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Abbas Tyrewala
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Abbas Tyrewala is an Indian film storywriter, screenwriter, dialogue writer and director. After making his mark as a screenwriter and dialogue writer in early 2000s, with award-winning films like Maqbool and he made his debut as a director with a breezy romantic comedy, Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na. Born and brought up in Mumbai, Abbas joined St. He entered the industry as a lyricist, writing for film like, Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar. and Love Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega. He is married to Pakhi who had her debut in his film Jhoota Hi Sahi opposite John Abraham, Abbas hails from a modest background. Born to a poor Muslim family, abbass father owned a tyre repair shop, his mother, a housewife, was keen to get Tyrewala a good education in order to help him achieve. Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na Jhootha Hi Sahi Asoka Chupke Se Darna Mana Hai Maqbool Main Hoon Na Gudumba Shankar Vaada Salaam Namaste De Taali Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na Mere Brother Ki Dulhan Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar. Lagaan Kushi Asoka Leela Chupke Se Maqbool Darna Mana Hai Munnabhai M. B. B. S, paanch Main Hoon Na Shikhar Salaam Namaste Vaada De Taali Welcome Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na Jhoota Hi Sahi Bang Bang. 2.02004, Filmfare Best Dialogue Award, Munnabhai M. B. B. S,2004, Zee Cine Award for Best Dialogue, Munnabhai M. B. B. S. com
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Madhu Mantena
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Madhu Mantena Varma is an Indian film producer and entrepreneur involved in the production and distribution of films across Bollywood, Telugu cinema, and Bengali cinema. In 2008, Madhu Mantena co-produced Ghajini which was the highest grossing Indian film for that year, since then Madhu has produced films such as the trilingual sleeper-hit Rakht Charitra, the political thriller Rann screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, and the Bengali hit Autograph. The 2016 film Raman Raghav 2.0 was screened at the Cannes Directors Fortnight, Madhu Mantena co-founded an advertisement production company known as Offroad Films which produces ad films. He made it to the Limca Book of Records for theatrically releasing seven films, produced by him and this is the maximum number of release in different languages by one producer in the shortest time. Four of the films were released within a span of eight days. He also ran Ram Gopal Varmas production house Factory, Madhu Mantena began his career by creating his own music label as a teenager which he then sold to Supreme Recording Company. He then went on to set up Adlabs’ International Operations under the aegis of Manmohan Shetty and was head of Saregama Films and he Co-founded KWAN, a celebrity management company, with Anirban Das Blah. In 2012 KWAN announced a joint venture along-with Creative Artist Agency to form a new entity and this talent management agency presently commands a variety of business interests and manages a repertoire of Indian talent as well as international talent
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Sanjiv Goenka
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Sanjiv Goenka is the chairman of RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group which has an asset base of over INR32,000 crore. The Group has over 50,000 employees and over a thousand shareholders with annual revenues of up to INR16,000 crore. Besides, he is also the co-owner of ISL football club, the new IPL team, Rising Pune Supergiants is also owned by Sanjiv Goenkas New Rising. Mr. Goenka has been the youngest-ever President of Confederation of Indian Industries, a past Chairman of the Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, he is also a former President of All-India Management Association. Currently he is Chairman of International Management Institute which has campuses in Delhi, Kolkata, mr Goenka is presently a Member of the National Foundation for Corporate Governance set up by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India. He was also a Member of the CII National Council on Corporate Governance, Sanjiv is the younger son of Rama Prasad Goenka, effective founder of the RPG Group. He grew up in Kolkata and graduated from St. Xavier’s College and he then began assisting his father and elder brother Harsh in running the family business empire. In the mid-1980s, Sanjivs parents arranged for him to marry a girl of suitable family, belonging to his own Agarwal community, and he duly married Preeti. They are now the parents of two children, The Goenka family belongs to the Marwadi community of money-lenders and tradesmen, and hails originally from Rajasthan in western India. As early as the 19th century, a member of the family, Ramdutt Goenka, set up base in Kolkata, which was then the capital of India. The family prospered in its traditional vocations of money-lending and trade and it was in the 1970s that Rama Prasad Goenka leveraged the familys wealth to take over a variety of industries and corporates and thus create a ready-made business conglomerate. In a series of takeovers, RPG acquired such companies relatively cheap and used his financial resources, in this way, by the end of the 20th century, RPG had cobbled together a significant business empire. In 2010, Rama Prasad RP Goenka formally divided his business empire between his two sons, Harsh and Sanjiv, the following major companies fell to Sanjivs share, CESC Limited Spencers Retail Phillips Carbon Black Saregama One part of Harrisons Malayalam. In 2009-10, Sanjiv Goenka became president of the All India Management Association and he was chairman of the Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. Goenka became President of the Confederation of Indian Industry in April 2001, at 41, he was appointed Chairman of the Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, succeeding his father. Goenka is the son of the RP-Sanjiv Goenka Groups Chairman Emeritus, Late Dr. Rama Prasad Goenka. They have a daughter, Avarna, and a son, Shashwat, Goenka Is also the owner of IPL team Rising Pune Supergiants. He was criticised for removing M. S. Dhoni as the captain of IPL team
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Pakhi Tyrewala
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Pakhi Tyrewala is the stage name of Punarnava Mehta an Indian actress who debuted in Bollywood in 2002 with Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai. in which she used her real name Punarnava Mehta. She later changed her name to Pakhi which is her nickname and she was relaunched by her husband Abbas in 2010 with her new name Pakhi in the film Jhootha Hi Sahi. Pakhi was born and brought up in Delhi, where she lived in Press Enclave, Saket and she completed her schooling from Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, Lodhi Road, but didnt pursue college education as she was dyslexic. Pakhi Tyrewala started off her career as a child artist in movies, serials and she made her debut as a child artist in 1997, in the film Dance of the Wind, in which she played the role of a Russian girl Stella. She came to Mumbai in year 2000. in 2002, in 2010 she was cast opposite John Abraham in the film Jhoota Hi Sahi, which was directed by her husband Abbas Tyrewala. She played the role of a woman called Mishka whose final call mistakenly connects to a man who gives her something to live for. The film received mixed reviews and was also a commercial failure, pakhis performance was heavily criticized, with many critics disagreeing with Abbas for casting his wife. After the fate of the film, Pakhi decided to quit acting and returned to first love, in 2010, she went to TICSH, New York to study film making. In December 2011, Pakhi started working as an Assistant Director with Nagesh Kukunoor for his film, The Boxer, Pakhi is married to director Abbas Tyrewala. They fell in love during the shooting of Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na and she is a teacher at the Art of Living Foundation, headed by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. Shabda Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai, writer Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na. casting director 1. I am dyslexic, Pakhi Tyrewala http, //timesofindia. indiatimes. com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/I-am-dyslexic-Pakhi-Tyrewala/articleshow/7116523. cms Pakhi Tyrewala at the Internet Movie Database
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John Abraham (actor)
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John Abraham is an Indian film actor, producer and a former model who appears in Hindi films. After modelling for advertisements and companies, Abraham made his film debut with Jism. This was followed by his first commercial success, Dhoom and he received two Filmfare Award nominations, for his negative roles in Dhoom, and in Zinda. He later appeared in the critical success Water. He was nominated for a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film Baabul, since then, Abraham has starred in many critically and commercially successful films including Kaal, Garam Masala, Taxi No. In 2012, he produced his first film Vicky Donor, which was a critical and commercial success, then he established his own production house, John Abraham Entertainment. His second film as a producer was Madras Cafe, which garnered critical acclaim and his athletic and muscular physique has contributed to his status as one of the most influential sex symbols in Bollywood. He is the co-owner of the Indian Super League football team NorthEast United FC, apart from acting, Abraham has often performed many dangerous stunts in his films. He is also a vegetarian, and is an advocate for animal rights. John Abraham was born to a Malayali father and a Zoroastrian mother and his father, Abraham John, is an architect from Aluva, Kerala, his mother is Firoza Irani. Abrahams Parsi name is Farhan while his father being a Marthomite Syrian Christian named him John and he has a sister Susy Mathew and a younger brother Alan Abraham. Abraham studied at Bombay Scottish School in Mumbai and he got his bachelors degree in economics from Jai Hind College. Abraham also received an MBA from Mumbai Education Trust, during the filming of Jism in 2002, Abraham began to date his co-star Bipasha Basu. They were in a relationship until early 2011, whilst together, the two were often referred to as a supercouple in the Indian media. When asked about the breakup Bipasha Basu claimed Johns behaviour had changed towards her after a kiss with Cristiano Ronaldo. She also claimed infedelity on Johns part, although he denied it and refused to comment. He opened up saying I have always kept quiet about my personal life and its just the way my parents raised me. I rather leave it at speculation and he is now married to Priya Runchal, an NRI financial analyst and investment banker from the USA but native to McLeod Ganj, whom he met in Mumbai, in December 2010
