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Vikram Bhatt
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Vikram Bhatt is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter. Formerly, he was the head of ASA Productions and Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. however. Bhatt is the grandson of Vijay Bhatt from, one of the pioneers of the Indian film industry, at the age of 14, in 1982, Bhatt started his career with director Mukul Anand in Anands first film, Kanoon Kya Karega. Bhatt also assisted Mukul Anand as the assistant on the sets of Agneepath. This film turned out to be a classic, though not very successful at the box office. Subsequently, Bhatt worked with director Shekhar Kapur for two and a half years and later with director Mahesh Bhatt for two years and he has been an assistant director on the sets of several successful films including Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke and Junoon. His career as a director began with the film Jaanam, which was produced by Mukesh Bhatt and his first four films did not fare well at the box office, his first successful directorial venture was Fareb. Following this, he had a string of films such as Ghulam, Kasoor, Raaz. After Awara Paagal Deewana, he again entered a phase where his films did not perform well at the box office. However, in the same phase he did moderately successful films like Deewane Huye Paagal. In 2008, Bhatt came back with the genre and he delivered three films that were successful at the box office, these include 1920. 270 million at the box office, in 2012, Bhatts Raaz 3D recorded domestic box office collection of 729 million after the 3rd weekend and the overseas collection was at 46 million. Riding high with the success, Bhatt is writing another horror-thriller for Bipasha in the central role, the movie further collected approx Rs 37.5 million nett in the second Weekend, taking the total to Rs 228.6 million nett. The film has declared a Hit. Soon after, Bhatt signed a deal with Bhushan Kumars T-Series to produce 5 films of sci-fi, thriller, two of the films will be directed by Bhatt himself. In early 2013, Bhatt announced his upcoming projects, Creature 3D, Indias First 3D Monster Movie with Bipasha Basu in the role and 1920 London. Vikram Bhatt will mark his foray into Marathi cinema with Ek Doosrey Ke Liye, starting from 16 February 2014, he would be seen hosting the TV Show Ishq Kills based on Real Life Romances on Star Plus. Bhatts movies,1920, Evil Returnss social media campaign was studied by Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
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Adnan Sami
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Adnan Sami Khan is an Indian singer, musician, music composer, pianist and actor. He performs Indian and western music, specially for Hindi movies and his most notable instrument is the piano. He is the first person in history to play Indian classical music on the piano in a style he pioneered and created through the Indian instrument called the Santoor. A review in US-based Keyboard magazine described him as the fastest keyboard player in the world and he can play over 35 musical instruments. Born to Naureen and Arshad Sami Khan in London, he is of Pakistani origin and he has some of the best-selling independent albums of all time in South Asia. The Times of India has called him the Sultan of Music, Adnan Sami was born in 1971 in London to Pakistani parents. He was raised and educated in the United Kingdom and his father, Arshad Sami Khan, was a Pashtun while his mother Naureen Khan hailed from Jammu. Adnans father served as a Pakistan Air Force pilot, before becoming a senior bureaucrat and his paternal great-grandfather, general Ahmed Jan, was from Afghanistan and a military advisor to king Abdur Rahman Khan. His paternal grandfather Agha Mehfooz Jan was the governor of four Afghan provinces under Amanullah Khans reign, following this, his fathers family migrated to Peshawar, then in British India. Adnans mother, Naureen, is a niece of the Pakistani socialite Akleem Akhtar. Pop star Fakhar-e-Alam is his second cousin, Sami attended Rugby School in Rugby, West Midlands, UK. He went on to graduate with a degree in journalism. Adnan followed his bachelors degree with a law degree from Kings College London and he went on to qualify as a barrister from Lincolns Inn, England. He had played the piano since the age of five and composed his first piece of music when he was nine years old, Sami began taking lessons in Indian classical music from the santoor maestro Pandit Shivkumar Sharma when visiting India during his school vacations. Indian singing legend Asha Bhosle spotted talent in a ten-year-old Sami at an R. D. Burman concert in London and he is an accomplished concert pianist, music composer and singer with a command of Indian and Western classical/semi-classical music, jazz, rock and pop music. Sami went on to learn Indian classical music from Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, at the age of sixteen, Sami was approached to write a song for famine-hit Ethiopia, for which he won a special award from UNICEF. In his career of 32 years, Adnan Sami has won international awards including the Nigar Award, Bolan Academy Award. Adnan is the youngest recipient of the Naushad Music Award for Excellence in Music, previous recipients of this award include Lata Mangeshkar and Music Maestro Khayam
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Sharib Sabri
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Sharib Sabri is a singer from Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Sharib Sabri was born in Delhi, India but later moved to Durga Marg, Moti Nagar, Sabri, being from a musical family, started singing at an early age. He started working from a room from a family popularly known as Sharma family in Moti Nagar of Jaipur. Sabris father is a classical Indian musician, other singers in his family include his older brother Toshi Sabri, who was a contestant in the STAR Plus singing competition, Amul STAR Voice of India. Sabri left in the middle of his 11th grade education to focus on a musical career. He was a finalist on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005 achieving 10th place by public votes, Sabri was a contestant on the popular show Junoon - Kuch Kar Dikhayenge on NDTV in the Bollywood Filmi Group. He has sung for movies like Raaz - The Mystery Continues in the version of Maahi with his brother Toshi Sabri. He was the director for the Raaz - The Mystery Continues with his brother. Besides that, Sharib has sung a song in the movie Summer of 2007, Sabri was a participant on the show Music Ka Maha Muqqabla on STAR Plus. Sharib Sabri at the Internet Movie Database
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Toshi Sabri
