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Titli (Bengali: তিতলি) "The First Monsoon day") is a 2002 Bengali film by Rituparno Ghosh, starring Konkona Sen Sharma, Aparna Sen, Mithun Chakraborty. The film tells the story of a developing adolescent, played by Konkona, and the sensitivity of a teenager, and also the portrayal of the mother-daughter relationship and quiet understanding within the pair. Titli also means butterfly in Hindi.
The story develops around the evolution of Titli from a girl into womanhood, through the breaking of this crush. The dense jungles of Duars in north Bengal, covered in dense morning fog, sunshine playing hide-and-seek, Buddhist monasteries, the famous Darjeeling toy train, interleaved with poetry and music, create the romantic ambiance underpinning this film.
Titli is a 17-year-old girl (Konkona Sen Sharma), who has a teenage crush on a Bollywood superstar Rohit Roy (Mithun Chakraborty), who is more than twice her age. Though her bedroom is filled with his posters and memorabilia, Titli's mother Urmila (Aparna Sen) is surprised to learn that she could even marry this much older man.
Shahrukh Khan (pronounced [‘ʃaːɦrəx ˈxaːn]; born 2 November 1965), often credited as Shah Rukh Khan and informally referred to as SRK, is an Indian film actor. Known as "The King of Bollywood", Khan has acted in over 70 Hindi films. He has won fourteen Filmfare Awards from thirty nominations for his work in Indian films and shares the record for the highest number of Best Actor awards with Dilip Kumar, eight wins. In 2005, the Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri for his contributions towards Indian cinema.
After graduating with a Bachelor's degree in economics, he started his career appearing in theatre and several television serials in the late 1980s and later made his Hindi film debut in 1992 with Deewana. Early in his career he was recognised for his unconventional choice of negative roles in films such as Darr (1993), Baazigar (1993) and Anjaam (1994). Since then he has played leading roles in a wide variety of film genres, including romantic films, comedies, thrillers, action films, sport films, and historical dramas among others.
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: Mithun Chakraborty (actor), Adesh Shrivastava (composer), Ganesh Acharya (miscellaneous crew), Anjan Srivastav (actor), Sushmita Sen (actress), Ila Arun (actress), Bhupen Hazarika (writer), Zafar Sultan (editor), Kalpana Lajmi (writer), Kalpana Lajmi (director), Kalpana Lajmi (producer), Kalpana Lajmi (writer), Shankar Sachdev (actor), Ravi Gossain (actor), Swini Khara (actress),
Plot: In the village of Rangpur, District of Badlapur, India, lives Narainda, who has been the Postmaster for the last over 35 years. He has patiently awaited the arrival of an assistant so that he can consider retiring. His assistant does arrive in the shape and form of Chandan Mishra. Narainda teaches him to deliver mail, take a rupee for reading mail out aloud; and avoid much contact with the prostitutes of Lal Batti. But the women of Lal Batti, Phulwa, Gulabo, Bijli, Basanti, Padmavati, and young Titli, the daughter of Basanti, are drawn to Chandan, and he becomes a frequent visitor there. The local High Priest Bhuvan Panda, who also visits Basanti late at night to satisfy his sexual lust, does not appreciate Chandan's frequent visits, especially after he finds out that Chandan is educated and very outspoken. Then a mysterious admirer of Basanti starts sending her love letters and even proposes marriage. When Bhuvan finds out, he forbids anyone from going to Lal Batti, as in his mind there are only three kind of women: 1. Devi (Goddesses), 2. Mother who provides a heir for the family; and 3. Prostitutes. He forbids anyone to marry any prostitute. With patrons being intimidated by Bhuvan's instructions, no one dares go near Lal Batti, causing considerable anxiety and financial worries for the women there. The entire village awaits in dread as the deadline approaches for Basanti's lover to materialize and marry her. The question remains, who is this mysterious admirer, and why does he want to marry a prostitute and go against the wishes of the all powerful and deadly Bhuvan Panda.
Genres: Drama,Actors: Rituparno Ghosh (writer), Dipankar Dey (actor), Aparna Sen (actress), Mithun Chakraborty (actor), Rituparno Ghosh (director), Arghakamal Mitra (editor), Konkona Sen Sharma (actress), Debajyoti Mishra (composer), Sabarni Das (costume designer), Tapan Biswas (producer), Madhuchhanda Karlekar (miscellaneous crew), Sutapa Ghosh (producer), Nirmal Ghosh (miscellaneous crew), Alok Mukhopadhyay (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Ashish Vidyarthi (actor), Supriya Choudhury (actress), Sabyasachi Chakraborty (actor), Prabhat Roy (director), Jaya Seal (actress), Amrapali Gupta (actress),
Genres: Drama,You know, if you're not going to listen to me,
then there's no need for us to talk.
(why, oh why did you do it)
i'm being a friend by telling you this,
wait, wait, i know there's nothing i could say,
or could do to go back,
but honestly i tried.
i tried to stay away from him,
but you just kept bringing him 'round.
(you were sleeping with my baby)
and i don't know, something about his eyes,
i'm sorry.
(why, oh why did you do it)
i tried to block him out of my mind,
(i thought you was a friend)
but it just wouldn't go away.
so if you're gonna phone anybody,
(i'ma phone you)
i think i'm the person you wanna talk to.
(why oh why)
you can talk to me,
(i can't talk)
we share the same ideas.
(i can't talk to you)
we share the same love for the same man,
(no we don't, you've been creepin' with my man)
and all i can say is, i tried.
(you ain't tried, you ain't tried)
may the best woman win