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Raghu Ram
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Raghu Ram Ambadapudi is an Indian television producer and actor. He was earlier a senior supervising producer at MTV India and the producer of reality television shows MTV Roadies. He was married to actress Sugandha Garg, the brothers launched their own content studio called Monozygotics in 2014. Ram was born in Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India and he was born an identical-twin and grew up in Delhi, India, along with his twin brother, Rajiv Laxman. Their father is an accountant and mother a political affairs journalist. They have a younger sister Supriya Nistala, who is married and has a daughter, the twin brothers studied at the Woodstock School, Landour, Uttarakhand. They later attended the University of Delhi in Delhi, in the first year, both were students of Deshbandhu College, but in the second year, they joined Sri Venkateswara College. In the final year, they joined Osmania University in Hyderabad where they completed their graduation, Ram was married to actress Sugandha Garg, who has played roles in Hindi films Jaane Tu. Ya Jaane Na, Tere Bin Laden and My Name Is Khan, in 2016, they announced their separation, after being married for almost a decade. His idea of MTV Roadies was accepted as a project by MTV in 2000. The show was tentatively titled MTV, Find The Road, and was met with skepticism by the senior producers of the channel. The show later started to gain popularity from its second season onwards, Ram was later appointed the senior supervising producer of MTV India and the executive producer of Roadies as well as MTV Splitsvilla, another reality show which he had launched in 2008. He was rejected due to inefficient singing ability and signature attitude traits, in 2014, Ram announced that he wont be attached with Roadies from season X2, after being associated with the show for 11 years. He said on Twitter, roadies is happening, im not gonna do it, though. Ram and his brother have also acted in a few Bollywood films like Tees Maar Khan in 2010 along with Akshay Kumar as Johari brothers though the film didnt do well at box office, in the same year, Ram also acted in Jhoota Hi Sahi with actor John Abraham. His acting was appreciated by critics and he was also nominated for the Best Singer Award at the GIMA Awards 2012 for his song Manmani. This was for using foul language on television while they were participating in a promotional rally in the city. Ram wrote his autobiography titled Rearview, My Roadies Journey, published in 2013, in April 2016, Ram launched a web-series titled A. I. SHA – My Virtual Girlfriend, a webcam fiction show through the online content platform Arre
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A. R. Rahman
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Allah-Rakha Rahman, is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, musician and philanthropist. A. R. Rahmans works are noted for integrating Indian classical music with music, world music. Among his awards are two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, four National Film Awards, fifteen Filmfare Awards and he has been awarded the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award, in 2010 by the Government of India. In 2009, Rahman on the Time 100 list of the worlds most influential people, the UK-based world-music magazine Songlines named him one of Tomorrows World Music Icons in August 2011. With an in-house studio, Rahmans film-scoring career began during the early 1990s with the Tamil film Roja, working in Indias film industries, international cinema and theatre, Rahman is one of the worlds all-time best-selling recording artists. In a notable career, he has been acclaimed for redefining contemporary Indian film music. Rahman has become a humanitarian and philanthropist, donating and raising money for a number of causes and charities. Rahmans body of work for film and stage has given him the nickname of the Mozart of Madras, Rahman was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. His father, R. K. Shekhar, was a composer and conductor for Tamil and Malayalam films, Rahman assisted his father in the studio. After his fathers death when Rahman was nine years old, the rental of his fathers musical equipment provided his familys income, raised by his mother, Kareema, Rahman was a keyboard player and arranger for bands such as Roots and founded the Chennai-based rock group Nemesis Avenue. He mastered the keyboard, piano, synthesizer, harmonium and guitar, Rahman began his early musical training under Master Dhanraj, and at age 11 began playing in the orchestra of Malayalam composer M. K. Arjunan. Studying in Chennai, Rahman graduated with a diploma in Western classical music from the school, Rahman was introduced to Qadiri Islam when his younger sister was seriously ill in 1984. His mother was a practicing Hindu and he converted to Islam with other members of his family in 1989 at age 23, changing his name from R. S. Dileep Kumar to Allah Rakha Rahman. Rahman initially composed scores for documentaries and jingles for advertisements and Indian television channels, in 1987 Rahman, then still known as Dileep, composed jingles for a line of watches introduced by Allwyn. He also arranged the jingles for advertisements that went on to become very popular, including the popular jingle for Titan Watches. In 1992, he was approached by director Mani Ratnam to compose the score and soundtrack for his Tamil film, Rahmans film career began in 1992 when he started Panchathan Record Inn, a recording and mixing studio in his backyard. It would become the recording studio in India, and arguably one of Asias most sophisticated. Cinematographer Santosh Sivan signed Rahman for the Malayalam film Yodha, a Mohanlal starrer directed by Sivans brother Sangeeth Sivan that released in September 1992, the following year, Rahman received the Rajat Kamal award for best music director at the National Film Awards for Roja
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Saregama
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Saregama India Ltd. is an Indian music label and content producer for Indian television. Its music catalogue consists of more than 117,000 songs in 14 languages and it has daily and weekly TV shows currently on air with television networks in India. Saregama’s head office is located in Mumbai, with offices in Kolkata, Delhi. It is listed on the NSE and BSE, the company was founded in 1901. It produced the first song recorded in India, and later moved into the production of cinema and television content, digital retailing, aggregation, radio programming, in 1901, operations started as the first overseas branch of Electrical & Musical Industries Limited, EMI London. The company was incorporated on 13 August 1946 with the name of ‘The Gramophone Co, the name of the Company was subsequently changed to ‘The Gramophone Co. of India Limited’ effective 1 April 1956. It was converted into a company on 28 October 1968. RPG Group took over the company in 1985 from EMI, the name of the company was then changed from The Gramophone Company of India Limited to ‘Saregama India Limited’ on November 3,2000. The name Saregama refers to the first four notes of the Indian musical scale, in 2005, the remaining EMI stake was sold off to the parent company. The Gramophone Company is better known as HMV in India, RPG Group has been using the brand under license from the former parent company, EMI. On 3 November 2000, RPG Group changed the name to Saregama India Limited. The Recording Studio and the entire Dum Dum establishment of Saregama India Limited was built in 1928 and it is one of the oldest studios in Southeast Asia. Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore had recorded his songs and poems in his own voice at this studio, rebel poet Kazi Nazrul Islam’s voice was also recorded here. Artistes who have recorded at this studio include K. C. Dey, Hemanta Mukherjee, Sandhya Mukherjee, Manna Dey, Suchitra Mitra, Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Pandit Ravi Shankar, and Ustad Bismillah Khan. Film director Satyajit Ray preferred to record his musical scores for his films at Dum Dum studio, television shows such as Dadagiri, Didi No. 1, Dance Bangla Dance and Saregamapa Lil Champs have been shot at the studio, in March 2015, Saregama relaunched its online music store, consisting of more than 117,000 downloadable songs in 15 languages in lossless WAV format. Saregama has also established relationships with iTunes, OTT services TV channels, Saregama India launched a subscription based mobile application in September 2015 which features its catalogue of Indian classical music. The app, named Saregama Classical has more than 10,000 musical works of over 400 classical music artistes in three major subgenres of Indian Classical music, i. e. Hindustani, Carnatic and Fusion and it also has a curated list of 50 artiste-based stations
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Hindi
