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Kanak (French spelling: Kanak since 1984; earlier Canaque) are the indigenous Melanesian inhabitants of New Caledonia, an overseas collectivity of France in the southwest Pacific. According to the 2009 census, they constitute 40.3% of the total population of New Caledonia with 99,078 people. Though Melanesian settlement is recorded on Grande Terre's Presqu'île de Foué peninsula as far back as the Lapita culture, the origin of Kanak people is unclear. Ethnographic research has shown that Polynesian seafarers have intermarried with the Kanaks over the centuries. The Kanaks refer to the European inhabitants of New Caledonia as Caldoches.
New Caledonia was annexed to France in 1853, and became an overseas territory of France in 1956. A political movement, restarted by some Kanaks in 1984, after an initial failed revolt in 1967, has strongly pursued total independence status from the French rule. A 2014 referendum will decide whether or not the territory will achieve sovereign status. When the 1988 Matignon agreements were signed between the representatives of France and New Caledonia to decide on holding the referendum for independence, Jean-Marie Tjibaou, the Kanak leader of the independence movement, had mooted a proposal to set up an Agency for the Development of Kanak Culture (ADCK). After Tjibaou's assassination in 1989, the French President François Mitterrand ordered that a cultural centre on the lines suggested by Tjibaou be set up in Nouméa, the capital of New Caledonia; it was to be the last of Mitterrand's Grands Projets. The Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre was formally established in May 1998.
Actors: Saurabh Shukla (director), Rajat Kapoor (actor), Vijay Raaz (actor), Arjun Rampal (actor), Ranvir Shorey (actor), Saurabh Shukla (actor), Neha Dhupia (actress), Lillete Dubey (actress), Delnaaz Irani (actress), Manjari Phadnis (actress), Arindam Chowdhuri (producer), Shubho Shekhar Bhattacharjee (producer), Karan Singh Grover (actor), Arif Sheikh (editor),
Plot: Saying the truth was always difficult, and lying, they say, is much simpler. Shubendu lives by the tougher option. But when this honest, 42 year old balding writer falls in love with a 22 year old beauty queen, he is tempted to lie. What's more, his jerk of a roommate, Gagan, who swears by the magic of lies, helps him cook up stories. What follows is a hilarious ride of lies, cover-ups, goof-ups and contradicting tales. Shubendu begins enjoying this ride. Why didn't he know that lying was so much fun?! But at some point, the madness has got to stop. The question is: When? This Saurabh Shukla directed romantic comedy will touch all hearts, both young and old.
Keywords: 2012, bollywood-comedy, indian-movie, lies, love, new-romanticActors: Ennio Morricone (composer), Umberto Marino (writer), Guido Manuli (director), Guido Manuli (writer), Enzo Iacchetti (actor), Massimo Lopez (actor), Michele Di Mauro (actor), Riccardo Peroni (actor), Ivo De Palma (actor), Giorgio Melazzi (actor), Mario Scarabelli (actor), Gino Lana (actor), Gianni Gaude (actor), Elda Olivieri (actress), Simone D'Andrea (actor),
Genres: Animation, Family, Musical,Actors: Birbal (actor), Arun Govil (actor), A.K. Hangal (actor), Satyajeet (actor), Shivraj (actor), Durga Khote (actress), Leela Mishra (actress), Dina Pathak (actress), Ravindra Jain (composer), Prashant Nanda (director), Tarachand Barjatya (producer), Poornima Jayaram (actress), Nitin Sethi (actor), Abha Dhulia (actress), Nameeta Chandra (actress),
Plot: Brij Mohan leaves his village home and settles down in Bombay, India. His mother refuses to go with him and remains alone in their palatial home. Brij gets married, his wife gives birth and shortly thereafter tragically passes away. Years later, Brij is now an established businessman, his son, Montu, is studying in the final year in school. He asks Montu to visit his grandma, and he reluctantly agrees to do so on the condition that his friends also accompany him. Upon arrival in the village, the group is besotted with nothing but problems, and his friends decide to return back, leaving Montu alone with his grandma. Montu strikes up a friendship with a precocious village girl named Gauri, who is an orphan, living with her cruel aunt, and two equally cruel cousin sisters. Montu and Gauri's friendship blossoms and they meet each other regularly, & Montu does not find village life as boring as he had expected. He also meets with a struggling farmer named Balram, his mother, and his betrothed, Kanak. Balram would like to go to a big city, make some money, so that he can marry, but his mother refuses to let him go. Montu returns home with his dad but promises to be back again next year. Montu finishes School, joins college, learns how to drive a car and after about a year returns to the village - only to find that nothing is the same anymore. Balram has married and left the village; his ailing mom has passed away; Gauri refuses to speak with him, while her uncle and aunt are looking for a suitable groom to get her married. Amidst familiar surroundings, Montu now finds himself alone and a stranger, and must now decide to return home - never to return.
Genres: Drama, Family,Actors: Rajlakshmi Devi (actress), Jyotish Bannerjee (director), Dhiraj Bhattacharya (actor), Chhabi Biswas (actor), Nripati Chatterjee (actor), Sachin Dev Burman (composer), Jahar Ganguli (actor), Shyam Laha (actor), Renuka Roy (actress), Suprava Mukherjee (actress), Satya Mukherjee (actor), Ratin Banerjee (actor), Biman Bannerjee (actor), Jogesh Choudhury (actor), Chitra Devi (actress),
Genres: ,Silent night, holy night,
All is calm, all is bright
Round yon virgin mother and child.
Holy infant so tender and mild,
Sleep in heavenly peace.
Sleep in heavenly peace.
Silent night, holy night,
Shepherds quake at the sight,
Glories stream from heaven afar,
Heavenly hosts sing alleluia;
Christ the Savior, is born!
Christ the Savior, is born!
Silent night, holy night,
Son of God, love's pure light
Radiant beams from thy holy face,
With the dawn of redeeming grace,
Jesus, Lord, at thy birth.