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Toshi Sabri is an Indian singer and music composer who specializes in many genres ranging from Qawwali to Pop. He along with his sibling and finalist of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005 Sharib Sabri composed the extremely successful track of maahi and maahi rock with me version. He was a finalist in Amul STAR Voice of India which kickstarted his career and he also sang a Telugu song Seheri along with Priya from the movie Oy. and a Tamil song Thedi Varuven from Kadhal 2 Kalyanam both composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. He has composed for the film Jashnn as a full Music Director along with his brother Sharib Sabri, the soundtrack of Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 was composed by brothers Sharib Sabri and Toshi Sabri. Debut album titled French Kiss has been released on 1 December 2013
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ASA Productions and Enterprises
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ASA Productions and Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. is an Indian entertainment company established in 2006 in Andheri, western Mumbai, Maharashtra. Although the company was inaugurated in 2006, Vikram Bhatt had directed successful Bollywood movies including Ghulam. In the first two years of its establishment, the company produced Mumbai Salsa and 1920, in 2009, ASA Productions and Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. launched its own music label called ASA Music and produces classical, devotional, pop, fusion and film songs. The company ventured in to distribution with Harry Potters 6th movie, Harry Potter, to expand its footprints in the production space, T-Series joined with ASA Productions and Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. to produce five films
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1920 (film)
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1920 film in Hindi 1920 is a 2008 Indian horror film written and directed by Vikram Bhatt. Filmed in Hindi, the film revolves around the surrounding a married couple living in a haunted house in the year 1920. The film stars debutant actors Rajneesh Duggal and Adah Sharma as the married couple, the film is the first installment of the 1920, which was a critical and commercial success. The film was dubbed into Telugu as 1920 Gayathri. A sequel,1920, Evil Returns, was released to mixed reviews. In the year 1920 at Palampur, India, an architect arrives at a manor house. The manager of the mansion, MK, discusses how its owner wishes to have it torn down with a constructed in its place. Later that night, the architect is killed by a mysterious force and it turns out the first architect who had come before him was also killed in a similar manner some time ago. Now the third architect who is brought in, Arjun Singh, is a religious, true devotee of lord Hanumaan and devoted to his family and this meets strong disapproval from his family because Lisa is of mixed faith. Arjun decides to marry Lisa anyway, as he travels to Mumbai, his father and his brothers intercept his car, beat him up, and try to burn Lisa alive. Arjun fights back and decides to disavow his faith and his family for Lisa, the project of the manor house is handed to Arjuns firm, and Arjun and Lisa arrive at the house soon after. Arjun is unaware of the things happening, such as objects moving by themselves. She questions Balwant, the caretaker, but he feigns ignorance, Balwant privately pleads with MK to relieve Arjun and Lisa of the project for it will claim their lives just as it killed the others before them. The mansion does not wish to be destroyed, and that is why it reacts to anyone who wants to tear it down, Balwant himself is unharmed because he is only acting on orders and does not carry an intent to destroy the house. MK is aware of the presence but silences Balwant with a bribe. Arjun leaves for Delhi on a trip, leaving Lisa alone in the house. She experiences stronger supernatural events, and confides in a local church priest, the priest arrives at the mansion and immediately senses a strong evil presence. Later that evening, in his rooms, he wakes up to find a Baphomet drawn in blood on a wall
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1920: The Evil Returns
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1920, The Evil Returns is a Bollywood horror film written by Vikram Bhatt and directed by Bhushan Patel. The film is a quasi-sequel to a 2008 film 1920, second of the 1920, the trailer was released on 28 September 2012. The film released on 2 November 2012 to mixed reception and fared better at the opening Box Office weekend as compared to any releases that week except Skyfall. Boxofficeindia declared the film as a hit after its two-week run, in 1920, Jaidev Verma is a famous poet who lives the life of a loner as he is unable to meet the love of his life, Smruti. They got to know each other through an exchange of letters, one day, Jaidev receives a letter informing him that Smruti had an accident and died. Now his sister Karuna is his support system that keeps him motivated. One day Jaidev finds a girl near a lake and brings her home. After gaining consciousness, she is unable to remember anything from her past life except Jaidevs poems. Karuna becomes skeptical of her presence in the house and gets even more so when the keeper of the cemetery warns them of a spirit inside of her who is in love with her. Jaidev is insistent on keeping her at home since he feels a connection with her, strange & spooky things start happening with Sangeeta like vomiting iron nails and seeing ghosts in her room. On their way to see a doctor, Sangeeta gets completely possessed by the ghost, to save her, the only person Jaidev can turn to is the cemetery keeper. Slowly Jaidev gets to know that Sangeeta is actually his lost love Smruti and he goes to Smrutis old address to find the truth. He discovers that Karuna had come there before, asking about Smruti, Jaidev returns home and finds Karunas body hanging in the forest with suicide notes around it. From Karunas letters, he comes to know that his best friend Amar, when Amar discovered that Jaidev loved Smruti, he went to Smruti, posing as Jaidev, and took her to his residence in Shimla to exploit her, but in the process, Amar dies. It is his spirit possessing Smruti, the cemetery keeper warns Jaidev that the spirit is very vengeful and has to be deceitfully taken to the same place it all happened—Amars residence in Shimla. Whilst doing this, Smruti must not know where she is being taken, else the spirit will also know, so Smruti is made unconscious and they reach the designated place, but the cemetery keeper trips and the sacred cloth moves away from Smrutis face, awakening the spirit. The possessed Smruti unleashes mayhem on all four persons, and in a matter of time, Jaidev is badly injured in battle of evil versus just, and the spirit in Smruti burns the corpse of Amar, thus forever remaining in her body. Jaidev helplessly pleads with the spirit to kill him there is no meaning in letting him live if the spirit will take Smruti from him
