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Patel is a surname representing a caste of village leaders. The 'Patel' of a village in the mid-1500-1900 state of Gujarat, would be a member of the village committee who would help represent the whole village's views to the local council and take the lead in resolving problems and implementing ideas. They would do this by working closely alongside the village pandit and other members of the 'Brahmin' Community mainly found in Gujarat, India but also across all parts of India such as Telangana and Pakistan. It is currently also used as a surname like Patidar or Bhakta, or replaced by an ancestorial name.
The term patel derives from the word Patidar, "Pat," which refers to a piece of land. Consequently, the name "Patel" referred to one who was tasked with taking care of or farming that piece of land or normally called for headman of community
The name Patel is found primarily in the Indian state of Gujarat, as well as the states of Uttar Pradesh,Rajasthan, Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and in some eastern part of Madhya Pradesh; and metropolitan cities like Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Kanpur,Banda and Delhi.
Harish Patel is a British film actor of Indian descent. Although mainly associated with the stage, he has appeared in films and on television. He began performing at the age of seven, when he played male and female parts in the Hindu epic Ramayana. He made his film debut in Mandi directed by Shyam Benegal in 1983.
From 1994 to 2008, Patel worked with the eminent Indian theatre director Satyadev Dubey. In 1995, he joined the Indian National Theatre and appeared in the play Neela Kamra. His repertoire has included classical and modern Indian plays as well as plays by Western writers, e.g., Pinter's The Caretaker, Sartre's No Exit, Camus' Cross Purpose, Ionesco's The Lesson, and Mrozek's Vatzlav. In the spring of 2007, Patel took the lead role of Eeshwar Dutt in Rafta, Rafta..., a comedy written by Ayub Khan-Din and directed by Nicholas Hytner at the National Theatre in London to critical acclaim and sellout audiences.
His credits include The Buddha of Suburbia, China Gate, Mr India and Run Fatboy Run. In 2009 he appeared in Coronation Street playing the role of Umed, Dev Alahan's uncle.
Actors: Tom Alter (actor), Tom Alter (actor), Rakesh Bedi (actor), Anang Desai (actor), Rita Bhaduri (actress), Kenneth Desai (actor), Abhinay Banker (actor), Abhinay Banker (writer), Raju Barot (actor), Manan Mehta (editor), Divyang Thakkar (actor), Abhishek Jain (director), Abhishek Jain (writer), Abhishek Jain (actor), Ritam Bhatnagar (producer),
Plot: The film is a satire on the fascination, nay, obsession of the Patels - a Gujarati farmer community - of migrating to the USA. Over the last half a century lakhs of Patels have migrated to the USA and have come to dominate its Motel industry by dint of hard-work and persistence. The story revolves around one of such Patel family and its uncounted tries to immigrate to States.
Genres: Comedy, Family,Actors: Saeed Jaffrey (actor), Harish Patel (actor), Zohra Segal (actress), Colin Pons (miscellaneous crew), Roopesh Parekh (writer), Chris Bisson (actor), Jamila Massey (actress), Pravin Mani (composer), Shobu Kapoor (actress), Rebecca Coley (miscellaneous crew), Harmage Singh Kalirai (director), Zoran Trajkovic (editor), Sally Bankes (actress), Tom Cox (actor), Katy Clayton (actress),
Plot: Jimi, a doctor in Lancashire and the only son of loving Indian immigrants, is spineless. When his parents and grandmother arrange his marriage to a young woman from their home village, he hasn't the courage to tell them that he's already in love, with Jack, a man they think is his best friend. To queer the wedding, Jack's niece Hannah tells the bride-to-be that she's Jimi's daughter. Jimi's family swallows hard and decides to make the best of it by marrying Jimi to Hannah's mother, the blowzy, hard-drinking, foul-mouthed Vanessa. Jimi begs Vanessa to go through with it, so he can be with Jack. Is another resolution possible?
Keywords: arranged-marriage, asian, closeted-homosexual, coming-out, food-in-title, gay, gay-asian, gay-interestActors: Asrani (actor), Shiva Rindani (actor), Sudhir Dalvi (actor), Gulshan Grover (actor), Rakesh Bedi (actor), Anupam Kher (actor), Viju Khote (actor), Johnny Lever (actor), Govind Namdeo (actor), Alok Nath (actor), Yunus Parvez (actor), Achyut Potdar (actor), Rajesh Puri (actor), Rajnikanth (actor), Sharat Saxena (actor),
Plot: Honest, upright, young and handsome Govind Narang falls in love with a young woman named Sudha. But due to circumstances in the occurrence of an unknown pregnancy by a police man, Govind is forced to marry Pushpa, Masterji's daughter, since the police man refuse to marry her. All is well for Govind after the marriage but not with Pushpa and her hot-headed brother Laxman as they learn about Govind's old relationship with Sudha, they trys to throw her out of the village but to no avil as she is now a police officer. When Laxman finds out about Pushpa's infidelity, he poisons her, and she soon passed away. Seeing his wife dead and to wash away his past Govind and his sister, Rattna now relocates to Bombay in an area called Azad Nagar. He soon reaches up with super-star Gitika, and both fell in love. Azad Nagar residents has always been fared by Johnny and his brother Danny Handsome. One day Govind attempts to defend the right of a young woman and he seriously beats up Danny. When Johnny attempts revenge from Govind, he is humiliated, shaved and striped naked on the outskirts of Bombay by Govind and other residents. Johnny soon recruits two foreigners: Sadanana Kutty and Karim Khan Toofani in order to average his humiliation. Govind also attempts to help hawkers and Sole Traders and so befriends a savior, Ram Shevak and decides to build a market for them in order for them to put up there businesses. Soon it was found out that the plot of land and the owner were fakes and Govind gets all the blame and is called a fraud. He goes with the help of Ram Shevak to find out why he is called names and witnessed his sister being raped openly and he himself is beaten up and badly injured infront of the same residents whom he pitied and try to save. The questions remain: Will Govind ever recover to take revenge on his perpetrators? Will he be granted justice by anyone in Azad Nagar?
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance,