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Mishra or Misra (Hindi: "मिश्र" "मिश्रा") is a Hindu Brahmin surname found mostly in the northern and central parts of India. It is one of the most widespread Brahmin surnames in the fertile Gangetic plain region and in the Indian states of Delhi, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Orissa, Assam and West Bengal. It is also found in countries such as Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago under the anglicized version of Misir, due to migration owing to agricultural/plantation employment. The surname is also found in Nepal, Fiji and Mauritius, as well as in other Indian diaspora communities.
In Hinduism, Brahmin refers to the class of educators and preachers. It is the highest class in the caste system. There are many references in the Ramayana and Mahabharata about the importance of a Brahmin. In the Vedic period, the Brahmins preferred isolation and solely dedicated their life to propagating knowledge and Dharma. However Misras have historically been martial Brahmins and in earlier years, many were drafted into the army.
Komal Nahta is the editor and publisher of "Film Information", India's largest film trade journal. He is also an anchor of the Trade show ETC Bollywood Business on the Bollywood TV channels ETC and Zee Cinema. He is also the co-owner of koimoi.com which is a joint foray into the Online Entertainment & News segment in partnership with Mr. Alok Kejriwal (CEO, Games2Win India Pvt. Ltd.). He is also the Chairman of Eros International.
His interviews are carried by many satellite channels, including CNBC, STAR, Zee, B4U, NDTV, Zoom and Doordarshan. He was also the Bollywood representative of the BBC for almost 10 years. The Asian Development bank(ADB) has appointed him advisor for its film financing division, the first person from the film industry to be so appointed. He has recently launched a new tabloid called "The Film Street Journal".
On 26 April 2010, Nahta replaced Taran Adarsh as the host of ETC Bollywood Business on the indian TV channels ETC (India) and Zee Cinema (UK). The show airs daily on weekdays at 8:30 pm in India and at 7:30 pm in the UK. On Mondays, the show is about the previous fridays collections. On Tuesday and Wednesday, Nahta speaks to various artists from the film industry. Thursdays preview films releasing on Friday. On Fridays, Nahta will be review films released on that day. The show launched the first episode with Sajid Nadiadwala as the guest. He is also the Editor of Entertainment website www.koimoi.com He has also given a special appearance in the 2010 comedy, Tees Maar Khan, along with Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif and Akshaye Khanna.
Actors: Neena Gupta (actress), Makrand Deshpande (actor), Sudhir Pandey (actor), Ravi Kishan (actor), Prashant Narayanan (actor), Rajeshwari Sachdev (actress), Jigar (composer), Sachin (composer), Amit Sial (actor), Salim M. Deraiya (producer), Yuri Suri (actor), Prateik (actor), Sachin Gupta (composer), Prashaant Kumar (actor), Ishtiyak Khan (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Tom Alter (actor), Hemanti Sarkar (editor), Barry John (actor), Agneya Singh (producer), Agneya Singh (writer), Agneya Singh (director), Imaaduddin Shah (actor), Lushin Dubey (actress), Ira Dubey (actress), Auritra Ghosh (actress), Raaghav Chanana (actor), Vikram Mishra (miscellaneous crew), Sagnik Bhattacharjee (producer), Anil Kaistha (miscellaneous crew), Nikhil Malik (composer),
Genres: Adventure, Drama,Actors: Rana Jung Bahadur (actor), Birbal (actor), Shakti Kapoor (actor), Sanjay Mishra (actor), Mehar Mittal (actor), Upasna Singh (actress), Kuldip K. Mehan (editor), Gurpreet Guggi (actor), Aman Verma (actor), Bobby Darling (actor), Vijay Tandon (writer), Gopi Bhalla (actor), Aditya Sood (director), Aditya Sood (writer), Aditya Sood (writer),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Anjan Srivastav (actor), Sanjay Dutt (actor), Vrajesh Hirjee (actor), Reema Lagoo (actress), Sharat Saxena (actor), Darshan Jariwala (actor), Aman Verma (actor), Shamir Tandon (composer), Kishori Shahane (actress), Jayant Gadekar (actor), Kunal Khemu (actor), Kunal Khemu (actor), Nazar Abbas (miscellaneous crew), Tulip Joshi (actress), Kunal Kumar (actor),
Plot: Kunal Mehra lives a middle-classed lifestyle in Borivali, Mumbai, along with his disapproving dad, Purabi, and supportive mom, Kusum. He has a sweetheart in Mausam, an aspiring Journalist. Ever since he was 8 years of age, Kunal wanted to act in Bollywood movies much to his dad's displeasure. He did play the part of Bhagwan Shri Hanuman in a play in school, but has been not very successful in landing any major part in any movie. He gets a break when his look-alike, Karan Saxena, the leading man of his dad's production 'Super Star' has qualms about heights and is unable to act. Kunal steps into Karan's shoes, and even accompanies the unit to film in Bangkok, Thailand. Shortly thereafter the media explodes with the news that Karan has been injured, and Kunal has been killed in a car accident. Watch what impact this news has on the Mehra family, the Saxenas, Mausam, as well as on the outcome of the movie.