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Horror film
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Horror film is a film genre that seeks to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on their fears. Inspired by literature from authors like Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, the macabre and the supernatural are frequent themes. Horror may also overlap with the fantasy, supernatural fiction and thriller genres, Horror films often deal with viewers nightmares, fears, revulsions and terror of the unknown. Plots within the genre often involve the intrusion of an evil force, event. Another of his projects was 1898s La Caverne maudite. Japan made early forays into the genre with Bake Jizo and Shinin no Sosei. The era featured a slew of literary adaptations, with the works of Poe and Dante, in 1908, Selig Polyscope Company produced Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. In 1910, Edison Studios produced the first filmed version of Frankenstein, the macabre nature of the source materials used made the films synonymous with the horror film genre. Before and during the Weimar Republic era, German Expressionist filmmakers would significantly influence later productions, the first vampire-themed movie, Nosferatu, was made during this period, though it was an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stokers Dracula. Other European countries also, contributed to the genre during this period, though the word horror to describe the film genre would not be used until the 1930s, earlier American productions often relied on horror themes. Some notable examples include The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Phantom of the Opera, The Cat and the Canary, The Unknown, and The Man Who Laughs. Many of these films were considered dark melodramas because of their stock characters and emotion-heavy plots that focused on romance, violence, suspense. The trend of inserting an element of macabre into American pre-horror melodramas continued into the 1920s, directors known for relying on macabre in their films during the 1920s were Maurice Tourneur, Rex Ingram, and Tod Browning. Ingrams The Magician contains one of the first examples of a mad doctor and is said to have had a influence on James Whales version of Frankenstein. The Unholy Three is an example of Brownings use of macabre and unique style of morbidity, he remade the film in 1930 as a talkie, during the early period of talking pictures, Universal Pictures began a successful Gothic horror film series. Tod Brownings Dracula was quickly followed by James Whales Frankenstein and The Old Dark House, some of these films blended science fiction with Gothic horror, such as Whales The Invisible Man and featured a mad scientist, mirroring earlier German films. Frankenstein was the first in a series of remakes which lasted for years, the Mummy introduced Egyptology as a theme, Make-up artist Jack Pierce was responsible for the iconic image of the monster, and others in the series. Universals horror cycle continued into the 1940s with B-movies including The Wolf Man, the once controversial Freaks, based on the short story Spurs, was made by MGM, though the studio disowned the completed film, and it remained banned, in the UK, for thirty years
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Rajneesh Duggal
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Rajneesh Duggal is an Indian film actor and a former model. He is the winner of Grasim Mr. India title in 2003 and he is also the winner of Kingfisher Model of the year 2005. In May 2014, he won the reality stunt show Khatron Ke Khiladi 5 and he made his Bollywood debut with Vikram Bhatts super-hit horror thriller 1920. Duggal started his career as a Model and he also did several TV cals and ad campaigns like Raymond suitings, Kitkat, Monte Carlo, Wagon R, Yamaha, Videocon, Clinic All Clear. He made his debut with Vikram Bhatts horror thriller movie 1920, alongside Adah Sharma, where he played the lead role of Arjun Rathod. The film was critically and commercially successful in 2008, in 2011, Duggal appeared in next horror thriller Phhir, he collaborated with Vikram Bhatt and Adah Sharma for the second time. He portrayed the role of Kabir Malhotra, a doctor who is in the search of his wife, however, the film met with mixed reviews and failed to hit the box-office. His third film was Chandrakant Singhs thriller Be Careful alongside Tanisha Mukherjee, released at the end of 2011, duggals south movies including Kaatu Puli and Aranyam were box-office failures. In 2012, Duggal appeared in Vikram Bhatts supernatural thriller Dangerous Ishq co-starring Karishma Kapoor, the film become a major flop at the box-office, receiving negative reviews from the various critics, following This Weekend. Duggal has appeared in the 2013 animated movie Main Krishna Hoon, in 2014, Duggal played in Samrat & Co. in the supporting role and Spark, in the lead role of Arjun. Same year, Duggal appeared in the music video Mohabbat Barsa Dena Tu alongside Surveen Chawla. In 2015, Duggal played the role of Shravan in Bobby Khans thriller drama Ek Paheli Leela, co-starring Sunny Leone, the film met with mixed reviews, and commercially successful at the box-office. He also appeared in Syed Ahmed Afzals crime thriller Laal Rang as Inspector, multi-starring Randeep Hooda and he also did Life OKs theatrical show Ramleela Ajay Devgn ke Saath as Ram He is also in the video of famous song by Bombay Vikings named Chodd do aanchal. In 2016, Duggal appeared in four films including Direct Ishq, Beiimaan Love. Rajiv S Ruias film Direct Ishq is a comedy film which was released on 19 February 2016, starring Rajneesh Duggal, Nidhi Subbaiah. Duggal then appeared in a role for Rajeev Chaudharis romantic film Beiimaan Love alongside Sunny Leone. He also appeared in Vishal Pandyas multi-starrer erotic crime thriller Wajah Tum Ho alongside Sana Khan and Sherlyn Chopra, Duggal is filming for Vipin Parashars Udanchoo, which will be the comedy thriller film co-starring Sayesha Saigal. Duggal graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration from Apeejay School of Management and he is married to Pallavi Duggall, and the couple have a daughter named Teeyaa
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Adah Sharma