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Hindi, or Modern Standard Hindi is a standardised and Sanskritised register of the Hindustani language. Along with the English language, Hindi written in the Devanagari script, is the language of the Government of India. It is also one of the 22 scheduled languages of the Republic of India, Hindi is the lingua franca of the so-called Hindi belt of India. Outside India, it is a language which is known as Fiji Hindi in Fiji, and is a recognised regional language in Mauritius, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana. Hindi is the fourth most-spoken first language in the world, after Mandarin, apart from specialized vocabulary, Hindi is mutually intelligible with Standard Urdu, another recognized register of Hindustani. Part XVII of the Indian Constitution deals with Official Language, under Article 343, official language of the Union has been prescribed, which includes Hindi in Devanagari script and English. Gujarat High Court, in 2010, has observed that there was nothing on record to suggest that any provision has been made or order issued declaring Hindi as a language of India. Article 343 of the Indian constitution states The official language of the Union shall be Hindi in Devanagari script, the form of numerals to be used for the official purposes of the Union shall be the international form of Indian numerals. It was envisioned that Hindi would become the working language of the Union Government by 1965. Each may also designate a co-official language, in Uttar Pradesh, for instance, depending on the formation in power. Similarly, Hindi is accorded the status of language in the following Union Territories, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu. National-language status for Hindi is a long-debated theme, an Indian court clarified that Hindi is not the national language of India because the constitution does not mention it as such. Outside Asia, Hindi is a language in Fiji as per the 1997 Constitution of Fiji. It is spoken by 380,000 people in Fiji, Hindi is also spoken by a large population of Madheshis of Nepal. Hindi is quite easy to understand for some Pakistanis, who speak Urdu, apart from this, Hindi is spoken by the large Indian diaspora which hails from, or has its origin from the Hindi Belt of India. Like other Indo-Aryan languages, Hindi is considered to be a descendant of an early form of Sanskrit, through Sauraseni Prakrit. It has been influenced by Dravidian languages, Turkic languages, Persian, Arabic, Portuguese, Hindi emerged as Apabhramsha, a degenerated form of Prakrit, in the 7th century A. D. By the 10th century A. D. it became stable, Braj Bhasha, Bhojpuri, Awadhi, Khari Boli etc. are the dialects of Hindi
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Crore
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A crore denotes ten million and is equal to 100 lakh in the Indian numbering system. It is widely used in South Asia, and is written in Indian numbering system as 1,00,00,000 with the style of digit group separators. Large amounts of money in India are often written in terms of crores, for example,150,000,000 Indian rupees is written as fifteen crore rupees, ₹15 crore or Rs 15 crore. Trillions of ₹ are often written or spoken of in terms of lakh crore, the crore is known by various regional names. Kapampangan, katâ / kata-katâ Persian, کرور Krur / Korur Tagalog, thai, โกฏิ kot or kot̩i Myriad Names of large numbers Names of numbers in English Chisholm, Hugh, ed. Crore
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Romantic comedy film
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Romantic comedy films are films with light-hearted, humorous plotlines, centered on romantic ideals such as that true love is able to surmount most obstacles. One dictionary definition is a movie, play, or television program about a love story that ends happily. Another definition states that its primary distinguishing feature is a plot in which two sympathetic and well-matched lovers are united or reconciled. Romantic comedy films are a genre of comedy films as well as of romance films. However a romantic comedy is classified as a film with two genres not a new genre. Some television series can also be classified as romantic comedies, a wedding-bells, fairy-tale-style happy ending is practically mandatory. The basic plot of a comedy is that two characters meet, part ways due to an argument or other obstacle, then ultimately reunite. Sometimes the two meet and become involved initially, then must confront challenges to their union. Sometimes they are hesitant to become involved because they believe that they do not like each other, because one of them already has a partner. However, the screenwriters leave clues that suggest that the characters are, in fact, attracted to each other, the protagonists often separate or seek time apart to sort out their feelings or deal with the external obstacles to their being together. While the two protagonists are separated, one or both of them realizes that they are ideal for each other, or that they are in love with each other. Then, after one of the two makes some effort to find the other person and declare their love, or through an astonishing coincidental encounter. Then, perhaps with some comic friction or awkwardness, they declare their love for each other, the couple does not, however, have to marry, or live together happily ever after. The ending of a comedy is meant to affirm the primary importance of the love relationship in its protagonists lives. There are many variations on this basic plotline, sometimes, instead of the two lead characters ending up in each others arms, another love match will be made between one of the principal characters and a secondary character. Alternatively, the film may be a rumination on the impossibility of love, the basic format of a romantic comedy film can be found in much earlier sources, such as Shakespeare plays like Much Ado About Nothing and A Midsummer Nights Dream. Some comedy films, such as Knocked Up, combine themes of romantic comedies and stoner comedies, often known as bromance, such films usually use sexual elements which bring the two characters together. Films in this genre include American Pie 2 and even Wedding Crashers, romantic comedies have begun to spread out of their conventional and traditional structure into other territory
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Manasi Scott
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Manasi Scott is an Indian singer, songwriter, and an actress. Manasi is best known for her performances and for composing Khatti Meethi for Sanjay Guptas Acid Factory. Her song Todona has highest number of views on YouTube. Manasi is known as a multi talented personality and she made national level recognition as a singer while she was studying in eighth standard. After obtaining a degree on mass communications from the prestigious St. Xavier College, she also done a course on TV and Film production. She kick started her singing career with the popular Pune rock band Dark Water Fixation which also paved way to get her first break in Tamil composer Vidyasagars “Snehithiye. The song was Othaiyadi Pathaile and the directed by Priyadarshan turned out to a box office hit. Manasi also played an important supporting role in the film and her characters name was Nancy, snehithiye is a movie noted for having only female characters in the leads. Manasi also acted in the Malayalam film Raakilipattu, it is the Malayalam version of Tamil film Snegithiye, in Raakilipattu she acted with her original name Manasi as Jyothikas friend. Manasi is also a basketball player Even before releasing her debut album. Even though she had her debut album Nachlae in 2005, her first major break happened in 2009 with the Sanjay Gupta film Acid Factory, Manasi has composed and sung a song Khatti Meethi for the film. She has also done a video for the same number. The video was voted as No.2 video of 2009 by MSN users and her other major works as Peter Gaya Kaam Se, Pappu Can’t Dance, The Fox, Loot, Tom Dick and Harry Rocks Again, Love Story 2050 etc. Along with her career, Manasi has also acted in a couple of popular film which includes Jhootha Hi Sahi. She was also the anchor of many leading shows which include Perfect 10 on Sony Pix, Glamorous on Zoom and she was the major judge in Cornetto Anchor Hunt on Zing/ETC. Manasi Scott is the first Indian singer to have graced the cover of The Week. She is also the first Indian singer to be an ambassador, model and host for brands such as Sunsilk, L’oreal
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R. Madhavan
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Ranganathan Madhavan is an Indian actor, writer and film producer. Madhavan has received two Filmfare Awards, an award from the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards alongside recognition and nominations from other organisations and he has been described as one of the few actors in India who is able to achieve pan-Indian appeal, appearing in films from seven different languages. Madhavan began his career with television guest appearances, including a role on the Zee TV prime-time soap opera Banegi Apni Baat in 1996. After appearing in commercials and in roles, he later gained recognition in the Tamil film industry through Mani Ratnams successful romance film Alaipayuthey. Madhavan soon developed an image as a hero with notable roles in two of 2001s highest grossing Tamil films, Gautham Menons directorial debut Minnale and Madras Talkies Dumm Dumm Dumm. Madhavan was cast alongside Kamal Haasan in the 2003 drama Anbe Sivam, in 2004, he gave a critically acclaimed performance as the antagonist in the multi-starrer Aayutha Ezhuthu and the film secured him his first Filmfare Award for the intense portrayal of a rogue. He simultaneously worked on Tamil films, gaining acclaim for his portrayal of a vigilante in his home production Evano Oruvan and for the successful bilingual horror film. After appearing in further box office hits, Tanu Weds Manu and Vettai, returning after a three-year sabbatical in 2015, his comeback films, the romantic-comedy Tanu Weds Manu Returns and the sports drama Irudhi Suttru, both won critical and commercial acclaim. In addition to his career, Madhavan has worked as a writer on his films, hosted television programmes and has been a prominent celebrity endorser for brands. He has also worked as a producer, first making Evano Oruvan with Leukos Films. Madhavan is noted for his activities and promotes various causes such as environment, health. He is particularly vocal about the protection of animals and was awarded PETAs Person of the Year recognition in 2012, Madhavan was born on 1 June 1970 in Jamshedpur, Bihar, India, to a Tamil family. His father Ranganathan was a management executive in Tata Steel and his mother and his younger sister, Devika, is a software engineer settled in the United Kingdom. He had a Tamil-speaking upbringing in Bihar, in 1988, Madhavan gained a scholarship to represent India as a cultural ambassador from Rajaram College, Kolhapur and spent a year in Stettler, Alberta, Canada as part of an exchange programme. He returned to Kolhapur and completed his education, graduating with a degree in electronics, as a result of this opportunity, he received training with the British Army, the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force, which he had, at a point, considered joining. However he missed the age cut-off by six months and was unable to join the programme. During the period, he won the Indian Championship for Public Speaking and subsequently represented India at the Young Businessmen Conference in Tokyo. During his stint in Mumbai, he opted to create a portfolio, in early 1996, Madhavan worked on a sandalwood talc advertisement directed by Santosh Sivan, who later recommended him to Mani Ratnam to take part in a screen test for a role in Iruvar
