Rishi (Sanskrit: ṛṣi, Devanagari: ऋषि) denotes the composers of Vedic hymns. However, according to post-Vedic tradition, the rishi is a "seer" to whom the Vedas were "originally revealed" through states of higher consciousness. The rishis were prominent when Vedic Hinduism took shape, as far back as some three thousand years ago.
Many ancient rishis were in fact women rishikas in Sanskrit. According to the late Vedic Sarvanukramani text, there were as many as 20 women among the authors of the Rig Veda, known as rishika. According to modern teachers Deepak Chopra and Swamini Mayatitananda, this number could be as high as 35.
One of the foundational qualities of a ṛṣi is satyavāc (one who speaks truth) when composing Vedic hymns. According to tradition, other sages might falter, but a ṛṣi was believed to speak only truth, because he or she existed in the Higher World (the unified field of consciousness). Ṛṣis provided knowledge to the world which included the knowledge of Vedas.
According to Indian tradition, the word was derived from the two meanings of the root rsh. Sanskrit grammarians derive this word from the second root which means (1) "to go, to move" (- Dhātupāṭha of Pānini, xxviii). V. S. Apte gives this particular meaning and derivation, and Monier-Williams also gives the same, with some qualification.
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
Poonam Dhillon is an Indian Hindi film, theatre and TV actress. She is best known for her 1979 film, Noorie, for her six films with Rajesh Khanna Red Rose, Dard, Nishaan, Zamana, Awam (from 1980 to 1987) and Sohni Mahiwal (1984), Samundar, Saveray Wali Gaadi (1986) and Naam (1986).
Dhillon first gained fame when she was crowned Miss Young India at the age of 16. Director Yash Chopra noticed her and offered her a role in the film Trishul (1978) where she performed the song "Gapoochi Gapoochi gum gum" with co-star Sachin Pilgaonkar. Chopra then gave her the title role in Noorie (1979), 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 the critically acclaimed Red Rose which became a box office failure and potboiler Jai Shiv Shankar. She takes the pride of featuring in six films opposite Kaka, the phenomenally brilliant actor of the yesteryear: the much glorified Rajesh Khanna.
Asha Bhosle (born September 8, 1933) is an Indian singer. She is best-known as a playback singer in Hindi cinema, although she has a wider repertoire. Bhosle's career started in 1943 and has spanned over six decades. She has done playback singing for over a thousand Bollywood movies. In addition, she has recorded several private albums and participated in numerous solo concerts in India and abroad. Bhosle is the sister of playback singer Lata Mangeshkar.
Renowned for her voice range and often credited for her versatility, Bhosle's work includes film music, pop, ghazals, bhajans, traditional Indian classical music, folk songs, qawwalis, and Rabindra Sangeets. Apart from Hindi, she has sung in over 20 Indian and foreign languages. In 2006, Asha Bhosle stated that she had sung over 12,000 songs, a figure repeated by several other sources. The World Records Academy, an international organization which certifies world records, recognised her as the "Most Recorded Artist" in the world, in September 2009. In 2011 she was officially acknowledged by the Guinness Book of World Records as the most recorded artist in music history. The Government of India honoured her with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2000 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2008.
Kishore Kumar (4 August 1929 – 13 October 1987), born Abhas Kumar Kanjilal Ganguly was an Indian film playback singer and an actor who also worked as lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenwriter and scriptwriter. Kishore Kumar sang in many Indian languages including Bengali, Hindi, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Malayalam and Oriya. He won 8 Filmfare Awards for Best Male Playback Singer and holds the record for most number of Filmfare Awards won in that category. He was awarded the "Lata Mangeshkar Award" by the Madhya Pradesh government and from that year onwards, the Madhya Pradesh Government initiated a new award called the "Kishore Kumar Award" for contributions to Hindi cinema.
Kishore Kumar was born into the Ganguly family in Khandwa, Central Provinces and Berar (now in Madhya Pradesh) as Abhas Kumar Ganguly. His father Kunjalal Ganguly (Gangopadhya) was a lawyer. His mother Gouri Devi came from a wealthy Bengali family. Kishore was the youngest of four siblings, the other three being Ashok Kumar (the eldest), Sati Devi, and Anoop Kumar. The composer Bappi Lahiri is also related to Kishore Kumar on his mother's side.
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Ashes is the story of a young Indo-American man who struggles in the inner city of New York to support himself and his mentally ill older brother. When a group of small time Indian gangsters offer Ashes an easy road to wealth, he pursues them with vigor. With his brother's health on the decline and Ashes on a steady path towards hardcore crime, Ashes must try to choose the correct path. A story of traditional Indian values set in the unforgiving New York streets.
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"Everyone has a belief system, a perception of reality that is influenced by past experience, a point of view that has developed over time. No two people may react alike to the same situation. This is an attempt to tell a story we might have heard from our friends or happened to one of them," says the director.
Keywords: dallas-texas, deborah-stone, life-before-wedding
2 Countries, 6 Lives, 900 Days, 1 Common Feeling!!!
Present Day Bombay, India, four friends, a suicide, a birth, and a death all on a good Friday.
