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Vikram Kumar
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Vikram K. Kumar is an Indian film director who has worked on Telugu, Tamil, and Bollywood films. In 15 years, he has only six films. Kumar graduated from Madras Christian College in Chennai, in April 1997 he joined director Priyadarshan, working on the Malayalam film Chandralekha as assistant director. He also worked under Priyadarshan in Doli Saja Ke Rakhna and Hera Pheri, in 1998, he directed his debut non-feature film, Silent Scream, for which he won the National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film. He made his debut in Tollywood with Ishtam, which introduced Shriya Saran in 2001, the film did badly at the Box Office, as a result of which Kumar went to Chennai and he made Alai with Simbu and Trisha which also flopped. He then directed 13B, a horror film which starred R. Madhavan which was a hit in both Hindi and Tamil. Then it took almost two years to complete Ishq, which was a blockbuster for Nithiin, in 2014, he directed Manam, for which he received the Filmfare Award for Best Director - Telugu. In 2016, he directed science fiction thriller 24
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Abhinav Kashyap
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Abhinav Singh Kashyap is an Indian film director and screenwriter. Abhinav Kashyap was born in Obra, Uttar Pradesh where his father and he is an alumnus of The Scindia School, Gwalior and completed his graduation in English Hons from Hansraj College, University of Delhi in 1995. He is the brother of director Anurag Kashyap and Anubhuti Kashyap. Abhinav Kashyap is married to the writer Chatura Rao and lives in Mumbai with his two daughters, before entering the film industry, he worked in several Indian television serials. In 2000, he was involved in writing the script of the film Jung and he worked as an assistant to film maker Mani Ratnam for the film Yuva. He also wrote dialogue for the films Manorama Six Feet Under and he made his debut as a director in the 2010 action film Dabangg, which he also co-wrote, along with Dilip Shukla. Bollywood actor Salman Khan and debutant actress Sonakshi Sinha played the roles in the film. Dabangg was released on 10 September 2010 and his second film Besharam was released on 2 October 2013. Abhinav Kashyap at the Internet Movie Database
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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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Neetu Chandra
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Neetu Chandra is an Indian actress, producer and theatre artist. She has her own house called Champaran Talkies, winning the National Award for the film Mithila Makhaan. Neetu Chandra was born in Patna, Bihar, India and she was educated at the Notre Dame Academy, Patna and completed her undergraduate education at Delhis Indraprastha College. She started modelling and Neetu gives credit of her success to her mother and she has appeared in several advertisements and videos for firms since her graduation. She holds two Dan black belts in Taekwondo and represented India in the 1997 World Taekwondo Championships in Hong Kong, Neetu Chandras brother is Nitin Chandra who also directed the movie Deswa. She entered Hindi film industry in 2005 with Garam Masala in which she portrayed Sweety and she also acted in Godavari, a Telugu film, in 2006. In 2007 she appeared in Madhur Bhandarkars film, Traffic Signal, in 2008, she had four releases, being directed by Dibakar Banerjee, Rahul Dholakia, Ashwini Dheer and Vikram. Her Tamil film, Yavarum Nalam with Madhavan, released in 2009, was declared a major hit. In 2010 she was seen in four Hindi films, Rann, Apartment, No Problem, in which she made a appearance, and Sadiyaan. In 2011 Deswa, a Bhojpuri film which she produced and which was directed by her brother, is released, in 2013, she acted in the Tamil gangster film Ameerin Aadhi Baghavan with Jayam Ravi. She has completed filming for a Greek film Home Sweet Home and she had to learn Greek for the film and also dubbed herself. She has two Hindi films, Kusar Prasad Ka Bhoot and Shooter, coming up, Chandra was signed as the brand ambassador for the Hoop, a Gitanjali brand. She also took part in a commercial for Mysore Sandal Soap, Neetu Chandra also appeared in music director Ismail Darbars music video Rasiya Saajan along with Zubeen Garg. She was also seen in the video of Bombay Vikings singer Neeraj Shridhars hit single Aa Raha Hoon Main. She is a Life Member of International Film And Television Club, in 2013, Chandra made her debut in theatre, in a play, called Umrao, which featured her in the title role. The Times of India wrote that, Neetu Chandras debut on stage, though confident, doesnt create the desired impact, in 2008, 7Seas Technologies launched a 3D mobile game, Neetu — The Alien Killer, with Neetu Chandra as the lead character. Neetu was featured on the cover of the January 2009 issue of Indian Maxim, Neetu began a relationship with actor Randeep Hooda in mid 2010 but the couple parted ways in 2013. Neetu Chandra at the Internet Movie Database
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Deepak Dobriyal
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Deepak Dobriyal is an Indian film and theatre actor. He worked in films like Dabangg 2, Gulaal, Omkara, Tanu Weds Manu, Daayen Ya Baayen, Shaurya,1971, 13B, Tanu Weds Manu Returns, Mumbai Cutting. Deepaks parents belong to Kabra village near Rithakhal and Satpuli village and near to Rikhanikhal, Pauri Garhwal in Uttarakhand state, in Delhi he lived in Katwariya Saray and completed his schooling from Govt. He started his career in 1994 with eminent Theatre director Arvind Gaur. He acted in Aao Saathi Sapna Dekhen, Hamaar Baabuji ki chhattri and Aksar Maine Socha Hai
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Murali Sharma
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Murali Sharma is an Indian film actor known for his works predominantly in Bollywood, Tollywood, and television. He is widely known for portraying a cop on screen and is considered one of the finest character artistes of his generation across the country, Sharma has starred in over sixty feature films, including Telugu, Tamil, Marathi and Malayalam cinema. Sharma gained wide recognition in television with Doordarshans Paltan in which he plays the role of Col. R. S. Chakravyuh, Baby, Badlapur, Dharam Sankat Mein, ABCD2, Murli Sharma was born in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. He completed his bachelors degree, and studied acting at the Roshan Taneja Acting School in Mumbai and he is married to actress Ashwini Kalsekar and lives in Mumbai, and Hyderabad. He has two brothers who reside in Mumbai and Bangalore and he is fluent in 5 Indian languages including Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Marathi and Gujarati. Murli Sharma achieved widespread recognition for playing the role of Captain Khan in the 2004 Bollywood superhit movie Main Hoon Na alongside Shahrukh Khan, by 2007, he further established himself by playing important roles in Dhol, Dhamaal, Black Friday in Hindi and Athithi, Kanthri in Telugu. He received a Nandi Award for his role of Kaiser/Ajay Shastri in Athithi in 2007. He also made a appearance in 2008 Bollywood flick Jaane Tu. He received acclaim for his roles in Golmaal Returns and Sunday, in 2009, he worked with R. Madhavan on 13B, a Tamil/Hindi/Telugu psychological thriller, in which he played a cop. He played supporting roles in big ticket flicks like Dabangg, Tees Maar Khan,2011 proved to be a memorable year for Murli Sharma as he teamed up yet again with Rohit Shetty for Singham starring Ajay Devgn. Singham became both critically and commercially successful, standing out as one of the films of the year. He also played supporting roles in Oosaravelli, starring Jr. NTR and he simultaneously applied himself both to the Hindi and Telugu film industries by playing crucial roles in films like OMG, Oh My God. In the same year, he ventured into Malayalam cinema for the first time in his career by starring next to Malayalam superstar Mohanlal in Karma Yodha,2013 too, became a successful year as he worked in films of four languages including Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Marathi. 2015 could be marked as a year for the actor as he achieved global success with major roles in Gopala Gopala, Bhale Bhale Magadivoy. He also played roles in Badlapur and ABCD2 furthering his fan. He also acted in a Tamil movie in that year, Paayum Puli, spreading his reach across all languages and he also played cameos in Dilwale and Baby while proving his mettle in pulling off comic roles in the latter mentioned. Sharma also made a guest appearance in critically acclaimed film Gour Hari Dastaan by Anant Mahadevan without charging any remuneration
