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Shahid (Arabic: شَهيد šahīd, plural: شُهَداء šuhadāʾ, also anglicized as shaheed) is an Arabic word meaning "witness". It is a religious term in Islam, meaning both "witness" and "martyr." While a martyr may die as a consequence of fighting, a shahid is a "witness" because he gives his life out of passion for truth. It is used as an honorific for Muslims who have laid down their life fulfilling a religious commandment, or have died fighting defending their country or protecting their family.
The shahid is considered one whose place in Paradise is promised according to these verses in the Qur'an:
The Islamic prophet Muhammad is reported to have said these words about martyrdom:
Muslims also believe that God grants the reward of istishhad (martyrdom) to those who die in a variety of ways, including death during childbirth, accidents such as fires and drownings, and epidemic diseases such as the plague. The Muslim victims of an earthquake is also believed to be martyrs as narrated in a hadith, and several hadiths also specify that earthquakes are a bane against the disbeliever and a mercy and blessing upon the Believer.
Shahid traces the true story of slain human rights activist and lawyer Shahid Azmi. From attempting to become a terrorist to being wrongly imprisoned under a draconian anti-terrorism law to becoming a criminal lawyer Shahid traces the inspiring personal journey of a boy who became an unlikely messiah for human rights while following the rise of communal violence in India. This story of an impoverished Muslim struggling to come to terms with injustice, inequality and rising above his circumstances is an inspiring testament to the human spirit.
Keywords: 1990s, activist, assassination, based-on-true-story, character-name-in-title, controversy, false-accusation, family-relationships, fearless, human-rights
Shahid: How can they just throw people in jail without reason?
Shahid: Brother, I want to study the law. I've filled the form.
Shahid: The world chases only money. I did not become a lawyer for money. I'm thinking of starting my own practice. There is a little cost involved, but not that much.
Zaheer Sheikh: It's been over 18 months. I'm beaten up every day. Every day I'm treated like a fleabag. No value for human rights here. You visited my house?
Shahid: Sir, delaying justice is denying justice.
Shahid: Zaheer has been in jail for the last 2.5 years. His bail plea has been rejected over 10 times. The police have been unable to get any substantial evidence against him in this period.
Actors: Pradeep Shahi (director), Pradeep Shahi (writer), Pradeep Shahi (writer), Pradeep Shahi (editor), Walles Hamonde (actor), Adrian Osman (actor), Harry Haroon (actor), Harry Haroon (producer), Lily Blawat Farr (producer), Jon Gustafsson (producer), Dorota Bacik (actor), Jaafar Nazha (actor), Leigh Acton (actor), Richard Michalec (producer), Will Manning (composer),
Plot: A terrorist suspected (Shahid) is being held and tortured in an unidentified location, somewhere believed to be in the Middle East. Locked in solitary confinement, he depends upon his faith and the memories of his wife and a son in these darkest hours of his life. A British government official (Mr Stanley) is his only hope for his freedom. But things change when a teenage boy is detained in a solitary cell next to his. As the boy suffers torture and abuse, he makes a desperate attempt to save the boy but only to find out the shocking truth about the boy, Mr Stanley and his very own existence. In this hard hitting gruesome drama, Shahid faces conflict between belief and realism.
Genres: Drama, Mystery, Short, Thriller,Actors: Ranvir Shorey (actor), Steve Joberns (miscellaneous crew), Sarita Choudhury (actress), Shriya Saran (actress), Shabana Azmi (actress), Tarn Harper (miscellaneous crew), Rajat Kapoor (actor), Kulbhushan Kharbanda (actor), Seema Biswas (actress), Anupam Kher (actor), Charles Dance (actor), Vinay Pathak (actor), Samrat Chakrabarti (actor), Stephen Woolley (producer), Hakan Kousetta (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Cornelia Stefan (miscellaneous crew), Jaye Gazeley (producer), Nawaf Al-Janahi (director), Daniela Tully (producer), Stefan Brunner (producer), Mohammed Hasan Ahmed (writer), Sabah Haider (miscellaneous crew), Maxine De Vere (miscellaneous crew), Ali Al-Jabri (actor), Rami Yasin (producer), Khaled Zaazouh (miscellaneous crew), Jamal H. Iqbal (actor), Ibrahim Al-Amiri (composer), Shane Virgin (miscellaneous crew), Abdullah Alramsi (actor),
Plot: Mansoor, a 16 year-old teenager, living in a coastal "freej" (an Emirati neighborhood), has strong feelings for 16 year-old girl Kaltham. But culture and tradition, as well as family hardship, make it difficult for him to express his feelings. A conversation with his "know-it-all" friend convinces him that a gift is the best way to express love, and so, he begins to look for ways to save money for the gift without arousing the suspicion of his family and friends.