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Adah Sharma an Indian film actress who mainly appears in Hindi and Telugu language films. Sharma, after finishing her schooling, made her debut with a leading role in the 2008 Hindi language horror film 1920. Her portrayal of a woman in the film was critically praised and earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut nomination. These prime accomplishments has established her as one of the most promising new actresses of Telugu cinema, Adah Sharma is a Tamil Brahmin born in Palakkad, Kerala and raised in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Her father S. L. Sharma, who hailed from Madurai, Tamil Nadu, was a captain in the merchant navy and her mother, Adah did her schooling from Auxilium Convent High School in Pali Hill, Bandra, Mumbai. When she was in Class X, she had decided to become an actress and she wanted to drop out of school but her parents insisted that she at least complete her schooling. After finishing her Plus Two, she stopped studying and she has been dancing since the age of three and has completed her graduation in Kathak from the Natraj Gopi Krishna Kathak Dance Academy in Mumbai. She also learned salsa for four months in the US, besides jazz, trying to enter in the film industry, Sharma auditioned for several roles in Mumbai, but was rejected either because of her curly hair or because the makers felt that she looked too young. She eventually landed the female role in the 2008 Hindi horror film 1920 opposite Rajneesh Duggal. Her portrayal of a woman was unanimously praised by critics. The Times of Indias Nikhat Kazmi commented that she delivers a consummate performance, other reviewers labelled her performance as excellent, brilliant, and incredibly convincing. The film was a success, too, Bhatts first box office hit after six years and 10 films. Three years later, she had her release, Phhir, again a horror film, which saw her collaborating with Vikram Bhatt, who wrote the film. Phhir, however, was not as well received as 1920, opening to negative reviews, and failing at the box office, with Sharma getting mixed response for her performance. While Sujata Chakrabarti wrote that not even for a minute does she exude the intensity of being a psychic and her third film, the romantic comedy Hum Hai Raahi Car Ke, released another two years later and was a critical and financial failure. She described her character in the former as vulnerable, yet extremely sexy, both films were commercially successful, with Hasee To Phasee ending up as one of the highest-grossing Hindi films of 2014. For her next film, she was paired opposite Sai Dharam Tej in Subramanyam For Sale, directed by Harish Shankar, the film was proved to be a moderate success, and Sharma received good reviews for her performance. At the 5th edition of Indian Federation for Fashion Developments India Runway Week, the designer kept the collection region-specific and showcased the lesser known handlooms of the south
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Aftab Shivdasani
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Aftab Shivadasani is an Indian film actor, producer and model known for his works in Bollywood. He started his career as a child artist with the film Mr. India. In 1999, he starred in Ram Gopal Varmas Mast, for which he received the Zee Cine Award for Best Male Debut, in 2000, he appeared in Vikram Bhatts Kasoor alongside Lisa Ray, for which he received Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role. Shivdasani was born in Mumbai to Prem and Putli Shivdasani and his father is a Hindu Sindhi while his mother is a Parsi. He has a sister named Afsana Shivdasani. He studied at St. Xaviers High School, located at Lokamanya Tilak Marg in Mumbai and he then graduated from H. R. College of Commerce in Mumbai. In 2012, he was engaged to Nin Dusanj, a London-based Punjabi who works in Hong Kong, on 11 June 2014, he married Dusanj at a private ceremony attended only by both their families. Shivdasani was selected as the Farex baby at age 14 months and he made his Bollywood debut as a child actor in Mr. India, then appearing in films such as Awwal Number, Shahenshah, ChaalBaaz and Insaniyat. He also played the role for Inspector Vijaykumar Srivastav in the 1988 film Shahenshah. Shivdasani continued appearing in commercials till the age of 19 when he was offered a role in director Ram Gopal Varmas Mast opposite Urmila Matondkar while still studying at H. R. College. Shivdasani made his debut as an adult opposite Matondkar in Mast, the film became an instant hit. In 2000, Shivdasani won the Zee Cine Award for Best Male Debut and he earned critical acclaim for his performance. In 2001, Shivdasani made his comeback to acting with his second film, Shivdasani played a negative role and shot to instant fame with his portrayal of Shekhar Saxena, a well-known journalist, who murders his wife. His performance in the film earned him a nomination for the Filmfare Best Villain Award, Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama noticed the improvement in his acting and praised his performance. Aftab, as the publishing magnate, catches you unaware with a performance that is first-rate. His characterisation is dissimilar from the one he played in his debut-making venture Mast and his work should catapult him to the league of genteel artists. Shivdasanis performance was applauded by Taran Adarsh and considered to be better than the two heroes. Taran Adarsh wrote Aftab plays to the gallery and gives an account of himself
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Tia Bajpai
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Tia Bajpai is an Indian singer, television and film actress. She made her debut in 2011 with Vikram Bhatts film Haunted - 3D. She also participated in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005, Bajpai started her career by appearing in a few television serials and shows. The film went to become a Superhit at the box office, taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama rated 3. 5/5 to the film. She then appeared in Maqbool Khans drama-thriller film Lanka alongside Manoj Bajpayee and Arjan Bajwa, the film garnered mixed reviews from critics, and had a poor box office collection. The film garnered average reviews from critics, but turned out to be commercially successful, in 2014, Bajpai appeared in two films Anand Kumars Desi Kattey, alongside Sunil Shetty and Jay Bhanushali, and Identity Card. She recently appeared in Aijaaz Khans comedy film Baankey Ki Crazy Baraat in 2015, the film was a critical and commercial failure. Tia Bajpai at the Internet Movie Database Tia Bajpai on Bollywood Hungama
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Meera Chopra
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Meera Chopra, also known as Nila or Meerra Chopra, is an Indian actress and model who appears in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films. Bollywood actresses Priyanka Chopra, Parineeti Chopra and Mannara Chopra are her cousins, meeras Kollywood debut was with the 2005 film Anbe Aaruyire, in which she starred with S. J. Surya. Her second movie was the Telugu-language film Pawan Kalyan, followed by her performance in M. S. Rajus Vaana and her Bollywood debut was in Vikram Bhatts 1920, London, with Sharman Joshi. Shes also worked in Satish Kaushiks Gang of Ghosts, produced by Venus, Meera Chopra at the Internet Movie Database Media related to Meera Chopra at Wikimedia Commons
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Rajasthan
