Plot
It was Jawaharlal Nehru who changed the name of a small town, Durjanpur, to Sajjanpur, and that was about all the change that had occurred there since then. The town still lacks adequate infrastructure, no safe drinking water; in a 24 hour period, electricity is out for almost 23 hours, and most people, even though they own mobile phones, cannot speak or write English. One of the residents, who does speak and write English fluently, Mahadev Kuswah, lives with his mother, and both run a small fresh vegetable store after his dad abandoned them when he was very young. He has since obtained a degree from Satna University, and assists residents with written correspondence for a fee. Amongst his clients are Man Singh - who wants his homicidal wife to stand for the Municipal elections; a eunuch, Munnibai Mukhrani, who also to stands for elections; a snake charmer who is trying to make a living with fake snakes and is trying to locate his father; Ram Kumar, who is in love with a widow, Shobha; frantic Ramsakhi Pannawali, who desperately wants to marry off her rebellious Manglik daughter, Vindhya, to a Saturday-born dog; while Mahadev uses his skills to break Kamla's marriage with Bansiram.
Keywords: author, death, dog, election, eunuch, flashback, hanging, honor-killing, killing, letter
name | Ramkumar |
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birth place | Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
occupation | Actor Producer |
parents | Shringar Nagaraj }} |
Ramkumar is an Indian film actor and producer working in Kannada language films who made his debut in Peraala's 1990 action film ''Aavesha'' (2012). The same year he played a brief role in Rajendra Singh Babu's war film ''Muthina Haara'' (1990). He turned producer for the film ''Pandavaru'' (2006) in which he acted as well. He was considered as one of the "Chocolate heroes" of the 1990's. As on 2013, Ramkumar has acted in over 40 Kannada feature films.
Following his initial brief roles, Ramkumar came back in 1993 through the film ''Gejje Naada'' in a lead role opposite a newcomer Shwetha. The film was declared a musical hit with his performance being lauded. This was followed by a devotional biographical film ''Bhagawan Sri Saibaba'' which had an ensemble cast. In 1994, he starred in B. C. Patil's story ''Poorna Sathya'' which failed at the box-office. The years 1995 and 1996 saw his maximum number of films releasing of which only ''Kavya'', ''Thayi Illada Thavaru'', ''Thavarina Thottilu'' and ''Gaaya'' proved to be successful. His other films were completely wash outs with back to back failures.
In 1999, he starred in multi-starrer films such as ''Snehaloka'' and ''Habba''. Both the films were successful. However, the films that followed continued to fail one after the other making him the unlucky star. Without luck as an actor, he turned towards producing films and with his wife's name he brought out the film ''Pandavaru'' in 2006. A multi-starrer with a host of prominent stars and remake of ''Hulchul'', ''Pandavaru'' proved to be an average grosser at the box-office.
Post his stint as a producer, Ramkumar made a come back to his acting and could not taste much success again. He mainly worked on few devotional films which had an ensemble cast.
!Year | !Film | !Notes |
1990 | ''Aavesha'' | |
1990 | ''Muthina Haara'' | |
1993 | ''Gejje Naada'' | |
1993 | ''Bhagavan Sri Saibaba'' | |
1994 | ''Poorna Satya'' | |
1995 | ''State Rowdy'' | |
1995 | ''Kavya'' | |
1995 | ''Thaliya Sowbhagya'' | |
1995 | ''Thaayi Illada Thavaru'' | |
1995 | ''Hosa Baduku'' | |
1995 | ''Shravana Sanje'' | |
1995 | ''Giddu Dada'' | |
1996 | ''Gaaya'' | |
1996 | ''Thavarina Thottilu'' | |
1996 | ''Gulaabi'' | |
1996 | ''Pooja'' | |
1996 | ''Surya Puthra'' | |
1997 | ''Jenina Hole'' | |
1997 | ''April Fool'' | |
1997 | ''Nee Mudida Mallige'' | |
1998 | ''Vajra'' | |
1998 | ''Thavarina Kanike'' | |
1999 | ''Habba'' | |
1999 | ''Snehaloka'' | |
1999 | ''Naanenu Madlilla'' | |
2000 | ''Premi'' | |
2000 | ''Swalpa Adjust Madkolli'' | |
2000 | ''Gaajina Mane'' | |
2001 | ''Ellara Mane Dosenu'' | |
2001 | ''Aunty Preethse'' | |
2003 | ''Kushalave Kshemave'' | |
2004 | ''Saagari'' | |
2005 | ''Abhinandane'' | |
2006 | ''Pandavaru'' | |
2008 | ''Navashakti Vaibhava'' | |
2009 | ''Jodi No.1'' | |
2011 | ''Sri Naga Shakthi'' | |
2013 | ''Sri Kshetra Adichunchanagiri'' | |
Taufiq Qureshi (born 1955) is an Indian classical musician. He is a percussionist and a composer.
Born in Mumbai, to legendary tabla player, Ustad Alla Rakha. His eldest brother is tabla player, Ustad Zakir Hussain. He received guidance from Ghatam Vidhwan, Pandit Vikku Vinayakram.
Taufiq Quereshi started his career early. His stint with live performances began with the creation of his own world music band, ‘Surya’ way back in 1986-87. He has been featured as a performing artiste on the 2009- Grammy award winning album Global Drum Project, Remember Shakti, Masters of Percussions and Summi. He collaborates with various classical artists for fusion concerts.
He plays a variety of percussion instruments like djembe, duff, bongos, batajon. His performance on drums with a soft beat of a muffled drum and the very next moment ups the tempo and demonstration of different sounds - like breath, rhythm, breaking a champagne bottle, the sound of the train and the arrival of people, horses and others on arrival at the palace on the drums are quite popular.