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Abha (Arabic: أبها Abhā) is the capital of Asir province in Saudi Arabia. It is situated at 2,200 metres (7,200 ft) above sea level in the fertile mountains of south-western Saudi Arabia near the National Park of Asir. Its mild climate makes it a popular tourist destination for Saudis. According to 2004 census figures it has a population of 201,912 with an estimate of 252,126 for 2009.
Abha is located in the Southern Region of Asir, it is highly elevated and it is home to the culminating point in Saudi Arabia, Jabal Al Sooda (the rock mountain) which stands at 3000 meters ((10,000 feet)) high
The area is subject to rain, sometimes heavy, some of its neighboring villages and rural areas are sometimes the witnesses of flash-floods during the winter. The cooler weather, comparatively to the rest of the peninsula, makes it an attraction point during the summer.
Abha is the administrative capital of the Asir region, therefore home to the governorate of Asir. All Government departments are located there. Also there are extensive medical and educational facilities. King Khalid University and Prince Sultan College for Hotel Management are located in Abha. There is a regional airport in Abha that has direct flights to Jeddah, Taif, Riyadh, Dammam, Medina, Tabuk and regular international flights to Dubai , Cairo and Sana'a. . Al Watan, which is one of the main Saudi daily newspapers, has its head office and main printing presses in Abha.
Actors: Willow Hale (actress), Richard Epcar (actor), Ivy Thaide (costume designer), Eric Grush (editor), Stephanie Keefer (actress), Pia Pownall (actress), Erik Rodgers (producer), Shary Nassimi (actor), Erik Rodgers (director), Lynne-Marie Beard (actress), Amanda Michaels (actress), David Mapother (actor), Julian Monterrey (producer), Julian Monterrey (actor), Romina Peniche (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Tamás Végvári (actor), Zoltán Bonta (director), Gábor Harsányi (actor), József Kautzky (actor), András Kozák (actor), Lajos Tándor (actor), Anikó Sáfár (actress), Andrea Drahota (actress), Péter Benkö (actor), Mária Goór Nagy (actress), Péter Vallai (actor), Tivadar Márk (costume designer), Gyula Buss (actor), Jenö His (editor), László Németh (writer),
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Tej Sapru (actor), Smita Jaykar (actress), Alok Nath (actor), Adi Irani (actor), Rocky Verma (actor), Sooraj R. Barjatya (producer), Iqbal Khan (actor), Irshad Kamil (writer), Kavitha Barjatya (producer), Arvind Babbal (director), Kavita Barjatya (writer), Rajesh Pandey (editor), Suhasi Dhami (actress),
Plot: The story line of the serial 'Yahan Mein Ghar Ghar Kheli' revolves around a Thakur family which owns a palatial house in Ujjain (MP) India. Thakur Uday Pratap Singh is a head of the family, is a proud man who believes in living a rich life style, his Palace 'Swarn Bhawan" and under no circumstances, his pride and principles.
Keywords: family-relationships, father-son-relationship, husband-wife-relationship, love, marriageActors: Rajat Kapoor (actor), Vrajesh Hirjee (actor), Sushant Singh (actor), Darshan Jariwala (actor), Nassar Abdulla (actor), Ravi Jhankal (actor), Dibyendu Bhattacharya (actor), Jayant Gadekar (actor), Suhaas Khandke (actor), Susheel Parashara (actor), Neeraj Sood (actor), Sunil Doshi (producer), Indian Ocean (composer), Sanjeev Sharma (writer), Sonamoni Jayant Gadekar (actress),
Plot: This energetic black comedy (or drama with a sense of humour) turns a contemporary eye on something that is taken too much for granted in Indian cities, especially Mumbai - private space. It's about the clash between a stockbroker who is not allowed to sleep at night and a small-time trader who won't let him (as the secretary of the building society they live in). This seemingly trivial, even laughable, problem eventually snowballs into disasters for both of them and their families, while unspooling the attitudes of people around them. A very real but highly entertaining portrait of urban India.
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Anil Kapoor (producer), Rajendranath Zutshi (actor), A. Sreekar Prasad (editor), Akshaye Khanna (actor), Bhoomika Chawla (actress), Darshan Jariwala (actor), Akhil Mishra (actor), Mahesh Thakur (actor), Mithilesh Chaturvedi (actor), Sanjay Swaraj (actor), Shefali Shetty (actress), Mona Ambegaonkar (actress), Kanwalinder Singh (producer), Natalie Hughes (actress), Bomie E. Dotiwala (actor),
Plot: Mohandas was born in the Gujarati speaking family, had several brothers who jointly owned property in Rajkot. At the age of 13 Mohandas married Kasturba. On attaining maturity he re-located to England, became a Barrister, returned home, and together with Kasturba re-located to South Africa. They returned to India for a few years and this is where they became parents of four sons: Harilal, Manilal, Ramdas and Devdas. Subsequently, the family returned to South Africa, leaving Harilal alone. As Harilal did not do well in his studies he got married to Gulab without his parents' blessings. Mohandas then invited Harilal to South Africa and on his Secretary's request also invited Gulab, who had recently given birth to a daughter, Rami. Harilal wanted to be a Barrister like his father but found his movements restricted as his father wanted him to actively participate against the Satanist and Racist British regime, leading to Harilal being arrested and imprisoned. Harilal's hopes of becoming a Barrister were dashed when Mohandas sent his nephew, Chaganlal, instead, and when Chaganlal proved a failure, sent Sorabjee to England in his place. Harilal then changed his name to Pranlal Mehta in a vain attempt to return to India. A frustrated Gulab, now a mother of 4, did return to India with her children. After actively protesting draconian British Laws, especially the Christian Act that only recognized marriages performed by a Christian Priest, by General Ian Smutts, Mohandas was imprisoned, and upon being released returned to India. He hoped that Harilal would follow in his footsteps, but Harilal re-located to Calcutta, found a job as a Cashier, embezzled and borrowed money to buy imported cloths, in vast contrast to Mohandas' campaign to burn foreign clothing, got himself in trouble and debt, prompting Gulab to return to leave him. Harilal did return to Gujarat after he heard of his son, Shanti's and Gulab's passing. He did get involved in the freedom struggle temporarily, but was lured by some businessmen, who used his and his dad's name to get people to invest, and then disappeared, forcing Mohandas to publicly disown his son, who was then arrested and imprisoned. Unstable, unemployed, unable to keep up with his father's lofty standards, Harilal considered becoming a Christian, but then with Zakaria's help became an Islamic and changed his name to Abdullah, prompting Kasturba to pay him a visit and talk him to becoming a Hindu again. Then when Mohandas announced the beginning of 'Do or Die' campaign in Bombay during 1942, he was placed under house arrest in the Agha Khan Palace with Hindus calling him a traitor and Muslims praying for his death. This is where a distraught, disheveled and bearded Harilal will meet his parents. Will his parents accept him as he is and welcome him back?