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Saranya Ponvannan
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Saranya made her debut in a lead role in Mani Ratnams Nayagan and went on to play lead roles in late 1980s. Following an eight-year sabbatical, she returned to films as a character artiste, playing supporting roles. Saranya made her debut in Mani Ratnams Godfatheresque production, Nayagan opposite Kamal Haasan, the film, which went on to become a huge success. After marriage in 1995, she settled down to domestic bliss, in 2000, however, she was offered the lead role in the comedy television series, Veettukku Veedu Lootty, which she has accepted. Subsequently, she decided to accept some good offers, enacting supporting roles, as of 2014 she was the only actress to be paid highest salary for playing mother roles in south Indian film industry. Apart from her usual roles, she has played Negative role in the film Achamindri which was well acclaimed. Saranya is the daughter of famous Malayalam film director A. B, raj who had directed over 75 films starring big stars. He had also directed 2 tamil films. She is married to fellow actor-director, Ponvannan
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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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Tamil language
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Tamil is a Dravidian language predominantly spoken by the Tamil people of India and Sri Lanka, and also by the Tamil diaspora, Sri Lankan Moors, Burghers, Douglas, and Chindians. Tamil is a language of two countries, Singapore and Sri Lanka. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and it is also used as one of the languages of education in Malaysia, along with English, Malay and Mandarin. Tamil is also spoken by significant minorities in the four other South Indian states of Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and it is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India. Tamil is one of the classical languages in the world. Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions from 500 BC have been found on Adichanallur and 2 and it has been described as the only language of contemporary India which is recognizably continuous with a classical past. The variety and quality of classical Tamil literature has led to it being described as one of the classical traditions. A recorded Tamil literature has been documented for over 2000 years, the earliest period of Tamil literature, Sangam literature, is dated from ca.300 BC – AD300. It has the oldest extant literature among other Dravidian languages, the earliest epigraphic records found on rock edicts and hero stones date from around the 3rd century BC. More than 55% of the inscriptions found by the Archaeological Survey of India are in the Tamil language. Tamil language inscriptions written in Brahmi script have been discovered in Sri Lanka, the two earliest manuscripts from India, acknowledged and registered by the UNESCO Memory of the World register in 1997 and 2005, were written in Tamil. In 1578, Portuguese Christian missionaries published a Tamil prayer book in old Tamil script named Thambiraan Vanakkam, the Tamil Lexicon, published by the University of Madras, was one of the earliest dictionaries published in the Indian languages. According to a 2001 survey, there were 1,863 newspapers published in Tamil, Tamil belongs to the southern branch of the Dravidian languages, a family of around 26 languages native to the Indian subcontinent. It is also classified as being part of a Tamil language family, the closest major relative of Tamil is Malayalam, the two began diverging around the 9th century CE. According to linguists like Bhadriraju Krishnamurti, Tamil, as a Dravidian language, descends from Proto-Dravidian, linguistic reconstruction suggests that Proto-Dravidian was spoken around the third millennium BC, possibly in the region around the lower Godavari river basin in peninsular India. The material evidence suggests that the speakers of Proto-Dravidian were of the associated with the Neolithic complexes of South India. The next phase in the reconstructed proto-history of Tamil is Proto-South Dravidian, the linguistic evidence suggests that Proto-South Dravidian was spoken around the middle of the second millennium BC, and that proto-Tamil emerged around the 3rd century BC. The earliest epigraphic attestations of Tamil are generally taken to have been shortly thereafter
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Telugu language
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Telugu is a Dravidian language native to India. It is also spoken by significant minorities in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and it is one of six languages designated a classical language of India by the Government of India. Telugu ranks third by the number of speakers in India. It is one of the scheduled languages of the Republic of India. Approximately 10,000 inscriptions exist in the Telugu language, the speakers of the language call it Telugu or Tenugu. The older forms of the name include Teluṅgu, Tenuṅgu and Teliṅga, the etymology of Telugu is not certain. Some historical scholars have suggested a derivation from Sanskrit triliṅgam, as in Trilinga Desa, tradition holds that Shiva descended as a lingam on three mountains, Kaleshwaram, Srisailam, and Bhimeswaram, which are said to have marked the boundaries of the Trilinga Desa. Atharvana Acharya in the 13th century wrote a grammar of Telugu, Appa Kavi in the 17th century explicitly wrote that Telugu was derived from Trilinga. Scholar Charles P. Brown comments that it was a strange notion as all the predecessors of Appa Kavi had no knowledge of such a derivation. George Abraham Grierson and other linguists doubt this derivation, holding rather that Telugu was the older term, another view holds that tenugu is derived from the proto-Dravidian word ten– south to mean the people who lived in the south/southern direction. The name telugu then, is a result of n -> l alternation established in Telugu, according to the natve tradition Telugu grammar has a hoary past. Sage Kanva was said to be the first grammarian of Telugu, a Rajeswara Sarma discussed the hisoricity and content of Kanvas grammar written in Sanskrit. He cited twenty grammatical aphorisms ascribed to Kanva, and concluded that Kanva wrote an ancient Telugu Grammar which was lost, according to the Russian linguist M. S. Andronov, Telugu split from the Proto-Dravidian languages between 1500 and 1000 BC. According to linguist Bhadriraju Krishnamurti, Telugu, as a Dravidian language, descends from Proto-Dravidian, linguistic reconstruction suggests that Proto-Dravidian was spoken around the third millennium BC, possibly in the region around the lower Godavari river basin in peninsular India. The material evidence suggests that the speakers of Proto-Dravidian were of the associated with the Neolithic societies of South India. A legend gives the Lepakshi town a significant place in the Ramayana — this was where the bird Jatayu fell, when Sri Rama reached the spot, he saw the bird and said compassionately, “Le Pakshi” — ‘rise, bird’ in Telugu. This indicates the presence of Telugu Language during Ramayana period, there is a mention of Telugu people or Telugu country in ancient Tamil literature as Telunka Nadu. Telugu words were found in Hebrew literature, inscriptions with Telugu words dating back to 400 BC to 100 BC have been discovered in Bhattiprolu in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh
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Ravi Babu
