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Rana (Sanskrit: राणा) is a historical title of Rajput origin, denoting the rank of an absolute Monarch.
Today, it is being used as a hereditary name in South Asia. Rani is the title for the wife of a Rana or a female monarch. Rani also applies to the wife of a Raja. Compound titles include Rana Sahib, Ranaji, Rana Bahadur, and Maharana.
Rana was formerly used as a title of martial sovereignty by Rajput kings in India.
Members of different Rajput clans use Rana as a hereditary title in Pakistan and their majority is Muslim. However Hindu Rajputs with this title also exist in Sindh.Umerkot was a state with a Hindu Rajput ruler using the title Rana in Sindh (presen-day Pakistan). In the 16th century Rana Prasad, the then Rana of Umerkot, gave refuge to Mughal prince Humayun and his wife Hamida Banu Begum, who fled from military defeat at the hands of Sher Shah Suri. Their son Akbar was born in the fort of the Rana of Umerkot.
Actors: Suhir Ponncchamy (producer), Suhir Ponncchamy (editor), Suhir Ponncchamy (director), Suhir Ponncchamy (writer), Marie-Therese Bjornerud (actress), Nanda Nayar (composer), Nanda Nayar (editor), Janna Epstein (actress), Prasad Aripaka (actor), Chander Nandi (actor), Pedapati Venkata Ramana Murthy (actor), Suresh Babu Galam (actor), Kannababu (actor), Pragalath Nishthala (actor), Govind Thadi (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Farnaz Jurabchian (director), Farnaz Jurabchian (writer), Farnaz Jurabchian (producer), Kambiz Saffari (editor), Mohammad Reza Jurabchian (producer), Mohammad Reza Jurabchian (writer), Mohammad Reza Jurabchian (director), Shabnam Abdollahi (actor), Amin Behroozzadeh (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Wilton Cruz (editor), Bill Elverman (actor), Jesse Wang (actor), Matt Thompson (actor), Rian Bishop (actor), Aki Umemoto (actor), Menamy Mitanes (actor), Nadir Hasan (actor), Nadir Hasan (producer), Michael Chase Walker (actor), Monty Bhojak (actor), Monty Bhojak (producer), Monty Bhojak (writer), Monty Bhojak (director), Stephanie Anderson (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Soumitra Chatterjee (actor), Samrat Chakrabarti (actor), Sujay Dutta Roy (editor), Koushik Sen (actor), Ananya Chatterjee (actress), Suman Ghosh (writer), Suman Ghosh (director), Anandi Ghose (costume designer),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Shahriar Rahman (editor), Shahriar Rahman (producer), Shahriar Rahman (writer), Shahriar Rahman (director), Fathema Ruma (director), Fathema Ruma (writer), Fathema Ruma (producer), Zahed Sharif (producer), Zahed Sharif (director), Zahed Sharif (writer), Eliane Iten (actress), Shoikot Chowdhury (actor), Nazmul Hassan (actor), Luca (actor), Shah Kibria (actor),
Plot: During a trip to the U.S., ambitious Rana becomes inspired by his uncle's success. After a marriage and bitter divorce from the uncle's daughter, Rana becomes out-of-status and disillusioned. Diana, a widowed American citizen, sympathetically grants him a "contract marriage." Now that he is getting his Green Card, should he leave the only woman who loved him for the American Dream?
Genres: Drama,Actors: Danny Denzongpa (actor), Satish Shah (actor), Hema Malini (actress), Vinod Khanna (producer), Anu Malik (composer), Saroj Khan (miscellaneous crew), Vinod Khanna (actor), Johnny Lever (actor), Amrish Puri (actor), Akshaye Khanna (actor), Anjala Zaveri (actress), Pankaj Parashar (director), Shazia Malik (actress), Rocky Grover (actor),
Genres: Drama, Romance,Actors: Sripradha (actress), Raza Murad (actor), Rajendra Nath (actor), Aditya Pancholi (actor), Jagdish Raj (actor), Satish Shah (actor), Gulshan Grover (actor), Anu Malik (composer), Suhas Joshi (actress), Ekta Sohini (actress), Ektaa Bahl (actress), Ajit Dewani (director),
Plot: Rajan belongs to a poor family living in Bombay, consisting of his mom, dad, and two sisters, one of which is Sana who is of marriageable age. The family cannot afford the marriage, as Rs.50,000 are needed. Rajan confides about to his friend, Satiya, who takes him to a local gangster, Rana, who immediately hands over the money to him without any conditions. Sana's marriage takes place, and Rajan is indebted to Rana for life. He is asked to join his gang and gets involved in many criminal activities. Once he feels that his action was unnecessary and he refuses to carry out an assault, thus bringing him in the bad books of Rana, who now wants him dead. Rajan goes to Jaleel, Rana's rival, and seeks his protection, and is welcomed with open arms. Thus begins Rajan's new life, he outshines the others in his diligence and loyalty to Jaleel and is soon regarded as his right-hand man. Rajan meets with Jyoti and both fall in love, but Jyoti wants Rajan to give up all criminal activities. Rajan tries to do so, is arrested and held in prison. It is then he realizes that he may face life in prison, changes his mind and returns to Jaleel and crime. Shortly thereafter he starts to feel that things would be better if Jaleel and Rana give up their differences and become allies. Both are reluctant, but he lures them to meet, and they do so. Both protagonists are unwilling to bow down before the other, and pretty soon an argument ensues. Rajan must now decide what's to happen - he has a choice - he can kill either one and earn his loyalty to the other - or he can kill both of them and become the unchallenged leader of both the gangs.