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Rajasthan is Indias largest state by area. Elsewhere it is bordered by the other Indian states, Punjab to the north, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to the northeast, Madhya Pradesh to the southeast, and Gujarat to the southwest. Rajasthan is also home to two national reserves, the Ranthambore National Park in Sawai Madhopur and Sariska Tiger Reserve in Alwar. The state was formed on 30 March 1949 when Rajputana – the name adopted by the British Raj for its dependencies in the region – was merged into the Dominion of India. Its capital and largest city is Jaipur, also known as Pink City, other important cities are Jodhpur, Udaipur, Bikaner, Kota and Ajmer. Parts of what is now Rajasthan were partly part of the Vedic Civilisation, kalibangan, in Hanumangarh district, was a major provincial capital of the Indus Valley Civilization. Matsya Kingdom of the Vedic civilisation of India, is said to roughly corresponded to the state of Jaipur in Rajasthan. The capital of Matsya was at Viratanagar, which is said to have named after its founder king Virata. Bhargava identifies the two districts of Jhunjhunu and Sikar and parts of Jaipur district along with Haryana districts of Mahendragarh, bhargava also locates the present day Sahibi River as the Vedic Drishadwati River, which along with Saraswati River formed the borders of the Vedic state of Brahmavarta. Manu and Bhrigu narrated the Manusmriti to a congregation of seers in this area only, the Indo-Scythians invaded the area of Ujjain and established the Saka era, marking the beginning of the long-lived Saka Western Satraps state. Gurjars ruled for many dynasties in this part of the country, up to the tenth century almost the whole of North India, acknowledged the supremacy of the Gurjars with their seat of power at Kannauj. The Gurjar Pratihar Empire acted as a barrier for Arab invaders from the 8th to the 11th century, the chief accomplishment of the Gurjara Pratihara empire lies in its successful resistance to foreign invasions from the west, starting in the days of Junaid. Majumdar says that this was acknowledged by the Arab writers. He further notes that historians of India have wondered at the progress of Muslim invaders in India. Traditionally the Rajputs, Jats, Meenas, REBARI, Gurjars, Bhils, Rajpurohit, Charans, Yadavs, Bishnois, Sermals, PhulMali, all these tribes suffered great difficulties in protecting their culture and the land. Millions of them were killed trying to protect their land, a number of Gurjars had been exterminated in Bhinmal and Ajmer areas fighting with the invaders. Meenas were rulers of Bundi, Hadoti and the Dhundhar region, hem Chandra Vikramaditya, the Hindu Emperor, was born in the village of Machheri in Alwar District in 1501. Hem Chandra was killed in the battlefield at Second Battle of Panipat fighting against Mughals on 5 November 1556, maharana Pratap of Mewar resisted Akbar in the famous Battle of Haldighati and later operated from hilly areas of his kingdom
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Black magic
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Black magic or dark magic has traditionally referred to the use of supernatural powers or magic for evil and selfish purposes. With respect to the path and right-hand path dichotomy, black magic is the malicious. In modern times, some find that the definition of magic has been convoluted by people who define magic or ritualistic practices that they disapprove of as black magic. Like its counterpart white magic, the origins of magic can be traced to the primitive, ritualistic worship of spirits as outlined in Robert M. Places 2009 book, Magic. During the Renaissance, many magical practices and rituals were considered evil or irreligious and by extension, Witchcraft and non-mainstream esoteric study were prohibited and targeted by the Inquisition. While natural magic became popular among the educated and upper classes of the 16th and 17th century, ritualistic magic, summers also highlights the etymological development of the term nigromancer, in common use from 1200 to approximately 1500, broadly one skilled in the black arts. In a modern context, the line between magic and black magic is somewhat clearer and most modern definitions focus on intent rather than practice. There is also an extent to which many modern Wicca and witchcraft practitioners have sought to distance themselves from those intent on practising black magic, the influence of popular culture has allowed other practices to be drawn in under the broad banner of black magic including the concept of Satanism. While the invocation of demons or spirits is an part of black magic. Those lines, though, continue to be blurred by the inclusion of spirit rituals from otherwise white magicians in compilations of work related to Satanism. Dees rituals themselves were designed to contact spirits in general and angels in particular, laVeys Bible, however, is a complete contradiction of Dees intentions but offers the same rituals as a means of contact with evil spirits and demons. LaVeys Church of Satan, officially denies the efficacy of ritual but affirms the subjective, psychological value of ritual practice. LaVey himself was more specific, The latter quote, though, Voodoo, too, has been associated with modern black magic, drawn together in popular culture and fiction. In fact, Voodoo tradition makes its own distinction between black and white magic, with sorcerers like the Bokor known for using magic and rituals of both. But their penchant for magic associated with curses, poisons and zombies means they, the links and interaction between black magic and religion are many and varied. Beyond black magics links to organised Satanism or its historical persecution by Christianity and its inquisitions, the Black Mass, for example, is a sacrilegious parody of the Catholic Mass. Likewise, a saining, though primarily a practice of magic, is a Wiccan ritual analogous to a christening or baptism for an infant. 17th century priest, Étienne Guibourg, is said to have performed a series of Black Mass rituals with alleged witch Catherine Monvoisin for Madame de Montespan, in Islam, al-Fatiha al-Falaq, al-Nas and other Surahs are recited to protect against sorcery
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Sharman Joshi