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Ravi Babu is an actor, director and producer in the Telugu film industry. He has directed 12 films, produced five, acted in some of them, as an actor, he has starred in over 75 films in varied roles as villain, comedian, and comedic villain. He is the son of veteran Telugu film actor Chalapathi Rao and is the eldest of three siblings and his primary schooling was at Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan in Chennai and he later studied English Literature at the Presidency College, Chennai, also in Chennai. He graduated with an MBA from the Symbiosis International University, Pune, Ravi could have chosen a high-flying corporate job that would have given him all the perks a fresh MBA from a top university would get, but he gave that up to pursue his dream of film-making. So, he took an offer of working as a production assistant to ace advertising film-maker Rajiv Menon. As an assistant to Rajiv Menon Babu had to carry lenses, cameras, within a few months, he was promoted as an assistant director and an assistant cameraman. Six months later, Babu enrolled in an advanced course at the Film and Television Workshops in Rockport, Maine. He was offered a job as a cameraman by the India Broadcasting Network in New York, on the job he picked up editing as a skill. His work caught the attention of executives at Sony and they invited him to do a course at the Sony Institute in San Jose. After the course, Babu did a stint at TV Asia as ENG producer and also doubled up as cameraman. Babus return to India saw producer D. Ramanaidu and director E. V. V, satyanarayana offer him films, for acting. Acting in movies out of Hyderabad and Bangalore, he kept in touch with his passion of film making through advertising. He was directing commercials for production house Autmncart. In 1999 he started his own house, Flying Frogs, initially to produce television commercials. Babus first films were Maavidakulu directed by E. V. V and he went on to act in more than 75 films with films like Murari, Anasuya, Yavarum Nalam, Dochay Swamy Ra Ra and Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu fetching critical acclaim. In 2002, Babu launched himself as a film-director and his first Tollywood film was Allari which was shot in 45 days on a shoestring budget. Allari was released on 10 May 2002, and it was distributed by Suresh Films, Babu started work on Ammayilu Abbayilu with more mature actors like Sonu Sood, Dharmavarapu Subramanyam, and technicians like Chakri and Marthand K. Venkatesh. The film turned out to be a success at the box office
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Rediff.com
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Rediff. com is an Indian news, information, entertainment and shopping web portal, founded in 1996 as Rediff On The NeT. It is headquartered in Mumbai, with offices in Bangalore, New Delhi, according to Alexa, Rediff. com is the No.24 Indian web portal. It has more than 300 employees, most of the visitors to Rediff. com are from India, while the rest come primarily from the US and China. In April 2001, Rediff. com acquired and began offering India Abroad, as of February 2011, it ranked 295 on Alexa. Rediff. com was the domain name registered in India in 1996. However according to the records of Network Solutions, the registrar of Rediff. com, in 2001, Rediff. com was alleged to be in violation of the Securities Act for filing materially false prospectus in relation to an IPO of its American depositary shares. In April 2016, the Company decided to delist from NASDAQ, citing the high cost of reporting requirements, rediffmail – Web based and app-based e-mail which has around 95 million registered usernames. Rediff Shopping – An online and app-based marketplace, headquartered in Mumbai, India, selling mobile phones, shopping, apparel and accessories, valentine gifts and home utility, Rediff News App – On 14 September 2012, Rediff launched its Android App for Rediff News. Rediff iShare – From 10 July 2007, Rediff users were able to upload their videos, music and pictures to the Rediff iShare multimedia platform
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Poonam Dhillon
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Poonam Dhillon is an Indian Hindi film, theatre and TV actress. A former Femina Miss India, Dhillon has acted in over 80 films. She is best known for her 1979 film, Noorie, for her six films with Rajesh Khanna Red Rose, Dard, Nishaan, Zamana, Awam and Sohni Mahiwal, Samundar, Saveray Wali Gaadi, Karma, Naam. Dhillon participated in Bigg Boss in 2009 and was playing the lead role of Sharda Modi in the Sony TV series Ekk Nayi Pehchaan in 2013. The first time Dhillon gained fame was when she got crowned Miss Young India 1978 at the age of 16, director Yash Chopra noticed her and offered her a role in the film Trishul where she performed the song Gapoochi Gapoochi gum gum with co-star Sachin Pilgaonkar. Chopra then gave her the role in Noorie, which he produced. For this, Dhillon was nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Actress, subsequently she did about 90 films in Hindi, including Sohni Mahiwal, Red Rose, Teri Kasam, Dard, Nishana, Yeh Vada Raha, Samunder, Romance, Kasam, and Sitamgar. She was often paired with Rajesh Khanna and together, they performed in Dard, Nishaan, Zamana and Awam and Red Rose and she featured in six films opposite Rajesh Khanna. She did a cameo in Judaai as a favor to producer Boney Kapoor after Juhi Chawla dropped out and she also appeared in regional films such as Nyay Danda, Yuddha Kaanda and Ishtam. She has been in Hindi theater, The Perfect Husband which won the best comedy award in 2005. She then did two plays The Perfect Wife co-starring Sooraj Thapar and Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi with Asif Sheikh. Currently she is doing a play called U TURN which is the Hindi vesion of a Marathi play Dhillon ventured into the van business. She runs a make-up van company, VANITY, coming from an academic family where her father was an aeronautical engineer, her mother was Principal in a school, and her two siblings and both doctors. Poonam did her graduation after joining Films at age 16, currently she is doing her MBA in International Business. She has been active with social causes like drug awareness, AIDS awareness, family planning. Dhillon was the fourth guest on Bigg Boss aired on Colors TV and she ended up as runner-up on the show. She has been a prominent speaker at SAARC business summit at Kathmandu and she was also a speaker at the MINDMINE event. She did a show to Save and Empower the Girl Child with Lilavati Hospital, recently she has also launched an event and film production company, Poetic Justice Films Pvt Ltd
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Kushboo
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Nakhat Khan, known by her stage name Khushbu Sundar, or just Khushbu/Khushboo is an Indian film actress, producer, and television presenter. She is predominantly known for her work in the South Indian film industry and she has received two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards for Best Actress and one Kerala State Film award. She went to become the No 1 leading actress of Tamil Cinema during her period and she became the first Indian actress for whom her fans built a dedicated temple. Khushbu was born at Andheri, Mumbai, Maharashtra in a Muslim family and she had her primary education in Swami Muktananda High School located in Andheri area. She couldnt study after 8th standard since she became busy with films by then, Khushbu speaks Hindi, Tamil, English, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Urdu and Marathi. Khushbu started her career as a child artist with Kannada film Raja Nanna Raja and she then appeared in Hindi film The Burning Train in the song Teri Hai Zameen Tera Aasman. Between 1980-1985 as a child artist she did Hindi films such as Naseeb, Thodisi Bewafaii, Laawaris, Kaalia, Dard Ka Rishta, Bemisal, Khushbu played her first main lead in Jaanoo opposite Jackie Shroff. Same year she starred opposite Raj Kiran in Sautela Pati and she starred in Tan-Badan opposite Govinda, which was the first lead role for Govinda. She also did Patton Ki Bazi opposite Rajan Sippy, Khushbu played a significant supporting role in Deewana Mujh Sa Nahin, which also starred Aamir Khan and Madhuri Dixit. Her dance number Sare Ladkon Ki Kar Do Shaadi had become a major hit and she played main lead in Prem Daan opposite Nitish Bharadwaj. After that she has only been working in South Indian film industry, Khushbu was introduced to South Indian screens through the Telugu film Kaliyuga Pandavulu opposite Venkatesh. After that she moved her base to Chennai and started focusing on Tamil and she has acted in more than 150 films after moving to South. She went to become the No 1 leading actress of Tamil Cinema during her period, apart from Tamil films, she has also acted in various Malayalam, Kannada, and Telugu films as well. In Malayalam, she has acted in films with Mammotty, Mohanlal, Jayaram, Dileep notably Uncle Bun, Vrudhanmare Sookshikkuka, Independence, Kaiyoppu. In Kannada, She has acted in films with Ravichandran notably Ranadheera, Anjada Gandu, Shanthi Kranthi. Kushboo was introduced to South India through the Telugu film Kaliyuga Pandavulu opposite Venkatesh, by September 2016, Khushbu was no longer very active into films, citing her lack of interest in the same, and her commitment to motherhood and her political career. Khushbu and sprinter Usain Bolt are the Honorary Members of Richmond Football Club, based in Melbourne, Khushbu was introduced to AFL Footy Australian Rules Football by former Ministerial Adviser Mr Nitin Gupta, and Former Victorian Premier Hon. Ted Baillieu. She had agreed to promote the AFL Footy in India after taking a tour of Richmond Football Club
