Dharmesh Darshan

Dharmesh Darshan is an Indian filmmaker, film director and writer who works in Bollywood. He is the son of film producer Darshan Sabharwal, the husband of Mahesh Bhatts elder sister Sheila Bhatt.

Biography

He made his directional debut with Lootere (1993), for which he also wrote the story. The film was produced by his brother Suneel Darshan, and was a hit at the box office nationwide.

In 1996, he made his second film in a big way with Raja Hindustani, starring Aamir Khan and Karisma Kapoor. The movie was the biggest hit of that year as well as one of the biggest blockbusters of the 90s and is also the 4th biggest box office hit of 100 years of Indian cinema as of 2012. It was also much appreciated as Darshan won the Filmfare Best Movie Award and several awards at the Star Screen Awards ceremony.

He took a break of four years after the success of Raja Hindustani. He returned in 2000 with two releases, which were directed and written by himself. His first film Mela starring again Aamir Khan with brother Faisal Khan was average at the box office overall but was one of the biggest success in the hinterlands of India. However, his second release Dhadkan with Akshay Kumar and Shilpa Shetty did tremendously well at the box office and won him acclaim & cult status as one of the finest romantic directors. It was also critically highly acclaimed and he was nominated for Dhadkan in different award ceremonies in the Best Director, Best Film and the Best Story categories, apart from resurrecting the flagging career and image of Akshay Kumar as he had done with Aamir Khan & Karisma Kapoor.

Raja Hindustani

Raja Hindustani (translation: Indian King) is a 1996 Indian Hindi drama romance film directed by Dharmesh Darshan. It tells the tale of a cab driver hailing from a small town, who falls in love with a rich girl. Aamir Khan and Karisma Kapoor play the lead roles. The film was one of the most commercially successful films of the 1990s. Juhi Chawla was first offered the lead role but she refused the film. The film's music became popular and was successful especially in central and eastern states of India. Karisma Kapoor was hugely complimented for her looks and outstanding performance as Aarti, a rich beautiful sensitive young girl full of dreams and desires. She won the Filmfare Best Actress Award for this film. This film is inspired by Hindi film Pyaar Jhukta Nahi starring Mithun Chakraborty and Padmini Kohlapure. Its remade in Kannada as Naanu Naane in 2002 starring Upendra and Sakshi Shivanand in lead roles.

Plot

The title character, Raja Hindustani (Aamir Khan), is a taxi-driver / tourist guide. He lives by his own simple code and is prone to violence when that code is violated. Aarti Sehgal (Karisma Kapoor) is a wealthy debutante who is seeking to connect with her past. Standing in the way of their love are a disapproving father and a stepmother bent on obtaining total control of the family assets.

Aamir Khan

Aamir Khan (pronounced [ˈaːmɪr ˈxaːn]; born Mohammed Aamir Hussain Khan on 14 March 1965) is an Indian film actor, director and producer. Through his successful career in Hindi films, Khan has established himself as one of the most popular and influential actors of Indian cinema. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including four National Film Awards and seven Filmfare Awards. He was honoured by the Government of India with the Padma Shri in 2003 and the Padma Bhushan in 2010.

Khan first appeared on screen as a child actor in his uncle Nasir Hussain's film Yaadon Ki Baaraat (1973). His first feature film role came with the experimental film Holi (1984), and he began a full-time acting career with a leading role in the highly successful tragic romance Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988). His performance in the film and in the thriller Raakh (1989) earned him a Special Mention at the National Film Award ceremony. He established himself as a leading actor of Hindi cinema in the 1990s by appearing in several commercially successful films, including the romantic drama Dil (1990), the romance Raja Hindustani (1996), for which he won his first Filmfare Award for Best Actor, and the drama Sarfarosh (1999). He was also noted for playing against type in the critically acclaimed Canadian-Indian film Earth (1998).

Bollywood Hungama

Bollywood Hungama (previously known as indiaFM or indiafm.com) is a leading Bollywood entertainment website, owned by Hungama Digital Media Entertainment, which acquired this Bollywood portal in 2000.

The website provides news related to Indian film industry, particularly Bollywood, film reviews and box office reports. Launched on 15 June 1998 the website was originally named indiafm.com. It changed its name to "Bollywood Hungama" in 2008.

As of April 2015, its Alexa ranking in India is 547.

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Dharmesh Yelande

Dharmesh Yelande (born October 31, 1983) is an Indian Dancer, Actor and Choreographer. He participated in Dance India Dance (season 2), Dance India Dance Li'l Masters, and Dance Ke Superstars, all of which aired on Zee TV. After his experience in these shows, he was hired by Farah Khan to choreograph the movie Tees Maar Khan. He has worked in the 3D dance-based Indian film ABCD - Anybody Can Dance and its sequel ABCD 2 with Shraddha Kapoor and Varun Dhawan directed by Remo D'souza and produced by UTV Motion Pictures. He runs his own dance academy in Vadodara (AKA Baroda) known as the D'virus Dance Academy.

Dance Style

He is specifically known for his lyrical hip-hop and locking but according to Geeta (Dance India Dance judge); he can perform efficiently in any genre.

Inspiration

His inspiration for dance is Remo D’souza, according to his remarks in the DID audition, He says Remo Sir is also a mindblowing dancer. Whenever I meet him, it’s only dance that we discuss. He’s a person with such wonderful dance techniques that one is left simply wondering ‘Ki kya idea hai bhai…yeh step to dhoom macha dega,".