Genres: Drama, Romance,Actors: Amitabh Bachchan (actor), Sanjay Sankla (editor), Madhavan (writer), Vaibhavi Merchant (miscellaneous crew), Madhavan (writer), Madhavan (writer), Rajendranath Zutshi (actor), Madhavan (actor), Vishal Bhardwaj (composer), Govind Namdeo (actor), Kamal Hassan (writer), Satish Shah (actor), Akhilendra Mishra (actor), Harsh Chhaya (actor), Daya Shankar Pandey (actor),
Plot: Ramji Tiwari and his sister, Parvati, had their parents pass away at an early age. Ramji is a skilled cook, and is familiar with all aspects of vegetarian cooking. He arranges Parvati's marriage with the Mishra family, promises to pay a large sum of dowry, which he manages to get by promising to get married to a wealthy man's daughter. On the day of Parvati's marriage, he finds out that his betrothed has eloped with her true lover, no dowry is coming in for Parvati's in-laws, shocked he goes to confide in Mishra, the father-in-law, who sarcastically gives him time to accumulate the money as well as a car for his son. A wedding guest, Pandey, is pleased with Ramji's cooking and offers him a job with his U.K.-based cousin, Vakil "Vicky" Chaubey, which Ramji reluctantly accepts. He readies himself to travel to London, gets all the relevant documents, attends a flight - where he does cause some hilarious chaos, and finally lands on U.K.'s soil. It is here he finds out that Vicky Chaubey is no more, his papers are all invalid, and he must find employment before he is deported from the country. He does find employment with Guru, his wife, and their handicapped son, who run a restaurant, who are pleased with him, and want him to stay, therefore they arrange his marriage of convenience with a young woman named Samira alias "Sammy". So from Ramji, his name is changed to Robert, from Lord Bajrang Bali he must now worship Lord Jesus Christ, wear tight underwear instead of "kacchas", he is then married in a formal church ceremony, and goes to live with Sammy in her house which she shares with her grandmother. It is then he finds out that the marriage is only temporary, at the most 3 months, in order so that Sammy can get married to Jay Kapoor, her lover; Not receiving any dowry from Ramji, Parvati has been turned out of the Mishra house and is living with her lover, Pappu; and the London Immigration Authorities are conducting an investigation that may well result in Ramji's being arrested, held, and then deported.
Keywords: actor-playing-himselfActors: Ganesh Acharya (miscellaneous crew), Ahmed Khan (miscellaneous crew), Reza Shariffi (costume designer), Abhishek Bachchan (actor), Sanjay Sankla (editor), Adesh Shrivastava (composer), Jackie Shroff (actor), Gulshan Grover (actor), Rana Jung Bahadur (actor), Smita Jaykar (actress), Rani Mukerji (actress), Anang Desai (actor), Sharat Saxena (actor), Himani Shivpuri (actress), Karan Razdan (actor),
Plot: Since his childhood days, Surajchand Srivastav's mother had encouraged him to keep and maintain a photo album of famous men and women, with a view of trying to walk in their respective paths. Surajchand has diligently done so, and one of his ideals is none other than Naved Ali. Surajchand then travels to Bombay city, where he begins to study in college, and is thrilled when Naved himself is asked to be a guest of honor on the Annual Day. Little does Surajchand know that soon he will be working with Naved, have a radio station named Awaaz, and he himself will be responsible for swaying public opinion. The question is will success change Surajchand, and is this what Surajchand really wanted out of life?
Keywords: acceptance, blood, box-office-flop, college, college-student, hospital, ideal, mumbai-india, photo-album, politicsActors: Neeraj Vora (actor), Shashi Kiran (actor), Asrani (actor), Razak Khan (actor), Salman Khan (actor), Ajit Vachani (actor), Shakti Kapoor (actor), Anu Malik (actor), Vinay Pathak (actor), Paresh Rawal (actor), Ghanshyam Rohera (actor), Sameer (actor), Shah Rukh Khan (actor), Satish Shah (actor), Kamini Kaushal (actress),
Plot: Raj (Salman Khan) is a singer trying to make his way in the cruel big city of Mumbai. He rescues a girl who has fallen in front of a train, and stays with her when she is rushed to a hospital. Pooja Oberoi (Rani Mukerji), the daughter of a wealthy family, survives but falls into a coma. Her family rushes to the hospital and finding Raj there, assumes that he is Pooja's husband, Romi, with whom she had eloped and whom they had never met. Pooja, who is comatose, cannot correct them; Raj, who could prefers not to. As the family gets to know the pretend Romi, Pooja's best friend, Jahnvi (Preity Zinta) soon starts spending a lot of time with him. He falls in love with Jahnvi, who is regarded as a second daughter by Pooja's family. How can he, or can he flirt with his assumed wife's best friend? Then Pooja revives from her coma and complicates matters by falling for Raj. Who does Raj choose - Jahnvi or Pooja? Raj chooses Jahnvi because he really loves her and acted as Pooja's husband out of the kindness of his heart. Raj marries Jahnvi and Rahul (Shahrukh Khan) in special appearance comes in to marry Pooja.