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An item number or an item song, in Indian cinema, is a musical performance that is often shown as a part of the movie but most of the times without any importance to the plot of the movie. The term is used in connection with Hindi, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu cinema, to describe a catchy, upbeat. The main aim of a number is to entertain and also to lend support to the marketability of the film. However, the term as understood in Bollywood parlance has entered the Kathmandu entertainment industry scenario as well, Item numbers are usually added to Indian movies to generate publicity by featuring them in the trailers. Item numbers are favoured by filmmakers for the reason that since they do not add to the plot and it is thus a vehicle for commercial success which ensures repeat viewing. A female actor, singer or dancer, especially someone who is poised to become a star, there are item boys as well. However, second generation South Asian females are commonly featured in item numbers than males. Item numbers usually feature one or more persons other than the lead actors, sometimes established female and male actors will lend a special appearance to an item number. Although, the origin of the item number is obscure. This is because item in filmy Mumbai slang is used by Indian men to objectify women, the classic meaning of item number refers to highly sexualized songs with racy imagery and suggestive lyrics. The item number would feature a girl who appeared in the film as a dancer, usually in a bar or nightclub. Up to the 1970s, Bollywood often relied on the figure of the vamp, usually a cabaret dancer, or a tawaif or a male gangsters moll, to provide sexually explicit or demeaning musical entertainment. While the heroine too did sing and dance, it was the vamp who wore more revealing clothes, smoked, drank and she was portrayed not as being wicked but as immodest, and her dance performances were sexualized by male producers. The trend was started by Cuckoo in films like Awaara, Aan and Shabistan, Item numbers had been featured in Bollywood from as early as the 30s. Azoorie in the 1930s often performed item numbers, Cuckoo was the popular item dancer in the late 40s. Her banner year was 1949 when she was featured in over 17 films performing dances, actress and classical dancer Vyjayanthimala was the one that introduced the classical dance number in Hindi films with her debut film Bahar. The mixture of classical plus contemporary was popularized by Vyjayanthimala in films such as Devdas, Amrapali, Madhumati, Sadhna, in the early 50s, Cuckoo introduced the Burmese-Anglo Helen as a chorus girl. In films like Gunga Jumna and Zindagi the actor performed semi-classical Indian dances in songs like Tora man bada paapi, a desi bar number, Mungra Mungra from Inkaar was also immensely popular
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Esha Deol
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Esha Deol is an Indian film actress and model who predominantly appears in Hindi films. She earned critical acclaim for her performance and was part of commercially successesful films like LOC Kargil, Yuva, Dhoom, Insan, Kaal, Main Aisa Hi Hoon, Dus, No Entry, Shaadi No.1 and she made her comeback in Tell Me O Kkhuda. She starred opposite prominent actors like Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar, born to famous Bollywood actress of Tamil origin Hema Malini and Bollywood actor of Punjabi origin Dharmendra. She has a younger sister Ahana Deol and her older half siblings are Bobby Deol, Sunny Deol, Vijayta and Ajeeta, through her fathers first marriage to Prakash Kaur. Deol attended Mithibai College in Mumbai where she planned to become a fashion designer, Deol trained in the Odissi dancing style under Mumbai guru Rabindra Atibuddhi. She was trained by and performs classical Bharatanatyam dance with her mother, Deol decided to join the acting line of her parents and became a second-generation actress. She started her career in a lead role with Vinay Shuklas Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe opposite Aftab Shivdasani, with Sanjay Kapoor, Jaya Bachchan. This movie was a box office failure, Deol received mixed reactions from critics upon her performance. Savera R Someshwar of Rediff wrote Esha, as a person, shes athletic and seems perfectly capable of looking after herself in any situation. Esha, on screen, is required to convey three emotions, Love, sorrow and fear and she is just unable to look terrorised. Even her alleged romance with costar Aftab has not helped her shed her stern demeanour in her romantic scenes, rakesh Budhu of Planet Bollywood wrote She isn’t horrible, but given the hype, the demands and of course, comparisons, she surely isn’t up to the mark. Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe is just plain old mediocre in such a way that you end up noticing the flaws in Esha’s performance more and her facial expressions need work, her attitude is beautiful but she seems too stern when it is not required. Of course, she is close to being a washout. Despite mixed reactions and box office failure, Deol won numerous awards for her including the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut at the 48th Filmfare Awards. Deols second film was Arjun Sabloks love triangle Na Tum Jaano Na Hum opposite Saif Ali Khan, the film flopped at the box office. Taran Adarsh of IndiaFm praised her acting and wrote it is Esha Deol who surprises you with a mature performance, although her looks are inconsistent, the youngster takes on the role with utmost sincerity and comes out with a natural performance. She has been better presented when compared to her debut film, bhavna Giani of Rediff praised Deols acting and dancing and compared it to Deols mother Hema Malini. Giani wrote As far as go, Esha is quite good
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Kareena Kapoor
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Kareena Kapoor, also known by her married name Kareena Kapoor Khan, is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi films. She is the daughter of actors Randhir Kapoor and Babita, and this initial success was followed by a series of commercial failures and repetitive roles, which garnered her negative reviews. The year 2004 marked a point for Kapoor when she played against type in the role of a sex worker in the drama Chameli. She went on to receive Filmfare Awards for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress for her performances in the 2007 romantic comedy Jab We Met, married to actor Saif Ali Khan, with whom she has a son, Kapoors off-screen life is the subject of widespread coverage in India. She has a reputation for being outspoken and assertive, and is recognised for her contributions to the industry through her fashion style. In addition to acting, Kapoor is a stage performer and has contributed as a co-author to three books, an autobiographical memoir and two nutrition guides. She has also launched her own clothing line in association with the retail chain Globus, born on 21 September 1980 in Bombay, Kapoor is the younger daughter of Randhir Kapoor and Babita, her elder sister Karisma is also an actress. She is the granddaughter of actor and filmmaker Raj Kapoor, maternal granddaughter of actor Hari Shivdasani. According to Kapoor, the name Kareena was derived from the book Anna Karenina and she is of Punjabi descent on her fathers side, and on her mothers side she is of Sindhi and British descent. As a child, Kapoor regularly practised Hinduism with her family, despite her family background, her father disapproved of women entering films because he believed it conflicted with the traditional maternal duties and responsibility of women in the family. This led to a conflict between her parents, and they separated and she was then raised by her mother, who worked several jobs to support her daughters until Karisma debuted as an actress in 1991. After living separately for years, her parents reconciled in October 2007. Kapoor remarked My father is also an important factor in my life though we did not see him often in our initial years, Kapoor attended Jamnabai Narsee School in Mumbai, followed by Welham Girls School in Dehradun. She attended the institution primarily to satisfy her mother, though later admitted to liking the experience, according to Kapoor, she wasnt inclined towards academics though received good grades in all her classes except mathematics. After graduating from Welham she studied commerce for two years at Mithibai College in Vile Parle, Kapoor then registered for a three-month summer course in microcomputers at Harvard Summer School in the United States. She later developed an interest in law, and enrolled at the Government Law College, Mumbai, during this period, however, after completing her first year, Kapoor decided to pursue her interest to become an actress. She began training at an institute in Mumbai mentored by Kishore Namit Kapoor. While training at the institute, Kapoor was cast as the lead in Rakesh Roshans Kaho Naa
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Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!
