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Katrina Kaif (born 16 July 1984) is a British Indian actress and former model who appears in Indian films, mainly in the Hindi-language film industry. She has also appeared in Telugu and Malayalam films. She was voted the sexiest Asian woman in the world by Eastern Eye in the years 2008, 2009 and 2010. Being a British citizen, she works in India on an employment visa.
Kaif made her acting debut with Kaizad Gustad's box office bomb Boom (2003). She tasted success in 2007 with Vipul Shah's Namastey London and followed with such films as Anees Bazmee's Welcome (2007), Abbas-Mustan's Race (2008) and Kabir Khan's New York (2009). She has since appeared in critically and commercially successful films like Prakash Jha's political thriller Rajneeti (2010) and Zoya Akhtar's dramedy Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011).
Kaif was born in Hong Kong, to an Indian Kashmiri father, Mohammed Kaif, and an English mother, Susanna Turquotte, both of whom are British citizens. Her parents divorced when she was very young. Kaif once stated, "My dad, unfortunately, and not out of choice, has had no influence on our upbringing, on our religious or social or moral bearings." When she came to India, she changed her surname to Kaif, because it was Indian in origin. Furthermore, Ayesha Shroff has maintained that the actress' original name is Katrina Turquotte. Kaif has seven siblings; a brother and six sisters. From Hong Kong, she and her family moved to China, then to Japan. From there she went to France when she was 8, and thereafter lived for a few months at a time in Switzerland, Poland, Germany, Belgium, and other European countries. Then she moved with her family to Hawaii, and eventually to her mother's home country of England. Although it is often assumed that Kaif is from London, she lived there only for three years before finally moving to Mumbai.
Mahesh Babu (born Mahesh Babu Ghattamaneni on 9 August 1975) is an Indian film actor best known for his work in Telugu cinema. Born to actor Krishna, Mahesh Babu faced the camera at the age of four as a child artist in 1979's Needa. His first leading role was in the film Rajakumarudu, which was released in August 1999.
After playing the role of a young Kabaddi player in the 2003 blockbuster film Okkadu, Mahesh continued in this vein, gaining mass appeal and appearing in many successful films such as Murari (2001), Athadu (2005), Pokiri (2006), Dookudu (2011) and Business Man (2012). These accomplishments, have established him as one of the most sought after actors in Telugu Cinema. He was listed at 5th position among Times 50 Most Desirable Men for the year 2011 and at 12th place the year before.
Mahesh Babu has worked in nine films as a child artist and in seventeen films as a lead actor till date. He has won six Andhra Pradesh state Nandi Awards, two Filmfare Best Telugu Actor Awards and two CineMAA Awards. In addition to the films, he also endorses several brands such as Thums Up, Navratna Oil, Univercell, Amrutanjan,Provogue,Idea, Vivel, Jos Alukkas and Santoor Soap in Andhra Pradesh.
Actors: Mani Sharma (producer), Veena Malik (actress), Karanvir Bohra (actor), Hemant Madhukar (producer), Hemant Madhukar (writer), Hemant Madhukar (director), Aparna Bajpai (actress), Joe Debroy (actor), Sandeep Sethy (editor), Vedita Pratap Singh (actress),
Genres: Horror,Actors: Indrans (actor), Anoop Menon (actor), Manoj (editor), Asif Ali (actor), B. Unnikrishnan (director), Deepak Dev (composer), Biju Pappan (actor), Joju George (actor), Vanitha (actress), Unni Mukundan (actor), Satheesh S.B. (costume designer), Sethu (writer), Isha Talwar (actress), Rupa Manjari (actress), Vaisakha Rajan (producer),
Genres: Thriller,Actors: Minaketan (actor), Harihara Mahapatra (actor), Pradyumna Lenka (actor), Prem Anand (composer), Satyaki Misra (actor), Chakradhar Jena (actor), Nizam (writer), Sambit Acharya (actor), Sambit Acharya (actor), Renu Pandey (actress), Ramashankar (producer), Ramashankar (writer), Ramashankar (director), Asif Khan (editor), Superna Singh (actress),
Genres: Drama, Musical, Romance,Actors: Yuvan Shankar Raja (composer), Ajith Kumar (actor), Arjun (actor), Shobi Paulraj (miscellaneous crew), Trisha Krishnan (actress), Kalyan (miscellaneous crew), V. Jayaprakash (actor), Lakshmi Rai (actress), Praveen K.L. (editor), Srikanth N.B. (editor), Venkat Prabhu (writer), Venkat Prabhu (director), Anjali (actress), Premgi Amaren (actor), Aravind Akash (actor),
Plot: Mankatha is a racy and adrenaline-rushing story of a Maharashtra police officer Vinayak Mahadevan (Ajith) who is suspended for helping a smuggler to escape from police encounter. He starts leading life in his own way. He falls for Sanjana (Trisha), daughter of an influential local goon Arumuga Chettiyar (Jayaprakash) in Mumbai. A tough cop Prithvi (Arjun) takes charge to end betting scandal in IPL cricket in Mumbai. Arumuga uses his links with dons in Mumbai tries to route through his old theatre, a cash of over Rs 500 crore to be used in betting. Sumanth (Vaibhav), a goon working for Arumuga Chettiyarplans to take away the booty with the help of his friends Ganesh (Ashwin), Mahanth (Mahanth), who owns a bar in Mumbai and Prem (Premji), a IIT graduate. Vinayak joins the race. he promises to help them and divide it between them. Trouble starts after they take away the cash. Both Arumugha Chettiyar and police are now on their heels. Meanwhile, Mahanth and Prem escape with the cash. It all upto Vinayak now. The battle shifts between him and Prithvi.
