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Patel (also known as a Patidar) is surname of Indian origin mainly used by people belonging to Hindu Agricultural Communities viz. Kurmi or Kunbi, Hendre, Koli or Koeris, Teli, etc. Muslim Community people of Maharashtra and Gujarat in India and Pakistan also use Patel surname.
The name Patel is found primarily in the Indian state of Gujarat, along with Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Karnataka, as well as metropolitan cities like Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, and Delhi. Within the United Kingdom, it is the twenty-fourth most common surname nationally, and the third most common in the Greater London region. In the US, the surname "Patel" ranks 174 among the top 500 list of most common last names. The majority of those with the Patel last name are Hindus. However, Parsis and Muslims also carry the surname "Patel" (see also Muslim Patel).
Patel represents a section of Gujarati population that were historically farmers and landowners; the term patel itself meaning "village headman". The Patels forms large population in the state of Gujarat in India and also the United Kingdom and the United States. Gujarati Patels were historically landowners and farmers, and traditionally strict vegetarians. The Patel community varies by religion and ideology, with disparate groups having their own samaj (social gatherings) and mandirs. Traditionally Gujarati Patels married within their own gol (circle), though this custom had faded in the modern era. Patel community is a business community.
Actors: Sanjay Mishra (actor), Makrand Deshpande (actor), Sajid Ali (composer), Farida Jalal (actress), Pankaj Kapur (actor), Manoj Pahwa (actor), Wajid Ali (composer), Hemant Pandey (actor), Umesh Mehra (producer), Mahesh Thakur (actor), Piyush Panchal (miscellaneous crew), Gaurav Kapoor (actor), Deven Bhojani (actor), Rajiv Mehra (producer), Rajiv Mehra (director),
Plot: Arrested by Delhi Police, Mussaddi Lal Tripathi admits his crime is because he is a 'common man'. Starting with his retirement as a school-teacher, and then the ailment and subsequent passing of his wife, Shanti, he sets about to perform last rites in a number of holy places along with his unemployed slacker-son, Bunty. After bribing railway employees for letting them travel without tickets, the duo are then fleeced by pundits who charge them an arm and a leg for performing Hindu cremation rites, and Bunty then leaves him after their clothes get stolen. Three months later, he returns home to find that both electricity and the phone have been disconnected due to non-payment of bills, & confusion reigns when bank officials accuse him of taking a loan. But the worst is yet to come when he will be deprived of any income after Pension and Accounts Office notify him that he is 'officially dead'. He will now be pitted against more corruption when he sets about to prove that he is very much alive, while five government employees, Bhatia, Pandey, Patel, Ushaa, and Shukla, are determined to frustrate all his efforts.
Genres: Comedy, 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: Mithun Chakraborty (actor), Shabina Khan (miscellaneous crew), Nabeel Abbas (miscellaneous crew), Jayesh Pradhan (miscellaneous crew), Remo (miscellaneous crew), Himesh Reshammiya (composer), Sameer (writer), Ranjeet (actor), Ashwani Chopra (producer), Emraan Hashmi (actor), Kitu Gidwani (actress), Mihir Shah (miscellaneous crew), Ashmit Patel (actor), Neeraj Pathak (writer), Udita Goswami (actress),
Plot: The India-based Mehra family, consisting of Mrs. and Mr. Mehra, and their two daughters, Neha and Vidya, travel to London for sightseeing. Their encounter difficulties with tour and travel agents - Patel and Sahil Khanna. Sahil apologizes and comes to Neha's assistance when she misses a train. Neha falls in love with him, little knowing that he has no feelings for her...
Keywords: brothel, guilt, love-triangle, possessive-love, remorse, road-trip, travel-agency, travel-agentActors: Sanjay Mishra (actor), Pankaj Kapur (actor), Manoj Pahwa (actor), Hemant Pandey (actor), Deven Bhojani (actor), Rajiv Mehra (director), Asawari Joshi (actress),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Mumtaz Begum (actress), Usha Khanna (composer), Gulshan Grover (actor), Jankidas (actor), Shashi Kapoor (actor), Mehmood (actor), Sharmila Tagore (actress), Ram Mohan (actor), Yunus Parvez (actor), Nilu Phule (actor), Shekhar Suman (actor), Nilofar (actress), Heena Kausar (actress), Ravi Baswani (actor), Bhushan Banmali (writer),
Plot: An eligible bachelor and Bollywood film-maker, Amar lives a wealthy lifestyle in Mumbai. He meets with and falls in love with an actress, Gul, romances, and then marries her. They live harmoniously for a few years then differences crop up, and a pregnant Gul decides to leave, and starts making a living as a high-class prostitute with Balaam Hyderabadi as her pimp. She gives birth to a daughter, Sona, and with Kishan Murari's help, admits her in a hostel in Delhi, so that Sona can grow up without knowing her mother's professional career. She then gives birth to Mohan and let's him live with her but keeps her professional life a secret from him as well. As years pass, she starts to age and Balaam asks her to get a young woman on whom she can depend on financially. Initially Gul refuses but when she is assaulted and hospitalized, she changes her mind and brings home a young prostitute, Roopa, who was also a patient in the hospital, and introduces her to a much-delighted Balaam. With Roopa in the house and her future secure, Gul decides to visit Sona in Delhi - and it is this visit that will alter her life forever.