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Lucky Oye. is a Bollywood black comedy film starring Abhay Deol, Paresh Rawal, Neetu Chandra, Manu Rishi, Richa Chadda, Manjot Singh and Archana Puran Singh. It was directed by Dibakar Banerjee, the film won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film. The film is inspired by the real life shenanigans of Devinder Singh alias Bunty, Abhay Deol as Lucky Paresh Rawal as Luckys Father / Gogi Arora / Dr. B. D. Lucky Oye. received positive critical acclaim, raja Sen of Rediff gave it 4. 5/5 stars, saying that All I can say is – after very gratefully handing it four and a half stars, in case you asked – that this is a movie to love. And one that makes the audience feel just like the hero, naresh K. Deoshi of Apun Ka Choice gave the movie 3. 5/5 stars, concluding that Grab a ticket. Nikhat Kazmi of Times of India gave the movie 3. 5/5 stars, Lucky Oye. works perfectly as a simple story of a young boy who is driven to crime not because he is hungry, poor, starving. Syed Firdaus Ashraf of Rediff gave 3/5 stars, concluding that The film only fails in the music department, the dhols and drums get too loud from time to time, and get very annoying. If you can overlook this minor discomfort, go for it, rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN gave 3/5 stars, stating that Watch it because its a film that respects your intelligence. And films like that are hard to find, sonia Chopra of Sify gave it 2. 5/5 stars, saying that Writer-director Dipankar Banerjee cannot live down the expectations Khosla Ka Ghosla brings with it. Banerjee does meet those expectations, however Oye Lucky. is a different product altogether, more than a beginning-middle-end story, Oye Lucky. is more a peek into Delhis belly, into the characters lives, and into complex bitter-sweet relationships. Martin DSouza of Glamsham gave 2. 5/5 stars, concluding that A film with a feel of the eighties, but yes, if you want a quiet, funny outing to lighten your mood, watching OLLO is not a bad option. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the movie 2/5 stars, saying that On the whole, LUCKY OYE. is a well-executed enterprise, which has its share of limitations. At the box-office, the film caters to the Northern audience mainly – Delhi, besides North, the plexes in Mumbai should fare slightly better. Lucky Oye. was a below-average grosser, with ₹61.4 million nett in its lifetime, originally, Paresh Rawal was only approached by Dibakar Banerjee to play the role of Gogi. He was then convinced by the director to take on the role of Dr. Handa. Despite his initial hesitation to sport a beard in the role of Luckys father, Lucky Oye. at the Internet Movie Database
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Alaipayuthey
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Alaipayuthey is a 2000 Tamil musical romantic drama film co written co produced and directed by Mani Ratnam. Starring R. Madhavan and Shalini, the film explores the tensions of married life, the score and soundtrack were composed by A. R. Rahman. The films story is mostly recollected in flashbacks by the character Karthik, Karthik and Shakthi fall in love against the backdrop of Chennai and its suburban trains, against the wishes of their parents. The film was received by critics and it did well at the Tamil and Telugu box-offices primarily for its music and realistic portrayal of romance. The film made its European premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2001 and it was shown at various film festivals nationally and internationally. It also carried a popular soundtrack, composed by A. R. Rahman. Alaipayuthey was also released in Telugu as Sakhi and was remade and released in Hindi cinema in 2002, as Saathiya. Karthik Varadarajan is an independent and free-spirited software engineering graduate establishing a software start-up with his friends, at a friends wedding, he meets Shakti Selvaraj, a student of medicine at Madras Medical College. They continue to bump each other on local trains that they both use on their daily commute, and fall in love. Karthik pursues Shakti aggressively and proposes marriage, Shakthi, however, is reluctant, while apart, both Karthik and Shakti realize that they are desperately in love and decide to get married without the knowledge or consent of their parents. They continue living separate lives after marriage, meeting outside of their homes and hoping that their parents will see eye to eye at point in the future. However, when Shaktis older sister Poorni is on the verge of getting engaged, Shakti confesses to her parents and Raghus family that she is already married, Poornis engagement is called off and her parents throw her out of the house. Karthik too divulges the same to his parents and is asked by his father to leave his house. The marriage gets increasingly tense as both cope with frustrations and disappointments, Shakti learns that her father is seriously ill and requests Karthik to visit him. Karthik declines, citing her fathers hatred of him as the main reason and he eventually agrees, but by the time they reach her house, Shakti father passes away. Wracked with guilt, the two return home, their taking a turn for the worse. The two stop talking to each other, meanwhile, Karthik takes it upon himself to sort out Poornis love life and her broken engagement to Raghu. He arranges a date between the two, which initially fails, backfiring on Karthik, however, with more meetings, Poorni
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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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Marathi people
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Their language, Marathi, is part of the group of Indo-Aryan languages. The community came to prominence in 1674 when Maratha warriors under Shivaji Maharaj established the Maratha Empire, during ancient period around 230 BC Maharashtra came under the rule of the Satavahana dynasty which ruled the region for 400 years. The greatest ruler of the Satavahana Dynasty was Gautami putra Satakarni, the Vakataka dynasty ruled Maharashtra from the 3rd century to the 5th century. The Rashtra kuta Dynasty ruled Maharashtra from the 8th to the 10th century, the Arab traveler Sulaiman called the ruler of the Rashtrakuta Dynasty as one of the 4 great kings of the world. From the early 11th century to the 12th century the Deccan Plateau was dominated by the Western Chalukya Empire, the Seuna dynasty, also known as the Yadav dynasty ruled Maharashtra from the 13th century to the 14th century. The Yadavas were defeated by the Khiljis in 1321, in the mid-17th century, Shivaji Maharaj founded the Maratha Empire by conquering the Desh and the Konkan region from the Adilshahi, and re-establish Hindavi Swaraj. The Marathas are credited to an extent for ending the Mughal rule in India. After Shivajis death, the Mughals, who had lost significant ground to the Marathas under Shivaji, the war against the Mughals was then led by the Sambhajis younger brother and successor Rajaram Chhatrapati. Upon Rajarams death in 1700, his widow Tarabai took command of Maratha forces, in 1707, upon the death of Aurangzeb, the War of 27 years between the much weakened Mughals and Marathas came to an end. The empire was expanded by many chieftains including Peshwa Bajirao Ballal I and his descendants, the Shindes, Gaekwad, Pawar, Bhonsale of Nagpur, the empire at its peak stretched from Tamil Nadu in the south, to Peshawar in the north, and Bengal in the east. Pune under the Peshwa became the seat with envoys, ambassadors. However, after the Third battle of Panipat in which the Marathas were defeated by Ahmed Shah Abdali, due to the efforts of Mahadji Shinde, it remained a confederacy until the British East India Company defeated Peshwa Bajirao II. Nevertheless, several Maratha states remained as vassals of the British until 1947 when they acceded to the Dominion of India, the Marathas also developed a potent Navy circa 1660s, which at its peak, dominated the territorial waters of the western coast of India from Mumbai to Savantwadi. It would engage in attacking the British, Portuguese, Dutch, the Maratha Navy dominated till around the 1730s, was in a state of decline by the 1770s, and ceased to exist by 1818. Areas that correspond to present day Maharashtra were under direct or indirect British rule, first under the East India company and then under British crown from 1858. Marathi people during this era resided in the Bombay presidency, Berar, Central provinces, Hyderabad state, significant Marathi population also resided in Maratha princely states far from Maharashtra such as Baroda, Gwalior, Indore, and Tanjore. British rule over more than a century saw changes that were seen in all spheres, social, economic. The majority of Marathi people are Hindus, minorities by religion include Muslims, Buddhists, Jains, Christians and Jews
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Kalaignar TV
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Kalaignar TV is a Tamil-language satellite television channel based in Chennai, India. Recently on the weekend this channel telecasts childrens films of CSFI, the Kalaignar Network has introduced many channels to support views over public dominance within South Asia. They are, Kalaignar TV Seithigal Chithiram Murasu Isai Aruvi Sirippoli As per the charge sheet filed by CBI and her step-mother Dayalu Ammal owns 60% stake in the channel. According to CBI, Kanimozhi was in touch with A. Raja regarding the launching of Kalaignar TV channel. She was also summoned by the Income Tax Department, Chennai for alleged tax evasion charges