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Sharman Joshi is an Indian film and theatre actor. He has worked on productions in English, Hindi, Marathi. He made his debut in Godmother. He made his debut as an actor in the Hindi film Style. Metro,3 idiots, Ferrari Ki Sawaari, Hate Story 3, Joshi belongs to a Gujarati family of actors and performing artists. His father, Arvind Joshi, is a veteran of Gujarati theatre, while his aunt Sarita Joshi and cousins acted in Marathi and his sister is actress Manasi Joshi Roy and brother-in-law is actor Rohit Roy. Joshi is married to Prerana Chopra, daughter of actor Prem Chopra, the couple has a daughter, Khyana, born in October 2005, and twin boys, Vaaryan and Vihaan, born in July 2009. He appeared as a character in Gujarati version of popular play, All the Best. He made his debut in the 1999 art film, Godmother. This was followed by Style, produced by N Chandra, Style was followed with a sequel called Xcuse Me and other comedies like Shaadi No.1. In 2006 he starred in Rang De Basanti, later that year he starred in the comedy film Golmaal. In 2007 he appeared in Life in a Metro, Dhol, the following year saw him as the character Shyam in Hello, the film adaptation of Chetan Bhagats novel One Night @ the Call Center. Joshi played the lead in Sorry Bhai. in 2008. He plays a cop role in the upcoming erotic-thriller Wajah Tum Ho, in 2009 he hosted a game show at Real T. V. called PokerFace, Dil Sachcha Chehra Jhootha, which was based on a British game show called PokerFace. He has been honored with the membership of International Film Aand Television Club of Asian Academy of Film & Television. Sharman Joshi at the Internet Movie Database Sharman Joshi official website
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Anjori Alagh
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Anjori Alagh is an Indian actress and model. She is the daughter of actress Maya Alagh and made her first appearance at the age of 4 in an advertisement and her debut film was Vikram Bhatts Life Mein Kabhie Kabhiee. She is a trained Kathak dancer, Anjori was born to the Alagh Punjabi Patel family in Ludhiana, India. Her mother, Maya Alagh, is a popular Bollywood character actress, her father, Anjori also has a sister named Sawari who is married to Sameer Nair. Anjori Alagh began acting at age four and did a number of advertisements for Maggi, at age 10, Anjori quit acting to complete her studies. She went to the US to study economics and business management in Ohio, after a summer stint at Stanford Acting School, she completed her studies and returned to India where she trained at the Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting Institute. Her mother guided Anjori early on in her career and introduced her to filmmaker Vikram Bhatt, Anjori made quite an impression on Bhatt and a few months later, Anjori received a call from Bhatt who offered her a role in his movie Life Mein Kabhie Kabhiee. Bhatt was impressed by her performance and cast her again in his next film 1920 in 2008, Anjori has also acted in the NDTV Imagine serial Seeta Aur Geeta
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Indraneil Sengupta
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Indraneil Sengupta is an Indian film and television actor, and a model living in Kolkata since 2004. Sengupta was a finalist of the 1999 Gladrags Manhunt Contest in which John Abraham was the winner and he modelled for designer Rohit Bal and worked for choreographers Marc Robinson and Achala Sachdev. He also appeared in commercials for the Tata Indigo Marina car, VIP Frenchie and he also appeared in a television show on STAR Plus, Pyaar ke do naam. Ek Radha Ek Shyaam. In 2004, he starred in the film Shukriya, Till Death Do Us Apart which also starred Aftab Shivdasani, Shriya Saran and he was to act in the movie Dus but the project got shelved. He also starred as Tushaar in the Zee TV serial Banoo Main Teri Dulhan and he appeared with his wife in Nach Baliye 3 as a late entrant. He starred in Bollywood movies Mumbai Salsa and Kahaani and he has also done a few Bengali films. In 2008, he starred in Janala, also starring Swastika Mukherjee. At the beginning of 2009, he starred opposite Indrani Haldar in Angshumaner Chhobi, the film was the only Bengali entry in the competitive section of the Indian Panorama in Goa. In late 2009, he starred as a bisexual lover in Kaushik Gangulys Arekti Premer Golpo. His love interest in film is director Rituparno Ghosh. In 2010, he did his first commercial Bengali film, Jodi Ekdin, indraneil also received the Anandalok Fresh Face of the Year award in 2009 for Anshumaner Chobi. Indraneil starred as an aspiring director in the Bengali movie Autograph with Prasenjit Chatterjee. The movie is a tribute to both Satyajit Ray and to Uttam Kumar as it is on the lines of the film Nayak, in 2012 he acted in the Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury-directed Bengali movie Aparajita Tumi, in which he played a young Bangladeshi professor. He played the role of a criminal in the Hindi film Kahaani, in 2012 he also played a role in a Bangladeshi movie, Chorabali. He also starred in Goyenda Gogol, which was released in 2013 and he also starred in Teen Patti, a Bengali film directed by Jenny Sarkar and Dipayan Mandal. Ek Radha Ek Shyaam. They have a daughter named Meera, who was born in October 2011, indraneil Sengupta at the Internet Movie Database Shyaam- Shyaama saga goes on The Hindu -1 April 2006 READY, STEADY, GO. Times of India -24 Mar 2006
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British Indian
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The term British Indian refers to citizens of the United Kingdom whose ancestral roots lie in India. This includes people born in the UK who are of Indian descent, today, Indians comprise about 1.4 million people in the UK, making them the single largest visible ethnic minority population in the country. They make up the largest subgroup of British Asians, and are one of the largest Indian communities in the Indian diaspora, mainly due to the Indian-British relations. The British Indian community is the sixth largest in the Indian diaspora, behind the Indian communities in the United States, Saudi Arabia, British Indians are socioeconomically affluent and are primarily members of the middle class. A study by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation in 2011 found British Indians have among the lowest poverty rates among all groups in Britain. Studies have shown that Indians are more likely to be employed in professional and managerial occupations, No one knows the earliest settlement of Indians in Great Britain for certain. If the Romani, often known by the exonym Gypsies, are regarded as South Asian, the Romanichal and Kale originated in what is now North India and Pakistan, and began migrating westward around 1000 C. E. mixing with Southwest Asians and continental Europeans over the centuries. Romani began arriving in numbers in Western Europe during the 16th century. People from India have settled in Great Britain since the East India Company recruited lascars to replace vacancies in their crews on East Indiamen whilst on voyages in India. Initially these were men from the Indo-Portuguese or Luso-Asian communities of the subcontinent, including men from Bombay, Goa, Cochin, Madras, later Muslim Bengalis and men from Ratnagiri were hired. Many were then refused passage back and had no alternative than to settle in London, there were also some ayahs, domestic servants and nannies of wealthy British families, who accompanied their employers back to Britain when their stay in South Asia came to an end. British soldiers would sometimes marry Indian women and send their mixed race children back to Britain. Indian wives of British soldiers would sometimes ask for passage home after being