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Vani (Georgian: ვანი) is a town in Imereti region of western Georgia, at the Sulori river (a tributary of the Rioni river), 41 km southwest from the regional capital Kutaisi. The town with the population of 4,600 (2002 est.) is an administrative center of the Municipality of Vani comprising also 43 neighbouring villages (total area – 557 km²; population – 34,000, 2002 est.).
Systematic archaeological studies (N.Khoshtaria, O.Lordkipanidze) carried out in the Vani environs since 1947 revealed the remnants of a rich city of the ancient power of Colchis. The name of this ancient settlement is still unknown but four distinct stages of uninterrupted occupation have been identified. The first phase is dated to the 8th-7th centuries BC. In this period Vani is presumed to have been a major cultic centre. The second phase - end of the 7th and beginning of the 6th to the first half of the 4th century BC - is represented by cultural layers, remains of wooden structures, sacrificial altars cut in the rocky ground, and rich burials. It is assumed that on this stage Vani was the centre of a political-administrative unit of the kingdom of Colchis. The third phase covers the second half of the 4th - first half of the 3rd century BC. It is represented largely by rich burials, remains of stone structures. To the fourth phase (the 3rd-mid-1st cent. BC) belong defensive walls, the so-called small gate, sanctuaries and cultic buildings (temples, altars sacrificial platforms), and the remains of a foundry for casting bronze statues. It is assumed that in the 3rd-1st centuries BC. Vani was a templar city. According to the archaeological data, the city was destroyed in the mid-1st century BC. Subsequently, Vani declined to a village and was officially granted a status of a town only in 1981.
Alfredo James "Al" Pacino (/pəˈtʃiːnɵ/; born April 25, 1940) is an American film and stage actor and director. He is famous for playing mobsters, including Michael Corleone in The Godfather trilogy and Tony Montana in Scarface, though he has also appeared several times on the other side of the law — as a police officer, a detective and a lawyer. His role as Frank Slade in Scent of a Woman won him the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1993 after receiving seven previous Oscar nominations, one of them being in the same year.
He made his feature film debut in the 1969 film Me, Natalie in a minor supporting role, before playing the leading role in the 1971 drama The Panic in Needle Park. Pacino made his major breakthrough when he was given the role of Michael Corleone in The Godfather in 1972, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Other Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actor were for Dick Tracy and Glengarry Glen Ross. Oscar nominations for Best Actor include The Godfather Part II, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, ...And Justice for All and Scent of a Woman.
Actors: Samik Roy Choudhury (writer), Samik Roy Choudhury (writer), Samik Roy Choudhury (producer), Samik Roy Choudhury (director), Samik Roy Choudhury (composer), Samik Roy Choudhury (producer), Sheetal Petkar (actress), Sheetal Petkar (producer), Sheetal Petkar (producer), Sheetal Petkar (director), Sheetal Petkar (editor), Ankit Gokani (producer), Prajakta Patwe (actor), Prajakta Patwe (producer), Bidyut Roy Choudhury (producer),
Plot: Vani, an early teenage girl from an economically challenged family discovers the dark side of the world through her imaginary society that is situated within her resident territory. Free inside her own imaginary world and being loved by her Dad and late mom didn't change the fact that the real society still consider girls as a Doll(toy). Though her words(VANI) explain that most of them(Girls in India) are far more intelligent than just being a doll.
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Short,Actors: Samik Roy Choudhury (writer), Samik Roy Choudhury (writer), Samik Roy Choudhury (producer), Samik Roy Choudhury (director), Samik Roy Choudhury (composer), Samik Roy Choudhury (producer), Sheetal Petkar (actress), Sheetal Petkar (producer), Sheetal Petkar (producer), Sheetal Petkar (director), Sheetal Petkar (editor), Ankit Gokani (producer), Prajakta Patwe (actor), Prajakta Patwe (producer), Bidyut Roy Choudhury (producer),
Plot: Vani, an early teenage girl from an economically challenged family discovers the dark side of the world through her imaginary society that is situated within her resident territory. Free inside her own imaginary world and being loved by her Dad and late mom didn't change the fact that the real society still consider girls as a Doll(toy). Though her words(VANI) explain that most of them(Girls in India) are far more intelligent than just being a doll.
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Genres: Comedy,Actors: Suresh Oberoi (actor), Naomi Campbell (actress), Raju Singh (composer), Rati Agnihotri (actress), Sticky Fingaz (actor), Sameer (writer), Sushmita Sen (actress), Kumar Pallana (actor), Drena De Niro (producer), Drena De Niro (actress), Randeep Hooda (actor), Ken Greenblatt (producer), Sabrina Chemloul (miscellaneous crew), David Roma (producer), Chandan Arora (editor),
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Genres: Drama,Actors: Singeetham Srinivasa Rao (director), Anupam Kher (actor), Nasser (actor), Prakash Raj (actor), Anjan Srivastav (actor), Bentley Mitchum (actor), Jyothika (actress), Bharati Achrekar (actress), Mark Zaslove (writer), Pravin Mani (composer), Fathima Babu (actress), Ash Chandler (actor), U.B.G. Menon (actor),
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Keywords: character-name-in-title, family-relationships, india, love, magic, miniaturization, ring, shrinkingActors: Ron White (actor), Mychael Danna (composer), Paul Anka (actor), Ryan Reynolds (actor), J. Winston Carroll (actor), Glenne Headly (actress), Gerry Quigley (actor), Ryan Reynolds (actor), J. Winston Carroll (actor), Jack Duffy (actor), David Fox (actor), David Fox (actor), Patrick McKenna (actor), Ralph Brunjes (editor), Ardon Bess (actor),
Plot: When his father dies, Jeffrey (Ryan Reynolds),is sent to live with his aunt Charlotte (Glenne Headly)in Canada. Once there he leads his aunt and his friends in staging, a non-violent hunger strike to try to save his aunt's house from being demolished to make room for a ski resort.
Keywords: based-on-novel, bereavement, canada, coming-of-age, hinduism, independent-film, india, loud-sex, non-violence, satyagrahaActors: Robert Ndrenika (actor), Gulielm Radoja (actor), Thimi Filipi (actor), Muharrem Fejzo (director), Roza Anagnosti (actress), Limos Dizdari (composer), Marko Bitraku (actor), Natasha Lako (writer), Petrika Riza (actress), Dhimitër Trajçe (actor), Ema Shteto (actress), Valentina Caci (actress), Fabiola Karapici (actor), Selma Sotiriadhi (actress), Ardian Cerga (actor),
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Genres: ,Actors: Julien Carette (actor), Jean-François Poron (actor), Mario David (actor), Guy Delorme (actor), Jacques Dhéry (actor), Paul Bisciglia (actor), Max Elloy (actor), Giani Esposito (actor), Sami Frey (actor), Lucien Frégis (actor), Gabriel Gobin (actor), Robert Hossein (actor), Roger Dumas (actor), Roger Coggio (actor), André Rouyer (actor),
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