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Central Board of Film Certification
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The Central Board of Film Certification is a statutory censorship and classification body under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. It is tasked with regulating the public exhibition of films under the provisions of the Cinematograph Act 1952, Films can be publicly exhibited in India only after they are certified by the Board, including films shown on television. CBFC India is considered to be one of the most powerful film censor boards in the due to its strict ways of functioning. Though the first film in India was produced in 1913 by Dadasaheb Phalke, censor Boards were placed under police chiefs in cities of Madras, Bombay, Calcutta, Lahore and Rangoon. After Independence autonomy of regional censors was abolished and they were brought under the Bombay Board of Film Censors, with implementation of Cinematograph Act,1952, the board was unified and reconstituted, as the Central Board of Film Censors. Cinematograph Rules were revised in 1983 and since then the Central Board of Film Censors became known as the Central Board of Film Certification, Films are certified under 4 categories. Initially, there were two categories of certificates – U and A. Two more categories were added in June 1983 – U/A and S, in addition to these certifications the board may also refuse to certify. U Films with the U certification are fit for unrestricted public exhibition and these films can contain universal themes like education, family, drama, romance, sci-fi, action etc. Now, these films can contain some mild violence. It may also contain very mild sexual scenes, U/A Films with the U/A certification can contain moderate adult themes, that are not strong in nature and can be watched by a child under parental guidance. These films can contain some violence, moderate sex, frightening scenes and muted abusive. A Films with the A certification are available for public exhibition and these films can contain heavily strong violence, strong sex, strong abusive language, and even some controversial and adult themes considered unsuitable for young viewers. Such films are often recertified for TV and video viewing, which doesnt happen in case of U, S Films with S certification should not be viewed by the public. Only people associated with it, have permission to watch those films, additionally, V/U, V/UA, V/A are used for video releases with U, U/A and A carrying the same meaning as above. In addition to the certifications above there is also the possibility of the board refusing to certify the film at all, the Board consist of 25 other non-official members and a Chairperson. Pahlaj Nihalani presently presides the Board after Leela Samson who resigned after the CBFCs rejection of a certificate for the film MSG, earlier, Leela Samson had succeeded Sharmila Tagore, who was the longest continuous running Chairperson in the history. Nihalani is now the 27th Chairperson after the Boards establishment and his appointment is highly controversial given his propensity for censoring films instead of merely certifying them
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Soundtrack
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In movie industry terminology usage, a sound track is an audio recording created or used in film production or post-production. Initially the dialogue, sound effects, and music in a film each has its own track, and these are mixed together to make what is called the composite track. A dubbing track is later created when films are dubbed into another language. This is also known as a M & E track containing all sound elements minus dialogue which is supplied by the foreign distributor in the native language of its territory. The contraction soundtrack came into public consciousness with the advent of so-called soundtrack albums in the late 1940s and these phrases were soon shortened to just original motion picture soundtrack. More accurately, such recordings are made from a music track, because they usually consist of the isolated music from a film, not the composite track with dialogue. The soundtrack to the 1937 Walt Disney film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was the first commercially issued film soundtrack. It was released by RCA Victor Records on multiple 78 RPM discs in January 1938 as Songs from Walt Disneys Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and has since seen numerous expansions and reissues. The first live-action musical film to have a commercially issued soundtrack album was MGM’s 1946 film biography of Show Boat composer Jerome Kern, the album was originally issued as a set of four 10-inch 78-rpm records. Only eight selections from the film were included in this first edition of the album, in order to fit the songs onto the record sides the musical material needed editing and manipulation. Needless to say, it was several generations removed from the original, the playback recordings were purposely recorded very dry, otherwise it would come across as too hollow sounding in large movie theatres. This made these albums sound flat and boxy, the phrase is also sometimes incorrectly used for Broadway cast recordings. While it is correct in some instances to call a soundtrack a cast recording it is never correct to call a cast recording a soundtrack, contributing to the vagueness of the term are projects such as The Sound of Music Live. Which was filmed live on the set for an NBC holiday season special first broadcast in 2013, film score albums did not really become popular until the LP era, although a few were issued in 78-rpm albums. Like the 1967 re-release of the film, this version of the score was artificially enhanced for stereo, in recent years, Rhino Records has released a 2-CD set of the complete Gone With the Wind score, restored to its original mono sound. One of the film scores of all time was John Williams music from the movie Star Wars. Many film score albums go out-of-print after the films finish their theatrical runs, in a few rare instances an entire film dialogue track was issued on records. The 1968 Franco Zeffirelli film of Romeo and Juliet was issued as a 4-LP set, as a single LP with musical and dialogue excerpts, and as an album containing only the films musical score
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Big Music
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Big Music is an Indian record label owned by Anil Ambani. It is a part of Reliance BIG Entertainment, a subsidiary of Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, the label was started in 2005, along with several other subsidiaries of Reliance Big Entertainment. BIG Music is the licensee in India to Universal Pictures International, Warner Home Video. They had also launched an artist-management division called Big Talent in 2008, a Way of Life 2009 Do Knot Disturb 2009 Baabarr 2009 Daddy Cool 2009 Sikandar 2009 Kal Kissne Dekha 2009 13B2008 Luck By Chance 2008 Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi 200819202008 Rock On
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Record producer
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A record producer or music producer oversees and manages the sound recording and production of a band or performers music, which may range from recording one song to recording a lengthy concept album. A producer has many roles during the recording process, the roles of a producer vary. The producer may perform these roles himself, or help select the engineer, the producer may also pay session musicians and engineers and ensure that the entire project is completed within the record companies budget. A record producer or music producer has a broad role in overseeing and managing the recording. Producers also often take on an entrepreneurial role, with responsibility for the budget, schedules, contracts. In the 2010s, the industry has two kinds of producers with different roles, executive producer and music producer. Executive producers oversee project finances while music producers oversee the process of recording songs or albums. In most cases the producer is also a competent arranger, composer. The producer will also liaise with the engineer who concentrates on the technical aspects of recording. Noted producer Phil Ek described his role as the person who creatively guides or directs the process of making a record, indeed, in Bollywood music, the designation actually is music director. The music producers job is to create, shape, and mold a piece of music, at the beginning of record industry, producer role was technically limited to record, in one shot, artists performing live. The role of producers changed progressively over the 1950s and 1960s due to technological developments, the development of multitrack recording caused a major change in the recording process. Before multitracking, all the elements of a song had to be performed simultaneously, all of these singers and musicians had to be assembled in a large studio and the performance had to be recorded. As well, for a song that used 20 instruments, it was no longer necessary to get all the players in the studio at the same time. Examples include the rock sound effects of the 1960s, e. g. playing back the sound of recorded instruments backwards or clanging the tape to produce unique sound effects. These new instruments were electric or electronic, and thus they used instrument amplifiers, new technologies like multitracking changed the goal of recording, A producer could blend together multiple takes and edit together different sections to create the desired sound. For example, in jazz fusion Bandleader-composer Miles Davis album Bitches Brew, producers like Phil Spector and George Martin were soon creating recordings that were, in practical terms, almost impossible to realise in live performance. Producers became creative figures in the studio, other examples of such engineers includes Joe Meek, Teo Macero, Brian Wilson, and Biddu