abandoned or widowed if they did accompany their children, in 1835, Bridget Peter a native of the Madras region lost her husband, a British soldier serving in His Majestys 1st Foot Regiment. She petitioned the Directors from Chelsea Hospital in a state of destitution and they paid to return her and her three children to India. The Navigation Act of 1660 restricted the employment of non-English sailors to a quarter of the crew on returning East India Company ships, in 1797,13 were buried in the parish of St Nicholas at Deptford. During the 19th century, the East India Company brought thousands of Indian lascars, scholars and workers to Britain largely to work on ships and it is estimated 8,000 Indians lived in Britain permanently prior to the 1950s. Due to the majority of early Asian immigrants being lascar seamen, naval cooks also came, many of them from the Sylhet Division of what is now Bangladesh. One of the most famous early Bengali immigrants to Britain was Sake Dean Mahomet, in 1810, he founded Londons first Indian restaurant, the Hindoostane Coffee House
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Rajendranath Zutshi
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Raj Zutshi, is a Mumbai-based Indian film and television actor. Born on 4 February 1961, Raj Zutshi is a grandson of Dina Nath Zutshi and he made the transition from theatre to cinema in 1984 with the film Holi. He is the former brother-in-law of Aamir Khan, Indian film actor, rajendranath Zutshi at the Internet Movie Database
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Rakhi Sawant
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Rakhi Sawant is an Indian politician, dancer, model, Hindi film and television actress & television talk show host, who has appeared in many Hindi and few Kannada, Marathi, Telugu and Tamil films. She was a contestant on Bigg Boss, Sawant had launched her own political party, the Rashtriya Aam Party to contest the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections. However, after the election, she joined Republican Party of India, Rakhi Sawant has often been in the news due to actions and statements that are deemed controversial in the Indian context. Rakhi was born as Neeru Bheda to Jaya Bheda, Jaya married Anand Sawant, a police constable at Worli Police Station, and gave the children from her first marriage her second husbands name. She is the sister of film director Rakesh Sawant and former actress Usha Sawant and she is a convert to Christianity from Hinduism. She made her debut in Agnichakr under the name Ruhi Sawant. She went on to small roles and dance numbers in the low-budget Bollywood films Joru Ka Ghulam, Jis Desh Mein Ganga Rehta Hain. In 2003, she auditioned for a number in the Bollywood movie. She auditioned about four times before being selected for her item number, Mohabbat Hai Mirchi. Sawant acted in roles in films including Masti and Main Hoon Na In 2005. In June 2006, Mika Singh attempted to kiss her at his birthday party, a few months later, she appeared in the first season of the reality show Bigg Boss and was among the top four finalists. In 2007, Rakhi made her debut in the album Super Girl launched by Venus Records & Tapes Pvt. Ltd. In 2009, Sawant launched the reality show Rakhi Ka Swayamwar in which she planned to select her husband by the ancient ritual of Swayamvar. On 2 August 2009 she chose her life partner, a contestant from Toronto, Canada, however, several months later, Sawant announced that the couple had separated due to irreconcilable differences. Often appearing in reality shows as a host, judge or participant, Sawant is a stage performer. On 28 March, she founded the party called Rashtriya Aam Party, theres no partys symbol assigned by the election commission. However, Sawant said that shes expecting it to be a green chilli, the partys office bearers and fundraisers are local businessmen from Oshiwara. She received only 2006 votes from Mumbai North-West Constituency and lost her deposit, Sawant resigned from Rashtriya Aam Party and joined RPI party in June 2014 and expressed her desire to work for dalits
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Sharad Kelkar
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Sharad Kelkar is a popular Indian Bollywood and Indian television celebrity. He started his career as a gym instructor followed by modeling then he made his first television debut through Aakrosh which was aired on Doordarshan back in 2004, Sharad did a huge number of Television shows and films including Marathi and Bollywood. His movies was highest grossed with some critical responses. He also won a number of awards for his roles, Sharad Kelkar lost his father at a very young age. Since then his mother and elder sister became his strengths, Sharad hails from the city of Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh from Marathi family. He has an MBA in Marketing from Prestige Institute of Management and Research, after completing education, Sharad started teaching physical education. When he got a chance to come to Mumbai on a visit, for the first time. On an impulse, he participated in the ramp show, at that time he had a part-time job with Airtel, besides working as a gym instructor at Jiwaji Club in Gwalior. Sharad started modelling within one month and has done about 25 ramp shows, Sharad Kelkar was a Grasim Mr. India finalist. In 2004, he made his debut with the show Aakrosh which aired on Doordarshan. Sharad was host of the show Pati Patni Aur Woh on Imagine TV in 2009, in 2007, Sharad hosted Rock-N-Roll Family along with former Hero Honda Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 contestant Mauli Dave. Then he appeared as Thakur Digvijay Singh Bhadoria in Bairi Piya which earned him critical acclaim for his performance, Sharad was also part of Marathi film Chinu where he played the hero to the female protagonist who plays the title role of Chinu. In 2010, he participated in reality comedy TV series, Comedy Circus Mahasangram paired with Bharti Singh, in 2012, he replaced Mohnish Behl as Dr. Ashutosh in the serial Kuch Toh Log Kahenge which aired on Sony Entertainment Television India. His wife Keerti Gaekwad Kelkar is also an actress who appeared in Saat Phere as Chandni / Devika in a negative role. Together, in 2006 the couple appeared on the dance reality show Nach Baliye 2. Since September 2015, Sharad is seen as Agent Raghav in his new crime and he describes his role as Heres a guy who is suave and dapper, with an IQ that can give even the most intelligent and shrewd criminal a run for his money. He can do things that few can - read peoples minds. I havent played such a character or taken up a series like this before
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Vidya Malvade
