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A hero (heroine is usually used for females) (Ancient Greek: ἥρως, hḗrōs), in Greek mythology and folklore, was originally a demigod, their cult being one of the most distinctive features of ancient Greek religion. Later, hero (male) and heroine (female) came to refer to characters who, in the face of danger and adversity or from a position of weakness, display courage and the will for self sacrifice—that is, heroism—for some greater good of all humanity. This definition originally referred to martial courage or excellence but extended to more general moral excellence.
Stories of heroism may serve as moral examples. In classical antiquity, hero cults that venerated deified heroes such as Heracles, Perseus, and Achilles played an important role in Ancient Greek religion. Politicians, ancient and modern, have employed hero worship for their own apotheosis (i.e., cult of personality).
Coined in English 1387, the word hero comes from the Greek "ἥρως" (heroes), "hero, warrior", literally "protector" or "defender" the postulated original forms of these words being *ἥρϝως, hērwōs, and *ἭρFα, Hērwā, respectively. It is also thought[citation needed] to be a cognate of the Latin verb servo (original meaning: to preserve whole) and of the Avestan verb haurvaiti (to keep vigil over), although the original Proto-Indoeuropean root is unclear.
Actors: M.M. Keeravani (composer), K. Raghavendra Rao (director), Umarji Anuradha (writer), Yalamanchili Saibabu (producer), Sanam Shetty (actress), Revanth (actor), Ananya (actress),
Genres: Musical,Actors: Phil Mountford (composer), Brendan O'Neill (producer), Roger Harding (actor), Brendan O'Neill (producer), Brendan O'Neill (miscellaneous crew), Brendan O'Neill (actor), Brendan O'Neill (writer), Jazz Virk (director), Jazz Virk (editor), Jazz Virk (producer), Anita Shukla (miscellaneous crew), Greg Hobbs (actor), Andrew John Rutter (miscellaneous crew), Samantha Jordanne Reid (miscellaneous crew), Stewart Addison (producer),
Genres: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Short,Actors: Jimmy Willden (producer), Brian Cobos (actor), Kc Coker (editor), Kc Coker (producer), Kc Coker (writer), Kc Coker (director), Rianna Kirkham (actor), Robert Garza (actor), Shattered Sun (composer), Zoe Welch (producer), Henry Garza (actor), Joseph Guarjardo (actor), Daniel Trejo (actor), Marcos Leal (actor), Hector Villarreal (actor),
Genres: Music, Short,Actors: Martand K. Venkatesh (editor), Brahmanandam (actor), Chalapathi Rao (actor), Venu Madhav (actor), M.S. Narayana (actor), Jayaprakash Reddy (actor), Raju Sundaram (miscellaneous crew), Kodanda Rami Reddy A. (director), Sayaji Shinde (actor), A.V.S. Subramanyam (actor), Suneel (actor), Shobi Paulraj (miscellaneous crew), Chitram Seenu (actor), Delhi Rajeshwari (actress), Nixon (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Romance,Actors: Manivannan (actor), Prabhudheva (actor), Raghuvaran (actor), Mani Sharma (composer), V.T. Vijayan (editor), Ashima Bhalla (actress), V. Satya Narayana (producer), Ravi Chakkravarthy (writer), Ravi Chakkravarthy (director),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Quentin Lee (producer), Quentin Lee (editor), Quentin Lee (director), Quentin Lee (writer), Jeremy Maxwell (actor), Ray Chang (actor), Scott Starrett (composer), Mark Bringelson (actor), Lela Lee (actress), Tedd Szeto (actor), Deeya Loram (costume designer), Harold Lee Yen (composer), Francis Acquas (actor), Paulino Tamayo (actor), BP Cheng (actor),
Plot: A filmmaker who's Chinese, 22, and gay talks about his work and love life with an unseen friend behind the camera. We also watch four of his short films. "Hysterio Passio" conjures images of men's passions. In "Matricide," a lawyer asks a young gay Chinese why he killed his mother on Christmas morning. In "Key in the Heart," a heroine (an Asian man in drag) pursues vampires. In "Fall, 1990," college students meet their roommates, and Jimmy, an edgy scholarship boy without a family, is slowly brought to an understanding of love by the callow Byron. "Flow" begins with a satiric look at the vectors of viruses and ends with a chat with our fictive filmmaker's hip mother.
Keywords: gay-interest, independent-filmActors: Mark Cuban (actor), Richard Raynesford (actor), Caroline Ambrose (actress), Steve Sayre (actor), Steve Sayre (director), Nick Delon (actor),
Genres: Action,Actors: Kevin Dillon (actor), Mike Pniewski (actor), Trudy Ramirez (miscellaneous crew), Dan Curry (miscellaneous crew), Bert Remsen (actor), Bruce Chudacoff (miscellaneous crew), Jennifer Tilly (actress), Peter Bernstein (composer), Randy Sutter (actor), Scott M. Rosenfelt (producer), John Lafayette (actor), George P. Wilbur (actor), Jeff Lieberman (producer), Jeff Lieberman (writer), Jeff Lieberman (director),
Plot: A video store clerk stumbles onto an alien plot to take over earth by brainwashing people with a bad '50s science fiction movie. He and his friends race to stop the aliens before the tapes can be distributed world-wide.
Keywords: alien, brainwashing, cult-film, film-within-a-film, independent-film, spoof, surprise-ending, videoActors: Raghuvaran (actor), Nizhalgal Ravi (actor), Satyaraj (actor), Ambika (actress), Suresh Balaje (producer), Karthik Raghunath (director), Rajesh (actor), Chandrabose (composer),
Genres: Action,Actors: Krishnakant (actor), Badri Prasad (actor), Sulochana Latkar (actress), Leela Mishra (actress), Ramayan Tiwari (actor), Geeta Bali (actress), Rajendra (actor), S.K. Ojha (director), Ratan KumarGupta (editor), Ratan KumarGupta (writer), Ratan KumarGupta (writer), Ratan KumarGupta (writer), Ratan KumarGupta (writer), S.K. Pal (composer), R.N. Simhal (producer),
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