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Raavan (Hindi: रावण) is a 2010 Indian thriller film directed, written and produced by Mani Ratnam. It stars Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai and Vikram in the lead roles while Govinda, Ravi Kishan, Nikhil Dwivedi, Tejaswini Kolhapure and Priyamani feature in key supporting roles. It was simultaneously released in Tamil as Raavanan with a slightly different cast, which would also be dubbed into Telugu and other regional languages. The film's score and soundtrack is composed by A. R. Rahman. The film was released on 18 June 2010. The film's premiere was held in London on 16 June 2010.
The film opens with shots showing Beera Munda (Abhishek Bachchan) a bandit jumping off a cliff into the water. His gang is busy distracting the police. Police vehicles are set ablaze. Ragini Sharma (Aishwarya Rai), on a boating trip, is kidnapped by Beera. Dev Pratap Sharma (Vikram), her husband and a superintendent of police, is informed.
A brief montage of sorts showcases the story of Beera. He is seen as a local hero, a sort of Robin Hood- who runs a parallel govt, with his brothers - Karthik (Ravi Kishan) and Hari (Ajay Gehi). Though considered a terrorist by the local police, Beera is respected by the villagers. He kidnaps Ragini hoping to avenge the death of his sister Jamuni (Priyamani). Dev and his team enter the forests with the aid of Vijay Kumar (Govinda), a forest guard. Despite searching deep in the forests, Dev is unable to hunt down Beera.
Actors: Nina Sabnani (editor), Nina Sabnani (writer), Nina Sabnani (director), Nina Sabnani (actor), Narayan Parshuram (actor), Sonal Gupta (editor), Sonal Gupta (actor), Ketki Saxena (actor), Siddhant Kumar (actor), Kojaram Rav (writer), Prashant Vanjani (actor), Vajra Panchari (actor), Sachin Dutt (actor), Palash Vaswani (actor), Deepti Deyondi (actress),
Plot: Bemata is a goddess who writes the destiny of children. She is worshiped in Rajasthan by aspiring parents and pregnant women. Bemata Based on a Kaavad narrative told by Kojaram Rav, the film Bemata is a collaboration between a traditional storyteller, a Kaavad artist, animators and the film maker. A folk tale is interpreted to include contemporary concerns. Job satisfaction is what we all seek. Bemata, a demi-goddess in heaven is no different, she is not at all happy grinding grains. Inspired by an event in which Raavan manages to get several boons from Lord Vishnu she finds a way to a satisfactory job.
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Short,Actors: Mithun Chakraborty (actor), Gulshan Grover (actor), V.N. Mayekar (editor), Seema Biswas (actress), Mahesh Manjrekar (actor), Mithun Chakraborty (actor), Rajendranath Zutshi (actor), Amitabh Bachchan (actor), Sachin Khedekar (actor), Riya Sen (actress), Siddharth Jadhav (actor), Tutul (composer), Kumar Bapi (composer), Ashwani Shukla (miscellaneous crew), Prasanna Ketkar (actor),
Plot: A tree narrates the story of four Mumbai-based school-children: Priya, Karan, Ritesh and Laddu, who are curious about a beggar, Raavan, and decide to observe him. With the help of a young construction laborer, Ram, they steal material from a construction site, build a tree-house in order to spy on him - a process that ends up in friendship. Things take a turn for the worst when a builder, Bakshi, asks his assistant, Gupta, to cut the tree down. The children object but are told that this action has been approved by the local government. The question remains: What can the children do - especially when they face opposition from their parents, and that Bakshi has not only made a donation to their society but also has Raavan arrested - in the state of Maharashtra that has set a near dubious record of cutting over Eleven Lakh Thirty Thousand trees in a five year period (2002-2007).
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Family,Actors: Manmauji (actor), Vikas Anand (actor), Om Puri (actor), Smita Patil (actress), Vikram (actor), Jagjit Singh (composer), Gulshan Arora (actor), Johny Bakshi (director), Johny Bakshi (producer), Manya Patil Seth (costume designer), Ketan Anand (actor),
Plot: In the epic Ramayan, Bhagwan Shri Indra assumes human form of Bhagwan Shri Ram to end the rule of Demon King Lord Raavan. As a result of this Hindus celebrate Dassera to mark the triumph of good over evil and burn giant effigies filled with fire-crackers of Lord Raavan, his son, Meghnath, and brother, Khumbkaran. But in the distant village of Agar, the villagers gather together on Dassera to burn the effigies of Meghnath and Khumbkaran only, and let Lord Raavan's alone. Watch when the elder of the village explains this unique custom to a news-reporter about the love of a woman named Ganga for a cruel man named Raavan, and how she went about to change this Raavan into a Ram.
Genres: Drama, Family,