Keywords: arab, beach, brother, choice, father, fear, first-love, friend, gift, hurtActors: Kyri Saphiris (actor), Aaron Garcia de Alba (writer), Aaron Garcia de Alba (director), Phoebe Salem (producer), Harprit Dhanoa (actor), Magdalena Wrzeszcz (producer), Tom Cornish (composer), Michiyo Kishi (actress), Alan Rosen (actor), Dolly Daydream (actress), Catherine Justice (actress),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Harvey Keitel (actor), Aldo De Scalzi (composer), Ante Novakovic (miscellaneous crew), Massimo Vanni (actor), F. Murray Abraham (actor), Jordi Mollà (actor), Pivio (composer), Bruno Bilotta (actor), Osvaldo Bargero (editor), Paco Reconti (actor), André Djaoui (producer), Renzo Martinelli (director), Renzo Martinelli (writer), Renzo Martinelli (producer), Alan Marsh (actor),
Plot: A thesis picture: is Western Europe turning a blind eye to the dangers of Islamic fundamentalism? Professor Alceo Bandini believes so. He writes and lectures to a few students at a Roman university; he's also a victim of a terrorist attack in Kenya where he lost both legs. On a short holiday in Cappadoccia with his wife Leda, they meet Shahid, an enigmatic cleric, and Ludovico Vicedomini, a forceful gem merchant. Back in Rome, Ludovico attempts the seduction of Leda while Alceo is suspicious of his new acquaintances' politics. The police counter-terrorists discount Alceo's fears: he's paranoid and jealous, they believe. What is going on?
Keywords: based-on-novel, box-office-flop, female-nudityActors: Victor Banerjee (actor), Matt Curtis (miscellaneous crew), Lee Clyne (miscellaneous crew), Tony Cranstoun (editor), Paul J. Dove (actor), Ace Bhatti (actor), Mark Bentley (producer), Dan Connolly (miscellaneous crew), Manjinder Virk (actress), Sarada McDermott (miscellaneous crew), Andrew Cox (costume designer), Tom Harnick (miscellaneous crew), Luc Webster (miscellaneous crew), Sarah Millar (miscellaneous crew), Kate Triggs (producer),
Plot: Bradford Riots tells the story of the 2001 riots and their aftermath from the point of view of an Asian family.
Genres: Drama,Actors: Andy Stephens (miscellaneous crew), David Bradley (actor), Colin Towns (composer), Pete Postlethwaite (actor), Ed Baran (miscellaneous crew), Ron Silver (actor), Juliet Stevenson (actress), Stockard Channing (actress), Nicholas Farrell (actor), Michael Wearing (producer), Michael Wearing (writer), Paula Jack (miscellaneous crew), Badi Uzzaman (actor), Beverly Winston (miscellaneous crew), Nigel Terry (actor),
Plot: Three young Muslim men, part of a terror cell, are making a bomb in a London flat, when they get a call to vacate immediately with their gear. The police have been alerted and they are under suspicion. Asif, Shahid and Mushtaq grab suitcases, the computer, and a cardboard box containing bomb making equipment and bolt out the door. Shahid's getaway car is clamped so the three are forced to escape on foot from the pursuing police. Cornered, they dive into a restaurant on a busy city street. It is the Olympus Grill and dinner is being served to its well-heeled clientele. With the police outside, Asif, Shahid and Mushtaq have nowhere to go. Mushtaq, thinking quickly, declares that they will hold the restaurant goers hostage. The diners are forced to get up from their tables where they have been enjoying the delicious Greek cuisine. They are lined up against a wall. Electra, the young waitress, is also forced to stand in line. Her mother, who is the restaurant owner, comes out from the kitchen brandishing a rolling pin to find out what is going on. She is Penelope and a rather formidable woman. Penelope at first thinks the three boys want to steal money until they reveal their true intentions. Outside a sophisticated police/MI5 operation is underway to release the hostages. Leading the operation is Sofia Warburton, a 45 year old woman with a strong character, who has sacrificed domestic harmony for her career in the security services. Sofia begins to assemble data gleaned by the police and information from voice samples and fingerprints to create a profile of the hostage takers. She discovers that Shahid, from a single-parent family, grew up in a rough working class Birmingham council estate, and was a bad boy until he found religion. Asif got a double first in Natural Sciences at Cambridge. He was brought up by his widower father who was prone to beating his kids. Asif works at his father's wine warehouse and was a good taster until he took up Islam and. Mushtaq is the natural leader of the three and has a PhD in physics. The big fear is learning that the terrorists are in possession of red mercury which can be used to make a dirty bomb with the potential of unleashing untold damage and horror. The three youths have the knowledge and skills to make the bomb. Sofia checks the physics with her estranged husband Lindsey who confirms that it is possible. Time is of the essence. Meanwhile, inside the restaurant tension mounts as the hostages remain under threat of death from the three gun wielding terrorists. The hostages are: Sidney, a middle-aged American management consultant, Amanda, a 34 year old physiotherapist, Neil Ashton, a children's author and his wife Gerry, his daughter Jemma who is a nurse and his adopted mixed-race son Timothy; John, 45, head of a large chemical company and his mistress Janet. And strangely, as days go by and nerves are frayed, the barriers between the hostages and their captors begin to come down. Behind the blank face of terror is scared, confused, and misled youth.