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Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam
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The film was released on 5 February 2009. It has won three Nandi Awards and three CineMAA Awards, while Ramya Krishnan won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress - Telugu and it has been remade in Bengali as Romeo. There was also a Nepali version Mayako Barima starring Rajesh Hamal and it has been dubbed into Tamil under the same title. Geeta grows up in a village, under the shade of her doting father Subramanyam who takes care of everything for her and she comes to Hyderabad for higher studies and stays at her uncle, Gachibowli Diwakars house. There she meets with Siddharth/Siddhu, friend of her cousin, eventually they grow close and fall in love. Though Siddhu was a playful, carefree young chap, he has problems at his home as his parents are divorced and he reveals that to Geeta and tells her that he is coming to her village to meet his father. There he asks Geetas hand in marriage but Subramanyam doesnt agree and he says that he couldnt marry his daughter to a person whose parents are divorced. He wants to give his daughter in a big family but at least he wants his parents to be together, siddhhu asks him whether he would agree to marriage if his parents reunite and Subramanyam agrees to that. From then on start the efforts and trials of both Siddhu and Geetha to get Prakash and Rajyalakshmi together, one night, when Prakash is driving Siddhu to his mothers home, they talk about when his parents separated. His father understands his feelings and what hes trying to say, to this Siddhu answers, No, you should have gone after her. You should have never let her go, the film marks the Telugu debut of the composers. The album received positive reviews from the critics. Bangalore Mirror review, said, The intelligently localized sound in the trio’s Telugu debut does the trick, sheetal Tiwari of Bollyspice, in her four star review, summed up, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy have a created a totally different sound for KIKK. Do not be surprised if Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy make a habit of directing Telugu musicals because they have without a doubt left their mark, indiaglitz described the album as an amalgamation of class, mass and western tunes
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Shortkut
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Shortkut is a 2009 Bollywood comedy film directed by Neeraj Vora and produced by Anil Kapoor under Anil Kapoor Films Company. The film stars Akshaye Khanna, Arshad Warsi and Amrita Rao in lead roles and it released on 10 July 2009 worldwide to mostly negative reviews from critics. The film was an remake of the blockbuster Malayalam film Udayananu Tharam starring Mohanlal. The story focuses on Shekhar, who is currently an assistant director, hoping to write and his friend Raju is a struggling actor who has been waiting for Shekhar to write a film script so he can star in. However, when Shekhar rejects him as the hero, Raju decides to steal Shekhars film script. The film is released and turns out to be a blockbuster, heartbroken Shekhar, at this time, is left by his girlfriend Mansi. Lack of confidence, Shekhar writes a new and better film script and wants to star Raju in it, however when Raju rejects the script, Shekhar and his low-budget film crew follow Raju around everywhere to complete their movie. Eventually, when the movie is finished, it out that Rajus role in the film was embarrassing and humiliating. Shekhars film succeeds and he is offered more movies, Raju turns into a flop, and decides to steal someone elses script. The song, Patli Gali was split into two versions in the film, even only one version was included in the soundtrack. The soundtrack contains 4 original songs and 3 remixes, short Kut was panned by film critics in India as a poor comedy and a major disappointment. Short Kut, The Con Is On at the Internet Movie Database
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Shankar Mahadevan
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Shankar Mahadevan is a composer and playback singer who is part of the Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy composing trio team for many Indian films. He is a winner of the National Award, three times for Best Male Playback Singer and once for Best Music Director. Mahadevan founded the Shankar Mahadevan Academy, which online music lessons in Indian music for students worldwide. In 2015, he made his debut as an actor in the Marathi film Katyar Kaljat Ghusli, Shankar Mahadevan was born in Chembur, Mumbai into a Tamil Iyer family from Palakkad, Kerala. He learned Hindustani classical and Carnatic music in childhood, and began playing the veena at age five, Mahadevan studied music under Shrinivas Khale, a Marathi composer, and attended Our Lady of Perpetual Succour High School in Chembur. He subsequently attended SIES College in Sion, completing his HSC and his wife Sangeeta is Maharashtrian and oldest son Siddharth Mahadevan, also a singer, made his debut on the 2013 Bhaag Milkha Bhaag song Zinda. His youngest son, Shivam Mahadevan, also a singer made his debut in 2013 Dhoom 3 song Bande Hain Hum Uske, Mahadevan is fluent in Malayalam, Tamil, Marathi, Hindi, Telugu and English. After working for Leading Edge Systems, Mahadevan ventured into music, Mahadevan was noted for the release of his first album in 1998. The albums title track was engineered to seem to be sung in one breath and he later ventured into music direction and became part of the Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy trio, composing for Hindi films. He received his first award as a singer in a Tamil movie, collaborating with A. R. Rahman. V. Prakash Kumar, Vijay Antony, D. Imman, S. Thaman, Anirudh Ravichander and he also made a special appearance in the visualization of the song Thaniye from Rhythm, which was sung by himself. His song Manmatha Rasa from Thiruda Thirudi was a chartbuster and remains hugely popular and he has composed most of his Hindi songs, and has sung Tamil songs by a number of composers. Mahadevan has also sung in Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi and he was part of the fusion jazz band Silk, with Louis Banks on keyboards, Sivamani on percussion, Sridhar Parthasarathy on mridangam and Karl Peters on bass. Mahadevan has also sung for Remember Shakti, featuring Zakir Hussain, Chandan Sharma, John McLaughlin and he was music director for School Chale Hum on Doordarshan and a mentor on the Zee TV musical reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2009. Mahadevan is a captain, judge and mentor on the Star Plus musical show Music Ka Maha Muqqabla for the Shankars Rockstars team. In 2008 and 2010 he performed at PULSE, Indias second-largest intercollegiate festival, in March 2009 Mahadevan performed at Ragam 09, an intercollegiate cultural festival hosted by the National Institute of Technology, Calicut in Kerala. In February 2010 he performed at Kuruksastra 10, a cultural festival hosted by the SASTRA University. In March 2011 Mahadevan founded the Shankar Mahadevan Academy along with Sridhar Ranganathan, his classmate, the academy offers tutorials and virtual with live teachers for vocal courses in Carnatic and Hindustani classical music, religious chanting, Indian folk music, Indie music and Bollywood songs
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Karthik (singer)
