooting Michael "Mike" Mukherjee (Ajay Devgn) on his bike, resulting in him falling off the Vidyasagar Setu into the water below, which is witnessed by Arjun Balachandran (Vivek Oberoi). The film then unveils the characters' pre-incident f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mani Ratnam
Gopalaratnam Subramaniam (born 2 June 1956), known professionally as Mani Ratnam, is an Indian film director, film producer and screenwriter who predominantly works in Tamil cinema and a few Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. He has won seven National Film Awards, four Filmfare Awards, six Filmfare Awards South, and numerous awards at various film festivals across the world. In 2002, the Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri, acknowledging his contributions to film. Despite being born into a film family, Mani Ratnam did not develop any interest in films when he was young. Upon completion of his post graduation in management, he started his career as a consultant. He entered the film industry through the 1983 Kannada film, '' Pallavi Anu Pallavi''. The failure of his subsequent films would mean that he would be left with fewer offers. After working in Telugu and Malayalam Cinema, he made his major breakthrough with '' Mouna Ragam'' (1986), establis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
50th Filmfare Awards
The 50th Filmfare Awards, honoring Cinema of India, took place on 26 February 2005 in Mumbai. This was the awards' golden jubilee year and to commemorate the occasion, the Filmfare award trophy (The Black Lady statue) was made in gold. Moreover, a special award: Best Film in 50 Years was also presented to Ramesh Sippy's ''Sholay'' (1975). ''Veer-Zaara'' led the ceremony with 15 nominations, followed by ''Main Hoon Na'' with 12 nominations, ''Hum Tum (film), Hum Tum'' and ''Swades'' with 8 nominations, and ''Yuva'' with 7 nominations each. ''Yuva'' earned 6 awards, including Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actor (for Abhishek Bachchan) and Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actress (for Rani Mukerji, Rani Mukherji), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony. Shah Rukh Khan received triple nominations for Filmfare Award for Best Actor, Best Actor for his performances in ''Main Hoon Na'', ''Swades'' and ''Veer-Zaara'', w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abhinav Kashyap
Abhinav Singh Kashyap (born 6 September 1974) is an Indian actor, film director and screenwriter, who gained recognition for directing and co-writing '' Dabangg'' (2010). Early life and education Kashyap was born in Obra, Uttar Pradesh where his father worked for the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation. He did his primary schooling from Hillgrange Prepratory School in Dehradun. He is an alumnus of The Scindia School, Gwalior and completed his graduation in English Hons from Hansraj College, University of Delhi in 1995. He is the younger brother of director Anurag Kashyap and Anubhuti Kashyap. Career In 2000, he was involved in writing the script of the film ''Jung''. He worked as an assistant to film maker Mani Ratnam for the film '' Yuva'' (2004). He also wrote dialogue for the films '' Manorama Six Feet Under'' (2007) and '' 13B'' (2009). He made his debut as a director in the 2010 action film '' Dabangg'', which he also co-wrote, along with Dilip Shukla. Bollywood actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karthik Kumar
Karthik Kumar (born 21 November 1977) is an Indian Stand-up comedy, stand-up comedian and actor in the Tamil cinema, Tamil film and television industries. Early life and education He studied chemical engineering in Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering. After earning his Bachelor's degree, Karthik along with his friend Sunil Vishnu quit their respective jobs and started the event management company "Evam", which today is a theatre company of renown. Career Karthik made his acting debut with ''Alaipayuthey'' (2000) portraying a small role as the female lead character's prospective suitor. He was first tested for the role of R. Madhavan in the film but was rejected as he was too young with no acting experience at the time. He went on to portray supporting roles notably in films like ''Yaaradi Nee Mohini'' (2008) and ''Poi Solla Porom'' (2008). In November 2016, Karthik lamented getting Typecasting, typecast in particular roles, especially as the American mappillai, and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Om Puri
Om Prakash Puri, (18 October 1950 – 6 January 2017) was an Indian actor who appeared in mainstream commercial Hindi films as well as Urdu, Malayalam, Bengali, Kannada, English, Punjabi, Gujarati, Telugu, and Marathi films, as well as independent and art films and also starred in several international cinema. He is widely regarded as one of the finest actors in world cinema. He won two National Film Awards for Best Actor, two Filmfare Awards and India's fourth highest civilian award Padma Shri in 1990. In 2004, he was made an honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire. He is best known for his author-backed roles in films like '' Aakrosh'' (1980), '' Arohan'' (1982), '' Ardh Satya'' (1983), television films like '' Sadgati'' (1981) and '' Tamas'' (1987), light-hearted roles in '' Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro'' (1983), ''Chachi 420'' (1997), '' Hera Pheri'' (2000), ''Chup Chup Ke'' (2006) and ''Dhol'' (2007) and several mainstream commercial films throughout his career. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hitman
Contract killing (also known as murder-for-hire) is a form of murder or assassination in which one party hires another party to kill a targeted person or people. It involves an illegal agreement which includes some form of compensation, monetary or otherwise. Either party may be a person, group, or organization. Contract killing has been associated with organized crime, Conspiracy theory, government conspiracies, dictatorships and feud, vendettas. Contract killing provides the hiring party with the advantage of not having to carry out the actual killing, making it more difficult for law enforcement to connect the client with the murder. The likelihood that authorities will establish that party's guilt for the committed crime, especially due to lack of forensic evidence linked to the contracting party, makes the case more difficult to attribute to the hiring party. Contract killers may exhibit serial killer traits, but are generally not classified as such because of third-party ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonu Sood