Keywords: bomb, british-muslim, children's-author, greek-restaurant, hostage-situation, investigation, london-england, police, siege, terroristActors: Maud Adams (actress), Tom DeSimone (director), Richard Roundtree (actor), Louis Farah (miscellaneous crew), Dick Miller (actor), Tom DeSimone (writer), Ashlyn Gere (actress), Julie K. Smith (actress), Toni Basil (actress), Eric Allaman (composer), Floyd Levine (actor), Cheryl Starbuck (actress), S.A. Griffin (actor), Ty Granderson Jones (actor), Ted Faye (actor),
Plot: Molly is now a freelance photographer in New York. She runs across a woman at an art show that looks familiar. She goes to L.A. to find out that this woman is in fact, her mother. She also finds out she has a sister. The reunion is short-lived when her mother calls her to tell her that her sister is in danger and later, gets killed in an explosion. Molly must once again, become Angel to try and find her sister.
Keywords: character-name-in-title, female-nudity, prostitution, sequelActors: Kamal Kapoor (actor), Niranjan Sharma (actor), Anwar Hussain (actor), Madan Mohan (composer), Manmohan Krishna (actor), Hrishikesh Mukherjee (editor), Johnny Whisky (actor), Sanjeev Kumar (actor), Anju Mahendru (actress), Rajinder Singh Bedi (producer), Rajinder Singh Bedi (writer), Rajinder Singh Bedi (director), Neelam (actress), Rehana Sultan (actress), Dev Kishan (actor),
Plot: Tells the story of newly weds Hamid and Salma. They move into a rental flat next door to the local red light district. The flat had been the former home of a well known mujra and qawali singer, Shamshad. Men still come to the door in the hope of seeing Shamshad and do not seem too put out by seeing Salma despite her protestations. The couple struggle to live within the bounds of their own moral code while the earnings of prostitution seem to be flaunted around them. Hamid gets more and more angry and seemingly unable to reconcile his morality with the immorality of the world and at one point beats his wife and then rapes her making her into a 'whore' of his fantasy. The story here bears resemblance to the later 'Ek Chadar Maili Si' by the same director and seems to explore the complex world of women and sexuality as viewed by Indian men: mother, goddess, whore. This film also explores the ethos of prostitution in its reality and as a metaphor for the outside world.
Genres: Drama, Musical,Actors: Santosh Kumar (actor), Ghulam Mohammed (actor), Khurshid Anwar (producer), Khurshid Anwar (writer), Khurshid Anwar (writer), Khurshid Anwar (composer), Khurshid Anwar (director), Agha Talish (actor), Nayyar Sultana (actress), Neelo (actress), A. Shah (actor), Laila (actress), Naseer Anwar (writer),
Genres: Musical,So the world is waiting
As you headed on out the door
Just to trip you up and spit you out
Well I can tell just what your thinking
I'll be there to catch you, falling out your tree tonight
Relax your mind, let it slowly float away tonight
Forget about the day
The world sits on your shoulders
Looks like an ugly weight to bear
Almost lost you underneath there
Well I can tell just what you're feeling
You should let it go 'cause we can start again tonight
Relax your mind, let it slowly float away tonight