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Vidya Malvade is an Indian actress, mainly working in the Bollywood film industry. Vidya was born on 2 March 1973 in Maharashtra, India and she has a younger sister, Darshana Maitra, who lives in New Jersey. Vidya started her career with Vikram Bhatts Inteha which failed at the box office, after a string of unsuccessful movies and several advertisements, she acted in Chak De India in the year 2007, playing the role of a goalkeeper and captain of the Indian womens national hockey team. Her most recent movie was 1920, Evil Returns, vidya studied Law and worked as an Air Hostess. Arvind Singh Bagga, was a pilot with Alliance Air and he died in 2000 when his flight, Alliance Air Flight 7412, crashed into a building in Patna. In 2009, she married Sanjay Dayma, who worked with Ashutosh Gowariker on the Oscar-nominated Lagaan as the films Screenplay Writer & Associate Director, vidya Malvade at the Internet Movie Database Chak De India Biography Interview with Bollyspice. com
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Gajendra Chauhan
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Gajendra Singh Chauhan, known professionally as Gajendra Chauhan, is an Indian television and film actor, best known for his portrayal of Yudhishthira in the historical television series, Mahabharat. In 2015, he was appointed as the chairman of the Film, Chauhan was born in Delhi, on 14 October 1956. He did a diploma in radiography from All India Institute of Medical Sciences before he moved to Mumbai to pursue a career in acting, there he studied acting in the school run by Roshan Taneja, who had previously taught at FTII. Chauhans acting career spans 34 years, and by his own count, he has worked in 600 television series and almost 150 movies during that period. His first break as an actor was in television series Paying Guest in 1983, the first acting part in a film that he did was in Main Chup Nahi Rahoongi in 1986. Chauhan was initially offered to play the role of Lord Krishna in the television series, however filming for the first series was delayed, and Chauhan moved south to take on new work. Upon his return, Chauhan had put on weight and was considered unsuitable for the role of Krishna and he was later offered the role of Yudhishthira, which went on to being the role he has become better known by. Chauhan has also involved in the administration of Cinema and Television Artists Association for 20 years. In 2004 Chauhan entered politics, and became a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, on 9 June 2015, Chauhan was appointed as the Chairman of the Film and Television Institute of India. His appointment proved to be controversial amid allegations by students that it was a blatant attempt to saffronize the institute, a section of left-wing students association, including All India Students Association continue to agitate. Chauhan requested the students to him a year to prove himself. Gajendra Chauhan at the Internet Movie Database
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Sushmita Mukherjee
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Sushmita Mukherjee is an Indian Bollywood and television actress. She studied at Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi, sushmita was married to the director Sudhir Mishra. After her divorce, she married the actor, producer and civil activist Raja Bundela and has two children, rajeshwar Pratap Singh Judeo alias Raja Bundela was born to one of the ruling Bundela Rajput clan in the Lalitpur district. She married the Rajput Prince and was known as Ranisaheba, sushmita Devi, later and has three children. Sushmita Mukherjee at the Internet Movie Database
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Zareen Khan
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Zareen Khan also known as Zarine Khan is an Indian actress and model who mainly works in the Hindi film industry, though has also appeared in Tamil and Punjabi language films. Khan made her debut with a leading role in the 2010 Anil Sharmas period film Veer co-starring with Salman Khan for which she was nominated for the Zee Cine Award for Best Female Debut. Khan garnered recognition from her item number Character Dheela in Ready, Khan earned commercial success in Bollywood with Sajid Khans Housefull 2 and Vishal Pandyas Hate Story 3. The following year, Khan made her Tamil debut in the Tamil film Naan Rajavaga Pogiren and she achieved further success for her leading roles in the 2014 romantic thriller Jatt James Bond, a box-office success. Khan was born into a Muslim Pathan family on 14 May 1987 in Mumbai, Maharashtra and she speaks Hindi, Urdu, English and Marathi. She completed her intermediate at Rizvi College of Science, Mumbai, Khan wanted to be a doctor but joined acting. Her acting career began while visiting the set of Yuvraj at Subhash Ghais film school Whistling Woods. Salman Khan noticed her and decided to cast her for his friend Anil Sharmas film Veer because, he said, after a screen test, Khan was given the lead role of Princess Yashodhara. She gained eight kilograms in order to be convincing as a 19th-century princess. The film revolves around the 1825 Pindari movement of Rajasthan, when India was ruled by the British, Veer did not do well at the Box office, however, her performance received mix reviews from both critics and public. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama observed that Zarine resembles Katrina Kaif, nikhat Kazmi of Times of India concluded that Zarine is unimpressive. Rediff. com mentions that Zarine is average, critic Subhash K. Jha called her performance a Zarines charm adds to her adorable screen presence. Khan was nominated for Zee Cine Award for Best Female Debut, Khan walked the ramp as showstopper for jewellery brand YS18 at India International Jewellery Week,2012. Khans second release was Sajid Khans comedy film Housefull 2, a sequel of Housefull, Khan earned critical acclaim for her performance, with Taran Adarsh stating, Zarine act more as eye candy. She appears typical sultry and enticing selves, and is befit in her own space, Housefull 2 was among the highest-grossing Bollywood films of 2012. In 2013, Khan made her Tamil debut in Vetrimaarans Naan Rajavaga Pogiren and she was appreciated for the song. Taran Adarsh commented, Zarine Khans song is high on energy, Khans first release of 2014 was Rohit Jugrajs Punjabi film Jatt James Bond, her first role outside Bollywood. She featured in the role of a Lalli, an innocent Punjabi woman alongside Gippy Grewal, the film received positive reviews from critics, and her performance was particularly praised
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Bollywood Hungama
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Bollywood Hungama is a Bollywood entertainment website, owned by Hungama Digital Media Entertainment, which acquired this Bollywood portal in 2000. The website provides news related to Indian film industry, particularly Bollywood, film reviews, launched on 15 June 1998 the website was originally named IndiaFM. com. It changed its name to Bollywood Hungama in 2008, as of April 2015, its Alexa ranking in India is 547. Koimoi Box Office India Full2entertain Bollywood Hungama Website