Sonu Sood (born 30 July 1973) is an Indian actor, film producer, Model (person), model, humanitarian, and Philanthropy, philanthropist who works predominantly in Hindi cinema, Hindi, Telugu cinema, Telugu and Tamil cinema, Tamil films. He is known for his performances as the negative lead in most of his films and for his humanitarian work, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2009, he received the Andhra Pradesh State Nandi Award for Best Villain and the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Telugu for his work in the Telugu blockbuster ''Arundhati (2009 film), Arundhati''. In 2010, he garnered the Apsara Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role and the IIFA Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role for his performance in Bollywood film ''Dabangg''. In 2012, he received the SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role (Telugu) for his role in ''Julayi''. Sood's other successful works include ''Yuva'' (2004), ''Athadu'' (2005), ''Aashiq Banaya Aapne'' (2005), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolkata
Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary financial and commercial centre of eastern and northeastern India. Kolkata is the seventh most populous city in India with an estimated city proper population of 4.5 million (0.45 crore) while its metropolitan region Kolkata Metropolitan Area is the third most populous metropolitan region of India with a metro population of over 15 million (1.5 crore). Kolkata is regarded by many sources as the cultural capital of India and a historically and culturally significant city in the historic region of Bengal.————— The three villages that predated Calcutta were ruled by the Nawab of Bengal under Mughal suzerainty. After the Nawab granted the East India Company a trading license in 1690, the area was developed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bihar
Bihar ( ) is a states and union territories of India, state in Eastern India. It is the list of states and union territories of India by population, second largest state by population, the List of states and union territories of India by area, 12th largest by area, and the List of Indian states and union territories by GDP, 14th largest by GDP in 2024. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Bengal to the east, and Jharkhand to the south. Bihar is split by the river Ganges, which flows from west to east. On 15 November 2000, a large chunk of southern Bihar was ceded to form the new state of Jharkhand. Around 11.27% of Bihar's population live in urban areas as per a 2020 report. Additionally, almost 58% of Bihari people, Biharis are below the age of 25, giving Bihar the highest proportion of young people of any Indian state. The official language is Hindi, which shares official status alongside that of Urdu. The main native languag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goon Squad
A goon squad is a group of people, often composed of hired criminals, detectives, or mercenaries, formed to intimidate and assault a specific group of opponents, most often unionized workers. Examples In the United States, a goon squad is a group of criminals or mercenaries, commonly associated with labor relations issues as discussed in the McClellan Committee, though they may be employed in other situations as well. In cases of anti-union violence, goon squads are traditionally hired by employers as an attempt at union busting, and resort to many of the same tactics, including intimidation, espionage, and assault. In 1930s Seattle, with Dave Beck as Teamster leader, cases of pro-union violence were reported where a goon squad intimidated or assaulted non-union workers and strikebreakers. During the labor unrest of the late 19th century in the United States, businessmen hired goon squads composed of Pinkerton agents to infiltrate unions, and as guards to keep strikers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vidyasagar Setu
Vidyasagar Setu, also known as the Second Hooghly Bridge, is an Cable-stayed bridge, cable-stayed six-laned toll bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India, linking the cities of Kolkata and Howrah. Opened in 1992, Vidyasagar Setu was the first and longest cable-stayed bridge in India at the time of its inauguration. It was the second bridge to be built across the Hooghly River in Kolkata metropolitan region and was named after the education reformer Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. The project had a cost of to build. The project was a joint effort between the public and private sectors, under the control of the Hooghly River Bridge Commissioners (HRBC). The importance of the bridge has increased manifold since 2013, as the West Bengal State Secretariat had shifted its office to Nabanna (building), Nabanna, located adjacent to the bridge on the Howrah side. Initially, under the toll collection regime of the HRBC, daily traffic was recorded to be a minimum of 28,000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stardust Award For Actor Of The Year – Male
The Stardust Star of the Year Award – Male is chosen by the readers of the annual Stardust magazine. The award honours a star that has made an impact with their acting in a film. The first actor to receive this award was Ajay Devgan in 2003. Amitabh Bachchan has won 4 awards, Akshay Kumar has won 3 awards, while Salman Khan, Shahrukh Khan & Sanjay Dutt have 2 awards each. Multiple wins Awards See also * Stardust Awards * Bollywood * Cinema of India The cinema of India, consisting of Film, motion pictures made by the Indian film industry, has had a large effect on world cinema since the second half of the 20th century. Indian cinema is made up of various #Cinema by language, film indus ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Stardust Star Of The Year Award - Male Stardust Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
