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Deepika Padukone (born 5 January 1986) is an Indian actress and a former model. She appears mostly in Hindi as well as Tamil and Kannada language films. Born to badminton player Prakash Padukone, she chose to become an actress and not pursue a career in sports.
Padukone made her acting debut in the 2006 Kannada film Aishwarya. The following year, she made her Hindi film debut in Om Shanti Om, for which she earned the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award. It also remains her biggest commercial success so far. She subsequently appeared in films such as Love Aaj Kal (2009) and Housefull (2010). While the former earned her a Filmfare nomination in the Best Actress category, the latter emerged as a commercial success.
In addition to acting, Padukone is also the ambassador of prominent brands such as Tissot, Sony Cybershot, Nescafe and Kingfisher Airlines.
Padukone was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her father, Prakash Padukone, is a former badminton player of international repute, and her mother is a travel agent. Her father was then training in Denmark in the sport and when she was eleven months old, her family moved to Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Padukone also has a younger sister, Anisha, born on 2 February 1991.
Actors: Deep Singh Kakkad (producer), Lianne Texeira (producer), Lianne Texeira (actor), Aneesha Roy (actor), Papiya Sen (actor), Suraj C. (composer), Varsha Mukherjee (costume designer), Rahul Dey (director), Shirin Guha (actor), Aaron Texeria (editor), Pratap Hada (actor), Trishna Mukherjee (actor),
Plot: The film is based on the narratives of the locals of Sonagachi, one of the largest red light districts in Asia. The story revolves on five women who live in the brothel. Their arrival, survival and their relationships with the men and each other, make them choose to stay and continue, or continue staying to eventually leave. The so very insignificant yet mesmerizing lives of the local people are highlighted. Its a dark comedy, which educates the audience about the facts and fiction about brothels in modern times.
Genres: Drama, Musical, Western,Actors: Sergio Villanueva (actor), Guillermo Barreira Pérez (writer), Guillermo Barreira Pérez (director), Guillermo Barreira Pérez (producer), Ana Lorenz (miscellaneous crew), Lorena García (actress), Dominick Sivilli (editor), Joan Manuel Gurillo (actor), Arianna Puello (actress), Klenimber Torres (producer), Klenimber Torres (actress), Alessio Sica (actor), María Minaya (actress), Amanda Madiba (actress), Henar Rodriguez (producer),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Maylen Calienes (producer), Maylen Calienes (actress), Maylen Calienes (director), Maylen Calienes (writer), Michael Patrick Breen (actor), Robert Torti (actor), Jordana Capra (actress), Adrian Quinonez (actor), Michael Klinger (actor), Bonnie Kathleen Ryan (actress), Johnny Ray (actor), Anthony Palato (actor), Anthony Palato (actor), Jerome LeBlanc (actor), Johnny Ray (producer),
Plot: "The Three Bilinguals" is a quirky character driven dramedy about a Mexican, a Cuban and a Puerto Rican who meet at the reading of their father's will. The story is about "success, love, family values, diversity and acceptance". These are qualities so important they bring the film to life. Juan Zapatero, the three bilingual's Spanish father is a "naughty" ladies man who travels the world making and selling shoes. As he gets older he finally opens his own shoe company but longs to bring his estranged children back into his life. Unfortunately this doesn't happen... Juan dies of a heart attack. The children, now all grown up, live in major cities: Los Angeles, Miami and New York. We learn that they've all inherited their father's sex drive and deep appreciation for shoes. Julio works at an upscale shoe boutique and is an artist. Jessica has a foot fetish and is a shoe junkie. Jacinto is a drag performer aka Miss "Diagnozed La Kweer" who loves to show off his shoes. They later meet their stepmom Josephine, an eccentric Caucasian woman at the reading of the will. Josephine, who was out of town getting plastic surgery learns that her beloved husband of many years dies of a heart attack. The two never had children together. As stated in Juan's will, "his three children must all live together in harmony for one full year with Josephine before they can claim their inheritance that includes their share of the estate worth millions and their father's shoe empire in a bold attempt to unite his family.
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Short,Actors: Saori Abe (actor), Mariangelica Cuervo (actress), Saori Abe (director), Saori Abe (editor), Toshiharu Yaegashi (composer),
Plot: After Japanese student Mami arrives in New York for the first time, she faces immediate culture shock when she encounters Kate, her first roommate. The two clash, and conflicts escalate until their melting pot finally reaches a boiling point. Even though they have different nationalities, backgrounds, and languages, are they able to understand each other and get along?