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Karthik is an Indian playback singer. Karthik started his career as a backing vocalist and has since been working as a playback singer. He has sung in languages including Tamil, Telugu, Kannada. Karthik is known for his versatility in the industry gave him opportunity to sing a variety of songs. He was born into a Tamil family, Karthik developed an interest in music, early in his life. He is a trained Carnatic music vocalist and has been training since his school days and he was part of a college band and regularly participated in IIT Madras Fest Saarang. An ardent fan of A. R. Rahman, Karthiks dream was to meet Rahman, playback singer Srinivas, who collaborated often with Rahman was Karthiks close friends cousin. Srinivas encouraged Karthik to look at singing as a career, which prompted Karthik to resume his singing lessons, One year later, Srinivas recommended Karthiks name to Rahman, who needed fresh voices for backing vocalists for a song from Pukar. Karthik eventually got the opportunity and recorded for the song, having spent over a year being a backing vocalist, Karthik got his break during the re-recording of One 2 Ka 4. For the background score, A. R. Rahman wanted a high-pitched alap, soon after, Rahman asked him to sing the song Nendhukittaen from the film Star. Karthik has sung a number of songs for popular music directors, including A. R. Rahman, Ilaiyaraaja, Hamsalekha, Vidyasagar, Devi Sri Prasad, Harris Jeyaraj. Karthik has sung songs in several languages – Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, ennaku Oru Girlfriend from the Tamil film Boys was one of the biggest hits of the year as was Oru Maalai. His songs for Telugu films for Kotha Bangaru Lokam, Happy Days, Badhulu Tochanai, Manase Guvvai, Oh Oh My Friend, Yedhuta nlichindhi choodu, Meghama, Yevvaro are very popular. His other popular songs include Ava Enna from the Vaaranam Aayiram, in 2010, he sang a track Behene De, from Hindi film Raavan, which is widely considered as the biggest song in his career. The track, which topped charts for many continuous weeks. Karthik also performed the Tamil and Telugu versions of the song, titled Usure Poghudhey. He also sang Adhigora Choodu in the movie Mirapakaay and he has composed music for a multi lingual Coca Cola Advertisement and Prince Jewellery advertisements. He is the director of Vasanthabalans period film Aravaan and Srinivas Ragas Okkadine starring Nara Rohit
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Anuradha Sriram
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Anuradha Sriram is an Indian carnatic and playback singer who hails from the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. She has sung more than 5000 songs in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Anuradha was born in Chennai to playback singer Renuka Devi and Meenakshi Sundaram Mohan. She did her schooling in Coimbatore at the St. Francis Matriculation School and she has a B. A and M. A in music from Madras University and secured the university gold medal in both the courses. She was given a fellowship to do her Master of Arts degree in Ethnomusicology from Wesleyan University and she is also an accomplished Western Classical opera singer, having undergone intensive training from Prof. Shirley Meier in New York, U. S. A. While in Wesleyan, apart from learning and performing opera and jazz, she also performed in many Indonesian. Her M. A project work titled Ilayaraja, Composer as a phenomenon in Tamil Film Culture has been acclaimed and is being published in the Garland World Music Encyclopaedia. Anuradha has performed all over India and U. S. A and has given many radio. Anuradha Sriram first entered the Tamil Cinema Industry as a child artist in the 1980 Tamil movie Kaali, in 1995, she was introduced as a singer by A R Rahman for the song Malarodu Malaringu in the movie Bombay. Her first solo was for A R Rahman in Indira and she specialises in Carnatic music and has sung in over 1000 concerts worldwide. Anuradha has several chart topping Devotional albums to her credit and she regales audiences all over south India with her Devotional concerts too and she also collaborates with her husband Sriram Parasuram on their very successful Classical Music Jugalbandhi concerts and their hit TV programme “Elaame Sangeetham Thaan”. She has also anchored many hit music programmes on TV and she has composed the music for the movie Five Star along with her husband Sriram. Tamil Nadu State award for best female playback singer Dr. J and they have two sons named Jayant and Lokesh. Anuradha Sriram at the Internet Movie Database Fans of Anuradha Sriram on Yahoo Music Interview of Anuradha Sriram Not quite a jugalbandhi
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Jassie Gift
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Jassie Gift is an Indian film music composer and playback singer from Thiruvananthapuram, India. He composes songs for Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu and Tamil films and he became famous after his song Lajjavathiye in the film 4 the people became a hit. Jassie won the Best Music Director award at The Bangalore Times Film Awards 2011, Jassie Gift was born into a Christian family in Trivandrum. He was interested in music from childhood and was influenced by western music. He had lessons in piano from a young age and started singing and playing the keyboard for a few local bands. He is a singer and keyboard player of the band Moby Dick and he admired Ilayaraja and he is a great fan of Freddie Mercury. He entered the music industry under the guidance of director Jayaraj. Before entering films he composed songs for a couple of albums in Malayalam. The main hit album is Soona Soona, before entering into movies he composed jingles. He pioneered the use of fusion music in the Malayalam music industry with the backing roots of Indian ragas. His medley of western and Indian music came to be popular among listeners which created a new genre of Malayalam film dance music. His remarkably different singing voice contributed to a vocal style. Jassies first composition was for the movie Saphalam and he became popular in Kerala with his song Lajjavathiye in the movie 4 the people. His music contributed heavily to the success of 4 the People, all the songs Jassie composed for the movie, especially Lajjavathiye, became hits in Kerala and set a new trend in Malayalam music. It was later remade in Tamil, and also as Malliswarive in Telugu The song was successful in all languages and he also composed a music album, Rain, Rain Come again, that is a mixture of Indian and western music. He gives the mixture of melody and western beats in the Hudugaata film and he has worked with many South Indian musicians such as Harris Jayaraj, Devisri Prasad, Yuvan Shankar Raja, and M M Keeravani. Jassie Gift has a Masters degree in Philosophy from the University College of Kerala, on 12 September 2012, Jassie married Athulya Jayakumar, who is an information technology researcher at Kannur University. Composer, Vidhyasagar Kaatu Puli Adichi Jassie Gift, Kay Kay, composer - Vidhyasagar Kiliye kiliye Album, Something Something Unakum Yenakum Jassie Gift, Devi Sri Prasad
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K. S. Chithra
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Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra, often credited as K. S. Chithra or simply Chithra, is an Indian playback singer from Kerala. Chithra also sings Indian classical, devotional, and popular music and she has sung in a number of Indian languages as well as Urdu, Latin, Arabic, Sinhalese and English. She has recorded more than 25,000 Songs for various films and albums and she is a recipient of six National Film Awards, six Filmfare Awards South and 34 different state film awards. She has won all the four south Indian state film awards and she was honored with Indias civilian honor Padma Shri in 2005. Her song Kannalane/Kehna Hi Kya from the film Bombay was included in The Guardians 1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear list, Chithra is referred to as Chinna Kuyil or Keralathinte Vanambadi or Nightingale of South India. Born in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, into a family of musicians, Chithras father and her elder sister K. S. Beena and her younger brother Mano is also a playback singer. Chithra received her training in Carnatic music from Dr. K. Omanakutty, passed B. A. in music with first class and third rank from the University of Kerala and she was selected for the National Talent Search Scholarship from the Central Government from 1978 to 1984. Malayalam Cinema, Chithra was introduced to Malayalam playback by M. G. Radhakrishnan in 1979 and went on to become a singer for many Malayalam musicians. Attahasam, Snehapoorvam Meera and Njan Ekananu were the first few films in which she recorded her songs and she also performed live concerts with K. J. Yesudas in India and abroad. She worked with directors including Raveendran, Shyam, Jerry Amaldev, Mohan Sithara, Kannur Rajan. Tamil Cinema, She made her debut in the Tamil film industry through the song Poojaikketha Poovithu from the film Neethana Antha Kuyil and she was given the title Chinnakuyil after singing the song Chinna Kuyil Paadum from the 1985 released film Poove Poochudava. Director Fazil cast her for this song after Ilaiyaraaja got impressed with her song sung in original version in Malayalam for the film Nokkethadhoorathu Kannum Nattu in 1985 directed by himself, V. Mahadevan, where she sang a huming portion in K. J. Yesudass song. Then in 1986 she recorded 2 songs for the film Vijrumbhana, mostly all her life-time hits in telugu are composed by M. M. Keeravani. Then she went on recording some songs under A. R. She mostly sang for Anu Malik, where he gave her a chance to sing 8 songs out of 11 in Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon, which was a musical sensation in 2003. By the mid-1980s, she had recorded many songs for composers in Malayalam. She is the singer who has sung the maximum number of songs for the Academy Award winning composer A. R. Rahman for his Tamil film songs. Out of 150 Tamil films from A. R. Rahman, Chithra sang some rare duets with legendary actor and singer Dr. Rajkumar in Kannada