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Cameo appearance
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A cameo role or cameo appearance is a brief appearance or voice part of a known person in a work of the performing arts, typically unnamed or appearing as themselves. Short appearances by celebrities, film directors, politicians, athletes or musicians are common, a crew member of the show or movie playing a minor role can be referred to as a cameo as well, such as Alfred Hitchcocks frequently performed cameos. Originally cameo role meant a character part that stands out from the other minor parts. The Oxford English Dictionary connects this with the meaning a short literary sketch or portrait, which is based on the meaning of cameo. More recently, cameo has come to refer to any short appearances, whether as a character or as oneself, such as the examples below. Cameos are generally not credited because of their brevity, or a mismatch between the celebritys stature and the film or TV show in which he or she is appearing. Others are acknowledgments of a contribution to an earlier work, as in the case of many film adaptations of TV series. Others honour artists or celebrities known for work in a particular field, possibly the best-known series of cameos was by the director Alfred Hitchcock, who made very brief appearances in most of his films. Cameos also occur in novels and other literary works, “Literary cameos” usually involve an established character from another work who makes a brief appearance to establish a shared universe setting, to make a point, or to offer homage. Balzac often employed this practice, as in his Comédie humaine, a cameo appearance can be made by the author of a work to put a sort of personal signature on a story. Vladimir Nabokov often put himself in his novels, for instance, quentin Tarantino provides cameos or small roles in at least 10 of his movies. Likewise, Peter Jackson has made cameos in all of his movies, except for his first feature-length movie Bad Taste in which he plays a main character. For example, he plays a peasant eating a carrot in The Fellowship of the Ring and The Desolation of Smaug, a Rohan warrior in The Two Towers, director Martin Scorsese appears in the background of his films as a bystander or an unseen character. In Whos That Knocking at My Door, he appears as one of the gangsters, he is a crew man in After Hours. He opens up his 1986 film The Color of Money with a monologue on the art of playing pool. In addition, he appears with his wife and daughter as wealthy New Yorkers in Gangs of New York, in a same way, Roman Polanski appears as a hired hoodlum in his film Chinatown, slitting Jack Nicholsons nose with the blade of his clasp knife. Directors sometimes cast well-known lead actors with whom they have worked in the past in other films, mike Todds film Around the World in 80 Days was filled with cameo roles, and others. The stars in cameo roles were pictured in oval insets in posters for the film, among the many cameos featured in the film Maverick, actor Danny Glover appears as the lead bank robber
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Nandana Sen
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Nandana Sen is an Indian actress, screenwriter, childrens author and child-rights activist. Her first vehicle in Bollywood was the Rani Mukherjee and Amitabh Bachchan starrer Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Black in which she played the role of Rani’s 17-year-old younger sister. Sen gave a highly proclaimed performance in the role and the film was applauded by both audience and critics, earning her a nomination for Breakthrough Performance of the Year, time Magazine selected the film as one of the 10 Best Movies of the Year 2005 from across the globe. Sen is the daughter of Nobel Laureate and Bharat Ratna economist Amartya Sen and Padma Shri winner Nabanita Dev Sen and her elder sister Antara Deb Sen is a journalist. Nandana Sens first piece of writing was published when she was a child in the magazine Sandesh and she spent her growing years in various cities across Europe, India and America. As a Junior, she was elected early into the honor society Phi Beta Kappa. Subsequently, Sen studied Film Producing at the Peter Stark Producing Program at the USC Film School and she wrote and directed various short films, including her thesis film Arranged Marriage which was shown at multiple film festivals. As an actor, Nandana trained at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, New York, as well as the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, along with acting in theatre and films internationally, Nandana also promotes the cause of child protection. Nandana is Smile Ambassador for the global children’s NGO Operation Smile, UNICEF Indias National Celebrity for Child Protection and against Gender Based Violence and she collaborates with the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights as a Child Rights Expert and Juror for Public Hearings. Sen has starred in over 20 feature films from multiple countries, the need to protect our creative freedom – whether we are actors or journalists, film-makers or novelists – is more urgent now than ever. However, controversial acting choices, Best Actress Awards, and critical acclaim are not unique in Nandana Sen’s unconventional career, Sen was first seen on Indian screens as Rani Mukerjis younger sister in Satjay Leela Bhasalis prize-winning film Black. Sens portrayal of a teenager was not only critically appriciated. In the anti-war film Tango Charlie, Sen played the lead opposite Ajay Devgan. Both of these movies did well with critics, the British television series Sharpe increased her notability. The episode ‘Sharpe’s Peril’ featured Sen in a pivotal role, in 2007, Sen signed on to portray a young rebellious woman fleeing from law authorities in director Shamim Sarifs lesbian-themed period drama The World Unseen. In 2010, Nandana starred in the Bengali super-hit Autograph, for which she was awarded the TeleCine Award for Best Actress and she has authored three childrens books, Not Yet. Mambi and the Forest Fire, and Kangaroo Kisses, and has three more forthcoming in 2017, Sen also writes a monthly fiction series for The Wire entitled Youthquake, and has edited and published a bilingual book of her mothers Bengali poetry. Sens first original screenplay to be made into a film was Forever and she was commissioned by Divani Films to adapt R. K
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George Young (actor)
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George Young and is an English Eurasian actor, presenter and writer. The eldest of four brothers, Young was born on Leap Years Day in London, England to a Malaysian Chinese father, Young began his career in entertainment in England, appearing in BBCs Casualty and subsequently filming his first feature role in the Bollywood film Jhootha Hi Sahi. He has subsequently been credited as a writer for the show. In 2011, Young hosted Million Dollar Money Drop, Singapore Edition which premiered on National Day on MediaCorp Channel 5, both the show and Young trended worldwide on the social network and micro-blogging site Twitter shortly after the show first aired. In the same year, Young starred in the series of The Pupil as new pupil Benjamin Wong. The season premiered on 18 August 2011, after studying Mandarin for less than a year, Young filmed two Mediacorp Mandarin-language dramas concurrently, Yours Fatefully and Joys of Life, for MediaCorp Channel 8. In 2015, George landed his first US television series, playing the part of Dr Victor Cannerts, the show premiered in the US on April 192016 on The CW. In 2016, George and his wife Janet Hsieh co-authored the book Starting at The End, the book shares their sometimes conflicting stories on how they met, as well as their fifty-day journey through Texas, Argentina and their wedding in Antarctica. Young is represented in Singapore by Fly Entertainment, and Agency for the Performing Arts in the US, in 2012 and 2013, Young partnered with Kiehls to raise money and awareness for those with Autism. Young is the eldest of four brothers, two of whom are autistic, raising awareness of autism and raising funds to support those with autism is a cause that Young feels strongly about. Theres no cure for autism at the moment, but with treatments at an early age, in addition to his charity work, Young has also fronted two government-funded youth campaigns, the anti-drug campaign Dance Works. 2012, sponsored by Central Narcotics Bureau in Singapore, and the Health Promotion Board in Singapores Bounce Back Stronger campaign for youth resilience. In the Room Final Recipe Shyguys Love. and Other Bad Habits Jhootha Hi Sahi High 5 Basketball High 5 制霸青春 Containment Grace Mata Mata Spouse For House Artographer History Alive, George Young at the Internet Movie Database George Young on Facebook George Young on Twitter
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Anaitha Nair
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She was born in Bangalore to a Malayali father and a Parsi mother. She did her schooling at The Frank Anthony Public School, Bengaluru, studied at the Bangalore University and moved to Mumbai, after completing her education. She shot to fame after she played the role of Aliya Bose and she has also appeared in two Malayalam films, By the People and IG. She had also acted in number of TV Commercials notably in Virgin Mobile with Ranbir Kapoor, Dairy Milk Silk, Acer, Dove, Medical Abortion Pills and she also played Bindiya in the British-Indian comedy series Mumbai Calling. Her second release in Hindi was Shyam Benegals Well Done Abba, Anaitha also starred in Aashayein directed by Nagesh Kukunoor, in which she played a cancer patient. For the character, she also tonsured her head and she was part of the cast in Abbas Tyrewallas Jhootha Hi Sahi and Rohan Sippys Dum Maaro Dum. Her most recent releases are Ekaant directed by Sunil Pillai, apart from acting Anaitha was also part of a band named S5, they released the album Isai with Sony-BMG. Official website Anaitha Nair at the Internet Movie Database
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Riteish Deshmukh