Keywords: anti-hero, betting, cricket-the-game, fake-identity, faked-death, gambling, heist, match-fixing, money-laundering, murderActors: Prem Rakshith (miscellaneous crew), Martand K. Venkatesh (editor), Shobi Paulraj (miscellaneous crew), Ragini (actress), Rajitha (actress), Jeeva (actor), Mani Sharma (composer), Jayaprakash Reddy (actor), Ali (actor), Subbaraju (actor), Suneel (actor), Prakash Raj (actor), Jayasudha (actress), Raju Sundaram (miscellaneous crew), Chitram Seenu (actor),
Genres: Action, Romance,Actors: Anupam Kher (actor), Shashi Kiran (actor), Deepak Shirke (actor), Sanjay Mishra (actor), Ramesh Goyal (actor), Rajpal Yadav (actor), Neha Dhupia (actress), Rati Agnihotri (actress), Razak Khan (actor), Amrita Arora (actress), Suhash Kulkarni (composer), Aashish Chaudhary (actor), Siddhartth (composer), Kuldeep Sharma (actor), Sudhir Kumar (producer),
Plot: Mumbai-based Santosh Singh gets married to much taller, Kota-based Shanti. He is employed with Oracle Bank as a Cashier, and is friendly with the Manager, Prem, who has also recently married Khushi. Santosh is generally misunderstood, gets upset easily - especially when Shanti accuses him of taking some wedding gifts as dowry, and blames the Khuranas for his plight. He envies other men and fantasizes about being married to an understanding wife. While Prem does not talk much about his marriage, but his relationship is not harmonious either - as Khushi is very jealous, possessive, and insecure. Things get only worse after Santosh starts to fantasize about Khushi; Shanti prepares to leave him after finding out he is having an affair with his colleague, Shivani; and the police arrest him for molesting a bar dancer.
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance,Actors: Farida Jalal (actress), Shah Rukh Khan (actor), Sulabha Deshpande (actress), Mohan Agashe (actor), Jeetendra (actor), Kabir Bedi (actor), Mithun Chakraborty (actor), Ram Mohan (actor), Bob Christo (actor), Raza Murad (actor), Shiva Rindani (actor), Bhushan Tiwari (actor), Satyendra Kapoor (actor), Beena Banerjee (actress), Dimple Kapadia (actress),
Plot: Laila, brought up in a brothel, is a cabaret dancer in Digvijay Singh's five star hotel. On day her dying mother informs her that Laila is her adopted child. Laila is aided by Karan in her search for the mother. Her search leads her to Razia, who divulges that eighteen years ago, there were three naughty little girls in her college Barkha, Salma and Raj. They were in love with their boyfriends and one of them delivered a baby girl. Each of the three looked after the baby as if it were her own. The baby was later handed over to Razia. Now all three girls are leading their own lives and have a god standing in society. But Laila is determined to bring them together to seek answers from them and find acceptance at the hands of her real mother.