Genres: Drama, Musical, Romance,Actors: Randhir Kapoor (producer), Ghanshyam Rohera (actor), Prem Chopra (actor), Madhuri Dixit (actress), Himani Shivpuri (actress), Shammi Kapoor (actor), Reema Lagoo (actress), Shashi Kiran (actor), Prithviraj Kapoor (actor), Govind Namdeo (actor), Rishi Kapoor (actor), Anupam Kher (actor), Om Puri (actor), Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar (composer), Rishi Kapoor (producer),
Plot: Professionally qualified as a lawyer, Somen lives a wealthy lifestyle with his mom, Parvati, and dad, Dharam Bhushan, who presides over the town of Shripuri as an upper caste Hindu Priest. During the Dassera fest, Somen meets with village belle, Kajri, and falls in love with her despite of the fact that she is of a much lower caste. After seeking his mom's permission, he goes to bring Kajri to meet her, but finds out that she has left for an unknown destination. Unable to stand his dad's hypocrisy and Bhagwan Shri Ram's temple being misused by Kedar Nath, Somen leaves home to go to the city but is unable to get Kajri out of his mind. A year later he returns home to the same fest, but is still unable to locate Kajri. When his dad insists that he marry Kedar's daughter, Somen not only refuses but leaves home to go and stay with his paternal uncle, Nandlal, who runs a Dairy farm. This is where he meets with Kajri and both rekindle their romance. Somen returns home, convinces his mom initially to approve of Kajri, and is pleasantly surprised to find that even his dad has given his approval. On the day of the marriage, Somen's world is turned upside down when his dad accuses Kajri of being a woman of ill repute as well as an unwed mother. The question remains: Are Bhushan's allegations true, and if so, will Somen accept Kajri now, or will he reject her and marry Kedar's daughter?
Keywords: car, courtesan, cremation, drinking, earring, fair, farm, holiday, lake, loveActors: Jalal Agha (actor), Mithun Chakraborty (actor), Suresh Chatwal (actor), Mohan Choti (actor), Shakti Kapoor (actor), Paintal (actor), Amrish Puri (actor), Yogeeta Bali (actress), Sonia Sahni (actress), Usha Khanna (composer), Asha Chandra (actress), Kashinath (director), R. Somnath (producer), Vinod R. Mulani (actor), Preetha (actress),
Plot: Shyam Sunder lives a wealthy lifestyle in a small village in India along with his widowed step-mother, Nirmala. He has taken to alcohol, and womanizing, goes away very often without informing anyone, and frequently asks Nirmala for money. One day Lucky informs Nirmala that he has seen Shyam's dead body. She summons the Police, who arrive but find the dead carcass of a bear, and eventually decide that Shyam may have gone to Goa without informing Nirmala. Subsequently a young man named Prakash, who claims he is the son of Lucknow-based Tehsildar Somshekhar, arrives there, meets with Nirmala, informs her that he is Shyam's friend and business partner, and a author by profession. She permits him to live in her spacious house, but subsequently asks him to move to the guest house. Prakash meets and falls in love with Roopa, who lives a middle-class lifestyle with her widowed mother, Radha, and servant, Gopal. Soon Roopa also falls in love with him and introduces him to her mom, who approves of him. Prakash will soon find out that all is not well when he comes across a framed photograph of Roopa in the company of a young man, and yet another photograph with the same man, as well as a child in Roopa's arms. Then he is told about an abandoned house that has a ghastly secret. Prakash must now find out who the man in the photograph is, whether Roopa is a mother of the child in the photograph as well as the secret of the abandoned house, and the reason why Shyam is still missing. While he sets about to do this, he does not know he is under the scrutiny of several people in this quiet village - and at least one of them is ready to kill him.
Genres: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery,Actors: Hrishikesh Mukherjee (director), Biswajeet (actor), Bipin Gupta (actor), Hemanta Mukherjee (composer), Brahm Bhardwaj (actor), Mehmood (actor), Badri Prasad (actor), Kalpana (actress), Shabnam (actress), Ashish Kumar (actor), Padma (actress),
Plot: Four young men re-locate from a village in India, to a big city. While attempting to access accomodation, they are repeatedly told that rooms will only be rented to married couples, not to bachelors. Frustrated at this, two of them disguise themselves as women, and pose as wives for the other two males. They are able to secure accomodation with the Mishra family. Complications arise when the two "women" fall in love with Mishra's two lovely daughters - with results that can only be described as hilarious.
Genres: Comedy,