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Riteish Deshmukh is an Indian film actor, producer and architect. He is known for his work in Hindi and Marathi cinema and he is the son of the late politician Vilasrao Deshmukh and Vaishali Deshmukh. His work in Masti was nominated for awards, including the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor category. Since then, Riteish Deshmukh has starred in commercially successful films such as Kya Kool Hai Hum. Malamaal Weekly, Heyy Babyy, Dhamaal, Housefull, Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya, Housefull 2, Grand Masti, Ek Villain, in January 2013, Riteish made his debut as an film producer with the Marathi success Balak Palak, directed by Ravi Jadhav. The following year he made his debut in Marathi cinema with the action film Lai Bhaari. Deshmukh began his career with the 2003 romance, Tujhe Meri Kasam opposite Genelia DSouza. He later appeared in Out of Control, which earned a moderate return. In his third film, Masti, a thriller, his role was widely disparaged. Regardless, the film performed well at the box office and he gained fame after his performance in Masti, which earned him two minor awards. He subsequently appeared Bardaasht and Naach, both of them being box-office duds and his first relatively successful lead role occurred in the widely panned sex-comedy Kyaa Kool Hai Hum with Tusshar Kapoor. While the film was reviled by critics, it was appreciated by audiences, ritesh, by now had earned a strong foothold in the Bollywood film industry via his comic roles He appeared in Malamaal Weekly and Apna Sapna Money Money apart from Bluffmaster. With Abhishek Bachchan in the lead and he was seen in guest roles in Ram Gopal Varmas Darna Zaroori Hai, and then Namastey London, which was a box office hit. Later that year, he appeared in Sajid Khans directorial debut Heyy Babyy, co-starring Akshay Kumar and Fardeen Khan and he appeared in the comedy Dhamaal which was a semi hit. In 2008, he played a role in De Taali, in which his performance was praised. In 2009, his first release was Aladin, co-starring Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt and he was in the multi-starcast, Aladin. He then played a role in Ram Gopal Varmas Rann, again co-starring Amitabh Bachchan. His final film of 2009 was Do Knot Disturb with Govinda, Sushmita Sen, Sohail Khan, in 2010, he worked with Sajid Khan on the comedy Housefull with Akshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone, Lara Dutta, Arjun Rampal and Jiah Khan
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Abhishek Bachchan
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Abhishek Bachchan is an Indian actor, producer and playback singer best known for his work in Hindi films. He is the son of veteran actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan and he made his film debut in the war drama Refugee, which did not perform well at the box office, but had earned him appreciation from critics. For the next few years, Bachchan starred in a series of films that failed to propel his career forward. Bachchan then established himself as an actor of Hindi cinema with the blockbuster action thriller Dhoom. Since then, he has starred in successful films, including Bunty Aur Babli, Dus, Bluffmaster, Dhoom 2, Guru, Sarkar Raj, Dostana, Bol Bachchan. He has also featured in Dhoom 3 and Happy New Year, since 2007, Bachchan has been married to actress Aishwarya Rai and they have a daughter named Aaradhya born on 16 November 2011. Abhishek Bachchan was born on 5 February 1976 to veteran actors of Hindi cinema, Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bhaduri Bachchan and he is married to Aishwarya Rai, a former Miss World and leading Bollywood actress. His grandfather, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, was a poet of the Nayi Kavita Literary Movement of the Hindi literature. The original surname of his family is Srivastava, Bachchan being the pen used by his grandfather. However, when Amitabh entered films, he did so under his fathers pen name, Bachchan is of Kayastha heritage on his fathers side, Bengali from his mothers side and Punjabi from his grandmothers side. Time magazine listed Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai on its list of most influential Indians, Bachchan was dyslexic as a child, this was referred to by Aamir Khan in the film Taare Zameen Par. He attended Jamnabai Narsee School and Bombay Scottish School in Mumbai, Modern School, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi and he then attended Boston University, and subsequently moved to Bollywood. In 2000, Bachchan made his debut playing the male lead in J. P. Duttas war drama Refugee opposite Kareena Kapoor. Although the film did not fare well at the box office. Film critic Taran Adarsh wrote that he has all it takes to emerge a competent actor in years to come, even in his debut-making film, Abhishek comes across as a fine actor and lives up to his family name. After Refugee, Bachchan starred in a series of poorly received films that failed to make a mark at the box office, however, his performance in Sooraj R. His next two films were Phir Milenge and Naach, neither of which performed well at the box office. The film emerged as the second highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2005 and this film also marked his first professional collaboration with his father Amitabh Bachchan, who played a police officer closely following the lead pair
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Jhootha Hi Sahi (soundtrack)
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Jhootha Hi Sahi is the soundtrack to the 2010 Bollywood romantic comedy film of the same name, directed by Abbas Tyrewala starring John Abraham and Pakhi Tyrewala. The soundtrack, consisting of seven tracks and two remix versions was composed by A. R. Rahman with lyrics penned by Abbas Tyrewala. The audio was released on 17 September by Sa Re Ga Ma at the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa competition. The album was well received by the critics and was the chart topper for some weeks. The album has been praised by reviewers as a newer genre in soundtracks. Call Me Dil, a track from the album became the first track that has been repeated 360 times on any channel in a single day across 15 cities in India. The track which was aired in Radio City is on its way to get an entry into the Limca Book of Records, the album also holds another record for being the first album to be released on the LP record format after more than a decade. Following the success of Rahmans previous collaboration with Abbas Tyrewala, Jaane Tu, ya Jaane Na, he composed the musical score and soundtrack of Jhootha Hi Sahi, too. The soundtrack consists of seven tracks and two remix versions. The collectors edition special pack also had karaokes of all the nine tracks, Rahman had composed eight tracks for the film, however a track by Shaan and Sunidhi Chauhan will not feature in the film or soundtrack album. There are also reports that Rahman has made a decision to record two more songs for the film, one a title track and the other for the opening and closing credits of the movie. There were rumours that KK and Adnan Sami have recorded songs for the album, a few of the songs were recorded in London, while the rest were recorded in Chennai. The original film score was composed and conducted by Rahman. There were reports that the re-recording of the score took much time than planned, Rahman recorded some of the background score at an iconic studio in Los Angeles. Rahman wrote on a networking website, Recorded with a Los Angeles jazz quartet. The track Ive Been Waiting gave the break for South Indian singer Vijay Yesudas in Hindi, based on jazz music, this song was well received upon release and established a bright career for Vijay in Bollywood. Another version of song was released on 20 October. The female solo song was completely in English, here is the moonlight, with love from all of us to you
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Shaan (singer)
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Shantanu Mukherjee, known as Shaan, is an Indian playback singer more active in Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Urdu, Telugu and Kannada films and a television host. He hosted the shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs, Star Voice of India, in Music Ka Maha Muqabla, his team, Shaans Strikers, finished as the runners up to Shankar Mahadevan’s team. He has also sung many Pakistani songs, Shaan has sung on the Konkani album Tujhe Vinem. He is considered as one of the most popular voices for romantic as well as songs and is one of the most versatile singers. He has sung songs of different genres like pop, sad songs, patriotic, jazz, ghazals, hip-hop, rock and he has sung songs in Konkani, Kannada, Bengali, Punjabi, Nepali, English, Hindi, Oriya, Malayalam, Telugu, Marathi and Assamese. He also started his career at a young age of 17 years in year 1989. He has been showered with titles like Golden Voice of India, Voice of Paradise, Magician of Melody and he appeared as a judge in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs 2014–2015 and The Voice India Kids 2016. In 2015, Shaan appeared in the first season of The Voice where he was the coach of Pawandeep Rajan, Shaan was born on 30 September 1972. His grandfather was the lyricist Jahar Mukherjee, his father was the music director Manas Mukherjee. His father died when Shaan was 13, after which his mother work as a singer. As a child, Shaan began his career singing jingles for advertisements, after giving it up for a brief period he returned and, along with jingles, began to sing remixes and cover versions. In the 1989 movie Parinda, aged only 17, Shaan sang a line in the song. He entered the pop scene with sister Sagarika, singing Biddu’s melodies, then came Roop Tera Mastana, a remix album of R. D. Burmans songs, that brought them further into the limelight. Shaan launched Loveology after this, which was well received and he wrote the lyrics of the ballad Bhool Ja on his second album Tanha Dil, which appeared in the charts within days of its release and was popular on radio. In 2000 he won the MTV Asia Music Award for best solo album for his album Tanha Dil, three years later Shaan launched his album Aksar which was successful and contained songs featuring international stars such as Blue, Mel C and Samira Said. For both the albums Tanha Dil and Aksar, Shaan sang, composed and wrote the lyrics of all the songs and he released Tomar Aakash in 2004, a Bengali album, along with his sister and featuring his fathers unreleased songs. He also plans to release an album remaking his fathers compositions with his sister in Hindi and he recently sang one of his fathers compositions on sets of STAR Pluss Music Ka Maha Muqqabla. In 2006, he released a song with MLTR, Take me to your heart, the song appears on his album Tishnagi which is produced by Ranjit Barot and engineered by Ashish Manchanda