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama,Actors: Augustine (actor), Manian Pillai Raju (actor), Raghu (actor), Sadiq (actor), Vijayakumar (actor), Vijayaraghavan (actor), Geetha (actress), Renjith (writer), Rajamani (composer), Bhoominathan (editor), Rajan P. Dev (actor), Devan (actor), Suresh Gopi (actor), Bobby Kottarakkara (actor), Ganesh Kumar (actor),
Genres: Action, Adventure, Romance,Actors: Robert Halmi Sr. (producer), Roy Edward Disney (producer), Keith Coogan (actor), Alan Caillou (writer), Eric Albertson (editor), Bruce Rowland (composer), Lucille Smith (miscellaneous crew), Anthony Baird (actor), Richard Clarke (actor), Jack Couffer (producer), Jeff Blyth (director), Timothy Landfield (actor), James Kevin Ward (actor), Breon Gorman (actress), Michael Rogers (actor),
Plot: An American boy and girl, spending six months in Kenya with their scientist parents adopt a cheetah, only to realize that they must set it loose so that it can learn to hunt and be free. However, when the animal is captured by poachers planning to race it against greyhounds, the two city kids, together with a young African goat herder they befriended, head off into the wild to rescue the cheetah.
Keywords: africa, african, african-boy, african-tribe, airport, animal-in-title, based-on-book, based-on-novel, big-cat, binocularsActors: Ian Richardson (actor), Michael Byrne (actor), Patrick Allen (actor), Nigel Davenport (actor), Jenny Beavan (costume designer), A.K. Hangal (actor), John Scott (composer), Vladek Sheybal (actor), Wendy Hiller (actress), Nicol Williamson (actor), Julian Wadham (actor), Janet Suzman (actress), Malcolm Terris (actor), Dreya Weber (actress), David Lyon (actor),
Genres: Biography, Drama,Actors: Colin Baker (actor), Joss Ackland (actor), Patsy Rowlands (actress), Val Guest (director), Val Guest (writer), Marianne Stone (actress), Bernard Lee (actor), Maureen Lipman (actress), Bernard Cribbins (actor), Bill Lenny (editor), Sydney Bromley (actor), Derek Bond (actor), Bill Maynard (actor), Lucy Griffiths (actress), Ed Welch (composer),
Plot: Det. Const. "Dangerous" Davies is not known for his finesse, but often finds himself on the receiving end of violence in various forms. Only thrown into cases where others fear to tread, or to shake up the natives with his bumbling, he is given a mission to find and flush out a local criminal recently returned from abroad, possibly for "a big job". In his research he inadvertently stumbles upon a 15 year-old case, long considered cold, of the disappearance a young girl. His compassion for the missing girl and her parents draws him into an obsession with solving the case, which ultimately results in unexpected repercussions.
Keywords: ambassador, based-on-novel, british-mystery, canal, centegenarian, character-name-in-title, cold-case, dangerous-davies, detective-series, fortune-tellerActors: John Bennett (actor), Kenneth Griffith (actor), Frankie Howerd (actor), Ray Milland (actor), Rosalie Crutchley (actress), Harry Robertson (composer), Nat Cohen (miscellaneous crew), Jane Buck (miscellaneous crew), Beryl Vertue (producer), Bill Blunden (editor), Hugh Burden (actor), Clive Exton (writer), Clive Exton (producer), Terry Nation (writer), Terry Nation (producer),
Genres: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller,Oh, girl on my mind
Please come back to me
I love you with all my heart
With you I want to be
I want you to be near me
Is that too much to ask?
Oh, girl on my mind
Please say you will be mine
You are the one and the only
You are mine to have and to love
No one could ask for more
You're mine to adore
Girl on my mind
Please say you will be mine
You are the one and the only
You are mine to have and to love
No one could ask for more
You're mine to adore
Girl on my mind