Keywords: 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, africa, alcoholic, archive-footage, based-on-book, based-on-legend, bombActors: Haradhan Bannerjee (actor), Nirmal Kumar (actor), Tapas Pal (actor), Sandhya Roy (actress), Tarun Majumdar (director), Prasenjit Chatterjee (actor), Utpal Dutt (actor), Arun Mukherjee (actor), Abhishek Chatterjee (actor), Manju Dey (actress), Nayana Das (actress),
Genres: ,Actors: Praveen Kumar (actor), Shubha Khote (actress), Rajesh Roshan (composer), Beena Banerjee (actress), Sunil Dhawan (actor), Asrani (actor), Smita Patil (actress), Sujit Kumar (actor), Vikas Anand (actor), Rakesh Roshan (actor), Rajan Kapoor (actor), Shivraj (actor), Rajesh Khanna (actor), Aruna Bashir (miscellaneous crew), Mani J. Rabadi (costume designer),
Plot: Nisha believes she is happily married until she discovers that her successful businessman husband, Kabir, has been having an affair with her cousin, Indu. Distraught, Nisha abandons her husband and newborn daughter and leaves for the city, where she finds love in the arms of a sensitive writer, Alok. But Nisha's past soon catches up to her and forces her into a soul-searching decision over whether or not to return to her family and old life.
Genres: Drama, Family,Actors: John Gielgud (actor), Richard Griffiths (actor), Edward Fox (actor), Ernest Clark (actor), Anang Desai (actor), David Gant (actor), Daniel Day-Lewis (actor), Tom Alter (actor), John Boxer (actor), Mohan Agashe (actor), Jalal Agha (actor), Ian Bannen (actor), Sudhir Dalvi (actor), Nigel Hawthorne (actor), Günther Maria Halmer (actor),
Plot: In 1893, Gandhi is thrown off a South African train for being an Indian and traveling in a first class compartment. Gandhi realizes that the laws are biased against Indians and decides to start a non-violent protest campaign for the rights of all Indians in South Africa. After numerous arrests and the unwanted attention of the world, the government finally relents by recognizing rights for Indians, though not for the native blacks of South Africa. After this victory, Gandhi is invited back to India, where he is now considered something of a national hero. He is urged to take up the fight for India's independence from the British Empire. Gandhi agrees, and mounts a non-violent non-cooperation campaign of unprecedented scale, coordinating millions of Indians nationwide. There are some setbacks, such as violence against the protesters and Gandhi's occasional imprisonment. Nevertheless, the campaign generates great attention, and Britain faces intense public pressure. Too weak from World War II to continue enforcing its will in India, Britain finally grants India's independence. Indians celebrate this victory, but their troubles are far from over. Religious tensions between Hindus and Muslims erupt into nation-wide violence. Gandhi declares a hunger strike, saying he will not eat until the fighting stops. The fighting does stop eventually, but the country is divided. It is decided that the northwest area of India, and eastern part of India (current day Bangladesh), both places where Muslims are in the majority, will become a new country called Pakistan (West and East Pakistan respectively). It is hoped that by encouraging the Muslims to live in a separate country, violence will abate. Gandhi is opposed to the idea, and is even willing to allow Muhammad Ali Jinnah to become the first prime minister of India, but the Partition of India is carried out nevertheless. Gandhi spends his last days trying to bring about peace between both nations. He thereby angers many dissidents on both sides, one of whom finally gets close enough to assassinate him.
Keywords: 1890s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 19th-century, 20th-century, amritsar-india, amritsar-massacre, army-vs-civiliansActors: Anup Kumar (actor), Bikash Roy (actor), Dulal Dutta (editor), Chhabi Biswas (actor), Tarun Majumdar (director), Suchitra Sen (actress), Aparna Devi (actress), Padmadevi (actress), Anil Chatterjee (actor), Asha Devi (actress), Asitbaran (actor), Preeti Majumdar (actor), Premendra Mitra (writer), Biren Chatterjee (actor), Robin Chatterjee (composer),
Genres: ,The poster on the wall of a dear friend
I wish there was a way that I could show you how your songs set me free
The hero of them all
You're a legend
I guess I'll never get a chance to know you
Still you're close as can be
Make the bandstand to a dreamland, Rubber Ball Man
Clapping your hands, let your feet dance, Rubber Ball Man
When you're jumping up and down, nobody's standing still
Some of us dreaming, some of us screaming