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Sunidhi Chauhan
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Sunidhi Chauhan is an Indian playback singer. Born in Delhi, she began performing in local gatherings at the age of four and made her debut at the age of 13. During the year, she won the first singing reality show titled Meri Awaz Suno and she rose to prominence after recording Ruki Ruki Si Zindagi from Mast, ultimately winning the Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent and was nominated for the Best Female Playback Singer. Her second breakthrough was released in 2000, with the song Mehboob Mere, through her career, she performed mostly item songs and was described in the media as the queen of item songs. Chauhan received her third Filmfare nomination with the song Dhoom Machale followed by two nominations during the next year for Kaisi Paheli and Deedar De. The following year, she was recognized for the title song of Aaja Nachle and Sajnaaji Vaari. Chauhan received her 12th Filmfare nomination with Chor Bazaari preceded by Dance Pe Chance,2010 marked her International singing debut, where she was featured in the song Heartbeat alongside Enrique Iglesias. During the year, she received her second Filmfare award with the item song Sheila Ki Jawani and was nominated for international styled carnival song Udi. In the year, Chauhan appeared as a judge in the 5th season of the Indian television music competition and she also served as a coach in the Indian version of the The Voice. Being an inspiration to many upcoming singers, her work has received praise from veteran artists, besides her career in music, she has also been involved in various charities and social causes. Sunidhi Chauhan was born on 14 August 1983, in New Delhi and her father, Dushyant Kumar Chauhan, who is from Uttar Pradesh, is a theatre personality at the Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra. Her mother, a homemaker, inclined Chauhan to persuade a career in music and she also has a younger sister. At the age of four, Chauhan started performing at competitions and local gatherings, during that time, she was doing live shows and trained herself with regular riyaaz by listening to cassettes and CDs of popular numbers. She did her studies from Greenfields Public School and used to stay with her family members and she discontinued studies right after schooling to pursue a career in the music industry. She said, I quit because I did not feel like studying, I made the decision to pursue my dream as a singer and I dont regret it one bit. When actress Tabassum spotted her, she made her live in her show Tabassum Hit Parade. She then introduced Chauhan to Kalyanji Virji Shah and Anandji Virji Shah, when she was 11, her dad quit his career and brought her to Mumbai. Initially, the family had financial difficulties in adjusting life to the city, after shifting there, she worked in Kalyanjis academy for few years and became the lead singer in his Little Wonders troupe
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KK (singer)
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Krishnakumar Kunnath, popularly known as KK, K. K. or Kay Kay, On 22 January 2008, KK released his second album Humsafar after a gap of eight years. The songs Aasman Ke, Dekho Na, Yeh Kahan Mil Gaye Hum, besides, KK had also sung an English Rock Ballad Cineraria. The title track, Humsafar is a mix of English and Hindi lyrics, the album Humsafar has 10 songs, out of which eight have been composed by KK. The other two songs were taken from his previous album Pal, KK has also sung many television serial songs like Just Mohabbat, Shaka Laka Boom Boom, Kuch Jhuki Si Palkein, Kavyanjali, Just Dance. He has also sung the song for Star Parivaar Awards 2010 with Shreya Ghoshal. He was invited as member for a talent hunt show Fame Gurukul. KK also has sung a song named Tanha Chala for famous Pakistani TV show THE GHOST which was aired on Hum TV in 2008, the song was composed by Farrukh Abid & Shoiab Farrukh & Momina Duraid penned the lyrics. KK participated in the latest musical venture of MTV India Coke Studio, there he sang one qawwali Chadta Suraj along with Sabri Brothers and a recomposed version of his exquisite track Tu Aashiqui Hai from movie Jhankaar Beats. He also came in Surili Baat in Aaj Tak Chanel and he has also performed in Sony Mix TV Show and MTV Unplugged Season 3, aired on MTV11 January 2014. KK was in Dubai for his concert Salaam Dubai 2014in April. He also did recent concerts in Goa, Dubai & Chennai. Hong kong, after 10 years, He appeared in a Singing reality show as a judge and guest jury member. On 13 September 2015, KK came in Baaton Baaton Mein on Sony Mix, in 2013, KK sang for an international album, Rise Up - Colors of Peace, which consists of songs written by Turkish poet Fetullah Gulen and sung by artists from 12 countries. KK recorded a song named Rose of My Heart for the album, in 2010, the Indi Band BANDISH produced their second self-titled album. The album has a high energy track in the album Tere Bin — a rock ballad sung by KK, drummer Chris Powell said Even though he is a playback singer, he is a true rockstar in his heart. KK has many upcoming songs in his kit such as Musafir Hoon Main composed by Mithoon & written by Amitabh Verma & Mithoon for the film Shab He will soon be recording for Aksar 2 with Mithoon. Waqt Gaya Tham Afreen Afreen O Meri Jaan KK at the Internet Movie Database KK on Twitter
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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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Barbra Streisand
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Barbara Joan Barbra Streisand is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and filmmaker. She is among a group of entertainers who have been honored with an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award. Streisand is one of the music artists of all time, with more than 68.5 million albums in the United States. She starred in the critically acclaimed Funny Girl, for which she won the Academy Award, with the release of Yentl in 1983, Streisand became the first woman to write, produce, direct, and star in a major studio film. The film won an Oscar for Best Score and a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Musical, Streisand received the Golden Globe Award for Best Director, the first woman to win that award. The RIAA and Billboard recognize Streisand as holding the record for the most top 10 albums of any recording artist. According to Billboard, Streisand holds the record for the female with the most number one albums, Billboard also recognizes Streisand as the greatest female of all time on its Billboard 200 chart and one of the greatest artists of all time on its Hot 100 chart. Barbara Joan Streisand was born on April 24,1942, in Brooklyn, New York and her mother had been a soprano singer in her youth and considered a career in music, but later became a school secretary. Her father was a school teacher at the same school. Streisands family was Jewish, her grandparents emigrated from Galicia and her maternal grandparents from the Russian Empire. Her father earned a degree from City College of New York in 1928 and was considered athletic. As a student, he spent his summers outdoors, once working as a lifeguard, hed try anything, his sister Molly said. He married Ida in 1930, two years after graduating, and became a respected educator with a focus on helping underprivileged. In August 1943, a few months after Streisands first birthday, her father died suddenly at age 34 from complications from an epileptic seizure, the family fell into near-poverty, with her mother working as a low-paid bookkeeper. As an adult, Streisand remembered those early years as always feeling like an outcast, explaining and her mother tried to pay their bills but could not give her daughter the attention she craved, When I wanted love from my mother, she gave me food, Streisand says. Streisand recalls that her mother had a voice and sang semi-professionally on occasion. During a visit to the Catskills when Streisand was thirteen, she told Rosie ODonnell, she and that session was the first time Streisand ever asserted herself as an artist, which also became her first moment of inspiration as an artist. She has a brother, Sheldon, and a half-sister
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Billie Holiday
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Eleanora Fagan, professionally known as Billie Holiday, was an American jazz musician and singer-songwriter with a career spanning nearly thirty years. Nicknamed Lady Day by her friend and music partner Lester Young, Holiday had a influence on jazz music. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and she was known for her vocal delivery and improvisational skills, which made up for her limited range and lack of formal music education. There were other singers with equal talent, but Holiday had a voice that captured the attention of her audience. After a turbulent childhood, Holiday began singing in nightclubs in Harlem, where she was heard by the producer John Hammond and she signed a recording contract with Brunswick Records in 1935. Collaborations with Teddy Wilson yielded the hit What a Little Moonlight Can Do, Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Holiday had mainstream success on labels such as Columbia Records and Decca Records. By the late 1940s, however, she was beset with legal troubles, after a short prison sentence, she performed a sold-out concert at Carnegie Hall, but her reputation deteriorated because of her drug and alcohol problems. Her final recordings were met with mixed reaction to her voice but were mild commercial successes. Her final album, Lady in Satin, was released in 1958, Holiday died of cirrhosis of the liver in 1959. A posthumous album, Last Recording, was released following her death, much of Holidays material has been rereleased since her death. She is considered a performer with an ongoing influence on American music. She is the recipient of four Grammy awards, all of them posthumous awards for Best Historical Album, Holiday herself was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1973. Lady Sings the Blues, a film about her life, starring Diana Ross, was released in 1972, Eleanora Fagan was born on April 7,1915, in Philadelphia, the daughter of Sarah Julia Sadie Fagan and Clarence Holiday, an unmarried teenaged couple. Her father did not live with her mother, not long after Eleanora was born, Clarence abandoned his family to pursue a career as a jazz banjo player and guitarist. Sarah moved to Philadelphia at age 19, after she was evicted from her parents home in the Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, for becoming pregnant. With no support from her parents, she made arrangements with her older, married half-sister, Eva Miller, the child was of African-American ancestry and was also said to have had Irish ancestors through her mothers mixed heritage. Her mother often took what were known as transportation jobs. Holidays autobiography, Lady Sings the Blues, first published in 1956, is sketchy on details of her early life, some historians have disputed Holidays paternity, as a copy of her birth certificate in the Baltimore archives lists the father as a man named Frank DeViese