Keywords: cabaret-dancer, childbirth, dancer, friendship-between-women, polo, premarital-sex, prince, sex, unplanned-pregnancyActors: Hema Malini (actress), Madhu Malhotra (actress), Aruna Irani (actress), Birbal (actor), Vikas Anand (actor), Master Bhagwan (actor), Asrani (actor), Raza Murad (actor), Rajendra Nath (actor), Om Prakash (actor), Hrithik Roshan (actor), Prem Chopra (actor), Dharmendra (actor), Raju Shrestha (actor), Indrani Mukherjee (actress),
Plot: Arun meets Seema by accident and both are attracted to each other. But Seema has a questionable background, which do create doubts in the minds of Arun and his mother. Arun is then involved in an accident, and everyone believes he is dead. Seema is devastated, and takes to alcohol, singing and dancing in a bar, and is raped by a man. Then Arun returns, and Seema is overjoyed to see him, but is hesitant to tell him about what had occurred. Arun takes Seema to his home, and introduces them to his family, namely his mom, his sister, Priti, and his brother-in-law, Prem. Seema is stunned and shocked when she sees Prem, for she recognizes him as the man who had raped her. Now Seema must decide to keep this terrible secret to herself and get married to Arun, or simply disappear from his life altogether.
Genres: Romance,Actors: Iftekhar (actor), Rakesh Roshan (actor), Keshto Mukherjee (actor), Brij Gopal (actor), Brahm Bhardwaj (actor), Rakesh Roshan (actor), Master Bhagwan (actor), Prem Chopra (actor), Pinchoo Kapoor (actor), Rishi Kapoor (actor), Satyendra Kapoor (actor), Javed Khan (actor), Vikas Anand (actor), Yunus Parvez (actor), Ram P. Sethi (actor),
Plot: The Rai family consists of four: father, mother, Shanti, and two sons, Ajay and Vijay. While traveling on a ship, they run into a severe storm, which leads to the ship capsizing, and the family getting separated. While Ajay and his mother are together, Rai is separate, and so is Vijay. Wealthy Jagatnarain Khanna rescues Rai,takes him home, ensures that he is treated well, and makes him a business partner. Years later, the Rai sons have grown up. Ajay is a lowly motor mechanic working in Pinto's Garage, but has big dreams, and a dual life as a Casanova, who is a liar, a conman, who dreams of making it big with a wealthy woman named Sheetal Khanna. Then there is Vijay, who is now known as Vikram, who works for Sheetal Khanna, and hopes to marry her one day, but has an affair with a gorgeous woman named Mala. When Mala gets pregnant, Vikram refuses to marry her, and an argument ensues. Shortly thereafter Mala is killed, and Vikram is being blackmailed by a man named Prem, who claims he saw Vikram kill her. When Vikram and Prem find out that Sheetal may marry Ajay, they get together and plot against him - and Ajay's lies, and a dual life, make it easy for them to frame him.
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Family,Actors: Agha (actor), Mohan Choti (actor), Dilip Kumar (actor), Dilip Kumar (actor), Manoj Kumar (actor), Pran (actor), Shivraj (actor), Ulhas (actor), Simi Garewal (actress), Sulochana Latkar (actress), Waheeda Rehman (actress), Akhtar-Ul-Iman (writer), Naushad (composer), A. Bhimsingh (director), Chinni Prakash (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Rajesh, though orphaned at a very age, comes from a very wealthy and noble family, is very insecure and possessive almost to the point of an obsession. As a child he had loved a girl named Meena, and when she tragically passes away, Rajesh substituted her with a doll. When he found that another young boy had touched the doll, he starts a fight with him, and ends up killing him. Years later, Rajesh has grown up, but still has the doll in his closet drawer, he has fallen in love with a woman named Meena and wants to marry her. He even gives Girdharilal, Meena's dad, some money so that he can get his eldest daughter, Parvati, married to Prem, the son of money-lender, Mayadas. He introduces Meena to his close and best friend, Dr. Shekhar, and soon gets formally engaged to Meena. Thereafter, Rajesh and Meena have an automobile accident, in which Rajesh becomes paralyzed and must be confined in a wheelchair. It is then that Rajesh finds out that Shekhar and Meena are having an affair, and the old murderous and possessive hatred, that he had managed to conceal, surfaces again - and this time it will be Shekhar's turn.
Genres: Musical, Romance,Complete Mantra:
Gobinda Gobinda Hari Hari
Language: Gurmukhi, Sanskrit
Translation:
Gobinda: God, the Sustainer and Support of All
Hari: God, the Fresh, Beautiful, Potent Healing Energy that inherently exists within each of us.