Abul Muzaffar Muhiu 'd-Din Muhammad Aurangzeb (Persian/Urdu: ابلمظفر محىالدين محمداورنگزيب, Hindi: अबुल मुज़फ्फर मुहिउद्दीन मुहम्मद औरंगज़ेब आलमगीर) (4 November [O.S. 25 October] 1618 – 3 March [O.S. 20 February] 1707), is more popularly known as Aurangzeb, or by his chosen imperial title Alamgir ("Conquerer of the World"), he was the sixth Mughal Emperor, whose reign lasted for 49 years, from 1658 until his death in 1707.
Aurangzeb was a notable expansionist and was also among the wealthiest of the previous Mughal rulers with an annual yearly tribute of £38,624,680 (in the year 1690), during his lifetime victories in the south expanded the Mughal Empire to more than 1.25 million square miles, he ruled over more than 150 million subjects, constituting nearly one fourth of the world's population.
Aurangzeb was born the third son and sixth child of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal (Arjumand Bāno Begam) in Dahod on the way to Ujjain. Aurangzeb was born when Shah Jahan was a governor of Gujarat suba. In June 1626, after an unsuccessful rebellion by his father, Aurangzeb and his brother Dara Shikoh were kept as hostages under Nur Jahan at there grandfather Jahangir's Lahore court. On 26 February 1628, Shah Jahan was officially declared the Mughal Emperor, and then Aurangzeb returned to Agra fort to live with his parents and Since then Aurangzeb received his formal education in Arabic and Persian. His daily allowance were fixed to 500, while he spent his allowance in religious education and the study of history, he accused his brothers of alcoholism and womanizing.
Rishi Kapoor (Hindi: ऋषि कपूर) (born 4 September 1952[citation needed]) is an Indian Bollywood actor, film producer and director.
Born in south mumbai, Kapoor is the second son of film director and star Raj Kapoor. He did his schooling with his brothers at Campion School,Mumbai. His brothers are well-known actors: Randhir Kapoor and Rajiv Kapoor.
Rishi Kapoor debuted in his father's 1970 film Mera Naam Joker, playing his father's role as a child. Rishi Kapoor had his first lead role opposite Dimple Kapadia in the popular 1973 film Bobby which became an instant hit among youngsters. Since then he played leading roles as the romantic lead in over 100 films. He made a popular pairing with future wife Neetu Singh in films such as Khel Khel Mein (1975), Kabhie Kabhie (1976), Amar Akbar Anthony (1977) and Doosra Aadmi (1978). In the 1980s he appeared in hit films like Karz (1980), Naseeb (1981), Kaatilon Ke Kaatil (1981), Prem Rog 1982), Coolie (1983), Saagar (1985), Nagina (1986) and Chandni (1989). In the 1990s he continued to appear in hits like Henna (1991) which was his father's last directorial film later completed by his brother Randhir, Bol Radha Bol (1992), Deewana (1992) and Damini - Lightning (1993). After several box office failures from the mid 1990s, he eventually moved on to supporting roles in the 2000s. In 1999 he directed the film Aa Ab Laut Chalen, starring Aishwarya Rai, Akshaye Khanna, Kader Khan, Paresh Rawal and Jaspal Bhatti
Jackie Shroff (Hindi: जैकी श्रॉफ़) (born 1 February 1960) is an Indian actor. He has been in the industry for more than 28 years and has appeared in over 150 films in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali, Kannada, and Marathi.
He belongs to Gujarati-speaking Shroff family born on February 1, 1960. His brother's name is Hemant, and they live in Bandra, Mumbai. He is a non-vegetarian.
He married his longtime girlfriend, Ayesha Dutt, who is a producer. Both husband and wife run Jackie Shroff Entertainment Limited. They have two children: a son, Tiger, and a daughter, Krishna.
He made his acting debut in a bit-role as a villain in the 1973 hit Heera Panna which starred Dev Anand.He then went on to act in another Dev Anand starer, Swami Dada.
Subhash Ghai signed him up for the 1983 hit Hero that catapulted him to stardom, followed by yet another hit Andar Bahar with Anil Kapoor as his co-star.
Since then he went on to star in close to 150 movies. Since 2000 or thereabouts, he has appeared in main character roles.
Boney Kapoor (real name: Achal Kapoor) (born November 11, 1955 in Meerut, India) is an Indian film producer. He is the son of the late Surinder Kapoor who was also a film producer. His brothers are actors Anil Kapoor and Sanjay Kapoor. His Sister Reena is married to Sandeep Marwah. He was married to Mona Shourie Kapoor with whom he has two children, Arjun Kapoor and Anshula. He left his wife for Indian actress Sridevi. They got married on 2 June 1996. The couple have two daughters: Jhanvi and Khushi. Mona Kapoor continued to stay in Boney Kapoor's parents home for 10 years after the divorce to give her children a sense of family.
Boney Kapoor has produced many films that star his brothers, Anil and Sanjay. He is also on the board of directors of Sahara One Media and Entertainment Limited of Sahara India Pariwar.
Boney Kapoor at the Internet Movie Database
Prithviraj Sukumaran (born 16 October 1982 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala) credited mononymously as Prithviraj, is an Indian film actor and producer best known for his work in Malayalam cinema.
He made his debut in 2002 in the Malayalam film Nandanam, and has since acted in more than sixty films, notably Stop Violence (2002), Swapnakoodu (2003), Akale (2004), Classmates (2006), Vaasthavam (2006), Chocolate (2007), Thirakkatha (2008), Santosh Sivan's Urumi (2011) and Indian Rupee (2011). He won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in Vaasthavam.
Prithviraj made his debut in Tamil cinema through Kana Kandaen in 2005. His other notable films in Tamil are Parijatham (2005), Mozhi (2007) and Mani Ratnam's Raavanan (2010). His debut in Telugu films was through Police Police in 2010. Prithviraj is debuting in Hindi films through Aiyaa (2012) for which shooting is currently progressing.
As a producer he started his production company, August Cinema, along with Santosh Sivan and Shaji Natesan. August cinema has produced the films Urumi and Indian Rupee.
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Keywords: anti-hero, bikini, dual-role, falling-from-height, gangster, gurgaon-india, look-alike, organized-crime, parking-garage, police
Son. Brother. Successor. Emperor.
Gurgaon 2013: A family of policemen, a family of gangsters.
To bring down a criminal, the law will have to think like a criminal.
This summer, there will be only one emperor.
You are a king, or nothing.
Arya: This system of collection has been in place for years. The money from this system goes all the way up to the seniors and ministers. The nexus is not going to come to an end with just my Uncle's death. The DCP said that only two powers would survive - the politicians and the corporates. But if a policeman doesn't take bribes from any of them, then he won't fear them either.
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The love of the great Moghul emperor Shah Jahan for his wife withstands court intrigue, dynastic betrayal, war and death itself when he builds her the greatest memorial tomb of all time: the Taj Mahal.
Keywords: ambition, based-on-true-story, dance, death, indian-pakistani, islam, king, mausoleum, middle-east, muslim
An eternal love story
A tribute... to the timeless love of a king for his wife...cast in stone... for eternity...
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This expensive historical film depicts exploits of the 17th-C. Maratha emperor Shivaji. The film tells the legendary episode, of Mughal emperor Aurangazeb's (Sahasrabuddhe) attack on the city of Pune (then called Poona) and of how Shivaji (Ketkar) repelled it.