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Chennai
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Chennai /ˈtʃɛnnaɪ/, formerly known as Madras /məˈdrɑːs/ or /-ˈdræs/) is the capital of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal, it is one of the biggest cultural, economic, according to the 2011 Indian census, it is the sixth-largest city and fourth-most populous urban agglomeration in India. The city together with the adjoining regions constitute the Chennai Metropolitan Area, Chennai is among the most visited Indian cities by foreign tourists. It was ranked 43rd most visited city in the world for year 2015, the Quality of Living Survey rated Chennai as the safest city in India. Chennai attracts 45 percent of tourists visiting India, and 30 to 40 percent of domestic health tourists. As such, it is termed Indias health capital, as a growing metropolitan city in a developing country, Chennai confronts substantial pollution and other logistical and socio-economic problems. Chennai has the third-largest expatriate population in India at 35,000 in 2009,82,790 in 2011, tourism guide publisher Lonely Planet named Chennai as one of the top ten cities in the world to visit in 2015. Chennai is ranked as a city in the Global Cities Index and was ranked the best city in India by India Today in the 2014 annual Indian city survey. In 2015 Chennai was named the hottest city by the BBC, National Geographic ranked Chennais food as second best in the world, it was the only Indian city to feature in the list. Chennai was also named the ninth-best cosmopolitan city in the world by Lonely Planet, the Chennai Metropolitan Area is one of the largest city economies of India. Chennai is nicknamed The Detroit of India, with more than one-third of Indias automobile industry being based in the city, in January 2015, it was ranked third in terms of per capita GDP. Chennai has been selected as one of the 100 Indian cities to be developed as a city under PM Narendra Modis flagship Smart Cities Mission. The name Madras originated even before the British presence was established in India, the name Madras is said to have originated from a Portuguese phrase mae de Deus which means mother of god, due to Portuguese influence on the port city. According to some sources, Madras was derived from Madraspattinam, a north of Fort St George. However, it is whether the name was in use before the arrival of Europeans. The British military mapmakers believed Madras was originally Mundir-raj or Mundiraj, Madras might have also been derived from the word Madhuras meaning juice of honey or sugarcane in Sanskrit. The nativity of name Chennai, being of Telugu origin is clearly proved by the historians. The first official use of the name Chennai is said to be in a deed, dated 8 August 1639
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Warner Bros.
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Entertainment Inc. – colloquially known as Warner Bros. or Warner Bros. It is one of the Big Six major American film studios, Warner Bros. is a member of the Motion Picture Association of America. The companys name originated from the four founding Warner brothers, Harry, Albert, Sam, Jack, the youngest, was born in London, Ontario. The three elder brothers began in the theater business, having acquired a movie projector with which they showed films in the mining towns of Pennsylvania. In the beginning, Sam and Albert Warner invested $150 to present Life of an American Fireman and they opened their first theater, the Cascade, in New Castle, Pennsylvania, in 1903. When the original building was in danger of being demolished, the modern Warner Bros. called the current building owners, the owners noted people across the country had asked them to protect it for its historical significance. In 1904, the Warners founded the Pittsburgh-based Duquesne Amusement & Supply Company, in 1912, Harry Warner hired an auditor named Paul Ashley Chase. By the time of World War I they had begun producing films, in 1918 they opened the first Warner Bros. studio on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. Sam and Jack produced the pictures, while Harry and Albert, along with their auditor and now controller Chase, handled finance and distribution in New York City. During World War I their first nationally syndicated film, My Four Years in Germany, on April 4,1923, with help from money loaned to Harry by his banker Motley Flint, they formally incorporated as Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated. The first important deal was the acquisition of the rights to Avery Hopwoods 1919 Broadway play, The Gold Diggers, however, Rin Tin Tin, a dog brought from France after World War I by an American soldier, established their reputation. Rin Tin Tin debuted in the feature Where the North Begins, the movie was so successful that Jack signed the dog to star in more films for $1,000 per week. Rin Tin Tin became the top star. Jack nicknamed him The Mortgage Lifter and the success boosted Darryl F. Zanucks career, Zanuck eventually became a top producer and between 1928 and 1933 served as Jacks right-hand man and executive producer, with responsibilities including day-to-day film production. More success came after Ernst Lubitsch was hired as head director, lubitschs film The Marriage Circle was the studios most successful film of 1924, and was on The New York Times best list for that year. Despite the success of Rin Tin Tin and Lubitsch, Warners remained a lesser studio, Sam and Jack decided to offer Broadway actor John Barrymore the lead role in Beau Brummel. The film was so successful that Harry signed Barrymore to a contract, like The Marriage Circle. By the end of 1924, Warner Bros. was arguably Hollywoods most successful independent studio, as the studio prospered, it gained backing from Wall Street, and in 1924 Goldman Sachs arranged a major loan
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Friends (television series)
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Friends is an American television sitcom, created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22,1994, to May 6,2004, lasting ten seasons. With an ensemble cast starring Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer, the series was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. The original executive producers were Kevin S. Bright, Marta Kauffman, Kauffman and Crane began developing Friends under the title Insomnia Cafe between November and December 1993. They presented the idea to Bright, and together they pitched a seven-page treatment of the show to NBC, after several script rewrites and changes, including a title change to Six of One and Friends Like Us, the series was finally named Friends. Filming took place at Warner Bros, All ten seasons of Friends ranked within the top ten of the final television season ratings, ultimately reaching the No.1 spot with its eighth season. Friends received acclaim throughout its run, becoming one of the most popular shows of all time. The series was nominated for 62 Primetime Emmy Awards, winning the Outstanding Comedy Series award in 2002 for its eighth season. The show ranked no.21 on TV Guides 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time, in 1997, the episode The One with the Prom Video was ranked no.100 on TV Guides 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time. In 2013, Friends ranked no.24 on the Writers Guild of Americas 101 Best Written TV Series of All Time, Rachel Green flees her wedding day and seeks out childhood friend Monica Geller, a New York City chef. Episodes typically depict the friends comedic and romantic adventures and career issues, the six characters each have many dates and serious relationships, such as Monica with Richard Burke and Ross with Emily Waltham. The series featured six main characters throughout its run, Jennifer Aniston portrays Rachel Green, Rachel first moves in with Monica in season one after nearly marrying Barry Farber, whom she realizes she does not love. Rachel and Ross Geller are later involved in a relationship throughout the series. Rachel’s first job is as a waitress at the coffeehouse Central Perk, Rachel and Ross have a daughter named Emma in The One Where Rachel Has a Baby, Part Two at the end of season eight. In the final episode of the series, Ross and Rachel finally confess their love for each other, Courteney Cox portrays Monica Geller, the mother hen of the group and a chef, known for her perfectionist, bossy, competitive, and obsessive-compulsive nature. Monica is often teased by the others for having been extremely overweight as a child. Monica works as a chef in various restaurants throughout the show, Monica’s first serious relationship is with long-time family friend Richard Burke, who is twenty-one years her senior. The couple maintains a relationship for some time, until Richard expresses that he does not want to have children. Lisa Kudrow portrays Phoebe Buffay, a masseuse and self-taught musician
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The Times of India