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Short,Actors: Rakesh Bedi (actor), Jag Mundhra (actor), Jag Mundhra (director), Harish (actor), Nimesh Bhatt (miscellaneous crew), Harish (actor), Smita Jaykar (actress), Shakti Kapoor (actor), Anupam Kher (actor), Govinda (actor), Sanjay Mishra (actor), Gurpreet Guggi (actor), Pony Verma (miscellaneous crew), Monty Sharma (composer), Ashfaq Makrani (editor),
Plot: Laxminarayan Kapoor lives a wealthy lifestyle in London along with his religious wife, Maya; son Ravinder; and two nephews, Sandeep and Randeep. While the nephews have adapted themselves to the country and women, Ravinder is still a virgin at 40, and is a sleep-walker. After getting his leg pulled constantly, he asks his father to get him married, and is introduced to a statuesque beauty - who rejects him after discovering his sleep-walking disorder. His parents then get him married to Gauri, and he hopes to end his celibacy, in vain albeit, as she turns out to be child-like and naive. Frustrated, unable to get intimate he befriends a Caucasian female, Sharon, and decides to marry her. Watch what response he gets, and the impact this has on everyone.
Keywords: 40-year-old, age-in-title, male-virgin, marriage, punctuation-in-title, virginActors: Pelin Ekinci Kaya (producer), Riza Sonmez (actor), Engin Hepileri (actor), Mete Horozoglu (actor), Levent Semerci (writer), Levent Semerci (director), Ilker Kizmaz (actor), Levent Semerci (producer), Levent Semerci (editor), Firat Yukselir (composer), Erkan Erdem (editor), Baris Bagci (actor), Emre Yetim (actor), Okan Avci (actor), Muharrem Bayrak (actor),
Plot: A small group of Turkish soldiers in a remote patrol station in eastern Turkey face their near-certain death, during a time the conflict between Turkish Army and separatist militant organization PKK reached its peak point.
Keywords: 1990s, ambush, assembly, ataturk, book, cloud, daybreak, defense, forgiveness, guerilla-warfareActors: Martín Lavini (producer), Sofía Wilhelmi (producer), Maruja Bustamante (writer), Puchi Labaronnie (actor), Mauro Pelandino (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Romance,Actors: Haji Abdullah (actor), Daz Dillinger (producer), Daz Dillinger (actor), Jerome Ro Brooks (actor), Salazar (actor), Jon Chaffin (actor), Ricky Brown (actor), DeJuan Guy (actor), Taj Lewis (producer), Shawty Shawty (actor), Darrell James (actor), Elliot Holmes (miscellaneous crew), Kandi Burruss (actress), Kenya Ware (producer), Chassidy Cox (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Harry Kümel (miscellaneous crew), Guido Henderickx (miscellaneous crew), Marc Didden (miscellaneous crew), Bert Van Dael (writer), Sanne Nuyens (miscellaneous crew), Ted Fletcher (actor), Annette Kelly (actress), Jesse De Greef (director), Jesse De Greef (editor), Jesse De Greef (producer), Jesse De Greef (writer), Yves de Mey (composer), Heen Chum (actress), L.T. Holden (actor),
Genres: Short,Actors: Erika Szántó (miscellaneous crew), Imre Csuja (actor), János Breckl (costume designer), Péter Haumann (actor), Ferenc Elek (actor), Krisztina Szigeti (miscellaneous crew), Tamás Végvári (actor), László Szacsvay (actor), Piroska Molnár (actress), Ferenc Bács (actor), Zsolt László (actor), Ágnes Bánfalvy (actress), Ágnes Bánfalvy (actress), Mari Csomós (actress), Balázs Ari (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Kata, in her 20s, loses her boyfriend and her job on the same day. She's been indulging in fantasies of a more thrilling romantic life, and the cold water of being alone and unemployed doesn't entirely dampen her imagination. She's egged on by three girlfriends who get together to talk about men and sex. Kata has possibilities: she meets David, a medical student; there's Tamás, a stranger on a train who might be good for a relationship and a job. There's also Miki, her brother who's had serious drug problems. Is fulfillment within her grasp?
Keywords: based-on-novel, budapest-hungary, love, twenty-something