Genres: Crime,Actors: Kiran Kumar (miscellaneous crew), Huma Khan (actress), Bhushan Tiwari (actor), Puneet Issar (actor), Mani J. Rabadi (costume designer), Hemant Birje (actor), Priti Sapru Walia (actress), Sunil Dhawan (actor), Narendra Nath (actor), Rajendra Nath (actor), Trilok Kapoor (actor), Raj Kishore (actor), Rana Jung Bahadur (actor), Ravi (miscellaneous crew), Sheetal (actress),
Plot: A dying Thakur Surjeet Singh bequeaths the entire estate to his son, Raghuvir, disowning the other, Dhurjan, the family's black sheep, who also indulges in black magic. The latter swears to use magical powers to usurp the estate, and even arranges the abduction of Raghuvir's daughters, Sapna and Aarti. Mangal and his men manage to apprehend Dhurjan, imprison him in a dungeon, and rescue Aarti. However, they are unable to locate Sapna, and Raghuvir gets killed. Before dying, he informs Mangal that Sapna has one of two pieces of a locket around her neck, while the other is on Aarti's, and when joined together will reveal the location of a treasure buried in a dungeon. 20 years later, Aarti and her boyfriend, Vijay, along with several others, will attempt to unearth this treasure - not realizing that they not only face betrayal from one of their own, but will also release and fall prey to an ageless and indestructible entity.
Genres: Action, Drama, Horror,Actors: Bill Rebane (producer), Bill Rebane (director), Bruno Alexander (actor), Michael Skewes (actor), Bruce Malm (composer), Alan Ross (actor), Jim Iaquinta (actor), Glenn Scherer (actor), Jerry Gregoris (writer), Jerry Gregoris (actor), Jerry Gregoris (producer), Karen McDiarmid (actress), Angel Rebane (actress), Richard Lange (actor), Paul Callaway (actor),
Plot: When Kelly Morgan was 11 years old he had a terrifying encounter with Rana, a strange half man/half frog monster living in a lake. The creature killed his father and many other people before Kelly destroyed it. Now as a young man he returns to search for the monster's hidden treasure, and to see if the legendary creature really was killed.
Keywords: boy, creature-feature, death, frog, frog-monster, gold, good-versus-evil, independent-film, lake, monsterActors: Carolina Barret (actress), René Cardona (actor), Fernando Fernández (actor), Víctor Alcocer (actor), Antonio Badú (actor), Guillermo Álvarez Bianchi (actor), Ramón Sánchez (actor), Pascual García Peña (actor), Emilio Garibay (actor), Antonio Badú (actor), Chel López (actor), Héctor Mateos (actor), Carlos Múzquiz (actor), Roberto G. Rivera (actor), Fernando Méndez (writer),
Genres: Crime, Drama,Rana - "There's No Place Like Home"
Verse:
I wake up in the morning with a song on my breath
And it's just between us, this melody we've created
I hope you can hear it though you're not here beside me
'Cause you're still in my thoughts
And always in my dreams
I just need a love to call my own
Chorus:
There's no place like home when that's where you are
There's no place like when you're in my heart
I don't know where I'd be without you beside
Whenever you're here
There's no place like home
Verse:
And I'm not gonna lie, this arrangement's confusing
And you're apathy is not the least bit amusing
But when I close my eyes I remember my place
That it ain't up to me to decide when you will sleep in this bed we made
Chorus:
There's no place like home when that's where you are
There's no place like when you're in my heart
I don't know where I'd be without you beside
Whenever you're here
There's no place like home
Bridge:
That's when I know there's a place
I go to shine
That's mine
Chorus:
There's no place like home when that's where you are
There's no place like when you're in my heart
I don't know where I'd be without you beside
Whenever you're here