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The Times of India is an Indian English-language daily newspaper. It is the fourth-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest selling English-language daily in the according to Audit Bureau of Circulations. It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India still in circulation, in 1991, the BBC ranked The Times of India among the worlds six best newspapers. It is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In 2014 however, The Times of India was ranked 174th among Indias most trusted brands according to the Brand Trust Report 2014, the Times of India issued its first edition 3 November 1838 as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce. In 1850, it began to publish daily editions, in 1860, editor Robert Knight bought the Indian shareholders interests, merged with rival Bombay Standard, and started Indias first news agency. It wired Times dispatches to papers across the country and became the Indian agent for Reuters news service, in 1861, he changed the name from the Bombay Times and Standard to The Times of India. In the 19th century, this company employed more than 800 people and had a sizeable circulation in India. In 1946, Bennett Coleman & Co, Ltd was sold to sugar magnate Ramkrishna Dalmia of the then-famous industrial family, the Dalmiyas, for Rs 20 million, as India was becoming independent and the British owners were leaving. In the court case followed, Ramkrishna Dalmia was sentenced to two years in Tihar Jail after having been convicted of embezzlement and fraud. But for most of the term he managed to spend in hospital. Upon his release, his son-in-law, Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain, to whom he had entrusted the running of Bennett, in the early 1960s, Shanti Prasad Jain was imprisoned on charges of selling newsprint on the black market. Based on the pleading, Justice directed the Government to assume control of the newspaper which resulted in replacing half of the directors, curiously, the court appointed D K Kunte as Chairman of the Board. Kunte had no business experience and was also an Opposition member of the Lok Sabha. In 1976, during the Emergency in India, the Government transferred ownership of the back to Ashok Kumar Jain. The move was a critique of Prime Minister Indira Gandhis 21-month state of emergency, in late 2006, Times Group acquired Vijayanand Printers Limited. VPL previously published two Kannada newspapers, Vijay Karnataka and Usha Kiran, and an English daily, Vijay Times, Vijay Karnataka was the leader in the Kannada newspaper segment then. The paper launched a Chennai edition,12 April 2008 and it launched a Kolhapur edition, February 2013
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The Statesman
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The Statesman is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper founded in 1875 and published simultaneously in Kolkata, New Delhi, Siliguri and Bhubaneswar. It incorporates and is descended from The Friend of India. It is owned by The Statesman Ltd and headquartered at Statesman House, Chowringhee Square, Kolkata, with its editorial office at Statesman House, Connaught Place. It is a member of the Asia News Network, the Statesman has an average weekday circulation of approximately 180,000, and the Sunday Statesman has a circulation of 230,000. This ranks it as one of the leading English newspapers in West Bengal, the Statesman is a direct descendant of two newspapers, The Englishman and The Friend of India, both published in Calcutta. The Englishman was started by Robert Knight, who was previously the principal founder, Knight founded The Statesman and New Friend of India on 15 January 1875, which later adopted the current name. The Statesman was managed by a British corporate group until it transferred ownership to a consortium of companies with N A Palkhivala as Chairman in the mid-1960s, the first editor assigned under this new ownership was Pran Chopra. The Statesman is characterized by its reporting style. It holds an independent anti-establishment position and it opposed the shifting of Indias capital from Calcutta to New Delhi in 1911, stating that he British have gone to the city of graveyards to be buried there. It also strenuously opposed Indira Gandhis Emergency in 1975-77, the Statesman Award for Rural Reporting is presented to outstanding journalists every year, irrespective of affiliation, to further the social uplifting of indigents from India. Once the most widely read English dailies in West Bengal, The Statesman has now lost some ground to The Telegraph, The Times of India, but it is widely regarded as the paper to read for serious news reportage and incisive analytical articles. The Statesman is a member of the Asia News Network. This allows The Statesman to offer coverage of all Asian regions. The Statesman carries a Thursday feature supplement called Section 2 which is published from New Delhi, the four-page supplement provides in-depth analysis on art, dance, literature, drama, fashion, lifestyle and entertainment. In Kolkata, the supplement Voices focuses on schools and schoolchildren and it started in 1995, providing the opportunity for school children to showcase their writing skills with research articles, poems and short news clips. Among other activities every year, Voices hosts a 2-day long festival called Vibes in Calcutta, marquee, published every Saturday, covers the film and entertainment scene. Supplement of Dainik Statesman - every Saturday publishes Binodan where the news of art, culture, music, entertainment, food, fashion, every Sunday publishes Bichitra where the sunday special articles, short stories, travel, children special issues are available. Ravindra Kumar is Editor of The Statesman, usha Mahadevan is Resident Editor of The Statesman, Delhi
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Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na
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Ya Jaane Na is a 2008 Indian coming of age romantic drama film, written and directed by Abbas Tyrewala. The film stars Imran Khan and Genelia DSouza in pivotal roles, produced by Mansoor Khan, Aamir Khan, it marks the directional debut of Abbas Tyrewala, the debut of Imran Khan and Prateik Babbar as actors, and the re-appearance of DSouza in Hindi cinema. Released on 4 July 2008, the received positive reviews. The music is by A. R. Rahman, the story begins in an airport, when Jignesh a. k. a. Mala is initially uninterested in the story, and hates loves stories in general, rats, the most non-violent Rajput ever. ‘Meow‘, an aggressive, impulsive girl. She scratches. But still Jai and Aditi are college-going best buddies, Rotlu, Jiggy, Bombs and Shaleen are also college-mates of Jai & Aditi, and a part of their group. Rotlu loves Aditi and Bombs loves Jai, However, Jai and Aditi are always so busy with each other that they overlook this. Jai and Aditi are perfect for each other, everybody but the two themselves know this. Aditi dreams of a virile, macho husband, while Jai wants a sweet, since the two of them dont believe that they are in love, after finishing their college they decide to hunt for a perfect life partner for each other. Jai falls in love with Meghna at first sight in a club where two psychos were misbehaving with her and he saves her, not by fighting but by tricking the two psychos, who always ride horses. Meghna always plays the game of imagination, “Whats this. ”When Meghna and Jai get close to other, Rotlu, Jiggy, Bombs and Shaleen are happy for Jai. Aditi notices changes in Jais behaviour, Meghna informs Jai that her parents squabble together but cannot stay without each other. She says this is really cute and her parents always argue with each other and Jai feels uncomfortable with them. When Jai goes to meet Meghnas parents, he misses Aditis surprise birthday party and she is hurt by this and acts rudely to Jai when he goes to wish her later that evening. Aditi gets engaged to her fathers son, Sushant Modi. She sees in him the macho man she always wanted, however. Aditis brother Amit tries to make her see Sushants reality, but Aditi thinks that Jai loves Meghna and continues her relationship with Sushant. At Jiggys birthday bash, Aditi introduces her fiancé, Aditi is disturbed because she is jealous seeing Jai with Meghna, and Jai is upset that Aditi is engaged and disturbed
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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
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IMDb
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In 1998 it became a subsidiary of Amazon Inc, who were then able to use it as an advertising resource for selling DVDs and videotapes. As of January 2017, IMDb has approximately 4.1 million titles and 7.7 million personalities in its database, the site enables registered users to submit new material and edits to existing entries. Although all data is checked before going live, the system has open to abuse. The site also featured message boards which stimulate regular debates and dialogue among authenticated users, IMDb shutdown the message boards permanently on February 20,2017. Anyone with a connection can read the movie and talent pages of IMDb. A registration process is however, to contribute info to the site. A registered user chooses a name for themselves, and is given a profile page. These badges range from total contributions made, to independent categories such as photos, trivia, bios, if a registered user or visitor happens to be in the entertainment industry, and has an IMDb page, that user/visitor can add photos to that page by enrolling in IMDbPRO. Actors, crew, and industry executives can post their own resume and this fee enrolls them in a membership called IMDbPro. PRO can be accessed by anyone willing to pay the fee, which is $19.99 USD per month, or if paid annually, $149.99, which comes to approximately $12.50 per month USD. Membership enables a user to access the rank order of each industry personality, as well as agent contact information for any actor, producer, director etc. that has an IMDb page. Enrolling in PRO for industry personnel, enables those members the ability to upload a head shot to open their page, as well as the ability to upload hundreds of photos to accompany their page. Anyone can register as a user, and contribute to the site as well as enjoy its content, however those users enrolled in PRO have greater access and privileges. IMDb originated with a Usenet posting by British film fan and computer programmer Col Needham entitled Those Eyes, others with similar interests soon responded with additions or different lists of their own. Needham subsequently started an Actors List, while Dave Knight began a Directors List, and Andy Krieg took over THE LIST from Hank Driskill, which would later be renamed the Actress List. Both lists had been restricted to people who were alive and working, the goal of the participants now was to make the lists as inclusive as possible. By late 1990, the lists included almost 10,000 movies and television series correlated with actors and actresses appearing therein. On October 17,1990, Needham developed and posted a collection of Unix shell scripts which could be used to search the four lists, at the time, it was known as the rec. arts. movies movie database