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The jobs of "Sholay" obsessed Deep and Rishi are on the line with their advertising firm if they do not come up with a one-liner for Mr. Roy's condoms. While Deep resides with his pregnant wife, Shanti, and a daughter, Muskaan; Rishi has separated from his wife, Nicki, and depends on Shanti for meals, apprehending a bitter divorce. When the time comes close to delivering her child, Shanti's mom moves in them temporarily, much to the chagrin of Deep. Shanti would like Nicki and Rishi to meet and patch-up their differences, however, Rishi knows that Nicki is having an affair with her attorney, and is not inclined in this direction. The main obsession for Deep and Rishi is Bollywood's music maestro, Rahul Dev Burman; and 'Jhankaar Beats' a contest they had competed to win in vain. With the deadline for Mr. Roy's one-liner closing in, Rishi gets an offer to work in America, jeopardizing any chance the group may have for competing in the upcoming 'Jhankaar Beats'.
Keywords: advertising, advertising-agency, advertising-executive, apartment, apology, boss, church, condom, divorce, divorce-attorney
Thodi masti, thodi yaari, thoda pyaar
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Jayakrishnan(Mohanlal), a bachelor guy, is leading a dual life - one in the town and the other with his mother and sister in the village. The story revolves around Thrissur, a place in Kerala. In the town he's a party man spending time with his friends but at home, he's a good family man. The story is about how he falls in love with two girls - Radha(Parvathy), one of his distant relatives in village and Clara(Sumalatha) a sex worker in town and then gets confused with the choice of whom he should spend his life with.
Keywords: love-and-lost, love-triangle, metaphor, one-word-title, prostitute, rain, rainy-night, train-station, virgin
Shopkeeper: Do you need some more salt for the lemon juice?::Jayakrishnan: Salt? Where is the ice?::Shopkeeper: Don't have ice!::Jayakrishnan: No ice? Then what the hell is written on this board? It is "cool drinks"! Don't you know what it means?::Jayakrishnan: Okay, I'll go to school again and shall learn to read! If you don't need, don't drink it and don't pay!::Jayakrishnan: To Rishi Ashokan - We don't need this scoundrel's juice. let's go somewhere else.::Jayakrishnan: To Shopkeeper, after paying - Drink it yourself!
Jayakrishnan: Rishi, meet babu. don't you know Devamatha bus service?::Rishi: Yeah, i know Devamatha::Jayakrishnan: He is the owner of Devamatha bus service. His family has 17 buses.::Babu: [to Rishi] What are you doing?::Rishi: Electrical business!::Babu: Electrical business? What business is that?::Rishi: In town, Devi electricals...::Babu: Devi electricals? why devi needs electricity?::Jayakrishnan: Hey, cut it out. he is our boy. leave it.::Babu: Okay...
Aaja.. Aa Bhi Ja.., Aaja.. Aa Bhi Ja......
Le Aayi Raat Apne Saath Aisi Baat Haay
Hogi Ha Hogi Tujhase Aaj Mulaakaat Haay
Le Aayi Raat Apne Saath Aisi Baat Haay
Hogi Ha Hogi Tujhase Aaj Mulaakaat Haay
Leharaake Aanchal Apna Aayegi Tu Dur Se
Hoga Ujaala Tere Chehre Ke Hi Noor Se
Aaja.. Meri Jaan E Jaan.., Deewaana.. Tera Hai Yahaan..
Toh Aaja.. Pyaara Hai Sama.., Deewaana.. Tera Hai Yahaan
Sharmaana Chhod Bhi Do Aa Jaao Paas Mein
Puri Kar Do Abb Mere Dil Ki Saari Khwaaishein
Kya Bheege Hont Tere, Honton Se Chum Loon
Pyaasa Hai Dil Yeh Mera, Tuhi Bata Main Kya Karu
Ya Na Karu Main Koshishe Yeh Baar Baar Haay
Banda Toh Karta Hai Hujur Se Hi Pyaar Haay
Gar Jo Khata Ho Jaaye Mera Kya Kasur Haay
Dilkash Adaaye Teri Karti Majbur Hai
Aaja.. Meri Jaan E Jaan.., Deewaana.. Tera Hai Yahaan
Toh Aaja.. Pyaara Hai Sama.., Deewaana.. Tera Hai Yahaan
Ho Najaraana Pyaar Ka Yeh, Isako Kubul Kar
Baahon Mein Aaja Saari Duniya Ko Tu Bhulkar
Yeh Hona Hai Aur Yeh Hoga, Hoga Jurur Yeh
Tu Bhi Chaahegi Mujhako, Kyun Itna Gurur Hai
Husn E Saraafa Hai Tu Maani Maine Baat Yeh
Tujhasa Hasi Na Koyi Saari Kaaynaat Mein
Hum Bhi Kisi Se Kam Nahi Haan Tu Yeh Jaan Le
Toh Aa Jaana Jaan E Jaana Main Hoon Tere Saamane
Aaja.. Meri Jaan E Jaan.., Deewaana.. Tera Hai Yahaan
Toh Aaja.. Pyaara Hai Sama.., Deewaana.. Tera Hai Yahaan